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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 28 Feb 2001, p. 16

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Home of... JARRETT SMITH, MIKE MORREALE, CHRIS JIOSKOS, MIKE O‘SHEA, PAUL MASOTT1 VAL ST.GERMAIN, MIKE VANDERJAGT, JOANNE MALLAR, STEVE STAIOS and DONOVAN BAILEY] Westmount Place Shopping Centre, Waterioo ph. 15191 884â€"8558 _ Do you want to feel good about helping to clean our air? Testing is good for the air we breathe. When your car passes a Drive Clean test, it will feel good because it‘s running right. And you can feel good because you‘re helpâ€" ing keep the air clean in the areas most affected by smog. The largest local source of smogâ€" causing pollutants in Ontario is vehicle emissions. Drive Clean, as part of Ontario‘s comprehensive air strategy, is designed to reduce those pollutants. We can all play a part in making the strategy work, by making sure that our vehicles meet emissions standards. The proâ€" for the WBA Heavyweight Title Saturday, March 3, 2001 HOLYFIELD vs. RUIZ _foacn. 1. Repairs must be done at an accredited Drive Clean facility. 2. Lightâ€"duty refers to vehicles weighing 4500kg or less. Welland, St. Catharines, London, Sarniaâ€"Clearwaterâ€"Point Edward, Windsor. The program requires des ignated cars, vans and lightâ€"duty _ trucks to pass an emissions test every two years for registration renewal and, for reâ€"sale vehicles, ownership transfer. How does the test work? Your vehicle‘s test results will be compared to the emission stanâ€" dards for its make, model and year, and a report showing a "pass or fail" will be issued. More than 80% will pass the test. What happens after the test? Your vehicle will be parked on a dynamometer â€" a kind of treadmill that allows it to be "driven" on the spot while a probe in the tailpipe analyzes the exhaust and sends the results to a computer. Laurel Creek in May This painting shows a view that has changed greatly. Near Lexington Road, this section of this quiet creek remains pretty much the same, but the landscape around it makes this view a fairyâ€" tale picture from another world. As things change so much around us, we have an everâ€"increasing list of reasons to get out and see our preâ€" sent environment. The following is part of an ongoing series of pieces by local artist Peter Etril Snyder. In the series, Peter will describe for us some of the works he has created which celebrate the rich history of Waterloo. Peter Etril Snyder is a lifeâ€"long resident of Waterloo. This artist operates a gallery at 59 Erb. St. E. in Waterloo. Drive Clean report handy, just in case you have to prove your vehicle passed. If the vehicle doesn‘t meet emisâ€" sions standards, it must be repaired and reâ€"tested to renew the regisâ€" tration. You may also qualify for a oneâ€"time only conditional pass for registration renewsal if your vehicle fails its reâ€"test and you have spent up to $200 on emissionsâ€"related Who will be tested? program, we are all doing sor Drive Clean affects cars and lightâ€" _ positive for the air we breath duty‘ trucks that are more than three model years and less than 20 model years old. If your car is to be tested, will receive a notice i daf ie o ratie e ie Ontario renewal date.Vehicles with evenâ€" For more information call: number model years, whose licence . 1â€"888â€"758â€"2999 renewal comes on fanuary | or after, will be tested in 2001. Oddâ€"number model years will follow in 2002 Arc3\ o s |H |\ s Will Drive Clean really work? Drive Clean is working. The Ministry of the Environment is monitoring the program closely. In its first year, in the GTA and Hamiltonâ€"Wentworth, Drive Clean resulted in a 6.7 per cent reduction in smogâ€"causing vehicle pollutants. That puts it on target to reduce pollutants by 22 per cent in the program area when it is in full Through Ontario‘s Drive Clean program, we are all doing something positive for the air we breathe. www .driveclean.com

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