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MA Mqu Man convicted after beating German Shepherd Hy LORI fllll The Examiner Barrie man who gave German Shepherd what pro Vincial court judge termed Vicious beating was found guilty Friday of willfully caus ing injury to dog Harvey Robert Parrish ttt will be sentenced after Judgi lonald lnch views pre sentence report Gerry Stickland ll told lllt court he saw Parrish chasing the dog around house on tlwen Street Aug then hit it first with his fist and then with large stick Stickland said Par rishthcii picked up smaller stick and as the dog lay tlire and blood was draining out he shoved stick down its throat His brother tlinton Stickland lit testitied he found the dog laying on the ground with swollen nose and bleeding lot and saw Par rish beside it He said he put the animal in shopping cart and took it to the veterinarian RAN ttlT Mary Stickland said she ran out after her son ierry came into the house crying and saw Parrish kick the dog in the stomach while he was laying on the ground Dr Fisher veterinarian said German Shepherd was brought to his of fice at about it pm that night with its head bruised and swollen and bleeding from the nose eyes and head There was 1haemorhage in the right eye and bruise over the other eye Dr Fisher said He was virtually blind Eldon llubbert warden with the Ontario Humane Socie ty in Barrie said he picked up the dog from the Stickland house Aug 18 and saw that its nose was badly swollen He said he took it back to Dr Fisher where it was given needle and then to the animal shelter DESTRUYED He noted the dog was not picked up by its owner and was eventually destroyed Parrish told the court he kicked the dog in the jaw twice because it had bitten him on the heel After he was hit again on the toes he threw stick at it he testified Panish admitted running away after Mrs Stickland said she was going to call the police because he knew he had done something wrong by kicking the dog Future farm changes needed says dean of Guelph college By ItltllAltl TlltHl The lil niiiicr REEMUHE There is no question agriculture has become one of the biggest and most efficient industries in anada over the past to years but some practices must change to keep it viable tor future generations Iayton Switzer Dean of the Ontario Agricultural ollegc at iiielph University said heri Friday Addressing members and guests at the Siincoc ounty Federation of Agricultures an iiiial dinner Switcr said farmers in tlntario are part of very viable and efficient in dustry but my concern is not for the present but tor the long term future SWIlZOl said the reason why housewives in Ontario can walk into supermarket and buy cheap nutritious food is because the agricultural system in the province has been built on high levels of mcchanimtion and cheap abun dant energy For the future however farmers must consider factors such as the availability of land and water without where there can be no agriculture the cost of energy which must go up the need for increasing develop inent in current technology and the constant problem of developing donicst ic and export markets Sw iter said TAKE STEPS The provincial government must also take steps to help the industry by making the availability of diminishing energy fuels to agriculture Federal program gives population of island rattlers Hy SllIIIIIIN lllllS if The Examiner Federal government con sultants estiiiiatc there are about 230 eastern massasauga rattlesnakcs on Bcausoleil tslaiid in Georgian Bay an en viionnient consulting firm spokesman said Friday llarry larsons ot Blltt liic told The Examiner ttitt siiltaiits calculated the popiila tioii based on snake tagging program in Georgian bay Islands National lark Park wardens tagged more than 30 iattlcsiiakes in the park this summer Parsons said his company could oiin obtain rough estimates of population based on the small sample Parks tanada hired BtFtt Inc of Ottawa to design rat ttesnake study program Blltt technicians used tour methods of calculation to estimate population said lai sons laggiiig information in dicates the rattlers do not have summer home territory ltecapttiicd snakes were often found several kilometres from where they were originally cap ltttttl He said Massasuaga ratr tlcsnakes seem to be very mobile on the island eight km by 16 km in size Snakes travelled an average distance of 130 metres day according to BllFtl statistics Most snakes captured this year were adults ttltt to 450 mm in length larsons said its pretty common you dont find young snakes lark wardens need three or four more years of data before researchers can draw definite conclusions He said radio transmitters implanted in smakcs would help locate dens and trace snake movements larsons said transmitters will be used in future park rat tlesnake research priority and by protecting prime farm land he said Only very small percentage of all land in the country can be successfully used for agriculture because of the climate and we in agriculture are being hard done by if that land is being used for anything else except farming Switzer said Farmers themselves how ever must make their own changes to save energy through systems such as minimum til lage to avoid soil erosion and time wastage and by rotating crops to maximize yields and profits he said Marginal land must be put to better use not only by crop farmers but by cattle feedlot operators who re relying heavily on corn to fatten animals rather than grass which is cheaper he added Switzer also said farmers must continue to oppose those who call for the abolition of pesticides if the industry is to remain viable OST ltl TIMES Without the use of pesticides the cost of an average household food such as loaf of bread would cost 10 times its current price he said Ontario farmers must also strive for selfsufficiency and stop being so dependent on others Swit7er said stressing that the country imports the majority of its fruits and vegetables mixed basket of fruit which five years ago cost $10 will this winter cost about $37 Switzer said and similar basket of vegetables will now cost about $11 This is the tip of the iceberg he said How long can we go on allowing other people to supply food we can produce here Although there will be major increases in the cost of farm ing the industry in Ontario will continue to be based on the family farm rather than the large corporation and there will be trend back to more labor on the farm Switzcr said He also said statistics show an encouraging number of young people under the age of 35 returning to the farm Shes the lucky winner CKBBs Jeff Walther congratulates Trudy Sever of Mldhursf iseatedi after the key to the padlock on Yamaha ET 250 snowmobile that the radio Sm Tom Vanderburg of TV Puppetree in Newmarket entertained students at Allandale Heights School Friday with two shows featuring his handmade puppets Above right Vanderburg shows Cat to the students Some of the other characters in the show were Dawg lower left and Gronk the Caveman lower right Examiner Photos by Peter Roberts Local merchants surveyed Good Christmas sales expected By DENNIS lflllElt The Evamincr Times may be hard economically speaking but judging from the attitude of some Barrie merchants you wouldnt know it Merchants surveyed by the Examiner Friday were op timistic that shoppers would again flock to their stores dur ing this years hristmas season despite the falling dollar and higher borrowing rates Ald Ross Stephens who also owns Stephens Store For Men on Dtinlop Street says high in terest rates may affect some shoppers this year but pur chases are expected to be up again All indications point to that assessment so far he said Christmas shopping at his store has already been well under way for over month Ald Stephens said tlon gave away Friday in promotional contest Ted Hamilton of Cycle Sport was on hand to pre sent the new machine to Mrs Severs Photo Examiner And last year sales were good said Ald Stephens We hope it will be as good as it was last year he added However people will likely be more discriminating with their funds this year and wont throw their money away helterskelter Ken Firth manager of Woolworths is also expecting good Christmas shopping season Last years sales were very very good and more of the same is expected this year the store manager said Firth said he doesnt think high interest rates will affect business much and says that by offering comiwtitive men chandise sales should remain good Peter Mclntyre of Jerrys STORE says program forces parents to withdraw students By TERRY FIELD if The Fa miner The Siincoe Taxpayers Organization Researching Education iSTtiltEl says many parents in the tlrillia area have pulled their children from public schools because of Ultltt tions to the human relations program Howewr Simcoe ounty Board of Education figures show that 94 children have left the public system and approv imatcly Ho of those are attin ding ticwa opened privately tundcd Christian schools The trillia hristian School Society opened its doors this year atter to years of planning Few if any of the children were sent to the school because of the human relations program said Karl Schenk niembei of the schools education committee About to children hac mot ed into the countys separate Radio and TV told The Ex aminer sales trends are dife ficult to determine Last years sales were about the same as the previous year and mer chants sales so far this year differ quite widely said McIn tyre Im mildly optimistic but have nothing to base that on iust yet he said Sales at his store dont nor mally start in earnest for hristmas until mid November he said Arch Brown manager of Canadian Tire said people to day are more careful of what they spend their money on Funds left over after the necessities of life are taken care of are not as plentiful as school system in the rillia area board director Bill Bolgcr said Friday Another 12 are at tending school run by Sevei th Day Adventists Thomas Delaney pastor of Bethel Baptist Church said the initiation of the human rela tions program spurred on the creation of the churchs new school Weve been thinking of levcloping school for scvcral years and the human relations course pushed us faster he silll Thirty children attend the school and as many as 2o of them are there because of the public school program on the sexual and emotional relation ships But it is difficult to be no curate he added because many families have supported the idea fitt ears Steelworkers seek No it is omcns solidairity day at the Radio Shack picket line and the tilted Steelworkers of America are asking all women to show their support for striking employees Marion Brydcn MPP NDP Begicheszxlbine and MPP Evelyn Gigantes iNDP Carleton East will be among the politicians at the picket line at Gaye Lamb LSWA represen tative for the striking workers says so per cent of the warehouse employees are women and all but four of the 32 pickets are female She says women are still being used as cheap labor and as parttime employees and says the strike is evidence that this is no longer deceptable All but one of the fulltime female employees in three of Radio Shacks warehouses in Barrie are on strike she noted Also expected at the piQet before he said However there havent been signs so far that consumers are tightening upon their spending hesaid Canadian Tire had good Christmas last year said Brown and 13 per cent in crease this season is possibili ty Im extremely optimistic headded And Bill Bradford owner of Trainman Hobbies in the Downtown Centre said sales are already up from last year and he is likewise optimistic for the hristmas season All of the merchants iii dicated they were happy with sales at hristmas time last vear During membership meeting Thursday STtlltEs chairman Bill iowanlock ot Iiiillia said 123 children had left the public system The school board says theyve gone to Alberta or somewhere he said but add ed that the exodus was due to the program being ftflflritSltill in some to schools across the county including 13 in the tirillia area figures at the various separate schools are added to the number ot students 4o who at tended thristian school in Barrie last ycai before transfcring to trillias this year the total is near 12 Ted Maxwell the county boards superintendent of plan ning said it would be stret ching it to say that all those lllllrtlt were taken from public schools because of the program support line that day are female representatives from the ana dian Labor ongress tanadian Lnion of Public Employees and some women from Fleck Manufacturingto omparisons have been made between last years strike at Fleck and the 11week strike at Radio Shack That strike by 90 women from the rated Auto Workers union lasted 182 days and as marked by flareups of violence between police and strikers ils$rAi 11 town country Car strikes train TNH trainescaped wtth only $25 damage after it was struck by carat railway crossing on Highway 12 late Fri day afternoon Orillia Pt report the accident occurred at approximate ly 545 pm when the vehicle driven by Roy Keith Dovell 58 of Wabasheene collided with the front of the train driven by John Scott of Barrie Damage to the ear is estimated at $1000 Vehicle demolished Elmvale man has been charged Wllh careless driving after his vehicle ran off Dunlop Street at Blake Street and struck tree Charged is Gary Desroches t7 Barrie city police report the vehicle was demolished after striking the tree at about 1209 am this morning Desroches and one of his four passengers were taken to Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises and released Nwtmymu ass Midland man missing Midland PP are looking for man reported missing by his family since Sunday and last seer in the Midland Point area in Tay Township Missing is Barry Traynor Carmichael It Midland resi dent for the past two months armichael stands ft in weighs 150 pounds has short dark brown hair balding in the front and wears thick glasses He was last seen wearing dark brown corduroy Jacket and beige cordurory pants Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of this man should contact the Midland OPP lt lt Still time to donate It Barrie and District United Way canvasser has bypass ed you its not too late to still make your donation Money donated to the United Way goes directly to com munity agencies that improve the quality of life for people llt Barrie and District Please mail donations made payable to the Linited Way to Box 644 Barrie int or deliver them to tilt Dunlop St East Wins three awards Dr Shirley lnrig special education consultant with the Simcoe ounty Board of Education was presented with three awards recently by the Council for Exceptional Children at provincial conference in Hamilton In addition to the previously announced win of the loan Kershaw Award for coediting the councils newsletter an award she shared with husband Bob lnrig Dr lnrig receiy ed certificate of recognition and the Presidents Award Both are given for ork done on behalf of the council asssews Attend policy meeting Some officials of Barries police commission are in Toron to today for Police governing authority policy gathering Problems of policmg across Ontario will be heard with the chairman of the Ontario Police Commission as one of the guest speakers Attending from Barrie will be mayor Ross Archer Eldon Greer Barrie commission chairman and Judge Ward Allen ss sssgegezgsyy Writer discusses love Writer Ruby Henley Huntsville resident Wlll be at Steel St Public School Monday to address the schools home and school association beginning at pm The topic of her talk Loving ls Not Always Easy The schools senior choir and grade five recorder group will provide the evenings musical interludes WWW