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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertis All Other Departments ll2th YearNo 157 BARRIE ARENA 726 6539 mg 728 24 7266537 Clip idiotic Examiner 15 Per Copy Currier Home Delivery 85 Weekly HARRIES NEW CITY HALL City would pay $8 000 to help renovate room Barrie will pay up to $8000 to renovate room on the se coiid floor of Harrie Arena on Duiilop Street for the Barrie Flyers At special council meeting Monday council agreed to pay onethird of the estimated $24000 cost of ltliOVtIllOllS The lilyers will put up $8000 and Wintario $8000 Flycrs directors are meeting tonight to discuss the proposal said Ernie Alex ander director who at tended Monday nights meeting Personally think it is reasonable compromise he said The Flyers had suggested that the club make the renovations if the City reduced arena rental to $300 game for three years The room is to be used as meeting room for proposed ixxisterclub The team now pays $350 rent for regular season games and $575 for playoff games SltitllISTSlliAN The costsharing idea was suggested by Gary Taiiiblyii city administrator The team has to come up with an $8000 letter of credit before work starts Mr Alexander said the club hopes to have the renmations complete by September It the agreement is cepted the Flycrs will given rent free use of be ALEXANDER met with city room for three years The citys share of the $24000 is expected to come from contingency fund set up for work completed this spring at the arena New washrooms changing rooms concession booth en trance and offices were ad ded to the arena In report to the public works committee Mr Tani blyii said the Flyers will earn back the money they put into renovations by getting free use of the room for three years at an estimated rental of $100 game for 23 games $6900 The additional $1100 would come from increased game attendance OVERLOOKSSURFACE The meeting room on the Dunlop Street side of the arena include foyer which will be glassedin The room will operate as private lounge for booster club members Ald Ross Archer public works chairman said any group which has used the room in the past for meetings will be able to use it in the future wunout costs Groups other than the Flyers which get liquor licence will be charged rent Ald Archer said The lounge area will hold no people No kitchen fa cilities are included in the plans The Flyers tried unsuc cessfiilly to run booster club last season Failure of the attempt was attributed to the lack of facilities in the arena lub members met at Sun nidale Community entre or at members homes after games Aid Del ole said the arena room has been used very lit tle over the years The plan is not to build an addition to the arena but to make better use of the fa cilities available he said OPP interview with Cindy is planne MIDLAND Ontario Police plan to inteniew Cine dy Knowlton today an OPP spokesman said But the mother of the year old girl who went miss ing for five days last week says Miss Knowlton still can not remember much of what happened to her So far she has re membered the people she met when she went to Ottawa and says they were very kind to her lvadelle Knowlton said But she cannot remember anything at all from the time she started for home last Tuesday The ride she took is com plete blank Were not press ing her for details Mrs Knowlton said Kenneth ordes 27 of Penetanguishene committed suicide on Thursday after he told police he had driven Miss Knowlton to Wasaga Beach on Tuesday the day she disa ared Afggre twoday search of the Midland area by 200 volunteerg and police Miss for is 43 CINDY KNOWLTON Knowlton was found at an arts and crafts show at Killaloe 90 miles northwest ofOttawa The doctor who examined her said she had bumps on her head and was suffering partial amnesia The father of Mr Cordes William Cordes of Pcne tanguishenc has been quoted in Toronto newspapers as blaming press coverage for his sons suICide But he said today My feelings are very disturbed could say something wrong He refused to comment on the Toronto reports Sgt Len Doolittle of the Midland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police said he did not think Kenneth Cordes name was made public and reported in the until after the suicide nsp Tom Lennon of the criminal investigations branch of the OPP was not available to confirm the time ofrelease Property tax reform plan TORONTO iCPi Willis Blair chairman of commis sion considering Ontario government proposals for reforming the property tax system said Monday the ob jective of the proposals is more effective and fair pro perty tax system The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday July I976 cloudy WEATHER FORECAST Sunny and warm with few periods Wednesday Low tonight 18 high Wednesday 20 today and 20Poges City offers $19 million Civic Tower to purcha Barrie is willin to pay $19 million for new cit hall Council has bid 19 million for the Civic Square Tower on Collier St near the present city hall Information about the bid was released at pm Mon day after the deadline to sumit tenders for the building The city is one of number of bidders for the building The purchase if the citys bid is successful is subject to approval by the Ontario Municipal Hoard which rules on capital expenditures by municipalities Civic Square Tower was built in 1973 at cost of about $3inilion The builder Harvey liar bridge Developments Ltd of Huntsville went into re ceivership earlier this year The receiver Dunwoodco Ltd of Toronto is selling the building through public tcii der The citys bid includes five per cent deposit $95000 which will be returned if the citys bid is un successful or if the OMB does not allow the city to borrow the money The city has asked to bor row $2200000 which includes $300000 for renovations Hen Straiigliaii city clerk said the city does not have any positive figures for ren ovation costs Deadline for closing the deal according to the tender is Aug 20 The cit wants the date extended unti Nov 15 to ive the OMB time to make ecision Mayor Dorian Parker who supports the idea of buying the niiiestorcy building said the city should know within two or three days if the tender isaccepted Mayor Parker said the ma jority of council supported the idea of bidding for the buildin based on the facts anti vice supplied by city administration Personally think we will be successful she said this morning The ma or said she is op iscd to holding city hall rom scratch when tailormade administration building is available The city has included about $7 million in its five year capital budget for the con struction of new city hall and library complex Mayor Parker said that figure will continue to in crease every year She said it does not make economic sense to continue to plan for anew building Ald Alex Arthur finance committee chairman an op ponent of the plan said he thiks the citys tender is too low ivic Square Tower will really get us purely office space Aid Arthur said the building is certainly not what my concept of city hall should be adding he sup ports the idea of city hall and library together The city he said should plan to build the city hall after annexation with view to the projected 125000 population proposed for Harr me He said the provincial government should offer some assistance to the city to reduce the tax burden for city taxpayers Id like to see well designed modest functional city hall he said can not see buying building which was dcsi ncd the way that one is or purely office space Aid Arthur said the building would not be good business proposition for the city explaining that the private sector can not make it economically viable Secret meeting preceded offer It took secret city council meeting to approve Barries bid for the Civic Square Tower building Iouncil met in formal ses sion without notifying the public According to council mics all meetings of council ex cept meetings of committee including committee of the whole shall be open to the public And no person shall be ex cluded therefrom except for improper conduct Mayor Dorian Parker who called the special meeting said this morning council met to approve the bylaw asking the Ontario Municipal Board OMB for $2200000 to pur chase the ninestorey building Aid Alex Arthur finance committee chairman said most of the council members attended two closed commit tee meetings intermunicipal liason and general govern ment before the special council meeting was held Ald Arthur said the council meeting was part of the series of meetings held Wednesday Its the mayors respon sibility to inform the public and press about special coun cil meetings he said Midhurst resident may sue council MIDHUHST resident here says he may sue Vespra council over stopAwork order placed on garage he wasbuilding On Monday council told Graham Allen he should not have been given building permit for the project in April But with the garage par tially built council said it will enforce stopltwork order slapped on the site June 22 Its enough to bankrupt me said Mr Allen who is seeking legal advice cant afford the loss Council told Mr Allen the large garage contravenes the rovincial governments reeze on commercial de velopment in Vespra imposed in 1974 because the township lacks an official landuse plan Mr Allen owns six trucks which carry mail for the post office In addition the garage was being built in residential area council said NEIGHBORS OBJECT Council members on Mon day freely admitted the error in issuance of building per mit but they rfused to con sider compromise Neigh amiss VA Wow And thought five was old bors have complained about the size and use of the garage Mr Allen had offered to reduce the size of the building to dimensions of 24 feet by 30 feet and height of 12 feet Plans approved by the township in April showed building 24 feet by 44 feet 15 feet high Mr Allen said Council members advised Mr Allen to see lawyer and consider lodging claim against the township He should see lawyer think the fellow has claim against us but it is up to him to prove it said deputy reeve George Buie Mr Allen 33 is married and has two children He operates Graham Allen Car tgage and he plans to start an auctioneering business would not have bought this house iin Midhursti if could not have got permit he told The Examiner in an interview He said his family moved from Barrie into the new home June 10 He listed the following ex penses which have occurred $3000 in improving the Midhurst house $5000 worth of material bought for the garage and at least $300 if the garage has to be re modelled Mr Allen said he is also in danger of losing second mortgage worth $15000 ob tained from bank on the assum tion the large garage would built The building rmit was signed by the bui ding inspec tor Buckle but Mr Allen said he received approvals from township clerk Earl Richardson who was not preL sent at Mondays meeting want to settle without causing embarrassment to anyone Mr Allen told coun Cl THAT FIRST SIP TASTES SOOOO GOOD cool drink of water hit the spot for Schairold Karen She was helped to the foun tain at Memorial Square by her mother Blanchard Sunday Mrs Harris Ilxaiiiimr Photo 250 teachers from Simcoe County to take special education courses Beginning Wednesday 250 teachers from Simcoe County and the surrounding area will reverse their roles and become students again The teachers will be taking part in special education program being sponsored at Eastview secondary school by the Ministry of Education The courses are offered for experienced teachers to become certified in special education instruction specialists in special educa tion and instructors working with trainable mentally retarded studean The Harrie program fear tures two special approaches For the first time there will be an attempt to integrate programs involving the trainable mentally retarded with other special ediication programs Barrie and St Catharines are the only locations offering the combined program The special education program alone is also being held at Toronto Kitchener North Bay and Ottawa The course will also use schoolragc children in its practical program Vespra approves recreation field MIDHURST Vespra council on Monday approved spending estimates on new township recreation field The 530000 protect featur ing lighted baseball dia mond washroom and re freshment booth in its first stage is to be established at the intersection of highways ZGand 27 north of Barrie An arena and soccer pitch could also be built on the Site in future said oun Venner Lambert member of the rec reation committee He said public meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday July 27 in the Midhurst community centre before construction tenders arecalled About Storm is to be raised through public contributions with Vespra council also pro Viding $6000 Funds will also be sought through Wintario and the Community Centres Act Coun Lambert said be ex pects engineering specifica tions to be presented to coun cil in two or three weeks iespra council has also been involved in construction of tennis courts at Forest Hill school in Midhurst ENNER LAMBERT public meeting The courts which will be open to the public after school hours are jomt venture of Vespra council Simcoe Coun ty Board of Education in terested Midhurst Parents and the Midhurst recreation andhail board Contractual link signed OTTAWA CPI Canadas longsought and unpre cedented contractual link with Europe became reality today External Affairs Ministei Allan MacEachen and twc top Europeans Signed an agreement between Canada and the European Economic Community iEECr which bound the two Sides to vague ly defined commercial and economic cooperation Under staff supervision specialist teacher candidates are required to diagnose and evaluate childs educational problems design learning program and teach the child two hours day for four weeks WRITTEN REPORT Parents are intchiewcd prior to the program and receive written report at the end These programs are the only agency dealing With children which supply writ tenreport Use of the reported in formation is up to the parent and student At another level students are combined in groups for onehour sessmns of educa tional and other acttvtties The llilllfTS at this level use filllflttl of techniques to assess evaluate and attempt procedures in InSlrUtting students The Harrie program Will be nin under the direction of Dr Gerry Hackett special education officer for the mid western region of the Ministry of Education The vice principal Will be Dr Shirley lnrig program consultant for the Simcoe County Board of Education Staff will include ex perienced specialists from throughout Ontario but lile lySimcrwffounty The program Will run daily toAug CAPSULE NE WS Denies PWA application 01 AWA ICP tion to The Canadian transport commissmn announced today it has denied British Columbia app prevent Pacific Western Airlines PWA from mov lica ing its head office and main overhaul base from Vancouver to Alberta centres Cramped quarters MOSCOW IReuteri senior Sowet plained today of cramped conditions in village when he said his countrys athletes will be eight toi4inaroom official com ontrealii Olympic living Windsor shops destroyed WINDSOR Ont five downtown smoke today ire blaze which broke out more than $1 million iCPv An earl morning tire destroyed and covered area in thick cloud offiCials estimate damage from the in bowling alley about at 23 yachts not sighted HALIFAX iCPi The search and rescue centre said todayztofm satlantic race from Plymouth have not been seen or hard from yachts still at sea in si ngiehanded tram nd toNewport RI pitealookaitalertto planes and ships in the North Atlantic issued this week Hijacks plane his countrys airliners with surrendered after the hohday reported surrenders as perm aboard today but gt plane landed on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca airport spokesmen here Soviets launch spacecraft MOSCOW new Soyuz joint experiments with the news agency Tass iReuteri The Sowet Lnion today launched spacecraft with twoman crew to carry the orbital space laboratory Salth reported wsesxssmsm