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50 cents (+GST) Vol. 130 No. 45 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 36 Pages Circulation 21,220 www.independentfreepress.com Raiders in logjam for second after winning one of three Page 14 Chamber puts out call for nominations Page 8 Twisters host CWHL contest Page 14 Residents urged to voice views on growth Page 3 INSIDE Editorial 6 Ted Arnott 7 Sports 14, 15 Calendar 17, 18 Classifieds 21-23 The Town has given the go-ahead for its Green Plan and has out- lined 58 recommenda- tions. For details see Fridays Independent & Free Press. FRIDAY... REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.79% FIXED RATE (905) 873-1655 354 Guelph Street, Georgetown APPLE Auto Glass Truck Accessories Upholstery Heavy Equipment Glass Window Tinting GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. Jason 2 LocationsGeorgetown Kia 1-866-364-0697 314 Guelph St. (Hwy. 7) Superstore Open Sundays 199 Guelph St. 1-866-367-4081 NO PAYMENTS 0% INTEREST CASH BACK See us for details. Robert Tasi General Manager WE WANT TO BE YOUR DEALER #1You want it,weve got it! For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Gie her a haggis! ...is the last line of Scottish poet Robbie Burns Address to a Haggis (translated it means give her (Scotland) a haggis). But, it could also refer to Bett Leverette who addressed the haggis at St. Johns United Churchs Robbie Burns dinner Saturday in Georgetown. Steve Jenkins (rear) was the piper. Burns penned the famous poem about the unique Scottish dish at a time of war and political struggle to highlight Scottish nationalism. A similar dinner was also held Saturday at the Acton Legion. Photo by Ted Brown The problem Halton Region ran into while building a pumping station on Sixth Line in Hornby that impacted more than 55 wells in the area has ended up being a costly one. And its not solved yet. A Region staff report, recently approved by Halton council, includes a recommendation to increase the budget for the pumping station by about $2.025 million to a total of $5,755,000. The extra money is to cover the cost of all the work the Region had to do in order to finish the pumping station after a plug in a borehole, drilled below the station into an aquifer, failed, filling the excavation with water. To solve the problem, Halton Region had to build dewatering wells and pump out the water in the excavation that soon afterward began impacting area private wells. Some Hornby residents wells com- pletely ran out of water while others experienced dramatic lowering of water levels. The price tag to complete the addi- tional work required on the pump sta- tion is approximately $1.3 million, according to the Region report. The Region said, in total, 56 area wells were impacted. Many of the affected residents were hooked up to portable water tanks and the Region has been footing the bill to deliver water to them. Hornby well tab soars by $2-million LISA TALLYN Staff Writer See HORNBY, pg. 3