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Downtown development Merchants disagree on project By DENNIS IIIIIER The Examiner Downtown merchants have mixed feeling about the downtown improvement pro Ject some are gungho others have qualms Doug Renault and Gord Roach oppose the project Scause they say it is not need FLAC Doug Greenwood and Gordon Sim support it but say other im provemeiits are needed Art Rogers and George Kelvin say the plan is good and will strengthen downtown Roach owner of Gord Roachs Mens Shop on Dunlop Street advises downtown retailers to wake up and realize city councils attitude Committee says year truitless By ARI Del ilHSII Of The Eva miner The committee pushing for Frenchrlanguage high school in Penetanguishenc says 111711 was frustrating year which borelittle or no fruit The annual report of the Frenchlanguage advisory committee iFli was presented at meeting of the Simcoe County Board of Educa tion FLAC is made up of three trustees appointed by the board and six persons elected by tax payers in lenetanguishene Trustee and FLAt member Mary IIrichseanrown told the board it was fruitless year on 1y for the six elected taxpayers and not the board trustees The other trustees on FLAC are William Murphy and Dr Allen Fisher Trustee William Mctullough said the comment is somewhat out of order There have been great number of innovations and ac complishments that should be recognized he said The board rejected FLAGs recommendation that separate French high school he built in Penetangiiishene 10 The board suggested building an annex to the existing lenctanguishenc Secondary School Some highlights from FLAGs annual report on Feb ti chairman Marcel Bellehumeur made presenta tion to the board supporting separate French school in Ienctanguislicnc on April 20 FLAt was ask ed to support the establishment of Frenchlanguage pre kindergarten subcommittee was formed to study the re quest on May it the committee recommended the board establish junior kindergarten classes at St Josephs clemen tary school in Penetangnishene This recom mendation was rejected by the board on Aug 10 FLAt met to elect new chairman as result of the death of Marcel Bellehinneur Dr Germain Gauthier was elected chairr man on Sept the committee referred its request for French school in Penctanguishene to the ministry of education because the board rejected the request No Winterama for township By LORI COHEN The Examiner STROUD For the first time in at least 15 years lnnisfil township cancelled its Winterama The decision was made by the sponsor lnnisfil Chamber of Commerce Chamber president Harry Barron said apathy the main reason coupled with declining revenue forced the cancellar tion He said snowmobile races were the main attraction and needed large purses to attract the best racers All money from admission to the races and the Wintcraina dance was used to furnish these prizes The last three years we had snowmobile races we were in the red Barron said Last year when we cut them out we didnt get the crowd and just broke even Since the cancellation only four people have asked Barrin about Winterama he said Interest is not very great he said He said the hamber is giving Winterama rest to poll public opinion Barron stressed the cancella tion is not permaincnt and the Three men killed in accident BROWN HILL Three men were killed Iwlnesday in headon collision on Highway 48 Provincial police said Allen Wallace 61 of Baldwin Ont was killed when his car was in collision with car driven by Merlyn Preston 51 who also died along with passenger George Vaughan Preston and Vaughan were from WhitchurchStouffville tint ars CORRECTION In Sears Hero and Now Cir cular on page 19 Early Ono Thermal Smoke Detector 19506 is on sale for 1998 Reg 2298 Early One Smoke Detector 19504 is offered at for 2696 Rog 1898 each We apologize for any in convenience the need for clarification may have caused On page 13 the Antique Satin drapes for 4498 have been delayed in shipping Orders will be taken for future delivery And on page 10 the Now Softy Macrame cord is unavailable We regret all inconveniences to our customers chamber hopes to hae some sort of winter event next year of complete indifference to area residents In letter to The Examiner Roach says the project spells doom for many existing stores He says the impact study by Larry Smith and Associates was completed by the same consultant that did an earlier report for the developer Sure ly child must ask is this not conflict of interest he says He says the consultant spent few weeks in Barrie and came up with fearless forecast merchants are supposed to ac cept as gospel He says retailers in downtown Barrie are apathetic In reality your future is on the line and your shouts have turir ed to whispers he says All retailers were not con siilted when the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Board gave its sup port to the project Art Rogers manager of Bar rie Furniture Ltd on Mulcaster Street and chamber director says retailers had plenty of op portunity to voice concerns at chamber meetings Rogers is very much in favor of the project and says it will strengthen the area Is the downtown dying asks Rogers Have you counted the number of vacant stores downtown lately Gordon Sims owner of House of tharms on Bell Farm Road says it is good concept would hate to see the downtown die he says think indepen dent merchants would benefit froin it But Sims said he moved from his Dunlop Street location to Hell Farm Road because it was too difficult to operate downtown Parking is major problem he says He says inalls do well because there is unlimited free parking available Metered parking should be eliminated he says If the city needed the revenue merchants could be charged fee for money lost lhcyvc done away with lot of metered parking many cities in the US because they feel its decided disad vantage he says Sims says the city is also not doing enough to encourage growth of its downtown area He says Barrie should pro vide some incentive for persons moving into vacant buildings downtown Doug Renault owner of Bar rie TV and Appliances on Dunlop Street says the pro jccl is not needed because downtown is not dying He says that business is okay at his store He says owners willing to improve stores will succeed and stay in business He says residential develop ment is needed downtown George Kelvin owner of the Barrie Mattress Factory on Dunlop Street East says he thinks the project is fair All know about it is what read in the newspapers he says But dont think would be affected personally by the project Doug Greenwood owner of Grecnwoods oats and Dresses Ltd on Dunlop Street says he doesnt object to the project but would prefer more housing downtown Residential development would be more valuable to downtown then anything else he says He says that by adding apart ment buildings people would be within walking distance of downtown He said objects to provincial governments involvement in the scheme He said private developers should be handling the project all the way along School buses crowded present hazard trustees Simcoe ounty school buses are over crowded and recom mendations should be accepted to correct the problem says an ad hoc board of education com mittee The committee presented list of busing guidelines to the board at meeting Iednesday The guidelines must be review ed by the budget committee before being accepted or re jected There should be maximum of 34 high school students on 72 passenger school buses says the report ommiltec chairman Frank lrothcro says school bus capacity is determined by allot ting lilrinch wide section of seat for each passenger Since many high school students take up more room than 11 inches filling buses to their official capacity means some have to stand Prothero says This could be dangerous in case of accidents he says The report also says high school students should be pick ed up at home by school buses no earlier than 7110 It says elementary school students should be dropped off at school no earlier than 8243 am or 8110 am it by com mutcr bus Some students are picked up and dropped off earlier than this says Prolhero because FRANK IRUIIIIIRU chairinin some buses make more than one trip It means well have more school buses running shorter routes the coinmitlec chair man says Prothero says the guidelines are the first drawn up by board committee Bus loading and route times now vary in dif ferent parts of the county He says the guidelines were recommended because of con cern about busing expressed by parents school principals and board trustees Irothcro was named chair man of the county transporta tion committee established at thcmecliiig lrustces on the committee are lohn Mctullough Dr William Ivcs Sam Neiliy Gerald Wesicott Bruce ummr ing Audrey Trotter and William Murphy Homo Auto tho Buslnou sarieant insurance ml Form Rd otrlo OM Barclay name meant quality iitirtliit Gold Label Whisky BarclaySquareWhisky JAS BARCLAY CO LIMITED who take an unlimited pride in the products they sell 09 may iAHAIIIlN hmin ANIIW Royal Canadian Whisky the examiner Friday Mar 1979 town country Three sentenced for attempt Brampton man was sentenced to three years in peniten tiary and two local men tojail in provincial court here Tues day for attempted armed robbery Thomas McGuigan 26 was sentenced to three years Ran dal Tatum 20 of Utopia and David Lawson 20 of Glen cairn were each given two years less day in jail Weapons charges against the three men were withdrawn The three men tried to rob an Angus convenience store Jan Kim IkSoo owner wrestled the gun from them and beat them with it They fled Leprosy slide show scheduled ne Island Two Nations is the theme of slide prescnta tion at the monthly meeting of the Barrie auxiliary of the Leprosy Mission March at 745 pm at St Giles Anglican Church Irian Jaya and New Guinea make up the island located in the South Pacific While it is very beautiful island there is serious problem with leprosy there and need for clinic Rev Don lark will be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Leprosy Mission in Toronto March 10 He will discuss his recent trip to the leprosy clinic in India St Monicas student wins contest BARRIE speech entitled the Advantages and Disad vantage of Being in the Same School as My Father won Rob bie McAlccr first prize in the regional Tatholic Womens league public speaking contest McAlecr pupil at St Monicas School was given trophy and $15 He is now eligible to compete in the final competi tion April 22 at St Pascal Babylon church in Thornhill Second prize went to Giles Marchiidon of St Joseph School in Penetanguishenc who spoke on the Exjwricnces of lBycareld Paper Boy lnnisfilStroud proiect investigated BARCLAY No contract has been awarded for construc tion of seating in the Stroudlnnisfil Recreation Centre after examination of five tenders at an lnnisfil township council meeting Wednesday night The contract will be awarded after further investigation by the townships chief building inspector and recreation co ordinator and will be announced at special council meeting ouncil had hoped to have decision by the end of Wednesdays meeting Tenders ranged in price from $132000 offered by Schoinberg onstruction and Design Services to $155427 of fered by Whitney onstruction Ltd of Brampton ouncil budgeted 8120000 for the project Cancellation wont stop Teen Queen STRULD Cancellation of lnnisfils Wintcrania has not put an end to the Teen Queen contest which will be held April at 11 pm in the Stroudrlimisfil onnnunity entrc Normally sponsored by the lnnisfil hambcr of om mercc as part of Winterama activities the event has been taken over by the Stroudrlnnisfil Youth group Jack Book founder of the youth group says there are six contestants so far and there is room for more Along with the contest is buffet dinner and dance with iiiusic by Wayne Forch Variety four piece band Admission is $5 couple which offers the chance at grand prize of 100 pounds of cut and wrapjwd bch courtesy of Blacklock Farm and Meals oftookstown iiiloi fit ifm Winning March 1979 Draw DRAW SERIES TICKET NUMBER POSSIBLE WINNERS FIRST PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE OF $100000 ANY 33 95 PRIZES or 10000 ALL V7607PRlZES OF 100 10 10 10 50 PRIZES or 6912 PRIZES or PRIZE OF PRIZES or 90 PRIZES 0F 76 PRIZES or 95 PBlZES OF PRIZES OF $100000 1000 100 10 10 10 PRIZEOF $100000 gmy 95 ERZES 1000 ALE 6098125305 100 ALL 77769150258 or 10 di PRIZES OF 10 PRIZES OF 10 PRIZEVOF 93PRZES OF 776 PRIZES or 177 QiPRIZES or 4PRIZES OF 2PRIZES OF $100000 1000 100 10 10 10 PRIZE or PRIZESOF ANV 1114131 PRIZES or 69 PRIZES OF WINFALL PRIZE NUMBER BONUS NUMBER 1FR OF $100000 95 PRIZES or 1000 8544 PRIZES or IVPRIZE or 359nizes or 8544 PRIZES or PRIZE 95 PRIZESAOFT BSAAPRIZES or lPRlZAEAQFV 77 95 PRZEQE 3544 PRIZES OF EWZEPE 95 PBlZES 05 MRZQF ooOoojfiniiEs 00000000 $10 $100 and $1000 tickets may be redeemed at Ontario branches of Canadian lmpenat Bank ot Commerce Wintall 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