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Lewis dtracks election call By LORI COHEN 0f TheExaminer Canadians werent that unhappy with the budget announced by the Progressive Conservative government Tuesday night and an election now is entirely unnecessary MP Simcoe North says Doug Lewis think the Canadian people are going to be damned an noyed Lewis said after the announcement of the govern ments defeat They dont want gun held to their head and thats what the opposition has done Theyve now pulled the trigger Lewis said he did not receive single call following the release of the budget indicating to him that people accepted it government has to come to grips with the problems facing the country People want us to get handle on inflation and our budget balanced the priorities He said the Liberals have nothing to offer without new leader and the New Democratic Party has limited support Lewis himself is ready for active campaigning LIBERAL DISAGREES Walter Connell the defeated Liberal candidate in the last federal election spoke to the Examiner from Peterborough on his way home from the Liberal Christmas bash in Ottawa and said citizens now have the chance to reverse themselves after making terrific mistake seven months ago People voted Conservative for the wrong reasons he said They didnt know what Pierre Trudeau was striving for He had the interest of the Canadian people at heart but his message was not getting across Connell said the Conservatives have the US businessman US oil companies and other cartels at heart The budget was atrocious Connell said and among the people most hurt by it is the Simcoe County man who commutes to Toronto in an effort to raise his salary above minimum wage He was cut right to the quick Connell said Caught in the act The King Edward School presented its annual Christmas concert Thursday night at Georgian College Theatre Several classes presented songs and skits and all three choirs at the school made presentations The staff of the school enacted pantomime for the story Twas the Night Before Christmas On the left is school principal Ken Cathers Examiner Photo by Peter Roberts John Fennell selected county finance chairman By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Despite some reshuffling of chairmen and few coun cillors standing committees and boards at Simcoe County will remain much the same for 1980 Reeves William Calverley of Orillia Township Russell Cooper of Rama Township Kenneth Wood of Bradford and John Fennel of West Gwillim bury Township have all been reelected along with deputy reeve James Belcher of Col ingwood to the finance and ad Funding formula hurting university growthzTayler Hy TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner funding formula introduced by the province in 1975 to pro tect universities froth extreme budget cuts has also made ex pansion costly and unattrac tive says the president of Wilfrid Laurier University The formula played large role in the schools decision one week ago not to support full time program in Simcoe Coun ty said Dr Neale Tayler Faced with an immediate decline in enrolment and fur ther decline in the next few yars the province placed the universities on formula that minimizes their losses But for schools like Laurier which are growing the formula becomes penalty Dr Tayler told The Examiner FIXED GRANT Beginning in the base year each university in Ontario was given fixed grant for fixed number of students An enrol ment decline does not affect this grant Ben Wilson of the ministry of colleges and univer sities said The fixed portion amounts to 50 per cent of what the govern ment has termed basic in come unit If the school grows it does receive additional money but only fraction of what it costs to educate the additional students Dr Tayler said Thursday Laurier ha six per cent more students this year than at the same time year ago but will receive per cent increase in grant he said The school itself has to make up the difference on its own through budget manipulation Adding even more students in Simcoe County on fulHime basis would strain the budget further Dr Tayler said Essentially the universities are buffered against loss of funds but those schools which are expanding only get half the money per student Wilson said Laurier is admittedly caught in difficult place now BRIEF BY 1980 George Cooper chairman of committee on postsecondary education in Simcoe County said this week that brief on the need for fulltime univer sity program will be presented to the ministry in 1980 The committee and the Sim coe College Foundation an Urillia based group have been working for several years toward establishing fulltime program study on postsecondary education for the county con cluded that students graduating from high school here do not go on to university at the same rate as their peers in other parts of the province It also concluded that there are not enough prospective students to justify the creation of fulltime program another factor in Lauriers decision Dr Tayler said the school would continue with its part time program in the county The need for fulltime pro gram will likely be re examined in five years he said City subdivision could be proposed subdivision near the western city limits north of Highway could still be kill ed if adequate answers to the possibility of methane gas are not found says Ald Fred Ruemper Last March council approv ed redesignating the territory primarily north of Edgehill and south of the land fill site There would eventually be 900 people living in the district of which the subdivisions would form the bulk uays Rick Jones city planner Methane gas is formed through garbage which is decomposing letter from the ministry of the environment to the city says the gas can migrate offsite and pose an explosive threat and fire hazard to structures built within the gas migration area As result the ministry of Bill Durst goes for his daily jog on Barrie street Durst is playing in The Brains who are entertaining this week at the Wellington Hotel Examiner Photo killed environment has recommended total ban on residential development which would in effect kill the project An earlier study by Barrie con cluded that residential develop ment there would be suitable Jones said Council asked Monday that the ministry of housing establish terms of reference for an engineering study to deter mine effects of methane gas production and dispersal on ad joining properties The developers Chertkoff and Somers and Chieftain will be informed of the decision When originally presented to planning board it was felt there would be adequate en vironmental control there said Ald Ruemper But now the ministry has come up with some different questions to the entire matter said Ald Ruem ministration committee Reeve Fennell has been selected chairman by commit tee members and will succeed former finance chairman Allan McLean of Oro Township who was elected warden for the coming year Two new faces on this years finance committee will be In nisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins former warden and Reeve Douglas Jackson of Victoria Harbour who served on last years planning committee SEAT FILLEI Reeve Jacksons seat on plan ning committee has been filled by Reeve Sheridan McGinty of Beeton who served last year on the finance committee Marjorie Dyer deputy reeve Wasaga Beach has been re elected as chairman of the planning committee Reeves Howard Campbell of Oro Iownship Morris Darby of Tiny Township Dr Thomas Garry of Mara Township and lim Zima deputy reeve of Happy home ingredien In seven months the government hasnt done anything pro perly he said noting the wishywashy Jerusalem embassy move and the watereddown mortgage deductibility plan think youll see Liberal majority following the next elec tion People are so disgusted Fayne Bullen who ran unsuccessfully as an NDP candidate in May sid the budget and other activities of the Clark govern ment merited its defeat Canadians gave the government chance but it failed to live up to almost every election promise he said He said Clark spoke of stimulative deficit creating positive atmosphere but the price of gas for example is mak ing it impossible to live And the mortgage and tax deductibility scheme only helped the upper and middle class he said Bullen noted that people have referred to Clark as turkey and Trudeau as lame duck Ed Broadbent is the only shining star he said ALLAN LEAN new warden Bradford have also been re elected to planning committee or second terms The roads committee has 1ew chairman as Reeve Charles Pridham 0f Essa Iownship takes over from Reeve Ralph MacDonald of Sreemore Reeve MacDonald will con inue to sit on the roads com mittee along with other members from last year There Will be one newcomer to the ommittee as Reeve Charles Rawson of Tay Township sue eeds Lloyd Pridham Reeve of Sunnidale Township whose iveyear term has expired Property and printing com hittee has one new face for l980 Reeve Mervin Mason of Adjala Township Charles Brown deputy reeve of West Swillimbury Township will take over the crhavirfrgn Reeve Donald Hennessy of Not tawasaga Township who will serve this year on the recrea ion committee Agriculture and reforestra tion committee remains un changed with Reeve Roy Gar dhouse of Tecumseth Township in the chair Social services committee also remains the same for 1980 with Collingwood Reeve Donald Spooner as chair man and the only change in the tourist and industrial commit tee is Reeve Walter Carr of Matchedash Township suc ceeding Stayner Reeve Eldon Rel as chairman Bruce Tinney deputy reeve of Tay Township will join Reeve Hennessey as newcomer on the recreation committee of which Charles Smith deputy reeve of Rama Township will be the new chair man succeeding Reeve Rawson Reeve Cooper will serve se cond term as chairman of the wardens committee with two new members Reeve Hen nessey and Catherine Dion deputy reeve of Midland Appointments to the health library and museum and ar chives boards remain the same for the coming year with only the childrens aid society board undergoing any changes in membership must for children By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner People become so engrossed in everyday activity they sometimes forget their own children Judge MD Morton told the Rotary Club of Barrie Thursday It is those children who feel neglected and hurt who often wind up in court the judge told the group The home is special place in society and happy home life is essential for todays youtg uaid Judge Morton Much of the responsibility for the young is now falling on the schools and not on churches as was once the case he said At times we havent widened our horizons as much as we should he said SIT ON BENCH He said for example that those persons who dont think human relations course is need ed should sit on the bench with me for few months Judge Morton is provincial court judge The actions of leaders in the community can lend support to organizations trying to help town country Election would cost The Liberals and NDPs have put their own selfinterest before the national interest in forcing $60 million national electon says Perrin Beatty MP WellingtonBufferin Simcoe It provides one more example of the Liberal refusal to accept that anyone but their party is fit to govern Canada Beatty said today The government didnt want the election which will decide the federalist forces on the eve of the Quebec referendum he said The election was forced upon us and upon the Tana dian people he said The Montague Strings under the direction of John Mon tague wrll perform in concert on December 23 The pro gram 15 to include Christmas Concerto by Corelli as well as works by Hadyn and Vivaldi The ensemble is composed of intermediate string students from the Barrie area and was formerly known as the Huroma District Youth Orchestra Earlier this year the group gave concert at the Georgian Theatre The Sunday evening concert will commence at 745 in Em bassy Hall on Blake St in Barrie Tickets are $1 and are available from orchestra members orat the door the young Judge Morton said The judge was the founder of Morton House group home on Burton Ave that serves as detention home for young per sons awaiting court ap pearances We find that once JUDGE MORTON Rotary speaker most kids are in an atmosphere of group homes they soon calm down Judge Morton said MORE LEEWAY Recently courts have been given more leeway in dealing with abused children due to amendments in the Child Welfare Act he said Because of very strict rules in the past children were allowed to go back to parents who were not fit to deal with them In some cases death would result Judge Morton said Past history is now taken into consideration and in many cases children can be put under temporary wardship until parents are able to handle them again the judge said Children are better off in their natural environment he add ed good statistic is that of 80 per cent of juveniles appearing in court on their first charge 80 per cent never return to court Judge Morton said Hopefully within year or two Simcoe County will be the site of group set up by the ministry of social and com munity affairs to deal with youth oriented problems he said New Barrie buses would cost$300000 Three new buses for Barries transit fleet will cost about $100000 each according to Kerry Columbus of the Citys traffic department Columbus says that the last bus purchased in 1978 was pric ed at about 378000 They have come up con siderably in cost he said The Barrie general commit tee approved the purchase of new buses in November and refused at $15000 request for twoway radios at the uame meeting At that time Columbus in dicated that the 1938 models now used would have to be taken off the road if they were not replaced soon The costs of purchase are subsidized 75 per cent by the ministry of transportation and communications TENDER FORMS Columbus says that the traf fic department is forwarding forms for tendering to the only three companies who produce the vehicles They are Flyer Industries of Winnipeg General Motors Corporaton located in Quebec and Ontario Bus Industries in Mississauga When the tenders are receiv ed thcy will be presented to council The traffic department hopes to have new vehicles on the road by fall WLU offers programs Sir Wilfrid Laurier Universi ty WLL it offering series of credit programs for parttime students in the county beginn ing in January Classes are being held in Orillia Barrie Collingwood Midhurst and Midland Some 13 courses are being of fered including geography business French history and religion and culture WLLs county located in Orillia The Waterloo based school has had parttime program in Simcoe County ior 16 years office is WW apartm Fire ravaged the Highview Apartments at 278 St Vincent St Thursday The fire was started in third floor locker room by child police believe Above firefighters Collin Crook left and tom Skrypnchuk sift through the contents of the locker room to help determine cause of the blaze Below Terry Arnold places fresh air bottle into the Scott pack on Tom Skrypnchuks back as he prepares to reenter the building Ex aminer Photos by Peter Roberts Police seeking citys help to brighten headquarters By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Barrie police officials want their landlords to redecorate ci ty police headquarters next year Eldon Greer chairman of Barries board of police com missioners told The Examiner Wednesday the board is con sidering ways of improving the working environment of the station by brightening up the decor The building however belongs to the city of Barrie and its up to city cOuncil redecorate its interior One area needing improve ment is the records office said Greer Its pretty drablooking right now he said We want to brighten it up We need to come up with some ideas to alleviate the bare cement walls The police chiefs office is another area in need of redecoration said Greer Chief Earl Snider suggested at the boards meeting Tues dav the records office be mov ed into larger open office area in the east end of the building He said that area has more space for future expansion of the records department Were going to run out of space in records department in the next year or two Chief Snider told the board This area would be excellent for those purposes Greer said that decision rests with city council He said the board will make recommendations to be con sidered by council next year City may consider purchase of property for parking lot The city might constder pur chasing the Jack Stollar pro perty on Hayfield Street next door to The Examiner and tur ning it intoa parking lot Before that is considered though the opinions of the downtown board will have to be considered Barrie Mayor Ross Archer said Thursday Photo The mayor said he received call from merchant aking if the city would consider buying the property Mayor Archer said today he has turned the matter over to the downtown board which will decide on recommendation to come back before city council Property on Bayfield Street could become city parking lot Major factors would likely in clude cost of the property and if revenue derived from the parking would pay for the pur chase the mayor said The matter had been schedul ed to be dealt with today by the board but was deferred until the next session slated for ear lv January Its Examiner