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The Oakville Arts Council's next poetry cafe is set for Sunday, Feb. 19 from 2-4 p.m. The afternoon features one of Canada's talented young poets, David Seymour, who will be read ing from his full-length collection of poetry, Inter Alia. Seymour's work has been wide ly published in journals and was David Seymour at upcoming Poetry Cafe selected by Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane for Breathing Fire 2: Canada' s New Poets. Most recently, the Canadianborn Seymour, who now lives in Toronto, has been a freelance writer, played an extra and photo double for Russell Crowe and worked as a production assistant on numerous films. The Poetry Cafe also features guest poet, Geoff Weaver, a local poet who will read from his ongo ing work and an open mic for The Oakville Beaver, F rid a y F e b ru a ry 3, 2 0 0 6 - 2 3 local poets. Admission costs $8 and includes snacks, coffee, live poetry other poetry readings. readings and a chapbook. The Poetry Cafe meets the third The poetry cafe is at the Sunday of every month and has Oakville Central Library, 120 Navy been bringing together outstand St. ing Canadian poets and the com To reserve a ticket, contact Elka munity since June 2004, while Enola at ere@sympatico.ca or 905providing a time and space for 257-7075. Reservations required. Management Site User Fees are Changing at the Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS). Halton Region will be changing the current user fees at the HWMS to keep up with increasing operating costs and to continue providing quality customer service as the Region grows. E ff e c tiv e M o n d a y , F e b r u a r y 6 ,2 0 0 6 , t h e n e w f e e s c h e d u le w ill b e : Halton Waste Halton Region's Proposed 2006-2010 Solid Waste M anagem ent Strategy Halton Region, in co-operation w ith the citizen advisory Joint Municipal/Regional Waste Management Committee has developed a revised Solid Waste Management Strategy for 2006-2010. It updates the 1999 Strategy to help extend the life of our landfill and provides choices for meeting or exceeding the Government o f Ontario's waste diversion goal o f 60 per cent. The Strategy identifies the proposed waste diversion initiatives for the next five years, as well as choices for managing our waste beyond 2010. A series o f drop-in open houses w ill be held across Halton from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the following dates: Burlington City Hall (426 Brant Street) Oakville Town Hall (1225 Trafalgar Road) M ilton Town Hall (Beside Milton Town Hall) Halton Hills Civic Centre (1 Halton Hills Drive, Georgetown) Monday, February 13 Thursday, February 16 Tuesday, February 21 Thursday, February 23 New Fee Schedule 0-50 kg Same (approximately 8 bags of household garbage) $5.00/load For more information on the draft 2006-2010 Solid Waste Management Strategy visit the website at www.halton.ca/ppw/waste or call Halton Region. 51-150 kg Hew $10.00/load Greater than 150 kg Mew 9.8 cents/kg from 0 kg (Tipping fee of $98.00/tonne does not change) BULK WATER FEE INCREASES As part of Halton Region's customer service commitment with our bulk water customers, Regional Council has approved an increase to the Bulk Water Fees. These new fees are effective February 4;2006 as follows: D id y o u k n o w ? 50 kg is about eight garbage bags of household garbage or a small car trunk load of material. The new fees should not impact small loads coming to the HWMS. Thanks to the efforts of Halton residents, Halton Region has one of the highest diversion rates in the GTA, with almost 42 per cent of all residential waste being diverted away from our landfill. The updated user fee at the HWMS continues to support the diversion of garbage from the landfill, increasing the lifespan of the landfill for the use of Halton residents. HW MS 5400 Regional Rd. 25, Milton Open: Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 905-825-6000 Bulk Water - Permanent Sites - Coin Bulk Water - Permanent Sites - Automated Bulk Water - Mobile stations Hydrant Meter Rental $1.55/m3 $1.55/m3 $344.00/mth +$1.01/m3 for consumption If you have any questions, please contact: Linda Petelka Ext. 7640 Manager, Business Improvement & Finance E-mail: Linda.Petelka@halton.ca H a t t o n R e g io n a l M e e t in g S c t a f n i e : Feb. 8 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Dr. Bob No-sai M e d ica l O ffic e r o f H ea lth H a lto n R e g io n Hatton Participates in Building a Smoke-Free Ontario National Non-Smoking Week is over, but Halton residents still have the opportunity to quit smoking. The Halton Region Health Department operates Stop Smoking Clinics throughout the community. Halton's Stop Smoking Clinics offer free counselling by a physician, nurse or trained professional to help you quit smoking for good. Tobacco use causes approximately 350 deaths per year in Halton, with second-hand smoke responsible for 20 of these deaths. v_yChairman Joyce Savoline 9:30 a.m. - Regional Council 9:30 a.m. - Health & Social Services Committee 9:30 a.m. - Planning & Public Works Committee 1:30 p.m. - Administration & Finance Committee Smokers ready to quit can make an appointment by contacting the Halton Region Health Department at: 905-825-6000 ext. 7887, Toll free: 1-866-4HALTON, or e-mail healthdept@halton.ca. Feb. 22 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 ` Tel: 905-825-6000 · Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON*TTY: 905-827-9833 · www.hatton.ca