Friday, October 6, 2017 5Brooklin Town Crier Brooklin Optometric Centre O P T O M E T R I S T Looking Good and Seeing Better for Back To School 905.655.6200 www.brooklineyecare.ca @TownofWhitby whitby.ca/waste Normal Collection Day Area # Revised Collection Day Green Bin Recycling Garbage Yard Waste Mon. Oct. 9 (Thanksgiving) 1 Tues. Oct. 10 Tues. Oct. 10 No Collection No Collection Mon. Oct. 9 (Thanksgiving) 2 Tues. Oct. 10 Tues. Oct. 10 Tues. Oct. 10 Tues. Oct. 10 Tues. Oct. 10 3 Wed. Oct. 11 Wed. Oct. 11 No Collection No Collection Tues. Oct. 10 4 Wed. Oct. 11 Wed. Oct. 11 Wed. Oct. 11 Wed. Oct. 11 Wed. Oct. 11 5 Thurs. Oct. 12 Thurs. Oct. 12 No Collection No Collection Wed. Oct. 11 6 Thurs. Oct. 12 Thurs. Oct. 12 Thurs. Oct. 12 Thurs. Oct. 12 Thurs. Oct. 12 7 Fri. Oct. 13 Fri. Oct. 13 No Collection No Collection Thurs. Oct. 12 8 Fri. Oct. 13 Fri. Oct. 13 Fri. Oct. 13 Fri. Oct. 13 Fri. Oct. 13 9 Sat. Oct. 14 Sat. Oct. 14 No Collection No Collection Fri. Oct. 13 10 Sat. Oct. 14 Sat. Oct. 14 Sat. Oct. 14 Sat. Oct. 14 Holiday Waste Collection Schedule From October 9 to 13, waste collection will be bumped one day forward. Please ensure your waste is set out by 7:00 a.m. Questions? Call the Whitby Operations Centre at 905.668.3437, Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Get the Waste Buddy App at whitby.ca/waste The ladies of the Court at Brooklin proudly pose with some of the 27 blankets they've sewn together for Hearth Place Cancer Support Cen- tre in Oshawa. The blankets are given to patients undergoing che- motherapy. Every few months these and other women sew the colourful quilt-like coverings. Carolyn Hoar, the cen- tre's Volunteer and Pediatric Can- cer Family Support Coordinator, says the current turnaround is the fastest they've yet seen. Usually she collects them every six months. The last batch was donated not even five months ago. In order to maintain the gener- ous donation of time and blankets, the Court's Sylvia Pugelj requests the Brooklin community step in to donate wool. Donations can be brought straight to the Court's front office. How do they start? One Court at Brooklin lady showed she's already begun a square for the next set of blankets. She starts knitting as soon as she wakes up in the morning and c o m - p l e t e s 2 - 3 r o w s to lim- ber up her fin- gers. A square t a k e s about a day and a half of work. The Longest Yarns Ontario farmer and Brooklin High School science teacher Nicole Swain was presented with the 2017 AgScape Teacher Recognition Award, in partnership with Canada's Outdoor Farm Show. Swain was recognized for teaching students about the importance of agriculture. AgScape presents an annual award to an Ontario teacher to acknowl- edge an individual's outstanding efforts to make agriculture literacy come alive in the classroom. Swain, who teaches biology and environmental studies, is also a beef and cash crop farmer with her husband, Scott. "Sharing our family farm experi- ences with my students puts a face to the people who grow their food," says Swain. "I love the days that my lessons are about soil health, crop protection and precision agri- culture. And it's truly an honour to receive this award." Outside her classroom, she devel- oped the Durham Farm Connec- tions High School Program to lead high school students through inter- active, science-based agricultural topics. She encourages other sci- ence teachers to teach about agri- cultural sciences, and co-manages the Agriculture Specialist High Skills Major program to help students ex- plore career opportunities and coor- dinate co-op placements within the agriculture industry. Last week, BHS hosted the Farm Connections day when students at- tended the program for one class period (75 minutes), and rotated through agriculture-themed sta- tions covering topics such as: soil and aquatic health, green energy, marketing and labelling for food products, and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Each station was also designed to encourage students to consider careers in the agri-business field, by making them aware of the career paths available in this multi-faceted industry. Brooklin Teacher Receives 2017 AgScape Award The Regional Municipality of Dur- ham, Works Department would like to remind residents that bathroom wipes, which are marketed as an alternative to toilet paper and ad- vertised as flushable, should be disposed of in the garbage, rather than being flushed down the toilet. Baby wipes, mopping wipes and sanitizing cleaning wipes should also be disposed of in the garbage only. The Region's sanitary sewer sys- tem is not designed to dispose of anything beyond human waste, toi- let paper and wastewater. Wipes do not break down the way toilet paper does and can clump togeth- er, causing costly blockages and backups in the Region's sewer sys- tem--which could result in flooding in your home or business. To learn more about the problem of wipes in the sewer system, visit durham.ca/ThinkBeforeYou- Flush. For more information about proper waste disposal, visit dur- ham.ca/KnowBeforeYouThrow. To view Durham's Sewer Use By- law No. 55-2013, which outlines specific practices for the use of sanitary and storm sewers, please visit durham.ca/SewerUseBylaw. No wipes in the pipes!