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2a tada the examiner Thursday Dec 21 1979 Doug Keown of Barrie and Henny Markus of Toronto were on hand Wednesday during open house day at the Barrie greenhouse The open Citys two greenhouses grow By DENNIS LANTIIIER of The Examiner Yes Virginia there is greenhouse in Barrie And the first of the open houses during the holiday season was held Wednesday 22 with the second set to go next Sunday between and pm Renny Debours green house operator told The Ex aminer lot of persons simp ly dont know there is greenhouse in Barrie But he said its getting more well known as time goes on There are actually two separate greenhouses in the Ferndale Drive locale One of them contains plants which have to be stored at cool temperatures 01 about 50 degrees Fahrenheit The other building contains tropical plants which have to be heated at much higher temperature Debours said The pointsetta seems to be the most popular type of plant during the Christmas season he says Although residents cant buy flowers here children who frequent the establishment will often get flowers to take home with them he said PLACED IN PARKS Persons who visit the greenhouse enjoy seeing plants start from scratch until they have reached their full growth and are placed in Unseasonably mild weather Lake freezing delay costly continued from page one Money spent by skiiers and snowmobilers is not the only green missing from local cashboxes The unseasonably mild weather has delayed the freezA ing of Lake Simcoe and that means no ice fishing Ron Desjardine ministry of natural resources fisheries biologist said the ministry estimates 49 per cent of the winter anglers on Lake Simcoe are tourists Of those 27 per cent come from the Toronto Hamiltonarea esjardine estimates ice fishermen generate about $8 million year in this area Alex Smith Huronia District fish and wildlife supervisor said lake trout and Whitefish seasons open Jan and usually ice fishing starts then This year unless there is an instant freeze the start will be delayed The late freezeup is not an economic benefit to the area said Smith Every winter lot of fishermen from New York Pennsylvania and southwestern Ontario come up and spend whole weekends here ice fishing ICE MELTEI Desjardine said ice has ap peared on Cook Bay at the lakes south end but it disap peared in the mild rainy weather When the lake freezes by the end of December as in most years ice fishing is usually in full gear by the third or fourth week of January said Desjar dine Theres usually lapse of two or three weeks as fishermen wait to make sure the ice is safe he said This practice applies especially to tourist anglers Large scale ice fishing may not get underway this season until February he said Ministry officials say few days of cold still weather will freeze the lake Minimum standard for archery goods set by province Ontario archers will have to raise their sights on equipment standards as result of new provincial regulations Target date for the new rul ings expected to affect some 6500 bow and arrow hunters is Sept 1980 Natural Resources Minister James Auld says the new regulations are meant to act as guide to firsttime bow hunters who have never bought archery tackle before Hunters arent allowed to use 22 calibre firearms to hunt big game because they are underpowered and might only wound rather than kill the animal For the same reason we dont want bow hunters us ing underpowered and map propriate equipment Auld says the regulations covering deer bear and moose hunting were established in response to recommendations from the provinces bow hunters that minimum stan dards for archery gear be set MINIMUM DRAW Under the new regulations crossbows must have minimum draw of 30 cm Ar rows and bolts must be equip ped with head that has at least two sharp unserrated barless steel straight cutting edges The head mUSt not be less than 22 mm at the widest point Arrows must be at least 60 cm in length Longbows including recurve and compound bow must have minimum draw weight of 19 kg when used for hunting deer and 172 kg when used for hunting moose and bear The draw weight will be measured at draw length distance of 700 mm or less Crossbows must have minimum draw weight of 45 kg for hunting deer and 54 kg for hunting moose and bear The draw weight will be measured at the draw length distance measured to the release latch mechanism Previously there were no restrictions on archery equip ment for hunting says Auld But the use of archery weapons in Ontario has increas ed dramatically since the early 19705 and we have to make sure that hunters are using equipment that can kill quickly and humanely house will be repeated Sunday from to pm Examiner Photo city parks Debours said The city allots $80000 for greenhouse operations and that includes everything from buying the seeds to planting them at parks in the city Last fall we planted 7000 tulips he said Every flower bed in Barrie now has tulips The animals consisting mainly of rabbits and guinea pigs were put in for younger visitors to enjoy he said Residents can visit the greenhouse anytime between about am and pm from Monday to Friday during the year plants coloring our parks KENNY DEBOURS greenhouse operator lts magic Ron Oliver brought his magic show to Barrie Wednesday much to the delight of some 400 children and their parents gathered at the Georgian College Theatre The show was presented by the Gryphon Theatre Foundation Examiner Photo EASE VEHICLES Available For Immediate Delivery 1980 SKYlARK dr brown AT PS PB Lic OXT H4 1980 SKYLARK dr beige AT P5 P8 Lic OXT 975 1980 SKYLARK Limited dr silver AT PS PB Lic PEN599 I980 SKYLARK Limited dr blue AT PS PB Lic PBN474 1979 roan mm ton pickup tone blue Arc stereo company exec car Lic H9l765 Local union official pleased By STEPHEN NICHOLLS of The Examiner Winning separate bargaining category represents the end of long battle between jail guards and the provincial government says spokesmanfor Barries union local Larry Folz moment of Local 313 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union told The Ex aminer this week guards are quite pleased to hayetlteir own bargaining unit separate from the 6000 other OPSEU members Its just too bad it had to come to confrontation FLAC selection Romeo Marchand was elects ed chairman of the countys French Language Advisory Committee during meeting last week He was among those elected to the six committee seats reserved for representatives of the countys francophone com munity Marchand had served with the committee previously He and the other five community representatives resigned in Oc tober to protest provincial decision concerning French high school The nine man body is charged with advising the board on mat ters pertaining to the education francophone students Rosita Desroches was elected vicechairman The committee is scheduled to meet next Jan 10 Wednesday Day Today Barries downtown resembled ghost town to get it said Folz referring to the two and half day illegal strike by guards earlier this month Folz said the guards including security staff at Oak Ridge Division of the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre and ambulance attendants have fought for five years to win separate status its basically because of the differences in duties and the pay rates are just not compatible said Folz We were quite fortunate to have labor pro fessor as arbitrator he said He could see the light Arbitrator llarry Arthurs labor law professor at Guards granted own unit Osgoode Hall awarded the guards separate bargaining category because he said it was difficult to find common interests between the guards and other government employees who were in the same category Sean OFlynn OPFEU president said he was delighted with the arbitrators decision OFlynn who was sentenced to 35 days in jail on contempt of court charge for defying Supreme ourt of Ontario injunction banning the strike has appealed his sentence The appeal is expected to be heard early in the new year 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