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JUDY LaMARSH chairman of the Royal Commission on Violence in the Communica tions Industry discusses point with member of the audience at Wednesdays public hearing in Orillia Fellow commissioners Judge Lucien Beaulieu left and Scott Young listen to the exc hange The hearing was the commissions 38th since Oc tober Examiner Photo Mayor oppoSes Pool as city taxpayer Mayor Dorian Parker is op posing the proposed indoor swimming pool as city tax payer and not an elected of ficial representing Barrie council In letter to the Ontario Municipal Board OMB the mayor said she is reserving her right as taxpayer to object to the project She signed the letter Mrs Dorian Parker mayor An OMB hearing is scheduled Monday at 1030 am in the council chambers at city hall There are 10 other residents opposing the proposed pool which is part of school com plex on Little Avenue Council decided to continue the project Jan 26 after the provincial government asked municipalities to cut spending The estimated cost of the building is $886281 but the city needs to borrow only $703000 The other $183000 is expected provincial grants to the city At the meeting Mayor Parker opposed the project with Aldermen Bill Campbell Alex Arthur Ross Archer and Ernie Rotman Mayor Parker said in her let ter the project could be defer red until the economy straightens out am not against the con struction of pool but what am against is proceeding when we are being asked by all levels of government to exercise restraint and defer unless it is absolutely necessary capital projects she said Letters from 10 other residents were sent to the OMB by Mayor Parker The other residents are Josephine Powell Lou Campagnola Len Adams Smith Roy Busch Edith Madigan Prophet Mrs Thompson and Barbara Wheeler Mr Smith referred in his let ter to the halfwilted coun cilmen and ladies who think they are bighearted by spending the $703000 for the in door swimming pool If we cannot afford pool now how in hell do these stupid councilmen think with our rate of inflation that we will be able to afford to pay for it even in 1979 he said In his letter Mr Prophet said he doubted if 10 per cent of Barrie residents would make use of the pool in the winter or summer Mrs Wheeler said residents will remember at the December municipal election the council members who voted for this extravagant and wor thless project Its very easy to sit back and spend taxpayers money forgetting that there are many senior citizens in this city living on fixed incomes she said The city needs OMB approval to borrow the money Repay ment of the loan does not af fect city taxpayers until about 1979 Christian life tense Lent congregation told Christian life is life of ten sion between the purpose of God and our own purposes Rev David Kaye of St Georges Anglican Church told Lenten service this week at Collier Street United Church Our shame as Christmen The rich and powerful singing voice of baritone In gemar Korjus is featured in the third concert presented by the Barrie Concert Association The Canadian singer of Estonian ancestry whose repertoire spans the range from contemporary to classical will take centre stage at the Georgian Theatre Friday Mr Korjus received both performers and teachers degree from FEATURED AT CERT is that we too often opt for our own rather than the purpose of God he told noonhour con gregation He said even Christ ex perienced this tension when as the gospels relate he prayed the Mount of Olives that He the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto Following that he studied at the Vienna Music Academy recipient of two Canada Council grants he won the top male prize in prestigious interna tional music competition in Vienna in 1973 In 1974 he won the CBC talent festival and received special prize as the most outstanding artist of the competition might if possible be released from the sacrifice He was about to make on the cross Can we expect to be more immune than Jesus Mr Kaye asked He said the tension results from the fact that our redemp tion is not yet complete We know that the purpose of God is incomplete unfulfilled not yet real he said citing St Pauls letter to the Romans which says that as Christians we groan within ourselves while waiting for our bodily redemption Mr Kaye cited several ex amples of the effects of in complete redemption from everyday life our joy at the sight of beautiful landscape and our groan when we see landscape disfigured by man joy from helping another per son and pain from failing to help when needed and an episode in Arthur Haileys The Money changers when the hero put the bank he worked for ahead of his human con cerns thus showing himself not so very different from the villian who always put money first This villain he noted perhaps typically and also unfortunately was also an Anglican Despite the tension between selfish desires and Gods will Mr Kaye said the cross is always before us to remind us that as members of the Man of the cross we are called to aid in accomplishing Gods pur pose The cross he said is Gods way of bringing this world and all within it back into harmony with Himself and the arms of the cross open wide to embrace all of life Mr Kaye was the fourth in series of six guest preachers of different denominations at the Tuesday series at Collier Street Church Next weeks speaker at the 1230 pm service will be Rev Ernest Nullmeyer Bap tist minister Preaching at similar ser vice Friday at 1230 pm at Trinity Anglican Church will be Rev Donald Iay of Central United Church Students do research on aerosol products By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter After four months of study students at St Josephs junior high school have decided aerosol products are not only expensive but danger to the environment Last fall Grade and 10 students in the schools con sumer education rogram decided to work with Barrie branch of the Canadian Association of Consumers on research program The association presented the students with list of topics and they chose aerosol cans This week students esented videotape of their lfiliidings to other students Bernv Nitert led dlSCUSSIOlI and concluded that freon in cluded in the propellant used in aerosols damages the ozone layer of the atmosphere Ultraviolet rays normally blocked by the ozone layer are able to penetrate damaging skin tissue and eventually caus ing cancer He also noted that the direc tional arrows on spray valves is not always clearly marked and serious eye damage or blindness could result from spraying solution in the users face group of girls led by Fran cine Delorme had compared prices of aerosol products and alternatives and found spray products more costly While the actual cost of the aerosol and its alternative were close they concluded the alter natives were the better value as the consumer would not be paying for the propellant can and valve The students did not draw conclusion but presented cases for and against aerosols and left the decision to the con sumer Two girls thought the pro ducts should not be banned saying it is free country the evidence about aerosols is in conclusive and it would be more logical to ban automobiles Three other students felt the products should be taken off the market QRILLIA WOMEN NER VOUS Two students steal show at media violence hearing By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter ORILLIATwo seventh graders from Waubaushene with opposite views of televised violence stole the show here Wednesday at the 38th public hearing of the Royal Commis sion on Violence in the Com munications Media The evening also featured brief from the Orillia Council of Women which commission chairman Judy LaMarsh said left her dismayed and shock ed at the siege mentality exhibited by the women of Orillia Mike Howell 13 who attend ed with his classmates told the threemember commission he watches five hours of televi sion day enjoys violent shows like Starsky and Hutch and would be upset to have nothing left but musicals and similar programs to watch if violent shows were removed from the air He conceded that some hor ror shows should be restricted to certain hours so sixand sevenyearolds will not watch them and have nightmares However classmate Mike Donald fourhouraday viewer who also enjoys some police shows said he did not think it necessary to show violence on television You see enough of it on the streets he said though he said in answer to question from the panel he had never seen violence on the streets of Waubaushene He also took swipe at Na tional Hockey League play as he sees it on television like the playing but the fighting is little dumb Theres no need for it he said MANY NERVOUS The brief from the Orillia Council of Women said survey revealed that television violence makes 65 per cent of council members feel nervous that they might become the vic tim of crime 83 per cent feel need for some device to pro tect themselves 83 per cent feel need for more police pro tection 80 per cent feel ap prehensive when alone 80 per cent feel distrustful of other people and 100 per cent feel need to return to capital punish ment Lillian Maguire who presented the brief said the council is an umbrella organization of 14 church and fraternal womens groups Members are of mother and grandmother age she said Miss LaMarsh said she was depressed to hear of such climate of fear She said the commission had nowhere heard so strong shared position in its travels through Ontario The brief also expressed con cern over the effect of televis ed violence makes 65 per cent of council members feel ner vous that they might become the victim of crime 83 per cent feel need for some device to protect themselves 83 per cent feel need for more police protection 80 per cent feel ap prehensive when alone 80 per cent feel distrustful of other people and 100 per cent feel need to return to capital punish ment Lillian Maguire who presented the brief said the council is an umbrella organization of 14 church and fraternal womens groups Members are of mother and grandmother age she said Miss LaMarsh said she was depressed to hear of such climate of fear She said the commission had nowhere heard so strong shared position in its travels through Ontario The brief also expressed con cern over the effect of televis ed violence on children and suggested no violence be shown before pm It also called for an increase in good educa tional and characterbuilding programs Youre surely not sug gesting that the women of the Orillia Council of Women go to bed at pm Miss LaMarsh commented Adelaide Lougheed of Elmvale secretary treasurer of the Simcoe County Womens Institute told the hearing she objected to the Orillia Council briefs reference to capital punishment She said her group was opposed to all violence in cluding executions ALSO HEARD The commission also heard brief from Wendell White Barrie teacher asking strict control on programming during childrens viewing hours and other measures to alleviate the effects of televised violence on youngsters statement from Brig George Oystryk of Orillia divi sional commander for the Salvation Armys Northern On tario division calling for str ingent controls on the por trayal of violence whatever the media might be He ex pressed hope that the com munications media might police themselves once made aware of public concern personal brief from Mr and Mrs George Daniels of Orillia calling for media self policing through press councils and similar bodies along with coee of ethics and for reduc tion of the number of television channels competing for the viewing market so it is not necessary to schedule violence to gain audiences statement by Robert Goddard 16 an 11th grade stu dent from Orillia who said television violence did not make him wish to commit crimes and the res nsiblity for censorship shoul lie with parents and position paper from Smith director of the Algon quin Regional Library oppos ing any form of censorship of any medium as contrary to the function of library which is the free dissemination of all in formation About 200 attended the bear mg Chamber hopes for public support for downtown as issue in election Marshall Green and his col leagues on the Greater rrie Chamber of Commerce civic af fairs committee are hoping the people of Barrie will support them in their bid to make downtown renovation an issue in this years municipal elec tion The committee intends to have draft secondary plan for the towntown area ready in time for the election aimed at correcting defects of the ex isting official plan which Mr Green says predicts the doom of the downtown area But first early in the fall the committee plans to survey Bar rie residents to find out what they want for the core area If it turns out that they dont care about the downtown that will be that the committee will return to its traditional task of serving as watchdog over city council Marshall Green isnt worried about that possibility Were pretty sure in our hearts that if you asked people would want strong downtown he said in an inter view this week The civic affairs committee got into the downtown re juvenation business when while serving in its watchdog capacity last summer it found itself dealing with doowntowno riented issues more and more FORMED GROUP Eventually the committee formed what it calls the Core Area Study Group which con sists of committee members and variety of other in terested parties meeting over breakfast to discuss the downtown area Included in or invited to this group are representatives of the numerous groups which hold partial responsibility for downtown planning city council the planning board the Downtown Improvement Board the Industrial Develop ment Committee area mer chants the Bayshore Study Group body Mr Green says the committee has been unable to track down and others One of the problems the com mittee has encountered says Mr Green is the narrow way in which jurisdictions have been set out for many of these groups For example he says com mittee members were shock ed to learn that the Downtown Improvement Board had been as much as told not to concern itself with Kempenfclt Bay which was other peoples territory How can you plan downtown area that sits on bay and not make suggestions and recommendations that deal with the bay he asks He notes that Barries really famous city for studying things but no one had put it all together in coordinated Car hits hydro pole Innisfil loses power Sandy Cove Acres man was charged with careless driving after car hit hydro pole and knocked out power in everal In nisfil Township communities about 530 pm Wednesday Stroud Big Bay Point Thorn ton Painswick and Sandy Cove Acres were without power after the 44000 volt line was knocked down According to Ted Johnston of Ontario Hydro power was Renovation work at the Bayfield Mall for the new Canadian The Store is on schedule says Arch Brown owner Mr Brown said the work on the former Sayvette store is progressing and he does not anticipate anv pro restored to most areas within 45 minutes of the blackout but Sandy Cove Acres and some isolated areas were out until about 10 pm when the fallen pole was repaired The pole that was knocked down was on Concession 11 just west of the entrance to Sandy Cove Acres Anthony Patterson 52 of 535 Main St in Sandy Cove Acres was charged SEEPTil Ins mama ML swim1911751 RNOVATION WORK FR NEW CANADIAN TIRE ON SCHEDULE blems Canadian Tire is moving from its downtown location to the mall June 16 We hope to start moving in ventory in the new store in about month he said The downtown store will be closed out and is up for sale MARSHALL GREEN study This the committee hopestodo Mr Green foresees three main obstacles to the commit tees aims First he says lot of people will object to the fact that rejuvenation will mean profits for developers and mer chants But this he says should not matter in view of the fact that everyone not only merchants and developers will benefit For example he says he himself will benefit not as merchant or developer he is lawyer but because he lives on the fringe of the downtown area IRESERVATIONISTS Second he says are the preservationists who fear that downtown development Will ruin the bay However Mr Green says he is convinced it is possible to enjoy the bay without destroying it through downtown renewal Finally he says there are those who think the expense of downtown development is too great in time of restraint and economic sluggishness so that no one will be found to pay the price But he says creative solutions are always possible such as that used in Peter borough Ihat city had municipal land no developer could afford at market value so it sold to developer at fraction of the lands value plus percentage He said few real estate peo ple said thev are preparing offers for the building but nothing has been received yet The Bayfield Mall store will be one of the three largest Canadian Tire stores in the country he said with of the merchants rents an arrangement which with im proved tax revenues from the redeveloped area permitted ci ty to do better financially in the long run than it would have on straight marketvalue sale They were told it couldnt be done and they did it he said He said Barrie has no similar municipal land holdings but other solutions can be found if the commitment is there Mr Green says the greatest stumbling blocks to the downtown area are lack of parking which he says should be provided by the city an unrealistic zoning bylaw which turns most downtown businesses into nonconforming uses and makes it impossible to open new businesses in many locations and above all the of ficial plan which designates the downtown area for service institutional and professional establishments only sending retail operations north to the malls on Bayfield Street This last arrangement ne saysis nuts in view of the proposed southward develop ment of the city as well as the social costs of allowing the core area to decay Mr Green continues to take issue with those who like Mayor Dorian Parker say revi sion of the official plan should await approval of the Simcoe Georgian Area Task Force Report He says as much work as possible should be done now There is always something thats going to be done in the next couple of years he says Maybe we could wait little longer but certainly there is no harm in going ahead with this groundwork CAR RECOVERED Ontario Provincial Police at Barrie recovered car stolen from Barrie man early this morning blue 1972 Toyota belonging to Peter Andrews of 125 Wellington St was found abondoned in Angus about am It had been stolen from Mr Andrews Sunday evening fllnlllllnn fig Taumurmu rh2lm mmmtt 130000 square feet of floor space An estimated 35000 items will be displayed in the two storey structure with the basement used for automotive repair Mr Brown said the store will employ more than 200 people MIKE HOWELL 13 of Waubaushene tells the com missioners violent television programs like Starsky and Hutch should not be removed from the air Mike who said he watches five hours of TV day in addition to attending school playing hockey and baseball and reading when he should be in bed attended the hearing with his Grade classmates Examiner Photo Councillors object to countys budget MIDHURSTWith the coun ty tax rate dropping as much as 16 per cent for some municipalities and rising 15 per cent for others two Simcoe County councillors objected this week to the 1976 budget Council approved $103 million budget with $38 million to be raised through levies on the municipal proper ty tax down 14 per cent from 1975 Port McNicoll Reeve Bruce Dockray whose village faces an increase of eight per cent to $35869 said new system of equalized assessment is not working properly The new system shows some communities with less property assessment than before Reeve Dockray said Teperman the wrecker must have wiped out quite bit He said 12 of Simcoe Countys 13 municxpalities face levy in crease and will be in trouble when the school board levies are made known preliminary public school budget showed tax increase of 40 per cent but it is being reduc ed Vespra township Reeve Alan Johnston said his townships tax rate will increase 10 per cent There should be rule that it doesnt go over eight per cent he said Innisfil township remains the biggest contributor to county coffers $339062 but that amount is down five per cent from 1975 Wasaga Beach led the com munities facing smaller levies this year reduction of $30855 or 15 per cent less followed by Nottawasaga township $23575 or 16 per cent less Innisfil five per cent less West Gwillim ALAN JOHNSTON bury township 12 per cent or $14511 less and Tecumseth township $11149 or seven per cent less Essa township will have the largest levy increase $29497 or 15 per cent followed by the town of Bradford $18330 or 19 per cent Tay township $15326 or 11 per cent Alliston $11113 or 12 per cent and Medonte township $8331 or 13 per cent The total levy is $38 million or 14 per cent less than last year The top five contributors are Innisfil $399062 Collingwood $318080 Midland $301106 Tiny township $236993 and Essa township $219919 Six of 18 townships face an in crease as do three of eight villages and three of seven towns Other municipalities in the Barrie area include Oro township down three per cent to $184912 Elmvale down three per cent to $27142 Cookstown down seven per cent to $18987 and Flos down three per cent to $59476 City birth rate down marriage rate rises Births in Barrie so far this year are trailing 1975 figures according to the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerces mon thly business barometer Figures show 118 births in Barrie to the end of February compared to 123 year earlier Also down are deaths building permits permit values and gallons of water pumped Marriages customs revenues electrical consump with 17 checkout stalls Well be hiring lot of students for the summer he said Weve never had as many job applications as weve received this month Theres large bank of ap plications but were still ac tion and number of telephones areup Statistics to date with 1975 figures in brackets are deaths 55 69 building per mits 40 48 permit values $760000 $4474000 water February only 238947000 gallons 250454000 Marriages 56 55 customs revenues $1610000 $1142000 electricity 65460000 kilowatthours 60773000 and telephones 23276 27784 cepting more Mr Brown said the students will help with the transition from the downtown store to the mall The move he said is the only roblem the store faces cause it is during the peak selling period