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wWW Oneyearold Mary Halls lies back to enjoy the slide at Centennial Park on Sunday as Les Bowd and Marys mother Joan Halls of ENJOYING THE SLIDE Bayfield Street watch her The sunny day brought out many people to enjoy Bar ries parks and playgrounds Examiner Photo Four quit committee on housmg in Barrie wouldnt serve on another housing committee if was ask ed Its kind of frustrating So says Marg Duncan after serving about one year with the citys committee on housing Now she is ready to resign Mrs Duncan has been joined by three other members Eileen Carol Bob Crossan and Leon Garrick who are to resign this week Mrs Duncan said her main reason for resigning is that she belives the committee has fulfilled its function and has started to work in circles We did what city council wanted us to do and we did good job she said We havent really done anything since Paul Arbour resigned in September Its an exercise in futility The committee was suc cessful she said in activating number of proposals to lower the cost of housing Many of the ideas she said were dormant in the city The committee pushed for development of small lots to lower costs and the use of no frill housing This is housing without unnecessary extras such as fireplaces additional bathrooms and carpeting or hardwood floors Mrs Duncan said the com mittee needed the expertise of builders and developers The LOCAL INDECENT Barrie police are seeking young man in his late 205 who exposed himself indecently in downtown store Saturday female witness said the man appeared to be on drugs CAR RECOVERED Ontario Provincial Police at Shelburne have recovered car stolen from the residence of William Noble 56 Highland Ave early Saturday The car was not damaged Mr Noble said someone must have broken into his house taken the keys then stolen the car HEAVY DAMAGE About $23000 damage resulted early Friday when transporttrailer overturned on Highway 400 at the 2nd Line of Medonte township but no one was injured Ontario Provincial Police at Barrie said car driven by Joseph Lafloeur of Hamilton was in collision with the truck driven by Walter Kochenski of Translona Man POSSESSION Donald Burley of Angus was charged Friday with possession of stolen vehicle after Ontario Provincial Police recovered Wallwin Electric truck in Angus The vehicle had been taken from the parking lot at the Barrie Arena HUT STOLEN The theft of fish but from Johnsons Beach was reported to Barrie police Friday by hut owner Russell Granger 257 Wellington St SNAP THEFT $30 radio was stolen over night Thursday from the Snap Shop in the Barrie Plaza Police are investigating the breakin WINS AWARD The Hitch House Ltd of Bar rie which sells factory built modular homes mobile homes and commercial units was recently presented with an outstanding achievement award for 1975 by Commodore Homes of Canada This award is presented each year by Commodore Canada producers of manufactured housing which sell under the trade names of Lakehurst and Capewood Homes to the On tario builder dealer who demonstrates the highest degree of achievement in sales and services The Hitch House is the first dealer to be presented with the award three oonsegutive years Barrie builders association refused to appoint any members to the committee She suggested that in the future housing committee should be formed every two or three years to review the hous ing situation and review any proposals to help loser costs INTERESTINGBUT It was interesting but kind of frustrating she said Ive learned few things and real ly feel deeply that we did real good job Eileen Carol one of the newer members appointed in October said she does not have the time to serve on the com mittee Mrs Carol said other ac tivities including Big Sisters the mental health board renovations of her husbands firms office building and two young children take most of her time The reasons are not at all political she said just ex tended myself too far with young familytolook after Mrs Carol said she is willing to serve on the committee after the groundwork for Big Sisters is completed and her hus bands buildingis renovated She said the purpose of the committee is worthwhile and should continue to operate dont think the committee is waste of time she said GENERAL COOKING DEMO cooking demonstration Entertaining with Ease is scheduled Tuesday at 730 pm at Consumers Gas on Ferris Lane CHOCOLATE BLITZ Eastview Secondary Schools music department will hold fund raising blitz Wednesday evening selling chocolate covered almonds doortodoor METAPHYSICS The Institute of Applied Metaphysics will hold an in formation session Thursday at 8pm at 130 Penetang St DUTCH TREAT The Barrie Apeldoorn Friend ship Club will hold get together Thursday at pm at the Blue Flame Room at Con sumers Gas on Ferris Lane Films and slides on Holland will be shown and the public is invited MENS NIGHT The Christian Womens Club of Barrie will hold its annual mens night dinner Friday at 630 pm at the Continental Inn EGG DECORATING An Easter egg decorating session is planned Saturday at the childrens branch of Barrie Public Library SPRING FLING Barrie Boomerangs have scheduled spring fling dance Saturday at pm at HiView Plaza Tickets are $8 per cou ple Call 7283401 for informa tion NO SCHOOL BOARD There will be no school board meeting this week The two boards of education meet twice monthly on alternate Wednesdays but there is fifth Wednesday this month NDP MEMBERSHIP James Laxer author adviser and lecturer on energy and economic matters will be guest speaker at the Simcoe Centre New Democratic Party annual membership meeting Tuesday at pm at the Steelworkers Hall High Street The meeting will also include the election of riding ex ecutive Further information may be obtained by telephoning Paul or Lary Lou Wessenger at 7289763 01 7288000 ROCK GARDENS John Clark will speak on Gods Rock Gardens Thursday at pm at Barrie Horticultural Society meeting at Hillcrest Public School The price of houses is going out of the reach of most people What we need is houses around the$35000 range Mrs Carol said the commit tee can not function on just fourhour meetng every mom th Most of the work she said has to be completed after the meeting The committee should in vestigate every possible method of lowering housing costs including the co operative housing on city own edland She suggested that council should consider paying the members to serve on the com mittee This she said would act as an added incentive to the member SHOULD BE PAYING What the committee is try ing to do is important enough that council should be paying the members she said It only took one meeting for Leon Garrick to decide to resign He sent letter of resignation to the committee last fall and has not returned was only there once but then on the other hand once was enough he said Basically Im resigning because Thursdays are too busy for me But then the committee is go ing nowhere Mr Garrick said the only BRIAN COOPER 0f Torkan dic Construction trims pile people who can change the cost of housing in the city are those with vested interests including real estate agents builders and developers These types of peo ple he said were missing from the committee The housing group isnt the answer to the cost of housing he said The people dont have anything invested in the city and you have to have people who have something to gain as result of the committees ac tions Land costs in the city he said are the main reason for the high cost of housing Ser vice lots are running between $20000 and $30000 each he said Less than three years ago the lots were selling for about $8500 he said Thats where the costs are Unless we en courage builders were not go ing to have any new houses Mr Garrick said he has pro perty about half mile from Barrie which could be developed with about 54 unser viced lots The lots he said muld be sold for about $5000 each But the township wouldnt approve it and the province wouldnt let me do it he said So the land is taxed as agriculture and all Im grow ing is grass CKVR may lose CBC affiliation There is strong possibility Barries CKVRTV Channel may lose its CBC affilia tion when Torontos CN tower comes into use Gerry Robertson CKVR operations manager said today But he said he is con vinced the station could survive the loss though it would cause lean month or two financial ly at first When television transmission via the CN Mayors 0MB bid an election issue By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Mayor Dorian Parkers attempt to reverse council decision through provincial body may become an election issue this year Mayor Parker is one of 11 city residents trying to change councils decision to build an indoor swimm ing pool by objecting to the Ontario Municipal Board OMB An OMB hearing is scheduled Monday April at 1030 am in the council chambers at city hall Ald Jim Perri who is running for mayor in December said Mayor Parkers attempt could become an election issue He said the mayors attempt could become an election issue He said the mayors objection shows lack of leadership from the head of council As mayor person represents the city and is expected to support the local council at all outside levels of government he said This is the kind of thing hope to remedy Its been problem in the city for the past couple of years Ald Perri citiy development com mittee chairman said city council expressed desire to build the pool because it feels the facility is need ed in Barrie The city has spent money in the past developing other sports facilities including arenas tennis courts baseball diamonds and soc cer pitches Also he said council spent money to develop the Parkview Centre for Senior Citizens because it felt the centre was needed by city residents IIOPES TO PAY Ald Perri said the city hopes to pay for the pool through additional lot levies charged in Residential Districts and The city is charg ing an additional $250 for each lot in the districts to pay the borrowing costs of the pool Ald Ross Archer public works committee chairman said he did not realize the mayor was one of the ob jectors to the OMB He said the mayor has the right to object to any decision but when council makes decision expect every council member to go along with it Ald Archer opposed the pool pro ject Jan 26 at council with Mayor Parker and aldermen Bill Camp bell Alex Arthur and Ernie Rot man opposed it but wouldnt go to the OMB to reverse the decision he said For member of council to appeal to the OMB is extremely extraordinary Ald Archer said the mayor should try to help city council reach its goals rather than throw road blocks in the way Ald Paul Wessenger vice chairman of city development com mittee said he is shocked by the mayors actions He said the objec tion is one of the ways of undermin ing the municipalitys autonomy What really bothers me is that the mayor isnt standing up for local autonomy he said am really shocked Ive never heard of mayor trying to override political decision made by local council Ald Wessenger said this could be an issue in the next election because municipalities are fighting to make their own decisions without guides from the provincial or federal governments dont object to the mayor fighting at the local level he said But this is slap in the face to Bar rie council DOES NOT OBJECT Ald Alex Arthur finance commit tee chairman said he does not ob ject to the mayors decision to op pose the swimming pool Ald Arthur said the OMB should not even hold hearing but should have opposed the citys decision to build pool in the year of financial restraint We were told by the provincial treasurer DArcy McKeough that given the restraint conditions to defer new buildings especially recreational facilities he said Mr McKeough made it very clear that the MB should review very closely and even turn down anything which does not fit the criteria With these instructions he said the OMB should have ruled against the pool construction because it is not an immediate requirement in the city GETTING DOCK READY FOR SUMMER at the municipal dock near the foot of Bayfield Street STEVE IIIERRIEN of Park Road at Minets Point trims pile at the muicipal dock on Kempenfelt Bay prepar The firm is redriving piles and putting tops on the dock forthe city ing it for rcdriving Mr Therrien is an employee of Torkandic Construction of Barrie which is redriving tower begins probably The Barrie Examiner Monday March 29 19769 around May signals from CBCs Toronto af filiaite Channel are expected to provide good viewing as far north as Penetanguishene This development Mr Robertson said would make CKVRs weekly 50 to 55 hours of CBC pro gramming about onethird of the Channel totalredundant Mr Robertson said he has had no word from CBC officials on possi ble termination of the stations affiliation Mr Robertson said loss of CBC programm ing would cause quite an increase in expense because of the need to produce or purchase replacement programs In addition the station would lose its percentage of the advertising revenue paid to CBC for sponsored programs car ried by CKVR He said the financial picture of the station wholly owned by CHUM Ltd is quite healthy with the CBC advertising money and wed hate like hell to lose it One offsetting ad vantage of loss of CBC affiliation would be the priority CKVR would receive as an indepen dent station for posi tion in the basic cable television lineup in Toronto Mr Robertson said he is convinced the station can command fair share of both the available audience and the advertising dollar and station officials are looking forward to pro viding an alternative for central Ontario televi sion viewers He said the transition from affiliate to indepen dent if it comes may be either abrupt or gradual No plans at present to drop CKVR from CBC TORONTOCBC has no plans at present to sever its connections with Barries CKVRTV network official said today Cecil Smith assistant direc tor of public relations told The Examiner in telephone inter view there is no intention with CBC to drop Barrie as an affiliate However he said the network would have to take another look at the situation once CBCs Toronto station CBLT actually begins beaming its signal from the CN tower pro bany in about month It is expected that the CBLT signal will privide good viewing as far north as Penetanguishene once the tower is in use fact Gerry Robertson operations manager for CKVR said today would make the Barrie stations CBC programming reduntant However Mr Smith said CBLTS satellite stations in Huntsville Haliburton and Parry Sound carry the CKVR signal considerably north of the area CBLT is expected to reach even with the tower 600 Lions expected at convention here About 600 Lions Club members from as far away as Sundridge are expected to des cend on Barrie April 23 for the clubs district A12 convention Highlight of the threeday event will be parade April 24 featuring the York Steel Band Club officials hope to have 30 entries in the parade The convention sponsored by the Barrie lnnisfil Oro Angus and Alliston clubs will involve total of 57 clubs stretching from Sundridge to Nobleton In addition to the parade the convention will feature free public concert by the York Steel Band at convention head piles and putting tops on the docks for the city Ex aminer Photo quarters the Barrie Armories The remainder of the conven tion will be taken up with such club matters as election of of ficers and internal policies The parade will get underway at 1030 am April 24 Satur day at the Army Navy and Air Force Club on George Street near Anne and Dunlop and will proceed east on Dunlop through downtown Barrie to St Vincents Park The free concert will begin at 1pm the same day The Lions Club founded in 1917 now has more than one million members in about 8000 clubs in 149 countries Marten comes to new home The ministry of natural resources in Barrie has new marten and 12yearold Toronto boy has broken heart Last week Charles Koth sav ed Martini 13inch marten from dying but Sunday was forced to hand his pet over to James Scott wildlife curator The marten is weasellike animal and Charles family could no longer care for the pet Mrs Koth said that Charles was delivering his newspapers when he saw the marten runn ing with injured leg from dog and carried it home in bag The animal did not appear to fend for itself and the children were afraid to let it go and afraid it would starve to death Mrs Koth added She said that under the Games and Fisheries Act it is illegal for family to keep furbearing animal without permit and the Metropolitan Toronto 200 was not interested init Mr Scott said he suspects that someone had brought the animal from its natural habitat of Northern Ontario and kept it asapet And Mr Scott said Charles may visit Martini at the wildlife compound where it will have firstclass home Orillia wins bonspiel here STROUD An Orillia rink won the annual Simcoe County Mutual Aid firefighters bonspiel here on Saturday defeating 19 other teams Harry Englands rink ac cumulated 53 points edging out three rinks from the host In nisfil fire department Shel Bowmans rink had 52 points Selby Bowmans rink 5214 and John Smurthwaites rink 43 The Dubeau rink from Penetanguishene came fifth Each team was given 10 points for win one point for each end won halfpoint for blank end and quarterpoint for each rock that scored Spokesman Vic Belton said the bonspiel may be held in the Stroudlnnisfil Recreation Cen tre again next year although he location usualiy changes annually