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Pa ge 3 8 T hu rs da y, M ar ch 1 7, 2 01 6 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a 170316 Gary Carr Regional Chair HALTON HILLS March23 9:30 a.m. Regional Council Items for BlueBox • Leftover chocolate and candies • Paper candy sticks • Parchment paper • Wax paper • Foil wrappers • Plastic wrappers • Plastic clingwrap • Plastic bags • Cardboard boxes • Plastic chocolate trays • Greeting cards • Aluminum foil Items for GreenCart Items for Garbage Due to the Good Friday holiday onMarch 25, Friday's householdwaste collection in HaltonHills collection area 2will take place on Saturday, March 26, 2016. There isno change to householdwaste collection theweek ofMarch 28, 2016. Please place yourwaste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Look for the 2016 - 2017Halton RegionGuide&Waste Collection Calendar in your mailbox starting theweek ofMarch 21. HaltonWasteManagement Site will be closed Friday,March 25, 2016 Regular operatinghours: OpenMonday to Saturday • 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25,Milton HWMSSunday openings TheHaltonWasteManagement Site (HWMS)will be open on Sundays from April 17 to July 10, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.This pilot programwill measure resident interest and assess the long-term feasibility of having the landfill site open on Sundays. Sign up for weekly email, Twitter or phone call waste collection reminders. Download your waste collection calendar to your personal iCal, Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar. Print your own collection calendar. Find yourwaste collection day athalton.ca/wastecalendar Good Friday HouseholdWaste Collection Notice axpaper Power down for Earth Hour this Saturday This Saturday, March 19, Halton Region will join millions of people around the world celebrating Earth Hour, an annual climate change awareness event organized by theWorldWildlife Fund. In recognition of this hour, Halton Region will turn off its lights and non-essential equipment at its facilities from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., and I encourage everyone to join us in powering down for the hour. By promoting the responsible use of energy and resources, we preserve our region today for tomorrow and help keep Halton a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire. Meetings at Halton Region • 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville • Visit halton.ca/meetings for full schedule. Give Up To Give 1 in 10 students arrive at school without enough food for the day. Sponsored by: 1 in 10 students arrive at school without enough food for the day. Give a donation to help kids in your community live free from hunger. Learn more at livefreecampaign.ca COMMUNITY The Centre will be closed on Friday, March 25 and Monday, March 28 for Easter. I notice quite a few members were busy over the March Break either babysitting their grandchil- dren or joining their families on holiday. It's hard to believe that it's the middle of March already. Sixty-nine people celebrated all things Irish at the St. Patrick's dinner and dance on March 14. As usual Michael Kelly Cavan's music was great for dancing and listening to. The movie on Tuesday, March 29 at 1 p.m. will be The Intern, starring Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway. "Experience Never Gets Old!" The Nutrition Series Session 5 is on March 22, 1:30-2:30 p.m. You will be finding out how to avoid the sugar roller coaster and manage diabetes with food. Mary Walsma and Gerrit Kroezen are busy sharpening their cribbage skills. There are also sev- eral dart teams busy practising their "double tops and bulls eyes" as they are all competing in OSGA 55+ games. You can join us playing darts on a Monday morning, and canasta and cribbage on a Thursday morning and Bid Euchre and Bridge on Thursday afternoons. If you recently joined the Centre you are in- vited to a New Members Tea on Monday, March 21 at 1 p.m. This is your opportunity to meet new people, your board members and discover what the Centre offers that might interest you, whether by joining in one of the drop-in activities, special events, exercise programs, Bingo, lunch, or volun- teering. Thinking of volunteering, if you volunteered in 2015 you should have received an invitation in the mail to the Volunteer Recognition Breakfast. There will be a motivational speaker. This event will be held in Georgetown on Thursday, April 14 at 9:30 a.m. at the Hillsview Ac- tive Living Centre, 318 Guelph St., Georgetown. The next Men's Breakfast will be on Tuesday, March 29 at 9:30 a.m. The guest speaker will be Keith Black, who is always full of tips and recom- mendations to increase your driving skills, and make you more aware when driving. At the last board meeting it was decided to keep fees equal for programs offered that include guests/ non members. If they cost under $10, there will be an additional $2 added and if they are over $10, an additional $3 will be added. If you come as a guest this will give you the opportunity to see if becoming a member is some thing you would enjoy. Shirley Hunter had the only "mooner" while playing Bid Euchre last Thursday. The 50/50 was not won this week so the amount to be won next Friday should be around $180. Acton's HALC to welcome new members By Julie Conroy Hillsview Active Living Centre-Acton