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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 15, 2008 - 9 Hop aboard the first Urban Forest Tree Tour Get to know Oakville's urban forest by taking Oakvillegreen's Tree Tour on Saturday, Oct. 25. Take the tour and hear tales about local trees that you won't forget. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oakvillegreen Conservation Association and its affiliated group Ground Breakers Oakville, will hold their first Urban Forest Tree Tour. All ages are welcome to attend. The tour will start with a 15-minute presentation that introduces participants to the challenges of maintaining healthy trees in an urban environment. Then the group will travel by bus around the community to visit several remarkable trees, hear stories about local heroes of our urban forest and see a few interesting projects to improve tree health. A packed lunch will be provided to everyone on the tour. Cost of the tour for adults who are not members of Oakvillegreen is $10. There is no cost for students age 17 and younger. Space is limited; please reserve your spot with Emma Admans by calling 647-4095298 or e-mailing her at emurphy@treeinitiatives.com Established in 2000, Oakvillegreen is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental organization advocating for policies and initiatives to make the community healthy and sustainable. For more information, visit www.oakvillegreen.org Ground Breakers Oakville is an affiliated group of Oakvillegreen that, working in partnership with Evergreen Canada and in consultation with the Town of Oakville, has planted more than 7,900 native trees and shrubs in Oakville since 2004. Ground Breakers has received support from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for its community plantings in Oakville and the Ontario Trillium Foundation has provided funding that makes all of Oakvillegreen's Full Circle Tree Initiatives, including Ground Breakers, possible. www.oakvillebeaver.com ENTER TO WIN A FULL YEAR'S SUPPLY OF DOVE SPA SERVICES! Dove Spa is giving away a year's supply of spa services! Submit your name and phone number to contest@oakvillebeaver.com for your chance to win! Women of Oakville can embrace their Real Beauty through the doors of Dove Spa, which opens today. Part of the celebration of the Grand Opening includes a contest in which one lucky Oakville Beaver reader will win this amazing prize, valued at $1200! Dove Spa offers a full range of professional services including skin diagnosis, custom treatments, facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, waxing, IPL, colonics and holistic therapies. · · · 355 Iroquois Shore Road Oakville, Ontario L6H 1M3 905.339.0772 www.dovespa.ca Driver injured in crash A 24-year-old Milton man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries following a Saturday car crash in Oakville. Police said, at around 10:30 p.m. the man was driving a Pontiac Grand Am west on Wyecroft Road when he pulled into the eastbound lane to pass several vehicles behind a transport truck. As the Pontiac neared the front of the truck, the truck turned left into a driveway and a collision occurred. After colliding with the truck, the Pontiac spun out of control, left the road and struck a tree, a fire hydrant and finally a hydro pole. Both the Pontiac driver and a 23-year-old female passenger were transported to Hamilton General Hospital after being freed from the wreckage of the vehicle.The woman received minor injuries. The driver of the transport truck was not injured in the crash. Police are not releasing the names of any of those involved in the collision and are investigating whether alcohol or speed were contributing factors. The accident resulted in the closing of Wyecroft Road for 10 hours. Vision ­ To be the most livable town in Canada ENVIRONMENTAL OPEN HOUSE AND FOCUS GROUP Draft Environmental Strategic Plan (ESP) Indicators Report October 16, 2008 - Open House: 6:30 -7:15 p.m. Focus Group: 7:15 - 9:15 p.m. Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road - Oakville Room This open house will offer informative displays on the proposed environmental indicators for Oakville. Copies of the draft report will also be available for review. Following the open house, you are invited to take part in a focus group. The purpose of the focus group is to ask you for your opinion and suggestions on the environmental indicators. The feedback will help develop the first State of the Environment Report for Oakville. Please RSVP if you are interested in participating in the focus group session so appropriate materials can be forwarded to you for review in advance of the meeting. Please contact Donna Doyle, Senior Environmental Policy Analyst, Town of Oakville by email at ddoyle@oakville.ca or by phone at 905-845-6601 ext 3898 by October 15, 2008. 2008 FALL BULK LOOSE LEAF COLLECTION SCHEDULE The Town will be collecting loose leaves from designated areas in Oakville from October 14 to December 5. Please refer to the map for your area and collection date(s). Loose Leaf Collection Schedule - Fall 2008 Date Zone October 14 - 17 6,7 October 20 ­ 24 4,5,9 October 27 - 31 1,3,10 November 3 - 7 6,7 November 10 ­ 14 4,5,9 November 17 -21 1,3,10,B November 24 ­ 28 4,5,6,7,A December 1 - 5 1,3,9,10 Loose Leaf Collection Rules and Regulations: 1. Place all loose leaves on the boulevard or on the shoulder, not over catch basins or in ditches, in front of your house. 2. Leaves are to be free of debris, twigs and other foreign matter. 3. Put leaves out no earlier than seven days before the first day of your pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on the first day of collection in your zone. 4. Contaminated piles of leaves or leaves put out after collection has taken place are the responsibility of the homeowner to remove. Note: Bagged leaves will still be picked up with your yard waste on the same day as your garbage. For more information: www.oakville.ca Tel: 905-338-4392 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.