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After 40 years, Zellers will close its doors on June 2 next year CLOSING DAY PAGE 7 Check out the latest news from the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce BUSINESS LINK 12 PAGES www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 32 Pages 50 Cents (+GST) Georgetown lands a starring role in MADD info film By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Halton Hills will have a role in a MADD Canada film aimed at deterring impaired driving among teens that will be shown to students across the country starting next year. An area rural roadway and Georgetown home served as locations in the as-yet-untitled film that will be shown to students in Grades 7 through 12 during the 2012/2013 school year. The film, which was also shot in Milton and Huntsville, will tell the fictional story of a teenager who goes to the family cottage with his big brother, his friend and girlfriend. Audiences will get to know the teens as they follow them en route to the cottage and as they indulge in risky behaviour-- drinking and smoking marijuana then boating and driving. "We want the audience to think of them as their friends, Filming for a MADD Canada film was recently done at 17 Sideroad and Nassagaweya/Esquesing Town Line see themselves in that situaand one of the scenes included a car being blown up following the `accident'. Pyrotechnic team members tion," said Wanda Kristensen, rigged the car to blow up, with remote triggers. Photo by Ted Brown MADD's director of programs. .((3 <285 0$='$ 5811,1* /,.( 1(: $1' 6$9( 021(< 722 2XU H[FOXVLYH SDFNDJH LQFOXGHV ; ; ; (QJLQH RLO DQG ILOWHU UHSODFHPHQW 7LUH 5RWDWLRQ %DWWHU\ WHVW %DWWHU\ WHUPLQDO LQVSHFWLRQ )OXLG 7RS8S 7KRURXJK SRLQW RYHUDOO YHKLFOH LQVSHFWLRQ /RFN DQG KLQJH OXEULFDWLRQ 3OXV \RX ZLOO UHFHLYH D FRPSOL PHQWDU\ 9HKLFOH ,QVSHFWLRQ 5H SRUW There's a car crash in the film that results in a fire, death and injury. The crash scene was filmed over two days in the area of 17 Sideroad and Nassagaweya/ Esquesing Town Line. It was meticulously rehearsed and filmed with the invaluable co-operation and assistance of Halton Police, Milton Fire Department and Halton EMS in Milton. That was a major reason this area was chosen a second time for filming, said Kristensen. "Without their help in the filming we couldn't create the scenes that we do," said Kristensen. "It's quite a dramatic scene when it's all edited together. We really pushed the envelope as far as injuries and carnage," said Kristensen. The film opens with the crash scene. What unfolds is the teenage driver's memories of all the mistakes he has made leading up to the crash. MADD chose a summer scenario for the storyline as it's a particularly risky time for See MADD, pg. 4 Vi s i t o u r s h o w r o o m Quality & Service You Can Count On! 332 Guelph Street, Georgetown (Across from Canadian Tire) 905-702-0885 www.bathstudio .ca 2QO *HW 5HDG\ IRU :LQWHU 6HUYLFH 3DFNDJH ; ; ; ; ; +67 DQG GLVSRVDO IHHV H[WUD /LPLWHG WLPH RIIHU · your window & door professionals · $OO SDUW RI RXU ³QR VXUSULVH´ DSSURDFK WR PDLQWDLQLQJ \RXU 0D]GD $FKLOOHV 0D]GD RI 0LOWRQ ZZZDFKLOOHVPD]GDFD 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca · awarded readers choice 16 times ·