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YOUR COMMUNIT Y NEWS PAPER THE INDEPENDEN T & FREE PRES S 50 cen ts (+GST ) Frida y, June 30, 20 06 4 4 Page s Voted Ontari os bes t new spaper www .indep endent freepr ess.c om Recipe of the week: Canad a Day c upcake s Page 1 9 Lapoin te in t he hun t at Star Amate ur Page 1 7 Chatten name d senior of the y ear Page 9 Christ the Kin g student s tied u p in projec t Page 4 Editoria l 6 Ted Bro wn 7 Chris Bo rak 1 1 Calend ar 12, 13 Sports 1 7, 18 Classifieds 22-2 4 INSIDE The H alton Jr. B Bulldo gs will begin the Ontari o Lac rosse Asso- ciation playof fs Mon day in Oa kville. See W ed- nesday s editi on for full game d etails. WEDNE SDAY. .. The sto res m ay be c losed to morr ow (Satu rday) bu t there is still going t o be pl enty to do as both A cton and Gl en William s com mun ities ho st Cana da Day parties. The day gets un der way in Glen William s at 8 a .m. w ith a Pancak e Brea kfast, f ollowed by Fu n Run s and t he ann ual basebal l game between the To wnies and Co uncillo rs. Childre ns gam es sta rt at 10 a.m. follow ed by th e popu lar noon parade . Openi ng cer emo nies s tart a bout 1 p.m. w hen the Glen C itizen of the Year and win ner o f the Be st Dec orated House are a nnou nced. Game s, an eclect ic music con cert, pet sho w an d the D uck Race ro und ou t the aft erno on ac tivities . Mean while the da y kick s off i n Acton s Pro spect P ark at 6 p.m. with Conce rt in t he Park . This include s the Second Annu al Acto n Idol Contes t and songs f rom headlin er Alys ha Broo ke per- forming coun ty and weste rn tun es alon g with Jam ie Thor ne. Yuk Yu ks Jeff M cEnery will al so pro- vide s tand-u p com edy as well as be the M aster of Cerem onies fo r the Ac ton Ido l Conte st. The Ac ton Fi re Figh ters As sociati on pro vides th e explo - sive fin ish to t he day with a f irewor ks show , also in Prospe ct Park. T he free even t gets u nder w ay at d usk. Th e firefig ht- ers, w ho are promis ing the ir large st, loud est an d brigh test display ever , will b e passi ng thei r helme ts for d onatio ns to help pa y for th eir ann ual birt hday gi ft to the com mun ity. St. Alba ns Chu rch in t he Glen will als o be ho lding a fire- works d isplay a t dusk. Its also a free w ill offer ing. The In depend ent & Free P ress office will be closed Monda y, July 3 for th e holid ay and will re open T uesday, July 4 at 8:30 a .m. REF INAN CING ? PUR CHA SING ? BOB WOO DS Mortgag e Speci alist (905) 877-5211 *Rate subjec t to ch ange 360 Gue lph St., George town 5.25% 5 year fi xed5.25 (905) 87 3-1655354 Guelph Street , Georg etown APPLE Auto Gla ss Truck Acce ssories Uph olstery Heavy Equi pment Glass Window Ti nting GEORGETOWNCHRYSLER We handle all insurance work. ACTON A l k O g j l ` l ` ] < j a n ] l g 9 [ l g f TORONTO , 1 = Y k l ] j f 9 n G h ] f = n ] j q \ Y q ) ( % . $ > j a \ Y q ) ( % 1 - * * C a f _ K l & O ] k l - ) 1 0 - + % ) ( + ) o o o & l ` ] g d \ ] ` a \ ] `g m k ] & [ g e , ) . * ( + % / ( ( ) Visit th e Olde Hide H ouse i n Acto n this Canad a Day for unbea table s avings in Le ather Fashio ns, Ac cess ories and Fi ne Lea ther F urnitu re. Plus, t his is the FIN AL WE EKEN D to s ave o n sele cted leathe r floo r mo dels, cabine try, di sconti nued styles and w areho use ov erstoc k ACTO N LOC ATION OPEN SAT. JULY 1st Proud to be Canad ian 70% Up to Off msr Canada Day parties set for Glen , Acton ALYSH A BROOK E Pitchin g again st the team he gre w up c heerin g for, W ashingt on Na tionals hurler Shawn Hill of George town, dueled with T oronto Blue J ays st arter T ed Lilly W ednesd ay for four in nings b efore T oronto broke out fo r four runs and even tually won 6-1. H ill was pulle d afte r the fifth in ning, b ut ma de the dozens of hom etown suppo rters, who ca me to watch him p itch in perso n in the big leagues , proud . See s tory pa ge 17. P hoto b y Eamo nn Ma her Hill on t he hill YOUR HOM ETOWN N EWSPAPE R ... EXCL USIVE LY SER VING THE R EADE RS OF HALT ON HI LLS The In depen dent & Free Press is you r sour ce for local news, region al new s, upc oming event s & sp orts. Delive red to every home every Wedn esday and F riday. 905.873.030 1 Special pullout section Wedn esday, Augus t 29, 2 007 8 Pages Circula tion 21 ,220 www .indep endent freepr ess.com Do y ou kn ow y our local m erchan ts Pages 6 & 7 Can yo u pass the test of a Loca l Shopp er? Page 3 I SHOP L OCAL Halton Hills Comm unity N ewspap er A GOOD REASON TO SHOP LOCAL 12 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, October 12, 2007 I got a lot of support, said the retired GDHS teacher. A lot of people volunteered and worked (on the cam- paign). I have no regrets. One of the biggest challenges she faced in the campaign she said was, its a big riding and I was not really known. She called her experience as a can- didate positive, and at this point doesnt know if she will run again. Green Party candidate Lavictoire was excited and happy with his results and his partys showing across the province. Ten per cent (of popular vote) was my goal and I also wanted to be a top 10 riding in Ontario, said Lavictoire. He believes climate change is caus- ing more Ontarians to vote Green. There was a lot of protest votes out there, said NDP candidate Duignan, who had hoped for better results. Their (the Green Party) economic policies are very libertarian and a lot of the protest went to that party, said Duignan. Family Coalition Party leader Gori said he, didnt expect to win or get to 15 per cent (of the vote) but was also hoping to garner more support. Depending on the mood I could have had anywhere between 1 to 10 per cent, said Gori. Voter turnout in Wellington- Halton Hills was slightly higher than the provincial average at 58.1 per cent, while Ontario-wide, turnout was 52.7 per cent. Bentley has no regrets despite lopsided defeat Continued from pg. 11 Newly-elected Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott toasts his victory Wednesday with wife Lisa and campaign manager Lance Bryant. Photo by Ted Brown In line with the trend across Ontario, Wellington-Halton Hills vot- ers overwhelmingly rejected a move to a new electoral system Wednesday. Unofficial results in Halton Hills showed 66 per cent of voters support- ed the existing first-past-the-post sys- tem, while only 34 per cent voted in favour of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) system proposed by the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform. Ontario-wide, there was a little more support for MMP, with nearly 37 per cent of voters favouring that option, compared to 63 per cent who put their votes behind first-past-the- post. Georgetown resident John Daley, a member of the Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform, was disappointed with the outcome of the referendum, from the standpoint of lack of infor- mation fed to the general public through Elections Ontario. They didnt have information to assimilate what it was they were voting for, said Daley, who added Elections Ontario should have launched its pre- vote education program on the refer- endum much sooner. The real reason there was little support for MMP is simply lack of understanding and that can be blamed on ineffective, often obscure, or better yet, useless marketing to get the mes- sage out about MMP, said Daley. He added, however, we wasnt sur- prised the proposed system didnt pass because of the very high yardstick that 60 per cent (support required). We questioned that right from the very beginning, he said. For the new system to pass it need- ed approval by 60 per cent of those casting ballots and majority approval in at least 64 ridings MMP only achieved that level in five ridings. Panel member not surprised at MMPs failure LISA TALLYN Staff Writer