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Cou BY DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner It was close one Barrie city council decided by narrow 76 vote Monday to proceed with 358000 recrea tional study to determine Bar ries Driorities and needs Proctor and Redfern Ltd of Barrie were awarded the con tract despite negative votes from Ald Dorian Parker Alex Arthur Gord Mills Ross Stevens Bill Knowles and Jim Shirley Objections to the plan in ver bal form came from all quarters at Mondays televised council sesion Ald Gord Mills said he was against the spending because there were other improvements needed such as new city hall to replace the old shoe box now standing Ald Jim Shirley said ALI ROSS STEPHENS foolishness telegram to arrive today from the minister of culture and Recreatianjplantocer15ufigrfl ncil votes for plan recreation would say that it the city did its own study it might be still eligible for future Win tario grants It would be foolishness to support study using outside consultants agreed Ald Ross Stephens He said numerous studies had been done in the past which were now on the shelf He said the city wouldnt have the money to proceed with any projects study might recommend Ald Alex Arthur said the city the examiner Tuesday Sept 11 1979 should have commence ln llS own staff Outside consultants could be laughing their way to the bank while the study lies under dust he said CREDIBIITY ADDED But Ald Doug Jagges speak ing in favour of the plan said it would not be waste of money and would add some credibility if done by outside consultants Ald Fred Ruemper said it would be naive to think the city staff should do it He said there would be serious disruptions on staff should member be dislodged for study purposes It has been city policy in the past he said to hire outside consultants to do research work of this nature Ald Meg ODonal agreed saying there would be disloca tion of citv staff And Gary Stoner director of parks and recreation confirm ed there would be disruptions to his department along with possible disruptions to other ci ty departments The study is expected to take six months to complete lone fireman Knowles only one to support motion lone fireman inspects the aftermath of the fire which destroyed Taman Industries Ltd in Col dwater Saturday causing about $3 million in damages to the companys building and equip ment The villages largest industry the company manufactures about 20 per cent of all stainless steel sinks in Canada Examiner Photo Georgian getting big Workers village suffer as Taman plans plant By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Some senior employees with Taman Industries Ltd which was destroyed by fire Saturday in Coldwater will remain on the companys payroll until new plant is uilt and efforts will be made to help others says the companys vice president Business interference in surance Will allow the com pany l0 mJintain about 20 of the 65 employees on full 933ml Art Nelson said Mon day Nelson said Taman In dustries wants to protect employees who have been with the company for 10 to 15 years and keep the family group But we have to work within the framework of the insurance he said Nelson also said plans are already in the works to build new plant on the other side of Highway 12 where the company owns about 50 acres Nelson said Monday that architects should have the blueprints off the board by tomorrow and we should be turning the ground within lOdays We want to build fine new plant he said The fire which broke out in loading dock caused about $3 million in damage to the industry which is Col dwaters largest It manufac tures about 20 per cent of all the stainless steel sinks made in Canada It is the biggest catastrophe weve ever had said Coldwater Reeve Earl Brandon and it is go ing to hurt Businesses especially restaurants and department stores are going to feel the ef fects of the reduced spending power of Taman employees Reeve Brandon said And the employees are going to feel it too especially those who have bought homes here in the last year ortwo Reeve Brandon said the village will do everything it can to get them Taman back up and has offered the company use of the com munity centre as tem porary office VILLAGE SERVICES The village intends to pro vide water sewer and power services to the new plant as its proposed site should fall within the villages bounA daries now that the Ontario Municipal Board has approv ed annexation of about 800 acres from Medonte Township by the village he said The village had already been supplying services to the company as special consideration Reeve Bran don said even though it was normally the policy not to ex tend much services outside the boundary of the municipality Crown calls four witnesses as trial into accident begins By STEPHEN NIHOIIS Of The Examiner Trial began Monday for 25yearold Peter Lloyd of Barrie who is charged with criminal negligence in the April 27 traf fic death of Helen Louise Evans 41 of Wasaga Beach Supreme Court of Ontario Justice Lerner told jurors Lloyd was driving pickup truck which collided with car driven by Mrs Evans on Highway 90 FOlR WITNESSES Following the presentation of those established facts Crown Attorney John Madden called four witnesses in cluding police identification officer and three other per sons driving on Highway 90 that night Wayne West of Barrie testified he was driving westbound on the highway near County Road 31 about 930 pm when he saw an oncoming truck swerve into his lane He said the truck came two feet over the centre line West said he drove his car onto the shoulder of the road to avoid collision When he looked in his side and rearview mirrors West said he saw sparks behind him West got out of his car and found halfton truck on top of the car Both vehicles were in the north lane he said The cars rear end however was in the south lane Gabriel Van Gaalen of Essa Township said she was driv ing westward from Barrie and encountered truck that John Olsen of Weston said he saw set of headlights swerving back and forth ahead of him as he drove west on Highway 90 that night As he slowed down he said he saw truck travel across the centre line of the road and it collided with the car driving ahead of him The car in front of me slammed on its brakes and it swerved to the shoulder of the road said Olsen Then the car went into skid and collided with the truck When Olsen went to inspect the scene he found the truck body on top of the car hood he said He spoke to Lloyd who said he was okay Olsen said when he called out to the oc cupants of the car no one answered Olsen helped Lloyd out of the truck He testified Lloyd had blood over his left eye and he was little dazed There was an odor of alcohol inside the truck said Olsen Sgt John Cooper of Barrie OPP presented drawing of the accident scene Trial continues Tuesday when John Wrigley defence lawyer begins his crossexamination of Olsen veered into her lane It was on my side of the road sol swerved to miss it and got hit testified Mrs Van Gaalen STRlK SIDE OF AR The truck struck her car on the drivers side behind the front door she said She stopped her car and saw the wreckage of truck and car Renovations appreciated Robb Hamilton owner of Queens Hotel in Barrie receiv ed appreciation form city council Monday for renovations performed at his establish ment Board not certain what route to take By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The Simcoe County Board of Education has yet to decide how it will react to the Sept 19 hearing in the Supreme Court of Ontario over the future of the human relations program says the boards lawyer We have not formally decid ed what to do but there are lots of avenues open to us John Cockburn told The Examiner Monday Friday Marshall Green counsel for the Simcoe Tax payers Organization Resear ching Education tSTORE fil ed write Friday on behalf of its 1000 members that will result in court case over the introduction of the human rela tions program to Simcoc Coun ty schools Green also filed five af fidavits as evidence for the up coming hearing during which the Supreme Court will rule on STOREs request for an interim injunction that would prevent further fieldtesting of the pro gram pending atrial Cockburn said he could file affidavits on behalf of the board in defense of its action and the program or among other things request an op portunity to crossexaminc those who filed documents on behalf of STORE and offer the transcripts as evidence Theres not much time un til Sept 19 said Cockburn when asked if an adjourmment was one of the boards options The judge can honor request for more time if it is considered reasonable request STORE wants the human relations program cancelled outright and in letter August 22 told the school board legal action would be taken if the organization was not afforded an opportunity to approve of the material being presented students in the county The board maintains the pro am will aid the students evelopment improve his abili ty to communicate and increas his awareness of the emotional and sexual relationships that develop between people It also says the program will support the student and not interfere in family life STORE in the affidavits filed by Green outlined its opposi tion on the program Among the organizations contentions teachers are not prepared to teach major por tions of the program question naires ued by the board to gain information constitute an inva sion of privacy some portions of the program dealing with sexuality are taught before the students are prepared to accept them Christian values are set aside in favor of Liberal Humanist doctrine the school teacher could by telling the student something different than the parent has create con flict in the mind of that student Among the five documents is one signed by Dr George McCullogh of Oro that says the program should be im plemented only with the open participation of teachers and parents in setting of mutual cooperation together with supervision with accredited professionals The board says this has been donealready Shear Park gets fence protective fence will be put up at the Shear Park ball dia mond on the north and west side of the parking lot there The move will be made in conjunction with turf repairs and other fencing procedures The move was decided on by Barrie city council Monday following request by Ald Dorian Parker She said the un protected lot was posing pro lem for young children who could be hit by moving cars in the lot The motion introduced by Ald Bill Knowles siad the city appreciated the effort and urg ed all downtown owners to follow suit to help out downtown revitalization It would probably be an understatement to say Ald Alex Arthur was not pleased with labour motion introduc ed by Ald Bill Knowles at Mon days Barrie city council meeting In his motion the alderman said he was aware of labor disputes with Radio Shack and HayesDana and urged both sides to settle the problems The motion was made because of our concern for industrial growth he said Ald Knowles should be commended for the spirit but not for the simple mindedness said Ald Arthur Annexation discussions on again By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner Barrie and Vespra councils may soon be getting together to continue annexation talks Mayor Ross Archer said Mon day he was trying to arrange meeting with Vespra Council so that final annexation agreement could be hammered out His comments came follow ing motion by Ald Bill Knowles which would have en dorsed efforts being made by the Barrie mayor to continue annexation talks That motion was defeated by council N0 DATE The mayor said meeting had been tentatively set for the end of July but that satisfac tory date could not be found The first week of September was then looked at he said but Sept and were not available for Vespra council Mayor Archer said he is waiting for reply from the Vespra reeve to set up meeting for further discussion Innisfil township is appealing the annexation case before the Supreme Court of Canada questioning procedures im plemented at an earlier Ontario Municipal Board OMB hear ing The township was not permit ted to question population figures forecast by Darcy McKeough the Ontario treasurer POPULATION GROWTH He forecasted population of 125000 in Barrie by the year 2011 Innisfil says it should be permitted to question govern ment policy at hearing of this nature court date into the matter has not been called as yet You would have to have holes in your head to get involved If it was one industry town could understand it he said Ald Knowles voted for his own motion but was on the 105 ing end of 121 vote Rd Examiner Photo enrolment up 18 per cent By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The president of Georgian College is just delighted with the adoptable ly black with touch of white Shes not completely housebroken but will fit in any home situation For more information on Cindy drop into 9i Patterson the 18 per cent boost in enrol ment for 1979 he said today Georgian has been small to mediumsizedcollege and the goal of the board of gover if The nors Is to make it large col lege Wayne Busch told The Examiner While the college was aiming at 10 per cent increase in the number of students it will take the 18 per cent higher at the Barrie campus he said total of 1800 students will attend this year Since assuming the post of president le5s than year ago Busch has orchestrated growth push that included numerous personal ap pearances and high profile advertising campaign He also took time with the media in an attempt to raise the colleges low profile The goal of the college is to provide greater educational opportunity for the people of the Georgian Bay region Busch said The healthy increase in enrol ment could lead to expansion of programs again next year and the college is in the process of plotting new courses he said Further an expected change in the method used by the pro vince to fund Ontarios 22 com munity coliegcs will reward the institutions that 1er growing additional funds would allow for more growth Not growth for growths sake Busch said The growth at the college must coincide with the growth of the region and complement that growth he added Busch also offered state ment today he has made often during the past 10 months lt postsecondary students stay in the region they spend in the region eventually work in the region and therefore contribute to growth in the region Conservative election promises have not been abandoned MP Election promises by Federal Progressive Conservatives have not been abandoned only delayed until the government is in position to make in telligent decisions says Doug Lewis MP Simcoe North The MP says election pro mises are being reviewed at the moment do not consider any of the election promises abandoned of determining an appropriate time for implementation DETERMINE PRIORITIES Lewis says he spent two days with other members of the economic development com mittee to determine priorities of election promises made dur ing the campaign First steps have already been taken by Sinclair Stevens following an election promise to reduce the size of the civil ser he says It is really question vice Brotherl Littlebrothers waiting By TERRY FIELI Of The Examiner When the New York Yankees visit Toronto to play the beloved Blue Jays Sept 22 many BarrieBig Brothers and little brothers will be among the crowd And while the name of the game on the field is baseball the name of the game for the brothers is companionship Going to the game will mark the end of Big Brother week in Barrie for 1979 It began with the mayors signing of pro clamation Monday and gets underway officially September 16 with celebrity softball game at Queens Park Sunday says Gord Jeffries president of the local association ADI BROTHERS The organizations aim is to add between 20 and 30 new big brothers to the role of volunteers who will spend few hours week with boy and commit himself for year Jeffries said Monday Since Ive been associated with the Big Brothers six years there has always been 30 to 40 little brothers waiting Jeffries told The Examiner at press conference Our goal is to have enough Big Brothers so the little brothers dont have to wait The organization will conduct sign campaign throughout the week and stage other events in an attempt to draw pro spective big brothers into the fold The purpose of big brother is to be friend Jeffries said My philosophy is that somewhere along the line the big brother had someone other than dad to look up to so meone who cared Thats what big brother is he said The Big Brothers have been force ir Barrie for 12 years Ask the head of the federal civil service who protest dai 1y he says Ask the depart ment heads who were recently ordered not to fill any position which had been vacant for over six months He said one cabinet minister recently was at his wits end trying to make the media believe certain promise would be kept People want change and com anions cabinet ministers must imple ment that change Lewis says OCT SITTING But election promises which require legislative action can only be fulfilled when the House of Commons opens on Oct In view of the pressure of new government the fact that many party members are new and the intervening summer months that date makes sense he says 54 xx 34 Caught unprepared Cheryl Martin was caught without her umbrella when the rains came Monday She was however able to improvise Cheryl is from Waterloo and is just settling nicely into the pace of life in Barrie Examiner Photo and there are 76 boys matched with local volunteers With association president Gord Jeffries looking on Mayor Ross Archer signs proclamation and declares September to to 22 Big Brother Week in Barrie The organization is attempting to add bin brothers to its list of volunteers during the sewer days