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An Acton doctor with photographers ambi- tions takes purr-fect shot. See Page 4. Your Hometown Newspaper Volume 9 No. 29 Thursday, July 20, 2006 THE NEW Newstand Price 40 + GST Whats Inside Etobicoke swimmer drowns in lake By Frances Niblock Why 32-year-old Harvey Sheppard of Etobicoke drowned after disap- pearing under the cooling waters of Fairy Lake at 3:48 on Saturday af- ternoon remains unclear, but Halton police said a post mortem confirmed the man drowned. Sheppard died in Georgetown hospital 12 hours after searchers police, family members and other swimmers found his body in eight feet of water about 15 minutes after he went missing. Police said Sheppard, who was in Prospect Park with eight fam- ily members, including his parents, daughter and in-laws, set out to swim across the lake from the Old Beach. He made it to the Cameron Street side, turned around and was about 40-feet from shore when he disappeared. Halton Acting- Detective Seargant Bob Andrews said its up to the Cor- oners Officer to decide if an inquest will be held into Sheppards death. Halton Police investigate drowning Address Local Toll Free Parts Hotline Email 357 Queen St. E. Acton 519-853-0200 1-866-620-3248 519-853-5613 info@achillesmazda.caServing Halton Hills with Pride since 1973 $ million job centre for Acton Environmental scan identified need in Acton By Frances Niblock Unemployed Acton area residents wont have to leave town to try to find work when the new Acton Employment Resource Cen- tre opens in September on Mill Street. Service Canada, the em- ployment service delivery arm for Human Resources Development Canada, has contracted Halton Hills Community Support and Information (HHCSI) to open and run the centre for two years, with a budget of $548,701. Service Canadas acting- manager of employment, Dal Swackhammer, said the centre will offer a complete range of self-directed job search resources, including free use of computers and software, FAX machines, telephones, and one-on-one counselling. Swackhammer said an environmental scan in 2004 identified the need for employment services in various communities in Halton and Peel, including Acton. Since then, Service Can- ada has contracted with various local organizations to open and operate Em- ployment Resource Centres Continued on page 2 VICIOUS STORM: Monday evenings brief but vicious storm which hit this area split trees and caused brief power outages. The storm tore three maple trees on the McDonald Blvd. property of Ron Birrell shown cleaning up. The fierce wind and rain caused a lot more damage in Erin where power was off for hours. - Frances Niblock photo Media circus over grannys pickle Two Acton women say they are sorry for leaving their 97-year-old relative in a sweltering vehicle while they shopped at a Burlington mall on Saturday, and that it was an innocent mistake. We take very good care of her would she be 97 if she wasnt be- ing cared for? Weve been looking after her for 16 years. If I was going 97-year-old locked in car in high heat to harm her, I would have done it 16 years ago, Bonnie Bouclair, 60, said on Monday as she professed her in- nocence and her love for her mother, Phyllis Arnott. Halton police said Arnott had been in the locked SUV, a GMC Envoy, for about an hour with temperatures reaching 50C when a passerby noticed her distress and called 911. Arnott, dehydrated and incoherent, was being loaded into an ambulance when Bouclair and her daughter, Kimberly Bouclair, 36, came out of the store. Continued on page 3 Rent-A-Car Daily Weekly Monthly 856-0000 286 Alma Street, Rockwood ILLAGE 387 Queen St. East, Acton 336 Guelph St. Georgetown 905-877-0149 Georgetown Chrysler Dodge Jeep georgetownchrylser.com An Acton Air Cadet takes his first solo flight. See story on Page 16. Rockwood vets have been cleared of wrong doing in death of Acton Dalmatian. See Page 10.