Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 2 Oct 1979, p. 7

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New beat to walk The post office reorganized the mail routes to cover new areas and the result is that almost all posties have new walks Laurie Dunn found that he has heavier volume than before as his new route includes the Bayfield Mall giving him half residential deliveries and half business deliveries His old route was all residential Ex aminer Photo Faltering valley needs repair citizen Erosion in valley located immediately east of Bayview Drive and south of Tamarack Woods development is ac celerating Barrie resident told general committee Monday As result the city should proceed with immediate action to save the faltering valley said Gary Harris Harris who said he has background in geography said the valley was beautiful in 1972 and represented wildemess setting within the city But following establishment of Tamarack Woods effects of water erosion became evident he said The culprit he said was two storm sewer outfalls TREE ROOTS EXPOSED The erosion has cut so deep into the valley that rock is now showing where soil should behe said In addition the roots of large trees have been exposed to such an extend the trees are eventually going to die he said Slope failure is imminent because of persons continually tramping over the slopes he continued Persons who have cut and removed both live and dead trees have managed to leave an area resembling wasteland he said Garbage has also been dumped in the area Harris con tinued The stream there has become polluted as well from streets witin and outside of the housing development he said number of recommendations were put forward by Harris including pegged sodding of the entire bank system of gabion baskets at the lower end of the valley and clearing of rubbish and construction debris Control of motorized vehicles on the site were also recom mended by Harris CLEANUP COMING Gary Stoner director of parks and recreation told the com mittee the matter had been investigated for some time by his department Changing posts Oct is the beginning of new and is now Lt Governor for the Huronia Division clubs The new president and other officers of the Barrie club were also in stalled Monday Examiner Photo Boots is l2weekold female mixed spaniel She is small dog and has been around children She has also had her first distemper shot For more in formation contact the Humane Society at 9i Pot terson Rd Examiner Photo After about year and with numerous setbacks Stoner said he managed to get hold of the company who had deSign ed the site plan That company he said is now prepared to LOpSII the bank and perform general cleanup of the area That work could be starting by as early as next werk he said Meanwhile the matter has been referred to administration for recommendation which should return to the committee in two weeks time valley east of Bayview Drive and south of Tamarack Woods is facing an accelerating erosion problem Bar rie man says Gary Harris wants the city to do something about it Lane and Newberry Road ear for the Kiwanis Club as new Lt Gover nor Jim Greenhalgh left is installed and given pin by outgoing Lt Governor Tom Holford Greenhalgh is past president of the Barrie Club fKiwanis which has l4 sion Monday The area was officially rezoned in 1976 to allow for the new school in the Letitia Heights area property Monday hunfing Opening day appears to have been profitable for an estimated 5000 to 6000 duck hunters in Simcoe and Dufferin Counties says the ministry of natural resources Richard Toth wildlife of ficer said Monday more than 1500 hunters were checked by ministry staff on opening day decided Monday committee The repo and hunters averaged 165 ducks each for the handicapped is resolved This is an excellent average said Toth Last year area hunters harvested 109 ducks each Toth estimated the total number of hunters in Huronia District at 5000 to 6000 The surveyed hunters spent 7089 hours in the field and harvested 2568 on the first day of this years duck hunt Nine hunters were charged with violations under the Game and Fish Act and the Migratory Bird Act Charges ranged from hunting without licence to having loaded firearm in power boat he said Twelve hunters were issued warnings photo contest beginning at 230 pm town country $16316 contract awarded From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner OTTAWA federal contract worth $16816 has been awarded to Barrie Welding and Machine of Barrie to pro vide the defence department with training aids the depart if ment of supply and services announced Monday It was one of 164 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or if more that were awarded by the department to Canadian companies during the week ended Sept 14 Total value of the contracts amounted to $32940640 New streets named Three new streets have been ushered into Barrie and ap proved by Barrie general committee Monday The streets are located in new subdivision immediately west of Blake Street and north of Steel Street The street names are Summersett Crescent Plaxton School on Lampman Lane bylaw in Barrie has been amended to allow location of new public school on Lampman Lane The move was made at Barrie general committee ses Maintenance bylaw amended No discharge from swimming pool in Barrie will be per mitted to be directed onto sidewalk stair or neighbours Its portion of the property maintenance bylaw which was recommended amended by Barrie general committee The bylaw also says storm water and pum water should be drained from the yard in manner that will minimize erosion possibilities to adjacent properties Handicapped parking studied Barrie Administration will check into the possibility of reserving parking spaces for handicapped persons it was The move was made following request by Ward alder man Doug Jagges after report from Barries public works rt stated no action should be taken on reserving parking spots until the matter of providing parking spaces special committee is now looking into funding feasibili ty for special handicapped bus service The city however should not take parking spots out of cir culation entirely for the handicapped because the spots wouldnt be used most of the time said Ald Alex Arthur chairman of the public works committee Georgian photo contest In conjunction with the laying of the cornerstone for Georgian Colleges new Orillia campus photographers both amateur and professmnal are being asked to compete in Entrants can take photos of anything to do with the ceremony and the top photographer in either the amateur or professional class will receive $50 The ceremony and the contest will take place October 13 Apartments spaWn mall By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Esaminer Developer Lou Kozlovs posal to set up two high rise apartment buildings south of lsigatherh Street off Bayfield eet as rent one downthedrainppa General committee has recommended the request by Kozlov be declined With it goes Kozlovs dreams for two 16storey buildings comprising about 300 apartment units The city hs made horrendous mistakes along Bayfield Street in the past and must not con tinue to make those errors said Ald Ross Stephens dont think we owe Mr Kozlov anything he said We should look at as low density as possible on Bayfield Street Ald Fred Ruemper said he pm strongly supported planning board recommendation which also turned down the request He said that if the city approv ed the high density apartment development surrounding lands would also be likely changed to that category The result he said could be an ex cess of 1100 units SHOPPING MALL T00 With the additional units Kozlov would probably add large shopping mall as well said Ald Ruemper Another shopping mall because of Bar ries downtown revitalization attempts would be wrong he said Two aldermen did not go along with the committees decision to uphold planning boards request Ald Bill Knowles was one He said it was wrong for the downtown seeder project to hold up all development in the fear the improvement project wouldbehurt RED RUEMPER mall would follow Ald Dorian Parker was another She said Kozlov was being discriminated against by the city that the developer has been bandied around forliyears REDUCE UNITS The alderman said she wanted to see reduction to Increase waterway operating hours Simcoe MP Urges By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The number of hours the TrentSevern Waterway is used must be increased if the nor thern part of Simcoe County is to benefit fully from the tourist dollar says MP Doug Lewis PCSimcoe North In letter to the federal minister of the environment Lewis says the reduction in hours of use for 1979 over 1978 figures has hurt the area he represents in parliament The tourist industry is an important sector of the economy of Simcoe North Many millions of dollars are in vested in tourist facilities and many thousands of people are employed in theindustry and related industries Lewis said in the letter dated October The reduction in total lock operating hours andin sum mer lock operating hours have severely affected the potential tourist trade ped discharged espec The TrentSevem Waterway stretches 240 miles from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay and passes through Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching which meet near Orillia Lewis said the number of complaints received concern ing the hours of operation sug gests substantial increase in vessal movement would be the ultimate result of any change The majority of the pro vinces sevenplus million in habitants live within 200 miles of the system and Lewis said his request is that optimum use be made of the facilities Included with the letter to minister John Fraser is report by GE MacDonald superintendent of the water way which outlines changes that have been requested by users of the system that Lewis is advocating pm closing time dur ing the summer months hurts the Friday night boat traffic ially from Toronto yet light is available for several more hours on average The 430 pm closing time from September to Thanksgiv ing has similar effect on the fall movement of boats Sixthseven per cent of the boaters polled at 12 locks on the system favored the extended hours of 1978 Many people have asked that the locks be opened earlier in the day MacDonald said in his sum mary that the department does not have the money nor the per sonnel to handle large in crease in operating hours 250 units but wanted to see the project go just the same Ald Alex Arthur however said the city would have trou ble justifying apartments there because it is surrounded by low density area single and semidetached homes Ald Ed Thompson agreed today Innisfil awaiting word on sewage system funds By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Innisfil Township expects to soon have approval from the provinces environment minister for longawaited water and sewage system along parts of its lakeshore the townships clerk said Tuesday Richard Groh said the township is expecting to receive letter from Dr Harry Parrott within week confirming his ministrys approval of the pro ject And within month Groh said the township expects another letter outlining the grants available to help finance the system The project which will stretch along the lakeshore from the First line to the 12th line will be completed in three stages Groh said 18 MILLION The first stage will cost about $18 million Groh said and will include sewage treatment and water filtration plants as well as service to the area between the Seventh and Ninth lines The second and third stages will progressively spread north and south between the first and 12th lines but Groh said he could not give an accurate cost for these two stages at this time He said 1982 is realistic target date for the project to begin but it has been in the works for the past five years pending ministry approval The question of sewage and water system in the area however has been matter of concern to the Simcoe County Health Unit for much longer than that said its assistant director Larry Slomka Slomka said the health unit has been advocating system there since about 1970 when tests indicated that 55 per cent of the wells in the area were contaminated by sewage and other nutrients PUSHING FOR SYSTEM Slomka said it took couple of years to convince Innisfil of the oxamlnor with Ald Arthur The more people there are the more argument for saying there should be more commer cial development he said The city may actually undermime the downtown revitalization project as result he said the problem but the township has been pushing for the system since then The project has suffered several delays because of fun ding he said and because the ministry wanted an en vironmental impact hearing in to the matter due to the closeness of the system to Lake Simcoe Trial bus route ends as failure trial bus service in the in dustrial sector of Barrie has ended in failure Barrie general committee recommended Monday the ser vice be discontinued because of lack of sufficient rider ship The service began Sept following request by the Bar rie Manufacturers Associa tion and supported by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce It has serviced Bayview Drive Big Bay Point Road Welham Industrial Park and the Fairview Road area The service has averaged just over 20 riders per day and has gained revenue of just $40 in the first 20 days said Don Kirkpatrick deputy engineer The service was sufficiently advertised and industries were likewise asked to advertise it Kirkpatrick said Earlier this week the total ridership on the bus was 20 and 21 people on Monady and Tues day said Kirkpatrick The total ridership last Wednesday was only 13 he said with total revenue from fares for the first three days being $250 This is typical of the rider ship during the month he said Its one of those things would like to have seen suc ceed said Ald Alex Arthur Free log iam council pleads Vespra Township council wants the ministry of natural resources to help it out of jam logjam that is Employment Course The Canada Employment Centre in cooperation with Georgian College is offering course on employment design ed to help applicants establish career goals develop self confidence search for job Scheduled to begin Oct and run for eight weeks the pro gram is for someone who is Royal Ontario Museum unemployed disatisfied with the job search or reentering the daily grind after few yearsaway Anyone interested can call in structor Nancy Draper at Georgian College or complete an application at the Canada Employment Centre Owen St Council agreed at meeting Monday to ask the ministrys help in clearing log jam at the mouth of Willow Creek where it meets the Nottawasaga River Clerk Dennis Wilson said the jam is now about third of mile long and has been pro blem for the past 10 years It keeps growing he said Wilson said each spring dur ing the runoff the creek backs up and is taking over more and more farm land Council wants the ministry to remove and dispose of the logs or pile them in way that they wont be picked up by the flooiding again next spring he sai lnsects alive Onofrio Pezzo front and Nunzio Grella point out the display they found the most fascinating in the travelling exhibition insects Alive From the the display can be seen all month at the Simcoe Tutodly0ct 1979 Kozlov via letter said he would destroy Browns Bush five acres of potential parkland if his request was not met That comment was referred to as threat by Ald Fred Ruemper and blackmail by Ald Stephens This request has since been waived cutting down the waiting period and health unit and township officials had favorable meeting with Dr Parrott in August Slomka said It is the first time we have gotten assurance from the minister that it the project would be approved he said question still remains of whether or not the service will work out in the future when more industries locate there said Ald Arthur It was moved that organiza tions which had been interested in the special service be notified by the city of its cancellation Elmvale fair kicksoff this Friday Elmvale will hold its annual fall fair and home show this comingweekend The twoday fair which begins Friday Oct is the 119th sponsored by the Flos Agricultural Society says Clint Nesbitt agricultural represen tative at the Ontario agriculture ministrys Elmvale office The fair will kick off Friday with school parade including floats at pm says Nesbitt to be followed by an afternoon of exhibits by 4H beef and dairy clubs at the Elmvale fairgrounds variety show is also scheduled for Friday at the Elmvale arena beginning at pm which will include the fair queen contest he says This will be followed by disco dance at the community hall On Saturday the fair will also open with parade at 1230 pm and will include the finalists in the queen contest Livestock judging in the senior classes will get under way at the fairgrounds at pm There will be midway operating both days says Nesbitt The fair will close Saturday with grand finale and dance at the communitv hall WHOSE PARKING MEMPHIS Tenn AP Sign at parking lot here is getting some doubletakes It says0wl Parking Only Dri vers dont have to be birds to take advantage of the parking lot but they must be customers of the Owl Cafe which is ad jacent to the lot County Museum Onofrio and Nunzio are grade students at Saint Claires School in Toronto Examiner Photo

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