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gnytangeflflifflfifi Playing hide and seek There are many places to hide at boat show as Brian Roberts of Barrie demonstrates Roberts toured Bayfield Mall looking at the display of power and sail boats put on by the merchants association The show ended Saturday Examiner Photo Builders disagree with city proposal emanding $309 By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner Parkland dedication will he the subject of presentation by the Barrie Builders Associa tion tonight at citv council JMK STOLLAR against levy The association is opposed to the citys plans to make developers pay $300 lot in stead of having them work on individual sites for the purpose ofdeveloping park space The city requires developers dedicate land with each new subdivision for park space Association representatives say the new increase would force the price of houses up in Barrie Developers already pay $1500 lot as special levy to the city Jack Stollar developer and John Cockburn speaking on behalf of Victoria Woods will make the presentation tonight WINDSLRFING Brian Taylor will approach council on proposed windsurf ing setup this summer at Centennial Park Lat week general committee recommended Taylor not be given the contract to do the work because Ron Forsberg had applied for the contract before him Taylor will protest that deci sion tonight Council is also expected to ratify financial arrangements for the proposed Barrie and District municipal airport tonight The five year forecast which general committee discussed last week does not commit the city uniformed ONLY IROJICtTIOX It is projection required by the pro incial government The honoraria for council members should be ratified tonight The mayor would ItttlH $13300 in 1071 and aldcrincn $4423 Committee chairman will receive $4473 special general iiltlliiitlcc mixting has been called to deal with the Greater Harrie liambcr of ommercc The chamber will review its plans to revise the city map The controversial annexation issue is also on the agenda tonight but the matter will he discussed iiicamera LVIIIIIIING SOIIIIOR The city will meet with its solicitor to discuss the latest developments in the dispute Ald lord Mills Jim Shirley Meg ODonal Iloug Iaggcs and Hill Knowles are in favor of accepting Innisfils last propsal on the boundary Iniiisfil has been granted leave of appeal by the Supreme Court of Canada Last week the Ontario =$qg TORI IIIIS foroffer Municipal Hoard iiinllii postoiied hearing scheduled for April 30 until the court hearing wascoiiipleted An 18 month delay on annexa tioii procedures is forecast Tentative reement reached the oxamlnor Monday April 1m Support staff back to work maintenance department hired on permanent By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Striking county public school support staff are back on the job today after tentative agreement with the Simcoe County Board of Education was ratified Saturday The agreement provides the 350 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1310 with an hourly wage increase of $125 in four installments over two years CUPE had asked for $140 an hour over the same time period The average wage will in crease to $667 an hour from $542 Bruce Land national CUPE representative said the union was unable to bring wages up to the provincial average board now recognizes but said at least the that caretakers are caretakers no matter where they are He said before wages were based on the average wage for the area and this idea is changing The change in philosophy alone by the board is victory he said Of the 258 CUPE members at Saturdays meeting 214 voted to accept the twoyear con tract ending the week long strike It was the first strike in the locals 10year history Employees are now entitled to four weeks vacation after 10 years of service instead of the previous 12 years and five weeks vacation after 20 years service Also the half day before hristmas and New Years is now paid holi lay Iemporary or casual employees in the Strike twoway SUCCGSSZ Ry TERRY IIELI Of The Examiner Last weeks strike by Sim coes public schools support personnel was twoway suc cess says Peter Worth presir lent of the countys anadian Ilnion of Public Employees local It produced fair wage set tiement but it also opened lot of eyes he says The strike has pulled the local together bit more Theye realized now what the local can do if the members Work as group The 350 cleaners caretakers bus drivers and maintenance people who make up lYIE local 1310 went on strike to achieve wage parity with the support staff of other school boards Its ithc contractt step in the right direction think the majority of us are very pleas ed says Worth Simcoes director of educa tion Jack Ramsay says the con tract satisfies the locals goal By the end of this agree gun Aid Society for care vincial court Tuesday Husband charged in murder case Iiltyear old Harrie man was charged with first degree murder following the Saturday night shooting death of his wife in their home at 20 Eugenia St Police said Aubrey lliillip Rolfe was charged at the scene were they found Alicia Rolfe shot several times with shot Mrs Rolfe was celebrating her 33rd birthday Inspector Ron lickard said police were called to the home about 11gt0pni He said there hail been party there The Rolfes two cliidrcn were turned over the hildrcns An autopsy was performed on Mrs Rolfe Sunday morning Rolfe is in custody and ill appear for hail hearing in pro union ment custodians and other groups will have reached ap proximate parity with the coun tys seven neightxiring boards We hope the negotiations in the future will go ahead more smoothly than the current talks did Ramsay says ASII IN OPEN Worth says the strike brought the unions case into the open think it opened the eyes of quite few people including the public and the board The strike was the first by the local since its birth 10 years ago and it demonstrated militanr cy that was missing until now Worth says Up until now otir people have been fairly flexible Worth says the entire membership high paid as well as low paid have been adversely affected by the ex panding cost ofrliving and are now prepared to support re quests for wage increases with action if action is necessary lheyrc ithc Inctnbcrs of the local more than just laborers Report on drugs said illicit drugs were readily available to students report on the use of illegal drttgs in Simcoes schools should be finished by the end of April school board spokesman said today The Simcoe ounty Board of Education moral education committee was investigating drug use in public schools after the Addiction Research Foun dalon and Harrie citv police The commit tecs mandate from the board was to investigate the question of drug use in our schools con sider all ramifications of the problem and make recoiiimcii dations to the board lhc report will include sec tioii on drugs in schools know Barries Inspector Pickard watching over department By STEPHEN NIIIOIIS Of The Examiner Day to day handling of crime Barrie is the responsibility of Ron Iickard inspector of field operations Insp Pickard is in charge of city police officers including street cops plainclothcs detectives and undercovi men Im responsible for the everyday operation of the force the working end of the force said liisp Pickard in an interview Crime prevention safety and youth programs fall into his hands He is also in charge of 15 auxiliary police officers who are called in when extra help is needed The inspector works in in telligence work reporting only to the chief in these matters he said Cooperative efforts with other police forces are included in his duties SKIIJHISIJSOIIIIJRS Most of the time is spent supervising his officers All crime reports come to him and he oversees all criminal in vestigat ion Insp Iickard directs officer activity Staff training and good morale are important he said Officers take special courses to improve law enforcement skills These courses also help to improve beneficial break from regular police duties Uniformed officers also take turns working with plain clothesineii liisp Pickard said this program was designed to help the street cops unders tand the role of the detectives uniformed officer works three months with the detectives learning how they handle criminal investigation IIANOIIIIELIS Ilic threeiiiontli stint also gives the officer change from regular duties and helps morale said the inspector Constables are encouraged to investigate as many of their own cases as possible 1etec tives are called in for major crimes such as murder or when there are several related crimes committed Part of Insp Iickards job is to analyse crime reports and determine if there are any trends If one type of crime ap pears to be unusually frequent he may decide to assign special officers of detectives to in vestigatc or he may suggest change in operations to cope with that crime For example if there is rain of crime in an area he might dispatch under cover officers to patrol there REVIEWS SIAIISIRS In reviewing recent police statistics Insp Pickard said he noticed traffic law enforcement in Barrie is down City Xilice should becrack ing down more on trailic en forcement he said but they cannot because of demands on the force from other dtit ies Our guys are going from call to call now and it ttraffic enforccmeiiti gets neglected said Insp lickard Police of ficials are trying to increase the amount of time spent by of ficers on the street stcnographcr was hired to type up police reports to free of ficers from the chore Officers now record their reports on tape and the stcnographer puts them into written report form This leads to more manhours on the street he said Officers investigating their own cases and making that extra effort are responsible for the Barrie police depart ments high clearing rate of crime said Insp Pickard The citilcns are getting mileage otit of this police force be said staff will now be credited with seniority for ser vice prior to being hired full time Life isurance benefits have been raised to $10000 from $7000 Employees will DOW be paid mileage allowance for all trips from the employees home to school for Ald Iim Shirley disagrees with ptiblic works recoiiimci datioti that contracting out the purpose of school snow removal would he too ex pensive for the city to under taki Carrier wins Greg Staley an Examiner carrier in the Burton Avenue area has good reason to smile as cir culation manager Bill Halkes presents him with new record player The record player was prize in new customer Examiner Photo drive by the department Photographic seminar at Georgian college one day idiotogihpliy seminar lot the ltttilillltl and Xptllttiittl pliolograplicrs ill be given at titoigian tiillcifc Rarric ApllIJll lroiii 10a lit to 10p at cost offli lililtltllill lunch The seminar will be con tltlttiil by Itililtl yiit soti El It who has won awards for ltl photograliic work as lettIlllll in the McMiiliail ollcctioii ot anadian Art Kleinbiiig and in many private and iiilptititli collect ions on this continent Watson pictorial photographer with sliidio in Midland and tyibridgig has also conducti sm to seminars and lectures for pro fessional groups in anada and tlielhiitedStatis Interested persons should contact Georgian ollegi Sum iiicr School of the ris toi tur tliii nitorniilioii and registra tioii torms Early registration to tIlrllil seat is cncouraged This color seminar cntitlid lieuloping an Individual Ap proach to Iictiirial Photograph will include in formation on how to develop your own technique using the various iptalitics ol light to your adaiitaic finding subject matter evaluating your work coloiii control and decorating withphotography ln tlic evening from to 10 in Mr Watson will gnc slide presentation entitled My tanada with photographs taken ill each province the Yukon and the North tlcncral admission fee is $3 if seats are still available The slide presentation fee is included iii the cost of the daylong seminar Insp Ron Pickard reviews crime report with Constable Rav Bonine Insp Pickard is in charge checks Land said the members are not totally happy with the new contract but feel they have achieved something He said support for the strikers fro teachers other board staff other unir nonunionized workers and ordinary Citizens was incredible City Editor Ion Mulgrew7266537 Alerman claims ontracting cheaper Ald Shirley told The Ex aminer today it would cost the city about $2000 less to contract out for snow removal then to operate its own vehicles Both sides should be iii vestigated Ald Shirley said had figures from one con tractor which gave to the public works committee They have taken their conclusions on the basisofthoscfigures Ald lord Mills said Friday that it would cost Harrie about $0000 more to contract out for snow removal His comments followed meeting of the citys public works department on Thursday But Aid Shirley said he would be meeting with other contractors today and would be presenting his findings to city council tonight Aid Shirley said he understands it costs the city about $19000 to operate one snow vehicle per year But figures revealed by Aid Mills Friday say it only costs the city about 310000 to operate the vehicles Ald Shirley said numerous factors had not been in vestigated at the meeting matter into which he will be in vestigatingtonight He said private contractors were not as unreliable as had been pictured at the recent commit tee meeting The committee cited standby pay and having idle drivers as reasons behind its decision that contracting would be too expen sive Aid Gord Mills said it was stupid to ever discuss in the first place and council should go ahead with purchasing of three new vehicles for the department Barrie now 34389 Population rises throughout area From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner Barries population rose from 27070 in 1071 to 34380 in 11170 saysStatisticsanada The city had 10787 incn and 17000 women with 31740 giv mg English as their mother tongtlt There were 11223 private dwellings and an average of three people per household There were 8913 families in the Cll1ll1£111it1tlt11lfii3ptO ple per family and children The city had 9473 men in the labor force with an unemploy mcnt rate of per cent and 6753 women with an unemployment rate of 10 per cent Bradfords popnltion rose from 3401 in 1071 to 5080 in 1070 says Statistics tanada The town hail 2530 men and 2350 women of whom 3140 gave English as their mother tongue There was total of 1450 private dwellings with an average of 32 people per household Bradford had 1350 families in 1070 with an avergc of 33 people per fainin and 14 children lN ClIlOIICNT 71 IIIR ICNT In the labor force there were 1400 men and an unemployu ment 1atcof34 percent and 915 women with an unemployment ratcof per cent In ollingwoixt the popula tioii rose from 9773 in 1971 to 11114 in 1970 with 53th men and 5750 women of whom 10520 gave English as their mother tongue ollingwood had 3673 private of Barrie police field operations Examiner Photo dwellings in 1976 and an average of people per household There was total of 2875 families with an average of 33 people in each household and children The labor force was made up of 2950 men with an unemploy ment rate of 56 per cent and 1920 women with an unemployment rate of 107 per cent Essa Townships population rose from 12028 in 1971 to 14369 in 1970 with 7970 men and 7405 women ENGLISH SPOKEN English was given as the mother tongue of 12250 of the townships population There were 3465 private dwellings with an average of 36 people in each household 3195 families with an average of 37 people in the family and 18 children The labor force was made up of 4870 men with an unemploy ment rate of 2l7 per cent and 2205 women with an unemployment rate of 91 per cent In Innisfil the population rose from 10500 in 1971 to 14839 in 1070 Men outnumbered women 7480 to 7365 Of the townships population 13595 gave English as their mother tongue There were 4735 private dwellings with an aerage 31 people in each household There were 4215 families with an average of 32 people in fami ly and 13 children The 3825 men in the labor force had an unemployment rate of 54 per cent and the 1855 women an unemployment rate of 13 per cent