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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday October 10, 2008 - 15 Oakvillegreen Tree Tour will introduce local heroes Get to know Oakville's urban forest by taking Oakvillegreen's Tree Tour on Saturday, Oct. 25. Take the tour and hear tales about local trees that you won't forget. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oakvillegreen Conservation Association and its affiliated group Ground Breakers Oakville will hold their first Urban Forest Tree Tour. All ages are welcome to attend. The tour will start with a 15minute presentation that introduces participants to the challenges of maintaining healthy trees in an urban environment. Then the group will travel by bus around the community to visit several remarkable trees, hear stories about local heroes of our urban forest and see a few interesting projects to improve tree health. A packed lunch will be provided to everyone on the tour. Cost of the tour for adults who are not members of Oakvillegreen is $10. There is no cost for students age 17 and younger. Space is limited; reserve your spot with Emma Admans by calling 647-409-5298 or e-mailing her at emurphy@treeinitiatives.com Established in 2000, Oakvillegreen is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental organization advocating for policies and initiatives to make the community healthy and sustainable. For more information, visit www.oakvillegreen.org Ground Breakers Oakville is an affiliated group of Oakvillegreen that, working in partnership with Evergreen Canada and in consultation with the Town of Oakville, has planted more than 7,900 native trees and shrubs in Oakville since 2004. Ground Breakers has received support from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for its community plantings in Oakville and the Ontario Trillium Foundation has provided funding that makes all of Oakvillegreen's Full Circle Tree Initiatives, including Ground Breakers, possible. E-Waste Amnesty Week Monday, October 20 to Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. More Blue and Green for a Better Planet Windy Days Help Keep Halton Beautiful HWMS 5400 Regional Rd 25 Moving? If you are moving out of a house If you are moving into a new subdivision If you are moving into a resale house Halton Waste Management Site 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton Ask your Federal Election Candidates about important issues facing Halton candidates' positions on issues critical to Halton's future. Halton's population will double to 780,000 by 2031, requiring $8.6 billion for hospitals, child care, emergency services, roads Halton Regional Meeting Schedule and other infrastructure. On-going funding is needed from the federal government to ensure the cost of growth does not fall on existing and future Halton property taxpayers. Municipal infrastructure funding must be a priority with the federal government if we are to maintain the current quality of life in Halton. For information about Halton's Fairness campaign and to view responses provided by local candidates to a number of questions we posed on critical issues affecting Halton visit www.halton.ca 101008