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50 cents (+GST) Circulation 22,500 Wednesday, October 15, 2008 40 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Raiders continue to fly high with weekend wins against Oakville, Milton Page 14 Home, Lawn & Energy special section 8-Pages Local Scouts gearing up for Apple Day Page 8 Acton Hub celebrates grand opening Page 7 Editorial 6 Entertainment 13 Sports 14, 15 Calendar 11, 16, 17 Classifieds 18, 19 INSIDE Look for a 12-page special section on Fire Prevention in Fridays edition of The Indepen- dent & Free Press. FRIDAY... (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. 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 Chong cruises to victory Wellington-Halton HIlls (unofficial results) MICHAEL CHONG (CONSERVATIVE) Total votes: 29,191 % of votes: 57.6% BRUCE BOWSER (LIBERAL) Total votes: 11,312 % of votes: 22.3% NOEL DUIGNAN (NDP) Total votes: 4,747 % of votes: 9.4% BRENT BOUTEILLER (GREEN) Total votes: 4,997 % of votes: 9.9% JEFFREY STREUTKER (CHRISTIAN HERITAGE) Total votes: 414 % of votes: 0.8% Incumbent Conservative MP Michael Chong (right) was given a hands-up by supporter Clay Downes following his victory speech at Mill St. Crossing in Acton Tuesday night. Chong easily captured the riding of Wellington-Halton Hills in the federal election which saw much of the GTA turn to the Tories. More coverage page 3. Photo by Ted Brown The victor!