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50 cents (+GST) Vol. 131 No. 17 Wednesday, July 9, 2008 44 Pages Circulation 22,500 www.independentfreepress.com Duo wins again beach volleyball tour event Page 16 Home Lawn & Garden Special section 8 Pages inside Local artist earns spot in top show Page 14 Shirley finds a treasure in a suitcase Page 4 INSIDE Editorial 6 Ted Arnott 7 Seniors 8 Calendar 10-12 Sports 16-19 Classifieds 21-23 The Town of Halton Hills has changed its dog tags to avoid public con- fusion. Read all about it in Fridays edition. FRIDAY... REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (90 ) 8 1490 *Rate subject to change 5.34% 5 YR FIXED 354 Guelph Street Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. Jason 2 Locations Georgetown Kia Superstore Open Sundays The Power to SurpriseTM For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper The Town will spend $60,000 this year to get a start on its Green Plan, and will spend up to $150,000 on green initiatives next year. This is phase two of the Green Plan this is the implementation stage, said Mayor Rick Bonnette. I think this is very important. We know the public followed the Green Plan; we had lots of comment. Now its time for the implementation, which is very critical to set- ting a carbon footprint for the future of this community. A year ago the Town began work on devel- oping a green strategy for the town with the establishment of the Mayors Green Plan Task Force, comprised of councillors, staff and citi- zens of all ages and walks of life. Its mission was to have a plan within six months. And six months later, the Green Plan was approved with 58 recommendations, based on the PAREE approach: Practical, Affordable, Realistic, Enforceable, and Educational. The implementation strategy will start addressing some of these recommendations by: creating an Office of Sustainability within the newly renamed Planning, Development and Sustainability Department See GREEN, pg. 4 Green strategy to cost over $200K in 2008-09 The Town of Halton Hills Battery Collection Program was launched at Acton Arena Friday, as containers have been set up at numerous Town buildings for residents to drop off their old batteries both alkaline and rechargable as well as old cell phone batteries. There are collection containers at Acton Arena, Mold-Masters SportsPlex, Halton Hills Civic Centre, and the Gellert Community Centre. On hand to kick off the program were (from left) Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette, Ward 1&2 Regional Councillor Clark Somerville and Acton Arena Manager Aaron Matthews. For more details see story on Page 4. Photo by Ted Brown CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer