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$5 000 damage in trailer fire Atractortrailer fire Monday on Highway 400 north of the Innisfil Beach cutoff caused $50000 damage and estroyed the trailer say Barrie OPP Police say an overheated wheel bearing started the fire in the trailer section of the rented vehicle at 10 am The driver was able to unhook the burning trailer from the truck ac cording to police The truck was owned by and Baillergeon Truck and Trailer Rental from Ville St Pierre in Quebec Garbage catches fire in truck pile of garbage went up in smoke Monday inside one of Innisfiis garbage trucks Innsifil fire officials say fire broke out in the rear portion of Baxter Disposal truck near 10 am Monday on Conces sion 13 near the railway They say damage was minimal and believe the fire was set off by something hot in garbage that was picked up Hike to see nesting sites Brereton Field Naturalists Club plans trip to Minesing Swamp to see the nesting sites of the great blue heron Satur day The group will leave Centennial Parks south parking lot at 830 am and the public is invited Bring lunch and snowshoes or crosscountry skis Leader is Betty Carter who can be reached at 3221058 for more information No commitment from Snow Mayor Ross Archer and other city officials met Monday with James Snow provincial transport minister to discuss city requests for fifth lane on upper Bayfield Street and an interchange at Highway 400 and innisfils 12th Line both at provincial expense The interchange would serve existing industrial lands in the city plus lands the city hopes to air nex from Innisfil Township The minister told the group both matters are under investigation but made no commitments on construction or funding the mayor said Mayor wants to meet with Gibbins Mayor Ross Archer said Monday he expects to meet Thursday with innisfil Township Reeve Bill Gibbins to ex plore the possibility of compromise in the current annexa tion dispute City councils fourmember city development committee and other members of township council are also expected to be present The city has applied to the Ontario Municipal Board to annex 13500 acres from the township along with 4600 from Vespra Township and 2100 from Oro Township An innisfil counterproposal already before the MB would give the city about 6000 acres The MBs hearing on the dispute has been adjourned until May Business picks up at session Business picked up Monday at Mayor Ross Archers week ly openhour session for the public Mayor Archer himself was in Toronto at meeting but Aid Del Cole took his place and interviewed dozen residents working an hour past the 530 pm ending time Ald Cole said subjects raised by the residents ranged rom barking dog complaints to questions on garbage pickup for condominiums and all lay within city jurisdiction Last week at the new programs first session the mayor had only one visit Hours are to 530 pm each Monday Lisa sworn in as student mayor Lisa Nanni 13 Grade student at Cundles Heights School was sworn in Monday as student mayor of the week Waiting only for hardware Traffic lights at the controversial CodringtorrMulcaster intersection as well as the CodringtonBerczy corner block away will go in as soon as the necessary hardware arrives Deputy city engineer Don Kirkpatrick said Monday He said the lights are expected any day now Aid Del Cole said delays in the project approved by council ast fall after parents and Separate School Board officials complain ed about the intersection made it look like an election pro mise Two more noparking areas set City councils general committee approved Monday pro posal to prohibit parking on Wellington Street between Toronto and Mpale streets at all times and on Toronto from Wellington to Grove Monday through Friday from am to pm Subsidized but city wont say so City councils general committee rejected Monday re quest from the provincial government to put decals in city transit buses informing the public that the service is sub sidized by the province Private pools to be fenced City councils general committee approved Monday draft bylaw requiring fourfoothigh fences around private swimming pools The bylaw which would carry maximum $1000 fine for violators would replace similar bylaw passed in 1968 which city officials say is too vague Boy rescued from tree Barrie firefighters climbed tree Friday to rescue Christopher Fritz of 102 Collier St after he discovered getting down isnt as easy as getting up Barrie Fire Chief Jack McAliister said today firefighters were called to the scene at 526 pm by the boys father Passenger injured in crash Dennis Rose of inesing could be paying as much as $3200 for repairs to his 1974 Corvette after being involved in two vehicle collision Sunday on Highway 26 say Barrie OPP Police said Rose was involved in collision with Walter Browning of Downsview at 335 pm Sunday one mile north of Minesing Brownings car has an estimated $1700 damage passenger Elizabeth Gough was injured in the crash with whiplash say police Youngsters wont see ailing con stable Safety patrollers wont see Constable Gary Crowley safe ty officer of the Barrie city police on his daily rounds of the schools this week Constable Crowley said today he has been at home with pneumonia since Thursday and doesnt expect to be back on thejob for at least week Failure little suspicious Barries Public utilities workers are trying to find the cause of power failure which left Barrie residents from St Vincent Park to Buluk Street in darkness late Saturday night Engineer Guy Kluss says circuitbreaker automatically shut itself off twice before being turned back on by PUC workmen cutting power from 11 45 pm to 1215 am The only thing we can find is that it could have been damaged by lightning or that there would have been moisture buildup in the box said Mr Kluss He said the damage was unusual Usually if something like this happens it blows apart he said This is little suspicious 18 named to board of directors Members of the Barrie branch of the Ontario Humane Society named 18 people to the board of directors Monday night The directors will meet Monday at pm at North ol legiate to elect the executive members Plane Crashes on Lake Simcoe Two chroy men escaped injury Saturday afternoon whcn their small plane crash landed on Lake Simcoe say innisfii lice poPolice said today pilot George Perrier bent the planes wings on the ice Saturday when he tried to land at pm Damage could reach more than $4000 according to police to Ferriers Cessna 150 Wilson Forbes was passenger in the plane trip for two and $1000 too Bernice and Miles Hickiing of Shanty Bay dressed for winter contemplate trip to Floridas Walt Disney World ABOVE while Marlene Koch of Wellington St enjoys the feel of cash as she holds check for $1000 at ititiiil Thats Marvcnc Parker of Johnson Travel pointing out trip highlights to the iiicklings Both the llickiings and Mrs Koch wcrc winners in the Barrie Winter arnival lucky draw major source of funds for this years car nival The Hicklings who have never been to Florida hope to go before midAApril in order to return for seeding time on their farm Examiner photosi Sneaking puff difficult at schools if lllllllt iclllil iIxaininchtaff litporter Barrie cntrai oilcgiatt doesnt have any artas for stu dent smokers says ltoii Mossop principal instead thc scliooi has dcsignatcdnonsmokingarcas lhc nonsmoking arca iii eludcs the inside of thc school and any area outsidc which is near classroom or portablc dassroom Wc try to approach tiic pro blcm from the othcr cnd hc said if wc say thcrc arc smoking areas then it might seem we are condoning smok ing and wcrc not Mr Mossop said smokcrs usually congregate at tbc front of thc school or under thc auditorium ovcrhang at the east side of cntrai lhcrc arc no arcas insidc the school whcrc students can Questioning meter expensive smokc hi said think tlicrc is swing away from lcttiiig studcntssiiiokcinsidc llc said tcw stiidciits will try to siicak cigarcttc in oiic of the washrooms lhcrc wcrc rcqiicsts iii tiic past in said for spccial smoking loungc but thcsc wcic ltllitil lllilL Harris supcrintciidciit of cdiication sciiiccs for thc Simcoc oiinty Board of iIduca tion said tlic board has lcft stir dcnt smoking giiidcliiics to thc principals Mr Harris said most scion daiy school principals hayi tricd to sct out artas outsidc thc schoolstorsmoking lhc giiidclincs from thc board arc prctty loosc hc said its up to thc principals to takc scnsiblc action whcii dealing with smoking llc said thc board sciit iiiciiioriiidiiitiitotticpriiicipil siding thc jxiltiv ltltili tn iiitliiii ii ciiiiiplctc tint ii sziiokiiig on hoot pioiwr oiic allowing silifttii smoking aiiywhcri Silirfciit ioliiitih lll tlilf tlt Riptitist to ho ltilltillil tiii kccpiiiil tlic slittiliillii Jlitl clcaii li liiilii Jiitf Unit ililll upals iii coiicciiad iiioiit nit dciit 3llilihltit and if to llstiiillflit it Itiilj oric daii pi iicipal ii Kiizicoc oaii ttititt iiioko lhiiv itli ii tiliitt iliiiihci ot stillliil It ili thi lilililt tic iitl liiit iic doing wha thin discourach llc itil iilltlt of thc iihlit arc cxposcd to tiillllllt about thc diioci lit nitiokiii startingiiitiiadc For stllilt rit thc tlllli timid tltlt tit lltttllts PUC charges $25 for check Your hydro bill may look high just now but it wont pay you to try blaming it on defective meter says the Barrie Public UtilitiesCommission itll cost you about $25 to have it checked and you can rest assured it Wont be wrong anyway None havc bccn wrong in the tests conducted in the past Ernie Alexander lUC chairman said during discussion at last weeks com mission mcct ing The chances of your meter being wrong are as small your chances of winning $100000 from Wintario said commissioner Val Biuckcr Mr Bruckcr said hc has been getting questions from pcoplc about how to get mctcrs checked for accuracy Bill Elson secretary treasiirer to the commission said high bills resulting from 2l4rpcrccnt rcnt iiikc at tlic beginning of thc year along with seasonal increase in power use due to Christmas lights could bring complaints about supposcdly inaccurate meters Mr Elson said customers sec only the dollar incrcasc on their GO fares going up to $295 on March People riding daily GO Transit buses down iiighway ii to Toronto will pay more star ting March ti increases ranging from 34 to 118 per cent have been recoin mcndcd by the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority They must bc approved by the provincial govcrnmcnt increases vary according to destination and whether the ticket is valid for single ride 10 rides or month From Barrie single ride to Toronto will cost $205 up from $280 an incrcasc of 54 per cent ltHickct book will cost $2400 instead of $1810 and the monthly flash card will go to $91 from $88 People boarding the buses in Churchill will pay $255 instead of $285 for single trip an in crease of 85 per cent The 10 trip book will cost $21 30 and the flash card $7850 Bradford rcsidcnts face big gcr increase The singlc trip there will jump to $205 from $185 an increase of 108 per cent The 10trip book will go to $1710 from $1530 and the flash card to $6350 from $58 Tom Henry spokesman for it Transit in ioronto said some areas are paying morc because the operation is trying to end inmpiiticsthat now exist He pointed out increases on the inultitrip book and card are Ichr than the singlc ratc Multiple tickcts are less cxr pensive and speed up ickct pro cessing hcexplaincd The authority rccoinmciidcd senior citizens be permitted to ride for halffarc throughout the day instead of only during rush hour it lransit incrcasml farcs last April the first iiicrcasc since 1972 it Transit runs six buses to Toronto from Barric Monday to lhursday and seven on Friday bills and do not noticc that in most casts tlic amount of powcr tlicy arc hciiig cliaigcd for is about thc samc as it was hit thc sanic pcriod ycar iio ii77 officials try to convinci complaining llhttillltlh that their bills ari up diic to stillit othcr calisc than inctcr ciror ihosc who pcrsist irc givcii tlic loroiito addrcss of tiic clccr tricity and gas inspcction bran ch of thc fcdciai coiisiiincr and corporatc affairs ministry DICIAILIID FUR lhosc who contact thc ministry rccciic iii turn dctailcd form to fill out on thc number and NHHI rating of their appliaiiccs ltic iiiiiiistiy too trics to conviiicc coin plainants that iddcd ip plianccs ratc iiicicascs or othcr factois can raisc bills but if thc ciistoinci insists tlic ministry will ordci thc lift to rcinovc thc nictcr and hold it for fcdciai inspcctoi who will test it at his convciiiciicc llic wholc proccss can two months or iiiorc lakc The ministrys rolc costs oiily 75 cents but tlic lllt hills tlic customer for thc labor and truck tiinc iniolvcd in taking thc inctcr off $25 total of about Wiicii tlic liltttl in iciiiovcd imothcr is installcd iii its placc and the original iiictci oncc tcstcd gocs to aiiothci custoinci Mr Bison says most com plaints arc scttlcd at thc litl office counter and it has bccii long timcsiiicc iiictcr was ac tually rcniovcd for tcst iiig tln school f1lil has gottcn thioiiil hi said thn aunt in iiooi most adults wcrc not ionccincd about stiidcnts smoking iIail tijilgcs principal of Ltillt North toiicgiatc said ilillt arr two small dcsgnatcd wllltihlliil aicas olitsidc the st hooi foi stiidcnts ltm docsnt iiicaii wi cons kti smokinghj thcstiidciits bc not ii liridgcs said at one point about 10 ycars ago hoois pioliibitcd smoking ttlitiil iicai thc school pro prti but till caiiscd otlicr pro bitms lhc stiidcnts congrcgatcd on pi atc propcity upscttiiig irczi csidciits Vcrc looking aftcr our own prutilciiiu now and not imposing Ill tlic ltltltlitlill areas he lltl iac llyilc principal at liamtxiiw Sccoiidiiy School 1nd stiidciits arc only allowcd to ilttlht at dcsigiiatcd arca it thc back of thc school building ihcdajsofsayingnosiiiok lil in stiidcnts on school pro llt iic littlc unrealistic hc dtltl It did nothing but crcatc piohlciiis tor pcoplc ll lilL iltfll thc schools ll llidcsaid it smoking was tanncd on school propcrty man studcnts would coir grcgtitc along iiovc Sticct Fast crcating traffic hazard Vc tr to discouragc willdttitbtidllliSliltlkiilgflxllliflll is possihlc licsaid Rules flexible for collegians Studcnt smoking ltgliltttittlis at icoigian tolicics inain Bariic caiiipiis arc vcry flcxi lilc sayd loaii tartci piibiic rclationsofticcr Mrs artcr said cxccpt for spcciiic nonsmoking arcas rulcs arc lctt thc discrctioii of instructors Nttlifiliitikillil aicas slic said arc thc thrcatrc gymnasium sonic laboratorics and studics and thc library which has one siiiokiiigrooiii ilic policv is pretty flcxi blc shc said its up to thc lcachci whctlici to allow smok ing in the classrooms Man tcaclicrs shc says do not ltllillt students tosniokcin thcclass Smoking is allowcd in tlic cafctciia shc said thc nursing facility on Wclliiigtoii Strcct Mrs allcl said regulations are more strict She said studciits arc not allowcd to siiiokc outside thc loluigc Mrs aitcr said studcnts at tlic Bcii itariii lioiid Extension building can only sinokc in thc catctcria and staff offices The Barrie Examiner Tuesday February 15 1977 barrie today Ditch gets closed City councils general com mittee has again voted to enclose with pipe Brock Street ditch some alderman fear may claim the life of child Estimated cost of the project is$30000 The ditch open from Lorena Street to Dyment Road was deepened last year during con struction of sanitary sewer on the street Only the 400 feet nearest Dyment considered the most dangerous part of the ditch is to be enclosed under the motion passed by commit tee Monday Committee voted last month to enclose the 400foot stretch at cost then estimated at $48000 but council sent the recommendation back to com mittee after receiving report from deputy city engineer Don Kirkpatrick that partial cost is $30000 GORD MILLS an obligation enclosure would cause silting problems and that enclosing the entire ditch from Dyment to Lorena would cost $100000 Waterfront put over until next meeting City council took less than two hours to get through its agenda Monday but the gcnerai committee session which followed left 13 items still unfinished from 47item committee agenda begun week ago Biggest item put over until next wcck was consideration of this years waterfront develop niciit program between Bay ficld and Mulcaster streets ouncil approved last weeks general committee recommen dations with only minor amend incnts lteins approved includ ed fiveycar capital budget calling for $2124 million in capital spending in 1977 ouncil also approved ac counts totalling $618787 and passed three minor bylaws lhc committee session which lasted from to 1145 pm caught up with 14 of 27 items left over from last weeks session General committee will meet again next Monday following special council meeting scheduled for pm The special meeting will give third reading to bylaw authorizing construction of sewagefiow equalization plant at Robson Lang Leathers The bylaw now awaiting Ontario Municipal Board approval as required prior to third reading also im poses sewer rate on the firm to repay the $150000 the city is lending toward the $220000 pro ject The special meeting will also deal with recommendations from this weeks committee system All council members sit on general committee and council approval of the latest recom mendation is expected to be routine Ald Gord Mills who has led the fight to have the ditch enclosed told committee Mon day the ditch previously described as seven to eight feet deep is actually more than 11 feet deep in places according to his own measurements He said council has an obliga tion to correct the hazard created by deepening the 20 footwide ditch regardless of cost Weve created monster there said Ald Ron Lynch it would only take some child to drown in it and it would be real problem said Aid Ross Stephens Its hazard for automobiles too Ald Fred Ruemper said the ditch does not lie in heavily residential area and children could be protected by fencing residential pro rties while barricade coui be used to pro tectcars The ditch runs along the rear edge of Tiff in Street residential properties The opposite side of Brock Street is occupied by in dustrial property Mayor Ross Archer said enclosing the ditch would lead to pressure for enclosing other open ditches in the city Ald Nelson Garrett said an equally dangerous ditch on Grove Street would cost $1 million to aiclose Aldermen Garrett Reumper and Ed Thompson opposed the motion to enclose the ditch Ald Thompson said after the vote he is not opposed to closin the ditch but believes it shoul be considered with other pro jects at budget time rather than being approved in isola tion Aid Bill Knowles and Ald Ernie Rotman were absent IAPA taking look at new legislation Banies industrial Accident Prevention Association tiAiAt is looking into legislation that lets employees refuse to do their job if they can prove claims it is unsafe Barrie chairman Don Young says the act will come under scrutiny at the lAPAs inccting March 22 at the lloli day lnii He says guest speaker at the meeting will be Arthur Gladstone administrative assistant to the commission on tiic Employees health and Safe ty Act which came into effect Dec 10 Mr liadstonc has also been secretary to the Royal om mission on Health and Afety in Mines sits on the iAPA staff as research specialist in the area of resources and development and has worked with the lAPA on presentation on the employees bill made on behalf of industry Also speaking at the meeting Will be iAPA assistant general manager Ross Elliott The cinpioyce has the right to refuse to work at his job if there is reasonable cause said Mr Young The company involved would then have loin vcstigatctiicsituation The monthly meetings focus on general safety says Mr Young and involves most Bar rie industries lot of the people at the meetings are safety people or supervisory people from in dustries its hoped they can pick up safety tips and put them into practice and in their industries industrial safety programs arent something new says Mr Young its fact accidents cost money he said in workmens compensation payments equipment repair and retraining He says attending iAPA meetings has had marked ef fect on association members its proven fact people who are trained in safety do ex perience fewer accidents he said Members of the association which holds meeting from September through the winter months are volunteers from different firms says Mr Young lie has been involved in the association since working for firm in St Thomas Ont The iAPA also sponsors safe ty programs through Barrie area consultant Jack Morris DON YOUNG taking look and runs school safety awareness program he says The school program has been very successful said Mr Young The kids learn about highway safety safety in the home and in the water Its something we try to do to keep them aware 1820 animals destroyed by Humane Society in 76 The Barrie Humane Society destroyed 1820 unclaimed animals last year ecil Henson shelter super visor said this morning any animals including dogs pup pies cats and kittens which are not claimed by their owners or are not adopted by new owners are destroyed The shelter he said has space for only about 75 animals total of 3805 animals were brought to the shelter last year including 1593 for adoption 1544 abandoned animals 658 strays and 10 quarantined There were 1369 animals adopted and 606 claimed by theirowners its the shame of the people who own the animals that they had to be put to sleep Mr Henson said its the shame of the 300 people who did not claim their stray animals According to the law the shelter has to keep stray animalg for at least five days to give owners chance to claim them After that it de nds on the shelter employees ow long the animal stays alive Mr Henson said the animals are often brought to the shelter needing grooming and veterinarian care which is provided it not the shame of the No decision get on flu vaccine The Simcoe County Health Unit met Monday morning to discuss the continuation of its swine and AltVictoria flu vac cination program but has not decided when the program will be reactivated iurpal lhilloii head of the health unit nurses said the unit is moving as quickly as possible to start administering the vac cinc to people over 65 and the chronically ill The unit will contact doctors to see if they will administer the vaccine or if they want the health unit to she said Health Minister Dennis Tim brcii lifted Ontarios ban on the combination vaccine last week The single swine flu vaccine will not be introduced because there is not single case of it anywhere in the world Mr liinbreil said The province temporarily cancelled vaccination pro grams icc 16 shelter we try to care for the animals he said its the shame of the people who dont care about their animals Mr Henson re laced Marion Fell who retir last year as shelter supervisor for the Barrie branch of the Humane Society More results from Carnival Girls volleyball winner Oakley Park School runnerup Angus Public School Boys volleyball Angus Public School up Oakley Park School Tugofwar Portage View Seth defeated Steele Street School Soccer on the ice Aurora United defeated Barrie City Soccer Club 52 Toboggan races age and under winner David Morgan runnerup Wayne Beatty Age to 11 Winner Cherri Hayling runnerup Dean Draycroft Age 12 to 14 winner Paul Allard 13 runnerup Ernie Castle 12 Overall winner was Cherri Hayling All winners and runnersup live in Barrie winner runner