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Tsti the examineEy Thutsday Dec 1979 TS Attorney didnt mean to imply police could be law breakers By LORI COHEN and Sgt Robert McLequ were Murphy Canon presé con Ot The Examiner guilty of using false affidavit ference to clarify remarks ollowing the iurvs finding during murder investigation made by Robert McGee that Sgt GeraldStevenson McGee Examiner Photo last year Crown Attornev John At press conference during the trial Toronto police officers Crown Attorney John Murphy above attempted to clarify testimony by York County deputy crown attorney Robert crown attorney who testified during the trial Murphy said McGee York County deputy crown attorney did not mean to say he would advise police officers to break the law if necessary during the coiiise of an investigation and was concerned about the im pression left by McGees testimony Tursday Murphy said McGee was prevented by rules of evidence from giving his full view of the law to the iurv Im sure if he was allowed he would have said hed advise the officers of the danger that they might be committing an offense and once they were aware there was that danger the decision was theirs Mur phv said Iiider questioning during the trail lctice said he would have advised Stevenson and lclean to use the false ate fidavit as last ltstlll to get evidence The prosecutor in this case said he and McGee differed in their view as to whether the two mere use of the purported afv fidavit constituttd criminal offence Murphy denied having No course of action yet against principal The Simcoe ounty Board of Education has yet to decide what action it should take concerning an elementary school principal who strapped two boys over schools public address system says the boards Midland trustee John McCullough told The Examiner that the matter is under consideration and that Syward Baker principal at Regent Public School Midland is scheduled to meet with board director Irving Ilarris within the next few days McCullough also said he was very satisfied to this point with the boards handling of the matter Personnel problems are taken care of by Harris and appropriate members of the administrative council he said today Vediiesday McCullough said he was Contract talks between the province and 0000 community college teachers resume today in Toronto Building permits issued by the city in November were Industrial building permits increase bov the fivcvyear average of two very much disturbed by the incident which took place Nov 14 and was reported to him by two parents Faced with what he has termed etrciiie discipline problems which were crowned by theft of articles from several classrooms Baker strapped thc tw boys as warning to other students good citizenship program which includ ed assemblies on community responsibility he said was mounted but the jllttlltllh did not disappear Since the SiltjljllllL however there has been ltflttt iii discipline problems he said Harris termed the action inexcusable but would not comment on what action is being considered Personnel matters are considered confidential hc Ill Money lone issue remaining college contract talks resume They were suspended early in November when membership vote on an offer from the coun cil of regents the governing body of the colhcia and strike votcwei ill to While the tcicliw turned down the contract they also decided against sv kc The bargaining twins from both the government and the Ontario lutrlw Service Employees Initw are schedul ed to meet to and Friday Willlllltllllltiltl mediator ONE ISSlIC The only issui Inch remains is money The province has of fered the teachers per cent close to the fiveryear average figures just released by the city show Fortysix permits were issued during Novciiibci and their total value was placed at 80101104 compared with the fiverycar averagcot 30 permits at $1174l87 Iluriiig Noveiiibei 27 residential permits were issued along with five coin mercial and nine industrial per iiiits The industrial figure was Overall issuing of building permits this year remains above the fiveyear average in Barrie In 1979 so far 752 permits hve been handed out for total value of over $32 million The iveyear average shows 720 permits distributed by the end of November with total value of about $20 million The massive increase lies again in the industrial area where permits in 1979 out number those oii the fiveyear average 73 to is in year one of itrttl deal and in year tw But the teachers want It per cent in year our Illtl eight per cent plus costrotlliving allowance ill the sitottl ycai The average salary of teaching master is 314000 year Iy with the top salary being $20200 and the low 514500 ac cordng to Doug iaukroger president of the Georgian Col lege local Georgian has it nittubers iii the local which also includes some nonteaching personnel such as librarians spoken to McGee before giving the press conference and said he did so because he felt he had been unfair to McGee knew had McGee in dif ficult position in the witness box Murnhv said Reached at his Toronto of fice McGee said he was sur prised by Murphys remarks during the press conference He later said his remarks during the trail were taken out of con text Schooling fees not paid for At its inaugural meeting Vt ednesday the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board reaffirmed an in formal policy that states the board will not pay school fees on behalf of students who at tend schools outside the county The board received letter from family requesting such assistance but Bill Bolger director of education told trustees it was not the general policy to do so Bolger later told The Ex aminer this policy had been formal one but was made in formal when the board made an exception last fall and purchas ed educational services from French promote case again By TERRY FIELI Of The Examiner We want our own school That is the message group of francophones will deliver once again when they meet with Ontarios educatiOn minister today in Toronto Dr Bette Stephenson has heard the message before and while she says she understands the communitys desire the province cannot afford new building with the spectre of declining enrolment looming Those travelling to Toronto represent an undetermined por tion of the French community in and around Penetan guishene estimated to be 7000 They will formally present alternatives to the ministers answer to the school question announced in October which called for the creation of French minischool within the walls of the existing mixed tFrench English secondary school Both proposals call for the construction of new building and both would require the Simr coe ounty Board of Education to fund the education program employed The first proposal has the community itself putting up building at its own expense and the second if deemed accep table would result in the con struction of community cene tre using funds taken from the bank accounts of various pror vincial ministries The school would then rent space The county school board decided against new school because its research shows that there are not enough pro spective students to justify costs Dr Stephenson has assumed the same stand but has iised enrolment projections that show the existing high school will lose some 300 of its 900 population within three years However the community while maintaining there are enough children in French elementary schools some 10001 to justify building school has based its case on the need to protect itself from assimilation In town where 80 per cent of the residents have French sur names approximately 30 per cent use the language and children are assimilated by the dominant culture at an alarm ing rate the community says the York Region separate school board on behalf of some Simcoe County students in Grades and 10 These students came from municipalities in the southern half of the county such as Brad ford and Colgan These grades are not offered there and the students have been attending school in Newmarket he said The board gets similar re quests for students in grade other than nine and 10 Bolger said from people looking for ctinveiiience The board however feels that students should go to school in their home area he said BILL BOLGER not policy By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Three representatives of United Steelworkers of America USWA all from Mississauga have been barred by provincial court judge from picketing at the strike bound Radio Shack plant for one year USWA representativs Alex ander Muselius 29 Leo Gerard 32 and Brando Paris if were placed on probation for one year in provincial court Wednesday following an inci dent at Radio Shack Picket lines Paris USWA local presi dent in Toronto was also hand ed $250 fine by judge John An jo who convicted Paris with obstruction of police officer in the performance of his duty Gerard and Muselius were convicted of creating distur bance by impeding pegsons in their cars from gaining access to the plant during the early morning of Aug 27 Under other terms of proba tion the three will nt be able to leave the province or change addresses without the written permission of the court ACCEPTS EVIDENCE The judge said he accepted the evidence of Const Robert Ens in the conviction of Paris The constable had testified he was in the process of arresting man during the incident when the man was pulled from his grasp by severl persons and he said Paris was among the group Judge Anjo said that if every police officer who was making an arrest had to hold off mob at the same time it would be coiiiparbble to living in jungle times The judge said he doubts the situation would have gotten Vs Ready The bus loaded and ready to go group from the Barrie HorticulturaI Society prepares to embark on trip to the Christmas Panorama Eight for hocke town of Simcoe to see which is conducted to roll tour of this town in Christmas splendor The tour which took place Wednesday was arrang ed by the Simcoe Chamber of Commerce Ex aminer Photo recreational skatin City prepares outdoor rinks for winter pleas ureseekers While the weather hasnt been quite cold enough for winter activities just yet Barries parks and recreation department is set for the onslaught of pleasureseekers when the cold and snow does come to stay The city will operate eight outdoor rinks this year with two separate ice surfaces at skating and hockey each location for pleasure The rinks will be located at Greenfield Park in Allandale Shear Park corner of Innisfil and Holgate Sts Allandale USWA members barred from picketing at plant out of hand only if persons in volved directly with the Barrie situation had been there Reports indicated that 23 picketers were there from the Barrie local and between 60 to 80 from outside the Barrie local It was up to you to set an ex ample said the judgc of Muselius and Gerard Im sure some of the people there were new to the picket line and you had responsibility to set an example for the others Const James Caines of Bar rie city police earlier testified he asked Muselius repeatedly to stay clear of vehicles enter ing the property but that he persisted in going thcougli the line of palice officers trying to guide cars PlSllED llll And Const Alistair Gilchrist said he asked Gerard repeated ly to stay away from vehicles entering the property and that at one point Gerard pushed him aside when the constable was trying to hold him back dont want youto be up there tat the Barrie picket lines again said thejudge Geraid and Muselius were dismissed of charges they had obstructed police officers while Paris was found not guil ty of creating disturbance by impeding people from entering the plant Gaye Lamb local USWA representative said the union would likely appeal the deci sion Bail procedure review planned TORONTO CP Bail hear ing procedures that resulted in Mississauga man spending days in Barrie jail before getting bail on public mischief charge will be reviewed the Ontario attorney general said Wednesday Roy McMurtry told legisla ture committee he will examine directives on bail procedures sent to all justices of the peace by Fred Hayes chief judge of the provincial courts criminal division The case involves Brando Paris truck driver who was charged after an incident on the Radio Shack company picket line in Barrie on Oct For various reasons Paris was not arrested until of Oct when he was taken to the Bar rie police station Rod McLeod director of the ministrys crimi no law division told the com mittee McLeod said that Paris had been arrested earlier on other charges and was free on pre trial release order when he ap peared before Burton jus jg tice of the peace on Oct Under the Rail Reform Act the onus is on the accused in such circumstances to show why he should be granted bail but Ilayes directives say such show cause hearings must be held in open court not in police cells McLeod said Burton told Paris the next available bail court date was Oct and the man was held in custody until then when he was released it Touring chair The lnnisdale Secondary School Choir directed by Jim Leonard played at Warnica Public School yesterday Here Frank Mete adjusts the parabolic microphone to pick up the voices of the singers properly The choir which is made up of students from grades to l2 played music that ranged from classical to jazz folk and rock This concert was one of many played at various area schools this week Examiner Photo Town to 12 723 Out of court settlement in Midland lire matter By STEPHEN NICHOLLS The Examiner Midland businessman whose downtown Midland building burned Jan 26 1977 agreed to an 880000 out of court settlement for damages in Barrie Tuesday The town of Midland its public utilities commisson town employee and two local welders agreed to pay total of $126778 to five former occupants of the building statement of claim filed in Ontario Supreme Court says the fire was caused by an electrical overcurrent imposed by welding machine operated by Midland welder repairing the waterworks system for the public utilities commission Rod Ferguson lawyer for building owner Lewis Leon Boyce told The Examiner welders were called by the PLC to thaw frozen water pipes leading into the building HERlRRENT The blaze that resulted from the over current caused extensive fire water and smoke damage to the building and contents said the claim William Logan will pay the balance of Boyce lived in the building Tenants in his building at the time included Phyllis Bremner Gladys Margaret Martin Bridget Martin and John Alvin Martin Garage Supply Ltd occupied the lower street level Boyce and his tenants filed claim for damages because they said the fire was caused by the negligence of other parties The case was to be heard in Supreme Court in Barrie Tuesday but lawyer reached set tlement agreement before the court sitting Boyce is to receive $83151 plus court Costs Garage Supply Ltd receives 332519 John Alvin Martin $1732 Phyllis Bremner $8861 Gladys Martin $269 and Bridget Martin 5246 plus costs Another tenant John William Martin settled his claim earlier said Kevin Carroll lawyer for Midland Orval and David Puddicombe of Pudlt dicombe Welding agreed to pay 310000 Midland Midland PUC and employee damages Heights Park Lampman Lane Park in Letitia Heights Strabane Park tbetween Cook and Nelson Streets Maple Grove School on Grove St Johnson Street School and Redpath Park north of Ferris Lane and west ofHeath Street Wherever possible the city tries to multiuse an area which is also handling tennis court said Bob Baker superintendent of the program services unit in the recrea tion department FLAT SURFACES Those locations are used because of the hard flat surface and because of the lighting which allows the rinks to remain open until about or 10 pm Baker told The Examiner While more rinks would be desirable the eight in use is all that can be handled at the moment said Baker The city has only so much equipment to handle rink maintenance and is also faced with skeleton work staff during the winter season he said Boards around the hockey rinks started to go up this week but when they will be up completely will be anybodys guess he said You never can tell saidBaker of the weather Wed like to have them ready though for the Christmas season Meanwhile the city will be operating crosscountry ski trail again at Sunnidale Park this year There are couple of groomed trails of 25 and five km for intermediate and expert skiers There is no rental equipment available however The cooperation of the public is again being asked for this year in maintaining the trails It takes only one person to hike snowshoe or walk their dog across the trail to run it for others Baker said TOBOGGAN RUNS Toboganiiing will also be available once again at the park Meanwhile Molsons Park will also be ready to handle crosscountry skiers says Margo Sturgess parks events co ordinator There are actually four trails available totalling about 37 km Included among activities again at the park this year will be the Kinsmen Skiathon slated for Jan 26 Everything at the park is set to go except for the slight problem that little snow has fallen as yet she said As soon as there is enough snow to create base activities will begin said Sturgess Rental equipment is available at Molsons Park town country More recreation for disabled persons Disabled persons in the Barrie area will have more recreation opportunities following conference nsored by Ontario March of Dimes and the ministry of ture and recreation The conference first of its kind in Ontario was held to et amine ways of including disabled persons in recreation pro grams Ill their communities news release says During the meeting community groups identified local problems and discussed solutions The groups will continue to meet regionally now and maintain contact with the March of Dimes conference organizers in an atempt to improve services in their area Most of the discussions concentrated on ways of in tegrating handicapped persons into regular recreation pro grams in their communities and the barriers facing persons who want to join the program Annual Hanukkah party The Simcoe County Jewish Community association will hold its annual Hanukkah party Dec 16 starting at noon in the community room of the Municipal Savings building The eightday celebration is known as the Festival of Lights or Feast of Dedication and commemorates the vin dication of the principle of religious freedom when the Mac cabees won battle against the Syrian attempt to eliminate the Jewish faith in 165 BC The holiday is celebrated by giftgiving and candle lightingeach of theeightnights Farm corporations get loans From the Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner OTTAWA The Farm Credit Corporation has loaned 31718700 to individuals and another $325000 to farm cor poration up to the end of June in the townships of Grey and Simcoe counties In the previous fiscal year Agriculture Minister John Wise told GreySimcoe Tory Gus Mitges the corporation loaned individuals more than $25 million and farm com panies another 5150000 The greatst year for FCC loans in the townships of Grey and Simcoe counties was 1976 when individuals borrowed almost $28 million and corporations almost $295000 The information was provided by the minister in response to written questions Mitges had placed on the House of Com mons order pa per mva