Pa ge 1 0 T hu rs da y, S ep te m be r 1 7, 2 01 5 - T he IF P - H al to n H ill s - w w w .th ei fp .c a Dentistry on Sinclair Charity Sports Guard Clinic Cost: $20 per Custom Sports Guard, CASH ONLY ALL proceeds will go to the Georgetown Breadbasket Food Bank Location: Dentistry on Sinclair 306-99 Sinclair Avenue, Georgetown, ON 905-877-0107 Date: Saturday September 19th, 2015 Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm (First come first served, no appointments) www.dentistryonsinclair.com "Chong stands out as an MP working to make our democratic system more democratic. Here's wishing there were more MP's like him." Guelph Mercury Editorial, December 3, 2013 Authorized by the Official Agent for Michael Chong. Photo by: © Couvrette 1-800-837-7075 michael@chong.ca | www.chong.ca NEWS SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR SOFT WATER PLUS Georgetown's Soft Water Plus started up 15 years ago in a competitive market and has grown to serve hundreds of home-based customers and businesses in Halton Hills and throughout the re- gion, earning the 2015 Small Business of the Year award. Servicing, repairing and the sale of water soft- eners has become a large part of what Soft Water Plus provides, along with drinking and UV systems. The husband-and-wife ownership team of Chris and Lorie Murden also deliver bottled H2O within a day of an order placed and sell it out of their store at the 10 Mountainview Rd. S. plaza. "We get a lot of local support because people know Lorie and I grew up here, not very far from where the store is, and we think it's a good loca- tion," said Chris of the family-run company. "This is a business that thrives on health-con- scious people who have that extra money to live a healthy lifestyle, so we do a lot of sports sponsor- ship and donate water to a lot of different commu- nity groups." Satisfying customer service is priority number one for the Murdens and they're adamant about finding the lowest possible cost for the customer and not selling equipment that isn't required. In the midst of the 2013 ice storm, Soft Water Plus remained open throughout the ordeal despite not having hydro service in order to serve its cus- tomers, especially those in rural areas. Continued on page 11 Continued from page 3 Chris and Lorie Murden are own- ers of Soft Water Plus, named Small Business of the Year. The couple have been in business for 15 years. Photo by Eamonn Maher Halton Hills Chamber Awards: Small Business of the Year