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Barrie Examiner, 23 Oct 1979, p. 9

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ss IWW Aldermen complain ban on parking is partisan BACK IULIL IL dont belive he the chief is taking sides agreed Ald Gord Mills We should give our backing to the police The parking congestion had been affecting quite few people city engineer Ray Allen told C0unClI he said complaints had been received from four in dustries BUrton Ave widening referred to commitlee The widening of Burton Ave to 34 foot widened Grove Street but now the greatest width may be reconsidered by Barrie city number of people are quite satisfied With it council he said Council referred the matter back to general Ald Ed ThompsonsViews ran much along committee Monday following report from the same line He said it was understan Ald Dorian Parker that 95 per cent of area dable any reSident would be opposed to residents polled were against the widening change on his particular street But should Ald Parker along with Ald Gord Mills the City policy be not to Widen streets and had conducted the doortodoor survey over have no place to handle arterial traffic he the weekend asked Residents were concerned with homes that Ald Jim Shirley supported the move back are located too close to the sidewalk and the to the committee saying that more planning question of snow removal in the winter Ald should be done in the area He said that the Parker told council road could become of added importance when Ald Mills said that he personally could see annexation becomes reality no harm in the 34 foot width when the matter Why not start from scratch and look at all was first introduced by administration the alternatives he questioned But were here to put across the opinion of OPPOSED the people we represent he said Ald Parker completed discuSSion by say MAKFS SENSE ing she is opposed to taking reSidential It makes sense to put the cart before the street with an abundance of greenery and horse he added Lets have public turningit intoajungle of asphalt By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner parking ban across from the strike bound Radio Shack warehouse agreed to by Barrie city council Monday could be interpreted as an endorsement of the companys position in the disute three aldermen said Monday The view was echoed by the aldermen at the even ing session when council agreed to comply with re quest from Earl Snider Barries police chief The temporary ban to stretch 1100 feet on Bayview Drive was asked for because warehouse workers EXTRAORDINARY BYLAW Allowing the extraordinary bylaw to go through would be seen as partisan move said Ald Meg ODonal The move could be definitely interpreted by the union that council is supporting the company position and that it was sign of further harrassment said Ald Fred Ruemper hope theyre wrong but that impression will be hard to deny he said Its the kind of thing which should have been discussed at general committee first he said This The temporary parking ban on the west side of the street will remain in effect until Jan Gaye Lamb representative for the striking employees at Radio Shack says erection of the signs were allegedly being impeded from plant entrances due to parked cars along the west side of the street No parking signs were put up Thursday afternoon and were legally binding pending councils decision The request for the ban almost sounds like some form of harassment for strikers and could be inter preted as such said Ald Bill Knowles Think about the implications the alderman urg ed council We have national labor dispute here in Barrie The ban could be interpreted as another improper influence and is not necessary due to concerns ex pressed by the union leaders he said We dont have to only be just we have to seem just be said way there is no opportunity to let persons speak on the matter before it is passed hesaid The rest of councn however neCiaed to support the police chiefs request in the matter Council is not taking any sides in the dispute but is merly enforcing traffic regulations said Ald Alex Arthur If access to factories is being hindered the ci ty could not allow the parking congestion to continue he said Its the responsibility of council to give the chief support when he asks for help said Ald Ross Stephens The city is responsible for industries on the other side of the road added Ald Jim Shirley says Lamb plaints wwu Stretching out Corina Macdonald on beam on llyearold grade student at King Edward School and Cor ina Cromartv l3 demonstrate various exercises on the balahce beam during the Barrie All Members Night Monday Examiner Photo makes itpretty obvious where police sentiments are in relation to the dispute The chief of police has taken the side of Radio Shack she says The muniCipalitys endorsement for the signs is an indication that it is also listening to the company Chief Snider said the only purpoe of the ban was to allow the free flow of traffic between the north and south side of the street following numerous com Persons who had nothing to do with the Radio Shack strike were being bothered by the parking problems Chief Snider said Temporary no park ing will remain in ef fect across from the strike bound Radio Shack Examiner Photo meeting first rather than shove it road reconstruction down their throats Opposition to the Ward aldermens View points came to the forefront The question said Ald Ross Stephens is what is in the best interests of the entire city There wasopposition at first when the city In favor of returning the matter back for further discussion were aldermen Parker Mills Fred Ruemper Shirley Alex Arthur Bill Knowles and Meg Donal today WWW Mayor Ross Archer and Aldermen Del Cole Ed Thompson Doug Jagges and Ross Stephens wanted the 34 foot width to remain Licence not needed to fish Ontario residents will not have to buy fishing licences to fish in this province next year as was proposed Natural Resources Minister James Auld announced Monday During public discussion on the licence proposal many in terested organizations express ed support for resident licence on the condition licence fees be used for fisheries management Cabinet has decided after full review of the Strategic Plan for Ontario Fisheries SPOF and the place resi dent angling licence in it that the institution of licence was not warranted at this time said Auld SPOF received $2 million earlier this year to begin its multiyear fisheries improve ment program he said Jack Bonney director of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters sid the OFAH favors licence fees on userpay basis Bonney told The Examiner the federation was in favor of paying licence fees if the Seaforth Ave garage gets buses starting Jan The new bus garage which has been worrying residents on Seaforth Ave will be going ahead regardless The garage set up by PenetangMidland Coach lines will house city buses for at least the next three years beginning Jan Residents have been concern ed that one of the entrances to the new garage is located on the street and would destroy the quiet residential state of the neighborhood They find the PMCL position hard to swallow aid Ald Dorian Parker The Barrie alderman however failed to win support from per peers Ald Gord Mills who had first been skeptical of the PMCL proposal said that PMCL had been rational and reasonable in its approach The company had already spent an extra $40000 to reduce bus traffic on that street by 50 per cent he said PMCL has opened an entrance onto Brock Street where buses will exit in the morning They will return to Seaforth in the evening At public works meeting the company expressed keen desire to cooperate with the citizens That to me is reasonable he said Facts are facts said Ald Mills The company bought the property and it was zoned industrial The land is fixed and wed be stepping beyond our bounds if we stepped in have sympathy for the residents but cant support it these are the facts The company had looked at other places including Welham Industrial Park before locating on Seaforth said Ald Alex Ar thur If the bus garage had been stituated there the extra miles would have amounted to added hundreds of dollars each year for Barrie taxpayers he said basics of wary of persons now walking from doortordoor asking for personal information for sup posed city directory Ald lord Mills said Monday The information is actually for private directory that can be sold to anybody and not just for private census records hc lhc Bariic public should be Pool activities Another part of the tour took onlookers to one of the pools where preschoolers are taught the swimming foreground member from Thornton took her 2yearold daughter for swim for the benefit of the tour groups Examiner Photo Judi Churina left Ald Gord Mills warns Be wary of infogatherer said Monday If pcoplc vcrc awarc of the circumstances thcrcd bc hundred blank paccs wlicrc Barrie should be he said Thc aldcrnians outburst was sparked by visit to his home Monday of representative from the Hamiltonbased firm The female indicated slic was Esy des ii Each tour group viewed several different ac tivities in different parts of the YMCA facility Here Roy Carter the Assistant Physical Director demonstrates how to use one of the exercisers in the exercise room Examiner Photo gatlicring information tor city directory which is not the case said Aid Mills The alderman said it boils my blood ther is no law which can stop them Ben Stranglian city clcrk confirmed there was nothing which could be done to stop the soliciting though the Hamilton company has been asked not to mislead the public However it is not compulsory for the public to give informa tion to the Hamilton represen tatives Straughan said Ald Mills said that when the group next comes around he will suggest placing an ad in newspapers warning people of the real intentions of the group $100000 going to repair school OTTAWA An estimated $100000 will be spent on the federallyowned building at Penetanguishene that houses the communitys French activities centre and the independently operated secondary school the minister of public works said Monday The money will be used make improvements in the building that will bring it up to standards established by the fire com missioner and the town said Erik Nelsen The government of Canada as owner of the building has an obligation to the safety of the persons using its facilities Neilsen said Raymond Desrochers coordinator of the centre said discus sion on the possibility of repairing the former post office building has been ongoing for several months Its good move on the part of public works and it will serve the people of this area Desrochers said today Its an old building but beautiful building well worth preserving He also uaid the pledge was not made with Lecole secondaire de la Huronie in mind nor does the money have anything to do with the politics behind establishing school following rejec tion of the idea by the provincial government Neilsen said the decision was made after consultation with the federal minister of federalprovincial relation and Ontario government authorities Earlyspawning fish came from Manitoba ake trout invading shore By STEPHEN NltllOIl Of The Eaiiiiiicr Manitoba strain of lakc trout may cause problems for local conservation officcrs but thc spccics mating habits might solve Lakc Sinicocs fislicry problems says ministry of natural resources biologist Robin traig told The Examiner Monday the early spawning lakc trout have invaded thc shore linc areas of kempcnfelt Bay Largc trout sitting in thc shallow waters around Barrics waterfront are easy victims for unethical fishermen he said Lake trout season on Lake Siincoc closed Oct 10 Ministry enforcement officers must patrol the lakefront to prevent poachers from nctting the spawning trout he said While the earlyspawning fish provide an cntorccnicnt headache for the ministry they may help Lake Simcocs ailing coldwatcr fish situation This species nitrixliiccd from Manitoba six years ago pi clcrs shoreline spaw iiing areas Native Lake Siiiicoc Iakc trout brccd lll oiistiorc shoals Native populations however are in trouble They are not reproducing successfully Craig said the Manitoba species breeding in different loca tions may av0id problems faced by native fish Six years ago the ministry intrtxiuccd 50000 to 100000 fingerlings from Manitoba raig said ministry officials did not realize the western fish had different spawning habits It was completely unexpected said Craig It took five years for the fish to mature and last year they started spawning Anglers fishing for perch and bass at Barries waterfront last fall sttirted catching large lake trout Ministry officials were surprised at the number of large deepwater trout caught in the shallow lakcshore zones When they investigated they discovered the trout were spawning there Normally Lake Simcoe trout spawn in shoals near Strawberry Island and Eight Mile Point he said Maybe in the new areas the fish will be able to spawn successfully said traig It could be an advantage The Likcslioic are kept tltJlltlhttt1ltlltll At the moment ministry officials are watching with in terest If Manitoba trout flourish they may regenerate the lakes dying native lake trout population Craig said there are two distinct populations the native trout and the Manitoba trout Because of their different mating habits the two species are not likely to interbreed If the western trout continue to breed early the ministry may alter the lake trout fishing season to protect them said Crai Irgut fishing might end early in Kempenfelt Bay for ex ample Ministry officials are not considering such change yet but it is an option said Craig Meanwhile spectators may watch the spawning trout at Barrie marina and in the vicinity of Lakeview Dairy Potential poachers are warned however illegally taking lake trout can result in fines of up to $1000 under the Game and Fish Act Craig said the lake trout are nearing the end of their spawning and are expeCied to retreat to deeper waters in few days PMCL will take over opera tion of the transit service from Travelways School Transit Ltd who had been operating the bus service since its incep tion It was the first year city council had actually tendered the service out and followed request from Ald Jim Shirley Disposal firm hires consultants By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Chemical Petro Waste CPW Disposal Ltd of Bar rie has hired hydrogeological consultants HG Golder and Associates of Mississauga to further study the possibility of chemical panys waste transfer station in Vespra Township Jim Stewart sultants had been hired follow ing meeting last Thursday between the company and of ficials with the ministry of en vironment Stewart said the consultants have been given the goahead to prepare report on the situa tion along Snow Valley Road where chemical waste is migrating through the water table as the result of spill at the companys transfer station in June 1978 Ian Gray district officer with the ministrys industrial abate ment section central region said this report will take the form of an evaluation of cur rent data on the spill This will include examination is of the ministrys well drilling records and an assessment of its work in monitoring the pivate wells for contamination so far Gray said The consultants will necessary Gray said INITIAL REPORT The initial report will take privatewells This program has residents along Snow Valley Road were notified of the spill and its potential hazard Residents were told then that the spill of about 35000 gallons of waste had occurred when the plastic liner ruptured in lagoon used for storage but were assurred that tests con ducted by the ministry showed no signs of contamination program however established the waste was migrating north through the water table even though it still has long way to go before reaching even the nearest private well CPW was therefore asked by Environment Minister Harry Parrott to hire consultants to conduct further work to deter mine the rate of migration which could not be determined from data currently available contamination of private wells near the com money was used in fisheries management When fisherman buys licence he is helping pay for the putback said Bonney OFAH members surveyed anglers attending the Canadian Sportsman Show in Toronto this year and the vast majority wer in favor of it provided the money was used for fisheries he said Bonney said he does not know why the ministry decided not to have resident licences when so many anglers were in favor of them MAYBE LATER He said the ministry may in troduce the licences after the SPOF program administration is established It takes time to implement program like that Maybe theyre setting up their ad ministration this year he said But think they will bring in resident licence eventually think it will be necessity Dan Mansell the ministrys Huronia district manager said the ministrys decision may have been in consideration of tourism Im just speculating but tourism is the number two in dustry in Ontario said Mansell Perhaps Cabinet felt resident fees might dampen tourism inside the province For example Toronto anglers who would normally go north to fish might be dampen ed by licence fees Perhaps Cabinet felt the effects would be more economical not to have licence and let tourism pick up the benefits he said Its judgement call said Mansell Mansell said the proposed licence would cost Ontario fishermen $3 to $5 Canadian residents from other provinces pay $4 season to fish in Ontario Nonsresidents outside Canada pay $1075 sensnn nr $6 for threeday licence town EI country if Year of the Child salute The students and staff at Monsignor Clare separate Year of the Child this week elementary school Barrie are saluting the International Dressed in the costumes of various nations the students an assembly Fridav will take part in special mass celebration Wednesday and Ethnic party Wednesday In celebration of the International Year of the Child the Midhurst Historical Society is staging an ethnic party Wednesday at the community centre Midhurst beginning at730pm taking part The party will also celebrate the diversity of Canadas ethnic background Children from Forest Hill School are Public meeting tonight manager of CPW said Monday the con draw their own conclusions and if recommend more work which hey will carry out been ongoing since last July when public meeting to discuss proposed three storey 20 unit apartment building at the northeast corner of Blake and Johnson Streets will be held tonight Banks restaurants and small convenience stores would also likely be contained in the proposal from Horco Developments The meeting will start at pm Liaison officer hired Geocgian College has ap pointed secondary school liason officer to work with the 37 high schools in the Georgian Bay region that feed the colleges three cam puses Barrie Orillia and Owen Sound Appointee John Bobbette is native of Barrie Before joining the colleges staff he was the director of the stu dent employment centre He will work with guidance personnel at the schools and provide information relating to admissions the courses that are available and finan cial aid for students JOHN BOBBETTE Barrie native Council approves renovations about four to six weeks Gray said and during this period the ministry will continue its mon thly monitoring program of the ORILLIA City council has approved the spending of an estimated $30000 for renovations to city hall The proposed facelift will provide more customer counter space in the administration btrilding and will improve office space utilization for city staff The city clerk has been authorized to employ an architect to draw up specifications and the work is expected to go to tender within the next few months The project will be spread over three years Federal gipntapproved The Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Develop ment has approved $107000 in grants and loans to the Chip pewas of Rama Township MP Doug Lewis PCSimme North announced lst week Lewis said the funds are to be used to cover the cost of con struction of an industrial building on the bands industrial The ministrys monitoring if park development site He said the Indians are working with local manufactiir ing firm which will be the major tenant in the building The firm intends to manufacture products which will be used in the construction business throughout Ontario and Canada Brownie flyup night Barries Brownie Corp will stage its annual enrolment and flyup night Wednesday Oct 24 beginning at pm at Grace United Church Enrolment allows for interested girls to join the Brownies while the flyuup is the ceremony that marks Brow ascent into Girl Guides tr 4i

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