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SUMMER FESTIVAL & EVENTS GRANTSYearly, HRM provides some funding assistance for various localcommunity events and festivals. This years grants wentto:

- Lake & Shore Comedy Night May that the Lake &Shore Community Recreation Centre, Porters Lake. A night oflaughter and music including the Trunk Youth Choir and a pro-fessional comedian. - Seacoast Trail Arts Association Exhibition Augustth at the Lions Centre, Sheet Harbour. An event to show-case artists and their work from the Eastern Shore during theSeaside Festival - sale of arts and crafts to raise money for apost-secondary arts bursary for a Duncan MacMillan HighSchool graduate.

- Trunk Music Festival July th& that the PeacePark / Rink in Musquodoboit Harbour. The events included anadult dance, street parade, outdoor concert and fireworks.

- Celebrate Canada Day with a Taste of East Preston July st. A free event with a community parade, games, cul-turally specific food, entertainment and activities for all ages.

- Celebrating Diversity Eastern Shore Arts Festival August th to th at the Old School Community Gather-ing Place, Musquodoboit Harbour. A weeklong celebration ofevents planned in the arts. This years theme is diversity andincludes workshops and presentations from various artists andperformers., - Emerging Lens Film Exhibit April nd to th bythe Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Arts Association. Free

events that included the screening of cultural films and a work-shop with industry professionals.

, - Jeux Regionaux de la Nouvelle-Ecosse Mayth to th. A cultural and athletic competition for Nova Sco-tias francophone youth aged to .

, - African Festival of Arts & Culture July th to th on the Sackville Landing, Lower Water St, Halifax. A free, annualcelebration of the culture, arts, crafts and food of people of Af-rican descent in Nova Scotia., - Festival des Cultures Francophones October thto November th by the Conseil Communautaire du Grand-

Havre. A combination of events including free francophoneworkshops and a book fair. The concerts will be gated and therewill be a visual art exhibition., - North Preston Day July thby the Women with aVision Society at the North Preston Community Centre, Sim-monds Road. Events included a summer carnival involving othercommunity organizations, parade, BBQ, talent shows, marchingbands, and entertainment for all age groups., - Lake and Shore Days August rdto thby the Por-ters Lake Community Services Association at the Porters LakeCommunity Centre. There will be free and low cost events forall age groups, including youth and teen dances, special bingo,teddy bear picnic, childrens fair and local adult entertainment.There will also be a grand street parade, parade of lights on Por-ters Lake and fireworks show.

, - Cole Harbour Harvest Festival September th. Afree event to celebrate the Cole Harbour community, includinga music concert with local bands, childrens entertainment, arts,culture, healthy living and food displays. Sports events includea skateboard competition and a free skate. There will also be aFarmers Market, street parade and fireworks.

LBVFD th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONThe Lawrencetown Beach & Area Volunteer Fire Departmentwill celebrate its thanniversary on Saturday, August th from AM PM. The event will take place at Station - Lawrencetown Road - Rte . There will be free games, acomplimentary BBQ and an opportunity to meet current andretired firefighters. Staying true to their mission, FREE civic ad-dress number signs will be given away to residents who needthem. There will be applications on hand and a recruitmentdrive to encourage new volunteer firefighters, and there will besafety programs available for all to explore. Come out and jointhem in celebrating decades of invaluable service to our com-munity. Congratulations and thank you!

37th CLAM HARBOUR SAND CASTLE DAYThe th Annual Sand Castle / Sand Sculpture Day at Clam Har-bour Provincial Beach Park will be held Sunday, August th -Rain or shine. The competition entrance fee for Adults is (cash only.) There is no fee for children and youth under .Judging begins at PM. Always fun and exciting!

HWY C&D TRANSFER PROPOSALHRM has received an application by Kiann Management Limit-ed to rezone acres from the RE (Rural Enterprise) zone toCD- (C&D Materials Processing Facilities) zone to permit aConstruction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Processing Facility

at PID on Highway near the Lake Echo / PortersLake community boundary area. This application is referencedas Case . Information about this proposal can be foundon the Halifax Planning Applications web-site: www.halifax.ca/planning/applications/CaseDetails.php. Please beadvised this application is in the early stages, and HRM staff ispresently reviewing the submissions and information receivedto date from concerned residents. A public information meetingis planned, but a date for the meeting has not yet been con-firmed. During this application process the Regional Coun-cillors of the Harbour East Marine Drive Community Councilmust remain neutral and should not make any public commentnor express an opinion about the proposal to ensure an im-partial process. If the process is not respected there could be

grounds for an appeal. Questions or concerns about this pro-posal will be addressed at the public information meeting. Youmay also write to the Senior Planning Supervisor, Thea Langille,at langilt@hal ifax.ca or P.O. Box Halifax, NS, BJ A.

HRM AUDITOR GENERAL TIPS HOTLINEHRMs Auditor General (AG) is responsible for holding our ad-ministrators accountable for the quality of stewardship over thepublic funds and for achievement of value for money in munic-ipal operations. The Taking Improvement & Performance Seri-ously (TIPS) Hotline has been established to capture and evalu-ate concerns and complaints related to potential inefficienciesor fraudulent behaviour involving HRM resources. To report anyconcerns, please call -- or go on-line to the AGwebpage at www.halifax.ca/auditorgeneral.

ALERT READY EMERGENCY BROADCASTAlert Ready is designed to deliver critical and potentiallylife-saving alerts to Canadians through television and radio. TheAlert Ready system is developed in partnership with federal,provincial and territorial emergency management officials, En-vironment Canada and the broadcast industry to ensure you re-ceive alerts immediately and know when to take action to keepyourself and your family safe. If an alert is broadcast its timeto act! For more information about this service visit: www.the-weathernetwork.com/public-alerts.

CAR SAFETY FOR CHILDREN & PETSAs the summer weather continues to be hot and humid, HRMPartners in Policing reminds citizens about the dangers of leav-ing children and pets alone in unattended vehicles. Leavingwindows slightly open does not slow the heating process or de-crease the maximum temperature attained. To prevent deadlyconsequences for your children and/or pets never leave theminside an unoccupied vehicle even for a few minutes. If you canttake them with you when you park your vehicle leave them at

home or with friends or arrange for daycare services. If you seeany child or a pet in distress, please call -- immediately.

ROUTE LOCAL TRANSIT PROPOSALHRM provides a funding program to help support communi-ty-based transit services by providing a subsidy to the regularoperation and maintenance of an organizations vehicles. Thisprogram will pay a flat rate of ./km for every vehicle kilo-meter logged while providing service within HRM (dependenton budget availability). This program also provides an additionallump sum of , or , of support per year to an orga-nization, depending on the level of service provided to the com-munity. It is intended that this program will help supplement thecost of fuel and regular maintenance of fleet vehicles, or thefuel and maintenance of personal vehicles being used by volun-teer drivers. It is not intended to subsidize the full cost of pro-viding the service. Funding will be renewed annually, assumingthat quarterly reporting criteria are fulfilled and subject to HRMbudget availability. Our own local service MusGo Rider - is abeneficiary of this municipal funding program. Coupled with theprovincial rural transportation programs, the goal is to stabilizeand possibly encourage the expansion of our local communi-ty-based transit elsewhere within the district. Presently MusgoRider is exploring the possibly of having a km fixed transitroute along Route from the Porters Lake Bus Terminalto the Portland Hills Terminal with a service loop link to ColeHarbour Place. If approved, this will hopefully bring some more

transit options to the communities of West Chezzetcook, GrandDesert, Seaforth, Three Fathom Harbour, East Lawrencetown,Lawrencetown and Cole Harbour areas. Please stay tuned as wetry to work out the details.

HALIFAX DISTRICT COUNCILLORS COMMUNIQUEAUGUST ISSUE FUN & SUN-SAFE SUMMER!

Councillor David HendsbeeDistrict Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

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