The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Favourite Pub! Knolcrest Centre, 360 Guelph Street, Georgetown 905-877-6056 presents and NOW by popular demand *AFTER 5 PM 369 Mountainview Rd S., Georgetown South (Behind Tim Hortons) 905-873-4343 www.bellatan.ca SAT. MAY 10 ~ 9:00-6:00 NO TAX on all Lotions! ~ lowest lotion price guarantee - everyday! FREE Lotion Packettes BONUS Minutes with every minute pkg. Draws & Giveaways Great In-Store Specials Customer Appreciatio n One DayOnly! FREE TANS ALL DAY! 8 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Water is an essential need, so ensuring you have clean, safe and top quality drinking water is important to us. Water is also a precious resource that needs to be protected and conserved. Water Wise Halton is a water conservation ini- tiative to encourage you to become more water efficient. With the warmer weather approaching and many of us beginning to work on our lawns and gardens now is a good time to think about outdoor water efficiency. Households use mil- lions of litres of clean, treated drinking water to maintain traditional lawns and gardens. If you want to know how you can still enjoy beautiful lawns and gardens and spend less time watering this summer, then I encourage you to sign up for a free consultation from Haltons Water Efficiency Landscape Advisor. The Landscape Advisor will visit your home and pro- vide water efficiency tips and tools to assist you in using less water. By reducing outdoor water use, you can mini- mize your impact on the environment, extend the life cycle of Haltons water supply, reduce pres- sure on our water treatment systems at peak times, and even save money on your water bill. To book your free Water Efficiency Landscape Visit this summer, please contact 905-825-6000, toll-free 1-866-442-5866 or TTY: 905-827-9833, e-mail, accesshalton@halton.ca. We would like to encourage everyone to be Water Wise, a little conservation by all of us can make a significant difference. Here are some lawn care tips: Plant water efficient, drought tolerant plants. Use a rain gauge on your lawn to measure how much rain youre received and if you even need to water. Pick up your free rain gauge at Halton Regions main office or your Local Municipal office; Set your mower blade to 6.5 to 7.5 centime- tres (2 1/2 to 3 inches) high Taller grass shades the roots and helps the soil stay moist. To learn more about water efficiency outside your home and inside, contact Halton Region or visit www.halton.ca/waterconservation. Gary Carr is the chair of Halton Region Be Water Wise outside your home Gary Carr Lifelong resident and former Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce manager Doug Prenrice has been hired as the Town of Halton Hillss new Economic Development Officer. Penrice operated his own business in the com- munity and also worked as a real estate broker for many years. He and his wife Dianne are both active in a variety of community groups. He has been very active in the business com- munity, is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and was the first full-time manager of the chamber from 1987 to 1992. Through this involvement Mr. Penrice is very aware of the con- cerns of the business community and has the inti- mate knowledge of the Town needed to assist companies looking to move here or expand, said Mayor Rick Bonnette. One of Penrices primary goals will be to attract new investment to the Gateway Business Park (401 Corridor). Contact information for Penrice is 905-873- 2600 ext. 2343 or e-mail, dougp@haltonhills.ca. Penrice named new Economic Development Officer