Credit service finds way to raise funds The SnncoeGeorgian Hay Credit ounselling Servue believes it has solved its llllilll cial woes lhe serwce is introducing creditors SIlt tee o1 eight per cent bank or tinance company receivnig $10 pay ment must pay serVice chargeol tltitents redit counselling is non protil organization designed to help people get themselves out 01 debt Sixty per cent o1 its lunds come troni the provnicial government and the remaining 40 per cent must be raised by the serVice 1n the past the local serVIce has had problems raising the additional lunds but organixers htpllltllllltlllIllllllltlIlOSl it these problems Fund raising eltorts Will be continued but on liiiiited basis It is intended that the creditors bentlilting troni the CCS Will support the serVice in direct relation to the benelit each receives said ltoger atley linance chairman Mr tiatley stressed that peo ple using the serVice Will not be charged anything NOIAKEOVER With the new lee levy the serVice Will end its discussions Willi the Snneoe ounty hil drens Aid Society he said The two agencies were discussing possible takeover ol the counselling serVice by the Tliildrens Aid Society but discussions were iiitornial Mr Oatleysaid llie StIVl Will continue to cooperate With the hildrens Aid Society Since 1074 the serch has handled tlltl cases helping With budgets or prorating debts lijducational programs were presented to schools and other groups total debt ol $41041057 has been considered and $408059 tias been paid to creditors LOCAL GENERAL NO IiAIE SEI No date has been set tor the ollicial opening 01 the new tederal ollice budding under construction at the corner o1 Worsley and Owen Streets Les Mondich at Public Works Canada said construction is procewting on schedule and the building should be completed by midMarch MAYOR OI WEEK folleen lunlop 14 tirade ll student at St Marys School was sworn in Monday as liar ries student mayor ol the week AMENOMENI City council has approved an ollicial plan amendment changing lroni industrial to residential the designation on 10 acres 01 land soutli at Little Avenue near the tracks Maxuie Holdings plans to put 103 townhouses on the site AOlNlS ity council approved pay menl accounts totalling $2380858 Monday at its tirst regular liusmess meeting it 1977 WlliEN ROADS Bylaws accepting Illtoot road Widening dethcations lrom serVIce station on Little Avenue and subdiVision on Sunnidale ltoad were approved Monday at ctty council lltAliliK BYLAW City council amended Bar ries tratlic bylaw Monday to prohibit parking on the south side 01 Bernick 1rive trom luckworth to SyIVIa and to outlaw heavy vehicles on Glen wood Drive RELEASE LANI Barrie Council has voted to release any interest it may have 111 small pieces ol property on lluronia Road belonging to Victor 11 llelton and to William and Marie Mason City clerk lien Strauglian said that owmg to survey discrepancy the City had paper title to lew leet 01 land which actually lorm part 01 the lielton and Mason holdings SUBDIVISION City council approved Mon day rezoning bylaw lor the Sardine subdivision at the end 01 Letitia Street The subdiVi SIOII Will proVide about 750 units including detached and semi detached homes and town houses according to city ot heials TERMINAL City councu has directed Hick Bates zoning admin istrator and acting planning director to investigate bus terminal Ald Nelson Garret said Monday appears to be operating illegally on upper Baylield Street Ald Garrett said zoning does not permit bus terminals Mr Bates said he had heard nothing ot the opera tion POLLUTION ONIROL City council voted Monday to authorize an agreement With Gore and Storrie Ltd Torontobased engineering lirin tor alterations to the ei tys water pollution control cen tre The work to cost about $490000 Will con5ist ot new secondstage digestor and an expansmn ot the air supply system Snow fun The heavy snowlall in the Barrie area meant only one thing to many people who had yesterday on trom work or school tun Across the City people took to toboggans crosscountry skis and snowshoes ABOVE LEIT Mike Iron Slde lelt took number 01 youngsters lrom the John Boscoe Home tor Boys in Barrie to the hill at Hillcrest Public School tor some tobogganing AT LEFT Mike took his own turn down the hill but wasnt always successlul at completing his ride as some ot the other boys BELOW LEFT On Grove Street three boys lound shovelling snow in driveways way to spend the atternoon alter many Barrie schools suspended classes Dean liranchetto Randy and Dale Ethier had trouble making the shovelling look like hard work ABOVE ltIOllI Elliott Eoliska 13 and Alan Mulliii 15 spent lucsday alteriiooii walking about tour miles through the snow The two EastView Secondary School students used snowshoes to travel across the tields east 01 bClitrul belore returning home alonglllakeStreet AT RIOIII hris Small 18 another EastView student tound quwker and easier way through the snow on Steele Street crosscountry skis Examiner photos by lioll Kraiker and Peter Delodestai School board inaugural lhe Simcoe ounty Board 01 Education holds its inaugural meeting tonight in Barrie The board meets at pm in the Education entre on Ferris Lane The trustees Will election new chairman and chairman ol the board tor one year terms The present chair man is William Brown ot Urillia The school board Will also ap poml members to serve on the Frenchlanguage adVisory committee adVIsory voca tional committee adVisory committee on schools tor trainable retarded children and other area committees and ad hoc committees The board Will also consuler caleteria tenders tor its schools and borrowmg bylaw tor current expenditures Visitors win at Thornton THORNTON Visuing teams lrom Beeton won two 01 three games in minor hockey action at lhornton luesday lhorntons Emory Miller bantams bowed 72 and Bill Uethons midgets were edged $1 The only lhornton Winners luesday were the Cairns peewees who blanked Beeton lodd Ferrier earned the shutout Owen Sponagle Roger Gibson and Mike Sw1tzer scored tor Cairns Anthony Small had the only lhornton goal in the midget game William Laycock and Ray BaldWick the markers in the bantam contest Shovels got ï¬rst taste It seems that lot ot new shovels got their lirst taste 01 snow in the past lew days Shovels have been going like crazy at the Canadian Tire store on llayl ield St according to merchandismg manager GeorgeSmith The store closed at 230 pm Monday Up to that point most sales had involved snow shovels tires and car batteries FOR HSA TRAIL MAINTENANCE Thousand snowmobilers may join 50mile run As many as thousand snowmobilers are expected to take part Saturday in the lluronia Snowmobile Associa lions 50mile SIIOltlll through Vespra lownship The event is sponsored by the Ontario Snowmobile llislri butors Association and lunds raised Will go to maintain the 750 miles ot snowmobile trails the lluronia association main tains throughout Simcoe Coun ty Association olticials say last years maintenance bill was $40000 The event Will begin across trom the llarrie Airport on Anne Street North and proceed Back to normal today buses commuter train Bus trattie out 01 Barrie is reported back to normal today alter some disruptions Monday and Tuesday at the height ol the worst snowstorm this Winter Cray Coach Lilies Ltd super Visor William lynyk said that bus traltie to Toronto resumed Tuesday morning at 1010 am alter highways were reported clear at 10 Troll ic to Toronto was stalled Tuesday morning awaiting the word that the highway was open Approxunately Li poten tial bus passengers were bused to the anadian National train station to lake tltc 645 am commuter train to Toronto while buses were held up said CN train operator Charlie Surgenor lhe commuter train he add ed lett right on time but Willi almost 100 passengers out 01 Barrie instead ol the usual 35 to 40 CN spokesman said the usual number it Barrie passengers was on the com muter train this morning Mr lynyk said the bus pro blems during the storm were experienced primarily by iiort hliouiid vehicles out 01 Toronto Weve tiad no prolilcm Willi any coaches coming south bound 1heyre all on time Monday atternoon and even ing the problem was coming trom Toronto It was taking 90 minutes to go the live miles lrom the Bay Street terminal to the York Mills subway sta tion he said spokesman tor the bus ter minal said today that buses have been back on schedule tor all routes since yesterday alter noon iauiuiaxa stung SI LL6I zr benuer KepsaupaM at leisurely pace along groomed trails returning to the start in about three hours riding time Organizers stress the event is not race The threehour estimate does not include time spent at cookout in sheltered valley part way along the route Organizers will travel with each group ot and check pomts Will be set up at each road crossing with tourwheel vehicles available at each to rescue stranded participatns and machines in case 01 breakdown lartiCipants may leave the start any time between am and noon Entrants must have to gas tank and must be insured Machines Will be satety check ed at the start Cost is $3 per snowmobile or $5 per family payable at the start casual dance is planned for the same evening at 830 pm at the community hall in Stroud Tickets are $15 per cou ple and are available at 7281548 017204679 HYDRO SERVICE BRIGHT SPOT llydro serVice was not interrupted despite the snowstorm Winch hit the Barrie area Sunday night and Monday The spokesman tor the Barrie Public Utilities Commission Illtl said the utility has had no problems because of the storm No power disruptions were reported he said and PUC crews were able to get around on city streets Ted Johnson public relations ollicer tor the Georgian Bay region it Ontario llydro said it was amazmg that no hydro scrwce disrupt ions occurred during the slorni Mr Johnson said most area employees 01 Ontario Hydro got to work Monday and luesday but some were going to be late Everything is line he said We are carrying on as usual