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Toured by council members Ten members of city coun eil toured the old Collier Street firehall Friday and most came away shaking their heads at the condition of the building Pretty grim was Ald Nelson Garretts description of the buildings interior With its missing partitions broken windows and floors covered with pigeon dropp ings down proposed firstphase restoration contract in August and is now awaiting submission of proposals for restoring and operating the building as private bus iness on longterm lease Proposals are due Dec but the mayor says he wants the building checked by structural engineer before that and hopes to discuss the issue with council members at special general commit tee session after Mondays council meeting He said check should cost about $500 if structural engineer Alan Zeegen who is familiar with the building is called in Ald Janice Laking pro ponent of the arts centre pro ject said she found the buildings condition upset ting but still believes the project has future She said the missing parti tions and other evidence of halfsfinished work stem from councils decision to turn Mayor Ross Archer wants to call in structural engineer to see if the building can survive the coming winter without the roof cav ing in from the weight of snow or the foundation shif ting from ground frost However the tour failed to turn up any obvious evidence of significant structural defects The building was schedul ed for restoration as city arts centre but council voted Demonstration fizzles demonstration against the welfare office of city hall Friday drew reaction ranging from hostility to wami support Leanne Burke 19 led the demonstration in front of the municipal building on Collier Street to protest what she claims to be improper treatment when she recently applied for welfare assistance The group stopped about dozen people passing the office to explain their case Most were sympathetic but would not stop to demonstrate Several friends joined the group for few minutes and several other young people were persuaded to hold signs for few minutes At least five persons driving past or walking through the group were critical of the effort Two older women who brush ed quickly past the demonstrators said that they had worked all their lives and suggested that Burke go get job One man told Burke that most persons lose patience with welfare complaints when they see all those young people hanging around hotels spending their money on beer TheyI should really be home looking after the kids and keeping groceries in the icebox Three persons walking by said they couldnt stop to help because they were searching for iobs Lynne Smith 19yearold office worker from Wyevale said that shed been laid off her Barrie job several weeks ago when orders at the business began to drop off She said shes been looking for work since then Old firehall pretty grim Wt fist unfinished she said Ald Garrett who has op posed the arts centre project said the buildings current appearance turned me off more noted was some loose tem building Ald Thompson said the wal ported by the roof ALD NELSON GARRETT for the arts centre prOJect council this year but says he is not emotional about the down the restoration con tract Removal of the partitions was done under federal Local Initiatives Program grant to help reduce the cost project will be interested in oper ating the building Shed run across number of openings Smith said but all re quired applicants with more experience Burke says that during two visits to the welfare offices at city hall she was treated with disrespect made to feel cheap and accused of lying to get money from the city She also said that she got no satisfaction from either welfare adminstrator Steve Hines or mayor Ross Archer Hines has said that the woman was only refused welfare at the time of her visit because she refused to answer questions that he was required to ask In addition Hines said that Burke refused to apply for the unemployment benefits for which she is eligible At pm when the hundreds of people that the picketers had expected to join them failed to show the demonstration which began about 10 am was cancelled Im glad that we went through with it At least it shows that we were right If we hadnt been here people would think that the welfare department is right Burke said Its just too bad that it all the protest failed guess lot of people are afraid of the publicity even if they do support us Burke may be planning trip to Hamilton where she has brother who has offered her room for two weeks while she hunts for job dont want to leave Barrie though lived here all my life and it seems funny that you have to leave town just because theres no work she said Me ct Brent Wear Tire Builder in Mansfield New homeowner ruuaia Brent tar and their daughter Amanda Well we alzcays zcantcd in Letitia Heights We think youll be surprised down look like cracker of restoration and the work was not intended to be left 23 Ald Ed Thompson said the firehall is mess but the only structural problem he porary roof beams on an ad dition at the rear of the The beams were installed this summer in an attempt to help brace the rear wall after the roof was removed but was not built to be sup Ald Thompson has voted All three aldermen said they doubt private enterprise place of our own We were paying 30 month to rent house which is crazy The money zcas just going out thc door We sazc the advertisement in the paper It mentioned lorc cost housing so 708 came up to see They cerc bigger than ZLC hoped We zccrc really amazed when we moved in We zccrc by here wry often zchilc they zccrc building and started thinking hou small cecrvthing looked We couldn believe it when we moicd ourfurniture in hch big ctcrvthing looked And they zccrc lot betlar built than 70c anticipated They told us they were really sound proofand we thought ZLLll you knorc maybe they arc just hoped roe didn get next door to an older couple Weve got baby And she cries But uc only hcardfroni them once and theyre only heard from us once and thats zchcn we were hanging pictures We were really amazed because iceigurcd we were going to hate to tread around quietly And the lots are terrific We didn knozc about the trees We were really surprised Especially when they put doun the sod It looked like the place had been here for yea rs and yea rs too With our affordable price Our quality And our variety Our six builders Bayticld Ihapclton Chieftain North Haven Strathmorc and White hall oiicr wide range of detached semidetached link singles link semis and street townhomcs In many types and styles With good selection priced from $39000 and down under the AHOIVHOMIE program And larger more luxurious units from $49000 and up SALES OFFICE LOCATIONS boxes So many subdirixirnis you go into you see 35 houses all cyactly the sanic aybc painted different colours but exactly the some all in roux Drop by our sales otiiccs this weekend and take look around We think youll tch the same way too UJNlll Hit Straitmuur Mill llllllA Slltlll Minibudget Bnohn minibudget announced this week by Jean Chretien federal finance mirister drew little praise from business and labor leaders contacted by The Examiner Friday Dave Blenkarn president of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce said wage controls should stay in place to help in crease Canadas productivity per dollar And Bob Dennis vicepres ident of the Barrie and District Labor Council said proposed personal income tax cut is too small and will come at the wrong time Blenkam stressing that he speaks only for himself not for the chamber said he firmly believes in wage controls which will be gradually abolish SIIOP HOMI SERVICE Drai Reupholstering SOFA CHAIR TER0RS DUAUTY 7265400 ltlisall toms little as 7770 ed begnning April 14 under Chretiens proposals Personally wish theyd freeze everybodys pay in cluding mine he said Weve got to start producing little more in this country and expec ting little 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