Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 15, 1983, p. 5

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Police beat Officers nab suspect A 43yearold Acton man charged with theft under after he was observed by police carrying pieces of lumber out of Toronto Company on Wallace Si Saturday at 11 IS pin Police say the lumber is valued at Three youths aged and have been charged with theft over in connection with the theft of a truck cap Police observed the men carrying the cap out of loth Motor on Queen St Friday at All were charged with possession of stolen property in addition to the other charge A 17yearold Acton youth was confronted by a of angry youths after he got into a scuffle early Friday morning on Brock St The youth and a friend were walking along Brock St when they saw two males throw around ten speed bicycle Police say a scuffle ensued when the yearold tained scratches and bite marks to his arms Near Main and Brock St he was ap preached by a brown pickup truck with occupants The IT yearold youth and his friend ran to a home on Main St South followed by their attackers who pounded on the door and smashed a window Police estimate damage to be about A 29yearold Acton male has been with common assault level one in con with a domestic dispute on Main St North Saturday evening In which a female victim was pushed twice Police say there was also damage to the furniture A Union Jack flag worth about was stolen from a porch of a residence on Mill St East sometime overnight Friday Police say a rock was thrown through a window allowing thieves to get Into the porch There was damage About I LOO in damage was caused In a domestic dispute on Kingham ltd Sunday morning police say There were no injuries in the dispute A 17 year old Rock wood youth was charged with trespassing at the Acton High School Friday morning Police responded to a domestic complaint on PI Saturday evening but there were no injuries or damages reported A 38yearold Toronto man was charged with Impaired driving Monday June at 10 12 p m on Holmesway Place Nine people were charged with liquor lated charges over the weekend in Acton Eight of them were males one was female A mailbox was damaged possibly with a sledgehammer sometime overnight Satur day police say Damage to the mailbox at a residence at RR Acton is estimated at ISO A toilet was ripped apart in the mens washroom at Olympia Restaurant on Queen St sometime overnight Sunday Damage is estimated at A Acton man was arrested Tuesdcy at 1259 while drinking in the Sit Bull Pub He was charged with being Intoxicated in a public place At 15 that same evening a 37yearold man was arrested in Prospect Park and charged with being drunk in a public place At that day a yearold male was charged with driving a motor vehicle with liquor readily available on Mill and Frederick St Police are looking for a suspect in his after someone kicked In the door window at the Bank of Nova Scotia Monday The suspect is approximately feet toll pounds with blonde shoulder length hair Damage to the door was about About in damage resulted after some one scratched the entire left side of a Mazda while it was parked in a drive way on Brock St Police say two mate juveniles were found to be responsible About in cash was taken from an Elu Drive residence June 3 sometime bet ween noon and The Investigation is continuing About was lifted from a pair of pants hanging the locker room of he gym at Acton High School Thursday morning Vandals knocked over the Acton Curling sign and a spotlight and tried to pry open screen windows Monday evening No entry was gained Into the building but damage Is estimated at Police responded to a domestic dispute on Main St North Monday evening but no were reported A yearold girl escaped with minor injuries after the horse she was riding reared up then Tell on top of her at noon hour Sunday Police say Karen Baylls was riding in the woods near First Line opposite the Breezes Trailer Park when the horse reared and fell Greg Waller got a rare chance to sit in and Jeff Patterson of Ace Arrollghti worlds most advanced ultralight ultralight Saturday at the library hi ere on hand to answer questions about the Red Cole pleads guilty A suspected romance between an Acton mans wife and a friend of the family sparked the husband to bring out his rifle court has been told Edwin Red Cole of Cameron St strongly suspected hat a family friend and Coles wife Dorothy were having an affair said defence lawyer Terry during Coles provincial court trail in Milton Thursday Cole pleaded guilty to he charge of possession of a weapon dangerous lo the public peace The Crown withdrew another charge pointing a firearm at his wife and the family friend on May IB A presentence report has been ordered by the court for June when Cole who has been custody since the evening of the incident was arrested The friend brought a sixpack of beer along when he visited the Coles In their home the afternoon of May 18 When that beverage ran out more beer was obtained Around dinner hour a dispute between Cole and the others broke out A 23 calibre MossBerg rifle was taken by Cole in the house According to a statements of facts read by assistant Crown Attorney John Ayre Cole pointed the weapon at he man and woman and threatened lo shoot them Both managed to escape the house and the wife telephoned police For about threeandahalf hours that evening and Into the next morning members of the police Tactical and Rescue Unit surrounded the house Residents on Cameron St were asked to leave their homes and those who refused were assigned an officer to stay with them until the In ended Police also blocked off some nearby streets Attempts to communicate with Cole failed Police resorted to using a bull horn because there was no telephone in the house To get Coles attention police let off a very loud fire cracker over top of the house No shots were fired during the incident and soon after police had the man in custody A search of the home turned up the rifle which according to the defence lawyer had no bolt Tiring pin or ammunition The Crown indicated that he had concerns about Mrs Coles safety and also that he would be seeking a Jail term for Cole The defence wished to have the sentencing take place on the same day as the trial because Cole has been in custody for days The marriage appears to be at an end said Shaughnessy Before Judge William postponed the sentencing he ordered that the 22 calibre rifle be destroyed and also banned Cole from owning a firearm ammunition or explosive for five years students examine some of the many home computer on display the schools computer fair last Wednesday evening Guilty pleas remands for 1 3 charged in bust A rural Hills man has pleaded guil ty to trafficking in a narcotic and similar charges against his wife have been dropped Richard and Noreen Pester Milton were each charged with one count of trafficking in a Hal on- wide drug bust which arrested Two other Hal ton Hills men and a man were also charged was sentenced to three months In jail on one count of trafficking recently Milton Provincial Courl Federal Prosecut or Angclo Serafini later withdrew the against Mrs Pester The courl was told she sold four ounces or marijuana to an undercover agent after receiving Instructions from her husband lo proceed with the deal He was not home at the time when she sold the drugs but during a telephone call to her he told her to go ahead with the sale The value of the drug was estimated SI Richard Baker IB of charged one count of possession of marijuana has also pleaded guilty and received a fine He is also due appear in court on other drug conspiracy charges A yearold Milton Hallon Hills man Timothy Co pel and will stand trial three counts of trafficking in three counts of theft over two counts of use of a stolen credit card two counts of tiering a forged document two counts of forgery two counts of imperson one count of attempted theft and one count of possession of stolen property Glen Edwin of Highway Halton Bowen Continued from page I that is news about English speaking countries or Swedish news read in English But it was refreshing that television and radio had no commercials being govern ment funded Video Cassette recorders are popular The music is mainly New Wave bands and clothing styles are very up to Transportation is mainly via trains buses and subways And with gas cents a litre its a little wonder Cars are mainly Mercedes Sabs and Volvos Drivers also drive with their headlights on hours a The high schools are unique Alan n a says A student can enter the school and come out fully trained to be a nurse teacher etc by taking he necessary training while in secondary school She herself graduated from the second level of the three level structure Now hat shes home Alanna plans to just take It easy for the summer and look for a job in the fall Shes go no plans Tor university or college Shes been bitten by the travel bug and has to take the necess medication to get cured But for now she says Its good just to be back home in her own bed her own family Meanderings by Mabel E It was a soggy Monday morning I began by the Indoor plants The outside ones already had too much rain My spirits lifted when I saw a beautiful white flower on my gardenia plant A month ago I was almost ready to throw It away as it was losing leaves and looked miserable Just by chance happened to read an article saying lhat If a person lived In a hard water area to give gardenias and azaleas some vinegar It suggested adding two tablespoons of vinegar to a quart of water and pouring a cupful or so around the base of he every Iwo or three weeks until It perked up I did so In addition to giving It of water nearly every day It began to improve soon after and as I said I wos rewarded with a gorgeous bloom today Yang St Aetna are pleased net Use of their tan Donald Brace Coats tram of a May a Dm received Us Bachelor f Mathematics degree with a Beilnrsi in Ike CMp He Is employed wilt Hewlett- Packard Ltd hi grata ted IImohi Mathematics wtlh a Chartered the She presently Ben Van Fieri Mr and Mr John KHcalag alt are pleased to the graduation af their Coats from the are happy f their mm Richard Alexander the University f WaterlM with a See la wife Cent Jacob Dratf sea of Mrs Drntf and the tale Klaaa Droll with frem the University Gaetpa with to Doctor Veterinary Medicine degree A af Cen tennial CVI toCaetph heh saw la private practice hi Oatarie Hills charged with conspiracy to trafficking In narcotics and trafficking narcotics pears in court July 1 1 lo set a date for rial Milton people charged are Robert Deslaurier charged with six counts of ticking one count of conspiracy lo raffle in narcotics and one count of conspiracy to raffle In a restricted drug will appear in court July 11 to set a date for his pre hearing Gary McGuire 1G facing five counts of break and enter one count conspiracy to traffic in a restricted drug and one count of trafficking in a restricted drug appears in court June to set a date for trial Robert Brlnkman charged with one count of use of a stolen credit card Is tried June Christine Jones faces a forgery charge trial August Remanded to July to set a date for trial were Alan Cooper charged with one count trafficking In narcotics Donald Brent Pickett 19 one count of trafficking Mark Wesley Bennett one count of possession of stolen properly and one count of possession of marijuana Clifford Bill 21 one count of conspiracy to traffic in can nabis resin all of Milton Melon Mark this weekend If you like good old fashion fun On Saturday the Nassagaweya Community School Association Is having a community fun fair from I o p There will be handmade crafts home baking puppet shows pipe bands and many activities designed especially for the childrens enjoyment The fair will be held at Brookville pub lie school on the Guelph Line And then Sunday music lovers are in to attend a supper concert at the Band Hall from to 10 p where the Acton Citizens Band will piny favorites Folks are invited to bring picnic suppers and sit under he shade trees and enjoy fine music good food and hopefully nice weather Tables and chairs will be provided Memoirs of John Henry Haines Root have been presented to the Wellington County Museum and Archives by John Root of Erin Township In memory of his ancestors The Root family ancestors left Switzer land in he the Brethren later called Mcnnonltes for religious liberty in the German Palatinate They left Ger many for that same reason in going to Bucks County Pennsylvania a British colony at that time The British Queen Anne assisted them and thousands of other people who wanted religious liberty Stalls who was a Loyalist came lo Clinton Township in the Beam villeareo in the 1770s Henry Rod Root came to Canada in 1799 and married Mary Overhold the daughter of Slatts They are buried in the Beam lie Bap tist Cemetery Henry and Marys oldest son was John Roots greatgrandfather John Roll who with his Nancy Mrs Mathew Smith and their families were living in Erin Township together with other pioneers several years before the Ciiy of Guelph was founded John and Nancy and a brother Isaac and many of their descendants are buried in the Conlngsby Cemetery Early this year freshman Councillor Rick Bonnet te in his first real address to council raised concerns about the care of our Fairy Lake fowl particularly the swans It a lot of laughs the council table and out in the community His stand was also staunchly supported by many in Acton who dont care for them that much but realize It Is an important part of this community But did you know the birds ducks and geese in particular are performing a valuable service to the tax pa era Every summer when its hot algae forms on the surface of the huge pond at the sewage treatment plant The taxpayers never have to pay staff or for wear and tear on equipment or for power for the equipment to have this algae removed The birds eat it up Regional stair during their open house at the sewage plant recently made a point of drawing our attention to the valuable service the birds perform adding that their service makes up for the fact the grounds are also covered by their droppings Id its worthwhile keeping our fowl population healthy and ha Just to they can clean that pond Georgetown Acton Wednesday June Editors desk Irani pan sound like he remembered vaguely mentioning such an idea when they talked just momenta before but lug firm had been arranged no details were nailed down Well on tbe road to victory he still pr lo be evasive Instead of straightforward I cant see going to Mutrooey unless he had a firm deal considering how passionate the owner is about bis proposal The deal was made have no doubt about that So why would play games afterwards Mulroney talks well but never seems to much or commit himself to anything He has style charm looks and charisma no more charisma than Id say Im Ted up with those qualities Mulroney isnt just dreadfully inexperienced I fear a fake a facade I want politicians who lell it straight no matter how painful the news may be I want honesty and humility I want a person not an illusion and an image This country has had enough of the old tried but increasingly no longer true method of playing political games with people Mulroney wos number three of the big three In Ottawa with his speech much lower in the policy sessions Hell His victory add the one he left the hall to write dldnl inspire me a bit Sure Clark would lose I stationed myself In his end for the final ballot results to ace the reaction Mixed In with the gloom was lots or bitterness even hate and contempt After the convention a lot of Mulroney boosters seemed subdued like they were pondering if Ihey d makde a mistake Forget the scene on the stage or outside caucus Monday or in the House later the same day Mulroney faces a big unity problem bigger I suspect than if Clark had returned and certainly much larger than had Crosbie won And the Liberals who are admittedly preiiy bright men must be rubbing their hands with glee waiting their chance to make mincemeat of so shallow Mulroney I expect Trudoau will be staying on for some time more just can make a fool of Mulroney on the evening news on a regular basis The federal election wont lake place until 1985 1 believe theyll want to give Mulroney lots rope and time hang himself The Tories picked him because of two factors There was a big antiJoe feeling and some PCs felt the only way they can win a majority is by picking a Never mind someone bilingual to many only a would do I think if its Mulroney versus Turner the PCs could find themselves with more seals in Quebec but fewer in the resl of the country So why didn win In Quebec the language Issue wasnt as big a deal as It was In English Canada one French journalist lold me This chap after hearing French at the convention speculated he poor man has been trying to learn the language all along but with his accent the best joke I heard was Crosbie doesnt speak either official language it has been tough slugging However this journalist thought thai while a French was labored and ft was understandable and his economic platform and genuineness could carry him In Quebec In an election ially if his French Improved Ive always believed the notion hat Joe for all his faults really believed In the party and Canada first After Ottawa I not so sure Following the second ballot when his strength hadnt grown a bit fewer people had voted second ballot and Joe was down slightly everyone In the room save maybe Joe and Maureen and a Tew advisors knew he wouldn and couldnt win Crosbles people v ere telling the CI kites that il dldntmattcr even If Crosbie went to Joe most of them wouldnt follow and It wasnt bull They meant it They were right too If Joe knew he couldnt win but stayed on anyway It can only be because he didnt care to whom he handed he party He knows both Mulroney and Crosbie well he knew whod be a better replacement but maybe he didnt care who took over if It couldnt be him Now did Joe hand the parly over to Mulroney so he could sit In the bushes and wait for a future rebirth If so it was not only foolish but despicable Or did Joe really believe a miracle could happen mat he could win on he final If so its just another example of his stupidity which he evidenced along with some admir able qualities repeatedly during the past seven The other thing which did Crosbie in besides Joe not giving up when il became evident he win was when half the field quit after he first ballot Had Wilson stayed he probably wouldnt have been below votes after the second ballot so he could have stayed for he third Clarks team did a good Job holding heir etc for the third ballot but I doubt they could have held off the hard charging Crosbie for a fourth ballot The Clark team had tough enough a time pulling it off on the third ballot Clark supporters would have seen further Joe slippage and I think enough might have bailed out after the third ballot Crosbie would have beat Mulroney on a fifth ballot Crosbie and he ABM movement needed one more ballot to get going and overtake Clark Anyway despite my strong reservations Im willing to wall and watch Maybe I m wrong I have been lots of times Maybe the man does have substance maybe his isnt something like a Trudeau of 15 years ago all style and not much to back It up Maybe now that he Is office hell start being straight with people Maybe he isnt a Grit in blue robes which comparing the very moderate of 1S7S with the right winger of today think he really la One things sure the next couple of years of Canadian politics will be verrry interest ing I can hardly wait for the Liberals to pick a new leader 111 be applying for press credentials watch it all unfold no matter where Its held Besides after years of hearing how Its only the Tories who fight among them selves that only Tories hold Im looking forward to seeing a good Liberal fight I figure a of Mood be spilled if the

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