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tfv Testimon By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Two teachers said Friday the driver of bus involved in fatal accident here in January tried to avoid collision with ttruck by driving into snow bank after skidding on curve Peter Miller 33 and John Hockin both of Toronto were By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner ANGUS Staff Work should begin this summer on re routing part of Willow Creek in to its original channel to Not tawasaga River southwest of Minesing The Nottawasaga Valley Con servation Authority approved the project expected to cost $36000 gt2 testifying at the provincial court trial of the bus driver Steven Ross 29 of Mississauga charged with careless driving in the acci dent Miller said the back end of the bus slid on Highway 400 curve about km north of Bar rie and the driver attempted to Glen Price resources manager told authority members tremendous amounts of silt deposited in the ara abouts km southwest of Minesing has changed the rivers flow several times Landowners want the authorlty to clear the original channel so water can low directly to the Nottawasaga relieving local drainage pro blems While controversy rages Groups studying Penetang French By TERRY FIELI Of The Examiner While the controversy sur rounding proposal to build French language instructional unit for French high school students in the Penetanguishene area rages on two elated studies are being conducted quietly Roller skates need room BARCLAY Innisfil needs more room for roller skates Ross Inglis of the Lions Club appeared before the committeeofrthewhole Wednesday saying the room designed to store roller skates at the Stroud Recreation Centre is toosmall Larry Morrow recreation co ordinator said the club had earlier indicated to him the room was of ample size Now that its almost completed you say its not big enough said Morrow Inglis said one square foot of space is required for each pair of roller skates With 300 pairs of skates he reasoned skates would have to be placed on racks extending to height of nine feet Lions Club members he said wouldnt be able to reach that height Theres lot of short people in the club he said Morrow suggested construc tion of the room which is 11 almost completed continue as planned Were going to have to see what its like when construction is completed he said Coun Jack Young suggested roller skates also be stored in room used to store equipment of the minor hockey club When asked if he agreed with the committees proposals In glis said Youve got to be agreeable with the township you cant buck them RAY RAMSAY Liberal candidate Correction picture in Fridays Ex aminer of Ron Stewart Progressive Conser votive candidate for Simcoe South was in correctly identified as Ray Ramsay Mr Rom say is the Liberal can didate for the riding of Simcoe South study initiated by the Sim coe County Board of Education into the French fact of the Penetanguishene area focused on three items The study conducted jointly by an internal team ap pointed by the board and an external team appointed by the ministry of education dealt with the high school question but also recommended studies into the quality of language skills of the French students and religious instruction in the areas schools Simcoes school board has Twentythree elementary Grove Park Home in Barrie up to $500 David Ford teachers in the country week ed plied by May 16 crosssection he said in 1909 Craighurst area streams Mills said streamsidc brush interfere with power lines said Mills Car wash on today Canada and the Esso selfservice on boys plus leaders town country Compete for scholarships students will compete for scholarships to be held Sunday at The recital organized by the Barrie Registered Music Teachers starts at 30 pm and is open to the public The music students will compete for scholarships worth Adjudicators for the recital will be Anthony Dawson and Dawson studied music in London Oxford and Toronto and now teaches at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto Ford played cello with the Hamilton Philharmonic Or chestra for 14 years and has been head of the music depart ment at North Toronto Collegiate for the past 13 years Hes regarded as one of the finest secondary school string Two maior road closures Two major road closures will affect traffic in Barrie next Anne Street between Dunlop Street and Wellington Street will be closed Tuesday from am until late after noon on Wednesday Detour signs will be posted In addition Little Avenue will be closed for 14 weeks beginning Tuesday at am from Fairview Street to Broad moor Avenue as reconstruction there gets underway Detour notices Will also be posted Board applications now in All the applications for the position of director of educa tion for the Simcoe County Board of Education are in but the current director will not say how many have been receivlt Neither would he make publc the names of those who ap Jack Ramsay announced he will leave the Simcoe board September Applications for the directors job were to be in There are certainly enough applicants to give good The board has appointed selection committee that will screen the applications and eventually conduct interviews from shortlist they drew up Ramsay said Ramsay has been the boards director since its inception Students to curb erosion Three students sponsored by Brereton Field Naturalists are working on local stream rehabilitation in the Midhurst Ron Mills club conservation chairman said the students began their Young Canada Works program Monday and will spent 15 weeks working on erosion control and improving The first three weeks of the project will be devoted to iden tifying the problem possible solutions and cost estimates Hiway Church youth will sponsor car wash today to pro vide funds for supporting child in Haiti This project is channelled through The car wash is at McLeod charge is $2 for carwash inside and outside Scouts picnic next Saturday The Beavers of the Boy Scouts of Canada Kempenfeld District will hold their annual picnic at Springwater Park next Saturday May 26 Ten groups of boys ranging in age from to years will attend totalling approximately 200 at drivers trial Bus swerved to avoid craSh steer the bus across the south bound lanes intoa snowbank Hockin testified he believed Ross was trying to drive through the snowbank to get the bus off the road and out of the path of an oncoming truck Four Toronto students were killed when the bus collided Because many projects were postoned this year the authori ty may be able to complete both phases of the twostage project said Price Fencing along the creek to keep cattle from eroding banks may be part of the longterm solution he said Allan McLean authority member said farmers may ob ject jurisdicton over several schools in that area that are in effect separate schools Religious in struction is part of the cure ricula The situation is unique says Irv Harris the boards superintendent of educational services and head of the inter nal team EXAMING ISSUES He says committee in cluding representatives ofthe Simcoe board and the countys separate school board is ex amining the issue and second school music The students are now working on reducing erosion in an Ontario Hydro powerine corridor along one miles of Matheson Creek about 20km north of Barrie removed when the corridor was constructed and soil erosion along the banks increased Part of the program will involve planting shrubs there Shrubs will reduce soil loss but will not wow tall enough to Compassion of Texaco on Bayficld Street Bayfield and Cundles The They will be participating in series of Beaver games and having picnic lunch occupying the large pavillion and Picnic Areas No and from 10 am until pm with tankertruck carrying flourJan25 SKIP TRIP The Weston Collegiate students were headed to Mount St Louis Ski resort for skip trip Seven witnesses tesified in cluding the truck driver two provincial police officers stult Willow Creek rerouting beginning cost $36000 Fencing is big cost to day said McLean Flooding and ice in the creek damage fences and maintenance is ex pensive Peter Harvie another member said the banks will be sloped five feet outward for every one foot in elevation to prevent flood and ice problems Work is expected to begin in June The committee is charged with studying the religion pro gram and Harris says its report should be completed by June second committee is study ing the French language cur riculum from kindergarten through grade 13 in an attempt to pinpoint deficiencies found by the internal and external teams Harris says its report will prfibably be completed by the On the question of the French high school the teams offered different recommendations The internal team favored constructon of an annex to the existing high school an option the board eventually adopted The external team headed by Dr Roy Duhamel favored con struction of distinct and separate high school for use by the French community Its findings were supported in report by the Ontario Languages Commission and Simcoes French Language Ad visory Committee has adopted that position Block plant employees at Dufferin Concrete Products in Barrie have joined their fellow employees at the ready mix section in accepting contract offer and will return to work Monday morning The members of the Teamsters Union Local 230 ac cepted three year contract Fridy after five day strike wage increase of $151 an hour over three years 46 cents the first year 50 cents in the second year and 55 cents in the final year Wages now range between $620 and $680 an hour The increase represents 75 lnnisfil wont support course BARCLAY vi The controver sial human relations prograni in Simcoe County schools should not be thwarted said In nisfils committee of the whole Wednesday The committee was referring to letter from Adjala Township requesting endorse ment to have the program abandoned immediately Edward McDermott deputy reeve of Adjala Township said the course will promote per missiveness self centredneSs and premature dating The father of 12 children McDermott said he is not crotchety old bachelor but believes the course has no place in the schools Coun WilliamTipple said he could not support the recom mendation It the resolutioni was drawn up by man with 12 children said Coun Tipple McDermott argues sex love and moral education is private sensitive family mat ter The workers will receive dent on the bus and motorist driving behind the bus Trial resumes June when John Madden crown attorney plans to call the first police of ficer on the scene Jesse Glass defence lawyer will begin his case then STEVEN ROSS bus driver The truck driver Peter Snider 52 of Woodbridge said the road was slippery but his truck had not slid during his trip from Midland He said he slowed down because of bumps in the road before the Scurve where the accident happened but he said he could not remember nis speed George Malyk 21 said he was driving about 100 to 120 metres behind the bus and it ap peared to slow down for the curve but he said he did not see brake lights TURNED ABRlITLY The bus turned so abruptly across the road Malyk said he thought it was turning onto sideroad Miller and Hockin sad the students were quiet during the trip They testified Ross fre quently wiped off the fogged windshield with rag Several witnesses said the road was lightly snowcovered at the time of the accident Massimo Chucchiella 16 said he was riding about 10 seats back from the bus driver He said he thought the bus was going kind of fast for the weather we were having Chucchiella said the bus stop ped in the snowbank and the bus driver and truck driver honked their horns at each other The student said he heard the bus air brakes three times before the bus started the curve Three aldermen question strategy on seeder project At least three Barrie aldermen are questioning strategy plan by mayor Ross Archer to reduce the opposition to the downtown seeder project The mayor proposd at plann ing board that property owner in and around the downtown are be permitted to retain the same coverage they are now allowed Owners can build to six times coverage meaning they can build six times as much floor space per lot area Planning recommendations would have reduced it to three times coverage so that more emphasis could be placed on the downtown seeder project Mayor Archer has suggested six times coverage be retained so that opposition to the project before an anticipated OMB her ing will be decreased Rick Jones city planner and Rick Bates director of planning and development are in agreement with the scheme But Ald Alex Arthur is not dont see what good it will do said Ald Arthur If we thought it was legitimate to lower it in the first place why are we changing it now The alderman sid that to lower the density because it might reduce the opposition to Join fellow employees Teamsters return to work Midland town strike after accepting new pact per cent raise in pay Al Lapp shop steward at the block plant said the company included an inflation clause in the third year If the inflation rate is more than 75 per cent at that time workers wage will rise ac cordingly he said Death and accident coverage will rise to $15000 from $10000 Sick pay benefits will begin after three days off the job in stead of the previous eight days for maximum of 18 days Worker off the job will receive compensaton equal to unemployment insurance payments They will also receive an im Elaine Tate have mix ed emotions about the elec tion wish they would make it common knowledge that there is such thing as vote of protest if you think none of the candidates are suitable But as far as the facts are concerned Broadbent wins hands down Unemployment and the high cost of living are certainly the issues as far as am concerned not unity ALEX ARTHUR why change now the project is very poor reasoning Ald Arthur joins Meg ODonal and Ald Fred Ruemper who are also ques tioning the strategy behind the move Ald Ruemper said he would wait judgement on the matter however until it comes back to planning board Administration has been ask ed to write report examining the pros and cons of the pro posal proved subsidy for work boots and increased vacation time after 10 yars as the ready mix employees did The union was unable to ob tain dental plan for its members Lapp said the com pany will not introduce such plan in the area although Duf fern Concrete employees in Toronto have dental plan When the company puts money in the workers pocket they forget about other things like dental plan Lapp said He said the union accepted three year contract even though it wanted twoyear agreement because of the inflav tion protection offered in the third year Joan Taylor Im afraid the Liberals will probably get in again but Pierre wont be getting my vote definitely feel inflation and unemployment are the key issues in this election We need change of govern ment but am still undecid ed as to who should be the replacement the examiner Saturday May 19 19794 Harold Booey an artist at the Audio Visual Resource Centre Artists working for school board Ry TERRY IIIIIJ The Examiner ne of Simcoe Countys public schools biology teachers needs transparencies displaying the insides of an earth worm second wants sketches of the writers she is presenting to literature class third wants slides and accompanying wall posters for history lesson on American Inv dians All three items along with some 13000 others are available to them through the Simcoe County Board of Educations In structional Media Centre where artists and film librarians work to meet the demands of system making increasing use of teaching aids As far as we know this is the only one centre in Ontario that will produce any teaching aid for teacher or principal on re quest says Fred Robinson himself an ar tist and head of the centre Robinson had been doing similar job with the Barrie District Secondary School Association before the countys local boars and committees became the countywide boar that exists today MATERIAL PROVIDED The centre can provide material for classes from kindergarten through grade 13 that range from simple designs and flash cards to intricate technical drawings for courses on modern technology We try and aim for the best Robinson says If you have the best that can be pro duced in the classroom the children will learn more easily The centres staff will help teachers prepare art work do research for the and most importantly produce material created and made originally by our staff Robinson says The desire for teaching aids has expanded and the aids themselves have become more sophisticated he says Things have chang ed so much Part of the centres function is to conduct workshops in the countys schools that make teachers familiar with the possibilities Often we spend whole afternoon into the evening with workshop recommending and demonstrating what material may be used in their course plan Robinson says The centre located in the former Barrie public school board building at Grove and St Vincent Streets also houses darkroom for use by students and teacher alike MAINTAINED JOINTLY Not the least of Robinsons responsibility is film library maintained jointly by the Simcoe board the countys separate school board and the Base Borden association Some 2000 films are available to all three organizations at any time Robinson says Theyre not held to one type of material he says of the teachers They can have choice range of possibilities tends to broaden everyones scope Robinson says closer after breakdown MIDLAND strike by out side and inside municipal workers looms closer following recent negotiaton breakdowns between union leaders and committee appointed by town council Local 328 of the Ontario public service employees union OPSICUi is asking for an in crease in wages pliis additional benefits in the dental plan and holidays The union has been without contract since March 31 The 28 members include public works employees and office and technical personnel Bill Scott local president Kellie Nolan dont think it really makes much difference who gets in they will all be the same have always voted for the NDP and would like to see them get in this time havent really been following the campaign closely but think its time for change Weve had enough of theLiberals claims two meetings with the committee accomplished nothing The offer from the commit tee was insultineg low he said Tuesday The town is not coming across with anything The way look at it negotia tions ncvcr started Last week Larry Duffy representing the outside workers and Grant Bruce negotiators for OISEU met with the council committee The next step in the labor dispute is conciliation and if nothing is resolved strike or arbitration would follow The cost for an arbitration What do ou think theresult of Tuesdays federal election McVeigh In this area unemployment is pro bany the main issue in the campaign 0n the television debate think Broadbent made the most points and Clark lost the most The NDP Will gain more seats this time but the final out come will be Liberal minority govemment hearing could be $20000 strike means Midlanders would be without bylaw of ficer building and construction inspector street cleaners and if it drags into the winter snow removal service dont think anyone wants to go on strike Scott said He said he imagined the negotiations would be difficult but didnt think there would be complete negativism to everything Reeve Sam Ancio denied Scotts charges saying negotia tions had been dealt with fairly Perhaps conciliation is the answer he said Let Roy alwell It is goingto be nip and tuck between the two older parties to see who gets it The NDP will pick up more seats than they have now but they will never form government During the teleylsion debate Clark didnt get riled up at all but the other two did thought Broadbcnt was kind of wild