C4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesdsay April 19, 2000 Tenders Tenders REQUEST FOR TENDER Bid documents for the contract or service listed below, addressed to the Manager of Purchasing, 1151 BRONTE ROAD, OAKVILLE, ON L6M 3L1 w ill be received until 2:00 pm. Oakville time on the specified closing date. Bid documents can be seen or obtained through the Purchasing Division of the Corporate Services Department, same address as above, telephone 905-825-6000, extension 7031. Documents w ill be available for pick up on and after Tuesday April 18,2000 There is a nonrefundable deposit of $25.00 plus $1.75 GST. Bids w ill be opened in public at 2:15pm on the due date specified in the Nelson Room at the above address. Those submitting bids are invited to attend. Under no circumstances w ill facsimile or late bids be accepted or considered. Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted. Homes & Gardens Early tulips won't tolerate heat (Continued from page C1). running back and forth to the mother. She showed them the drainage pipe that goes under the road from the surface ditch to Morrison Creek. It seems of interest t6 most of our wildlife. At 9 a.m., a great racket came from the crows that were trail ing a fox going up the creek. A few minutes later, a great goose chorus arose as the fox came upon them. Blue scilla in mass in lawns and flower beds of Old Oakville make a fine contrast with the open ing yellow daffodils. The early tulips have opened wide in the hot sun and will not last long in heat. A pot of tulips and a Chinese Tree peony forced in the greenhouse have been outside for three weeks and are still in bloom I have dug 50 peony seedlings from seeds sown in the lawn last fall and planted them in pots. They are for the Royal Botanical Gardens plant sale at the Arboretum greenhouses Thurs. May 4th and S a t May 6th at 9:30 a.m. Some will be saved for the Oakville Horticultural Society plant sale, May 20th at 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Church parking lot, next to the YMCA on Rebecca. Fall Flowers The spring flower garden is beginning the sea son with crocus, tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, followed by early flowering shrubs, iris peonies and roses. These mixed with annuals and other perennials, will keep the garden colourful through the summer. Some late flowering plants may be JO H N SIM K IN S In V o u r G ard en needed to continue the colour parade until frost strikes. Some time ago we looked at plants for school projects that were easy to grow and produce their show before school broke up in June or after school reopened in September. The fall project that stood out was planting sunflowers indoors in April for flowering in September and October. These will grow equally well in the home or bal cony garden and are easy for young children to handle. There are many varieties of sunflowers. Select low-growing varieties for the front areas like `Teddy Bear' a lovely double and `Sunspot', an eye-catching single. For the middle area, use fivefoot varieties like `Prado Red', `Autumn Beauty' or `Sunrich'. For the rear, use `M am m oth Russian' or Colour Fashion M ixed'. The European perennial Flower o f the Year Award went to a fall-blooming plant, sedum `Petrona'. The 20-in.-high stem has a large, flat head above 12 in.-high, variegated foliage. There are two main classes of sedum. One class has low, 2-6 in.-high plants used in rock gardens, as ground cover or in containers in hot, dry areas. Suggestion for using them in containers may be found in `Year-Round Containers, Baskets and Boxes', by Strong and Phoenix, published by W hitecap Books. One of the popular dw arf varieties is `Golden Stonecrop', a 3-in.-high ground-hugger that spreads to 18 inches. It is golden yellow in the spring, fading to green as the yellow flowers appear in June. There are over 25 different vari eties with several foliage and flower colors. The second-class has the taller-grow ing sedum's with large, late-blooming flower heads. They liven up the fall garden with their red and pink flower. A popular variety is `Autumn Joy', with 24 in. stems o f rosy pink flowers on 18 in. plants. It is a selection in the `100 Best Plants for the Ontario Garden' book by Steve Whysal. The plants start into growth very early in the spring. They are thick-leafed, stocky with large, flat umbells and provide structure to the garden from spring through winter. Put several plants in the border. There are many varieties of different foliage colours, ranging from green, lilac infused, dark purple to green and white or pink. The flower colours range from rose pink and green, rose pin, green with white stripes, orange-yellow and white, all fading to purple in the late fall. Try one or two varieties and find how easy they are to grow and how they perk up the fall garden. 00-T-116 SUPPLY, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING AND CARPET CLOSING: TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2000 o £ Mandatory Site M eetings The site meeting/tour for the Non-Profit Housing portion is scheduled for W ednesday April 26, 2000 at 9am Interested parties w ill meet at 2300 Walker's Field's, Burlington. The site meeting w ill continue at 10am at 1150 Dorval Drive, Oakville The site meeting/tour for the Administration Building portion is scheduled for Tuesday April 25, 2000 at 1:30pm in the Halton Room at the Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Rd. Oakville Respondents should state their interest in attending the site meetings via fax to: Randy Jensen, CPP Purchasing Analyst, Region of Halton, fax (905) 825-8820. J. RINALDO COMMISSIONER CORPORATE SERVICES A. MINDENHALL, CPPO MANAGER OF PURCHASING SERVICES www.etnbids.com www.region.halton.on.ca/Services/DeDart/Corp/Purchasing M il Slick trick keeps garden tools free of rust & dirt By using WD-40, the multi-faceted lubricant, penetrant, rust preventative, moisture displacer, and cleaner, people can clean antiques and protect them from corrosion and save money on garden ing tools and accessories, among hundreds of other uses. Collecting antiques is a hobby that requires time for constant upkeep. WD-40 is effective for cleaning antiques and protecting them from the ravages of environmental corrosion. It's also com monly used on antique timepieces and to lubricate clock gears. A squirt of WD-40 will also fix clocks that have seized or been over-wound. Many people enjoy gardening, but do not real ize the opportunities for saving money by protect ing their equipment from the elements. WD-40 will protect metal tools from water damage, garden chemicals and fertilizer. And it will keep dirt, mud and clay from sticking to shov els and trowels. Hundreds of consumers write to WD-40 com pany with new uses that they have found for the product each year. If you have a use you would like to share, send it to: WD-40 Products (Canada) Ltd., P.O. Box 220, Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V3. REQUEST FOR TENDER FOR CONTAINER STATION EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES Bid documents for the contract or service listed below, addressed to the Manager of Purchasing, 1151 BRONTE ROAD, OAKVILLE, ON L6M 3L1 w ill be received until 2:00 pm. Oakville time on the specified closing date. Bid documents can be seen or obtained through the Purchasing Divi sion of the Corporate Services Department, same address as above, telephone 905-825-6000, extension 7031. Documents w ill be available for pick up on and after Tuesday April 18,2000 There is a nonrefundable deposit of $25.00 plus $1.75 GST. Bids will be opened in public at 2:15pm on the due date specified in the Nelson Room at the above address. Those submitting bids are invited to attend. A certified cheque or bank draft made payable to the Regional Municipality of Halton in the amount $10,000 and a signed Agreement to bond must accompany each document. A non-mandatory pre bid meeting w ill be held at the Halton Waste Management Site, 5400 Regional Road 25 (formerly Hwy. 25), Administration Building at 2:00pm on Monday, April 24,2000. Under no circumstances w ill facsimile or late bids be accepted or considered. Lowest or any bid not necessarily accepted. s 00-T-050 O u Deaths INVITATION TO TENDER CONTAINER STATION EQUIPMENT AND RELATED SERVICES CLOSING: TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2000 PATRICK MURPHY, COMMISSIONER OF PLANNING & PUBLIC WORKS A. MINDENHALL, CPPO, MANAGER PURCHASING SERVICES www.etnbids.cQm www.reaion.halton.on.ca/Services/DeDart/Coro/Purchasina M any m ixes available low. `Mother Earth Flower Collection' comes in Moon White, Pink Cadillac, Red Dawn, and The Blues. It is a little late to start a wild garden from seed now, but the winter is a good time to read a book or two on the subject ready to start with an annual wildflower garden in the spring. Why not try one at a school? Check with your children's school or one in your area and see if they have an Earth group that usually meets at noon. They have keen teachers in charge and with your help, they may guide them to further beautify the school grounds. The seed mixed with paper mulch is easy to sow outdoors in the spring as the fall planted tulips show. Put an eighth inch layer between the tulips and cover lightly with soil and moisten with a fine spray. Sunflower seeds may be spaced a foot or two apart among the wild flower seeds and they will grow together and later on, hide the maturing tulip and daffodil foliage. BAKER, Dennis James - Suddenly on Monday, April 17,2000, in Oakville in his 47th year. Dennis, beloved husband and soul mate of Jennifer. Loving father of Christine and her husband Steven, Valerie and her husband Mike. Precious grandfather of Joel, Elizabeth, Victoria and Teresa. Friends will be received at the Ward Funeral Home, "Oakville Chapel', 109 Reynolds Street, on Wednesday from 2 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Thursday, April 20,2000, at 10 a.m. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. McNICHOL, James Clarence - A Good Man With strength and dignity at Ian Anderson House in the early morning of Sunday, April 16th. Jim leaves his friends, neighbors and family all who have been touched by his goodness. Along time resident of Oakville and original employee of King Paving, later Genstar. Predeceased by his partner in life Alive. He will be greatly missed by those who loved and cherished him, his daughters Jamie and Sandra and son John and their families, his brother Tom and sisters Betty, Rhoda, and Eunice. Jim was a good father, a patient and loving grumpa and great-grandfather. He will be forever with us in our memories. At Jim's request, there will be be service. In his memory, donations to Ian Anderson House, P.O. Box 61034, 511 Maple Grove Drive, Oakville, Ontario, L6L 7P5 would be appreciated. Jim's family would like to express their gratitude for the exceptional care provided by Dr. Benjamin and the caregivers at Ian Anderson House. Go in peace kind soul. A year or two ago, I attended a lecture on start ing a wild flower garden in the front of the house. As the surrounding houses had standard lawns, the owner feared the neighbours might be offended with something different. So he started in the comers near the house and made flower beds with stones along the front. Each year, he moved the stones forward Legal Notice and wider until he had a large wild flower front lawn with no critics. There are many mixes on the market. We have NOTICE TO CREDITORS used pure seed mixes and those imbedded in AND OTHERS ground-up newspaper or other fibre. The bare seeds In the Estate of Frederick Willard Street All claims against the Estate of FREDERICK WILLARD work well if kept constantly moist for the first week STREET, late of the Town of Oakville, in the Regional or two until they are up and growing. The mix with Municipality of Halton, deceased, who died on or a carrier will take some neglect as the evaporation is about the 8th day of March, 2000, must be filed with restricted by the carrier. Watering is less risky too as the undersigned personal representatives on or be fore May 10, 2000, after which date the estate wil the carrier breaks up the stream and the seeds do not be distributed having regard only to the claims of wash away as easily as bare seeds. There are many which the Estate Trustee then shall have notice. mixes, annual, perennial, white, red, pink, and yel Dated at the Town of Oakville, this 13th day of April, CAROL ANN WILSON, SUSAN PATRICIA WHITESIDE, DEBORA JUNE ARMSTRONG, Estate Trustees, By their solicitor, KATHRYN S. NAUMETZ 263 Church Street, Oakville, Ontario L6J1N7 2000 . O N T A R I O Card of Thanks KYES - The Kyes family would like to express their deep appreciation to all those who provided comfort at the tragic loss of their son Jamie. We would especially like to thank the police and ambulance workers as well as hospital staff for their valiant efforts and their kindness. 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