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

me be Help in beating debt aim of credit service Christmas alone doesnt usually force family into financial difficulty but it can be the last push over the brink says Don Whelan credit counsellor Mr Whelan counsellor with the SimcoeGeorgian Bay Credit Counselling Service has appointments booked three weeks in advance as people wait for help and budget ad Vice The Credit Service is non profit organization designed to help people get themselves out of debt Mr Whelan said he doesnt believe Christmas alone can force family into financial dif ficulty lhe debts would have to have started piling up before and Christmas was the straw that broke the camels back he ex plained if family is finding there is no money left after bills are paid Mr Whelan recommends the family sit down and work out budget if it looks like deep trouble telephone him immediately for an appointment If it doesnt look too bad the T0 DELANE cant roll over Next week for trial Barrie man charged With attempted rape attempted buggery and indecent assault has been in and out of court since his arrest Nov 18 but his trial has yet to begin Thomas John LeWis 22 made the latest in series of appearances in provmmal criminal court Tuesday trial date had been set for Dec 29 but Judge Don lnch was forced to move the date ahead when LeWis fired his lawyer Dec His new lawyer is asking for time to assess the case and Tuesday Judge Norman Na deau remanded the case for another week LeWis charges stem from an inCident Nov 18 at com laun dry at Simcoe and Maple Streets in Barrie He has been in custody Since being arrested by Barrie City police Feb date for sentence lwo rillia men Will appear in prOVinCial criminal court in Barrie Feb for sentencmg after both pleaded guuty lues day to break and enter and the theft of $268236 in cash Douglas Ross Austin and Dennis Randolph Maclnnis both 20 admitted to taking the money from Maclnnis grand mother Dec 21 Police charged the two after finding smashed Window at the front of Ellen Maclnnis house in UN Station and the money missing Judge Don lnch requested presentence report before passmg sentence family should look at its lifestyle and see what areas it can cut down on such as enter tainment transportation or fuel and hydro costs hey should be able to make it up if they sacrifice he said Living by budget is difficult he added but it gives you gauge by which to control your expenses WORK OUT BUDGET If the family comes for credit counselling Mr Whelan will sit down with them and work out budget Sometimes it is necessary to prorate debts that pay smaller amounts over longer period of time About 25 per cent of the families Mr Whelan sees are potential or definite bankrupt cy cases He will try and work out system that will give creditors some return on their money Credit counselling helps families all over Simcoe County and as far north as HuntsVilfe and Bracebridge About 70 per cent of the peo ple who come for help follow the servicess advice and make it back to financial stability sA YS CA CPRESIDENT umers cant roll over By PETER DEPODESTA Examiner Staff Reporter Canadian consumers cannot afford to roll over like puppy dogs when facmg problems says Tom Delaney Mr Delaney preSident of the Barrie chapter of the Con sumers Assoc1ation of Canada CACi said consumer groups arelighting back lheres two ways of ap proaching problems he said We can roll over like puppy dog or snapattheir heels The CAC is starting to snap hesaid group of CAC members in Vancouver area is givmg the assomation new image an aggresswe profile he said Mr Delaney said the CAC is helping consumers by making collective approach in dealing with problems There are all kinds of dif Wrutracwtmew lt Mr Whelan said To date the service has had 810 cases Of that number 90 per cent needed help he said the other 10 per cent were beyond help Little can be done for per son whose basic costs of living are higher than income he ex plained At recent meeting of the Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society Don Jackson society director estimated 80 per cent of its cases included families with financial difficulty Mr Whelan said his service has been able to keep families together and sometimes even bring families together again Tuesday he was working hard on case where the family was bound to break up if finanCial problems couldnt be worked out The local credit counselling service is one of 26 Similar operations throughout Untario Mr Whelan said his area is large and if someone cant get to him he Will try to get to them He will on occasion leave his office in Barrie and go to other parts of the county for day ferent areas where we tCAt can help consumers he said My objective in Barrie is to give the organization very local otulook lhere are about 450 members in Barrie but Mr Delaney said most only subscribe to tana dian Consumer brniontlily magazmc Were looking for more pco ple he said Were anxious to find people who are interested in consumerism in general and want to make contribution tltttStllIR lhc At he said is no profit proconsumer organi 11011 With objectives including care labelling for fabrics and rugs standards for flammable fabrics and clarified warran ties and guarantees its made up of people who recognize that all businesses and even the labor movement DON WIIELAN IllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIllIIllllllllllllllIIIllIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllIIIllllllllIllllIlltIllIlllllllllllllllIIllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllIIIllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllll have lobby With the federal government he said But consumers don fle said the tAC acts as catalyst for the consumer tak mg problems to government and industry Mr Delaney said consumers include everyone in the com munity lrolii the president of company to labor union leader and the houseWife on lilfinStrcct lhc reason lm concerned is because Im consumer too He joined the Barrie chapter it W71 when cable television was an issue for consumers left the cause should be taken up by thctAt he said the Barrie chapter he said fiad very good year in 1073 in eluding tfic start of research programs by local high school students the field chapter also FINESSE BREAKS DOWN lheres lot of finesse to the game of broomball but every once in while it breaks down in favor of more primitive style Glovers Judy Wilson tries an icelevel ei approach to the game which appears to concern botfi Peggy loppcr and hcryl Bush of lauleyanna The style might be unconven tional but it has its rewards Glover won the Innislil Ladies Rroomball League game 170 It was played lucs day at the Lclroy Arena More photos story on Page 12 Examiner lfiotoi TRUCK DAMAGED IN HEAD0N COLLISION to Royal Hospital With broken back Damage estimates were high in Friday nights headon col 51011 on Highway 27 north of the ivy sideroad according to Barrie lf Lloyd Camp bells truck had $2500 in damage while the car driven by John Cyril Gallant of Streetsvnle had $3000 damage Gordon Baker 46 of Thornton passenger in the Campbell truck was ad mitted Victoria while Mr Gallant and his Wife suffered facial cuts and other injuries Mr Gallant who was northbound lost control on an icy patch and slid into the southbound lane at about 530 pm Baker lliolJf meetings to discuss problems With Bell lelephone and cable televiSion Mr Delaney can be contacted at72611381 $10 000 given for drainage The provmcial government has allocated $10000 to Dro township for loans to farmers to install or improve erainage systems on their farms The township will make the loans beginning April The loans Will cover up to 73 per cent of the total cost of drainage project The provuicial ministry of agriculture and food provufes the money each year for the loans under the life and Drainage Act The amount allocated to fro this year is the same as in 1070 As well as the $10000 for 15177 the township fias 342001ch over from the 1076 allocation However this money must be used by the end of February or it Will go back to the provincial government clerk llenry cufcld said oun laul Kitchen was not impressed With the provinces generosity That wont go Very far he said when he heard tfic amount of this years allocation Oro appoints board members fro lownsliip council lues day appointed members to the township planning board and committee of adjustment anti representativcs to the Not tawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Royal Victoria Hospital and the rillia llumaneSociety Members of the committee of adjustment are Harold Dunn toneyear term Delno Jeriney ttWoyttii teriiii and former townsfin rceve Wallace Key ltlirec year term Reeve Howard ampbcll Will also sit on the committee as an ex off icio member Reeve Campbell deputy rceve Allan McLean and oun Clarence Smith Will join floward Crawford John Vokes llarmon Leigh and Wallace Gougli on tfie township plann ing board Cotiii Smith is former chairman of the board Mr Crawford Will serve three year term Mr Vokes Will Sit on the board for two years and Mr Leigh and Mr Gougfi were appointed to the board for one year leputyltreeve McLean Will represent council on the Not tawasaga Valley Conservation Authority while Coun Charley Sanderson was chosen to repre sent council on the board of Royal Victoria Hospital in Bar rie Coun faul Kitchen Will represent the township on the board of the Humane Society in frillia The township has an animal control contract With IhtUtllllil branch LOCAL AND GENERAL MORE FOR LIGIIIS Street lighting in Ho township Will cost 23 per cent more in 1977 Township councd Monday received letter from Ontario Hydro stating that tfie utilitys rate for street lighting Will go up from the 1970 rate of $7020 per 1000 watts of electriCity to $9240 per 1000 watts Several councillors asked why the federal antiinllation board had not stepped in to ex amine the increase VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers are needed for Sunny lark Nursery for ban dicapped children during the day lhose interested sfiould call Joyce Dobson at name Council may consider change in pressonly meeting policy Mayor Ross Archer said Tuesday he is not prepared at present to admit the public to meetings of city councils new general committee but change may be considered later He said the policy of admit ting the press but not the public is continuation of the policy which has applied in the past to finance public works and city development committees The mayor is recommending change in committee struc ture which would see most business of council dealt With by general committee all 13 council members sitting as single committee rather than being divided among four com mittees as in the past The fourth committee general government has con sidered general policy person nel and ther matters behind closed doors with the press as well as the public barred General government commit tee will be abolished and the other three committees will not meet regularly but instead will deal only with matters specifically referred to them Im not prepared to in troduce any more changes right now Mayor Archer said when questioned as to why the public =2 the Therm Examiner lhe Rarrie Examiner Wednesday January 1977 11 fhe Simcoe County Rescue Squad hoping lobe ltl opera tion this March out of Midliurst is appealing to the public to raise the sarom their Will need to The they station specialize in rescue opera squad handling equip squad tions rtopi Willi members trained Wilt continue to be excluded from committee meetings He said the policy may change later after he discusses the matter with council and the new system has been working foratime The mayor said matters con sidered confidential fitiga tion personnel and land ac quisition will be dealt with at the beginning or end of general committee meetings lf any council member asks the press to hold off the record comment or state ment made outside the period of discussion of confidential matters press representatives will not be obliged to comply with the request but will have to use their own judgment as to whether the statement should bereported RESCUE SQUAD APPEALS FOR FUNDS at victims and usmg high powcred machinery in ex tracting them They Will also be on fiaiid to light industrial and serious fires below After each snowfall in llarr ries Winter Wonderland the sound of spinning tires fills the air Spinning tires on ice or snow is not only an ineffective way to tree stuck vehicle but it could be one of the most dangerous warns Arch flrown of Canadian Tire Corp CFC and ll Lockley of MaiislieIdDciiman General MI Mr Locklcy general sales manager at MDG said the Rubber Association of anada fias found number of tires ex plode each year as result of spinning In all cases tfie ex plosions are on drive Wheel When car 1S trapped on ice only one wheel may be spinn ing he explained that wheel will spin at tWIce the regular DONT SPIN EM Those tires can explode speed and may reach speeds of 200 miles an hour According to the Rubber Association of Canada the tremendous centrifugal forced produced by rapidly spinning wfiecl may cause the coni poiieiits of the fire to separate resulting in dramatic release of air lire explosions can cause considerable damage to vehicles Mr Lockfey said The association suggests the most effective way of freeing car from ice is gentle backwardforward rocking putting sfiovclfiil of sand under the slipping tire or push from neighbor or passein by EXPENSIVE TIRES In one recent month between 10 and 15 exploded tires were brought into Mr Browns Clt store at the Baytield Mall The ironic part of it Mr Brown said is the tires most likely to explode are the expen sive betterconstructed makes cheaper tire Will allow the vehicle to swmg but good tire Will hold its posuion and allow the heat to build up he explain ed Its not fault in the tire its the sign of good make Mr Lockfey said there are two other OCCilSlOnS when tire may explode An improperly inflated tire may explode he said and drivers should be wary of ser Vice station operators who use alcofiol to keep their com pressors from freezing Inaugural meeting tonight for county separate board Simcoe Cotiiity Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustees Will select new chair man and Vicecbnirman tonight at their inaugural meeting The board meets at it in the Education Centre on llllS Lane Both present chairman John Brennan and Vice chairman Vincent Eagan are ineligible for reelection to their posi tions According to board rules trustee can serve only two years as Vicechairman or chairman lfowever Mr Eagan can seek election as chairman for up to two years The board Will also appoint trustees to serve on the Barrie Midland and rillia Public Library boards and as liaison With St lheresas Private High School Board Corbierc sujxrinten dent of business Will discuss iii teriiii financial measures With the trustees and Frank Mac doiiald director of education Will set the 1977 meeting schedule The opening prayer for the meeting Will be given by Rev llannan pastor of tloly Martyrs of Japan in Bradford MAYOR ARCHER Willi special suits Donations may be sent to the squad General Delivery Midhurst Examiner llltfiol Alcohol vapor could enter the air line of the tire and static spark could set off an explo 5101 he said LOCAL GENERAL PARKVIEW CENTRE Wednesdays at Parkview Centre on Blake Street Will feature rug hooking classes from 10 am to 12 noon starting Jan 19 Both advanced and beginner hookers are inVited to jom The cost is $7 and deadline for registration is Jan 12 Course instructor Will beJoan Ashton BOTTLE DRIVE Barrie Minor hockey Associa tioii players Will be going door to door collecting empty pop aiid beer bottles Saturday to raise funds for the hockey pro gram Residents may leave bot tles at their front doors or on the boulevard and those Whose bottles have not been collected by pm may call 72612111 for pickup TRDtNtE llttlt llie Barrie Rotary major peewees trounced Aurora 72 Tuesday at liairic Arena Henry Sicnknvicl scored three times Steve Mills Bruce Stanley liaVis Griffiths and Ronnie Dubois once apiece lfie peewees next see action Satur day at tfie Eastview Arena 915 pin against tliornfiill