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Community Newspaper Vol. 15, No. 52, Folio 104 Wednesday, December 29,1982 24pages, 30 cents SCBE report be ready ne month issue heating up in county | A report on the alleged roofing charges since last August. scandal involving a number of Simcoe A new committee was County Board of Education buildings is Same evening that trustee Prothero scheduled to be presented to the school broached the subject at a public board board's trustees two weeks from today. meeting. Committee member, and board vice- chairman, Wendy MacKenzie, said The new committee has met once, and yesterday that the names of all of the __ will likely meet once more before next schools that have been tested will be Wednesday's SCBE meeting. The released at that meeting, as part of the __ results of testing by consultants of eight report. to 10 school roofs should be Earlier this month, board trustee that meeting, MacKenzie Frank Prothero raised the subject, Sam Neilly of Lefroy is the committee charging that all of the work that was chairman. Other members are Lloyd supposed to be done on the roofs of some _ Fletcher of Oro, Roy Edwards of Vasey, school buildings was not done. A Janet Kiff of Orillia, committee had been investigating the chairman William Straughan. This is Cedar Point: looking across the bay one can see there's still no ice on the water and here it is nearly the end of December! rooting issue to on xt formed the delivered for said. and_ board Lots of rain BUT no snow...for now Rain we have had of late...but no snow. So far this winter a total of 33 centimetres of snow has fallen on the area compared to 189 centimetres of snow by this time last winter. Christmas Day baby born Huronia District Hospital and Penetanguishene General Hospital between them report one Christmas baby, a nine pound two ounce boy born Christmas Day born at HDH to a Midland couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mustard of 684 Harvey Avenue. As of yesterday, the most recent birth at Penetanguishene General Hospital occurred on Dec. 22. A nine pound 14 ounce girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Les Gillespie of 25 Simcoe Street, Elmyale. Shots exchanged early Sunday A Tiny Township resident received a gun shot wound to his leg early Sunday morning during an exchange of shots with Midland OPP. The man was later rushed to HDH for treatment. For the full story turn to Page 3. Out of 3,000 names entered in the Dock nt Lunch annual World's Largest Christmas Francois Stocking» Draw, the name of Francois Charlebois of Penetanguishene was the name drawn to make him the winner of the huge stocking stuffed with toys and food. Carson inquest set for Jan. 12 in Midland The second of two inquests into the suicide of patients held in one of the maximum security wards in the Oak Ridge division of the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre is scheduled to start on Jan. 12. Stanley Carson and Mitchell May killed themselves in separate incidents in different wards in Oak Ridge, Carson on Aug. 26 and May on Sept. 13. A third patient in Oak Ridge, Stewart Bomberry, killed himself on Sept. 26. No inquest was set for that death. The May inquest, called at the request of the dead man's father, has run two days and will continue next year. OPP spent a busy Christmas During the week ending Dec. 28, Midland OPP conducted a total of 91 investigations. A number of those police probes centred around a series of 25 break-ins in the area, Const. Murray Cooper, community services officer with the local detachment pointed out yesterday.