The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A6 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, Apri 18, 2008 Your patience needed to stick with program The success or faîlure of lasî week's launch of Haltoiso bighîy-îouîed GreenCart program appears ai depend on who you talk 10 - the service provider, or the end user. b Iasî Friday's Champion, Regional Chair Gary Carr truni- peted a 75 per cent participation rate in the new initiative that secs kitchen scraps destined for Haltons landfill, insîead collecîed aI the curb for composîing. However, Carr's glowmg review of the program's kîckolf Iasî week - "With 50 many residents already engaged in the GreenCart program, we are well on our way 10 achieve our goal of diverîing 60 per cent of wasîe away from the land- bib"- struck a nerve with some residents who found theru- selves waiîing as long as four days for garbage pick-up prom- ised under the Regions new wasîe collection schedule. In Milton, collection delays led 10 residenîs sending bet- ters 10 the Champion and phoning their local councillors and/or regional beadquarîers 10 complain. Complaints ranged from GreenCaris being delivered and then prompîly taken away from townbome complexes wbere the bogiscics of pick-up bave yeî 10 be deîermined, 10 resi- dents' frustration over consecunve days of their garbage being abandoned aI the curb, despite daiby promises thar it woubd be picked up. Wbibe a certain amount of starl-up glitches and miscom- munication are expecîed wben undertaking a projecî of ibis magnitude, we wonder if Halton Region wasn'î adequaîely prepared 10 rollout the GreenCarts across a region of more than 440,000 people. Earby indications from Carr are that Ibe company con- îracîed by the Region for GreenCarî, Blue Box and garbage collection simply wasn'î prepared for the bîgh volume of GreenCarî compliance in the first week of the program. While the Regions efforts to encourage participation in Ibe GreenCarî are admirable, it appears not enough îbougbî was dedicated 10 ensuring the firsî days of thîs new era in Haîtons wasîe management plan woubd come off wiîbouî a hiîch. We onby hope that those residents whose garbage, Blue Boxes or GreenCarts weren'î coblecîed on lime lasî week wiIî be patient enougb b stick wiîb the GreenCarî program. Readers Write E mail vour letters te m onxvl@halton~arch oem GreenCart should include ail homes DEAR EDITOR: Image my dismay when I called Halton Region to find oui why my GreenCarî hadn'î been delivered, only 10 be bld that my household wouldn't be geîîmg one righî away The reason - we live in a îown- house complex. Now we put our garbage aI the end of our dnveway lîke any bouse, 50 I arn unable 10 understand the reasonîng. We were so looking forward 10 doing our part 10 help OUI the commu- mîy and environmenî wiîh this pro- gram. I was îold that everyîhing remains status quo wîîh garbage pick-up every week. That means îhousand of bags of garbage xviii be in the landfill that arent necessary because many people that live in îownhouses lack the space for composters, and if it isot easily accessi- ble mosî people won'î inake a special effort to recycle. I really hope this large gaffe in the recycling model for Halton Region is fixed soon. BRIAN SKERRI1T HESLOP ROAD Editor'sdesk Tise Canarlian Champion is a peeud mcdi sponsor toi Little Laiwelot~s adoption was truly heartvvarming H Short but sweet. demeanour, but thaîs precîsely why he cases - abuse bas made tbem especîally loy 1~JAGON S ~ That's about the only way to descnbe my deserved a chance to offer someone ouI there ing îo anyone who shows them the lesat bit time with Lancelot, one of far-too-many cats at the Oakville and District Humane Society Actually tbat's no longer nue, since as of last Friday the adorable feline no longer resides at the nearby shelter (which services the Mihon ares) - having been adopted jusî hours after my weekly volunîeering stint. Part of the humane socîel~s cat socializ- mg program for the pasî six months, Ive seen numerous cals move on to real homes - but neyer on the same dayl was there. luat moments mlo my one and only encounter wiîh Lancelot, a shelter employee came in to have him micro-chipped for bis upgrade to more favourable surroundings. To say news of bis impending departure made my weekend would be a undersiatement. Yes, Id miss the hule guy~ affectionate fuli-time happiness. However, far 100 many remain - and the really sad ffiing is tbat so many of them are every bit as friendly as those Ive come across at frienda' or acquainlances' homes. of positive attention. And trust me, black cals can be jusî as friendly as their colourful counlerparls. If history bas îaughî chose aI the humane society anyîbing, it's In some cases more so. .~- . that their conlines will soon be That flues in the face of my orig- ~ getling a lot more crowded - mal expectations. For whatever ~s~aW k witb spnng and summer repre- reason, I'd assumed most of the cals sentîng a partîcularly busy lime would be shy or temperamenlal ~ . for felîne admissions. because of their background, but Many corne in, few go ouI. was pleasantly surprised 10 find jusî the So if you're lookîng 10 add a cal 10 your opposite was true. home, mighî I suggesl making the Oakvilîe In fact some of them are so grateful to be and District Humane Society your firsî visit. let ont of their cages for play and/or cuddle Much like my volunteer work, wbaî you lime that ifs really difficuit 10 put them back. gel ouI of adopttng a pet will be far more Ils as if abandonmenî, neglecî or - in a few than what you put in. UNTEDCAYoe~~ 0F MILTON TV AUCTION MILTON SANTA CLAUS PARADE YYMCA LrHbN Showcasc Melton - ~ i a - caÎ Aeaedm ~L1,t (~Danabian QEjjampîon Mils sCsm s tyNe sp.pser5 e 1860 555 Industnal Dr Mîdton, Ont L9T 5E1 905-878-2341 Editorial Fax 905 878 4943 Advertising Fax 905 876 2364 Classified:905-875-3300 Circulation. 905-878-5947 www miltoncanadîanchampion.com Publisher Neil Oliver General Manager Davîci Harvey Editor in Chief LII Davis Managing Editor Kareis Mîceh Advertieing Director Wendy McNab Production Manager Trm Doles Circulation Manager Charlene Hall Office Manager Sandy Pare Tlie Canadian Champion, publislied every Tueiday and Friday, i a diviîion cf Melrolaîd Media Group Lid. - Group Publinhmer Ian Oliver. idmesîng i aucepsd se 16e oedsoe 55 5, ~ie5 mii ype aphemal ccii fiai pîsîn if le adiesiief Ssii, oîspced by theeccoeeomîcîecc.eqelhecwcchaceasîeablealîcicî,iscsîgca ssii ce be îhacqed fmi bic cIe balace of the adieccemeceet ccii me pied foc aI ch, appimabie cale 10e psbimhec cesses feignIs siegme,, adesmeccene dîne, CCAB Audited i6emoenzemî foc e'si m'Iiccîîmc by enlieco Concecosls ~Oc ~ Neempaseem5mmmmîabmm (accadean Cmcensceely ~ Neempapees Assomeabon UK'~ Sobseclan Neempapees ofAccecîma