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As your mother's dementia progresses, she may be less capable of coping with any move, so you both may want to make this decision sooner rather than later. My mother has Alzheimer's disease and needs to move to a residence. What features should I be looking for? Christoph Summer Owner/Administrator 222 Mountainview Rd. N. Georgetown, ON L7G 3R2 Bus: 905-877-1800 Fax: 905-873-9083 www.mountainviewresidence.com Mountainview Residence & Terrace owned and operated by the Summer family JEFFREY A. PATTERSON Barrister & Solicitor We have been seeing a number of clients who are surprised by the fact that not only do they not own certain essentials in their home, but that they have to make monthly payments on those items. This problem can often be traced back to one little line found in your Agreement of Purchase and Sale under "Rental Items". 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Am I responsible to pay these bills? A: Q: jp@howittlaw.com Tel: 905-877-5139 Fax: 905-877-1155 83 Mill Street, Suite 301 Georgetown, Ontario L7G 5E9 www.howittlaw.com Her competitive figure skating season is over for 2014-15, but Georgetown's Helene Carle has plenty to look for- ward to after making her second straight appearance at the recent na- tional championships. The 13-year-old Milton Skating Club member competed in the Nov- ice women's category at the Cana- dian Tire National Skating Champi- onships in Kingston, placing 14th out of the 18 top skaters in the country for her age group. The highlight of Carle's season came in December at the Skate Can- ada Challenge in Montreal when she improved from 34th place after the short program to place 10th following a spectacular free performance with a score of 54.89. Carle, who attends a high-perfor- mance sports school in Milton, where she trains 25 hours a week, has been invited to perform at the Georgetown Skating Club's season-ending ice show on Saturday, April 11. In other figure skating news, Jack- son Ellis of Georgetown captured the gold medal in the Pre-Juvenile men's age group (under 11) at the Central Ontario Section STARSkate Cham- pionships held in Milton earlier this month. Fellow Georgetown resident and Milton club member Audrey Carle, 8, earned a bronze medal in a field of more than 40 skaters in the Pre-Ju- venile women's category at the same STARSkate event. Carle 14th at National Championships Helene Carle of Georgetown, repre- senting the Milton Skating Club, placed 14th in the novice women's division at the National Skating Championships in Kingston last month. Photo by Danielle Earl Several wrestling team members from Georgetown District High School qualified for this Friday's Golden Horseshoe meet in Milton thanks to their efforts at last week's Halton championship tournament at King's Christian Collegiate in Oakville. Collecting gold medals in their respective weight classes were Taylor Richard (girls' 54 kgs.), Anja Vesterback (girls' 61 kgs.) and Tara Godfrey (girls' 64 kgs.), Kyle Robinson (boys' 61 kgs.), Davis Rapagna (boys' 83 kgs.) and Myles McVeigh (boys' 72 kgs.). Silver medals went to Eion Campbell (boys' 130 kgs.) and Jenna Belshaw (girls' 54 kgs.), with Ariana Papadimitriou (girls' 54 kgs.) earning bronze and Matthew Boorman (boys' 77 kgs.) placing fourth. At the Ontario Cadet Wrestling Cham- pionships held at the Powerade Centre in Brampton earlier this month, Kyle Robinson won the 60 kg. division, with Vesterback (60 kgs.) and Rapagna (77 kgs.) picking up silver medals. Craig Kielburger S.S. will play host to GHAC Friday. The OFSAA championships will take place in Windsor March 3-4. Rebel wrestlers gunning for GHAC SUPPORT FOR TWISTERS The Optimist Club of Halton Hills presented a cheque for $2,400 to the North Hal- ton midget BB Twisters to help in part with the team's recent trip to a girls' hockey tournament in Orlando, Fla., at which they finished as runners-up. Pictured with Club President Helen Mac- Cormack are Twisters Julia Zebarth, Breanna McGucken, Lexi Duquette and Jacqueline Cousins. Submitted photo SPORTS