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mgww the oxamlner Friday April 1979 Annexation dispute heating up Mayor attacks aldermen on split By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner The aldermen involved in tr ing to settle the annexation dispute in secret dont have commitment to the long term growth of Barrie Mayor Ross Archer said Thursday Aldermen Gord Mills Jim Shirley Meg ODonal Doug Jagges and Bill Knowles have secretly met during the past two weeks in an attempt to set tle the annexation dispute Ald Shirley told The Ex miner other members of coun cil were holding out on lnnisfils last offer because of pride The aldermen who havent are the ones who want to see Barrie has sufficient growth Mayor Archer told The Ex aminer We dont want to see lot of fringe development on the outskirt of the city Pride thats nonsense said Mayor Archer If it was pride we wouldnt have agreed to meet with lnnisfil We were prepared to negotiate but they EVANGELIST VAN JOHNSON werent Its illogical to say it is pride We have commitment to the growth of Barrie and were trying to fulfill that GOALS ESTABLISHED The growth objectives were established several years ago to provide goals for liar rie said the mayor The original MR line is con Evangelist healing preaching in Barrie By RICHARD THOMAS if The Examiner Canada is on the eve of the greatest spiritual awakening the world has ever seen says man dedicated to preaching the gospel of healing deliverance from sin sickness and disease Our country is turning to God said Evangelist an Johnson who started three day crusade of healing and miracle services Thursday the Continental Motor Inn in Barrie In an interview before Ihurs days service Johnson told The examiner the miracle working power of God is going to mushroom have seen it happening said Johnson 30 native of Cambridge Ont and the fully ordained head of the Miracle Centre church in Welland twomonth tour which will take him across the coun try and into the United States as far south as Iennessee Johnson and his team will hold services during which ac cording to the advcrtising the lame walk the blind sec and thc leaf hear havent held miracle serr vice in the past five years without someone claiming to have been healed by miracle Johnson said have even had people come to my meetings who have been cured of cancer This power to cure disease even lengthen short limbs throueh the laying on of hands is not his own Johnson said NOT FAITH HEALIIR am not faith healer have never healed anyone in my life It is the power of God direct supernatural interven tion of the Holy Spirit Johnson described himself as catalyst through whose belief the miracles of healing can be worked Jesus taught that healing should accompany the believer he said The evangelist said to be true believer person must undergo the spiritual ex perience of being born again The must acknowledge their sins repent and become spiritually plugged into God he said Johnson said he himself was born again at 16 He enrolcd at the Tanadian Nazarene Bible College in Win nipeg where four years later during another religious cx pcriencc which he calls the hop tism of the Holy Spirit he began talking in strange languages myself did not know what Several claim to be cured Several persons who attended healing and miracle service by Evangelist Van Johnson in Barrie Thursday night claimed after the meeting their ailments had been at least relieved if not completely cured Johnson liti head of the Miracle entre church in Welland is in Barrie until Satur dy as part of twormonth tour which will take him and his crusadi tcam across the country and to the United States During the scrvicc Johnson laid hands on scveral member of the congregation some of whom appeared to faint or go into deep sleep and were laid in the ground Almost all of those who were touched by the evangelist con firmed his diagnoses of their complaints which included scvere headaches high blood pressure back injuries and digestive problems One girl also confirmed the cvangelists statement that she had suffered fall as child and hurt her back When Johnson laid hands on her to heal her of shortened leg caused by the accident the girl said she felt like the whole inside of my leg was growing Another lady who lost kneecap in an accident seven years ago was also treated for shortened leg The leg moved on its own the lady who wished to remain anonymous said later actually felt ig growing The woman put all of her weight on the injured leg before the congregation something she later said sht had not been able to do before Jim Bremncr of nearby Stroud was treated by Johnson or healed for ulcers and an obstruction in the bowel Bremner said before he came to the meeting he had been suf fering constant pain for more than year and was scheduled for surgery The pain was relieved tonight he said after the meeting actually felt it He said the feeling he ex perienced when the evangelist laid hands on him was difficult to describe There was an extra strength inside and the sensation of be ing on air liremncr said llrcinncrs wife Freda who was treated for post operative pains in her stomach said she felt pins and needles going through my feet and toes AIIIRLTII Mrs Bremner said everything Johnson had sur miscd about her condition was certainly all true Her pain was also relieved she said firmly believe in what hap pened whatever it was Mrs Bremner said During the service Johnson told the congregation he was not healer now was he the source of the miracles The healing was caused through the power of God he said Johnson said he had not come to bring new religion but to bring more of the power of God He said Christians of all denominations were coming together in their rediscovery of this power The gifts of prophecy and heating are being restored to the church he said Johnson told the congrega tion Gods time clock is about to strike the midnight hour to herald Jcsus return RT was saying Johnson said INCIDENT RIXlRS Johnson said incidents such as this recur in his services and the miracles of heating are signs to unlxhcvcrs of the power of God Most of the people itsus healed were on street corners where people could see it lhe evangelist said thc main thrust of his lllllltsll besides seeing the physical needs of the sick met is to iii troduce them to the power oi Jesus to save their souls ur service IS geared to build faith he said If we can build the faith the healing is thee IIvcryonc who tnily believes will get their miracle The team of four young men who accompany the services with music and personal testimony have all been heated of some complaint Johnson said It stands to reason if you are with people who believe it helps to ignite your faith But in the healing aspect of his ministry Johnson said he does stress the power of the my dividtiuls faith or the power of IXlSIIILtllllllklIlL strcss lhc powcr of Hod hcsuid flVIIICIJICVIIHS IIIC IIIl Even iltlllItIlttl or Illtist whose faith is weak illt still healed Johnson said Johnson said IIlt tllltS tiri not the result of tllililliill oi iIit povver of suggestion llc stiid he litid healed cases of blindness deafness and oven diabetes People who have Ilifll under ti doctors care have been heal ed at the Stllt and the doc for has verified IIlt healing after Johnson Stiltl lod has done what doctors could not do The healing powers taught by Jesus wtrt beyond the ciison ing ability of man Johnson said He said most of thc sceptics who doubt the possibility of the iiiiiiiclcs irc those who have never attended it Stlltt Hut Eli per cent of lIltISI who come with in open heart tllltl honest iiiiiid reulic tlod has the power to liciil iod can do anything at It sistent with good planning policy but lnnisfils line is not says Ald Alex Arthur If we ignore the OMB line we might as well not have gone to the trouble of an annexation study and hearing at all he said lnnisfils proposal has neither the sanction of good planning policy or that of the OMB said the Barrie alderman am not prepared to win meaningless applaUse at the cost of basic planning prin ciples he said We have of feied two compromises to In iiisfil in the last month and they have not been willing to discuss any compromise If the Toronto Centred Region Plan twhich distributes popultion figures was chang ed with populaton forecasts be ing extended upward or downward then obviously the boundary line would change HARD TO UNDERSTAND The alderman says he find it hard to understand lnnisfils reluctance to produce popula tion evidence before the OMB My challenge to lnnisfil is this he says Why are you afraid to appear before the MR and exercise the right you have won to present demographic evidence rather then wasting taxpayers money chasing legal technicality in Ottawa The new members of council who support lnnisfils line do not realize the implication of the qustion Ald Ernie Rotman said believe Ald Shirley is not aware of everything behind it he said Its been at least six or seven years since it has been going on HOLDING OUT The members of council who have been holding out on the matter are being rwlistic and have taken good look at both sides of the question said Ald Rotman Ald Shirley said he had ap proached Ald Rotman and tried to get him to change his mind Ald Shirley said he has learned the provincial liberal party would not block annexa tion proceedings if both sides agreed to the boundary today City Editor Ian Mulgrew7266537 Kelly l979 citizen of year in Barrie resident of 29 years is the llzirriccitilcnoftheycur Mrs Margaret Kelly anar dian aiicer Society board of directoi was selected by seven judges at the Royal tanadiaii legion lhuisday The Judges who included representatives from the news llltIll the legion city council and the Barrie Jayccttes selected Mrs Kelly over four othernominations Mrs Kelly along with her husband Jim have lived on Siiniiidulc Road for the past 28 years She has served on number of committees in various capacities during that time She has been chairman of the IllflltISIllp in Serving Humam ty lroup and is member of IIlt professional advisory board for Parents Without lartncrs Illt Mrs Kelly has served with the family life centre and was member of the board of dircc tors of Ioliti Iitisiti ILISIiItnt1 Iol Hoys Illt IZNINIILLICD IH She was iiicinbci of ti fivc pcrson ttHlillillltt to draft the iiiiiiiiiitiiii property standards bylaw for Barrie and became chairman for enforcement of the bylaw Shi is on ti committee iii vcstigiiting the needs of the elderly iii litirric and has tissistcd with istalilishiiicnt of lilccarc IlltIl instructs potential telephone tlllllStlIOIS She is ti member of the Barrie Horticultural Society past president of the Barrie lmvcrr sity Womens tlub and is on college committee looking into vvomins programs Mrs Kelly also served for iiglil years on the Siincrwotin ty hildicns Aid Society and Play dough world view For Sharon Greider play dough is her look at her own world during display at Georgian Moll put on by the Barrie and District Parent Co operative PreSchool Corp The display an art and learning display for children complete With records paints and paper and play dough is called ALook at Young Childs World it ends today Examiner Photo has served with meals on wheels ther nominations included Gerald Hand Mrs Rita oir cinan Ald Dorian Parker and Mrs Edith Mctarthy MLNKIIAI CANDIDATE Hand was candidate for alderman in the past municipal election He has been involved in minor sports and has served with Big Brothers and the Jerry Lewis Telethon Hc frequently visits veterans in hospital as well Mrs oleman is past presi lent of the St Marys Catholic Womens League and served with the blood donor clinic for five years She has 60 foster children Ald Parker now represents ward She has served numberof years previous as alderman and was Barrie mayor for two years Mrs Mctarthy has worked with thc mentally retarded for 18 years She is homemaker and mothcrof thrcc tIli Highway widening part of $4 66M ministry program Ry Loni UHICN If The Iil miner Highway 4oo north of Harrie will become fully controlled access fourtlanc freeway and improvements will be made to Highway it northeast of Harrie as part of $466 ti million roads construction program in southern and northern Ontario The ministry of transporta tion and communications started upgrading Highway too in 1977 with contract for an in tcrchange at otinty Road it an underpass at the township road 32 km north of Highway It and road widening at the Willow reck Bridge That work should be completed this summer The fourlatte section of the highway will extend north to km north of Highway Slit with interchanges constructed at Highway 93 and ounty Road 22 plus bridge over the lR tracks 41 km south of Highway till omplction is an ticipatcd for ltitit Highway 400 will also be ex ended from 32 km south of lnnisfil says line correct BARCLAY lnnisfils townline is consistent with good planning said Reeve William lilihins today reacting to statement by Barrie Ald Alex Arthur that the original lntario Municipal Board OMB Ilil is consistent with good planning policy while lnnisfils line is not Our line has got merits in planning policy said Reeve illllllllS There are more arguments for it than for the OMB line During our last meeting we gave Barrie our line and said it was our final offer said Reeve Gibbins At the meeting few suggestions were thrown out to lnnisfil but we didnt take them as firm offers We felt we couldnt goany further In his letter Ald Arthur said lnnisfil was wasting taxpayers money chasing legal technicality in Ottawa Reeve Gibbins doesnt agree Its not legal technicality and we have our right to go to Ottawa he said Investigation continuing The cause of lhursdays barn fire in lnnisfil Township that killed four horses one dog and destroyed 1000 bales of hay is still under investigation by In nisfil Fire Department Fire Chief Charles Horton said he believed however wir ing might be the cause of the blaze toldwuttr noth to ziubuushcnc this fall first as tvvorlanc highway and later as ii fourlane system including partial interchange tit Highway its and i2 zit Waubaushcnc and an overpass at toiinty Road 133 The high volume of traffic combined with heavy strip development and lack of any access controls have created traffic problems on Highway it northeast of Barrie The ministry has resurfaced certain areas improved iii terscctions erected median barriers and constructed grade separations and constructed two overpasses between Crown Hill and liithric Illllt PLANNED It plans to complete flyovcis between Guthrie and Urillia it ounty Roads 27 2t and the IrtrLllllIltl township line this year at cost of $39 million new interchange at the junction of Highway 11R will then be built Ilyoveix will also be con structed along Highway ll bet ween Sundial Road in liilliu and umberltind Heqcli this year The bridges at the Chili and CPR tracks anti Highway HR will be widened James Snow minister of transportation and coiiiinunica lions said an estimated $275 million will be spent on road improvements in the current fiscal year He said work will be done on 797 km of provincial highways iii southern Ontario mainly on two lane highways onstrtic tion of ttil bridges is included Blackstock dies at 75 Reg Blackstock lltlackiei former master at Pickering College Newiiiarket direc tor of water safety for the andiun Red ross Society and executive director of the Canadian Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation died Thurs day at SunnybriXik Medical Centre Toronto Mr Blackstock was 75 yearsold Mr Blackstock was mar ried to the late Norah Arni strong He was the father of Brian and Richard Blackstock and the grand father of Sarah Adam and Emily Blackstock He was the brother of Margaret tlegi and Betty McNiveu of Shanty Bay and the late Helen lrice He was the fatheiiirlaW of Mary iiieinoiial service will be held in Deer Park United Church Toronto Monday at 2pm Donatoiis to the 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