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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008 3 TO ALL OUR FRIENDS From: Dr. Tim, Ria, Rickie and Silvia at ROCKWOOD FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC and MASSAGE THERAPY THANK YOU! e most appropriate words we know to convey our gratitude for the friendship and con dence you have shown us throughout the year. May the coming year bring an abundance of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity to all of you and your families MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Halton Hills Christmas & New Years Waste Collection Notice Please Note Collection Day Changes Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Dec 21 22 23 24 Christmas 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 New Years Jan 1 2 3 Due to Christmas and New Years Day holidays, there are some delays to waste collection. There is no waste collection on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Years Day (January 1). There is waste collection on Christmas Eve (December 24), Boxing Day (December 26), and New Years Eve (December 31). Please place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Please check your 2008 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar for your collection area details, or visit www.halton.ca to use our Search by Address tool. Halton Waste Management Site will be closed Thursday, December 25, 2008 and Thursday, January 1, 2009 Regular Operating Hours Open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Please check your 2008 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar or visit us online at www.halton.ca for more information. 2009 Waste Management Guide & Collection Calendar Your 2009 Waste Management Guide & Collection Calendar will be delivered to your mailbox in mid-January 2009. Collection Changes Collection Changes Tanner Full: 204.96 ag Limit (Not Full): 184 ag 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Tel: 905-825-6000 Toll Free: 1-866-442-5866 TTY: 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 11 120 8 Young mother wins BIAs $1,000 By Frances Niblock Christmas came early for Actons Sherry How- ard whose diligence paid off, earning her the grand prize in the Acton BIA (Business Improvement Area) Shop Local con- test. Howard won $1,000 in BIA dollars that she plans to spend on Christmas presents and taking her family out to dinner. Howard and the other participants had to shop at as many Acton BIA member stores and ser- vices that they could and collect Shop Local BIA Thank You cards. They then had to submit the cards to the BIA for tabulation and on Mon- day, BIA staff determined that Howard was the win- ner, having collected 39 of the possible 41 cards. H o w a r d , a y o u n g mother, was reportedly surprised and very happy to learn that she was the winner in the Shop Lo- cal contest that ran for a month until December 6. T h e S h o p L o c a l promotion went over really well we had lot of Santa on Tuesday as she presented $100 BIA dol- lars to the owners of Dollar Stretcher Daze, selected by customers as having the best Christmas win- dows. All five of the stores windows were decorated by Angela Robertson, a friend and neighbour of the owners, and her New Years scene and family Christmas window with a trees and presents went over especially well with shoppers who cast their ballots. On Tuesday, one of the shoppers who had selected Dollar Stretcher Daze as the best window winner also received $100 BIA bucks. That winner is customer, Angela Beckingham. participants and the mer- chants really got into it as well, said BIA manager Josey Bonnette on Tues- day. She said the BIAs Olde Fashioned Christ- mas was also a success on Saturday with large crowds turning out at the corner of Mill and Mains Streets to sing carols with the Acton Citizens Band, enjoy free hot chocolate and cider and take rides in a horse-drawn wagon with Santa. Bonnette got to play Police/Fire Report BIG BIA BUCKS: BIA member Nancy Wilkes (right) hands Sherry Howard her $1000 in BIA bucks that she won during the BIAs month long Shop Local contest. Traci Gardner Photo. Continued from page 1 THE NEW TANNER YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER False alarm Acton firefighters found no sign of any carbon monoxide after checking a house on Cole Court at 2:47 last Tuesday after- noon following an alarm activation. On Monday morning at 11:20, Acton firefight- ers responded to a Brock Street residence when a carbon monoxide detector sounded, but no trace of the deadly gas was found.