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Stouffville Sun-Tribune n www.yorkregion.com n Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, 14 WrestleMania challenge takes young readers to the mat BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com Admit it. We've all written fan letters declaring to Elvis, Donny Osmond, The Monkees and Jackson 5, Debbie Gibson, N'Sync and even Justin Bieber how we're their No. 1 fan. We've told these superstars how we've named our pets after them, which happen to be the same kind as theirs and that we love their clothes and wear the same Chuck Taylors as they do. Throughout the month of October, the Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library wants teenagers and tweens to write fan letters, but of a different sort and only to WWE personalities. The WrestleMania Reading Challenge, which is for students in grades 5 to 12, was created about eight years ago to get more teens reading, according to the WWE's website. This is the first year the local library has participated in the program. "We're trying to reach the older youth. We get a lot of the six year olds, but when they get to school, we tend to lose them," said Anne Houle, the library's co-ordinator of children and youth services. "Their time is kind of limited in terms of light reading because they're playing ball," she said. OShawa success Ms Houle heard about the WrestleMania Reading Challenge last year at a conference. One of the few Canadian libraries to participate in the program was from Oshawa. "I thought it was interesting because of the WWE connection," Ms Houle said. "Kids in that age (group) like WWE." Throughout the month, kids in grades 5 to 12 are encouraged to write a letter to their favourite WWE personality to convince him or her to also read their most cherished book. "It's got to be something they really enjoyed. It can even be a magazine, because some boys you're not going to get reading books," she said. Three winners -- one from each age category (grades 5 and 6, grades 7 and 8 and grades 9 to 12) -- will be chosen by WhitchurchStouffville Public Library staff to have their letters sent to the WWE. Eighteen finalists from around North America will be chosen in January and win transportation, hotel and tickets to WrestleMania 29 in New Jersey next April, along with spending money. The prize is valued at $5,000. These finalists will then compete in the WrestleMania Reading Challenge Championships the day before the main event, where they can win ringside tickets. The sponsoring library receives $2,000. For more information, visit the library at 30 Burkholder St. DROP IN TO DROP OFF York Region Community Environmental Centres (CECs) provide a convenient, one-stop location to drop off a variety of reusable and recyclable materials to be diverted from landfill. Elgin Mills CoMMunity EnvironMEntal CEntrE 1124 Elgin Mills Road East, Town of Richmond Hill Ave. 19th N Bayview Ave. Elgin Mills Community Environmental Centre Elgin R Mills d. E. 404 McClEary Court CoMMunity EnvironMEntal CEntrE 130 McCleary Court, City of Vaughan Credits Lang staff Rd. tone Rd. Keele S Hours oF oPEration: Thursday to Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Extended hours Thursdays until 7 p.m. from April 1 to October 31. Community Environmental Centres accept a wide variety of items to be reused, recycled or disposed, including: rEusE DroP-oFF (free of charge) · Books, CDs and DVDs · BBQs (clean, working condition) · Cabinets · Clothing · Doors · Fabrics and textiles · Furniture · Hardware and tools · Housewares · Light fixtures · Lumber · Plumbing fixtures · Tools · Windows rECyCling (free of charge) · Blue Box items · Cardboard (flattened) · Clean fill / soil · Compact fluorescent light bulbs (energy efficient) · Concrete and rubble · Drywall · Electronics (e.g. cameras, cell phones, computers, televisions, VCRs) WastE DisPosal · Household batteries (e.g. AAA, AA, C, D, 9V) · Large metal appliances · Refrigerated appliances* · Scrap metal · Shredded paper (in clear plastic bags) · Tires (limit of four per visit) · Wood (untreated lumber) · Non-reusable goods* · Non-recyclable goods* not aCCEPtED · Household Hazardous Waste · Green Bin organics · Industrial waste · Yard waste · Loads greater than a 14-foot cube van *Items are subject to a fee. For more information on York Region waste management programs and services, please visit www.york.ca/waste or call 1-877-449-9675 ext. 3000. Leslie S t. N McCleary Court Community Environmental Centre McC leary Cour 7 t Jane St. t. 404 High way Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity reserve the right to refuse items they feel are not reusable or resalable.