Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 5 Apr 1979, p. 5

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the oxamIner Thursday Aprll 1979 Carson Road station Stalemate reached on Hydro station Discussion on whether con troversial Ontario Hydro transformer station should be located on Carson road despite residents objections has reached stalemate MII George Taylor tPCSimcoe Centre told The Examiner Monday Taylor who promised the residents he would take the issue to top provincial govern ment levels said Energy Minister James Auld has put hold on an order in council that would allow the station to go through until he Iiears from me formally Taylor said the next step would be to ask the minister to review Ontario Hydros proposal and the residents ob jections and consider other alternatives to the location known as Site He saidthe minister has not yet weighed the issue as the Ministry of energy which oversees Ontario Hydro has no complaints on file from residents in the ara who are concerned Ontario Hydro says it has not received any such letters either Taylor said Ontario Hydro received up proval of its choice from the Ministry of Environment assessment board after submit ting report which outlined its reasons for preferring arson Rd over four other locations considered However at meeting last month members of the arson Road Ratepayers Association unanimously agreed they were against the site located across from their homes as station would devalue their properties The members said they would prefer sites and It as more suitable locations Bylaw objectors get say at OMB Objectors to Essa Townships zoning bylaw will have chance to state their case before an Ontario Municipal Board hearing planning con sultant told council Dan Hammond of Ross Ray mond and Associates planning consultants for the township said the bylaw which was pass ed last year has been cir culated through the township and 28 persons have objected Hammond said the bylaw recognizes the existing land uses whch are mainly agricultural and residential and the objections are quite mmor Hammmond said letters will be sent out to all objectors in forming them of the opportunr ty He sid the letters would be categorized according to the nature of the response to the bylaw CATEGORIES INtIilIHII The categories include situa tions where the township does not consider the objections valid and plans no action specific cases where the township intends to negotiate cases of objec tions where insufficient reasons were given and acknowledge ment of all positive responses to the bylaw Hammond said the replies are standard procedure under Ontario Municipal Board rules before hearing Essa fire chief says two sites considered To date 1979 has been busy year for the lnnisfil Township Fire Department From Jan 1979 to April 1973 the department recorded 37 fire calls For the same period in 1978 they recorded on ly 23 fire calls said lnnisfil Fire Chief Charles Horton Wednes day in his March report to In nisfil Protection and ommunr ty Services Committee Theres really no explana tion why the calls are up said hief Horton There have just been more fires In March the department recorded 12 calls Six house fires three cottage fires one vehicle Illt one chimney fire and one miscellaneous fire Included in the total fire calls was fire early New Years day that killed three children Records for March 1978 show five house fires and one cottage fire Although there was only one chmmiy fire in March thief Horton warns lnnisfil residents to Keep checking youi chimneys especially when bur ning green wood Starting Monday April The township must show the OMB they attempted to get back to the objectors he said If the people still object after we send them the letters then they can attend the hearr mg Hammond said after the let ters have been sent an applica tioii for hearing will be made to the OMB Scheduling for the hearing could take another six months he said The bylaw is revision of one passed in 1976 which received 100 objections he said Ministry to spend $5M on research The Ministry of Agriculture and Food will spend an addir tional $5 million this year on special research in the broad areas of food supply food safe ty nutrition and health ministry spokesman sid Wednesday Dr Rennie assistant deputy minister for education research and special services division said the money will be allocated from Provincial lot tery funds The province spends about $22 million annually on agricultural research projects including livestock and poultry field crops and plant and animal disease Dr Reiiiiicsaidthc funds will be supplied to universities and private laboratories for research projects either in the form of grants or contracts He said the ministry Is now trying to complete the specific areas of research but the main emphasis would be on con sumer related projects such as animal diseases food quali ty and safety factors such is harmful drug residues Ir Rennie said projects on how to expand the range of food products or programs to replace imported food with anadian product would also be included He said the allocation will give research in the province real boost Man injured in car crash MIDLAND Stafli ii yearold Midland man is It satisfactory condition in loron to East General Hospital Wednesday after the car he as driving went off road about fixc miles north of here this morning Ralph luckcrman 38 was taken to Midlands Huronia liistrict Hospital and later transferred to the Toronto hospital Police said luckcrmans car drove off liny lowiiship on cession Road l3 about It struck hydro pole was airv lttltl gt35 in page it the should read $31M JIIISWI tilll tllhltillltlh BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SEMINARS SPRING SEMESTER OEFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION Instructor Joe Carron Sr Starting Tuesday April IO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING YOUR BUSINESS Instructor Reg Wilson OEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS Instructor Joe Carron Sr Starting Wednesday April ll OBUSINESS LAW Instructor Bob Carson Each seminar one evening week for ID weeks FOR COMPLETE DETAILS CALL Georgian College Extension Services 705 728195 TOWERS CORRECTION In our lrice lrackdown flycr inserted in the papers this week please note on page the selling price of the Level Italic should read $3 regular prices of Stepping Sandal and Fashionable Sandal should nad $1599 not Sltiitft as shown and the savings We are sorry for any iiiconyeniencc this may have borne for about an ILlI and roll ed over three Illllt when it landed luckcimans destroyed tlltilt was LACROSSE REGISTRATION Icyfiold Georgian Ms SOL April ItIi the chtn lp Rake should lligh HVE MOVED INDUSTRIAL HOME CARPETING CORNER or ST VINCENT BELL EARM RD 7372860 BARRIE JOE HARRADINE OPENING SALE STARTS APRIL 5th IT IS ALSO OUR THIRD BIRTHDAY SO THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE SAID HO lIMIT TO SAVINGS WALL T0 WALL OR ROOM SIZE SAXONY PLUSHES HILOWS SAXONY SPLUSHES TWISTS LEVEL LOOPS SAXONY VELOUR SHORT SHAGS KITCHEN CARPETS CUTNLOOPS SAVE UP TO 40 30 REMNANTS FROM 12 T0 12 18 Commercial Great for Cottage Bedrooms or Family Room $300 sq yd BIG ASSORTMENT REMNANTS ALL SIZES up to 80 avings Savinggflogg to 30 THE LITTLE STORE WITH BIG SAVINGS JACK DUFFY Site located their proper ties and further east towards Highway 27 would have less visual impact they said But site located almost the directly across highway DOOR PRIZES JAMES llli eiiergy minister froiu site was their unanimous first choice Ontario llydro had rejected site Ii on the grounds that sta CORDLESRO armory tion there would interfere with the View of the alley offered to VISA iiortliboiiiid motorists on AT Highway 27 and would mean 90 building on wetlands and re quirmg fill to create an access Available in 61218 or 24 packs and cans IIIIllS MlllillllMMlINlllIIllIllNlllI Illlllllllll PIIIIILS

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