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on ifiarra Examiner flié Barrie ExamineriThursda October Vandalism is costing more tax $$$ Vandalism in schools cost Simcoe County taxpayers $50981 in the first eight months of 1976 compared to $41970 for all of 1975 In the Barrie area there were 368 incidents of vandalism reported between January and August The total for 1975 was 298 The incidents of vandalism have increased steadily said Jack Ramsay director of education for the Simcoe Coun ty Board of Education yet the problem is not as serious here as it is in other school jurisdic tions In report to trustees Wednesday the administrative council of the board said The cost to taxpayers in Simcoe County due to vandalism and theft of board property has in creased steadily over the past three years from $36195 in 1974 While it is not nearly as serious problem as in many other Ontario school jurisdic tions it is nevertheless wan ton waste of taxpayers money During the first eight months of this year there have 959 in cidents of vandalism across the county Many of these were minor Mr Ramsay said minor incident would involve breaking one or two panes of glass he explained In Innisfil Township in 1975 the board reports 29 incidents of vandalism while police records only show two or three he said Police are involved when there is massive damage or forcible entry Vandalism is not serious dollar problem Mr Ramsay said but the board report in dicates taxpayers money must also be spent installing surveillance systems in high risk schools These systems include audio and heat detectors door swit ches and electronic eyes Some systems are hooked into police department warning systems THE NEIGHBORS Mr Ramsay said the board receives good coo eration from police The num of in cidents could also be reduced with cooperation from re sidents neighboring schools In response to question from Fisher trustee for Barrie Mr Ramsay agreed the board has not received as much cooperation from the courts We do have problem Mr Ramsay said The board has obtained convictions and court orders for restitution he ex plained but some are several years old and have not been paid It would appear that parents arent standing behind their children in this regard he said There is nothing legally we can do The report said the board has been reluctant to release details about particular in cidents of vandalism because news of vandalism is usually followed by rash of incidents resulting losses in more serious Follow bus rules or walk trustees High school students riding in Simcoe County School buses are either going to follow the rules or walk according to trustees of the Simcoe County Board of Education During September the boards transportation commit tee met twice with school bus operators and school prin cipals The operators voiced concern over the lack of discipline of secondary school students boar ding and travelling on school buses The operators the committee report said feel vandalism reports are increasing but are not yet of major proportions But the operators said discipline problems may be come serious safety problems and there is possibility of in jury due to pushing shoving fighting etc while boarding buses School bus patrols are effective at the elementary level but there is lack of supervision at the secondary level the operators said To combat the problem the board has asked principals to assign particular staff member to supervise the buses and supervision will be highly visible Principals will meet with the bus drivers involved to discuss individual problems Students will be reminded that rid ig school buses is privilege that may be revoked if rules are broken School board restricts transportation pacts No individual operator will be allowed to hold more than 40 per cent of the Simcoe County Board of Educations transpor tation contracts Trustees decided to control the number of contracts Wednesday on recommenda tion from the transportation committee The restriction was we comed by Frank Prothero trustee for Tottenham who has been asking for controls for several years Mr Prothero argued that by allowing one company to con trol major rtion of the con tracts the ard could find itself backed to the wall again by labor dispute within larger company He said the board often only acts when it has to act and by setting down the restriction now it could prevent any pro blems which might occur Mr Prothero said there are also advantages to dealing with small companies where the owner might also be driver familiar with the routes Tom Shultz superintendent of business said the restriction would still allow the largest operator to increase its business by 16 buses Stock Brothers of Barrie and Orillia hold the largest portion of the bus contracts 356 per cent followed by Ludlow of Alliston 148 per cent and PenetangMidland 12 per cent Two trustees Roy Edwards and John McCullough both from the Midland area ob jected to the restriction Mr McCullough said the 40 per cent quota could be figure to aim toward but by setting dOWn an actual restriction the board would be impeding the progress of private com pany Mr McCullough said the board can already control one companys share of the busi ness because trustees issue the contracts North runners close on 000 VI MIDLAND Staff The runners from Barrie North Col legiate are making race of the Simcoe County rossCountry League standings North took top honors in meet here Wednesday to top another three points from Orillia District Collegiate Voca tional Institutes lead which now standsat only two It was Barrie Norths second consecutive crosscountry vic tory The team picked up 18 points ODCVI 15 Collingwood 11 Central Collegiate East view Secondary School and Orillia Park Street three and Canadian Forces Base Borden two Debbie Quail of North won the midget girls race with time of 14 minutes five seconds ten seconds better than team mate Sue McNabb Mary Anne Oscholfski of ODCVI was third North was first overall in that division ahead of ODCVI and CFBBorden The school also captured the open girls division with Coll ingwood the runnerup and Gen tral third Angela Schmidt of Midland won the race in time of 17 minutes 44 seconds with Leslie Black of North 11 seconds behind Lois Donovan of ODCVI was third Midlands Ernie Desroches was the best by 10 seconds in the midget boys event with Vince Sheffield of Collingwood edging out Kevin McCron of Eastview for second place Collingwood won that divi sion with North second and Eastview third ODCVI runners took first third and team honors in the junior boys run AI Miller covered the route in 18 minutes six seconds ahead of Frank Hargrave of Stayner who beat Dave Downer by one second North was second and Park Street third in the division Gary Stewart of North closed out the day with handy vic tory in the senior boys event 36 seconds ahead of his nearest opponent Al Miller Jeff Ben nett of Central was third ODCVI was tops overall in the category with Collingwaod second and North third Overall standings after five meets show ODCVI first with 66 points follwed by North 64 Central 46 Collingwood 35 Midland 15 Eastview 13 Park Street 10 Banting CFB Borden and Stayner By ROSEANNE McCABE Examiner Staff Writer Good neighbors make good friends More than 20 men proved to be friendsinnecd Wednesday when they banded together to harvest 30 acres of corn for Leighton and Ralph Smith of RR Midhurst Ralph and Leighton are brothers of Paul Smith 19 who died Friday when his coat was caught in farm machine So it was with huge portion of human kindness and loads of hard work that the 20 neighbors loaded almost 100 tons of corn an hour They stored the 30 acres of corn in six hours While the men were up at the crack of dawn the women of Crown Hill and Midhurst took over Bonney Smiths kitchen on the 300acre Vespraview Farm Neighbors made pics cakes and desserts topping off the main course of ham roast beef and whoknowswhat else devoured at noon by the hungry men The same nei ghbors came to the rescue Tuesday after the funeral by providing enough food for 150 people And then there were the 50 cows they milked daily TOOK RIGHT OVER just cant express the appreciation we have for their help Clarence Smith said Pauls father of RRI Barrie The neighbors just took right over for us The work they did today would have taken us six days to do Mr Smith said Passersby on the road couldnt see the action But behind the huge red barn there were four forage harvesters 13 wagons two corn blowers and 19 tractors Why did they doit ALL PITCH IN We have community code here If there is disaster we all pitch in said Howard Partridge organizer of the group Ihey are good family And they are wellrespected he sat Clarence Smith his wife Fay and family are wellknown in the area Mr Smith grew up here and is chairman of the ro planning board They have one daughter Lois Toffan 0f Oro Sta tion and three sons surviving They all attended Eastview Secondary School The Smith boys Ralph Leighton and Alvin arc enthusiasts Paul was popular outfielder with several baseball clubs He was promising defenceman for serveral hockey clubs such as the Oro Partridge Tractor Service juvenile team allOntario finalists Mr Smith saw Paul play his last hockey game Thursday with the Barrie Colts junior team Team officials say Paul was super guy They have suffered real loss work we did was very little compared to that His wife Irene organized the kitchen crew Pies came out of nowhere wish we could name all the women who helped but there arejust so many So they will go unnamed Smith family but not unappreciatcd by the As for the men there were Mr Partridge and his sons Jim Blake and Hugh Bob Bill and Jim Drury Gordon Atkinson Charlie Dyer Wayne Hickling Don and Doug Iartirdge Ken OBrian Dalton Wright Bill Clark Garry Summers Doug Hickling Al Abbot Greg Garrett and Les Morgan They helped with the harvesting Gadke threemOnthS avid sports Mr Partridge said The Ron ontts Her Ranson Dave McCuaig and Maurice Par tridge mllkcd the ti daily tridgc tcd cat Evcn nineycarold lirian Par Thcrc was hit of action in those fcw days said Mrs Par tridge have managed tosavc calf born upsidcdown Life goes on as the saying goes and thcrc is an ap prcciatiw family that knows they have friends indeed for assaulting neighbor man who found religion last November will be spending the next three months in jail County Court Judge Carter convicted Milton John Gadke 41 who lives near Alliston of common assault He had been charged with assault causing bodily harm Harry and Vince Langley who live in the same area testified that Gadke had hit Harry last Oct 19 while visiting them early in the morning Langley had several broken facial bones and numerous bruises But Judge Carter said Crown attorney John Murphy had failed to prove that Gadke ac tually caused the injuries He said there was obviously great deal of alcohol consumed by Langley that evening He said the injuries could have been caused by Langlcy falling on hard object Judgc Carter said there was no evidence of Gadke landing blow hard enough to cause the injuries and Langlcys con sumption of alcohol could have had somcthing to do with his falling Gadke told Judge Carter the trial was without jury that he had joined the Jehovahs Witnesses last November and had stopped drinking He said that in religious scnsc being convicted of crime was bad CITY BRIEFS SIGN CIIANGE An amendment to the citys zoning bylaw regulating signs was approved by city council Council amended the section under general provisions which allows signs in all zones if they are lawfully erected and main tained The amendment will omit signs on residential lots and vacant land zoned for residential use Real estate and signature signs are exempt SAFETY WINDOWS Barrie council is amending its property maintenance and occupancy standards bylaw to com ly with the Ontario Buil ing Code The city wants all fourstorey or higher apart ment buildings to have latching or automatic engaging devrces on window openings LAND OPTIONS City council approved two changes to the existing licy on se ling city owned lan The city will charge an option fee minimum of $1000 or two per cent of the pro sed purchase price multiplie by the number of months covered by options Also the city is asking for deposits with any offers The deposit has to be minimum of five per cent of the proposed purchase price Both the option charge and the deposit are forfeitable FALL CONFERENCE City council endorsed recreation advisory committee recommendation to hold com munity recreation conference at Sunnidalc Community Cen tre Nov 17 and Dec The pur pose of the conference is to gather public information about the citys recreation pro grams About 150 people re presenting various sports and special interest groups will be invited to attend SALVAGE OPERATION Rick Bates zoning ad ministrator and acting director of planning and development was given permission Tuesday bycity council to proceed with actions against salvage operation Nothern Salvage and Disposal at 417 423 433 and 437 Dunlop St west is contravening the citys 7oning bylaw and Mr Bates will take the usual steps tostopit thing llowcvcr cwn aitcr tlic coir Viction ht ilfirnnd that ln was innocent and said he didnt strumLangley ln sentencing iadkc to three months ludgc Carter said he could see no rcmorsc on Gadkcs part for his actions Gadkc has lengthy criminal record although most of the convictions llt or driving of fences llc had tour impaired driving convictions and onc for dangcrous driving The dan gerous driving conviction registcrcd in Supreme Court in 1905 involved thc death of another drivci in an auto accigt dent He also has convictions for theft escaping custody skipp ing bail failing to appear in court and being unlawfully dwelling house SPEAKER Secretarygeneral emeritus of the KitchenerWaterloo YMCA Dr Joseph Connell will be the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Sheba Shrine club tonight Dr Council is past presi dent of the International Ys Mens Club SOIllSH SHOW Tickets are available now for thc Breath of Scotland show Friday Oct 29 at pm in Georgian Tollcge Theatre Featured performers are Ronnie Tohurn Eddic Rose Sandra Wright Joss IZsplin Margaret Anderson Blanche Mclnncs and Billy Marshall The show is sponsored by the Lovatc Cam of the Sons of Scotland Tic cts cost $3 50 and they can be obtained by phon ing 7283tl4ft 7281999 4167752957 or 32647110 AWARDS IRESIINIICD Dr Shirley lnrig past prcsi dent of thc Simcoe County Chapter of the ouncil for Ex ceptional Children has resented the two awards won the council last year to the public school board She will present them to the separate school board next week One is an international award for membership and the other is national award for programm ing PEIERHOROUGll Mcmbcrs of the Life Under writers Association of Simcoe Muskoka will travel to Peter borough Oct 22 for oneday regional conference of Life Underwriters Speakers Will in clude the president of Life Underwriters of Canada the president of Human Resources Development and represeir tative of the Imperial Life Ill surance company VARIETY FAIR The Kinetic Club of Barrie will hold its Variety Fair Nov from to pm in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers Gas Building Ferris Lane There will be displays and sales of paintings sketchings ceramics pottery macramc dolls jewellery and mobiles Admission is 50 cents PUBLIC INVITATION The Bahai Community of Barrie is inviting interested people to attend public meeting Friday at pm in the community room of the Municipal Savings building Owen St Bahai member Mrs Bahiyyih Adams will be guest speaker ment GENERAL TWENTY MEN MET WEDNESDAY TO HELP WITII HARVESTING ON TIIE SMITH FARM lglmith have fine neighbors BLAKE PARTRIDGE ran the corn blowcr He is jUst one of the many neighbors who helped with the bar vesting Wednesday at the Smith farm RR Midhurst Examiner Photo OLLIIGLAIE ONt ERT The first concert in this years ollcgiatc Band Series will be hcld ct it in cntral ollcgiatc Auditorium at it pm lhc artists arc the Slicychcnko Musical Ensemble who paid triumpbal visit to llarric just year ago Admission is by series membership ticket or $5 adult $11 student at the door For icscritions phone 720 357 RAILWAY DISPLAY The Lake Simcoe Railway Modelers are holding their 1976 model railway display Nov 13 and 14 from noon until pm at Codrington Street Public School The model display iii cludes operating layouts movies and slides with admis sion of 50 cents ENGLISH CONVERSATION The English conversation group at the Barrie Public Library meets Saturdays 10 am until noon The group holds free series of practice sessions in conversational English for people who speak English as second language Emphasis is on idioms and ex pressions used in daytoday speech CANADIAN AUTHORS The Barrie Public Library will have three Canadian authors give readings of their work Nov starting at in the main library building The authors Ted Plantos poet Phyllis Gotlieb novelist short story writer and pool and David McFadden poet will also hold workshop for Barrie high school students in the afternoon The event is spon sored by the Georgian Bay Regional Library System with assistance of the Outreach On tario program of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation It is free ART CLUH Anne Meredith Barr na tionally known artist an print maker will demonstrate Serigraphs at the next meeting of the Barrie Art Club Oct 20 at pm in the Barrie Public Library on Mulcaster Street Miss Barry is president of the Society of Canadian Artists and director of Arts Magazine Painswick annexation inevitable PAINSWICK Painswick will inevitably be annexed by Barrie if the city grows to the sizepredicted in the Simcoe Georgian Area Task Force Report Blake Constable Deputyreeve of Innisfil Township told public meeting here Wednesday But he said Innisfil is opposed to immediate annexation of the hamlet and wants joint plann ing of the area by Barrie and Innisfil in the interim The task force report calls for Barrie to have population of 125000 up from current level of about 33000 in 2011 You cannot escape being caught up in that urban thrust Mr Constable told about 40 residents who turned out to meeting on Barries an nexation proposal Mr Constable said the township would not be prepared to give up land in the Painswick area until the township makes up through growth half the assessment it would lose with 3050 acres which have been of fered to the city in the nor thwest corner of the township He said the joint planning proposal with guarantees to residents that the procedure would not have serious adverse financial effect on them would save the costs in volved in Barries proposal to take over the area Jan as part of massive annexation of 13500 acres in the township The Barrie proposal which also involves two other townships and goes before the Ontario Municipal Board Oct 28 would involve godawful costs to taxpayers in the area to be annexed in the rest of the township and in the city he said Former reeve George Bur ton Tollendal resident and candidate for the reeves post in this years election charged that the current Innisfil pro posal would make the Pains wickTollendal area the sacrificial lamb to try and ap pease the appetite of Barrie He said Innisfil offered Bar rie the Painswick area before the city asked for it The city was primarily looking for in dustrial land at the time he said Mr Burton said after the meeting the township should have pressed on with an annex ation offer initiated before he lost the reeveship in the 1974 municipal electon The proposal would have given Barrie about 5200 acres west of 10 Sideroad and north of the midline of the 11th Conces sion Mr Burton charged that Painswick residents concerns would be put on the shelf under joint planning because the township would not want to spend money on an area in tended for annexation by Bar rie but residents would still be supporting the township with their taxes Innisfil Coun Grant Andrade said Painswick residents will continue to get proper service as long as they pay taxes to the township Mr Burton also disputed statement by Mr Constable that Barrie has refused to negotiate the annexation issue in good faith charging that the fault was actually on Innisfils side number of residents spoke in opposition to annexation of the Painswick Tollendal area by Barrie at any date and one drew applause from the au dience for her stand The meeting was sponsored by the Painswick Recreation and Community Association Annexation more problems than it solve Annexation of 20000 acres by Barrie will create more pro blems than it solves says Bob Bentley former alderman and mayor But restructurcd county government including Orillia and Barrie could be the answer to growth in Simcoe County Mr Bentley told about 15 peo ple at the Tall Trees Rate payers Association meeting Wednesday anncxations major problem will be an incrcase in taxes According to the citys $40000 study taxes could increase more than marginally If the city gets what it asked for 20000 acres this could mean 15 to 20 per cent in crease in taxes without in cluding the normal increase because of inflation he said Mr Bentley said the citys annexation study also points out that Barrie will only be able to provide essential services until 1987 because of the cost of annexation Other work such as new ci ty hall library complex or recreational building will have to be deferred Vespra and Innisfil township restdents he said will also suf fer from annexation The citys bid includes about 13500 acres in Innisfil 4500 acres in Vespra and 2100 acres in Oro An annexation hearing of the Ontario Municipal Board OMB is scheduled Oct 28 in Barrie city hall In Innisfil he said the city is taking people and leaving 8000 residents to face an in crease of 18 per cent in taxes Vespra is losing only 600 of its 5000 residents and 97 per cent of its industrial and commer cial assessment The cit is taking the guts right out the assessment but has left almost the same num ber of people in the township he said RESTRUCTURING The best alternative solution he said is restructured coun ty system with the two cities in volved Barrie left the county in 1959 and rillia in 1969 Both cities felt they were not getting fair representation on county coun c1 Mr Bentley said provincial BOB BENTLEY restructure government guidelines for viable restructured muni cipality include population of 150000 debtfree with good mixture of farm industrial residential and recreational land That describes Simcoe County to tee he said It is one of the richest counties in the province and has about 140000 people with the cities He said the province wants Simcoe County and the two cities prepare list of terms for restructured government system ARCHAIC APPROACH restructured government he said would mean new planning board system for the Barrie area giving the townships and city voice The boundary approach is somewhat archaic he said An urban planning area should be encouraged in at least the area the city wants to an nex Mr Bentley said the annexa tion hearing Oct 28 should be deferred until the cities and county discuss the possibility of restructured government study he said This he said is cheaper than the municipalities and de velopers paying about $200000 in legal fees to fight the annexa tion proposal Bentley won say hes in the running Bob Bentley is not saying whether hell run in the upcom ing election Hes adopted wait and see attitude But Wednesday night Mr Bentley told about 15 people at the Tall Trees Ratepayers Association there is no ulterior motive behind his series of four articles on annexation He said he wrote the articles and sold them to The Barrie Examiner to make people think If peo le think wrote the articles cause Im getting ready to run dont care as long as they read them he said This morning he told The Ex aminer he wants to remain in volved in the community but would not say if he is running Mr Bentley was mayor in 1968 and 1969 and an alderman in 1973 and 1974 He lost the 1974 election for mayor by about 93 votes to Mayor Dorian Parker There are four candiates in the naming for mayor in the Dec election Mayor Parker Aldermen Jim Pcrri Ross Ar cher and businessman Willard Kinzie Mr Bentley said he had rule never to discuss city business except during an elec tion but broke it for the first time by writing the articles its just that its annexa so damn important he sat