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lve got something Merl Coulter of Barrie found winning com bination in his hand to give him victory in this round of euchre He was participant Thursday night as the Oakley Park interested Parents By RICHARD THOMAS The Examiner Collair Ltd scheduled commuter air service which opened in Collingwood three weeks ago would definitely be interested in servicing new Barrie airport if the Oro site approved Thursday by Barrie general committee becomes reality the companys marketing manager said today There is no doubt in our mind that we will give serious consideraton to it said Noel Smith lam sure if it was only test run for little while we would still like to try it Smith said the airline is in the business of transporting Safe driving week con tinues across Canada but Barrie city police might not know it following three early morning incidents today Three drivers were charg ed with impaired driving in less than two hours this mor ning One of those men was also charged with dangerous driving driving while under suspension and refusing to take breathalyzer test With the day only 29 minutes old car travelling along Davidson Street left the road and struck house Police had no estimate of damage to house or car at press time today Charged with impaired driving and excess alcohol level is Sheldon McConnell of 259 Dunlop St DOWN POWER LINES About one halfhour later car struck power line pole on Bell Farm Road bringing down power lines Stan Bob Theme of week is it betteot the Barrie Public Utilities Commission said no power interruption resulted No car damage estimate was available Charged in that incident is Stanley John Rudnicki of Alliston He faces impaired driving and excess alcohol charges The third arrest was made about am but no collision occurred this time said police Police said they persued car which was driven eratically During the pur suit thecar changed lanes improperly turned corner too sharply failed to stop at stop sign and drove over curb Charged with impaired driving refusal to take breathalyzer test dangerous driving and driving while under suspension is Robert James Weatherill of no fixed address Three youths charged with lnnisfil breakin STROUD have been charged with the Three youths Wednesday breakin at the Shoreman Tavern on lnnisfil Townships Concession Road 10 Township police said Glen Floyd Burger 16 of Peter borough Peter John Jones 16 of RR Stroud and an lnnisfil juvenile are charged with break enter and theft wilful damage and mischief police spokesman said so meone broke into the Shoreman Tavern and ransacked the in terior causing several hundred dollars damage large quanti ty of alcoholic beverages was taken The three youths were arrested by police in Alcona Thursday afternoon They were released on pro mise to appear in Barrie pro vincial court Jan 15 Examinerpubisher tells Rotgry for you Association held its third annual Christmas Turkey Euchre As part of the event which had the best turnout ever 10 turkeys were given as people and if there are people there Barrie who want to fly then we want to move them Before Collair could fly into the airport as scheduled air service however certain federal regulations set down by Transport Canada would have to be met by the city These would include proper terminal facilities for the public and runway lights if any night landings were expected Smith said DAILY FLIGHTS Collair which offers daily flights between Collingwood Muskoka and Toronto Island Airport has not yet been able to include the new airport in Parry Sound on its itinerary for these very reasons Smith said The company had not been able to consider placing Barrie on its commuter route either because the existing airport here does not have such facilities lts 2000 footlong runway is not adequate to handle the litseater dellavilland Twin tit tcr used by the airline The proposed site on Concession Seven in Oro Township By STEPHEN NICHOLLS OfThe Examiner More than 100 concerned hunters and naturalists met in Barrie Thursday night to discuss ways of saving 0n tarios dwindling moose popula tion Richard Toth ministry of natural resources biologist said the moose herds are get ting smaller Ministry experts estimated there are 35 per cent fewer animals now than in 1965 Thursdays meeting in the Consumers Gas building on Ferris Lane was intended to tell people about the moose pro blems and ask them for their suggetions to help the situation Toth said many suggestions were very helpful Hunters recommended restricting moose hunting seasons Overharvesting is probably major reason for declining herd numbers said Toth Habitat destruction is also contributingfactor FEW AREAS There are very few areas that arent accessible any more said Toth Twenty years ago we didnt have snowmobiles and moose were quite safe in most areas You might have to snowshoe 10 or 15 Responsibility of newspapers to present positive news too By DENNIS LANTIIIER Of The Examiner Negativism has plagued journalism too long and newspapers should be catylist in telling us things as they really are rather than merely being prophets of doom and gloom says Examiner publisher Bruce Rowland Thursday there have been recent examples of blatant distortion in the media that make him wonder when we are being told the truth in fair and objective manner Rowland cited examples including the 1974 federal election when Conservative party leader Robert Stanfield was pictured fumbl ing football implying he was fumbler and bumbler The Prime Minister at the time Pierre Trudeau on the other hand was shown per forming perfect jack knife dive off diving board in Penticton BC implying he was superstar who could perform admirably under pressure Rowland said It wasnt made clear though that Stanfield had caught something like six out of seven football passes thrown his way Rowland said During campaign two years earlier David Lewis referred to major Canadian corporations businesses and welfare bums Rowland said The media picked up on the slogan so that for the past seven years business has been Spiro Agnew brought all this home in the early 19705 in particularly heated anti said media speech and won surprisingly strong support from many Americans Rowland In time said Rowland we forget who we are and what we are because we are constant ly bombarded with the negative aspects of Rowland told the Rotary Club of Barrie life It is no wonder we have lost much of our selfconfidence he added However the North American media re mains the last truly free area of expression and opinion left in the world he said ACCESS SHRINKS The major wire services access to world countries has shrunk from 1945 total of 75 per cent to just 25 per cent today The major Totalitarian governments find their pur poses and aims are much better suited under terms of rigorous censorship said Rowland Not just few reporters have died in re reason for the cutback cent years trying to cover world that seems in constant turmoil he said Press censorship without real and just cause robs all democratic supporters of basic right to know said Rowland as ripoff he said The overwhelming majority of newspaper and media managers are concerned with creating balance in their news presentation Meeting that balance between negative and positive news is responsibility that is both card prizes another turkey as door prize and the two booby prizes were hams Examiner Photos by Peter Roberts north of Highway 11 would however contain 5000 foot long runway capable of handling the aircraft REZONE LAND Barrie general committee approved the scheme Thurs day although it still must be ratified by council next Mon day Oro Township will also have to agree to rezone the land Land acquisition and planning would take place in 1980 and construction would start the following year Collair would conduct its own marketing survey Smith said and if it proved favorable the company could start ser vicing the Barrie Airport as soon as it opens poviding federal regulations governing adequate facilities are met Smith described the decision to go ahead with the airport as positive step and one which should certainly do good things for the community in attracting industry It would be good for Orillia to go in on it too he said That city is still considering the airport as cost sharing venture with Barrie but has made no decision on the matter to date District speaks with Bing Gibson of Alliston on the topic of age iden tification of moose by looking at the jaw bone The ministry held an open house discussion at the Consumers Gas Centre Thursday on the topic of dwindling moose population in Ontario Approximately peo ple attended Examiner Photo miles to get to them Now its 30 or 40 minute ride on ski doc Many other areas are ac cessible by airplanes and helicopters he said Restricting accessibility to moose zones would reduce the harvest Persons attending the meeting suggested banning all terrain vehicles from moose hunts and prohibiting hunters from using logging roads Hunters recommended holding alternate seasons The government could open moose season in one district this year and close it another area The following year the opening would reverse Selective harvest would also help the population said Toth Hunters suggested killing on ly bulls or bulls and calves sparing the cows Toth said bull and calf season is probably one of the best suggestions Killing only bulls would deprive cows of mating and if overharvested the result could be severely reduced reproducton rate Hunting bulls and calves spreads the harvest and more Now its official bulls should survrve he said One bull can mate with 10 to 15 cows Hunting calves is also preferable because they are the most prone to natural death during the first year By thinn ing their numbers through hun ting the calves stand better chance of survival Toth said bull and calf seasons have been successful in many areas Only few moose are found In Simcoe County The nearest major moose population is in thed Parry Sound District he sai At the official opening of the new Sunny Park Childrens Centre is Mayor Ross Archer left who is helping Angela Starr former student of Sunny Park with the scissors Angela is being held by MPP George Taylor who was one of many distinguished guests present Thursday night The cen tre which is run by the Barrie and District Association for the Mentally Retarded has toy library and will be the headquarters of Childhood the examiner Friday Dec 1979 French meet minister Littlebfiifan results but talks still planned No action resulted from meeting Thursday between the Ontarios minister of education and representatives of Penetanguishenes fran cophone community concerning the muchdiscussed French secondary school issue It was an opportunity for the minister to listen to the Penetang people and their alternatives spokesman with Dr Bette Stephensons of fice said late Thursday it was useful for the minister to hear firsthand from the community The Penetanguishene con tingent represented the portion of the francophone community surrounding Penetanguishene which wants separate secon dary school built for its children Board chooses candidates meeting of the downtown board Thursday night was described as windup of the year type meeting The board of managment ex amined four applications for membership which were before them total of four open posi tions were recently created when the membership was ex panded One of the names under con sideration was determined to be unacceptable as the can didate represents business onehalf block outside the designated area There are two qualifying con siderations for board of management member under the Ontario Municipal Act The candidate must be on the voters list for that city and must represent firm which pays business tax within the designated downtown area Bob Hollywood of the Chamber of Commerce pointed out that an individual can still participate in matters involving downtown Barrie through the planning board or by serving on the civic affairs committee of the chamber The names which were ap proved last night will now be forwarded to the municipal clerk who will contact the in dividuals The candidates then make official representation to the clerk and council is enabled to appoint them According to Peter McIntyre candidates approved at last nights meeting were Doug Viau Peter Merkley and Dave Newbery Basile Dorion president of lecole Secondaire de la Huronie school board said that the door had been opened for further negotiations Five representative of the French school Dr Stephenson and members of the Simcoe County Board of Education were at the session Stevenson has suggested another meeting be held bet ween Christmas and New Years which would be the time for the ministry to avail their alternative hinted at during the meeting WANTED EXCHANGE Dorian said he would have preferred to see more ideas ex changed at the meeting and called the session little bit positive Its jUSt going in slower steps than we would like it to take Two proposals both calling for construction of new building have been presented to Dr Stephenson because her plan for the area is considered unworkable and not in best interest of francophones by the residents of the area who want the school The minister announced in October plans to establish an autonomous French mini school within the walls of the existing school for the French students Yet the community believes separate school physically separate from Penetan guishene Secondary School is required of the rapid rate fran cophone children are being assimilated is to be slowed At the monthly meeting for parents and students at lEcole Secondaire de la Huronie Thursday it was decided to ap point two or three new members to the French school board already consisting of seven members One official suggested the new appoitments would ac commodate those who may run for election Monday for the French Language Advisory Committee but who dont gain election Stroud office will satisfy lnnisfils needs By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner BARCLAY Although Alcona Beach residents have requested Alcona be officially recognized by Canada Post it is unlikely that it will be says GW Collison area manager of the post office Collison says Alcona Beach Summer Post Office was closed in 1973 following fire and was never reopened The closing did not draw opposition from citizens he told lnnisfil plann ing and development commit tee Thursday He said an agreement for new accommodation for the Stroud Post Office will satisfy ln nisfils needs for at least five years Further he says the ad ditional transportation costs to send the BarrieCookstown Highwy Service into Alcona Beach would cost $2000 year It was his comments about the growth of Alcona Beach however that struck the ire of committee GROWTH AREA Alcona Beachdoes not ap pear to be growing at rapid pace he said That area however has been designated as lnnisfils major growth area Good God that man needs his eyes opened said Coun Kathe Jans who lives in Alcona Beach He struck committees ire again when he said People at Alcona Beach are reluctant to surrender the advantages they now enjoy through rural service Customers enjoy it six days per week as opposed to five days per week provided in urban centres If post office were opened in Alcona Beach the impact on the Stroud Post Office staff would be considerable he said anticipate that one person would be let go he said No doubt the Stroud office would alo be downgraded as result of the decreased workload This action would reduce the salaries of the postmaster and the senior assistant Further Collison said There is another Alcona 0n tario which was former post office point Similar names create additional confusion for mail sorting Grant Andrade deputy reeve suggested to council Correct Mr Collison on some of his misconceptions Youngsters wont eat so they can raise money Young people from different churches in Barrie are about to get involved in fast to raise funds for Compassion of Canada an organization which works with children from third world countries Rev James Somerville organization president was in town Thursday to speak to the Rotary Club of Barrie The 36hour fast expected to be held in the spring would raise money for the children and for some handicapped per sons as well he told The Ex aminer The young people will be ask ing for residents support in sponsoring them for each hour they fast and Rev Somerville This international organiza tion helps out 45000 children in 24 countries he said The organization got started in 1952 in the US and has spread across the world he said The group works in co operation with various organizations including Chris tian Childrens Fund Canadian Save the Childrens Fund and foster parents GOOD CARE Children receive good care REV SOMERVILLE heads group with all organizations affiliated with the group he said The kind of help given to children varies in different locations Rev Somerville said In some areas programs would enable children to go to school or provide programs and in poorer areas basics such as food are provided he said Funds might also go towards schools for handicapped and for hospitals he said In other areas development projects are carried out that aid not only children but become of benefit to the general public too he said program begun in Haiti aided by the Rotary to the tune of $1000 has involved the piping in of clean water where arid conditons have created shor tage of water he said Reg Bornor local represen tative for Compassion of Canada says he knows well of the kind of service the group provides SPONSORED CHILI He said that before he joined the group he and his wife had sponsored child from Haiti About two years ago Bornor said he decided to go over and find the child mission that was accomplished Bornor said he was so im pressed with the comfortable situation of the child that he decided to get involved himself The group is involved in over 100 projects worldwide Man robbed at knifepoint 19yearold King City man said he ws robbed at knifepoint on his way to work Thursday morning and was then driven to Barrie where he was dropped off Barrie city police said William Herbert Pyle was drop ped off by his assailant at the corner of Dunlop and Toronto Streets abouth am Thursday Pyle said he was hitchhiking from his King City home to his job at KP Bronze in Aurora PULLED KNIFE motorist picked him up in Oak Ridge on Highway 11 about 16 km south of Aurora The man drove Pyle to Newmarket where stopped for traffic lights he pulled knife on Pyle and demanded money Pyle said he handed over his wallet containing small amount of cash The man drove him to Barrie and told him to get out at ser Pyle said he last saw the man driving west on Dunlop Street $140000 drapped off at gas station York Region Police are in vestigating pledged to United Way The United Way Campaign looks really good according to Lloyd Armstrong ad ministrator for Barrie and District The campaign opened Oct and pledges so far are estimated to be in the neighborhood of $135000 to $140000 There are lot of dollars out there still to come in Arm strongsays Before the campaign ends Jan 15 it is anticipated that number of corporations will volunteers soliciting funds in this area Among the groups con tributing so far this year were the employees of Miracle Food Mart in Barrie They gave just under $2000 and thats fantastic said Armstrong The target of $180000 is necessary if participating agen cies are to function as planned during 1980 Armstrong an ticipates that this goal will be reached The United Ways Annual Meeting is planned for Feb vice station on the corner of issue cheques Dunlopand TorontoStreets There are about 500 understandably reluctant to speak out on im awesome and challenging but one that can services Examiner Photo and must be met Rowland said portant issues he said Barrie solicitor Peter Howden will be the guest speaker