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Tourism rose 1n the county Tourism use four per cent in Simcoe County in 1975 to 74 300000 visitors The rise was unusual for many areas of the proiince experien ced drop in tourist visitors last year said Boyd Robertson director of the Huronia Tourist Association Reduced visits by Americans as cited for tit decline This was caused by increased gaso Eitte prices and the general leth argy of the economy In tourist areas heavily de pendent on Americans they had little problem he said Our directors sensed this trend in the spring and SWitched the focus of their advertising from the States to southern Ontario The four per cent increase was entirely due to more Can adian visitors to the area he said Plans for the 1976 tourist sea son are similar as conditions south of the border dont look very bright BICENTENNIAL He said the American bicen tennial celebrations two nomin ation conventions and general election wil keep many Ameri cans at home again this sum me The HRA has 400 members this year up trom 325 the year before Its budget stayed about the same at $146000 Of this the provincial govern ment contributes $30000 while the member municipalities of Barrie Orillia and Simcoe Coun ty provided $47000 Membership fees provided $25000 of the operating costs The remainder was raised thr ough various promotions and ad vertising programs run by the HTA We dont ju€t sit back like so many of the tourist associa tions and wait for people to give us money Mr Robertson said We get out and earn our money The HTA is the biggest and most active in the province he said The association was formed in 1968 to coordinate tourist prom otion Barrie Ys Men committed to The Barrie Mens Club will raise $14300 over the next three years as ts contribution to the Slmillion aoditon to the Barre YMYWCA were committed to the building campaign club presi dent Mike Fowler said All our money is going to that To raise this money the club held beer garden and dance at the Keg House during the Bar rie Winter Carnival and th Kempenfest Regatta in the sum mer In the early winter is held very successful skate and ski exchange at Molsons ark where it colleced about $750 he said The clubs biggest moneyrais er has always bcen its Ice Out Contest This is the ourth year for the popular contest in which gut ted automobile is placed on the ice of Kempenfclt Bay WC grew in Il years to be come one of the foremost in the province he said Were working hard to hold our end up and feel were doing it Its circulation of maps of Sim coe County denotlltg sites of in terest and rental accommoda tions for tourists has risen to 100000 Also its directory of tourist facilities busincscs and indus tries in the county is bigger than ever before NEW PROMOTION The HTA is also on the verge of breaking revised lluroniu hospitality promotion program he said Its now at the massive winter recreation campaign aimed at attracting skiers and snowmobilch from Toronto and liamilton into the area We ran an $3000 to 300000 advertising program in the two cities and the results so far are encouraging he said Most of the winter resort operators are tcporling mush better winlct than last years he said The people at Blue Mountain Ski Re ort and Horse shoe Valley rho Ive talked to recently are just delighted Improved weather conditions are partly responsible for the in creased winter activity in the area The lll has staff for four Aizp nlc sistant manager lid llarpcr field teplcscniutiu urI Tutiy Crooks secretary and office manager The association is now part of an organimfion composed of two others chy Bruce Tourist Association and the District of Muskoka This trawl as0clalion was formed to liliit allvantngc of gov ernment grants but in no way threatens the autonomy of the HTA he said The associuion is comprised of board of 12 directors elec ted by the members and aldcr men from each city live conn ty councillors and reprccnta the from each of the countys nine chambers of cmnmcrcc Club addition The club sells tickets bcuvtn times in two ccoml calibrations and the holder of the lickct with the time CIOSLSi to the illllC the cur sinks wins $500 jackpot About $1300 is raised from this event annually lr owlcr said The club is plunnn to bring bizname cnicttuinct to end of time full Luis the city this wu en tund taisiitg venturt Some ycurs um uicil it brought cuunlr lull7 snuci Tommy lluntc 31200 profit which was used on community pticl it wiid Barrie people cully vcsponl to that type of thingunl thats here we have been most sur LCsilli in tho The club lll mod active members Mr Fowler said idling it new oncs are always needed to kccp lhc otgu nization active and thriving EVERGREENS SHRUBS ALL SIZES OF SHADE TREES ROSES PERENNIALS VEG FLOWER SEEDS have beautifully land scoped home Keeping Till EXECUTIVE oi the Barrie branch of the Ontario Humane Society for 1976 was elected recently From the left are shown Al Froom pre As more work of humane society increases More people ho recently moved Into city apartments and condominiums arc being forced to give up their pets and are turning them over to the Barric animal shelter operated by the Ontario Humane Society So says shelter manager Mat ian Fell who adds that she ex pects the trend will continue as more Of this type of accommo dation is built in tln city The total ntnnbcr of unimztls that passed through the lutter son Road shelter dropped this your to 4507 from 4900 the pre ill your hc ulti Regional Library System sidenl Phil Moody immed iate past president Roy Mack lem correspondence secret ary Edie Madigan first vice president Lyn Hewitt treasurer Nanny llall record ing secretary and Bob Steph enson second vicepresid ent The animal shelter needs oral money apartme nts rise in city Ncw homes were found for 970 of the 1000 animls brought to the ilCitCl by people no longer able to keep them she said This figure includes 522 fully grown logs 533 pups and 911 cats There were 1710 abandoned animals brought to the shelter in 1975 Of these 477 were adopt cd and 282 were cluimcd by their owners ilC said Animal con olliccrs brought in 905 stray dogs These were found roaming Barrie streets the Village of Creemotc ttnugu Ucuch VCFlllil lownsliip In UIdll Many of liu animals found in Initislil and brouchl in to thc silII shoulzl Essa townships wcrc espiurul not hun bxn born in liic first by township employees and place 31 gt Icil stlcssrd turned over to the shelter Of the strays 544 wcrc clunn CI by their owners and 110 um adopted The sheltcr has the Ontario Humane lilditionul funds are raised lo clly by holding tug day lhc salt of provincial lottery tickets and other fundraising ventures through lhc your led to increased quality The quality of library service in the counties of Simcoe tilcy Bruce and Dutvcrtn has increas cd dramatically sWc the cslub lilimcnl of tho itilill liar licgttonal Library gtIl1ll 1000 Formed for the purpose of pro moting coopcruion among mcm Il libraries hc lthionnl bury Syslcm flan dvvclopctl into coordinuling iltl support or gumzuion for 72 public librar its and library bmrrl lll lour counties ll llnoib 31w ttciouul system that network Ll iilttillliut old ihiitffi enabling library Ui5 in Mtiy small lo and liiilLZC Ill lhc region to tiny mrmiub from mm low wly il brnric both within the urea and lvcn moi lcvcncc lllccions ntvoss unmiu Suvtn illllllilli lliiix ic but yovcd it icilibluij loan in Itllili in IEITB number ital ancrcmcd to mow than 10000 lhc titorglun lj IifLiulli biuvy System il Iltlll instru mcnlul in llllillll bz vol tlllltt lliitfllilll illili by the main lllrmi II Inc lflr llt Orillu HII flatn Sliliiii ll iitli iIL le IlI ii Cduliiflil programs lor library stalk in lltyclltini libruiitu on lil villtll lit iilt il 23w and for rcsctutloi scty lxCs llncc Indian lIl introducing tics the public In December i008 tln region lI board approval tar orblllish own of 11 sctiivl loduv 10mm films are available front awry library the l1ill for 0w by community groups and in uiiidtluis lhc nicdn progrcs it film colic Mm crustonly being llijllLJtI mil nplutml Illma mi 1111 Illllllll of tho Iitlilll lnocmcnl with llltllltllilli itiuclul Ioihy li brary llrl imxc actw 0mm itill Illlilit and IIt counties and ctpiiptncnl ulco particu iuii will or lowitii arcu for librutxm lfill Liturc lhrouuh its first 10 yours the horizon libtt Itn lli viiiiiutl lhc uc lpiplmn ol twiimlun tiiulciiul un the of nincrinlx lot the lvnodimppml il lllitliilrll ul llkii books hu bccn purchase by the mm llnt links arc uiuil ablc by nilcililnury ioun to any iiil Ililfi Oiiltl with which lllllI pm of v11rtntti lniIi For people with only ill2li sight handi cap largo print hook att avcil lblc IHIvil itlmiibj groups are in iil gorml lHlI xi III flil WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE MECHANICAL TREE PLANTING LANDSCAPE DESIGN CIL WILSON CHIPMAN ALLIED GARDEN PRODUCTS with little help from your friends tit INSTANT HADE GARDEN CENTRE Big Bay Pt Rd Mile East Of Hwy II South 726001 wracd through trench and loin ciun language book lltiitiCi by the rcgionul syslemlt ulnl the interior ol muny libruricx fliifliiwl of illfllitlll by Poslirs and art prints tilvlllulml by tile ilsillll scvcn time employees who are puid by young cn cure of by their owners full Society ison when taken collections ptcvcnl thcm bring bictl new incinerator costing sev thousand dollars and isnt sure how to raise lExamitte Photol it the animals chuic cut and ring in iiioty 1L uic not bcing properly talc lhcy eitlicr should be spayed or kept indoor and under supcr walks to busy for hospital Things were busier than usual at Royal Victoria Hospital in 1975 Again year and statistics show admissions births emer gencies and operations were up trom the previous year There were 10510 admissions 1093 births 42243 emergencies 5062 operatioons in the 313bed hospital over the year assistant adminitrator Ted Long said These figures although up were not as great an increase as between 1973 and 74 In that year admissions and emergencies jumped by about 10 per cent As well the total operating costs of RVH rose to about $95 million for the year Mr Long said ItVll does each year what has always done only more of it Mr Lont said llc said growth continues at lhc present ates throught will have in be givrn to increasing the number of beds Rapid populition growth not only in lhc city but also in the gtllllllllltiillg area which the hos pith scvves too accounted for mused pctville ltVll is already the largest Iipitztl in Sweet County and employs full time staff of 611 ol which 38 are doctors lls board of dl€CiOFS was ask cd this ycar by the Ontario Min istry of Health to consider join year tngin district beam with hospitals and medical atti ilities in all of Simcoe Dainty and Muslmka Th formation of man ad vistory body woutd reduce over all costs of medical services by increasing efficiency and elimin sting duplication the board was told Although board members didnt omnmit itself to joining the proposed district health com cil most reacted favorably to the suggestion and requested addi tional information from the mili istryof health district health council would oversee the operations of all hospitals within its made and co ordinate all aspects of health care Mr 1mg said authoring sions have been increasing over the past five years the mug length of stay has been decrea ing due to better medal ted niques and better pd GRIP tion physiotherapy The average length of stay now is nine days Patients are encouraged to get up and aromd sooner Mr Long said Health services have been ini proved at RVH yearly he said pointing out the recent lflflonb of complex Xray equipment and an automatic blood analy ser NORTHERN SALVAGE and DISPOSAL Under New Management Our spcciully is giving our best and fastest service to industries We haw scvctul Disposal Trucks on hand to serve you better WE PAY CASH TOP PRICES The lcorgian lit Regional isl buiy by cm nonprofit or zunizllion llllvitl lnc lllllliii Ministry Of Cut 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