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-877-5213- FOBERT Rut Estate Ltd EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER RELATIONS the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 Rd N 8770151 At Speedy You re a Somebody 12000 FALL Victims parents ponder unanswered questions Coroners jurors cant answer why The era of wagon pulled by majestic heavy hone returned briefly to the til fair over the weekend and the look back much appreciated by the record crowd palled through the gates to participate to the fair new threeday There were new attraction to ice and the agricultural contest attracted more entries bit year Pall fair fever continue this weekend starting Friday with the Acton fair and III wealth of events drawing spectators and participants from across Ontario Everyone Invited out to celebrate the harvest season and eien try hay balr tossing or the farmer walk Herald photo by Chris Aagaard Record attendance and balm weather Who d ask for anything more By Herald Special The sun shone on oyer the weekend rewarded the estimate the numbers that with temperatures hover Agricultural Society in its came through the gates Ing in the 80s as record quest for increased fair during the three days of a Gosling president of the Georgetown Agricultural Soc The Lions Club look after the gates for us and on Friday evening there was no admission charge or records of any kind kept Certainly wllh Ihe ex panslon to Sunday we definitely added to our best attendance figures of recent years With en I could only estimate 12 visited the fair grounds throughout the weekend On the whole Mrs Gosling said the Society is very pleased with the success of the fair Attend was excellent with Saturday the bigger of the two days The greyhound races and goat show Sun day attracted a good number of people and many visitors from out side the area Other fairs have found that Sunday attractions out draw Satur but this was not the case here As this was the first Sunday event In the fairs long history Mrs Gosling feels attendance will certainly grow A large crowd gathered around the track Sunday afternoon to enjoy the greyhound races conduct by the Ontario Grey hound Association as the fleet footed animals bounded down track at speeds of approximately W miles an hour TheAE LcPagc Realty Stakes was won by Speedy Rick owned by with a time of 12 20 seconds and the Continued on page Town wont approve drive without Croatian plan Georgetown Conn John McDonald literally took the election plunge over the weekend Perched precariously In the Kins men dunking lank at the George lown fall fair he helped raise fundi for Kinsmen community pro jects and cystic fibrosis Other who did lime In tank Saturday and Sun day Include Major Pete and Herald Paul By Herald Stan Writer How two Acton boys drowned July remained a mystery despite the testimony of witnesses at a coroner inquest held last Wednesday and Thursday nights The Inquest into the drowning deaths of seven year old Brent and Nick at Actons Prospect Park Ihis summer left questions in the minds of the parents There are still some unanswered questions Clarence Brent father said Nobody saw anything and lo lose two boys In that span of time 1 still don t have the answers in my mind I just don t understand how nobody saw them drown his wife agreed The boys had been dead for some time before separate searches of Fairy Lake located their bodies According to pathologist Gordon Longficld who performed post on the two boys it was cither boy had struggled or surfaced after they went under He said nibbling marks after death by an aquatic animal such as or turtles indicated the bodies had been under water for some time BOTH DIE The fiveman jury was secluded to deliberate about Thursday by Coroner Macintosh I think we all been chocked and shaken by fact that two young inno cent kids should both dieat the same time he said Macintosh noted there was no direct evl of the boys going The area appears particularly dangerous around the willow tree on private property to the east and fenced off from the beach where it iblc the two boys were playing on a picnic table an area which Is beyond the jurisdiction of our lifeguards be said The boys were spotted playing on a picnic table in the edge of the water at one point by witnesses Jake Ram 14 and Terry regional police crime prevention officer Scott was called upon to search the lake bottom the evening of the tuodrownings A qualified diver Const said he found that past the buoy line there a sloping drop off wh becomes a foot deep channel The channel Is much closer to the shore by the willow tree where the dropoff begins four feet from shore Const Prlngle said that because of a dam to the cast a slight current Is created and its possible the current brought the boys bodies back to the swimming area The were found feet beyond the buoyed area approximately three feet The officer testified lhal the water in Ihe buoyed area la very shallow and there Is no undercurrent Mr and Mrs Patey told The Herald that although they ve lived in Acton for seven years they never knew about a dropoff in the water Mr said however that his children recently told him about it As Const Pringle dence revealed the drop off to be most severe where Oil willow tree is located Mr Pa ley object to the fact that children have easy access to it Just don leave a pure clear walkway for the kids he said Although there is a fence separating the beach from Ihe private property it Is possible to cross over via a concrete block In which the last fence post is imbedded The jury deliberated for Continued on page A2 ELECTION EYIRAI Young Barrager seek Ward 3 votes Actons Esther Taylor in running Three additional dates have decided to vie for municipal office in the Nov 10 election follow announcements last week Jim Young and David Barrager have entered the race In Georgetown s Ward 3 in which there are two open local scats Regional councillor Roy Booth has yet to announce if he II reelection In Ward and John Mc Donald who has served run for the regional post Walter who holds the ward remaining local seat plans to retire when the current term expires Meanwhile Acton dent Esther Taylor is also gearing up for a camp aign in her community She told The Herald Mon day she be after a local position in Ward 1 camp aigning against incumb ents Terry and Ross said last week that he Join Coun seeking redec on adding that he s pleas ed with the teamwork and performance of the outgo ing council FIRST WOMAN Miss Taylor retired last year from the Acton libra where she had worked for yean She was Acton first woman coun cillor when she first ran for office in the early 1950s Mr Young Is also no stranger to municipal poll tics having served on the former Georgetown il between 1962 and the 19S9 election year He is a former deputy reeve of Georgetown a position similar to today office of regional councillor He will likely run for a local seat he said last week expressing an interest in town finances and gett better value for David proprietor of Cleaners in Georgetown ran unsuccessfully during the last election for a local seat in Ward 3 He said hell begin doorknocking shortly to drum up votes and to express his concerns about how tax payers money is being managed locally and by regional government He olio sees soma dcficlen Continued on page AT NEW AT THE ACTON FAIR The excitement Is mounting as Acton fair days approach This year there a special treat In store for people who like to laugh a lot at I on the Acton arena stage there U be an hourkeg contest between seven teams representing town councillor school teacbers service firefighters businessmen media and the Phi sorority Gelling some prattle on a trike Monday night were left lo right referee Fred Shea volunteer firefighter Gary Pickles Theta Phi member Maggie Hall volunteer firefighter Bob Lindsay and Phi vicepresident Owen By CHRIS Her lid Writer Before town council approves an off Winston Churchill Boulevard into the Croat Ian Centre south of It wants owners lo submit a comprehensive plan of development for the 160acre property In a confining debate Monday night In which Coun Sheldon called the victims of bureaucratic bungling the town general recalled that it had asked for Ihe plan several months ago when it rejected the centre bid to establish a nineacre cemetery on its property But Croatian represent alive Tony Kikas main tained that centre officials are unsure whether they should submit a land use plan as suggested by their solicitor or a plan two similar yet different documents In addition there was some confusion about whether the centre should be dealing with the town committee of adjustment or directly with council GO AHEAD Having received perm from region in August logo ahead the entranceway the centre earlier this began construction The new access about yards south of an existing driveway into the centre is per cent completed Mr acknowledged but the centre plans have been hindered recently by red tape concerning lnit region Jurisdictions Winston Churchill while separating Peel and Halton regions Is maintained by Peel Work on the new access is almost finished on the Croat an property but they must now have a culvert permit to cross the ditch between the road and the access Mr Kikas argued that the process for getting a permit is usually fast but he believes politics have been brought Into the iss ue causing Ihe delay Residents in the area who previously voiced concern about noise from ions at Ihe centre are worried the new entrance ill cause traffic problems on Churchill Lawyer James Beatty representing some resi dents living near the cen supported Ihe town demand for a plan which includes an assessment of traffic flow In and out of the during festive Al for the new access was given last year Coun Sheldon noted that construction t started this and wanted to know why centre officials didn and it was reviewed by Mr Kikas said Ihe tre is not prepared lo submit a comprehensive plan at this time Work was started he said when Ihe town s fire department expressed concern that the existing driveway leading to a house would not be safe lor heavy firt trucks in an emergency The committee later agreed that temporary work on Ihe driveway has made it usable for fire engines The general commit tee recommendation opposing the will be sent to Peel council for review later Ihls week Some councillors following Monday nights discuss ions privately expressed doubt that the towns posit ion sway a matter over which Peel has con trol HORNBY GIRL QUEEN OF THE FURROW Therewere29cnlrfeatUie Flowing Match Saturday held on land farmed by Harold and Norm Blggar at the southwest corner of Stephen Anglican Church Brian Whitfield who along OakvllleaLowerBaseLlneandTrafalgarRoad Several of thj fanners Hills Fifth Line was one of he competitors In the match antique In the competition and vying for a chance to compete later tractor or steam class Georgetown Doug McPhall won second place this month at the Plowing Match In Ontario were In this category Llmehouse Allan Cunningham claimed first place la from Hills Later lhat evening Hornby a Susan Li wa class IB expertly plowing bis Ford four rorrows