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THE NEW TANNER6THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010 Editorialwith Frances NiblockJoin the ChallengeAs the mercury climbs and air conditioners are cranked up to try to beat the heat, its a perfect time to think about, A KIDS LIFE: Robert Little School presented their annual spring concert titled A Kids Life last and act on, energy conservation measures.week. The story this year chronicled a day without cellphones, computers and other electronics It is relatively easy to reduce the amount of power you as grandma and grandpa guided them to other activities which included song, dance, crafts and use simple things like turning off unnecessary lights, ghost stories. The concert moved along well and concluded to great applause from appreciative parents and family members. - Ken Baker photounplugging TVs and DVDs to reduce the phantom load, and turning down, or off, air conditioners can result in substantial energy savings.Again this year, the Town, in partnership with Halton Angela still lostHills Hydro, the Chamber of Commerce and Practically Green Solutions, is making it easier to conserve by cham-Lately, I havent been much of must come to an end. This sea-pioning the Power Pledge Community Challenge. Last a television viewer. Ive seem to son was Losts last season. The have lost my want to watch and Dude took great pleasure in tell-year, Halton Hills placed 10th of 83 participating Ontario when I actually do get around to ing me of the new show that was By municipalities in energy conservation.it, there really isnt much I need spinning off from this one. He Angela Tylerto watch. That is with the excep-This told me it was called Found. He year, the Town is competing in two categories tion of one showLost.thought he was being funny. the highest percentage drop in electricity use on August watched this show. It is the type Here are the basics of the show This past Sunday was the last 11, and the highest per capita participation in the Power of show you cant start watching for those of you who have not Lost. During six years Ive tried part way through an episode let enjoyed it. An airplane crashes to figure out the mysteries like Pledge drive. Between now and August 11 the Com-alone a season. In a way, I am on an island that nobody seems the polar bear on a tropical island munity Challenge Day residents are asked to lower sort of a Lost junkie. Thats the to be able to find. The surviv-and went faithfully on a website way it is with this show. Youre ors all have a link and while on dedicated to the mysteries and their energy use, avoid energy costs and reduce green-either Lost or you arent. the island they battle everything the possible theories of the is-house gas emissions. Simple, yet effective.The Dude just cant get his from a smoke monster to a polar land and its inhabitants. I even head around the show. More To take part in the Power Pledge Challenge, register at bear. There are several groups had the event marked on the times than I can count while of people on the island includ-calendar and told the Dude that www.powerpledge.caI am entranced in my weekly ing the surviviors, the tailies (the Sunday night from 7 to 11:30 watch hell blurt out this show people from the tail end of the p.m. I was not to be disturbed is so stupid and there have airplane that when it broke in and he was on baby duty. been times when hes used a two lived on another part of the I sat for four-and-a-half hours few more colourful descriptive island), the others, the Dharma waiting for the end, and hopeful-words however, I still sit there initiatives and we havent even ly for some closures to questions Looking Backglued to every minute of it. got into all the dead people that that have haunted viewers since This show, as I said, is not one keep re-appearing. day one. When it was over, the you can just jump into. The writ-During their stay they travel Dude looked at me and asked, Ters for this show were amazing. en Years Agobowled to a Silver medal in the back in time 30 years. They So, was it what you thoughtThey cross referenced literature Acton residents won a huge five-pin competition.travel forward in time and ap-was it good? I just looked and science and many differ-pear to leave the island. There is battleat him. I dont know, I told with the Halton District Five Years Agoent teachings and hide items, some sort of magnetic force on him. What do you mean you School Board, as trustees bowed Local New Democrats chose which they called Easter eggs, the island that the protector of dont know, he asked. I dont to intense lobbying from Ac-Halton North MPP Noel Duignan throughout the episodes and the island, Jacob, wants to keep knowI got to figure it out. ton citizens and politicians and as their candidate for the Feder-seasons. A few times the writ-his brother from, who happens Two days later after watching voted not to sell three acres of al riding of Wellington-Halton ers were featured on different to be the smoke monster and he the last Lost, I feel like Im lost land at McKenzie-Smith Ben-Hills.specials talking about charac-wants to leave the island, which because I still dont understand a nett School that had declared Local Canadian Blood donor ters and their Easter eggs and I if that happens, the world will whole bunch of things especially surplus.clinic officials hope that a new was captivated with the inter-end because the smoke monster, the ending, and Im starting to Flooded basements, pooled system requiring donors to make twinings.in theory, is everything evil.wonder what happened to the waster and soggy roads will be an appointment will not cost them Yet, as in life, all good things For six years I have faithfully last six years of intrigue.a thing of the past with Town any more donors. The mandatory Councils approval of a contract appointment system is designed for phase one reconstruction of to reduce waiting times and bet-Crescent/Poplar and Fairview ter predict blood inventories.streets. Acton High School track Two special Olympians from and field team members brought Acton earned multiple medals home a clutch of medals from at the Ontario Special Olym-a Golden Horseshoe Athletic pics. Emily Boycott swam away Conference (GHAC) met in Bur-with three Gold and two Silver lington, capturing five first place medals in the pool, and Gor-GHAC finishes and six Halton don Smith and his teammates first places.Distributed to every home in Acton and area,EditorPublisheras well as adjoining communities.Ted TylerFrances NiblockEvery effort will be made to see advertising copy, neatly presented, is Editorial Contributorscorrectly printed. 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