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COMMUNITY HALC-Acton celebrates its volunteers, and its dart players teer Halton on April 11. It is called the "Cheers to Wendy Krever, Sylvia Mitchell and five of Marg's Volunteers" award, in recognition of her 20 years family were there to celebrate with her. Congratuplus of volunteering at Hillsview Active Living lations Marj! To celebrate Volunteer Week (which ran from Marj McDonough received an award from Volun- Centre. She has seen many changes over the years. April 10-16), on Wednesday, April 14 the combined Centres hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Event. It was held at the Georgetown site--145 volunteers attended. We enjoyed breakfast, seeing familiar faces and came away full of enthusiasm after listening to motivational speaker Carole Bertuzzi Luciani. As part of her presentation she had a collection of assorted bags, and described how NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION each bag reminded her of a volunteer personality. I know we all could relate to many of her descriptions. She has us all laughing and thinking about Steeles Avenue (Regional Road 8) widening and reconstruction how we relate to some of these descriptions. Volfrom Fifth Line South to Trafalgar Road (Regional Road 3) unteers are an integral part of both Centres. Their Town of Halton Hills time, energy and skills are invaluable and vital to the operation of both Centres. Following the Volunteer Appreciation Event some of the dart players took part in the Seniors Games Association Tournament. We should be very proud of our Seniors. In the mixed group Joyce and Tony Marrows won the gold which means they advance to the next level and play in Midland at a later date. The silver and bronze went to the Georgetown seniors. Acton member Marg Bromby and Georgetown member Shirley Gallant took the silver in the ladies doubles. Frances Hogenbirk and Walter Golden came in fourth and By Julie Conroy Hillsview Active Living Centre-Acton Diane and George Crane came in fifth. Thanks to Marie Chalmers who organized this event. Seventy-five people enjoyed the Celebrating Spring Social dinner. There was a very special lady there celebrating her 98th birthday. Happy Birthday Dorothy! Following dinner seven more leaves were added to our "Tree of Hope" placed there in memory of Steve Palichuk by Steve's wife Nina, their daughter Susan and friend Carolyn. Also helping were members of the Social dinner crew who worked for many years with Nina and Steve, plus friends from the Churchill Church, neighbours and members from the Centre. We had a very interesting and enthusiastic funding meeting on Tuesday, April 12. We discussed the upcoming Mother's Day Lunch on Saturday, May 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Not only will there be a delicious lunch but you might be lucky and win one of our penny ticket draw prizes. At the last Bingo evening, people attending said they would like to continue playing Bingo over the summer months. Watch for the flyers with the dates. The next one will be on Saturday at 7 p.m. The movie on Tuesday, April 26 at 1 p.m. is The Martian. Hopefully all those avid readers have finished reading State of Wonder ready for the next Book Club meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. There was no winner in the weekly 50/50, so next week the prize should be around $120. Scheduled start date: Scheduled completion date: Contractor: Project number: Thursday, April 21, 2016 - The IFP - Halton Hills - www.theifp.ca Spring 2016 Spring 2018 Fermar Paving Limited R-2369C-15 Cengiz Cakmak 905-825-6000 ext. 7698 cengiz.cakmak@halton.ca Local Events Find Fin WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY Project Manager: Increasing waste diversion through spring waste events Halton is committed to protecting and enhancing our rich, natural environment. As part of that promise, we work to increase the Region's waste diversion rate by encouraging residents to practice the 3Rs ­ Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This spring, Halton will once again offer our popular spring waste diversion events. The 2016 Spring Compost Giveaway will run from May 9 ­ May 15 at the Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS). The Region will also host the first Special Waste Drop-off Day event of 2016 on Saturday, April 30 at Robert C. Austin Operations Centre in Georgetown. For event details, please visit halton.ca/waste or dial 311. Meetings at Halton Region · 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca/meetings for full schedule. Gary Carr Regional Chair May 10 9:30 a.m. Health & Social Services Cttee. May 11 1:30 p.m. Administration & Finance Cttee. May 11 9:30 a.m. Planning & Public Works Cttee. May 18 9:30 a.m. Regional Council Page 36 Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. 210416 www.theifp.ca