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Town will fence off Fairy Lake beach There win be a fence erected between the road at Prospect Park and the Fairy lake beach The beach will be enclosed and no tables will be allowed on tbe Ibis sunnier This week is separate Mayor Peter and recreation director Tom discussed minor change being made at swimming area at Fairy Lake as well as tbe municipal disposition of coroners inquest jury recommendations aimed at improving swimming area safety Last September a coroner Inquest Jury handed down 10 recommendatioas after hearing two nights of evidence about the tragic drownings last July of two little Acton boys Brent and Nick Dimlc at the Fairy Lake swimming area Evidence at inquest Indicated the boys may have been Jumping off a picnic table beyond the buoy line or swinging into deep water from willow tree branches Just before they disappeared Exactly now they came to drown was never established Both and Indicated be cause the family launched a law suit against Hills which hasn been re solved yet they t get into too many specifics Pomeroy said council some time ago re from because of the legal sensitivity of the matter the 10 coroners inquest Jury recommendations The mayor explained legal advice to the Town was thst until the litigation matter was resolved council take any action the municipality wanted to on the recommendations The coroner office was notified of this situation Once the court action is settled then conn will look at tbe recommendations said Town has received no court date for tbe suit Following minutes of deliberations the jury made the following recommendations That one additional person be em ployed to patrol the park area to ensure that park property is not being abused 2 That picnic lakes be fastened in such a manner so that they cannot be moved J Thai standard lifesaving equipment be installed in tbe beach area That tbe willow tree located at tbe eastern end of the beach be trimmed to a minimum height of feet above the water level That the fence be extended a minimum of 10 feet past Ihe buoy line preferably chain link and that an appropriate warning sign be permanently attached to the fence to indicate danger The buoy tine be attached to the fence at tbe existing post that is located at tbe water edge That the rules and regulations of the swimming area to be attached permanently to the lifeguards chair 8 Thai a set of rules and regulations be formulated specifically for outdoor open swimming areas Theserulesshould include clearing the controlled swimming area at regular intervals That search procedures be revamped to assume that the missing person is In the water until proven otherwise 10 That proper supervision be strongly encouraged in any manner Shepard said there will be no lake or wad pool supervisor procedure changes for this summer adding evidence and the Continued on page While there any Acton delegates at last week Tory contention there were a number of former residents In atten dance Former local Tory big wig Brian Carglll was there supporting eventual win ner Brian Another ex Frank Bean now chairman of Peel Region worked as a reporter at the contention Former Acton representathe In Ontario Legislature George Kerr second row hand on face was a Michael Wilson booster and here listens to his man speech Former resident Janet Collin whose parents still Ihe In this area Mas a youth delegate from her Alberta college and backed Joe Clark Press editor Cord Murray attended the convention and brought back news about numerous well known North list ton and area Tories beside these four people Turn to Newsmakers for more photos and an indeplh convention notebook TIu A METROLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER One Hundred and Eighth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE Hydro explains cost saving 1000 sign petition protesting changes He looks regal and he should be Is the top cat In Canada Judged Best Cat la Canada In the SI 83 season s Rebel called Rebel owned by Joanne Eiard of llallon Hill He accumulated 3400 points In the season making him a run away winner with twice number or points of the second place winner Photo by Anneturrie Hills Hydro Commission received a petition Friday morning by 1 Acton and area residents protesting any changes in staff and bill paying arrange at the Alice St office Commissioners explained the reasoning behind moving a staffer and computer minal head to Georgetown but didn cuss future billing arrangements beyond using a summer student in Acton for a three month trial period Mayor Peter who has proposed making arrangements so citizens can pay their hydro bills at the Town office down town starting this fall t raise his plan at the meeting Tom and Peter prcscnled the petition to the commission Last month local hydro commissioner Doug Mason and chairman Bill Smilh revealed staff proposed plans to close out billing operations in Acton as of this Sep I ember In an interview with this newspaper Smith referred repeatedly to use of a summer student as a move to phase in new changes and phase out old arrange ments They said people paying cash would have to go lo Georgetown People who pay their II by cheque would after September have to put their payment in a tray on the counter of the Alice St building or else put their payment through the letter slot Further the two commissioners said bill stubs be stamped paid in Acton after the fall cancelled cheques would serve as receipts Also there be anyone in the Acton office to handle billing questions in future people would phone Georgetown Less than a week later told councillors here had been confusion and misunderstanding on pari of the two commissioners who had talked to this newspaper thai no final decisions had been made except that the staff number and computer would leavi Acton for the Georgetown administrative office vowed as lo g as hi was mayor there would a place to pay bills in Acton and suggested would be made for pay their I ills it Town office in wild ng Thcmayor sassur ncismlnrud was looming as I if figl I a few days later about SO people attended public mett deal ng with red the meet and commission chairman Allison attended tanswermosi questions about the use of the computer need for it lo be moved o Georgetown and cost savings s or dull v many of the quest t meeting Following ittlzcns decided to a petit on calling for no staff or hill operation n Acton and 1 signatures in few Swedens nice but theres no place like home says Alanna by Helta Murray There a no place like home as 17 yearold discovered Friday when she returned after nearly a year in Sweden on a Rotary Exchange program It was an exciting opportunity for the teenager lure learned a new language and made new friends And even though she only been home a few days she I already talking about returning to Sweden and touring Europe and North America a trip home Friday was a and tiring one Stockholm to Ham burg Germany to Frankfort Toronto She admits to a few tears in the final few minutes of Ihe flight as It approached Toronto But the usual tieups at the airport seemed to vanish as she quickly went through customs and then ihe impossible both her suitcases were the first to come down Ihe luggage turnstiles Within minutes or getting off the plane she was greeting her parents sister and boyfriend and was back in Acton in an hour loved Sweden although she never quite adjusted to the unfriendliness towards strangers She explains storekeepers never smile or speak to customer not even to say hello And while waiting for buses one stands completely emotionless until the bus inside todays Free Press Red Colt pleaded ratty A rami Acta area man Jail for three months Us wife ted drags and Rearer Una rat- to mm tower officer Ms Cama S a a an ails on page a amber f people la steal ertasea this week Tan pages age and Base Gar tea- ay it m A amber af fiMti Acta ha Acta last week Tenia fag I pulls up But towards people they know Alanna said they are a warm friendly people Staying in the town of Tumba Alanna spent most of her months with the Hess family where she was adopted by the and replaced their own daughter who was also on a Rotary exchange program in It was with this family thai she spent weekends at their cottage on the Baltic sea near where mysterious submarines evaded the Swedish navy At Christ mas time she was treated as one of the family shoring all the family tlons A diet of elk and fish quickly replaced her familiar beef But she says she is very pleased to be back home with good old Canadian food Her father Alan points out her first meal back borne was Chinese food Sweden experienced tbe same mild snow less winter as In Canada However in February she did manage to go north for a few days of crosscountry skiing And her travels were not confined to Sweden She made a few tript to Finland to go shopping And March a friend Georgia spent a week with her In Sweden and tbeo pair went on to Charter England to attend Georgie a sis Easter was the last holiday spent with Hen before aba went to another fain ily The holiday much be tame as fat Canada except they take Chicken feathers dye ihem various colors and tie them birch twigs which are taken into the home In mid April Alanna and another ex change student from Mlnnestoa decided to trade families for a week They each en Joyed themselves so much they traded for the duration of their slay One Swedish custom which took her awhile to get used to was their nudity Everyone goes topless weanng the bottoms of their bathing suit only It takes some get ting used to but those not bending to the custom are the oddity The country is a lot easier about pornography than here she notes Completely fluent in Swedish in ber after almost there she was able to communicate well enough that her family stopped speaking English to her The only English she ever heard was few sion shows such as Dallas which has Swedish subtitles or British shows Her only English reading material was Time magazine and the Acton Free Press Very little Canadian news filtered into her and at for a copy of Vogue she didnt even learn how the fashion world was doing over here Television was something else re calls There were only two channels one airing from Ave to pm the other from even And every Tuesday morn tag radio station played English new for 10 minutes However she was always in school at that time so ane doesnt know Caatkeaed en Ha bone tram a year la