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•T he IFP• H alton H ills, Thursday, July 11, 2013 3 e-mail: hassellsauto@bellnet.ca www.hassellautomotive.com 2008 Palomino Real-Lite Tent Trailer 2008 Suzuki SX4 JLX Warranty 2005 Hyundai Accent Warranty CALL 2007 Mazda 3 Warranty Police are investigating the theft of two 5 ft. by 5 ft water containers from the Trafalgar Sports Park on Trafalgar Rd. sometime Sunday. They are val- ued at $250. Anyone with infor- mation is asked to call police at 905-878-5511 ext. 24415. *** Police report an attempted break and enter into a resi- dence at 32 Sideroad sometime between Friday and Monday. Entry wasn't gained, but there were pry marks at the back pa- tio door. *** On Thursday, June 27, 2:27 a.m., fi refi ghters responded to a fully-involved shed in the backyard on Prince Charles Dr. Crews applied agent and the fi re was knocked down. The ho- meowner had placed some var- nish-saturated paint brushes and materials in a plastic bag on a shelf in the shed. Upon in- vestigation it is believed spon- taneous combustion of this material was the source of the fi re. *** On Saturday, June 29, just after midnight, fi refi ghters re- sponded to a small fi re report- ed in the Danby Rd. and Barber Dr. area, fi nding a small pile of books burning in the garage area behind the dumpsters. Crews extinguished the fi re and contacted police to respond. Police/fi re blotter Fernbrook, Saputo donate $400,000 to Town's arena expansion project Fundraising for the Mold-Masters Sports- Plex's twin-rink and Acton Arena expansion project is heading into the home stretch and the campaign got two big shots in the arm Monday with $200,000 donations from a pair of local companies. Saputo Inc. and Fernbrook Homes, two of the municipality's larger employers, will both have a pad in their name at the soon-to-be four-rink Mold-Masters SportsPlex, which is set to offi cially open Sept. 29. "Fernbrook Homes has enjoyed providing quality homes to Halton Hills families for the past 25 years," said Danny Salvatore, President & CEO of Fernbrook Homes. "Our sup- port for the Mold-Masters SportsPlex Twin Rink Expansion is our way of showing that Fernbrook Homes is very committed to building active and engaged communities." "Saputo, their employees and fami- lies have been very generous support- ers of our community for many years. This exceptional contribution of $200,000 in support of the Stay Home and Play Campaign is evidence of the important role Saputo plays in Halton Hills," said Finn Poulstrup, Campaign Co-Chair. Thanks to those contributions, the fund- raising drive undertaken more than a year ago by the Halton Hills Arena Users' Group (HHAUG) under the banner, Stay at Home and Play in Halton Hills, has reached the $1.45-million mark of its $2 million goal by the twin-pad's opening date. But, as Poulstrup noted, the most diffi cult part of the fundraising campaign lies ahead for the mostly volunteer groups and he's hop- ing Monday's announcement will spark a late surge in benevolence from both citizens and the private sector. "We're at the last quarter now and that's the hardest part," said Poulstrup, who has spear- headed a number of similar community-based fundraising efforts in Halton Hills. "This is the fi nal push and we have some pretty signifi cant people who haven't given us their responses yet. We've made our pre- sentations and we're waiting for requests to go through. We are at about a 70-per-cent successful response rate for donations and it shows that a lot of businesses are behind us and they understand that this kind of project only helps the town." Naming rights for various components of the new arenas have been put up for spon- sorship to anyone interested in contributing fi nancially to the campaign. Sponsors for the four lobbies, both ice-re- surfacing machines, scoreclocks and a num- ber of other areas of the recreation complex's construction have been offered up for person- alization, and Poulstrup has been pleasantly surprised by the number of residents who have stepped forward to become a part of the foundation of the building. "The HHAUG has been very successful in selling individual seat sponsorships and I didn't think it would go well," the local real-es- tate broker chuckled. "You know what? When the people who are raising the money believe in it, it happens and obviously the HHAUG people feel it can work and it's been a wonder- ful part of our campaign." Members of the media and the ice pad sponsors were given a guided tour of the ex- panded facility on Monday at the nearly com- pleted double-rink addition, featuring expan- sive lobby areas and two National Hockey League-size (85x200-foot) playing surfaces. Among the amenities include community- meeting rooms complete with kitchen facili- ties in the upper level between the two new rinks and spacious dressing rooms for play- ers and offi cials. It also has a number of en- vironmentally-friendly features, including seven electric vehicle charging stations, that fulfi ll the requirements to become a LEED (Leadership in Energy & En- vironmental Design) silver-certifi ed building. The boards for what's now re- ferred to as the Saputo Rink were being delivered earlier this week and Poulstrup said that construction is right on schedule for the late Sep- tember public unveiling. Bryan Lewis, honourary chair of the Stay at Home and Play Campaign and co-chair of the Halton Hills Are- nas Steering Committee, pointed out that demand for facility rentals has been growing during the spring and summer months as well, with the Halton Hills Minor Lacrosse Asso- ciation and the Halton Hills Minor Ball Hockey each boasting a little more than 500 players in their organizations. The plan is for one of the ice pads to be in operation throughout the year, said Stephen Hamilton, Town of Halton Hills manager of facilities for the Recreation & Parks Depart- ment. It would also give the town the ability to host larger-scale tournaments and events. "When Mold-Masters fi rst opened, it be- came the hub of daily activity and social in- teraction. As it continues to grow, it will cre- ate a lifetime of memories for those who have walked through its doors." Meetings with the architects and builders for the twinning of the Acton Arena are un- derway and construction is set to start next spring, with an opening date of Sept. 2015. By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer For more Halton Hills Fire Department's emergency calls between June 24 and July 7 go to www.theifp.ca