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"S- been a 905”ng trip In“) the surreal “hm" cre have sortie input in deciding what cos“ ontweigh be rerouted . ‘ b i ated by the brim")! mind of mm berlmg. goes on In their town square. benefits OfLRT The above ossibilities w est One of my favourite episodes that 1 first saw at the age of H) ”10 “MPH”? to enhance Water the second cla‘i)med benefit rignnin ~ huddled on the living room floor late one night With a blan» “Hf“ DUNN S“ilk”? W115 "(N Placed Regarding the cost versus the heme on tracks might be more of 1 disad-g “it pulled up {0 my "95“ _. “an“! a “lung W'lham Sham“ I" there to cause ‘lll 'ir vument or dig. fit' fth l' t Rail T «t , t . h b f ‘ * Nightmare at 20,000 leet. 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M ‘ ' ‘ Waterloo favourite episode of mine, Nick of Time, starring William Shatner in his ‘ only other appearance on The Twi- ‘ ° ' ' 2 light Zone. The synopsis reads: “A ' w Havmg fun W1th the uorlde debate. was newlywed becomes - obsessed with a fortune»telling So here we are. about a year out from the municipal the voting public is even aware of the issue being machine. But are the pennies reveal» election, and finally the fluoride Monster is raising placed on the ballot. id be hard pressed to believe it ing his future - or determining it?" l ‘ its ugly head. would be much more than 50 per cent. Generally Richard Matheson in the book, . Next fall. the city will hold a plebiscite on these days. even though there's no lack of easy to Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone, i MARSHALL whether or not to continue adding fluoride to the access information available, people tend to be said in an interview. "l think (The Twi- l WARD water supply. woefully misinformed about what's going on. light Yonei lasted because it's in black ;, s W "f“f‘f“ ~ [his Will he tlte fourth vote on the , ,, . . ‘ Some will argue that's why it's necâ€" and white. l was just reading this afternoon that CBS wanted I l practice. which has been in plaice for y . . . ‘ essary to hold public information sesâ€" them to do it in coloun but Serlitig and (producer) Buck sortie 40 years. ‘ l’l l( l f )l sions and meetings on the issue. My lloughton refused. And they were so right. because this way it ’ ‘ Opponents say it‘s unnecessary. The l B()URK[. ‘ experience from those events tells me was film iioir. The whole thing would have disappeared. A more strident of them make a point of ‘ 1 the vast majority of people who attend because I don't think it would have worked at all in colour." describing fluoride as "toxic" and like to l them are already informed on the l l’ew things iii my childhood burnt tliettiseltes otito m_\ l l use more scientific names. l think it's ‘ . debate. But perhaps I‘m mong. mind like one of the series' most frightening episodes. It's a . because they belie\e it's scarier. . ," l Sadly. I think sortie people are playâ€" ' Good life. Bill Mumy played six~yearrold Anthony l-reeniont l l Supporters say adding fluoride pm» i if 1 ing a game with this plebiscite. (iotiti- who looked just like any other boy â€" btit looks can be deceiv- l \ ides a lot more benefit than risks. . e 1 cillors know very well getting to that 50 1 ing. In the show, the smallâ€"town of Peaksville. Ohio learns that ‘ Hut. l'm not going to detail the entire l V? g . per cent mark will be almost impossi» Anthony is the ultimate mutant who can control everyone arid debate here. It's not really the point. . j'_ a l ble. 1 here-fore. the results won't be everything with his mind. lhe point is we are spending a lot of l j ‘ binding. But letting the public have a The adults tiptoe nervously around hitn. constantly telling l time. and i would surmise a not insignifi- ‘ l say always sits well with politicians him how everything he does is “good." since displeasing him i cant amount of money, on something l 0 even tithe results are ignored. can get them wished away “to the cornfield." where they are l that is nothing more than a Charade. a . it's a little game both politicians and presumably met bya less-than~happy ending. farce. or. at best. a faceâ€"savingexcrcise, j BRIAN i activists like to play â€" convincing In the chapter Perchance to Dream. of Dimensions Behind Why is that? ‘ BOURKE themselves they have the majority of the 'l‘wilight Zone. Bill Mumy was asked to speculate the ques, Because the plebiscite results have people on their side. It's part of the tion: “Had Rod Serling lived longer. what do you think he idnuallyzero chance of being binding on ’ ' ' belief that if you say something loud would have achieved?" Mumy's response: "Rod Serling did the city council which will be elected next yeah enough and often enough. eventually it will be true. more than most people ever do in their life. He owes us noth- Under the rules, a change must be approved by So prepare yourself for the onslaught. Go and ing. I can't imagine what he'd have done had he lived longer. I at least 50 per cent ofvoters That's not the problem. find your own information. Make your own deci- just wish he'd had more time to do whatever it was he liked The rules also state at least 50 per cent of all eligible sion, and don't be swayed by extremists on either doing best. He created wonderful pieces of art. great stories voters must cast a ballot. . side. that will live forever.” In November of 2006. just under 29 per cent of The greatest weapon we have is a well informed It's true. Rod Serling is immortal. Five decades since the voters bothered to come out and fill in a ballot at all. electorate. We have let ourselves down by failing to series first aired. he is still taking longtime fans of the show. And that was a pretty interesting vote. li was also the meet that standard. like me. "on a trip back. if you will. to a place that can only be second highest turnout in the region. Based on the found...in the “Night 70m," mathematics of that election, at least 18,000 more ‘“ people are going to have to be inspired to join the Bn’an Bourkea memberofthe 1a5.3K()()I. PM party. morning crew can be reached by email at Marshall Ward is a visual artist and independent filmmaker I'd be interested to find out what percentage of bbourkefikoolfm.mm, Email is welcome at marshalLunnlfi’hot‘mailcom.