Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 16 Aug 2012, p. 1

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Farm donated by Snows to Sally Ann in 2006 is now on the market PAGE 5 PINELAND FOR SALE Host Eagles celebrate 30th annivesary with retro look GOING GREEN PAGE 24 www.theIFP.ca Thursday, August 16, 2012 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 48 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Primrose is looking at the Sunny Side of life Six-year-old Avery Burns strokes her grandmother Sheila Burns' donkey, Primrose, who is now 38 years old. Primrose is the first donkey that Burns rescued at her PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, 12 years ago, when it was located north of Georgetown, now at Roseneath, Ontario. Sheila and Primrose were at the Real Canadian Superstore Monday with the Sunny Side Up Kids Club, which Avery attends, as they were running a fundraiser for the donkey sanctuary, selling baked goods and lemonade. The Sunny Side Kids Club, located at 96 McIntyre Cres., raised $300 for PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, which is a registered charity. In addition to the money, they also collected enough Canadian Tire money to purchase a new wheelbarrow for the sanctuary. For local projects Town seeking fed grant cash By CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer Halton Hills council is applying for federal grant money to help pay for the Cultural Centre and Mold-Masters SportsPlex renovation/expansion projects. At a special council meeting last Wednesday, council authorized staff to proceed with filing applications for Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund grants, announced in late July. A council resolution of support was required before the August 24 filing deadline. The grants, if received, would lessen the amount of fundraising required for these two projects. The Cultural Centre requires a $1.076 million fundraising effort while the Halton Hills Arena Users Group promised to raise $2 million for the arena project. While the projects are eligible for 50 per cent of the See CULTURAL, pg. 4 Photo by Ted Brown REFINANCING? PURCHASING? Eng. Lock & Fold Handscraped Hickory 12mm European Laminate Berber carpet installed w/pad 2.65% SPECIAL VARIABLE RATES "Because Your Home is Your Palace" Stainmaster carpet installed w/pad Area Rugs BOB WOODS, Broker FSCO #10259 Division of 1490845 Ont. Ltd. www.carpetpalace.ca $2.99/sf - From $1.19/sf - From $1.99/sf - From $2.89/sf - 30-60% off - From · Vinyl · Ceramic · Hardwood · Laminate · Engineered · Cork · Bamboo · Carpet· Area Rugs · Much More (905) 877-1490 360 Guelph St., Georgetown (3 Adamson Street) at the corner of Winston Churchill & Hwy 7, Norval 905-873-7955

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