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The Oakville Beaver, Friday May 26, 2006 - 19 Oakville Waterfront Festival tickets available in advance T he Oakville Waterfront Festival opens its gates four weeks from today on yet another year of fantastic summertime entertainment. Your chance to get advance tickets at reduced prices is on now. Three-day passes are just $11 each when you purchase five or more in advance, or just $13 each individually. Tickets can be purchased through many community groups around town, as well as the Concierge Desk at Oakville Place, most Oakville banks, and at all Shoppers Drug Mart locations -- or avoid line-ups and buy at your convenience on-line at www.oakvillefestival.com For about the same price you would pay to watch a movie you can see Juno award-winning Bedouin Soundclash and The Philosopher Kings perform live, take-in the Majinx magic show, peruse the craft show and sale, enjoy the champion lumberjack show, tackle the events at the Children's Village, savour the fireworks, take part in some home improvement demonstrations, witness some of our brightest stars on the community stage, and so much more. As if all that isn't enough, here's another reason to buy a ticket: Exchange your ticket for a Purdy's wristband at the gate and receive a voucher for a free Purdy's chocolate hedgehog. The Oakville Waterfront Festival takes place June 23 - 25 in Coronation Park. A complete schedule of events and all the details are available on the Web site. Here's an idea: say Happy Father's Day to Dad with a ticket to a weekend full of family fun and entertainment. Hurry, though, ticket prices go up at the gate festival weekend. Thank you for joining us as Tim Hortons presents the 15th annual Oakville Waterfront Festival. -- Submitted by the Oakville Waterfront Festival Canada's New Government BUDGET 2006 Focusing on priorities Tax Relief. Focused Spending. Debt Paydown. · Tax relief for all Canadians including 1 percentage point off the GST and 28 other tax cuts. · Focused spending to help families including child care spaces and the $1,200 per year Universal Child Care Benefit. · Balanced budget and plan to reduce debt by $3 billion per year. Find out what Budget 2006 does for you, click Community Spirit Awards tickets now available The Town is adding some new touches to this year's Community Spirit Awards' ceremony that will make it one to remember. Tickets to the June 14 event are currently on sale. New this year, artist Anna Romain will sing prior to the awards, and a Community Spirit Awards "gallery" in the reception area will recognize award nominees and recipients from the past four years. The awards ceremony is at the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner and awards to follow at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 a person and can be purchased by contacting the Town of Oakville at 905-845-6601, ext. 3154 or via e-mail at lveres@oakville.ca. www.fin.gc.ca or call 1 800 O-Canada (1 800 622-6232) TTY 1 800 926-9105 (telecommunications device for the speech and hearing impaired/deaf) or visit a Service Canada centre near you. Parents want to protect their kids. It's no different when they're in the car. · Child safety seats save lives. They're required by law for all children up to the age of eight. · Over 80% of child safety seats are not used properly. Make sure your safety seats are installed correctly. Call 1-800-268-4686 or visit www.ontario.ca/smartlove for information and installation tips. · Infants face the rear until 20 lbs (9 kg) · Toddlers face forward from 20 lbs to 40 lbs (9 kg -18 kg) · Children use booster seats until they are 80 lbs (36 kg) or over 4' 9" (145 cm) tall or are 8 years old Paid for by the Government of Ontario