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Vol. 19 No. 45, Folio 86 Tuesday, October 28, 1986 40 cents Police shelling out Once again this year, Penetanguishene's boys in blue will be shelling out Hallowe'en treats to the Town's youngsters while on patrol Friday evening. According to Penetanguishene Police Chief Robert Cummings, as in years gone by, the Penetanguishene Rotary Club are co-sponsoring with the Police a special Hallowe'en program in the Town. This Friday evening, while on-duty police officers patrol the streets in the Town, they will be shelling out packages of treats. Cummings explained such a practice gives the local police an opportunity to have a very positive involvement with the area children rather than just negative contacts when youngsters are in trouble. "We want the children to know we sup- port them," said Cummings, '"'and that we support Hallowe'en and we are behind them going out and having fun trick or treating." Once again this year the candy will be supplied to the local force by the Pene- tanguishene Rotarians. Last night members of the Rotary club and a representative from the police had their annual get together to package the candies. Subdivision plan set Pendeco Subdivision Developers Ray Marchand and Don Granger left last week's Planning Advisory Committee meeting confident that construction in phase two of their development could begin in the spring. The PAC and Penetanguishene Town Council had already approved, in princi- ple, the proposed development just on Dunlop Street across from Ecole Secon- daire Penetanguishene Secondary School. "If phase two progresses like phase one, we will be very pleased," PAC Chairman Ross Spearn told the delegation. 700 tourists greeted The Centre D'Activites Francaises greeted over 700 French tourists this sum- mer, and the group's hoping to shake more hands all year round under a program run jointly by L'Association France-Ontario and L'Organization Radio-Television in France. The program encourages workers in France to come to Ontario for their holidays by pushing lower rates and Franco-Ontarian hospitality and culture. The Association France-Ontario is hop- ing to expand its program in France, and Richard De Grandmont, the program coordinator at the centre, says the associa- tion's expecting "well over 1000 (visitors), between 1500 and 2000." De Grandmont says the program is mak- ing a significant contribution to the community. "By doing that (encouraging tourists from France), we promote the centre, the Town, the Chamber of Commerce, the area, the province and Canada," he said. The Director of the Centre, France Picard, says the program will run all year eventually. "It's a matter of cleaning out the bugs...of time and of organization,' she said. Chamber faces further cutbacks The financially-crippled and ill-supported Penetanguishene-Tiny Chamber of Com- merce has pulled the plug on the Welcome To Penetanguishene sign. President Bill Waters says he turned off the lights this past weekend to save money. When told of the Chamber's move, Pene- Awarding experience Penetanguishene's Chamber of Commerce President Bill Waters presented Bev Steele with a certificate of merit last Tuesday night at the Chamber's annual meeting. Waters FLEC reps This past week, both public school and separate school supporters elected their French Language Education Council members (FLEC). On Thursday night, over 650 public school supporters voted in Basile Dorion, Alvin Gravelle, and Genevieve Roy. The 7 p.m. meeting at Ecole St. Joseph climaxed with the announcing of the winners at 11:25 p.m. Gravelle was the biggest win- ner, taking 514 of 665 votes cast. Dorion and Roy followed him closely together with 394 and 392 votes respectively. The separate school board elections were held Sunday afternoon at St. Ann's church, and within an hour, two FLEC members were acclaimed. The third spot was already taken by a current Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Trustee, Gabe Marchand. Simone Levert and Ernest Vaillancourt were nominated and acclaimed to work through 1987 and 1988 with Marchand. As well, the newly-elected public school FLEC members were on hand Sunday to con- gratulate them. Alvin Gravelle, when asked how the two boards would work together, said, "There are areas where we will work togther. We'd like to have a French secondary school in Orillia tanguishene Mayor Ron Bellisle commented perhaps it was a good move on the part of the Chamber, because the Summerama sign hadn't been turned around to advertise Winterama. As for Winterama, the Chamber has enough money to fund the festival, but not says Steele's work for St. John Ambulance was an outstanding contribution to the medical organization and to the community. enough manpower to organize and run it. Tiny Township Clerk Guy Maurice told the Citizen money was available from Tiny Township and "council would entertain a re- quest (for assistance)". Waters admits the funding and manpower problems the Chamber's been experiencing go hand in hand. "The lack of funds may have been the cause (of the lack of willingness to help)," Waters told the Citizen. At the Chamber's annual meeting last Tues- day night, most of the audience was made up of award winners; only five interested members of the 90 invited ones attended. Waters added over 300 invitations in total were sent out. At the outset, there wasn't a quorum, until Councillor Bob Sullivan arrived at 7:45 p.m. The financial report for the Chamber shows the merchant group is paying almost $350 a year to keep the Penetanguishene sign lit. The Chamber's bank balance is currently $2,317, which is "probably enough money for Winterama,"' Waters said. Waters stressed the Chamber of Commerce itself is not defunct just because the office is closed and secretary Joyce Sauve is laid off. In response to a comment made by Pene- tanguishene Mayor Ron Bellisle to the Free Press about the secretary's being laid off, Waters says the Chamber spent no more money on her salary and the executive did not officially hire her on full-time. "She worked longer hours over a shorter period of time," Waters said. "We made sure we had staff for the peak season, and during the off-season, the Chamber's being run on a voluntary basis by members of the ex- ecutive." Waters agreed with the Mayor's comment to the effect of the Chamber's problems go- ing deeper than just finances. The problems are not new, Waters said. On January 25, 1983, the Chamber had a meeting discussing the role and fate of the Chamber. elected for both boards and Barrie." The sentiment was echoed by Vaillancourt, who told the Citizen, "I would like to rekin- . J P A In victory's limelight French Language Education Council members Alvin Gravelle, Genevieve Roy and Basile Dorion were elected by public school supporters Thursday night. Voter turnout dle the priority of establishing a French secondary school in Barrie." Both FLEC will be sworn in Dec. 1. was high, and Gravelle captured 514 of the 665 votes cast. Following behind him were Roy with 392 and Dorion with 394. The three will take office December 1.