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MPP to help oppose hydro Residents get support By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Simcoe county MPP has promised residents on Carson Road he will back them in their fight against plans by Ontario Hydro to locate transformer station across from their homes George Taylor PCSimcoe Centre told about 15 members of the Carson Road Ratepayers Association he could not pro mise solution to the problem but would carry the issue to top government levels if necessary Taylor told The Examiner he would take the matter to Minister of Environment Harry Parrott and Minister of Energy James Auld If they will not give me the satisfaction of thoroughly reviewing it will go to the premier William Davis and say am not satisfied with the results am getting with the prodedure During meeting the ratepayers made it clear they on no account with the station on the location known as Site which was favored by On tario Hydro over four other choices in the area Several members said the station would mean devalua tion of their properties Jack Argyle resident of Carson Road said he had con firmed this with residents in similar situation in Malton Ont subdivision knocked on 40 doors and 40 people gave me an estimte of devaluation on their properties City Editor Ian Mulgrew7556537 Timbrell receives petition Dennis TimbreII minister of health left was Penetangulshene council member middle with from 2030 per cent he said The ratepayers also told Taylor Ontario Hydro had made false statement in its report on the five site locations to the environmental assess ment board when it claimed although some residents ob jected the majority said the Site location would not adversely affect them They have paid no attention to what we have said and it is going exactly where they want it said Hugh Bellwood member of the association in letter to the Township of Vespra which has also opposed the site Parrott said ministry staf had reviewed the report and evaluation of the alter native site and found Ontario Hydros recommendation the most acceptable presented by Ray Baker petition with H244 signatures Monday following tour of Penetanguishene General Hospital The petition objected to the ministry set hospitalbed ratio and to the shor tage of funds granted to the has Hospital administrators the pital Timbrells visit followed reports by hosptial may close because of financial restraints announced by the ministry Moreland Lynn mayor of Midland looks on Examiner Photo Into Midland police Investigation begins MIDLAND Staff Ontario Police Commission advisors visited here Monday starting week of observation and in quiry into town police Fred Davies commission senior advisor said in an inter view today commission rep resentatives will take about one week to look at the police opera tion here Davies called it strictly an inhouse check The commis sion produced report on the police following an investiga tion in 1975 Two weeks ago council asked the commission to return to Midland and followup that report March fleeing from the store The Simcoe County Board Car catches fire 845 am called to the scene destroyed they said Ha abouts am said police Drugs they said City to press charges The city has decided to press charges against the owner of an ice making plant at 418 Blake St The decision was made at city council meeting Monday The infraction has to do with excessive noise in the area caused by operation of the plant Aid Alex Arthur said to day town country Two get year for robbery MIDLAND Staff Two Midland men were sentenced to one year in jail in provincial court here Monday for armed robbery of Midland convenience store Danny Harold Haourt 24 and Collin Campbell Haourt 18 pleaded guilty March 12 to robbing the store of about $48 town police officer said he fired his gun to stop them Architect hired by schools An architect has been hired to build general purpose rooms onto schools in Shanty Bay New Lowell and Medonte The rooms which will be built this year can be used for meetings and as gymnasium Allison to draft plans for the facilities Construction costs arrangements still have to be arranged between the board and community groups Highland Crescent woman was taken by surprise Mon day when her car caught fire while she was driving about Marlene McKnight stopped her car at the corner of Bayview Drive and Gowan Street and Barrie firemen were Firemen said flames appeared to be coming out of the car heater The interior of the 1975 Ford Granada was Police investigating breakin City police are investigating an overnight breakin at rpers Pharmacy 128 Penetang St The breakin was discovered by constable on patrol Entry was probably made through an upstairs window and cash appear to have been stolen from the store Councillors cited complaints of rising crime rate and low of ficer morale as reasons for call ing the commission Were going to see how closely the force has come to following the reports recom mendations said Davies Nothing more Mayor Moreland Lynn said recently the recommendations dealt with shifts and work delegations installation of special facilities in the station and organization of platoon system Davies said the police comv missions report should be pre sented to council in about three weeks Relationship here at all time low The relationship between Barrie and lnnisfil is at an all of Education hired time low Ald Gord Mills said Monday His comments came during regular sitting of Barrie city council quote in an Examiner arti cle from an lnnisfil councillor suggested service to Tyndale Park located in lnnisfil but owned by Barrie should be cut off if any member of city coun cil suffered as result The remark was de plorable and shows the bit terness between the two sides apparent Man pleads not guilty to murder Harris Christopher George Whyte 23 pleaded not guilty in the first day of his murder trial in Ontario Supreme Court here Whyte former Huronia Regional Centre resident is charged with the second degree tnurder of two elderly Orillia men Sept 27 1975 jury of five men and seven women was selected Monday Trial proceeds today Following four day trial in March 1976 Whytc was con victed and sentenced to life im prisonment for the murders of William Borden Quinn 64 and James Henry McMaster 74 The two men who lived about 100 yards from each other on Division Road in Orillia Township were found shot to death Sept 27 1975 In December 1978 the On tario Court of Appeal ordered new trial for Whyte who has been imprisoned since 1976 Representing Whyte is Richard Clarke on Orillia lawyer Crown attorney is John Alexander In his letter the minister said concerns regarding the poten tial visual impact and change in pro rty value were con sider It is our understanding from Ontario Hydro that the visual impact will be minimized by use of screening techniques and that poential property value changes will be discussed during negotiations between Ontario Hydro and the local land owners the letter said However local spokesman for Ontario Hydro has already said the residents will not be compensated as their proper ties are not directly affected by the site Taylor said Ontario Hydros report was not very ac curate depiction of the situa tion The illustrations and photographs were innocuous and fuzzy he said Looking at this report it does not set out the number of residences or the individuals af fected on Carson Road Taylor agreed with Ontario Hydro rejection of Site located in Barrie and more popular choice with the residents and Vespra Town ship The cost factor and lack of accessibility made it less at tractive he said However several association members said two other sites and were better suited for the location of the station but had been rejected by Ontario Hydro Site located beind the homes rather than across from them and further east towards Highway 27 would have less visual impact they said Site located almost direct ly across the highway front Site is the location association members unanimously agreed they would prefer Ontario Hydro rejected the site because access to it would cause major disturbance to wetlands and would interfere with the view offered to motorists northbound on Highway27 Vespra Deputy Reeve Venncr Lambert said the station would not have to be built on the wetlands but could be moved furtherupthe hill Argyle said this location would also put the station right under Ontario Hydros feeder lines Taylor said Ontario Hydros argument that station on this site would obstruct the view to passing motorists was weak one cant understand how anybody could be so childish and naive to put forward this reason he said Taylor said he would also in quire as to whether Ontario Hydro has yet purchased the land forsite He said Ontario Hydro may have an option to buy but he did not know whether the actual transaction had been made Parking still OK proposed parking prohibi tion on the north side of Cumberland St between William Street and Essa Road was turned down by Barrie city council Monday General committee recom mended last week that no park ing be allowed on the street bet ween am and pm Monday toSaturday John Christie speaking on behalf of area merchants told council it should investigate establishing metered parking lots in the area He said the parking situation could eventually become as bad as downtown Ba rric He said merchants had done good job of providing parking in the area and should not be penalized until alternatives had been looked into by council Ald iord Mills of Ward said he had conductcd survey Saturday of residents along the strect it homeowners 10 of thcm did not want the parking ban said Mills in addition council ltCOllL mended metered parking lots be looked into by the traffic department Mills suggcstcd umbcrland Strcct bc madc one way going cast oti umberland Street bet wecn Essa Road and William Street That will also be looked into by the citys traffic depart ment Fooled again Chris Chapman foreground Demonstrates extrication techniques Training officer for Canadian Rescue Services demonstrates techniques for removing car windshield with hand tools without injuring the person trapped In side at twoday training session in extrication methods held by the CRS Monday and today Students from Humber College in Toronto above fire fighters and local ambulance atten dants also are taking Photo the course Examiner sparked again by board Hy Altl lcillSE The Examiner liic two sides involved in the dispute over building French languagc high school in lcnctanguishcnc are not as lOSt to agreement as board of education trustccs thought The longstanding issue was rckindlcd Monday at meeting of the Simcoe ounty Board of Education The latest snag caused John McCullough chairman of the board comiiiittcc handling the matter to thrcatcn resignation Two days ago Dick Hotchkiss 7i of TIffin Street was merrily riding his bike and enjoying the springlike weather but Monday morning that all ended for while as Barrie and most of Southern Ontario had more than cm of snow dumped on them Examiner Photo by David Burcsik Village wants control of major interchanges COLDWATER Unless the Village of Coldwater controls development around the two nearby major highway inter changes its downtown area will die said Reeve Earl Bran don at Mondays Ontario Municipal Board hearing into Goldwaters proposed annexa tion of 1635 acres from Medonte and Tay Townships Brandon said the village would not attract developers unless they know the city con trols planning in those inter change areas One interchange area is located to the north west of the village at the Highway 400 bypass The area now under con struction is redirecting north bound traffic away from the village second bypass around the village an extension of Highway 400 to iiavcnhurst is back on five to 10 year plan ning stage said Brandon When that bypass is com pleted traffic destined for the north cast will no longer go through the village he said Brandon said the village has high proportion of older pco plc and needs the younger ele ment living in the fastgrowing surrounding arcas to develop and service the community Coldwatcr wants to annex land mainly for industrial and commercial development but the townshi say Coldwatcr docsiit xtrail the land its asking for This area is like four littlc communities said Brandon They work well together most of the time but theres no way its going to work with three councils The ring continues today with crosscxaniination of Brandon by Medonte Townships lawyer The hearing is expected to last another three weeks McCullough of Midland said he is peeved at the outcome of meeting of the French language Advisory Committee FLACI The committee made up of three trustees and six Pcnetanguishene ratepayers is behind the campaign to have French facility built At FLAC meeting March 22 motion was introduced to re ject the boards proposal of Frenchlanguage annex to an existing high school The motion rejected by fourthree vote called for separate facility to be built at least 200 feet away from lenctanguishene Secondary School lm finding it increasingly difficult to retain my cont posure and continue as chair man of this committee Mcv ullough said We assumed FLAC had agreed to thc annex and now they pull this lhcyrc being totally unreasonable he said $1400 at issue suggest the committees are atastalemate The board voted to reaffirm its position that an annex be built to the existing school This may mean FLAC will bypass the board and approach the ministry of education with its request for Separate French high school The motion read if no agreement is reached at the boards next regular meeting Wednesdayst we have no other choice than to go to the ministry of education FlAs next meeting is April 12 letter from FlA member Homco Assclin which trustees said contains wrong informa tion said the board has shown it is not sympathetic despite its many hollow pious dcclartr tioiis Tiic board has many clever people who havc succccdcd in clouding the issue so much that our committcc has ceased to distinguish clearly the needs of our students and what we are being offered the letter said Asselin recommended the matter be brought to the atten tion of the minister of educa tion Several trustees criticized FLAC members for changing their position on the issue Weve gone as far as were going to go said Frank Pro thero trustee of Tottenham Weve told FLAC what were willing to do and Im sure they understand Its just another way of stalling negotia tions he said Trustee and FLAC member Mary ErichsenBrown of Coll ingwood said Asselins letter is irresponsible The people on the commit tee are far from sure of where they stand on this issue she said Mrs IIrichscnRrowii said slic wouldnt like to see the issuc brought beforc the lllllilSli of cducation It would iiiakc messy situation whole lot mcssicr she said Jennings council fighting over debt its matter of principle So says solicitor Roger atlcy of $1400dcbt zillcdgcd ly owed the city by Ed lcnn ings local dcvclopcr atley told city council Monr day that Jennings his client was reluctant to pay $1400 that city officials contend he owes lil 1977 under the property standards bylaw the city did some chimney rcpair work on houses bounded by Owen McDonald atid Worslcy Streets The territory has been designated for Kcmpenfelt Place Jennings multimillion dollar apartment building pro posal atlcy said Jennings believes he was dealt with improperly from legal point of view He said Jennings received estimates from contractors who would do the work for $650 He said Jennings did not feel $1400 was fair price to pay He said the amount could be cleared up when the actual site plan for Kempcnfelt Place was being worked out The comment did not sit well with Ald Bill Knowles who is pressing council to press charges against the local developer Ald Knowles said the remarks were almost blackmailish It is becoming disturbing situation said Ald Fred Rucnipcr site plan isnt site plan Detox centre to close ORllLlA Staff detox ification centre in Orillia serve ing Simcoe and Muskoka coun ties will close its doors March 31 due to lack of funds says its director Hugh Stout director of the centre at 144 olbournc St said attempts to raise the money froin the provinces ministr of health and through afutid rive have failed The centre needed about $55000 to cover operating costs but it is difficult to convince the province to give funding Stout said until it been agreed upon by both sidcs he said Planning board and council accepted Jennings site plan but get the feeling well havc something more substantial to discuss during iicgotintioiis lhc demolition for site con struction might be an itcni iti troduccd by Jennings during site plan negotiations said atlcy Hick Bates dirccior of plann ing and development said the planning dcpnrtiiicnt has con ccrns about conditions of buildings on the Slit He said number of houses liaic bccii boardcd up with debris and garbage scattered about Construction of Kcnipcnfelt llacc lS expected to begin in September and should take 36 months to complete said Jenn ings the adoptables This Is Sally and she is an unspayed female sheltie collie Sally is an adult of about seven months old By the time she leaves the Ontario Humane Society on Patterson Road where she and number of other animals can be adopted she will have her distemper needle Examiner Photo