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WIN $500 Fill out a ballot at these local retailers with a purchase for your chance to win $500 in FREE* GAS! No purchase necessary. See below. Contest closes July 31, 2008 so hurry! Do gas prices have your bank account running on empty? Is the cost of gas turning your vacation into a stay-cation? A handful of local retailers have heard your pleas and are here to help. Just visit one of these fine retailers and enter your ballot to win $500 in FREE* gas. The contest closes July 31, so enter today before your chance at FREE* gas drives off into the sunset. DONT DELAY ENTER TODAY! in * NOTE: For no purchase entry simply pick up your ballot and enter at the Independent & Free Press office in the Georgetown MarketPlace Mall during our normal business hours (9 am 6 pm Monday - Friday). Winner must be 18 years of age or older. Limit one entry per day per person. Selected entrant will be required to correctly answer a skill testing question. There is a total of one $500 FREE* Gas prize to be awarded during this contest. Odds of being selected to win depend on the number of entries received. Draw will be held on August 5, 2008 in Georgetown. Contest closes on Thursday July 31, 2008. * QUIK AUTO REPAIR 354 Guelph St. Unit #21 Georgetown 905-877-8220 61 Guelph St. at Queen St. Georgetown 905-877-0314 78 Main St. South on Mill at Main Downtown Georgetown 905-873-3300 20 Armstrong Ave. Georgetown 905-877-8731 Flooring Diva Designs 128 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-702-1217 328 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-873-2000 45 Main St. Acton, Ontario 519-853-4144 ACTON AUTO TECH 362 Queen St. E. Acton, Ontario 519-853-1730 Acton Home Hardware 20 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 324 Guelph St., Georgetown 905-877-3163 georgetown@oxfordlearning.com Need cash, Cheapest Payday loans 166 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-702-1313 At the 1st annual Crime Stoppers of Halton Golf Tournament at Blue Springs Golf Course, Halton Regional Police Deputy Chief Andrew Fletcher tried his hand at putting while (from left) Sgt Gary Gold, Sgt Brian Carr and Barry Dawkins offered a good-natured running critique on his style. More then 50 golfers took part in the fundraising event. Photo by Ted Brown Putting for Crime Stoppers Carolyn Maule, musical director of St. John United Church, was so moved by the plight of the people of Burma (Myanmar) and China, that she decided to put together a benefit concert to help. She phoned her musician friends, asking that they donate their services and assembled members of Norval, St. Andrews, and St. Johns United church choirs. In just under two weeks, an out- standing concert, called Join Every Hand was put together and $11,000 was raised. With matching funds from the Canadian government, the impact will be closer to $22,000. It was an incredible evening with a variety of music, including classical selections from baritone Russell Braun and soprano Monica Whicher, flautist Pandora Bryce and pianist Carolyn Maule. Sassy folk/rock musician Katherine Wheatley got the crowd stomping and jazz vocalist Adam Broughton had the crowd singing along to Michael Jacksons tune, Man In The Mirror. Broughton, a hometown boy with a voice like Michael Buble, pulled $100 out of his pocket and challenged the crowd to put extra contributions above the admission price in too. Folk music by Jim Broughton and Bob Gee and songs by the Gaudeamus Childrens Choirs rounded out the evening. Janet Duval implored the audience to dig deeper with her inspirational speech They need our help and you wont miss it. The audience was inspired. It was a hot June night but when Drew Leverette reminded the musicians and audience that their discomfort was nothing compared compared to the trauma that the people of these nations had endured, the complaints were few and far between. Somewhere in Asia, people are get- ting extra help because a single musi- cian in Georgetown, thought we she should do something. Thankfully, it worked. Local concert raises $11,000 LOIS FRASER St. Johns United Church