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Harding sidewalk dispute Residents defeat city hall DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Harding Avenue residents who did not want sidewalk in stalled on that street have won their fight with city hall Barrie city council decided at special meeting Monday night to submit to residents wishes following petition and deputation by about 25 street residents Sidewalk construction on that street had been approved dur ing the citys budget delibera tions early in 1979 The construction was sup ported by police chief Earl Snider and the Barrie Associa tion for Safety Education Don Cooper Harding Street resident said there are no safe Ministry extends downtoWn deadhne The provincial ministry of housing has extended approval for the downtown improvement project almost full year The ministry has extended the deadline to July 1980 from the previous deadline of Aug 1979 said Rick Bates Barries director of planning and development The extension letter went through Mayor Ross Archers office late last week and was received by the planning direc tor Monday Bates said he assumes the deadline has been extended because of the expected Ontario Municipal Board 10MB hear ing on the matter Bates said he has been told there is another letter on the way from the ministry The let ter may say that it has been referred to the OMB already he said The downtown project has been the subject of controversy Road about 930 pm dent said police Aug court Oct 15 tion Barrie city council town country Van search intensified STAYNER Provincial police are conducting an inten sive search for green van that struck and injured 14 yearold Stayner boy near Wasaga Beach Aug Police are checking vehicle registration records of all green vans in the area that match the description of van which struck Leo Perverill as he was bicycling along County The van has been described as 1978 or 1979 Ford vehicle mth dark jadegreen metallic paint The boy suffered broken leg and concussion in the acci Denied bail in court Brechin man charged with attempted murder was denied bail in provincial court in Barrie Monday Randy Francis Neron 19 of RR2 Brechin was remanded in custody He is charged in July 26 stabbing incident Armed robbery remand MIDLAND re Three men charged with the Aug armed robbery of Penetanguishene hotel were remanded in pro vincial court here Monday to Aug 27 to set trial date Larry Bruce Gorgichuk 20 of Scarborough and Richard William Annis 28 of Port McNicholl will remain in custody Gary Bruce Andrews 26 of Coldwater was granted bail More than $5000 was stolen at gunpoint from the the Commodore Hotel Police captured two men leanng the hotel by the fire escape and arrested third man found in pickup truck parked nearby Criminal negligence charge WASAGA BEACH An 18yearold Wasaga Beach man has been charged with criminal negligence in the traffic death of 50yearold local man July John Morley is scheduled to face the charge in provincial Enters bylaw agreement since its location was disclosed early in the year The project to be located in the west end would include the demolition of many older homes The Association of Barrie Citizens was subsequently formed and sent off various letters of objection to the minister The project is being partially subsidized by the provincial government and some local developers as well as by the ci ty Up to this point the developers have not been able to land major department store for the project Councils handling of the matter drew blast from Jack Stollar local developer last week Stollar said the project would not become success un til the beginning of the next century owner of Milan Sweczy also of Wasaga Beach died in hospital after he was struck by car on Highway 92 Provincial police charged Morley after more titan month of investiga has at St Vincent Street and Robin entered into bylaw agreement Court with Rono Construction to com plete subdivision construction bylaw at special session Mon Council agreed to pass the day Moya Fenwick and John Peters in The Au Pair Man excellent performances despite play that drowns in sea of words Photo by ProColor Photographic Servicesl ty problems on the street Ive never heard my children say theyre afraid of getting hurt said Cooper ASHOCK Cooper said it was shock to see stakes set up on his sidewalk when he recently returned from vacation He said he had been resident of the street since 1974 and had seen just one twovehicle acci dent but never mishap in volving children Residents are against con struction because it could eliminate all of the shrubbery on the street which had been there isince 1967 he said Cooper added he doubts the children would use the sidewalk anyway Ald Alex Arthur said it was them where people want them case of esthetics safety versus Ald Del Cole did not agree with Ald Arthur who later voted to install the sidewalk People on the street realize the hazards he said If peo ple dont want them lets put odav dont think any more kids will be killed there than in the past five years he said Aldermen Alex Arthur Fred Ruemper and Meg ODonal voted in favor of the sidewalks Council voted 43 against the sidewalk installation Confrontation Radio Shack on Boyview Street Monday The Frank Berry union representative of the United Steelworkers of America local talks with member of the Barrie Police at the entrance to the On city streets Repaving fa Barrie is falling behind in its repaving program for city street says Ald Del Cole And the situation wont get any better he said until some of its priorities are shifted Barrie now has 110 miles of paved street he told The Ex aminertoday Canadian Tire codounder wife dies Muriel Gerturde Billes wife of Alfred Billes cofoundcr and former president of Cana dian Tire died Monday at their home on Old Forest Hill Road in Toronto Born in Woodstock Ontario May 1903 to Bertha Gertrude and Delford Edwin Moore Mrs Billes is survived by her hus band sons Alfred and David and daughter Martha She also leaves grandchildren Alfred Heather Deirdre Macve Garth Dianne Allen Karen and Owen Billes Mrs Billes and her husband currently member of Cana dian Tires board of directors maintained summer residence in Shanty Bay for several years Son David also director of the company keeps summer residence at Big Bay Point Funeral services will be held Thursday Aug 16 at pm in Miles Funeral Chapel 30 St Clair Ave Toronto Burial will take place at Mount Pleasant Cemetery The normal life of street before it needs repaving is bet ween 10 and 12 years he said It would make more sense for the city to pave about 10 miles year in order to keep up with repairs said Ald Cole But the city is now repaving about 12 miles of road year meaning it is falling behind in that category Cole said people in any ward in the city could name at least four streets in their particular ward in need of repair The remaining portion of Dunlop Street East to strikers tried to prevent workers from leaving the plant Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The downtown board is truly representing mer chants in the core area says its new chairman David Smith Smith solicitor who took over recently following the resignation of Mike Benvenuti says at present six of nine board members are downtown merchants The board has been criticized recently by some merchants who objected to etablishmcnt of minimall setup downtown during Dunlop Street East reconstruction But the objections seem to come from the same persons who have opposed the board since its inception Smith told The Examiner Monday In addition it was the first complaint echoed by mer chants in the past year said Smith ONTINLE ROLE And until the downtown board is relieved of its many date which Smith says would require one third of downtown merchants objec tions the board would con tinue ts role Smith said at present he has positive view of the downtown rea Environmentally it is ex cellent he said The land scape is unblemished and the view of the watgrfront hasnt been destroyed yet But now the city is suffer ing from growth pains said Smith Some of the crucial ques tions include whether to tear down old buildings the seeder project question and the matter of traffic flow The board is now ready for future challenges said Smith because it has six years under its belt We hope we can assist in presenting merchants views and formulating some future plans Smith said The personalties on the the examiner Tuesday Augggt 14 1971 9w David Smih downtown board chairman says city is suffering from growth pains but he has positive view of city core future Examiner Photo board are more tuture oriented then past board member he said However Smith said that you cant please all of the people all of the time The board he said always listens to merchants objections though we may not agree The board however is usually unamimous in its decision making Very seldom have we had split board he said Smith said it is challenging to be in position to play in Barries political system Smith said however that he has no political aspira tions at all Smith 29 has been in Ban rie for five years Originally from Burlington he obtained his BA in political science from McMaster University before obtaining law degree from Osgoode Hall mg behmd Heavier caseload means Duckworth is an example of road in need of repair he said The alderman said that years ago the city buit number of roads without adding sidewalks The result is now that the city is spending about $40000 year on sidewalks some of which could go towards street repav ing And the longer you get the worse its going to get said AldCole The repaving is obviously not enough said Don Barrie alderman to get all wet Ald Ernie Rotman is going tobe all wet The Barrie alderman will be competing in bathtub race at the CNE in Toronto on August 23 The matter deemed urgent by mayor Ross Ar cher surfaced during special council meeting Mon day Ald Roman required trainer and he would take anybody said the mayor Ald Ross Stephens volunteered Ald Dorian Parker but the former mayor decined the offer Ald Alex Arthur was then offerd the job At first he refused but the alderman ws encouraged There will be training at the Royal York Hotel before the event said mayor Archer Wordiness wears thin Au Pair Man tiresome By STEPHEN lAlER Of The Examiner The English language gets torough workout in The Au Pair Man comedy by Irish playwright Hugh Leonard that opened Monday night at Georgian College Theatre for oneweek run Leonard like the greater Irish writers that preceed him has special talent for soaring prose and the kind of dramatic dialogue that can follow its own peculiar logic to it own peculiar conclusions 1n the case of the Au Pair Man however those conclusions hardly seem worth the effort Leonard has constructed two character play neatly sealed off from any larger concerns The female protaganist dotty Englishwomen played with great fervor by Maya Fenwick is recluse whos turned her narrow ideals of elitism into an artistic obsession The object of her at tention lowerclass but obviously ambitious Irishman played by John Peters is willing to tear up his roots for the greater glories of asimilation OLLECTS BILL Peters who arrives at the door to collect long overdue bill becomes the willing captive of woman who sees herself as the last of dying breed the English aristocrats who value ex cellence at the expense of such barbaric concepts as democracy and quality The two characters exploit each other Peters makes the transformation from bumbler to aristocrat while Mrs Fen wick exercises her considerable powers of control and manipulation The dramatic potential of the situation is more promising on paper than it is on the stage however the play drowns ina sea of words and never escapes claustrophogic preoccupation with class accent and British eccentricity ALD ERNIE ROTMAN bathtub race And for that reason The Au Pair Men quickly wears out its welcome Thirty minutes into the very long first act Mrs Fen wicks lengthy monologues begin to lose their charm Its one thing to explore the glories of the English language its som thing else again to try the patience of an audience particular ly Canadian audience with the facile manipulation of dialogue But thats not to slight the accomplishments of both per formers in the play Mrs Fenwick meets the challenge of pro jecting character whose cunning and verbal skills are in exhaustible If grandiose speeches on the merits of elitism are the test of an actresss endurance and strength then Mrs Fen wick passes the test with flying colors CONVINCING CHARACTER Peters playing very different part assembles convincing character from the usual stock cliches overwrough Irishmen His drunken monologue in the second act was the comic highlight of the play Peters has the advantage of role that calls for more than just speechmaking and he neatly balancesthe physical and emotional dimensions of the character But these two excellent performers cant save the play Leonards use of symbolism dilapidated apartment representing the faded glory of England is too obvious to be effective The plot twist thats supposed to create surprise en Kirkpatrick Barries deputy engineer But its question of priorities where youre going to spend your money he said Youve got to try to keep up to date on all your problems he said today total of $70000 has been allotted this year for repaving just under two miles of road said Kirkpatrick Streets to be repaved this year include St Vincent Street from Belfarm Road to Codr ington Street Penetang Street from St Vincent to Berczy Wellington Street westerly from St Vincent for 1500 feet and Peel Street from Well ington to Grove CHAYFM renewal October CHAYFMs licence applica tion for renewal of its broad casting licence will be con sidered at public hearing in Hull Que on Oct The Canadian Television and Telecom munications Commission CRTCl the federal regulatory agency governing broad casting announced Monday that the hearing will start at am local time Oct Anyone wishing to comment on CHAYs application must do so in writing and indicate whether or not they wish to ap pear at the hearing Comments about the applica tion must be received by registered mail or personal delivery by both the CRTC and CHAY by Sept 12 Radio about emotional and ding is signalled well in advance This play offers few surprises and too many static stagings that make the audience sqiurm in their seats cant see how play like The Au Pair Man has anything relevent to say to theatre audience in Barrie and if it cant of fer two and half hours of wellpaced entertainment then its difficult to understand why it was chosen in the first place By TERRY FIELD The Examiner Simcoc County provincial court family division will some day need second full time judge but that day is not at hand says Bob Perry court ad ministrator The caseload is building up to point where well need se cond judge Perry told The Examiner Ther is tendency for the adult side of things to in crease quite readily Perrys comments came in response to an Examiner arti cle quoting Don Jackson direc tor of the Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society on the growing need for second judge to hear family cases lN LIMBO Delays in hearing cases that pertain to the futures of children can be damaging to the child who remains in lim b0 throughout the process and the family Jackson said The decision on whether judge is needed rests with the solicitorgenerals iRoy McMurtryi office but cues are scheduled and caseloads monitored by the chief judge of the family division Judge HTG Andrews Analysis of court dockets and time spent is on cases done to the adoptables Penny is threeyearold Beagle used to being on her own and needs lov ing and permanent home She has two puppies which will remain with her until they are old enough to be returned to the shelter For more informa tion drop in at 9i Patterson Rd DON JACKSON in limbo determine whether another judge is required in any one area said Dee Prosser assis tant to Judge Andrews Last year there were no new appointments to the family division of the provincial court she said Hearings are usually schedulr ed within four or five weeks after request but can be dealt with sooner if circumstances second iudge one day dictate Perry said From there things assume normal pace and any delays are not considered abnormal he said Childrens Aid Society CAS cases are dealt with separately on two specified days monthly and the docket is arranged by director Jackson Perry said ARRANGEHEARINGS Any cases involving juveniles custody of children child support access to children by separated parent and hearings arranged with the CAS are under the jurisdiction of the family division Since April 1978 some 500 new child support cases have been opened in Simcoe County Perry said He also said 1000 cases in which support is paid by parent are ongoing and the responsibility of his office Part time judge are used on some cases and that relieve some pressure Perry said He said an increase in the number of marriage break downs and the new Family Law Reform Act have resulted in more custody cases that take more judges time Spending time on cases of this type means the judge has less time for other cases Perry said