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footnotes office supplies furniture j Two locations to serve you better 2282 4168570445 GEORGETOWN BOLTON Guclph Sum Haley RaJ Onuno The Halton Hills HERAL Fendley Florists Thinking about your Christmas Party Call us for all your floral needs 211 ST GEORGETOWN CENTRE FREE DISTRIBUTION 36 PAGES Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 SATURDAY NOVEMBER 3rd 1990 By ELIZABETH the Herald Two Acton Councillors and many other area residents are wondering how things got so out of control on Tuesday night when to 200 young people caused what was described as a not at Mill Street and Main The young people who began to assemble at hurled pumpkins and eggs at passing pedestrians and vehicles The group did not clear out until about midnight They literally took over the town said Councillor Rick Bon who was returning from a meeting in Georgetown when he passed through the area at about One Acton man has been with property damage under and another man is charg ed with assault after yelling obscenities at a police officer and throwing coffee on him Five infraction notices were also issued at the scene which resulted in police officers from Milton Oakvillc and Hills being called to the scene When Councillor Bonnett travelling wilh Councillor Norm Elliot arrived at the intersection two police cruisers he said were on the scene In all fairness their cruisers were pelted with eggs Once they left it was Police literally abandoned downtown to the troublemakers said Councillor Elliot speculating that the officers had to call for backup and regroup The road was covered with pumpkin and egg mush making driving conditions hazardous noted Counc Elliot Cars couldn t stop properly at the intersection he said The town workmen did a super job of cleaning it up he added Councillor is concern about the cost of the clean up to the taxpayers Town employees had to come out early in the morning and work until 30 a to remove all the debris By 7 a it was spotless said Mr Bonnette Both politicians got out of the car and tried to reason with the crowd when they saw what was going on Their language was pretty ripe said Elliot who was showered with eggs in suits and pumpkins I got drilled in the back of the head with a pumpkin exclaim Counc Personally I m kind of disgusted remarked Counc Elliot concerned about what residents from neighboring towns who witnessed the scene would think about Acton If a pumpkin bounced off your car what would you think he asked It started out as a bit of a lark speculated the Councillor and turned fairly ugly Coun Bonnette promised that police will be made to explain why the situation got so out of control Area residents are fed up concluded Mr Elliot referr ing to a similar but not as serious n incident that happened last year Development company taken to court the Herald The development firm Hills Development Corporation was expected to plead quilty Thursday at a Milton Court hear In connection with the con struction of a Stewarttown sub division said the town lawyer Allan Kogon The final outcome of the hear ing t available at press time The town s building inspector John Holmes laid the charges earlier this summer after finding that 22 houses on Thompson Drive Court and Har Place in Stewarttown had numerous building deficiencies In my years of experience this is an abnormal situation construction practices carried out in this subdivision are not nor found in the industry said Mr Holmes at the lime of laying the charges The charges were laid under the province s building code water resources act and planning act Some of the more serious defi ciencies common to most of the houses included improperly built fireplaces A situation that if not corrected could have caused fires in the houses Under the direction of he town the Region and the province new Home Warranty Program the deficiencies in all of the houses have been corrected or are being corrected said Mr Holmes A similar number of charges had also been laid against each of the company s two principal owners Byron Dailey and Mike Latreille But as part of the deal worked out between Mr Kogon and the lawyers for these two men the town has dropped the charges laid against Mr said Mr Kogon The town also dropped all of Ihe charges except four laid against Mr he said Mr won be charged because he was only a laborer on the site he had no managerial authority explained Mr Kogon Mr only became a prm ciple of company after his father Bob Latreille died half way through the construction of subdivision But the son wasn given any supervisory authonty said Mr Kogon Mr won be charged on Page Theatre contest Globe Productions fall musical extravaganza Guys and Dolls will be taking to the stage at Georgetown John Elliott Theatre shortly and the Hills Herald is offering readers a chance to win sets of two tickets to three performances Simply find the box with the dice hidden in the Herald see Page Armed standoff in Acton An officer from the Tactical Rescue Hamilton Gueiph and Hills police helps police at the scene where a hour standoff in forces ended tragically Thursday morning Police drama ends tragically By ELIZ the Herald A 15 hour police drama ing Hamilton Gueiph and Halton Hills forces ended in tragedy early Thursday morning when a 29 year old Acton man was found in his house with what appeared to be a self inflicted wound cording to a police spokesman Halton Hills Police Staff In Richard in a press conference held Thursday morn confirmed that William An drew Frank was found at 30 a m with a gunshot wound to the head from a 303 calibre rifle in his residence at 1st Line and 22nd Sideroad The man who was wanted by OPP for failing to appear in court Oct 26 to face charges of uttering death threats was spot ted Wednesday loading a rifle while driving his car said the In spector Police tracked him down to his Acton home and surrounded the area at about 12 30 p Wednes day afternoon A member of his family had told Gueiph OPP earlier that if they tried to go in to capture him they would be involved in a shootout and they would be hurt said the Halton Hills police report The area surrounding the house was cordoned off and four families were restricted from entering their homes A Tactical Rescue Unit surrounded the area A trained telephone negotiator began communicating with the man at who by this time had barricaded himself in his farmhouse with his 4 year old son and parents The parents and young boy were later released unharmed At 7 p a noise similar to a door slamming was heard by tical officers who by this point had managed to get much closer to the house under cover of darkness according to Inspector Kivell It was then that tion stopped Police attempted a thunder flash a loud exploding noise to try and initiate activity in the darkened house At am tear gas was thrown into the in tenor of the house and this met with no response At about 1 a m further at tempts were made to evoke a response from the man including verbal requests to comeout Police continue to assume the man was alive and were reluc to send officers into the house because Mr Frank was considered armed and dangerous said Inspector Kivell The police avoid potentially dangerous contact in such situa that might endanger the police at large and send their peo ple such a situation only as a last resort At 30 a m a robot equipped with a remote control camera was sent into the house by Hamilton Regional Police but complications arose and the unit malfunctioned Sometime after a m of ficers entered the residence and found the deceased lying on the couch with the bullet wound to the head Coroner Ian Macintosh was called to the scene The tion is continuing An Inside Look Steamer 11 Rural 3 Seniors 12 Fire Cats 3 Sports 1316 Business 17 Environment 6 Pictures Food 7 Youth 20 Editorial 8 Births 21 Weir Deaths 21 Letters 9 2122 Columns 9 DialAPro