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By IAN MULGREW Of The Examiner Defyipg death is way of life for select few however Steve Andrews manager of the Conklin show at this years Barrie Fair believes that 100000 people will ride his 25 rides todo ust that It oesnt matter that the rides are safe and probably no more dangerous than walking across the street Andrews says people just like the thrill of being hurl ed around and shaken up Conklin Shows has been in the fair business for years and Andrews has been with them for the past 15 Every summer he takes number of rides and tours the pro vince He started this years tour in midApril and will have set up and taken down his rides 36 times before the rides are stored for the winter on Thanksgiving Day Andrews has brought eight childrens rides and 17 major rides to the fair this year While some of them The provincial governmen has granted Georgian Collegt close to $36 million ovei three years to construct ai Orillia campus Following fullday visit it Orillia Dr Harry Parrott former minister of colleges and universities held meeting in his office on Aug 17 with representatives of all parties concerned with the new campus The minister says spirit of cooperation has developed between the Simcoe College Foundation Wilfrid Laurier University and Georgian Col lege They will be exploring the feasibility of WLU offering fulltime university courses in Orillia using the new facilities study to determine new site for proposed Barrie and District Municipal Airport should be completed by late September says Ken Peck assistant city administrator The study which is being conducted by Bird and Hale Ltd of Toronto was approved by council at Mondays special council session Estimated cost of the study is $10000 Peck who is also secretary of the Barrie and District Airport Advisory Committee says that the company has narrowed the number of potential sites down 012 No official recommendations however will be disclosed by the company until the study is completed says Peck The study area under con sideration takes in all lands located in lOmile radius from the intersectio of Highways 11 90 and 26 in Barrie and ex as were here last year there are lot of new rides to thrill those who conquered lastyears New rides at the fair in clude The Disco The Sizzler The Casino Star Wars and more And there are the regular rides as well The ferris wheel has been touring with the show since 1928 Rides have changed over the years though Andrews says There are more lights louder music and more color on the rides now And Conklin as company is trying to change their appearance and image all the time Andrews pointed out that most older people have dim View of carnival and fair operators because of the way the industry and its representatives conducted themselves in years gone by Your father his grand father and nearly every body clses relations know someone that got taken at fair so they have bad im of Georgian College The 46ach site chosen for the new rillia campus and acquired by Georgian ollcge from the iluronia Regional Centre is on Memorial Avenue in rillia lhe pur chase price of the land is iii cluded in the $36 million allocation Joint use of the Georgian facilities would allow the Sim 000 College Foundation time in which to assess the need to develop pennancnt univeisi ty campus in rillia at later date says Dr larrott Simcoe ollcgc Foundations formed by group of in dividuals concerntxl with pro viding postsecondary educa tion in the area is attempting Study on new airport expected in September eludes all lands within fiver mile radius of the KVltTV tower report prepared by the ad visory committee and released in June 1977 says that about 23 to 30 aircraft could be imr mediately based at new air port with the number increas ing to 50 as improvements are made The report says immediate use of municipal airport would be made by business and industry charter operations flying instructions personal transportation and pleasure fl ing The new airport would replace the Barrie Municipal Airport located off Sunnidalo Road The report says financial assistance for the project would be available from Transport Canada and the Ontario Department of lransrxirtation and Communications MATTRESS BOX SPRING am HUGE SELECTION AT TERRIFIC SAVINGS 30 36 39 48 54 60 78 Adiostolilo Stool Bed Frame $1777 with my role Genuine Brass Beds All Silos Vhyl Headboards 39 $1000 BERLEY CIROPRACTIC SPRINGWALL NON ALLERGENIC FOAM POSTURE THERAPY IAIIIES lEADINO BEDROOM INTERIORS STORE BARRIE MATTRESS AND BEDROOM INTERIORS 15 Dunlop St 2899 22 Downtown Ionic rm oEiivm PeOple will climb about iust for the thrill of it all age of fairs and their employees Were trying to change that he added All of the Conklin ride tperators are now wearing uniforms and are well train ed before being allowed to operate the machines An drews says the hardest part of operating the ride was not making it work but hav ing sense of timing and being able to spot safety hazards and problems with the customers Although most of the rides at this years fair are owned and operated by Conklin there are independent operators on the grounds These rides are under con tract to Conklin and their owners must abide by the safety precautions set down by the company Every day each operator must fill in safety check form and any problems must be corrected be it loose screw in plate or faulty brakes Conklin has training program for its operators and every winter the ride iccnce to arrange tor Wlt to offer fulltime university courses in rillia All parties at the meeting agreed construction of the rillia campus of Georgian Campus should begin im mediately says the minister Georgians present tacit itics in rillia consist of an old converted armorics an old furniture store and space rented from local institu tions says Dr Itllltill These facilities have become iiiadequatc and have 111150ch annual rental costs of $100400 plus unduly high plant costs The proposed pro iect of 75000 square feet is therefore replacement pro ject and not an expansion Since January 1000 ieor gian ollcge has operated educational rillia programs in including adult tram Specialillng In Hair cutting Permanent Waves Hairstyling Highlighting Frosting Leno will be there to welcome Frank will bozthere Weds Sat KNOW YOUR COIFFURE JOE GALLES MENs HAIRSTYLING I7 YEARS ON WEST THE ALTERATION CENTRE TAILORING FOR MEN WOMEN iN THE REAR or no SALON Collier St Barrie 726762 LBF MENS HAIRSTYLISTS Are hock in Barrie ot their new location in the downtown centre you Mondays Tuesdays LF MENS HAIRSTYLING 67722 bK toreinen take courses prepared by the ride manufacturers so they can be better versed in the workings of the ride and be more able to correct any problems Conklin is also workingi with the Canadian Outdoo Amusement Association in= an attempt to set up Cana dian Safety Standards As sociation for rides Because such group doesnt exist now anyone can go out bu ride and operate it regardless of the ridos con dition Andrews says his Om pany initiated many of the ride safety programs now being used by the other ridt operators and it likes to keep safety as its number one priority Yet even though the public is aware of Tonklins safety program Andrews maintains defying death is the major reason thousands will pay to be zipped discoed scrambled and scared out of their wits this week at the Barrie Fair Georgian gets about $36 million for new campus in Ori Ilia mg health science and conti nuing education programs lr lalrott says the new facilities will provide suftir riciit shop space allowing the college to offer range of skilltraining programs more suited to local needs as well as expand the t$lCtlllitl programsavailable Meeting with the minister were tiorden Smith Mll for Simcoc IIasl iilliam ald well chairman of Georgian College Dr John Weir vice president of Wilfrid lauricr Frank lolcoit mayor of Ullllltt lirucc liayiic city of tieial Stir Mulcaliy iepicseii ting the Sinicoc ollcge Form datioii George iioptt representing the teachers association and Norman Williams chairman oi lllt miliicil of regents for colleges of applwl arts and technology END BARRIEPLAZA ALSO Leon Musiceo Prop Two accidents in Innisfil cause about $12000 damage Two separate accidents in in nisfil Township Monday were responsible for more than $2000 damage townhsip police spokesman said Rick Kellough RR Lefroy was attem ting to make left had turn his car was in col lision with Wayne Robertson RR Stroud about mile and half east of Highway 11 on the 8th Line at 811 am police said Kellough had been travelling westbound and Robertson was eastbound at the time of the ac cident which caused $2000 to Kelloughs 1970 Dodge and $2200 to Robertsons 1975 lhundcrbird There were no injuries in the accident the other accident Orville McArthur 47 Cundles lid 11 Barrienhad his dump truck flip iais CORRECTION In the Sears Then Back To School circular on Page 24 there was on error concerning Division Mens and Indias track suits will not be available in sky blue or beige colours We reget any in convenience this may cause over while dumping and catch to be Worth $8000 The accident fire The fire destroyed the truck estimated occurred at the corner of Sidcroad 20 just south of the 3rd Lineat 1120 am Truck driver does well local Sears truck driver fared well at the 32nd Ontario Truck Roadeo Champions held Saturday in Etobicokc Rick Bell 46 of Barrie plac ed 13th out of 33 contestants in the singleaxle tractortandem axle semi trailer division Points are based on written test pertaining to the rules of the read an interview and knowledge exam and equip ment defect exam and six part Obstacle course It was the first time that the Barrie division of Sears had entered driver in the annual competition The championship drew an overall total of 94 Ontario truck drivers ENJOY THE gi CANADIAN NATIONA iEXHIBITION 100th ANNIVERSARY AVOID TRAFFIC AND PARKINGi PROBLEMS TRAVEL THE RELAXED WORRYFREE WAY GO BY BUS2 TRAVELWAY DIRECT DAILY SER THE ONE if ONLY INCLUDES ceTO Wv RETURN TRANSPORTATION ANp GENERALADMISSION For schedulesand fares CALL TRAVELWAvs BARRIE AGENT CONTINENTAL INN 7261834 Each person using bus to CNE wlll receive surprise bonus Tlckets must be purchased at least 24 hours prior to depar TUIO the examiner Tuesday Aug 22 1918 CKBBs Date Night will happen on Thursday and not Wednesday as reported in Notebook in Mondays Ex aminer From pm to midnight females who are ac companied by male will be treated to free rides on the midway Make the King Size and Regular right mov Warning Health and Welfare Canada advises that danger to health increases with amount smoked avoid inhaling Average per cigarette King Size and Regular 7mg tar 07mg nicotine