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by ALEX TRENTON DENTURIST Creating confident smiles since 1982. Alexander Trenton, DD, F.C.A.D. (A) Denturist Georgetown Denture Clinic, 18 Church Street, Georgetown, Ontario (905) 877-2359 (Across from the Library and Cultural Centre) Tooth Chatter THE "CONSULTATION" APPOINTMENT. Our Office does not charge for a consultation. So if you're having any problems or have any concerns regarding your dentures, don't hesitate to call our office. Our friendly staff would be more than happy to make you an appointment that suits your busy schedule. We offer flexible hours and evening appointment for your convenience. During your consultation, we will do the following: 1. Welcome you to our office and ask you to complete a questionnaire that will better enable us to understand your personal denture needs. 2. Examine your mouth tissues and evaluate your existing dentures. 3. Show you actual samples of the quality denture services available. 4. Make recommendations as to what denture services you may need. We make everything in our own lab from start to finish. 5. Make any necessary arrangements, if you require a referral to another dental professional regarding your dental health. 6. Discuss all costs, and answer any question regarding your dental insurance as well as make special arrangement for payment plans. 7. Answer any questions you may have regarding your dentures You do not need a referral; simply call our office direct. www.georgetowndentureclinic.com By Cory Soal R.H.A.D. . . . Lend Me Your Ears We care about your hearing! Professional Arts Building 99 Sinclair Ave., Suite 210 Georgetown (905) 873-6642 SECOND HAND SMOKE INCREASES EAR INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN Ear infections are the Number One reason young children visit their doctors and take antibiotics. A new study finds many of those infect ions could be avoided if parents who smoke would make one important change. A recent study in the archives of pediatric and adolescent medicine is giving parents another reason to quit. It finds exposure to cigarette smoke in the home increases childrens r isk of middle ear infections. The smoke inflames the tissues of the middle ear so that viruses and bacteria can invade more easily and cause infection. The Georgetown 12 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 The new elementary school in Georgetown South will be built with the environment in mind. Halton District School Board gave the green light recently for the Danby Rd. school to be the first one in Halton to be built to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program standards. After some debate, mainly about the amount of money potentially to be saved in energy efficiency by adopting LEED stan- dards, trustees voted 7-4 in favour. There are four levels of achievement within the LEED system certified, gold, silver and platinum, with a points range assigned to each depending on the number and extent of efficiencies incorporated into the new or renovated schools design. The Board is proposing to build the school to the LEED silver level at an esti- mated additional cost of $245,000. Im very excited about it, said Halton Hills Trustee and Board Chair Gillian Tuck Kutarna, who back in May brought the motion to the board requesting staff look at how much it would cost and the feasibility of building the school to LEED standards. I hope that building our school in this way will show our kids that we are walking the walk, said Tuck Kutarna. The school construction contract is to be tendered this fall, with the school scheduled to open next September. When complete, Kutarna said, they expect the George- town school will be only the third LEED certified school in the province. She said the school will be the embodiment of good building practice, and the building itself can serve as a living lab for the kids who can study how their own school works. Key areas of efficiency in design of a LEED standards school are site, use of water, energy and materials, indoor envi- ronmental quality and innovation. HDSB Facilities Superintendent Gerry Cullen said some of the LEED features to be incorporated into the school include the provision of a shower and change room for staff and students who ride their bicycles to school, reduction of exterior light pollution, water use reduction (low flow), elimination of CFCs and Halons in the air conditioner system, a heat recovery device, using recy- cled building materials, installing argon gas- injected thermal pane windows and using low emitting sealants, adhesives, paints and carpets. Construction waste will also be sorted right on site for recycling and land- fill. Cullen said all of the cost to achieve LEED status wouldnt be borrowed as there are components that are one-time costs like certification fees. He also noted the board will have the ability to apply what is learned the first time around to future board construction or ren- ovation projects. Some trustees had concerns with the extra cost of building the school. It looks to me it will cost about $250,000 per school and we will see a sav- ings of about $14,000 per year (in utilities cost) so it will take about 15 years to make that money back, said Oakville Trustee Philippa Ellis, who ended up voting against LEED for Georgetown. Ive heard that were already pretty efficient in our (school) building design. She said it was ludicrous to spend $250,000 for a LEED plaque, and stressed the board could incorporate LEED ideas into its design. We have other fiscal priorities and this is not high on my list, said Ellis. I admire the concept, said Burlington Trustee Peggy Russell. But we have open concept classrooms that need walls. Russell said if the board goes ahead with LEED spending she will get phone calls from constituents complaining other schools are in need of repair. We only get one chance to get the guts of the building right, said Tuck Kutarna at the meeting. She added the board isnt being a trailblazer, but simply catching up with the trend toward more efficient building design. With files from Tim Whitnell, special to the IFP Board approves additional $245,000 cost New Georgetown school to be energy efficient LISA TALLYN Staff Writer GILLIAN TUCK KUTARNA McKenzie-Smith Bennett students assembled on the soc- cer field recently following their completing the final kilo- metre of their Terry Fox Run, in which all students in the school have been working on since September, accumu- lating 7,314 kms, the distance that Fox intended to run. Following completion of the final kilometre, the students assembled as the number 7-3-1-4. (Right) Wellington- Halton Hills MP Michael Chong (far left) and Halton Hills Ward 1 Councillor Jon Hurst joined in the final kilometre carrying the Terry Fox flag. Photo by Ted Brown Honouring Terry