Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 15 Feb 1979, p. 21

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Preparing for the carnival There are cold jobs and there are really cold jobs This worker for Allan Cook Construction has his hands full and cold as he uses gaspowered pump to flood the surface of the lake to make broomball rinks for winter carnival By the end of the do he said Examiner Photo DAY Thursday Friday 8pm 8pm Saturday 730am 9amS pm ii am iOnoon iOam noon noon5pm 130230 3pm 8pm 9am5 pm iOamnoon iOam noon5pm ipm EVENT Film Festival Police vs Media Charity Hockey Game Klondike Night Pancake breakfast Arts and Crafts Festival Grand Parade Motorcycle races time trials Sled Dogs displayed Round the Boy Run Motorcycle races Sled Dog Races Sled Dog Weight Haul Klondike ll Night Celebrity Snowmobile races Fourwheel drive races Broomball matches Arts and Crafts Festival Motorcycle time trials Sled Dogs displayed Motorcycle races Kids and His Mutt sled races Rugby his gloves and snow suit get coated in ice SITE Public Library Childrens Annex Dunlap St Arena Barrie Armoury Barrie Armoury Downtown Centre Dunlop Street Kempentelt Bay Kempenfelt Bay Kempenfelt Bay Kempenlelt Bay Kempenfelt Bay Kempentelt Bay Armoury Kempenfelt Bay Kempentelt Bay Kempentelt Bay Downtown Centre Kempentelt Bay Kempenlelt Bay Kempenfelt Bay Kempentelt Bay Kempenfelt Bay Winter carnival is time when city politicians can forget the rigours of usual council business and get out and have agoodtime The Winter carnival has been described as great exciting and real boost to Barrie by various members ot city coun eil ActiVities are due to start Friday night and proceed right through to Sunday ity council members and et ty employees have been dress ed in traditional attire over the past week Men are not permitted to wear ties and women are not allowed to wear dresses for the next few days The Examiner asked number of municipal politi cians in Barrie what they thought of the carnival and if they would be participating Ernie Holman im sure carnival will be success as it always is will be par ticipating on one ol the klondike nights will either be it txirtender or doing something else As far as know he been here tor most carnivals Del olcz Wintercarnival is great as far as Im concernul There are lots ot activnies and lots of excnement As long as the weather holds out weve got it made It has changed over the past tew years ihcres much more participa tion now from local people Wlll be helping out at Klon like night probany the two nights ll is running Ed Thompson think winter carnival is boost tootir town and is credit to Harrie It brings people in tioin the out side to the testnities it also proves the tact that Harrie is an activecommunity Meg lional Winter car imal is great way to shake lIKNIIC ltttll bartender IIII UIJI participation the examiner Thunday Feb 15 1979 5A IIIYIIIOMISUN boost to city the Winter blahs its real boost to Barrie be going down to the pancake breaktast on Saturday morning otterth Dorian Aid iarkeri and myself to enter the log sawing contest but nobody else irom council took me up on it What politicians think of carnival MEG DUNAL great iim Shirley think its an exciting thing for the city its getting people out and helping to take away the winter blahs We have to have little bit of excitement in the wintertime Anything that brightens up winter is help Tugowar There were cold hands and lots of red noses at Prince of Wales school this week as students got into the Winter Carnival mood early More than i50 students participated in games such as this tugofwar and special obstacle course run Ex aminer Photo

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