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50 cents (+GST) Friday, February 22, 2008 48 Pages www.independentfreepress.com Recipe of the week: Rainbow trout Pages 11, 12 Police blotter: Items taken from cars Page 5 Bearcats fall short in Halton final PageS/L 1 Ground broken for Danby Rd. school Page 7 Editorial 6 Calendar 16 Classifieds 19-22 Sports SL1-4, 6 INSIDE The Georgetown Raid- ers will begin Jr. A Hockey League playoff action Saturday at Alcott Arena. Look for a full report in Wednesdays Independent & Free Press. WEDNESDAY... If you have ever considered becoming a school bus dri- ver, area bus companies want to hear from you! Both local companies- Tyler Transport Ltd. in Acton and First Student Canada in Georgetown- are hiring drivers to help ease what Halton District School Board (HDSB) is call- ing a critical shortage of bus drivers. In a press release issued by the board Wednesday it was stated a shortage of school bus drivers is having an impact on the board and its working with bus companies to inform students, parents and guardians of this issue thats affecting all areas of Halton Region. The release went on to say the board is working with school bus companies to try to minimize the impact on stu- dents, but with such a severe impact, the situation will be difficult to resolve quickly. The school bus operators are doing everything they can to minimize the impact on students, said Steven Parfeniuk, HDSB Superintendent of Business Services. The bus com- panies we contract with are combining school bus routes where possible, and are working together to help in this crit- ical situation. Some companies have brought in bus drivers from nearby Ontario communities to provide service. REFINANCING? PURCHASING? BOB WOODS Mortgage Specialist (905) 877-1490 *Rate subject to change 360 Guelph St., Georgetown 5.64%. 5YR FIXED RATE GEORGETOWN VOTED #1 FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE 2008 KIA SEDONA FINANCE1.9% CALL THE GEORGETOWN HEADQUARTERS 1-866-364-0697 or 905-877-7818 Up to 60 mos Close to Home. Far from Ordinary. lose to o e. ar fro rdi ary. 310 Guelph St., Georgetown l t., r t Wedding Bands Singles Sets Customized i l i 905 873- 4405 - For breaking news go to: www.independentfreepress.com Halton Hills award-winning newspaper Freelance photographer Jon Borgstrom spent two chilly hours outside Wednesday night to capture these images of the total lunar eclipse, where the moon remains visi- ble although no longer lit by the suns rays. The moon was illuminated by light scat- tered and redirected by the Earths atmos- phere. The first photo at left was taken at 8:23 p.m. while the photo at right was snapped at 10 p.m. The next lunar eclipse will occur in 2010. Photos by Jon Borgstrom Moon shots School board facing shortage of bus drivers Holy Cross students enjoyed some head-banging AC/DC music as they took part in the school's recent dance-a-thon in the gym- nasium. Among those students taking part were (from left), air guitarist Monika Nawrocki, Angus Agnew, Gianni DePaola and (in front) Shannon Weslake. Photo by Ted Brown Holy (Cross) rock n rollers See BOARD, pg. 3 LISA TALLYN Staff Writer