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10 Independent & Free Press,Thursday, July 22, 2010 Vacations Made You Feel Guilty About Leaving Mom Alone The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Halton Hills Civic Holiday Household Waste Collection Notice Please Note Collection Day Changes Mon Aug 2 Civic Holiday Tues 3 Wed 4 Collection Moves Thurs 5 Fri 6 Collection Moves Sat 7 Due to the Civic Holiday, household waste collection services the week of August 2 will take place the day after your regular collection day. Please place your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. on your scheduled holiday collection day. Please check your 2010 Waste Management Guide and Collection Calendar for your collection area details, or visit www.halton.ca/waste to use our "Search by Address" tool. This year you left, but she's not alone Halton Waste Management Site will be closed Monday, August 2, 2010. Regular Operating Hours Open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton For a full list of HWMS fees, visit www.halton.ca/waste or contact Halton Region. M om looks forward to your daily conversations and feels more secure knowing that you're just a phone call away. So, when you're on vacation, she feels uneasy and so do you. Chartwell welcomes long and short term stays for a variety of reasons. Our residents and staff look forward to meeting new people and make them feel right at home. Yard Waste: No Plastic Plastic bags are not accepted in yard waste collection. Plastic does not BCAMKNMQCÏ?LBÏPCBSACQÏRFCÏOS?JGRWÏMDÏRFCÏÍL?JÏAMKNMQRÏNPMBSAR Only use paper yard waste bags or open, reusable, rigid containers labelled "yard waste." Yard waste labels are available at no charge. To order Ya Waste a yard waste label, visit www.halton.ca/waste, or contact Leaves Brush rd Weeds Trimmings Halton Region. Tel: 905-825-6000, Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866), www.halton.ca/was te To find out more call Greenway at 905-799-7273 or visit www.chartwellreit.ca "Our beautifully appointed Vacation Suites are fully equipped. All your Mum needs to do is bring her toothbrush and suitcase. So you go on vacation and so does she!" Acceptable yard waste materials include yard and garden trimmings, pumpkins, fallen fruit from trees, and tree trimmings. Please "grasscycle" by leaving grass clippings on your lawn. Wise Outdoor Water Use Contest Halton Region and Sheridan Nurseries invite residents to enter the Wise Outdoor Water Use Contest for a chance to win one of three prize packages. The contest is running as part of Halton's Outdoor Water Use Program ­ Know Your Colour, Know Your Limits, which asks residents to be mindful of their outdoor water use during the summer months. The grand prize is valued at over $1,200 and includes an At-Home Master Landscape Design Plan from Sheridan Nurseries, a $500 Sheridan Nurseries Gift Card towards drought tolerant plants, a copy of The Canadian Illustrated Guide to Green Gardening and an Outdoor Watering Toolkit. The contest closes July 27. Visit www.halton.ca/waterconservation to enter. Gary Carr Regional Chair 100 Ken Whillans Drive, Brampton,ON the retirement option of choice Halton Regional Meeting Schedule August 2 Offices closed for Civic Holiday Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca 220710 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 "G?JÏÏMPÏÌÌÏkÏ2MJJÏ$PCCÏÌÌÌÏkÏ227ÏÌÌÏkÏUUU F?JRML A?