Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 3, 1990, p. 6

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Environment- Environment article will be forthcoming By DR My wife called me yesterday Yeah answered Barbara needs the article What article asked The one on Oh and I for a oh Oh you mean the one where we describe how Ontario alone has KM or so in lind lakes and count less rivers and streams Then we go on to how research in the eighties determined how would die some facts would be I suppose Rita add Did know continued That had we continued our of these lakes would hae died because of tion the turn of the Man if you go to a Blue Ja game and the house is pretty much With POWER packed thats one lake for very face in the crowd each dead from acid rain in Ontario alone the year That s scary Fourteen hundred lakes are dead in Ontario that means re one lakes already acidified devoid of life because they were guilty of not having enough sur rounding limestone to buffer the stead acid fallout from burning fossil fuels plants I N exhaust fumes and so on Those dead lakes are pretty in a strange wa Rita I con tinued Crystal clear quiet deadly quiet granite lUands and shorelines And no fish Rita added Right 1 said 1 found that nut the hard way But were get ling we hope Places like I C cleaning up there s new acid ram legislation in Canada and now United States is putting forth clean air documents But we dont blame the Americans for this problem Rita continued Right I added Sure they cause about fifty per cent of our acid rain woes but we kick back about ten per cent of theirs and most amazingly during the last decade studies showed that Canadians were far greater polluters on a per capita bass almost twice as bad when it came to sulphur dioxide emissions which cause seventy per cent of acid rain So we should encourage energy conservation legislation and companies that are trying to clean up their act And we should discourage those tall smoke belching stacks that simply cause the polluting particles lo drift lo someone backyard Don t forget cars Rita said with a smile Aw love my old Bat mobile But auto emissions cause most of the nitrous oxide pollu which causes about thirty percent of our acid ram Conclusions Rita asked Welt we need to become more aware of the acid rain issue It s invisible for the most part In a sense it raining air pollution all the time causing asthma and other health effects We need to document and study these ef but we also need the wil to act now Those lakes are markers of our polluted world and people can find out about their lakes from the Ontario Ministry of the En vironment Theres so much to say so when does Barbara need the Rita I asked Now she answered Consider it done I said But Ill be back with more I hope And were getting a new car one of the kids in the background said Communis Credit Valley Artisans I celebrate anniversary Credit Valley Artisans will be celebrating their fifteenth with a Christmas Sale on Nov 17 between 10 am and A pm at Cottage This sale will feature pottery stained glass weav watcrcolorsandcraftsmadebyourmembers The winning tickets for the Raffle Draw held in conjunction with the will be drawn at by Mayor Miller aw jt in The Halloween party Hills Librarian Maureen ilson w as host to costumed kids last after noon js the Georgetown hosted a Halloween STEVEN C FOSTER BA LLB BARRISTER S SOLICITOR MAIN ST SOUTH GEORGETOWN 8734961 fax SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE Attention travellers The New Fall Brochures are finally here with great savings on the latest Fall and Winter Packages Stop in today and pick up your FREE copy I Goligers SINCE STREET GEORGETOWN 8770103 Social Catering Ltd MILL STREET GEORGETOWN 8730404 8466639 GEORGETOWN MX TORONTO CHRISTMAS PARTIES OFFICE OR HOME THE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF BUFFETS AND PARTY TRAYS TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS CALL TODAY FOR YOUR FREE BROCHURE CHRISTMAS FAVORITES CHRISTMAS CHEESE TRAYS Eoth Ch ha alhUi ala and lath a a a Hit leu and h ho and a gam h Jo M 3500 8650 FROSTED LIVER PATE try hat d pala add a lal a a oa da ad la 1 3450 TOASTED BRIE PINWHEEL 4750 CREAMY CRAB SURPRISE 4950 FESTIVE TREATS SEASONAL FINGER DESSERTS aadoia w a n at ma Chr ilmo nana a ball and many 1100 CHRISTMAS COOKIE TRAY HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS CAKE leak lopped 1000 lb GIFT BASKETS A CHRISTMAS TRADITION Items- 4000 CASH BAR HALL DISC JOCKEY FESTIVE FRIDAYS DINNER DECORATIONS Some November Dates Still Available 00

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