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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, JANUARY 04, 2018 3THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 04, 20182 The Halton District School Board is host- ing several Pathways Planning Information Evenings in January that will allow parents and grades seven to12 students to explore program oppor- tunities high schools offer in Halton. The Board offers more than 80 programs de- signed to meet individual needs and help students succeed after high school, whether they are pursu- ing a pathway toward apprenticeship, college, community, university or the workplace. Informa- tion nights help students to be better prepared for a rapidly changing world while receiving a relevant and engaging education. All are welcome to at- tend and registration is not required. The meetings will be held at the follow- ing locations from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: • Thur sday, J anua ry 11: Georgetown Dis- trict High School, 70 Guelph Street, George- town • Thursday, January 18: Craig Kielburger Sec- ondary School, 1151 Ferguson Drive, Milton These programs in- clude the Specialist High Skills Major programs, Ontario Youth Apprentice- ship Programs, Specialty School to Career pro- grams, the Employability Skills Certificate program, Dual Credit college pro- grams, Grade Eight to Nine Transition programs, and more. Agenda for each night: • 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - Pathways displays staff by Pathways Program teachers • 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. - Pathways presenta- tion--Programs and planning for post-sec- ondary • 7:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Teacher displays and elementary transition to high school workshop To learn more, visit www.haltonpathways.ca. Mayor's Corner By: Rick Bonnette www.actonhead2toe.com Drop by between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. on Sunday January 7 th, 2018 Acton Legion Ladies Lounge BEST WISHES ONLY A Berry Social in Honour of Fran's 75th Birthday Happy New Year In early December, I was honoured to be invited to Chicago by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to the Global Coven- ant of Mayors Climate Change Summit. All in all, there were 51 mayors representing 10 coun- tries, five continents and 61 million people. The mayors of Van- couver, Montreal and I represented Canada. You may ask yourself why Halton Hills? You may not be aware of this, but we are leaders in Sustainability and have been widely recognized for our practices. The mayors and the audience were thrilled to hear an inspiration- al speech from former U.S. President Barack Obama. I also spent some time with Mayor Anne Hidal- go from Paris, France. She left me with a com- ment that I will never forget, "We need to treat climate change with ur- gency now, as there is no planet B." I gave a speech and sat on a panel discus- sion with the Mayor of Honolulu and Mayor of Knoxville. Halton Hills is definitely on the world map. **** Winter has officially arrived. Forecasters are saying that it will be a harsher winter than last year. Our staff will do their very best to en- sure that the roads are maintained for our safe- ty. Please be patient, as we have over 950 km of roads, 125 km of side- walks and 25 municipal parking lots to maintain. The sequence of priority for roads is as follows: Regional (i.e. Hwy. 25, Trafalgar Rd.), arterial (i.e. Guelph St., Queen St. etc.) and collector roads (i.e. Delrex Blvd., Churchill Rd. etc.) fol- lowed by local streets. **** Do you remember four years ago at this time? Many of us did not have power; our streets looked like a warzone with fallen trees, branch- es and hydro lines. Let's hope that this year we don't have another ice storm. Being pre- pared for an emergency is essential. A family emergency survival kit is simple and should be prepared ahead of time. Make sure your family knows where the sur- vival kit is kept. Stock these six basics in your home: water, food, first aid supplies, tools and supplies such as, cloth- ing, bedding and special items. Have your cell phone charged and cash on hand. Please visit our web- site for more information on how you can prepare. www.haltonhills.ca/fire/pdf/ emergPrepareGuide2007 .pdf **** My annual State of the Town address to the business community hosted by the Chamber of Commerce can be found on our website: haltonhills.ca/mayor/pdf/ Mayor%20State%20 of%20the%20Town%20 Address%202017.pdf **** F o r a l l o f t h o s e hockey fans, there is a special game on Sun- day, January 14. The NHL Alumni will be facing off against the Halton Hills Firefight- ers at Mold-Masters SportsPlex at 1 p.m. All proceeds will go to C.A.S.h.h. in Halton Hills. C.A.S.h.h. does wonderful work for the residents and families in our community who are battling cancer. **** I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and I wish you all the best for the New Year! **** Keeping it real! I can be reached by telephone at 905-873-2601, ext. 2342 or by email at mayor@haltonhills.ca or read my blog at www. rickbonnette.blogspot. com. You can also fol- low me on twitter at: @ RickBonnette1 By: Harry Rudolfs A single vehicle crash and fatality Tuesday mor- ning on Hwy. 7 west of Acton closed the highway for several hours. Appar- ently, a straight truck travelling eastbound on Hwy. 7, east of Crewson's Corners, struck a hydro pole pinning the male driver in the vehicle. The scene was a t - t e n d e d b y t h e O P P and four vehicles from Halton Hills Fire De- partment shortly after 6 a.m. According to dep- uty chief Harry Olivieri, 18 firefighters helped to extricate the individual from the wreckage after which he was pronounced deceased by paramedics. The name of the driver had not been released at press time, and the high- way remained closed between Crewson's Cor- ners and Dublin Line into the early afternoon. The OPP's collision recon- struction team remained on the scene for most of the day. Fatal truck crash on Highway 7 Pathways planning information nights