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to - WAri.Rl.(K)CHll0NICLE - Wednesday. luly 11,3010 ' V.‘ s 0“ worm) Save energy and take the power pledge Do you have phantom loads lurking in your home? if so. you could be wasting as much as 15 i . ~ per cent of your electricity costs on appliances and i 1 electronics that aren't in use. _, 3, Pimntom load is the term used to describe the ' " 3. , it; small amounts of electricity that your printers, 1 ’ . " ‘ 1, ‘ii. cellphone chargers and game consoles consume . , 3 ‘ , 7" â€" even when they're turned off but plugged in. 1- s? ’ ‘ :_' . I ‘ I This summer, Waterloo North Hydro is urging ’ "Qi- f Th. -;> its customers to find ways to fight phantom power ‘ ‘ " ' 3; ' - as part ofthe Power Pledge campaign. _.A ' - . a, fl WNH and the City of Waterloo are working i t. ‘ ‘ Q h J {I i ‘ together and challenging residents to go online _. i 3 g ~ p.» f k and take the Power Pledge to make small. cost-free . ’ " ' w i: ' , ’ adjustments in the way they use energy. such as Grace Davis, left. her mother Carrie-Anne and her sister Avery are pitching in to help a family member fight “him" mm mm maggghtagigfiméafi win this ye ar’s ch a]. . . ~ lenge. Take the pledge today at - Glrls shed hair to show they care W...w.....d.....,...,... Take the WRCPC BY Burma? Dew-ma the picture. the owner of iKandi Hair. a she‘s only in her twenties,” Avery said. Special 10 the Chronicle salon on King Street in Waterloo. His “i feel bad for her. so l'm happy to garlg survey mother also passed away from cancer help her and help everyone else who , , ‘ , en Grace and Avery Davis and died acouple of years ago. has this bad disease.” TheWaterloo R990“ Crune Prevention COUhCh first discovered their 21-year- “Scott approached me and we All of the proceeds from the event is ‘Wk‘hg h" f??dh§‘Ck fromthe community aho‘“ old cousin Samantha was decided that we wanted to incorporate will go towards the Weekend to End street gang “wry "I the “11°“- . diagnosed with cancer, it was not an the kids and get them involved.” Car- Women's Cancer, a 60 km walk that The “We" tsrnvumg members 0m"? PUth to easy concept for them to grasp. rie-Anne said. takes place in Toronto on September fill out a brief °hhhe survey as P3" of the three- lnstead of accepting this harsh reali- “it just blossomed from that point 11 and 12. year Street Gang WNW“ Prmect. ty. the 10- and seven-year-old sisters forward. 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She has had to undergo multiple it runs from ll am. to 3 pm. where “Our next door neighbour's daugh- 10° “981°“ last October followmg a $3”; mhhhh emergency surgeries and just finished people will have a chance to purchase ter also had cervical cancer and ahnost funding announcement by the Nahhhal Chme her third round of chemotherapy at the a barbeque lunch consisting of hot- died,” Carrie-Anne said. ”3“th“ Strategy. . end of lune. dogs. chips and other treats. “i was on a mission last year." The P701?“ includes several community pan- ‘ "At Christmas time my daughters Grace and Avery will have their This year, her daughters are a sub- he“ "1°“th the Waterloo Regional Police Serv- noticed that Samantha had a com- golden strands cut off at 1:30 pm, and stantial pan of that mission. roe. ROOF' 10h“ Howard 5°C‘e‘Y- Lutherwood and pletely different hairdo," said Carrie- will be selling a variety of cancer “My children came to meet me at Sh Mary’s Counselling. _ Anne Davis. 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