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AN LTT reaniiiatbeasametl a -- cae RR I CT SPREE re me i a ee Town gets bill for advice on public relations A paragraph in lawyer's bill Welicanss Midland town council didn't think taxpayers were hearing its side of the story during contract negotiations. One of the services for which Toronto lawyer William Whiteacre charg- ed the Town in July was, "Advising you on the courses open to the Town in response to the Union's program of disinformation and the reluctance of the local press to carry the Town's press releases" (which were also written 'by Whiteacre). Whiteacre's bill for the period between May 16 and July 14 was $18,810.85. Not included in that bill was work done for the town in connection with the arbitration of grievances filed after union-member engineering department employees were laid off. Arsonist remanded The man who pleaded guilty to causing the $400,000 Parkview School fire has been remanded again to the Pene- tanguishene Mental Health Centre. Mike 'Crawford, 21, pleaded guilty in Pene- tanguishene Provincial Court on Aug. 20. He was remanded to the Mental Health Centre. He ap- peared in court again last Thursday and was remanded to the Mental Health Centre until Oct. 8. Lots offered for small industries Land in Midland north of Heritage Drive and east of William Street is being offered for sale to small manufacturers. Portside Industrial Estate is the land surrounding Taylor Drive, east of William Street. The lots, 75 feet by 100 feet, are available at an unspecified but "reasonable" price, Matt Parry of Target Con- sultants said. "There's a dearth of places where a 2,000, 3,000 or 5,000 square foot plant eo oh. Ma can locate," Parry said. The sale of lots will be handled by real estate agents. Parry is putting together a package and will help businesses which want to settle on one of the lots. 'Making good lots available for small business would be a helpful thing," Parry said. ""We're anxious to develop that corner for various commercial pur- poses."' Parry said that the undeveloped land is one of the best spots in the area e Up, up and away Terry Butler, manager of Butler Marine in Penetang, helps Laurie Marshal, volunteer at Huronia District Hospital release a batch of balloons at the HDH FUN(d) day at Bay Moorings Saturday. - The farthest balloon found to have its tag thing." for new industry. Information about the availability of the land is being distributed to in- dustrial realtors, and to Simcoe County, for inclu- sion in the county's new promotion campaign. The Midland Chamber of Com- merce has been informed of the plan for the land. "The Chamber of Com- merce has taken an in- terest,"' he said. "We'll start clearing the land when some deals are made." returned wins a prize. Bay Moorings and Butler Marine will continue to help raise money. until they reach their goal of $20,000. Says Terry Butler: "I'd like to see other marines in the area try the same Getting eehaal oe Today is the first day of school for thousands of youngsters, eager to forget those hot summer days and get back to some serious studying. And while all those students were getting themselves ready last week (books, clothes, there's so much to do!), the schools themselves were getting spruced up for the big day. Here, Sue King does some last-minute cleaning at Midland Secondary School. Now, students have a whole nine months to mess it up again. School bells signal the end of summer School bells will ring again today, signaling the end of a long hot summer for students throughout town. And, as always, a few things will be different for most school-children when they get back to the books today. Two schools in Midland were hit by fires in June, and during the summer had to be repaired. As of last week, books were still being shipped in to Parkview Public School as the finishing touches were added to the rebuilt library and staffroom. Those areas were des- troyed in a purposely-set blaze in June. Parkview Principal Lloyd Farquhar says the new library just received a delivery of 1,500 books. "We're all ready to go," he said. 'Just a few odds and ends have to be finished." Meanwhile, Midland Secondary School has a science room that was also damaged by a fire in June. MSS Principal Dave Chambers said Friday the room "was just finished to- day. It's all repainted and ready to go." Other than that, Chambers declared, "the school is clean, the school is ready, the students will be here and hopefully the teachers will be here, ready to start right into work." Many schools across town report improvements in their computer stock. While Huron Park Public School has more com- puters than ever before, Regent Public School reports it has upgraded the system it already had. "Our computers are more powerful," said Regent principal John Potts. "They have twice the capacity." Potts was also happy to announce the new gym- nasium for Regent school is ready for action today. "We're all looking forward to having a chance to use it," he told the Times. He also said everyone in the school will benefit from renovated washrooms and change rooms. Meanwhile, students returning to Huron Park Public School will also notice the addition of some new playground equip- ment, which is now "up and located by the school," according to Principal John Soden. Returning students at Huron Park will see a new vice-principal and a number of new staff members at Parkview. The principal of Sacred Heart School, Neale Dillon, said things are pretty stable at his school. "It's a very stable situation," he said. "That doesn't make for good press but it does make for a good operation, a good sound school." Huron Park principal John Soden had a message that is sure to be endorsed by everyone: "We're look- ing forward to welcoming all the old students return- ing and all the new students in the communi- mtv Welcome back, kids. Need document before payment possible: The Town of Midland re- quires a statutory declara- tion before any debt to former employee Dan Whitfield will be considered. Whitfield used to be second-in-command of the engineering department, under former commis- sioner of works, Percy Ehler. Ehler was let go in January, 1986. Whitfield and the other two engineering department employees were laid off in June, 1986. But Whitfield stayed on the payroll until last September, when another applicant was chosen to fill the newly- sreated position of manager of public works. Whitfield engaged a legal firm to approach the town about compensation. The town has been provided with what the lawyer representing it describes as '"'a memorandum'"' signed by Ehler. The Ehler memo Tuesday, September 8, 1987, Page 3 town states that Whitfield was assured when he was hired he would have a job with the town for at least 10 years. In his bill for eight weeks ending July 14, the town's lawyer handling the Whit- field matter, William Whiteacre, noted that Whitfield's solicitors have been advised that the town will not consider any debt to Whitfield for his alleged wrongful dismissal in the absence of a statutory declaration sworn by Ehler. 7 injured Seven people, all. with minor injuries, were taken to Huronia District Hospital 11 days ago. jafter two cars collided on Highway 69. The Midland OPP said that a northbound car pass- ing other vehicles and a southbound car hit north of Hidden Glen Road.