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at Examiner carriers Scott Seabrook and Cecile Akiwenzie board buses to Barrie Day game Sun day while right happy June McFarlane holds up scoreboard showing Jays actually took game over California Examiner Photos Lowly Jays down California 365 Barrie Day fonsshocked By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner It would be most understandable if 365 Barrie residents had not yet recovered from shock this morning Fans who went on an Examiner sponsored bus trip saw the lowly Toronto Blue Jays hammer the California Angels 93 in Sunday afternoon contest at Exhibi tion Stadium in Toronto It wasnt so much that the Blue Jays easi ly handled the western division leading Angels or that they rebounded from 242 rut the dav before But in doing so the Blue Jays defeated probably the best pitcher in all of baseball Nolan Ryan It was good day says Examiner publisher Bruce Rowland Everybody had good time ARRIVE EARLY The buses arrived at the Stadium about 1130 am allowing fans about two hours before game time to explore the exhibition grounds The game ended about 405 pm with the buses heading back to Barrie about Dollys little sister star in her own right By RICHARD THOMAS The Examiner She may be Dollys little sister but in the increasingly competitive world of country music Stella Parton doesnt need any such helpinghand introductions thank you shes big girl now in her own right At 30 shes already logged 11 years as seasoned country vocalist on the road in the United States and Europe where she has big following and for the past three years has been recording artist for Electra records She is charting her own course amassing Stella Parton in Countr singer Fair Sunday action at Barrie Examiner Photo her own fans many of whom turned out to hear her two performances at the Barrie Fair Sunday and doing it successfully in business where the shadow cast by her sister looms large JOKES WITH AllllENCE And she can joke about it with her au dience Our careers have always been series of peaks and valleys no need to say who had the peaks and who had the valleys Later in between shows she told The Ex aminer dont think the world needs two Dolly Partons but hope it has room for Stella Her audiences Sunday obviously thought so When she asked them if they loved Dolly the crowd murmered in assent but lone voice from the grandstand brought dazzling smile from the petite vivacious blond singer when it said Yeah but we love Stella bet ter She grew up singing in the Smoky Moun tains of East Tennessee and says she cant remember when she wasnt working in front of an audience The sixth of 12 children Dolly is three years older Miss Parton once shared singing act with her sister until Dolly went to Nashville We havent worked together since Now based in Nashville herself Miss Par ton however prefers playing to live au diences around the US and Europe havent worked in Canada as much as would like to she says With managerhusband Jim Malloy former executive of Electra records and producer for such country music names as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings Miss Parton spent 220 days on the road last year singing for audiences at concerts and country fairs APPEARS 0N She also made about 25 TV appearances last year and is scheduled to shoot segment on The Loveboat this fall Both she and her husband want her to do more work in television but as performer perhaps with her own show not as an actress Letitia Heights corn roast Hundreds of people turned out to eat corn and enjoy the entertainment at the first Letitia Heights Community Corn Roast Sunday at Lampman Lane Park Some 3000 cobs of corn were cooked for those attending the roast Examiner Photol Residents from Barrie in attendance in cluded aldermen Ross Stephens Del Cole and Ernie Rotman The Examiner hopes to turn over about $200 to the United Way as result of the trip It was primarily cloudy most of the day Sunday But temperaturss were warm enough to make things comfortable for Bar rie ans CLOLTS HOMERS Biggest ovation of the day Torontos John Mayberry who clouted two to the victory home runs to lead the surprising Blue Jays Starter Butch Edge was the winning pit cher for the Toronto cause with Tom Buskey mopping up in relief But its been this kind of year for Toron to The Jays actually dropped another half game off the pace because the league leading Baltimore Orioles were in the pro cess of sweeping doubleheader It means Toronto is now 43 games behind the came for leaders Disco dancing See you next year Girls Calah Brooks of Ottawa and Gayle Russell of Toronto set the tempo at disco in Molsons Park Sunday The disco an allnight affair Saturday was organized by John Marden of Torontos Onos disco as part of Augustofest threeday festival of rock Examiner Photo The Fantasticks opens tonight John Evans Thea MacNeil and Bruce Clayton head the cast of the Gryphon Theatres producton of The Fantasticks opening tonight at the Georgian College Theatre The American musicalcom edy has become popular hit around the world since it first opened in small offBroadway theatre in 1960 The Gryphon production represents return engagment for director Brian Rintoul and actors John Evans and Peter Blais who worked in the 1970 production during the Gryphons first season Rintoul has since gone on to direct plays in Calgary Mon treal and Charlottetown Evans has done film TV and stage work hes currently part of the C805 Gift to Last series that stars Gorden Pinsent Blais has worked at theatre across the country including the National Arts Centre the Shaw Festival the Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Neptune Theatre Miss MacNeil and Clkyton are both rising young musical theatre performers The cast of The Fantasticks also includes Jason Troy Larry Aubrey Chick Roberts and Vernon Chapman artistic director of the Gryphon Theatre Curtain time tonight is 830 pm The play continues through to Saturday with matinees Wednesday and Thursday at pm For tickets call the theatre box office at 7284613 Base Borden man 20 traffic accident victim ALLISTON man killed in traffic accident on County Road 15 early Saturday morn ing has been identified as Re jean Joseph Bernier 20 of CFB Borden Bernier was passenger in car drien by 20yearold Rino Deschenes also of Borden when the car struck parked trucktrailer about 1230 am Deschenes was taken to CFB Borden Hospital and is schedul ed to be released today The trailer was unoccupied when the accident occurred Police are investigating JOE MARTH Barrie The Metric system is lot easier to measure things with The troubles not with the system itself but when we changed lot of people got ripped off prices did not change accordingly today the examiner Monday August 27 1979 Citys freedom ceremony set WW or Wednesday Everything is totally under control in last minute ar rangments for ceremonies Wednesday in Barrie giving the Canadian Armed Forces CFBt Borden freedom of the city honor Everything seems set to go says Peter McIntyre one of the organizers of the day It will be the first time the base has been granted the freedom of the city custom which dates back long time Activities will get under way Wednesday afternoon at 115 with the assembly of military personnel and the march to city hall INSPECT GUARDS At pm the honor guards will be inspected and the pro clamation granting the freedom of the city will be made At 215 parade will follow through the streets of downtown Barrie One hour later residents will be able to witness the aerobatic per formance of the Snowbirds over Kempenfelt Bay skydiving performance will follow that act The only area of concern for organizers now is the paving of the Mulcaster Street railway tracks McIntyre said But that should be done this morning and should not pose problem for festivities Wednesday he said Parts of downtown streets will be closed off and on during the ceremony said McIntyre However many of the closings should last only about 20 minutes at time McIntyre said But arrangements are set and hopefully there shouldnt be any surprises McIntyre said MARCH THROIGII STREETS The ceremony dates back to the Dutch Wars when King Charles 11 would issue warrants to recruit men for service in the kings ships The warrants had to be shown to the lord mayor before any recruiting was done in the city Freedom of the city meant the regiment could march through the streets at all times in full military gear The custom is seldom prac ticed in modern times but Bar rie has chosen the ritual to honor over 60 years of friendly relationship with the base The historic event demonstrates the high degree of cooperation which continues to exist between the military and civilian communities of this area Ald Gord Mills and Ray Allen city engineer have also been working on arrangements for the special day Worldfamous aerobatic squadron the Snowbirds will perform 25minute breathtaking airshow over downtown Barrie and Kempenlelt Bay Council to decide on recreational plan Barrie city council might have recreational master plan in the works following its meeting later today special meeting has been called for this afternoon begin ning at pm to discuss the proposed move At that time six companies which have proposed to take on the study will present their cases before city council At the completion of the presentations council will make the decision whether or not to proceed with the study Three local companies and three others from Toronto have offered their services for the study which establishes priorities for recreational addi tions over the next few years Five of the six companies have offered to do the study in the $60000 range Another has said it can do it for about $45000 The study was original ly estimated to cost about $70000 Ald Jim Shirley says the study may be too expensive for the city to undertake and that it should proceed with its own staff The study was originally recommended by the recrea tional planning committee In presentation to council com mittee spokesman said study STEVE OMAIIEY Bar rie The metric systems lot more efficient If there are ripoffs when we changed over dont know of any Not in Barrie anyway would determine Barries im mediate needs for recreational expansion While other studies had been done the previous one had not concentrated on the entir spec trum of recreation in the city the spokesman said Council then decided to call tenders but made no decision on whether or not to go ahead with the study George Taylor tMPPSimcoe Centrei says city staff should do the study to help alleviate costs He also says local statt are more knowledgeable of the area and would probably do more comprehensive job The recreational steering committee recenty completed its study for proposed major sports centre in Barrie Another committee is now busy determining which sites might be best to set up centre The steering committee said the downtown area would be good place for the centre Port man faces charges after two vehicle crash MIDLAND 21yearold Port McNicoll man was charg ed by provincial police here Sunday after he was involved in two vehicle collision injuring four persons Martin Vipond is charged with dangerous driving and failing to wear seat belt and will appear in Midland provin cial court Sept 20 Police said Viponds car col lided with van driven by Robert Marion 30 of What do youthink of conversion to metric measure BRIAN HOWARTH Bar rie dont care for it Theres no need to convert in the first place the old systems good enough Besides its confusing to lot of older people who cant Eet used toit Perkinsfield Both vehicles were southbound in the south bound lanes of Highway 12 at Balm Beach Road Midland Marion suffered bruises His wife Heather 23 and son Michael 16 months also suf fered minor injuries Vipond had numerous lacerations and bruises from head to toe said police The accident happened about 1250 pm we RON LEWIS Barrie Its better for the country in the long run but right now its confusing But dont believe were being cheated when we shop for supermarket items like milk