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ONE OF THE GROUPSof canoeists prepares for the starting gun Sunday during the Not tawasaga River Canoe Race sponsored by the Nottawasaga Vallev Con servation Authority The race started in Angus at am and was completed by Council feels good after talk with Darcy Innisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins said today his council felt very good on Friday after asking the Ontario Treasurer not to stand in the way of the townships proposed official plan Council met with Darcy McKeough for almost two hours at Queens Park Mr McKeough didnt agree but he said he would take our point of view into consideration Reeve Gib bins said He will have to discuss it within his depart ment Council asked for the meeting after Simcoe Centre MPP Arthur Evans said in April that Barries annexa tion bid would delay consid eration of lnnisfils official plan We came away feeling very good Reeve Gibbins said At least we had the op portunity to put the facts on thetable The councils of Innisfil Vespra and Dre have said they will oppose Barries at tempt to annex 20000 acres at hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board this year Innisfils official plan con cedes 6000 acres to the city but Barrie has applied to an nex 13500 acres The annexation dispute could carry on for three years Reeve Gibbins said We urged the minister not to hold up the official plan because of annexation He said he has heard only favorable comments about the plan since it oegan Ctr culating among provincial government ministries in Februrary BILL GlBBlNS However many developers whose pro erties are not designated or growth in the official plan have lodged ob jections to it South Simcoe Estates owuer of 4000 acres is one of the disgruntled developers The objections will be heard at another hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board lnnisfil council wants the official plan process to con tinue toward the hearing Said Reeve Gibbins People have the right to object third OMB hearing could be held over Innisfils zoning bylaw which was approved by council in 1974 and 0p posed by 800 property owners The zoning bylaw im plements official plan policy so new bylaw may have to be prepared after the plan is approved Reeve Gibbins said the of ficial plan has cost the township between $50000 and $60000 Annexation and the official plan are separate issues and they should proceed on their own the reeve said Settling of annexation after the official plan has gone through wojld mean boun dary adjustment and only alterations to the plan he said It would not mean new plan is needed The reeve expects Barries annexation bid to be dismissed by the OMB because the townships have offered to allow annexation of smaller acreages The amount of land offered by the townships would dou ble the size of the city Barrie has gone hog wild asking for more than it needs the reeve said Barrie is being very foolish not accepting what has been offered Annexation of 20000 acres would let Barrie grow to population of 125000 city council has said The city now covers about 6500 acres In comparison said Reeve Gibbins the city of Oshawa may annex 2000 acres to ac commodate 200000 people Present at the meeting with Mr McKeough were Reeve Gibbins MPP Arthur Evans Eric Fleming chairman of the latest SimcoeGeorgian task force Innisfils lawyer John Sopinka planning con sultants Jerry Jorden and Eric Hardy engineer Charles Tatham deputy reeve Blake Constable and councillors the first canoe almost two hours later The 20mile trip included four portages to avoid natural river obstacles Examiner Photo CITY NEWS Its back to work for county nurses its back to work today for Simcoe Countys public health nurses following weeklong strikewhich idled nurses at 26 health units across the province Dr Nancy Armbrust me dical officer of health at the Simcoe County District Health Unit said health ser vices at the unit should return to normal immediately Dr Armbrust and other senior staff members spent last week providing services to doctors and schools on an emergency basis and other health unit programs were cancelled Lilian Fralick president of Ontario Nurses Association Local 37 said nurses here are waiting for word from as sociation headquarters in Toronto on resumption of con tract negotiations suspended since March12 Timing of the directive from headquarters she said is the $64 question hope we know this week She said nurses are happy to be back on the job Were working people not striking people she said Nurses at some other health units across the pro vince may not be so happy Officials at eight units have locked nurses out until con tract disputes are settled The strike was called to back demands for legislation outlawing future strikes by FORMER TEACHERS and principals of Allistons Banting Memorial High School gathered Saturday night for 25th anniver sary of the schools opera tion Cutting the cake after the ceremony are Bruce McCausland cipal first prin Marie Banbrook teacher Sidney Owens former principal Bertrude Williams teacher Gord Wright former principal Ida McKelvey teacher Harvey first chairman of the Alliston District High School Board and Elspeth Davidson Examiner Photo Communism future challenge Earl Rowe tells anniversary The threat of spreading communism through Canada is challenge for future enerations says Earl Rowe former lieutenantgovernor of Ontario Mr Rowe was speaking to about 150 people atten mg the 5th anniversary of Ban tin Memorial High School in Alliston Saturday Were living now in an era where we re challenged as never before by another way of life he said About 25 years ago we only heard rumors about communism and dictatorship Since that time it seems alf the world is enslaved Canadians who do not be lieve this country is threat ened he said are too op timistic Even in this country there are quite few who are doub ting our systemlaughin at our own traditions he sat Mr Rowe was the guest speaker for ceremony to mark the first 25 years of Banting Former teachers principals students and school board members at tended the evening program Teachers and the education system Mr Rowe said will be challenged in the future The enerations should be inde have to be better in formed he said The 82yearold former lieutenantgovernor said peo ple in Canada have to revgve the traditional values of Christian homes churches and education institutions The next generation will be challenged to maintain our way of life and get back to sound basics he said think it is true people need to study more carefully the rea sons for our way of ife to pre serve the dignity and free dom of the common man Other speakers at the ceremony held in the gym nasium were akla Gray mayor of Alliston George PCHDuffcrim McCague EARL ROWE Simcoe and Ross Milne Liberal Peel Duffcrinr Simcoe Jack llanna principal in troduced the guests and led the 150 people in the high schools song Displays were set up to show growth at Banting Mc morial since it opened in 1951 As well there was film pre sentation about the school The school was built by the first Alliston District High School Board and has grown from 400 students to over 2000 with 116 teachers The school was named after Dr Frederick Grant Banting dodiscoverer of in sulin with Dr Charles Best Dr Banting was born on family farm homestead on the 3rd concession of Essa Township The entertainment in cluded ceremonial cake cut ting by former principals and teachers health unit nurses and pro viding for compulsory arbi tration of contract disputes The nurses also want the province to devote larger slice of its health budget to preventive health care such as provided by health unit nurses Mrs Fralick said the strike was success from the point of view of making govern ment officials and the general public aware of the nurses position Im sure the politicians are listening shc said She estimated nurses here distributcdmorc than 10000 information leaflets during thcstrikc ontract negotiations here broke down after one session with provincial conciliators Nurses were seeking an arbi tration clause and wage pari ty with hospital nurses Health unit officials offered six per cent saying increases of 24 to 27 per cent would have been needed to establish pari ty Ross Stephens chairman of the Simcoe County District Health Board has said there are no more funds available for salary increases due to provincial funding restraints Unit officials say fulltime nurses involved in the dispute currently make $10900 to $13150 year Cow sent to Nigeria Ado Huntusu Nigerian farmer will be happy man in few weeks About 80 Sunday school children at Westministcr lrcsbytcrian Church in liar ric are sending him diary cow to start new cattle herd The children under the direction of Jim Reisch Sun day school superintendent saved $400 from their own money to buy cow The pro jcct started in October Mr Rciscb said the childrcn were given nu1n ber of Worthwilc projects but decided to buy cow and send it to needy family The idea of the project he said is to teach children to understand the meaning of giving Not one penny he said was collectcd through fundraisingprojects Mr Buntusu is graduate of the Roni Farm School in northern Nigeria and his wife recently gave birth to twins Rev Harry Percy eastern Canada representa tive of the Sudan Interior Mis sion attended special scr vice at Westministcr Sunday for the presentation of cow The mission represents number of countries in Afri ca Liberia lvory Coast Ghana Upper Volta Dahor mey Niger Nigeria Sudan Ethopia and Somalia Rev Percy told the children the cow is needed in many countries because of severe drought which killed most of the cattle herds lhc cow used in the presen tation was borroch from Joe Maclieans farm and named Daisy by the children Mr Reisch said cow will be bought in Africa for Mr Buntusu Students wash store windows Students from the Canada Manpower Centre for Stu dents were to spend today washing windows for down town merchants as hirea studentweek gets underway The youngsters will spend the rest of the week washing and Wednes day at the ShellAvis Centre carsr Tuesday Dunlop and Bradford Streets Thursday and Friday at Ron 336 Bay Mclieod Texaco field No records by canoes Two Minesing girls outpad dled lot of canoes Sunday to finish in the female class of the Nottawasaga River canoe race The two girls finished in time of two hours 38 minutes and 43 seconds in the 20mile race from Angus to Eden vale The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority which sponsored the race said no records were set this year because of the number ofportages conservation spokesman said river conditions in cluding log jams and the swamp increased the num ber of portages to four Last year only two portages were necessary to complete the race Canoes left the conserva tion grounds in Angus in groups starting at am Sun day for the trip down the river to Edenvale Best time of the day was clocked by two Oshawa resi dents Elwood Stewart and Garnet Weaver in one hour 55 minutes and 45 seconds to win the open class Mike Ruddock of rillia and Jim Hobbs of Barrie clocked one hour 57 minutes and 23 seconds to win the senior class while Tom Weaver and Dale Weaver of Coboconk took the junior class in two hours 11 minutes and 46 seconds The malefemale class went to Ray and Joan Suchan of Scarborough in two hours 25 minutes and 26 seconds Rudy and Clint Jammer of Port Perry won the parent child event in two hours 21 minutes and 35 seconds The slowest time of the day was logged by canoe in the vnalefemale class The time was three hours 46 minutes and 14 seconds Names of the paddlers are not being released by the conservation authority The number of canoes en tered this year was down from last year the spokesman said only 58 canoes took part in the race which features trophies in all theclasses Only one canoe manned by two youngsters failed to finish the race this year and no serious problems were en countered The annual race is spon sored by the conservation authority to make people more aware of the outdoors in particular the area around the Nottawasaga River Also the race is used to help promote better use of and conservation of the water woods and wildlife in the area as well as promot ing better relations between the authority and the public Registration for school now underway rafts and Bible instruction will share the stage July through 10 as Westminster Presbyterian Church spon sors its fifth annual Barrie hristinn Workshop lasscs range from kiddie kollage to carpentry and are offered to everyone from those entering kindergarten in the fall to Grade 13 students In addition an adult class in macramc will be offered for the first time Unlike the typical vacation Biblc school in which all classes are held at the spoir soring church the various courses will be held in variety of locations as far afield as Angus the site of the canoe class Registrants will spcnd half their time learning stamp col lccting knitting or whatcvcr and half studying thcllible The workshop is inter dcnoni inational and features teachers from Free Meth odisl First Baptist and other Barrie churches Director is Bill Wright of Westminster Presbyterian Classes will be held from to 1130 am for younger students and from to pm for older pupils Registration is on first comcfirstservcd basis and costs $3 Officials say 30 registrations hvc already been received The workshop drew 120 last year and similar turnout is expected this year The week will end with pin barbecue July 10 Sat urday at Westminster Pres byterian Students teachers and their families will attend and crowd of more than 300 is expected ourscs offered are kiddy kollage for kindergarteners crafty fingers an introduc tion to creativity for grades and coppercraft horne making woodworking mo saic and glass canoeing creative crafts beads and felt knitting and crochet sewing stamp collecting electricity carpentry and macrame For more information or to register call 7282374 lNTRlUlOltY LECTURE free introductory lecture on transcendental meditation is being given June 30 in Room 222 business building Georgian College at 730 pm Further information is available by calling 7260168 MAYOR DORIAN PARKER presents Connie Hardy retiring chief librarian with plaque con taining the key to the city They mayor made sililar presentations to two other retiring city employees this year police chief Ed Tschirhart and fire chief Dan Keast Miss Hardy is leaving the library after 20 years and was honored at special open houseparty at the library Sunday Ex aminer Photo Many gifts presented to Constance Hardy money tree key to the ci ty and book were some of gifts which Constance Hardy the citys retiring chief librarian received Sunday Miss Hardy was honored at special open house party at the main library Sunday by herstaff The staff members pre sented her with money tree which was not to be used on anything dull or necessa ry Holding the plant with flowers from paper money Miss Hardy said she had never held so much money before Then she said feel like branch of bank ORVIIJJ HUGHES Sim coe County warden unveils portrait of Ross Chan ncn Sunday at Simcoe County Museum Mr Chan nen was director of the have wonderful staffbut right now want to admire this she said dont know how to carry money tree home The staff members also presented Miss Hardy who worked at the library since 1956 with silver pin It was very clever idea and will spend it frivolous ly she said Im leaving the library with many wonderful memories About 75 people attended the special party including Mayor Dorian Parker Al dermen Alex Arthur and Val Brucker and number of friends and acquaintances Gifts were presented by the museum from its 1962 open ing until his death in July 1975 About 180 attended the brief ceremony The plaque under the painting Barrie Library regional library Barrie Art Club the Barrie Horticulture Society and the staff Board the board the The citys new chief li brarian Sara Maley was in troduced with the new associate chief librarian An dre Van Vugt who starts July Mrs Maley who worked at the Barrie library before moving ed Miss Hardy for talking her into course to Vancouver thank taking librarians This is very exciting place to be in city that is expanding and library that is growing she said says Ross Channen Director 19621975 His Courage Vision and Dedication Are Not Forgot ten Examiner Photo 180 attend unveiling of Channen portrait MIDHURST portrait of the late Ross Channen founding director of the Sim coe County Museum was unveiled this weekend at the museum The portrait by an Oakville artist was donated by the Simcoe County Historical Association and the Barrie Rotary Club Simcoe Warden Orville Hughes unveiled the painting at the ceremony at tended by an audience esti mated at 180 Mr Channen was director of the museum from its 1962 opening until his death in July 1975 He saw the facilit uadruple in floor space wit rec additions and the con struction of 10 outbuildings during his term of service He was also in office at the time the county archives were added to the museum in 1967 memorial fund admin istercd by the museums board of directors was established shortly after Mr Channens death and is used to further archaelogical and museum studies and pur chase exhibits for the museum Many of Mr Channen friends attended the unveil ing ceremony at the museum Sunday Speaking at the brief ceremony held in the new wing of the museum were Gerald Williams president of the Rotary Club of Barrie of which Mr Channen was director Mr Styrino supervisor museums sec tion heritage administration branch ministry of culture and recreation and Judge James Clare Simcoe County Historical Society Mr Styrmo said there was great respect for Mr Chan nens integrity and presenta tion of exhi its at Simcoe County Museum He had boundless love for Simcoe County and its history said Mr Styrmo Judge Clare said the number of people attending the ceremony Sunday was great tribute to Mr Channen Mr Channen made great contribution to the Historical Society said Judge Clare dont think there would be an Historical Socie ty if it werent for Ross Ross accomplished in what was short life more than most of us will ac complish Judge Clare said Mr Chan nens family was told in April this year he had been made Member of the Order of Canada The award is not presented posthumously JUNESHOW The Barrie Horticultural Society will hold its June Flower Show Thursday at 730 pm at Sunnidale Cen tre Guest speakers will be Mr and Mrs Peter Scott En tries will be judged by Rita Caldwell