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ROBERT FORTUNE left Eldon Vautour and Ellery vautour employees of Disher Farrand Ltd work on the southern entrance to Barries Georgian Mall is spending more than $200000 streamlining traffic flow in and out of the Bayfield Street mall Mall manager Stangroom says the money is being spent adding runoff lanes and expanding the two parking lot entrances The runoff lanes are be ing added at the southern ap proaches to the two Bayfield traffic lights which control vehicles at the mall en trances The area is growing we wanted to keep pace with it so we could continue to give service to our customers said Mr Stangroom He estimated that the work would be completed in two to three weeks Hopefully it will make it smoother for our customers to get into the shopping centre Another change improving traffic at the mall is the addi tion of flashing green ad vance signal for traffic ap proaching the mall from the north It will enable lefthand turns into the parking lots Sears entrance Once these changes have been made the light at KMart and the two at the Georgian Mall will be synchronized said Mr Stangroom Work began on the im provements three weeks ago Its at the blacktopping stage this week The ministry of transportation and com munications is overseeing the project with Disher Far rand Ltd the contractor Mr Stangroom said the changes are being made following an application by the Georgian Mall to the ministry for improvements to easetraffic congestion We made deal with the ministry of transportation the Georgian Mall The en trance like the one further along Bayfield St into Sears is being widened to ac commodate two lanes for MINISTRY OF transporta tion and communications employees Barry Johns foreground and Dick Cleland make adjustments to They put together plan Mr Stangroom added that the project was planned at meetings of Mall and ministry representatives The ministry is making the both ingoing and outgoing traffic Its part of an overall strategy which also involves additional traffic lanes leftturn advance signal and Traffic lanes and lights installed at Georgia 11 M11 smooth traffic new traffic signal at the Sears entrance to the Georgian Mall lmprove ments costing in excess of $200000 are being made at Changes and Georgian Mall is footingthebill The runoff lanes are be ing cut 10 to 15 feet into the malls extensive parking area The mall entrances are the synchronization of three Bayfield lights to streamline the traffic flow tExaminer Pliotoi the two mall entrances in an effort to lessen traffic con gestion on Bayfield Street at the Mall turiioffs Examiner llitiltii being doubled in size to four lanes two each for ingoing andoiitgoiiigtraffic Ilic idea is to make the mall much more accessiv tile says Stangrooni Newlyweds save themselves $12437 with trip to meeting of committee trip to the city finance com mittee saved Robert and Carol Bowen $12437 Monday night The newlyweds bought house in Barrie last March They had the city law firm of Graham Wilson and Green check to see if the house at 210 St Vincent St had any local improvement charges to be paid or if any were expected The city treasury department told the law firm no and $5 was paid for tax certificate cleare ing the property Last month Mr Bowen got surprise They received bill from the city for $12437 for local im provement charges for sidewalk in front of their house They wont pay the charges The finance committee aldermen Alex Arthur Janice Laking Bill Campbell and Ed Thompson are suggesting to council that the Bowens not be billed as the treasury depart ment made mistake The Bowens and their lawyer Klaus Jacoby appeared before the committee Monday night asking that the bill be dropped They bought house in Bar rie with problem Candidates at meeting The Tall Trees ltatepaycrs want to meet the candidates running for mayor in the next municipal election Dec The ratepayers association with about 40 members has asked the three candidates Mayor Dorian Parker Ald Ross Archer and businessman Willard Kinzie to attend its next meeting The association meets Wed nesday Nov 10 at pm at Cundles Heights Public School Barrie residents are also iii vited to attend the meeting which will give each candidate 15 minutes to speak and 45 minute question and answer period and Mrs Mr Jacoby said the city was at fault for saying there were no charges and none were ex pected It was not an easy decision forthe committeetomakc Ald Thompson said the money is owed to the city for the work MONEYOWIII The alderman said the city is not trying to penalize the cou ple but money is owed for the construction ofthesidewalk He questioned whether the ci ty would assume the cost if the bill was for million dollars and not just $124 It doesnt make it right if we waiveithesaid He said other people may also try to catch the city in mistake For $5 ccrtificiate Opinions worth 12 cents to candidate for Ward Bill Knowles believes the opi nions of Ward residents are worth 12 cents The candidate for one of three council seats in the ward has sent postagepaid business reply cards to all the ward residents The purpose he said in press release is to gather public opinion on the major issues facing the llt77I5l7it city council But Mr Knowles has another motive for his survey Hes trying to muster support from ward residents for his election campaign Half the postage card is used asking people to support his campaign by placing sign on their lawn canvassing neigh bors telephoning voters holding an evening coffee party or getting out the voters There is even blank area where the resident can fill in the type of help he would like to give Mr Knowles 42 has lived in the Tall Trees subdivision in he said there is 23 per cent chance of catching the city III mistake Last year the city had similar problem with residents on Napier Street Some re sidcnts who either just moved to the street or opposed the sidewalk construction did not want to pay the local improve ment charge But the committee lecitletl unless the lawyers for new homeowners asked the city specifically if charges were to be levied in the future it could not recommend waiving the cost Herb Kirk city treasurer said according to ltowe city solicitor the city could let the couple sue for damages But the Bownes Would have Barrie since 1975 and is the manager of communications services with the Ontario Hospital Association in loron to Ile said he will compile the information returned on tllc cards and use the informal ion it he is elected in the ltt ti municipal election If he is not elected tht ll formation will be piviii ti leading elected iltlciinm Wardz beleive that will however be elected to conn cil he said will use the peoples information as to then concerns and do what can to resolve them AUCTION SALE The Barrie North ollegiate Hand laieiits Association will be holding an auction illl Saturday at the scliooi lubhc viewing will begin at 11 am followed by the auction at pm Items will include up pliaiices childrens toys books and records to swear in court they would not have bought the house if they kiiev about the local iiiiprove iiieiit charges Also he said they would havetoprovedaniages Ald Arthur said Frankly wouldnt put any citizen of Bar riethrougli that My feelings are that the charges should be waived and the city assume the cost he tilltl IllI IIIOIICIS Local improvement charges are levied against residents for various capital projects iii cludiiig new sidewalks san itary sewers or watermains The city can either decide to do the work or can act if 75 per cent of the area residents representing 30 per cent of the jiititilttvtitil1s5€lfltlil petition llllllflllil licxoik tj has to authorize ti iill pm singa bylaw lll tln ttt the city decided to do the rt because of the bum tintin tillllllf on fit Viti ceiit Stu eei and passed bylaw in 1972 The charge which has to be tppltinfl by the court of reviA sioii lhursday at city hall at 10 in is son foot frontage for ever tioiiieowiier between lamb511 vet iiultastlelnivc Record stands at 80 hours Eighty hours of table tennis isnt as easy as it sounds as John MtMaiius and Greg Dy iiioiid of liastview Secondary School can tell you after an un successful bid to exceed that record last week The duo started rallying at ll lhiirsday lwentyvfive lltilll tti ininiites iiid iiiiiptecii tlt1tl itltliliiv lllltl lllfy callctl It qtiit The students made their run for the record as fundraising project for the Barrie and District llntto Appeal They raised approximately $200 10000 acres of usable land included in 18000 city wants By RICHARD DUNSIAN Examiner Staff Reporter Barrie is applying for annex ation of about 18000 acres in order to get about 10000 acres of usable urban land the On tario Municipal Board hearing into the citys annexation pro posal was told Monday Planning consultant Bacon of Proctor and Redfern coauthor of the inchthick an nexation report which forms the basis of the citys case spent his second day testifying Monday Mr Bacon said 57000 of Bar ries target population of 125000 by the year 2011 can be fitted within the citys present boundaries Present population in the 6200acre city is about 34000 The remaining 68000 popula tion will need about 10000 acres of residential commercial in dustrial transportation utility public institutional and open land Mr Bacon said About another 7000 acres of the proposed annexation area is unsuitable for urban develop ment and Mr Bacon said roun ding off boundaries to avoid splitting up properly holdings adds another 1000 acres to the application 13500 ACRES Barrie is seeking 13500 acres LOCAL MEETCANDIDATES Innisfil residents are invited to meet the candidates seeking election to Innisfil Township council at an allcandidates meeting Nov 10 at Warnica public school beginning at 730 Board reviews record rules Separate school trustees will review regulations for Ontario School Records during this Wednesdays meeting ntaro School Records are files of students marks and teachers comments which follow students from kindergarten to Grade 13 Questions have been raised over the confidentiality of the reports and the ministry of education changed the regula tions in 1973 Frank Macdonald director of edticatioii said the presenta tion will remind trustees of the regulations oinmittcc meetings will begin at pin followed by the general meeting at at the Education Centre 99 Ferris Lane from Innisfil Township and 4600 acres from Vespra Township Its annexation ap plication also calls for annexa tion of 2100 acres from Oro Township but the city has an nounced it no longer wants this land and will present no evi dence concerning it The original application was based on residential land den sity of 15 persons per acre the same as used in the citys cur rent official plan The new pro posal without the Oro lands is ased on 20 persons per acre for the area to be annexed The new proposal also reflects residential vacancy rate of 20 per cent compared to 25 per cent in the original calculation Mr Bacon said the higher density is in keeping with such trends as the desire for af fordable housing decreasing household size and energy pro blems and also with new developments actually ap proved within Barries current limits But he said he would not propose higher density than 20 because people who come to Barrie do not want to live at Torontolevel densities which range up to 30 persons per acre Areas not suitable for ur banization Mr Bacon said in GENERAL PARENTS NIOIII Parents of students attending Grade at Barrie Central ol legiate are invited to return to school Nov During the even ing which begins with an as sembly at pm the parents will follow their childs timetable and meet the teachers Parents are also in vited to visit student services BANIHONCIIIII The Barrie North Collegiate bands will be presenting variety of music at its concert Nov 18 at it pm The concert Grade 10 and junior bands will perform works ranging from traditional band music by Holst to Gershwin and Three Dog Night Tickets at $2 for adults and $1 for students are available from any band member or at the door Pre schoolers will be admitted free BOARD APPROVES Royal Victoria Hospital board Monday approved re commendations by the medical advisory committee for the ap pointmcnts of Dr Bronweii Beecham and Dr Gillian Hicks to the associate staff and the reappointment of Dr Paul Walsh as chief of staff for 1977 clude the LittleLake area in Vespra hazard lands along Lovers Creek and Hewitts Creek in Innisfil cottage areas existing and potential gravel pits land with stop steeper than 10 per cent county forests and about 1800 acres of open space in Innisfil which form part of developers proposal Mr Bacon said the proposed annexation borders were essen tially drawn by staying within the Kempenfelt Bay watershed and going far enough south to get enough usable urban land EXCEPTION An exception to this principle is the portion of Vespra which includes Little Lake and the Bayfield Street commercial area and which drains into the Nottawasaga River This he said was included because the city will someday have to ser vice the commercial area in any event and so that the Little Lake area where the city already owns park can be protected from urbanization Mr Bacon said he supports the 125000 target population suggested by the Simcoe Georgian Area Task Force report this year and agrees with the principle of single large annexation to permit planning of the area over the next 35 years He said urban areas should fall under urban municipal governments and rural areas under rural governments Much of the Innisfil land pro posed for annexation is already an urban area but on higgledypiggledy basis with lots strung out all over the place as the result of severance activity he said In addition he said Painswick and Stroud both included in the annexation proposal are real ly part of suburban Barrie right now He said large annexation would also help prevent border friction of the sort that occurs when commercial development springs up just BACON outside urban boundaries in the lessregulated setting of an essentially rural township OMB numbers change as lawyer withdraws The cast of characters shifted slightly at Mondays session of the OMBs hearing into Bar ries annexation application and so did someof the numbers Roger Oatley lawyer for developer lack Stollar an nounced iii the morning that he was withdrawing from the hearing However he said he plans to come back later to ask the OMB to order Barrie to pay Mr Stollars legal costs Mr Stollar owns 314 acres in an area of Oro Township the ci ty had planned to annex prior to its announcement Friday that it no longer seeks any land from no Mr Stollar had supported the annexation bid and Friday Mr atley asked for an adjourn ment so he could prepare the more extensive case which would be necessary without city support But Mr Stollar later changed his mind and an nounced Saturday he would not seek an adjournment Mr atlcy told the board Monday Mr Stollar had not asked to have his land included in the annexation area and took part in the hearing only at the citys request He said Mr Stollar feels very let down indeed by the citys change in plans but does not wish to cause undue ex pense to Oro taxpayers Colin Campbell lawyer for Oro told the board he would be willing to withdraw if all par ties to the hearing committed themselves not to seek annexa tion from Oro which has op posedthccitysapplication lNIIKICIY However he seems unlikely to get such commitment as the Oro land is still technically on the citys application and another voice was raised Mon day iii support of some anncxa tion from Oro Lawyer II Sugg already represonting landowners in Vespra and Innisfil townships at the hearing announced Mon day he also represents holders of 30 acres in ro immediately adjacent to the current city boundary The owners Dual Devel opments Ltd Marwendy Enterprises Ltd and Kempenfelt Holdings Ltd want their land annexed Mr Sugg also announced he is representing owners of addiv tional parcels in Vespra and In nisfil who are in the proposed annexation area and support the citys application The parcels are 56 acres in Lot Concession 12 Innisfil owned by Midbar Holdings and 104 acres in Lot 19 Concession Vespra owned by Seven Acorns Investments Ltd Mr Sugg had already an nounced he represents clients who own land just outside the proposed annexation area in both Vespra and Innisfil and who want ihc boundary ex tended io include their proper ty Planning consultant Bacon testifying for the city Monday introduced revised version of key page in the llllirll1ltl Proctor and Redfcrn annexation report which forms the basis of the citys case The revised page showing calculations of land needed to accoinodate expected growth reflected new residential densi and vacancy rates adopted by the city at Mr Bacons sug gestion However the page did not reflect corresponding change in the citys public and institu tional land needs under annexa tion and also retained an arithmetical error in the calculation of industrial land Another revision is expected This is terrible having to get corrected twice in one day hearing chairman Alex Arrell commented School phobia isn fear of school but it can keep youngster out of class childs continual absence from school will bring an at tendance counsellor to the door but he will not be the traditional truant officer bent on dragging the child back to class We are not really concerned about absence per se says Al Barley attendance counsellor for the Simcoe County Board of Education but the underlying reasons for not attending school child who fails to attend school is not necessarily truant he explained The child may dislike school he may be afraid and there could be problems at home that make concentrating on school im possible He could also be suffering from school phobia School hobia was first iden tified in e19305 but has only been investigated and reported on in the past few years LINIAITERM Attendance counsellors here dont use the term school phobia very often Mr Barley said because it is clinical LYNN LAMBERT loft Sue Belyea and Al Barley atten dance counsellors for the Simcoe County Board of Education are currently term often misunderstood by thelayman School phobia is not really fear of school he said but fear of leaving home and mother The first symptom is complaints of sickness in the morning This puzzling complaint is common among school children at this time of year Mr Barleysaid It is not unlike Monday Morning Blues with adults af ter long weekend at home and which causes such heavy ab senteeism in industry and business Children too often develop pattern of morning sickness when it is time for school They may complain of abdominal ains or cramps nausea eadaehes sniffles drv sore mroats or just that they feel THEY GO AWAY Strange part about it after they have missed the school bus because of this sudden illness or after Mommy says they can stay home these symptoms seem to disappear quickly until working to alert teachers and administration in the county to the problem of school phobia special workshop was held in Alliston during it is time for school again the next day These morning sicknesses can result in continual absence from school even though doc tor can find no physical cause for the illness Mr Barley said Finally when the child is con fronted with it he claims he hates school and recalls some real or imagined incident to justify his hate Mr Barley ex plained highly emotional outburst of hysteria or complete with drawal often appears to ac centuate the reality of this dread of fear of going to school he said An attendance counsellor can not diagnose something like school phobia Mr Barley said but when he sees the symptoms he encourages the mother to take her child to the family doc tor School phobia like many other emotional disorders stems from early childhood Mr Barley said and is usually caused by mother who refuses to cut the apron strings Through extensive research professional development days last week and school phobia will again be the topic at regional workshop of the ilk and study of clinically diagnosed schoolphobia cases the root causes almost in variably go back to the home and family of the child usually to the mother and often even to grandmother Mr Barley said CONTROL The family picture ob served by most investigators is that these phobic children though timid and fearful at school were willful and deman ding at home They dominated their mothers who were over protective of them and their fathers were inadequate or passive The childs real fear is of being separated from his mother from whom he receives great comfort and over whom he exerts control school phobic child is not truant Mr Barley said truants absences are irregular and usually result from the student skipping classes to take up some pleasurable activity phobic childs absence usually follows weekends and holidays particularly the long Ontario Association of Counselling and Attendance Services next month in Aurora Examiner Photo holidays Once at school the child is usually good student It appears most frequently in the youngest child of family It is encountered most in the first few years of elementary school and the first year of high school Older children are hardest to treat Mr Barley said The cure can include family coun selling but the recommended Canadian method of handling the problem is to get the child back into the classroom as soon as possible NOTALL Mr Barley stressed however that all cases of school avoidance which are diagnosed as phobic are not school phobia Often the anxiety about school is well founded because the child has some learning disorder or perceptual han dicap he said If the child attends regularly this problem will be picked up quickly by the teacher he ex plained and the special education department can move in to correct the problem If misunderstood or un treated the entire future life of the school phobic may be in jeopardy he said Many cases of poor school at tendance fall into the category ef momism or the overL dominance of mother Mr Barley observed He refeired to his favorite quote by an American doctor Edward St recker Weaning is as much part of motherhood as is nursing laking away from child is as important as giving to it Rejecting and emaiicipating child are as significant as clingingtoit Mothers must learn to cut the apron strings and allow the child to become lIIltpIll9llt Mi Barley said linbleiiis can be blessing he cpliiiied for it child can learn to solve the little ones he will he prepared to handle the larger ones in later life IIIII lIIINTS ltitortniizitely ll Barley said dont think parents of today by precept and example and moral statement are helping their children to face life as it really is today with all its problems and frustrations Attendance counsellors arelfi part of the overall scheme of student services being offered by the school board Mr Barley said They llt for the most part trained social workers The school board does not hire psychiatrist btit looks for well qualified people to work within student services he said If necessary the depar tment will seek outside professional help