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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2010 7GRAPEVINEElection painsitem of non-perishable food for While waiting Actons FoodShare. Last year, for election the Ings collected 110-pounds results was a yawn for many of much needed food.acclaimed politicians not so Using real people family for Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bmembers and mannequins, onnette the first Halton Hills mthe familys haunted house has ayor to be acclaimed who drawn huge crowds in past years equated the stressful wait to an and will be better than ever this expectant father anticipating the year according to Jack Ing, who birth of a child.said there will be an electric Im antsy, Bonnette said chair, skeletons, ghouls, lights four hours before the polls and a grave yard theme.closed on Monday. Im like an Holiday hampersexpectant dad wondering what Want to help make Christmas Im going to get, Bonnette a lot happier for someone in said, adding with the potential need? Donations are now being for five new faces at the coun-accepted for the annual Holiday cil table, hes anxious to see the Hamper Program run by Links-results. (Just one incumbent 2Care that provides hampers of councillor, Georgetowns John ITS YOURS TO GIVE: Over 60 generous locals attended Actons Royal Canadian Legion last Duncan, was defeated.)childrens clothing and toys to Thursday, rolling up their sleeves to donate blood to the Canadian Blood Services. Happy to needy families.***give the gift of life were Chris Adamson and Candice Anderson, both of Acton.If you sponsor a family, youll Incumbent Ward two (includ- Denise Paulsen photoget a list of ages and sizes to ing rural Acton) Councillor Joan Rshop for. Donations of cash and obson suspects dirty politics gift certificates are also wel-led to someone puncturing all Ozone deal shows progress is possiblecome.four of her car tires on four To fill out an application to separate occasions in the past By David Suzuki primary energy source for the month.receive a hamper, call Cathy at Sciencewith Faisal Moolawhole world.Robson Links2Care at 519-853-3310.is sure was targeted, MattersIn other words, the stakes are Pathway planningreported the incidents, including By David SuzukiInternational leadership based higher for industry and soci-Are your teens ready for a her car being keyed, to police on sound science can lead to great ety. In many cases, CFCs could who rapidly changing world when told her to remove re-elec-results. For proof, we need only be replaced by something as Its not a complete turn-around, they finish high school? Parents tion signs from her car.can help prepare their kids with Im Plook up, look way up, as one .Oed, Robson said on but simple and non-polluting as it is good news. The scien-Monday when relevant, engaging and active asked if she was of my colleagues at CBC used to compressed air. And despite the tists found that global ozone and education that meets their needs spooked or angry by the repeat-say. The ozone layer is no longer ozoneclaims of chemical manufactur- in the Arctic and Antarctic and interests.ed acts of vandalism.shrinking. ers, phasing out CFCs did not regions are no longer decreasing To help students succeed They say the longer youre in Starting in the 1970s, scientists bubankrupt the industry, because t they are not yet increasing with apprenticeships, college, office the more people you p observed a connection between eitherthese chemicals were only one . They also write that the university or the workplace, the off. The best way to beat them is our use of chlorofluorocarbons, ozone product among many that the layer outside the Polar Halton District School Board is just to win, she said. (Robson or CFCs, and a weakening of the companies produced. regions is projected to recover was easily re-elected.) offering Pathway Planning In-formation evenings for parents Food forozone layer in the stratosphere. Although some energy frightto its pre-1980 levels some time Wand students.ant to get scared silly and High above Earth, ultraviolet becompanies are working on clean-fore the middle of this cen-The Acton presentation, in-help feed the hungry? Check light breaks chlorine off the CFC energy technology, their massive tury.cluding information on the new out 21 Hurst Street on Sunday molecule, and chlorine is a potent UN Environment Programme profits come mainly from ex-Specialist High Skills Major night to see what the Ing family scavenger of ozone. Stratospheric executploiting ever-dwindling supplies ive director Achim program, expanded Coopera-is doing this year to celebrate ozone absorbs ultraviolet radia-Steof fossil fuels. And pretty much iner noted that, without the Htive Education programs and the alloween. The driveway and tion, protecting us from the suns ageveryone in the world relies on reement, atmospheric levels Ontario Youth Apprenticeship a new addition this year, will be rays like a giant pair of sunglass-ofossil fuels to some extent. The f ozone-depleting substances programs.transformed into a ghoulish fun For more information visit es. house, suitable for all ages.could have good news is that in the past two increased tenfold, Guests www.hdsb.ca/pathwaysare asked to donate an CFCs were once used in prod-years total worldwide invest-leading to up to 20 million ucts ranging from aerosol spray moments in renewable electricity re cases of skin cancer and cans to refrigerators. As more 130generation were greater than million more cases of eye of the chemicals were dumped cataracts, not total investments in fossil fuelto speak of dam-into the air, they began to destroy age based electrical capacity. to human immune systems, the ozone layer, creating the po-wildlife and agriculture.The solutions exist, but it will tential for dramatic increases in take a lot of effort and political If we can succeed in tackling skin cancers and damage to the will to make the shift. If we do the ozone problem, despite at-phytoplankton that form the base it right, it will have enormous tacks from industry, why is it of life.benefits for human health and so difficult to resolve an even In September 1987, world lead-geconomies. But dont expect the reater threat to life on the ers signed the Montreal Protocol planet, climate change? One ofmost profitable industry in the on Substances that Deplete the history of the universe to get on-the scientists who won a Nobel Ozone Layer. Now, a report writ-Prize board any time soon. for chemistry in 1995 for ten and reviewed by 300 scientists his work on Its up to all of us to demand the ozone layer has from around the world, concludes an explanation. Sherwood Rowchange. The Montreal Protocol -that phasing out production and shows that progress is possible, land says that arguing which consumption of ozone-depleting propellant but we must listen to reason to use was rather triv-substances under the Montreal rather than the claims of those ial to society. One could replace Protocol has protected the strato-CFCswho put profits before people. and still use existing tech-spheric ozone layer from much nologyLearn more at:. This is quite different Food for Fright at the Hurst Street Haunthigher levels of depletion.www.davidsuzuki.org.from having fossil fuels as our