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2 THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2007 In October, 2005, Halton Region launched a Green- Cart demonstration program with 5,000 households in five demonstration areas in all four municipalities in the Region. Demonstration areas were selected based on a range of demographics in the Region including older established areas, new areas, high density areas and a rural area. The Halton Hills demonstration area in south Georgetown was selected as a sample of newer housing with the potential to include newly built homes. On November 22, of this year, GreenCarts and infor- mation on how to participate in Haltons waste diversion programs were delivered to approximately 75 new houses in south Georgetown, in the area to the south of Argyll GreenCart demo program includes Georgetown homes Road at Barber Drive. This area had not been developed when the GreenCart demon- stration program started on October 3, 2005, but as of November 2006, people have moved into these new houses and are now receiving waste collection. According to new Halton Region Chair Gary Carr, The GreenCart demonstration pro- gram is being well-received by participating residents as can be seen by the 327,200 kg (721,350 lbs) of organic ma- terial that has been diverted from our landfill site. This is equivalent to 64,000 bags of garbage. Residents in the GreenCart demonstration program areas have seen a real difference in the waste they place curbside. On June 21, of 2006, Regional Council ap- proved the 2006-2010 Solid Waste Management Strategy (SWMS) designed to protect and conserve the capacity of Haltons landfill site and meet a target of diverting 60 per cent of its waste away from landfill, by striving to cost-effectively maximize waste reduction and diversion programs. A main component of the SWMS is to implement a Region-wide source sepa- rated household organics, GreenCart program. Plan new medical centre... Continued from page 1 six clinic suites on the second floor, along with a doctors residence and area for a nurse practitioner and lab. The Acton Medical Centre where Dr. Alshakarji cur- rently has an office was sold last month for $630,000 to Acton Medical Centre Lim- ited, owned by Sylvain Carle of Halton Hills, who is also president of North Halton Holdings which owns the Georgetown Medical Centre and other medical facilities in the GTA. Carle said he intends to renovate and expand the building, built in the mid- 1970s, and is not concerned that one of his current tenants has plans for a new centre. I dont know that market forces justify putting up a new building when you have a new owner thats willing to...put in an elevator and add on to the facility, Carle said on Tuesday. Right now, the new build- ing is a dream and Im for real. Six months time after design approval, this medi- cal building would have an elevator, larger pharmacy and more space for physicians a totally renewed facil- ity, Carle said, adding hes contacted a local designer to work on plans for the expan- sion, which will happen if there is market interest. Regional Ward 1/2 Coun- cillor Clark Somerville said hes excited by the plans for a new medical centre after seeing a rough sketch of the proposed building. Just the way its going to be laid out, its going to be beautiful and it will become a nice anchor on that corner, Somerville said. A staff report on the appli- cations for the new medical centre will be available on the Towns website on Janu- ary 20, and the Town will hold a public meeting on the applications on January 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. The Halton District School Board requires a maximum of three members-at-large to serve on its Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC). The Committee, an advisory group to the Board, will bring forward information and recommendations regarding programs and services for exceptional pupils. Two trustees and 12 members representing local associations also serve on SEAC. The members at large must have the following qualifications: ? a Canadian citizen of the age of 18 years or older ? a resident within the jurisdiction of the Halton District School Board, and ? a public school supporter A Board employee is not eligible for appointment. Interested community members should submit their application (resumwith a letter indicating what strengths they would bring to this position, to: Wayne Joudrie, Director of Education Halton District School Board 2050 Guelph Line, Burlington, Ontario L7R 3Z2 Deadline for applications is Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Interviews will be scheduled following the application deadline. 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The town provides winter maintenance to more than 600km of Regional and local roads and more than 70km of designated walk ways and sidewalks. Roads are maintained in a priority sequence beginning with Regional roads, followed by arterial and collector roads. Snow clearing operations begin on these roads once two centimeters of snow have collected. They are cleared to the bare pavement within two to 12 hours following the end of a storm, depending on snow accumulations. Urban and rural residential roads follow and are cleared within 24 hours after a snow event has stopped. We ask that residents and travellers help the snow clear- ing process by following the Towns bylaws and clearing the sidewalks on their proper- ties in a timely manner, says Milton Mayor Gord Krantz. A 27-year-old Guelph man has been charged with theft over $5,000 following an OPP investigation into the theft of a necklace, broach and ring valued at $25,000 from a Guelph-Eramosa township home in November. Police responded on Sat- urday, December 9 when a 71-year-old man said he had contracted a moving com- pany to move his home on Monday, November 27. After the move his wife was unable to locate some items of jewel- lery with an estimated value of $25,000. He contacted police. The OPPs Street Crime Unit investigated and recov- ered two of the items the necklace and broach valued at about $20,000 but the ring hadnt been recovered at press time. The Guelph man is sched- uled to appear in Guelph Court on January 22 to an- swer to the charge. Milton says its ready for first major snowfall