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Rent accommodation oneWay streets interest Mayor Parker at Vancouver Resolutions ranging from improved commuter rail ser vices to increased federal fundin for rental ac commo ation for low and moderate income families were passed at the recent convention of Canadas mayors and reeves in Van couver attended by Ma or Dorian Parker and Aid a1 Brucker Some 293 resolutions were adopted by the more than 1000 delegates to the 39th an nual conférence of Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities she said She noted the fourday con ference was extremely wor thwhile and she got lot out of it adding that she at tended most of the seminars on land use urban transpor tation and housing In hous said mu nicipalities ave shifted the emphasis from providing more rental units built to cor rect the acute shortage of this our ifiarrir Examiner The Barrie Examiner Friday June 25 19769 200 Scouts from Barrie off to Camp Wildman TINY TOWNSHIP Some 200 Scouts from the Barrie area are expected to take part in the Kempenfelt Bay Districts annual camporee at Camp Wildman beginning this evening Theme for the event which ends Sunday is lightweight camping Activities include lightweight hike on which scouts must cook their own lun ch an obstacle course and water activities trophy will be awarded for the best campsite Camp Wildman is on Tiny Townships Eighth Line west of County Road Vacation Bible School Crafts games hikes and picnics are part of the fun of the Vacation Bible School to be held July 1216 and 1923 All schoolaged children are welcome and registration forms may be picked up at Central United Church Registration is $1 per child or $150 per family which covers the cost of field trips to Sunnidale Park and Spr ingwater Provincial Park For more information con tact Roberta Beecroft at 7263660 Well problems ended STROUD With $25000 letter of credit in hand In nisfil council will allow oc cupancy of more houses in the Valleyview subdivision at Churchill Clerk Richard Groh said the developer is having trou ble with one of three wells serving the homes but the letter of credit should guarantee that work on the well is completed Issuance of certificate of substantial completion now will permit occupancy of homes in the Strict develop ment There are four parties to the agreement the Township of Innisfil Innisfil Public Utilities Commission Kakwa Estates and Kempenfeldt Holdings Ltd Kiwanis youthofmont The Kiwanis Clubs June youth of the month is Glenda Carson Grade 13 student at Barrie North Collegiate Miss Carson just completed her high school education and was editor of the school year book and active in the schools Christian Fellowship and Stamp Out clubs She is the daughter of Mur ray and Mary Carson of RR Phelpston and is 18 years old Leperesy She hopes to attend the University of Western On tario London Innisfil seniors STROUD Innisfil township staff will help distribute applications for senior citizen housing pro posed by Ontario Housing Corporation Clerk Richard Groh told council that student may be hired for short time to help send out about 1000 forms to qualified township residents OHC plans to provide hous ing geared to income if there is interest shoWn by perma ntent residents above the age 60 Council waits until Monday STROUD With just quorum Wednesday night In nisfil council deferred the hir ing of new municipal treasurer Only three of five council members were present Reeve Bill Gibbins is on vacation in Newfoudland and Coun Bill Tipple was atten ding funeral said deputy reeve Blake Constable ac Wrong address In full page article slums in the city one ro perty was incorrectly en tified The story which appeared June 14 said one property which has garbageridden EVERYTHING FROM ar chery to the le al aspects of accident lia ility was covered at training pro gram for summer day ting as chairman of the meeting The deputy reeve said the full council should decide on the hiring of treasurer to replace Duncan Green now treasurer for the County of Simcoe Nine applicants have been interviewe Council agreed to hold special meeting Monday at pm for prOperty backyard is at 191 Bradford Street The problem area is at 187 Bradford Street The Barrie Examiner apo logizes to the two owners of 191 who spend great deal of time keeping the property free of clutter camp counsellors About 88 counsellors attended the session this week and will take their expertise and knowledge with them to the ty of accomniodation ch exists across the coun tlIIJele tes also called on the federa government to for mulate national urban transportation polio that would assist mun cipa ities in dealin with their own trans portation problems she said ONEWAY STREETS In addition there was some discussion of the feasibility of oneway streets to improve the traffic flow in city cores Barrie is ideally suited for oneway traffic she said natural loo exists from west along ake Street along Collier to Ross Well ington and Anne streets and east on Dunlop Street she said This would mean the width of Collier and Duniop streets could be reduced to create room for more angle parking or to widen the sidewalks to encourage greater pedestrian traffic While in Vancouver she had chance to tour the citys downtown and was much im pressed with section that combined mall and outdoor market She said the area had real ly wide sidewalks and was packed with peo le when she visited it dur brief break from the conference Mayor Parker missed by hair appointment to the ex ecutive of the federation which was renamed The Fe deration of Canadian Municipalities She was nominated as di rectoratlarge for Ontario but lost out by one vote to the Mayor of Thunder Bay she said Also she lost the nomination for second vice president narrowly to Gilles LaMontagne Mayor of Que becCity The major theme of the conference as expressed in an opening speech by CFMM resrdent Paul Godfrey etropolitan Toronto Chair man is that municipalities should strive for greater autonomy and not go begg ing and always asking favors of the federal and provincial overnments Mayor Par ersaid LOCAL GENERAL HELLOHARVEY Hello Harvey party is be ing held July by members of the Georgian Guild Founda tion after the first per formance of Harvey Tickets costing $4 may be wtained from guild members the theatre box office or on the night of the party For in formation call Jean Cendron 7260611 SUMMER IIOURS In July and August the Barrie Public Library at the main building will be 930 am to 830 pm Monday to Friday and 930 am to pm on Saturday The boys and girls department will close at pm on Fridays BOARD APPROVES The Simcoe County Board of Education approved the construction of creative playground at Codtstown Public School Wednesday The Lions Club of Cookstown and the villages retreation committee are fundng the project TENDER ACCEPTED tender by Dennis Moran Ltd Barrie of $12640 for the demolition of severa buil dings on the site of the fourth hours Barrie High school was ac cepted by the Simcoe County Board of Education Wednesday $60000 RAISED The Barrie Cancer Society raised $60000 in its annual campai Campaign chair man Bil Bell extends his ap preciation to all who worked on thedrive BROKEN COLLARBONE fiveyearold Lefroy boy is in Royal Victoria Hospital With broken collarbone after he ran into the side of car Thursday According to Innisfil Township Police John Donald Brown ran from between tw0 parked cars in Lefroy and hit car driven by Verdon Carrigan of Bell Ewart The driver was not charged 33000DAMAGE Wesley Cowan of Toronto was charged with careless driving by Innisfil Police after an accident Thursday night According to police car went off the 10th sideroad just north of the 13th Conces sion and struck hydro pole The car had $3000 damage and the driver was not in jured Former Barrie mayor to lead backpackers Forty backpackers from Barrie will have chance to tackle the worst weather in the world this summer Willard Kinzie former Barrie mayor will lead trek through the Presidential Range of Mountains in New Hampshire in early July The mountains have the worst weather in the worli but Mr Kinzie hopes to sale all peaks The treeline on the rtngc is 4000 feet and most of the trip will be above that heiglct The 40 hikers will be traveling in two groups Mr Kinzie plans iccond expedition starting July 22 for 12 days in the Rockies The route along the Continental Divide will take hikers through high passes above the 8000 foot level Mr Kinzie says there are still few cpenin for this hike Age is no pro lem most of the backpackers range from1860 The major consideration is that the hiker be in good physical condition Mr Kinzie says the groups are divided evenly between male and female Anyone in terested should call 7284787 Earned $200 per week while drawing pogey 31yearold Barrie man has been convicted or two counts of issuing false statements to the Unemploy ment Insurance Commissnon UIC Fredrick Mensinga pbaded guilty Tuesday in Barrie court to the charges Judge John Ango fined Mensinga $250 payable in 60 days or 20 days in jail He also ordered Mensinga to repay the overpayment withir 90 various communityrun pro rams starting next wee Bob Baker right briefs group of coin days In January 1975 Mensinga claimed he did not work for four weeks and received $452 inbenefits UIC investigation revealed he worked for swimming pool company for the period earning in excess of $200 week for total of $845 Mensinga had declared that he did not work during this period and did not earn any money sellors on the responsibil ities of being in charge of youngerday campers Ex aminer Photo Tenyearold Karen Tracy stops and smells rose at the Barrie Horticultural Society show Thursday at Sunnidale community cen tre vera Mayes rose was one of 177 entries Frank Cancilla was the big winner among 19 adult entrants winning awards for best rose in Show best hybrid tea rose and for two Sprays soP SMELL THE ROSES of florabunda roses Jean Sanderson of Shanty Bay was awarded shield for having the best Iris in the show Judge Reta Caldwell of Shanty Bay turned in her fee to the Dr Ray ivcs bur sary fund which began this yecr and will go annually to sccondycar student in horticulture During the show Scott described Simcoe Countys history and showed old photo graphs of buildings in the Barrie area Examiner Photo Take some sand add water and preto By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Take few pounds of sand add little water and mix through highpressured air hose What have you got new downtown Barrie Sandblasting is harming the most popular way to brighten up downtown buildings Two major buildings the Municipal Savings and Loan Co at Owen and Dunlop Streets and the Wellington Hotel Bayfield and Dunlop streets have had facelifts John Elms owner of and Sandblasting in Barrie started working on the 100 yearold hotel last week The basic process he said is to blast sand and water through high pressure air hose at the wall removing paint broken brick and years of accumulated grime Then silicone sealer is put on the walls to protect the brick work from the elements It takes four days to prepare for major sandblasting job Mr Elms said explaining that test patterns are made to deter mine the proper air pressure amount of water and sand mix ture ln Ontario he said all sand blasting has to be by wet blasting with the water added Dry blasting using only sand is not permitted The water stream with the sand is to keep the dust level down during the work he said We try to do as much as we can without disturbing people walkinginthcarea FINE MIST Still fine mist of material filters through the air blowing into hair and gathering on clothes Mr Elms said there is very little danger of sand getting in to peoples eyes because it is so fine The sand which is made by granitecrushing machines is available in variety of sizes from fine talcium powder to pieces as large as rock salt vZB mumsnmi iasifonniioris JOIIN NEWTON works on scaffold two stories high to sandblast the Wellington Hotel Mr Newton has to wear protective hood which has air pumped to it from in There are special sands for special jobs But for the Wellington Ilotel Ive had to make special blend of very fine mixed with coarse hc said Each building being sun dblastcd has to be treatcd as different case Mr Elms said the Wellington Hotel is little more uniquc because of the variety of Colored bricks in the walls llc said there are orangc red black and purplc bricks and in tricatc yellow brickwmk around windows and caves The purple bricks have harder surface than thc other ones he said They were hart dly damaged at all Camp counsellors training program For three days this week 88 teenagch attended train ing program for summer day camp counsellors at the Gables property on the south shoreofKempenfeltBay They mastered such skills as water safety first aid ar chcry and arts and crafts which they will pass on to the elementary school children attending the many day camps to be held throughout the county this summer Counsellors for the Barrie YMYWCA Simcoe County recreation department Midhurst Day Care Centre and number of township recreation departments day camps took part in the train ingsession Day camps provide sum mer recreational activities for young boys and girls who would otherwise mopc around the house and annoy their parents for July and August Day camp programs fea ture swimming camp outs hikes games and sports Each day camp program will also feature number of theme days The Barrie theme days centre on animals Olympics pirates nursery rhymes and cowboys and Indians Youngsicis are picked up by bus from several schools in the city and rural areas in the mornings and returned to the schools at night Waves of 150 children attend day camps About 150 sixto12yearold children are invading Innisfil Township Monday in the first of four waves of day campers thissummer The Barrie YMYWCA is sending thechildren to the wide open outdoors at The Gables on Tollendale Road Dave Garner the Ys day camp director said four camps with 150 younsters each are scheduled They are all two weeks long The campers are picked up by bus at various public schools in Barrie at 830 am and taken to the camp until 430 pm During the day counsellors and counsellorsintraining teach the youngsters about crafts sports and water safe ty There 12 counsellors six seniors and six regular 14 counsellorsintraining Heather Fraser the assistant camp director and Mr Gar ner an compressor on the ground Thc hood is also air con ditioncd to keep the tem pcratnrc low Jobi lilnis owncr of and ii Sund blosting of llurric says the He explained that many bricks in older buildings are damaged by the yearly frcclc thaw action Water gcts into fine cracks in thc brick llttkitfi and expands enlarging the cracks Soon he said whole brick could fall out of platc because it is brokcn by the rcczcthaw Sandblasting Mr Elms said operation can be handled by one man because of lilitli£llt din ofi nrvu and controlu li1n1 llmtm removes about tinttights to onehalf of an innh of the ltitlt inchwide blltkn Most of thv faults and cracks are blzistcd awn leaving it fairly good surtlici for the sealer It Will takc to tc ihicc wocks to finish sandblasting tingt Wellington Hotel he said nd ding he has bids in for few new downtown other possible jobs in Barrie Mr Elms said the cost can vary depending on the size of the building the height the material the equi ment required and the accessibility The Wellington is 45 feet high and 66 feet long and is fairly ac cessiblc Sandblasting has been around for about 20 years but its only been the last five years that its really been used for building restorations he said Id say lot could be done for the downtown area with more sandblasting Mr Elms said when the job is completed it is his respon sibility to clean up the site as much as possible Every day he said some time is spent swccping the sidewalks and iltit Larry lorpcy coowner of the hotel said the owners decided to restore the building as close as possible to the original lll OPENING grand opening he said is scheduled for midJuly The problem is that the building is so visible from cvery approach he said We didnt want to make the building modern looking occuusc the problem is that you have to keep remodelling every few years Mr lorpcy said part of the problem downtown is that lot of the property is not owned by the same people operating the businesses Most of the owners will not do any restorations un til they can not get tenants he said The mall idea was fairly good example of what can be done he said People will tome downtown Robbed Beckers store men get 12 months jail iWo Newniarkct men were sentenced to 12 months in jail by ounty ourt ludgc larc this week for their part in the robbcry of Beckers Store in Sllutlti Giovanni Mirabelli had pleaded guilty to the charge Harold Wood had pleaded not guilty but was found guilty by County Court jury in Mav FIRST AID instruction was art of the training session or Simcoe County summer day camp counsellors Bruce Hecnan pleaded got at an earlier court rip pcarancc and is now servmg time for the offence The three men had driven north from Ncwmnrket Nov 20 with the intention of robb ing milk store They had ap proached Beckers Store in Barrie but were scared off by the preschc of police car at Thursday Dave Garrick of the Simcoe County recrea tion department demon IAt the Beckers Store in Stroud they took about $60 from the till while threaten ing the attendant Jane Walker with an air pistol Barrie lnnisfil and York chional police worked together to trace car used in the robbery to Mirabellis parents stratcs how to bandage bruise on the shin of Judy Perkin Examiner Photo