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REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOBWOODS, Broker (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown Five Year Fixed FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. 3.19% ESA/ECRA #7003060ES GENERAC GENERATOR INFO SESSION! Georgtown Optimist Club - Hwy 7 Sat. February 8th - 10 am or 1 pm Mon. February 10th - 7 pm CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT ! 905-702-0515 www.dekerelectric.ca Thursday, January 30, 2014 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 80 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Visit us at www.theifp.ca INSIDE Ted's Top 32 Photos 7 pages inside Our Readers Choice 24-page section Wheels.ca 8-page section Georgetown connection in murder Online at www.theifp.ca Considering the weather-- bitter cold and blowing snow, the turnout to the Acton Winter Carnival last weekend was "awesome," said Acton BIA manager Josey Bonnette, adding there were about 1,000 at- tendees. Above, Adam Holmes, 8, of Acton, shows great form at the horseshoe pit. Crowned Acton Win- ter Carnival Snow Queen and King 2014 were Deirdre Hogan and Tony Robinson, both of Acton. Prepa- rations are already underway for the 4th annual Acton Winter Carnival. If you are interested in being on the committee, call the Acton BIA at 519-853-9555.For more Winter Carnival shots, go to page 11. Photo by Ray Lavender See page 23 Walk to school criteria may be re-evaluated Halton District School Board wants the transporta- tion consortium of which it is a member to investigate the pos- sibility of reducing the walk- to-school distance for its high school students. Halton board trustees have endorsed a request from its representatives on the Halton Student Transportation Ser- vices (HSTS) board that the HSTS do a feasibility study to investigate decreasing the walk-to distance for secondary students from the current four- kilometre threshold to 3.2 km. If it were to happen, it would make more students eligible for busing to their designated school. Trustees were told that a study to determine the finan- cial costs and other effects of reducing the walk-to distance could be done in time for im- plementation of the change for the 2014-15 school year. Oakville trustee Ann Har- vey Hope noted nearby boards in Peel, Hamilton and Upper Grand (Guelph area) all have 3.2km as the demarcation point for walk-to/busing dis- tances for high school students. See STRACHAN, pg. 3 By TIM WHITNELL Metroland Media Group Braving the cold and snow for some fun