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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, S ep te m be r 5, 20 19 | 12 Oakville Enterprises 861 Redwood Square Oakville, ON, L6L 6R6 Board Director Position Oakville Enterprises Corporation Oakville Enterprises Corporation (OEC), owned by the Town of Oakville, is a family of energy and infrastructure companies serving municipalities, telecommunications, electrical distribution and energy infrastructure businesses throughout Canada and beyond. OEC is driven to create value for customers by delivering on our promise to lead, innovate and commit to excellence. OEC specializes in integrated services that focus on utility engineering, asset management, utility locates, GIS mobile and aerial mapping, commercial energy generation/storage, andmore. OEC is seeking individuals with experience in a growth-oriented environment to join the OEC Board of Directors. Successful candidates will have board and governance experience as well as expertise in any of the following key competencies: finance, commercial operations, human resources or strategic planning and execution. Individuals with experience in a rate-regulated entity or electricity distribution are also encouraged to apply for future vacancies on the Oakville Hydro Board of Directors (a wholly-owned subsidiary of OEC). Preferencewill be given to qualified candidates who are residents of Oakville. Being a board member is a challenging part-time position involving attendance at approximately four half day board meetings annually. In addition, Directors serve on one of the standing committees of the Board. Committees meet four times a year for up to a half day per meeting. A modest retainer fee is paid. Qualified interested candidates can send a resume and cover letter by September 19, 2019 to pspruin@oecorp.ca - Pat Spruin, Corporate Secretary. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Compost Giveaway Halton residents are invited to attend the Fall Compost Giveaway as a thank you for helping divert about 34,000 tonnes of yard waste last year. During the event, Halton residents can take up to the equivalent of seven garbage bags of compost per household. HWMS 5400 Regional Rd 25 REG IO N A L RD 25 TREM A IN E RD BRITANNIA RD Lower Base LineLower Base Line 401 QEW 407 Remember to bring: • Bags or containers (maximum seven garbage bags or equivalent per household) • A shovel to bag your own compost Non-perishable food items and/or cash donationswill be accepted and distributed to Halton-area food banks - your donationsmake a difference! Keep our compost clean The final compost material will be a better product by keeping these items out of your yard waste: No plastic bagsNo plastic bags Place yard waste in paper yard waste bags or reusable, rigid containers (no lid) with a yard waste label. No plastic plant pots Place clean plastic flower and plant pots in the Blue Box. No plastic toys Place used or broken pet and/or children's toys in the garbage. Helpful hint: When applying compost to your garden, blend it with topsoil or another gardening fill. For best results, apply 60 per cent topsoil and 40 per cent compost. Formore information, visit halton.ca/wasteor call 311. 09 05 19 Saturday, September 14 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. HaltonWaste Management Site 5400 Regional Road 25,Milton    Meetings at Halton Region, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, L6M 3L1 Visit halton.ca forforf full schedule. Sept 11 9:30 a.m. Regional Council Please contact us, as soon as possible, if you have any accessibility needs at Halton Region events or meetings. For the 14th year in a row, Haltw, Haltw on has maintained its position of having the lowest Crime Severity Index of all Canadian municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more according to a recent Statistics Canada report. Thanks to our community's dedica's dedica' tion to the safeto the safeto the saf y and well-being of our residents, Halton continues to be one of the safest co be one of the safest co be one of the saf ommunities in Canada with the lowest overall crime rate, as well as the lowest violent crime rate and property crime rate among Ontario's lar's lar' ge municipalities. To learTo learT n more about how we continue to keep Halton one of the safest csafest csaf ommunities, read our Community Safetafetaf y andWell-Being Plan at halton.ca. Gary Carr Regional Chair Halton remains one of Canada's safest communities The Government of Canada will give parents money that can be used for their children's or grand- children's post-secondary education. The plan is called the Canada Educa- tion Savings Grant (CESG), and it works in conjunction with a Registered Educa- tion Savings Plan (RESP). The good news is the gift totals $7,200 per child. The bad news is most families do not take advantage of this generous grant. I will provide an exam- ple of how parents can plan to save for their children's post-secondary education while collecting the $7,200 government grant. Start saving $2,500 per year in an RESP when your child is born, or hopefully at a very young age. The government will contrib- ute 20 per cent of any con- tribution, up to $500 per year, over the lifetime of each child, with a total grant of up to $7,200. After 15 years, you will have contributed $37,500 and the government will have contributed $7,200. Breaking this down fur- ther, parents who contrib- ute just less than $7 a day for 15 years will help assist their children to continue their education, and to suc- cessfully launch into a competitive world where additional skills will great- ly enhance their career op- portunities. If your child is bound for university away from home, the average cost can be $20,000 per year. So, the cost of a four-year under- graduate degree could cost $80,000, or higher. Most families find it dif- ficult, if not impossible, to make this kind of invest- ment in their children over four years. This financial difficulty increases if more than one child continues with their education at the same time. Assuming you received a rate of return of six per cent each year, for 18 years, the total amount available per child would be $87,800. Peter Watson, of Peter Watson Investments, MBA, CFP, RFP, CIM, FCSI, offers a weekly financial planning column, Dollars & Sense. He can be contact- ed through peterwatsonin- vestments.com. CESG HELPS WITH THE EXPENSE OF EDUCATION OPINION MANY DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE, WRITES PETER WATSON PETER WATSON Column