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Sam and David Burland present at Robert Little School Sunday Sept. 30th Tickets: $18.00 Advance, $20.00 at the door Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. Seating Limited. Tickets available at Acton Home Hardware and Robert Little School An Evening with Valdy Featuring Special Guest Catherine Mcinnes Proceeds to the Robert Little School Presented in co-operation with Daniel Varanelli, CGA, CFP For advertising information call Ph: 905 873.0301 Fax: 905 873.0398 This message brought to you by your local newspaper. When asked to name our favorite restaurant, cafe, or shop, we almost always cite a unique local business (look at the results in our Readers Choice as proof). We embrace the idea of distinctive businesses with local character, but often forget their survival depends on our patronage. It is easy for us to get so consumed by efficiency that we forget how much of our lives we spend eating out, shopping, and doing other business. 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YOUR COMM UNITY NEWSP APER THE INDEP ENDENT & FREE PRES S 50 cen ts (+GST ) Frida y, June 30, 2 006 44 Pag es Voted Ontari os bes t new spaper www .independentfreepress.co m Recipe of the week: Canad a Day cupca kes Page 1 9 Lapoin te in t he hun t at Star Amat eur 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 17, 18 Classifi eds 22- 24 INSIDE The H alton Jr. B Bulldo gs will begin the Ontari o Lac ross e 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 to be p lenty t o 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 r ound o ut the a fternoo n activ ities. 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 Par k. This includ es the Second Annu al Acto n Idol Contes t and songs f rom he adliner Alysha Brooke 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 firewor 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 xed (905) 8 73-16 55 354 Gu elph St reet, G eorgeto wn 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 in Act on this Canad a Day for unbea table s avings in Le ather Fashio ns, Ac cess ories and Fi ne Le ather Furnit ure. 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 scon tinued style s and w areho use o versto ck 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 ednes day 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. 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Furnaces need Asbuilt ClimateCare Sports & Leisure, Friday, September 28, 2007 7 Renee Carlese-Turner (left) and her Georgetown under-12 Mustangs teammate Vanessa McCracken practise under the supervision of their coach, Steve Ranson, last week as they prepare for an upcoming evaluation camp. Turner and McCracken were among the final 15 players out of about 450 hopefuls who were selected to represent the Peel-Halton Youth Soccer Associations 2007 district all-star team. The local duo will play two games for the Peel-Halton district squad at a regional identification camp on the Thanksgiving weekend in St. Catharines with the Hamilton and Niagara districts. From there, a regional team will be selected that will play and train through the fall and winter months. Both strikers, Carlese- Turner had 18 goals and McCracken notched 14 for the Mustangs, who placed fifth in their division and won tournaments in Ottawa, North York and Trenton. McCracken is a defender with the Peel-Halton squad. Photo by Eamonn Maher Stars practise