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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, August 8, 2008 48 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Recipe of the week: Chili dogs Page 16 Novice Hawks off to national championship Page S/L 1 Willow Park holds After Dark event Page 22 Tears flow as BMX track levelled Page 7 Editorial 6 Entertainment 11 Calendar 12, 14 Classifieds 19-21 Sports S/L 1-4, 6 INSIDE A Georgetown woman is pleading with whoever has been shooting her cat with a pellet gun to stop after the feline made yet another trip to the vet last week. WEDNESDAY... REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.24%. 5 YR FIXED GEORGETOWN CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 905-877-7818 or 905-877-8375 0% financing on all 2008 models. See us for details. i i ll . f t il . For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Summer vacation is winding down and the start of school is less than a month away. This trio of local chil- dren were caught last week squeezing as much fun out of the remaining holidays as they could. Above left: Three-year-old Coleton Sharpe had a great time beating the heat in the Acton wading pool. Bottom left: Rory Stewart, 10, kept his eyes on the ball during the Halton Hills Summer Tennis Camp at the Gordon Alcott Tennis Courts. Bottom right: Kaitlyn Brown, 7, worked intently pasting cartoon strips on her 'joke jar' which was one of the projects kids created in the Crafternoons class at Halton Hills Public Library, at the Georgetown Branch. The Acton Branch offers similar events. Photos by Ted Brown Hey kids, only 25 days until school!