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50 cents (+GST) Vol. 131 No. 10 Wednesday, May 21, 2008 48 Pages Circulation 22,500 www.independentfreepress.com CtKs Club Green earns Conservation Halton honour Page 9 Health Care special section 12-Pages Innerscapes goes Zoom Zoom Zoom Page 18 Georgetown duo help Pakmen win national title Page 15 INSIDE A local resident who extinguished a fire at the Remembrance Park cenotaph in the early hours of May 10 says that vandals werent the cause of the blaze, as originally reported in an article last week in The Independent & Free Press. Chris Toth, of Princess Anne Dr. was driving by the park at around 4 a.m. when he noticed an orange glow coming from the monument, with flames reaching four to five feet in height. Approximately 1,100 candles had been lit at the cenotaph earlier in the day by area school children and burned unattended through the night as part of a tribute to Canadas fallen wartime soldiers. Toth called 911 on his cell phone and proceeded to put out the fire himself, filling up grocery bins kept in his truck using water from a near- by fountain. The Halton Hills Fire Department responded to the call soon after. Initially, staff members from the Town of Halton Hills operations department and representatives of the Candlelight Tribute Committee said that the candles had been stacked up at one end of the ceno- taph by unknown persons to fuel the fire, which caused damage to the granite stone base of the monument. Toth, however, said that he is cer- tain the fire was caused by the com- bustible plastic casing for the candles and the manner in which they were placed not by an act of vandalism. Editorial 6 Rick Bonnette 7 Calendar 12, 13 Sports 15-17 Entertainment 18, 20 Classifieds 21-23 Look for an update on the ongoing battle to save a BMX track at Halton Place in Wednes- days Independent & Free Press. FRIDAY... Realty Specialists Inc. Brokerage Top Producer since 1985 www.mariabritto.com MARIA BRITTO Local: 905-873-9255 GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2008 KIA SEDONA FINANCE0% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 Up to 60 mos 33 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-6944GEORGETOWN CHEVROLET 2.2L 140 hp Ecotec, Auto, Air, Power Windows, Locks, Mirrors, Keyless Entry, Cruise. 60 month lease, 0% security deposit 2008 COBALT LT NEW 2008 MALIBU NEW 2008 SILVERADO LT NEW Take advantage of our award-winning lineup, we offer very competitive lease and finance rates here at Georgetown Chevrolet. For further information contact our Sales Representatives ~ Norman John Jeff Rick $199 $0 0.9% DOWN FINANCING 2.4L VTT Ecotec, 4 Cyl., 169 hp, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/ABS and Full Traction Control, Airbags, On-Star One Year Plan Vortec 4.8L V8, 295 hp, Auto with Overdrive, Locking Differential, 4 Wheel ABS, Cruise, Special Equipment Pkg. $3000 down, , 0% security deposit, 0% financing 72 months $3995 down, 0% security, 7% financing 27 months $289 2.75% $289 $22,995 ORPURCHASE PRICE $33,998 PURCHASE PRICEOR SMART LEASE $1,000 IN ACCESSORIES ON US! LEASE For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper My, what big eyes you have! Janice Porter of Exotic Critter Tales shows off two-year-old lemur Cledus at an exhibit at Bang-O-Rama over the weekend. The cool, damp weather kept some crowds away with attendance reaching only about 5,000 for the 25th anniversary edition of the event held at Georgetown Fairgrounds, compared to 10,000 the previous year. Bang-O-Rama chairman Danny Edwards said the weather was more co- operative for the fireworks Sunday evening, however, and area residents filled the stands to take in the show. Bang-O-Rama is hosted by the Optimist Club of Georgetown each year to celebrate Queen Victorias birthday and mark the unofficial start of summer. For more photos see page 5. Photo by Jon Borgstrom Cenotaph blaze was likely an accident EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer See CANDLES, pg. 3