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Nonsense says management Bell unionbusting say local By LORI OHEN Of The Examiner Bell Canada is trying to break the crafted scrvtce employees union but is creating the strongest bond bet ween the workers in 37 years two union representatives say Mel James Bell Canadas Ontario information director terms this claim nonsense The 72 per cent turn down of the companys offer was great morale booster says Duncan Beattie president of Local 40 of the Communication Workers of Canada which in cludes the Barrie area He says the company is try ing to break the union in an in oday Fromlocalplanning board Proposed planning act draws mixed reaction By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner Proposed changes in the pro vinces planning act which would eliminate planning boards drew mixed reaction from the local board Tuesday While Ald Fred Ruempcr disagrees with changes in the provinces white paper Roger Oatley and Mayor Ross Archer agree The Barrie board has been force lor good for years Ald Ruempcr said shudder at the thought of seeing the board go said the Barrie alderman Im afraid certain matters might not get the attention they deserve if they go straight to council Oatley board member did not agree He said that at times the planning board only drags out the planning process Oatley said he is not sure some of the decisions cant be made by the citys planning staff rather than have board sift through the problems Crash task force finished report By STEPHEN NICHOLIS Of The Examiner provincial government task force study on crash rescue is completed and is being distributed to Ontario cabinet Ministry letter sparks meeting letter from deputy solicitorgeneral John Hilton concerning the Barrie police commission will be the subject of meeting today between five Barrie aldcrmen and Ossie Rowe city solicitor Ald tord Mills said the aldermen want to determine if additional correspondence was received from Hilton in rela tion to their request for an in quiry into the Barrie ommis sion The aldermen are trying to open lines of communication pertaining to the case Ald Mills said They also want to determine if the letter does in fact exist Aid Mills said Mr Justice Graham of the Ontario Police Commission said it would be several days before decision on an inquiry will be made known The matter has been referred to Toronto lawyer Sword dancing Christina McRae shows how to sword dance at the Scottish Day held at the Simcoe County Museum Sunday Hundreds of people turned out to watch the dancing listen to the music and see the various displays Examiner Photo ministers the task force chair man said Tuesday Larry Lonero of the ministry of transportation and com munications said the 20page report was completed this week and is being distributed to the solicitorgcneral ministers of health and of transportation and communications and other of other ministries that may be affected The sixmember task force has been working on the report for one year The study is to in vestigate the need for crash rescue in Ontario and what the capabilities of providing that service are said Lonero Ministers will review the report and decide what action the government will take in dealing with crash rescue in the province Canadian Rescue Services personnel are awaiting the out come of the reports findings CRS Representatives say government officials have told them Queens Park cannot act on any CRS recommendations or requests until the completed report is studied by the cabinet Minister sHenton Penetang school The Simcoe County Board of Education has yet to hear any word from the ministry of education concerning the French language instructional unit that has been considered for the Penetanguishene area its director says month ago the board decid ed against building separate secondary school for the French community in the Penetanguishene area but in carefully worded motion left the door open for provincial in tervention lfi the ministry should decide that separate and distinct unit should be built in the area without recom mendation from this board the board reaffirms its position that subject to suitable finan cial arrangements being negotiated it will cooperate in every possible way to provide administer and operate school ministry official had said education minister Dr Bette Stephenson would make deci sion quickly but to this point she has offered no comment on the issue and her staff has reflected that stance All is quiet said Jack Ramsay director of the board He said with the legislature dismissed for the summer it is unlikely any action would be taken until the fall sidious way but its not work ing There is no such thought in mind James says Were disappointed the union didnt accept an offer we thought was generous but we think the group is responsible and were happy to work with them The previous CWC contract was accepted by only 52 per cent of the members This re jection shows more solidarity among the employees Beattie says About 90 per cent of the CWC members in the local voted to reject the offer The key issues in dispute are wages and overtime regulations The rejection is the first in 37 years Bob Beachemin member of Local 34 in Ottawa says Before the CWC came in four years ago technicians were members of the Canadian Telephone Employees Associa tion company union ac cording to Beattie and the cause of all the CWCs pro blems FIRST REJECTION This is the first time the workers have said no to con tract Beachemin says Imagine the mentality that had to be broken is CWC members across On tario and Quebec have staged series of rotating walkouts and worktorule campaign for the past month after the union bargaining committee rejected conciliators contract offer and put it to membership vote Beattie says the unions tactic is good one and will continue We dont want wide strike Beattie says the walkouts are better weapon He says management is now doing substantial amount of the technicians work but even tually their own work will suf fer THEY NEEDS US There are 15000 crafted ser vice employees and if Bell only needed 6000 thats all theyd hire Beachemin says They didnt hire us because they love us they need us Not all the supervisors can do our work examiner girl im Beach Bum said Susan as she uncurled her svelte body on the lawn at Radio CKBB where she works As far as shes concerned spare time is spelled with the letter Sun Surf and Sand Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu The company can go on in this interminable mess for quite while but we dont ex pect it will be long time Beattie says The two union represen tatives said they are amazed at the amount of money the com pany will spend to make point Bell is paying foremen more than $23 an hour in overtime pay during the slowdown but cant give us substantial set workers tlement Beattie says The company is spending millions to fight me Beachemin says The national bargaining com mittee will meet with company officials today to resume negotiations Beattie says the union is hopeful the company will eventually offer them better settlement The workers are anxious but moral is the best its ever been he says County teachers taking course to help them deal with pupils By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Seventyfive Simcoe County teachers are among 2000 provincewide currently taking course designed to aid them in dealing with the children in their classrooms Imported from the United States several years ago by the Ontario Public Schools Mens Wt vfifiu slid Karen Hobbs 22 helping the handicapped this summer Examiner Photo in Barrie Program started to help handicapped enjoy time program to help handicapped people en joy leisure activity has started in Barrie The Leisure Buddy System is part of Young Canada Works program Karen Hobbs 22yearold Barrie student is coordinator of the program which will be carried on by the citys recreation depart ment in the fall Volunteers are now being brought together to help the handicapped said Miss Hobbs interviews with various groups during the first six weeks of There have also been the program said Miss Hobbs The key goal is to get the handicapped in tegrated and to help them gain some self confidence she said Activities will include swimming crafts and number of social activities she said she said said The major hurdle said Miss Hobbs is peo ples misconceptions The group must make them understand the needs of handicapped Its one reason program co ordinators intend to meet with clubs and organizations to discuss the program she The group is looking for volunteers who would be interested in working on such pro gram she said Miss Hobbs who got the job through the student manpower centre said the job has been interesting and enjoyable She will leave Barrie in the fall to take one year course at University of Toronto She intends to become teacher of children with learning disabilities Teacher Federation the pro gram focuses on ways to avoid confrontation motivating students methods for dealing with group and the individual within group the decision making process and so on There is lack of that kind of training in both the school system and at teacher training institutes says Andrew Lind say course instructor Ontarios teachersin training are taught how to teach but not how to cope or ways to increase their awareness of the students Lindsay said during recent in tcrvicw You have the contents of course to teach but the students must be listening first he said Lindsay is employed by the Simcoe County Board of Educa tion as teacher and the boards director says the pro gram has proven valuable lts bound to improve the skills of the teachers Jack Ramsay said Designed by Performance Learning Systems the program is now being tested in British Columbia and agencies from Nova Scotia are investigating Lindsay said The course gives the teacher things he can take into the classroom certain skills teachers must have Lindsay said second program will be in troduced shortly that will ex amine more closely specific portions of the current course he said Teachers taking the course may obtain half credit towards university degree Fees charged pay the instrucv tors and the courses creator Lindsay said Simcoe County teachers are taking the program at Cundles Heights Public School The first class was held Monday and the course runs through July 20 Experience 79 program finds work here for 107 Some 107 students are being employed throughout Simcoe County this summer under the provincial governments Ex perience 79 program Provincewide $195 million is being spent and 13610 high school and university students have been placed Of the 197 countywide many are working at Barrie Lawre Pietras is entering the final year of Ryerson Polytechnical Institutes pro gram on urban planning in September and is one of two students working with the citys planning department this sum mer Up until the middle of June he was orking on the district plans lgck Jones Barrie plan nrr said For the past four weeks he has been involved with the seedcr project Pietras is collecting informa tion for study on the impact the downtown project will have on the area surrounding it Jones said Rescue squad frees woman after crash on 400 ramp Simcoe Rescue Squad workers and city firefighters were called Tuesday afternoon to free 30yearold Windsor woman who was trapped in tractortrailer cab after the truck flipped over on ramp leading to Highway 400 Rescue workers took about 20 minutes to cut open the cab freeing Heather Sorenson from the wreckage who was then taken to hospital Miss Sorenson is listed in satisfactory condition in Royal Victoria Hospital Police said her injuries were minor The driver of the lumber truck Robert Dane Clausen 29 of RR Tottenham was treated for slight injuries and released Police said the truck carry ing lumber from Sudbury flip ped over as it rounded the Essa Road ramp About $45000 damage was done to the truck The 26000 board feet of lumber dumped in the mishap suffered little damage Tuesdays accident follows similar incident on the same ramp about two weeks ago The posted ramp speed is 40 kmhr Police say there have been few accidents on that ramp but there is no definite indication that there may be problem in the ramps construction or speedlimit Having the students is two way street Its been lifesaver for us Jones said The students have been doing projects done usually by regular staff It working out of the office provides them with framework Jones said They become familiar with the basis municipal documents and how they interrelate The second summer student Randy French is provided under another provincial pro town country Founders Day reception planned Barrie city council has completed plans for the reception of persons involved in the reenactment of water voyage taken by Lord Simcoe in 1793 buildings at Midhurst founder of the province highland dancing Ferris Lane Barrie Trustees will deal with plies not the usual twice August committee from council will meet the party when it ar rives at the Barrie dock around noon on Aug special lunch will be held at Maude Kourys steak hou se on Collier Street John Fisher is expected to speak about the history of Simcoe County at the meal At pm the entourage will proceed to the Simcoe County County council will pay its respects to the memory of the gram designed to involve students in municipal affairs Coordinated through the On tario Youth Secretariat the 111 programs were designed by 24 provincial ministries The students are paid the provincial minimum wage Ex perience 79 has been expanded from the 89 individual pro grams offered year ago Under the provinces regular summer employment program some 8500 additional jobs have been provided this summer Lord Simcoe was the first lieutenantgovernor of Upper Canadaand founder of the province Sons of Scotland get grant BARCLAY The Sons of Scotland should be given grant of $300 for proposed Simcoe Day Celebrations recommend ed the planning and development committee The Sons of Scotland have proposed dinner and celebra tion for the evening of August in honor of Simcoe Day Their program which is scheduled to begin at 630 in In nisfio Park includes recorded Scottish music official welcoming of the Simcoe dlay procession toast to the Queen and to Canada dinner for 100 people and songs and The dinner which would be free to 100 people dressed in period costumes will be an authentic Scottish meal of hag gis potatoes and ground meat scones and jam and tea As well there will be cash ba from pm to 930 pm Boards only meeting tonight The Simcoe County Board of Education will hold its only meeting scheduled for July tonight at the Education Centre several tenders dealing with everything from repairs to washrooms to automotive sup During the summer the board meets once month and Committees of the board do not meet during July and Two charged in diamond heist diamonds by Metro police said police ALLlSTON Two Toronto men are in jail charged gt thh robbing an Alliston jewelery store of about $50000 in Town police said Stephen Michael Henry 26 of North York and Paul Raymond Charlebois 22 of no fixed address were arrested by Metropolitan Toronto police and will ap pear in Alliston provincial ourt July 18 stolen car used during the holdup was also recovered Thieves armed with gun robbed Cathys Jewellers July In addition to diamonds they escaped with $167 cash