Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 9 Apr 1976, p. 3

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Whose garbage is it lakefront owner asks By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Ken Oakley has lived on Kempenfelt Bay since the 1930s and this year hes disgusted and upset Wood and garbage from somewhere in Barrie is washing onto his 300 feet of waterlot property as the ice begins to leave the bay Mr Oakley of Barrie Terrace an area just outside the citys east boundary said the refuse is causing him few problems cleaning it up The job may be easy for youngerman but after three heart attacks it can be dif ficult task Especially if the garbage continues to float onto his property sunpose could iust wait for wind change and let it wash back out but that wouldnt solve the problem he said Somebody else along the bay would just have to clean it up The garbage includes large planks pieces of either dock or fish hut barrel or two and other assorted pieces of material Mr Oakley said his main poblem is trying to store the material and disposing of it Most of his property is steep slope leading from the Cana dian National Railway tracks tothe water Ive piled some of it along the shore out of the water but what am going to do with it he asked The township Oro wont allow us to burn it Every year he said certain amount of refuse floats on his property but this year is worse than ever Its just disgusting he said Everyone is supposed to be so concerned about the en vironment and look at this TRIED TO STOP Mr Oakley has tried to stop the flow of debris onto his property by contacting the citys public works department and the ministry of the en vironment CITY NE WS The Barrie Examiner Friday April 19763 Usury system attacked by Ontario Socred head WASAGA BEACH Working people in Simcoe County cannot afford to own homes because the federal government insists on maintaining pagan usury system Social Credit Party spokesman charged today Bruce Arnold reacted to recent news reports which in dicated that family would need an income of $300 week $15000 year to buy home in Simcoe County He says the fault is not so much with the cost of houses as with the Property at the Barrie YM YWCA is being prepared for excavation of the aganizations $1 million ad dition Al Hopper executive Till April 30th Canadian American and English Glass Ch1na and Furniture in the restored Delivery rough and available inadequacy of Canadas money system Mr Arnold is president of the Ontario Branch of the Social Credit Party of Canada and the partys main spokesman in this province He was candidate in Simcoe North during the last federal election campaign in 1974 In press release he points out that even at $40000 it would be possible to pay the price of home in 20 years at $2000 year about $40 week 1AA 39 director said excavation work should begin by next week and everything is moving according to He said he believes the gar bage is from the Barrie Yacht Club which is involved in con struction of new groyne to ex pand its facilities The Yacht Club is located west of Mr Oakleys property Phil Bishop the clubs com modore said the garbage is not result of construction work but is from vandals in the area Mr Bishop said the club is paying the construction con tractor extra money to clean up the area around the club every morning He said every night vandals throw materials from the construction into the water The debris from the site if any is at an absolute minimum he said As far as Im concerned the workers are doing their best to keep it to an absolute minimum The contractor he said has had hard time because van dals damaged equipment on the site Both the club and contractor complained to police who are making more patrols in the area About three weeks ago he said vandals burned down fish hut located on the ice at Johnson Beach immediately west of the club and damaged about six to eight other huts on shore Just the other day we had to fish small boat out of the water which someone had shoved in during the night and set adrift he said Mr Bishop said occasionally some of the clubs floating barrels get away but the mem bers try to collect these The garbage probably in cludes fishhuts and everything else he said dont think its lot of junk floating around especially from our workmen Mr Bishop said as boaters the yacht club members are concerned about debris floating in the bay and Lake Simcoe because of the safety hazard PROPERTY PREPARED FOR NEW BUILDING schedule Mr Hopper said the clubs executive is set ting target dates for con struction of the addition OFF ENTIRE STOCK ANTIQUES DEPARTMENT 54 DUNLOP ST Downtown Barrie 3025 was KEN OAKLEY of Barrie Terrace examines some of the debris which floated onto his waterlot property over night Mr Oakley spent one afternoon cleaning up his PUC charges $10 to check payment Barrie public utilities com mission PUC customers will pay $10 fee for any request for search of utility bill records starting June Bill Elson secretary treasurer of the commission said the office has had 44 re quests since the beginning of which includes training pool gymnasium locker rooms and storage areas Examiner Photo 20 7260042 the year mostly from landlords involved in rent review hear ings Mr Elson said the charge will only affect small number of the 12000 customers in Bar rie He said previously the of fice told customers the sear ches could not be done Id like to be armed now for future requests he said Some people feel its easier for our office to go through out records than it is to check their own He said it takes about an hour to search the records and statement has to be prepared and sent to the customer Mayor Dorian Parker comA missioner said the office should cover its expenses She said if the office has received 44 requests now the number will only increase Mayor Parker said she could support the $10 charge because the requests are not going to die theyre going to continue She suggested the charge should start May 14 Ab Jensen commissioner said he would like to give everyone fair chance before the charge starts He said he would prefer no change because of the hypereconomy Mr Jansen supported an amendment to charge the $10 fee after lune new Acadian $3534 Bascd on manufacturers suggested retail price for base vehicles standard equipment may vary Actual retail prices may be lower Manufacturers suggested retail price for 4passcngcr Acadian Hatchuack Coupe including federal tax exclusive of provincial or local taxes where applicable freight and handling charges property only to find more debris the next morning He says the situation is disgusting Examiner Photo ORILLIA Ont CP Parents of mentallyretarded residents of the Huronia Regional Centre were not in formed the institution was changing to coed dorms the mother of an 18yearold centre resident said Thursday Violet Lynch who also is an executive member of the Metropolitan Toronto Associa tion for the Mentally Retard ed said in telephone inter view that the change to coed dorms is becoming major concern to parents Its complete internal fiasco It appears to be com plete coed facilities in Orillia with boys and girls side by side in dorms and sharing the same bathrooms She said parents are concern ed because their children have told them of rapes attempted rapes and violent attacks at the centre Sunday 38yearold woman resident of the centre was found dead tied to chair in boat house on the centres grounds Douglas Ernest Tom kins 20 another centre resi ent has been charged with murder punishable by life imprison ment in connection with the death Blakeman centre ad ministrator said the decision to place men and women residents in the same sleeping area was made without his knowledge by staff in one unit He said the arrangement ex isted for two days before he learned about it and ordered it stopped The coed arrangement in Cant wait months for new building Well ship you one in 31 Days it youre in the market for commercial or industrial building but youve been frustrated by extended delivery promises weve got the answer We can have certain preengineered Armco Buildings shipped to you just 31 days after receipt of order Call us today and lets get your order underway now SYMCON BUILDINGS LIMITED PO BOX 182 BARRIE 7267428 CD ARMCO Authorized Dealer Armco Budding Systems Small foreign cars cost much less than small Pontiacs Small foreign cars used to have the edge in price But have you checked around lately 4passenger Pontiac Acadian Hatchback can cost about $750 less than 76 VW Rabbit Acadian is even priced lower than 76 Beetle or Toyota Corolla 1600 Fiat 128 or Datsun 3210 Hatchbackk The facts speak for themselves Head to head with many popular imports it costs less to buy Pontiacs volved men sleeping at one end of large room and women at the other end and was under the guidance of staff he said Mrs Lynch said the change to coed dorms may have been good decision in some ways but she knew of one case where person had not changed clothes for week in case member of the opposite sex saw them un dressed Another concern of parents was system of tunnels at the centre which connect various buildings The tunnels are necessary Mrs Lynch said but something in the nature of closedcircuit television is needed for surveillance She said communication bet Parents not told of change to coed dorms at centre ween parents and the centres administration is not good The feeling of the parents is that the administration does not care about the kids UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Top Prices Paid Cash For Cars NORTHERN SALVAGE DISPOSAL Dunlap St 72896 ABOVE THE REST No more stooping kneeling or crawling Distributes seeds evenly Plants vegetable seeds faster SAVES Time Money Seed Labor Takes The Backache Out of Gardening NOW with the purchase of any Ariens Power Tiller you will receive PlantRite Row Seeder FREE Ariens has Power Tillers from 312 HP to HP Visit your participating Ariens dealer today and ask about this limited time offer Fact Pontiacs new Acadian is priced lower than many imports Pontiac Acadian Sold and serviced coast to coast by 587 Pontiac dealers Allandale Home Hardware 200 Minets Pt Rd Barrie AC376B

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy