Lifestyle

Q. I don't get it. Is ozone a good thing or a bad thing?

Ozone, a gas, is a form of oxygen. It is created when an electric spark or ultraviolet light passes through air, or when pollutants react chemically with sunlight.

Beneficial ozone is in the upper atmosphere, 10 to 30 miles above the surface of the Earth. It protects us from the sun's ultraviolet rays. Too much of these rays may increase the risk of skin cancer, cataracts and problems with our immune systems. Part of the good ozone layer has been destroyed by man-made chemicals.

Lehighton Area High School Class of 1965 is looking for addresses for the following class members: Donald Bowman, Carl Cortese, Beverly Dotter Atkinson, Gloria Greenzweig Pormilli, Linda Koch Bieniek, Elizabeth Kresge Altero, Kent Long, Kay Solt Cortazzo, Gerald Steigerwalt, Warren Walck.

Anyone with information can contact Ron or Carolyn Long at (610) 377-2452.

BRC Community Cupboard has announced its eighth annual food drive.

With support from customers and employees, Blue Ridge Cable can help make someone's day a little brighter through its Community Cupboard 2010 initiative.

From Feb. 15- March 15, it will be collecting nonperishable food to benefit the Salvation Army and local food banks.

Items can be dropped off at all BRC offices, Palmerton Telephone, Penn's Peak, Roadies, and Pencor Superstore locations.

Cheyenne Edmonds, 7, and her mother, Tammy, right, of MaryD, visited Purr-Fect Reflections Hair Salon, Tamaqua, where stylist Martha DiBuo, left, trimmed at least 10 inches of hair from both girls' heads. Cheyenne will donate her tresses to Locks of Love, while Tammy's hair will be sent to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths Program. The Pantene program uses donated hair to make free wigs for women with cancer, while Locks of Love provides wigs to children dealing with cancer. Cheyenne is a student at the Tamaqua Elementary School and mom works at the Tamaqua Child Care Center.