By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Midland and Collingwood would appear to support the idea of regional airport in the Barrie area Mayor Ross Ar cher told The Examiner today Bob Larman thermomgrahper checks power lines for the Barrie Public Utilities Commission with an infrared camera mounted on top of moving van Larman wil be able to see breaks In teacher contract talks filming or cracks in the line or even bad insulation as these areas would give off heat showing on the screen of his camera All lines in Barrie are be ing checked Examiner Photo Pupilteacher ratio disputed Though the ratio does not reflect the size of classes lower ratio means classes will be smaller generally because it forces the board to hire more teachers Parker told The Examiner to By TERRY FIELD The Examiner Adjustment of the pupilteacher ratio employed by the coun tys school board is an item under dispute in ongoing board teacher contract negotiations according to the report of pro vincial fact finder released Monday Contrat talks between the Simcoe ounty Board of Education and some 2000 elementary and secondary school teachers began in February and have been intense since school resumed in September Beyond the ratio which is guideline used by the board to decide the number of teachers it will need talks in the secon dary panel are continuing concerning the salaries of principals and viceprincipals The board and the 900 secondary teachers have according to the report agreed that teachers will receive 798 per cent wage increase for this year At the time the report was written the elementary teachers bargaining team and the boards committee wer tour per cent apart on teachers wages and six per cent for principals MOVED CLOSER Since then the two sides have moved closer together said Edna Parker chief negotiator for the teachers The elementary teachers want the pupil teacher ratio lowered from the present 2222 to one to 1975 to one according to the report Bargaining resumes for college pact The contract negotiating team for 6500 community col lege teachers are to meet Dec with mediator and provincial officials says union spokesman Its back to the bargaining table said Katie Fitzlian dolph of the Ontario Public Ser vice Employees Union Talks stalled several weeks ago resulting in vote on the final offer from council of regents the governing body for Ontarios 22 community col leges that was rejected by the membership However the teachers also voted in second ballot against striking to back wage demands Doug Gaukrogcr president of the Georgian College local ex pressed concern at the time is remote person street said Rogers needs town country Chamber supports police beat concept Barrie police commissions dccison to have 24hour walking patrol in commercial districts has gained approval of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce Policing of the core area of the city is important said Art Rogers Chamber president key clemciit to good policing is visible police officers in an indcntifiable context said Rogers An officer in car When policeman is taken from patiol car and placed on walking beat he becomes more visible to persons on the The chamber recently wrote to Barries board of commissioners requesting an outline of the strength of this citys force in relation to other communities and their In reply presented at Wednesdays Chamber meeting the board told Chamber members of its recent decision to that the teachers had in voting down strike neutralized their key bargaining tool and tilted the scale toward the regents position guess the government is prepared to do something bet ter but were still not in strong bargaining position he said today The regents offered the teachers 65 per cent wage in crease in the first year of two year deal and 55 in year two The teachers want 10 per cent in the first year and eight per cent plus costofIiving allowance in year two Gaukroger said the average salary of teaching master is 324098 yearly with the top salary being $28200 and $14500 the low police day She said the teachers are concerned that classes will become bigger and the amount of time child would be reduced HIGH RATIO teacher can spend with each According to the fact finders report the county board has one of the highest ratios in the province and further that the board is staffed near the lower tolerance level Negotiations will continue next week The secondary teachers meet with the board Monday Thursday and the elementary teachers The fact finder was appointed by the province The appoint ment is made automatically if negotiations go past September in an attempt to facilitate the process The mayors of Barrie Orillia Penetanguishene Coll ingwood and Midland met Wednesday in Orillia The ses sion was one of four held each year between the five mayors Midland and Collingwood viewpoints were that propos ed airport would be of benefit to the area Mayor Archer said Orillia though gave no in dication of financial commit ment to the scheme he said Mayor Archer says after meeting New airport idea supported That decision one way or the tation and communications to other could come at an upcom 351 If an Overall importation ing airport advisory committee tudy could bedone in the area session the mayor said repo will be presented at meeting Ald Del Cole earlier said Orillia should decide on the matter so that Barrie would know whether it could expect to get funding help on the airport in other matters the five mayors decided to pursue local transportation improvements on their own rather than through group efforts Mayor Archer said The mayors met earlier with Jim Snow minister of transpor Christmas gift campaign begins The Barrie Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has begun their an nual Christmas Gift Campaign and theyre looking for your support The association endeavours to provide gifts for hundreds of people who will not be remembered by family or friends at Christmas said Margaret Kraft chairman These people are patients of the Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene the Psychiatric Unit at Royal Vic toria Hospital Barrie or residents of nursing homes and homes for special care patients released from regional health centres she said The association requests gifts worth about $2 be left in drop boxes or at the home of Jean Dwinnell 123 Rodney St greater number of gifts for men than women is required said Mrs Kraft She suggests cosmetics cards games paperbacks sta tionery clothing or smoking Minisicycaaaauacementcaming Large selection Helen Lynch left sells some brownies to 3yearold Sandy Tomlin dur ing bake salebizarre held at Oakley Park School Wednesday The event was sponsored by the Oakley Park Public Schools Interested Parents Association and the proceeds will be passed on to the primary junior and senior divisions Examiner Photo gt Changes in CA3 funding Ontarios minister of coni munity and social services will announce this week major changes in the way Childrens Aid Societies will be funded starting in 1980 says ministry spokesman As many as 30 of Ontarios 51 societies are asking for money beyond what the province has said is available this year The announcements minister Keith Norton will make several in various parts of the province beginning to dayi will address major pro blems and reflect several years of discussion with the societies themselves the spokesman key change will be in the method used in allotting grant money Societies will it is ex pected receive simple percentage increase in their budgets each year to spend as seen fit To this point each society has negotiated its own budget with the province Simcoe Countys society is one of those seeking review which has yet to be scheduled It had initially requested budget increase for 1979 of 24 per cent to some $21 million yearly but the ministry trinim ed the increase to about 13 per cent This is an insufficient ani mount to maintain existingpro grams over long period says the societys director Don Jackson The changss in the funding mechanism are also expected to speedup the process of preparing budgets While it is time for the crun tys society to prepare its 1980 budget it cannot until the 1979 figures are set Jackson says Norton is in London today and will be in Toronto Friday morning to announce the changes to the press and representatives from socieities and municipalitie in those areas grooming aids hire three more policeman by Jan and two more by July The additional officers pcmiit city police to operate 24 hour walking patrol in city commercial districts Haughton stays in Simcoe Fred Haughton 28 resident of Oro Township has been appointed the new road sutxirintcndent for the municipality Haughton who is currently assistant road superintendent for Innisfil Township will replace Ross Currie who is retir ing Dec 31 after 22 years of service Oro Township clerk Henry Neufeld said Haughton has been selected from among 11 applicants for the position and has had six years of ex pericncc in road maintenance work Province should pay lake costs The Greater Hume Chamber of Commerce wants the pro vincial govemmcnt to accept the largest share of costs for improving Lake Simcoe Bob Hollywood chamber general manager said Barrics chamber will suggest Simcoe Regions chamber of com nierce ask the province to pay the greatest share of upgrading municipal water treatment plants Lake Simcoe must be rcgardtxi as provincial resource said Hollywood 11 seems inappropriate to put the heaviest burden of spending on municipal govem merits County centre closed Dec 24 Simcoe Countys administration centre will be closed from noon Dec 24 to allow staff mcmbcrs to hold their Christmas party Couticil agreed Tuesday to inancc and administration committee recommcndation liich suggrstmi the butlding be closed that day so all employees could hold one party in stead of several small parties among different departments as has been the practice during Christmas cek It is not comidercd appropriate for any departments to hold social gatherings while the public is allowed access to the building on business the rwommendation said saidtodav Barrie woman one of two sisters charged with robbery with violence testified in County Court Wednesday that 40yearold man had his pants down in front of her and grabbed her in front of an upstairs bathroom Wendy Rodgers 32 said she and her sister Patricia Goguen who is also chargedl met the complainant at the Simcoe Hotel Rodgers testified that she and the complai nant who became intoxicated and wentto friends hoUSe around pm the evening of Dec 30 1978 little later in the evening Rodgers testified the complainant became ignorant talking about sex and inferring he was member of mafia family She testified the complainant later grabbed herwith his pants down when she emerged front an upstairs bathroom went to go by him and he grabbed my arm she testified Then he grabbed my arm at the top of the stairs He was mumbling dont kno what he was saying WRESTLED The two then wrestled and ended up tumbling down the stairs she testified In earlier testimony the complainant said be accompanied the two women to bedroom to have sex but had 525 stolen after scuffle in the hallway of the home In crossexamination Rodgers said she didnt call police or tell the police of bruises she had received from the alleged attack should have though she added Goguen Liter verified mast of her sisters Woman testifies 40yearold man grabbed her in house story He was saying she was attractive and she was turning him on she said We know he wanted to go to bed with her called him gGoguen said that when Rodgers went up to the bathroom the complainant followed about two minutes later heard my sister yelling she said All of sudden they tumbled down the stairs she testified TWO STATEMENTS Crown attorney John Madden read from two statements allegedly made by Joey Lawrence the babysitter on hand that evening at the Cook Street house Reading from the statement given at the Barrie police station by Lawrence on Jan he said that both sisters started coming on to him the complainant The guy never came on strong Madden read from the statement Wendy said to the guy are you ready to go upstairs and he said sure Wendy and the guy went upstairs and Pat sy went up after Madden said again reading from the statement Lawrence later said many of the statements came from the detective at the station asking questions receiving ya or no reply and writing down the answers Lawrence said he cant recall being advised of his rights or that the statement could be used against him at later date The trial continues today items She requests however that nothing in glass con tainer be purchased INSTALLED NOV 17 The drop boxeswhich were installed Nov 17 are at all Shoppers Drug Marts Cusdens Pharmacy Simcoe Pharmacy Harpers Pharmacy Boots Pharmacy Allandale Drugs Stroud Drug Mart Ross Phar macy Trites Card Shop Bi Way and CKBB To facilitate sorting Mrs Kraft requests that all gifts re main unwrapped On Dec 17 the associations annual Gift Wrap at the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers Gas Co building will take place The association requests that as many people as possible assist in wrapping the gifts The purpose of our cam paign is to brighten the lives of an often forgotten segment of our society said Mrs Kraft The success of it depends on caring community For more information about the gift wrap call Mary Ken nedy at 7265964 or Mrs Kraft at 7260724 Committee will study fundraisers By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustee says fundraising pro grams employed by schools requirealook Following the trustees com ments the boards director Bill Bolger said committee com prising separate school prin cipals may be formed to ex amine the issue While there has been no sug gestion of impropriety in any school the board should exaine the issue and ensure problems do not arise from such pro grams said Mike Ronan trustee for Colgan and the boards vicechairman He pointed out that no board policy exists to cover fund rais ing and in some cases were talking about substantial amounts of money Bolger repeated Wednesday during regular session of the board at the Education Centre remarks made in an interview with The Examiner conducted several weeks ago concerning fundraising have some peronal con cerns about the sums of money being handled he told trustees Earlier he had said he was also concerned for the safe ty of children going doorto door The issue has been discussed by the separate school prin cipals and Bolger said com mittee could be established The principals are scheduled to meet next on Nov 28 he said Roanan said the board might be placing its principals in bad spot by allowing them to stage fundraising campaigns without benefit of board guidelines or an accepted ac counting procedure Snow replied the idea rt on the site selection wouldnt be feasible but that that municipalities could came to him with ideas for individual improvements Mayor Archer said The mayors hve been meeting since Simcoe County was designated growth area by the province The purpose 15 to work together to get help from the povince in order to try and meet the growth forecasts The next session is scheduled to be held in Penetanguishene in either February or March the mayor said Launching god for event Precarnival planning Organizers plan to hold more events on the weekend before Barries 1980 Winter Carnival as launch pad for carnival ac tivities Art RogersGreater Barrie Chamber of Commerce president said the Chamber already plans to hold minor hockey tour nament and bedpushing race on the Feb 010 weekend Most carnival events take place Feb 1647 Were hoping to build more into the weekend before tthe carnivalt to make it Iaunch pad for the carnival said Rogers The carnival committee is operating on $4000 deficit from the 1979 carnival but Roger said organizers are looking to suc cessful 1980 event because weve got lot of new people who are really enthusiastic about what theyre doing The carnival budget runs between $35000 to 340000 said Bob Hollywood Chamber of Commerce general manager Most of the revenue comes from draw ticket sales social events carnival conces sion booths and contributions he said Hollywood said Barries carnival is one of few winter caniivals where site is created forit With the expansion of Heritage and Centennial parks there is more room for carnival activities this winter he said today Men go against union Wasaga Beach strike ends By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner WASAGABEACH The strike by members of the Public Works Department here is over despite the fact that workers have returned with no contract no more money than was of fered in February and an extremely weak union The outside workers member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner of America rejected the municipalitys Nov 12 contract offer but decided the following day to return to work by vote of six to five Since then union stewart Peter Good spokesman for the striking employees has quit along with one other worker and the municipality is acting as though there is no union Mayor Walter Borthwick says the situation is irregular but says its clear the men chose to go against the union and come back on their own WAITING TO HEAR He says the municipality is waiting to hear from the union and in the meantime the men are on the job as usual Were waiting to see if the men or the union are calling the shots The men went back on the offer of an eight per cent pay increase retroactive to January and five per cent increase in 1980and 1981 The union had asked for eight per cent 10 per cent and 10 per cent but its offer was rejected All workers signed an unconditional ap plication upon their return indicating they agree to the municipalitys terms of employ ment Good says the union did its best but the men didnt have patience If theyd waited little longer the workers could have obtained satisfactory contract complete with union security he added On Nov 13 the union provided each striker with $200 cheque its first monetary support other than food vouchers but the men had already decided to rctuni to work and return ed the money As for Good personally he says he no longer wants to work for the municipality without union to stand behind him He speculates that workers will apply for union decertification iu the near future Ladies curling championship will bring Innisfil prestige By NANCY FIGUEROA Of The Examiner STROUD The 1980 Southern Ontario Ladies Curl ing Competiton will be held in Stroud Jan 14 to 17 We are very fortunate to have been awarded this provin cial event said Rosemary Coulson Stroud Curling Club committee convenor We hope it will being honor and prestige not only to the curling club but also to the Township of In nisfil Mrs Coulson and other com mittee members appeared before committee of the whole Wednesday to request financial assistance from the township Eight teams with four members each from across Southern Ontario will par ticipate in the four day event at the Stroud Innisfil Recreation Centre As well as the par ticipants many spectators are expected to attend said Mrs Coulson The competition marks the first time provincial curling championships have been held in the township Its quite an said Mrs Coulson But we are looking literally Friday in an at William Gibbins estimates the tournament will undertaking forward to it Reeve cost the club about $3000 The club is responsible for the ren tal of the centre club expen ditures and transportation for participants from their hotel to the centre We are in the process of locating donations from private industry and commercial sources said Mrs Coulson As well as the expected donations the Southern Ontario Ladies Curling Association will pay $600 towards the cost of the competition It is an honor but an expen sive one she said Although committee members all agreed the township should contribute to the cost of the eventthey would not commit themselves to specific amount They should apply for for mal grant application and tell us exactly what they want said Coun Kathe Jans Committee agreed with her and will recommend Council ads to the recommendation Reeve Gibbins also recom mended that tournament par ticipants be given souvenir from Innisfil Township to com memorate the occasion The opening ceremonies will beheld Jan 14 at noon The competition will do the municipality lots of good said Grant Andrade deputy recve What they are doing is br inging certain amount of prestige to the township They should be congratulated Winners of the competition will proceed to the Canadian Ladies Curling Finals Barrie students dance all night While romantics have been dancing the night away figuratively speaking for years group of lnnisdale Secondary School students will dance the night away tempt to raise money for the schools choir The dancers taking part in the danceathon have col lected pledges and plan to disco from dusk pm to dawn am says Jim Leonard head of the schools music department at Liam Captivated audience ways of picking or strumming the guitar Jock Bob McNiven professional guitar and banjo player living in Barrie plays to students at Maple Grove School on Wednesday McNiven taught them little about the guitar and various Williams teacher Kl Any money collected will be used by the choir to pur chase sheet music and for an as yet unscheduled field trip he said Wednesday Some 60 students are in the choir There will also be dance between pm and midnight Friday with admission being $150 per person Proceeds will again go to the choir The dance and dancear then are two of several fund raising ventures the choir will conduct Legnard said at the school invited McNiven as he is starting guitar club with in terested students Examiner Photo