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Each offi ce independently owned and operated www.YorkRegionProperties.ca BRTT ❑ KTS ✓ IS ❑ CC ❑ OC ❑ SFP ❑ GVS ❑ Set by: JS Zacchigna Remax mouth 2 - THE WEEKLY SENTINEL - Thursday, January 8, 2015 King Township 2075 King Road King City, ON Canada L7B 1A1 Phone: 905.833.5321www.king.ca Email: [email protected] www.king.ca COUNCIL MEETINGS PUBLIC NOTICES MUNICIPAL OFFICE, COUNCIL CHAMBERS Monday, January 12, 2015 6:00pm - Council/Committee of the Whole - Consideration for Adoption: - Water & Wastewater Rates - Fees & Charges Monday, January 26, 2015 6:00pm - Council/Committee of the Whole - Consideration for Adoption: - 2015 Budget & Business Plan REMINDERS 2015 Waste Calendars were delivered by mail in mid-December. Calendars are also Join us at the upcoming Official Plan Review available at all community centres and libraries. PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE King Township has completed a Background Discussion Paper for Phase One of its Christmas Tree Official Plan Review project. You are invited to attend a Public Open House to learn about the key Collection Reminder planning issues addressed in our Phase One Discussion Paper. This is an informal gathering to give members of the public an opportunity to ask Christmas trees will be collected on questions and provide input on information we have collected with respect to options for moving forward. January 12th only. Please remove Date: Wednesday January 21, 2015 To learn more about the Official Plan Review and view copies of relevant background material, visit ALL decorations, nails, tree stands and Time: 6:30 p.m. http://www.king.ca/Government/Departments/Planning/ Presentation/Facilitated Discussion: Official Plan Review Project/Pages/default.aspx.! plastic tree bags. 7:00 p.m. Additional information and updates relating to one! Location: Trisan Centre the Official Plan Review are available by 25 Dillane Drive contacting the Planning Department: Please note that Schomberg, Ontario 905.833.5321 ext. 4066 crews will not dig Sign up to receive emails: offi[email protected] out a tree or climb a snow bank to retrieve one, and that trees over 6’ must be cut in pieces. Have Your Say! Visit www.king.ca to complete an on-line survey Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Mayor Steve Pellegrini and Members of Council Cordially invite all Residents to The Township of King Annual Pancake Breakfast Saturday, January 17th 2015 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 9:00 am to 11:00 am PANCAKE Dr.William Laceby Nobleton Arena PROCLA- Please visit the Township website at www.king.ca for employment MATION opportunities. 15 Old King Road, Nobleton • Summer Student Positions Join us for a Free Skate with Mayor • Recreation Program Instructors Pellegrini from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. COMPETITIVE BIDS ~ All Welcome~ Please visit the Township website at www.king.ca for competitive bid opportunities. Thursday, January 8, 2015 - THE WEEKLY SENTINEL - 3 Local support for Schomberg family By Mark Pavilons Brokers of As we take time to refl ect on our GICs, RRSPs, RRIFs & Annuities own lives, it’s important to support Individual Life & Disability families who have a lot on their plates. A local businessman wants to show Insurance Programs a Schomberg family the community has their backs. 2.67% 2.55% 2.54% Dave Budweth, of Nobleton Feed 5 Years 4 Years 3 Years Mill, is challenging local business Annual owners to pitch in and help ease the burdens of a family whose young 2.53% 2.36% 1.30% daughter has a life-threatening ill- 2 Years 1 Year 60-89 Days ness. Min. $5,000 Abigail Eveson, 18 months, was born with multiple congenital heart Calculated Daily – Paid Monthly defects and the biggest concern is the Canadian Dollar 1.45% blood fl ow out of the heart to become U.S. Dollar 0.40% oxygenated by the lungs. The condi- tion, as in Abby’s case, is evident at 5870 King Road, Unit A, birth. Nobleton L0G 1N0 Abby received her fi rst open heart surgery within 16 hours of her birth, 905-558-3070 June 19, 2013 and spent a week in www.jds-financial.com CCCU (Cardiac Critical Care Unit) at Toronto’s SickKids. Rates as of Jan.8/15 are subject to change without notice. Parents Craig and Becky have been on a roller coaster ride, often drop- Abby Eveson in her special superhero cos- tume. ping what they’re doing at a moment’s notice, taking Abby to the hospital. Kelly Rawlinson Photo Becky has taken a leave from her long-term care position and Craig, a 7-Day King Township roads employee and weth made the rounds in Nobleton, ing volunteer fi refi ghter, often rushes asking merchants for help, too.