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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, September 28, 2007 60 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Provincial election candidates profiled Pages 8-10 Recipe of the week: Sweet potato/leek soup Page 25 Stingers dominate at cross-country meet Page S/L 1 Lauren Boyce completes fundraising walk Page 3 Editorial 6 Sports S/L 1-5, 7 Calendar 22, 24 Entertainment 26 Classifieds 29-33 INSIDE Another group of Georgetown parents are ready to fight for busing for their children. See Wednesdays edition for details. WEDNESDAY... (905) 873-1655 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2007 KIA SPECTRA FINANCE0% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 Georgetown Volkswagen The All-In Jetta Lease 203 Guelph Street 9 0 5 . 8 7 7 . 5 2 8 5 georgetownvw.com Visit Georgetown Volkswagen for full details and a few chuckles. $399/mo. lease $0 First Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 Down Payment 48 mo. 2007 Jetta 1K25R1Model Includes All Taxes Includes Freight Includes PDI For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Ahhh, thats the life! One-year-old Ella Duley found the parent and tot swim class at the Gellert Indoor Pool both fun and intimidating as mom Sherry took her through the 'Motor Boat, Motor Boat" routine during the class. The classes run at various locations and times mornings, afternoons and evenings running for nine weeks at a time. For more info, call the Town of Halton Hills recreation department at 905-873-2601, extension 2275. Photo by Ted Brown Halton Police are stepping up operations against local gangs thanks to a $170,000 allo- cation from the province. The money will cover the vehicle, equip- ment, personnel and investigative costs related to work in the Guns & Gangs Integrated Task Force, a police unit that spans many communi- ty police services in an effort to snuff out the criminal activities of street gangs. Halton Police Chief Gary Crowell notes that police initiatives like this one are necessary since the presence of a street gang in a commu- nity signal lots of trouble and danger for local residents and the police who protect them. These street gangs pose varying levels of threat. Some are loosely coupled groups, while others are well integrated with links to other organized crime groups, stated Crowell in an information report to members of the Police Services Board yesterday (Thursday). Drug trafficking and involvement with the sex trade have also led to public violence over turf control, creating public fear and threaten- ing community and officer safety. Street gang presence and violence, and their destabilizing effects, can be related to a number of street Provincial cash will help cops fight gangs See HALTON, pg. 3 DAVID LEA Special to The IFP