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Pan Am Torch Relay coming to Halton -- it's in Oakville June 23 by Tim Whitnell Metroland Media Group 3 | Friday, June 12, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Halton Region will host three of the Pan Am Games torch relays. Burlington is up first for the torch trek, on Friday, June 19, followed on Tuesday, June 23 by separate relays the same day in Oakville and Milton. The Pan Am Games Torch Relay began May 30 with the arrival ceremony in Toronto. The torch will make its way to more than 130 communities over 41 days until July 10, when it will be used to light the cauldron at the opening ceremonies of the Pan Am Games in Toronto. The torch relay involves 3,000 torchbearers travelling 5,000-plus kilometres on the road. The torch will travel all over Ontario with oneday stops in Nova Scotia, Québec, B.C. and Manitoba, along the way. The relay route will go through Burlington on June 19 on its way to Niagara Falls before coming back through Oakville and Milton on June 23. Other highlights of the torch relay include visits to six Canadian Forces Bases, a national and provincial park, five First Nations communities and five national historic sites. The torch also will be present at Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill July 1 in Ottawa. A separate Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games Torch Relay will take place prior to the Aug. 7 start of the Parapan Am Games. entire torch relay itinerary visit http://www. toronto2015.org/torch-relay/map. The following is a synopsis of Pan Am torch relay events for Halton: Lynn Petruskavich The Pan Am Games features 49 sports and several thousand athletes from 41 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It will run from July 10-26. Milton's new velodrome is hosting the Pan Am indoor cycling competition while the town is also staging individual time trials on a rural roads course. Burlington's City View Park and its three artificial turf fields is the site for Pan Am Games teams' soccer practices. The actual soccer Jon Kuiperij competition will be held at the new Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton. The 16-sport Parapan Am Games for the physically challenged are from Aug. 7-15. Visit http://goo.gl/5O9jov for Pan Am route maps, highway information and transportation recommendations from the Province of Ontario. Visit http://www.toronto2015.org/ for information on the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games. To view an interactive map that shows the Burlington hosts the flame on Day 20 -- Friday, June 19 The Burlington relay route will start at 5:30 p.m. at Brant Street and Leighland Road and follow south on Brant to Caroline Street, then west to Locust Street, south on Elgin Street, west on Maple Avenue, south to Lakeshore Road and then east to the east end of Spencer Smith Park around 6:30 p.m. The park ceremony will last about a half hour on the main stage during the Sound of Music Festival. Mayor Rick Goldring will bring greetings from the city and Pan Am officials will speak. The community torchbearer for Burlington is Dr. Ashley Worobec. She will be one of the torchbearers that brings the flame into Spencer Smith Park. However, Oakville Beaver Sports Editor Jon Kuiperij will also be a torch bearer in Burlington picking up the torch at Caroline Street and carrying it to Locust Street. Oakville has the Pan Am torch on Day 24 -- Tuesday, June 23 The torch relay route begins at Dorval Drive and Lakeshore Road and continues east to Centennial Square. see Public on p.9 Sore Feet, Sports Injury, Painful Ingrown Toenails? Plantar Warts? We can help! Exceptional footcare for all ages. · Routine footcare · Corns & calluses · Plantar warts · Heel/arch/foot pain · Diabetic footcare and education · Thick or ingrown nails · Sports related foot problems & injuries · Custom made orthotics · Nail surgery · Sigvaris® compression stockings · Evenings and saturday appointments available · New patients welcome! J. Richard Werkman chiropodist n ow o f f e r i n g P h ys i ot h e r a P y o s t eo Pat h y at h l e t i c t h e r a P y Say Farewell to Nail Fungus with Painless Laser Treatment! located on the north/west corner of maple grove dr. and cornwall rd. 1495 Cornwall Rd., Suite 33, Oakville T: 905-845-4817 www.werkman.ca oakvillesportsmedicinecentre.ca 905 337 8455 Don't Compromise on Driver Training upComing Courses June 26, 27, 28, 29 4 Days 9:30 am to 3:30 pm July 6, 7, 8, 9 4 Days 9:30 am to 3:30 pm July 20, 21, 22, 23 4 Days 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Located in Downtown Oakville for over 25 years! www.drivewiseoakville.com 905-845-7200