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Barrie Examiner, 15 Jun 1976, p. 11

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vu a4 gv KERRY COLUMBUS left president of the Barrie Safety Association talks with Steve Andrunyk gen eral manager of the On tario Safety league Mr Andrunyk spoke at the Bar rie Associations annual dinner at the Bayshore Motel Monday and said he was surprised the city of Barrie didnt donate to the association Examiner Photo $50 year needed to run safety group There arent too many organizations which can get by on $50 year but the Bar rie Safety Association has been doing that for the past twoyears According to chairman Kerry Columbus the associa tion has received $50 year from Barrie insurance agents and has managed to run proper program on that Speaking at the assoeia tions annual dinner Monday he said that all their pro ams seem to end up paying or themselves He said the association has run seatbelt BuckleUp campaign with the Con School holds own Olympics At 1250 pm Monday students of Codrington school will light an Olympic flame at city hall and carry it back to their school for an Olympic day Runners with police escort will run up Mulcaster Street and along Codrington Street to the school where they will li the flame that will burn uring the games fromlto330pm All pupils in the school are divided into teams each representing country that is participating in the real games They will carry flags and armbands of their chosen country into the games Awards of gold silver and bronze ribbons will be given and the Olympic flag will fly throughout the day vincer an accident sim ulator being very popular Over the Christmas holiday the association has run the Alcohol Safety Action Pro gram The association has made safety films available and helps Gary Logan of the Barrie City Police with his safety patrollers Steve Andrunyk general manager of the Ontario Safe ty League was guest speaker at the meeting and said he was surprised Barrie City Council didnt give donation to the association He felt the council should attach Some value to its citizens but said in times of tight money safety seems to be one of the first things that gets cut DIFFICULT TO SELL And it is very difficult to sell safety because it is in tangible he said Everybody seems to think safety is something for the other guy so they dont bother trying themselves Mr Andrunyk said that if every driver in Ontario took the Leagues Defensive Driv ing Course accident costs would be cut by onequarter He said that in 1975 au tomobile accidents cost On tario about $671 million In the same period the Work mens Compensation Board aid out $580 million in enefits for industrial ac cidents The thing is were condi tioned to aCCept this Every Monday we read about 40 or 50 people killed in auto ac cidents on the weekend and think nothing of it The cost shows there is need for safety association Mr Andrunyk said the Bar rie Safety Association seems to be doing an excellent job just by restricting itself to small scope Youll find that if you try to do lot of programs none of them seem successful It is more important to concen trate on few programs and do them well Parents attend board meeting Mary Dunstan local resi dent will lead delegation of garent of children attending Marys school to this weeks meeting of the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Se parate School Board The parents are concerned over the intersection of Codr ington and Mulcaster streets and are seeking some means of providing greater safety for children Mrs Dunstan has previous ly written to city council which referred her letter to the Simcoe County Board of Education The board of education gave the letter to the separate school board ther items on the agenda are report on Monsignor Clair school now under con struction in Barrie report from the fuel oil committee and discussion of reforms in property taxation PATROLLERS OF THE MONTH Two safety patrollers in Barri ublic schools were honore Monday by the Barrie Kinsmen Club RIGHT Bill Lee vice president of the club and safety patrol chairman ives plaque and scroll or May to Christina Broad bent 13 Grade student at Codrington Street Public School while Jackie Mc Nie viceprincipal wat ches Christina has been guard for two years and works at the Codrington and Duckworth streets in tersection ABOVE Mr Lee ives the April award to Nicola Delaney 12 Grade student at Steele Street school with Con stable Gary Logan and Ted Coldrey viceprinci al watching Nicola is in er first year as guard and works the intersection of Grove and Cook streets Examiner Photos ARTHUR OPPOSES DECISION City concedes on dental plan for CUPE move likened to preSecond War talks City councils concession to the 72outside workers com pares to negotiations between Britain and Germany before the Second World War says Ald Alex Arthur Ald Arthur finance com mittee chairman opposed councils decision to offer the employees basic dental heath care plan with $25 deductible clause He said the concession is similar to ones made by Neville Chamberlain prime minister of England and Adolf Hilter dictator of Ger many rior to the start of the Secon WorldWar dont think its wise to buy peace at any price he said Ald Val Brucker objected to the statement jumping to his feet saying dont think can sit here and have Chamberlain and Hitler com pared to CUPE Canadian Union of Public Employees and dental plan Council had decided to offer basic dental plan estimated to cost about $10000 for the next six months but amended the motion to in clude $25 deductible clause This means members of the CUPE local 1583 will have to pay $25 of dental bill Union representatives were adamant in their request for Sports groups can charge says new council policy Barrie isnt charging fees to sports groups using the baseball diamond or soccer pitch at Eastview but the ci ty is givin them permission to chargea mission City council approved policy for the Eastview Athletic Centre which has the diamond pitch and tennis courts Tuesday The city is not charging rental fee for the fields unless special services are needed by the groups But the organizations have the right to charge an admis sion to spectators if the pro sed charges are submitted or approval to the depart ment of recreation at the start of each season Ald Ross Archer public works committee chairman said in the past the city has permitted groups to pass TRAFFICCHANGES City council is changing the yield sign at the intersection of Femdale Drive and Edge hill Drive to stop sign because of requests by area residents Council also ap proved change which pro hibits parking on both sides of Wellington Street from Drury Lane to Owen Street and from Peel Street to Berczy Street Parking will also be pro hibited on the north side of Grove Street from Lount Street to Owen Street hat through the crowd to col lect money after game The diamond and pitch he said are surrounded by chain link fence and groups will be able to charge at Eastview We the committee members felt there was no harm if this is what the club wants to do to defray ex penses he said Sports groups will also be able to use the washrooms and change rooms at the Eastview Arena if it does not interfere with events scheduled in the building There is also no charge for the rooms if use is made dur ing the hours the city staff is at the building rental fee will be charged for after hours use the dental health plan during negotiations with the city The total value of the con tract which expires Dec 31 of this year is estimated at about 75 per cent over 1975 This is within the eight per cent limit set by the federal government VOTE AGAINST Mayor Dorian Parker and aldermen Bill Campbell Alex Arthur Janice Laking and Ed Thompson voted against theoffer Mayor Parker had sug gested the $25 deductible clause but Would not make an amendment to the motion She said the city should be able to get some quotes from insurance offices for the deductible plan Gerry Tamblyn city ad ministrator said the city had three quotes for basic plan with out deductible clause The costs were Blue Cross $860 for all the employees for month Great Western Life $78312 month and Mutual Life $118360 Mr Tamblyn said he did not have time to compare the benefits of each of the plans WELDON KENDALL left and Del Islop two health inspectors with the Simcoe County Health Unit were at the Barrie Lions outdoor pool Monday doing final Eh Barrie Examiner CITYNEWS The Barrie Examiner Tuesday June 15 1976All LOCAL GENERAL The Goodfellow Summer Centre Day camp is holding registration on Wednesday and Thursday from to pm and to pm at Goodfellow Public School in Alcona Beach There will be three twoweek sessions July to 16th July 19 to 30th and August to 13th Cost is $5 child per session from am to pm Registrations will be taken on firstltcomefirst serve basis Activities will include swimming crafts active games sports overnight campouts The camp is sponr sored by the Alcona com munity programming group with the Goodfellow Boys Club and the Ministry of Culture and Recreation STREET NAMES Barrie council approved list of names for streets in the Victoria Woods subdivision on the northeast corner of Sunnidale and undles roads The names of former city mayors include Peter Sinclair 19451946 Sinclair Court John Craig 19151917 19241926 and 19291932 Craig Street and Craig Crescent Pelper 18891891 Pelper Place Wells 18971899 Wells Street and Wells Cress cent and Walter Duff 1927 Duff Drive ther street names include Gloria Street Lilian Crescent and Riverwood Court FLEXIBLE HOURS Barrie city staff will start flexible summer hours in Ju ly The hours between am and 530 pm will be at the discretion of de artment heads as approved the ci ty administrator Gerry Tamblyn The flexible hours operate in July and August CEMETERY TANK City council is permitting Barrie Union Cemetery Co to install septic tank and tile bed next to its new storage building at the cemetery on Sunnidale Road north of Cundles Road Permission is subject to Simcoe County Health Unit approval PARK BENCH The Barrie Rotary Club has donated park bench for the citys use at the corner of Baldwin Lane and lnnisfil Street The city negotiated with the club after the prin cipal and students at St John Vianncy School asked about the ssibility of locating benc atthecomer BUDGET EXPENSES The city is spending $3726269 for ublic works ex penses inclu ed in the 1976 budget The money is for building extension at the San dy Hollow landfill site by Symcon Buildings Ltd $11200 installation of replacement parts at the water pollution control centre by Denny Brothers Ltd $11500 installation of an alami system at the pollution control centre by Wallwin Electric $10033 and in stallation of one fuel pump and counting system by Com co Service Station $452969 $ZKNEINT The city is paying the $3000 grant included in the 1976 budgetfor the Barrie Winter Carnival This year the car nival which is run by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce lost money because of poor weather NOAHVERIISING City council declined an of fer from the Bradford Paper Group for block of advertis ing in the lnnisfil Scopes any niversary issue because it is against the citys policy to buy this type of advertising WALKWAY TALKS Barrie is still negotiating with residents borderin walkway between Har ing Avenue and Collette Cress cent The four residents abut ting the walkway Davis Charles Carter van Saarloos and Wyatt refused the citys first offer of $147asquarefoot WATERLOTCHANGES City council ap roved the change of lease or city owned waterlot to Gordon Conder from Hudson Burns subject to the usual $25 fee for legal ex nscs The city also approv lease for another waterlot to Wayne Maloney of 22 Belcourt Avenue in the city with the usual conditions ly Barrie residents are per mitted to lease cityowned waterlots FEES INCREASED City council approved number of changes to the dog control bylaw in Barrie Fines for permitting dogs to run at large were increased for unlicensed dogs For first offence the cost is $10 with $15 for second offence and $25 for the third and each subsequent offence The cost for licenced dogs caught by the Ontario Humane Society remains at $5 The society has increased its boarding fee to $3 day from $2 The city licence fee for spayed and neutered dogs will be $8 with unneutered and unspayed dogs$10 CAS MEETING regular monthly meeting of the Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society board of directors will be held tonight at pm in the societys offices at the Count Administration Centre Mi The hurst Directors wrll constder election of new vice president oIthe board to replace Rev Ken Purdon of Barrie who has been transferred to Toronto Mr lurdon will remain mem ber of the board until his term expires inspection The pool passed the test and was opened for public swimming in the aftemoon The inspection included the water purity locker rooms showers and other facilities in the building The pool is lo cated north of Grove Street and west of Bayfield Street Examiner Photo Ald Ed Thompson who op posed the dental plan said the deductible clause would make an unfortunate de velopment little easier to approve The clause he said will help people continue to be responsible for the health care of their families Without it people will not be res onsible for their OWn hea th he said You cant describe it as an attempt to deter the good use of the plan but it is an at tempt to deter the unne cessary use of it he said Ald Janice Laking said the city should make decision as business in the communi ty She said the city should not offer its employees more benefits than the majority of industries in Barrie are offer ing Ill vote against but not because dont think people shouldnt have their teeth ed she said Ald Brucker said he is in favor of the dental plan without deductible clause because of the relationship between the employees and thecity He said cooperation bet ween the tw0 is good but this may lead to deterioration between the city and the workers Ald Jim Perri said council was in favor of offering the union per cent increase in wages which is equal to cost of the dental plan Since the union rejected the salary increase council should not fight over the den tal plan he said No building loses land Toronto industrial land developer is losingechis pro rty to the city ause he ailed to put building on the site City council approved recommendation to repossess 3517 acres of land in Pad dison Farm Industrial Park from AL Rossette Mr Rossette bought the property in 1974 at $12795 an acre from the city with an agreement to construct building with $120000 value within one year In 1975 he asked the city for another year extension and paid $4716 penalty The extension ended March 25 but there is still no building on the property The city will buy back the property at the original pur chase price minus $500 an acre penalty Area residents fill posts in Socred party CAMBRIDGE Colling wood and Wasaga Beach residents were elected to three of the six positions on the executive of the Ontario branch of the Social Credit Party The appointments were made Saturday here at the partys annual convention Dr James McGillivray of Collingwood was elected membership secretary An other Collingwood man Aleksander Antoniuk was elected director of public relations and Nancy Arnold of Wasaga Beach was elected secretary The new president is Cyril Gautheir of Ottawa Vice presidents are James Walters of Niagaraonthe Lake and John Long of Cam bridge Mr Gauthier said the first job of the new executive will be to make Ontarios pre sence felt at national leadership convention in 0t tawa Party leader Real Caouette will retire as leader this year convention to choose new leader will be held at the Civic Centre in Ottawa Nov and Defence lawyer takes book from RCMP at preliminary By JOHN WROE Examiner Staff Reporter It was an act of frustration for lawyer Moishe Reiter but it paid off Reiter is defending Robert Rowbotham charged with four counts of drug traffick ing The trial is now in the preliminary hearing stage and for the past four sese sions not in consecutive days Reiter has been cross examining RCMP constable Bruce Calnen Calnen testified to buying drugs from Rowbotham on several occasions and kept record of all transactions in large bound book Calnen has been using the book for reference while testi fying and Reiter has tried on several occasions to have it entered as evidence Federal prosecutor John Burgar has always objected since only part of the book deals with this case and the rest of it concerns other cases How High school teachers attend energy seminar About 120 teachers from 19 secondary schools will attend oneday seminar on energy Conservation and solar energy Thursday at Georgian College in Barrie The seminar is presented by the colleges mechanical and industrial department which offers courses in energy technology During the last two weeks in May the department cori ducted similar energy se minars for secondary school students to stimulate in terecst in the topical areas of technolo 1y Seconrary school teachers from Owen Sound Hanover Flesherton Walkerton Borden rillia Midland Cole lingwood Bradford Alliston lenctangushcnc Barrie and Burks Falls have indicated The new executive of the Georgian College Amateur Radio Club was installed Monday before federal they will attend the seminar The sessions will include presentation on energy con servation and solar energy by Dr Ive iculty member of the epartment of mechanical technology display of the mechanical departments energyrelated projects including green house operated on en vironmental energy minto wheel solar collector and flat plate solar water heating system excerpts from the Challenge to Science Series which is produced by TV Ontario Channel 19 and has featured several Georgian College projects and two related films The seminar sessions begin at 10 am in the colleges Technology Building and end about3pm botham is involved in Mon day Reiter finally suc ceeded While examining the book he asked Calnen to indicate those pages which dealt with the case before the court Calnen separated about 75 pages Reiter grasped them firm ly ripped them out of the book and asked Judge Don Inch if they could be entered as an exhibit Calnen was shocked and Burgar ob jected but Judge Inch saw nothing improper NOW HAS COPIES Reiters action means he will have now copies of the ges to examine at his own eisure instead of being con fined to looking at the book while Calnen is using it to testify Reiter asked that the original of the book be made available to test the ink to determine when corrections in it were made Reiter says the book has been doctored and the whole RCMP investigation was part of plan to frame Row botham Calnen has said that it was the forces intention to make large buy from Rowbotham in order to send him to prison for long time However Jud Inch said he would not ma an order for analysis until he was shown some legal authority on the matter BOUGHT HASHIS Monday Calnen gave an account of purchasing six vials of hashish oil from Rowbotham Aug 21 1975 He NEW EXECUTIVE OF RADIO CLUB department of communica tions short wave operators licenses were given to six other members The ex ecutivc from right is Ross Cowan director of public relations Jack Clements vicepresident Bev Poste said he went to Rowbothams Beeton farm alone with backup crew of three officers waiting about mile away radio transmitter was placed in the headlight of his car and was being monitored by the other officers The pur pose was not for others to record conversations but so the others could be alerted in case Calnen got into trouble at the farm he said However the buy went smoothly and Rowbotham handed over six vials of hash oil for $480 said Calnen He had one or two beers with Rowbotham and others at the farm simulated smoking marijauna cigarette then left to meet his fellow officers at prearranged rendezvous There he gave another of ficer the vials of hashish They did not try to preserve them for fingerprints Calnen said he did not carry tape recorder or radio transmitter on him because he was afraid of detection and they were un comfortable Calnen returned to the farm Aug 26 for lobster party with Rowbotham and some of his friends He said the idea was to cultivate Rowbotham as dealer and finally buy pound of hashish fromhim The preliminary will con tinue July 19 Rowbotham has been in custody since Nov 21 and says the transcripts of his original bail hearing have been lost He is also facing charges of conspiring to im port narcotics in Brampton and Surrey BC president and Jack Argyle secretary Examiner Photo

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