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Hang in there Roger Lovean practices the flexed arm hang at Cundles Heights School This exercise is one of six he is taking designed to build the en tire body Dean Williamson physical education specialist at the school designed the program Examiner Photo Innisfil roads study expected to cost $20000 governmenfgripes If you are upset about government overspending The Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce may provide way for iiltillilltm if The Eamincr llAlttLAY road needs study has been recommended for lnnisfil Township by the ministry of transportation and coni niutiications The study is expected to cost between $13ooou1d$2oooo The ministry will pay 73 per cent of the cost and the township will pay the remain ing 33 per cent or about 35000 said Mike lXiiipstei roads suixrintendeiil liinistils last road needs study was com pleted about 10 years ago said Dempster It is badly out of date he said SltitiESlS lll oim lack Young said however he didnt see why the study should he done before annexation is resolved If our 0f ficial plan is changisl the study wont be relei ant he said liempster said however the township should proceed with the study ir regardless of annexation By proceeding at this time we would be guaranteed of the 73 per cent subsidy grant he said if we wait they might not pay it The study will establish the condition of the roads the cost of construction and maintenance needs will establish road im provement priorities and will forecast the expected 10 year traffic volume BETTER CHANCE The township will have much better chanCe of receiving additional money for its roads if the study is done said Dempster feel we will get larger increases and more money if we follow the procedures the ministry has laid out he said Coun Kathe Jans chairman of public works agreed We wont get the money unless we can show need for it she said The study will show just that Coun Young suggested that if the study is done perhaps only the area that will not likely be annexed should be studied His suggestion however was rejected Committee will recommend to council that road needs study of the entire township be completed think we should take positive attitude and do the whole municiality as it is to day said Coun Don Koopmans Board spokesmen fear grants wont be enough Though the grant figures for 1980 wont he known before the new year the superintendents of business for the countys two sctiool hoards both believe ltl creases in grants will not be high enough to offset expected increased costs For the past few years grants to school hoanls have been iii creased hy four and five per cent yearly while inflation has been running at eight and 10 per cent they say would hate to say there wont he more money made available this year compared to last years grant but He got the impression the total grant will not be higher than it as 535 per cent of the boards $81 million budget zero increase in grants if that is the ministrys decision will drop the percentage of support con siderably Mike Ronan separate school board trustee for Colgan and the boards vicechairman in separate interview said the ministry has been steadily decreasing its support and shif ting the burden to taxpayers over the past few years But the money lost has to be made up through local taxation and thats the simple fact of the matter Ronan told The Ex aminer Issuesdemandgflm Teachers urged to speokout By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Secondary school teachers should play greater role in developing Ontarios education system by speaking out on issues says the president of the provincial association It is time we as teachers turn our attention to those issues in our professional life which need at tention Margaret Wilson of the Ontario Secon dary School Teachers Federation told 200 teachers Thursday in Barrie for the annual meeting of the organizations Simcoe County district We will have to take stand at some pomt on the quality of the education being offered our kids she said CRITICIZES OFFICIALS In bristling speech Mrs Wilson critiCized ministry of education officials for questioning the Teachers right to strike is defended effectiveness of the secondary school system Though flawed the secondary system could be im proved she said during the meeting at the Army Navy Air Force Club Asked following the meeting if the federation believed the ministry was not doing its job at the secondary School level she said the provincial agency is disorganized The lack of organiza trotsl makes it tough on teachers Mis Wilson sai We are not serving the general level students on four and five year high school programst as well as we should It is high time we iteachersi stood up for what we know about education were professionals she said It is the teachers who actually see whats hap pening in the schools and they have to point to the problems the examiner Friday prov 21919 13 The federation was established 60 years ago and has 36000 members provincewide There are 1000 secondary school teachers in Simcoe County Mrs Wilson also blasted Canadian business peo ple and the community college system for not do ing enough to train young people in industrial trades MAJOR lSSlES Further she emphasized the importance for any organization the size of the federation to set aside differences of opinion and concentrate as team on the major issues which affect everyone Individuals are easily ignored but strong or anization is powerful positive force rs Wilson expressed concern that preSSure on the education system and teachers exerted from outside the system could fragment the federation unless concerted effort to remain unit is made MARGARET WILSON association president The president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Thursday defended the teachers right to strike and blamed adults for promoting fear in students who are con cerned strike could hurt them academically Margaret Wilson told 200 teachers gathered for the federations district 27 Simcoe County annual meeting that the vast majority of contracts between school boards and teachers are settled without incident We need not get highly emo tional over the issue she said Her statements were made in response to recent call by On tarios Liberal leader Dr Stuart Smith for ban on strikes by teachers Smith said such strikes hurt the students Education is long term project not short term pro ject Mrs Wilson said While strike is disruptive it is the adults who promote the fear of abandonment in the kids ln reaction to Dr Smiths bill Education Minister Dr Bette Stephenson said the teachers have not abused the right granted several years ago and that the government does not intend to alter the legislation There are 1000 secondary school teachers in Simcoe County and 36000 province wide town country Barrie Chamber lets you voice you to voice your complaints The chamber is reviving its waste watcher program which enables citizens to alert government to their concerns on wasted spending The chamber is preparing forms which people may use to note examples of wasteful government expenditures says Bob Hollywood general manager These will be investigated and if the chamber agrees it will bring the matter to the attention of government Municipal garage opens new $123000 municipal garage will be officially opened in Plus Township today The 5500 square foot building with five bays office space lunch room and washrooms will house equipment used by the roads department and is located on the same site as the old building which will now be used for storage The new building located in the 7th concession was com pleted by Schomberg Construction and was financed 60 per cent by the ministry of transportation and communications Human resources seminar one day seminar entitled Managing Human Resources will be held for Georgian Bay area businessmen Tuesday at the Con tinental Inn in Barrie This seminar deals with the human relations side of the managers job including topics such as delegation working with subordinates to solve work problems and performance ap praisal interviews The seminar is sponsored by the Georgian Bay chapter of the society of management accountants of Ontario The moderator for the seminar is Dr WH Cooper of Queens University Further information and reservations are available by phon ing John Morton at 3256181 or 3256747 in Orillia Board applications invited Applications are now being invited to fill vacated positions on Barries downtown board The applicants have to be on the voters list in Barrie and ratepayers or representatives of ratepayer businesses in the downtown improvement area The improvement area boundaries are Dunlop Street West to High Street Dunlop Street East to the Lakeview Dairy south to Simcoe Street and north to Collier Street The applications should be sent to the board in care of the Greater Barrie chamber of commerce Fred Grant Square Deadline for applications is Nov 30 Sustains head injuries 5yearold Barrie man is in satisfactory condition in Royal Victoria Hospital following an accident Thursday night George Doherty was walking on Sophia Street just east of year ago says Tom Schultz of the Simcoe County Hoard of Education His counterpart with the countys sepaiate board con curs NONE LEFT Ministry officials told us point blank during recent meeting there was no money left in the pot says Barney oihiere In release to school hoards this summer the ministry of education said no board would receive less grant money for 1980781 than it did in 193380 However HIIl inflation the boards operating costs Hll 111v HARVEY ORBllIRE told by ministry crease over year ago Shultz said Thursday They ithe ministry have not been giving us fewer dollars over the years but the percen tage increase in support has not come near matching the percentage increase in expenv ditures Every year we have to get the difference from the local taxpayers Shultz said DROP PERCENTAGE Last year the province paid Shultz said people expect the boards to maintain the established level of service which means replacing machinery as necessary which will cast some 20 per cent more this year and purchasing re quired supplies which will be 15 per cent more expensive in 19min Seventy per cent of the public boards budget is spent on salanes Schultz said Budget preparation for both boards is underway Ministry figures on grant allotments are usually made available in January Schultz said Terry Field Bayfield Street when the accident occurred said police Doherty was admitted to hospital with head injuries said hospital spokesman Barrie youths charged Four Barrie youths were charged Thursday with possession of narcotics and mischief to public property The four were spotted by Barrie Police near the reservoir on Anne Street Police spokesmen said the four continually drove truck up and down the lawn by the reservoir The possession charge was all related to checking out the vehicle said police Charged are Guy Crease 18 of Barrie Robert Porter 16 of Barrie Steven Marshall 18 of Barrie and Daniel Webster 16 of Barrie $108M project south of Barrie Wonderlond half completed thll Rl THOMAS Of The Examiner $108 million theme park which will be the Cana dian version of Disney World is already underway just 30 miles south of Home Canadas Konderland to be located in Maple tint is already about so per cent complete and will open in lay 1981 Mike Filey public relations of ficer for the park said Friday The Litoacie park which includes 84 acres of puking space to accominixtate about 14010 cars is situated near the junction of Highway kl and Major Mackenzie Dnve Canadas Wonderland which is the first major theme park in Ontario is expected to attract almost three million visitors the first year said Filey and will employ about 35 people when it gets going Owned 75 per cent by the Taft Broadcasting Com pany of Cincinnati and 25 per cent by Great West Life Assurance out of Winnipeg the park will con tain five main theme areas Filey said There will be an international street lined with ex amples of Mediterranean Latin American Scan dinavian and alpine architecture with large foun tain and 150 foot high mountain at one end Otter sections of the park will follow themes such as an 1890 world exposition with buildings and rides typical of the era Frontier Canada also with typical architecture Happy Land of Hanna Barbera where cartoon characters such as Yogi Bear will circulate with visitors as well as medieval fair The park will also have two Cinemas Filey said one capable of holding about 1200 people Filey said the park will hopefully attract more Visitors from the United States resulting in spin off busmess for other tourist attractions in the area and for hotels and motels including those in Barrie and Simcoe County Fred Stephens of Lisle lifts out load of debris from the water by the Boyfield Street dock Allan Cook Ltd got contract from the City testimony party to the offense money DECIDED TO LEAVE den said Although Madden said the woman intended to commit theft by hav ing one occupy the man sexdally while the other took his It didnt come off because the complainanti became aware of what was happening and decided to leave Mad The complainant said earlier he went with the women to bedroom for sexual activities and while undressing saw Goguen search his pants pocket and later saw Rodgers remove money from his sock he was able to retrieve the money taken from the sock it was later taken from him during scuffle he said Schipper told the iurv that when weighing evidence they Judge addresses fury today Robbery testimony challenged By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Counsel representing one of two sisters charged with rob bery with violence said there is no evidence to show who grabbed $225 from 40yearold Midland man the ni Dec 30 and questioned whether robbery actually occurred During his address to the jury on Thursday Robert Schip per lawyer for Patricia Goguen 28 said the complaintants that he was grabbed by Goguen and Wendy Rodgers 30 and had is private parts squeezed was unreliable because he was drunk at the time Schipper said the man couldnt identify who took is money and there was no evidence other than his testimony that he had the $225 The money was never recovered Crown Attorney John Madden asked the jury to believe the complainants testimony and said who actually took the money is irrelevant since evidence proved the sisters were ght of either lost or spent hi drunk the complain up this long story residence where the scuffle on the stai stairs Goguen jum Goguen Cox said Cox said she later in the garbage witho would check it out should consider that the complainant come forward as moral principled person yet was about to embark an an adulterous relationship He suggested the man made up his story because after he Madden asked the jury if it was conceivable that while SAW COMPLAINAN Margaret Lynn Cox who occupies the Cook Street Rodgers by the arm When they got to the bottom of the When the fight broke up she gave the complainant his coat and he left she said She admitted to lying in an original police statement that made no mention of fight When asked by Madden why she threw it out she said perhaps she felt guilty about having such messy house The wallet which turned out to be bank folder belonging to the complainant was thrown in an outside garbage bin by Joey Lawrence babysitter for Coxs daughter Although Cox said she put the garbage out every night Madden said Cox wanted to get everything out that would put the complainants story in the position where police Judge Carter will address the jury this morning of Barrie to clean logs cement and other gar bage from the water Examiner Photo money something had to be done ant would have the capacity to think incident took place testified she heard rs and saw the complainant grabbing ped on the man and she jumped on found wallet in the hallway and put it ut determining who it belonged to Innisfil ponders new vehicle BARCLAY lnnisfil public works department needs new vehicle The money is budgeted but no one has yet decided what type of vehicle should be purchased Mike Dempster superinten dent of roads and public works now uses 1905 truck with 90000 miles on it If were not going to replace it were going to have to replace the motor and that will cost $3000 to $4000 he said Dempster favors purchasing van He estimates that an eight passenger van would cost 810500 With small V8 engine it would appear reasonably economical he said Dempster said however that if the township purchased 1979 model van it would be about$1500cheaper ninepassenger station wagon would cost about but wouldnt be as practical as van said Dempster Planning board to meet Barrie planning board meets again Tuesday after an absence of three weeks The regular meeting two weeks back was cancelled because of lack of items on the agenda PRICE VARIES We also investigated the pickup truck situation and found that depending on op available 1979 vans station wagons and pick up trucks The township hopes to get surethe veicle is in workable condition want to make sure the tionsthey vary in price and real puzzler Trudy Duckworth teacher at Port McNicoll Public School makes an at tempt to copy geometric design in mere 30 seconds The test part of Professional Day Program Thursday at me is part of theory of understandin Evelyn Newfelt from San Jose University in gixxl trade in price on the old vehicle Larry Morrow direc roads departments problems dont become the parks depart would range in the tor of arks and recreation ments roble neighborhood of $8000 said suggestcPd his department pur row said Mar Dempster chasethe vanfor useduring the Committee will recommend He suggested councrl Visit summer months He sid council view 1979 vans station local dealerships to view however he wanted to make wagons and pickup trucks the Union Gas Building in Bar which was explained by Dr California Examiner Photo ML