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•T he I FP • H al to n H ill s •T hu rs da y, M ay 2 , 2 01 3 20 Join us on McHappy Day®! $1 from every Big Mac®, Happy Meal® and hot McCafé® beverage sold will go to local children's charities like Ronald McDonald House Charities®. We are raising funds to support Georgetown Hospital Foundation - Furnishing the new Emergency Department Pediatric Rooms. Only on May 8, 2013 at participating McDonald's® restaurants in Canada. ©2013 McDonald's. On Wednesday, May 8th, helping children is on the menu. 66751 Outdoor MCHPY2013-CBI-MC31010-E_ - Qty: 4 Only on May 8, 2013 at participating McDonalds® restaurants in Canada. ©2013 McDonald's. Georgetown & Acton Locations SPOTLIGHT... on Earth Day activities Several Earth Day events were held throughout Halton Hills Sat- urday but the busiest place was the Robert C. Austin Operations Centre on Trafalgar Rd. where residents could get free mulch, $5 trees, drop off their electronic waste and enjoy a barbecue. Other events included an Earth Day and Sustainability Fair at the Georgetown Market Place, and cleanups at Dominion Gardens Park and Willow Park Ecology Centre. Right: Jennifer Wassens, 6, climbs a mulch pile. Bottom right: Volunteer David Clayton prunes branches with evidence of black knot fungus disease from three Schubert choke cherry trees located in the Dominion Gardens Park. The disease is usually eradicated with pruning. Top centre: Lara Butt, an interpreter from Mountsberg Raptor Centre, gives 24-year-old great horned owl "Chomper" room to ruffl e his feathers and shake off some water as part of the Birds of Prey exhibit at the Georgetown Market Place. Bottom centre: John Watson, Halton Region Waste Diversion Education Co-ordinator stands amongst an ever-growing pile of electronic waste. More than 600 people dropped off electronic waste at the works yard. Below: Shawn Taylor takes advantage of the tree sale. Photos by Jon Borgstrom