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AROUND TOWN: Clockwise from above: Staff Sergeant Grant Wilkinson (centre) receives his 30-year Police Exemplary Service Bar f rom Chief Ean Algar (Ieftl and Kenneth Musgrave of the Halton Regional Police Services Board, Algar and Musgrave present Constable Blair Vîntînner wîth hîs 30-year bar, whîle also receiving the honour were (from left) Sgt. Rod Clîffe, Sgt. Bob Andrews and Staff Sgt. Peter Hodgson, Halton Wornen's Place program supervisor Tracey Elgey lleft> accepts a $ 10,000 cheque from the Rotary Club of Burlîngton's Vîki Burnett (rîght) as Halton Women's Place director of development Karyn Racher looks on. The funds will go toward a teen roon in the Milton womens shelter, Mayor Gord Krantz is joîned by lhsan Khokhar and wîfe Shehnaz -parents of the C EO/president of the Hawthorne lnvestment Group -as they cut the ribbon to offîicîally open a new retail/com- mercial building on Nîpîssîng Road, as the HIGCs director of operations Mohammad Zafar lqbal lleft) applauds wîth Halton MPP Ted Chudleîgh, the Salvation Army offices receive a makeover thanks to the donation of thousands of dollars worth of building supplies. Here ifrom left, Greg Houghton of GP Home Solutions and Flooring Works' Drew Kern and Naîm Bepany loin Rachel Sheils of the Salvation Army for the presentation. A LifiL LEN ~ - Address 357 Quelen St., ACTON Local -519-853-0200 Toit Free 1 -866-620-3248 Parts Hotlîne 519-853-5613 E-mail info@achillesmazda. ca Serv~r~ ~ ";ilIs Iîth pridlsncg17 F- I The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - A7