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OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, May 7, 2009 · 12 Update Community Forward announcements of non-profit local events for Community Update to the Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4; email ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905337-5560. Free. THURSDAY MAY 7 St. Ignatius of Loyola Music Night, 7-9 p.m., Nottinghill Gate at Upper Middle Road, featuring the Loyola Concert Band and the Loyola Jazz Band, free admission. Halton Outdoor Club Spring, Summer Activities Information Night, 7:30 p.m., The Austrian Club, 664 Spring Gardens Rd., contact 905-6342012 or www.haltonoutdoorclub.com. Appleby College's fifth biennial Fine Wine Auction, Appleby's Schlesinger Dining Hall, Lakeshore Road (east of Fourth Line), dinner reception at 6:30 p.m., live auction at 7:30 p.m. and a silent auction, tickets $100 or VIP tick- e-mail ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com or call 905-337-5560 ets $150, contact www.appleby.on.ca or Melina Crosby at 905-845-4681, ext. 220. Attention Difference Disorder -- How to Turn Differences into Strengths: ADHD in Kids, Teens and Adults, 7 p.m., displays at 6:30 p.m., free, Halton Hills Cultural Centre, 9 Church St., Georgetown, call 905-338437/905-873-0111, ext. 4379 or elittle@haltonhealthcare.on.ca. A Naturopathic Approach to Managing Irritable Bowel Disease, all welcome, 7 p.m., Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd., Committee Room, contact Halton@ccfc.ca or call 1800-387-1479, ext. 236 or www.ccfc.ca. Breastfeeding Meet Up, 1-3 p.m., free, Oak Park Moms & Tots, 2530 Sixth Line, Unit 9, River Glen Mews Plaza, contact 905257-6029. FRIDAY MAY 8 Fish Fry at Oakville Legion Branch 114, Branch will open at 3 p.m., fish fry from 4:30-8 p.m., 36 Upper Middle Rd., $8.50, all welcome, call 905-845-6271. Breastfeeding Café, 10 a.m., free, Oakville Parent Child Centre, 461 North Service Rd., Unit 17, contact 416-407-8552. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Mississauga Centre meets at 8 p.m., University of Toronto at Mississauga, Rm. SE2082, South Building, park in Lot 8, free, contact www.mississauga.rasc.ca. SATURDAY MAY 9 Plant Sale by St. Jude's Anglican Church Garden Guild, 9-11:30 a.m., St. Jude's Church, Victoria Hall, Thomas Street at King Street (downtown Oakville). Garage, plant and bake sale, Bethel United Church, Trafalgar Road, north of Britannia Road, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free Wellness Fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 1430 Bishops Gate (Building in Condominium Complex), contact 905-825-3528. 2009 Burloak Canoe Club Rubber Duck Regatta, 3 p.m., ducks will be dumped off the Randall Street Bridge and race down Sixteen Mile Creek, barbecue to follow, for tickets contact Pam Martin at 905847-1536. S.E.N.A.C.A. Senior's Day Program's annual Garage Sale, 8 a.m.-noon, 53 Bond St. (one block north of Rebecca and Kerr). Urban Forest Tree Tour, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., hosted by Oakvillegreen Conservation Association, all ages are welcome, gather at River Oaks Community Church, $10 non-members, free for students age 17 and under, contact Jennifer McPherson at 905-337-0797 or treeinitiatives@oakvillegreen.org. World Fair Trade Day at Ten Thousand Villages, 226 Lakeshore Rd. E., demonstrations and more, family event, contact 905-337-2377. Fiddlestix Celtic Rock Concert for Moms and Families, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Incarnation (across from Glen Abbey Golf Club), $25, contact Wendy at 905844-4194 or Louise at 905842-8044. M&M Meat Shops Charity BBQ, $2.50 for a burger, drink and chips to support Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada, at all M&M Meat Shops locations. Oakville Horticultural Society's Plant Sale, 9 a.m. until sold out, St. Paul's United Church, 454 Rebecca St. W. The Entertainers present Generations of Harmony, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Glen Abbey United Church, 1469 Nottinghill Gate, $20, contact 905-8478220 or www.entertainersharmony.org. Entertainment Jukebox, 7 p.m., Bronte Legion, 79 Jones St., Club Room, call 905-827-4722. Learning Disabilities Association, Looking Beyond Behaviour, 9 a.m.noon, members $25, nonmembers $35, contact 905333-1977, info@ldahalton.ca or www.ldahalton.ca. SUNDAY MAY 10 Sidebar Concert, 7 p.m., St Simon's Anglican Church, 1450 Litchfield Rd. (across from Sheridan College), $20, tickets available at the church office at 905-8458351 or www.stsimon.ca. In support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation through the $Million or More Oakville ($MOMO) campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. TUB SALE Open to the Public BRING YOUR DIMENSIONS GIANT FACTORY FRIDAY MAY 8TH & SATURDAY MAY 9TH 2 DAYS ONLY 8 am -4 pm No Tax Whirlpool, Soaker, Thermal Air Tubs Bidet toilet seats, Faucets & more! FREE e Chrom thtub Ba with Drain ub T every sold CASH "N" CARRY. All sales are final. C Cash, Visa and MasterCard accepted. 3RD LINE Between Bronte & 3rd Line SPEERS RD. windows Superior quality, superior workmanship LOOK inside Friday's For the Halton Regional Police Services 2008 Annual Halton Remai ns Safest Re Halton Region al Police Servic Report When Macl ean's published gerous place its newest ranki s to live, most ng of Canada's Halton resid community most dankept its ents were not surprised their Criminals comm crown as Canada's safes t Region. itted 258 less which repre offences in sented a decre ase in the Regio Halton last year over 2007, n's crime rate of 4.5%. SpeProactive initia tives by HRPS district detec tives to comb at auto theft Although fewer offences were committed, Service perso nnel were - Fewer Crimes, More Calls for Service in 200 8 gion in Cana From the Hea The Halton Regional Police Servi ces Board selected Bob Percy as Deputy Chief of Administration in Apr. 2008. He was sworn- New Deputy Chief Named dlines: Top Hal We install window the right way, because replacement windows should never have to be replaced. 905.847.7480 windows doors roll shutters Call today for your estimate ery Spree es in In Feb. 2008, Burlington and the Service formed a speci Milton and task force in the arrest of response to al a rash of gas tion and conv sta- Child Exploitatio enience store n (I.C.E.) Unit armed robbe subsequentries ly laid four charg with other seized a quan es against the suspects police servi and tity of comp ces to gathe uter equipment r intelDeputy Chief . Percy and arrested `Undercover' joined the three suspe Cops Foil Geta HRPS in cts. Two men Brampton and way O from one from Vaug han face a total dispatched to an unkn ies in Halton. own call at a West - Oak Trails convenien ce store. They determined and District quick that an arme Superintendent. d robbery had ly Child Pornogra occurred and his command Now under just that the suspe phers Arrested are To crack down cts had order a taxi to make man Resources, Community Policing, ed on the Hu- distri good their Training, Comm escape. The bution of child illegal possession and Information unications, ofServi pornograph tigative allian y, an inves- pany and arran Administration. ces, Courts, Records, ce was form ged to take and ed between the place of driver, allow HRPS the ing them to ambush and the execution the suspects arrest of search warra before they entered the nts at residenccab. Continued on Page 2 Progress Throu gh Participatio n Joint Forces ton Regional Inside: than 2007. Top Headlines Total property and Locations.... crimes com..........2 mitted rema Chairman and ined nearly Chief's Messa level ges..........3 Statistics and Operating Budge offences, but t......4-5 Community Policin given the Reg in Action......... gion's popu lation growth, .....6 Diversity and this Excellence............. .........7 Making a Differe the property nce...................... crime rate. .....8 "We're privil eged that our are keen to citizens want do their part to to prevent crime collaborate with us, and ," said Chief Gary Crowell, For more infor mation abou t the HRPS, visit www.halt onpolice.ca. crime, but the number of sexual assaults remained low at What's Op Ends Robb Police Service Stories of 200 8 ANNUAL REPORT DORVAL BRONTE O 4TH LINE 2200 SPEERS RD. OAKVILLE QEW e da