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story Oldfashioned party The Victorian Christmas party com plete with carolling and candy canes once again attracted large numbers of visitors to the Simcoe County Museum Turn to to days Lifestyle page for photo and story on this annual event lncrease irks owners Proposed increases for leasing waterlots on Kempenfelt Bay are too high say some leaseholders Increases suggested by Bar rie City council would raise rates to $15 per foot by 1982 from the 1979 figure of $350 For more see the Today page Chairmen speak out New chairmen were elected last week for the Simcoe County Board of Education and the Roman Catholic school board The men who will fill the posts for oneyear term offered their opinions on education and what Simcoe students and teachers can look forward to in the coming year For the full story see todays Sim coe County page deadline Examiner Photo Deny centre death trap MONTREAL CP Olympic Stadium officials have denied that the huge sports centre is death trap as described by National Research Council expert on crowd control Two regular tenants of the stadium the Montreal Alouettes football club and the Expos baseball team backed up the Olym pic installations board Monday saying they had no complaints about crowd safe ty Property move OKd Offers for property purchases along Bayfield Street for widening of the street were agreed to by Barrie city council Mon day much to the chagrin of Ald Fred Ruemper Too much money is being spent for the purchases and Barrie is only receiving 50 per cent subsidy from the province be ob jected The city is paying $15 per square foot the most weve ever paid for land in Barrie said Ald Ruemper Aldermen Meg ODonal and Dorian Parker objected along with Ald Ruemper total of about $80000 was spent by the city for purchase of land at 336 344 346 360 and 369 Bayfield Streets The purchase is subject to ministry ap proval for subsidy purposes The proposed fifth lane addition to the street will be discussed at budget time in 1980 Area woman injured Big Bay Point woman remains in serious condition today in Royal Victoria Hospital with head injuries following car accident Saturday morning Heather Aspinwall 24 was headed east bound on Con 11 in lnnisfil Township when her car left the road went into ditch and struck hydro pole Ms Aspinwall was thrown from the vehicle before it stopped on nearby lawn said police spokesman Gold soars $l5 LONDON tAP Gold soared $15 to hit record $446 US an ounce in Zurich to day The US dollar rose against the Japanese yen btit fell in Europe In London the metal was quoted at $44375 Gold closed Monday in Zurich at $431 and in London at $43175 The previous high for gold an investors traditional haven in times of monetary uncertainty was $444 hit in Zurich Oct amid crisis of confidence in the US cur rency Killer wounded TORONTO CP At least one of the killers of city jeweller shot during an attempted robbery Saturday may need emergency treatment for gunshot wound received in the holdup Metropolitan Toronto Police say Police have found trail of blood along the escape route believed taken by the two teenaged bandits male and female after they shot and killed Israel Ehrlich 58 in his store Only the robbers were armed at the scene police said H0spital emergency departments doc tors and pharmacists have been asked by police to report requests for treatment of gunshot wounds or for material to treat such injuries Hospital facelift Roval Victoria Hespital in Barrie is be ing dressedup for the holiday season Hospital staff is busy decorating windows walls and hospital wards to make hospital stay over Christmas little more enjoyable for those who have to be there For picture story see the Today page Curling club champs No lastminute rush for Phil Phil Wilkie of Angus decided he was not going to get caught in the last minute rush ot the Ontario License Bureau He purchased his sticker ear ly Remember you have to get your licence stickers before the Feb 28 Come home to TheExominer Call 7266539 for home delivery The Barrie Curling Club on Essa Road held their club championships all last week In todays sports pages are photographs of some of the majorevent winners and Bob Preeces column which has rundown of all the champions The Houston Oilers defeated the Pitts burgh Steelers 2017 at the Astrodome Monday night and now have share of first place in the Central division of the NFC Earl Campbell became the first run ning back this year to rush for more than 100 yards against the Pittsburgh defense For more see Sports pages index today county lifestyle entertainment mm 11 12 oomicstv guide 14 classified 51 upplements Towers Sears Kmart pages 24 pages pages Defiant on blockade TEHRAN AP Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini defied the United States to blockade Iran and made vituperative personal attack on President Carter as the outcome of the rebellion in northwest Iran against his authority remained uncertain We are not frightened of economic blockades Khomeini said Monday in response to Carters threat of more severe economic measures against Iran if the 50 US citizens held hostage at the US Em bassy in Tehran since Nov are not freed These brainless superpowers think that now they have such power all the world all the universe should follow them America should remove Carter from its political scene the religious leader of the Iranian revolution said in speech to Moslem students at his headquarters in Qom Still no bonus City hall employees will remain without their customary $10 Christmas bonus Ald Del Cole introduced the matter once again at city council Monday saying the custom dates back to 1968 It the bonus recognizes ones per formance over the year ayeed Ald Ross Stephens Ald Ed Thompson also said that the ac tion was appropriate But Ald Alex Arthur put damper on the yuletide offer dont feel Im Scrooge he said This city is reasonable employer $10 bonus is not essential in keeping the staff happy or showing we think they do good job They know we appreciate their work he added Ald Gord Mills agreed saying neither the provincial or federal govern ments give away money to employees at Christmas But the donation would have been tangible way of showing the employees theyve done good job said Mayor Ross Archer The mayor along with aldermen Doug Jagges Ross Stevens Del Cole Fred Ruemper and Ed Thompson wanted the in crease They were outvoted though by aldermen Gord Mills Bill Knowles Meg ODonal Jim Shirley Ernie Rotman Dorian Parker and Alex Arthur SCBE hearing tonight Simcoe County Board of Education will conduct hearing tonight on three Midland high school students and their contact with illicit drugs Trustees voted to expell the youths on the recommendation of the Midland Secondarv School rinci but the Education Act re quires healifilng ot the board With the students in attendance before the expulsion is made final board director Irving Harris said The hearing will be held in private ses sion at the Education Centre Ferris Lane more general discussion on drugs in county schools is expected to take place Wednesday during regular meeting of the board Trustees met behind closed doors Dec to discuss the problem but took no action that night weather Partly cloudy and mild today Southwesterly winds 30 kmh gusting to 50 kmh Highs to l0 Some wet snow or rain this even ing changing to tlurries overnight and continuing Wednesday Turn ing colder with brisk northerly winds overnight and Wednesday Temperatures falling to to by midafternoon Wednesday Could ruin min is farms Decision on new airport deferred By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner new airport in Oro Township could ruin mink farms in the area three Oro Township farmers told Barrie city council Monday As result decision on the new $2 million airport was deferred by council and will be up for discussion again next Monday Ernie Foley whose farm is located within quarter of mile of the proposed airport at concession seven said his mink operation is lifelong dream which could go by the boards How would you like it if we said to move the city of Barrie to put up apartment buildings he asked Weve been fighting to become farmers and it really hurts Foley told council He said the territory is farm country and quiet is essential Ambrose Belcourt who lives about two miles north of the site also expressed dismay that lanes fl ing over his property could af fect is mink arming It might have an affect on me Im really concerned said Belcourt of the proposed airport mm Belcourt just starting his mink farm said he wouldnt have begun operations in that locale knowing an airport was fast ap preaching Milton Zwicker lawyer representing the Aart Proper family said the business of mink farming is sensitive and delicate one It has taken 21 years for the Propers to build up their mink farming operation located at concession eight he said It is reasonably foreseeable that damage could occur he said Loud noises could for example cause adult female mink to eat their young he said Ald Bill Knowles originally recommend ing the airport go ahead last week said he was concerned that the problem was not ex amined in the completed airport report coun cil commissioned The alderman said he is trained to be pilot and could confirm in addition that turkeys would tend to smother each other when subjected to loud noises An earlier comment that the airport could be an in convenience to farms OSee Concerns page 115th year No 284 Tuesday Dec 1979 By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Radio Shack has lashed out at Premier Bill Davis and his Conservative government for their lack of support during the companys dispute with the United Steelworkers of America claiming their silence has fostered an unstable labor climate in Ontario In press statement following the Ontario Labor Relations Board decision that the com pany bargained in bad faith Jerry Colella vicepresident of Radio Shack in Barrie says We are very disappointed in the silence shown by Conservative members of provin cial parliament as well as our Conservative premier They have stood silent while allow ing the New Democratic Party to take all kinds of pot shots at companies in labor disputes think its time for them to realize that stable labor climate is essential to business economic and job growth Colella says Radio Shacks appeal of the Ontario Labor Relations Board bad faith ruling and the numerous measures the com pany was ordered to take to rectify the situa tion is responsibility to the business com munity of Ontario FAR REACHING EFFECTS If the boards decision is allowed to stand it will have far reaching negative effects on those who migh new plant as well as those who might want to expand their facilities here Colella says Colella says the charge by the union that Radio Shack bargained in bad faith was not proven on the evidence taken and the remedies ordered by the board go beyond its jurisdiction including the institution of man datory dues checkoff key issue in the 19 week strike Along with labor representatives Colella be considering Ontario for says stronger labor laws are necessary to eliminate labor disputes An employee of Tandy Corp Radio Shacks US parent company before coming to Barrie in February Colella noted in the US there is no such thing as automatic cer tification after majority of union cards are signed similar system should be instituted in Ontario he said You still have to take vote after the cards signing he says approvingly of the US system Canada loses more manhours to work stoppages than any other country in the western world he added Because Radio Shack appealed the boards certification of the union more than once before its appeal was thrown out by the divisional court the unions not surprised by this appeal which Colella says will be launch ed sometime this week Its no great surprise says Gaye Lamb representative for the striking warehouse workers The company has used every delay tactic it could so far If the company goes through normal chan nels in an effort to overturn the decision it must serve the board and the union with notice of application for judicial review then go to the Supreme Court This could take months says Harry Freedman senior solicitor with the labor board It could however expedite matters by requesting hearing before single judge rather than the regular panel It still must carry out the boards orders within 14 days Freedman said What if the companyis unable to overturn the boards decision Colella says Radio Shack will remain in Ontario no matter what happens Its ridiculous to think of moving such large operation he says No opposition at polls FLAC vacancies filled By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner PENETANGUISHENE Supporters of drive to have separate French secondary school established here were ushered without opposition into six vacancies on Sim coe Countys French Language Advisory Committee during an election Monday The six including two from among the six who resigned from FLAC in October won by acclamation much to the delight of the 400 francophone ratepayers in attendance who hoped their cheers of support would echo to Queens Park Opposition expected from francophones op Commuters all Long lslond commuters queue up for the only two available buses at Roosevelt Raceway where they parked their cars Monday hoping to ride buses into Manhat tan The Long lslond Railroad went on strike Saturday night creating problems for those who commute to obs in Manhattan and for those wanting to do Christmas shopping in Manhattan APPhoto posed to the idea did not materialize sup porters of the separate school proposal said Im going to have to reassess my posi tion said John McCullough Midland trustee to the Simcoe County Board of Education and to this point an opponent of the separate school proposal had believed there was large portion of the francophone community against the separate school idea but can only assume now that they agree with those elected he told The Examiner today dont think the message could be more clear than that said newlyelected Basile Dorion chairman of the independent French school board and one of the six committee members who resigned Had there been large number of fran cophones against the school they would have run their own candidates Committee member Romeo Marchand who like Dorion resigned in October to pro test the ministers decision not to build separate school also viewed the election as victory The other group laid the ground rules and Im sure well be able to obtain what weve been looking for said newlyelected Rosita Desroches Also elected were Victor Dupuis student at the independent secondary school being operated the community Claude Desrochers and Claudette Paquin Dunlop widening 20¢ Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 95 Weekly the examiner serving barrie and Simcoe caunty Radio Shack raps Davis for silence in By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner We lost everything even my two little chihuahuas Bonnie and Queenie heart broken Theresa Contois told The Ex aminer today after fire gutted their Highland Crescent home in Painswick Saturday Mrs Contois and her husband Jimmy Toronto truck driver didnt have any in surance on the house The insurance ran out about month ago and we didnt have any money to renew it said Mrs Contois The Contois are staying in their 14ft trailer on their daughters property in Barrie An lnnisfil bylaw prohibits living in trailer although exceptions are made for emergencies Were just going to stay in the trailer until we can save some money to build up again said Mrs Contois who says it hasnt been cold at night in the trailer at least not yet Mr and Mrs Contois saved 31 years for their house and moved to it in 1973 after living in an Ontario housing development in Toronto said their daughter Alma Mauk Dad worked overtime to make the mortgage payments and Mom worked really hard to pay the taxes on the house she said Now everything is gone LUCKY SHES CLOSE Mrs Contois says however that she is lucky to have her daughter so close My daughter says were welcome to stay here as long as we want she said But hope it doesnt take too long to get the house back up The fire completely destroyed the front portion of the house including the kitchen and livingroom said lnnisfil Fire Chief Doug Rose Mrs Contois isnt certain whether they will rebuild or start anew Well have to wait to see what the fire chief says said their daughter The fire was discovered by their son who ha 42 et you for that Bgroadbent ned to be delivering pizza to the SPUle LoSt everything in area blaze Theresa and Jimmy Contois lost everything in fire Saturday that gutted their Painswick home It will be slow rebuilding pro cess they didnt have insurance on their home Examiner Photo house next door My son heard crackling saw the house on fire and called the fire department said Mrs Contois Their daughter has removed some clothes from the home to clean them but reports that most are smoke damaged Its the loss of the two dogs however that Mrs Contois misses the most They were our babies she said Anyone wishing to donate clothing or ar ticles can bring them to the Contois daughters home at 15 Argyle Rd or to their son Patricks home at 12 Redpath When asked what in particular the cou ple needed Mrs Contois replied Well everything is gone Were pretty low Not seeking leadership Turner TORONTO CP John Turner regarded as federal Liberal leaderinwaiting since his resignation as finance minister in 1975 shocked many political observers Monday by announcing he will not be among the candidates to succeed Pierre Trudeau Citing what he described as highly complicated personal reasons Turner told news conference do not intend to seek the leadership ofthe Liberal party This is definitive statement and the deciSion am announcing is final Financial aid sought in project The ministry of transportation and com munications is being asked to help subsidize the further widening of Dunlop Street East The province will be asked to subsidize 44 foot widening of the street from the Lakeview Dairy to Berczy Street and 36 foot widening from Berczy to Blake Street The move narrowly passed by Barrie city council Monday does not commit the city to the widening as it will be reintroduced dur ing1980 budget discussions As expected the controversial issue drew more debate Monday from those who wanted the straight 44 foot widening to those who wanted the widening split to insure protection of the residential neighborhood Widening the street to 41 feet is the most logical common sense thing to do Ald Ross Stephens told council EXTEND ROAD Lakeshore Road will have to be extended to the east if 44 foot widening is not agreed to said Ald Ed Thompson Ald Gord Mills though waSnt so sure after having conversatiom with two provin cial government officials over the weekend Original concerns were that the city might not get funding from the province if it deviated from plans to widen the street to 44 feet But Ald Mills said the government of ficials indicated the 44 foot widening would not be enforced by the province Therefore Tiesaid fiewFde bewilling to try out the split widening procedure Ald Fred Ruemper said the street widen ing should be put ahead of the proposed Bayfield Street widening plan While Bayfield Street is not in need of road repairs the same cant be said for Dunlop Street said Ald Ruemper Ald Doug Jagges doesnt want either of the programs Ald Jagges who refused to vote last week on the issue said he had serious concerns about the programs because of the effects it could have on the 1980 budget HIKE IN BUDGET Gerry Tamblyn city administrator said that if both projects were approved by coun cil it would mean further 20 per cent hike In the public works budget Aldermen voting for the split widening scheme included Bill Knowles Meg ODonal Ruemper Jim Shirley Dorian Parker Alex Arthur and Mills Those same aldermen op posed the 44 foot widening proposal for the length of the block Initial widening of the street began during the summer Studies conducted by the city show increased traffic volume along the street in the future Acid rain helps craps TORONTO CP Although acid rain poses serious threat to Ontarios lakes and forests report done by the Universi ty of Guelph says it actually helps farm crops in southern Ontario At the moment the sulphur dioxide in rain is actually benefitting plants Robert Sheard professor in Guelplis department of land resource science said in an interview Monday