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

9 | Thursday, November 27, 2014 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE Christmas MEMORIES Edward Foster's trampoline flew from his backyard, over a fence and into a ravine on Grosvenor Street during Monday's windstorm. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) M A K I N G Oakville got off lightly in windstorm by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff The worst of the powerful wind gusts have passed through Oakville and despite the weather rattling windows and uprooting a few trees, the town escaped relatively unscathed. According to Oakville-based The Weather Network, the maximum wind gust speed recorded in Oakville on Monday was 98 km/h. Oakville Hydro said there were major outages in Bronte, and in an area near Trafalgar and Burnhamthorpe roads where two hydro poles snapped at ground level leaving almost 40 people without power for more than five hours. In Bronte, Oakville Hydro crews quickly removed a couple of downed trees that had fallen on wires, causing 3,728 customers to lose power for a little over an hour. Oakville Hydro spokesperson Cassandra Umbriaco said crews worked through the night to ensure customers had electricity during the windstorm. "All power has been restored across Oakville except for four residences where trees fell on the connection between their house and power lines," she said Tuesday. Halton police said that apart from downed trees there had been no reports of major damage. Edward Foster, who lives on Grosvenor Street, near Upper Middle Road East and Eighth Line, was left trying to figure out how to recover his trampoline after it flew over a fence and into a nearby ravine. An old tree was uprooted, but missed the cars and house at Dale Hunter and Peter Brydon's property on Grand Boulevard, on the west side of Eighth Line. As a reminder, Oakville Hydro said power outages may be reported at 905-825-9400 and non-functioning streetlights can be reported to 905-825-6354. Call 9-1-1 in the case of downed power lines and stay at least 10 metres back. You guys ROCK! ­ Elaine 905-844-2949 " " Our customers will tell you: A1 Cares. SANTA IN THE SQUARE ­ NOV 29, 11AM - 1PM Accepting Donations & Unwrapped Toys! WAGON RIDES & CAROLERS ­ NOV 29 - DEC 21 SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, 11AM - 4PM RBC SKATE IN THE SQUARE ­ NOV 29 - FEB 28 450+ UNIQUE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS & SERVICES FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OAKVILLEDOWNTOWN.COM *ANDROID VERSION COMING SOON OR DOWNLOAD OUR APP! We can't say enough about A1 Air Conditioning & Heating. Every interaction has been stellar, on time, honest, friendly. I highly recommend this company.