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Author releases second book Page 14 Heading to FIFA's U17 World Cup Sports www.insidehalton.com 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Friday, October 11, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon C O L O U R U S P I N K 18° 9° 19° 11° 19° 14° 16° 10° Jingle Bell event is new in Oakville by John Bkila Oakville Beaver Staff Police arrest 22 people in blitz dubbed Project Hopper Local residents looking to stay active in the cold while helping a charitable cause will want to take part in the inaugural Jingle Bell Walk and Run coming to Oakville in December. The holiday-themed, non-competitive walk and run will raise money for the Arthritis Society Halton Peel Region. Although the event is new to Oakville and Ontario, it has launched the holiday season in communities across Canada for nearly 20 years. "(Oakville) just seemed like a great place to do it... we're certainly seeing a great response from the community, so far," said Lorna Catrambone, manager of community development for the local Arthritis Society chapter. "We're very excited the momentum is building for the event and looking forward to a really good day." see Participants on p.3 Iroquois Ridge High School (IRHS) hosted its annual Partners In Pink football game in support of breast cancer awareness and the Canadian Cancer Society. Here, IRHS Shelby Tapley cheers on her school's team as the game pitted Iroquois Ridge against St. Thomas Aquinas with all players wearing pink. Despite Aquinas' seniors game 19-17 win, everyone came out on top as prior to game, there was be a victory lap around the eld by cancer survivors, and other festivities around the Glenashton Drive high school. | photo by Riziero Vertolli ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @ halton_photog) In an effort to slam the door on an ongoing issue of theft from vehicles, Halton police laid more than 30 charges following an operation dubbed Project Hopper. The project, which ran from Sept. 17-Oct. 5 in Oakville, was a street-level enforcement campaign aimed at reducing thefts from vehicles and its associated crimes, such as drug use and the sale of stolen property. The initiative was run by the Oakville Strategic Support Team with the District Response Unit and uniform patrol of cers. Project Hopper saw of cers conduct covert as well as high-visibility enforcement in select areas. The police were also involved in community education and awareness about this type of theft, said Sgt. Dave Cross in a news release on the project's conclusion. In all, 22 arrests were made and 35 criminal charges laid. An additional 125 Provincial Offence Notices were issued. Several stolen items were recovered and returned to their rightful owners, said the release. During the blitz, there was a 59 per cent reduction in thefts from vehicles in Oakville compared to the same time period last year. Of cers also gave out more than 2,300 crimeprevention pamphlets to Oakville residents to see Reduce on p.5 FREE VEGAS TRIP OAKVILLE FOR OVER Derek Chan General Manager ger PROUDLY SERVING SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 1.9 Financing as low as 25 %* $ YEARS! 18,995 $183 + HST & LICENSE FINANCE FOR + LICENSE TAXES INCLUDED $0 Down 60 months BI-WEEKLY sunroof navi back up Manual, Tech package with camera 6spd A/C PW PL 68,466 kms, Stk # U7666 Ronald Chan Dealer Principal 2500 South Service Rd. W. Tel. 905.845.7791 www.hyundaiofoakville.ca See Hyundai of Oakville for details. Presidents Award of Merit for 12 years