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Saturday July 23 1977 NEWSROOM 7266537 CIRCULATION 7266539 Taxpayers betrayed by MPs pensions While most taxpayers are not opposed to reasonable pension fund for retired federal members of Parliament there has been understandable criticism of some aspects of the generous pensions the members voted for themselves Some critics have referred to the federal MPs pension system as one of Canadas most irksome expenses It is irksome to taxpayers because it is neverending fund It is not pension for retiring older members at 65 or even 60 but begins when an MP retires or is defeated after only six years in office He may only be 29 or 30 years old in his working prime but from the day he retires as an MP he receives $100 week for life After 10 years he has this increased to $200 week and after 14 years it jumps to $300 Then at age 60 the pensions are indexed and increased with the cost of living It is real bonanza for an MP like Sean Sullivan who was elected in 1972 at the age of 20 By next year he can quit and go on to something else with his $100 per week guaranteed At age 35 he will be given $200 and at 39 $300 weekly Or take the case of the controversial MP from British Columbia John Reynolds who has announced he is resigning to accept higherpaying job in industry Although backbencher he still gets $36800 as an MP $11300 of it tax free Cabinet ministers opposition leaders and cabinet secretaries of course receive more the amounts varying Should Mr Reynolds go to that higher paying in dustrial job next year he would receive his $100 per week as retired MP as well There are few who object to reasonble pensions for he I1 servlng barrle and slmcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited l6 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Elia Agostlntpubtisher ADVERTISING 7266537 ClASSIFIEDS 7282414 older MPs who retire after long service but many Cana dians feel betrayed by the benefits that their MPs have heaped upon themselves especially at time when they are asked to sacrifice to deter inflation and when the cost of government is the heaviest burden in history Local control Dear Sir We were reading in the papers where amendments have been proposed to the On tario Municipal Act to allow councils to ex tend their terms to three years As ratepayer we feel there should be stronger protest to this proposal Where you have good council it doesnt really matter but it should be the voters who should be mak ing the decision not the councillors themselves It wasnt too many years ago that council terms were extended from one to two years We were told this would be an advantage in keeping more experienced councillors in of fice but it hasnt been reflected in the tax bills to ratepayers We realize of course that inflation has put up municipal costs as well as other prices But this is all the more reason for tightening the reins Vespra township followed oneyear terms until the change to two years became man datory and it didnt matter that much because we have always had conscientious councils But it should be the voters who should be making the choice as you suggested in re cent editorial ln Vespra acclamations were frequent but the annual presentation of township financial statements were ap preciated by ratepayers because it kept everyone interested posted on how their tax money was being spent There are some council who deserve three year terms But for others it would be mistake which could be costly to ratepayers Making such terms mandatory would be serious mistake TONCERNED TAXPAYER Downtown Regardiiigdow mow parking 11 seems all hear is that the dim nt ow businessmen are concerned about wanting people to shop and do their busineSs downtown Why should they The annoying experience had today may indicate why many dont fumbled for change and realized didnt have any look ed for meter maid not seeing any went into the bank and no more than two minutes went by when emerged wiili change and lo and behold young lady was writing ticket As asked her to hold on minute and tried to explain she hurriedly finished iiting and walked briskly aw Do they hide in doorways waiting for uii suspecting violators dont mind paying the line because ob viously broke violation but where has the OlliptlSsltitI and understanding gone ap we want letters to the editor pears shoppers dont have minutes grace to get change and Ive never heard of anyone asking for refund when the smallest change they have gives them an hour or so on meter and their business downl own has taken only 20 or 30 minutes The paragraph back of the summons that starts off We are mrryshould be stricken off because obviously no one is sorry If you want business downtown then do away with the meters You probably Would get more revenue from increased business than from parking violators and meters or Would you oncerned Minesing Resident Train whistles Dear Si Re Notes and commenlsof luly 10 am one of the juveniles running trains through Barrie and have been for over 30 years Those people running trains are using great restraint in the use of the engine whistle Barrie city council may stop the use of engine whistles by passing bylaw and hav ing it approved by the Board of lransport in the form of BTt order Sincerely yours Norman llowcrolt Congratulations Dear Sir Congratulations to espra Township Coun cil on the completion of their lighted ballpark in the lidhurst area Veapras youth will be the citiZens of tomorrow What better way can we train our youth than in organized sport where they learn early the taste of victory and the taste of defeat Each Contributes to the suceess of the individual Through the fine efforts of our council our boys and girls are given this chance to con tinue playing the game in excellent facilities on lighted ball field The two final games on Sunday night were Won by Minesing teams The winning pitchers Were local boysand at the conclusion of each game Reeve Alan Johnston and deputyvreeve George Biiie presented each members of the winning teams with medallion and the finalists with ribbons mementos of the llitroiiia Summer iaines Congratulations again to our espra coun cil on this very fine achievement Yours sincerely Stella Muir Your OPINION Squirrels mething on your mind Send us letter to the editor Please make it an original copy and sign it We dont publish unsigned letters although pen name will be used upon request Include your address and telephone number because we have to verify letters but we wont print your address should you prefer Weve found that short letters are the best read Because of space limitations public interest and good taste we sometimes have to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the editor run Wednesdays and Saturdays Send yours to bonus to the editor The Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ont MM 4T6 AAAA Dear Sir have recently moved to Barrie from the northland and am appalled to see so few black squirrels Are hunters robbing the of an inspiring spectacle so looked forward to thought younger people especially had serious thoughts on the subject of our ecology and were crying halt to the slaughter of wildlife Personally consider people who go out and kill for pleasure to be murderers Mrs Allison BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM Dave Henshaw managing editor Sean Finlay city editor andy McDonald sports editor Bill Curran county editor Bill McFarlane wire editor Roll Kraiker photographer SALESMEN Dan Gaynor Lyall Johnson Barb Boulton Dana Graham John Zarecky POR TE RS John Bruce Paul Delean Richard Dunstan Pat Guergis Scott Haskins Sheila McGovern Sue Routlitte CLASSIFIED Lesley Young Freda Shinner PGOOY Chapell ADVERTISING Len Sevlck manager Ruth Blais supervisor Karen Atkinson BUSINESS Marian Gouoh accountant Betty Armer Dorothy Bowland Gail McFarland Vikki Grant CIRCULATION Jon Butter manager David Jenkins asst manager Stew Royce Judy Hickey Alva LaPIante Elaine Porter Mara Scartt WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Published daily except statutory holidays Subscriptions WE EKLV by carrier YEARLY by carrier SIMCOE COUNTY MOTOR THROWOFF ELSEWHERE IN CANADA Sunday and 90cehts $4680 BY MAIL Barrie 680 Montreal $3650 $39 year $3850 year EX 9mjéR 77m Harry the HareGary the Ground HogNutsy the Squirrel Notes and comment By SEAN FINLAY City Editor The week started out badly at The Ex aminer Monday morning the coffee machine at the bus stop refused to work The newsroom working day starts at 730 for reporters Slightly earlier for senior ex ecutive staff most of whom have seen more sunrises that normal people have seen sunsets By 930 reporter Sheila McGovern was showing signs of withdrawal pains John Bruce stuck in the darkroom was heard to raise his voice Sports editor Randy McDonald mumbled discouraging word about jocks Managing Editor Dave llenshaw was reduced to apple juice For while it appeared The Examiner would not be published as twitching newsroom employees became more and more upset Finally McGovern teeth gritted against the pain went to the bus station to plead for coffee To no avail She returned in tears empty handed We pcrservcrcd The paper got out on time It was sometime in the afternoon before coffee was ready The hardy souls left in the newsroom Hy iticiiam DENSTAN Its too hot or was at the time of writing to spend the time and effort turning out col umn cirt icizing city council or promoting my religious beliefs or any of the other things usually do in this space Well take it easy this week Shanty Bay Road resident has done part of my work for me by sending me letter complaining of two dangerous curves on city streets The writer who doesnt want his name mentioned is hoping others will write to complain about these and other spots ne of his complaints concerns the right hand turn one has to make going east on Lakeshore Drive and continuing on Siincoe Street TWo or three concrete paving curbs are sticking out too far and most drivers turn wide to avoid them thus going over the white line he says Theres lots of room to push them back and make gradual curve That problem wont last long since the Lakesliore extension to Muleaster is due to go in shortly and most drivers will go east on Lakeshore avoiding that right turn altogether The other complaint involves the eastbound curve on DunlopBlake as it passes the Bayclub Most drivers the writer says go over the line on that one too he suggests tak ing 20 feet off the lawn in front of the nearby senior citizen apartment to make gadual curve THE NOTORIOUS PETAL POTATO GANG bought gallons of the stuff and drank All was right with the world again But please bus stop people dont ever do that again Never Ever Con test Any good city editor tlook no further look no further plans coverage of events ahead Of time By checking through my file system which only myself and an aging professor of Mayan dialects can understand see it is almost time for the Grass Roots Concert The Examiner covered it last year in the person of reporter Richard Dunstan now scr ving time on the city hall beat There was some controversy about our coverage of thc Grass Roots concert last year with Dunstan accused of being jock reporter not believing in Canadian music and deridcd for mentioning things such as beer bottles on the ground and marijuana So this year to avoid these charges the Grass Roots Reporter Contest The entry rules are knowledge and belief in Canadian music demonstrated by knowing the lyriCs of five Gordon Lightfoot songs the tunes to seven Paul Anka hits the tunes and lyrics of nine Don Messer songs the history of step dancing in the Ottawa Valley and ownership of at least one wellplayed Bobby Gimby album Personally Ive never had any problem either place but maybe Im lucky or something Any comments folks The truth has finally come out about City all Its contained in document prepared by certain city officials in honor of the depart ore of planning board member and it contains some interesting insights Asample municipal government being democratic institution is heavily advised by bizarre assortment of undemocratic committees and staff members which would make the Byzantine imperial court appear rather straightforward setup in comparison The membership of the Barrie planning board numbers nine all of them skilful in their respective fields none of which is plamiing members are paid $25 per meeting or per sensible comment whichever is more The mayor and aldermen are extremely nice people and the writer shall refrain from criticism for fear of being fired The municipal staff comprises that swarm of people who generally cant get work elsewhere They range from city ad ininistrator Gerry Tamblyn with his numerous degrees to public works employees who play chicken in school crossing zones The staff is usually characterized by its unfailing ability to screw up reports lose memos and fudge Beach nudity within years is even predicted for Barrie demonstrated ability not to be able to smell marijuana or failing that the ability to say when marijuana is melt Gee smell the incense the physical attribute of always looking st raight ahead so as not to see beer bottles on the ground ithe lack of involvement at any time in any sort of activity which could lead to being called jock reporter Everyone knows that anyone who has been involved in jock tivities is totally unfit to cover any sort of cultural event prediction Spent as did most of Barrie as much time on the beach as possible this past week From that prediction Nude bathing wil be commonplace in Bar rie wthin five years Bathing suits male and female no longer are made to cover up that which some think should be covered Bathing suits for the most part dont even suggest anything any more They just reveal And people are just going to say why spend $20 on bathing suit which reveals as much as wearing nothing reveals The next step is nudity on the beaches Within five years You heard it here first Document about city hall has interesting insights minutes These abilities are even more highly evolved in that component of the staff termed the administration and they are accorded higher salaries as consv quence There are other things in the document too like reference to certain official who has held his post since the rccchion of the last ice age The report is priceless and cant resist sharing its highlights with our readers but Im bit nervous about it someone out there as surely as death and taxes will not realize that the document was intended as joke and will write council an angry letter demanding wholesale dismissals Oh well POSTSCRIPTS By the time this appears will be one step closer to the day when no longer have to mention that Im Yank My citizenship hearing was Friday and they say it only takes matter of weeks to get final status after that Thats unless Sean Finlay Sheila McGovern Dave Henshaw and others make good on their frequent threats to file ob ections to my naturalization Im as near to olding my breath as anyone can be for that length of time And did ever tell you why Germanspeaking students of the German philosopher lmmanueal Kant read his works in English translation Because he wrote in archaic hardtounderstand German and everyone knows we Kant have archaic and eat it too The Examiner is member at The Canadian Press CF and Audit Bureau oi Circula tions ABC only The Canadian Press may republish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence France Presse and local news stories published in The Examiner The Barr Examiner claims copyright on all original news and advertising material created by its employees and published in this newspaper Copyright registration number 203815 register at National advertising otiices 65 Queen St Toronto 8641710 640 Cathcart St The advertiser agrees that the publisher shalt not be liable tor damages arising but of errors in advertisements beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred whether such error is due to the negligence 01 its servants or otherwise and there shall be no liabilitv I0 noninsertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid tor such advertisement Fora seasons Steamy side of living By TRAYNOR NIIIAII At first it was only faint rustling ot the leaves outside the window then it became pleasant roar and the night wind had com pleted its mission The 13 days of the Great lleat wasover It was the night of Iuly 2o 21 and great was the rejoicing Subdued cheers sounded from raspy throats soddcn pillows and bedslieets were thrown from windows and the populace was able to hug one another again without retreating Highway accident figures tell to normal frayed tempers were hemstitched shirts were once more worn for two days in row and the sale of detergents fell The aforementioned wind came as stated with mighty whoosh it filtered through screen windows up stair wells and into livingrooms kitchens and bedrooms Those in the latter were awakened from an uneasy steamy slumber and smiles swept sleeppuffed faces as the breeze louiid it way underneath covering sheets sending sensuous waves of cool over dehydrated forins Thousands of grunts of satisfaction preced ed the cheers and man and woman once more engaged in friendly conversation Dogs again chased cats and cats went after the mice population Motorists once more abandoned their shouts of wrath to one another and reverted to veritible whispers of anger Annexation expriopriation and property taxes came into their own again in everyday life Ice cream stayed firm ice cubes stopped melting and parasols ended up in the gar bagc People on the streets greeted one another with wild cries of tiehumidified delight and bus drivers said hi when passengers entered their vehicles For such marked the end of The 13 Days of the Great llcat Strangely enough everyone seemed to forget that frigid winter was just around the corner Canadas story PE once lottery prize By BOB BOWMAN Today is landmark in Prince Edward Islands history because on luly 23 1767 it was the prize in lottery Prince Edward Island was then called Island of St John and had been gained from France by the Treaty of Paris in 1703 The Earl of Egmom had tried to obtain the island as private grant but his request was rejec tcd He had planned to be the Lord Paramount and Would have divided his land among 40 apital Lords 400 Lords of the Manor and 800 Fieeholders They were going to build castles surroun ded by moats and armed with cannons In case of an attack on any part of the island cannon would be tired so it would be heard by the next castle and then the next would fire and in this way the alarm would be relayed so the entire population would be alerted Although Egmonts idea was rejected it was decided to do something Similar The island was divided into districts and put up for lottery Those taking part were army and navy officers and other public servants who felt they deserved awards One of the lucky winners was aptain Waller Patterson who became the first gover nor The lottery proved to be great handicap to the development of Prince Edward Island as it was called after 1795 The absentee lan dlords neglected their holdings and it was not possible to get rid of them until 1873 when Prince Edward Island joined anada The claims of the landlords and their heirs were extinguished by series of landpurchase ac ts OTHER JULY 23 EVENTS ItiLiLord Baltimore brought colonists to Newfoundland limitCharles LaTour and son were granted part of Acadia 1701Cadillac founded Detroit then part of Canada mittThe Act of Union united Upper and Lower Canada effective 1841 nanManitoba voted for prohibition but it was not put into effect SILTThe Prince of Wales late Duke of Windsor Prince George and Prime Minister Baldwin sailed from Britain to visit Canada ltiIIThe Canadian Army began operations in Normandy as separate loree bible thought And he denied it again And little after they that stood by said again to Peter Surely thou art one of them for thou art Galilean and thy speech agreeth thereto But he began to course and to swear saying know not his man of whom ye all Like so many us he wanted so much to be friaid of God but the old flesh wanted to be one of the boys The result then and al ways he wound up as one of the crowd and not on the side of Christ He forgave that He forgives now with new start and strength to lgo with it