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ILC filling the gap Page 3 Lady Hawks snap up division Sports www.insidehalton.com t k ill www.carstaroakville.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. Stay Connected! Thursday, August 22, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun F U N I N T H E S U N 26° 18° 23° 16° 23° 14° 24° 13° Border collie named Lucky was just that by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Report shows Town is strong nancially by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff A 13-year-old half-blind and halfdeaf border collie named Lucky lived up to his name recently, surviving an attack by a Doberman pinscher. Glen Abbey resident Agnes Jasinski said she was walking Lucky onleash with her husband and young son along a trail near Pope John Paul II Catholic Elementary School when she rst noticed the Doberman. The large dog's owner was walking it and Jasinski didn't think twice about the canine, but that soon changed. "My son just said, `Mama, I don't like that dog.' We turned around see Dog on p.5 Eight friends, all students at T.A. Blakelock High School, spent part of Monday afternoon in the sand at Coronation Park playing a pickup 4-on-4 game of beach volleyball at the lakeside court. Here, Kaitlyn Russell, 17, digs for the ball as teammate Graham Wright, 16, looks on. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) The Town of Oakville says it's in a strong nancial position following the auditing of its consolidated nancial statements. The Town released its interactive 2012 Annual Report Wednesday, which outlines its scal strength and key achievements. "Our annual report is a comprehensive look at our work in the last year towards realizing our vision of creating Canada's most livable town. Thanks to disciplined spending and solid nancial planning, Oakville is in a strong and stable position," said Oakville Mayor Rob Burton. "We are always challenging the status quo. We control growth, debt and taxes to just what ts environmentally and economically. Our resulting nancial strength helps support our goals to create new community centres, improve public engagement and attract new business." Town staff said the its consolidated nancial statements are audited by KPMG, which has conrmed the documents accurately represent the Town's nancial position. The annual report also describes the Town's major accomplishments in 2012, such as opening Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, unveiling the Town's newly revamped website www.oakville.ca, increasing its social media presence on Facebook and Twitter to enhance the see Vision on p.4