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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009 3 Due to the Family Day holiday, waste collection services the week of February 16 will take place the day after your regular collection day. Please place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Please check your 2009 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar for your collection area details, or visit www.halton.ca/waste to use our Search by Address tool. Halton Waste Management Site will be closed Monday, February 16, 2009 Regular Operating Hours Open Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Please check your 2009 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar or visit us online at www.halton.ca/waste for more information. Halton Hills Family Day Waste Collection Notice Please Note Collection Day Changes Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Feb 16 17 18 19 20 21 Collection Moves Collection Moves Family Day Tanner Feb 12 09 3c x 105ag The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 12020 91151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Dial 311 or 905-825-6000 Toll Free 1-866-442-5866 TTY 905-827-9833 www.halton.ca Stag & Doe for Adam Field & Andria Dowdell Feb 21st, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Rockmosa Community Centre Tickets $10 By Frances Niblock Armed with clothing, personal hygiene items, construction materials and the desire to help the poor, a group of 15 Halton Hills residents leave Sunday for a 10-day mission trip to Ja- maica. Near Montego Bay, the group eight from Actons Christian Reformed Church and seven from the George- town Christian Reformed Church will work on an orphanage, a boys reform school and an old age home as well as minister to the poor. We decided to go to Ja- maica, which many think of as a tourist destination, to see if wed be more effective going to an Eng- lish-speaking country, said Actons Harry Reinders, one of the 11 men and four women, aged 18 to 70, who are making the trip, under the guidance of Mission Ventures of Guelph. Local church members, including Reinders, have made mission trips in the past to various countries including Africa, Peru, Gua- temala and Mexico. Were taking clothes, things like shampoo and soap, school supplies and toys for the kids. Well take some construction stuff with us and also buy some of it there, he said. Reinders said the trips are Unknown odour Acton firefighters were unable to find the source of a reported unknown odour at a Greenore Cres- cent residence at 9:47 a.m. on Saturday. They checked the house using gas detection equipment but found nothing out of the ordinary. Lynn Trenton Ultrasound Technologist 127 Parkview Lane, Rockwood, ON www.babybonus3dultrasound.com email: lynn@babybonus3dultrasound.com Every baby is a miracle... 519.856.2679 Fire Report Local residents are on mission trip to Jamaica really enlightening with the realization that people not living in poverty take so much for granted. Its a reality check. In these economic circum- stances that we think are so bad, were still living way better than a lot of others who are living in more diffi- cult situations. It makes you wonder about the billions that have been lost in the stock market if two years ago those dollars had been given to help the poor, im- agine where the poor would be, Reinders said, adding that the thought of not eat- ing everyday isnt an issue with most Acton residents, unlike many that they meet on the mission trips. Reinders said on past mis- sions, he and other workers h a v e b e e n w e l c o m e d with open arms and deep thanks. Most of those going on mission trips pay their own way, but the churches have mission funds to help those who want to help, but cant afford the entire cost. The group heads to Ja- maica on February 15 and returns on the 25. Council questions golf water use... Continued from Page 1 -dle Branch Sixteen Mile Creek. The water will be pumped into an irrigation pond and then pumped through the irrigation system, with a maximum daily volume of 1,310,400 litres for a max- imum of 214 days. The water can only be taken if the stream flows are higher than a minimum base flow set by the Ministry of Environ- ment (MOE), times directly related to excess flows during a spring thaw period or after a rain storm event. The renewal permit for the Black Creek Golf Course pro- poses to take water from the East Branch of Black Creek by means of a proposed intake structure and an irrigation res- ervoir. The developer wants to be able to take 6,544,800-litres per day, 365 days per year and there could be some ground water taking as well. Lewis questioned why the proposed Black Creek course wants to be able to pump water all year, saying it doesnt seem fair or reasonable that they would pump in the dead of winter. Town engineer Chris Mills said while it obviously would not pump year round, the per- mit would give the course the ability to do so based on mon- itoring results of the tributary. Typically, the conservation authority or the MOE would make comment on the amount of days that are permitted, based on both historical mon- itoring information, but also weather patterns, Mills said. As Council did with a pro- posed water taking for the Eagle Ridge Golf Course, it will recommend to the MOE that the permit to take water include a five-year limit. Noting that the Black Creek course has had its water taking permit for years, but not used it as construction hasnt started, Regional and Town Councillor Clark Somerville asked staff why the applicant was not re- quired to go back and check its studies and findings to deter- mine if they are still valid. Mills assured him that the technical documentation relat- ed to the permit to take water would have been updated as part of the process, including additional studies as required by the MOE. Originally planned as a 27- hole golf course, the Black Creek facility, on land between the Fourth and Fifth Lines, north of Highway 7, was sold several years ago and last year a new application was filed for an 18-hole course. Because the Black Creek Golf Course project could involve some ground water taking, Council will recom- mend that the MOE not issue the permit to take water until the impacts to the ground water are defined, and if ne- cessary, mitigation measures are approved. ROTARY WORDS: The Acton Rotary Club for the second year in a row has distributed dictionaries to the grade three students in local schools in Acton, Rockwood and Limehouse. Here is Ed Lawson President of the Acton Rotary Club and Rotarian Mike Dawkins handing out the dictionaries to the grade three students at Rockwood Centennial School. - Submitted photo