Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 28 Jun 1979, p. 1

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story Fllt19 intodeysraper Todays Examiner has special feature for all patriotic Canadians Four inside pages are printed to form Canadian flag By pulling the pages out and placing them in your window Canadian flag will show inside and out Pull it out Citizens threaten bogrd group of citizens from Simcoe County have threatened the Simcoe County Board of Education with legal action if their children suffer emotional pr0blems because of the controversial human relations course The course was fieldtested in area schools this year Read about it on the To day page Borg wins at Wimbledon Bjorn Borg snapped out of his losmg daydream Wednesday to defeat Indias Vi jay Amritraj 26 64 +6 76 and 62 atthe Wimbledon mens singles tennis champion ships In local softball league play Beatrice Foods of the Barrie and District Senior Soft ball League threw away win to Church Homes in the 10th inning at Queens Park See stories on todays sports page Kirck coming to dinner Harvey Kirck anchor man for CTVs Na tional News will be guest speaker at the Barrie and District United Way first annual awareness dinner Sept 26 For story see todavs Lifestvle Page meaqnuseeks gydience Al Mote leader of the Barrie stage band says jazz music can find an audience in Bar rie Mote has played with bands since his high school days in the 19605 his 16piece band performs tonight in free concert at Centennial Park at pm See story on to days entertainment page index today llfeatyle entertainment background sports mlcstv guide 10 classified 171 extra Crisis on the court Linda Seigel caused stir in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships Wednes day when she fell out of her lowcut tennis dress Eighteenyearold Linda bent for low shot and amid gasps from the crowds at Court two bounced out of the top She said later dont wear bra with this dress She was beaten by Bi Dont run scared TORONTO CP Health Minister Dennis Timbrell has warned Ontario residents not to be frightened by report of rare case of encephalitis iii the Peter borough area He stressed Wednesday in an interview that IQycarcld Oshawa woman who is in serious condition in Toronto hospital after being infected by Powassan tick is only the sixth confirmed case of the rare strain since it was discovered in 1958 Dr John Joshua consultant to the Ontario health ministry said the effects of the virus can range from mild illness and fe ver to convulsions coma and death Anita Brear was bitten during Victoria Day weekend outing on Lower Buckhorn Lake about 30 kilometres north of Peter borough Gay education sought OTTAWA CP Members of the Cana dian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition agree there should be some education about homosexuality in the schools but are divid ed on how to reach students and teachers At the coalitions annual conferencc Wednesday sortie delegates advocated direct approach to students passing out pamphlets on school grounds for example after others said traditional methods were not successful Former teacher Kevin King of Ottawa Toronto teacher John Arguc and Calgary homosexual rights advocate Doug Young each reported resistance by school ad ministrators to including education about homosexuality in their cities King said Ottawa and western schools rcr jected his request to put pamphlet in guidance offices May shift Skylab WASHINGTON tAl space agency official said Wednesday that Skylabs orbit may be altered at the 11th hour to make it crash in the least populated area even if that means directing it toward the United States As of late Wednesday the prediction was that Skylab will return to earth bet ween July 10 and July 18 with supercent probability that it will be by July 15 The forecast changes almost daily as the North American Air DefenCe Command refines its tracking data Adventurer rescued HALIFAX 1Pi Kenneth Kerr former Royal Navy submarincr attempting Come home to Eamlner Calli72616539 for home delivery Jean King 6l 63 AP Photo to cross the Atlantic by rowboat was picked up in midAtlantic late Wednesday by German freighter after Canadian search planes spotted his liferaft spokesman for the Canadian Forces search and rescue centre here said Kerr was taken aboard the Stuttgard Express out of Hamburg after longrange Argus patrol plane spotted two orange rafts float ing about an hours sailing time from the German vessel Kerr told his rescuers his boat had capsized two days earlier He was reported in good condition Dief in hospital OTTAWA CP Former prime minister John Diefenbaker entered Victoria Union Hospital in Prince Albert Sask Wed nesday evening to rest for few days and to have minor respiratory ailment attended to Moment of euphoria TORONTO Lll An aspiring actress testified Wednesday that she consented to sexual intercourse with her dentist in moment of euphoria over the fine job hc had done to cap her teeth and after he had given her several drinks of scotch Susan L00tt 24 told provincial court Judge Charles Scullion that Dr loscph Druck led her to believe she would not have to pay her bill in return for her favors She later became upset when Druck persisted in asking her to go out with him she said and confessed thc iiicidciit to the man with whom she was living Stcvcn Fcucr Druck was charged with public mischief in December after he complained to police that Feuer was trying to extort $2000 from him under the threat of charging him with the rape of Miss Lovett Police arrested Feucr but later released him and charged the dentist Feuer testified he called Druck to tell him not to bother Miss Lovett and to demand letter of apology weather Mainly sunny today with highs at 23 lO 26 Clear tonight with laws of to l2 Friday sunny with afternoon cloudiness Chance of evening showers Highs 25 to 28 sewsr No 152 Tinnedmm 1979 the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county 1ch CarrierHorneDeflvervOSWeekly Human relations course Innisfil fires arson investigator Fires which damaged two buildings in In nisfil Beach Park June 21 were deliberately set said an Ontario Fire Marshal in vestigator today John McKenzie said when he inspected the concession booth and ladies change room where the fires occurred he found evidence of arson He would not say how the fires were started The incident is being investigated by township police McKenzie estimated damage to the conces sion stand at about $40000 The change room sustained about $2000 damage he said Innisfil township officials want the buildings demolished because they may col lapse injuring someone Fire Chief Doug Rose in letter presented to council Wednesday said the buildings show signs of weakness and if left stan ding could cause injury to persons or proper tv Bob Moisey building inspector said demolition of the buildings is the most feasi ble solution If renovation is considered structural engineers report would be needed to deter mine the extent of heat damage to blocks and mortar said Moisey in letter to council George Novakovich township treasurer said today council is awaiting final report from insurance adjustors before deciding whether the buildings will be repaired or demolished The final report should be submitted to township officials within week he said Preliminary reports indicate the conces sion stand is not total loss said Novakovich He said some material may be salvaged from the old building The townships blanket insurance policy will cover the building and Novakovich ex pects township officials and insurance com pany representatives will discuss what action will be taken Summit talks split on oil TOKYO CP Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira said today the seven country summit conference remains divided at the end of the first day of talks on how to resolve the world oil crisis Ohira told reporters the talks so far have produced no agreement on how to deal with the worsening energy shortage He said there is general agreement about the importance of dialogue with the Or ganization of Petroleum Exporting Countries which announced another big jump in oil prices in Geneva Twotier oil deal signed GENEVA Reuter Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have agreed on new twotier price system that will raise crude oil prices to between $18 and $2350 barrel OPEC Pres idcnt Mana Said alOteiba announced today Oteiha said both Saudi Arabia the worlds largest oil exporter and the United Arab Emirates have indicated they would sell their oil for $18 By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The Simcoe County Board of Education has postponed indefinitely countywide im plementation of the human relations program and series of motions passed Wednesday could force substantial alterations in the course of study Along with postponing full implementation initially scheduled for the fall the board has cancelled any further fieldtesting pending revision of the program and full review by trustees at later date Trustees and interested members of the community will now take part in the revision process and review for themselves resource materials used or recommended for use Any program on human relations the board has decided should recognize the tradi tional moral code of our society and promote it The boards 21 trustees also voted in favor of meetings involving parents during which information may be passed along and asked administrative staff to develop plan for the course including details of program to prepare human relations teachers Passing the series of motions in the face of extreme opposition to the program from many individuals and several organizations was not an attempt to reach compromise said John McCullough Midland trustee The trustees now have had an opportunity to review the program he said It would be In planning moves ite paper New wh irresponsible of this board it it did not react to its own concerns over the program and the concerns of the public MOST FAVOR COURSE Most trustees favor retaining the program but see the revisions as vital The cancella tion of the fieldtesting process is tem porary move that will allow the countys writing team to make those alterations trustees say Theres far more good than bad in the pro gram and we shouldnt throw out the baby with the bath water McCullough said The decision on when fieldtesting might begin again rests with the trustees During the school year just completed some 4500 students in 160 classrooms took the course that deals with the emotional and sexual rela tionships No date was established for countywide implementation and that decision also rests with the trustees Mary ErichsenBrown Collingwood trustee said the boards desire to make changes and continue fieldtesting at some pOint demonstrated desire to move for ward with the program The motions passed were presented in report by the boards moral education com mittee The committee was charged with ex amining the attitudes of those who support or object to the program and forwaid recom mendations to the board augments power By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The new white paper on the planning act will give municipalities more power in deal ing with planning matters crowd of about 350 were told today at the holiday Inn Wojciech Wronski with the ministry of housing said the act will make more clear provincial involvement in planning The seminar is one of eight being held across the province to inform local govern ments of proposed changes Provincial involvement in planning mat ters will continue whenever matters that jeopardize provincial plans are discussed said Wronski May sponsor boat families St Andrews Church in Barrie and the Kempenfelt Kiwanis Club are attempting to sponsor two families of boat Vietnamese refugees to Barrie said the pastor of St An drews Church today Rev Harry Waite said the church applied about two weeks ago to the federal govern ment to sponsor Vietnamese family of three to five people to Barrie The process he said is complicated and could take as long as 12 weeks It would pro bably be September before the family arrives in Barrie said Mr Waite Once the family arrives the church will be entirely responsible for them for 12 mon ths said Mr Waite Special money raising projects have hot been planned all money raised will just be from parishioners givings said Mr Waite He has however already received offers of furniture for the family $i 5M from development fund HayesDana to By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner HayesDaria Ltd manufacturers of heavy duty axle housings for the truck industry will receive $15 million grant from the provin cial governments employment development fund to help finance an expansion of its Bar rie plant Larry Grossman minister of industry and tourism who announced the grant here to day said it would enable the company to begin production of new front and rear driv ing axles for light trucks as well and would create about 700 new jobs in the city over the next five years Grossman said production of this new light axlc will provide the company with an op portunity to help offset the countrys im balance in the autoparts industry through ini port replacement with the possibility of some exports This is the type of grant we have wanted to make Grossman said It brings high level of technological jobs to the area He said the grant will help HgyesADana speed up its schedule of operations to be in production by the spring of 1980 The 250000 square foot expansion will bring the plants total area to 430000 square feet and the company will spend an additional $25 million to complete the construction and in stall the necessary equipment said its presi dent Woody Morcock iorcock said the equipment would be in stalled in the plant within the next eight mon ths Such items include environment transpor tatiion health and education standards he sai Local governments will now have authority to approve number of planning procedures which now require provincial government ap proval he said Unnecessary Ontario Municipal Board OMB hearings will be eliminated through the new act Cabinet petitions on OMB hearings will be eliminated he said From 1957 to 1967 only 16 petitions regarding 0MB matters were received In the last four years there were about 50 petitions year pertaining to local issues he said Provincial public works will continue to be exempt from municipal control Wronski said But the provinces will be required to consult with municipalities before making any changes he said Gerry Fitzpatrick said jomt planning boards between counties and municipalities will no longer be provincial requirement but there will be nothing to stop municipalities from establishing planning ad visory committees It is not reasonable to expect all members of city council to be involved in daytoday planning matters Fitzpatrick said delegate or appointed committee could be chosen to handle daytoday activities However council should still review and define plans he said bulletin Neil Gerow and Garrold Diver charged with the first degree murder of 14yearold Elizabeth Whelan will appear for preliminary hearing Aug 16 in Penetanguishene provincial court The two Midland men appeared before Judge Len Montgomery in Penetanguishene court today postponed indefinitely Elizabeth The Mother and Maritime Command Commander Viceadmiral Andrew Collier view the parading of the old color prior to the presenting of the new Queens Color to Maritime Queen Queen Command The ceremony took place in Halifax Wednesday CP Photo its big night for MS HALIFAX CP Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother opens the International Gathering of the Clans tonight her last official function before leavmg Nova Scotia for Toronto on Friday After the opening the Queen Mother will watch more than 500 performers in the Nova Scotia Tattoo display of tra ditional Scottish and Nova Scotia 11 tertainment The gathering of people of Scotiish descent is expected to draw more than 40000 visitors to Nova Scotia this summer At an official federalprovincial func tion Wednesday night the Queen Mother was presented with handcrafted quilt and figurine depicting scene from Nova Scotia Many of the guests at the dinner in cluding former deputy prime minister Allan MacEachen and Liberal Party president Senator Allan Graham wore kilts in the spirit of Scottish events planned for the summerlong festival et exansion grat Roger Heise left of HayesDana Ltd chats with Larry Grossman today at the companys Barrie plant Examiner Photo

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