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nflww Aug 17 date for meeting on core study public meeting will be held Aug 17 to start Barries $61000 core area revitalization study The meeting will be held at pm at yetdetermined loca tion The meeting set Thursday by the Citys core area study com mittee and consultants con ducting the study is intended to give residents chance to ex press their desires and con cerns for the citys core and at the same time inform them of the studys methods and goals Identified interest grou will be invited to the meeting let ter but the meeting which organizers prefer to describe as forum is intended for the general public as well In addition to planning the meeting the core study com mittee is looking for interest group representatives and others to serve on variety of citizen advisory subcom mittees The chairman of the overall citizen advisory com mittee will joing planning STEVE JANES project manager board and city council members on the core study committee Purpose of the sevenmonth study to be conducted by James MacLaren Ltd and Diamond Planners Ltd is to ovide licy recommenda tions aim at rejuvenating the core area as the hear of the ci ty phrase used in an of ficial plan amendment adopted by city council last year The study is to include land use analysis scheduled to get underway next week market study comprehensive urban design approach and ex tensive public participation NOI RESTRICTED The area covered by the study is not restricted to the downtown district but stret ches around Kempenfelt Bay from the Innisfil Township border rougin to the foot of Duckworth Street and goes as far back as Highway 400 in some areas Consultatnts plan to show the KEVIN GARLAND participation public meeting examples of what is wrong with the area at present and ask for further ex amples from the public In ad dition Mayor Ross Archer core study committee member said Thursday it will be em phasized at the meeting that big daddys not going to swoop in with lots of money and make the changes The property owners are going to make the changes Key personnel involved in the study include project manager Steve Janes an engineer and planner with James MacLaren architect and Ian ner Jack Diamon and planner Kevin Garland Woman from Diamonds firm who will be in charge of public participation Core study committee chair man is Ald Del Cole and other members are Doug Skelton Bill Sakeris and Roger Oatley all from taming board and ci ty staff anner Rick Jones JACK DIAMOND planner Rally planned Sunday by Wasaga ratepayers WASAGA BEACH The Wasaga Beach Ratepayers Association will hold rally Sunday night at the Oakview Community Centre to discuss srx issues they feel are of con cern to local taxpayers The group plans to discuss the provincial governments scheme to put in sewer and water services in Wasaga Beach with the cost to be split 75 per cent 25 per cent bet ween the province and local taxpayers The ratepayers association feels the cost of the services would be unbearable for local taxpayers and unfair because the enlarged town of Wasaga Beach was created by order in council of the Ontario cabinet Truck hits hydro pole power out for an hour Power in the downtown shopp ing area on Dunlop was knock ed out for about an hour late Wednesday night after trans DlB drops meter plan The Downtown Imrovement Board DIB has dropped plans to convert downtown onstreet parking meters to two hours mm the present one hour lear ning that the conversion would cost nearly $20000 Each meter head would have to be remvoed and adjusted in dividually The twohour parking pro pcsal was supported by ma jority of downtown merchants at general meeting called by the board earlier this year port truck pulling out of the West Bend plant on Dyment Street knocked over hydro pole Gy Cliff assistant super intendent with the Barrie Public Utilities Commission said this morning the pole was knocked down at about 1145 pm PUC crews arrived at the scene at midnight and took about an hour to isolate the line Power Was out on John Street small portion of Anne Street and Dunlop Street form Innisfil to Mulcaster Streets for about anhour Cluff said The PUC crews took about four hours early Thursday mor ning to replace the pole and str ing new lines he said but no residential customers were without power for more than an hour Cliff said the West Bend plant was the only customer without service for four hours town country Change proposed in guidelines Retail stores in CS local commercial zones would no lon er be restricted to local convenience category un zoning standards change recommended Tuesday by planning board However individual retail stores in the zone rimarily designed for small neighborhood plazas can not exceed 4000 square feet Transition may take decades The current transition from residential to commercial uses along Essa Road is likely to take decades to complete according to report to planning board by city planner Rick Jones Therefore the board agreed Tuesday not to initiate wholesale changes from residential to commercial zoning along the road Clinic at Kaymir Farms The Canadian Dressage Owners and Riders Association of Simcoe County is having dressage clinic Aug 13 at Kaymir Farms in Stroud member of the Canadian Equestrian Team Barbara Gallo Stracey will be attendi ng the clinic Contact RuthAnne Richter at Elmhurst House Stables RR Penetang for more information Day camp open Tuesday ELMVALE Staff twoweek summer day camp will be held at the Hub Motel grounds here under the sponsorship of the Elmvale recreation committee opening on Tuesday The camp program starts at 930 am daily and continues until 330 pm during week days until Friday August 12 ¥Ak The purchase of the Wasaga Stars arena by the town which the association bitterly oppos ed will also be discussed The association claims to have shocking revelations about the purchase which it will make public at the rally INTO DOLDRUMS The tourist industry Wasaga Beachs chief source of income has slipped into the doldrums The ratepayers association has few ideas on how to get the industry out of the slump to suggest at the ral Iy The association will also talk about the state of industrial and commercial development in Wasaga Beach proposed revi sions in the Ontario Municipal Elections Act and what can be done about the condition of town roads The rally starts at 8pm The Simcoe County Rescue Squad has become pilot project for the province it was an nounced this week The squad will run in conjuction with the Georgian Bay ambulance system Members of the squad demonstrated the jaws at Wasaga Beachs Sunnncrfest on the weekend showing how easily and quickly the jaws can get car open Examiner Photo Squad gets hookup with ambulance system By SUE ROUTLIFFE Examiner Staff Reporter MIDHURSI The Simcoe Rescue Squad has become pilot project for the province under the ambulance ser vices section of the Ontario ministry of health It will run in conjunction with the Georgian Bay am bulance dispatch system says squad coordinator Gary Joice The cab and chassis arriv ed two weeks agoand the back end is being fitted on now in Orillia he said in an interview Once we have thr truck ready we can go operational but we are still lacking badlyneeded equipment and funding Squad members have rais ed $14000 and individual members have taken out bank loans to pay for what equipment they have Fundraising hopes were recently dashed when the squad didnt fit into Wintario requirements says Joice We approached Wintario through government representative and found out that there is basically no category in Wintario that we fit into he said Joice wants the public to change that situation If we can get the public to start writing to their local representatives and provin cial members about the way there is no funding for rescue service and bout Win tarios rules we might get something changed APPEALS TO PUBLIC Appeals were made to the pubic to do just that last weekend in Wasaga Beach when the squad put on daily demonstrations at the annual summerfest Weve tried the polite way with government bodies in cases like this and it has put us nowhere says Joice Direct appeals to crowds migit be better move he explained It took five months to get permission to having flashing red lights on top of the squad truck in another government tangle says Joice It was finally agreed the truck will operate as public utility vehicle with ministry permission The squads luck took turn for the better when Don Harron wellknown Cana dian actor and wrtier agreed to make his character Charlie Farquharson honorary squad chairman in fundraising efforts Farquharsons first public appeal for the squad was made at Wasaga Beach and the response was $1000 in donations Joice says the squad ap proached Harron to add relief to the sombre message at demonstrations Harron will add both humorous and sombre notes to the squads appeal on television commercials being taped today at CKVR in Bar rie with Highway 400 as the background says Joice PAYS OFF LOANS Money raised at these events will pay off loans taken by squad members to finance the $7000 truck bought at dealers cost from Douglas Lincoln Mercury Motors in Barrie and the $5000 worth of work being done on it in rillia Another fundraising event is 1977 Mercury Monarch car being auctioned off by the Barrie Civitan Club Aug 27 at $1 ticket The car was also sold at straight dealers price by Douglas Lincoln says Joice The squad has also caught the eye of the Canadian Ford Foundation charitable branch of the Ford Corp which gave the squad $2000 this year and an indication more could come in 1978 Joice says he is now ap proching major photographic equipment suppliers in the Barrie area about equipment he wants to use at the scene of each accident the squad responds to for training use All the members would be brought in the day after the accident and shown the film to see what they did right and what needs to be chang edhe said The squad should be opera tional from Barrie and branch station in Tottenham by the end of August says Joice while another branch in Midland should be working by the end of the year With the date for the Bar rie and Tottenham stations quickly approaching he adds he need for funds and manpower is becoming critical Air bellows valued at $4500 each are badly needed in ad dition to climbing and lower ing equipment and heavy duty winch equipment Any operating business can help the squad says Joice We can use assistance in supplies and cash from just about any kind of business going he said Because the rescue business needs such varied assortment of equipment The squad also needs addi tional personnel It has 83 ful ly approved members with 50 taking part in the 35hour training process which in cluded classes at squad head quarters and at such places as the state fires chool in Vermont Joice hopes to have the squad headquarters become provincial training centre There are now no real train ing facilities for rescue squads in Canada he says To be member cer tificate of good health is all that is needed for men and women over 18 years of age They are intensively screen ed put through the gruelling course and weeded out it they dont fit in Those not interested in ac tive rescue work can becorm associate members and par ticipate in such activities as fundraising he added 19year old Stroud man fined $100 for possession of prohibited weapon 19yearold Stroud man lost his bid to clear himself of charges of possessing prhibited weapon in provin cial court trial Wednesday in Barrie Richard Mallory who defended himself in court was found guilty by Judge John An jo and fined $100 with 45 days to ay Mallory defended his posses sion of set of nunchakus by saying he had found them and did not know of their use as karate weapon and had only mounted them on his wall He was charged Feb when police searching the house he was living in for drugs found thel weapon on his bedroom Wa The weapon on the pro hibited list in the Criminal Code consists of two long sticks joined together with length of chain Mallory under questioning by the prosecution said he had discovered through research after being charged that the weapon can break bones if used properly but had never used them from the time found them Mallory said testifying as his own witness They were never off the wall from the time Iput them there until they were found Mallory said his only interest in the weapon wsas as decora tion Judge Anjo said whether Mallory used the weapon or not didntmatter because of the nature of the charge This charge doesnt say you used the weapon it just says you were in possession of it he said YOUTHS IEARED In second trial two 17year old Barrie youths were cleared of charges of possession of stolen goods Dean Courtenay and Allan Bickmore had been charged March after police saw them with suede coat and briefcase expected missing from car parked at the Woolworths parkinglot Constable Mark Irwin of Bar rie city police testified he had seen the two near am at restaurant at the Five Points Chooses l0 day jail sentence for conviction of beating wife 28yearold Barrie man has pleaded guilty to charge of common assault against his wife in provincial criminal court in Barrie Robert McKay was fined $150 or 10 days injail by Judge John Anjo after pleading to lesser charge of common assault after acting Crown attorney Fred Horton reduced it from assault causing bodily harm McKay chose to chase his wife from their 201 Rose St home after becoming involved in an ar ent with her and hit her in parking lot with the stock of rifle he was carrying Police reports say Heather McKay remained unconscious for some time after arriving at Royal Victoria Hospital and was left with large bruise on her neck McKay admitted to most of the facts but said he had not us ed rifle He also pleaded guilty to five other charges and received total of 70 days in all He is now in custody on other charges McKay was charged with dangerous driving driving under suspension and public mischief after being involved in an accident Aug 14 1975 Hor ton says he used his dead brothers name for identifica tion He also faced earlier charges of driving under suspension and public mischief Horton said the charges McKay pleaded guilty to were merely the tip of the iceberg and said he had totally bla tant disregard for the law He asked for substantial jail term saying McKay had learned nothing from past charges for which he received lighter punishment McKays wife was also in court facing charges under her present name and previous married name Her case has been put over to dec at 10 am after Horton said key prosecution witness couldnt testify Among the chérges Mrs McKay faces is one of dangerous use of firearm She was also in court for hail hearing into charges of theft under $200 and then saw them near am with the two objects He said the two took him back to the lot where they said they had found the objects in snowbank parking ticket in the coat pocket led to an in vestigation of parked car in the lot which Constable Irwin said had one unlocked door He testified the interior look ed as if someone had rummag ed through tossings things aside while looking for something The defense conceded the ob jects were ones missing from the car and were owned by Bar rie resident Peter Hibma The two boys said they first found the objects in snowbank when heading for the restaurant for food Both testifed they didnt men tion it to constable Irwin in the restaurant because it didnt oc curtothem Bickmore testified they saw the objects were still there as they passed by on their way home and decided to take them ome and report them to police the next day He said neither boy looked in the briefcase because it wasnt theirs Judge John Anjo cleared the two saying the issue of the case revolved around whether the boys had hidden or left the ob jects on the snowbanks when they went on to the restaurant Two police officers testified the boys said they had hidden the goods while the two said they didnt remember using that term The aCCUSeds explanation is one which might be reasonably judged to be true Judge Anjo said Im not necessarily convinced their story is lure but it is reasonable explanation the oxamlner Fdday July 29 1971 Innisfil considers donation to Cobalt By JOHN BRUCE Examiner Staff Reporter BARCLAY Innisfil Township will consider donating to the Cobalt Fire Disaster Fund Council Wednesday night re jected motion to inform fund organizers that we are not in position to support them and referred the matter to the general government and finance committee which will recommend the amount of the dontion The fund was set up after most of downtown area of Cobalt was destroyed by fire May 23 leaving 421 people homeless Forevery dollar the fund raises the provincial government will contribute $4 Counc John Young originally wanted to move that the re quest be sent to the finance committee but later changed the motion to reject the re quest DeputyReeve Blake Con stable was against the dona tion dont think we are in pso tion to support them at this time said Constable He said that he couldnt recall an in stance during my time on council that such request had been approved WARNED AGAINST He warned council against setting precedent which could tie the hands of future councils when presented with relief aid requests He also wondered if those who were burned out had fire insurance Because the fund receives $4 form the province for each dollar in private donations Reeve William Gibbins said he favors small donation Coun Kathe Jans agreed What if we had that disaster she asked If we can send them $100 and it gets them $500 then its deal she said After the motion to turn down the request was rejected coun cil voted unanimously to send the request to the finance com mittee Protection committee to study camp request BARCLAY Staff Webbs Holiday Haven Campgroun which has been closed for more than year may reopen next summer The Webbs said they closed in May 1976 when they learned their washroom facilities at the campground on Concession 12 did not meet the townships standards for 85 camping sites They told Innisfil Tovmship council Wednesday night they hope to reopen next year and plan to expand their washroom facilities once the business gets going again Mrs Webb said the provin cial government has approved verbally their plans to reopen with the existing washrooms The province will give final ap proval if the Simcoe County Health Unit and the township go along she said We will be building new washroom but we want to get established first she said Reeve William Gibbins said he thinks it would be good for the township if the Webbs re opened next yar because camp ing will not be allowed at In nisfil Park after the end of this summer He said the township should reexamine its standards to see if the Webbs can be permitted to open with the same wash room facilities until they get the capital to expand Council referred the matter to its protection services com mittee for study noting that the Webbs have until Sept to in form the provincc of the townships decision Decision on drivein waits for planning board report BARCLAY Staff Innisfil Township has put off decision on proposed Lefroy drivein theatre for at least two weeks Council referred the proposal to build drivein at the Lamstonc Aggregate Supply Ltds gravel pit on the Seventh Line to the planning and development committee while the clerk contacts other municipalities which have driveins to find out if they create additional problems for police and road systems Planning board approved the proposal two weeks ago and committee of the whole gave tentative approval last week The committee asked the clerk to contact other municipalities which have driveins about the problems they cause As of Wednesday nights council meeting only two municipal itics had replied Council also heard from Lefroy resident Wednesday night who is opposed to the drivein Linda Goodhue said the drivein would result in more traffic using the now overus ed roads in the Lefroy and blemish the landscape in the area Some people feel the old gravel pit is unsightly Mrs Goodhue said but feel drivein would be even more un sightiy She also said drinking patrons would create an un necessary driving hazard in the township putting more intox icated drivers on the road at night Innisfil Township has more to offer in recreation than that she said We have beautiful environment here and Idhatetoloseit Planning and development committee will discuss the mat ter next Wednesday New tender call issued for city sewage plant By RICHARD IlNSIAN Examiner Staff Reporter Six firms whose tenders on improvements to Barries sewage treatment plant were an unpleasant surprise will be invited to submit new tenders on the basis of shorter ap proval time city council decid ed Monday Estimates for the im provements was $688400 but the tenders ranged from $857632 to $958395 Tender specifications called for tenders to remain valid for up to sodays but the low bidder instead submitted on the basis of 30day interval between tender opening and awarding of the contract The lowest bidder to meet the 90day stipulation was $905000 In discussion of the tenders Monday council members questioned the validity of the low tender because of the change in time and decided to give all bidders chance to show their prices on 30day basis New tenders are to close Aug 15 with 30day approval period from that date APPLIES TO OMB Meanwhile the city will app ly for Ontario Municipal Board approval of capital expen diture of $1155233 on the pro ject including engineering fees and financing charges The money is to be raised through continuation of the citys sewer rate The city had already initiated an application for approval of $877000 in capital spending but that sum would not cover the costs now expected The calling of new tenders means the firms cannot be held to their original tenders The improvements new secondstage digester and ex pansion of the plants main air supply system are needed to bring the plant back to its theoretical sixmilliongallona day capacity which has been reduced by the effects of phosphorus removal techni ques Celebrations will be dropped it community not interested City council has approved in principle celebration to mark Barries 125th anniversary next year but the project will be dropped if scheduled Sept 14 meeting of civic groups fails to demonstrate community in terest Ald Gord Mills councils peace of mind Still wondering what to do with your child this summer Send Your Child To Comp Summerlond He or she will have fun and you will hav Openings are still available for Girls Camp July 31 Aug I3 or Aug I427 World of New Experiences Await Your Child at Camp Summerland YMCA Orillio lSPotoi St Orillio 3266141 Call in now to rourvo spot representative on committee studying possible celebration said Monday the event is inted ed to be selfsupporting and would not likely require major city funding Committee members are in viting representatives of ser vice clubs church organiza tions cultural associations in dustries commercial groups and other organizations to City Hall Sept 14 to discuss the celebration Council voted Mon day to provide $100 toward costs of correspondence and refreshments at the meeting JUST MOVED What you need right now is helping hand Be sure to get in touch with the Welcome Wagon hostess She can help you get to know your new community as quickly as possible 7261454