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Meritorious Service Cross Simon Hetherington was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Cross for the second time by Canada's Governor General David Johnston. Son of Oakville's Anne Hetherington and brother to Chris, Hetherington currently lives at CFB Petawawa, Ontario with his wife Kim and two daughters. He is commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. The Meritorious Service Cross was awarded for outstanding leadership, superb professionalism and unwavering dedication as the Deputy Commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan from November 2009 to September 2010. The decoration recognizes military achievement or activity that has been performed in an outstandingly professional manner by members of the Canadian and allied forces. Col. Hetherington, then a lieutenant-colonel, was awarded the Meritorious Service cross the first time in 2008 for his exceptional leadership of the entire government team, as well as his tactical acumen as the Commanding Officer of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT), Joint Task Force Afghanistan, from June 2006 to CORPORAL STUART MACNEIL / COURTESY DEPARTMENT OF January 2007. NATIONAL DEFENCE 7 · Thursday, March 1, 2012 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com second time for hetherington: Oakville native, Col. YOUR NEW FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY RESTAURANT YOU RN EW F AVORITE CON TEMPORARY REST AURANT & BAR AFTER MARTINI AFTER WORK WORK M ARTINI & COCKTAIL COCKTAIL PARTY SOCIABLE SOCIABLE | 6-9 6-9 PM PM PARTY FEATURING MENU TASTINGS FROM IVY EXECUTIVE CHEF SAM GIRGIS T.G.I.F. AFTERWORK COCKTAIL PARTY | 5-9 PM FEATURING MENU TASTINGS FROM IVY EXECUTIVE CHEF SAM GIRGIS & OUR COMPLIMENTARY MUSSELS AT THE IVYBAR THURSDAY NIGHT MARTINI & COCKTAIL PARTY SOCIABLE | 9 PM IVY FRIDAYS | 9 PM 9PM Winter Hours: Open 7 days a week at 4pm 3330 South Service Road, Burlington, ON, L7N 3M6 info@ivybar.ca | www.ivybar.ca | 905.333.IVY1 (4891) Follow Us On Facebook facebook.com/ivybarkitchen @ivybarkitchen Call for details and guest list. Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love A Celebration of "Lady Day" March 23 at 8:00 PM James Hunter April 21 at 8:00 PM experiences that inspire The Season Continues... Michael Kaeshammer March 9 at 8:00 PM "A must see act... he's an R&B hound particularly if there's a New Orleans roll to the beat..." - montrealgazette.com MARCH Michael Kaeshammer Friday, March 9 at 8:00 PM Friday, March 16 at 7:00 PM APRIL Montreal Guitar Trio with special guests California Guitar Trio Tuesday, April 17 at 8:00 PM Friday, April 20 at 8:00 PM Tomas Kubinek David Myles Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Marc Atkinson Trio James Hunter Friday, April 20 at 7:30 PM Saturday, April 21 at 8:00 PM Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 PM Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love A Celebration of "Lady Day" Friday, March 23 at 8:00 PM IZM Correria and Agwa Friday, March 23 at 7:30 PM Saturday, March 24 at 8:00 PM Thursday, April 26 at 8:00 PM Men of the Deeps Goodness In-person 440 Locust Street, Burlington Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 PM Tickets on Sale 905-681-6000 www.burlingtonpac.ca Online By phone