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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 17 Acton Minor Hockey Association presents awards The Acton Minor Hockey Asso- ciation (Acton Tanners) presented awards in five categories at the an- nual awards banquet held recently. Awards included one for each Tan- ner team for best defenceman, most improved player, most sportsman- like player, most valuable player and the Carol Smith Award during the 2006-07 season. -Submitted photos Best Defenceman Award: Dylan Creasey, Steven Wolstenholme, Ellis Lavallee, Adam Duval, Joshua Martin, Connor Mayner, Dylan Schouten, absent Noah Weir. Most Improved Player: David Elop, Andrew Cheeseman, A.J. McConville, Ryan Payne, Gregory Slowka, Angus Agnew, Thomas Paul Potter, Brenden Geim. Most Sportsmanlike Player: Colin Adema, Phillip Conlin, Nicholas Eagan, Matthew Fritz, Armyn Ashrafi, Jasson Lockyer, Avery George, Shannon Oulton. Most Valuable Player: Nikolajs Aitken, Bradley Kri, Joshua McDonell, Adam Duval, Nicholas Molinaro, Bradley Bollert, Walter Kirkness, Brendin Shannon. Carol Smith Award: Alexander Brake, Brandon Masini, Brandyn McCarthy, Gregory Wells, Connor Jean, Stephen White, Justin Giordano, Michael William Gibbons. Free tire drop-off Saturday at dump site This Saturday, April 28, is the tenth an- nual Tire Amnesty Day for Halton residents who can drop off up to eight passenger tires, free of charge between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Halton Waste Management Site, located on 5400 Regional Road 25 in Milton. The usual $5 fee is waived on Haltons Tire Amnesty Day. Residents dropping off tires are encouraged to bring a donation of food or cash for Halton area food banks. Tire Amnesty Day is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is a great opportunity for Halton Region residents to dispose of tires and have them recycled, said Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr. It is also a won- derful chance to help those less fortunate by donating non-perishable food items or money to our local food banks. During the past nine years, Halton resi- dents have helped divert over 20,500 tires from Haltons landfill through the Tire Amnesty Days and approximately 4,840 kg of food and $2,500 (cash collections began in 2002) have been collected for local food banks. Tires that are brought to the Halton Waste Management Site on Saturday are taken away for recycling to be reused in automotive application, running tracks and blasting mats for road construc- tion activities. Up to eight standard passenger vehicle tires, rims, as well as bicycle and wheel- barrow tires will be accepted per resident. Commercial vehicle, truck and tractor tires cannot be accepted on Tire Amnesty Day. During the rest of the year, Halton residents can drop off up to five passenger vehicle tires per year at the Halton Waste Manage- ment Site for a charge of $5. Yet another benefit of taking your old tires to tire amnesty day is to reduce mos- quito breeding sites. Tires left in a yard can collect standing water, which can be an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can carry West Nile virus and the disease can be transmitted to humans.