Contract wrangles between boards teachers hardest part of being minister of education Contract roblems between teachers an school boards are the most frustrating aspect of his job says Thomas Wells minister of education Mr Wells told about 60 people at Steele Street Public School Thursday night the ministry has had to get involved in number of negotiations The buck ultimately seems to stop here the ministry he said The 46yearold cabinet minister was asked to Barrie by the schools home and school association Mr Wells said one of his best accomplishments as minister was Bill 100 which establishes the process for the teacher school board bargaining The bill he said added some stability to negotiations The minister said teacher militancy moved into the schools during the 19705 building barrier between the public and the teaching system This is something that can not be he said The good teachers in the classrooms need all the support they can get Mr Wells said if the support is threatened or splintered the type of education in Ontario will suffer He said one of his top THOMAS WELLS minister of education some time Thursday afternoon speaking at the Barrie Rotary left spent grcssive oiiseryatiye cati didate for Simcoe entre and Lorne Power Rotary lnb town after being imited by the Steele Street Public School Home and School Association to talk about education on lhurs priorities as minister is to boost public confidence in the education system Its the system not as bad as people who criticize it would like you to believe he said Im able to see an end of the rampant negative approach to education Mr Wells said he does not agree with mandatory physical education classesin high school because most students in Grade and 10 already choose it as an option What do you expect to achieve by making physical education mandatory he asked About 83 per cent of the people in Grades and 10 are taking physical education because they want to not because they have to He said he has not seen any evidence that mandatory physical education has changed Canadians attitudes towards physical fitness after school LORDS PRAYER Mr Wells warned there may be change in the ministrys requirements to read the Lords Prayer for opening or closing exercises at schools Instead of naming the Lords Prayer he said the requirement will probably say suitable prayer Theres been lot of con troversy about this in the last couple of weeks he said dont think the section will be taken out but it might be modified Mr Wells said no one can be forced to attend the opening ceremonies The minister was in Barrie for the day spending some time on the morning telephone in radio program He also spoke at the lunch hour meeting of the Barrie Rotary Club and met the sup porters of George Taylor Progressive Conservative can didate for Simcoe Centre in the next provincial election School board lost grants for not owing enough cash Simcoe County Board of Education lost some provincial grants last year because it doesnt owe enough money Jack Ramsay director of education told about 60 people at Steele Street Public School Thursday night the board did not get extra money for busing students because of grant struc turcs The province told boards to combine transportation costs with debt charges to be eligible for more money he said When we put them together we were not too badly off he said Last year the board paid $3667500 to bus students The province paid 75 per cent of the approved cost in 1976 compared with 95 per cent in previous years The difference was put on local taxpayers bills Bill Brown board chairman said the county has to bus about one half its students Mr Brown said the board hoped to have the 1977 grant system changed but un fortunately things are just about the same Mr Brown and Mr Ramsay were at public meeting at the school with guest speaker Thomas Wells minister of education Mr Wells was answering question from an irate person who asked about the financing of boards of education The person was upset when he heard about the loss of grant money because the Simcoe Board does not owe enough money Mr Wells said the province used the elaborate system last year to help areas affected by high transportation costs He said the boards which were helped with extra grant money last year deserved to be helped barrie today The Barrie Examiner Lgibt Friday February 251977 utrunning his snowshoes at Central winterfest Shawn lleynolds got closer look at the snow conditions its event during winterfest ac tivities at entral Collegiate races broomball games and crosscountry skiing were president after the meeting his turn to sirint Mr Wells spent Thursday in on snow shoes came up ill relay Holly Thursday snow shoe Log races sawing chariot some of the contests feat ured Club meeting Mr Wells talked day night Examiner Photo with George Taylor Pro Rate increase complaints Advertising in Examiner for new PC party members The Progressive Conser vative party of Ontario has taken to the newspapers and the airwaves in search for new members Advertisements in this weeks Examiner inviting headers to join the party are part of provincewide membership drive George Taylor local Conservative pro vincial candidate said Thurs day Some may say aha theres an election coming up but it has no bearing on an election said the candidate for the Sim coe Centre riding Last year the party used bortodoor canvass to find new members Mr Taylor said trip to firehall or bakery can be just as helpful for young children as any school lesson says Susan Van Nispen coordinator of primary electives program fj at Assikinack Public School Mrs Van Nispen said the purpose of the electives program is to give children chance to work with adults other than parents or teachers The children are able to see or do something they may not have seen or done before she said They acquire new knowledge and new skills while working in small roups Assi inack has 120 children the kindergarten to Grade BARBIE FIREFIGHTER George McGonnlgal helps Tracy Gallant Grade two pupil at Assikinack Public Sch tr on Scott This year he said the proviir cial party organization is buy ing air time over twoweck period beginning last week while local organizations are buying newspaper space during the second week The first weeks radio sports stressed political involvement without specifying particular party while this weeks ads mention the Tories by name Meanwhile the newspaper ads consist of an informal applica tion for party membership for readers to fill out and send in The phone number listed in the ad is that of Mr Taylors law office since the party has no permanent office here Oil Visits to working worl useful school supplement level participatnig in number of activities in cluding trips woodworking folk dancing and skating Mrs Van Nispen said the children are allowed to choose the program in which they want to participate and that means high interest rate increasing the attention span Similar programs are of fered by several other schools in Barrie The children come back and talk to their friends for days about the trips and the different things theyve seen in the community she said Mrs Van Nispen said the children are encouraged to communicate with their Air Pack mask group of the schools students were at Barries firehall on Vespra Street this week for tour Along with the air pack the of the reasons for the advertis ingcampaign Its seeking them tpotentinl membersv out ra1lisr than their seeking you out Mr lavlor said He said individuals trying to join the party on then own in itiative cant find it in the phone book and have to rely on random press ieports or snnil ar sources of intoimation to find out who is involwd Ill the portv and who can b1 contacted by prospectivemembtis The party has no office local he said because we dont have the money to have some onesittingthereall the time friends either through verbal or written assignments The program in its secont yeai has not reeeivod any unfavorable comments froii parents she said maybt because we do not overdo it it operates for one and half hottrsoneda week lot total of eight weeks year or 12 hours school year number of parents art volunteering either by super vising the children on trips oi teachinga skill Mrs Van Nispen said not including the staff there art 10 adult helpers We ve been very very for innate with the adult help she said students had look at the fire trucks alarm system and hose drying tower llx ainiiier Photo at minimum says PUC Higher electric bills dont seem to bother most Barrie and area residents The number of bill com plaints is no higher than usual say officials of the Barrie public utilities commission tltl and the Georgian Bay regional office of Ontario Hydro Bill Elson PIX secretary treasurer said the commission has had complaints about higher bills but not about new rates The llt increased rates by about 237 per cent lan to its 13000 residential commercial and industrial hydro customers People are complaining about higher bills caused by an additional lodays on the twa month billing period he said Meter readers are behind in their work because of heavy snows and illness in the depart ment Its normal at this time of year to have an extra five or to days on bill he said Weve had very few com plaints about the rate in crease he said think peo ple were conditioned to it They were expecting the new rates He said there was talk in July about possible 20 to 25 per cent increase in 1977 Ted Johnston Georgian Bay region public relations officer said there was more reaction when ntario llydro announced the rate increases iitario Hydro boosted its rate to rural customers by percent Jan Mr Johnston said Hydro has sent its first bills with the new rates and card explaining how the rates are prorated Both Hydro and Barrie llt prorated the increases for the 19764977 period probed Wasaga candidate launches libel suit The suit arises from letter written by Mr Wasaga Beach Mayor lair Robertson and read aloud at council meeting in December by Mr Raynor Mr Amold has asked that the case be tried in Barrie He said Thursday he has no idea when it is likely to come to trial Bruce Arnold unsuccessful candidate for Wasaga Beach town council is suing town clerk lton Raynor and former town resident Stanley Pitcher for libel in statement of claim to the Supreme ourt of ntario Mr Arnold asks $151100 in damages from each defendant The odds against it were enormous but happen it did The winners of the anadian Automobile Associations AA European Grand Tour draw were selected from 13 Now that was luck and coincidence million anadian members and as luck Would have it both winners are rillia residents and had submitted their entries only eight days County girl dies in crash lQyearold Port McNicoll girl was killed early this mor ning when the car she was travelling in hit tanker truck say MidlandtlP Police say Penelope Pitcher to Lynn parked tanker truck on ounty Road 37 at 113 am apart Bob IZrb executive viipresident of A1 at left offered congratulations as Barrie Ontario Motor League branch manager Bill Nickle died when the car iii the breakins lnnisfil police are iii vestigating rash of breakins in the Holly aiea says Deputy hiet Al Martin Deputy liief Martin said today flt breakins were reported in the Holly area Feb 25and31 He says the homes two in Holly and one in the Barrie area were entered duringthc day l1llt lilt station and the American Stone ompany on Highway 37 were entered af ter hours Fred Dobbs didnt make it The official opening of the new lrites Bookstore in Hayfield Mall went ahead as planned Thursday but iithout thestaraltraction Michael Magec better known as humorist Fred Dobbs cancellwi his appearance at the bookstore about an hour before hewasdnctoarrive Public Duncan presented the $5000 cash alternate priles to both winners Barbra Burton and Mr amt Mrs Steve lyburn lIutminer Photo Hospital Cruelty charge hearing March Medonte Township man charged by the Ontario Humane Society with cruelty to animals will appear in court in lrillia March at 10am Alexandra Parry of the humane societys Toronto office says 16 counts under the Dead Animals Disposal Act brought against the man by rillia OPP have been dropped so that the humane society could prosecute rillia 01 found the remains of 11 Hereford cattle and seven sheep on the farm of Howard Dunlop 67 on Mount St Louis Road last week Police say two of the animals had died within 48 hours of the search while others had been dead up to two years Police and the Ontario Humane Society searched the fa rm after the Whitby humane society received complaint Simcoe Board increases enrolment The Simcoe County Board of Education was one of seven Board reviews field trips Simcoe County Board of Education trustees reviewed two school field trips Wednesday night About 150 students at Collingwood Senior Public School will spend three days and two nights in Ottawa in late May or early June visiting historical and national sites The board was also told of trip by 30 members of the Out ward Bound Club at Orillia District Collegiate and Voca tional Institute The club camped overnight near the northern end of Con cession in rillia Township earlier this month to get ex perience in winter camping Jack Ramsay director of education said the boards policy does not provide money for any overnight field trips According to board policy Mr Ramsay can give permis sion for any field trips New heating systemOrillia school rillia District Collegiate and Vocational Institute may get new heating system this year The Simcoe ount Board of Education is sending plans to renovate the system to the ministry of education as capital project for this year Gary Alex assistant superintendent of business plant said the system is becoming increasingly unrealiable He estimated the cost is between$180000 and $200000 lom Shultx superintendent of business and treasurer said the renovations qualify as capital project and are eligible fora rovincial grant of up to 76 per cent of the cost if it was le for ordinary expenses from current funds he said the board would not receive any provincial grants Flagpole to go up at school rchard Park Public School in Orillia will be getting flagpole this spring The Simcoe County Board of Education approved ltttilllllltlldtlll011 to install flag pole in front of the school in the early spring Girls condition is fine An cightyearold girl who was thrown from car Monday night in singleear accident in Sunnidale Township is fine says spokesman at Allistons Stevenson Memorial boards in Canada which increased its enrolment last year The board had 44253 students enrolled in September 1976 com pared to13637 in 19751976 Board trustees were given copy of report in the Ca 1a dian Education Association newsletter indicating most of the 30 largest Canadian boards had decreases in enrolmer ther boards with more students are York Courty arleton Public Waterloo County Halton Peel and Calgary SheriLynn Bambrough is resting in the surgery ward She was taken to the intensive care unit after the accident HUDA behind the fiveyear home warranty By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Writer All new homes sold in Ontario must have fiveyear warranty and builders who dont live up to their warranty wont be builders anymore Michael Gage told the Barrie and District lteal Estate Board Mr Gage is technical director of the Hous ing and Urban Development Association of Tanada lltlllAC New Home Warranty Group lllllA has been in existance since the 1940s he said but the new home warranty group was only established last May After discussions with the ministry of con sumer and corporate affairs part of provin cial legislation now insists on fiveyear wars ranty on all new homes Mr Gage said HUDAC is responsible for policing and registering all Ontario builders and vendors All builders registered with lllll must pay fees and abide by the associations rules The association he said insures all homes and assures the consumer that if anything goes wrong with the structure of their new because of flat market or poor economic conditions decides to rent them he must notify HUDAC The home must be kept for sale and the te nant is made aware of this If the home is sold the tenants move out and the house is inspected again The builder must bring the property up to proper condi tions and home buyer also receives five year warranty Real estate people attending the meeting pointed out the initial $350 registration fee and $85 per unit fee was automatically rais ing the priceof new home Another argued HlllA is another govern ment intervention into the free enterprise system and an example of the province tak ing away the responsibilities of munici politics He said the Silt to $9 million spent on HUDAC could better be used to hire more building in spectors at the munici al level There already is uilding code that sets standards for construction he said and the city should be in charge of building in its jurisdiction home it Will be repaired Only builders registered with lllllA can build in Ontario he said and if the builder does not comply with HUDAC rules be will lose his regist rat ion The only exemptions to the rules are seasonal and mobile homes and homes built by the person who will live in them In other words Mr Gage explained if handyman buys some property and builds himself house he doesnt have to register BOTH SIGN Real estate agents selling new home in 1977 will have to fill out form when deposit is received and the consumer and butlder will both sign it if the builder does not complete the home the consumers deposit will be returned The law also ap lies to condominiums Mr Gage said even the structure was built in 1976 but was not completely rented The law does not agply to apartment buildings or in dustrial an commercial property If builder constructs 20 homes and then