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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, February 1, 2008 48 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Recipe of the week: Mince and tatties Page 23 Winter Warmth Fund aids low income families Page 14 Red-hot Bearcats ready for playoffs Page 21 Potter band to rock for hockey team Page 15 Editorial 6 Calendar 12, 13 Sports 21, 22 Classifieds 26-29 INSIDE A video posting on YouTube has led to a studio recording session in Boston and an up- coming CD release for a Georgetown musician. See details Wednesday. WEDNESDAY... A plan to implement Haltons new waste collection program has been given the preliminary thumbs up. A staff report on the topic was endorsed by the Regions planning and public works committee at its meeting Wednesday. The document said the new GreenCarts like a recycling bin for kitchen scraps will be delivered to residents over a two-week period start- ing March 24. Theyll then start to be collected at the curbside on April 7, which is when the new waste collection contract comes into effect. The contract will also bring about other major changes, including weekly Blue Box and GreenCart collection and bi-weekly garbage collection with a six- bag limit. On the recycling front, the imple- mentation plan calls for the addition of polypropylene commonly used for yogurt containers and margarine tubs to the list of acceptable Blue Box mate- rials and the removal of polystyrene (Styrofoam) due to issues with process- ing the material and instability in the processing marketplace. To help residents adjust to the bi- weekly garbage collection, the Region will be monitoring garbage set out for the first four weeks of the new contract and placing stickers on any bags put out on the wrong week for collection. During that grace period though, garbage trucks will pick up any bags that remain at the curb for two days after the collection day. REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.75%. FIXED RATE (905) 873-1655 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. Georgetown Volkswagen 203 Guelph Street 9 0 5 . 8 7 7 . 5 2 8 5 georgetownvw.com 2008 Rabbit. Power to the pavement. $229/mo. for 48 months* 3.9% APR Lease *See Georgetown Volkswagen for full details. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce Employee of the Year, Dale Turnbull of Food Basics, is a familiar figure outside the grocery store where he looks after the needs of customers, as well as retrieval of the shopping carts. Turnbull was chosen as Employee of the Year for his outstanding customer service. For more coverage see page 9. Photo by Ted Brown Employee of the Year Garbage collection changes okayed MELANIE HENNESSEY Special to The IFP See HALTON, pg. 10