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Barrie Examiner, 5 Nov 1976, p. 3

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uwv BANTING MEMORIAL High School of Alliston captured the senior boys title in the Georgian Bay Secondary School Association Boys volleyball championships Thursday Alliston knocked off Eastview Secondary School shown in photos to advance against Stouffville in the final It took three games to decide the out come Barrie entral took the junior boys title with Eastview winning the midget division Alliston cheerleaders above right no doubt had strong 111 fluence for the victorious team Lorraine Buchanan tbclow right was one of the many Eastview students to volunteer to keep track of scores Examiner Photos by Rolf Kraiker No airport deal with Oro council CHARLES SIM PSON Barrie Mayor Dorian Parker and Charles Simpson deputy reeve of hp Township have both denied reports that Barries decision to drop its bid to annex 2100 acres from Oro involved deal concerning the citys proposal to build an airport in the township The mayor said today the air port was never even discussed in connection with an nexation She said she wished to categorically deny the making of any deal what socver between the city and the township There will never be any deals as long as am mayor shesaid Mr Simpson also said he would never be party to private deal Secret weapon but it wont be used Barrie may not need the ap proval of Oro Township council to build an airport on 242 acres of land the city owns in the township The Examiner has learned But members of the citys airport advisory committee say they have no plans to take ad vantage of the fact Court of Appeal decision of December 1973 recently published in Ontario Reports apparently rules out municipal control over airports The decision later upheld by the Supreme Court of Tanada ICE BLAMED Icy roads have been blamed for two accidents Wednesday morning on Simcoe County Road six north of Elmvale Elmvale PP say car driven by Nancy Mclavish 24 of Wasaga Beach suffered $800 damage when it went off the road Constable Corsr wandt investigated Also at am truck driven by Albert Desroches of RR Penetang slid at the same spot causing $300 damage to Bell Telephone pole His truck recieved no damage Constable Chambers investigated involved rangevillc Airport and the Town of Taledon in which the airport is located Owners of the airport had sought building permits for five new hangars for the airport which is legal nonconforming use of land zoned for agriculture Town council faced with massive opposition by residents to proposed ex pansion of the airports facilities refused the permits arguing that the non conforming use could not be ex panded without rezoning Lawyers for the airport sought anti won divisional court ruling that airports lie solely under federal jurisdic tion and cannot be regulated by municipalities SET ASIDE The court decision set aside the towns refusal Marshall Green member of the airport advisorv committee and himself lawyer said Thursday most lawyers questioned by the committee agree that the decision would apply to new airport such as the one proposed in ro as well as toan existing facility such as Urangcville Airport However he said he can see possibility that court might distinguish between the two cases BARBIE ELECTION WHO IN THE RA CE The following have said they are seeking Barrie tity ouncil seats in the Dec ti municipal election Xdenotes an incumbent MAYOR ARCHER Ross KINZIE Willard PARKER Dorian WARD ONE Three to be elected ARTHUR Alex GARRETT Nelson RUEMPER Fred VERSTRAIEN Henry WARI TWO Three to be elected OLE Del KNOWLES Bill STYLE Charles THOMPSON El WARD THREE Three to be elected ROTMAN Ernic STEPHENS Ross WARI FOUR Three to be elected CAMPBELL Bill LYNCH Ron MILLS Gordon SAIJVE Phil There was no such thing as that involved in the decision he said lhursday Reports had speculated that the city had dropped its an nexation bid in tho in return for township councils assurances of approval for the proposed airport The city has applied for rezoning of land it owns til the townships 41h oncession to permit construction of an air port ity council voted last week tosaw thetiro land off its bid to annex 20000 acres from three adjoiningtownships Mayor Parker said the unanimous decision was based solely on advice received by council concerning population densities and cost of the an nexation there Don McNall committee chairman said the group does not intend to use the decision as weapon in its attempt to get the airport approved We havent considci ed it he said lhursday think we can justify the airport without going to that kind of at tion The committee still plans to seek township approval he said Mr Green also said it Would be bad idea to use thcdccision as lever unless absolutely necessary Thered be an awful lot of hard feeling hcsaid We still have to live with fro Both men sounded dismayed when The Examiner called them to ask about the ruling It puts us in an awkward position Mr McNall said He said the committee lear ned of the decision shortly after public meeting in September during which number of tro residents protested plans to build an airport on the land located in the townships Pour th Concession EXPECTS DECLINE He said he expects public opr position to decline now that another source of anti Barrie resentment has been removed by the citys decision to drop its bid to annex 2100 acres of the township Remaining opposition can probably be overcome he said We have to convince the people that the thing is not going to destroy their coun tryside he said Meanwhile the OH Anti Airport Committee has sent letter to city council congratulating it on its decision to drop its bid to annex land from 1m and asking the city to withdraw its rezoning ap plication and disband the air port advisory committee ecause the need for an air port in ON Township is now redundant The proposed airport would take up only part of the citys parcel and would have 3500 foot runway The airport is in tended to help attract industry to Barrie BANTING MEMORIAL WI Nb NS SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TITLE Former alderman running in Ward Phil Sauvc former Barrie alderman innoiinced today he will seek clcctioii as alderman for Ward 111 the Dec municipalelection Mr Saiivc life insurance underwriter represented the ward from 1000 througli 1000 and was viccchailinan ol the finance committee for his last two years on council Mr Sauve said he is itllltll ing to municipal politics because we need some strong representation in Ward Weve got two good men droppv mgout The reference was to Aid Ross Archer now candidate for mayor and Ald laiil Wesseiiger who is not seeking reelection Ald Bill Campbell the wards third represen tative is running again this year and Ron Lynch an In nisfil Township resident who owns business in the ward is also candidate Mr Sauve said he supports the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce tlrive to renovate Barries downtown core He also supports development of the lakeshore between Bayfield and Muttaster streets saying the area could provide parkland boat docking facilities and parking for as many as 000 cars He declined comment on the controversial proposal to ex tend Lakeshore Drive from Hayfield to Mulcaslcr Mr Sauvc also said he would like to hold the line as much as Muskoka lllllSlII possible on municipal taxes but noted that this may be dif ficiilt with annexation in pro spect Mr Sauve served 11 years on the local branch of the ana diaii ancer Society lie was campaign chairman for two years anti is also past presi dent chartered life underwriter since 1000 he is also past president of the Sinicoc Life tliidcrwriters Association and member of the Barrie Yacht lub and the Barrie iiiling liib lie is mare ried with two children The Barrie Examiner Friday Nov 19763 BETER EAR AII SAD BIT was Taxable construction sinks badly in October oiistriiction of taxable buildings iii Barrie was down cutastrophically in lctobcr compared to the sziinc month in 1073 building permit figures released by city hall this week icveal Rut thris Spams chict building inspector for the city said lhiirsday he expects con striiction activity to skyrocket next year possibly to record levels Value o1 taxable construction for which permits were issued in October was 3121103 com pared 1115810045110 year ago The 1073 figure includes $1500003 worth of new com mercial construction an unusually high figure in addition no permits at all were issued for new single family dwellings compared to 11 permits for homes worth total of$1501000 year ago Residential permits were limited to three semi detached homes six dwelling units wor tli $150000 plus lit permits for $27705 worth of repairs Cheer starts hiistmas heer doesnt just mean the liquor people drink duriiigthe festive holidays lii Barrie these two words mean help and hope for needy families at thrist iiiastliristmis thccr is an organization designed to help out needy families with money foodandgiftsforthcholidays laiil Arbour is the publicity chairman this year He said last years program helped about 2100 families in the Barrie area about 1100 people This year hristinas heer has elected its new executive headed by Dan Sexton as chair man he said Also serving are Roger lodin vice chairman Dave Mctlean secretary treasurer and aptain iiiiy Venahlcs volunteerdirector Mr Arbour said the fund raising for the hristmas heei starts Nov 15 and will continue as long as necessary alterations and tilditions to homes Ol Rlllttl RSI By contrast construction ot buildings on which the city collects no taxes was up shai ply froinSZiJimoaycaragoto SlfltitLIitiJ The difference was almost entirely accounted for byS1tiioooworthoi additional construction value on the new coiirthoiisc for which the original permit was issued iii January 1073 Figures for the first 10 mon ths of 1071 are also down from the same period of 107 though not so spectacularly Taxable construction for which permits had been issued through Oct iii of this year amounted to $7171100 million compared to $11323 271i last year Non taxable construction was worth $110100 this year $52175iltttlt last year in the housing field only 77 newdwellingiinitswcrcstartcd in the first 10 months of 1070 compared to 277 last year iltlllt for single family dwellings were 32 so far this year 71 in 107 IVIICRIISI TES Mr Spams blamed the falloff on high interest rates and shortage of land for both residential and industrial con striiction He said availability of lots in residential districts and ti ap proved this year and new in dustrial land the city is likely to gain from current annexation proceedings should mean 1077 will he real boom year for construction think its going to he fan tasticycar he said Total taxable construction approved in October broke down as $17770 on 20 residen tial permits $03000 on seven commercial permits $147700 on five industrial permits and 33100 in miscellaneous work Apart from the courthouse the largest single permit was for an addition worth $100000 to Barrie Welding and Machine on Amie Street South Seat in Ward sought by Allandale resident tioidon Mills 111 home owner in Allandale tor the past ltiycars is sccltiiigclcction to Ward tiltitllliillllt scat in December municipal clcctioiis An investigator for the department of national defence at tltB Borden Mr Mills said previous councils have hecii made up of professionals bus iiiessiiieii and people o1 in dependent means These people were all elected on their merits and no doubt all carried out their duties in conscientious man iici he said Despite this doubt tilitl tilt councils were truly representative of all the citiciisofBarrie Mr Mills said he did not have the aura sometimes associated with the businessman or profcs sioiial bill is able to apply sound reasoning and common scnsclocityproblems There are the downtown problems future roads and parkland and annexation to name just few he said These can all be solved by the application of sound reasoning andcooperation Mr Mills was born in Sussex England He lived in Barrie from 1057 to 1001 and then moved to Northern Ontario in 1000 he returned to Barrie and now lives at 20 arolinc St lie is married with son daughter and two grand children Mr Mills is joining Aid Rill anipbell and businessmen lhil Saiivc and Ron Lynch in seeking the wards three alder lllllllltpUSititillS LOCAL AND GENERAL OUR MISTAKE In story in Thursdays Examiner Ontario Hydro of ficial Ted Johnston was quoted as saying that it would take 720 square miles of solar collectors to equal the power output of the Pickering nuclear plant The figure actually given by the of ficial was 72 square miles LIBERALS MEET The founding meeting for the new federal Liberal riding of Sirncoe South will be held Tuesday at pm in the com munity room at Municipal Savings and Loan Dunlop and Owen streets This riding in cludes Barrie Innisfil Essa Vespra Flos Elmvale Cookstown Bradford West Gwillimbuiy Tottenham and Beeton UN is located in the new riding of Simcoe North The founding meeting for that riding will be held Wednesday at pm at the Holiday Inn Orillia DATESCHANGED The Barrie Safety Association has cancelled its Tuesday meeting and re scheduled it to Nov 23 at pm in the conference room of the fire hall on Vespra Street The December meeting will be held at pm Dec at the same location SATURDAY FILMS The Barrie Public Library film department will be showing the adventures of Tuktu small Eskimo boy this Saturday from to pm in the library hall on Mulcaster Street The program will also includeeartoons MIDHLRSTCOLLEGE Graduation ceremonies at Midhurst College will be held tonight at at the college on the 7th Line of Vespra The program will include the presentation of diplomas to four graduating students and the presentation of certificates and awa rds CHILDRENS PLAY Red Riding Hood play for children will be presented Nov 18 19 and 20 by the Littles Hill Players at Georgian College Theatre The play will start Thursday and Friday at 730 pm and Saturday at 230 pm and 730 pm Tickets costing $2 are available at Trites Janes Stationery Allandale Drugs Tony Gilsenan is producer of the play so PARKING The Barrie Police Depart ment is reminding the public there is municipal bylaw which prohibits leaving parked vehicles on the street between the hours of it and am GARBAGE FIRE For the second day in row the Barrie Fire Department has been called out to fight fire in garbage cans Thur sdays fire occurred in the Rose and Duckworth street area 1817 REVOLT Tickets are on sale for the Theatre Passe Muraille per formance of the 137 Farmers Revolt Tuesday at 830 pm at Georgian College Theatre The tickets are available at 103 Dunlop St or by telephoning 7284613 The performance is sponsored by the Georgian Foundation for the Performing Arts IEIIE ON TRIPS The Steve Douglas Trophy will be awarded to the playoff champions of the Old Timers Hockey League president Bruno Tidd said today Leaguc executive members decided to name the trophy awarded annually for the championship of the eightteam league after Douglas at meeting Wednesday night The league in its fourth year plays Mondays in Thornton and Fridays in Lefroy PAUL HANSEiV Hansen runs for depreeve ro Township councillor Paul Hansen 34 has announced his candidacy for deputyreeve in the December municipal elecf tion twoyear veteran of count cit Mr Hansen has also been member of the township fire committee and arena board In announcing his candidacy he said he hopes to give the township stronger voice cit Simcoe county council by mov inguptodeputyreeve The post is currently 0c cupied by Charles Simpson Mr Hansen Barrie car salesman has lived in ro me five and half years He is married with two children

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