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THE INDEPENDENT & FREE PRESS 50 cents (+GST) Friday, November 23, 2007 60 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Recipe of the week: Cream puffs Page 18 Wheels & Car Care special section 8-Pages Rookie racer enjoys good year Page S/L 4 Ultimate fighter puts record on line Page S/L 1 Editorial 6 Ted Brown 7 Calendar 18, 25-27 Classifieds 21-24 Sports S/L 1-6 INSIDE Look for a full report on the Georgetown Raiders Jr. A Hockey League games against Brampton, Oakville and Hamilton. WEDNESDAY... A collection of artists, performers, heritage advocates and interested citi- zens have formed an advocacy group calling on the Town to formulate a Strategic Action Plan (SAP) for Arts, Culture and Heritage. Culture is all around us and you have to be aware of it as a community and you have to sustain it and support it, said Laurent Thibeault, chairperson for the advocacy group at a recent council meeting. The group evolved from public con- sultation over the Towns SAP for recre- ation, recently approved in principle by council. That report recommended that cultural activities, while mostly recre- ational, should be addressed in a sepa- rate plan. It came out very strongly through- out the public consultation (during the SAP process) of a need for a separate document that specifically addressed that area of leisure for the public, said SAP consultant Todd Brown. Thibeault said an Arts, Culture and Heritage Action Plan (ACHAP) will address all the culture in the town including visual arts, architecture, dance, theatre, music, film, libraries, etc. As we deliberated as a group we started from scratch and we said, what do we mean by culture? Well culture is one of those amorphous things, but it is also very, very critical, he said. Typically its about identifying a unique character of a place, a community. Its about values and aspirations and it gives meaning and purpose to our lives. GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2007 KIA SPECTRA FINANCE0% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818(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 Volkswagen 203 Guelph Street 9 0 5 . 8 7 7 . 5 2 8 5 georgetownvw.com Commit a Blatant Act of New City Jetta from $16,900 Its all the rage. For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Celebrating Diwali Marissa Balram performs a traditional Hindu dance during the Diwali Festival of Lights celebration at Christ the King High School last Thursday. The event was presented by the Diversity Awareness Team at the school. For more photos see page 7. Photo by Ted Brown Group asks Town to establish plan for culture See GROUP, pg. 3 CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer