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B8 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, April 13, 2007 Mother and daughter bond through passion for dancing ed to the role ni a tourist, sînce parents aren't allowed to watch the training sessions. It was three years ago that -aftýer sup- porting Brianna in ail hec dance endeavours, and giving her the confidence and encour- agement she needed - the tables tumned for and encourage lier mrom. Although Wendy had danced since she was tbrec years old, it fell by the wayside when she began attending university. When she jokingly toid her daugbter they should perform a duet, Brianna picked up on the idea and thats exaetly what they did. Vsendy,,. flte, with tihe e'ecs atm uBrtanna often soothing lier nerves before a perform- ance. Needless to say, sharing dance as a pas- sion has broughît both motber and daughter even dloser together at a trne when many sucb relationships arc strained. gratetul. "Not a lot of moms with i 5-year oid daugbîers even talk to them, let atone dance with tbem." Stephanie Thiessen can be reached at sthiessen@amiitoncanadianchampion.consi. AUCTINAVNAEJ. A pril 1-1 THE HIA'MI'LTONB SPECTTI à ~ -ll lt Wm 75 The amia.l4i.o o Muiiaiy fHlo Earth Day April 22 This Earth Day, before putting items in the garbage, think of ways to reduce, reuse and recycle your waste. UPlastic grocery bagS don't go in the Blue Box. Use a reusable bag or bin for shopping instead of accepting plastic bags. Or, instead of throwing plastic bags in the garbage, take them back to your local grocery store - many grocery stores have a bin t0 collect dlean plastic grocery bags for recycling. Return your liquor botties (glass and plastic), Tetra-Pak® @a and Bag-in-Box containers 10 Thse Beer Store to receive your cash deposit. This is another way bo increase the amount of boutles being recycled. By returning bottles to The Beer Store you free up space in your Blue Box which means you'll have more room 10 recycle other materials around your home. Household hazardous waste - paint, varsol, stains, car ols, cleaners, pesticides, and solvents - should not be poured dlown thse drain because they can contaminate our drinking water. If you put thern in the garbage, they could actually mix together and catch on fire or explodel Bring your household hazardous waste - which also includes batteries and compact fluorescent light bulbs - to the Household Hazardous Waste Depot at tise Halton Waste Management Site, where it can be properly refined, recycled or disposed of. This is free for residents. If you've been spring cleaning in your closets, don't throw away unwanted clothes, books, toys, miens, paired shoes, kitchenware and undamaged furniture. Give them t0 a reuse charity s0 others can enjoy them. There's a Salvation Army drop-off located at the Haiton Waste Management Site; for a list of other reuse charities in Halton, visit www. halIton. ca/waste. G COMNT OPE OSE Halton Region's 2007-2010 Draft Strategic Plan & 2008 Draft Actions MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 5:30-7:30 P.M. HALTON REGIONAL CENTRE, CAFETERIA, 1151 BRONTE ROAD, OAKVILLE Halton Region's 2007-2010 Strategic Plan sets out Regional Council's vision for the next four years. Annual actions are developed by staff to support Council's priorities as identified by the themes and goals in the Strategic Plan. Comments received by May 4th will be shared with Regional Council for consideration at its meeting on May 3Oth. Additional information is available at: www.halton .ca/stratplan Au envlromewtal Adventure for the. BelllChairman's Breakfast On Friday April 20, 2007, 1 will hosi the fourth "Beli/Chairman's Breakfast On Thse Environment". This year's keynote speaker, leif Macînnis, will deliver a "must-see" multimedia presentation using National Geographic images and television footage, so the audience "lives" the adventure and gains valuable insight int corporate and personal performance. The breakfast will be held ai Rattlesnake Point Golf Club, 5407 Regional Road 25 in Milton, between 7-9 a.m. Individual tickets for the breakfast are $40, or tables of 10 are available for $400. Registration forms for thse "BelllChairman's Breakfast On Tise Environment" are available on-uine ai www.halton.ca, by calling Halton Region ai 905-825-6000, or bu lfree ai 1 -866-4HALTON (1-866-442-5866). Gary Carr Regional Chair Rmmeeeydm., is EarthDy Ilaiten Regional Meeting Schedule 1April 18 9:30 arn. - Regional CouncilJ 111 Bro .. Rod *avle Onai L6 ' e s0585 e00e .ol Fre : -664HA: O a 'o : 90-2-83- *.at buoI 1