Cit If disaster strikes Barrie ready By STEPHEN IIOIJ and RH HARDTIIOMAS Of The Examiner If train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in Bar rte city departments would effect an emergency disaster plan similar to the operations conducted by Mississauga and Peel Region officials this week Barrie Police Chief Earl Snider said the plan involves police fire hospital and emergency services and is con Stantly under review SIMILAR TOIElLlï¬s The contingency plan is similar to one used by Peel Region authorities following Sundays Mississauga train derailment where burning propane gas tanks threaten to enc to rupture tank containing deadly chlorine gas Emergency officials moved out about 2mm local residents in what has been called North Americas largest evacuation If that type of disaster happened here Barries Fire chief would call the shots said Chief Snider Fire Chief Jack McAllister said today his first duty in such an event IS 353058 the Slanthn First we have to determine do we have fire said Chief McAlltster If it looks like there is life hazard involved wed assign people to start evacuating Life safety is our first concern City police would be notified and they would conduct tlt and crowd control nrwrritmm he vnd Our own King Tut exhibit Karen Worral takes closer look at one of Stan Hathaways wood carvings on display at the Simcoe County Museum all this month The carv town country No replacement yet for police board AttorneyGeneral Roy McMurtry has not yet appointed new judge to the lnntsfil Board of Commissioners of Police The opening was created wheti Judge John Greenwood resigned iti October following less thati six motiths service He said too much of his time was spent travelling front Toronto to lnnisfil arid other areas of Southern Ontario It was impossible for Judge Greenwood to attend 30 per cent of the boards inwtings said Reeve William Gibbins Ittdge Greenwotxt was appointed after Judge Patrick litsage his predecessor also resigned because of extensive travelling Naturalist field trip Saturday Ativone interested in studying late fall bird life is in vited to join the chreton Field Naturalists Club for field ttipSatitrday The club plans to tour the waterfront area of Barrie to Big Bay Point aitd ill visit Midhtitst The trip begins at the south parking lot iii Cetiietitiial Park at it to iii For further tnforiiiation call Anne Hughes 728 ltiqill Thieves make off with rifles lhieves broke into the Simcoe County Field and Stream sport itig good store oti Essa Road late Saturday night 0101l Sunday morning arid ttiade off with about $4000 in cash and art undisclosed number of hunting rifles atid amounts of ammunition spokesman with the Barrie police said Mon dat The thieves broke iti through rear window he said Association meeting Friday The monthly tiieeting of the IIuronia Numismatics Association will he held Friday at 7110 lit at the Adult Rehabilitation Centre on Bayfield Street Election of the 1080 ttllitt will take place that evening This affectionate Spaniel cross is approximately or months old He iS black and white and IS good With children For more information con tact the Humane Society Animal Shelter on Pat terson Rd Examiner Photo ings are all about the Egyptians including figures and symbols They were inspired by the King Tut fever Examiner Photo To battle major fire Barries fire department would need help from neighboring departments Lnder Simcoe County Mutual Aid Chief McAllister may call upon 29 area departments That gives him access to 67 pumper trucks and nearly 1000 firefighters Chief McAllister is the Mutual Aid county coordinator He arranges the dispatch of equipment and men from across the county to any major fire in the area The chief has list of persons to notify if evacuation or special precautions are needed That list includes the mayor and other city offiCials STREET CLOSLRES Evacuation means street closures so that public works dcpgvomnm NJA kn pnIIpA kn csiI For expertise in cleaning up lethal chemicals city fire of fiCials would call in environment ministry techniCiarLs said Chief MCAIIISIGI To remove chemicals Barrie firefighters would employ the Transportation Emergency Assistance Plan which lends chemical experts advice to local officials Timing is essential but iii small cuy such as Barrie emergency officials may not be able to respond as quickly as officials in larger city said Chicf tcAllister Its complicated because of our size and the number of the examiner deayNgv131979 7M agencies and people needed to gain control of the situation he said The plan will take time to get into work but Im confident the plan ill work Expected at council tonight Budget priority ratification Ry DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner It promises to be fairly routine evening when Barrie ci ty council gets together for their biweekly meeting today to begin at pm The meeting is being held on day later than normal because of the Remembrance Day holi day Monday which closed city hall doors and all government departments as well Objections to any further ex penditure of funds for the downtown improvement pro ject by the Association of Bar rie Citizens iABCi could be up for discussion tonight letter was sent by the chair man of the group Virginia tresswellJones to all aldermen saying that until the legality of land designation for the project was affirmed no further funding for the project should be made Two routine deputations one concerning the sale of unopened walkways will start things off RECOMMEND PRIORITIES Budget discussion and recom mendations by various council members as to priority items for 1980 will have to be ratified tonight by council Various items were recom mended including reconstruc ting of Dunlop Street East beautificaton of parking lots in the downtown area bus ser vice for the handicapped and installation of lights at all city ball diamonds report saying Penetang Midland Coach Lines bus garage will be staying on Seaforth Street will likewise need ratification Residents ob jected the garage because of School board contract talks By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Contract negotiations bet ween the countys two school boards and some 2400 elemen tary and secondary school You have to wonder whether therell be enough students left over for an audience About 200 students of Barrie North Collegiates L200 student population will take part in musical program at the school Thursday night Above members of the band rehearse Examiner Photo 200 in program Thursday Music in big numbers practiced at North Out of population of some 1200 at North Collegiate 200 take part in the schools exten sive batid music program and Thursday all will be displaying their talents during music apr preciation night at the school The program began eight years ago and is threctiered The first is thejttnior band the so coiid the repertory batid and the third tier is the concert band says Sharon Sibthorpe sole staff member of the schools music department The kids start at grade nine atid we take anybody who is interested she said iii re cetit inieryiew They progress frotn the very beginning stages Lat year seven members of the concert batid played iii what amounts to an allstar band comprised of high school students frotn various partsof Ontario Sibthorpe said CAREER IN IlSlC Several of those graduated from the North program are taking the first steps towards making music career she said Music gives the students direction to go iii its also social thing and an environment for learning The program also provides direction for the parents of the budding musicians who tke part iii the band association They help with the financial side of things by conducting fund rats trig programs act as chaperones on trips and do things to free the teacher to teach Its terrific association Sibthorpe said lhursdays concert begins at pm Farmers granted harvesting respite as November drier Below average rainfall tor Niw ember so far has allowed farmers in Simcoe County to make itp some time in corn hanesttng lost during an ceptionatly wet October says the Ontario Agriculture Ministrys Elnwatc Cling esbttt ittl about per cent of tin corn in North Simcoe has bwn naryested arid most left is lit ItpltNliittl th lll llui Sitii problem fields Dangerous dog feared residents stay in homes dog some Alcona Beach residents say is wild has not yet been caught by the animal control oft icets The dog large grey animal that is likely mixture of wolf and German shepherd has been blamed by residents for the re cent killing of it chickens and fottr turkeys The dog who is said to be ow tied by an Alcona Beach woman hastrighicnmi many residents Many say they wont leaye their homes if the dog is roaming the area afraid to go out of the house when he is around said 1ts Gladys Crawford Some day he going to hurt child and then theres going to be trouble Although there is concern as to hcthcr the dog actually klll at the animals neighbors say the itittnii is dangerous Council had requested the animal be removed by the animal control department but under provincial authority tow nshtt officials have no right to remm an animal from private pro Detty But as result of Octobers wet weather which was more than double the average of about no millimetres the corn being harvested is still high in moisture levels and takes fair amount of drying to get it down to about 15 per cent moisture for storage Nesbitt said While November may not have btought as much rain it has not brought drying weather either he added Brian Smith of Environment Canadas Toronto weather of fice said the month so far has continued cloudy ltlast month was the cloudiest October since tttsoi and cold with temperatures about two to three degrees below the normal mean of degrees Rut Eri vironment Canadas volunteer weather office in Essa Township reported about 25 millimetres of rain for the month so far less than half the normal of about 60 millimetres teachers in Simcoe County are continuing this week Meetings are scheduled bet ween the Simcoe County Board of Education and its 900 high school teachers and 1200 elementary school teachers says the boards director Likewise the bargaining team for about 300 separate school teachers and the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board will meet this week in an attempt to settle new pact Teachers in the county have been without contract since Aug 31 and negotiations have Merchants believers in mall days Barrie city council tonight is likely to ask the citys downtown board to re evaluate the setup of mall days Barrie general committee made the original recommen dation Nov following original recommendations by aldermen Dorian Parker and Gord Mills Peter McIntyre member of the citys downtown board said members have not yet sat down and talked about it but that it is part of the long term goal to discuss it and offer recommen dations Following discussion board members would proceed to general committee and discuss the setup and the merits of it McIntyre told The Examiner Speaking individually as merchant with Jerrys Radio and TV McIntyre said last summers mall days setup held during Kempenfest weekend was moderate success RECEIVED CRITICISM Criticism received at the general committee level was the result of individual com plaints received sid McIntyre But all merchants who par ticipate are believers in the concept McIntyre said And overall the mall setup is of benefit to the downtOwn core said McIntyre During the earlier committee session Ald Gord Mills said people were irritated by the closed streets during the mall days and actually took their business to the Bayfield Street malls instead Simcoe entries fare well at Royal Simcoe County horse owners made good showing in the Clydesdale exhibit at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto Monday Wreford Hewson of Beeton carried off the grand champion ship with the best mare Hewson also exhibited the senior champion mare Grant Richie of Elmvale also brought honors to the coun ty by exhibiting the top filly sold in 1979 while Albert Hewson of Thornton showed the best two Clydesdales of one dame The Royal as the fair is popularly know is constdered by many to be the world senes of agricultural fairs and at tracts exhibitors from all over the world It is now in its 515i year the increased traffic which would affect their street Ratifigation for motion raising sanitary landfill site rates to $488 per tonne is ex pected by council tonight NO PARKING The committee earlier decid ed not to reserve parking spaces for the handicapped downtown because there was no location with high enough de mand for that type of service Ratificaton will likewise be needed The Santa Claus parade could come up for renewed discussion tonight The committee recom mended Nov as the day members of the Barrie Jaycees who are sponsoring the Santa Claus parade be made aware of presentation by the Allandale business group Bargaining teams meet been conducted steadily since school resumed in September In both cases an independent factfinder was charged with reporting on the negotiations areas of agreement and areas of disagreement to facilitate the process The two reports are now com plete and in the hands of all parties Both are due for public release on or near Nov 19 WAGES KEY ISSLE Wages remain an issue almost 10 months after the first meeting in Februrary Public school teachers faced with declining enrolment in the system re also concerned about job security Job security is not problem in separate board tlks The Roman Catholic board is ex pected to grow steadily in the 19808 Im still confident settle ment can be reached public board director Irving Harris saidtoday Under the existing contract secondary school teachers in the public system earn between $13000 and 828000 depending on their experience and education background Elementary teachers with thepublic board earn between $9000 and 328000 again depen dent on their background The secondary teachers are members of the Ontario Secon dary School Teacher Fedora tion The group was concerned because the parade route does not include Allandalc this year Barrie general committee also recommended earlier re quested grant to Thunder Bay for the 1981 Jeux Canada Sum CHIEF IIIISTER we haye plan mer games be not granted Ratification should come tonight Karen Ruby Musy the new student mayor of the week from Johnson Street Public School will be sworn itt tonight Depression again Hard times are back well at least at the Queens Hotel On Mondays Mr Noble walks the streets with this sign to advertise the Hard Times Special at the Depression Soup Kitchen in the Queens Hotel Examiner Photo Simcoe board looking for transportation head The Simcoe County Board of Education is looking for transportation coordinator to replace the present co ordinator Gord Mylchreest who is retiring in January About 50 per cent of the Raise them to sell them boards 45000 students use school buses to get to and from the countys schools Ten per cent approximate ly of the boards yearly $80 million budget is spent on transportation Alliston youth Royal winner The Toronto Bureau Of The Examiner TORONTO When 17year old Ken Rarden took his piggy to market in Toronto he was told Take that swine home Luckily the RR Alliston youth left his barrow in the 4H competitions at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Thursday It won the cham pion title trophy anti $100 His twin Keith placed 15th in the competition When the two it combined their total points with fellow South Simcoe County entrant Mary Lynn Gallaugher 20 RR Alliston they won the reserve champion intercounty group of barrows title For prizes they each received radio and $15 The three say it is not dif ficult showing the barrows After washing and brushing them they led them to the ring and let them run around to be iudged It was notdifficult selling the swine at the auction either We raise them to sell them said Ken who plans to use his earnings to pay off car Keith who was very surpris ed at Kens win does not plan to bring his money home In stead he will nd it right at the Royal on ef Ken Braden l7 of RR Alliston took top honors at the Royal Winter Fairs Junior Barrow show in Toronto this week One of Bradens five en tries in the competition was selected Grand Champion Junior Barrow Here Braden receives the Royal Bank of Canada trophy from Bob Richards of the bank Braden earned SlOO cash for the win Toronto Bureau Photo