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Region launches air quality health promotion program Educating ones self onRoad, Active to the environment and what they andThe grand prize includes a home ener-Region Museum and a copy of the 20/20the environment and theTransportation and Air their family are doing at home and on thegy assessment, an energy efficiency homeHome Energy Planner.benefits of green initia-Quality and Your Health.road to reduce energy and improve airstart kit, a Halton Hikes Trail guide andThe contest closes June 30. To partici-tives just got easier.This new initiative quality.pedometer, a family pass to the Haltonpate visit www.halton.ca/airquality.Halton Region hasencourages us to reduce kicked off its air qualityour energy use at home health promotion pro-and on the road, and to gram, with the help of use the Air Quality Health Daily WebTV. Index (AQHI) to help plan The campaign fea-outdoor activities, said turing four short videosHalton Regional Chair that will air at www.daily-Gary Carr.webtv.com aims toThe campaign also educate residents aboutincludes a contest open to the links between air qual-all Halton residents over ity, climate change andthe age of 18, who can win human health, as well asthe opportunity to star in the steps available toa Climate Change reduce ones impact onChampion video.the environment.To enter, participants Videos include: Energymust write a short essay Reduction at Home,(500 words or less) about Energy Reduction on thewhy they are committed Solid budget cuts neededContinued from page 1because soccer parents prefer to park on the street? As for cost cutting: how about Council follow other municipalities' example by not taking wage increases this term, or cutting the self promotional glossy magazine that Council uses quarterly to remind you of how your money is being spent, or stop providing food at Council meetings or how about an across the board 5 per cent cut in the Council and CAOs budget as a show of good faith? Seems to me that at a time when tax payers are having to trim household budgets; the very least we should be able to expect from our budget chair is to come up with some solid ways to cut the Towns costs instead of suggesting that we should cut services to seniors.So if you havent already have your say.Janice Wright, OakvilleDarryl R Demille Ins Agcy LtdAndrew HeidemanAngelo GualtieriDeborah E BartucciDarryl Demille CFPOakvilleOakvilleOakvilleOakville905-829-0018905-257-7773905-337-3276A FIREPLACE TO WARM THE HEARTH905-842-1020www.andrewheideman.cawww.angelogualtieri.comwww.autoinsuranceoakville.cawww.darryldemille.comStacey SutherlandStephen OstapchukDaniel DurstOakvilleMississaugaOakville905-339-3276905-238-5643905-847-1898www.insuranceinoakville.comwww.stephenostapchuk.cawww.danieldurst.com MASONRY & FIREPLACE DESIGN SPECIALISTSwww.cobblestonembers.caState Farm, Canadian Head Office, Aurora, Ontario1010005 406 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE ACROSS FROM RONA LANSING 905-337-20669 Friday, February 11, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER www.insideHALTON.com