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By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner Practical jokers are at it again in Vespra Valley just north of here It seems residents are prepared for Skylab to fall on this farming community of about 85 people Signs painted in crescent green and orange warn of falling debris and Skylab zone No ones certain who put the signs up they just ap peared says Harry Adams Vespra Township councillor Most resident say however the martians did it The martians who resi dent claim are Wendell White and Joe Fralick are notorious for doing crazy things says Coun Adams Last summer they gave residents one heck of scare and terrific laugh Dressed in black snowmobile suits helmets silver foil and orange and green cardboard boxes the martians invaded the com munity As Coun Adams tell it it was dark outside except for the big blaring light of the just landed martians The martians landed on Coun Adams lawn and proceeded to talk in jibberish he says But they didnt stay at his home for long They proceed ed to menance other homes One residents said his first thought was to shoot the in vadcrs but decided aginst it because he thought with lights flashing all over he and his family were sur rounded ALLEGED MARTIANS One of the alleged mar tians Wendell White says he was surprised as anyone when he saw the skylab Kempenfest By CLAUDIA KRAUSE Of The Examiner Excitement is mounting as Kempenfest 1979 organizers ar range the last details for Bar nes hottest annual summer event Gord Knox chairman told members of the Kiwanis lub of Barrie on Monday evening that Kempenfest Aug and now entering its ninth year is maturing Ile says the emphasis for organizers this year is on fine tuning few water sports have been Martian signs White former resi dent of the area is now teacher in Nahanni Butte NWT Every time come home someone pulls these pranks and blames them on me he says with more than glim mer in his eyes But when asked where he thinks Skylab will land he says Itll crash right here on the Ninth Line When the other martian Joe Fralick was asked about the signs he replied What signs Mrs Harry Adams says however she is certain the martians are guilty The signs are in the same color of florescent paint as the mar tian costumes she says Coun Adams says pranks like the signs and the mar tians always happen in this community This is where all the action is he says Skylab hitting espra sin sy 41 up IV 11 Li Sign in Vespra Township The signs are good for laugh says Coun Adams The martian invasion however was one of the best practical jokes of the century drawing closer added and bus service will connect Huronia Festival of the Arts on Kempenfelt Bay with the International Dog Shows at Molsons Park casino night and dance will be held at the Barrie Armoury Saturday night Also the downtown mer Applications to Georgian up l0 per cent over When the dust stirred by flurry of spring and summer activity clears at Georgian Col lege this fall there will be some 10 per cent more students on campus than there was year ago college spokesman says Confirmed applications that is applications from people who have paid $50 deposit are up 20 per cent over last years June figure We will probably hve 10 per cent increase when everything has settled down Wayne Cunningham principal of the Barrie campus told The Examiner The colleges goal was 10 per cent increase and it has been pushing to achieve it through recruitment program that has as its sloganGo With Georgian the Job Connection tollfree telephone line and recruiting office at Toronto are among the devices being us ed by the college The cam paign also includes pamphlets and television and radio comlt mercials Its going very well Georgians recruitment and placement director Bruce Hill said of the drive to add students This is the first year of plan to increase the number of students the college will serve Weve got longterm plan were working on that is not as highprofiled as this years campaign Hill said He expects the current blitz to wind down with the end of Ju ly when he added most pro spective students have made final their plans IOI the upconr ing school year Princess is one year and Labrador She has had all needles and Is housebroken She comes with her own house together with harness and sled For more in formation drop in at 9i Patterson Rd Georgians board of gover nors adopted the lets grow now stance late last year The college says president Wayne Busch was not doing all it could to serve the Georgian Bay region By growing this year the school will also be taking ad vantage of change in the pro Vinces funding mechanism planned for the 198081 year that will reward the community colleges which have increased I978 enrolment Hill said the months prior to Christmas are the most impor tant in terms of recruitment This fall the college will be at tempting to attract secondary school students in the area scheduled to graduate in the spring We hope to make people in the community more aware of Georgian College than perhaps they were Hill said Council dress questioned Some alderman is not wearing shirt and tie and Ald Dorian Parker is concerned Ald Parker wanted to know Monday if aldermen were still required to wear shirts meetings ties and jackets at council Mayor Ross Archer said he would prefer to see shirts and ties worn in the winter but that he wouldnt want to make it requirement Bridge to attend law conference BARCLAY Roy Bridge bylaw officer should attend the three day Municipal aw En forcement Officers Founding Conference even though the township hasnt budgeted for it The conference in Sudbury in September will discuss unifor mity of bylaws throughout the province and the segregation of bylaw charges from criminal charges the adoptables if 45$ if virntx 3417 is lb old blonde Great Dane The more bylaw uniformity you have throughout the pro vince the easier things will be said Bridge Reeve William Gibbins aid the conference couldnt help but be beneficial to the municipality oun Kathe Jans agreed with him saying think theres lot of value to going toit Grant Andrade deputy reeve was however of dif ferent opinion This year we chopped and backed from our budget he said The word from the reeve was that this was the year we were going to stick to our budget He said council is already off budget because of things they had no control of The deputy reeve was reminded however the municipality would easily spend the money equivalent to that needed for the conference in just one or two hours con sultation with lawyer The actual cost of the con ference is $45 for registration fee plus transportation and ex penses The convention will be discussed again during Wednes days council meeting Gerry Eisan Barrie dont think about it If you did youd always keep your head up dont think its right however that it is able to crash anywhere There should be laws about this sort ofthing chants will hold their annual Promenade pedestrian mall to coincide with Kempenfest weekend Otherwise the main attrac tions of past years will con tinue These include the regat ta with water events such as races demonstrations kite fly ing voyageur canoe races and wind surfing all sponsored by the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce MUSIC FEATURED The blue sky theatre on stage at Centennial Park will feature three days of live music and entertainment sponsored by the Barrie Lions Club David Lamb of the Barrie Kennel Club Inc says three dog shows this year are the 57th 58th and 59th All Breed In ternational Dog Shows organiz ed by the club since it was formed in 1946 Dan Amoldi chairman of the Huronia Festival of the Arts out of which Kempfenfest grew says 25 new artists and 35 new crafts exhibitors have joined the festival on Kempenfelt Bay for total 175 exhibitors this year Of these 40 are from the Bar rie area We had 10000 people at one point last year the Monday afternoon down at the park on Kempenfelt Bay Amoldi says The festival founded by the Kiwanis Club of Barrie with the Barrie Art Club in 1971 grew out of the enthusiasm of Ray Marshall Kiwanis member Marshall is this years honored Kempenfelt patron Harris one of the two operators of the ex perimental industrial waste plant that began operating in Barrie Monday stands in front of treatment tanks By STEPHEN NICIIOLIS Of The Examiner The Centre of Forensic Pathology in Toronto will try to determine today what caused the deaths of four Creemore boys who burned in the weekend cabin fire one kl west of the village Officials at the centre have only been able to positively identify two of the bodies because they were so badly charred in the fire said pro Habout Im not Barrie worried Theres much you can do about it an ways But wouldnt want it to fall here thats for sure Shawn erral not The experimental process xiincial police spokesman to ay Police would not release the names of the two boys who have been identified The four boys who died in the fire are believed to be Stephen Price 14 Calvin Hare 12 John Gabriel 12 and Stphen McLeod 11 The bodies were found in the burned remains of cedar pole hut bya neighbor and brother of one of the boys Fire destroyed the shelter while the boys were camping Harry Adams Minesing Im not particularly worried about it dont think about it Its mechanical device who knows what will happen with it Treatment plant begins operation On police commission the examiner Tuuday July 10 1979 Alderman annoyed by secret letter By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner letter concerning the Bar rie Police Commission case which hs not been made public drew the ire of Ald Gord Mills at city council session Mon day The letter was sent to city solicitor Ossie Rowe by deputy solicitorgeneral John Hilton Ald Mills asked Mayor Ross Archer Monday if he had any knowledge of additional com munication received from Hiltons office besides letter that had already been made public Im not aware of any said the mayor havent received any The deputy solicitor general could have com municated with the city solicitor The alderman then asked the mayor if Rowe had received another letter and if the mayor had been advised of it Mayor Archer replied that it seemed Rowe had received one but that he couldnt recall the contents of the letter The comments sparked an outburst from Ald Mills in which he said the investigation into the commission was tum ing into anoher Edge of Night episode He said the six aldermen who want an inquiry cant find out anything The solicitor is working for the city said the Barrie alder man The information should become knowledge of the members of council The alderman said he wonders why the additional cor respondence has not been made public by the solicitor Have you asked the city solicitor asked the mayor breaks down industrial out Police said Ontario Fire Mar shal investigators have been unable to pinpoint the cause of the fire although homemade fire pit in the hut is suspected as the source Fire marshal investigators interviewed several youngsters and Creemore residents familiar with the makeshift cabin OPP Cpl Ed Zilotto said the investigators are trying to learn more about the Wendell White WT This is very serious time to make light of something Im not really worried about it guess this sort of thing is the price you pay for living in technological society After negative reply from Mills the mayor said that if Mills wanted the information he should get it from Rowe Six membc rof ceurcil asked for the inqun in April after Ald Mills said it appeared Greer had considerable inan cial interest in GeorgianPro tection Services Ltd an alarm company owned by his son Greer later resigned his only shai of the company which operates about 100 alarms out of the Barrie police station The earlier letter by Hilton asked if council wanted to forego an inquiry since Greer had given up his share of the company Council members replied they wanted to continue with the inquiry The Ontario Police Commis sion still has not decided whether or not to call for an in quiry into the matter Child assessment methods in state of flux Doctor By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Methods for assessing children in need of specialized education program have changed and are changing says Dr Robert MacIntyre of the special education faculty at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education The situation is in state of flux he told The Examiner in telephone interview We used to label the kids like we were grading eggs but it didnt help us find out what to do with the child said Dr Carol Reich of OISE The asSessment process is moving away from cataloging toward finding what strengths and weaknesses the child has she said In testing prospective special waste using electricity thus removing contaminating material The re maining liquid is then transferred to city owned holding tanks Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Autopsies today on fire victims to determine actual identities background of the hut the type of structure is was the materials used to build it and any sp ial features it had An officer and fire marshals office representative will attend the post mortem ex amination in Toronto today said Cpl Zilotto An inquest into the boys deaths may be held but the decision whether to hold an in quest will probably not be made until more is learned about the cause of the fire What do you think Skylab landing on you Joe Fralick Minesing guess theres as much chance of it falling up here on the rim of the Minesing Swamp as anywhere But no Im not worried about it Nothing bothers us up here education students the trend is toward testing the childs abili ty as opposed to using tests done by people outside the field of education such as psychologists pediatricians and so on Maclntyre said Through these tests you get diagnosis of specific in dividual learning problems he said In general the issue of testing children is not cut and dried Maclntyre said School boards rely on individual intelligence teststhat may produce an in complete picture of the childs ability he said standardized test assumes that each child who writes it has had the same training but he said that is not always the case especially in urban areas with large immigrant popula tions Even the best of the tests have certain unreliability he said All tests can give is measure of how the person functioned at that time in that ment with yellow paint restore it to military green Police are investigating said Monday Ald Alex Arthur alarm spokesman developed selection study suitable to the areas need cerns Ald Gord Mills department study the street through meeting get about $37000 year years to get five weeks town country Vandals attack tank Vandals attacked Sherman memorial tank outside tht Barrie armoury overnight spraying the 30yearold monu Police said the pint was discovered about am today witness said the tank will need complete repainting to People ignorant says alderman lot of people who watch city council meetings on televi sion dont really know whats going on Ald Meg ODonal The alderman told Barrie city council the public should either be informed of what is gong on at meetings prior to the event or have administrative recommendations flashed across cable television screens The information would generate more interest from the community said Ald ODonal The council agenda is at the Barrie library the Friday evening and Saturday before council meetings explained Children summon Barrie firemen Children swinging on an overhead fire sprinkler pipe at Eastview arena accidentally summoned city firefighters about pm Saturday when the pipe broke triggemmre Chief Jack McAllister said his men cleancdm which was released when the pipe broke Numerous charged OPP say quiet WASAGA BEACH Provincial police report one of the largest crowds all summer weekend but there were no serious diturba nces Police said they laid numerous liquor narcotics and traf fic charges and handled many minor accidents The weather was just beautiful and this was one of the largest crowds well see all summer said We were busy but no major incidents Toronto youth drowns in Bradford BRADFORD 23yearold Toronto youth died during late night swimming party at Scanlon Creek conservation area about four km north of town Friday Provincial police said Robert Thomas Healey drowned about 1115 pm while swimming at the conservation area An autopsy revealed Healey died of drowning and foul play has been ruled out said police today Barrieprovince enter pact Barrie has passed bylaw allowing the provincial govern ment to provide financial assistance for an airport site The study will determine which of four sites would be most Two sites in Cm and another in Vespra have been selected by the airport advisory committee The study should be completed by fall Traffic worries Mills Traffic congestion on Greenfield Avenue in Allandale con Ald Mills told city council Monday he wants the traffic He said with cars parking on both sides of the street pro blem could occur if emergency vehicles ever have to get The matter will be brought up again at future council City administrator gets $45000 The top salary paid by Barrie this year will be about $45000 which will go to the city administrator The Examiner calculation follows council approval Mon day of pay increase for nonunion personnel at city hall ranging froma seven to eight per cent pay increase The salary increase will be made retroactive to July The City engineer who makes the next highest salary will City staff will be entitled to four weeks vacation after 13 years instead of the previous 14 Persons who have worked for the city for 23 years will get five weeks vacation Previously an employee had to Work 25 place In analyzing the childs ability you must use several points of information not just test score The Simcoe County Board of Education has some 4500 special education students under its jurisdiction and says Bob Newman superintendent of student services board testing of these students is confined to the educational variety in cluding intelligence tests tests that determine skills at specific subjects perception testing and so on Newman said the board also uses the services of outside agencies inside and outside the county on purchase of ser vice basis for psychological testing and in dealing with children who have specific problem There are exact guidelines put out by the ministry of education that simply lists potpourri of tests without in formation on how they are as ed Maclntyre said invaded the beach this police