Last day for battery pickup

Curbside Battery Collection is happening in Dufferin County until March 17. Dufferin Waste offers special collection for single-use and rechargeable household batteries twice a year, coinciding with the daylight savings time change in the spring and fall.

Households that receive curbside collection should look for their orange battery bag in the mail and fill it up with their old single-use and rechargeable household batteries. Battery bags can also be picked up at local municipal offices if extra bags are needed, and/ or if a resident did not receive one in the mail.

Residents are encouraged to use these orange battery bags for the upcoming curbside collection to help divert household batteries from landfill. In 2022, 6800 kg of batteries were diverted because of the Curbside Battery Collection Program, which helps reduce toxins in the environment.

Residents are asked to place their battery bag on top of their green bin or beside their garbage (not on top of their blue box) by 7 am on their collection day the week of March 13. Clear, sealable bags are also accepted. No batteries can be placed in blue boxes, green bins or garbage.

Residents are advised to follow the instructions on the battery bag to ensure collection and proper recycling of batteries. 9V battery terminals should be covered with masking tape. Single-use and rechargeable household batteries can also be dropped off at battery drop-off bins around Dufferin County.

For more information on curbside battery collection, please visit www. dufferincounty.ca/waste. For weekly waste reminders, a tool to help with sorting and more, download the Dufferin Waste App.

For Sale

CREEMORE HILLS WINERY -

Wine for sale. Pet-Nat Picnics and/or wine tastings. By appointment only. Pick-up or delivery. Call/Text 647-5888931, cmorrissey0708@icloud.com.

Winter special - GRASS FED BEEF - ground beef $5, roasts and stew $6, steaks $8 per pound. Contact Dan 705428-6781.

Ontario Honey Creations + Meadery

MEAD SAMPLES, RAW LOCAL

HONEY & MORE. Farm-Store open Friday & Saturday or by appointment. 938343 Airport Road, Mulmur. OntarioHoneyCreations.com

Services

CONTRACTOR REPAIRS, restores, dismantles and jacks up farm buildings, homes, and cottages. Also roofing, siding, doors, windows, beams, posts, foundations, piers, cement work, fencing, eaves troughing, decks, docks installed, repaired, replaced. Contact Brian McCurdy, at 519-986-1781 or 519-375-0958.

ELLIOTT PAINTING AND DECORATING, over 30 years experience with excellent references. Interior and exterior painting and wallpapering. Call for free estimate at 705-466-2356.

HANDYMAN SERVICES available. Interior, exterior, and landscaping. Contact Duncan Miller, 705-888-6017.

Wanted

22X32 or 22X38 DION THRESHING MACHINE . McCormick GRAIN BINDER. 905-983-9331.

For Rent

COMMERCIAL RENTAL

AVAILABLE in Creemore. Meat market Building. Approx. 400 sqft. Suitable for office or dry retail. Contact 705-730-2635.

TWO-BEDROOM house downtown Creemore. No smoking, no pets. Available March 15. 705-441-2343, please leave a message.

In Memoriam

TRAUX - In memory of Bill Truax who passed away in March 2018. Remembering you is easy, We do it every day. Missing him is a heartache That doesn't go away.

To us, he was very special What more is there to say Except we wish with all our hearts That he was here today.

Missed by Joan, Adam, Lee-Anne, Amy, Will, Jacob, Emily, William and Haylee.

PETTIGREW- In memory of Harvey who passed away March 1999, and Vera in March 2013. Dad & Mum, Goodbyes are not forever Goodbyes are not the end They are simply meaning We miss you both Until we meet again.

Missed by Joan, Adam, Lee-Anne, Amy, Will, Jacob, Emily, William and Haylee.