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KURT MCKEOWN left and Shane Smith watch as instructor Richard Mireault demonstrates checking technique for Allen Watsoh ABOVE In photo BELOW Rick Warman left and Gerry Pilon 10 pick up few tips on faceoffs from Ken Holt The Barrie Minor Lacrosse Association clinic is on all week at Eastview Secondary School ExA aminer Photos An easier time for city voters after council increases polls Barrie voters will have bet ter chance of casting votes this year with additional polling stations in the city City council approved recommendation increasing the number of polls to solve over crowding problems during municipal elections In the 1974 election the city operated seven polls in the four wards and is increasing the number to 12 to handle increas ed population The polls for the election of mayor aldermen school board trustees and public utilities commissioners were also hampered by the high turnout otvoters The 1974 election had 5213 per cent of the eligible voters cast ballots and in 1972 4725 per cent voted In Ward the polls are at Johnson St School Codrington Street School Steele Street School and Maple Grove School The Ward polls are at Trinity Anglican Church Oakley Park School and Candles Heights School The Ward polls are at Por Riverwood approval The last large tract of undeveloped land in Residen tial District was approved for subdivision by city council Monday Council approved the plans for Victoria Woods Riverwood Farm Phase subject to the developer meeting number of conditions The plans will go to the On tario government for ap proval The conditions for approval include building roads sewers and water mains according to city standards the developer build pedestrian underpass at Cundles Road to connect the park land to Sunnidale Park that no top soil or trees be removed from parkland and the developer provide landscaping along boulevards of municipal roads The subdivision is on the nor Barries Harold St looks forward to retirement Barries Harold St Clair is looking forward to spending some extra time hunting fly ing and renovating his cottage after retiring from 37year career with Canadian National Mr St Clair 61 made his last run on the BradfordMaple run March 12 in an engine specially decorated for the oc casion by workers at the CN yard in Bradford native of Newmarket Mr MILD SPELL CAUGHT THE The recent mild spell the Barrie area has experienced has made driving the piles St Clair moved to Barrie soon after his birth and has lived most of his life here He went north during the depression to find work and did variety of jobs before beginning his CN career in October 1939 as fireman on Great Lakes vessel He moved to land in 1941 as railroad fireman and continued on trains until his retirement spending the last 10 years as theast side of Sunnidale and Cundles roads west of Oren Boulevard Thre are 9929 acres and the subdivision has about 600units The developer is giving the city 201 acres of parkland and open space Some of the park can be used for public school if the Simcoe County Board of Education requires it There is also small 109 acre commercial area for convience store Clair engineer on the Bradford Maple run Among the changes Mr St Clair saw during his career was the conversion to diesel from steam change he said had lit tle effect on his own work ex cept that one engineer can operate number of diesel engines on single train while an engineer and fireman were needed for each engine with the old steam system Ir MWWm for the city marina on the base of Hayfield Street dif ficult task good portion of Saturday afternoon was spent trying to pry the truck out of the ice with levers tage View School Hillcrest School and Prince of Wales School with polls for Ward at King Edward School and Assikmack School In report to council Ietcr Westwood deputy city clerk said there were long lineups of voters during the peak hours in the 1974 election Ile said the parking facilities at some locations were inade quate The majority of voters he said had to use cars to reach the polling stations because of distance The finance committee is budgeting about $26000 for the election in December In 1974 the expenses were $20000 The additional polling sta tions Mr Westwood said are only temporary measures in the city He said with construc tion of homes in Residential Districts and new polling areas will be created He said the city will also have to consider the effect of annexa tion on the 1978 election At that time the whole structure of council will have to be reviewed in respect to the number of wards and number of members of council he said This will be major decision in the future City council also approved in creasing the number of ad vance polls to two from one Advanced polls are held the se cond Saturday proceeding voting day and the Friday im mediately before voting day The election is usually held on the first Monday in December which is Dec Ad vanced polls would be held Dec and Nov 27 Ward and voters go to city hall while Ward and voters go to Prince of Wales School on Bradford Street to cast ballots The scene in the Eastview Secondary School gymnasium Monday morning displayed the Barrie Minor Lacrosse Associa tions situation in nutshell total of 89 youngsters aged to 10 turned out for the morn ing session of the associations spring break clinic About 70 had been expected and 60 would have been ideal for the facilities As the morning wore on clinic officials considered moving the 10yearolds to the lesscrowded afternoon session designed for the 11to13 age group Wyman Jacques president of the BMLA said he was well pleased with the turnout but bit concerned over the crowding problem that ex tends to regularseason play as well The BMLA which started in 1972 with about 60 players had 250 youngsters aged to 19 playing in its seven age groups last year This year after showing lacrosse films to some 2500 public school students the association is hoping for Imwbut not too many more Were sort of limited by the facilities Mr Jacques said Monday as the youngsters ran through their paces in the gym If we had 600 wed have no place to play them OUTDOOR BOX During the season May through July the association gets the use of Eastview Arena three nights week and its practices spill over into Oro Community Centre BMLA officials are also hop ing for construction of an out door lacrosse box possibly in Brock Park Meanwhile the clinic the associations first is on all week in the gym under the direction of instructors Ken and Andy Holt and Richard Mireault Others involved in organizing the clinic include 70 expected 89 turn out Bob Webster Harold Torrie and Dr Ted Beaton Mr Jacques said the clinic is intended to teach the fun damentals of laérosse to youngsters who may never have played the game before to prepare them for regular season play Emphasis is on individual skills though the players scrimmage at the end of each session Ken Holt said Monday ma jor purpose of the clinic is generation of interest in lacrosse He said he attempts as much as possible to make the practice sessions fun for the youngsters As long as theyre having good time they may not realize it but theyre learning something he said PRACTICE ON OWN He said he hopes to en courage the youngsters to practice on their own as well as in organized sessions He also attempts to steer his pupils awqy from lacrosses bloodthirsty popular image and toward skill and enjoyment lot of people have the idea that lacrosse is rough mean sport he said really dont thinkitis The BMLA sponsors house league play and also par ticipates in the Huronia League with teams from such cities and towns as Orillia Midland and Alliston Regular season play will begin the first week in May and end in mid July with playoffs filling the remainder of the month The association will play host to three tournaments this year novice tournament June 19 with teams invited from within 100mile radius peewce house league tournament July 17 for teams in the Huronia area and the regional Ontario Minor Lacrosse Association playdowns for tykes Aug and 1112 13mm Examiner CITYNEWS The Barrie Examiner Tuesday March 23 I976w9 Spending $30 500 to save tax $$$ When is $30500 expenditure saving for citytaxpaycrs When its made before city council sets the 1976 current budget Ald Ross Archer public works chairman told city coun cil Monday if Barrie spends the money now it saves about $2000 on the price of two trac tors Ald Archer said the tractors one with lawn cutting units and one riding lawn mower are needed by the citys parks and recreation department to replace existing equipment He said price increase of about $2000 is expected by June and the city should order the equipment now to save money The public works committee he said felt the city could face large maintenance costs on the existing equipment this year The new tractors will replace an eightyearold and fiveyearold model used to cut grass in city parks and main tain most of the baseball diamonds The present equipment is beyond economical repair he said Weve put it in the LOCAL BREAK ENTER Mervin Bernard McCoy 48 of no fixed address was charg ed with break and enter at Ir vine Paint and Wallpaper by Barrie City Police Monday Mr McCoy was remanded to pro vincial jail pending his court 32 PIL when the melting temperatures softened the ice enough to let the rear RIVER wheels break through Ex aminer lhoto ROSS ARCHER $2000 savings budget and the departments budget is well within the guidelines eight per cent in crease over 1975 suggested by council Council decided to buy the mowers GENERAL date He was arrested after Peter Litster of London Life on Clapperton Street reported so meone trying to enter lrinves about pm BUILDING INSPECOTRS Chris Spanis was re appointed by Barrie council as the chief building official as outlined by the Building Code Act Don Coutts and Ray Buckles the citys two building inspectors were also re appointed TENDERSAWARIED Barrie is purchasing two trucks from Moffatt Mercury Ltd for $38092 and adding winter control equipment from Frink of Canda at cost of $2308845 The city is also purhcasing street sweeper from SM Industries Ltd for $27247 NO INTENTION City council is telling developer it has no intention to rezone city land on the south side of Edgehill Drive from in dustrial to residential The developer Pine Valley Holdings Ltd own about 10 acres of land on Edgehill bet ween Anne and Ferndale and wants the property zoned residential In 1975 council re zoned about 22 single family lots to residential after runn ing battle with the residents but refused to rezone any more land SELL ROAD ALLOWANCE Barrie council is in vestigating the ssibility of selling road al owance part of either the old Sunnidale Road or Letitia Street extend ed to the abutting land owners The road allowance which was never opened is in the middle of subdivision plan in Residential District and is not needed by the city HEAD INSTRUCTOR Ken Holt shows fiveyearold John McAuley the basic lacrosse stick grip John was one of 89 youngsters who turned out Monday to the first session of the Barrie WITNESS CLAIMS Minor Lacrosse Associa tions instructional clinic Examiner Photo Refused his advances strangle try next day Theresa Lynn Balkwill 21 testified Monday that Martin Charles Hissa tried to strangle her Sept 14 the day after she had told him she didnt want to have sex with him anymore Hissa 22 is charged with at tempted murder and is now appearing in Ontario Supreme burl Mrs Balkwill testified that after Ilissa tried to strangle her he pinned her on her bed and put pillow or something over her head and she passed out When she came to she said it was about am Sept 15 she noticed blood on her chest and neck and had difficulty breathing She called her father who telephoned the police and ambulance Medical evidence showed Mrs Balkwill had two stab wounds to her chest and two minor cuts on her throat Dr William MacDonald staff surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital said he was called in because of the partial collapse of Mrs Balkwills left lung When he examined Mrs Balkwill the neck Wounds had been treated but he had good look at the chest wounds He testified that they ap peared to have been made with knife and each one was about an inch long One wound was just below the left breast and the other just to the right of it He did not say how deep they were He said the wounds would not have been fatal since there was no heavy bleading OVER HEART Under questioning by Crown Attorney John Madden he said one of the wounds was directly over the heart and would have been fatal if the knife had punc tured it Gary Palmer Hissas defence lawyer questioned Dr MacDonald about the effects of strangulation The doctor said normally in strangulation where pressure was taken of the victims neck just after he passed out unconsciousness rarely lasts more than 10 minutes The length of un consciousness depends on how long the strangulation lasts he said However he doubted that just strangulation would be able to induce unconsciousness for more than an hour The only way Dr MacDonald speculated unconsciousness could last for four or five hours was if someone strangled the victim each time he started to come to He also felt that sud den stab wound would pro bably shock the victim into consciousness Dr Alex Havenscroft who did the initial examination of Mrs Balkwill was not able to attend the trial but sent report which was read into the record As well as the stab wounds Dr Ravenscroft examined for bruising in the neck area and found none He said there was no evidence of drugs or alcohol and no indication of sexual assault TWO WEEKS Mrs Balkwill who is separated from her husband testified she had first met Hissa about two months before he assaulted her He had been with group of her friends who had come to her apartment to play cards The only times she had seen him were in her apart ment and she said they had sexual intercourse several times Sept 13 Hissa had come to her place and had been there for the evening Mrs Balkwill said Hissa had asked to stay the night but she had to work in the morning and had refused He got upset then and said something like lf thats how you feel dont expect to see me again and he left WORE GLOVES However he returned the next day and she let him in to her Wellington Street apart ment Although he was acting normal otherwise she said she noticed two strange things he was wearing gloves and he had hunting knife in sheath on his belt It was pretty warm day to be wearing gloves but didnt ask him about that asked him about the knife and he said something about fight at hotel dont know if he had been in fight or was going to get in one or what He took the knife out and showed it to me butdidntthreaten mewithit We were just sitting on the couch watching television when he reached over and put his hands around my neck thought he was joking at first but he pulled me up and pushed me into the bedroom tried to push him away but he was too strong In the bedroom he pushed me down on the bed and pinned my hands with his knees then put something over my head Thats the last remember RESPECTABLE Under crossexamination by Mr Palmer Mrs Balkwill said she had found Hissa to be fairly respectable Although they were friends and had sex there was no great emotion either way between them Mrs Balkwill also said she didnt smoke Earlier evidence by Con stable Ronald Bulmer of Bar rie City Police showed there were two empty packages of cigarettes in the apartment Constable Bulmer the forces identification officer had ar rived in the apartment in the morning of Sept 15 and took photographs and made sketch of the apartment He also collected several ar ticles which were in the apart ment including the contents of garbage can in the kitchen the cigarette packs and several butts and some ashes He said he found what ap peared to be blood on the telephone on the bed sheets and on the floor between the bedroom and the telephone He later picked up Mrs Balkwills pajama top from her mother and found two holes in it both about an inch long The top had been washed but there was still stained area on it The trial continues today Fiona Kathleen Gilsenan mayor oftheweek is sworn into office by lien Straughan city clerk Monday Fiona 14 is Grade student at Tundles Heights School and will be going to North fol legiate in September She is the captain of the school MAYoR FTHEWE safety patrol and enjoys ski ing swimming baseball and soccer Iler hobbies are reading poetr writing and she is involve in acting and staging with the Littles Hill Players Fiona was one of five candidates for the office from Cundles Heights She is the daughter of Tony and Marion Gilsenan of Cundles Road East Her father is the chairman of the Friends of the Fireball FOF and teaches at Georgian College Examiner Ihoto