the examiner Fridayrhlov16 1979 13 Expecting bit of nit Anne iavial says Capt My Ittt Hliltltils Princess Anne as gracious didnt have anv time to til tii Lumimr and irnes even jovial chat to her but she seemed like ti stil Izarrii laor Archer and Mrs Ar tier vher rligitires who liJil iti tiflitirii iiiit win rouil titH lliiir Ii tiia Iis fiiltf IIILIN during Ihl IIi mar manor ltti or wtort It ttlit iifill iti litt liIi will Inn in titlit ot lil tire siriiiw tri Simcoe IM er tarpon ri Harrie tirth lIIr ltomi lllllflflt zrlilittrl were among presented to the which she is honorary colonel very gracious person ihemayor During the luncheon Mayor Archer saidthe princess talked riiiite freely with Owen Sound Mayor Robert Rutherford and Lt tol Wayne Stewart the said set eral tiriit rtcep ncheon at Iht honor ol the Foresters til regiments commandin officer both of whom sat next to her Her Royal Highness Princess Anne in Grey Simcoe Foresters accompanied spects the guard of honor of the by Maj Norman Lawrence right guard commander Lt Col Wayne Stewart commanding officer rear left and Honorary Lt Col Downer reo right Examiner Photo Ministry spokesman says No intentions to pay III ministry ot ttllltllittl never intended to assume lttli per cent of the costs tilIttitlillllltllt Secondary School to allow ioi thi iriuition oi Fririch school within its walls is Illt regional director for entral Itiitai io tlowci tI Simcoe toiiiily Board of Education Hushes litlltttl education minister Dr Rette Stephenson hail pioiiiised loo per cent funding of capital ind operational costs when she anr lltitllltltl Illl school witlitit school policy ttct lolin storey told The Ilillllllltl that the ltttlllll would pi loo per cent of program lilitldlllll costs but iinpiovetiiciits to the ex IIIIL building will be tiintled tllltlt normal grant regulations lltl RI Itlit Slit lIici figures are being worked out using an tllltlilt iiiichanisiii and the board should Iilt then early IItI week Storey said today Illt ministry generally assumes the lions share of tlptltl iklitlllllt llui mg board meeting Wednesday several trustees said too per cent llllltIIllL should he tillitllllitll oi the boards participation in the project and asked director Irving Harris to in foriiithe ministry of that viewpoint Dr Stephensons proposal was made in an at tempt to settle the French secondary school qtiestion tor Penetangusheiic and area fran cophoiies who want separate and distinct high school The minischool would be complete with its own classrooms and staff and be physically separate from the English section Dr Stephenson estimated the cost of the project at $150000 but hoard figures for similar pro posal rejected as impractical by both the board and the French community set the cost at about 3330000 FEASIBILITY STlItY Following the ministers announcement the board committed itself tentatively to the plan and feasibility stiidy Harris said Iednesday that the report will be presented to trustees soon He also said the board is not sure whre it stands on the isstie It believes it must act on the ministers plan The ministry however says the decision rests with the board Collegiate performance Sharon Sidthorpe conducts the North Collegiate Concert Band during concert last night at North Collegiate The concert featured all three of the bands at the school The other bands were the Repertory Band and the Junior Band They played works from Bach right up to contemporary music by such ntusicrans as Billy Joel Exa miner Photo VERY PLEASANT The mayor said although the weather wasnt the best dur ing the events of the royal visit the princess on the other hand was very pleasant was qmte impressed he said Capt Greenfield who was among four members of the regiment to receive Canadian Forces Decorations from Princess Anne spent sometime talking to her during recep Him for regimental members and their families The thing that impressed me was that she as the kind of person you could talk to tapt Greenfield said alter reading an article in Toronto newspaper which was not very favorable to lrincess Anne expecting someone who iis it hit ol nit The princess however was everything but that he said totian her warm and certainly ltiAll toearth Princess Anne made point oi speaking to everyone especially ives and families of the ttltll tapt Grcenfield said and although lormal she was even ltl ial at times liven sortie of the most stalwaixl members of the regi iiient who are never impressed try any thing were impressed by her he said for himself Capt Green tield said To be honest Im really tickled pink Ikit town country The princess took an unscheduled walk at the armory in Owen Sound Thursday to chat and shake hands with some of the thousands of school greeted her arrival with cheers and signs saying Welcome Princess Anne Wet snow and persis tent rain did little to dampen the reception which was one of the warmest of her sixday tour of Ontario Examiner Photo Contract talks slow process residents especially Thursdays meeting between the Simcoe County Board of Education and the negotiating team for 1200 elementary school teachers failed to pro Fletchers last day Nov 28 as chairman The Simcoe County Board of Educations Nov 28 meeting will be the last for Oro trustee Lloyd Fletcher as chairman He has served in that capacity for two years During the first meeting in December the board will elect new chairman and vicechairman Each will serve for two years Trustee Roy Edwards has been the vicechairman under Fletcher Parker will present topic The matter of the way city council should handle its issues is not dead just yet Ald Dorian Parker says she will call for abandbnment of the general committee system when the committee meets next Monday The alderman told The Examiner last week the general committee setup was farce and it should revert back to the old format Separate committees specializing in certain areas used to meet each Monday and then brought their fin dings back to city council the following week Critics of the system say much of the discussion which took place in the separate committees would be repeated at city council making for longer meetings Brakes overheated ELMVALE Overheating brakes are blamed for causing tractor trailer fire that resulted in more than $1000 damage to truck bound for Sudbury on Highway 400 near here early today Provincial police said Stephen Parker 33 of Aurora was driving northbound from Brampton when fire broke out in the rear portion of the tractor about 545 am Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it reached the trailer carrying load of insulation Police said cold weather caused the brakes to cease and they overheated No one was injured in the fire Toy library establishment The establishment of community toy library will be the topic of discussion at meeting Nov 28 at pm at Sunny Park Childrens Centre Sponsored by the Childhood Services of the Barrie and District Association for the Mentally Retarded the meeting will feature guest speaker and slide presentation All in terested parents and professionals are welcome Wrong meeting date The meeting of the Huronia Numismatic Association was held Thursday night not tonight as was stated in Thursdays paper The Examiner apologizes for any embarrasment or inconvenience this error may have caused Review system on budget Simcoe County of Board of Education Tottenham trustee Frank Prothero says the board should review its system for informing the public about budget matters He raised the question during the boards meeting Wednesday and it was referred to the policy review com mittee for study Prothero said taxpayers should be told how their money is being spent Lakeshore study costs $35000 BARCLAY About 535000 will be spent in lnnisfil Ton ship on lakeshore flood reduction and surface water management study The study conducted by Marshall Macklin Monaghan Ltd should be completed in six months said Grant An drade deputy reeve Wednesday The cost of eliminating lakeshore flooding and surface water run off is estimated at $600000 Goadwi ll children who duce contract settlement Its been very slow pro cess chief negotiator Edna Parker told The Examiner Thursday Weve had few sticky problems to work through Weve made the concessions we feel we can make at this point The ball is in the boards court now she said Parker said the board may be waiting for settlements to be announced in other parts of the province before it commits itself to wage package the key outstanding issue Bill Brown Orillia trustee and member of the boards bargaining team said the teachers might be waiting for word on other settlements in the province With enrolments declining in Simcoe County job security is an issue but plannning for sight in years past has prevented it from becoming stumbling block to talks this year Parker said Some changes in the method surplus teachers are dealt with could be included in the new deal The teachers contract ex pired Aug 31 and the two sides have met steadily since school resumed in September Elementary school teachers now earn between $9000 and $28000 annually depending on their education background and experience trailer removed The Society for Goodwill Ser vices removed its donations trailer from Simcoe Plaza Thursday but with promise to open store on Dunlop Street East in Januarv Goodwill has received dozens of requests for retail outlet in Barrie says Raymond Byrnes director of community rela tions He added that Barne has certainly done Goodwill most generous turn through the donations trailer and one good turn deserves another The trailer was removed because Goodwill doesnt believe its convenient for peo ple to bring donations to trailer during the winter mori ths As well the trailer will not be warm enough for the two women working inside Byme said All drop boxes will be left in place including the one beside the trailer The store will open near the middle of January with definite date to be set in mid December Commission chairman says its been rewritten Ry STFIHF lttliit IS Ontaris controversial Family Law Reform Act is working very well year and half after its ltl Itixltliltuli says llk tlttlattii Law Reform tnmniis sion chairman Dr Derek Iendes da Costa told The Examiner lhursday family law retoiiii is the commissions greatest icliim ement in its 13year history The basic philosophy of the reforms is to nxognire the quality of contribution by each spouse to hoiishold and marriage said Dr Meiides da Costa Faniin law should reflect what the majority of people ieel is the right way to order their personal ielatioiiships Dr Mendes spoke to 500 local high school students from Barrie Rradionl and FR Rorden it Rairie Central Collegiate Thursday is prelude to today law seminar ioi teachers RESIT it He told students the comiiiissior studies Ontario law and researches areas that need change Research may take trom one to six years before the six person commission decides what changes are needed It then rixoninieiids change to the attorney general who in turn tables the report in the Ontario Legislature Dr Mendes da Costa talked most about the Fami ly law Reforms describing it as dramatic change iii the law In my opinion there has been more change in family law in Ontario in 1977 and 1978 than there was from when Ontario began in t7 until 197 he told students Its the fast time the body of family law has been siibyeci to research said Dr Iendes da Costa The family law of Ontario was completely rewritten lie gave maniplcs of traditional laws that had been changed In the Ontario Childrens Act for ample the government abolished the concepts of legitimate and illegitimate children he said RllillTStH IROIFRT He also explained personal property rights of bus band and wife during marriage and in divorce ac tions When you marry it doesnt affect your property ownerhip what you own continues to be owned after marriage he said Mhcn marriage breaks down the husband and wife are each entitled to half of the family assets Family assets are things used and enjoyed by the family such as the family home the family car television set etcetera Lnder certain conditions the courts may rule une qual divison of property in divorce sid Dr Mendes da Costa If one partner inherited property from relative the court may rule that partner is entitled to strict ow neiship of that property Dr Mendes da Costa said the commission is now working on reforms in the law of trusts enforce ment of Judgement debts administraton of estates Offlttfizsed persons and class actions the commissions report on product liability Changs should be ready within weeks he told The iniiner DR PENNZS tT greatest achievement School bureaucrats intimidate parents By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Parents should become assertive and demand respect from those who design and administer the education system says psychologist convinced parents are being denied freedom of choice Educators presume to know what is best for the child and what programs he should participate in when those decisiom should be made by the parents ac cording to their own beliefs values and objectives Dr Blair Shaw told public meeting in Barrie Thursday Parents are often in timidated by the school system or challenged by bureaucrats who ar rogantly dismiss questions complaints suggestions or requests concerning the education of their child he said Weve iparentsi been told we are bigoted narrow minded negligent lodged in the 19th century paranoid because we say it is up to us toraiseourchildren PROVIDEIIILDREN Parents traditionally established schools to assist them in raising their children but since the 19505 when the success of the system was equated with money spent and buildings erected the schools have not served us it seems today as if we are here to provide children for the system The schools must be DR BLAIR SHAW opposes course jectives and the school should support you not in tPrfero PROFMILY GROUP Dr Shaw is the director of Renaissance Family In stitute nonprofit organiza tion selfdescribed as being profamily attempting to both develop support for change in the education system and make parents more aware of the eopardy in which the family as been placed Human relationstype pro grams are generally iiiadc quate and reflect an institult tionalized pointofview Dr Shaw said He also said group psychotherapy is being performed on children through these programs by teachers who have not been trained to apply such techni ques The county school board rejects the contention that the program employs psychotherapy It says the program has been designed to allow the school to deal with sexual and emotional relationships while leaving the parents to impart moral framework for the child organized to allow parents to chose their childs course and these choices should not be questioned Dr Shaw said If educators are allowed to make decisions without con sidering the different points ofview held by parents they create cookiocutter pro grams which force all children to think alike Dr Shaw told some 150 people gathered at HiWay Pentecostal Church The human relations pro gram being developed by the Simcoe County Board of Education is one such pro gram he said Dr Shaw was invited to speak by the Sim coe Taxpayers Organization Researching Education STORE He shares the memberships desire to see the program cancelled Schools should exist to serve families he said You have the right to raise your children according to your beliefs values and ob children Family anchor for children The family is the most important institution the society has and Simcoe County clergymcn should at every turn voice support for the family and its rights says Dr Blair Shaw an advocate of parents rights to govem their am calling on all clergymen to take stand and back un uivocally the family as the anchor in the life of chil ren Dr Shaw told some 150 people during public meeting Thursday at HiWay PentcCOStal Church Their silence is vote for government control of the minds the hearts and souls of children Dr Shaw psychologist spoke at the invitation of the Simcoe Taxpayers Organization Researching Education STOREi an opponent of the human relations program be ing developed by the Simcoe County Board of Education He said parents and therefore family units are losing the right to control the lives and directions of their children to large institutions such as school boards The plea was extended to clergymen who have responr sibility to support the family he said Bill Malcolmson of RR Barrie on eight year veteran of the Royal Winter Fair brushes one of his stondardbred horses in preparation for competition at the fair So for Malcolmson has won fourth fifth and sixth in the show Toronto Bureau Photo Ribbonearner at Royal He gave up golf for horses From The Toronto Bureau Of The Examiner TORONTO Bill Malcolmson and the boys get together every year for little talk few laughs and some fierce competition Bill and Janet Malcolmson of RR Barrie show Standardbred iRoadstersi horses every year at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair here Some years are better than others For the Malcolmsons this year isnt as good as some of the others but then competitor will tell you if youre in the ribbons you are doing well Malcomson has fourth fifth and sixth this year In 1977 he won the Reserve Grand Champion Roadster and last year one entry Jeannies an tee won reserve grand champion two irsts two seconds two thirds and fifthplace inish standardbred horses are often seen at the uae irark and are more than not shown with JUr heel roadster or two wheel bike ILR HORSES Five of the 10 horses Malcolmson has in this years show are exrace horses Malcolmson first came to the Royal in 1922 with his father Malcolmson He was on 1y seven years old and his father was showing pet stock and poultry not horses At 64 years of age he says he may return to showing poultry here when he gets too old to show horses like the Royal Aside from the honor of winning there is the fellow ship Malcolmson is semiretired now Most of his life he worked in the insurance business that has been assed down through the family His son Andrew now runs the business He says horses have been his only hobby made up my mind to forego curling golf boats and cottage because enjoy rural life and working with horses He bought his first team of roadsters for $250 in 1946 team today would cost at least $2500 Malcolmson travels to 23 shows year at an average cost of $200 show You never earn enough winnings to cover your costs he said COSTS EXCEED WINS Last year he won about $2300 and it cost him $4000 to attend the shows Despite the financial loss he says its my complete recreation Malcolmson first started showing horses at the Royal in 1971 but he says it gets more dif ficult every year Its hard work You got to wash and groom the horses after every show and keep the harnesses clean because its premier show It takes three people to show the horses because events often overlap Malcolmson employs young woman to help him at the Royal He says over the years have found girls are excellent with standarvlhrid horses Malcolmson says he doesnt know how much longer be will show is standardbreds at the Royal My arms and legs arent as strong as they used to be and you need strength to show team with fourwheeled wagon But Mill Malcolmson will be back When he gives up horses he says he ill liker return to poultry He has gone full Ill