MECHANICAL SERVICESAUTOPRO OAKVILLE2212 Wyecroft Road, Oakville905-469-2442autoprooakville.mechanicnet.comdentistoakville.comSNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2Homecoming005-2008Artscene905-842-6030ATION TO32 Pages $1.00 (plus tax) BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIESA member of Metroland Media Group Ltd.USING COMMUNICFRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011 Vol. 49 No. 78Honouring veteransAccused killerfightingtransferBy Matt DriscollMETROLAND MUSKOKA MEDIA GROUPA man wanted in connection with a Bracebridge killing is doing every-thing in his power to fight extradi-tion from the United States, accord-ing to the OPP.On May 10, Todd Howley, 48, of Oakville, Ontario, was arrested in Georgia for the murder of Paul Maasland, 55, of Toronto.Maasland was found dead on Aug. 30, 2010 at a public boat launch on Morrow Drive in Bracebridge.There has been a little bit of a delay with the extradition process, said OPP spokesperson Peter Leon. He has not been released from cus-tody, but he is fighting the extradi-tion.Documents filed in U.S. District Court indicate that Maasland died of extensive blunt force injuries that caused multiple skull fractures and 12 broken ribs.Maasland and Howley were engaged in a business partnership to build bioreactors, but the same court documents indicate Howley owed Maasland roughly $100,000 at the ERIC RIEHL / OAKVILLE BEAVERtime of Maaslands death.Howley left Canada for the United FLAGS FOR THE FALLEN:If you notice Canadian flags flying over grave sites in Oakville cemeteries on Canada Day, it's thanks to the Oakview Funeral States just days after police inter-Home and the Oakville and Bronte Legions. Now in its 17th year, the Oakview Funeral Home, with the help of the Legions, placed 200 flags this year on the graves viewed him about the murder. of Oakville veterans. Pictured here are (l-r) Brian Ray, first vice/poppy chair of the Oakville Legion Branch 114, Legion member Nestor Yakimik, Jesse O'Halloran, Steve Reynolds, both from Oakview Funeral Home, and Branch 114 President Bill Shields.See Howley page 3 HOME AUTO LIFE BUSINESS AVIATIONTHE MAGNES GROUP INC.1540 Cornwall Rd., Suite #100, Oakville, ON L6J 7W5 Tel: 905-845-9793 Fax: 905-845-9149 www.magnesgroup.comEND INSURANCE CONFUSION. For informed decisions that you can feel good about, contact us!