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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 20° 15° 12° 15° 21° 14° 19° 15° Carrying the torch for the Beaver Spotlight www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Thursday, June 25, 2015 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group `It was so amazing' -- Petruskavich by Jon Kuiperij Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville turns out crowd for Pan Am Relay The Pan Am Torch Relay makes its way up Sixteen Mile Creek -- in the hands of torchbearer Camille Looper -- towards the Burloak Canoe Club before it was carried into Centennial Square for a community celebration. The Pan Am Games feature 49 sports and several thousands of athletes from 41 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. They will take place July 10-26. The 16-sport Parapan Am Games for the physically-challenged are from Aug. 7-15. For more information, visit www.toronto2015.org. For more photos, visit www.oakvillebeaver.com. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Oakville has shown in the past that it supports its Olympians. Apparently, it gets behind its Pan Am athletes as well. Approximately 500 people attended a Pan Am Games community celebration Tuesday afternoon at Centennial Square. The event was highlighted by the arrival of the Pan Am torch, which was carried into the square on a chalk-muraled pathway by Oakville community torchbearer Lynn Petruskavich. "It was so amazing, it exceeded all my expectations," said a beaming Petruskavich, Abbey McCay who intentionally took her time approaching the stage in Centennial Square in order to make eye contact with children and share the experience. "There was such a great energy in the air. Oakville knows how to turn out a crowd." Petruskavich, who recently started a Healthy Schools initiative that showcases vegetables and fruits at school events and also organized `Walk & Wheel Wednesday' see Community on p.3 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Real Estate Real Advice Real Results Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 29 Colonial Crescent, Oakville