By Separate board frills udget approved for 77 The Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Wednesday approved what budget committee chairman Lloyd LaPlume ayeed was hold in line no frills budget for 1977 The budget projects an ex penditure increase of 902 per cent over 1976 Mill rates however will increase for separate school supporters in only two of the communities served by the boardStayner and Coldwater Most in fact will be fractionally lower Estimated expenditure for 1977 is $78 million up from $71 million in 1976 The net increase is$648601 The committee explains that the 1977 increase in the net re quisition upon the municipal ities over that of 1976 is in the amount of $75235 or 68 per cent The restoration of two rates of grant for recognized extraordinary expenditure has been of significant importance and has assisted considerably in reducing the sum ofmonies required to be raised through the taxable assessment The committee noted that there have been substantial increases in salaries and wages transportation energy and other goods and services Regular teaching staff will cost $42 million in 1977 up from $38 million in 1976 The cost of utilities takes sharp swing upwardthe board pro jects to spend $150000 on hydro and water $65000 on fuel oil and $15000 on natural gas up from $105000 $42000 and $6600 respectively in 1976 LaPlume said he felt it was an excellent budget We were very happy to keep it as low as We are We kept the ratepayers in mind Even though expen ditures are up we are able to keep the mill rate down We have taken to heart the rising costs NOT AN INCREASE It represents decrease for se arate school supporters ractional but at least not an increase While introducing the budget LaPlume noted that some of the projects the board envisioned had to be shelved or rerouted in the interests of austerity Like everyone we have ideas of things wed like to do We had hoped to extensively renovate some of our buildings We had to curtail great deal of that We had hoped to review and further extend our special education program Its just never good enoughwed like to have it better all the time he com mented think we can certainly be proud of this budget Wells Education Minister Thomas told us the mill rate should be tolerable This mill rate is tolerable said board chair man Vince Eagan The only communities with mill rate increases are Staynci 013 mills residdntial and Coldwater 405 mills residen tial The 1977 mill rates for Barrie are 7193 residential down from 7262 and 7992 commer cial down from 8069 The separate school mill rate applies only to elementary schools and is added to the secondary rate approved by the Simcoe County Board of Eduea tion to arrive at the total school tax levee The secondary rate for Barrie this year is 697 residential up 822 per cent over 1976 Thus despite the fractional decrease from the separate school section combined assessment for supporters in the city is 1416 mills up from 1370 in 1976 arrie today Opening meetings to public defeated indications are defeat is temporary proposal to open city coun cils general committee meetings to the public was defeated by the committee Wednesday buthere are indica tions the defeat may be tem porary The proposal lost on tie vote with three aldermen absent One of the three Ald Bill Knowles arrived few minutes late for the vote having been delayed in Toronto due to family matter Ald Knowles has publicly supported opening the meetings Ald Fred Ruemper also supporter of open committee meetings promesed to reopen the issue when the committee recommendation comes up for council approval March 28 Supporting the move to open the meetings were most coun cil debate takes place were Mayor Ross Archer and alder men Nelson Garrett Alex Ar thur Janice Laking and Ruemper Opposed were al dermen Bill Campbell Ed Thompson Ross Stephens Er nie Rotman and Del Cole Aldermen Gord Mills and Ron Lynch were absent OPEN TO PRESS General committee meetings have been open to the press but closed to the public since the new committee systen was in stituted at the beginning of Mayor Archers term in Jan Jary The smaller standing ommittees used by council in he past operated on the same Pupils consider not having police community without police The subject conjures up wealth of images and Grade and pupils from Simcoe Duf ferin and Muskoka counties are busy putting them on paper for an Ontario Provincial Police essay contest Ron Golden community ser vices officer for the Barrie detachment of the OPP said the idea behind the contest is development of greater aware ness in youth of the scope of police work and of the police contribution to the community winner will be chosen from each of five areeas that are served by District OPP com munity services officers within the three counties The contest is open to schools regularly visited by the OPP of ficer Most of these are rural but some such as Barries Monsignor Clair School are not The winner in each area gets to spend day touring with policeman He or she will be picked up at home in the morn ing visit the OPP head quarters then travel to Midland and from there Beau soleil Island by police boat The contest is being held in conjunction with the Simcoe County Board of Education and Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board said Golden Essays are to have max imum length of 450 words two pages They will be judged 60 96 on content 40on construc tion Deadline for entries is April 22 WM Paul Haynes it of Mineslng is study in concentration as he puts the finishing touches on his flower arrangement at the llappyplace prekinder Getting it just right garten at St Peters Church in Mineslng Their guest Wednesday was Haiine Blakely in background from Freds Flowers of oasis except for the now ibolished general government ommittee which was closed to 0th press and public Since all 13 council members sit on general committee all participate in debate of all issues at the committee level and most committee recommendations get routine approval with little debate at council meetings which by law must be open to the public Public council meetings have been dead as doornail under the general committee system Ald Arthur said during debate on the proposal He said news media cannot be relied on to keep the public completely informed because some items are selected for publication While others are not in titililr tion he said news coverage reflects the natural human biases of those responsible for it He said he was not singling Barrie media out for criticism but would apply the same statements to any news media in the world Ald ampbcll said he would not object to thc prescnccof the public but objected to the ilktililluxl that open committee meetings would be televised on ablc it as council meetings arcnow Those TV cameras seem to do strange things to people he said They bccomcactors Nude Macbeth offends wants others to make protest The Roman Polanski version of Macbeth is not mandatory viewing for Barries Grade 12 high school students said Mac Hyde principal of Eastview secondary school The film will be shown at local theatre in late April the same time students will be stuv dying the Shakespearean play Students will be given an after noon off school to go and see the film The students are warned ahead of time that the film con tains gory and nude scenes he said Students are not required to see the film and there will be no exam questions based on the film he added The film is rated adult enter tainment it is not restricted However James Cotter Barrie parent is opposed to the film strongly object to the movie being used as an educa tional tool for our high school English program for the follow ing reasons otter said Lady Macbeth appears in Stroud who provided the youngsters with tips and fresh batch of flowers Ex aminer Photo the nude in the tainous sleep walkingsccnc The witches also appear ill the nude Yet oiin this wcek com mercial with nude woincn in it was ordered off the air by tin Canadian Radiotelevision Telecommunications oniinis sion because it contravened good taste What is not good enough for the general anadian public is apparently good enough for our young students Moreover there is ex cessive gore and blorxlshcd lll eluding decapitation Yet the Honorable Judy LaMarsh is now investigating violence in the media flow irresponsible can we get otter concluded Mrs Iotter said today the film may not be mandatory but it is presented in such way that students evcn it they do feel little squeamish Would go Many students dont tell their parents what they will be see ing she added Cotter argues that an alter native film should be used and that one can be obtained from the library at weeks notice He urged parents to protest the uscof thc Polanski film Hyde said he has checked Willi his English department and the only alternative is 1M and artistic ycai sold tilin in black white which lacks qualities llydc said the school cannot iiioltl it slum films with 11 courses so it will use films that are available at commercial thcarcs About once or twice year tilin shown in theatres will cor respond witli course at school he said Rynard gets rent answer From the Ottawa Bureau of the Barrie Examiner llt Three federal government departments are paying between $7 and $8 rent per square foot for space in Barrics ivic Square Tower building According to Alexander Tyr parliamentary secretary to public works minister Judd Buchanan rent on the fourth and sixth floors range between $7 and $7 per square foot while first floor space costs $8 pct square foot He told ltynard PC Siincoc North that the overn iiicnt employees locate in the tower are employed by the health and welfare national revenue at manpower atid im migrationdepartments OMB okays for township zoning The Ontario Municipal Board OMB has approved Oro toWn ships comprehensive zoning bylaw and the terms of settle ment reached between the township York Sand and lra vel Ltd and William and Joan Reid on an official plan amend ments dealing with lands own ed by York on Concession The decision released Wednesday also reaffirms ad journments granted on the townships resortresidential zoning and sixmonth approv al of the agricultural zoning on the site of the proposed Barrie airport Part of the referral to the OMB was an official plan amendment designating land on Concession owned by York Sand and Gravel Ltd as gravel pit and an adjoining 41 acres general industrial to permit the company to make and store equipment related to its pit operations The pit designation was in advertently left off the official plan when it was prepared in 1975 Mr and Mrs Reid objected to the amendment because it would allow expansion of Yorks gravel pit operations During the OMB hearing the three parties involved reached settlement which would zone of the 41 acres as general iii dustrial to permit the company to make and store equipment on the site The rest of Yorks land Would he zoned agricultural Based on the settlement the Heids withdrew their objections to the amendment COULDNTAPPROVE in its ruling the board said it could not prove the general industrial esignation in the amendment because it was con trary to the townships policy coiitained in the official plan to steer future indUstrial growth toexistingbuiltup areas The township was ordered to restore the agricultural land use designation and pass the zoning bylaws to permit agri cultural land uses The township will determine the lLuid use and zoning for the re maining 12 acres During the hearings in January the board adjourned consideration of the townships proposed resortresidential zon ing for three months to permit Horseshoe Valley Ltd and Sal vil Investments Ltd to pursue Student film prizewinner The Eskimo who hooked submarine while fishing has latched onto something else for his four Barrie creators ma jor award at the Baylor School Super Eight Thing hildrens mated film festival in hatanmgth Tenn The film entitled lnuit Pro gress and The People was honored with $10 judges award and the title most popular film in the festival voted by the audience Margaret Worth program co ordinator for the Barrie Public Library received word of the result this week The film was made by Teresa Worth 16 Pole ly Worth 14 Michael llodgins 17 and Doug Neill1ti The four high school students created the film in March of 15770 as part of the librarys animation program with equipment made available by the Georgian Bay Regional Library They spent an esti mated Bl hours on it even shooting it twice Basically what occurs is that an Eskimo goes fishing and catches submarine From the submarine come all sorts of creations of modern technolr ogy and they soon fill the screen Blue gingerbread man popular ambassador Bariies blue gingerbread man has proven to be popular ambassador Four St Marys Separate School students created the fourvinch figure out of Plas ticinc pitted him against an oc topus captured it all on film and submitted the product Gingcry Adventures to the Baylor School Super Eight Thingfihn festival SallyeAnn Worth 12 Paul Sarossy 13 Karin Worth 10 and Louis VanAiiiclsvoort 13 got the good news this week their animated film had earned them $5 cash award The four spent three days on the looserind feature during the Christmas brcak Their lights kept going out and their gingerbread man even melted but the four car ried on snapping the scene moving their Plasticinc figures fraction of an inch then snap ping again All that at rate of 18 frames per second for Super Eight The film shows the ginger bread man emerging from book heading over to cave where he inspects protruding tentacle getting dragged into the cave by the octopus and escaping in the nick of tiiiic back to his book which the oce topus slams shut Oro bylaw Gravel pit settlement wins approval in 0MBs decision legal action against the zoning bylaw The companies which developed the Sugarinead sub division on Concession in the northern part of the township object to the zoning on their lands because it does not per mil the permanent dwellings they have built on their lands The board also reaffirmed its decision to approve for six mon ths the proposed agricultural zoning on 240 acres owned by the city of Barrie The city plans to build an air port on the site but it has been turned down by the township council and planning board pen ding further study on the im pact the airport would have on neighboring farms PARKS BJECTEI Big Cedar Parks Ltd ob Iected to the proposed zoning ylaw because its land near Bass Lake Would be zoned in such way that the company could not expand the mobile park home it operates on the site During the hearing the OMB ordered Big Cedar to apply to the township for an official plan amendment and zoning change within one month or the pro os ed zoning would be approvc Big Cedar made the applica tions last month The board also rejected the townships proposed zonin of 1500footwide strip of 1am sur rounding its waste dis osal site on Concession west Edgar Several residents objected to the proposed zoning because it would make their homes non confortning use under the zon ing regulations Both the board and the township lanner agreed that such wi buffer zone around the disposal site is no longer necessary The Barrie Examiner Thursday March 17 1977 Lights cameras action Four young filmmakers frmn St Marys Separate School sat up their props for shooting of an ininiated feature using small figures The four from left Louis VaiiAmelsvoort Karin Worth SallyAnn Worth and Paul Sarossy earned prize for their entry Gingery Adventures at the Baylor School Super Eight Thing animation festival in hatanooga Tenn The three students below from left Teresa Worth Michael Hodgins and Polly Worth and their absent partner Dong Neill had their entry judged the most popular in the festival it was called in uit Progress and The Peo ple Examiner Photos Toronto man hurt in 400 accident Toronto man is listed in satisfactory condition in Bar ries Royal Victoria Hospital today after being involved in fourvehicle collision late Wednesday night on Highway 400 Total damage estimates reach $10000 Three tractor trailers were involved say Barrie OPP Mike Locke of Toronto was taken to hospital after his sta tion wagon collided with 1974 Mac truck driven by James Carroll of Barrie Police say the initial accident occurred at 1130 am and chain reaction involving two tractortrailers driven by James Paisley and Albert Marshall occurred immediately after Damage to the Locke car is $4000 say police while damage to Carrolls truck is $1000 Police say estimates on Paisleys truck reach $5000 The accident occurred in the northbound lanes at the ln nisfil Beach cutoff Park development endorsed Planning board endorsed Tuesday the citys proposed park devemopment on the lakeshore between Baytield and Mulcaster streets The endorsement noted that the plan may be fourther enhanced result of proposed downtown core area study the board is considering The board also en dorsed the use of sheet steel piling to provide large boat docking facilities and asked that installation of bandshell in the development be considered The proposed develop iiient to be the subject of public meeting next Tuesday will involve filling the bay to about 400 feet from the current shoreline aith landscaping like that at Centennial Park reflecting pond picnic and play areas washroom and cons cession buildings boardwalk and twolane road connec ting the feet of Bayfield and Mulcaster Comments from staff sought Planning board agreed Tuesday to seek comments from city staff on proposal to put 79 units of street townhousing on ï¬leacre parcel north of Cundles Road and west of St Vincent Street The proposedd development the most recent of several proposals for the parcel would put 9acre park in the middle of culdesac with most of the housing units fronting on the culdesac from the outside and oneway traffic around the island Comments will be sought from the citys engineering recreation and fire departments before further action is taken by the board $5000 to keep project going The ministry of education has allocated $5000 to keep the chroy coiinnunity school project going The funds are used to maintain community involvement program at Killarncy Beach public school including projects such as oil pain ting general art sewing and badminton The school originally asked for $8050 Cubs hold bottle drive Saturday Members of the second Allandale Cubs and Scouts are holding bottledrive March 19 in the Allandale Area and homes southwest of Tiffin Street The boys will be in uniform to pick up the bottles Funds raised will finance the boys trip to the Canadian Jamboree being held in PEl Budgets assessment at seminar City budgets assessment notices and tax bills will be the subjects covered in tonights local government seminar the third in series sponsored by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce Ald Alex Arthur will comoderate the Seminar which begins at 790 pm in the city council chambers with Barb Marshall Bruce Fraser director of the regional assessment office will speak on assessment notices and tax bills Duncan Green Simcoe County treasurer Herb Kirk city of Barrie treasurer and Paul Speers of the Treasury of Economics and lnterGovernment Affairs will speak on budgets The seminar will be carried live on Barrie Cable TV with phonein facilities Free tickets to attend are available at chamber of ices on Fred Grant Street Fund raising for rescue squad Hockey games brooniball games and dance are being held Saturday to raise funds for the Simcoe County Rescue Squad says squad spokesman Sandy Richmond Broomball will be played between and at the Stroud liinisfil Recreational Complex followed ya hockey game between CKBB and the American llotel oldtiiners dance will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Bar rie at pm Tickets are selling at $10 couple says Mrs Richgiond and funds will go to buy equipment for the rescue sqau Prizes and buffet will be available at thedance Tickets for the weekend events are available from Jacksons Grill Midway Variety The Panhandler in the Bayfield Mall Singers Sewing in the Georgian Mall Bob West of the Civitans or through the squads number 7373738