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Nb Developers opposed to public PARKING OMB chairman says CAN YOU PARK OR CANT YOU Drivers might have little trouble figuring out whether they can or cannot park on the west side of lapperton Street near Sophia There is similar set of signs on the east side of Owen Street just south of McDonald iExam llltlllltmi Second phase of campaign hristmas presents piled in the back seat of car are an open invitation to thieves Last year one shopping cen tre alone reported 63 thefts and according to Paul Hodgert Chairman of the Barrie Jaycees Lock lt aiitl Pocket the Key campaign reporch thefts only account for about onethird of the items stolen As part of its ongoing carn paign against car theft the Jaycees will be launching se cond phase in InlferOVClIleI The club ill launch public education campaign to remind people not only to lock their cars but to lock their Christmas presents ll the trunk of the car Three officials attend meeting Three Simcoe County of ficials will travel to Durham Tuesday to participate in an early planning meeting for tins tario Hydros future South western Ontario transmission andgencrating facilities The Durham meeting is one of four being held across ii tario Participants will examine the possible location of future tran smission and generating facilities and will discuss the needs alternatives and eXistingsystem Local representatives will in clude Gord Watson Simcoe County clerk Peter Moran Simcoe ounty Historical Society and Boyd Robertson lluronia Tourist Association HIARKING The larrie Police Depart ment is reminding the public there is municipal bylaw which prohibits leaving parked vehicles on the street between the hours of and am By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter The real estate development industry got teed up and driven 300 yards down the fairway by Alex Arrell of the Ontario Municipal Board during Fridays session of the OMB hearing into Barries annexa tion application Mr Arrell chairman of the hearing said developers did not qualify as part of the public at the hearing because they are usually opposed to the public The remark came during dispute as to who was entitled to address the board Friday day set aside to hear members of the public not represented by lawyers Consultant Ronald Higgins of Thornhill representing de velopers of land adjoining the north edge of the city spoke in support of annexation of his clients land But when he called another consultant to present further evidence on the issue Mr Arrell stepped in The developer isnt part of the public he said Hes usually opposed to the public in our experience Im not so sure we should have let you speak To Mr Higgins protest that neither he nor the other consul tant was represented by lawyer Mr Arrell said if youre going to act as your own lawyer thats your respon sibility James Carthy lawyer for the largest developer in the pro posed annexation area do clined during recess to com ment on Mr Arrells statement about developers Mr Carthy represents South Simcoe Estates which owns 4000 acres in the portion of In nisfil Township Barrie hopes to annex The firm is supporting annexation of its lands After Fridays session Mr Arrell elaborated another remark which has caused con troversy at the hearing Thursday Mr Arrell sur ggised lawyers by saying the ard is accepting target figure of 110000 for Barries population in the year 2011 The city has based its evidence on figure of 125000 as recom mended in the SimcoeGeor gian Area Task Force report Mr Arrell told reporters Friday he does not consider population figures or density at hearing major factor in the boards deliberations Instead he said the board must set appropriate boundaries according to plann ing principles How many people move into that area is secondary he said He said such hearings do not usually deal with population figures or task force reports and he is not bound by the report Mr Arrell Toronto resi dent has been member of the OMB for 15 years He practiced law for 29 years before his ap pointment to the board in 1961 CITY NE WS The Barrie Examiner Saturday Nov 19763 Outdated principle basis of hearing Bob Bentley says at session of OMB The entire annexation pro ceeding now before the Ontario Municipal Board is based on an outdated principle former Bar rie mayor Bob Bentley told the OMB Friday Mr Bentley said planning based on municipal boundaries should be abandoned in favor of restructured county setup in which cities and townships would join together in planning to accommodate growth Barrie has applied to the OMB for annexation of about 20000 acres from lniiisfil VeSpra and Oro townships all of which have opposed the ap plication Since the OMB hear ing on the application began last week the city has an nounced it no longer wants any land from Oro thus reducing the bid to about 18000 acres Mr Bentley said Friday the proposed annexation would put the city in financial strait jacket for the next 20 years with respect to capital funding would leave township residents worse off than at present would drive small builders out of business and would lead to strip commercial development in what would be left of Innisfil similar to what is now in ex istence on Highway 26 in Ves pra STOP GROWTH In addition he said such mammoth annexation could stop forever the very growth it is intended to promote However Mr Bentley said he cannot agree with claims by township officials that Barrie wants too much land Instead he said the city has asked for HARRIII LAND pirates read the signs slipped under windshield wipers at Fridays session of the On tario Municipal Boards hearing into Barries bid to annex some 18000 acres from Innisfil and Vespra Town ships Opponents of the an nexation out one such sign on car belonging to OMB member Toliii harron but he took it off before it could be photographed Examiner Photo Busy program planned by Goldwater Legion By SHIRLEY JENNETT COLDWATER President of the oldwater branch of the Royal Canadian Legion reports busy schedule from now until the year end with activities in cluding memorial day church parade Poppy Day Remcm brance Day parade dinner and dance thc annual Christmas party and New Years dance The active branch has 134 regular members 65 associate members 13 honorary mem bers and 64 fraternal members with waiting list for the latter category Halloween dance was held at the Legion Sat Oct 30 and during the evening the ways and means committee drew the winning names in the 5050 memorial draw with proceeds going towards the new war memorial Winners were Sally Cadcau of Victoria Harbour $300 Russell McCullough of Bccton $150 and $5000 to the Zone commander Earl Cock of Waubaushenc LADIESAlXllJARY President of the Ladies Auxiliary Thelma Robinson reports that her group is working towards the purchase of dishwasher for the kitchen Horace Sallows generously con tributed of his time to make the ladies steam table to be used at catered weddings and banquets and for member use as well There were 132 tickets sold for the recent meat cutting demonstration put on by the IGA Therefore $132 was realized by the Auxiliary that evening They are still in need of Dominion Store cash tapes to purchase some needed tables Within the next few weeks the Ladies Auxiliary will be selling GUEST SPEAKER Donald MacDonald leader of the Ontario IF and NDI from 1953 lo W70 is the guest speaker at the Sim coc cntrc NDP dinner and dance tonight Agriculture and food critic in the Ontario Legislature for the NDP Mr MacDonald served two terms as federal president of the NDP He was first elected to the legislature in 1955 and re elected in 1950 ltltil 1907 1971 and 1975 He is also lecturer lll political science at York University and has edited hook Government and Politics of Ontario The dinnerdance starts at pm at the IOOli llall Fer ris Lane Barrie Further information is available from Mary Lou Wcssenger 7289703 hot lunches such as soup chili or stews with rolls and butter on Friday nights in the clubrooni in order to make lit tle money These may also be provided when special ac tivities are going on at the com munity centre across the road Chairman of sports Vince Sova reports three teams have been entered in the Barrie mixed bowling tournament of Nov and full report of plan ned activities for the winter will be available following zone meeting at Elmvale He also reports that the Monday night mixed bowling Legion Team has star bowler in the person of 04yearold Steve Brodcur who bowls three nights week on this team the Legion Mens Team and the Senior Citizens team report from Jack Fitz patrick of lransportation Ser vicc indicates new service for Legion Members Tran sportation will be made available to and from nursing homes hospitals and emergen cies where there is need by calling him Public relations officer Shaw reports an addition to his committee Lillian OConnor will be assisting with notice boards and reports to the newspapers and radio stations of upcoming events He also reports very successful District convention was held at ollingwood in October Branch 270 was represented by president Dan Martin vice president Victor Turner and Mr Shaw The 270 Snooker Lea ue begins its season in Novcm and continues to March or April Chairman of the league is Reg Cator Poppies will be sold doorto door and in stores and on the streets Saturday Nov The church parade will be held Sun day Nov Participants will meet at the Legion at 845 am and parade to the United Church for 945 service memorial service will also be held at the Cenotaph at 11 am Nov 11 less land than is needed for proper planning of urban growth in the Barrie area The problem with the pro Essa he said is its reliance on undaries as key to plann ing think the conce is the Barrie urban area ich isnt necessarily within the boun daries of Barrie he said He rejected the argumenta keystone of the Proctor and Redfern annexation report which forms the basis of Bar ries casewthat only urban municipalities are capable of proper planning of growth Instead he said restruc tured county including the cities of Barrie and Orillia could replace confrontation with cooperation in the plann ing of the area He acknowledged that such selfcreated restructuring is without precedent but argued that Simcoe County has the ideal mix of rural urban recreational industrial and commercial facilities to achieve the goal SERIOUS DEBT Mr Bentley said capital costs of hard services for annexed land would put the city in such serious debt position that it could afford little else for the next 20 years This Would give an antigrowth council an ex cuse to stop development on the grounds that the city could not afford it In addition he said increas ing reliance on builders levies to pay for services Would leave only large builders able to af fordto build He also noted that the current proposal would put 60000 peo ple in what is now the northern part of Innisfil with no commer cial area to serve them and such an area Would grow up in strip form just south of the pro posed new boundary BOB BENTLEY Opponents hit letters Letters on annexation from Ontario treasurer Darcy McKcough to Ontario Mu nicipal Board Chairman William Shub drew attention again at Fridays session of the OMB hearing into Barrics bid for 18000 acres from Innisfil and Vespra townships Several opponents of annexa tion mentioned the letters with some bitterness during their testimony suggesting that the letters published in the local media has crippled opposition to annexation and even under mined the legality of the hear ing The letters which support Barries contention that the ci ty needs to expand its bouil darics to accommodate population of 125000 by the year 2011 have not been admit ted as evidcncc at the hearing The letters do not cifically approve the boun aries re guested by the city saying etcrmination of exact boun daries is matter for the board to determine Frederick Watts of St Pauls told the board he questions the legality of its decision in view of the letters and other wit nesses described their publica tion as inappropriate and untimely Paul Tremblay of Little Lake said the letters had scared away opponents of annexation who mi ht otherwise have been involv in the battle Wally Coutts of Barrie Alison Crawford Orillia Richard Harvie and Tim Sut ton of Barrie above were four Midhurst College students who received their Grade 13 diplomas at the MIDHURST COLLEGE HOLDS GRADUATION graduation Friday night at the college Below Tim Farr Stroud Rodger Brown and Doug Binkley of Barrie received their Grade 12 diplomas Examiner Photo Private school has third graduation four students get Grade 13 diplomas By ROSEANNII McCABII Examiner Staff Reporter Four students received Grade 13 diplomas Friday night when Midhurst ollcge held its third annual convocation at the school They were Richard llarvic Wally outts anti Tim Sutton of Barrie and Alison rawford of rillia Grade 12 graduates were Doug Binkley and Rodger Brown of Barrie and Tim Parr ofStroud Maureen orbett of Ottawa won scholarship award pla quc for general proficiency The rest of the student body there are 48 students received certificates for completing the year Registrar Peter Noy founder of the school presented diplomas and certificates before the audience of parents and students at the college located on the Tth Line of Vespra Midhurst ollegc is an alter native school with Grades one to 13 seven teachers and 40 students Parents pay $2000 year for one reason to provide their children with individual learn ing experiences Mr Noy talked Friday night in an interview about the school In three years it has grown from group of 17 students It was first located in rented building on the 0th Line of Vespra rented by Mr Noy an area business man and two parents ASKED TO START Mr Noy an engineer had done supply teaching for the Sinicoc ounty Board of llduca tion Two concerned parents asked him to help start rivate school They learned he iad taught at lluronia ollegin similar private school in Midland Mr Noy said The two parents concerned were Dr Talbot and the lattDr ardwcll The present school is owned and operated by Mr ov and teachers Annice Blake Janet McNairti and Dieter lrban the principal Other teachers lll clude Miroslava Loni Greg Forfar and Scott Pope There are two large class rooms and basement on three acres of land Its unique in that teachers own the school Noy said Two thousand dollars is lot of money but for these parents it is worth it Mr Noy said rich kids school It hasnt turned out that way Most of it is litlltlrtfllllttl money he said tour of the school takes five minutes in one large class room tlicrc is reading pacer which allows the teacher to keep track of reading improve ment There are coiiiputoraids the Mr IIITICR NOT for teaching basic math These arejust someof the visual aids Downstairs lab has been built for physics and chemistry classes Students call teachers by their first name he said Just then student called for Mr Noy They have never called me Peter he shrugged just let things fall where thev mav That attitude runs through the whole school it is easy inatterroffact We had over $0 applicants for teaching jolts this year and we never advertised lie said but be attributed that to the surplus of teachers Disciplineproblenis There arent any here he said lasses are no bigger than 10 and allow for teacherpupil interaction Teachers know their pupils The only thing threatening Midhurst ollege is expansion We limit the enrolment he said One Grade pupil at the con vocation considered himself lucky to be part of that enrol ineiit lot of my friends dont know what the school is They think because it is so small it is for weirdos he said like it here 1X37 RIIVULT Tickets are on sale for the Theatre Passe Muraille per formance of the 1937 Farmers Revolt luesday at 830 pm at Georgian tollege Theatre The tickets are available at 103 Dunlop St or by telephoning T284613 The iXrformance is sponsored by the Georgian Foundation for the Performing Arts Evelyn Harrison left Louise Campbell and Nola Knupp of the Barrie Library look over paperback books purchased through the Georgian Bay Regional Library System More than 65 libraries in the Georgian Bay Region pur GEORGIAN BAY REGIONAL LIBRARY chased total of $12000 worth of aperbacks on Canadian cu ture The aim of the purchase according to Ronald Mackenzie director of the Georgian Bay Region al Library System is to im prove the collection of aiiir dian books and to give sup port to Canadian publishing houses At one time hard bound books were bought for durability Mr Mackenzie said but now convoiiiencc and popular appeal of paper backs is considered impor tant The book purchase is part of Outreach Ontario project of the ministry of culture and recreation Distribution of books to libraries will take place dur ing the next two weeks Ex aminer Photo