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Burying evidence Terry Reagan of Cundles Heights School while fooling around Centennial Park In Barrie finds himself up to his neck in sand Applying the finishing touches is Randy Halnes of King Edward School Examiner Photo Towns look other way on converting cottages By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Several municipalities in Simcoc ounty are taking the tack of cooperation rather than opposition in dealing with the problem of cottage conversions to permanent residences along their lakefronts Although the province in the past has frowned on the changeover from seasonal residences and created zoning restrictions to discourage it township officials in the coun ty say they would rather switch than light In some municipalities cotv tage conversion is already well under way while in others amendments are in the works to acquire ministry of housing approval to make it legal In Tiny Township municipal officials would rather to operate with cottagers seeking conversions than have it done Ora seniors home move behind their backs says Guy Maurice township clerk In effect this allows the municipality some control over the situation to keep tabs on who is converting where and monitor the changeover from an environmental stand poi nt says Maurice He says change in the zon ing bylaw approved by the tario Municipal Board two years ago now allows the municipality to issue cer tificate to cottagers seeking pernianct status for their residenceswhich involves checks on septic systems by the Simcoe County health unit WORKING WELL It is working out fairly well Maurice says and 330 Certificates for conversions have been issued in the past twoyears Tiny has looked upon it as fact we have to live with so instead of fighting we try to accommodate it he says Rama Township is consider ing an almost identical change in its zoning bylaw says Leonard Cotton clerk and council has always been of the opinion that cottagers who pay full taxes can do what they want with their residences One of the reasons many municipalities choose to ignore the ministry of housings policy against permanent set tlement in areas zoned seasonal is the difficulty of enforcing it says George Roberts clerk of Oro Township Not only are the provisions in the bylaw weak on going to court he says but it you take one person to court you would have half the population there In addition says Maurice how do you keep track of who is living illegally in cottage year round We cant ask them to punch in at timeclock he still in limbo Reeve Oro Township council is still long way from making any decision on proposal for anior citizens housing centre for the municipalitys elder residents says Reeve Howard Campbell We havent gotten off first base yet he says Council agreed early in June to investigate the request of delegation from the Marigold Senior itizens Association which told council interest in such project was high among its members Don Pickering association spokesman told council ministry of housing co ordinator had indicated the township could accommodate centre of about 15 to 25 units The project would be federally and provincially funded with the municipality having to pay only for the land until actual construction began at which time that money would be refunded The township has not con sidered site yet however as it still needs information from the Simcoe County Health unit as to whether centre that size could be safely serviced by septic tanks Reeve Camp bell says If the answer is no says Reeve Campbell then there is no point considering the pro posal survey by the ministry is also required before any deci sion can be made the reeve says to determine how many senior citizens in the township are really interested or qualify for such housing NEEI GUARANTEE We have got to have some guarantee that enough of them will come in he says George Roberts the townships planning ad ministrator says such study would take six to eight mon ths He says indications from the ministry are that only one in four persons who says they want senior citizens housing actually qualify Senior citizens who want to move into such centre must be prepared to give up their present homes and are not allowed to own land Roberts says John Jackson president of the National Dairy Council of Canada presented an award of excellence to Donald McArthur manager of Fuda Food Centre Oro Station at the recent l978 Canadian Cheese Festival awards Fudas was one of three award winners from among all independently owned retail food stores in Canada says Roberts says one of the ministrys favorite arguments for restricting permanent use of seasonal residences is that it will prevent the burden of increasing demands for ser vices from the municipality SEEKING APPROVAL But in Oro Township which is seeking approval to legalize conversions he says history has shown these services are paid for In fact taxes paid by cot tagers who contribute on the same basis as permanent residents account for substantial part of the townships assessment he says The province sees it conversion as more of pro blem than the municipalities The province sees converion as problem not only from the point of view of haphazard planning but because it and not the municipalities face most of the costs involved in pollution prevention and supp ly of services says Pierre Beeckmans senior planner with the ministry of housings planning policy branch The municipalities dont feel the effect of increased costs for services such as road maintenance or the busing of school children because these are heavily subsidized by the province he says The province also has to pay large sums of money to install water and sewer systems in some cases to prevent pollu tion along the lakefront Beeckmans says By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Those charged with revising the human relations program will begin work immediately and the new package could be before Simcoe County Board of Education trustees by the fall says the boards director The situation is that we have just been completing plans to blast ahead full speed on the revisions during the summer said Jack Ramsay He said the revised program could be in place by the fall allowing fieldtesting to con tinue from the start of the new school year We are hopeful it the pro gram will be ready The only thing that could delay it would be an adverse reaction to the revisions by the trustees Wednesday the board postponed countywide im plementation of the program that had been tentatively scheduled for the fall and cancelled the fieldtesting pro cess pending revision and review of the program by trustees The program was tested in 160 classrooms involving some 4000 students during the school year just ended COULD ALTER Reacting to criticism from residents of the county and their own concerns trustees passed series of motions Wednesday that could alter the program Interested members of the community and trustees will now take an active part in the writing process and work with the original writing team com prised of 16 teachers Trustees also want the pro gram to teach students the dif ference between right and Riding office chosen location has been chosen for the new federal riding of fice of Simcoe North and staff members are being appointed Doug Lewis the ridings new member of parliament an nounced this week Lewis said the new office will now be located at 41 Peter Street North in Orillia This downtown location is close to municipal parking and transportation and will make it easier for all constituents to contact the office he said The Orillia site was chosen because 65 per cent of the population of North Simcoe is in that half of the riding east of Coldwater Lewis said Lewis said however he is considering renting space in the Midland or Penetanlt guishene areas to allow for regular visits by himself or his riding secretary The new riding telephone number will be 3251306 but may not be in operation until July he said office Police firemen free local woman Police and Barrie firefighters were called to C01 lier Street early Friday to rescue Stroud woman trapped truck The woman whose name has been withheld was unable Fuda wins award Fuda Food Centre Oro Station was one of three in dependent food stores from across the country to win an award of excellence from the National Dairy Council of Canada The award said to be the most saught after and most prestigious award in the food industry was presented to Don McArthur Fuda manager June in Toronto during the councils 1978 Canadian Cheese Festival Award dinner Guest speaker at the awards was Eugene Whelan former minister of agriculture During October of every year the council sponsors The Canadian Cheese Festival The object of the festival is to promote Canar dian made cheeses and to educate the consumer on both the 73 varieties of cheese manufactured in Canada and the versatility of cheese as valuable food source Although the award for in dependently owned retail food stores was open to all independent food stores across the country the win ners were all from Ontario Sharpes Super Save Campbellford RM Calbecks Paris and Fuda The award presented to Rida is now on display at thestore to get out of the pickup truck she was driving after she caught her finger in hole of special customized steering wheel Police responded to the call about am but when the of ficer was unable to free the woman he called on Barries fire department for help Firefighters used rescue tools to remove the steering wheel from the column The woman was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital where she wasfinally freed lnnisfil accommodates restaurant BARCLAY Council voted Wednsday in favor of rezoning an area from residential to commercial so restaurant can be operated at the 25th Sideroad and William Street in Alcona Beach The restaurant as yet un named will be in the building that formerly housed the Blue Turk restaurant The proposed restaurant owned by Earl Mooney will seat 50 people and will operate year round 0th minor renovations have been scheduled for the building said Gary Luhowy representing Moonie Plans for the restaurant tirst came before the planning board in May 1977 The board was concerned with parking facilities at the restaurant Richard Groh township clerk said however the restaurant plans to have 13 parking spaces as is required The plans have all met with bylaw requirements said Groh Grant Andrade deputy reeve said however he was concerned with the plans because there is no indication of ditches on the road side dont wish to hold Mr Moodie up but theres no ditch there said Andrade Wheres the water going to go wrong and recognize the value of societys traditional moral code Most of the boards 21 trustees favor continuing with the program and the motion calling for revision was sup ported by 18 of the 21 Much of the criticism levell ed at the program says Dr Robert Thomas the boards superintendent of curriculum has dealt with resource material intended for use by teachers preparing course of study and not for direct use by the examiner Saturday June 30 197913 Revised human relationscourse students The board will now develop course outline that explains how the material which deals with both the sexual and emo tional relationships of people should be presented to students by September and have individuals organizations Many several critized the program while other groups have questioned portions of the program Many residents of Simcoe County have praised the program and the boards attempts at in stitutingit Apartment hunting easy in Barrie now By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Apartment hunters in Barrie should have little trouble fin ding acéommodation this year faced with healthy four per cent vacancy rate survey by Central Mor tgage and Housing Corporation in Barrie in April shows 45 per cent vacancy rate in privately owned buildings with six or more units This information is based on survey of 61 buildings contin ing 1701 units There was total of 77 vacant units The vacancy rate for buildings with 20 or more units was high 53 per cent while buildings with six to 19 apart ments had rate of 12 per cent Greg Williams program director at CMHC says healthy vacancy rate for apartment owners and seekers is between three and four per cent He estimate the rate is now four per cent because it increases slightly in the spring and drops in autumn Rick Bates Barrie director of planning and development recalls until new high rises were constructed in the city there was one per cent vacancy rate for about four years rising to 19 per cent by the end of 1977 Rent controls and high construction costs slowed apartment develop ment across the country he says ALTERED BYLAW As well Barrie altered its zoning bylaw in 1972 virtually eliminating construction of small walkup apartment buildings by making it more economical to build townhouses and larger buildings Bates says There is now feeling that this type of apartment is desirable he adds 56 Hello there Were recommending that maybe the city reinstate the zoning that would allow more of that kind of development hesays Older citizens tend to like groundoriented buildings Williams says There is in fact total of 204 apartments in Barrie operated by the On tario Housing Corporation strictly for senior citizens along with number of buildings where most tenants are seniors Sylvia Patterson OHC office manager in Barrie explains apartments are rented ac cording to need the neediest are housed first He notes that such apartments are all oc cupied and OHC has large waitinglist Williams says the two newest apartment buildings in Barrie 157 unit building at Kozlov St and the 131unit building at 108 Edgehill Dr Shawna Masnall looks at the world differently during picnic at The Gables park in Barrie The YMCA is organizing two weeks of recreational activity for children Examiner Photo Strawberry picking time arrives in Barrie area Its the season to pick strawberries and there are number of farms in Siche County laden with luscious mouthwatering red ripe bcr ries anxious to be picked within the next two weeks while they are at their finest Prices range between 40 and 15 cents quart at all pick your own farms in the vicini ty Patrons are generally given as many baskets as they need assigned row and told tp pick througth Some places dont supply lraskets so its advisable to ask before setting out Pickers are wrong to only go for the large very ripe her ries says Margaret Reliling who has just over two acres of strawberry plants on Gill Road in Midhurst She says many people find the smaller berries tastier for cooking with and making jam and lot easier to freeze People go for the big ones because they look so nice for eating she says They also fill up the basket faster The only berries to be skip ped over when picking are soft ones and ones peeked by birds She says the most p0pular use for strawberries at this time of year is in strawberry shortcake followed by strawberry pie and jam She has recipe she cant wait to try blender mixed drink with substantial helpings of berries and rum More and more people are picking their own strawberries for jam because jam is costly and made with lot of pectin color and artitiCial tlavor and perhaps one strawberry in the jar Mrs Rehling says Although she calls her farm small operation she notes an increase in the size of other localfarms The following strawberry farms are less than 40 minutes drive from Barrie and welcome pickers Rehling Berry Farm Midhurst 7288074 Garretts Berry Farm Hwy 93 7265957 Coombes Strawberry Farm Midhurst 7282111 Keith Visser Stroud 4363642 Con Five Oro 4872619 Art Wright Berry Farm north of Brad ford 7752808 and Barrie Hill Farms in Vespra See the Classified page of the Examiner or call for exact directions and hours were constructed with federal assistance under the Assisted Rental Program designed to stimulate production of new moderatly priced apartments particularly in areas of short supply He says the return on invest ment for apartment builders is not that great and the pro gram helps bridge the gap bet ween the economic rent and market rents tenants pa proposed 114unit apart ment building on Kozlov St recently ranted building er mit wil be built under Graduated Payment Mortgage Plan being introduced this year Williams says plan in creasineg adopted by mor tgage lenders WIDE RANGE The CMHC study found rents ranging between $166 to $255 for one bedroom apartments $200 to $295 for two bedroom units and $242 to $315 for three bedroom units Rents seem to have risen slightly since April for example certain three bedroom units at HiPoint on Kozlov Street rent at $338 month Children seem to be welcom ed almost everywhere up to point Of several larger apart ment buildings questioned most allow children up to particular floor either fifth or seventh but veto pets The 1978 municipal housing policy statement prepared by the planning and development department states that 40 per cent of housing in Barrie is apartment while single family dwellings still dominate the market Statistics indicate in 1971 there were 2616 apartment units of total 9053 housing units in the city In 1977 there were 3172 apartments out of 13006 The statement recommends greater emphasis on multi ple density housing and en courages range of type sizes and tenur of housing so that variey of socio economic groups can be ac commodated Parasites could save alfalfa ByIRISGAIII ExaminerCorrespondent new arrival on farm fields throughout Ontario is saving many alfalfa crops from destruction by the voracious weevil Curculionis parasites have been brought into Canada from the US within the last eight years Colonies of so to 100 parasites were released in counties bordering the Great Lakes throughout Ontario The curculionis lay eggs in adult weevils which then hatch to chew away at the weevils and interfere with the natural breeding of the pests states Chuck Kingsbury crop specialist for the ministry of agriculture and food Alliston He said The parasites multiply as fast as the weevils do The more they multiply the more effective the degree of control Some of the parasites had already found their way into Ontario after moving norlt thwards from the US with the weevils They have been spreading throughout the US since 1911 attacking and sometimes completely eliminating weevil pro blem Surveys carried out in six locations throughout Simcoe County this spring turned up parasites at each location This may become Godsend for Ontario farmers some of whom have lost entire alfalfa fields to weevils in past years The weevils normally destroy second year growths of young tender plants For the first time in the ast four or five yaars avent seen any heavily damaged alfalfa crops states Chuck Kingsbury com binaton of cool damp weather and curculionis parasites are finally keeping the weevil population under control the