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50 cents (+GST) Circulation 22,500 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 44 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Raiders extend unbeaten streak on road to five games Page 16 Home, Lawn & Energy special section 8-Pages October is a busy month for local artists Page 19 Students get a lesson in electrical safety Page 10 INSIDE About 70 people on hand for a Wellington-Halton Hills all-candi- dates meeting on Monday night dis- covered that the term all didnt actu- ally apply. Just two of the five candidates in the riding for the upcoming federal election showed up at St. Pauls Anglican Church for the political debate, which was hosted by the Norval Community Association. And the discussion often reverted back to the same question: Who was in attendance, and who wasnt? Green Party candidate Brent Bouteiller and Liberal Party represen- tative Bruce Bowser turned up to speak, as did a couple of Brampton West riding hopefuls in Jagtar Shergill from the New Democratic Party and the Green Partys Patti Chmelyk. Discussion moderator Janet Kuzniar said afterward that MP Michael Chong and his ruling Conservative mate from Brampton West, Kyle Seeback, did pass on their regrets prior to the meeting that they would be unable to attend. Wellington-Halton Hills NDP can- didate Noel Duignan did not respond to e-mail invitations to attend and Christian Heritage Party Jeffery Streutker was not heard from. Id be less than honest if I said Im not disappointed that somebody from our elected government didnt make it a priority to find the time to be here tonight, said the 48-year-old Bowser, making his first run at elected office. Editorial 6 Ted Arnott 7 Calendar 14, 20 Sports 16-18 Entertainment 19 Classifieds 21-23 Look for a report on the second in a series of local election all-candi- dates meetings in Fri- days edition. FRIDAY... REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.25% 5 YR FIXED GEORGETOWN CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 905-877-7818 or 905-877-8375 0% financing on all 2008 models. See us for details. i i ll . f t il . 33 MOUNTAINVIEW RD. N., GEORGETOWN 905-877-6944 GEORGETOWN CHEVROLET COBALT SS model shown MSRP $21,195 NOW COBALT LS Purchase fi nancing up to 72mths. OAC with GMAC www.georgetownchev.com For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Its a dirty job but... The Fourth Georgetown Scouting group took part in the annual Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up sponsored by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and Boston Pizza, Saturday despite the wet weather. Six-year-old Ryan Docker (left) and six-year-old Kyle Lehouillier, both of the 4th Georgetown Beavers, were among those cleaning up Silver Creek in the Hungry Hollow area of Georgetown. Along with bags of trash, participants also pulled a car frame from the creek. Photo by Jon Borgstrom Plenty of no-shows at local debate EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer See LIBERAL, pg. 3