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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday February 15, 2008 - 17 Speaker to offer pearls of wisdom on PERL On Monday, Feb. 18, Elaine La Chappelle, an executive board member of the Protecting Escarpment Rural Land (PERL) group, will speak at CFUW-Oakville's general meeting. PERL was co-founded in January 2005 by Sarah Harmer, a well-known local musician who was born and raised in Mount Nemo, and a neighbour, Dan Lyons. The pair has made it their mission to raise awareness of the devastation of quarrying on the Niagara Escarpment, especially in the area north of Burlington. Portions of Harmer's Juno Awardwinning documentary, Escarpment Blues, will be shown. This DVD follows Harmer's 2005 I Love The Escarpment musical tour of towns along Southern Ontario's spine. The tour was specifically designed to enhance an appreciation of the escarpment and increase awareness of the quarrying activities that threaten it. Proceeds from Harmer's single release, Escarpment Blues, go towards financing PERL in its opposition efforts. PERL's mission is, in part, to stop quarrying in north Burlington, to protect and enhance the rural lands and to preserve and enhance the quality of life of the Niagara Escarpment area. La Chappelle will share the special challenges faced by the group and describe how research, lobbying and Harmer's music are helping to get politicians, citizens and bureaucrats to realize the need to protect this UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, 1.8 millions acres of green space, farmland and natural areas in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region. Mineral and aggregate extractors consider this region a prime source of sand, gravel and shale. Quarrying brings all kinds of ecological injustices, including threats to already endangered species, fragile forests and wetlands; the removal of massive amounts of drinking water; creating air pollution from thousands of truck journeys per day; and leaving permanently scarred landscapes. The PERL website outlines the political and social activities of the group at www.perlofburlington.org. All CFUW general meetings are held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1494 Wallace Rd. (near Third Line and Speers Road). To become a member, contact the club membership chair, Carolyne Darimont, through www.cfuwoakville.ca or 905-337-2603. CFUW-Oakville is a member of the CFUW national organization and of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), an organization of women graduates committed to promoting the pursuit of knowledge and education; participating in public affairs; providing opportunity for fellowship, support and networking; and, providing scholarships to women in the community. Information meeting for volunteers to help with Earth Day and Eco Fest Those interested in environmental issues and who want to be involved in upcoming Earth Day events are encouraged to attend a volunteer information meeting set for Wednesday, Feb. 27. The meeting will take place in the Program Room of the Glen Abbey Public Library located in the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre on Third Line just south of Upper Middle Road. There will be two, one-hour presentations made on Feb. 27, at 6:30-7:30 p.m. or from 7:458:45 p.m. "Please bring your energy, ideas and enthusiasm for the environment to the meeting," said Mervyn Russell, chair of the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Right (OCCPEHR ). "A variety of fun assignments will challenge you to bring people out from your neighbourhood to the Earth Day Clean Up and to the Halton Eco Festival on Saturday, April 19," said Russell. "In combining our two big annual environmental events on to the same day in 2008, we hope that this will generate even greater responses from the public for both the Clean Up and the Eco Festival on April 19," said Sue Carduelis, OCCPEHR Secretary. For more information, contact OCCPEHR executive director Stephen Dankowich at 905849-5501, P.O. Box 52007, Oakville L6J 7N5, or volunteer@oakvillepeacecentre.org. The Regional Municipality of Halton INVITATION TO TENDER www.halton.ca Windy Days Help Keep Halton Beautiful You can help reduce litter by preventing your Blue Box materials and garbage from blowing around your neighbourhood on windy days. Please put your Blue Boxes and garbage at the curb securely: · On windy days, put your waste at the curb by 7 a.m. the morning of your collection day, not the night before. · Put your address on your Blue Box, garbage can and garbage lid. · Stack your Blue Boxes and place heavier items such as phone books and magazines on top of loose papers. Bundle and tie papers. Fill boxboard boxes with other boxboard material. · Flatten and tie large cardboard boxes and place securely underneath or between your Blue Boxes. · Put garbage bags at the curb instead of garbage cans; garbage cans are more likely to blow around. · · If you need additional Blue Boxes, new residents can get two free of charge, current residents can get one free of charge: - Halton Waste Management Site (Scalehouse), 5400 Regional Road 25, Milton - Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville - Halton Hills Public Works Yard, 11620 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown T-006-08 REGIONAL FACILITIES GROUNDS MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING Issue Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Closing Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Closing Time: 2:00 P.M. Oakville Time Bid documents can be viewed or obtained on and after the issue date from the Purchasing Division Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, ON, L6M 3L1, telephone 905-825-6000, toll free 1-866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866), ext. 7011. Mandatory Site Meetings will be held as follows: · · · Friday February 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 am - Section U - HRC/WOC (HRC Admin. Main Front Entrance, 1151 Bronte Road ) Friday February 29, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 am - Section X - CWV (CWV LTC Main Front Entrance, 5200 Corporate Drive) Friday February 29, 2008, 1:00 pm - Section O ­ Allendale (Allendale LTC Main Front Entrance,185 Ontario Street South) The Mandatory Site Meetings scheduled are for the selected sites listed above only. These Mandatory Site Meetings must be attended for the selected sites only. Bidders who fail to attend and register their attendance at these selected selected Sites. The cost for bid documents is $ 52.50 (includes GST), payable to Halton Region, which is non-refundable. Bid documents can be shipped to bidders for an additional nonrefundable handling fee of $10.50 (includes GST). Halton Region relies on this advertisement to provide public notice of this business opportunity and is not obligated to notify any potential bidders in any other manner. For further information go to: www.halton.ca/shop 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 · Tel: 905-825-6000 · Toll Free: 1-866-442-5866 · TTY: 905-827-9833 · www.halton.ca 150208