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To alleviate traffic roblems Ora residents want flyovers By RICHARD THOMAS The Examiner delegation of residents wh live near the 1516 sideroad in Oro Township told Oro Council Tuesday they are concerned about the increase in traffic along that road as result of flyovers and central barrier on Highway 11 In an open letter to council read by Lloyd Fletcher SUNDAY WEDNESDAY spokesman for the delegation the residents said the amount of dust created by the additional traffic on the sideroad north of Highway 11 between Conces sions and 11 is safety health and an agricultural hazard The residents recommended the sideroad be paved with an asphalt surface and that ministry of transportation and communications at Concession Our understanding at the time the approval for the flyovers was granted was that the Ridge Road South of Highway 11 and the 1516 sideroad were to act as service roads the letter read The Ridge road is already flyover be constructed by the paved and we feel the 1516 flr VIev nr waan it 817 LeRoy Pennel pastor of Heritage Baptist Church poses with Frank Somer outside the church on 322 Little Avenue Tuesday The property is up for sale as Pastor Pennel intends to move the church into Heritage Baptist Church will relocate in Barrie By NANCY FIGLERDA Of The Examiner The controversial Heritage Baptist Church and the school it operates will move from In nisfil Township to Barrie within one year said Rev LeHoy Pen nell pastor of the church today The church recently purchas ed 412 acres of institutional land in Barrie on the south side of Ardaugh Road near Essa Road As soon as we can sell our old facilities we will begin to build new facilities said Mr Pennell Present plans are to build one building 8000 to 12000 square feet on the new land Were going to build one building now that is step one said Mr Pen nell It will accommodate all the churches ministries Funds for the new building will be raised through the con gregation We hope to pay the land right off and build the new building right away said Mr Pennell Until the new building is con structed however Mr Pennell is searching for location to commence classes for the chur chs day school Heritage Chris tian Academy Mr Pennell has met with In nisfil Council to discuss renting the Alcona Community Centre Were still interested in the community centre he said If the cost are reasonable we will go in that direction In discussions with council he said the centre would be re quired from late August 1979 to late June 1980 and would nor mally be used Monday to Fri day only The centre he said limo SUNDAY saw Barrie Pennel cited church growth and problems with lnnisfil Township as reasons for the move Examiner Photo KATIIE JANS takes priority Janice loves to lounge in her blklfll Mind you shes no slouch An avid sports enthusiast she enjoys swimming and racquetball For those guys at the YMCA in Barrie thats good news Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu sideroad parable The ministry has saved great deal of money by not pro viding any service roads in the township Fletcher said The residents also want flyover at Concession because there are none between Conces sions and 11 distance of about four miles And because should be com the barrier could easily accommodate his 50 to 60 students He said however the school is non profit organization and could not afford to pay large lease If it is out of our range well look elsewhere he said It is estimated the lease would be at least $4000 year HiWay Pentecostal Church Barrie has also expressed in terest in the church centre ASKED FIRST Coun Kathe Jans said Hi Way Pentecostal Church should have priority over Heritage Baptist Church because they approached council about the centre before the baptist Church did said Coun Kathe Jans Heritage Christian Academy had operated since September 1978 from building on the churchs property in Innisfil In Supreme Court of Ontario hearing June 14 however In nisfil Township was granted an injunction to close the school It was ruled in contravention of zoning bylaws Council maintained the operation of church and regular day school contravene two different uses of one site and violate township bylaws The church is appealing the ruling Mr Pennell is investigating the possibility of using the pre sent school facilities until the appeal is heard By PAT ONROY For The Examiner Plans are underway for ma jor improvement to the Highway 400 interchange at Bayfield St to eliminate traffic bottlenecks Doug McEwen project manager with the ministry of transportation and communica tions said Tuesday that the project involves moving the northerly signals on Bayfield further north and the addition of new ramps for 400 traffic southbound At present drivers heading south on the 400 must make lefthand turn off Bayfield This has created backups and in terfered with traffic using the twolane ramp off the 400 new loop will do away with left turns by providing direct right hand access to 400 south he said Designs for the improve ment will be completed by the The notorious Legionnaires disease which has been diagnosed in two Toronto hospital patients has not been encountered in Barrie There is nobody even in the suspect category says Grace prevents them from crossing the highway residents who live north of it are forced to use the 1516 sideroad until they can cross either at the Concession flyover or the one at Concession 11 the delegates said Currently those residents liv ing to the north on Concessions and 10 only have access to the highway southbound towards Barrie Those who live to the south of the highway only have access to its northbound towards Orillia unless they use the Ridg Road route Lorne Thompson delegate and manager of Sheridan Nurseries on Con north of the highway said most of the 30 or so employees there come from the direction of Barrie and can no longer make left turn from the highway because of the bar rier Forced to use the 1516 sideroad the nursery delivery trucks are creating more of dust and traffic problem he said SAFETY THREAT This inconvenience suffered by residents along Concessions and 10 north of the highway is becoming threat to safety along the lakeshore area to the south as well especially in the village of Oro Station the delegation pointed out The heavy population bet MARKDALE Coll ingwood woman worried that she would be late for court appearance on minor charge stole new Cadillac to get to court on time When she arrived the minor charge had been dropped and provincial lice were waiting to arrest er on charge of theft over $200 The young woman and her boyfriend had been un successfully trying to hitch hike to Markdale from Collingwood for the Tuesday for court woman Sleals new Cadillac ween Con and Con 10 in the lakeshore area and weekend visitors has resulted in great deal of traffic to Barrie and other southern points being rerouted through the village especially at the intersection of the Ridge Road and Concession the letter said The delegation agreed that while flyover at every conces sion would be ideal to have one at Concession would at least help Corine Gray resident on Concession said there was no objection to the flyovers but the ministry had not been con sistent in the construction Paving the 1516 sideroad would act as some compensa tion for the inconvenience Mrs Gray also said The delegation offered its support to council and said in the letter we strongly urge that council seek ministry assistance Fletcher told council the delegation was there not to condemn you people but more to prod the ministry Council has already asked MPP Gordon Smith PC Sim coe East to set up meeting with Minister James Snow to discuss the ministrys under taking the paving as special project funded 100 per cent As yet no date has been set for the meeting morning Court date when they spotted the Cadillac with keys inside News of the car theft was reported by radio station moments before local man with citizens band radio in his car spotted the Cadillac He alerted police and pur sued the pair to Markdale Meanwhile in provincial court the Crown attorney had agreed to drop the original charge of false pretences because of the womans age Jac ueline Bailey 17 has beenc arged with theft Senior citizens housing centre to be discussed Officials with the ministry of housing will be in Oro Township next week to further in vestigate the need for senior citizens housing centre in the municipality Henry Neufeld township clerk said Tuesday that ministry officials would arrive in the township August 15 to begin sixweek survey of township residents especially senior citizens to determine if there is need for such cen tre Neufeld said the municipality wont know the results of the survey until October Officials will survey areas in the township which they feel would be suitable for such housing project and have specifieid that the location must be in an area where ser vices are available he said Oro Station Hawkestone and Shanty Bay would be likely locations because of this re quirement Neufled said Council agreed in June to ask for the survey after delega tion from the Marigold Senior Citizens Association told coun end of the year he said It will be decided later in Toronto when actual construction will begin dpending on budget costs and priority PASSED MOTION The project also calls for widening of the Bayfield over pass in conjunction with the ci tys planned widening of Bayfield from the 400 to Cundles Rd Last week city council passed motion calling for Bayfield to be widened to fivelanes The interchange has been the source of headaches for police and motorists especially dur ing heavy weekend traffic Motorists using the northbound ramp from the 400 found themselves in lineups stret ching to the highway During the holiday weekend the ramp tieup jammed 400 traffic back to the service centre on the out skirts of the city Mel Gaddy OPP staff Bauldry infection control of ficer at Royal Victoria Hospital In the event that Legion naires disease is suspected blood samples would be taken immediately and sent to the cil members that poll among the associations 100 or so members showed 95 were in terested in such accommoda tion The centre which would have about 25 units will require site of two to three acres and the Simcoe County health unit has assured Oro Council such project could be serviced by septic tanks The project would be federal ly and provincially funded but the municipality would have to pay for the land until actual construction began at which time the money would be refunded previous attempt to in stitute senior citizens housing in the township fell through few years ago when no applica tions for such accommodation were sent in despite the survey Senior citizens who wish to reside in the centre must sell their homes and property before they can qualify and several councillors have said this might discourage potential applicants Plans improvement at Bayfield interchange sergeant blamed the bot tleneck on poor syncronization of traffic lights at the inter change and left turn lanes which back up traffic on Bayfield north JAMMED UP The ministry has designated an alternate route at the In nisfil cutoff for Wasaga Beach traffic main source of the heavy volume at the Bayfield interchange But police and ministry spokesmen say motorists do not use the route OPP constable Don Cooper said the route is well marked and motorists could use the route more frequently Instead they get jammed up at Bayfield he said Because the route uses county roads motorists are reluctant to try it McEwen said People seem to shy away from anything that does not say highway he added Disease not suspected here Ontario Central Mrs Bauldry says The disease is suspected in the recent deaths of two men and 11 other patients in Toron to laboratory the examiner Wednesday August 1979 15 Surveying the damage Cathy Adams student from Eastview Secondary High School surveys the damage in her backyard on Melrose Street after storm ripped through Simcoe County Tuesday morning High winds snapped maple tree near the base which caused minor damage to two adjacent houses Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Georgian still haping for new campus building By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The province has said not to new building for Georgian Col lege but the road block may be temporary says president Wayne Busch Were exploring other ways of getting it off the ground Busch told The Examiner Tues day One way is to have company build it and we lease it through rent applied toward purchase arrangement Busch said the college already pays rent on building several blocks from the Duckworth St campus on Bell Farm Rd and another for nurs ing students attached to Royal Victoria Hospital This money would be used toward rent on the new building OWN BUILDING Wed pay out the same amount of money for period of time but in the end we would own the building he said The advantage to the ministry of education is that theres no capital outlay Details of the proposal are being worked out and the package will be presented to the colleges board of governors this fall Busch said Several of the governors and the Ontario Council of Regents the governing body of the pro vinces 22 community colleges have already voiced accep tance of the idea he said It will be the same building as initially proposed The con cept will be exactly the same Busch said Nursing students and those in adult training programs at Bell Farm Rd would be relocated to the main campus with the construction of the building that would comprise 85000 square feet and cost $4 million CONDUCTING STLDY Plans call for new library and cafeteria and athletic facilities including gym nasium that would take ap proximately oneeighth of the building study conducted jointly by the college and the ci ty concerning inclusion of swimming pool in the project is still being assessed The college is expecting 10 per cent increase in enrolment for the 197980 academic year over the previous year Busch said Several portables are being placed on campus this month and some renovations to ex isting buildings are being made to accommodate students Fantastic Fit Test response prompts program extension government sponsored physical fitness test conducted in Alliston last week has been so successful its organizers will repeat the tests next week for an extra three days Sponsored by the ministry of culture and recreation the Fit Test was held from July 30 to August 13 14 and 15 said Joe Tiernay summer student helping with the project And if there is enough de mand it will be held on the 16th too he said The test is administered by four staff members of the University of Toronto Fitness Club who have been amazed at the response from such small town Tiernay said The response was fantastic thats why they decided to come back Tiernay said about 100 people took the test during the first week It costs $15 and lasts about an hour During the tests staff members assess car diovascular fitness using elec trocardiogram IKG monitor ing measure lung capacity ideal body weight blood pressure strength and flexibili ty Skin tissue is also measured for thickness then compared Kite tlyer doing fine after fall Ron Valmossol 27yearold Michigan kite flyer injured in fall Monday remained in satisfactory condition this morning at Royal Victoria Hospital The kiter fell about 200 feet into Kempenfelt Bay Monday while performing for Kempenfest However the kiter was ex pected to check out of the hospital sometime today said Bob Hollywood Greater Barrie chamber of commerce general manager There were no broken bones or other injuries associated with the fall said Hollywood with height weight and body measurements to determine total body fat All EKG results are sent to cardiologist in Toronto to deter mine whether medical atten tion is needed Once weaknesses are determined 14yearold Stayner boy struck by van while he was cycling near Wasaga Beach Sunday is listed in good condi tion in Toronto hospital today but police have not found the driver involved in the accident after he suffered broken leg hit by the vehicle Provincial police said today they have not located the van town country Still looking for driver Leo Peverill was taken to Toronto Sick Childrens Hospital testers will recommend fitness program to improve problem areas The tests will be conducted between pm and 830 pm at the Alliston Arena and appoint ments can be made through the municipal office and concussion when he was but continue to investigate the incident Marine railway opens The largest marine railway in Canada was of ficially opened Sunday by none other than Lt Gov John Graves Simcoe himself who reenacted his historic trek through Simcoe County over the weekend The new Big Chute Marine Railway in operation since the start of the season can carry boats up to 100 feet long and 24 feet wide with weight of up to 100 tons Among those at the open ing with Simcoe played by Charles Humber of Toronto Doug Lewis tMPSimcoe North and Walter Carr reeve of Matchedash Township Arrested after bre City police arrested 22yearold man after someone broke into Stephensons Jew 1130Tuesday night DOLG LEWIS atopening akin ellers 32 Bayfield St about Charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit an indictable offence dress Gillis is in custody today awaiting bail hearing Friday is Joseph Gillis of no fixed ad