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12 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday August 31, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Journalist to speak on investing in educating girls E ducate a Girl - Change the World: An Evening with Dianne Rinehart is set for Wednesday, Oct. 17. The Public Library Week event takes place at 7 p.m. at the Central Branch Auditorium on Navy St. Tickets cost $10 each and will be available at all branches in September. If you'd like to make the world a better, safer place, but wondered how, there is a way, and one simpler than you may think. Educate a girl, a 2001 study by the World Bank found, "There is no investment more effective for achieving development goals than educating girls." The study found countries where girls are educated have less government corruption, healthier populations, and faster-growing economies than countries where girls are not educated. At the same time, the Canadian International Development Fund (CIDA) has made girls' education one of its primary goals. As CIDA points out: more than 100 million children of primary school age are still not in school, two thirds of them girls. In addition, some 860 million adults, two thirds of them women, still cannot read or write. Dianne Rinehart has covered United Nations human rights con- School is back on September 4th Gillian Tuck Kutarna Chair of the Board Wayne Joudrie Director of Education Please Drive Safely! Al Bailey Chair of the Board Lou Piovesan Director of Education ferences in Vienna and Beijing, as well as reported on women's rights issues as editor-in-chief of Homemakers magazine (which won the B'nai Brith and Amnesty Human Rights Media Awards during her tenure). In the past she also worked as the associate editor of Flare, and the managing editor of Ski Canada. In news, she worked as a senior reporter at the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa correspondent at the flagship bureau of the Canadian Press, and a foreign correspondent during the Gorbachev years for publications such as USA Today, US News and World Report, and the Los Angeles Times. Rinehart has 30 years of journalism experience as a reporter, broadcaster, columnist and award-winning writer and editor at magazines, news services, newspapers, radio and television. Tickets will be available at all branches in September. -- Submitted by the Oakville Public Library. The Regional Municipality of Halton Labour Day www.halton.ca Waste Collection Notice Please Note Collection Day Changes MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY b ur eal Cp Ap Urban Yard Waste Collection 3 4 5 6 7 8 Yard waste materials will be collected every other week on the same day as your Blue Box until December 7. Acceptable materials include yard and garden trimmings; pumpkins; fallen fruit from trees and tree trimmings. Grass clippings will not be collected with yard waste or garbage. Please "grasscycle" by leaving grass clippings on your lawn. Use only paper yard waste bags, or labelled, reusable, rigid containers with no lids. Yard waste labels for reusable containers are available at no charge from Halton Region. Containers must be no larger than 125 L (27 imperial gallons) or 23 kg (50 lbs). Bulk brush must be placed curbside in one pile no larger than 3 m (10 ft) long by 1.8 m (6 ft) wide by 1.2 m (4 ft) high, with branches a maximum of 7.5 cm (3 inches) in diameter. Bulk brush must be free of loose debris such as leaves and trimmings. To assist in collection, bundled and tied brush is appreciated. Bulk brush in excess of the Do not use cardboard boxes or Blue Boxes for yard waste collection. Don't put your yard waste in plastic bags, they are not accepted in the yard waste program. Labour Day Due to the Labour Day Holiday, waste collection services the week of September 3 will take place the day after your regular collection day. Please place your waste at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled collection day. Please check your 2007 "Curb Appeal" Waste Management Calendar for details in your area or the Region's Waste Management website at www.halton.ca/waste Halton Waste Management Site will be closed on Monday, September 3 Regular Operating Hours Open Monday to Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Kids are back in school - Drive SAFE Labour Day weekend signals back to school for students in Halton. Roads and neighbourhoods in our community will be busier with children walking, bicycling or taking the bus to and from school. We would like to remind motorists to be aware of your speed when behind the wheel of your vehicle at all times, particularly in school zones. Remember when approaching travelling in both directions must stop. Drive SAFE (Safety Awareness For Everyone) is a partnership between Halton Region and Halton Regional Police Service to promote road safety. To learn more about the Drive SAFE program visit our website, www.halton.ca/drivesafe. Gary Carr - Regional Chair 310807 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 · Tel: 905-825-6000 · Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON · TTY: 905-827-9833