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the oxamlnor MondayJuly30 1m Canadian talent showcased Gras Roots draws 3000to Borrie By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner At 530 pm the young man at the Grass Roots concert was sitting on pincic table with his shirt off and his hand around bottle of beer screaming for sex drugs and rock and roll Two hours later with the case of beer nearly finished he blew up liferaft and jumped into the pond Theaudience cheered The young man fell out of the raft The audience cheered again It was that kind of concert Grass Roots is designed to be showcase for new Cana dian music and the 3000 music fans who showed up at Molsons Park Saturday found plenty of good music to chose from They also found plenty of excuses to have good time at an outdoor concert where just about anything goes Even the cancellation of liquor permit for the planned beer garden didnt seem to spoil anyones fun When the crowd found out they couldnt buy liquor at the concert they went out and bought their own Ravins 40minute set at 1030 pm proved why the Toron to critics are promoting the band as one of the hottest new groups to emerge on the Canadian music scene in the past year The sixpiece band led by saxophonist Rick Morrison swept through half dozen tunes at feverish pace fully justifying Morrisons claim for the bands intense and highenergy approach to music The band blends jazz rock and Latin styles with an em phasis on upternpo highpowered jazz arrangements that show just how exciting the style of fusion music can be Its moot point whether the audience was in the mood for the kind of jazzy sophisticated music that Ravin plays the band played with all stops out led in fine style by Morrison who blows the saxophone with the intensity of man about to suffer nervous breakdown If Ravins set was feverish the set by David Wilcox and The Teddy Bears which opened the concert an hour late at pm could only be described as terminal Wilcox is pop music crazyman who seduces crowd with his insane sense of humor and flawless electric guitar play ing Wilcox mixes rock with blues and boogie music and he obviously believes that nothing succeeds like excess His set suffered two problems he came on much too ear These fans at Saturdays Grass Roots Festival at Molsons Park had great time They found the best way to beat the heat Although they didnt Bowen cover such range of styles they defy labelling they cover all the bases and they cover them well After Ravin finished its set at 11 pm the crowd waited more than an hour for Zon the headliners of the concert By midnight chants of We want Zon and Bullshit were rising above the recorded music blaring from the sound stage Zon roadies setting up equipment on the stage held their hands over their faces in case highflying bottles made it across the pond set out to get dunked the inevitable happened and everyone had good laugh The crowd gave the wouldbe sailors good hand Examiner photo by Stephen Gauer When Zon finally appeared introduced by barrage of power chords from the lead guitarist and an explosion of smoke bombs the crowd settled down for the final set of hard rock delivered in that theatrical melodramatic style favored by young teenagers Lead sin er Denton Young strutted energetically on stage dressed in lack with silver eyeliner and gave the audience some songs from the bands first two albums Zon plays hard rock and works hard to entertain an audience ly because of prior commitment in Guelph and he was so far from the audience that the visual dimension of his per formance couldnt be appreciated properly From the crazy rock and roll of Wilcox the concert shifted to the country rock of the Dodge City Boys and then to the stylish eclectism of Mirth The Dodge City Boys quartet from the Hamilton area play other peoples material so well youd think they wrote the songs themselves The band plays tight or loose as the music demands and they capture country sound thats full United church adopting Brian Miller of Zon performs at Grass Roots Saturday at Molsons Park Barrie Some 3000 people attended the concert and despite the lack of li quor permit had great time Organizers of the concert said it was huge success Examiner Photo of drive and handclapping enthusiasm Mirths music was more complex ranging from country and western parody about truck drivers to excellent inter pretations of music by the Allan Parsons Project and Rough Trade Alison Reynolds Pat Watson and David James Association holds sale Vietnamese family too The Central United Church in Barrie will sponsor one Viet namese family of not more than 10 persons says Helen Oberer secretary The decision was made at special meeting following the regular church service Sunday Ms Oberer told The Examiner today Church representatives will apply to immigration officials sometime this week to get the process started she said Thus far about 150 persons from the church have vol unteered to help with the pro ject she said Its not full showing yet said Ms Oberer as many members of the congregation are still on vacation So far about $900 has been collected for the family said Ms Oberer Church members would like to get more money in some way but that decision will probably be delayed until September when the full con gregation has returned Four burned in boat fire to help fight city hall somewhat declining downtown says its board of directors The Association of Barrie at Wasaga Beach Sunday into vital place to live anyone Everyone is very positive Citizens ABC isnt against the revitalization of this citys else Its jUSt matter of how It wants to see Barrie develop and where today Met council Saturday Alcona residents OK road drainage work By LORI OIIEN Of The Examiner BARCLAY After lively debate residents of Lakelands Drive in Alcona approved the installation of an open ditch drainage system and complete road reconstruction by vote of 39 to 19 More than 75 concerned residents of the area met with Innisfil council members and road officials in the municipal office Saturday to find out what the townships $64000 project means Starting this fall the road crew will build an 18 inch ditch along halfmile stretch of Lakelands Drive between the 25th sideroad and Con and three drainage outlets off the 25th Estcrn Ave and Corr in to Lake Sinrcoe Tied in with the drainage im provements is reconstruction of the road which is in de plorable condition according to Mike Dempster township road superintendent He said road maintenance costs are soaring and it isnt Special council meeting tonight to award controversial tenders Ry DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Its going to be close one in ial pm meeting Alex Arthur worth the townships while to keep repairing it More than $400000 is budgeted just for road maintenance this year he said That was the total budget for maintenance and construction when came irere in 1973 new drainage system on Lakelands is required to alleviate the extensive flooding on the road and adjacent pro perties each spring The new system will allow faster flow of water into the lake Dempster said it is important to move the water as quickly as possible lNHEAITHY SITIATION The longer water stands the more algae and bull rushes there are he explained It also breeds mosquitoes Its not healthy situation The open ditch drainage IS the best system we could devise with the money we had to spend he said Several residents are con cemed about whether the type of water being drained into Lake Simcoe has an adverse en The company that will operate Barries transit system for the next three years will be decided tonight by city council In act its so close that the citys administration has not put forward recommendation to help council says Aid The lowest bid was submitted by Penetang Midland Coach Lines which proposes to operate the system for $2039500 But Iravelways the company that operated the system last year bid about $40000 higher at $2081000 Valley and Sons Ltd of Barrie bid $2374500 In addition the two companies which are just $40000 apart will make deputations before the city makes its final decision on the contract The deputations are unusual in this case said the Barrie alderman guess its because theyre so close said Aid Arthur They realize that council can come forward with vironmental impact Dempster said the new system will pro vide better filtration than before with undesirable par ticles caught in either the open ditches or catch basins Although most residents ac cepted the need for improved drainage many did not want road reconstruction Leave the bumps in the road said resident Fred Mc Cann We dont want speed way His remark was met with hearty round of ap plause Public Works chairman Kathe Jans said drainage and road reconstruction could not be separated because the ministry of transportation and communications would not pay half the cost in that case The rest of the money comes from tax dollars with no additional cost to township residents Dempster warned residents that once road construction began there would he no more street parking With 10 foot wide driving lanes and four foot shoulders there will be no room he said one and really not be criticized for the decision In large contract like this however $40000 doesnt mean much said Ald Arthur perated the system the past few years but council decided to open tenders following request from Travelways had Aid Jim Shirley Aid Shirley was displeased with the contract proposed by Travelways to operate the system in 1979 He said it was too much money for the city to spend Council will attempt to pass bylaw tonight awarding contract for pollution control centre improvement work to Environmental Technical Services of Hamilton Council decided to award the work to the Hamilton group ex en though Barrie company tETRi offered to do the work for less money The rezoning of the proposed civic centre will also be discussed tonight Council will deal with objections to zoning changes in the area surrounding city hall New appointments to the citys downtown board will also be made tonight about revitalizing downtown says Jamie Shapiro who is on the board of ABC directors But were against the city tearing down houses for park mg Katherine McDonald ABC organizer is convinced Barrie can have the best of both worlds She says Barries downtown core can be revitaliz ed and houses slated for demoli tion saved if other land is used for the project If there are no people downtown then it becomes something impersonal she says The association is ready to fight the location of the downtown improvement pro ject all the way But if its going to have fighting chance against the municipality it needs lawyer to act on its behalf If thats the way it is the ABC will get its own lawyer But that costs money So the group held its second garage sale Saturday to raise funds for the hiring of lawyer positive but not particularly lucrative step The ABCs prime concern is the destruction of the neighborhood bordered approx imately by Maple Dunlop High Park and Ross Streets And dont try to tell members that its just an area for tran sients for theyll tell you dif ferent NO MORE SIGNS This is stable place Shapiro says There are no more for sale signs than in other places McDonald says Canadians move around lot so that ex case by project supporters doesnt hold up she says McDonald says the buildings in the area are structurally sound although they may be room for improvement in their upkeep If you do title search youll note that the houses in rough shape are owned by developers Shapiro adds Julie Smith buys sugar dispenser from Jamie Sahpiro and Katherine McDonald left members of the Association of Barrie Citizens at garage sale Saturday to raise money for the group The association opposes the planned downtown improvement project proposed by Barrie council Examiner Photo Technicians still out expected back Tuesday Bell Canada technicians were locked out today at Barrie and the surrounding area but are expected back to work Tues day company spokesman says As part of series of rotating strikes 300 members of Local 40 of the Communications Wor kers of Canada walked off the job Thursday at Barrie Orillia Newmarket and the South Sim coe region Mailbox thing of past BARCLAY Roadside mail boxes are becoming thing of the past in residential Innisfil township With the road reconstruction on Lakelands Drive in Alcona residents will have to say good bye to their private mailboxes in favor of group boxes These mailboxes will be placed on convenient comer and each resident will have key to his private box Mike Dempster township roads superintendant said it has been township policy for the past few years to encourage use of group boxes in residen tral areas They are more convenient for snow plowing grass cutting and general maintenance he explained We find people are usually happy with the results Complaints of roadside mailboxes being knocked over by township snowplows are common Mail is safer in these boxes said Grant Andrade deputy reeve and vicechairman of the roads committee The company responded by locking the workers out Friday and again today Some 14000 technicians in cluding installers in Quebec and Ontario have been staging the walkouts to support their contract demands instead of calling fullscale strike The employees are expected back tomorrow said Bell Canada spokesman with the Barrie office lnnisfil mans trial set An Innisfil Township resident charged by Barrie police with forcible seizure after man tried to force Minesing girl in to car early Friday will ap pear in provincial court August 14 Greg William Srigley 26 of 211 Phillips St is also charged with common assault Four Toronto residents received first and second degree burns Sunday when the boat they were using caught fire off Wasaga Beach Cosmo Guarini 42 of Oakwood Ave Vito Schiralli 52 Maria Schiralli 49 Frank were taken to Collingwood General and Marine Hospital before being transferred to Toronto hospitals OPP Wasaga Beach are in vestigating the fire and the cause is not yet known Cathy Guarini 25 was also travelling on the boat but was Schiralli 23 all of Salem Ave not hurt DrewKing dislike showed early often George Drew had bravado and flair The Ontario prime minister demonstrated much of this battling Mackenzie King and the federal government There was intense dislike between Drew and King and on Drews part it surfaced continuously In the early years Drews main speeches were directed against King Ottawa and the conduct of the war par ticularly recruitment and conscription policy After the war there was running battle over taxsharing and federal social programs particularly the new baby bonus One master stroke displayed both the Drew boldness and bravado at its best This was the air immigration scheme THUMBED LIFT Drews dedication to the United Kingdom and the Crown tended to be fanatical Within three months of his 1943 election he was busy in the Old Country King actually had issued directive to kee him in Can ada He had got around this by thumbing ri on an RAF plane with Air Marshal Tedder King didnt know about it until he saw press picture of him in France hero as the only Canadian at the ceremony marking the liberation of Paris Tedder had asked him to go along Drew set up new Ontario House in London established war brides counselling service an Ontario Services Club and made many speeches Then he had to take flight back to the United States and sneak back into Canada across the New Brunswick border Bx Don OHearn Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service Following the war his UK devotion took the form of determination to get flood of settlers from the British Isles into Ontario He wasnt happy with the efforts of the federal authorities who of course were in charge of immigration So he started his own scheme PURE DREW Somehow or other in 1947 when aircraft were in the most extreme demand he was able to arrange for regular charter service In Ontario dormitories and messing facilities were estab lished in downtown Toronto and job placement organization was set up In London an eventually in Scotland Ontario emigration offices were busy with mass promotion effort The first fli ht was one of the gala events of the 1940s The DCR ymaster landed at Malton Airport and skilled workers embarked literally rubbing their eyes after their long flight many with wives on their arms some carrying infants There they were greeted by thousands of people bands and triumphant George Drew with his minister of planning and development Dana Porter This was pure Drew the general who had planned his master strategy and was leading his troops into its first battle After that of course and again pure Drew he paid little attention to the program But it was remarkable success Dana Porter ran it very smoothly Some days as many as four flights would land at Malton It continued for over year and some 10000 British workers and their families set tled in Ontario through it Most remarkable of all was that these immigrants were at work and on their way to being settled within week Now of course good many of them are grandparents and prominent in communities across the province