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Barrie Examiner, 19 Oct 1977, p. 10

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10 the examiner Wodnooduy Oct 19 1971 To spend $5465 On new entrance to greenhouses City councils general com mittee has approved an expen diture of $5465 to make it more convenient for city residents to tour the recreation depart ments greenhouses The money will pay for new entrance to the greenhouses at the citys Ferndale Drive operations centre so tours will not have to be led through the centre to get to the greenhouses asat present Gary Stoner city recreation director told committee this week tours of the centre are valuable public relations gesture for the city In rticular he said tours help diascourage schoolage van dalism to plants in city parks by showing youngsters how much work goes into raising the plants Founding meeting of group tonight The Letitia Heights Community Association will hold its founding meeting tonight at 730 pm at Sunnidale Corn munity Centre Organizer Dave Edwards says he is hoping for turnout of more than 100 Invited to the meeting are Mayor Ross Archer Ward aldermen Ross Stephens Janice Laking and Ernie Rotman and Simcoe Centre MPP George Taylor Edwards says the association hopes to start out on positive note with work on such matters as lans for the 20 or so acres of parkland in the 200acre su ivision rather than concentrating on negative concerns which lead to the formation of many ratepayer groups The Letitia Heights subdivision will have about 1150 homes when completed More than 500 are already built or under construction Taxes are cancelled City council cancelled $724451 in property and business taxes at special meeting Monday Cancellations were based on reduced tax liability after assessment rolls were returned firms going out of business during the year writeoffs of uncollectable taxes and other causes Biggest item was cancellation of $613924 in business taxes for former owners of the Continental lnn who sold the inn to new owners in June and are not liable for taxes for the rest of the year taxes for the period will be paid by the new owners Also cancelled was 33106 76 in business taxes from Grandvrew Ford which went bankrupt in March Parking prohibited Parking will be prohibited on the north side of Bradford Street east of Essa Road under bylaw amendment recom mended Monday by city councils general committee Cars will instead be able to park on the south side of Brad ford in space carved out of new traffic island installed during reconstruction of Essa Road The extension of Bradford east of Essa alongside the traf fic island will also be made oneway eastbound except at its eastern end where westbound cars will be able to enter to use the new parking area He told The Examiner two to three groups week tour the greenhouses during the row ing season from out Christmas until outdoor plan ting begins in late spring All ages from preschoolers to senior citizens tour the greenhouses he said Tire expenditure passed general committee on 05 vote with Mayor Ross Archer brcak ing the tie Ald Ross Stephens led op position to the proposal saying the entrance is not worth the money think thats one of the things we can livc without he said The committee motion also approved $988 expenditure on repairs to one greenhouse wall Stoner said the wall was originally treated with spray on insulation which proved unable to stand up to Ontario winters If the committee vote is en dorsed by city council next week the contract for the en trance and repairs to the wall will go to Symcon Buildings Ltd of Barrie If youve been thinkln Societys grant is increased City councils general com mittee voted Monday to in crease its 1977 grant to the tario Humane Society by 15 per cent The societys Barrie branch now will get $115 per Barrie resident or $3915750 instead of the $1 per resident or $34050 originally planned The society requested the in crease to help cut into pro jected $14000 operating deficit for 1977 The increase is the first granted to the society by the ci ty since 1973 Ald Alex Arthur city finance chairman told committee the society will continue to operate at loss and would have to charge the city $150 per resi dent to break even the adoptables of adding puppy to your home the Barrie Humane Society 91 Pat terson 51 has two varieties to choose from There are two female Cockapoos cross between cocker spaniel and poodle and two tricolor Shephard follies The puppies are all female Examiner Photo Whats good about Canada is theme behind message Canadians arent their brothers keepers But they are their brothers brothers and they should show more concern for the future of the family That was the message from Bob Bentley Barrie Rent Review officer as he spoke to crowd of about 500 Central Col legiate students Tuesday The speech was one of series Bentley former mayor of Barrie is making this week as part of Whats Good About Canada Week Disagreeing with the sugges tion that some Quebecois are rejecting Canada out of pre judice Bentley suggested that when Francophone in Quebec receives lower pay simply because he speaks French in stead of English thats not preudice its reality that ma es you mad Arguing that the majority of Quebec does not want absolute separation Bentley said that new arrangements with the province must be made in order that aspirations of the Quebecois can be met Theyre as mixed up as the rest of us are he said adding that if the goals of those that voted for the Parti Quebecois cannot be met support for Quebec Premier Rene Le vesque will strengthen Quoting from passage in Marshall McLuhans book The Medium is The Message Tickets still available for Festival of Strings Tickets are still available for Sundays Festival of Strings concert at 330 pm in the Georgian College Theatre The concert will assemble 60 selected students from secon dary schools and youth or chestras in the province The string orchestra will be con ducted by Walter Babiak of Toronto an established Cana oeoo sov 9001 90 ffiflk dian musician composer and conductor Tickets are $2 apiece and available at music and record stores from any Eastview String Orchestra member or by calling 7283274 The concert is sponsored by the Eastview String Orchestra Parents Association SUPER VOOoo °Qooo Bentley talked about the need to distinguish between what is and what appears to be and to take responsibility for making the two the same If Quebecs aspirations can be seen as possible said Bentley then say to you Mr Levesque you will not win Failure to deal with situa tion in which the people of Quebec feel trapped and without means of escape could lead to civil war in which Canada would explode upon itself he concluded The speech met with several outbursts of applause from students who rose to their feet for the school bands spirited closing version of the national anthem The speeches are being made this week to students as part of nationwide program by Canadian Rotary Clubs The idea of week to talk about whats good with Canada began with the club in St John 118 as means of countering negative comments being made about the country says local Rotarian Jim Ed wards Bentley was chosen as speaker after speech about Canadian unity to the Barrie club this summer Edwards said He said the society stays afloat with the aid of bequests from animal lovers wills Without legacies theyd be up creek he said number of council and city staff members praised the work of the society in control mg animals job once done by the City To help United Appeal The Bame and District Hunters and Anglers Conservation Club is holding turkey shoot Sunday to help the lnited Ap peal The turkey shoot begins at noon at cost of $1 50 per round at the clubs headquarters iHighway +00 to County Rd 11 left one concession then right one mile Only 12 gauge guns are allowed Btiyanw tires by priceglj performance Either way Uniroyal gives you both Price Performance Some drivers This Chesterfield Converts to full double bed in less than 10 seconds Many fine fabrics and colours to choose from MANY 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