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'Big Mo' getting ready for claims that she always seems to go faster when by PAUL SANDERSON It takes a full foot of ice to Stop the big red Coast Guard _ ship Montmorency. But that doesn't make her an icebreaker. To her crew, 'Big Mo"' is officially an ice- strengthened buoy tender. Thicker than normal steel plating and heavier frames allow the Montmorency to safely continue her job of navigation buoy maintenance in mild ice conditions. But when the real Coast Guard, icebreaker, Griffin, arrives in Midland around Christmas the Montmorency will be resting quietly beside her dock in Parry Sound. Until that time, her crew. will be busy removing the big lighted navigation buoys before the winter. Only the large buoys are gripped by the ice and damaged or In total, the Mont- morency will pull out 65 shipping channel buoys and replace them with the smaller "ice can" floating markers. Midland is the last stop on the Coast Guard's buoy program because it is usually late in the season before the normal complement of five grain freighters arrive to spend the winter beside the elevators. Captain Mark Taylor says, the Montmorency is one of the largest Coast Guard ships on the Great Lakes. She is 165 feet long, and across her widest point she measures 77 feet. The Montmorency's hull extends 12 feet down into the water where a pair of four foot diameter bronze alloy props to do their work. Those props' are powered by two 600 h.p. Crossley diesels. Captain Taylor says that with a bit of a run, and both engines at full dragged out of position. Viewing of quilt's trip's object by KATY AUSTIN Several area women will be travelling to Toronto tomorrow for a day's outing with the Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association. Included in the group are Hilda Sibthorpe of Waverley, and Pat Larkin, Cathy Gordon, Pat Tumber, Joan Fitzgerald, and Mary Wilson, all of Vasey. In the morning, they will be viewing quilts at Edwards Gardens, where the York Heritage Quilters' Guild is holding its quilt show and competition. After lunch, they will travel to the Royal Ontario Museum to see a special display of early Ontario quilts. Across the road from the ROM, is the Gardiner Ceramic Museum, where the group also hopes to spend some time. Financing briefs call in Ontario The Commission on the Financing of Elementary. and Secondary Education in Ontario today issued a call for briefs. Commission -- Chair- man, H. Ian MacDonald said that school boards, organizations, assoc- iations, agencies and the general public have been asked to submit briefs to the commission before Jan. 31, 1985. Macdonald said that the Commission will hold a series of public hearings across the province during the spring of next year. The Commission, appointed in July 1984, is enquiring into all aspects of financing of elementary and secondary education. Specifically, commi- ssioners intend to study. 1. the apportionment and allocation' of provincial funds to school boards: De alternative methods of financing elementary and secondary education; 3. the degree of local participation in meeting education costs through property taxation, in- cluding the con- sequences of that participation for local decision-making and accountability ; 4. other' financial issues in. respect of and, or education. elementary secondary It is expected that the Commission will report to the Minister of Education by Oct. 31, 1985. winter coming back into Perhaps that's Midland than when _ because about half of heading for Parry the Montmorency's Sound. crew are 'local boys' All hands on deck Captain Mark Taylor. pictured here at the engine room telegraph on the bridge of the Coast Guard buoy tender Montmorency, prepares to bring his ship alongside the Midland docks. At 29-years-old, Captain Taylor is one of the youngest Canadian Coast Guard captains. Outdoor ceremony opens Flos Township office by KATY AUSTIN Nearly 100 people turned up in fine, but cool weather last Saturday to attend the official opening of the new Flos Township offices on Queen Street. Among the dignitaries present were Ontario Solicitor-General George Taylor; Simcoe County Warden Ross Whiteside; Reverend Ian Clark, Elmvale Presbyterian Church; Flos Reeve Gerard Moran and his councillors; Elmvale Reeve Ken Knox and Councillor Ken Barnett; Wendy MacKenzie, chairman of the Simcoe County Board of Education; Joe Klein Gebbinck, trustee with the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board; and several county council members. Twelve thefts Reeve Moran began by introducing the Flos council and staff. He welcomed everyone to the opening and made special mention of the presence in the audience of several past reeves and coun- cillors from all levels. Congratulatory speeches were made by Taylor, Whiteside, and Knox. They had particular praise for the effectiveness of council's self-contracting of the building and the speed with which it was erected. Reverend Clark read Psalm 8 and asked for God's blessing on the building and on the work to be done in it. Reeve Moran cut the ribbon to officially open the building and invited everyone to tour the inside and enjoy some refreshments. A total of 12 thefts, four break-ins, four cases of wilful damage and one assault were probed by Midland OPP during the week ending Nov. 5. © : Seminar leader Elmvale teachers Henry Knegt, left, and Alan Margison, right, speak with Professor Israel Shenitzer of York University, centre, prior to his talk on Examples of Meaningful Presen- Photo by Katy Austi: EY pris Oi tations of Math Materials, one of of Rose & MacVittie's many seminars for area teachers held sseamenaieiemmmemmmmmemman in Barrie last Friday, as part of a -- ; professional development for teachers' day. DISTINGFIVE KIFCHENS ; By Gabrielle Ltd. 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