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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 3 Great Networking Opportunity Space is limited. Call for more information or to reserve your seat. Angela Tremblay (519) 853-5581 or (905) 703-5581 Receive $10 off any set purchased. DINNER AND MAKEOVER Date: Monday, April 23rd, 2007 Time: 6:30p.m. - 9p.m. Venue: Tanners Restaurant, Acton Cost: $18 includes dinner (4 course meal), gift for each guest and door prizes Makeover includes: Three part hand pampering, two-step lip treatment, microdermabrasion treatment and Dash out the Door Glamour Look. GIRLS NIGHT OUT ????????????????????????? APRIL 22 saturday may 5, 2007 6:30pm Acton Town Hall Centre 19 Willow St. N. buffet dinner cash bar (beer & wine) durning the performance Tickets $40 per person Available at: Acton Home Hardware Halton Hills Furniture & Appliances Dollar Stretcher Daze ticket deadline is saturday, april 28 and Heritage Acton present A Murder Mystery Dinner Shady Acres Shenanigans Tickets purchased by April 21 will be entered in the Early Bird draw at the performance www.actonjiujitsu.com Acton Jiu-Jitsu 5A MILL STREET, E. ACTON Proud member of the Canadian Jiu Jitsu Association (519)853-2424 Gain Respect, Self Confidence, Self Defense, Fitness & Fun Well water info sessions at Limehouse, Brookville Halton Regions Health Department is holding two well water information ses- sions for residents who use private wells. The first information session will take place on Wednesday, April 18 at the Limehouse Memorial Hall, Fifth Line, Halton Hills. The second will be held on Wednesday, April 25 at the Nassagaweya Community Centre, 11264 Guelph Line, Brookville. Residents are invited to drop in anytime between 3:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Providing clean, safe drinking water is an im- portant function of Halton Region, said Gary Carr, Chair of Halton Region. For our residents who use a pri- vate well, we provide them with the tools and education so that they have the knowl- edge and ability to ensure and maintain the safety of their well water. Res iden t s a t t end in g the information sessions have an opportunity to: Talk to Public Health In- spectors about your well water quality concerns. Bring one cup of water in a sterilized jar to have your water tested for nitrates (ni- trates in your water could indicate contamination). Drop off a water sample to be sent for bacteria testing. Call us or visit our website at www.halton.ca/health to fi nd out where you can get an approved water sample bottle. (Water samples to be submitted for bacteria test- ing must put into approved water sample bott les .) Pick up approved wa- ter sample bot t les for future bacteria testing. Learn about water treatment systems such as ultra violet, reverse osmosis and chlo- rination from experienced water treatment companies. Ta l k t o s t a f f f r om Halton Regions Plan- ning and Public Works Department to discuss wa- ter conservation principles. Observe well drilling equip- ment and learn about well drilling from professionals. Learn the results from the 2006 Halton Region Rural Well Water Study. It is important to monitor bacteria and nitrate levels in your private well water supply, said Dr. Bob Nosal, Medical Offi cer of Health for Halton Region. PASSPORT TO FREEDOM: Gage, a seven-month old Labrador Retriever, is spend- ing his puppyhood with the Jeffries family of Acton who are fostering him for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guide program. Frances Niblock photo Local family fosters Dog Guides... Continued from page 1 Retrievers or Standard Poo- dles bred at a Dog Guide centre in Breslau, or donated, are placed with foster fami- lies whose job is to socialize, house train and teach basic manners and obedience. When the dog is about one year old, it goes back to Dog Guides for scrutiny to see if it is a candidate for future training. Just one in 11 dogs graduates and those that wash out are offered fi rst to their foster family. The Jeffries have also fos- tered four dogs including three older pups like Gage, who came to them several months ago when the fi rst foster placement did not work out. Bob Jeffries was intro- duced to Dog Guides when he inquired about doing a story about the organization for Cogeco Cable where he volunteers. The more I talked to them about the story, the more I thought what a terrific organization it is. Their big problem is getting dogs to the point of being a year old so they can begin train- ing them, Jeffries said on Friday. Puppies are evaluated ev- ery four to six weeks at puppy classes at the Dog Guide centre in Oakville, and when they reach one year, they are assessed and assigned to one of three programs visual, hearing or special needs. Further training could take up to a year, and qualifi ed candidates spend a month with their new dog at the Oakville centre learning how to handle, trust and bond with the already trained dog. There is no cost to the client for their dog and the cost to raise, train and match a dog is $20,000. Dogs can work for approximately seven years before being retired. They pay for all of the food and vet bills and offer support to people because you are making a big com- mitment to raise a dog for a year, Jeffries said, add- ing along with teaching basic good manners, foster families are encouraged to take their dog out in public wearing a Dog Guide In Training sign. Jean Jeffries said the hard- est part is saying goodbye. They bring out another dog so your dog is all happy and ready to play and off they go, she said, admitting to shedding some tears when the last dog they raised was returned for further train- ing. Bob Jeffries agrees that saying goodbye can be hard. If youre an animal lover and youve had a dog for two or three months, youre kind of locked in already. Antici- pating taking the dog back is hard, but the experience is so terrifi c its worth it. Foster parents are invited to a ceremony where their dog graduates with its human something Jeffries says makes it all worthwhile. Some of these people have never been out on their own before, and with a Dog Guide, they can go out alone and be safe what free- dom. Annual food drive...