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iI Architectpla iiner ack Diamond left businessman Sam ancilla discuss city core revitalization efforts after Wednesdays public meeting on the citys core and downtown area study About it turned out for the meeting one of five to be held during the sevenmonth study of the core area Examiner Photo Downtown redevelopment Enthusiasm for the idea evident at first meeting By RICHARD DLNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter crowd of about it turned out for lively twohour meeting at Hillcrest School Wednesday as Barries core area revitalization study went to the public for the first time And if agreement on how to rejuvenate the citys core was lacking enthusiasm for the task was not Opinions differed as to whether the burden of revitalization should lie with City Hall or with property owners and even the need for the $61000 revitalization study was called into question Downtown landowner and merchant Sam Cancilla drew applause when he called on city council to stop putting off such tasks as completion of proposed lakeshore parkland develop merit between Bayfield and Mulcaster streets while com missioning study he said could be waste of time and money Sunnidale Community Centre Businessmen group representatives and private citizens of all ages and descriptions are invited All members need is willingness to meet regularly probably every two weeks or so and take their work seriously The core area to be discussed by the committee takes in not only the downtown business district but the lakeshore from the lnnsifil Township border to Kempenfelt Park the Essa Road business district and surrounding residential and industrial areas stretching as far as Highway 400 to supply fuel Publicinpuf being sought What would YOU like to see happen in Barries core area City Council planning board the citys core study com mittee and consultants studying core revitalization are all looking for residents to contribute to the current core study citizens advisory committee is being formed to give groups and individuals chance to put word in and anyone who would like to join is welcome to attend the com mittees first meeting to be held at 730 pm Wednesday at Lets not dream so much hesaid lets doa little bit WILL BE IEANUTS But architect and planner Jack Diamond head of one of two firms involved in the study said the cost of the study will be peanuts compared to the benefits it will provide to businessmen and to residents in general He said the study will look at possible improvements to city property as well as to private land and buildings He said sug gestions concerning private property will be accepted bet ter from independent con sultants than from local businessmen Mayor Ross Archer stressed the importance of private effort and money in the revitalization program We dont have money bag nor an open cash register he said The implementation will be done by the property owners themselves to separate schools BP Of Canada Ltd will again be supplying the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board with fuel oil in the 19Tl78 school year The board agreed Wednesday to accept BPs tender price of 39 and 396 cents per gallon the higher price applying to schools in Midland and area BP which is the boards pre sent supplier submitted the lowest of nine tenders said fuel oil committee chairman Lloyd LaPlume The price accepted is not fix ed LaPlume said an escalation clause allows for any general price increase to be added on to the base gallon rate Last years base rate was 33 cents gallon The boards 1977 budget pro jocts fuel oil expense of $65000 The tab for 1976 amounted to 33627 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WORK TOGETHER IN SMALL SEMINARS small private school where boys and girls guides three to thirteen receive an education and go on to University lccr pressures are resisted and emphasis is brisk and backtobasic Horsemanship boating sailing and gymnastics Capable students can now get grade thirteen in five months through our semestered full credit CUU ISCS MIDHURST COLLEGEMIDHURST ONT LOI 1X0 PHONE 7057269685 More than dozen businessmen and residents volunteered before and during the meeting to serve on citizens advisory committee which will meet for the first time next week The committee will meet with consultants and advise the citys core study committee chaired by Aid Del Cole Cancilla also expressed skep ticism over the fact that the citizens advisory committees advice will have to pass through the core study commit tee and planning board to get to city council Red Riding Hood never had such hazardous journey he said But Kevin Garland woman with Diamonds firm who is in charge of public participation in the study said council will have to be sensitive to the com mittees views if committee members do their job of involv ing the whole community in their work Without public participa tion were not going to go anywhere Steven Janos pro joct manager for the study told the audience Diamond showed slides of the results of revitalization and restoration projects in other cities plus slides illustrating Barrios problem areas and potential He said downtown Barrie has stunning location and buildings of amazing cluiracter but needs to find ways to take advantage of these assets instead of ignoring them or working against them PREPARE T0 ADVISE He said the consultants have not yet come up Wllh proposed solutions but are prepared if necessary to advise private lair Girls and Boys NW ROSS ARCHER no money bag downers on any work they may wish to do Whllt thc sewn month study progresses All of those efforts if they are dirutcd are much llltlrt than the sum of the parts he said onsultaiits Janus firm James Maciarcn Ltd and Diamonds firm Diamond Planners Ltd both of Toronto an currently gathering data on land use IIIilll space socio economic conditions shopping habits and other topics invol id in the study and wle have results ready for tllt next public meeting set for Sept ll lhc drafting of alternative recommendations VHll follow There are to be thru further public meetings and the teams final report is to be presented in February YES NOW NAME ADDRESS could be alifornia girls snow and modelling Rolf No layoffs planned at CGE plant Scheduled layoffs of about 200 workers Lit anadian General Elutncs Ieterborough plant will have no impact at all in Barrie tliff Macrayden reltons manager at the Barrie plant said Wednesday He said no layoffs are plannr ed in Barrie Macraydcn said heavy clcc trical apparatus manufactur ing at the lctcrlmrough plant is completely unrelated to the housewares manufacturing operation in Barrie The lcterlxirough layoffs are blamed primarily on poor business conditions and in par ticular the probable loss of major contract ith thi gm lllllltlll of Pakistan due to political unrest ii that country Miclaydcn said the Barrie plant currently employs about Still figure ht said is likely to remain fairly stable with minor fluctuations to the end of the year Moss ll ll lltllII Spannh Moss really kind of lltlitll often called lwiird Lichirl CLIP COUPON AND MAIL TODAY WANT TO EARN MY VERY OWN REGULAR WEEKLY INCOME ENTER MY NAME AS CARRIER AGE PHONENO PARENT SIGNATURE THE EXAMINER 16 BAYFIELD $1 BARRIE 7266537 Join the over l0 carriers earnIng their very own regular weekly income APPLY NOW Make sure your application Is on file now Well call you when route Is avallable In your area Dont be left out thle others earn regular Income Get In on the action act now Phone 7266537 Earn weekly summer income Prizes too Summer routes are now available in all Examiner areas Theres lot of advantages in being newspaper carrier the examiner serving barrio and slmcoe county the examiner girl if the exuniner Thusdgy Acnguft 18 1977 73 Cookstown Fair without grant BARCLAY Staff The stable voted in favor of the Cookstown Agricultural Society grant will not get grant mm In He said there arenofall fairs nisfil Township cover costs of the annual Cookstown Fair Township councils commit tee of the whole Wednesday night voted against grant this year because it was not includ ed in the budget estimates Reeve Williams Gibbins said the finance committee did not include the Cookstown grant in the budget because of new township policy not to give grants to groups which receive grants from Simcoe County The only exception to the policy is the St John Am bulance Gibbins said because if municiaplity doesnt sup port the St John Ambulance then you dont get any service the Cookstown Agricultural Society got 5250 from lnnisfil last year DeputyReeve Blake Con this year to in Bradford and Alliston anymore and unless the municipalities support Cookstown there may not be one there much longer He also said agricultural municipalities such as lnnisfil Township should support agricultural fairs wherever possible If they dont get support from agricultural municipalities for an agricultural fair he said then there doesnt seem to be much point in having it The societys 1976 financial statement showed They could we the help he added Coun Kathe Jans voted against the grant asking Con stable Where are we going to get the money if the grant was approved RENTACAR AND TRUCK SERVICE RATES DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY YEARLY ORILLIA 93 COMMERCE RD BARRIE 341 BAYFIELD ST The Beach Boys made good point some years back when they chanted wish they all years ago was Barries gain The 20yearold secretary enjoys skiing on both water and 705 3266485 705 7370800 Examiner iirl Dianne iutlirie used to be Californias loss six JERRY SMITH IlM RAWN Kraiker Photo Featuring Chevrolets androther fine cars Come to the BARRIE FAI Tues August 23rd Sat August 27th Opening Night The Dottie West Show and Homer Jethro pm Free Admission admission to fair grounds includes all grandstand shows OTHER GRANDSTAND SHOWS pm Horness Racing Wed Aug 24 Sat 27 The TransCanada Hell Drivers Thurs Aug 25 Conodion Greyhound Racing Fri Aug 26 Doin Horse livestock Show and Arts Croft Shows KIDS DAYfl ON THE MIDWAY Opening Day Tues Aug 23 RIDES AT REDUCED RATES Miss Dorrie Fair Contest Tues at 730 pm FOR DETAILED usr or EVENTS SEE THE FAIR PAGES IN EXAMINER MONDAY AUGUST 22nd