Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 17 Feb 1979, p. 3

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gt IV Its Hagar the Horrible and his dog His dog seems to have warm friend named Mary Sexton and Hagarwell he got lucky He has three warm friends to keep him company in Hagars lap is Chris Dixon on his left is Ann Turnbull and on his Youths charged City St from the store five private land sites $75 1000 for New fire station THORNTON year construction of new station insulated he said committee Warehouse Toronto person or $1 familv Cottage fire Planting planned The Nottawasaga Valley oiiservatioii llll1til1l will plant more than 30000 shrubs and trees this year gt About 10000 of these plants ill be planted in the aiithoii tys conservation areas The remainder will be planted on Model railroaders Members of the Lake Simcoe Model ltailroaders tluh will display their work at the fourth annual Harboiiiliont Model Railway show to be held tieb Bob Patton superinteiidant recently that the tv is not planting as many trees on private land as other aiithorit ies NVtTA machine planting costs $00 ltil 1000 trees and about haiidplantiiig authorities are only $10 to 820 he said The high fees probably account tor the lower number of private tree planting he said told authority members llaiitiiig li and town country ices lit at of the police have made second arrest in connection with breakiii Thursday morning at lravelworld Ltd t1 Maple Clyde Louis Leacii 17 of RR Allentord was charged with break enter and theft by ptilttt Thursday 17ryearold Oshawa youth John Steven Howe was at rested in the building by police Thursday Inspector Hon lickaid said sum of money was taken other lhoiiiton may have new fire station this Fire Thief Earle unningham presented his 11i70biidget to Essa township council Tuesday which included $40000 tor Thief unninghaiii said the existing hall built in 1057 ltil $2000 is too small for township needs He said one lire truck must be backed out in order to work on the other one He said an ideal location for new station would he on 350 foot lot in the liinninghain subdivision in lhoiiitoii which is owned by the township The station he has in mind would he 60 feet by 40 feet made of concrete block and fully Chief unninghaiii said the township could save money on the project by acting as its own contractor The budget has yet to he passed by the townships budget 2131 Hans Blocksdoii past president of the club said members will he at the event displaying railroad layout 21 feet long by eight feet wide and variety of different trains Sponsored by the Taiiadian Railroad Historical Associa tion the exhibition draws railway eiitiiiisiasts from Mon treat Ottawa and Toronto and features $0000 square feet of engines cars track and trimmings Last year more than 15000 railroad fans visited the show The show opens at 11 bothdays Admission is 2ficeiits An early morning tirc destroyed Little Lake cottage Thursday said Vespra liictliief lloh Myers The cottage owned by John Holder of Little Lake stif fered about $22000 damage said hici ityers Vespra firefighters were called to the scene ahoiil 230 am and left about 430 he said No cause for the fire has been determined said Thief Byers riian staying in the cottage was in the building when fire broke out but he was not injured said the chief right sits Leslie Black The three representatives of North Collegiate were down to Kempenfelt Bay to look over the ice sculpture built by group of students Examiner Photo By ARI lilItilltSll if The f£llnilltl llie gymnasium at North ollegiatc institute rang with laughter or applause at least every 150 seconds for two hours The man commanding the attention was Mike Mandrcl who has been called magi cian hypnotist and men talist Mosqiiitixs are biting you all over Ants are running up your legs and arms Man drel told about 20 volunteer students on stage at North on Friday The students scratched madly The audience roared with laughter Mandrcl insisted the volunteers werent hypnotis ed They were responding to the power of suggestion he said its very very cold Youre freezing said Man drel The students on stage shivered teeth chattered tine girl covered her ears with her hands Another lill ed her sweater tip to cover her head The audience loved ll Mandiel also showed the tttittstiident audience varie ty of card tricks slight of hand and illusions The 23year old performer never shot up which he said is the key to his act CARNIVALMARKER When necessary he sold his tricks with the cajoling of carnival barker When the audience wasnt impressed Mandrel im provised with the prattle of an experienced comedian The young audience was impressed its too didnt bad we have time to put on real show laiidrell said in an interview altci his pcr toriiiance He was in l111lt He ex plained he had to be on stage in London in three hours After that show he had to leave immediately tor show in Winnipeg It gets tiring You start to get burnt out he said while ciaiiiiniiig his stage dress black satin uiiipsiiit iiilo battered packsiiit Im working Sometimes during per ioriiiaiicc iny iiiiiid is million miles away dont liketliat Answering question Mandrcl said Life on the raod isnt as glamorous as euryone seems to think liii travelling all the time Im doing the same thing over andover it getsyoudown roadie caine backstage and demanded Mandrel hurry and get into car The ixrfoiiiiance had finished about three minutes earlier have to phone girlfriend Mandrell said The imiihe groaned Youve phoned her already today too hard iny 5313th YIH lul lltl know lliiiigs arent right Viehavetotalk Man drel said while scribbling his autograph for starryreycd girl about years old Mandiel tightened the belt of his hliie jeans and started to trot away Time for one more question What about theiiitiire be retired at ll if play my cards right if youll pardon the pun he said smiling over his shoulder Tanks readied for carnival Although they didnt feel It was safe to run armored vehicles the Canadian Armed Forces at Base Borden still got an armored car and tank Into Barrie to display at the winter carnival At the site it was time for securing the tank and closing all entrances to the vehi cle Examiner Photo The Downtown Discount Centre won the Barrie and District Real Estate Board prize for best window dis play portraying the winter carnival George Worrall left president of the board presents the trophy and $50 prize to Bill Fleming consulting manager of the store Honorable mentions went to Garnets Hobbies Jerrys Radio and TV Barrie Coin and Stamp the TD Bank atMary and Dunlop Streets and Bubbles Boutique in the Downtown Centre Examiner Photo How does he do it Ann Turnbull out how mentalist Mike Mandel that she was holding box ofgum Canadas account deficit responsible for dollars devaluation says Stevens The Yandian dollar is stag gering at record low levels because of the huge account deficit says Sinclair Stevens MP for York Simcoe lhc deficit in 1978 was $45 billion more than twice the comparable American deficit Stevens said in press release In the past four years Canada has lost $18 billion interna tionally or $1800 worker The Kl cent dollar has added five per cent to inflation by making imports and Canadian produced goods more 0X00 sive he said An example is beef price dif ferences between Canada and the United States said Stevens Thoiee steers are selling in American stockyards for $0425 liiiiidiedwcight he said In Toronto the same category of steers sell for $7 to $00 bun dredweight aiiadiaii produced beef retails for Ztl cents more pound then it would if the ana dian dollar were still at par with the US dollar Lettuce is selling for 20 cents more head in aiiada because of the devalued dollar said Stevens Orange juice as well tiSlS 2t1reiits more can The goveriiiiicitt has put the Canadian consumer in the posi tion of accepting wages in Canadian dollars and paying for much of what he buys on the basis of American dollars said Stevens Action is now needed to reduce the deficit and strengthen the Canadian dollar Sinelairsaid Gerald Bouey governor of the Bank at Canada recom mended last week that government permit additional gas imports Stevens said It would bring an additional $500 million year to Canada he said Export incentives would help increase the trade surplus and create new jobs Stevens said In addition Peter Martin of McLeod Young Weir invest inciit dealers in Toronto sug gested the government imple7 ment quotas or temporary tariff surcharges for non essential imports i8 of North Collegiate could not figure Toronto could tell through blindfold between his hands Examiner Photo the Sandy Cove club receives federal grant group of retired people in Sandy ove Acres has received $302703 federal government grant for community activities The Sandy ove Educational and Information lub is one of 57 groups in Ontario to receive grants under the federal New Horizons project The money is to be used for items such as films slides guest lecturers and newslet ter Residents to oppose project newly formed citizens group is opposed to the downtown improvement pro ject Citizens for Downtown Bar rie say the project is not the most effective way to help the downtown core in Peterborough Belleville and Halifax downtown im provement projects have fail ed the group says in press release impact studies similar to the Larry Smith and Associates report were un doubtedly prepared by city councils in those cities it says The group suggests the pro posed civic centre could be ex minded into an administrative organize cultural and recreational cen tre which would draw people downtown The city of Toronto made the mistake of tearing down residential areas in favor of commercial development the group says Now Toronto has discovered the value of keeping older residential neighbo rhoods the group says Homes in the downtown area are worth much more as homes than as commercial space says the group More information can be ob tained by phoning 7287075 dur ing the day and 7264976 at night Weve lost faith says Simcoe MP People are investing money in the United States because they have lost faith in Canada says Dr Rynard MP for Simcoe North Canadians have lost faith because of fears of Quebec separation provincial disagreements and the prime ministers mismanagement of unity and bilingualism said Dr Rynard in press release As result many Canadians are buying homes in many parts of the United States said Dr Rynard itizens are investing outside anada at much greater rate then investments are being made in anada he said The manufacturing business is going to the United States where better tax deals can be found said Dr ltyiiard The investment money has been going south to providejobs for Americans anada cannot sell enough goods to balance the amount of money being in vested said Dr Hynard However Canadas trade with the United States should increase because the US is anadas natural partner Home Auto lit auxin sarjeant insurance It Farm ulna Henry Black credits including and the Political abreast of all the in Canada so you Also in Barrie assistance with the Ontario income tax credits HR Block knows all the income tax erty Sales and Pensioner Tax Credits Credit Its our business to keep are income tax specialists HR BLOCK THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 55 DUNLOP ST OPEN 900 am900 pm weekdays 900500 Sat Phone 7263822 OPEN SATURDAYNO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY Scars the Furniture Dept During Regular store hours said Dr Rynard Trade with the United States accounts for about 75 per cent of Canadas exports he said In other words as goes the economy of the United Staes so goes Canadas economy said Dr Rynard lf aiiada does not increase its trade and keeps on borrow ing money nations will think theyve loaned enough money to Canada for the present time he said Alderman Ward 13 Penetang St Tel 7284781 Feb 17 Daria Winter Carnival the Ontario Prop Contribution Tax complex tax laws dont have to We Georgian Mall

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