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Press blamed for private session at county council meeting Tuesday By JIM DALZIEL Examiner Staff Reporter MIDHURST The press is to blame Mara township Reeve Peter Forbes said Tuesday after Simcoe County council voted to go into private session Councils decision disap pointed elementary school children who had travelled 35 miles from Wasaga Beach and Victoria Harbour to see council in action It was at the presss request that the children were excluded from the meeting Reeve Forbes said during lunch break Council went into committeeofthewhole session shortly after 10 am to discuss 1976 budget items including the Wardens honorarium and salaries for about 300 employees Warden Orville Hughes said the children and three reporters two from Midland and one from The Barrie Ex aminer could sit in on discussion as long as the reporters put their pens down and not report on anythingsaid The Examiner reporter said he would stay and report as long as the public was present at the meeting With Warden Hughes still as chairman council then voted overwhelmingly to meet in private with no call for show of hands by those in opposition Not one of about 50 politicians representing 33 municipalities spoke against councils action The school children teachers and reporters then left the council chambers as In nisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins chairman of the finance com mittee took over the chair for the private committeeofthe whole meeting Asked twice if he thought the subject matter of the private session was suital for discussion in front the students Reeve Forb only replied feel badly Ll the IIZZZinllEllZIB MARJORIE DYER children were excluded by the press Marjorie Dyer deputy reeve of Wasaga Beach also criticiz ed The Examiner reporter dur ing the lunchbreak The students could have brought back wealth of in formation she said The children wanted to see how county council operates Asked if the private discus sion was suitable for the students ears Mrs Dyer replied dont think anything What you said ex cluded everyone from any listening This is unfortunate She said reporter could ob tain personal knowledge by sitting in on private meetings So at some future date she said you may be able to comment on something The function of county coun cil is not to say if anything is acceptable or not The democratic structure is for anyone to hear but at the jeopardy of the county not to report decision before it is ar rived at Mrs Dyer said Russell Cooper deputy reeve of Rama township told Spring showers ahead for Barrie and area Spring showers will drench Barrie and district today and Thursday says the Toronto weather office in forecast issued at 630 this morning Increasing shower activity is forecast this afternoon with temperatures expected to reach ahighofl3C The overnight low will be Skies will be cloudy Thursday with chance of more showers The high Thursday will be the reporter You buggered it up for the school children Innisfil Reeve Gibbins said later the private session was justified Otherwise he said councillors wouldnt feel free to get up and say what they feel Everything they say is taken wrong by the press Penetanguishene Reeve Lionel Dion said council has nothing to hide when it meets privately He told reporter You can sit there and listen to it and not report until you get back to council Councillors dont feel as free when the news media are there said Vespra township Reeve Alan Johnston Its not the public so much He said The Examiner reporter was wrong in having those children kicked out Those kids came here as part of their education It is any councils privilege at any time to require committeeofthewhole meeting said Midland Reeve Moreland Lynn citing discus sion of individual staff members and employees as ap propriate for privacy So far nothing embarrass ing has come up but it could hesaid reporter who stays in meeting but does not report ob tains background information Reeve Lynn said and he would have better com prehension of report when it is adopted or amended Asked how much information about government should be available to the public Reeve Lynn said The public is never really informed Ive been reported in the local press quite bit The salient point the press feels made often isnt the one would have chosen He said newspapers now tend toward editorializing in news stories Councils meeting continues today in the administration centre at Midhurst Two councillors question council meeting privately At least two Simcoe County councillors are questioning councils action in meeting privately Tuesday They should have called special in camera meeting rather than closing regular meeting said Tay township deputy reeve Ed Hill People could have come up from Toronto for this meeting Mr Hill said he considered lodging an objection during the afternoon session but decided againstit Ive had discussion with some of the other councillors and none of them agrees with me They say its councils business but say its the tax payers business In talking there Mr Hill said Im just going to hit brick wall and hit it pretty hard Gordon Priestman Reeve of ED HILL $20000 spent so far on clearing sidewalks It has cost city taxpayers $20000 so far this winter to have sidewalks plowed and budget expectations are for $32000 The public works department included $32000 in sidewalk winter control which includes the small sidewalk plows and some manual clearing at in tersections and bus stops Neil Fox public works superintendent said the city has spent $20000 so far this year Aid Alex Arthur suggested the city should not use the plows one year as an experi ment to save taxpayers money He said reaction from some people is not particular ly favorable Ald Ed Thompson said the $32000 figure is about $1 for eachresident in the city and he supports paying the price for theservice Theres just no way people can get their sidewalks cleaned any cheaper he said The city is also budgeting $140000 for road snow clearing $23000 for sanding $60000 for salt and $17500 for cleanup in the spring see think page PART IV PICTURE QUIZ POINTS He recently resigned as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Can you name him HOW DO YOU RATE 91 to 100 point TOP SCORE III to 90 points Excellent 71 to 80 points Good 61 to 70 point Fair 60 or Under Hmml FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTION What people and events in Canadian history do you think are most interesting Why YOUR NEWS OUIZ PART NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer In speech provincial LieutenantGovernor Hughes Lapointe of denounced hints from the federal government that it might transfer responsibility for the British North America Act to Canada without provin cial approval Both the National and American Baseball Leagues announced they were considering putting an expan sion team in in 1977 aWindsor bOttawa cToronto The opposition parties in the provincial legislature of CHOOSE ONE Nova Scotia Ontario announced they will attempt to force an election this spring Princess Margaret is first in line to the British Throne True or False US newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst kidnapping victim who later joined in the radical activities of her captors was found CHOOSE ONE guilty not guilty of bank robbery charges by federal court jury in California PART II WORDS IN THE NEWS Take points for each word that you can match with its correct meaning psyche liability asset segment cordiality ahindrance handicap bwarmth sincerity cvaluable quality or thing dsoul spirit epart PART III NAMES IN THE NEWS Take points for names that you can correctly match with the clues Allan Blakeney Maureen McTeer David Crombie Yvonne Saunders MarshallCrowe aMayor Toronto bPremier Saskatchewan cCanadian track athlete dChairman National Energy Board ewife of Joe Clark Matchedash township said he has mixed feelings He said there are certain things that have to be discussed in private but dont know if anything we have been discuss ing shouldnt be open He said he has been objec ting like mad during the private meeting to convention expenses by councillors During meetings of Mat chedash council Reeve Priestman said his council takes the word or reporters that they will not report certain matters He cited land develop ment and severances as ex amples of touchy subjects DECLARED HOLIDAY birth was declared holiday Victoria Day the an bythelegislatureoftheUnited SPRING CLEARNC niversary of Queen Victorias Canadasin1345 The Barrie Examiner Gives Satisfaction Always ROOM SIZE CARPETS Choose from variety of colors patterns and sizes ednesday March 3119763 Olnstallation available OLimited supply Each piece individually poced 5mm stirring WHELD MALL Mla MALL HOURS OPEN 10 AM 930 PM FREE TROUT FISHING THURSDAY FRIDAY pm to pm 11 mm to pm SATURDAY SWIMMING POOLS SAUNA BATIIS WIIIRL POOL BATIIS BARBO DISPLAY MOTOR HOMES PATIO FURNITURE SOLAR HEATING DISPLAY SWIMMING POOL ACCESSORIES TROUT FISHING POND VISIl Wllll US Al SIMCOEACOUNIYS LARGISI INDOOR IA nun MAN 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