Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 14 Nov 1979, p. 15

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More visible policing urged Hy STEPHE lIIOLLS Of The Examiner Allandale businessmen want more visible poltcmg In their area to reduce burglaries and vandalism two merchants told Barrics board of police commissioners Tuesday Peter MacKenzie representing the Allandale Merchants Committee said businessmen believe if police were more visilt ble in the area it would act as deterrent to criminals Many members are having breakins and they feel there isnt enough police patrolling the area he said Four or five of the members have had two breakins in the last six months policeman seen walking beat in the area would possibly deter some of them iriminalst lack arter of Addies Confectionery told board members inerthants want to know how often police patrol Allandale and how many officers work on each shift An energysaver Council yields on idea JIM SHIRLEY uovel idea Grou The conversion of stop signs into yield signs to con serve energy lt was problem delved in to by Barrie city council Tuesday but the idea was eventually rejected Ald lim Shirley who in troduced the motion said ad ministration could start with stop signs at intersections which are not so heavily travelled In addition often there are serious accidents with per sons who stop at these in tersections and have dif fictilty getting back into the regular flow of traffic he said Yield signs would help leaders tell club otirr LOW Were not talking about the effic1ency of the officers in the area said tarter We feel there may not be enough in the Allandale area The rumors are that the numbers of officers are quite low on some shifts If there are only three or tour for the whole area on one shift then that is too low said Carter Its deterrent just to have policeman on corner he said Carter said several stores in his neighborhood on Essa Road have had breakins recently MacKenzie of the Little Ave Plaza Royal Bank Bank branch said that plaza is vandalized often MacKenzie said merchants want to know how often police prevent this he said Besides said Ald Shirley starting and stopping is very costly operation Mayor Ross Archer did not go along with the proposi tion saying it had been tried few years back Stop signs have more ini pact and drivers are likely to be more careful at in tersections said the mayor While the mayor said he agrees with trying to con serve energy there are other ways todo it he said Aldermen Fred Ruemper and iord Mills went along with the suggestion by Ald Shirley COMA faint to erase cults gets little help continued from page it In Ontario the most active and outgoing cult however is the Unification Church or as they are often called the anies They are all around us said lroman We just dont know they are here He estimates that in North DR SlSAN Stlllll sccn work America 10 million people are involved in cults of some description That number he says can be attributed to the breakdown of the family unit believe that ever since the Second World War there has been total breakdown of the family he said Men and women are out earning money JOHN iORMAN government wont help Entrance ramp for handicapped Construction of new on trance ramp to give the fian dicappcd and the disabled easier access to the post office in Barrie was announced today by Ron Stewart MP for Simcoe South The construction of the ramp will be completed by the spring of 1980 as part of the regional program approved by the honourable Erik Nielsen minister of public works The tllanllltktlttlnl of federal funding for this ramp is in keep Minister bV last month which said that the han ing with Prime Clarks throne speech while the children are being brought tip by babysitters and the television We need more security Thats the real reason why cults are so successful The dangers of cults are numerous said lorman They can cause impaired intellectual ability reduction of ability to form intimate relationships neurotic psychotic and suicidal tendencies loss of free will and also involuntary slavery he said NLMEORISTECIINIQlES The techniques used are also numerous said Dr Schulman Some cults separate them selves from the rest of society Others use hypnosis diagnosed as meditation Still others use peer group pressure and love bomibng ta sence of family through hugging and touching As well as deprivation and fear by threatening soul life or limb and chanting and singing are also commonly used Those who have left cults often end up in psychiatric wards said Gorinan Their minds were stressed and strain ed so much that they have flip ped he said They are com ing otit psychiatric messes Dr Schulmaii warns people not to be smug It can happen to anyone she said Dr Schulman iorman and other members of COMA are particularly concerned with the infiltration by unrecognized cults into the school system According to COMA cults and their influence can be seen in most high schools and univer sities in Ontario Through education and hopefully some government assistance COMA hopes to alert the public to the subtle techniques employed unrecognized religious woups To date however OMA has dicapped and the disabled have not been encouraged by the special needs which must be met by the new Conservative government Access to the Barrie Post Of because government said German The federal government is saying they cant fight this the cults are ficc has boon difficllt religions said Gorman But 935 it People Who are dSml they are not What are the peo ed handicapped or have other ple of Ontario going to say when chronic medical problems as may see heir Children being well as for schior citizens taken away patrol the area and whether they ed KlZ DOOR llEtKS check to see if doors are lock Chief Earl Snider said police make door checks in Allandale but they are not required to by law It has become the habit of policemen to do check doors he said Last year we found in excess of toodoors insecure in Bar rie Police have recommended better lighting and other crime prevention methods at Little Avenue Plaza but the owner refuses to comply said Chief Snider The board decided to investigate the merchants concerns Eldon Greer chairman told committee representatives well discuss the situation and solution for everyone concerned try to come up with suitable City will reconsider landfill site rate hike By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner It would appear Barrie coun cil will reconsider the raising of tonnage rates at the Barrie landfill site which was recom mended by gcneral committee Ct 22 It would about double the rates from last year and that is discrimination against larger industries within Barrie Ald Jim Shirley told council Tues day The city should charge more to businesses from outside Bar rie but should not penalize those within city limits the Barrie alderman said MAXIITLRERS WORRIEI Members of Barries public works committee met in the afternoon with representatives of the Barrie Manufacturers Association who were concern ed with the proposed increase Ald Alex Arthur chairman of the committee said the association and the city had figures regarding the amount of tonnage expected which were totally off base Last year the city predicted 35000 tons of material would be dumped at the site and we Schools close but teachers working Simcoe Countys separate and public schools will be clos ed to students Thursday and Friday but the countys 2400 tcachcrs will be taking part in series of seminars as part of professional development pro gram Thursday is being used primarily for parentteacher in terviews while Friday some schools will be the sites of various seminars designed to improve or expand teachers awareness odrington Public School is the site of series of seminars on early childhood education in cluding planning for the needs of the young child the develop ment of communication skills and writing programs The public school boards law subject council is sponsoring panel discussion concerning the rights of the individual and whether those rights are being protected or eroded At St Monicas separate elementary school workshops in history mathematics and other disciplines are being stag ed by the Simcoe County unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Federation and the Roman Catholic school board The two days this week are the second and third of nine professional development days the Simcoe County Board of Education will hold this year were pretty well on the but ton Ald Arthur said As result the association wants chance to talk to its membership to find out about the amount of tonnage and where the discrepency is said Ald Arthur llourly rates in other places can be deceiving because they are different in areas he said osts can range from as much as $10 in Toronto right down to no charge in some munici palities he said FlLLAGRIIIZAIENT Ald Ross Stephens was in full agreement with the decision to send it back to committee The first questions sraised by upset manufacturers was the dramatic increase in costs Ald Stephens said The impact of costs to future industries locating in Barrie should be looked at carefully said Ald Stephens However Barries site is one of the landfill better operated Ald Stephens said About 05 per cent of material going into the landfill site comes from industrial users Ald Arthuraddtd sut the final tonnage is the bone of contention he said Refugees leaving city The two governmentspon sored Victnamese refugees who arrived in Barrie Satur day will not live in Bradford iii stead Eeorge Wood with the Canada Employment Centre said the refugees would be stay ing with relatives in Bradford following weekend stay in Barrie Thcre is possibility of more government sponsored refugees coming to Barrie in the future though Wood said town El country Police will train two civilians City police will soon be able to draw from pool of speciallytrained parttime personnel to fill in for sick or vacationing fulltime civilian employees Barries board of police com the training of two civilians plaints clerk the other as operator missioners approved Tuesday one to act as fillin com TPIC computer network Eldon Greer board chairman said paying the parttime personnel to fill in is policeman to sit there Association presid The Simcoc County Federat lot cheaper than putting ent elected ion of Agriculture has elected its new president for the coming year Ron Jones of Midland former first vicepresident was formally acclaimed president at the federations board of directors meeting last week Jones has been member of the Simcoc Federation for the past six years and until recently was director from Nrth Simcoc to the Ontario Federat ion of Agriculture While member of the Ontario Federation he also served as chairman of its property and assessment committee Jones will replace former president Jim Steed who will remain on the executive Other executive appointments included Marion McArthur first vicepresident Garth Cubitt of New Lowell second vicepresident and Fraser MacDonald of Drillia Joe Lind ner and Norman Hamilton both of Bradford and Gladys Bell of Cookstown executive members Murray Jones of Midland as elected representative on the Simcoe County Farm Safety Council Directory officials seeing council The creators of directory assistance guide from Hamilton whose canvassers recently drew the ire of Ald iord Mills will appear before general committee next week The announcement made by city clerk Straiighan Tuesday Ald Mills objected because he said the group did not clearly state in their door to door campaign that they were not connected with the city of Barrie Giving out information to the group is therefore not compulsory and the public should have been made aware of that fact said Ald Mills was Ben LI EURI MILLS ohjecting Earlier figures incorrect An earlier Examiner story incorrectly stated that Bob Foster of Action Recycling liad made money with the recycl ing group he is involved with Actually Foster said he brought Huronia Recycling up from dficit to profit of ove That was before Foster took Sioott over the business however School board meets tonight The Simcoc County Board of Education will set up its lotto budget committee tonight du ring regular meeting at the Education Centre Ferris Lane beginning at Also expected tonight reports on student field trips early identification of childrens lea irning needs and report on meeting of the boards advisory committee on the trainable retarded Ministry officials speaking meeting of the Simcoc County School Bus Operators Asstriation and the ministry of transportation and com DilllthJIlOnS will be held Thursday The meeting in the Golf Club Room of Horseshoe Valley Ski Resort begins at9 15 Friendly chat the examiner Wednesday Nov 3741979 15 Noticing that their regular postman was not on the job Amy Logan left and her brother Tim chat with Roy Carter on their way to Hillcrest school this morning Carter was acting as relief postman on Route l9 when he met the Logan children Examiner Photo Ratification vote this month Teachers board reach tentative settlement By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board and its 300 teachers have reach ed tentative contract settle ment that calls for general wage increase of some per cent over one vear John Blake chief negotiator for the teachers said those at the bottom of seven category grid system determined by education background and teaching experience will receive more than 85 per cent and those at the top less than 85 per cent It the pact is accepted the minimum salary for first year teacher in the lowest of seven categories would become 310000 and the maximum figure for teachers at the top of category seven would become 329000 Blake told The Ex aminer today VOTETHISMONTII He said the teachers would vote to ratify the agreement considered good one by the negotiating team during the last week of November Bill Bolgcr director of the board said the board would likely examine the package and vote on it during its next regular meeting Nov 21 Bolger will not discuss the terms of the pact until it is presented to the trustees Talks first began in February and have continued steadily since school resumed in September In all 17 meetings were held with the agreement coming Tuesday Blake said the two sides were four per cent apart on wages the only outstanding issue go ing into Tuesdays session The board and the teachers also agreed to set tip commit tee to examine board policy on teachers who may become surplus to the needs of the system though growth of the separate board and increased enrolment are expected through the 1980s Blake said The new contract also calls for some alterations to the tcachcrs fringe benefits iii cluding an increase in the boards share of an insurance and dental plan he said Terms of the new agreement are retroactive to Sept The previous contract expired at the end of August Simcoe Countys separate school teachers are members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Federation Sonic 23 teachers belong to French teachers organization Aldermans bid to lend lnnisfil support refused Ald iord Mills wanted Tucs day to support lnnisfil township in its search for establishment of motor vehicle licence of fice The aldermans attempts to send letter off toJames Snow minister of transportation and communications was not sup ported though by Barrie city council The support of the neighbor ing township should be moral obligation in Barrie Ald Mills said It would be an asset to the township and it would show that good will still exists between Jaycees decide to keep parade route plans The Santa laus parade route sponsored by the Barrie Jaycees lll remain the same as earlier announced and will not include Allandale lohn Bcischer chairman of advertising and publicity said today the committee met earlier in the week to discuss themattcr The parade to be held Dec will form at the Wellington Plaza go along Anne Street to Dunlop Street and rr pro cecd along to point near the Lakeview Dairy motion to revert back to the old route lwhich would include Essa Roadi was turned down by the group subsequent motion to bus persons from Allandale was also turned down because ser viCe would then have to be pro vided for everyone in the city Beischer said The group will be open to suggestions to revert the parade route back and invites suggestions for next years parade Beischer said the two municipalities Mills said Last week Snow informed In nisfil that his ministry will not be planning licence office in the township The alderman said Snows re iection of the plan because of lnnisfils proximity to Barrie did not hold water Mahy other motor vehicle licence offices are set up in in close proximity including local example of an office in Midland and another in lenetanguishene Ald Mills said The ministers politics ap pear to be somewhat muddl ed in the entire affair Ald Mills said The motion was greeted ith Ald nonsupport from Ald Ernie ltotman SNOW IN KNOW Snow would know more than Ald Mills on the need for motor vehicle office in lnnisfil said Ald Rotman lf motor vehicle offices were put in too many places virtual ly all smaller centres would end up wanting one said Ald ltotr man The idea of motor vehicle licence office could possibly be looked into few years down the road when both areas grow he said Aldermen Alex Arthur Fred ltuemper and to onal supported Ald Mills in his ilI tempt to aid lnnisfil tow nship Bus garage location decision among resolutions ratified Barrie City council Tuesday ratified most of the earlier general committee recommenda tions with little in the way of discussion oach garage will stay as is on Seaforth Street in Allandale despite litietiinns by residents who dont want the entrance to the building off of The lenetangMidland Seatorth Ald Dorian Parker continued to object to the concept Lines bus posal ment touncd ratified the continua fund for the proposed civic centre develop LAY OFF PROPERTY The decision was likewise ratified not to pur chase the controversial Hblock property site of the nowdead Kempenfelt llaec pro erve The finance committee will also investigate the feasibility of tenants in the civic centre Mum Students rewarded l7 of Central Collegiate and Lyn Quinlan lél of North Collegiate Front row from left Cathy Wood l2 of Portage View Susan Campbell it of Allandale Heights Sgt Bob Thompson officer in charge of public school safety patrol program Becky Seagram l2 of Hillcrest and David Cull decision was ratified not to reserve parking spaces for the handicapped on city streets because of no location with high enough de mand for that if pe of service The suggesfions for budget considerations in 15480 was raitied by council as well Ad ministration will now prepare list of ltittt budget considerations which will be presented around February when nudge discussions are lkely tobegin Ministry representatives discuss the regulations of log books and lIHCIlIitlnlnE Civic centre construction if all final plans are approved will be phased with the city hall seg ment coming first Library and cultural factlities will be phased later No action was taken concerning the exten sion of rush hour parking prohibition on the south side of Dunlop Street East for an addi tional three parking stalls That had been asked for by Ald Stephens Young people from Barrie were honored Mon day night by the Optimist Club for outstanding achievements in the past year The Junior Achievers are back row from left Cindy Griffith of Eastview Laurie Codogan IS of Eastview Doug LeBlanc l7 of Eastview Chris Goriepy director of the program Rose McNeil 74 Examiner Photo Cash stolen from businesses tity police said oday cash was stolen overnight from two businesses housed in building it JTI lnnisfil Street Police are in estigating the breakin The amount of money Taken is undertermuted police said ms

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