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814 - ThA Canadian Chamnion. Fridav. Sentembar 5. 2008 Halton Region is developing a plan for building sustainable and healthy communities for generations to corne. This growth management initiative is called Sustainable Halton. Halton Region's efforts will mean less sprawl, greater protection of farmland, better infrastructure, and more liveable communities. n lune of this year, Halton Region released five Growth Concepts that show where future homes and jobs could be located. n September, the Region is hosting four open houses to discuss the five Growth Concepts. Come to an open house to learn about how the Region is planning for sustainable and healthy communities and how we will meet the Province's population and employment growth forecasts for Halton Region. We want to, hear your views of the Growth Concepts. Your comments are important as we move forward on Sustainable Halton and further refine the concepts in the next phase of work. If you are unable to attend, or want more information, please visit our website at www.halton.calsustainablehalton. Follow the links to the online workbook and give us your thoughts. We look forward to hearing fromn you. Sustainable Halton Meeting Schedule Date Location Venue Time Monday Burlington Appleby Ice Centre 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. September 8 Multi-Purpose Roon *presentation at 6:45 1201 Appleby Line Tuesday Milton Milton Sports Centre 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. September 9 Banquet Room *presentation at 6:45 605 Santa Maria Blvd Wednesday Oakville River Oaks Community Centre 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. September 10 Community Roomn A *presentation at 6:45 2400 Sixth Line Tuesday Halton Georgetown District High School 6:15 to 9:00 p.m. September 16 Hulis Cafeteria *presentation at 6:45 70 Guelph Street Georgetown For more information, please contact either: Perry Vagnini, Acting Senior Policy Analyst at 905-825-6000 ext. 7987, toll-free at 1-866-442-5866, or by e-mail at Perry.Vagnini@halton.ca OR Alana Fulford, Intermediate Planner at 905-825-6000 ext. 7354, toll-free at 1-866-442-5866, or by e-mail atAlana.Fulford@halton.ca. 1 would like to remind everyone to share the road while traveling throughout Halton. Be safe, be aware and be courteous. Leave enough roomn on your right 10 pass cyclists safely and watch for pedestrians crossing the road. ibis is especially important now that our children are back in school. Walking or cycling 10 school is a great way 10 keep fit, improve our air quality and help create safe, healthy and liveable communities. Halton Region has linked with the Halton District School Board to run a pilot project with eight schools across the region to implemnent Walking School Buses and other Active and Safe Roules to School (ASRTS) initiatives this faîl. To learn more about the ASRTS program, visit www.halton.calasrts. Gary Carr Regional Chair Well Day number three (Wednesday) is ail finished. We ran to Stoney Creek today We started at the edge of Hamilton and made our way on the bottest day yet. The humidity was overwhelming, espe- cially runnmng the first 2 km on fresb asphaît. What a day! - We were honked at and cheered on by everyone in Hamilton. Cars would yell to us, "We saw you on the news and wîsh you ail the best of luck. Keep up the great work." uil even bad a gentleman gîve her $ 10 as she was running by ber car. After the first 5 km, we stopped at a plaza outside a Wal-Mart. We set up our awareness table and bad a young gentleman corne up to visit our table. He spoke to Jeif about not feeling well and baving some symptoms that were on our educational materials. After making a donation to tbe run, he told us be was going to go to get checked out by bis doctor. This is what the mun is ail abouti FEducation + Awareness = Lives saved.' As we finished our day, we stopped at a bar just outside Stoney Creek. At tbe bar, a young lady told us she lost ber momn to colon cancer. These are thse stories that keep us moving. Tbe first song tbat 1 listened to today was The Beatles' Let It Be. 1 tbink thse words speak for tbemselves about bow we are feeling: When Ifind myself in tintes of trou- ble, Mother Mary cornes to me Speaking worcls of wisdom Let it be, let tt be And in my liour of darltness, She is standing right infront of me Spealring words of wisdom Let it bc, let it be As we make tihe journey, we do bear words of wisdom. Ibese words of wisdom keep us going! Until tomorrow... Love, tbe Sopbie's Run Team do~ GOLO ~YMNAS1hI~ !N(X Classes Avaitablé -, Early Years (8 Months - 3 Vears) " Preschoolers (4 - S Years) " Recreational (6 - 17 Years) " Aduits (18 Years & Up) " Competitive Boys & Girls (5 Years & Up) *Tumbling For Cheerleading & Dancers *Birthdlay Parties *Parents Night Out Nisto anro 19% oi% 1995 wos Imum Nedahs 011, 141ý »t 8695 Escarpment ý%aý, Unit =4 ýH,-.ý. 25 Noith of 401j. Miltori 905.8 73.163 1 905.864.4400 tÏà