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Mercuri faces perjury charge Cbsimo Mercuri convicted of second degree murder two year ago will face perjury charge September 19 In Milton Provincial Court pleaded not guilty to the charge when be was arraigned last Wed nesday in front of provincial court Judge Douglas Latimer is accused of perjuring himself March and 1B82 during bis trial for murder in connection with the death of Howard Gibbons who died when the century old Dominion Hotel burned down in August Tannery layoffs There may or may not be a layoff at Murray Stewart of Beardmores parent company Canada Packers said notice of layoff were sent to to workers rec ently but nobody has been laid off yet He explained a shortage of orders would be the reason for any layoffs but the shortage may or may not happen 40000 rural fire Firefighters removed debris from the home of Roman and Anns Kucxkuda after a fire Fri day afternoon which caused about damage Mrs Kucikuda Is slaying with neighbors and her husband lay In gin a back room of the couples home to be near the cattle Deep snow was only one obstacle fire fighters had to contend with during a fire which destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Roman Kuczkuda of 3 Acton Friday afternoon Hills fire chief Bill Cunningham said the fire was well underway by the time the volunteers arrived on the scene at pjn on the First Line North of Five He blames a faulty chimney for the blaze which caused about to the house and an est imated to the contents Cunningham pointed out the piping from an old wood cook stove In the kitchen runs into a brick chimney which through age became faulty The Tire started in the chim ney going into the walls quickly spreading from the first floor to the second and Into the Attempts by the to extinguish the fire failed and Ihey eventually called the department Cunningham said When firefighters arrived the fire had a good hold on the inside walls and the men had to tear down the walls and open up the roof to get a the fire There were no visible flames he said The fire spread into some of the rooms completely gutting one room and causing extensive smoke and water damage throughout the rest of the house The fire chief questions whether the home can be repaired Besides the fire being in the walls Cun ningham said the fire trucks could only get within feet of the house because of the drifted snow In the driveway Hoses had to be strung from the pumper and dragged up to the house he said That compounded with the wind made firefighters operations difficult he said Firefighters were on the scene for about three hours fighting the fire and another hour cleaning up the chief said The department was also called A neighbor of the Anne Leslie says the couple maintain the fire started in the furnace and then spread to the chimney Anna according to Mrs Leslie was watching television in the living room and got up and walked through the kitchen when she heard the fire in the chimney She looked up the stairs and saw smoke Another neighbor Mrs J Artem called the fire department Mrs Leslie reported Mrs Kuczkudas is with the Leslies while her husband is staying in makeshift quarters in the house Mrs Leslie explained he has lo stay near the barn because of the cattle REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR 170 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8774173 GEORGETOWN P0NTIAC BUiCK GMC TRUCKS 338 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN 8770149 One Hundred and Ninth Year Issue ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 1984 32 Pages Thirty Cents Delegation to Formal bid for VIA starts Skating star Kevin Parker will be one or the guest skaters at his Saturdays Bob Voyage Acton Skating Carnival shows See sports for more on the carnival Actons official bid for VIA train service starts tomorrow Thursday Councillor Bonnctte Acton Chamber of Commerce president Steve Dow kin Mayor Miller and Halton Hills clerk administrator Ken Richardson are sch eduled to go to Toronto tomorrow and meet with Ray Borden VIAs vice president for the Great Lakes Region said this Is a preliminary first meeting and predicted both sides will just be feeling each other out The Acton delegation will be going armed with a lot less data than theyd like Because of the March break only of the surveys distributed by students in an Acton High School marketing course have been picked up and six of those werent fil led out properly and cant be used In tabulating results Bonnette said hes heard from some people who have surveys at home and wond ered what to do with them and he asked them to turn them over to him The Acton councillor urges anyone else who has a vey to drop it off at his store Acton Travel as soon as possible Response in the form of letters from people who didnt get a survey has been strong over at last count While analysis of the letters and surveys hasnt been completed at this writing Bon says it looks like theres at least 50 people planning to use VIA regularly if trains stop here When this issue first came up Hills council was going to ask VIA to send a rep to discuss the request that trains Inside this week Sports reporter Mark Holmes bad a busy weekend covering the rep and house lea- hockey In all he has award presentation and team photo day In continue ant month or until we finally run out The Acton heart fund drive hit Frances Cutis turns Story and photo on page Our Golden Club Is earsold See page leader Bob Rae visits Halton-Bur- lington riding Turn topagc Bl There will be a study to see If we need a See Newsmakers stop here However said they bothering with this step at least not at this stage Rotary help finance new soccer field Acton Rotary Club is helping Hills get a new soccer field this year According to the Town budget passed recently by councillors of the cost for a new soccer field to be developed on Elizabeth across from Lake view Villa will be picked up as a donation by the Rotary Club This land was acquired by Halton Hills a couple of years ago as part of a land swap with a developer In his report lo budget committee director Tom noted building the new soccer field is related to the future Creation of another lighted maor ball diamond where the existing soccer pitch in Prospect Park is located The existing pitch would be moved to Elizabeth and would be unlit and used primarily by youth soccer in Act On May demolish donutshop early as next month The Canadian Style Donuta building at the comer of Mill and Main streets could be demolished as early as next month and the aim is to have a completed parkette in its place by the end of August in time for the Leathcrtown Market and Ciderfest weekend Halton Hills doesnt acquire the building and land underneath it until April when the deal closes engineer Robert Austin ex plained Then either through advertising for tenders or calling for quotes the Town will hire a firm to demolish the building Work could begin by as soon as April but Austin know for sure now All of the ad ministration work for the demolition will be done next month He emphasized the Town has bought Just the building and not the land around It He explained the owner of the vacant lot beside the building wanted too much money for it Negotiations were broken off on acquiring the extra land Because of provisions In government grant rules Austin said the project must be completed by the start of September Thatll be touchy but thats the schedule were working towards Austin said Hargrave aid fund hits 290 The fund started last week in aid of George and Marie whose home was badly damaged in a recent fire has hit On March Pal of the Bank of Nova Scotia said there In the benefit account which had hat recently been act dp the account has swelled to P Besides the benefit food at the bank a benefit dance is also planned for the Hargraves at the Acton Legion on April There were originally three parkette concepts examined by Town staff and BIA officials but two of the concepts ore impos sible now because the extra land wasnt bought The remaining concept is in the hands of a design consultant now Austin said so more specific details will be known later Austin and chairman Ed Wood revealed the concepts will be available for viewing at the annual meeting on April at Acton Family Restaurant However Austin cautioned the preliminary design drawings may not be back from the consultant by then for unveiling While the design isnt final Ausin and Wood said they expect there will be plants and or trees a trash can some kind of park bench and interlocking paving stones in the Halton Hills has budgeted for the land purchase while part of another will be spent making that comer easier to turn now that the shop wont be there the balance of the is for pedestrian traffic signals in the intersection Hills has acquired the Canadian Style Shop building built on the land underneath The driveway and vacant land on which will be demolished to make way for a which will be either side of the building were not purchased by the Town Deny liquor permits Town gets tough with Yugoslavs Requests for liquor permits for three pic nics in June and July at the Yugoslav Centre south of Acton on Highway 25 were rejected Monday by Hills council Yugoslav official Mike Vucinic requested Town support for permits for picnics June July and July but instead the Town is informing the liquor licence board they object to the permits Vucinic said an offduty policeman will be at the centre for the picnics and promised to keep the noise a source of continual com plaints from neighbors over the past three summers as low as possible though they would have a live band and use loud speakers at the picnics He said they couldnt not have a band and loudspeakers its been part of the tradition of Yugoslav picnics in Canada for JO years He added theyd have to people at two picnics the July event and many re Spokesman for the neighbors Jim Johnson said the attitude from the Yugoslavs has consistently been that they cant keep the noise down He noted that even when a condition of a licence was no loudspeakers to be used they were used and a noise charge was laid The neighbors have been reasonable over the past three summers and theyd gone as far as we can with broken promises Johnson added if local res dents went to the Yugoslav neighborhoods and made a lot of noise it wouldnt be appreciated He urg ed no liquor permits be allowed until the Yugoslavs a better attitude There has been no indication of a willing ness to control the noise Councillor Para Sheldon was against supporting the liquor licence applications based all the past problems She recalled charges have been laid several tunes over the past two summers and while entities like witnesses not showing up resulted in no convictions everyone knew there was still excessive noise Hills was encouraging the Yugoslavs to bring their own liquor and break the law Councillor Mike Armstrong said council must attack the noise problem and not ley to deal with the problem by not granting liquor licences However both Mayor Miller and Councillor Jake Kuiken predicted that with no liquor permit and illegal drinking on the property likely the noise would be kept down so the police wouldnt have to be called to the picnics Miller added If the picnics are quiet this summer then the Yugoslavs can come back later and apply again for licences Sheldon said the only way council had to control noise as by denying liquor permits added if the police I called for noise they should go the property anyway the day picnics are held because if drinking Is taking place then another law Is being broken and charges should be laid One of the picnic dates is Fathers Day she noted and rural neighbors were entitled to peace and quiet It was time to get tough with the Yugoslavs Councillor Rick said after all the noise problems in the past The trust has been broken He said liquor licences could be considered next year if this summer is quiet Both Councillors Finn and Phil Carney wanted staff look into requiring the Yugoslavs to post a bond was sug gested and if there was excessive theyd lose the bond This would be an incen tive to keep quiet Poulstrup said since they pageIt