The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

a 2005...in the news • North Halton Red Cross reports more than $100,000 had been donated to its office by community members-- with schoolchildren leading the way-- which had been raised for victims of the tsu- nami disaster in southeast Asia. • Town reverses decision to add 4,700 acres to Greenbelt. • Halton Hills elementary school students have the best teeth in the area, accord- ing to a survey presented to the Halton Region's health & social services commit- tee. Local children had the lowest mean number of teeth affected by decay-- 1.63 per cent, compared to fourth-place Milton's 2.43 per cent. • The Georgetown Raiders defeat St. Mi- chael's Buzzers 3-1 in the final game of the Dudley Hewitt Cup at the Alcott Are- na to earn a spot in the Royal Bank Cup Jr. A championship tournament in Wey- burn, Sask. The Raiders were eliminated from the the RBC Cup semifinals with an 8-2 loss to the Camrose Kodiaks. • There were no injuries when a group of Veterans from Halton Hills was in a bus that slid off a road called Canadian Lane in Belgium during their return to the Netherlands and western Europe for Liberation Day celebrations. 2005... in the news • Georgetown District High School's TMI Jazz Band won the 33rd-annual Musicfest Canada in Richmond, B.C. for the second year in a row., an event that drew more than 10,000 musicians from across Canada and beyond. ª A dead blue jay found in the area of Mountainview Rd. South and Sinclair Ave. tests postive for the West Nile vi- rus. • Georgetown's Mary Ann Lapointe becomes the first non-American golfer to win the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (age 25 and up) Championship, pre- vailing by 1-up over Kerry Postillion of Illinois in the final held at Richmond, Texas. • Dan McBride of Georgetown plays key roles on special teams for Wilfrid Laurier's Golden Hawks as they capture the Vanier Cup Canadian university football championship with a 24-23 win over Saskatchewan at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton. • The Town of Halton Hills finds in a $30,000 phone survey of 400 residents and 128 municipal employees that road enhancement and improvement should be the number one priority. Tyler Leggo of the Raiders (left) sends an opponent flying Halton Hills School of Dance performers entertain seniors Left: Safe at home at Halton Hills Hawks tourney (centre) Dustin Joel croons (right) the iceman cometh Handy guy/firefighter Dave Ford changes the clock at Prosperity One The Independent's 40th Anniversary Special Section, Thursday October 17, 2013 • 39