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Annexation dilemma says reeve Quiet Vespra faces stron By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Vespra Reeve George Ruie is the first to admit that political ly things in the township have never been as exciting as in some of the other municipalities in Siche Coun ty In fact says the fiFryearold reeve they have been more or less low key Since his election to council in 1967 Reeve Buie says he has moved from councillor to depu ty reeve to reeve by acclama tion without any mudsl inging or political backbiting Vespra reeve George Buie says the township has always sought happy medium between keeping its rural character and encouraging urban devlopment The reeve admits that happy medium may be difficult to main tain Examiner Photo Kidney failure victims pin hopes on dialysis By BRIAN BAKER ALLISION The donation of wheelchair highlighted special meeting of the South Simcoe Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada at Ban ting Memorial High School on May2 The wheel chair was presented to Dr Gripper chief of staff at Allistons Stevenson Memorial Hospital for use in the hospital Marie Madill made the presentation on behalf of the chapter whose members and friends raised the money for its purchase through the saving of groceteria food tapes Guest speaker Dr Wilson director of nephrology at Toronto General Hospital spoke on the subject of kidney stones while Dr Halloran doctor and resear cher from Mount Sinai Hospital told of his work in nephrology and im munogcnetics Dr Wilson noted that in Canada alone more than 100000 people suffer from some type of kidney disease or injury He pointed out that while kidney stones seldom lead to kidney Dr Gripper left accepts wheel chair donated by the South Simcoe Chapter of the Ontario Kidney Foundation from Marie Madill at recent meeting of the South Simcoe Chapter of the Foun dation held in the library of Banting Memorial High School Wednesday evening Photo Brian Baker failure they are one of the most common causes of kidney pro blems and kidney distress He explained that kidneys which contain million nephrons regulate the com position of the body fluids and blood keeping the correct balance of salts sugars and minerals particularly potassium When kidneys go wrong they let things go out of balance Kidney stones cause blockages within the kidneys which leads to hypertension high blood pressure In slide presentation he showed how the constriction of the main blood vessel to the kidneys of one patient caused her to suffer very high blood pressure This was bypassed in an operation and new artery was connected to the kidney restoring the patient to perfect health CAUSES OF FAILURE Dr Halloran spoke on kidney failure and its causes kidney diseases kidney transplants and present forms of life sustaining dialysis where pa tients have suffered kidney failure The most recent ad vance in dialysis Continuous Ambulatory Dialysis was discovered last year Dr Halloran said that im munity research may also help in the understanding and treat ment of arthritis and cancerous tumors and that funds raised by the chapters of the Kidney foundation are greatly ap preciated He emphasized the fact anybody particularly children suffering from streptococci in fections of the throat should vay attention to see that the in fection does not go to the kidneys where it can be very damaging The evening concluded with question and answer period With answering guests being Dr Wilson Dr Halloran and local chapter members Paula Carcaden and Blaine McKen zie Carcadeii had transplant rejection and is now back on dialysis and enjoying the freedom of the newlv devised continuous ambulat iry dialysis she even went to Florida Draw tickets to raise funds for continuing kidney research were sold on lovely afgan quilt Next meeting of the Sim coe Kidney Foundation is to be held in Collingwood on the evening of May 24th With number of distinguished speakers Agriculture Hall of Fame to open in Milton in l980 An Ontario Agriculttual Hall of Fame will be established in the town of Milton early in 1980 The hall to be located at the Ontario Agricultural Museum will recogniZc the efforts of per sons who have made an outstanding contribution to agriculture In Ontario said press release from the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame Association The associaton nonprofit organization now has its charter and will hold its in augural meeting of founding members at the museum on Sunday June the release said An official board of directors will then be elected to ad minister the program and campaign to recruit candidates for the gallery will begin The association is encourag ing individuals and organiza tions to take out memberhips and participate in the project Life membership fees for in dividuals is $25 and $100 for organimtions the release said Membership in the associa tion carries them right to par ticipate in policy meeting and nominate candidates to the hall To be eligible for considera tion candidate must have made an outstanding contribu tion to agriculture in Ontario and must be nominated by an aSSOCiation member Potential members and spun sors can obtain more informa tion on etnembership pro cedures by writing the associa tion at Box 38 Milton Ontario L9T 2Y3 And the same atmosphere of peace and quiet has pervaded the townships day to day ex istence and administration So far it has struck happy medium in preserving its rural character and encouraging ur ban development and thats the way we want to keep it says the reeve But things are changing and maintining that happy medium isnt as easy as it once was he says The townships main dilenr ma is the loss of about 1000 acres of its commercial land to the City of Barrie through an nexation LOST ASSESSMENT It will mean the loss of about 40 per cent of the townships total assessment income and the question says Reeve Buie is where is the money going to come from to replace it It is dilemma and is going to place financial burden on us Our taxes cant go anywhere but up to help pick up the slack he says The two alternatives says the reeve are to increase urban development and accept in dustry if we can get it Lets face it says the Midhurst resident the only way you can keep up is to have expansion to try and maintain fairly equitable tax rate But attracting urban develop ment is no problem for the township says Reeve Buie There are currently six sub divisions in Midhurst alone others planned elsewhere in the township and the developers are still knocking on the door he says URBAN TRENI Since 1967 there has been transition from agricultural to By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The one single thing the schools can do for the children is to give them sense of selfworth Theyre important to God and theyre important to ustheyre somebodies That says Simcoe County Board of Education trustee Dr William Ives is perhaps the most important function performed by the public school system Dr Ives has been for the Stayner areas 1972 and before that serV ed inthe same cap with the Stayner Pub School Board between 1962 and 1968 During the four years the board did witout him Dr Ives sat on Stayners town council Like his fatherbefore he is familyphysician Dr Ives has nine children including two adopted by him and his wife Joan He told The Examiner he found the discussion over the human relations program being proposed for Simcoes public schools fascinating APPRECIATE INPUT think we the parents and the board are all look ing for the same thing The constructive input by parents has been great urban development and today would have to say the majori ty of tax payers are urban Reeve Buie says The townships population is 5600 and growing fast because people are moving up from the cities for the country living he says The problem as he sees it is controlling this growth and its costs These people move out look ing for cheap taxation and they want all the city services but its not possible on the prsent tax base Not only would all of these ur ban services have to be paid for somehow says the reeve but the township wants to preserve what is left of its farmlands Vespra has always been rural municipality and should always remain that way he says But maintaining the happy medium may mean some belt tightening for the township which has always prefered to stay out of debt and away from borrowing says Reeve Buie We have always been viable municipality carrying on without debentures and think we always can even though it takes somcjuggling at times But Vespras dilemma could easily become the heart of the matter for some restructuring of the county government system says Reeve Buie If municipality gets into financial difficulties and cant go on it might mean amalgamation with others especially among the smaller ones he says It would be more economical to do this but definitely do not want to see Teaching selitwofih schools major role DR WILLIAM IVES theyre somehodies The goal of the program should be the same as the overall goal of education he said Dr Ives said the board must be flexible enough to make some alterations in the program to satisfy some of the criticisms listed in the various briefs presented recently by concerned organizations and in dividuals He agrees with the submis Ives add regional government says the reeve It is more expensive and there is not as much represen tation from the grass roots former farm worker and store owner currently well drilling contractor the reeve understands what grass roots politics means in Simcoe Coun ty He was steeped in it he says during his boyhood days in Sunnidale Township where his father James was reeve IN THE FAMILY Three of his cousins are cur rently councillors in other municipalities in the county as well he adds There will have to be some restructuring of the county system Reeve Buie says but planning board proposal to reduce the number of councillors and base represen tation on combination of total population and assessment con nerns him The cuts would mean the loss of deputy reeve on county council for 16 of the municipalities including Vespra who do not have the combined population and assessment to warrent two representatives handful of the larger municipalities who can match the requirements will retain their two seats on council and the small municipalities who only have one anyway will not be affected It is the midsized municipalities such as Vespra who will lose their say on coun ty council says Reeve Buie You will have the little one and the big ones running it he says sions that have demanded the inclusion of Judeao Christian ethic in the pro gram but disagrees with those who suggest the Chris tian pointofview has been exorcised 50m public schools He seeslthe human rela tions program as being necessary only by default Society in general has become more dependant on its schools as education has become more sophisticated he said LOOK TO SCHOOLS Some parents dont know how to cope so theyre look ing to the schools for more and more help In many cases Dr Ives ad ded the school has also taken over many duties traditional ly performed by the church especially in the area of guiding students in their habits and choice of direc tion We have to take basical ly JudaeoChristian ap proach to education he said That does not mean Dr thatthe schools should inc tie bible classes in the daily curriculum necessarily but that the Christian ideal of loving your neighbor is not pushed aside Innisfil scorns annexation reply BARCLAY gt7 Barrie city council belittlcs Innisfil coun cil said oun William Tipple reacting to letter sent to In nisfil council by Ben Straughan Barrie city clerk The letter was in reply to let ters sent Feb March and March by Reeve William Gib bins to Barrie city council on annexation boundary lines Theyve finally answered to their neighbors eight miles to the south said Grand An drade deputy reeve The letter signed by Straughan was dated May and received in Innisfil May Straughan concluded the let ter by saying Barrie was still interested in meeting with In nisfil Council to negotiate the boundary for the proposed an nexation They must think were idiots said Coun Tipple Barrie Council has made their decision yet Ben Straughan still sends these pretty little let ters Coun Tipple referred to the letter as double talk and said he wished Barrie would sbp scndingbull Conn Tipple said tremen dous amount of time has been spent on annexation and said he hoped that for once and for all Barrie would stop the damn fooling He said the only negotiations Barrie wants is to negotiateusintoacceptingthe Ontario Municipal Board MBiline Coun Kathe Jans said In nisfils annexation offers have been fair Weve given them all weve wanted to give she said Reeve Gibbins said he has spoken about the annexation issue with mayors from many cities larger than Barrie They cant understand why Barrie hasnt accepted our of fershesaid Retired teacher named president retired history teacher who used to tech in Toronto has been named president of the Simcoe County Historical Society He is James Worfolk resi dent of Midland for the last three years Worfolk became president of the society last Tuesday at the annual meeting of the Simcoe County Historical Society held at the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst The society nine years old has 12 local branches in the county Worfolk helped start the Midland Historical Society last year He said that because he grew up in Bradford and his wife grew up in Midland we know the county quite well Worfolk said that on June 15 16 and 17 the annual meeting of the Ontario Historical Association will be held at the Sundial Motor Inn in Orillia urban challenge Support for Rescue Squad The Purchasing Management Association of Canada PMAC Georgian Bay Region presented SIOO cheque to the Simcoe Rescue Squad Thursday evening at the associations dinner meeting The cheque was in support of the rescue squads efforts to provide valuable service to the community Left to right are Guy Nicholls rescue squad volunteer Ray Koost also volunteer and Delores Brosky outgoing PMAC president Examiner Photo Regulation delay may worsen lake By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner BARCLAY delay by the Ontario cabinet to approve regulation concerning fill and flood line mapping will further impair the quality of Lake Sim coe says the South Lake Sim coe Conservation Authority The regulation 78274 under the Conservation Authorities Act was expected to have been passed March 15 said Grant Andrade deputy reeve of In nisfil Township George Richardson chair man of the Authority said member municipalities of the watershed are concerned about the delay Without this approval the natural resources of the water shed will continue to be further impaired and the quality of Lake Simcoe will undoubtedly decline said Richardson in letter to Premier William Davis SUPPORT OF MEMBERS The regulation has the sup port of all the member municipalities and local MPPs have also endorsed it In the letter dated May Richardson said the delay is creating considerable dif ficulties It is our understan ding that the matter was to be discussed by cabinet in early March 1979 however we are unable to determine the present status of the regulation said Richardson It would be great ly appreciated if the necessary approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council was for thcomingimmediately Andrade said the delay irks him All kinds of pro mises have been made but nothing has happened he said Its time Bill Davis got his act together Richardson said the resell tion was passed by the regula tions committee but it was stopped at the house we werent given any reason for the delay we were never told anything said Richardson He said the delay put the authority in bad spot because study is being done on Lake Simcoe If the regula tion were passed it would greatly help keep Lake Simcoe clean said Richardson hope we get reply short lyhe said Plantgrowing method eliminates guess work It is now possible for everyone to have green thumb even the most ardent plant killers says Pam Lee Mrs Lee of Barrie is firm believer of the Hydroculturc Luwasa plant system An avid plant fan she says the Luwasa method of growing plants is perfect for those people whove never had any success with plants With the Luwasa system plants are grown in smoked plastic container filled with clay pellets and base with water gauge Clay pellets are used says Mrs Lee because they are clean odorless nonallergenic and will not cause soil related diseases or attract parasites REMOVES GUESS WORK With the water gauge all guess work is taken out of watering plants Watering is done on regular basis once every three to four weeks as in dicated by the gauge says Mrs Lee The Luwasa method was developed by Swiss hor ticulturalist In Canada the Luwasa container can be pur chased at what Mrs Lee calls plant parties Originally the were sold in stores That bombed though said Mrs Lee It takes about 20 minutes to one hour to explain the system you cant do that in astore The containers which sell for $8 each include two year sup ply of hydroculture plant nutrient After the first month nutrient is added to every sc cond watering Adding the nutrient says Mrs Lee stops the need to repot the plant The plant never has to be transplanted again she says With the Luwasa pot containers everything the plant needs is readilyavailable fléflqb Barrie has reacted very favorably tot he Luwasa system says Mrs Lee She estimates there are 15 Luwasa plant parties week in Barrie Every two weeks meeting is held in Barrie to train and coach those interested in the Luwasa system Mrs Lee instructs hostesses to phone two peo ple for every one person she wants to attend the plant party Hostesses are not paid in cash but in products Many people are interested in being hostesses says Mrs Lee because there is no outlay All they have to do is come to the meetings she said The Luwasa system will become increasingly popular says Mrs Lee Plaan are everywhere they are part of to days decor she said Now everyone can grow beautiful plants No one correctly identified last weeks entry in the Know Your County Con test The correct answer was Knox Presbyterian Church Craighurst if you know the answer to this weeks entry send your name and address and telephone number along with your entry to Know Your County Contest The Examiner Box 370 Barrie L4M 4T6 Examiner Photo Winners are selected by random draw of all correct answers and will be notified by mail The winning entry receives two steaks courtesy of and Super Discount in Barrie Angus or Alliston