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HapEiness is helging others Allistons Contact centre awaits your call By LORI OIIEN Of The Examiner AlllSTtN Happiness is getting correct information when you need it The Alliston ontact cntre spreads that kind of happiness every day Contact offers the communi an in telephone ty three basic services formation service callrout service and distress line All three are wellused by residents of Alliston and sur rounding townships according to Marnie lhivierge ontact coordinator its important to help people find information quickly she explained People are tired of going around in circles She said the telephone direc tory is often not very ex planatory person looking for welfare office Wouldnt know that its listed under Sim coe County she said Many contact calls are related to unemployment how to receive welfare payments or find job They find out exactly where to call from Contact Lately more people are stopp ing by the centre located on Victoria St which also houses usedclothing depot Articles Busy on the job Marnie Thivierge left coordinator for Contact community information centre and RuthAnne are always on the Brownlee staff member Social Credit candidate Bruce Arnold Social Credit has the answer telephone giving out information talking to callers in distress from their Alliston office Ex aminer Photo lnnisfil grants business closing 2month extension By NANCY FlilHRtl if The Examiner BARCLAY lnnisfil llannr ing and Development ommit fee has heart For two years Paul Fraser has operated Frasers Nursery plant store from his home iii Thornton March 27 however lnnisfil township told him be had 30 lays to close his business as it was in con traventioii of township zoning bylaw Fraser said he was unaware it was illegal to operate the nursery from his home We didnt know it was going to cause problem he said Fraser is prepared to relocate his business but wrote the township saying he couldnt possibly do so in one month He requested an additional two months Before writing however he contacted his neighbors and asked them if they would object to his operating the store for the addi tional two months SlllttRT received tot per cent sup port from my neighbors he said To prove that he sent the Fraser be granted additional time to relocate his business They decided his business was highly seasonal and in he spring he would he doing the majority of his business it would he real hardship to force him to close now said oun William Tipplc LOGICALStllllth Fraser is pleased with the committees recoiniiicndation think its the only logical solution he said We didnt feel we could smoothly transfer the business in such short time Rob Lemon lnnisfil llanning coordinator said Fraser had already committed himself to his buyers and customers and to have him relocate at the end of April would doa great disser vice to his customers Deputy Reeve rant An drade chairman of the llann ing and Development oinmil tee said he agreed with giving Fraser an cxtention but said Fraser should not be given an extenton of any kind after that Its too had he got involved like that first without knowing the township rules Fraser said he hasnt yet worked out the details of where are donated by community members and sold at reason able prices and the profits are the centres major source of funding Mrs Thiviergc and her assisr tant RiifhAnne itrownlee can answer almost all jiiestions asked But there are some they cant answer For example where can get my toenails cut or will the new lCatons Centre in Toronto have decorated windows at thrist mas SCAN PAPERS The majority of callers ask easilyanswered questions about community events or the names of local club presidents Each week the workers at ton tact scan local newspapers to find out whats going on Many call asking about their rights What can do it my husband leaves iiic and these inquiries are directed to the Barrie legal aid office it Contact employees cant help you theyll direct you to so iiieone who can Many calls come from lonely and depressed people in the area particularly those who have recently moved from larger city Ms Thivieige says lts for these people that on tact operates its confidential ear Staffed by trained telecarc workers they listen and act as friend to someone in distress Mrs lhivieigc says most callers just want someone to listen to them All calls are strictly ttitlfltltnlltll lot of distress calls come in November and March two blah months lhivieige says Single parents call frequent ly along with housewives More women than men call and Ms Thivierge thinks this is simply because they are home during the day while men are working The callers are not so much violent as said 356 ill Last year ontact recorded 336 distress calls during week day business hours plan is underway to extend office hours into the evening and new volunteers are being trained The idea for Contact came out of child abuse seminar at tended by Ms Thivicrge and few of her friends They felt that parents should be able to seek help somewhere before taking out their frustrations on child survey showed people wanted an information and tclecaic service and Contact was opened in ictober i977 its original quarters were in the nurses residence at Stephenson Memorial Hospital Ms lbivierge says because they were out of the way few people came in The office is now located on the second floor of main street building and is moreaccessible Funding is problem for on tact llie itiTSO budget indicates deficit of 33355 and appeals have been made to the municipalities of Alliston Tot tenliani tookstown and Adyala for assistance Ms lhivierge says the municipal councils think ontaet is tilfnitlitill an iiiipoitant service but they are under budget constraints ltt sent government grants run out in June and ontact hopes to obtain new grants There is no such thing is typical day at ontait and thats part of the reason why Ms lhi icigc enjoys her job so much Not only does lll imil it interesting but helping other make her feel good You get sense of coinplisliinciit it youve helped tllt pioliliiii Sllt said frustrated she When people on distress calls phone back and say tliank it tittttii lot she said Syrup festival coming Selling maple syrup is only one of the activities planned for the 14th annual Elinvale Maple Syrup Festival April 21 This years festival begins Saturday with fitness run and Maple Syrup Ball the examiner Tuesday Aprll10 1979 Students gather around Michael Befcher Nottawasogo Valley Conservation Authority senior resource technician explains the principle of the wedgeshaped rainwater gauge to students left to right Deon Atkinson l2 Nancy Arnold it on Wayne Draper ll Belcher spoke to Grade students of Cookstown Central School recently as part of the conservation authoritys information and education program Examiner Photo Takes message to schools Conservation Authority making itself known lty SHIlllli lt llfill tit llic tllllllltl Are you from the llllillli of natural iisoiiices asked flitstudent lm from the ot tawasaga Valley conservation liiitliority replied Michael ltiltlici tili lispiiltflffl the blank faced student llclclici smiled reasons for his visit to tlic school that day was to help clear up the studeiits confusion between the two en iioniiieiiial agencies The NVt has lltli operating for ltiycais but most people really dont know what it does said ltilchci in recent interview Although understaffed the conservation iiitlioiity trying to conduct an iiiloiiiiiiioii and education program litsaid ltltlllttlltllWlS The authority wants people to know abut its functions and ac tivitics It also seeks to make people more aware of flood and soil erosion problems and how tine of thc they can be prevented important part of this pro gram includes talking to school children ltclclier isitwl ookstown lenti at School lliuisday to talk to class of trade it students about flitauthority He explained what consei vatioii authority is and how it works lwciityeiglit municipalities in the watershed appoint representatives who along with three ministry of natural resources rcpresen tati cs form advisory boards lliesi hoards deal with con serigdioii areas fish and wildlife management forcstiy and land use programs in formation and education and waei management utliority projects are funded through levies on each member municipality and ministry illtiitls ltlltlS lllClS liiltliit liiltl tlic tldSS lit lllt authority monitors water levels and controls floods and soil cio sien in the watershed He showed slides of flooded areas and local erosion pro bleins ltclchci explained how poor agricultural and coilsiuc tion practices can with il soil erosion that lowers water dual ty by adding silt to streams The students ltlitif ly ooliing and dot at scenes of flooded streets park ing lots and fields Belchcr then fielded oueswin front the enthusiastic gi oiip MlI Slltll It llll The school is one oi tour in the watershed that has been asked to participate ill rain tall measuring program and ltclcher outlined llil details to tlicstudcnts Rainfall will be llftlidllttl with plastic rain giiagc How week from now uiiil ti iii school icpicsylitatzvc will phone the illltt Angus and relay lltt tiititill statistics After May i3 the school ill mail lli reports liclcliei said the authority will use the information to establish trend in rainfall as apart of is flood control program cii Change in Tyndale Park use may not meet zoning bylaw The change in use of lyndzile Park in lnnisfil lownsliip from private recreational camp toa public park may not confer with the towns zoning bylaws lyndalc laik owned by liai rie is located within seasonal residential zone said Robert lieinon planning coordinator site visit has indicated the physical character of the pro perty has not been altered said lieinon He said as long as the proper ty continues to be used along the same lines as previously and for which it has been dmeloped it can be argued the to public requires change in zoning St Georges Day David Mather of Hamilton field operations supervisor for the Dale Carnegie Institute is the guest speaker schedulul for the annual St Georges liiiy Arnold claims cosh bingo on April l7 family skating party on April l8 and variety night on April 20 Festival Doy township petition signed by in re ioit to lnnisfil council about of Thornton residents re purchase has not essentially Use of the park has definitely lliiiltl April 21 in irillia altered the use of the land the shop Will be located after Presented by tlicSt tieorges Bruce AmOld national dent 0f thtlilttthCt WIIMIISU gluoflllzlg lhfVn Ml till lllf llv begins With pancake breakfast and fnClUdCS bus changed said Reeve Villiain toniniittcc suggested Society of tiiillia tlic dinner PWSdtmeHge 3011 from wflwmgdllyAmlM llllfiurrxlgumth min mama Willi tours to the sugar bush pedestrian mall and ihbms during lliursilays however the township lll and dance will be held at the Party ianat is liVt every IN ltlttttlilt and development vcsti atewliethcithccliangcin tonchiehini Ricoti HonI endidate in GreySimcoe for of this country should be recommended to council business grand finale dance EXOWHGT PhOlO committee meeting the use of the land from private Tickets are Sit to ty shareholder in what might be referred to as Canada Ltd he said When the country does well we all deserve to share in that wealth Arnold said other political parties cant provide mueh wealth for the average fana dian because they have already sold it in advance to the upcoming federal tion resident of Wasaga Beach Arnold 41 is part time evangelist part time journalist and the owner of Huronia News Services He is the leader of the English language campaign team for the party and spends lot of time campaigning across the New York bankers country Nti DIFFERENCE The basis of Social Credit At the partys English philosophy Arnold says is language campaign kickoff umanReJotioos Too for too fostcourse objectors Hy TERR lllIIJD know yo LII coun mittec The meeting is yet to he should be offered the children field tested over one year but The Examiner scheduled but should he by in conjunction with other in er period of time long that the gavemmonl Shfl dis 39 mlmlhi While they do not want their Wulnesday headded course material enough to allow comprehen he cred to the t901or Arno 001 $100 bl bias to form the base of the 70 PAGE REPORT Thomas characteriled the siveimpact study rather thana constant liabili the first Canadian wh could STIZNIHNG POWERS Government has duty to provide Social Credit system which sees to it that prove ference between the Liberal and Progressive vative parties in Canada any significant dif onser Its gimmick he said Simcoe County Boa rd of Educa tions human relations pro gram an Alliston group is in tent on having their views represented in the course material Watt says the committees 70 page report is not an overly emotional account that puts forward the view of the chur ches from which committee members were drawn brief as balanced The impression have at first glance is that they have taken constructive ap proach Thirteen people sat the coin Fellowship is awarded 9909 ha Summm 59 09 cows ldV Were not saying burn the Our main concern was not iiiittee and reprcscntml six dltlglpowcrv rather p05 ll monlw human relations program just necessarily the topic per se but Alliston churches of varying David Mcttown of llariic has eXisting system of social debt because there is no dif that theyre tthe boaidi moving the treatment of the topic too far too fast says Jim Watt says the committee has been named as the itiitittti inter Nickel deiiiiininations Watt says ference lWlVitt hitl Pal included in the brief are the ties They are all the same where all work to pay taxes national to cover the interest on con oinpany Alberta Social Credit leader he lost he says this election dividuals have stated an inten We dont want to see the until the communitys views lne sonof Mr and Mrs Keith Watt Chairman of the Alliston also questioned the intrusion of following recommendations Fellow at The Johns Hopkins Slamly 5mg gl Armd Wits 10 Socml lnterehurches Committee theboardinto an area ofeduca amongothers University School of Advanced deflcnvuhesald rldu Cmddm The group is one of five tion traditionally thought to be OAutomatic delay of iin International Studies in He said proposal by it NNh 1574v lllmuuh which along with three in thedoinain of theparents plementation of the program Wasliingtoiil year is practical example of what Social Credit is all about move by British Columbia Premier Bill tl nett to distribute shares of crown holdings to every resi leople are fed up to the teeth with the old parties he said They will grab at the chance to get rid of both Trudeau and Joe Tlark if we give them that chance this year Dr Robert Thomas the boards sujxrintcndenf of cur riculum said the petitioners will be offered an opportunity to present their views to the boards moral education com MEMBERSUNCERNEI He says the committee does not want the JudeoMristian ethic to form the base for the program but its members are concerned that the concept of Christian thought and actions grain available to them and the board should engage in plan to feed information to the com munity OThe program totally optional Olhe program should not be should be Westeiiithitaiio in London The tht of Canada Ltd fellowship is awarded annually to top students at the entre of Canadian Studies division of the Hopkins international school t0 Ollmlnitlc PrftYllflffl ll 3mm Prfdlljs tion to submit brief concern creation of conflict situation have heeii fullyexpressed McGown of2 MurraySt he at Somelaxmrlalm will Lillian ppmumty int 10 Pmflrflm lxitfl 0M lXtWtl 10 Parent and hild Oliticnls should have ttndcil Itilllit intinl Mrs Mae Wrightof Str0ud correctly identified lastweeks entry in the Know income of less than $1500 hNUFY tested throughout the county via third party detailed summary of the pro legiate and the University of Your County Contest as the St James United Church in Str0ud and wins two steaks courtesy of and Super Discount in Barrie Angus or Alliston if you know the answer to this weeks entry send your name and address and telephone number along with your entry to Know Your County Contest The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Winners are selected by random draw ofall correct answers and will be notified by mail