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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, February 8, 2008 52 Pages www.independentfreepress.com You and Your Pet: Can you help Dakota? Page 20 Recipe of the week: Cr brul Page 26 Local team in N.B. for pond hockey event Page S/L1 HCDSB director of education to retire Page 5 Editorial 6 Ted Brown 7 Calendar 19 Classifieds 23-25 Sports S/L 1-4 INSIDE The Georgetown Jr. A Raiders will close out their regular season this weekend and should have a better idea about their playoff situation. See details Wednesday. WEDNESDAY... Artist/photographer Silvia Pecota displays her recently finished image that was cast at Artcast Inc. in Georgetown and will be sent to Afghanistan to be mounted on the Canadian Armed Forces Memorial at Kandahar airport, erected in memory of soldiers killed while on active duty in Afghanistan. See story page 10. Photo by Ted Brown (905) 873-1655 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2008 KIA SEDONA FINANCE1.9% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 Up to 60 mos LEARN TO RUN CLINIC 2008 Spring Clinic starts March 18th 3 Levels > Beginner, 5KM, 10KM Clinics run for 10 weeks on Tuesday evenings beginning at 6:00 pm and include: Training Manual > Detailed Schedule > Technical Running Shirt > Store Discount Stop in or call to register today! For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Honouring the fallen Thanks in large part to a $3 million infusion of cash from both the federal and provincial governments, construction is expected to begin soon on an affordable housing project targeted at seniors in Georgetown. The provincial government recently announced the funding for the 53-unit project sponsored by Residences at St. Andrews Georgetown Corporation, as well as, an allocation of $5.3 million for another affordable new rental housing project in Burlington. Both projects will be built under the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program. Ontario is back in the affordable hous- ing business in a meaningful and signifi- cant way, said Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn. This allocation to Halton will provide safe, affordable housing to the most vulner- able among us, and helps to confirm the values of compassion and caring that make our province such a special place. St. Andrews project gets $3M boost Georgetown resident and Independent & Free Press reader Rein Pater sent us this photo of tulips trying their best to defy this weeks snowstorm. Says Pater, I wish my tulips would stop reading about Al Gore and global warming. He can make enough money with it without getting them involved. Photo by Rein Pater Think spring! LISA TALLYN Staff Writer See, CONSTRUCTION, pg. 10