Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 3 Jul 1976, p. 9

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VVi wgs LA LEADERS OI Recreation the Department pay close attention as they Barrie are taught proper spot ting techniques that will be using in gymnastic in Public meeting set struction during the sum mer Faye Conrad spots Shari Lord on vacant land use Barrie planning board didnt want to make the wrong decision Tuesday in an application to permit car parking on va ant land zoned for residential development So public meeting is scheduled July 27 to get the comments of area residents on the proposal But most of the residents signed petition telling the board the dont like the idea The boartl is considering an application by Douglas Mei cury Ltd on Essa Road to how city bylaw passed per mitting the use of vacant land at 80 and R2 Essa Road for car parking The ar dealership across the street from the property is using the land to park eiiiployecs and new cars This is contraVentioii oi the citys zoning bylaw which prohibits the use of residcii tial land as parking lot in report to the board Rosemary lioulds summer planning student recom mended permitting the park ing under Section 35 of the tin tario Planning Act This limits the pernnssioii for maxuiiuin of two years Miss lioulds also recom mended three conditions ol approval il 51X flel lllllllnllllil KEEPIVU THEIR balance was half the battle for these two participants in the fourhour rollerama at Stroudvlnnisfil recreation height tight hoard fence along the lot boundaries restricted use of employee and demon strator ar parking and lighting arranged to deflect light away from ad joining properties and Essa Road SlRROlNIHCI The vacant land is sur rounded by six single family detached houses and one seniidetached house on Essa Road as Well as number of single family detached homes on Burton Avenue and anville Street Permission of this kind of use will allow the expansion of successful business which is valuable source of tax revenue to the city Miss loiilds said Aid aul Wessenger who represents the area said he ohiects to recommendation Ald Wesseiiger said there are number of good single family residences in the area and the only Justification to permit parking is site cesstul business Md Wessenger said he will always oppose planning on the basis of improved assess meat to the city Aid lim development opposed the Perri city chairman also recoineindat ion centre Thursday Organizer Barbara Pawns said about $1000 was raised to help sponsor day camp at Goodfellow saying Essa Road as main road and provincial highway is dividing line between the car dealership and the vacant land Ald Perri said the parking lot would be an intrusion in to the neighborhood He said there would be difference if the vacant land was adjacent to the ar dealership Ken Whatmough board member said he has visited the site three times and it looked okayC He said some people in the area he spoke to have no objections to the Darkiiiglot Local General MUSICIANSNEICIWZI Musicians are being sought by the Huronia Symphony tr chestra who are interested in playing with the orchestra in the 19761977 season In terested musicians are asked to write Post tiffice Box 904 Ba rrie or phone 4354405 MANth Hl lltllSll Kempenfelt Manor is holding an open house tea Saturday July 24 with the doors open between 130 and 30 pm People are invited to visit the manor at tile Uwen Street atid sit and have refreshments witli residents staff and volunteers school this summer The first tworweek session begins Mcnday Ex amine Photo LEADERS the activity centres pay close as Greg Burns prelude to WARM1 18 an important doing gym nastics routine and various MMMWW attention holding 07hr 113mm Exaiitiitrr The Barrie Exomirngrlisgtuirdoryrluly l977tgt Labor seminar planned in Barrie for the fall businesslabor seminar designed to help take confron tation out of labor relations is scheduled for Oct at the Continental lnn iii Barrie The seminar cosimnsored by Georgian College and the federal department of labor will feature name spea kers from unions com panics and government Murray ieeddes manager of development services at the college said this week The session is designed for local companies and rep resentatnes of employees both ullltillllttl and nonunion similar seminar two years ago at the college drew ai aii dieiice of 1811 Mr ieddes said 13 addition to speakers the allda seitiiiiat will tcature for Innisfil STRULI About Stoeii was raised through pledges in the four hour rolleiama held Thursday at the Stroud lniiisfil recreation centre We may be little over our target said COltdlllalor Barbara Fawns The main priority is the funding of summer day camp at Goodfellow school What is left met will go into our fall programs Twoweek day camps will be conducted at the 9th Line school in lnnisfil from July to Aug 13 Among 51 children between Rollers raise $1000 workshops and discus sions Topics for the seminar will be the feasibility of employee partitipatioii in corporate decisions the sharing of power and resixiiisibili tl panel employees and job enrich metit measures iesigned to improie the iiidiiiduat employees tenling of con tribution to the firiii work Rob lieiiisis presideit of the Barrie and liistrict labor Countii sail the lill is intended to help ireate more understanding relation ship tietweit tlit fwo parties involved El labor lzsputcs and to replace tiilllriililtiiiill imx iisuitatiii lht serialiar lgt illt11ilitif iasf run it it day camp the lr the roller about and fdistd the marathon ages of sewer Diana lorsythc most money it skating $12e The lnnisfil Lions donated skates and superVisor help in the funflinising effort with merchants such as the lcltonalos Restaurant pro riding prixes for participants Thirtcei ttierchants were it volt ed liss haw soil The fa ttilllii arts and cratis swzziimmg campouts and educational workshops Registration costs $5 child illi latte basketball methods of playing various explains ball games derived from basket ACTIVITY CENTRES for Barries young school age children will be opening Monday and instruction techniques have been reviewed during the week in preparation for the sum AMWW We ner ahead Harrie Recrea tioii Departments lieryl llall took part in the review of the various games that cam be played with basketball refresher warm up exercises were iion activity centers at an week Gymnastics instruc dUNPd the learned by leatlers or the msirmilomi 5055 held tors Shari Lord at left mu llxflmincr Raiiit iiks and Recica at tentral ollegiate this and aye onrad con RMKrdlktlt Photos Six new tires some pedalling gets two students to Montreal It took six rear tires two rear wheels lot of pedalling and little walking but two Barrie North Collegiate students made the Whole triptoMoiitrtal Robert Sneddon 18 of Angus and Stephen McNeil ol Vespra Township feel just little wiser after their ptlltfltt which started as atoke The two students competed lli the ireat Canadian Race from Toronto to Montreal about 4o miles along Highway lt was great said Stephen There were qutte few characters entered who madethetripenyiyable lt was really worthwhile said Robert do it again next war if the haveonc The only major problem the students came two days before llii ltiti left from the Canadian iilitllidl lixhihi rein grounds luiie l9 Hit the ride to Toronto rear wheel which was re spoked in Barrie bad all the spokes fall out Two new rear wheels were purchased Barrie and the left again for the start of the race tor the Mrs two days of the eightday trip Robert and Stephen pedalied their home made quadracycle along the highway Then they decided to walk part of the way to give their legs rest then to hitch hike and one day was spent walking backwards while throwing football The high point in racing came on the stretch between Belimille and Kingston when they had the fastest time ilt seems car picked them up and took them to the meeting point WERECRAZY The idea was to try as the many different means ot transportation as possible Robert said One guy said we all had common bond werecrazy During the race the students rode 1934 fire truck hot air balloon and Model Ford Then it was back to the bike for the conclusmn of the trip but two things happened which could have been disasterous lust as the Montreal police were ready to escort the parade of vehicles and con testants in the race the quadracycle developed flat tire incc fixed Robert and Stephen decided to thrill the crowd of spectators with mad dash down ramp and sprint to finish They took off doer straight away but no one told them of two ery sharp turns before ht finish line We almost killed selves Robert said Along the route met variety entered in the race which was sponsored by various companies including Air Canada TV Benson and Hedges AvisRentACar and ShopmrstgMart There was the fellow from Meaford who entered dog sled team and the four students from Eastview Secondary School in Barrie who took land sailers and put on demonstrations at every rest area 1t was really worhthile our the boys of people we met all sorts of new friends from all over On tario Stephen said remembering some of the highlights Ive seen lot of the country might not have and stayed at Man and His World for eight to 10 hours Six Harrie businesses spon sored the two students their lrip to Montreal sponsors were Department store and The Woolwort downr lttci lli others Shack lra town iariicr Reino Sports Itiolt ycle Shop Julio Georgian Mall and elways Spoil rmimmv RM ROBERT SNEDIHLN 18 sits on his bicycle Seat waiting as Stephen McNeil 17 mounts his bicycle The two Barrie North Coir legiate students rode homemade quadracyele from Toronto to Montreal we distance at about we miles The only require ment to enter the real Canadian Race was the $10 entry fee and some method of transportation which could travel about so miles day Examiner lhotoi

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