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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 3 FREE LOCAL DELIVERY WE HAVE COMPETITIVE PRICES FOR ALL YOUR RENOVATION PROJECTS. FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED 264 MAIN ST. N ACTON HOURS Mon-Fri. 7:00am to 6:00pm Saturday 8:00am to 4:00pm 519-853-1970 We stock a full line of Paints, Hardware, Electrical & Plumbing supplies FAX LINE: (519) 853-2542 TORONTO LINE: (416) 601-1259 Its that time of year again! Nominations with a supporting explanation to be mailed to: Citizen of the Year, c/o Acton Rotary Club Box 22, Acton, L7J 2M3 Deadline: March 17, 2007 The Acton Rotary Club is seeking nominations for Actons Citizen of the Year Meeting Monday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. Acton Town Hall Centre, 19 Willow Street North For anyone interested in joining Acton Old Town Hall Dinner Theatre To become involved with: Acting, directing, set design and/or construction, set painting, costumes, makeup, props, publicity, ticket sales, greeting/ushering, etc., etc. etc. Experience is not necessary! If you cant make this meeting, please leave a message for Mark at 853-2711 or Kathy at 853-0784 Have fun and experience the satisfaction of contributing to our town. Theatre in ActonUNSAFE CROWD: An off-duty Halton Hills firefighter said this crowd of teens, waiting to get into the Kinettes dance on Friday at Acton arena, was unsafe, and that arena staff had received a letter in the past caution- ing against allowing too many people in the hallway. Frances Niblock photo FIRST INSPECTION: Korean War veteran Dave Crook was the inspecting officer for the first official inspection of the Acton Sea Cadets at Branch 197 of the Royal Canadian Legion recently. - Submitted photo Teen dance marred by fights By Frances Niblock Fist fights among young boys abruptly ended the Ki- nettes teen dance at the Acton arena/community centre on Friday night as organizers were forced to turn up the lights and turn off the sound at 10:30, 30 minutes before the scheduled end of the popular dance that drew approximate- ly 300 kids. There were three small fights, like boom, boom, boom in a row, so we just decided to shut it down, turn on the lights and tell the kids to cool, put on their coats and wait for their parents to come at 11 oclock, Kinette Club of Acton president Paula Paul said on Sunday. Paul said fights are not common, although there are usually arguments and girls crying because their boyfriend broke up with them, but this is the first time theyve been forced to end the dance early. Paul doesnt know what they can do to prevent future fights, adding if the kids dont fight in the hall, they fight right outside in the parking lot. There is nothing we can do to prevent the fights, but we can stop them as soon as they start, and we dont allow kids to take backpacks, purses or coats into the dance, Paul said. Paul said one boy who had fought, left the dance, and an- other was made to sit and calm down until one of his parents arrived to take him home. She said they ensured that volunteers, parents of TDI (The Dance Inn) students who helped run the event in exchange for a portion of the proceeds, went out into the arena to keep an eye on the kids who didnt stay in the hall. Because of the cold weath- er, the kids were allowed to line up in the arena before the dance doors opened, and some unruly kids pushed and shoved each other and bounced off glass fronts of trophy cases and blocked the way to the leisure pad a crowd control problem that had been raised by the fire department after an earlier Kinette dance. Facility supervisor Al Hay said he was at the arena at 7 p.m., and the Kinettes were doing a pretty good job of keeping the pathway open so people could get back and forth. Was there free flow? No, there wasnt, but it wasnt worse than when weve had major events on the ice, Hay said on Monday, adding hell talk to the Kinettes about increasing their visibility, and having more volunteers to help with crowd control, to keep things as safe as we can. Acton firefighters could not determine why a carbon monoxide detector sounded at 3:21 last Tuesday after- noon at a Division Street residence. Drunk charged A 21-year-old Milton man has been charged with five offenses, including impaired driving causing death, in the traffic death of a former Acton post office worker, Michael McDonald of Orangeville. McDonald was killed in a head-on crash on Highway 25, south of Campbellville Road on February 2. The accused suffered minor injuries. False alarm?