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Mother of ex ell Studentspunished twice By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The Simeoe County Board of Education has made scapegoats of three students expelled for involve ment with illicit drugs to coverup lack of action on the drug problem at Midland Secondary School says the mother of one of the three The drug problem up here is just unreal says Marilyn Nupponen mother of Terrell Nupponen 18 Who was charged and pleaded guilty to possession He will be sentenced Jan Im happy to see that the board is going to clean it up its past overdue Mrs Nupponen says Since the expulsion the board has established committee to examine the use of drugs by Simcoe County students and altered its policies to give prin cipals choice of directions concerning expulsions and suspensions Mrs Nupponen is angry that her son and the others lohn Cronross and Richard VIIhr were ev edb pelted out at the biue and Without first receiving warning concerning their behaviour PLNISHED TWICE She is also concerned that her son has been punished twice for one crime Once through the courts and again by the school board in an arbitrary fashion The school board wanted to make an example of them for other students at the school who are doing the same things Mrs Nupponen told The Ex aminer Midland trustee John McCullough said Thursday the board acted properly and within the bounds of the Education Act in expelling the three He dismissed the charge that the board is using the students as an example for others though he acknowledged the action may be deterrent The board will now be taking more stern stand with expulsions and have little doubt these wont be the only ones McCullough also said the committee established to study the issue demonstrates the boards desire to deal with drug use in schools COURT APPEARANCE Gronross who has been charged with trafficking and possession of restricted drug and will appear Jan is attending school in Scarborough Flohr who is charged with possession and scheduled for trial Jan 21 is attending school in York County Mrs Nupponen said she cannot afford to send her son to school outside the county She said Terrell will ask the bord to rescind the expulsion which it can do within few months dont excuse what he Terrell did but he doesnt deserve to be punished twice she said fourth student Jeffery charged by Midland police and the board has suspended him temporarily Further action could be taken spokesmen say today Mother baby just fine Susan Denney holds her baby Melanie Alissa who was born Christmas Day in an ambulance betore Susan was able to get in the hospital Ambulance attendant Tom Winter delivered the baby This is Susans second baby and they wrll probably be going home by New Years Examiner Photo town country Barrie house prices drop slightly The pricc of an avcragc fourthtlroom home in liairlc dropped by onc pcr ccnt OVtl thc last mnc months ending ic tobcr anadawidc housing stuvcy by Royal Trust shows The pricc of the twostorey dctachctl hoiuc dippcd slightly from 0700 lll February to $00 into lll Octobcr lltt housing survcy says Meanwliilc thc avcragc Illltt tor dctachcd three bedroom hotisc in ltariic rosc by pcr ccnt ovcr the same nine months The Royal lrust sinicy says the average February pricc was 840300 wlnlc tlic thrccrbcdroom home was priced at $47500 in October That still left the llllllllttltlll home as one of the least valuable of its kind 111 tntario Only 111 lcmbroke and lctcrv borough arc thrcc bcdioiun homcs chcapcr cntral loronto rccordcd thc liighcst pricc tor tht tlircobcdroom homc $92200 jump of 11 per cent Nationally the Ram ic thrccrbmlroom house ranked 70th in value in total of 101 ccntrcs The fourbcdrtmm homc in llarrtc has thc ch lowcsl value of the 101 cities in tanada Allandale bottle drive Morc than 80 youngstcrs will bc otit collccting rcturnable soft drink bottlcs Saturday Jan dtit tug tbc Second Allan dalc Boy Scouts bottlc drivc lhc scouts will collcct cnipty bcttlcs troin hotiscliolds in the Allandalc arca only lhc Rarric linnr llockcy ssocia lion conducts bottlc driy caily in othcr rcsidcntial arcas of liarric lhc Allandalc Scouts it Ill be out lll lull compliment front lll toabout iioonlai Lack of snow means savings The lack of snow may be bad for tourism htit it certainly mcans more enjoyable times to the iiicu who handle snow clearing opcrations for the city oi ltanic Its been pretty easy as far as wcrc concerncd says Neil Fox sutxrintcndcnt of public works Lsually by this ttinc of year weve had some snow As rcstilt thcrc will likely bc small saving in the 1979 budgct which would bc rcllccttxl upon during budgct dclibcrations in 1080 lhc saying would be ill the lack of ovcrtiinc and wcckcnd work for the men hc said Should the currcnt trend contuitic though there wouldnt really be any money saved Thc tncn would bc put on other projects such as ditching and manhole work hc said lt would mcan the budget in thcsc other areas ill be iiiilatcd And work by thc publzc works crm could tumy on tnngt thc wintcr if thc trcnd con inuo bctsc tla backlog of projects now Fm said Improved seaway revenues From thc tlttaw llurcau 0f lhc Eituiucr Oll llic tcdcral transport dcpartmcnt is boasting about improwd rcvcnucs rcpartml by thc St Lawrcncc Seaway lll its annual rcport to larliaiiicnt thc ministry said the lttlSlOll to nicrcasc scaway tolls does not appcar to have had an adverse impact on tho watcrway compoth p0 tion Thc 30 per cent toll incrcasc hc first hikc sincc the scaway opcncd lll 1939 boostcd rctcnuc to the St Law rcucc Seaway Authority to Stl million in 15th front $265 million thc previous year The new hills to bc phased lll tron 1973 to 1980 will enable the authority to rccoycr full operating and maiiitcnancc costs and provide the todcral gm crnmcnt ith return on its $62 million investment the report predicts Fire area changes in Essa Beginning Tuesday new lllSlOll and Cookstown Fire alcas arc effective for sortie Essa residents says Arthur Roth clcrktrcasurcr of Essa Township in case of fiic residents in the following areas ltlUSl con tact thc Alliston Fire Hall Lots one to 10 inclusive on Concession Five Lot six to 10 incluswe on onccssion Five that are west of the Not tawasaga River and the west lialvcs of lots one to five in clusive on Concession Six In case of fire residents in thc following area must contact the ookstown Firc Hall Lots one to five inclusive on oncessions seven to 11 and the cast half of lots one to five on onccssion Six Residents not included in the above areas should contact cithcr the Thornton or Angus Fire Hall For further information con tact Roth at the Essa Municipal llicc 14249770 Airport talks scheduled soon Further discussions on the proposed municipal airport are slated to continue early in the new year Orilllas economic develop ment committee plans to meet with Barrles airport advisory committee to discuss the pro posal Barrie Mayor Ross Ar her said Thursday The session will probably be held during the week of Jan Mayor Archer told The Ex amincr Orillia council has been stu dying thc matter for close to month but have still not come to the decision of entering into joint funding venture with Hill rie on new $2 million airport The structure would be located at Concession Seven in Oro township the examiner Friday Dec 28 1979 11 Bates 17 has also been Orillla would pay 40 per cent of the municipal costs while Barrie would pick up the re maining 60 per cent That would work out to 3800000 total in Barries case Barrie general committee had recommended the goahead of the airport and had been week away from giving it the officialokay That decision was delayed though after three mink farmers from the township said the airport could prove detri ment to their business Barrie council then decided meeting with Oro township might prove beneficial before there were any further discus SlonS That meeting has not been set up yet Legal action possible STORE seeks meeting with board STORE has no plans primarily because of funding problems to continue im mediatcly with the legal action it initiated over the human relations program being developed by the Simcoc oun ty Board of Education says its chairman However Bill Gowanlock said today the organization has not ruled out legal action on tirely and may pursuc the iii junction rcqucst in scvcral months Acting on the advice of On tarios education minister STORE will itoucst meeting with the county board concern ing its opposition to the human relations program iowanlock said The organization comprising somc 1200 ratepayers had ask ed Dr Bette Stcphcnson to lCIVCllt in the dispute with the board oven the program llcr otlicc told The Examiner in November that the minister would not meet with the organization personally bccausc thc school board had actcd within its mandate in crcatinL7 the program However the ministers rcp ly reached the Siincoc Tav payers Organization Rescare citing Education just this week lowanlock said STORE has been waiting to hear from Dr Stcpcnson before deciding whethcr to pursue the matter in thccourts lll the incrim thc board decided to force thc hand at STORE with regards to conti nuing with the suit fich by the organization STORE was to notify the board of its intention by Dec and through lawyer Marshal Green asked for more time to decide Green said today he has yet to hear from the boards Town to lawyer liornc Morphy Mor phy would not comment on SIOREs request when con tacted by The Examiner While STORE is concerned with its own lack of funds it is also concerned that the coun tys taxpayers will be burdened with the boards legal bill Gowanlock said Course additions Georgian College is consider ing adding some 15 new pro grams at its three campuses pending both government ap proval and signs the communi ty is interested Courses being considered for the Barrie campus include aviation technician farm business management energy industrial planning and survey technician programs At this point we are attempting to gage the comlt munitys interest in these pro grams Wayne Cunningham principal of the Barrie campus told The Examiner However before adding any courses the college has to be sure there is market for those who will he graduated from the additions he said Employment for grads is the key he said Yet to come Cunningham ad ded is government approval of the courses which depends upon the interest shown by the com munity We hope to know by March whether these courses can be offered in the fall so for now students shouldnt pin their hopes on these courses He said the school is prepar ing curriculum outlines for the courses and doing the necessary paperwork icorgians other campuses are located at rillia and Owen Sound Helps economy Small business OCcepled Ry DENNIS lllllER tlf lhc Examiner Small business is becoming the backbone of the economy says George llaines of the chcral Business Development Rank lTlRl in Barrie llaincs told the Rotary Club of liarric Thursday the shift is going away from the attitude of largc concentrations of power in the economy with the small and mediumsized sector becoming more and more ac copied Small business needs persons with the desire knowbow and the ability to take chance Haincs told the group FEDB was formed in 1975 in order to give smallterm finan cing for small businesses he said interest rates are 16 per cent the same as the chartered banks Were not set tip to compete with them ithe bankst he said People come to us because they may not be able to GEORGE llllS lcss concentrated get conditions soitable to them elsewhere Loans go up to 373000 in the flame branch and can extend up to 3150000 through the Toronto office he said MAXIMLMTIIR The maximum term for loan is 15 years but that can be extended to 25 years if businesses cant handle the shorter span he said There was an increase in loan approvals of 70 per cent last year for small busmesses the Rotary member said Management services are also offered by the group in cluded in that category is the counselling assistance for small businessmen which helps out in such areas as sales promotion and financing ar rangcments he said The Federal Business Development Bank has 100 branches across Canada and services about 36000 borrowers he said The bank has helped create 20000 new jobs across the country and has helped preserve another 17000 he said The customer service booth at Woolworths Department Store was very busy as many people sought refunds or exchanges Gladys Soule left mV fiv VVfi was aided by three other employees and she still had her hands full Examiner Photos by Peter Roberts Shoppers jam Barrie stores Barrie stores were packed Wednesday as shoppers flocked for bargains You get more for your money and everything is on sale said Gall Holllwell one of thousands who tracked through Bayfield Mall enjoy shopping on Boxing Day more so than shopping before Christmas Now all the rush is over Mike Ball of Barrie who shopped at Woolworths was particularly interested in purchasing halfprice wrapping paper If you have the money this is good way to save he said But like to come andjust look around too Like Miss Holliwell Ball prefers shopping after Christmas Its more relaxed after Christmas things slow down he said Except the exchange desk It is wild Julie Smith and Lynn lles of Wasaga Beach came to Barrie to pick up some bargains Were looking for goods but nothing in particular said Ms Smith But if something has good price we might btty it Shopping said Ms Smith is really just something to do Theres no skiing she said Alf Edvinsson of Fenelon Falls was also shopping in Barrie Thursday He was im pressed by the amount of Christmas items that were on sale But it was toys for Christmas gifts in 1980 that he was looking for At the FW Woolorth Co 56 Hayfield St halfprice Christmas paper and cards were the big sellers We sold 90 per cent of what we had yesterday said Ken Firth manager The store was very very busy Firth reports that sales were excellent this Christmas The store had many returns but no more than usual he said Alf Edvinsson is aided by his fouryearold son after shopping bout in Canadian Tire The Ed Boxing Day madness Big rush to save mone gm Sherri Helmer helps Mike Ball check the size of some pyjamas Ball was getting for his sister at Woolworths Department Store Examiner Photo x€ltsz Photo virissons travelled all the way from Fenelon Falls we wry QWWW to spend the day shopping in Barrie Examiner