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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009 5 Tanner April 2 09 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca 20030 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 Good Friday Waste Collection Notice Due to the Good Friday holiday on April 10, Fridays waste collection will take place on Saturday, April 11. Easter Monday does not delay waste collection the week of April 13. 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 Friday, April 10, 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. If you provide child care in your home or you are a parent who wants to learn more about licensed home child care options, come to this exciting event created just for you! The event is free and features information booths from a variety of groups in Halton that provide services to children and families. Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:30 8:30 p.m. Milton Community Resource Centre 410 Bronte Street South, Milton For more information contact: The Halton Resource Connection 905-875-4600 Email: info@thrc.ca www.thrc.ca The Halton Resource Connection presents: Open House about Home Child Care on a great season with the Guelph Jr. Storm Congratulations Jakob Celebrating a year in tire business By Frances Niblock It has been a busy and pro- ductive year at the Acton Tire Shop where owner Mark Solda is celebrating his first anniversary in business. Solda opened his tire shop on Highway 25 south of Ac- ton a year ago after working in a tire shop in Milton for 20 years. When his boss retired, Solda thought that it was time to strike out on his own and decided Acton was the right place to open a business. Weve lived north of town for 10 years and I want- ed to be part of this business community, Solda said on Friday, adding business at his one-man shop in the first year has been pretty good. Solda said the only thing he doesnt like about the job is missing phone calls from customers who include his former clients from Milton and people from Georgetown, Rockwood and Guelph. A shortage of tires from distributors this past winter meant he had to turn away a few customers, and for next winter he plans to order twice as many snow tires as he did this winter. Solda deals in both new and used tires and offers a present moment healing Individual Counselling Marriage/Couple Counselling Offering help with: Childhood Trauma Stress Depression Life Transitions Grief & Loss Anxiety Parenting and Family Concerns Psychotherapy Services For more information, visit: www.presentmomenthealing.com Call for an initial complimentary session 519-853-0019 Acton Office Now Open! Karen BinchM.A. 30-day warranty for all used tires, although he usually re- places any defective used tire out of good will. Solda has used tires on his own vehicle, but said he put new tires on his wifes vehicle before they headed to Florida. Solda supports several com- munity iniatives including sponsoring his sons Novice House League hockey team and the hot lunch program at St. Joseph Catholic School. Im too far out of town to be included in the Acton BIA (Business Improvement Area) but still want to sup- port the town that has been good to us, he said, add- ing his business philosophy stresses good price, quality and service. If I can save somebody a nickel, I will. And, I also real- ize that the last thing people want to do is hang around a tire shop so I try to get them in and out as quickly as pos- sible, Solda said. He said the latest thing in the tire and wheel busi- ness is cars that now come equipped with a pressure monitoring system that lets them know when a tire is low on air. Instead of having a 25- cent rubberized value stem on each tire, many newer cars now have transistorized send- er worth $150 on each wheel, meaning he has to be much more careful when changing the tires. Thats kind of a new thing that we have to be cau- tious of when were changing tires, but not just us. Its everyone in the industry, he said, adding the sensors will probably be on all cars by 2011. To celebrate his first year in business Solda is offering a $10 per tire snow tire change- over special that includes balancing each tire and in- stalling new valve stems. TRY A TANNER AD! 519-853-0051 CHANGE OVER TIME: Mark Solda, owner of Acton Tire Stop is busy now changing winter tires to their warm weater counterparts. - Marie Shadbolt Photo