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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation Classified Advertising All Other Departments ingot YearNo 282 7266539 728 2414 7766537 The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Friday December 1976 ON WATERISSUE Waltlng game for area res1dents WINTER BLANKETS BARRIES WATERFRONT IN WAKEOF STORM Bus delays fenderbenders follow storm into Barrie area Frigid temperatures and icy snowpacked roads left school buses stranded in parking lots with cold engines and gave both Barrie city police and the local Ontario Provincial Police de tachment rash of minor ac cidents to sort out Both public and separate school board transportation departments reported numer ous delays in bus routes caused more by engines that wouldnt start than by bad conditions Douglas McBride of the Sim coe County Board of Education said eight buses six headed for elementary schools and two for County offer no compromise Perri on annexation plan By PETER DEPOD ESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Simcoe County has not made counter offer to the city for annexation says Ald Jim Perri city development committee chairman Ald Perri at news con ference Thursday evening said the 1700 acres is not counter offer to Barries application to annex 20200 acres It is the documentation of the countys legal case which will be presented to the Ontario Municipal Board hearing he said He said the countys lawyer Robert Lawrie is just comply ing to some degree with the OMB ruling that muni cipalities release any consul tantreports Its the same as any other municipality presenting its case he said We certainly have not been approached In Barrie Examiner story Thursday it was revealed the county offered 1700 acres in cluding the middle lot line of Concession 11 in Innisfil Township between the fifth and 10th Sideroads The citys annexation ap plication includes 13500 acres in Innisfil Township The reason for the counter of fer was to save taxpayers money while supplying the city with necessary industrial land WRONG IMPRESSION Ald Perri said he personally feels The Examiner story gave wrong impression about the countys offer of 1700 acres cant relate what have here from the county and the article he said The two dontjive He said the countys informa tion was forwarded to the citys annexation lawyer James Mc Callum for report Mr Lawrie county lawyer said the article was accurate because Simcoe County is pre pared to make final offer to the city He said the offer will supply Offers ignored Gibbins claims Reeve Bill Gibbins maintains Innisfils offer of two annexa tion plan alternatives were ig nored by Barrie The incumbent reeve runn ing for reelection said Thursday afternoon that Barrie was responsible for breaking off negotiations George Burton former reeve and Reeve Gibbins opponent said Wednesday night at an all candidates meeting that Bar ries mayor and top administra tion officials all denied turning down offers to negotiate Mr Burton who maintains Reeve Gibbins did not dispute him at the meeting on his claims has said Innistils failure to negotiate has cost land The only reason didnt challenge Mr Burton at the meeting was that didnt have the time said Reeve Gibbins In 1975 we gave two pro posals to the city of Barrie he said and neither was replied to Reeve Gibbins said there was large variance between their proposal of 6500 acres and Barries of 13000 But there was 2000 acres of prime industrial land included in our proposals he stressed He said Innisfil was prescn ting their original plan drawn up by Ainlcy and Associates Ltd at the OMB hearing in Barrie and felt sure we can prove ours is the best CAPSULE NEWS Peace message for Moscow PLAINS Ga AP Presidentelect Jimmy Carter said today he plans to send an informal message to Moscow express ing his determination to seek permanent peace and strategic arms limitation accords with the Soviet Union Labor majority cut CAMBRIDGE England Reutert Britains Opposition Conservative party won byelection here today reducing to one from two the Labor governments effective majority in the House of Commons May replace Kissinger PLAINS Ga AP Cyrus Vance who served as Lyndon Johnsons worldtravelling troubleshooter and tried unsuc cessfully to negotiate an end to the Vietnam war in 1968 is the man Jimmy Carter has selected to replace Henry Kissinger as US state secretary sources say Carter declined today to coir firm the selection but said he was not denying the choice would be Vance Interim government is topic GENEVA Reuter The Britishsponsored Rhodesia con ference got down today to detailed proposals for an interim government in the breakaway colony in the absence of two black delegation leaders the city with enough industrial land until 1986 while the vacant land in the citys present boun daries should allow enough residential development similar offer he said to supply the city with industrial land until 1981 was turned down by Mr McCallum about Nov 21 hope the offer is seriously considered by the city he said Bill Bogart representing In nisfil refused to comment on the article saying the township may have statement this mor ning nyschuk representing Vespra said he did not take part in the discussion of the of fer before it was made ENOUGH TO 1986 The one thing it seeks to do is to give the city the industrial land it needs he said It will give the city enough industrial land to use until 1986 The board hearing continues today with Mr McCallum call ing at least one witness representative of the ministry of treasury economics and intergovernmental affairs tTEIGA Alex Arrell hearing chair man told Mr Lawrie to be prepared to call his first witness at pm today and start the case opposing annexalt tion The hearing has continued for 20 days but will have one week recess before resuming Declil The city applied to annex 20200 acres of land including 13500 acres from Innisfil Township 4600 acres from Vespra and 2100 acres from Oro loWnship See Stories on 13 UA drive is over Barries United Appeal came paign is over reaching less than half of this years goal Chairman George Wood said the money raised to date is $87000 while the 1976 target was $163000 Money is still coming however according to financial records from such companies as Ontario Hydro which owes $2500 in pledges Mr Wood said the campaign ended Nov 30 despite the poor results because If people havent given yet they arent goingto He expressed deep disap pointment in the showing of the business sector in particular saying school children gave more than Barries merchants during this years campaign As of Thursday afternoon school children and students had reached almost 100 per cent of their goal With lastminute arrival of funds from Georgian College $4981 had been raised toward the $5000 goal While the campaign is of ficially over this year said one spokesman contributions will continue to be accepted secondary were behind sche dule early this morning but all classes were open Mel Oxby of the separate board estimated onethird of Barrie area routes were late Barries public works depart ments had snow plows out on all city roads by midnight Thurs day and by this morning 85 t090 per cent of the roads had been done Neil Fox public works superintendent said sanders followed the plows and then went over the more treacherous routes The Ontario Ministry of Transportation reported snow packed conditions on Highway 400 and other major routes with icy stretches ministry spokesman said plows had only been used on some shoulders but cold condi tions prevented using plows on the road he said All have been sanded he said and visibility is good Another two to three inches of snow is expected today he said While Barrie was not hit by interruptions in service from Bell Canada or Ontario Hydro outlying areas and neighboring municipalities were hit with problems sp0kesman for Bell Canada said Orillia Orangeville and rural areas experienced pro blems with wires blown down overloads and damp cables Ontario Hydro experienced interruptions of service in In nisfil and Alliston areas with the people in Gravenhurst re maining without power for over an hour Ted Johnston of Ontario Hy dro said cold and overloads have been the source of the pro blems Kinzie will be there Willard Kinzie is one of the 26 Barrie candidates who have said they will be at Canadian Tires allcandidates ap pearance Saturday afternoon Mr Kinzie has been consider ing his position since Mayor Dorian Parkers announcement Tuesday that she would not ap pear at what she felt was political gimmick Both mayoralty candidates criticized Arch Brown of Cana dian Tire for his decision to hold the to pm meet the candidate session In announcing his decision to appear Mr Kinzie said am never one to back down from challenge This gives both the public and Canadian Tire em ployees chance to meet the candidates Of the 37 candidates running in Barrie Mr Brown said he has heard from 31 with 26 ac ceptances Of the five not atten ding three have prior committ ments Advance polls again open Advance polls for Mon days municipal election are open until pm today Poll locations are City Hall for wards and east of Bayfield Street and Prince of Wales School on Bradford Street for Wards and west of Bayfield Advance polls are provided for the use of those who will not be in Barrie on election day Anyone on the voters list may vote at an advance poll Advance polls were also open last Saturday and 371 voters turned out By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter BAXTER Residents of the McGeorge subdivision near Angus will have to wait until next week for an answer from Essa Township council on solution to their water pro blems Residents of the 126home subdivision are operating the private system without legal authority The systems owner Mrs McGeorge in formed residents earlier this year she could no longer main tain the system because of dif ficulty in collecting water bills and because of irresponsible use of water by some residents Two weeks ago residents ap proached council to ask the municipality to take over operation of the system until the Ontario Ministry of environ ment puts on new system someyearsinthefuture As an alternative residents have suggested forming coop to operate the system with the township collecting bills from users delegation of residents are rived at council Thursday ex pecting decision on their re quest and found themselves sitting quietly while council members read fourpage report on the issue from township lawyer Alfred Dick The letter was received at the township offices Tuesday and distributed to council members at the beginning of Thursdays meeting MORE TIME After reading the letter and exchanging views with the delegation council members said they needed more time to study Mr Dicks recommenda tions before coming to deci Uhr Ifaarrir Examiner sion meeting date is to be set fornext week Mr Dick recommended that the township not become in volved in ownership of the ex isting system due to its substandard condition and various legal hazards If the township is to own system he said it should be new system installed under the Local Improvements Act with residents bearing portion of thecosts If cooperative is to operate the existing system with the township collecting bills Mr Dick recommended the setup be authorized by bylaw ap proved by townshipwide referendum Mr Dick also said only 37 residents have paid their water bills regularly During discussions council members expressed some in dro cu ttin handle overloa By SUE ROUTLIFFE Examiner Staff Reporter Three per cent voltage cuts have been put into effect throughout Ontario by Ontario Hydro Ted Johnston public relations for Georgian Bay region of Hydro said Hydro officials are cutting voltage throughout the province to handle demand overload He said three per cent is the first of two possible reductions Ontario Hydro can make and five per cent will be cut if necessary The move is the last resort in terest in setting up co operative but opposed township takeover Reeve Eugene Smith said similar coop has successfully operated water system in the Hillcrest subdivision near Alliston for many years ACCEPT AS IS Delegation spokesman John Binns asked council to accept the system as it is without throwing in all these bloody roadblocks Another spokesman Al Calford said residents need water to live and are sticking our necks out country mile by operating the system without legal authority After the discussion ended Mr Calford told The Examiner residents had been promised decision Thursday and had not been dealt within good faith Delegation members say they cannot afford to put in water under local improvement or dig wells because they will have to pay again when the water resources commission system is installed In addition they say the 50acre subdivi sion will not support 126 wells Mr Dick said in his letter local improvement system would probably be incorporated in any provincial water scheme Residents say they have the signatures of 80 per cent of homeowners in the subdivision agreeing to give work crews ac cess to their property to make repairs They say they expect no difficulty in getting the re maining signatures Mr Dick says formal ease ments would be necessary for this purpose but Mr Binns told council most residents would not grant easements power handling an overload of ser vices that peaked in an alltime high at 520 pm Wednesday Mr Johnston said over 15 million kilowatts were being used at that time more than Areaowned pacer is chosen as harness horse of the year Jambo Dancer foursyear old pacer owned by and Stable of Barrie has been chosen as the harness horse of the year on the Ontario Jockey Club circuit Jambo Dancer was also named aged pacer of the year Kent Baker of Barrie who conditioned Jambo Dancer this season for owners Roger Giffen of Minesing and Robert Garner of Barrie was the unanimous choice as the circuits leading nondriving trainer Winners of the awards were announced Thursday They were selected by reporters who cover circuit races handicap pers and racing officials horse had to have at least three starts at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville and Garden City Raceway in St Catharines to be eligible for the awards Jambo Dancer set track record at both Mohawk and Garden City Raceways this season Jambo Dancer is in Chicago tonight to run in the $25000 purse Maywood Pacing series The stallion has 19 wins eight seconds and four thirds in 37 races so far this year says co owner Roger iffen Jambo Dancer cost the two men $50000 as threeyearold last December He has won little over $121000 since then Giffen said Hes by Dancer Hanover out of Vibrant Hanover whos out of Tar Heel on that side It was Garner who first spot ted Jambo Dancer Bob had seen him run at Mohawk and talked me into go ing down to take look Giffen said We both liked what we saw and decided to purchase him hes really goltxi looking horse Jambo Dancer was originally bought by Ron Waples in New York The two owners were aware that Jambo Dancer had been nominated for the harness horse of the year award Its certainly real thrill that hes turned out the way he hasGiffensaid Jambo Dancer has been re 10 killed At least four persons were killed in traffic accidents across Canada on Thursday the second day of Salelriving Week bringing the total so far for the week to 10 gistered as sire Giffen says they plan to do bit of breeding within their own stable this winter harlic Lawson of hange ville has been the driver of Jambo Dancer since purchased by and Stables The 1976 Horseman of the Year Award was given to Tom Strauss trainerdriver from MiltonOnt HARNESS HORSE OE EAR DRIVEN RY IIARLIE LAWSON Barrie ity Police onstable Gordon Selwood investigated an accident involving car and truck this morning at DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $2400 IN CRASH 850 on Lakeshore Drive The two drivers unidentified were taken by ambulance to Royal Victoria Hospital with minor injuries The car and the truck received an es authority for rate increase CRTC tells Barrie Cable TV Ltd By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter and MAC JOIINSTON Ottawa Bureau Thomson Newspapers federal regulatory agency has told Barrie Cable TV Ltd it had no authority to introduce 75 cent monthly rate increase Dec The increase cannot be made until it has been approved by the Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecommunications Com mission CRTC the federal agency said Thursday in telegram to lWC Communica tions Ltd of Mississauga Rar rie Cable TVs parent firm Sandy Saunders vice presid nt of lWC said this mor ning decided if the ap proval was not received in time all subscribers would be given credit for the extra 75 cents they paid this month Mr Saunders said he will write to the CRTC today asking for urgent approval of the in crease Barrie cable subscribers were notified at the end of November monthly rental fees were being increased to $6 frotn $525 to cover the cost of microwave to improve re ception on Buffalo hanncls and4 ERRONEOIS At that time Bob Alexander manager of the local company erroneously told The Examiner the rates had been verbally approved by tlnRIC Mr Alexander said today the company did not receive ap proval for the increase but was notified by telegram 10 days before the Nov 16 hearing that the companys request for an increase would be non appcaring item an ap plication not challenged Jeff Gordon information director for the CRTC said Thursday he could not speculate when the decision will be made but Mr Saunders said Were sure well get it but its matter of when He had expected fairly quick decision Both cable officials said the company proceeded with the in crease effective Dec because that was the date microwave service was to begin the system can handle He said number of steps have been taken to make up the extra power needed but action by individuals in turning off lights and avoiding use during the peak hours could be the only answer If people between and pm would realistically minimize demand we could avoid this problem he said He asked that all people avoid cooking or using machinery is possible to allow the system to get back to normal operations When the peak hit Wednesday night all industry users companies paying lower rate and agreeing to accept power interruptions with no notice lost their power There are seven in the region Another 16 out of 26 com panies accepting the cuts with two hours notice lost power Thursday night As of this morning power was still off for all firms blown generator at Lambton station kept all the companies without power In addition all combustion turban units are in use to help supply powers Efforts to purchase power from neighboring systems have failed because of widespread snow and told problems Were unable to buy from counterparts because theyre in as much trouble as us said Mr Johnston Voltage reduction is the last resort before Ontario Hydro en forces rotational power cuts on schedule set up for such emergencies Under that system power would be cut for 15 minutes at time timated $1200 damage each Constable Selwood said Ex aminer Photo They said they needed to recover the money paid to Bell Canada for providing the microwave service and to recover the costs of installa tion Microwave is now being used on Channel and the station is being rcccived Channel is not being received and Mr Alex ander said he does not know when the channel will be pro vided by Bell Canada