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Rd., Oakville, Ont., L6L 2X4. The office is inside the Oakville Health Centre. "Over 5,000 people in Oakville have diabetes and the numbers in crease every year. Your support is urgently needed to reach this goal." Donations can be mailed or brought to the Canadian Diabetes Association office at 1060 Speers The annual campaign for diaâ€" betes research is running short of its $55,000 goal, reports appeal chair Cathy Moss. "We are to be remindâ€" ed that diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults as well as kidâ€" ney failure and numerous heart problems," said Moss. LaserNetworks, here in Oakville at 847â€"7823, recycles laser printer cartridges, will suggest ways to make your existing cartridge work longer and better, and also provides refills for laser jet cartridges. Their products can be used 10 times or more â€" a 90% saving in energy and materials and a 90% reduction in landfill volume. Diabetes appeal Kea & Company provides a long list of environmentallyâ€"friendly and energyâ€"saving products for personâ€" al, home and garden use. This is a great store, you should drop by or phone 847â€"1797. Sharing in the "Doing Good Work for Fun and Profit Award" are many local businesses: The "Industrial Achievement Award" goes to Consumers Gas for improving nonâ€"CFC air conditionâ€" ing systems and offering them to commercial and industrial establishâ€" ments. Hopefully, residential won‘t be far behind. The "Personal Achievement Award" goes to AB Astra for developirig and marketing a nonâ€"CFC inhaler, despite the protestations of some that it was impossible. THE GOOD The "Doing What‘s Sensible, Not Just Popular" Award goes to Oakville Town Council for followâ€" ing the advice of the Waste Management Committee and banâ€" ning grass clippings from garbage pickâ€"up effective April 1st of this year. Watch for further information here on how to use clippings to reduce your fertilizer requirements and protect your shrubs and flowâ€" ers. Two of the advantages of writing this column are (1) that I hear the good news as well as the bad and the ugly, and (2) that I have the opportunity to gore nearly everyâ€" one‘s pet ox. In keeping with both advantages, here are the Earth to Oakville 1992 Environmental Awards : It‘s time for the annual Environmental Awards lanuary A BABÂ¥SHOWER "" & FOR YOUR PERSONAL WELCOME OR INFORMATION ON BECOMING A REPRESENTATIVE, PLEASE CALL ..... East Oakville Glen Abbey MOTHERSâ€"TOâ€"BE QM 4‘ Admittance * FASHION 3’p is FREE, o oys 2C . bacby Inilation Oy t Parme Dutes To receive an Invitab please telephone: .mh‘d‘! The Bridesâ€"tobe are invited to a Welcome Wagon Advertising Representatives The Burlington Post requires to fill 2 positions in advertising sales. The territories consist of both established and new retail accounts in the Burlingtor/Hamilton markets. The Post has recently expanded to four weekly distribution dates and enjoys great success as the area‘s top publisher, Experience in advertising sales or retail is preferred. Remuneration would reflect background and proven sales ability. Send your resum4 only to: §42â€"1560 8270194 ROSEMARY â€" 762 )Q _â€" 162â€"4516 or 364â€"0017 John Rousseau Retail Advertising Manager 2317 Fairview Street, Burlington, Ontario L7R 2E3 lnnmnna'-huquu-m stiend. Look what WELCOME WAGON has in siort ko you * Exciting pits tor every * Numerous Door Prices bomâ€"sobe * FREE ADkitSSHON For a free invitation to our upcoming show or more information, please call Yrarign New in townl? LET US PUT OUT ThE MAT For You! The "Our Weeds are Different" award of distinction goes to the Oakville Parks and Recreation staff for steadfastly insisting on using toxic pesticides to manage our parks and playgrounds while ignorâ€" ing the fact that both Burlington and Mississauga have the motivation and skills to do without toxic chemâ€" icals. The "Paving with Good Intentions" award goes to the Oakville Petroâ€"Canada refineries who, despite having a payroll of engineers who work to exact meaâ€" surable goals for their products, have gone more than 717 days withâ€" out any measurable goals for their emissions. Environment‘s control order to clean up their current operations. The "Believe What We Say, Not What We Do" Janus award goes to St. Lawrence Cement for promising to run a clean garbage incinerator while fighting the Ministry of the The "If It Weren‘t for You, Nothing Would Have Been Done" humanitarian award goes to Cathy Matsumoto for organizing the first Petroâ€"Canada Public Meeting in 1990, calling for the establishment of an Environmental Advisory Committee, and founding I CARE to make sure more was accomâ€" plished than just political rhetoric. THE BAD The "Unsung Community Service Award" goes to all the members of the Oakville EAC Committee for spending countless hours working to reduce the adverse effects on Oakville of the Petroâ€" Canada refineries. Zincite Development Co. Ltd. has patented an invention to use zinc to eliminate algae growth in swimming pools. The Zincâ€"Oâ€"Lator will apparently reduce the need for chlorine or bromine by 65% to 75%, down to the level of drinking water. Much cheaper and better for your eyes and skin. We don‘t have a pool, so I can‘t recommend this as a user, but you can receive more information from Wilson Black at 844â€"8594 Aztext Environmental Services will reâ€"ink dot matrix printer ribâ€" bons and charges less than the new price for a ribbon that works better than a new one. Call Cam Mather at 333â€"3090. THE UGLY The "Can‘t Call , 7 _ [VTele];{3 827â€"5806 or 364â€"0017 -lolldll Inn Spade Me A FEW LAST WORDS Finally, a note of thanks to all those over the last year who have cared enough to speak to me perâ€" sonally or write a letter to the editor about something which has appeared in this column. As Alan Borovoy says in his book Uncivil Obedience, "Most of our problems are not because of evilâ€"intentioned wrongâ€"doers, but because of wellâ€" intentioned nonâ€"doers." Thanks for speaking out pro and con. Happy New Year ! The "Stubbornness Medal for Tenacity" to the grass that seems to grow better in my garden than in my lawn. The "Why Don‘t You Bring Your Hoes and Help?" scholarship will go to the first squirrel that assists in the care of my garden as well as the harvest. The "Good Motherhood" commenâ€" dation recognizes the unusually dedicated efforts of female earwigs who, through exceptional caring for their young, manage to become more abundant every year. "Ugly is in the Eye of the Beholder" to all those starlings who, despite being cussed out at my birdfeeders in the winter, dutifully persevere in acratâ€" ing my lawn in the spring while keeping the population of white grubs in check. anyone say environment some clearly ate of Bloody Shovel" citation to all those who begin a discussion by saying "I‘m all in favor of the environâ€" ment, but ..." and then advocate some product or practice that is clearly harmful, lazy or inconsiderâ€" ate of others. Have you ever heard anyone say "I‘m opposed to the Earth to Oakville, Do You Read Choose from scented and unscented. 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