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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday November 20, 2002 - A11 Brown bags in today's paper for Salvation Army/Century 21 food drive Contributing to this Saturday's Salvation Army/Century 21 Food Drive will help those in need more than you know. This event is vital to the Salvation Army's ability to assist more than 1,000 families in Oakville - people who at a time of crisis require assistance to put food on the table. First, look in today's Oakville Beaver for special donation bags. These do not have a Salvation Army logo on them, but 42,000 of them have been handlabeled with basic instructions, taped on by volunteers and shelter clients. The bags should be filled then be left out on driveways - or another location visible from the street - by 9:30 a.m. Saturday. From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., vol unteer drivers and collectors will drive through the streets of Oakville collecting the bags. If you misplace the bag, you can put another one out on your driveway with a note for the Salvation Army and it will be picked up. If it is not by 2:30 p.m., residents are asked to call Mary Kay McCoy, who chairs the event, at 905845-9180 and she will arrange for pick up. This weekend marks the Salvation Army's only drive of the year and, except for the food that Kinsmen col lected at the Santa Claus Parade, it is the agency's only opportunity to stock the shelves. Stocks are currently very low and many goods have run out completely. Especially needed are supplies of canned meats and soups, tinned fruits and tinned juice. As always, the drive can use more volunteers to drive and collect the food. For their assistance, Century 21 will give 4 1/2 hours of community service to those like students who need it. Your gift of time is priceless to people in need at their time of crisis. To volunteer, call Mary Kay McCoy at 905-845-9180 or email her at marykaymccoy @rogers.com. W ith a ll th e i m p o r t a n t th in g s y o u 'v e g o t g o in g th is h o lid a y s e a s o n , w h o w a n ts to w o r r y a b o u t g e ttin g th e h o u s e c le a n ? Capital budget hits $36.6M (C ontinued from page 1) The budget also includes increased spending for a number of strategic ini tiatives, including Sunday and evening zone bus service, a pesticide reduction program and enhanced litter control and road maintenance. The proposed budget includes an additional $135,000 over last year's budget for maintaining new parkland and trail systems across the town, as well as an increase of $178,000 for snow clearing on O akville's everincreasing road system. The pesticide reduction program will require an additional $234,000 to implement, while $260,500 in extra funding has been allocated for litter control and road maintenance. The Town's capital budget of $36.6 million earmarks money for roads and infrastructure ($18 million), parks and recreation ($8.1 million), fire services ($3.1 million) and transit ($2.8 mil lion). Among the list of projects to be funded by this year's budget are: · Im provem ents to the Third Line/Q EW interchange; expansions and improvements to Proudfoot Trail, Burloak Drive, Sixth Line and Eighth Line; · The purchase of fire vehicles and equipment; traffic calming initiatives; · New parkland development; reha bilitation of Oakville piers; improve ments to various recreational facilities and the purchase of four new buses. Council delays pesticide decision until next year Town Council has delayed a deci sion on the use of pesticides in Oakville. Following a lengthy series of public meetings at the end of October and into November, council had originally scheduled a meeting to decide the issue this week. However, in order to allow Town staff to research and report back on various issues raised through the public meetings, a decision has been delayed until early next year. A meeting date has not yet been set for discussion of the issue. A G ift fo r th e W o m a n W h o D o e s E v e r y t h in g The last thing she needs is a new vacuum... give her a gilt she'll really love - surprise her with a gift certificate from Merry Maids! le tir y 1 One less thing to twrty about. m a id s (905) 847-2210 Binge drinking in youths on the rise Too often youth think they're im mune to the risks associated with alcohol. Drinking games, high alcohol content in beer and coolers and chugging con tests are making youth push their limits more than ever. Many young people use alcohol and may experience problems like alco hol poisoning and injuries. "It's not k just' alcohol" is one of the messages the Halton Region Health Department is emphasizing dur ing Drug Awareness Week, Nov. 17-23. According to the Halton Student Drug Use Survey 1999, almost 70 per cent of students in Grade 7 to OAC reported using alco hol at least once in the past 12 months. Heavy drinking episodes (becoming drunk) and binge drinking (five or more drinks on one occasion) from Ontario students rose 17 per cent to 28 per cent in 1999. According to the Ontario Student Drug Survey 2001, almost 41 per cent of Grade 11 stu dents reported drinking to the point of becoming ill in the four weeks prior to the survey. Alcohol poison ing is directly relat ed to binge drink ing. Death may result from the alco hol depressing and eventually the per son's heartbeat or breathing may stop, or they might choke on their own vomit. Parents have a big role to play with regard to modeling low risk drinking and talking to their kids about their expectations regard ing drinking and partying. For more infor mation about dis cuss alcohol and binge drinking with your children, call the Halton Region Health Department at 905-825-6060, ext. 7835. L e a ra all you can a b o u t T C S a n d w h en you ch o o se, ch o o se w ell! Trinity students from Oakville are swept up in our caring community filled with an abundance of activities and characterized by its exhilarating momentum. Please join us for an admissions presentation in Oakville tomorrow (Thursday, November 21st) and learn more about Trinity College School. Location: At the home of Ed and Sally Frackowiak Reception: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Presentation: 7:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. to Kathy LaBranche in Admissions at 905-885-4565 ext. 208 T H I N K A B O U T IT! T R IN IT Y C O L L E G E S C H O O L Port Hope, O ntario L1A 3W2 Junior School (Day only): Grades 5 - 8 Senior School (Day and Boarding): Years 1 -4 Phone: (905) 885-3209 E-mail: admissions@tcs.on.ca Website: www.tcs.on.ca