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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 13 ROCKWOODThe Miller Second Hand Shop ?????????????????????????????? ?????????? ????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? Open Tuesday - Saturday 11-5 CASH OR CHEQUES ONLY PLEASE. LOOKING FOR THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL? TRY US! ????????????????????? ??????????? All in a Basket 132 Alma St., Rockwood, Ont. Tel: 519-856-2468 Open Mothers Day 11am-5pm Free hand crafted Rose with every $10 purchase Large selection of assorted sugar free products Outdoor Garden decor EWAG NEWS Green Legacy Program On Saturday, April 28 residents of the Township of Guelph picked up a FREE tree at Rockmosa Commu- nity Centre in exchange for a non-perishable food item for the EWAG food bank in Rockwood. Thanks to this initiative, EWAG received many bags of food and are very grateful for the donations in order to stock our shelves. Many thanks to Chris White, John Scott and Cookie Klooster, who dropped the food off at 106 Church Street. EWAG Thrift Shop MAY Sale Come into the thrift shop at 106 Church Street during the month of May and save half price on all ladies clothing items. Beautiful summer dresses, T-shirts, shorts and much more. New items arriving daily Stock-up on all your cloth- ing needs while in town this Saturday celebrating St. Johns Day festivities at St. Johns Anglican Church in Rockwood. Our shop will be open and information on all of our services and upcoming events will be available on our offi ce side. Come in and put your name in for our free draw. Seniors On the Road Again The EWAG wheel- chair accessible van will be heading to Niagara-on-the- Lake on Friday, June 22. The van will arrive in this beautiful town with plenty of free time to enjoy the lovely shops. The group will attend a lunchtime performance of Kiltartan Comedies, part of the Shaw Festival. The cost is $40, which includes the theatre performance and transporta- tion. For more information or to book your seat, please call Mary Ellen at 519-833- 0087. Perennial Plant Sale Coming Soon Saturday, May 26 is the date to mark on your calendar for this years fabulous perennial plant sale. We will take over the front lawn at 310 Main Street S. in Rockwood, selling hardy perennials to support EWAG Commu- nity Support Services. The plants are healthy and the prices cant be beat. Shop early for best selection. If you would like to make a donation for our sale, please contact Robyn at 519-856-2113. Location and Hours - The EWAG Community Support Services offi ce and thrift shop is located at 106 Church Street and is open Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Thrift Shop is also open Fridays and Saturdays from noon until 4 p.m. We offer a variety of government forms, laminating, copying, faxing services and much more. Call for more infor- mation at 519-856-2113. We are also on the web at www.e-wag.on.ca Please note the offi ce is not open on Fridays Speaking about provincial grant money that has been shovelled out the door by the Minister of Citizen- ship, MPP Ted Arnott made the following statement in the Ontario Legisla- ture on April 25th, 2007: When I fi rst learned that the Minister of Citizen- ship was going to give a Ministers Statement on the grants scandal on Monday, I thought for a moment he was going to do the right thing and apologize. Not only did he not apolo- gize; he broke his promise to release the specifi c crite- ria upon which the previous grants had been determined. Clearly there were no objective and defensible criteria, and as such this was an egregious waste of taxpayers money. How else could you character- ize the expenditure of $20 million of the taxpayers money with absolutely no due diligence, no fi nancial background information requested of the grant recip- ients, and no fundamental evaluation as to whether or not a need actually existed? This is surely a question which the Auditor General of Ontario must address. And he must do so and report his fi ndings before October 10th to ensure that the McGuinty Liberal Gov- ernment is held to account for what has happened. For it appears on the surface that, with about fi ve months to go before a provincial election, a des- perate Minister of Finance, who also acts Chairman of the Ontario Liberal elec- tion campaign, allocated this money to the Min- ister of Citizenship. He then assigned him the task of shovelling the money out the door without any normal accountability pro- visions, in a blatant effort to generate support for the Lib- eral Party in that election. The people of Waterloo, Wellington, and Halton Hills will be outraged by this abuse of the public trust and the taxpayers money. And instead of generating support for the Ontario Lib- eral Party, as the Finance Minister/Campaign Chair had planned, this scan- dal will only expedite the Governments demise. MPP Ted Arnott criticizes government GONE FISHIN: Tyler Forrest, Aidan Simpson, and Kyle Forrest, all of Guelph, were enjoying fi shing for brown trout in the Eramosa River in Rockwood on Monday. The season opened last Saturday. Rebecca Ring Photo The Acton Employment Resource Centre will be hosting various events to help youth connect with local employers in the next six weeks. Special discussion sessions will be held at 4 p.m. on May 2, 9 and 23 on topics of particular interest to youth. What Employers are Looking For, as well as Interview Preparation and How to Keep Your Job, will be the subjects brainstormed at these free one-hour events. Students can phone to sign up or drop into the centre at 45 Mill Street in person. The workplace can be a new environment and has its own culture, youth ask excellent questions about employment expectations, labour laws and appropriate behaviours in the workplace. Laura Demeester, a youth worker and employment spe- cialist, is updating a student job posting binder daily as the employment opportunities start to appear over the next few weeks. Students can receive assistance with resume writing, cover letters and how to apply for apprenticeships. Local employers are asked to phone or come into the centre to post a job, or posting may be done by fax or email. Busi- nesses are encouraged to provide information about the skill set and qualifi cations needed for the employment opportunity. The centre also has many application forms for Halton Hills companies. Youth can fax or email resumes from the centre, which has workstations, a printer, photocopier and other resources for job searching. The Acton High School is very supportive of the youth em- ployment needs and have connected students with the centre and its resources. Youth need job experience and many young adults are saving for post secondary education. The centre appreciates the partnership with the local schools. It is benefi cial for youth, parents and employers to know the centre is here to help assist our youth to get jobs. May is hire a student month