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Thursday, D ecem ber 24, 2015 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 37 Gary Carr Regional Chair 6 311halton.ca HaltonHills ChristmasDay andNewYear'sDay HouseholdWaste CollectionNotice Pleasenote collectionday changes Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Dec. 21 22 23 24 Christmas Day 25 26 28 29 30 31 New Year's Day Jan 1 2 There is no householdwaste collection on Christmas Day (Friday, December 25). Due to the holiday, householdwaste collectionwill take place the day after your regular collection day. There is no householdwaste collection onNewYear's Day (Friday, January 1). Due to the holiday, householdwaste collectionwill take place the day after your regular collection day. Please place yourwaste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled holiday collection day. Garbage tag exemption Areas 3, 4 and 5: Your first garbage collection day after Christmas Day (December 25) willnot require garbage tags; however, the six garbagebag/can limit applies. Visithalton.ca/garbagetags formore information. Christmas tree collection Areas 3, 4 and5 Christmas tree collectionwill occur onWednesday, January 13 and 20, 2016. Waste collection calendar Nevermiss your collectionday again. Sign up for emergency reminders and keep up-to-date on anywaste collection delays due to inclementweather. Visit halton.ca/wastecalendar. • Sign up for weekly email or phone call waste collection reminders. • Download yourwaste collection calendar to your personal iCal, Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook calendar. • Print your own collection calendar. Your February andMarch 2016 schedules are found on page 10 of the currentHaltonRegion Guide&WasteCollectionCalendar. The new calendar, which begins in April 2016,will be delivered inMarch. HaltonWasteManagement Site will be closed Friday,December 25, 2015 andFriday, January 1, 2016 Regular operating hours OpenMonday to Saturday • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25,Milton Area1, 3, 4, 5 no change Area 1, 3, 4, 5 no change Area 2 CollectionMoves Area 2 CollectionMoves Halton Region's essential services available over the holidays All essential serviceswill remain available over the holidays, including water andwastewater services, waste collection, road operations, public health, paramedic services and social and community services. Somepublic facilities will be closed includingHalton Region's administrative offices from4:30 p.m. onWednesday, December 23 until 8:30 a.m. onMonday, January 4. Formore information about holiday hours at our public facilities, visithalton.ca/closures. If you require assistance with Regional services during the holidays, please visithalton.ca/311 or dial 311. 24 12 15 Georgetown's trusted choice for hearing care 360 Guelph St., Unit 44 Georgetown (In the Knolcrest Centre) 905.877.8828 Armstrong Ave Delrex Blvd Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Halton Audiometric Centre COMMUNITY It is always a warm feeling to sit down with friends and share a wonderful dinner. Bruce Cunnington and his staff outdid themselves as they served up a delicious Christmas tur- key dinner to members and friends of our Centre. Happiness abounds! We were able to share this meal in our newly renovated space. For some it was the first chance they had to see the results of four months renova- tion and all had only positive comments. We thank Terri, Sherry and Kim from the Office for taking on the task of keeping the Centre open through all this fuss and muss. At times it was not easy to move groups around and make sure all activities had a place to meet but somehow they managed. Thank you for your patience. Active Living programs will be moving back to the Centre in the New Year begin- ning the week of Jan. 11. You need to register for the program of your choice soon. Cancel- lations happen because we didn't sign up in time. The Centre will be closed for the Holiday Season. We will be closing at noon on Dec. 24 and re-opening at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 4. Membership in our Centre is $35 for the year and is due Jan. 1, 2016. Many have al- ready renewed. If you are not already a member we would be pleased to have you join us. Drop in and some day between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and find out what we have to offer. Beginning in January there will be two shifts a day in the kitchen: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. You will find a new flyer on the Travel Desk out lining the day trips planned until the end of June 2016. Look for my next column the first week in January. From all of us at the Centre, to all of you, a Merry Christmas. See you in the New Year. HALC-Georgetown members share first Christmas meal in renovated space By Florence Riehl Hillsview Active Living Centre-Georgetown