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6 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 1012 CONTEST WINNERS: Some of the Acton students whose submissions earned prizes in the Acton Legion's annual Remembrance Day Poppy poster contest picked up their awards on Sunday at the Acton Branch. ­ Submitted photo Legion news School Year 2012-2013 Junior/Senior Kindergarten Branch no. 197 By Sharon Graham P.R.O. REGISTER NOW Note: If your child is currently attending one of our schools for Junior Kindergarten, do not register for Senior Kindergarten. Junior Kindergarten Senior Kindergarten must be 5 years old must be 4 years old by December 31, 2012 by December 31, 2012 To determine your designated home school, access our website www.hdsb.ca and click on the "Schools" tab, then "School Locator". Call your designated school to find out which dates have been established for Kindergarten registration. Please bring the following original documents with you to register: · · · · Proof of address: lease or purchase agreement or current property tax bill. Proof of age: birth certificate or passport or baptismal/faith document for your child. Proof of citizenship: birth certificate or passport or Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Permanent Resident card. Proof of immunization or philosophical or religious exemption forms (completed medical authorization where necessary). If you are not the child's parent, or if you have sole custody, please bring proof of custody (court order). Please register your child by February 17, 2012. For further information, please contact: Phone: 905-335-3663 Toll free: 1 877 618-3456 Burlington: Halton Hills: Milton: Oakville: ext.3294 ext.3435 ext.3307 ext.3271 Note: The Ministry of Education is introducing the Early Learning Program (all day, every day kindergarten) over a five-year period. Information regarding which Halton schools will be participating in 2012-2013 is available at elementary schools and on the Halton District School Board website at www.hdsb.ca If you require language assistance registering your student for school please contact Halton Multicultural Council (905) 842-2486. Si necesita ayuda en su idioma para matricular a su hijo/a, por favor llame al Halton Multicultural Council (Centro Multicultural de Halton) al (905) 842-2486 Comrades, On Sunday, January 15 the winners of the Poppy poster and literary contest came out to the Branch to receive their awards. It was nice to see the principals, teachers, and all of the parents, and of course all of the many students. A thank you goes out to John Wagg, our Poppy chair, and crew for the nice lunch. I would like to also thank the executives for all of their help. I am very proud to be the Youth Ed Chair. I get the chance to go to all of the schools and ask the principal and teachers if they can help the students participate in this Poppy Poster contest. I am very grateful for all of the hard work that is done by the students. Thank you again for all of your hard work. All of the pictures are on the web forum; please go to www.rclbr197.org and you will find them all there. Ready for winter When it snows, Mayor Rick Bonnette reminds residents that staff will do their very best to ensure that the roads are maintained for safety. Everyone is asked to be patient, as it may take some time for the ploughs to get to all the local streets. The Town clears over 900-km of roads, 125km sidewalks, and 25 municipal parking lots. Winter control is performed in priority sequence with Regional roads first, followed by arterial roads, collector roads and then local roads. Heavy snowfall or successive storms extend winter control activities resulting in delays getting to the local roads. Halton Hills has a To w n - w i d e p a r k i n g prohibition on streets between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. from November 15 to April 15 for night-time snow clearing operations. Sidewalk snow clearing The Branch would like to congratulate all of the euchre players who will be moving on to Zone good luck. Just a reminder that on January 27 Brown's Garage will be playing for everyone in the games room from 7 to 11 p.m. All are welcome to come out for a good time. February 11 is our Zone winter Valentine's Social, being held at the Streetsville Branch. All of the activities will start at 2 p.m. The bus will leave the branch at 1 p.m. If you do plan to go, the bus will be $5 if we fill it, or $10 if we do not. We are hoping for a good crowd to come out for the day. It should be a lot of fun. Legion Ladies Auxiliary Notes The January meeting started off with 25 members present, a good turnout after Christmas. Draping of the charter was done in memory of Eva Cutting. The door prize was won by Joyce Buchanan. There was voting on a new member who was accepted and will be initiated at our February m e e t i n g . We l c o m e Erika Hunter, who is the granddaughter of Joan Ford. Congratulations to our LA member Chelsea Olsen and her husband Matt and Ireland on their new baby Finnley. The Appreciation Dinner will be held Saturday, February 19, and this is a dinner prepared by the Branch for all the hard work the LA member has done over the year. Please come out to the February meeting to sign up, or give Susan Poulsen a call to say you are attending. Good luck to the ladies participating in Cribbage and Qualifying Round for Darts this month. Also there are still a few members who have not paid their dues to be members in good standing. Please pay your dues to Helen VanOpstal by February 2. There will be a joint Branch and LA Executive m e e t i n g o n M o n d a y, January 30 at 6:50 p.m. Helen VanOpstal Secretary will be calling the LA Executive. The Next General M e e t i n g T h u r s d a y, February 2. Yours in Comradeship Peggy Harris President to Branch 197 Ladies Auxiliary / 905-842-2486 : (Halton Multicultural Council) starts within 12 hours of the snow event and is completed within 48 hours. Residents are asked to clear snow away from fire hydrants, and not to shovel snow back onto the roadways, as per ByLaw #90-68. Also, ensure that garbage and blue boxes are kept off the roadways. For additional information, contact Public Works at 905-873-2601 ext. 2603.