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Barrie Examiner, 19 Oct 1979, p. 13

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Vv $1 74 me paint brush 49 the examiner Friday Oct 19 1979 13 On key Lake Simcoe report watchlemmgo MUHiCipGI inpUt ideas sough By STEPHEN NKHOLLS Of The Examiner Local municipal representatives meet with Ontario Cabinet ministers Nov to discuss what will be done about Lake Sim coes pollution problems Cabinets committee on resource development requested the meeting in September after members reviewed provincial report on nutrient pollution in the lake The meeting between cabinets committee and municipal representatives who worked with provincial officials on the report was scheduled for this Thursday That session was postponed because of an unexpected problem in Cabinet said the municipal committee chairman Howard Shillington told The Examiner cabinets committee wants to talk with municipal representatives before deciding what action to take At Bradford High School the committee members feelings or give his own opinion Parrott told The Examiner however we want this lake whre it stays as viable tourist and fishing body of water We will do our utmost to maintain the total area as valuable resource he said Phosphorus entering the lake stimulates the growth of algae which causes problems say environmental officials The tiny plants fluorish then die and sink to the bottom In the decaying process algae consume large amounts of oxygen Coldwater fish such lake trout and whitefish are unable to live in the oxygenstarved deepwater zones Lake Simcoes $13 million coldwater fishing industry may vanish if the government does not act to save the lake say en vironmentalists Whitefish and lake trout are not successfully reproducing in the lake report ministry of natural resources biologists The Lake SimcoeCouchiching Environmental Strategy report lists water quality problems and suggests ways of deal ing with them TWO CHOICES The study offers the province two choices to improve lake quality or to maintain it at existing conditions The report suggests improvement at $5 million year is too expensive It recommends the government opt for maintining quality at $3 million year When the cabinet committee discussed the study in September committee members wanted to find out more abut partshof the report Local MPPs George Taylor iPCSimcoe Centre and Gord Smith PCSimcoe Easti told The Examiner committee members favor improving Lake Simcoe Harry Parrott environment minister would not comment on Are these youngsters Jacksons or Emily Carrs in the making Maybe or maybe not But Christina Juneau the brighteyed fouryearold above Michael Sturgess and Kimberley Benvenuti below are learning the elements of painting at preschool arts and crafts program at the Barrie Library Annex Run by Mhairi Wilson and Joanne Shaw both secondyear students in the Early Childhood Education Program at Georgian College the program is obviously hit with youngsters Examiner Photos by Peter Roberts Still no serious offers for block property It DEXNIS lllllER TM Examincr Thcrc are still no takers tor the ll Block site of the abandoned Kcmixinfclt Place apart ment building proposal Winston Bradley of Capital Funds ilACl 0n tario Ltd which holds the mortgage on the property told The Examincr today he hasnt heard anything latcly from potential property buyers The block is boundcd by lucn orslcy and tlappcrioii Sirccis lhcrcs been no ottci on tlic land thats bccn serious enough to bc accepted lhadlcy said Either oftcrs havc not contained enough money to buy tlic $2 million ptopttly or thc ole fers havc simply not bccii put down on paper he said SOME ll Saint of thc iiiqiiirics havc conic trom local Barrie pcoplc hc said While lhc property has been up for sale now for couple of months Bradley said the situa tion is not unusual Anything that big requires good deal of scouting around he said Enough money also has to be found to start work on the site he said Kempcnfelt Place was $15 million apart merit buildingproposal which fell through when developer Ed Jennings left the city An investigation on possible fraud with respect to Jennings company is being under taken at the present time The proposal has been approved in principle by city council but final site plans ar rangements had not been made with Jennings The deterioration of the block has been source of concern to Barrie city council Members of council recently decided to con tinue the boarding up policy of the deteriorating homes as each home is vacated WW tomsV Student rumble BRADFORD Provincial police intervened Thursday to prevent rumble between local high school students and group of Toronto youths outside Bradford District High School Sgt Larry Kell said two Toronto youths were charged following the incident Bill Perry school vice principal said the Toronto came to the school to in timi ate students who had been bullying friend Perry said the Toronto youths left the school without causing trouble when asked to leave by school officials Police arrived minutes later and charged two members of the group CHARGED WITH ASSAULT 14yearold girl was charg ed with assaulting 17yearold Bradford student Toronto man was charged with possession of marijuana and having liquor in place other than residence Police would not release names of the charged persons Sgt Kell said students told police the confrontation involv ed dispute between rock music fans and disco music on thusiasts Perry said the incident began after new student to the school had misunderstan ding with another student Perry said the trouble was not rock verus disco dispute Asked if the incident involved racial overtones Parry told The Examiner Id prefer to say no Then he added there is no racial animosity in this school This new student however not knowing the situation here possibly mistook the animosity mm the other students as be ing racially or ethnically motivated said Perry Perry would not release the names of the students involved or the new students ethnic origin Sll STRENGTH The new student told other students his friends were com ing to Bradford Thursday about Koolatron laysoff 35 workers Koolatron Industries Ltd of Barrie which manufactures recreational refrigeration units has been forced to lay off 35 production line employees because of drop in export sales to the US the companys manager said Friday Bill Danchuk said the gasoline shortage in the US has had an adverse effect on the recreation market there which in turn has hurt the com panys sales Danchuk said Koolatron manufactures two versions of an electronic refrigeration unit for recreational purposes one portable and one which is built into recreational vehicles It is the second version which has been hardest hit in terms of US sales he said because of the decrease in the recreational vehicle market resulting from the gasoline shortage DlSTRlBlTES ELSEWHERE The company however which has distributors in other markets such as Japan Nor way Sweden Argentina and Australia ishoping to increase activity overseas to help offset the drop in US sales Danchuk said Australia represents one of the companys best offseason markets because of that coun trys seasons coming opposite to Canadas he said and the company is looking into con nections there which will hopefully help sales Danchuk said the layoff will last anywhere from two to eight weeks but the company will be prepared to rehire its employees assuming they do not find new jobs He said the employees do not have union but there is manpower planning committee made up of an equal number of employees and management noon Perry said the visit was to be show of strength to in timidate Bradford students from bullying the new student Twenty to 25 persons ages 14 to 20 entered the school in small groups He said there was no gang of students from Bradford plann ing to confront the group Teachers patrolled the halls however because there were rumors of rumble he said About pm 20 to 25 youths entered the school in small groups and began to wander the halls Don Neilson school prin cipal and other school officials confronted the strangers and told them to leave the property Perry said they left without incident but he said it was my understanding from talking to one of the students if theyd found somebody who would stopped in time give them hard time there would have been confronta tion Police arrived as the youths were leaving the school said Perry Sgt Kell described the group as 20 to 25 persons ages 14 to 20 When lice officers talked to the yout about 200 Bradford students came out of the school to watch Sgt Kell said police charged the two individuals and warned the others to stay away from the school He said the youths went into Bradford after that but Brad ford Town police said no trou ble was reported Perry said school is back to normal today The Bradford students in volved have been told they will be suspended if they cause any further trouble said Perry Barrie Press Club holds lst meeting The inaugural meeting of The Barrie Press Club was held Thursday at Sunnidale Centre Barrie Those present some 20 members of local media outlets acted on several pro posals that dealt with member ship the establishment of an executive and statement of purpose The club exists to promote sense of unity among news gathering outlets in the city as tool for educating and im proving local newsgathering operations and as catalyst of social and professional in teraction between local news gathering outlets Voting membership of the club is confined to newsroom personnel at The Examiner town and country The Banner CKVR Television CKBB Radio CHAYFM and community programming peo ple at Cable Eight Associate memberships will be available to other employees of Barries media outlets jourlt nalism students and instructors at Georgian College informa tion officers and newsroom per sonnell from other outlets in Simcoe County The clubs executive will be comprised of five including one each from The Banner The Examiner CHAY CKBB and CKVR chosen by voting members of the individual outlets The club is to meet minimum of once monthly An executive will be chosen during the November session Pet show goes tomorrow Its time again for the Bayfield Mall and Ontario Humane Society Pet Show which is being held Saturday 11 am at the mall Judging in the show is to be done by the Barrie Humane Society based on the health and care of the pets plus childrens knowledge of how to take care of their pet and its general health Children participating in the show will receive ribbon and free gift for the pets Firshto fourth place class winners will get ribbons and each group winner will get trophy Judging will be based on three pct categories which in cludes dogs cats and likeable others The pt categories will be divided further into seven years and younger 812 year and 13 and over Entrants are to go to the main checkin area in front of Boots Drugs on arrival Saturday morning Charged with disturbance Three Barrie men are charged with creating distur bance after an incident Thursday night at the Brookdalc Park Inn Dunlop Street West Scheduled to appear in court Nov 13 are Terry Matheson 22 and Douglas Neill 19 both of 96 Cumberland St and Gerald Dennis 19 of 247 Edgehill Dr The men were released from custody Georgian seminar scheduled The continuing education division at Georgian College is offering seminar Oct 22 designed to help families arrange their affairs following the death of either spouse Entitled Estate Seminar The Surviving spouse the one night affair will deal with wills the hiring of solicitor costs and so on Registration is $10 For further information contact the colleges continuing education division tday About 50 members of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regiment Company of Barrie will be on hand in Owen Sound Nov 15 to welcome the regiments honorary colonelinchief Her Royal Highness Princess Anne LtCol Wayne Stewart commanding officer of the regiment said Friday the members from Barrie under company commander Maj Lloyd Taylor will join Company of Owen Sound at the regiments headquarters there to form an honor guard for Princess Anne The princess is visiting Owen Sound speCifically to meet and inspect the regiment and it is the first such official visit she has made since becoming honorary colonelinchief in 1977 LtCol Stewart said Capt Ian McLean the regiments press co ordinator during the royal visit said the princess will fly from CFB Downsview to Wiar ton and then travel by motorcade to Owen Sound The princess will first attend luncheon at Princess inspecting 50 from Barrie regiment the Holiday Inn given by the city in honor of the regiment and her visit and then make trip to city hall before inspecting the regiment at the armoury Capt McLean said She will then be entertained in the regiments officers mess before attending reception for the entire regiment he said The princess will leave for Toronto again at about 430 pm Capt McLean said militia infantry regiment the Grey and Simcoe Forestsr was formed in 1936 when he Grey Regiment and thc Simcoe Forester were amalgamated In 1940 the regiment became an armored unit for World War Two but was later deactivated in 1943 and was divided among other units Later in the war it became an artillery unit and in 1954 was again made into an armored unit In 1970 it returned to its original function as an infantry regiment and now has contingent of about 110 Capt Roger Lange left cadet corps liaison officer at CFB Borden presents the Strathcona Shield to Cadet Capt Dave Schuett cadet commander of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Army Cadet Corps No 29l9 it is the fourth year in row the corps has won the shield Examiner Photo Foresters Corps gain award fourth time By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner The Grey and Simcoe Foresters ACadet Corp N0 2919 held special parade Thurs day night at the Barrie Armoury to mark its fourth year as the top cadet corp in Central Ontario The corp was awarded the Strathcona Shield prize founded by the late Lord Strathcona and presented to the corp which is the most efficient in its class It is the first time in the history of the shield that it has been presented to the same corp four times and wc are very proud of that said Capt John Gilbert retiring commanding officer of the corp The corp which was formed in 1973 won the conveted award over 45 other cadet corps in Central Ontario and last year was the top corp in all of Optario Capt Gilbert said The corps are marked on training administration attendance supply and special events In addressing the parade apt Gilbert told the cadets they had every reason to be proud He also urged the corp which has many new members in its ranks to make this big chorus line training year number five as far as winne ing the shield is concerned He welcomed the new cadets some of them only two weeks in the ranks and told them he was not aware of any other youth organization which would present them with such opportunities for travel and ex perience The parade also marked the annual han ding over of command by the corps cadet captain as well as Capt Gilberts own retirement after three years to be replaced by Capt Peter Litster Capt Gilbert was retired with full honors and took the salute as the carp filed by under command of Cadet Capt Dave Schuett who later handed over his own command to Cadet Capt Jim Tiller The corp is one of three parading out of the Barrie Armoury the other two being the air and navy cadet corps The army cadet corp is unique however said Capt Gilbert in that it is the only one with cadet officers The commanding officer who belongs to the Grey and Simcoe Foresters Regiment establishes the administrative guidelines he said and from then on the running of the carp is in the hands of the cadet officers The layoff has been carried out with the full knowledge of the committee he said Koolatron which has been in Barrie since 1975 employed total of about 110 people before the layoff Thursday Closing in on net Danny Gulyas l5yearold grade ll student at North Collegiate tends goal against vigorous attempt to score by his brother Shawn who is it Happy Birthday and numerous other songs were sung by these grade and students from St John Vianney School as they enter tained residents of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Thurs day Every month birthday celebrations are held at the home with different form of entertainment each month said Eileen Mair activities director Among those celebrating birthdays were Mildred McKee Edith Little Alice Smith Lillian Channel Lillian Sutton Everett Hope Mary Middleton Mary Dellar and Basil Kydd After singing their songs the students and seniors were treated to birthday cake Examiner Photo and grade student The Guiyas were playing game of street hockey with friends from their Oren Boulevard neighborhood Examiner Photo

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