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RCMP crack down on traffickers 23 people charged in drug arrests Eleven Barrie residents were among 23 people charged with drug trafficking Wednesday after early morning arrests by the Barrie detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpt Robert Fenske detaclr ment commander made the announcement late Wesnesday afternoon saying an additional 21 arrest warrants are outstan ding The arrests were made fol lowing four months of under cover work by two RCMP of ficers the first undercover operation by the Barrie detachs ment Cpl Fenske said the two of ficers bought about $4000 in various quantities of mari juana hashish LSD metham phetamine Speed and PCP phencyclidine He said during the arrests several additional seizures of very small quantities of drug were made The arrests began at 530 am and were carried out with the help of municipal police in Barrie Orillia Bradford and Alliston and the Ontario Pro vincial Police Names of the arrested are not being released until later this week after they appear before the local justice of the peace Cpl Fenske said he expects most of the people will be released on their own re cognizance The first scheduled court date is Sept 28 WOMEN INCLUDED Included in the arrested were two women and one male aged 17 from the MidlandPen etanguishene area north of Barrie Most of the people Cpl Fen ske said were in their late 20$ Cpl Fenske said most of the arrests were made in Barrie because the city is the focal point of Simcoe County and the largest municipality in Simcoe County The arrested people were charged under either the Nar cotic Control Act which carries maximum sentence of life or the Food and Drugs Act which has maximum sentence of 10 years He said the result of the drug arrests will be more far reaching than recent series of arrests in the Toronto area because Simcoe County is smaller municipality Weve put the dampers on it drug trafficking for some time he said The dealers wont know who to sell to Judge finds man not guilty of assault in hotel brawl Jack Kenahan 19 of Barrie was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm in provin cial court Wednesday Kenahan was charged after Randy Daviau also 19 was thrown out second floor win dow of the Holiday Inn May 15 Daviau required 150 stitches for cuts and suffered some perma nent back damage which pre vents him from lifting heavy objects Evidence showed that Daviau had been at party in the Holiday Inn Kenahan and about sox of his friends visited the room several times in the evening trying to get one of their companions to leave On the final occasion about 130 am Steven Taylor had pun ched Daviau Taylor one of Kenahans friends was fined $100 for com mon assault by Judge Montgomery He pleaded guilty ROBBIE BOWER 12 shows the style and finess needed to win tennis tournament Robbie who won the 1975 and 1976 Barrie Recreation Department Summer Tennis Tournament beat Doug Holt in the senior boys final 75 26 63 Examiner Photo Champ repeats rout of 1975 It took about eight hours Tuesday before senior boys tennis champion could be found in the annual Barrie Recreation Department Summer Tourna ment Robbie Bower lZyearold Barrie resident repeated his championship rout from last year beating Doug 011 in the final 75 26 and 63 In the senior girls division Jennifer Irvine had an easy time against Nancy Richmond winning60 and 62 The junior title for girls went to Lisa Cohen with an easy vic tory over Lisa Davenport in the final 60 and 60 while the junior boys title went to Bill Crossey who beat Steven Con der 62 and 62 Joe Wheeler head pro at the new Barrie Indoor Tennis Courts organized the tourna ment Mr Wheeler has worked during the past few summers as tennis instructor for the recreation department About 20 girls and 30 boys took part in the matches which went from am to pm at Queens Park courts Mr Wheeler said he was pleased with the increase in competitors this year but added tournaments can only continue if more children are exposed to tennis He said clinics for children and adults will be held this winter at the new indoor courts on Bell Farm Road to the charge Daviau infuriated by what he called the assault pursued Kenahans group down the cor ridor shouting he was going to kill all of them Two Holiday Inn employees standing in the corridor hoping to prevent trou ble saw Daviau exchange pun ches with the group then go through the window and land on concrete floor 15 feet below Daviau said he remembered little of what happened remember running out the dooi after them and getting into fight then woke up on the ground KEPTPLSHING One of Kenahans friends Perry Centen said he saw Kenahan grab Daviau and throw him against the wall then against the window But Kenahan testified that he was only trying to keep Daviau off SOMETIMES WHEN you miss shot you feel like hiding your face in shame But the sign of true cham pion is forgetting the mistakes and Lisa Cohen overcame any problems int him Instead of punching him he had just kept pushing Daviau away He said he didnt realize there was window where he pushed Daviau Judge Montgomery found Kenahan not guilty after con sidering his apparent lack of in tention to hurt Daviau and the fact he was repelling an attack on himself Robert Charles Brown was found guilty of dangerous driv ing He will be sentenced Sept 23 in Penetanguishene court He automatically loses his driv ing privileges and faces up to two years in prison He was charged after police followed him on motorcycle April 18 about am up Mulcaster Street and along Col lier Street According to police Brown was travelling rapidly and swerving causing other cars on the streets to stop sud denly the Department Summer Tennis Tournament to win the girls junior title defeating Lisa Davenport 64 and 60 Ex miner Photo Barrie Recreation because there might be another undercover operation in the area Cpl Fenske said all the peo ple arrested were selling large quantities of drugs an often the undercover agents bought from the same person two or three times The operation was carried out under the direction of Con stable Bob Lowe of the Barrie detachment Cpl Fenske said the RCMP believe the operation confirms that drugs such as marijuana LSD and Speed are available in Simcoe County but also establishes that drugs such as cocaine and heroin are not available He said the undercover of icers often asked for cocaine or heroin and were told it was not available The arrested people were not members of drug ring he said but were individuals in the Simcoe County area who sold drugs There are nine RCMP of ficers working in the Barrie detachment three of the of ficers work in the drug depart ment Ellie Barrie Examiner The Barrie Examiner Thursday September 19769 Board loses race to open school By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter Tuesday morning when school opens St Monicas separate school will be bursting at the seams with students The separate school board has decided Monsignor Clair school will not be ready to use opening day and students will have to be accomodated in other schools Im afraid we lost the race said Ross Saunders Barrie trustee We have no water no sewers no heat pumps for the air conditioning system and there is still grading and land scaping work to do Rather than place the children in hazardous situa tion he said opening of the school will be delayed 15 to 20 days Bill Bolger superintendent of schools said most students will go to St Monicas school Two portable classromms at St Monicas that were to have been moved to Marie of the In carnation in Bradford are being kept in Barrie Students will also be located in the library resource centre and on the stage Mr Bolgcr said he didnt like the idea of tying up the resource centre but added the board was trying to keep the students together Buses have been rerouted and an additional bus will be assigned to carry students who would have been in walking distance of Monsignor lair school but are not in walking distance ofSt Monicas BILL BOLGER Teachers are setting up their classrooms this week and parents of children scheduled to attend the new school will receive letters of explanation this week Monsignor Clair school at the corner of Cundles Road and St Vincent Street is located on the boundary between Barrie and Vespra Township The school board required agreements from both mu nicipalities and various public utilities commissions in order to construct water and sewer services Some of the agreements were received later than expected forcing delays in construction One more for Barrie in December election Barrie separate school tax payers will elect three trustees in Decembers municipal elec tions and the whole county will elect 16 Barrie now has two trustees on board of 14 members The increase comes as result of an assessment review carried out by the Township of Tiny Midland and Bradford In 1975 the population of Simcoe County reached 202907 Once the population exceeded 200000 the separate school board was required to add two members to its boa rd Municipal officials studied the assessment distribution in the county increased the number of wards to 13 from nine and rearranged the municipalities in the wards in several cases splitting the wards in two Three trustees in Barrie is return to the position the city held two years ago Before the last municipal election three trustees were elected from Barrie and Wm from rillia With the addition of Rama Township to the boards jurisdiction there was redistribution of members to give equal representation by population Barrie was dropped to two members and rillia to one Under the new arrangement Orillia will remain at one and the Bradford area area will iii crease its number of trustees Barrie is Ward and Orillia is Ward Tiny and Penetanguishene Trustees waiting The separate school board is still waiting for an answer from the city of Barrie as to what will be done about three hazar dous school crossings Before the summer holidays the board went to city hall and asked that some measures be taken to improve the safety of children crossing at Codrington and Mulcaster streets Grove and Cook streets and Cundles Road and St Vincent Street The city said it would look in to the matter and keep the board informed Until we hear something from them there is little or nothing we can do said Ross Saunders Barrie trustee Mr Saunders said he would contact city hall to see what is being done The school board had hoped something would have been done to improve the crossing before school opened for next week are Ward and Midland is on its own in Ward The Township of Tay Port McNicol Victoria Harbour and Baxter are in Ward Ward has been split with Matchedash rillia Township ro Goldwater Medonte Mara Rama and Morrison in one ward and Vespra Town ship Flos Township Elmvale and Wasaga Beach in Ward Collingwuod Nottawasaga Township Stayncr Creemore Sunnidale Township and To Sorontio Township are Ward lnnisfil and Essa townships which were included with other municipalities are now in Ward Adjala and Alliston are Ward 10 combination of two pre vious wards considerable increase in the number of separate school taxpayers in the Bradford area has resulted in two trustees be ing elected in that area One trustee will be elected by the people of Bradford in Ward 11 and another will be elected by the Township of West Gwillimbury and ookstown in Ward 12 The final ward 13 includes the Township of Tecumseth Iottenham and Beeton Barrie team horseshoe champs Barrie team of horseshoe pitchers walked away with top spot in the 10th annual Horseshoe Pitching Tourney at the Barrie Fair Clarence Hogarth and Leo Cavanaugh placed first winn ing all 13 games they played In second were Eric Lackie of Barrie and Logan Cruise of Midland who lost one of the 13 games There were 14 teams entered in the contest representing Coll ingwood Midland and the Bar rie district The teams played 13 30point games Another tournament is Scheduled Sunday at pm at MacMorrison Park sponsored by Labatts Breweries Registration is at 12 noon WITNESSES MEET An estimated 1000 delegates are expected at the semi annual assembly of the Barrie congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses to be held this weekend in Brampton Bible talks demonstrations and discussions as well as baptism of new members are on the schedule The Young Progressive Con servatives of Simcoe Centre Simcoe North held election of YPCs ELECT EXECUTIVE officers Saturday This years executive above is from left Carolyn Kostan doff vice president Rosalind Cotter secretary Paisley Conder president Mark Kostandoff past presi dent and Ausan Walsh treasurer Examiner Photo Six Simcoe centres benefit from grants for arena work At least six municipalities in Simcoe County will benefit from the provincial govern ments larger grants of up to 75 per cent for arena repairs an nounced by labor minister Dr Bette Stephenson on Wed nesday Among 135 arenas in Ontario declared unsafe for use in their present state are the Beeton Arena Collingwood Curling Club and Midland Arena The Midland Arena was sla ted for re irs before it was demolish in fire July 28 Among 46 arenas for which repairs have been approved by the ministry of labor are the Collingwood Curling Club and the Bradford Community Cen tre Declared safe but placed on suspect list of 51 arenas were Alliston Memorial Arena and the Orillia Community Cen tre The new funding arrange ment approved by the Ontario cabinet will allow Wintario grants of $2 for every $1 raised by communities with the usual 50 per cent ceiling removed The Community Recreation Centres Fund will also cover 25 per cent of the cost of repairs upto $75000 So far 191 arenas are said to have structural defects with 181 of them so serious that the gov ernment at first contemplated closing them Pressure from minor hockey groups and the prospect of de priving small communities of DR BETTE STEPHENSON Bus driver identified following fatal crash Clarence Evans 47 of Wil lowdale was the bus driver killed Wednesday morning on Highway 400 just north of Brad ford Six teenagers on the bus were not seriously injured but were taken to York County Hospital in Newmarket Three of the passengers were released from hospital Wednesday one today The other two both girls are being kept uner obser vation until Friday Accoring to one of the pas sengers William Antler 18 of North Bay they escaped serious injury because they were sleeping at the time The bus collided with the rear of dump truck driven by Jack Wilman of Orillia When woke up everybody was on the floor said Antler The seats were folded in and back end of the truck was jam med through the front window of the bus Wilman and his son who was riding with him were not in jured in the crash The accident is still under investigation by Constable Hoover of the Ontario Provincial Police Bradford Ombudsman workers in city on Oct Six to eight investigators from the office of Ontario om budsman Arthur Maloney will be in Barrie Oct to hear com plaints from residents The investigators will be in the city council chamber from 10 am t09 pm The team deals with pro blems involving provincial government and does not act on disputes on municipal or federal level major role we play in our visits across the province is to provide advice and legal opi nions as to such jurisdictional questions said Ken Ca vanaugh communications director The team will visit Orillia Sept 29 and Midland Sept 30 The series of visits is con tinuation of program under taken by the ombudsman to make the facilities and services of his office available to people throughout Ontario In the past year 25 hearings have been held No appointments are ne cessary to meet with the team sessions are held in private and discussions are kept con fidential LOCAL GENERAL SOLO CLUB The Barrie Solo Club is hav ing corn roast Saturday It starts at pm All singles 30 and over are welcome For fur ther information call 7284471 7260877 or 7266644 HISTORICAL DISPLAYS There are two historical displays at the Simcoe County Museum through September The history of Gustavus Swifts meat packing industry is il lustrated and there is display of 19th century costumes Wood carvings by Stan Hathaway of lnnisfil Township are also being featured PROGRESS CLUB The Barrie Progress Club will meet Sept Guest speaker for the evening will be Steve Dou lasl discussing horse racing an the Ontario Jockey Club GIFT FAIR The Simcoe County Arts and Crafts Association will hold gift fair at the Simcoe County Museum over the Thanksgiving Weekend Oct 10 11 No item will exceed $50 in cost HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY The Barrie Horticultural Society will meet Sept at pm at Cundles Heights public school Bill Groves superinten dent of parks for tne city will be guest speaker Mr Groves will discuss Lawn Care New and Renewal PIONEER DAY The Simcoe County Museum will hold its 10th annual Pioneer Day Sept 19 from to pm at the museum in Midhurst Early crafts such as wool pro cessing candle dipping rug braiding butter churning and bread making will be demonstrated There will also be steam engines on display 35 dogs compete Thirtyfive dogs from On tario Quebec and the United States will be competing in the 12th Canadian Open Sheep Dog Trials at Bondhead Sept 11 and 12 The entrants will be judged by Bob Blackie of Ber wickshire Scotland Marks will be deducted for each error and the winner will be determined on an aggregate score of the two days Competition will begin at am on the 6th Line of West Gwillimbury one mile east of Highway 27 Admission is $150 for adults and children under 12 are free Surplus funds will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society central social and recreational activities were instrumental in the governments changing its stance Dr Stephenson said the gov ernment decided to allow the arenas to operate under strict observation from the labor min istry because it wanted to pro vide equalization of opportun ity for all children in the prov ince As far as Im concerned politics is no factor in this deci sion at all the labor minister said My concern is the safety of the arenas FUNDS FROM WINTARIO Funds to aid in the repairs of the defective arenas will come from the governments Win tario program administrated by Robert Welch minister of culture and recreation Normally Wintario grants are limited to about one half of money needed but culture and recreation funds will provide $2 for every $1 raised locally to ward repair costs Money raised locally must come from the community not from municipal taxation In order to allow municipal ities to proceed immediately Mr Welch said pledge by responsible community organ ization to raise their share within three years will be ac cepted as proof of local support and provincial funds will be paid progressively as construc tion takes place Dr Stephenson said she had no idea how much the repair program would cost the prov ince but it is multimillion dollar program Under the monitoring ro gram unsafe arenas woul be required to close when wind and weather conditions reached certain specifications WILI VARY Dr Stephenson who said some recreational programs would undoubtedly be disrupted this winter added that specifi cations would vary with the various arenas state of dis repair She said inspectors from her ministry would be keeping close watch on the situation to make sure arena boards were adhering to the safety regu lations Im optimistic that almost all the arenas except those which are dramatically unsafe will be allowed to operate this winter the labor minister said To date 46 communities have had their plans for repair certi fied by the ministry An Ontario Minor Hockey As sociation official has been qUoted as saying that as many as 70000 boys might lose the op portunity to play hockey if the arenas were closed No date set yet for nurses talks No dat has been set for the resumption of contract negotia tions between the Simcoe Coun ty District Health Board and its 30odd fulltime public health nurses The nurses are members of Local 37 of the Ontario Nurses Association ONA Talks here broke down March 12 after one conciliation session with pro vincial officials In statement Aug 25 Anne Gribben ONA president said talks here should resume some time in September Bert Beausoliel president of Local 37 said today he has not heard anything from the ONA or the board of health regarding resumption of the negotiations havent heard thing Mr Beausoliel said really dont know what is going to happen vice The ONA will be meeting in Toronto Sept 25 he said ad ding he hoped Simcoe Countys turn to resume negotiations would come before the end of the month wish things could get set tled so we could get back to work Mr Beausoliel said so we could get back to worrying about the health of the public and not negotiations At the centre of the dispute were nurses demands for an arbitration clause and for wage parity with hospital nurses Health board officials have offered an increase of six per cent saying hike of 24 per cent or more based on annual salaries would be needed to provide parity The local nurses earn from $10900 to $13150 annually ac cording to health board of ficials Sod farming attacked by NVCA executives ANGUS Sod farming is form of strip mining and should come under government reg ulation the chairman of the Nottawasaga Valley Conserva tion said Wednesday Robert Sturgeon NVCA chairman and councillor in West Gwillimbury township said no authority speaks for or against sod farming have been approached by citizens who think the conserva tion authority should be in volved with what goes on Unless there are controls Mr Sturgeon said were go ing to have some devastated land There will be long regeneration process The excecutive committee of the conservation authroity took no action on Mr Sturgeons remarks but he said later that something may done at the next meeting of the committee Mr Sturgeon said one land DON ELIYPES owner in West Gwillimbury is seeking removal of en vironmental protection designation of his property so he can operate sod farm An Ontario Municipal Board hear ing over the townships new zoning bylaw is scheduled for next Tuesday Id object if hes going to put it into sod It wont be good for anything said Don Elines committee member farmer and councillor in Essa towu ship There are two areas in Essa township that were sod farms Theyre good for nothing now Mr Elines said TopSOil is removed with sod reducin the quality of farm land wit every harvest Mr Elines said seeding of new lawns for homes at one third the cost would be the alternative to sodding ROBERT STURtGEON