www.oakvillebeaver.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, May 7, 2010 · 30 POOL HEATER REPAIR R MANUFACTURE ICE TRAINED SERV TECHNICIANS WE SERVICE & CARRY PARTS FOR: TD LAARS, JANDY, HAYWARD, RAYPAK, PENT AIR, MINI MAX, STA-RITE Spring Home and Garden Solving Problems Since 1982 905-845-0701 The Regional Experience is the difference! Email:scott@gasfix.ca A final touch for your new window treatment safety (NC)--If there's an opportunity to get into trouble, little kids will do it. Just like kittens. Just like puppies. It's all part of learning about the bright new world they've recently arrived in, and nothing you can do will stop them. But you can make sure that the trouble they get into won't do any lasting damage. Many shades and blinds have tempting cords dangling within a toddler's reach. If you share your home with small children or pets, you should take care that this temptation is removed. The window covering industry is taking steps to eliminate this kind of danger, and I asked Mary Dobson, who is Levolor spokesperson in Canada, how things stand right now. "We belong to the Window Coverings Safety Council," she said. "It identified a number of safety issues with blinds and shades in the U.S., and Health Canada has followed their lead. In both countries Levolor Window Fashions and other manufacturers are reaching out to consumers, helping them convert potentially dangerous shades, and the industry is redesigning products to make them safer." You might ask how blinds and shades can be raised, lowered, opened and closed without cords. If so, you'll be surprised at how many alternatives are offered by Levolor. You'll find cellular, wood, pleated, metal, natural and roman shades in totally cordless versions. To open the shade, you lift it from the bottom, and it stays in place until you close it by pulling it down. Then there are motorized shades, operated by a switch or a remote control, like a television. There are blinds that are controlled by twisting a wand, high up beyond the reach of a child. And there are others operated by a continuous loop of cord or chain that's held closely against the wall and to remove any possibility of entanglement. "If you can't afford to replace existing shades, it's not difficult to shorten the cords to put them out of harm's way," says Mary. "You should also place nursery furnishings out of reach of temptation." You can learn more about safety in window coverings online at www.levolor.ca/support/kb/modelcat/4/soft-vertical-shades. Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Rain Barrel Sales Events Halton Region will be hosting four rain barrel sales events a downspout into a rain barrel allows you to capture rain water and store it for future use to water gardens, shrubs and potted plants. $36 each (cash only). Date Saturday, May 1 p Com lete Location Campbellville (parking lot) Oakville (lower parking lot) Saturday, May 15 Burlington (lower parking lot) Limit of one per purchase, per household Let us Simplify Your Life Comes equipped with secure mosquito screen and handy dispensing hose www.halton.ca/waterconservation. Commercial & Residential Services ~ Landscape Design ~ Spring & Fall Cleanup ~ Landscape Maintenance Programs ~ Snow Maintenance Programs Gary Carr Regional Chair Be Water Wise: Know Your Colour, Know Your Limits In the warmer months water consumption often doubles due to outdoor activities such as lawn watering, car washing and watering shrubs and gardens. To ensure a continuous supply of water for essential and emergency Use Strategy designed to quickly and effectively communicate outdoor water use restrictions. The new system is colour coded and establishes three levels of outdoor water use depending on criteria such as water demand, reservoir levels and anticipated weather www.halton.ca/waterconservation. Halton Regional Meeting Schedule Meetings can be viewed at www.halton.ca May 4 May 5 May 5 May 12 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Health & Social Services Committee Regional Council 070510 Please let us know as soon as possible if you will have an accessibility or accommodation need at a Halton Region hosted event or meeting. 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Onta 905.208.1552 info@allcarepropertymaintenance.ca www.allcarepropertymaintenance.ca