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6 Scoreboard · Georgetown & Acton, Thursday, April 28, 2011 The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Get Your Garden Growing! Spring Compost Give Away Monday, May 9 to Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Halton Waste Management Site 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Thanks to the participation of Halton residents, approximately 32,000 tonnes of yard waste was composted last year and turned into rich, garden-friendly compost. Halton residents are invited to come to the Compost Give Away and pick up some of this compost as a ithank youj for diverting this usable material away from the landÍll, thereby extending its life! All Halton households are welcome to collect a maximum of seven bags (or equivalent) of compost. Please bring your own bags/containers (garbage bags, yard waste bags, reusable containers) and shovel. HWMS Residents are responsible for shovelling and 5400 Regional Rd 25 bagging their own compost. Non-perishable food items or cash donations will be gratefully accepted on behalf of Halton area Food Banks. 7our donations make a difference! Helpful Hint: When applying compost to your gardens, ensure you blend it with topsoil or another gardening Íll. Recommended application for best growing results is a 60/40 split (60 per cent topsoil and 40 per cent compost). Tanners take Tri-County title Down two games to none against Brampton in their best-of-5 championship series, the Acton minor midget Tanners roared back to win the Tri-County Minor Hockey Association BB title for 2010-11 with a 5-0 victory over the Battalion in the fifth-and-deciding contest. Team members (front, from left) are: Mason Overland, Nick van der Eyken, Owen Coulighan. Middle row: Head coach Randy Wells, assistant coach Randy Box, Justin Giordano, Carter Ebbinge, Adam McCoy, Evan Oulton, Greg Wells, Will Richards, Todd Ratchford, trainer Gord Fritz, assistant coach Brad McMeeken. Back row: Jakob Macpherson, Mike Evans, Matt Fritz, Jeff Curry, Billy Mowat, Eric Vlasic. Absent: Tyler Kirkpatrick, manager Angie Box. Submitted photo GMHA set for 75th anniversary The Georgetown Minor Hockey Association is preparing to celebrate its 75th anniversary and has a series of monthly events planned. Also, anyone who has memorabilia, photos, or published materials for the Halton Hills Sports Museum can either loan or donate items for display at the Mold-Masters SportsPlex. For more info call 905-877-1162. Spring cleaning? We can help! Bring your old batteries, paint, compact Îuorescent light bulbs, pesticides and cleaners to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot at the Halton Waste Management Site. Maximum 20 litres per visit. No commercial loads can be accepted. For a list of acceptable materials and for additional information please visit www.halton.ca/waste. Emergency Preparedness Week Emergency Preparedness Week is May 1 to , 2011. This CanadaÌ wide initiative aims to increase awareness about individual and family preparedness. Visit www.ontario.ca/beprepared and Take the Challenge. Last year more than 300 Halton residents participated. Let's do better this year and show that we are the most prepared community in Ontario! The Challenge will be open from April 29 to May 31. For more information about Emergency Preparedness Week and the three steps to take to be prepared for an emergency, please visit www.halton.ca/beprepared or dial 311. Halton Regional Meeting Schedule May 3, 9:30 a.m. May 4, 9:30 a.m. May 4, 1:30 p.m. Health & Social Services Cte Planning & Public Works Cte Administration & Finance Cte Statutory­ Tourism Exemption May 4, 1:45 p.m. May 11, 9:30 a.m. Administration & Finance Cte Regional Council Gary Carr Regional Chair Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca 280411 Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 "ial 311 or 05Ì825Ì6000 k Toll Free 1Ì866Ì442Ì5866 k TT7 05Ì82Ì833 k www.halton.ca