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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, November 2, 2007 60 Pages www.independentfreepress.com GLT opens season with a comic thriller Page 12 Looking Back special section 8-Pages Local rower helps team win in Cambridge, Mass. Page S/L 1 Tiny Treasures artists profiled Page S/L 10 Editorial 6 Calendar 16, 17 Classifieds 20-23 Sports S/L 1-4 INSIDE The Georgetown Pipe Band celebrated its 65th year in style by being named the best band in its grade in Ontario. For a profile of the band see Wednesdays edition. WEDNESDAY... Halton Police are asking for help from the public in tracking down a strangely dressed man who was seen at an area school and church recently in a beige, grey, champagne or simi- larly coloured SUV with a partial licence plate A--175. Police received an initial report of an odd-looking man in his 40s, wear- ing a fake mustache and appearing to try to make himself look like a char- acter from the kids show Lazy Town seen driving through the parking lot at Pineview School on Five Sideroad last Thursday afternoon (Oct. 25). The man was in a large greyish- brown SUV similar to a GMC Suburban and was dangling a blue 8 teddy bear out the window while his stereo was blaring. Since then, two other sightings of the man have been reported to police. Shortly after noon on Oct. 25 a witness saw a man wearing a fake mustache and blue bandana driving a large beige SUV in the parking lot of Holy Cross Church on Maple Ave. The man was talking to a young girl. On Wednesday (Oct. 31), shortly after 1 p.m., students and staff from Pineview School saw a man get out of a vehicle and approach the Kindergarten fence area. The man is described as white, wearing full white face paint and a black cowboy hat with purple glitter around the rim, beige pants and a blue shirt. A staff member at the school removed the children from the area REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.75% 5 Year Fixed GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2007 KIA SPECTRA FINANCE0% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 $399 msr $580 S A L EEVERY COAT IS ON SALE w w w . h i d e h o u s e . c a $399 msr $580 $269$349 msr $520 For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Its that time again It's a week later than usual, but we fall back to standard time this weekend and we should be chang- ing our smoke alarm batteries as we turn the clocks back Saturday night. David Ford, of Halton Hills Fire Protection and Prevention Services was joined by Wendy Weatherall, Georgetown Market Place assistant manager, as they checked out a smoke alarm. For more see page 10. Photo by Ted Brown See POLICE, pg. 3 Police say suspect drives SUV Disguised man seen near school and church