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STEVE JANES Only the strong suryiie Sometimes as Sllul0 slow sleigh By RICHARD DUNSIAN Examiner Staff Reporter Are winter tourists an im portant source of retail dollars in Barrie It depends on whom you talk to and what youre talking about market analysis by con sultants working on the citys 361000 core area revitaliwtion study says winter sales to tourists are so negligible that they cannot be incorporated in sales forecasts The statementvalong with some others in the analysisvhas drawn protests from number of people who find the consultants can slusioiis hard to believe Steve Janes project manager for the core study says part of the problem results from misunderstanding of the market analysis The analysis deals only with sales of food excluding wt Watch out below BOYD ROBERTSON is no excuse on the hill at Suiinidale lark Id Darren Ball discovered the challenge of an icy hill is nothing compared to the excitement that awaits you hen the ride is over lle got an unexpected jolt from tobogganners Marianne Burden and Lori Ball 12 Examiner Photo PermaShine to offer longlasting shine For Don Richardson the new year will mean new business in an old location His PermaShine franchise operation offering perma nent wax job guaranteed to last as long as the customer owns his car will open Tuesday at 13 High St tcorner of Sirncoe Street For Richardson Barrie native the event marks return to his home town after 17year absence Richardson 41 is former Examiner advertising salesman who left Barrie to take similar job in Gait rnow Cambridgei He was later advertising manager for the Listowel Banner and served for the past five years as stock control manager for Burns foods in Kitchener Now he works for himself Earlier this year Richardson read newspaper story about newlyinvented process which eliminates the need for repeated waxing of cars He had ready access to the PermaShine firms operatons vicepresident the two mens DON RICHARDSth sons played hockey together and decided to seek the Barrie franchise We this wife Patricia and himself have missed Barrie l1 says Both of our families are from this area There were other reasons too Being selfemployrd had its attractions he says and the franchises that have been opened to date tabout lit in tario plus growing number In other provnicrxs and states are all quite successful Richardson and one assistant Ross Thandler his nephew of Harrie will handle the operation at first but Richard son hopes business volume will require staff expansion soon Both Richardson and Thandlcr have taken twoweek training course at leimaShine head quarters in Cambridge The operation will open without fanfare with 830 to pm as initial business hours An official grand opening may be held later in January The Richardson family Mrs Richardson Jim 18 Don na 16 and John 14 will move to Barrie from Kitchener at the end of the school year Jim currently completing Grade 13 is scheduled to join the business at that time Mrs Richardson is secretary treasurer of the franchise Provides permanent wax job What is PermaShine anyhow Its secret process invented by Cambridge manto provide permanent wax job for cars boats and other painted ob jects Never wax your car again literature for the process pro mises and Don Richardson owner of the new Barrie PermaShine franchise says the promise is backed up with written guarantee providing for free second job if the shine fails while the customer owns the car Chemical engineer Dave Bcr ta says he spent five years $150000 and thousands of failures looking for mix which would penetrate paint to sur round each molecule with pro tective barrier against sun saltand air pollution Berta and auto specialist John Pasqua partner have operated PermaShine business in Cam CONTACT ENSES $I 79°° Mutton gotflood or BETTER VISIO ®pLICOI bridge since 191 and have sold about 30 franchises across 0n tario with others in other parts of Canada and in the United States Richardson Perma shine job will cost for standardsize car more for van or other large vehicle less frx small car and will take to three haurs of actual work to complete The procedure requires thorot gh cleaning of the cars surface and removal of shallow scratches With the aid of special compound The PermaShine formula is ap plied with rag and buffed Barrie CoOp Midgets Sweden Midgets Tuesday January 800 PM DUNIOP STREET ARENA ADMISSION $2 Adult $1 Student total of cleaning and polishing procedures are in volvcd Richardson will also offer PermGuard process which protects car interiors and costs $1 interior shampoos engine cleanups and new car cleanups fordcalers He also hoes to bring in equipment to andle boats and even airplanes Vehicles need not be new to benefit from lermaShine Richardson says did my own car ta 1974 Oldsmobile and its amazing how it comes out he says restaurant salesand departmentstoretype merc handise broad category ranging from shoes to television sets 1t excludes not only restaurants and bar sales but hotel and motel business ski resort income and other areas heavilyinfluenced by winter tourists The skiers arent buying their shoes in Barrie says Janes TOURIST SPENDING The survey also leaves out indirect tourist spending on frxxi and department store merchandise Only the money actually paid for such mer chandise by tourists is involved in the analysis money brought to town by tourists spent at ski resorts or motels and spent again by hotel or resort em ployees on shoes or food is not included AIKII BROWN Guilty pleas are submitted Two Barrie men held in custody since Oct 27 after be ing charged in connection with an armed robbery at the Clarkson Hotel pleaded guilty Friday in provincial court Brock Whyte 28 pleaded guilty to charge of carrying concealed weapon while Mar shall McGratton 23 pleaded guilty to charge of armed rot bery The two were charged after police were called to the hotel at about 1035 pm Oct 27 with report that two men had pull at gun on third man and had taken small amount of cash from him Assistant crown attorney Tom Cleary told Judge Norman Nadeau McGratton arid Whyte confronted James Wakelin in the hotel and McGratton asked him to buy them drinks When Wakelin refused and protested McGratton pulled an air pistol from his coat and minted it at Wakelins head said Cleary Cleary told Judge Nadeau Wakelin then bought the drinks and McGratton lay the pistol on the table Wliyte was seen con cealing it in his pants Police arrested Whyte at the scene and arrested McGratton Oct fit The assistant crown attorney asked for substantial punish ment for both despite the small amount of cash involved and the fact the gun wasnt real It was closed so no one could tell whether it was loaded or not and it was big enough to be convincing he said after the court appearance Judge Nadcau sentenced Whyte to three months in jail consecutive to time he is now serving on other charges after recognizing he has already spent two months in jail awaiting sentence He postponed McGrattons sentencing until Feb after ordering pctsentence report McGratton also pleaded guill ty to charge of break enter and theft laid in connection with an incident Oct at Stationary and Gifts on Dunlop Street Cleary said McGratton ad mitted to kicking in glass win dow at the store and taking two soapstone carvings and silver tray He will be sentenced on the second charge Fcb Barrie first stop on ministers tour Larry Crossman minister of consumer and commercial mlatioiisvill be in Barrie on Jan 16 to outline the ministrys priorities for the New Year and to respond to questions from members of the Barrie com munity Harrie will be the first stop in his monthJong tour of it tariocities Special session Another focus for women ses sion will be held at the YM YWCA Grove Street each Fri day afternoon in January from to pm beginning Friday The goal of the program is to help women develop more positive attitudes towards themselves and their chosen roles The discussion will centre on time management goallt setting selfvawareness and motivation All women are welcome Babysitting is available at the at cost of $1 session The ministry of consumer and commercial relations is anxious to respond to the needs of Ontario consumers and the business community said Grossman in letter to those in vited to the meeting at the lloli day Inn Local issues the niinislry is able to identify prior to the meeting and issues voiced dur ing the meeting will be discuss ed by the minister Toronto spikesman for the ministry said Friday The charge is often made that with the government seat in Toronto the outlying corti munities dont really know whats happening here and that we dont know whats happen ing there he said The tour will allow coni munities to express their con cerns so they can be dealt with It will also allow the new minister to meet his field staff in various cities He said between 150 and 200 community members are in vited to attend These are local officials and 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dont recognize Boyd Robertson managing director of the Huronia Tourist Association said the analysis conclusions on winter tourism are patently ridiculous Winter activity has tremendous impact on the economy he says If you took that away there wouldnt be person in Barrie that wouldnt feel it all us Al 1lfi i77Iti45 RuskinRobbins makes thc licst ice crcani in the whole world Wc really bclicit this lltl you could own onc of thc mritlcrtiil stores that sclls this grclit icc Lfkflllll If youd Iikc to make it cry good ll ing making pcoplc happy Ask for the franchise manager Even restricting the debate to direct tourist spending doesnt change the picture he saysThe vacationers come into Barrie for supplies Barrie is the mid basket and the distribution centre Janes says consultants got their information from discussions with retailers and some retailers support the conclusions of the market analysis IMPACT LESS Certainly twinter tourist spending is not as great an impact as the summer tourists says Arthur Webb manager of Sears at Georgian Mall It is not significant part of the winter business Norm Heskcth owner of Norman Family Shoes in downtown Barrie agrees with Janes that winter tourists arent big shoe customers the examiner Saturday Doc 31 197 Winter tourism important to Barri NORMAN IIESKIITII COMING Sofie BASKINROBBINS ICE CREAM STORE IN BARRIE It could be yours To Extended Health Care These employees now have the added bene fits of extra health and their families Health Care Plan protection for themselves Blue Cross Extended EHC provides protection against health ser vices not covered by the basic government health plan coverage for such items as pre scription drugs private nursing and private room accommodation in hospital In addition EHC can be tailored to meet the needs of any employee group 3247 ONTARIO Graeme Hingston 659 King Street East Sutte 208 Kitchener Ontario NQG 9M4 519 5784700 Theres always the odd one but wouldnt say it was big thing Hesketh says Kenneth Firth general manager of the downtown Woolworth store says tourism in general is more important to sales than the analysis suggests but not as high as people would like to believe As for winter tourists he says skiers are not big shoppers They consume food and drink and ski tow tickets Dan Nelson manager of Miracle Food Mart at Bayfield Mall says tourists are not major source of sales in his store during the winter and the store gets far fewer outoftown cheques in winter than in summer However he says outof towners visiting Barrie residents are indirectly the source of increased food sales to their hosts fiiii RuskinRobbins Regional Office OHS Airport Road Mrilton Ontario l4Vl Ell Ilttilic 677 45 BASKINRDBBINS iii citriii STORES BaskinRobbins 1977 IullHL rirriiilirrt gt As your Ontario Blue Cross representative am pleased to add my personal welcome and look forward to serving you along With the many others in this region already enjoying the protection of variety of Blue 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