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examiner Erldgx July 27 1979 Students train to be soldiers here By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner About 500 students attached to 10 miiiiia reserve units in the Toronto ara are currenty undergoing part of their boot camp training at Blackdown Park training school for military personnel in Ontario located at Canadian Forces Private Maya Schledel gets instruction from Capt Terry Pond on using rifle Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Staynertire eyewitness says Explosions debris herald fire Ry DENNIS IIIIIIIR Of The Examiner STAYNER Two explo sions followed by flying debris on flatnes shooting up twice high as the building Thats how one Stayner resir dent described blaze that destroyed Reinhait Vinegar Ltd itiyearrold building here Thursday No one was injured in the King Street fire which began at about three in the afternoon Steve Graham an employee at Snyders Grocery about two blocks from the scene said he heard two small explosions and then pieces of fiber flew over the downtown store He said he rushed to the scene to see driving flames shooting up over the establish ment Graham said he saw telephone wire begin to burn The owner of house right next to the burning building was in dire straits said Graham as flames helped along by gusty winds caused car to begin burning Firemen had to push the car out of the way NOTHING BIGGER cant recall anything biglt ger than this sid Ted Under wood member of the Creemore fire department call ed to the scene It was good hour and half before firefighters were Roadside breathalyzer tests beginning across county By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Provincial police in this area and three other districts will begin using roadside alcohol level testers on suspected im paired drivers in August sid police spokesman today onstable Ron Golden The Examiner Barrie havesix of the new Alcohol Level Evaluation Roadside Tester ALERT units design ed to detect lower levels of alcohol impairment in drivers Officers will use the units to determine whether drinking driver should be taken to police station for breathalyzer test tintil now police officers have had to rer on visual observation of suspected imr paired drivers as bais to order told ll breathalyxer test sid onstablc Golden The problem with that system is that the officers were only catching the grossly ini paired drivers he said In crossCanada police survey breathalyxer results showed the subjects had an averageof 170 mg of alcohol per 100 1111 of blood The legal level is 80 mg driver who is not grossly impaired may still be too im paired to drive safely SIAGGERING ABSENT They may not stagger all over the place or have slurred speech but when they get behind the wheel they drive like damn fool sid Constable Golden The numbers of impaired drivers with levels of 100 to 110 meg involved in accidents and fatalities tell us that they are driving dangerously at that level he said The ALERT unit is small orange box with mouthpiece and lights When person blows into the box sensors indicate the level of alcohol on his breath green light shows blood alcohol level of less than 50 mg yellow light shows levels of 50 to 100 mg and red indicate reading of more than 100 mg Detachments from Alliston and Shelburne to Huntsville will begin using the units in the next week or so sid Constable Golden Officers are now being trained to use them onstable Golden said be ex pects ALERT units will be used town country Dunlop open in week Dunlop Street East should be open to through traffic by Aug says Don Kirkpatrick Rairies deputy engineer The street has been open to local traffic for the past couple of weeks Paving started lhursdayand should be finished by next weekend the deputy engineer said Entire reconstniction procedures should be finished by the end of August Sillti Kirkpatrick Madden committed to trial Toronto man charged with indecent assault was com mitted to trial during preliminary hearing in provmcial court Wednesday and will appear in Supreme ourt this fall Basil James Madden 11 was charged in connection with an incident involving juvenile that occurred in Barrie at about 11pmct 11 Madden is free on bail Bell reveals new book here Bell anada is marking its tooth anniversary April 29 1980 in the Barrierillia tollingwood Midland area with new 1979 telephone directory to he delivered July Ito The directory features variety of telephones on the cover from the earliest wooden box to the modern ontem pra phone Inside the back cover it explains when each telephone was int roduced About 12000 copies of the new directory will be delivered to customers 8000 more than last year Anyone llllOul new book by the end of August should contact local Bell business office Brechin man charged DRILLIA in the stomach about in police 19yeainold Brechin man is in Barrie jail to day charged with the attempted murder of his 29yearold roommate early Thursday morning Raymond Francis Neron is scheduled to appear in rillia provincial court Monday to face the charge Kenneth Wayne Wilson who lived in home with Neron in Mara Township about 21 km south east of rillia as stabbed Wilson was taken to Soldiers Memorial Hospital and then flown to Sunnybrook Medical entrc Toronto about pm Provincial police said the stabbing occurred following an argument at the home Anoher resident of the house called on the Simcoe Day weekend in August OPP officers will hold stop checks along the road checking for alcohol impairement ther districts using the devices next month include Mount Forest Peterborough and Downsvicw long Constable Golden said the provincial government has ordered 200 more units for next year 200 the following year and 100 for l982 As you can see were going into this program pretty heavi ly he said convinced they had the blaze under control he said Flames were shooting up on all different angles which forced firefighters from Coll ingwood Stayner Wasaga Beach Sunnidale Creemore and Vespra to split up he told The Examiner There were about 30 employees in the building at the time the blaze broke out ministry of health official said William Bates Sunnidale department fire chief said there was no problems in evacuating employees The employees didnt know how the fire started he said but they had plenty of time to get out before the flames began to spread Bates said he thought more then half the building was destroyed in the blaze Damage would be in the range of thousands of dollars he said Alvin Reinhart longtime Stayner resident cofounder of the building erected in 1910 stood with four friends and wat ched repeated attempts by firefighters to douse the blaze Well what are you going to do said Reinhart who had worked on cidering operation when the building first opened up Theres no use crying over split milk Its going to be long night said one firefighter as he returned to the blaze follow ing sandwich break Technicians locked out at Bell not surprised Ry LORI OIIEN Of The Examiner lf was no surprise when Bell Canad technicians in Barrie and surrounding areas reported for work this morning and were informed of lockout The 300 members of the Com munications Workers of anada in Local 40 are being locked out by the company as result of their oneday walkout Thursday and dont expect to be allowed to return until Tues day Although the union is not in favor of full strike there will probably be one in the near future Cameron Campbell spokesman for local 10 days Its either that or bringing in an arbigrator he says One of the issues in the con trol dispute along with wages overtime regulations and benefits is safety ampbell says the company has refused to allow the formation of joint health and safety committees to discuss day to day problems on the job 11 Bell Canada was under provincial charter like Ontario Hydro these committees would be mandatory but we are under federal charter so theyre not These committees could save the union and company money spent on safety related gre vience procedures 95 per cent of whch are won by the union he not es Every grevience that goes to arbitration costs the union $4000 OIERAIORS CONFLICT While Bell Canada crafted service employees are in con tract disputc with the company the operators are embroiled in their own conflict My Monday 7400 operators across Ontario and Quebec now members of the Com tnunications Union of Canada may be part of new union the Communications Workers of Canada the same union the technicians belong to Today is the deadline for ballots to the Canada Labor Relations Board before the vote is held Monday in Ottawa by representatives from the Labor Bord Bell Canada and both unions Bill Howes national representative for the CWC is optimistic his union will triumph He says the WC has signed more than 4100 union cards Thus far 6335 ballots have been mailed to the Labor Boar and he expects no more than 64X The UC is optimistic their union will be retained says Joan Bell Barrie operator and district CUC chairman Cameron Campbell CWC technician in Barrie says the crafted service employees hope the operators will join their union to create more solidarity among Bell employees New social problems could come from cuts CAS director warns By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Predicting results is difficult when rapidly rising costs are fought with slight annual budget increases says the director of local association faced with that situation All these money cuts now by the provincei may create whole new problems in the future and result in very cost ly after effect says Don Jackson director of Simcoe ountys Childrens Aid Socie ty Jackson said the cuts in fun ding will eventually lcad to cuts in service and perhaps series of social problems different than those we have now or more pronounced than those we are currently dealing with But the province is not the enemy Its the ministry of community and social services is trying to provide the best service possible at the most reasonable cost as we the society are he said during recent interview We have differences of opi nion over how that could best be done Jackson added After keeping budget in creases at an extremely low rate for several years the society asked for 211 per Cent expansion for 1979 The request has been trimm ed to some 20 per cent after local governments decided what they would be prepared to pay however the province has proposed further cuts that would result in 10 per cent in crease in the 1979 budget over 1978 to approximately $18 million 20 per cent increase would allow the society to raise staff salaries and rates paid foster homes to levels comparable with those offered by other societies in Ontario Both are currently below the average Jackson said It would also allow the socie ty to add five new workers though Jackson says 111 are re quired 10 per cent increase in the budget would allow for one new worker and smaller increase in both salaries and the foster home rate Jackson said Services offered by the coun ty society have been diluted because of lack of funds and some could be cut entirely if the drought continues he said Our role has changed con siderably in the past few years says Marilyn Hamilton vicepresident and treasurer of the societys board of directors She said the societys respon sibilities have been increased because the province has cut other services for children in an effort to save money It takes more money and more resources for us to do the work today Hamilton said The province is trying to do the right thing but it is really not supplying the money need ed she said Simcoe Countys society is funded jointly by the province per cent the county some 12 per cent and the cities of rillia and Barrie some four per cent each Its board 01 directors in cludes 18 people Nine elected at large and nine appointed by the municipalities Base Borden The students men and women spend about four daysat Blackdown on rotating basis and are taught the baSiCs from living in tent and digging trenchesrto wilderness camping and how to handle weapons such as rifles and hand grenades It is all part of 56day annual summer training program at the end of which the students should be properly trained mplitia soldiers sys Capt Terry Pond commanding officer of Blackdown They are learning how to be basic soldiers he says how to tie their boots how to identify an officer how to get up at ant and enjoy it With many of them handling live ammunition and ex plosives for the first time the emphasis is on safety says Captain Mike Popovich adjutant and second in command at the one square kilometre park Most of the students dont have the regularknowledge of soldiers so everything is done on command he said no one does anything until he is told GIVEN IIANCE Depending on how well they do the students will have chance next year to become recruits and later members of the militia units says Capt Pond Seventyfive such recruits from two Torontobased units the Queens Own Rifles and the Queens York Rangers are also at Blackdown this summer for the full duration of the sixweek camp says Capt Pond This summer recruit training program is yet another aspect of the Blackdown operation he says and hopes are to expand the camp in the future to include recruits from addi tional units at the same time In addition there are 184 fullfledged militia members who are receiving secondstage training at the Area Rank and Trades School ARTS also included in the Blackdown program run by Central Militia Are headquarters in Toron to Militia members enrolled in ARTS are given courses in in fantry and artillery driving which involve transporting troops and towing heavy guns under field conditions There is an art to towing equipment without having it tip over says Capt Pond and the courses are designed to make drivers the best they can possibly be There is also basic maintenance course military police training course covering such areas as traffic and crowd control and weapons technician course on how to maintacn and repair sophisticated firearms new small arms course has been added this year in an effort to improve this skill in the militia units and teach people how to pass it on Capt Pond says The school which opened July will close Au gust 10 at which time militia units across Ontario will be deplyed for their annual twoweek exercises at bases across the pro vince and in the United States The purpose of these annual concentrations is to prove the value of the summer training says Capt Pond LOCATED SOUTH OF 500 Most of the units located in the Central Militia Area which encompasses all of Ontario south of Saulte Ste Marie will be deployed to Fort Drum in New York he says Although most of the new recruits are high school or university students many of the fullfledged members and senior officers in the militia are in private professions and have worked their way up from the ranks says Capt Pond We have dentists lawyers teachers people from all walks oflife One of the aims the units concentrate on in recruiting is to find those who are keen to stay on Capt Pond says Some like to come just for the initial training but to ad vance into the secondlevel or technical training they must joina unit With all food supplied plus wages ranging from $19 to $35 day depending on rank for many members the training period is like paid holiday Capt Pond says Some however do move on to career in the regular arm ed forces Capl Guylain Veau 18 of the Windsor Regiment sayshe likes the life so much he is joining up next year Despite the hardships of living in tent city he says he has learned to adapt consider this living like king says Cpl Veau turned down $9anhour job for this Members of the 48th Highlanders in training from Toronto examine shrapnel fragments after grenade practice at Black Down Park at CFB Borden thursday The newer grenades are designed to kill by causing concussions and spray ing shrapnel on explosion Examiner Photo by Peter Hsu Company investigating township well problems By NANCY FIGIEROA Of The Examiner BARCLAY HayesDana Corp Ltd will investigate im mediately reports that the quality and quantity of well water on Huronia Street drastically declined when the company began building their new plant said Roger Neise division manager today In the 21 years Tony Van Geene and his family of seven have lived on the street they have never been without water Van Geene told Innisfil council Wednesday night When Hayes Dana moved into the neighborhood however everything changed residents claim Company officials however sid they were not notified about the problems dont know anything about the problem or what the specifics are said Heise But we are certainly sensitive and dont want to have people running out of water HayesDana is not digging well but they are driving piles said Heise He said however he didnt know if that would affect water in the area Residents want the township to investigate the problem Reeve William Gibbins told them however Wells are go ing dry all over Even the water table of the lake is way down at this time It would be expensive for the township to conduct study of the problem said the reeve He suggested asking Barrie to ex tend their service waterline south to Huronia Road He said however hed want assurance the resident would be willing to pay forit ESTIMATED OST He estimated extending the line would cost each family $2000 To dig well would cost $100 The township will take the residents concerns about the construction to Barrie council it will also request the ministry of the environment investigate and report on the quality and quantity of the residents well water HayesDana is located about REEVE GIRBINS expensive 300 to 500 feet from the 10 homes having water problems Of the 10 eight report dry wells and two report muddy water One resident Winston Branch 258 Huronia recently had his water ruled unsafe by by the Simcoe Health Depa rt men Residents say that since May wellwater levels have dropped three to four metres Most residents say they must take their wash to coin laundries DOW When their wells run dry it usually takes up to three hours before water returns It comes in very very very slowly said Van Geene No one has more than four feet 12 metresi of water in their wells Not only has the water chang ed since the company began building but also residents claim windows dishes and everything in their homes rat tle when construction is under way The problems are obviously not from natural cause said Van Geene Councfl meeting Parrott Innisfil council will discuss the townships water and sewer program Thursday in Toronto at long awaited meeting with Harry Parrott minister of the environment The purpose of the meeting is to learn where the ministry stands said Grant Andrade deputy reeve today Although unsure how long the towns council has tried to meet with the minister Andrade said many approaches had been us ed to arrane the meeting Im happy now that it is set up and hope the meeting is successful said Andrade Fitness test planned here By IRIS GADI Examiner Correspondent Area residents will get chance to evaluate their physical fitness during four to five day Fit Test beginning Ju ly 30 at the Alliston Arena The tests are sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation and will be ad ministered by four qualified staff from the University of Toronto Fitness Club They will assess cardiovascular fitness using electrocardiogram monitoring then measure lung capacity ideal body weight blood pressure strength and flexibility Gerry Ross of Alliston is representing the group to answer telephoned questions and hs undergone three fitness tets within the past 212 years Its great thing In addition to testing theyll set up per sonal program for you usually involving running He runs an average of 25 to 40 miles week and says started running after the first test and have kept running ever since My cardiovascular fitness has improved by about 65per cent During the tests skin tissue is measured for thickness with calipers then compared with height weight and body measurements to determine total body fat grip strength dynamometer which must be squeezed tests muscular strength lung capacity will be measured while you exhale into hose How well your lungs heart and blood vessels supply ox ygen to working muscles will be assessed while you are walking to music Gerry Ross states that EKG electrocardiogram problems often dont show up when peo ple are working normally He says that the heart pumps twice as fast during the Fit Test and thats when problems might start showing especially in older people Contestants entering the 10 mile race in the Alliston Potato Festival will also take the EKG tests during the Fit Test because the 10 mile run is quite stress says Ross All of the EKG results are sent to cardiologist in Toronto for examination to determine whether medical attention is needed Once your weaknesses are summed up personal fitness training program will be recommended to improve your problem areas The Fit Test will run until Aug if the response warrants it Cost of the one hour long pro gram is 81500 and appoint ments can be made by calling the Alliston municipal office