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I5 charges pending Lengthy investigation ends with breakup of fis By STEPHEN NIIILIS Of The Examiner MAPLE An illegal fish selling ring on the south shore of Lake Siincoe has been broken by the ministry of natural resources following weeks of undercover investiga tion Dave Hogg Maple District fish and wildlife supervisor said today more than 30 RCMP OPP York Region police and conservation officers par tictpated in Friday morning raids around Sutton Dozens of charges under the Fish and Wildlife Act are pen ding against 15 local residents saidllogg The charges involve illegal BARCLAY resident driveways on the road are registered MIDLAND iStaffi seat belt said police town country Police watching parking lnnisfil police will maintain close watch for illegally parked cars on on in front of the Churchill Curling lub after council received complaint from local Donna Whiteside expressed colleern over the number of cars parking in front of the club Police hief Bill Brown said parking is permitted on 0th sides of the road except within 50 feet of the intersection at Highway 11 are signs posted to that effect All other parking is legal pro viding vehicles do not obstruct Brown said the police will keep close check on the area and ticket vehicles where necessary He club members are cooperative about parking in designated areas but every year complaints about the number of cars Truck driver faces charges Haliburtoii truck driver was Charged with careless driving belt after the tractor trailer he was driving flipped over on Highway tit nine miles north of Port Severn Thursday morning Vernon Elcrea was also charged for not wearing catching and selling of Lake Simcoc lake trout he said Investigation started last year after the ministry learned of widespread selling of lake trout Because Lake Simcoe is major tourist attraction its fish are protected for sports recreational angling not com mercial fishing he said It is illegal to sell Lake Sim coe lake trout Ministry conservation of ficers could not enforce the law Using conventional means however said Hogg Fish sellers were able to avoid uniformed officers and plaiiiclotlicsineii did not have much success and there traffic or block private said the curling Mayor surveys damage Mayor Moreland Lynn cannot go to his The widespread selling of lake trout proved need for undercover operations said Hogg In February and March of 1978 two undercover conserva tion officers posed as weekend fishermen to gather informa tion on fishselling he said Two more officers worked undercover in January and February of this year in the Sutton Keswick and Jackson Point areas To ensure secrecy local ministry officials at Sib bald Point office were not told about the operation said Hogg Became many fisher sellers would only sell to non residents the ministry im ported US Fish and Wildlife agents to assist in operations With their accents and licence plates theyhad no pro blem buying fish said ministry enforcement co ordinator Five weekends of undercover investigation culminated Fri day with the search of 23 buildings Trout was sold for about $150 to $2 pound said Hogg Local residents complained about menrafflingtrout Conservation officers paid between $0 to $35 each for fish said Hogg Two officers were offered 25 fish but could afford only two They paid $60 for two trout said Kenneth Faulkner enforcement coordinator Five weekends of undercover investigation culminated with Fridays search of 23 buildings Trout and fishing lines were seized in searches of hotels scr vice stations houses and ice huts Some fishermen had as many 70 lines set to catch trout when only two lines are permit office today The Midland mayors office was reduced to charcoal in Fridays Town Hall fire Standing on the steps leading to the second floor offices charred rubble from the blaze that ministration offices To replace the fact Mayor Lynn Examiner Photo Mayor Lynn examines some of the destroyed the upper storey ad lities may cost $125 million said ted said Faulkner The crown attorney will coir Under the Fish and Wildlife sider charges Hogg said he Act violators can be fined up to does $1000 said Hogg not know how charges will be laid many Key decision expected at council tonight key decision is expected tonight when Barrie general committee meets at city hall The committee have special incamera session to discuss annexation prior to the regular meeting ofcity council Bill Gibbins Innisfil recve said last week that Barrie had until Wednesday to agree to the townships annexation terms Otherwise he said the township would be seeking an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada The two sides are about 1000 acres apart on final boundaries stretch of land inside Stroud is the major source of conten tion at the moment Ald Bill Knowles of Barrie said last week that if the matter went to the Supreme Court of Canada it would be Barrics fault today City Editor Ian Mulgrew7266537 Ald Knowles told The Ex aminer the fault would lie with the city because of Barries failure to negotiate last year He said that 1000 acres was not large parcel of land when the industrial land shortage was taken into consideration The committee Wlll likely be discussing strategy at the pm session City council will deal with tender calling for the reconstruction of Dunlop Street at its regular meeting General committee recom mended last week tenders be called for road widening from Mulcaster Street to an area near the Lakevicw Dairy The widening affects about 800 feet of road It is top priority budget item with council this year Engineers probe Fridays blaze MIDLAND iStaffi Engin eers from the Ontario Fire Mar shals office are probing the scene of Friday nights fire which destroyed the upper floor of Town Hall Fire hief Jim Lemicux said the engineer began in vestigaling today and he hopes to learn the cause by Tuesday Mayor Moreland Lynn said administration operations are pretty well straightened out Council met twice Sunday to discuss temporary administra tion facilities Mayor Lynn scheduled press conference to announce these facilities later today but he would not reveal any in formation before The Ex aminers press time today Fire broke out at the hall about 630 in Friday It was brought under control by mid night but not before it destroyed the upper floor general offices The mayors office planning public works and clerks offices were burned Lower floor offices including police and fire departments and provincial courtrooms sustained smoke and water damage An estimated $125 million damage was done to the municipal building The town Community celebrates Iurim the Festival of Lots was celebrated by the local Jewish community Sunday The holiday commcinoratcs the rescue of Persian Jewry from the threat of annihilation The Book of Esther is read in synagogue and it is customary to have lurini masqueradcs and plays Barrie Ys Men prepare ice out The Barrie Ys Men are pushing for spring with their ilth annual ice out The car they placed on the ice and attached to the government dock Saturday will remain there until spring comes the ice melts and it sinks under the water They will be selling tickets one of which will have the date and time of the actual sinking and the winner will receive $505 The car is operated clock which will stop equipped with battery as soon as the car sinks indicating exactly what time it happened On top of the car are Ken Cathers left and William Skielmose Pushing are Mike Williams club president and his son Neil six Examiner Photo recently completed $275000 renovation work to enlarge and improve the 22yearold building said Mayor Lynn Iown records locked in vault were not destroyed in the blaze Compensate residents saysreeve Hy RICHARD IIlttll 0f Thc INilllillltl Residents close to proposed ntario Hydro transformer sta tion site in cspra Township should be comjxnsatcd if the project goes through says Vespra Deputy Rccvc ciincr Lambert Lambert said residents who live across from the proposed site on arson Road have for mally objected to the transformerstation They feel in this location it will devalue their properties Deputy Rccvc Lambert said Lambert said the township has also objected twice to the station being located there and has made this known to the ministry of environment ouncil is concerned there will be further additions to the station as the demands for power increase said Deputy Reeve Lambert Lambert said council had received letter from the ministrys assessment board suggesting the residents hold negotiations with tintario Hydro certainly think they should be tilIIptllStllCtl in some way hesaid However Ontario would only compensate residents whose properties were directly affected by the location of the proposed site lcd Johnston director of public relations told The Ilxamincr Residents who live across the street from the site would not qualify Johnston said Johnston said with such site proposals there are always some residents who will object He said the station properly landscaped would just sit there causing less of distur bancc to the neighbors than some other structure such as large apartment building Johnston said four other sites had been considered from the point of view of cost cn vironmcntal impact and engineering and the aisoii Road location appeared the most suitable He said the transformer could be properly screened by trees on the to acre property and existing agricultural land would not be taken out of pro duction which would have been the case on some of the other sites An environmental report on the site selection including the objections was sent to the ministry last November but no word has yet been received Johnston said Even if the ministry approves the location iitario Hydro must still wait for an order in council for the provincial government before proceeding to buy the land and start con struct ion Johnston said Johnston said the privately owned land is for sale but add ed he was unsure whether in taiio Hydro had yet taken out an option to buy Hydro By DENNIS Vlllllilt if The lIainiiicr There would likely not be enough money III the itiTi budget to support llttllSil scr vice for the physically hon dicappcd lll Barrie says Don the examlner Monday Mar 12 1979 Play performed for elementary students Shane Moxey the businessman in the play Maggies Surprise shows the students of Warnica School in Painswick his wares after the show The childrens play put on by the drama students of lnnisdale Secondary School is going to tour Province offering subsidy City claims money unavailable for disabled transit service Kirkpatrick dcputy engineer lhc provincial govciniiient has announced program which will aid municipalities in providing transit for the han dicoppcd tegiiming 11in iiicc will the sh re pro strike strike during her lOpin bowling game Friday has Leaslie Span l3 Grade student at Codrington School jumping with joy Leaslie and number of other students from the school were at Sheas Bowlerama completing the last week of sixweek elective program on bowling at school Examiner Photo Ministry says less beef to buy in 79 anadian consumers lll have less bch to buy lllt year says an economist with the tin taiio Ministry of Agi iculturi Fred Wind StlliiilSlitllSllliJll with the ministry research department sid beet produc tion for Him will drop by seven to nine percent from last ycar levels Wind said the IttlttlSt lll production is due to an ocrill shortage of beef cattle In the past few ycars farincrs lost money on bccl production and sold off their herds tocut losses and pay back loans Wind said Farmers are not holding out to drive up the prices tlic bcct is just not there hc said urrciit figures list the coiiii trys herd count at about tiff million down live pci ccnt from last year and 12 per cent from I077 Wind said The rising bcct prices caused by the shortage of cattle have given farmers the iiicciitivc to again build up their herds said Jack ltyci dircctoi oi the Sim coc iounty tattlcmcns Sltiittl ioii Dycr lccillot operator in lIlmvlc said cattle farmers are now kccping tor breeding pnr poscs liciters hich were sold for bcct in past years This could compound the pro blciii of beef shortage Dyer Sillil llowcvcr becf prices should Icycl ott within the next two to three years as herd numbers in crease he said Dyci said he would rather have tlll the price of beef rise more slow ly as quick increases lltt backlash effect on the iillSllllltl who may decide not to buy But the consumer cannot do much to change the current piicc of beet unless he stops eating it altogether hcsaid Dyer said for the past three to four years the coiisniiici could ltll bcct iii below cost and it was thc tariiicr ho lost money with number of other schools municipalities on 50 per cent basis the cost of providing special transit Bob Kerr president of the Barrie and District Association for the Physically Disabled says the service would cost about 330000 per year It will be up to council to decide it it wants taxpayers money involved with providing special programs for special groups Kirkpatrick said today ilc said that providing regular transit system is ac cepted in all municipalities Im not sure its accepted that there should be public transit system for the handicapped he said Kirkpatrick said there are all kinds of groups which ask for special city council assistance in different areas guess theres some need for it mayor Ross Archer said today But it is somthing well have to look at and discuss in the area The exact number was not known as elementary schools in the area were still calling lnnisdale to book the play To date they have played to seven elementary schools The big question is how much is it going to be used he said The mayor said it appeared the transit service was becom ing very costly for the city to run It would appear this would be something that would mean additional costs said the mayor Aid Bill Knowles told the Ex aminer the service would be great for Barrie and that the city should totally support it Kerr said Friday his associa tion would be going to the pro vincial government to get details about the program The group would then go before city council with presentation he said The city recently increased transit fares 10 cents across the board Senior citizens are now pay ing 23 cents with students pay ing 33 cents and adults 30 cents Annual holstein club tour planned The Simcoc ounty Holstein lub will hold llS annual bus tour March 21 Peter andcipost secretary of the club said the tour will visit four dairy farms in Well ington County which have recently installed mannrc handling systcms of particular interest to local dairy farmers The tour will cover the David tlcghorn Farm in Ariss the Ray Royce Farm in Brcslau and Reindalc Farms and James Walker and Sons both Ill Guelph Vanderpost said At Reindalc farms members of the tour will also be able to Two men inspect new pipeline milking system and completely automated silage feed system Vanderpost said andcrpost said two busos will be used for the trip one leaving the Elmvalc ministry of agriculture office at 830 am and the other from the ixikstown post office at 920 in Both buses will meet at the junction of Highways 50 and at 10a in hesaid Vanderpost said there will be SS charge for the tour and members should bring their own lunch honored at retirements Huggins was recognicd tor lllS heroism in 1033 whcii he rescued family stranded in their car during fll77tlll near tham Huggins and his wife Jo we in tuthric and plan to putter around after his retirement lie was given an easy chair and gold watch Also at the ontincntal Inn Saturday night more than 130 people gathered to honor lolin Batchclor on his retirement after 30 years with Dominion Stores Batchclor worked for Donii mon in stores from Toronto to Kajitiskasing and has bccn iii Barrie for 10 ycars His fellow workers presciitcd him with an all expense paid trip to You couvcrand sct ot luggage GSW strike in 6th day strike by 70 employees of iSW Building products on Lorena Street is now into its sixthday About 70 employees members of lnitcd IZlcc trical Workers local 542 have been on strike since icdncsday It is the first strike by mcmbcrs of the Barrie tiSW company who havc been working without contract siiichaii The plant which makes plastic products for up plianccs was called cntrc Molded Plastics Ltd until several months ago Salaries range from Sititl an hour for finisher to $300 for shipper receiver The two tradesmen at the company earn 10 an hour Fred Huggins truck driver with Overland Western Ltd for the past 32 years celebrated his retirement Saturday night at the Continental inn Women should have similar rights says local member Women should be given the same rights as men in equal pay and promotions in the federal government says MP ius Mitges ilrey Siiiicoci The Advisory ommittec on the Status of Women recently published report on the needs of women in the public service says itges in press release The report says women are still concentrated in the lower level administrative support category in positions like secretaries stenographers and clerks he says The report also says there is tendency in the public service to treat women more like casual workers with little or no job security he says As well there is tendency to lay off more women than men when restraint program mes are intrtxluced from time to time he says He says the human rights commission is now taking hard look at the discriminatory practices of the federal government It now remains to be seen what positive results will at long last be formulated to put an end to such discriminatory practices he says