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THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 12 Decorating your patio, sunroom or cottage? Need a view and still block the sun & UV?? Want room darkening for your bedroom zzzs??? MARCH SAVINGS* 35% OFF Roller Blinds including Screen Shades!! Call for more information 519-856-0969 *February orders for March delivery will qualify!! PLEASE NOTE: C.K. Coverings has been and continues to be a supplier of manufactured product with Canadian Standards Quality. The blinds, shades and roman blinds in question with the recall in December of 2009 does not include product from suppliers of C.K. Coverings. If you have ANY roller shades or blinds, from any manufacturer, in your home that need CLEATS or HOLD DOWNS and you would like to keep the strings or chains out of your childrens (or pets) reach, C.K. Coverings is offering a FREE** cleat or hold down kit! Contact the showroom today!! **Limited offer-expiry March 31, 2010 RED NOSE ALERT: M&M Meat Shops Acton product consultant Caitlin Lichty and daughter Gillian get into the spirit on Red Nose Day on February 6. The day is a Red Nose reminder to lighten up and laugh. Submitted photo SLIDE FOR SIGHT: Meghan Vanderyt and friend Ally enjoy a fast run on Mon- day in Eden Mills for the annual Slide for Sight, a fundraiser for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Meghan was diagnosed several years ago with Retinitis Pig- mentosa and is a successful fundraiser for the Foundation. Submitted photo ROCKWOOD Around By Frances Niblock Essay contest Think you can perfectly describe your favourite place in Wellington Coun- ty using 500 to 2,000 words? The Wellington County Historical Soci- etys annual essay contest this year asks contestants to write about the place they like best. When the IODE started the essay contest in 1930s popular topics were My school and My Church according to Society spokesman Ian Easter- brook who hopes for at least 40 entries from all ages. The deadline is April 14 and modest cash prizes will be awarded to adults and students. For details call 519-843-6576. Youth dance Big screens, big sound and big fun are on the bill for the video dance party on Friday, February 26 at Rockmosa. Party Cinemas will make the fundraiser hap- pen with help from East Wellington Community Services. Doors open at 7 and close at 10 p.m. at the adult chaperoned event, aimed at kids seven to 14. No fee support Phone support, crisis i n t e r v e n t i o n , c o u n - selling and help with transportation and chil- dren is available, for free, from trained volunteers with East Wellington Community Services. Rockwood area women can call Kim at 519-856- 2191. On Mondays Family Day, Mike Hessien of Eden Mills hosted the second annual Slide for Sight, a hugely successful event that drew more than 60 people. Rockwoods Meghan Vanderyt was diagnosed a few years ago with Retinitis Pigmentosa and has been on a mission ever since to raise aware- ness for the need for research into eye disease to find a cure. Friends and family from the Rock- wood area and several of Meghans high school friends participated in a fun-filled day of tubing, sliding and GTing down a winding, snow- covered hill. This is an annual event raised over $1,000 and put Meghans funding totals at over $11,000. The Vanderyt and Hessien families staged the event. Donations are still being accepted by the Foundation Fighting Blindness. For more in- formation visit http://my.e2rm.com/ personalPage.aspx?registrationID=7 97522&LangPref=en-CA or find her link through the FFB website: http:// ffb.ca/ By Frances Niblock Industrial plan objections Most of the 130 people who jammed the Township of Guelph/Eramosa council chambers last Monday are not happy with the latest version of the so-called Robertson application plans for a 30-lot industrial development near Eden Place at the southwest corner of Highway 7 and Wellington Road 29. While the developers consultant said Highway 7 will be the main traffic route, several people in- cluding a teenager with a 35-name petition are worried about the impact of additional traffic on Eden Mills. Another pe- tition signed by over 70 local youth was also tabled at the public meeting, and members of a group calling themselves the Friends of the Eramosa River Valley, presented council with a 150-name petition in op- position to the industrial development. Some of its concerns include decreased property values, light pol- lution, seasonal flooding, hours of operation of busi- nesses and increased risk of accidents. It is regrettable that some residents have the percep- tion that council is not dealing with the proposal in the proper manner. Township will consider all of the questions and comments and report back at a future public meeting. Erin waste changes Rural residents in the Town of Erin will be offered paid curbside col- lection of bagged garbage and blue box recyclables every other Thursday be- ginning May 6. Theres no bag limits and a wide range of material is acceptable to the blue box pick up pro- gram. County of Wellington user-pay bags are available for purchase at a variety of local distributors, all Coun- ty-owned waste facilities and the County Adminis- tration Centre in Guelph. Information on the curb- side collection program is available on the Countys website: www.wellington. ca. *** The Hillsburgh Trans- fer Station will be closing permanently on May 1, 2010 to limit negative en- vironmental impacts from the former landfill site. An earlier County Council plan for a full-service transfer station in Erin was rejected in 2004 due to community opposition. T h e C o u n t y i s i n discussion with local or- ganizations about a Reuse Centre located in the Town of Erin. Urban residents in the Town of Erin will con- tinue to receive weekly bagged garbage and blue box curbside collection every Thursday. Township Digest Slide for Sight fun