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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, April 18, 2008 56 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Lots of action in Twisters Day of Champs Page 19 Get ready to roll! See our 8-page Wheels section inside Junior Broadway musical comes to Acton Page 17 Student and teacher reunite Page 12 Editorial 6 Ted Bit 7 Sports 19-21 Calendar 22 Classifieds 25-28 INSIDE The Acton Citizen of the Year has been named by the Rotary Club of Acton. See who it is in Wednesdays edi- tion. WEDNESDAY... REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.35% 5YR FIXED RATE GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2008 KIA SEDONA FINANCE0% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 Up to 60 mos For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper The contractor in charge of regions garbage pick-up has issued an apology to local residents for the delays that have been experienced so far in the new waste collection program. Miller Waste Systems started a con- tract with the Region last week that includes the new GreenCart program, weekly Blue Box collection and bi-weekly garbage collection with a six-bag limit. But the program got off to a bit of a rocky start, with some residents waiting for several days after their scheduled col- lection day for a Miller truck to show up. Miller senior vice president Blair McArthur appeared before regional coun- cil Wednesday to apologize for the chal- lenges that have been experienced so far and offer up some explanations. There is a very compelling reason for the delays you have seen, he said. The Regions marketing campaign (for the program) promised More Blue and Green for a Better Planet and we have definitely seen more blue and green than at any time in the history of our waste diversion experience. In our 47 years of business, we have never seen such unprecedented rates in the roll-out of a new waste man- agement program or the volumes of material set out for collection. He said last week, Miller trucks col- lected roughly 2,000 tonnes of recycling and organics (compostable material) over 50 per cent more than what was expected. There were also high volumes of leaf and yard waste, with over 200 tonnes of the material being collected per day. Thats about 20 per cent more than Miller had anticipated. In many ways this is a good news story, he said. The delays have been inconvenient for residents but its good news for the environment as a whole. He added its been a learning curve for the large driving staff and the supervisors. He also said theres been some issues with See PROBLEMS, pg. 10 A somewhat annoyed Katherina (Aidan Hammond) tolerates her totally obnoxious bridegroom Petruchio (Bruno Seiler) on their wedding day, in Acton High Schools upcoming production of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew, which will be performed in the high school bear pit, April 24 to 26. Tickets are $12 each for the 7:30 p.m. performances, and are available by contacting the high school at 519-853-2920. Photo by Ted Brown Shakespeares Shrew Woes beset GreenCart roll-out MELANIE HENNESSEY Special to The IFP