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Peekaboo Kira Oatley plays hideandseek in Barrie Mon day during picnic She is one of the children star ting the summer holidays with two weeks of recreational activities supervised by the Barrie YMCA Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu On civic No referendum planned city propOsed referendum on because he said Ald Alex Arthur rejected the whether or not Barrie residents want new civic centre was defeated by Barrie city council Monday ouncil refused request by Ald Gord Mills who wanted to see vote taken in 1980 Also voting in favor of the referendum idea were aldermen Dorian Parker Meg ODonal and Bill Knowles Ald Mills said the vote should be put to the people in 1980 when annexation should be completed It will be an important deci sion for persons in the annexed area to make said Ald Mills So far council has not sought direction from the ratepayers with regards to the centre and the city should proceed with the referendum he said lt is up to the city to hear from the people it represents said Ald Dorian Parker he said counci would not know where the real centre of the city should be situated until the ex tent of annexation was deter mined at future date aoAI am ui Int1 notion should have been made last year when council approved the concept However the Barrie alder man sid that if Barrie residents dont want the civic centre they wont get one The alderman said he is con vinced that the majority of per sonsin Barrie do not want the civic centre City council confirmed Mon day there is need for new civic centre motion passed say the pre sent city hall cant be economically renovated and ex panded to meet the legislative and administrative functions of the city The finance committee will review and recommend time frame along with suggesting financing for the proposed civic centre new city hall and library would be included in the proposed $10 million structure study done by Moriyama and Associates will be used as guide for the civic centre con struction Fightin Against Barrie council the examiner Tuosdoy June 28 1979 Stollar wants injunction By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Jack Stollar says he is seek ing an injunction against Bar rie council to prevent it from making any more decisions regarding commercial develop ment Stollar local developer lashed out at city council Council waiting for legal advice City council has decided not to refer the Jack Stollar rezoning application to general committee for further discussmn flict of interest would satisfy both parties Monay saying it has conflict of interest in any commercial applications because it sup ports the downtown improve ment project The injunction ws filed with the Ontario Supreme Court Thursday Stollar told council Stollard applied to set up Swiss Chalet restaurant on pro But it deferred decision Monday to disallow the project until it hears legal opinion with regard to an alleged con Jak Stollar says that because the city supports the downtown improvement project it has conflict of interest when other commercial applications come in Ald Dorion Parker wanted the matter referred She said the city does not have good track record in court cases The alderman said she wanted to see compromise which Ald Bill Knowles said that while Stollars public relations stinks it is 80 jobs the city would be passing up by not ap proving the scheme DOESNT AGREE Ald Ernie Rotman said he would have no part of the re quest put forward by Ald Parker He said he did not agree with the original freeze put on commercial development outside the core area by the city Soto say Im completely committed to the seeder project is not true said Ald Rotman He said traffic congestion continued to be major source of concern along Bayfield Street Ald Mills was also wary of giving the goahead to the development Im 100 per cent behind creating jobs he said But think Stollar has put too much emphasis on the 80jobsin his argument The four aldermen who wanted the matter discussed fur ther were Meg ODonal Dorian Parker Doug Jagges and Bill Knowles However the decision to disregard the Stollar application was tabled until council obtained legal opinion from its solicitor Ossie Rowe Gerry Tamblyn city administrator said conflict of interest under the municipal act applies only to individual council members cant see how council as whole can have conflict of interest he said boards to work together Simcoes separate school board and private separate board would probably work together in maintaining Roman Catholic high school for the Barrie area providing the latter body could finance its share says Bill Bolger direc tor of the countys board The only barrier is sup pose some indication that the private board could hold up its end he said Monday following meeting of Catholic parents during which an interim private separate secondary school board was elected Bolger said private board at Midland that has working agreement with the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board concern ing St Theresas has been able to fund Grades 11 through 13 The government of Ontario through the county board sup plies funds for Grades nine and 10 according to the Education Bolger Act which guarantees Catholic boards financial support from Kindergarten to Grade 10 The board would certainly provide for the development of programs through Grade 10 at separate school and would be willing to look at Grades 11 12 and 13 Bolger said He said members of the coun ty boards administrative team would said the private board in developing programs that fall within provincial guidelines for senior secondary school grades The establishment of private board and nine to 13 high school is the second best way to go Bolger said We are firmly convinced our schools should be extended on tax supported basis from Kindergareen to Grade 13 Bolger said the Ontario Separate School Trustees Association is lobbying for that change at the provincial level Tenders planned for master plan The city will call tenders for preparation of cultural and recreational master plan The decision to task for pro posals for the estimated $70000 study was confirmed by Barrie city council at meeting Mon day Ald Dorian Parker told coun cil she was opposed to the plan She said it was not urgently needed in Barrie at this time Ald Bill Knowles agreed citing excessive costs as reasons behind his objection The idea is good said Ald Jim Shirley but it shouldnt cost $70000 he said disease The ministry of culture and recreation is expected to sub sidize 50 per cent of the study Also opposing the study were Aldermen Alex Arthur and Ross Stephens George Taylor PCSimcoe South said in letter to The Examiner the city should pro vide its own manpower to con duct the study But Bill Paulin chairman of the recreation planning com mittee said the study would be full time venture and the city would likely not be able to ob tain adequate replacements during the study period This antique car being rattled to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy was on view Friday at the Bayfield Mall as local firefighters manned toll gates to raise donations frorn passing cars On hand to lend their efforts to the fund raising were left to right firefighter Les Fairbarn Barrie Mayor Ross Archer Judy Cleroux of Oro Station Fire Chief Jock McAllister and Dave Jackson who has been working with the firefighters campaign since l97l Examiner Photo perty along Bayfield Street near the city limits Last week general committee recommended the application be disallowed because it would interfere with the citys at tempts at revitalizing downtown The added assessment and additional 80 jobs the project would create is needed in Bar rie said Stollar City council is all wrapped in one project and is not concern ed with development to the east and west said Stollar lf city council is worried Swiss chalet development will affect the seeder project then theres nothing on the seeder Stollar told council Stollar said he did not believe Mayor Ross Archer could say the city could consider his development two years down the road after the improve ment project started begins Stollar said the improvement project would not be off the ground after two years The developer said he would develop property owned by Lou Kozlov on the other side of the street if that was all council was worried about Last week some council members said it disallowed applications by Kozlov to develop commercial property also located on Bayfield Street The city is so geared toward the project that it cant give ob jective opinions to other com mercial applications coming forward said Stollar It will now be up to the court to decide if there is conflict of interest regarding city council and its policy said Stollar Separate high school wanted parents form interim board By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Some 120 Roman Catholics who support the development of separate secondary school for the Barrie area have elected an interim board and charged it with laying the foundation for such project committee established ZN Taking drive year ago to study the need for Roman Catholic high school concluded that parents want school and are willing to sup part one financially in report Taking swipe at the tetherball is Kevin Dargavel of Goodfellow Public School during game Monday Tetherball is one of the many recreational games enjoyed by children who are beginning their summer holidays by at tending two week outing organized by the Barrie YMCA Long suffering mothers please take note Decorative lighting OKd council reverses decision The eastern portion of downtown Barrie will soon have new look in the form of decorativelighting City council approved Mon day the placement of 14 lights which resemble traditional gas lamps on the reconstructed port ion of Dunlop Street The lights will run from Maltaster Street to near the Lakeview Dairy The decision followed presentation by the downtown board which saw similar re quest denied two weeks before David Smith chairman of the board said it was an excellent opportunity for Barrie to help merchants in the east end who would not be affected by the downtown improvement pro ject It would be an excellent way of beginning east end redevelopment as well Smith told the group The lighting system impress ed Ald Ross Stehens He said it would be good lilittKllitllOll to 250 local graduates from six city schools About 230 Barrie students graduated from six schools in the city The figures lllLllll from Portage View School 39 mm Codrington tit out of Maple Grove 38 from King Edward 66 from Allaiidale Heights and another 16 from Timothy rims tian school Greg Wood and Melanie War nar on respective top boy gm awards at Portage View At Lodriiigton school Heather McNie on the top girl award and Warren oultcr was top boy Jiin rease took the Valedicttiiii1 tm Jlfl Leonard Day as top student at King Edward and Shelley Stillwcll was top girl Ingrid Hitema was top girl at Timothy Christian school Gerard Dykstra was top boy and Dave Tebokkel won the valedictorian award At Maple Grove nine students received letters for overall achievement They in clude Tanya Edwards Lori Parent Lynne Parent Marcia Firman Susan Brown Tracy Beazley Gerry Kesner Debbie McPhatter and Jan Priest downtown visitors an improve ment to the lighting system now in effect Theres some stage where the city is HSpUHSlblt for some of the iinpimements he said At this stage we havent seen anything iOtili IDEA Its good idea sid Ald Jim Shirley Lets back tip the peo ple who are tring to help us Ald Del olc agreed it would be forward step taken by the city The lighting system is ex pected to cost about $20000 said Don Kirkpatrick deputy engineer Traditional lighting is more effective and needs less maintenance said Kirkpatrick arcoc the company involvv ed with the lighting is more in volved with downtown area revitaliation then any other manufacturing company in North America said Norm Rutenberg with Hutenberg Sales Ltd He said 60 traditional lights were installed in Cornwall last year In Cambridge 1500 fix tures would be installed in the next three years The lamps will be feet in length in Barrie The lighting is expected to complement the downtown im provement project said Smith presented before vote We believe that Roman Catholic education offers more Mondays than an academic training ground said Ron Coll lngbourne chairman of the newly elected board of 13 Roman Catholic school of tcrs Roman Catholic Chris tian environment Our children are not getting this environ ment in the public seccmdary school system While survey showed parents are willing to send their children to separate high school some 340 the commit tee estimates and in most cases pay $650 tuition fee the feasibility of the project is yet to be determined ollingbourne told those gathered that the board would meet within two weeks and begin working toward establishing separate school by the fall of 1980 goal labell ed optimistic by ad hoc com mittee chairman Ed Jennings This board is going to have to establish funding base before anything goes Jenn ingssaid The Ontario goveniment funds Roman Catholic school boards from Kindergarten through Grade 10 but separate high schools that include Grades 11 through 13 are financed directly by the comA munity they serve primarily through tuition fees Simcoes separate school board maintains working agreement with private separate board in the case of St Theresas Midland high school that offers full nine to 13 program The boards each own por tion of the building and the pro vince funds grades nine and 10 The interim board has also been asked to draft coiistitu tion and present it before February 1980 to public meeting like the one staged Monday at St Marys Parisli Hall Six board members were elected to serve the Barrie area and one each from Yollingwotxl Orillia Alliston Angus Elmvale and Stayncr Wait goes on and on for commission inquiry The wait continues Seven Barrie aldermen will have to wait at least two more weeks before they find out if an inquiry into the Barrie police commission will be called Mr Justice Graham chair man of the Ontario Police Com mission said decision would likely be reached this week however the judge pulled his hip on the weekend and has now left on two week vacation to Rome decision will not be reached until his return Seven Barrie aldermen are seeking an inquiry into an alleged conflict of interest bet ween the Barrie commission and Eldon Greer commission chairman It appears said Ald Gord Mills that Greer has con siderable financial interest in Georgian Protection Services Ltd an alarm company owned by his son The company operates about 100 alarms out of the Barrie police station Greer has given up the only share he owned in the company The aldermen also ant possible monopoly by the alarm company investigated and the former closed commission meetings town country Search for woman abandoned The search for Elaine Collie RR Barrie has been called off 10 days after the body of her companion was found hear their overturned canoe off Bear Point in Kempenfelt Bay Innisfil Police Chief Bill Brown said divers searched Kempenfelt Bay from Bear Point to the government dock to approximately 400 feet offshore and depths of 80 feet He said if Mrs Collies body was in water 80 feet deep it would be too cold to allow formation of gases necessary for the body to surface He said the only thing police could do was wait until body floated to the surface The body of Helen Elizabeth Main 52 of lnnisfil Tonship was found June 14 by an OPP helicopter patrol about 830 pm The two women were reported late in returning from canoe trip on the lake at about 330 pm that day Firefighter contract ratified two year agreement with 29 Barrie firefighters was ratified by Barrie city council Monday The agreement will give firefighters 15 per cent pay in crease over the two year period Bus service moving ahead trial bus service in the industrial sector of Barrie was of ficially endorsed by Barrie city council Monday The service to operate in the Bayview Drive Big Bay Point Road Welham industrial park and Fairvicw Road area will begin Sept It will run on one month trial basis Tiny man charged with theft ELMVALE An 18yearold Tiny Township youth has been charged with stealing car after an incident Monday night Ii here received report of missing 1976 GMC truck from Queen Street address at 1020 pm Sunday evening At 1040 pm the vehicle was spotted travelling on the Township Road Line just west of County Road Charged is Donald Clayton Jordan of Con ii iii Tiny Township Keep costs down Ald Shirley The public works depaitment should keep expenditures on new equipment to minimum Ald Jim Shirley told liar rie city council Monday Council decided to buy new selfpropelled snowbltmti at cost of $80000 Ald Shirley said the department overspent its budget in 1978 and that council had given it about an 18 per cent in crese in 1979 He said it is large amount of money to be spending on one piece of equipment Injured Barrie man charged Barrie man who was seriously injured in cai accident Thursday afternoon has been charged with careles driving and failing to wear seat belt Andrew Paul Wilson 29 is listed in stable con illon in Welleslcy Hospitals intensive care unit Wilson was injured when his car struck parked car on Highway 400 about 40 km south of Barrie Thursay after noon John Hawrocky 59 of McKellar Ont died in that crash Wilson will appear in Bradford provincial court Aug 23