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MOVING SALE Sat. Aug. 30th & 31st 8 Cherry St. 8-12 Furniture, Electronics, 22" Monitor, DVD's GARAGE SALE Saturday August 30th 411 WILSON STREET in Eden Mills 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Something for Everyone!! GARAGE SALE Monday September 1st LABOUR DAY SALE 162 MAIN STREET, SOUTH ACTON 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Antiques and Collectibles No Early Birds Please!! WALKER Mike and Jenny (nee Williams) are happy and proud to announce the birth of their daughter Ava Rose, born on July 27th, 2008 at 11:18 a.m., weighing 6lbs 3 oz. Proud Grandparents are John and Julie Williams of Georgetown, Ontario and Steve and Avril Walker of Leeds, England. She is also welcomed by her Aunts and Uncles, Jeff, Andrea, Julia, Pete and her Cousin Cecilia. Thank you to all the wonderful Doctors and Nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital who took such great care of us. RICHARDSON Hi I'm Paige Richardson and my new baby brother, Cameron Brian Richardson finally ar- rived on May 14th, 2008. My Daddy told me he weighed 8 lbs., and 11 oz. and the doctor and nurses at Georgetown Hospital treated him and mommy really nice. My mommy and daddy (Angela and Mike Richardson) and all the aunts, uncles, cousins and grand parents send all their love too. P.S. Our Great Uncle is smiling down on us. ANDREWS Michael and Jackie (Fekkes) and big brothers Aaryn and Daniel give praise to the Lord for the safe arrival of their newest addition. Noah Klaas, born August 15th, 2008 at 3:39 am, weighing 7 lbs., 12 oz. Proud grandparents of their 9th are Bob and Willie Andrews of Acton and 3rd are John and Joann Fekkes of Ottawa. Praise be to God from whom all blessings flow. BALLINAFAD COMMUNITY Chicken BBQ and Corn Roast "It's the end of summer get together" At the Ballinafad Community Centre Labour Day - September 1st Serving from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Rain or Shine Half Chicken Dinner $12.00 Quarter Chicken Dinner $9.00 Free hot dog meal for preschool children Take outs available. Includes silent auction, wagon rides for the kids. To reserve tickets call: 905-873-8678 Sponsored by the Ballinafad United Church HOLMES, Robert - In loving memory of a dear father, who passed away August 26th, 1996. A special smile, a special face, A part of our family we can never replace. Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday, Missing you is an heartache that never goes away. We miss you dad, Judy, Terry, Rick, and families THE family of the late Alice Gray would like to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to friends and relatives for their acts of kind- ness, cards, floral tributes, memorial donations, during the loss of our dear Mother, Grandma and Nana. Thank you to Rev. Cooper for a very special memorial service; and lastly a very spe- cial thank you to Dr. Robert Bourns (surely an angel in disguise) for his professional, yet ten- der and dedicated care. The Hutchison family DEATHSBIRTHSBIRTHS IN MEMORIAM COMING EVENTS ACTON EDEN MILLS CARD OF THANKS GIBSON, Clarke Wayne September 14th, 1932 - August 24th, 2008 Passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Clarke will always remain in the hearts of his family, beloved husband of 55 years of Mary-Lou (Huffman). Caring and loving father of Wayne and wife Judy (Krajacich), Deborah and husband Brian (MacLean), Kim and wife Cathy (Donais), and Robin and husband Pat- rick (Boul Fun-loving and a super Grampa of Kelly, Michelle, Sarah, Bob, Faye, April, Kristy, David, Madeline, Duncan, Brilee, Mikayla and Jordan. A former long-term resident of George- town, retiring in Wasaga Beach, Clarke will be missed by all those lives he touched. Friends will be received at the J.S. Jones & Son Funer- al Home, 11582 Trafalgar Road, north of Maple Avenue, Georgetown 905-877-3631 on Thurs- day from 7-9 pm. Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 1:00 pm. Reception to follow at the Georgetown Le- gion. If friends desire, memorial tributes may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. To send expressions of sympathy visit www.jsjonesandsonfuneralhome.com Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 23 As the warm days of summer come to a close, we start planning for back to school activities. We all know what that means for the kids but what about you? Are you an adult who has given some thought to upgrading your skills? Do you know of an adult who needs help with upgrading reading, writing or basic math skills? Literacy North Halton offers a second chance to adults who wish to find or keep a job, as well as increase their indepen- dence through better literacy skills. We also provide a computer course for people who need to learn basic computer skills for the workplace. Program staff will be happy to help define what your needs are and provide you with information on the best services for you in the community. Our Read*Spell*Write program oper- ates all year long with one-on-one volun- teer tutors and small group sessions. We run computer classes throughout the community both day and evenings. How about preparation for college? LNH is the satellite location for Sheridan College in Georgetown. Our part-time evening courses Monday through Wednesday offer upgrading in both math and English. It costs nothing to come in and do a short assessment. Once you are registered in our ACE program, you are already considered a student of Sheridan College and this program is also recog- nized by all Ontario colleges. Here are a few of our students pro- files: Corrines goal is to enrol in the General Arts & Science Program at Sheridan College. Corrine was unsuccess- ful writing the mature student test through the admissions process at Sheridan and was referred to the ACE program. When she was asked what she likes about the program in Georgetown she commented, finally I have a teacher that cares not enough do that. Joe wanted to pass the GED test to apply for apprenticeship in the automo- tive field. Joe likes the smaller group in ACE and appreciates being able to ask for help more often. Kim says, I came to the ACE pro- gram to prepare myself for college as I am going into the trades. I also want to better myself for my son when he becomes school age. More recently, employees, who work in large businesses, have been applying to our ACE program to assist them in upgrading their math and English so they can successfully pass the entrance test for an apprenticeship program with their employer. For more information call Literacy North Halton, 905-873-2200 or visit our website at www.literacynh.org 905-873-2200 Literacy Matters Do you want to upgrade your skills? LNH offers flexible learning for adults Freaky Friday at the Town of Halton Hills Twenty-year-old Sean Hansen, (right photo), a summer camp director for the Town of Halton Hills Recreation and Parks, swapped jobs with department director Terry Alyman (left photo) one Friday recently and enjoyed tend- ing to matters in his bosss office. Alyman, meanwhile, spent time as a group leader for one of the many camps the town oversees at the Gellert Recreation Centre. He played Animal Jeopardy using an overhead projector in the Summer Tyke Hullaboo camp (age 4-6 yrs.) with youngsters (from left) Grace Ayers, Jalen White-Buckley and Tyler Cassels. Photos by Eamonn Maher Getting creative at summer camp Left photo: As the Recreation and Parks Dept.s July Studio Art Camp at Acton Community Cenre wound down, budding artists (from left) Julianna Imbiscuso, 9, Angelica McDaid, 8 and Marceilo Imbiscuso, 11, showed off their creations in papier machRight photo: Campers in the August Halton Hills Summer Studio Arts Camp in Acton enjoyed showing off some of their artwork created during the camp. Showing off their papier machasks were Riley McArthur, 7 (left) and Tiffany Bessec, 9, at the Acton Community Centre. Photos by Ted Brown The Georgetown Bread Basket (food bank) is very low on some food items. If you can help, please drop off at any of the grocery stores: cold cereal, canned juice, canned vegetables, canned meat, instant coffee, flour, baking goods, fruit bars. Thanks for your help. Any items can be placed in the food bank bins at any of the grocery stores and food bank volunteers will pick up. Food bank is low on items