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Masquerade on Main www.downtowngeorgetown.com Come Trick or Treat on Main Street! Saturday, October 27, 2007 11am to 1pm Children 10 and Under Prizes for great costumes and colouring! Return Colouring Sheet to any participating business Name: _________________________________________ Age:___________________________________________ Phone Number:________________________________ Santas Coming to Acton November 17th The Acton Santa Claus Parade, sponsored by the Acton Fire Fighters Association, starts at 1:00 pm, Saturday, November 17th, 2007 from MacKenzie Smith Bennett Middle School This years theme is A Disney Christmas with prizes for specific categories. Children are encouraged to being letters to Santa Claus as the postal workers will collect along the parade route. Anyone who has not received an entry form and wishes one can contact Bill Spielvogel at 519-853-2924. 4 Independent & Free Press, Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Halton Police are investigating several rural break and enters that occurred Thursday. A wallet containing cash and credit cards was taken from an Eighth Line home during a break and enter that day sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. The front door to the home was forced open to gain entry. The rear door of a Sixth Line home was forced open sometime between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. Taken were a set of car keys. Also on Thursday, between noon and 3:30 p.m., police report a home on Fourth Line was entered through a garage door. Nothing was taken from inside the home, however, a 2001 grey Ford van (licence plate ACAJ313) parked on the front lawn was taken. The van is valued at $6,000. On the same day, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., someone broke into a gazebo attached to a home on Five Sideroad and stole a LCD television val- ued at $600. Police report a possible suspect vehicle in that break-in was a white GMC panel van driven seen in the area about 11:15 a.m. The driver is described as a white male with a dark tan, and was wearing a baseball cap. Mayors Golf Tournament volunteers Bill and Kathy Sanford (left) were joined by Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette (centre) as they accepted a $5,000 cheque from Acton Scotiabank branch manager Angela Horobin and Georgetown branch manager Sandra Schulthies in sup- port of Heritage Halton Hills. Scotiabank volunteers sold $5,000 worth of tickets at the golf tournament held earlier this year and Scotiabank matched the funds. Photo by Ted Brown Police investigating rash of rural break-ins Funds matched