THURSDAY, February 4, 2010 8 Pages WHAT'S COOKIN' Celebrate the Chinese new year with a bowl of noodle soup PAGE 5 PROGRAMS APLENTY Groups and activities are available for young families PAGE 6 SPORTS & LEISURE Special pullout section Raiders make it official: They're in the playoffs The Georgetown Raiders officially clinched a spot in the Ontario Jr. A Hockey League playoffs by finally beating the Buffalo Jr. Sabres Monday night. Georgetown had lost the three previous games with the ninth-place Jr. Sabres this season but scored three times in the second period and twice more in the final frame to break up a 3-3 tie and eventually win 5-3. Kyle Essery potted the winner, his second of the night, midway through the third period. Dorian Peca, Evan Rodrigues and Steve Perfetto also scored for the third-place Raiders, with Michael Nishi picking up the win in goal, making 35 saves. With the victory, Georgetown moves to within five points of second-place Oakville with both teams having eight games remaining. The 35-9-4 Raiders hosted the 12thplace Mississauga Chargers last night (Wednesday) and will visit Huntsville Friday night before entertaining the 2-44-2 Milton IceHawks Saturday at the Alcott Arena beginning at 7:30 p.m. Jaguars tops at Bur Bear tourney Jay Skweres notched a hat trick as Christ the King's Jaguars skated to a 5-1 triumph over Oakville's St. Thomas Aquinas Saturday in the championship game for the Purple Division at the annual Bur Bear Invitational high school hockey tournament. The Jaguars also received goals from Brendan Krivec and Chris Guerette to cap off a 6-0 run at the Burlington tourney. CtK's boys went undefeated through the preliminary round, beating M.M. Robinson 4-0, Algonquin 6-3 and LaSalle 2-1. The Jags went on to defeat Waterdown 6-1 in the quarterfinals before ousting Franco Cite of Sturgeon Falls 3-2 in the semis. The Jaguars made The Toronto Star's top-10 list of rankings for Greater Toronto Area teams earlier this season and have posted a 29-5-4 record to date. In regular-season action, Christ the King's boys defeated M.M. Robinson 4-2 on Tuesday on goals by Krivec, Troy Breen, Skweres and Dylan Hanzelka to improve to 6-1-1 in the HSSAA Tier I division. Jordan Dance had the lone goal for the Georgetown Rebels in their 4-1 loss to first-place Notre Dame. Darling dominates Maggie Darling (9) of the Georgetown Rebels was a dominant force at the net in her team's 25-19, 25-16 victory over the host Christ the King Jaguars Tuesday in Halton high school senior girls' volleyball action. The Rebels are the only unbeaten team in the AAAA division with an 8-0 record, while the Jaguars dropped to 5-4 with the loss. In Tuesday's junior match, the 3-5 Jaguars upset the first-place 5-3 Rebels in two straight sets, 25-16, 25-17. Photo by Eamonn Maher Don't spend retirement wishing you'd saved for it. How you spend your retirement depends on how well you save for it. That's why so many of our customers are turning to their State Farm® representatives for guidance in choosing products like mutual funds, RRSPs, RRIFs and TFSAs. Isn't it time you did, too? Contact a State Farm representative's office 24/7. Lora Greene CIP CFP, Representative 211 Guelph Street Unit 6 Georgetown 905-873-1615 www.loragreene.ca Mike Francis, Representative 123 Main Street South Georgetown 905-877-9652 www.mikefranics.ca Phil Karda, Representative 174 Guelph Street Georgetown 905-873-1833 www.philkarda.com statefarm.ca ® Mutual Funds are not insurance products and are distributed through representatives of State Farm Investor Services (Canada) Co. State Farm Investor Services (Canada) Co. is a separate legal entity from State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, or any of its insurance affiliates. Please read the AIM Trimark Investments simplified prospectus before investing. Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees, and expenses may be associated with mutual fund investments. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. Mutual fund securities are not covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other government deposit insurer. P079002CN 11/07 State Farm Investor Services (Canada) Co. - Aurora, Ontario