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4: August 2007 For the second consecutive year, Stouffville's Diane Cariepy is hold- ing a yard sale at her Stouffville home to raise funds for her' ar- ticipation in The Weekend to d Breast Cancer in support of Princess Margaret flospital. “We will have a lot of items that have been donated by friends and family, including small pieces of furniture, toys and things for the house,’ said Diane. ‘We will also have lots of new items, so there will be a really great variety of stuff.’ To help meet the Town's waste diversion target. weekly Green Bin and recycling service will be introduced, with garbage collection 'every other week. with a three- bag limit. There will be no limit on the number of Green Bins or Blue Boxes collected and additional green bins and blue boxes will be available from the Town offices. Your waste collection schedule will be included with the delivery of your Green Bin, in addition to being posted on the Town’s website: www.townofws.com. Starting the week of September 10. 2007 a new waste management program will'be introduced in the Town of Whitchurch-Stcuffville. including the introduction of source- separated organics. the 'Green Bin". Green Bins. delivered to each household in late August, are designed to collect household organic waste such as kitchen scraps and soiled paper products. Combined with recycling. the Green Bin aims to divert waste sent to landfill by up to 65% from current practice! Green Bin waste will be composted under controlled conditions using a variety of methods. The finished compost is blended with topsoil and used for agricultural and erosion control purposes. _ 905-640-1910, ext. 306 By e-mail: blnlsln@townofws.com Information on what goes in and how to use your Green Bin will be included in your Green Bin when they are delivered. Further information, including a list of public information meetings and events where the Green Bin will be promoted is available: Online: www.townofws.com By phone: 1-877{5§:0_373 or 'ard Sale To Support Breast Cancer Research By Kate Gildeidale Stouffville Free Press Diane la a member of a tutti called Wendy ’s Walker: whlcli will takepart in ythe two-day 60 lillo- metre walk through oronto on the weekend of Sept. 7-9. All pro- ceeds from the saleP will go directly to the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation to raise funds for breast cancer research education and care The yard sale for The Weekend to End Breast Cancer begins at 8 a. rn Saturday, Aug 18 at 49 Harry Sanders Ave inStouffv'ille. For more information on the fundraiser, or to make a donation, visit www. endcanceua. I know many of you are robably sitting there aghast. What! A librarian te ' g u not to read a book. Well, to be honest I'm shocked'gy the number of times I've heard someone say, 'Ohm y mix, that was an awful book I'm find that’ s over.’ did read- ing become an endurance test? Putthebookdown. Trust meonthis. liabookhas not booked {on by the time you 'vc read 60400 pages, pug {he boo down "There are hundreds of thousands of books published each year, not to mention ma azines. It would be impossible to read them all an this says nothing of books published previously which you might yet dis- cover. It can all be overwhelming so here are some tips. 'Keep a shelf (or bookcase or two) of books to be read and review it once a year. There are many books which I thought I could hardly wait to read but a year later I wonder why I was ever interested. Donate those books to ghe library’s annual? book sale. Book lists are great but keeping a large yellow enve- lope of book reviews or award lists is handy to take to your library or book store. Again, every now and then review the contents and recycle whatever you no longer faricy. I like to do this over a,nice hot drink. Perhaps chocolate could be involved. In an case, this is something your public library does we 1 for you. It’s like one long readin list. This summer come in and review the shelves. ere are old favourites to try again. There are always some new books on display and there are many lists of books b genre and now there are even electronic versions whic can be emailed to you on a monthly basis. Ask the infomiatlon staff abolnt NextReads and don't forget, in the electronic world it’s not regrcllng. We call: purging. Purge the lists regularly. here a lots more to discover from your library. - Once you start reading a book remember that it’s a short term relationship. Some relationships end sooner than expected. For example, I’ve tried to read Eco's Name of the Rose, and Cervantes’ Don Quixote and with both books I’ve gotten to the book burning scene and had to give up. For some reason I had no trouble with Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.. Perhaps it was tim- ing; * There is no doubt that these are all classics but the two parties involved in the reading relationship may not be read . The book stands as it is but the person changes. erhaps sometime when I’m older or less busy I’ll pick up those books and think WOW! Why did_ I wait so long? Maybe. Maybe not. This summer. three Whltchurch-Stouffvllie Library volunteers were honoured at theOntarlo Volunteer Awards ceremony held at the Premier Ballroom in Richmond Hill. From left to right are Marion Dinette (five year award for service on the seniors sub-committee); Deborah Lonergan (10 year award {or service on the book sale committee) and Colette Brown (five year award tor serving on the library board and managing the books on wheels program). So many books, so little time By Catherine Sword