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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2007 3 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000 Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON TTY: 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 111007 Georgetown Acton Metal & Appliance Call-in Collection Service Metal items and appliances will ONLY be collected on a call-in basis, and therefore will not be collected on your scheduled Bulk Collection day. To receive collection, please call Halton Region Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 905-825-6000 or Toll free 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866) TTY: 905-827-9833 Metal items and appliances include refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, stoves, washers, dryers, metal furniture, broken down swing sets, etc. Please ensure the doors are removed for safety. Halton Hills Urban Bulk Collection Curb Appeal Place items at curb by 7:00 a.m. on your designated bulk collection day. Check the map for your corresponding collection zone. Items will be collected on the day designated for your zone. The following materials will NOT be collected: Automobile Parts* Propane Tanks Tires Building and Demolition Debris Concrete and Bricks Household Hazardous Waste Cardboard Boxes Tree Branches Tree Stumps** Soil and Rocks These items may be disposed of at Haltons Waste Management Site (HWMS), 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton. Open Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. *Only small non-hazardous automobile parts can be accepted at the HWMS. **Only small tree stumps under 30 cm (1 ft) in diameter can be accepted at the HWMS. Bulk Waste Collection Note: Collection boundaries have changed. Please confirm which zone you are in. Zone 1 Mon., Oct 15 Zone 6 Mon., Oct 22 Zone 2 Tues., Oct 16 Zone 7 Tues., Oct 23 Zone 3 Wed., Oct 17 Zone 8 Thurs., Oct 25 Zone 4 Thurs., Oct 18 Zone 9 Fri., Oct 26 Zone 5 Fri., Oct 19 Waste Tips Keep Halton Beautiful on Windy Days You can help reduce litter with some simple steps to prevent your recyclables from taking flight on windy days. Please ensure your Blue Box materials are placed curbside in a secure manner. On windy days, place your Blue Boxes out for collection on the morning of collection day, by 7:00 a.m., instead of the night before. Secure your recyclables. Stack your Blue Boxes on top of one another to prevent papers from blowing away. Fill boxboard boxes with other boxboard material. Place heavier items on top of lighter items. Flatten and tie large cardboard boxes and place securely underneath or between your recycling boxes. Residential Drinking Water Systems U-Fill Water Store Purified Water, Cooler Sales & Rentals Softener Sales & Service Repairs to all Makes & Models 56 MILL ST.E. ACTON Tel: 5198538041 Fax : 519853-8150 Toll Free: 18668704044 24h pager: 5192416772 . All Major Credit Cards accepted MICHAEL PAPILLON Owner/Operator Where does Acton get its Pure Drinking Water? NEW LOCATION Grand re-opening Specials for Oct. & Nov. 5 gallon refill only $3.00 each(reg $3.25) FREE refill for NEW customers ONLY! Refill plans available(for as low as $2.00 per bottle) Actons only water refill store! Come see us and visit our new & clean modern facility Water softener special for Oct. & Nov. 32,000 GE professional :OGIX series softener for only $1100.00+GST installed(reg price $1300.00) Upgrade your old softener now and save on salt & water with LOGIX series unit that measures and tracks your famillies water consumption. Limited time only, so dont miss our SUPER SALE! COME AND SEE US YOU WONT BE DISPPOINTED! checkout our website at www.papillon.thetank.biz Acton students visit Honduras... through which the trip was organized Once on the mountain, ev- ery moment of every day was spent productively. We climbed 100-foot tall trees, at- tached to a harness, of course, to watch the sunrise. We swam in a waterfall. We met people from all over North America and Europe. We slept in tents and hammocks. We bathed in streams. We went to the bathroom in funnels. We also hiked for two to six hours every day, which proved to be a challenge for some of the students. In the beginning, it was not uncommon for someone to feel the effects of dehydration. Everyone gladly welcomed the much needed rest-stops, during the hikes, to catch his or her breath. On the mountain, we had the pleasure of sitting in on lectures concerning the bio- diversity in the park, assisting research teams for small- mammals, birds, insects and reptiles and surveying habitat in different areas of the moun- tain. We even learned a little bit of Spanish. The last days on the moun- tain were spent in the small village of Buenos Aires, where we watched a soccer tourna- ment involving the locals for Sports Day, which Opera- tion Wallacea runs annually. Those of us who decided to stay an additional night in the village also had the pleasure of playing childrens games with the kids. We headed back down the mountain the next morning to go to the island of Utila. On the island, we were exposed to an entirely new world. There, we were intro- duced to the wonderful and fantastic world that exists beneath the oceans surface. We S.C.U.B.A. dived every day, sometimes twice a day. Snorkelling also occupied a lot of free time. We saw jellyfish, stingrays, barracudas, eels, tropical fish, octopi and squid. Also on the island, we had the opportunity to sit in on some reef ecology lectures. I think I speak for my entire group when I say that aside from learning a lot about conserving our environment, which we are destroying and about biodiversity in general, we learned just as much about the world around us and our- selves. I think after arriving home to our beds, clean water and electricity, we all devel- oped more of an appreciation for the luxuries we have been afforded. I know that I am going to try my very hardest not to let food be wasted. I am going to see Canada. I especially learned that I am going to help others and do what makes me happy in the future, not rich. I can sincerely say that the trip was one of the best things to ever happen to me. Project Porchlight... get students of Acton High School involved as well. Students of Christ the King Catholic School will be vol- unteering as well through their environmental class. The Halton Hills Green Plan Task Force is very ex- cited that Project Porchlight is coming to Halton Hills, said Mayor Rick Bonnette. Its a great way for Halton Hills to educate residents on energy efficiency by think- ing globally and acting locally. Everyone can conserve energy, save money, and help the environment at the same time with simple effective actions. Bulb dis- tribution by volunteers and community groups will take place over the fall. Anyone interested in making a dif- ference in Halton Hills is invited to visit the Project Porchlight web site www. projectporchlight.com or call Clark Sommerville at 519-853-9930. Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1