Barrie Examiner, 28 Mar 1977, p. 5

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the oxnmlnor MondyMlmh an 1011 Handlemanguest FOUI Of cabinet at CAC meeting Sidney Handleman Ontario consumer and corporate rela tions minister will be guest speaker tonight at the annual meeting of the Barrie branch of the Consumers Association of Canada The meeting will begin at 730 pm in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers Gas building on Ferris Lane Those attending the meeting will have chance to state complaints or points of view to the minister Also on the agenda are reports from the 197677 executive and the election of the 197778 executive Anyone interested in attending is welcome Charged with careless driving Manitoulin Island man has been charged with careless driVing in connection with sint levehicle accident Satur day say Barrie OPP Police say Charles Clifford Bebamikawe of the WikWimikong Reserve escaped injury in the crash but has $2000 damage to his 1973 Plymouth The accident occurred at 1226 pm at Highways 93 and 400 Constable Covey investigated Championship held at Revolver Club Contestants from throughout the province converged on the Barrie Revolver lub headquarters this weekend for the On tario championship of the Canadian 1800 Taking their turns Borden Zalinsky of Toronto Darcy Sedor Robert Britt and Jim MacPherson all of Niagara Falls The championship was authorized and sponsored by the Ontario Handgun Road 23 say Midland OPP stop Midland PP Toronto headon Hyrtle was uninjured Two involved in collision Two Barrie area residents were involved in twocar col lision Sunday at 530 pm on Highway 93 say Barrie OPP Brenda Posie of Vespra Township near Barrie and Ray mond Graungaard of Shanty Bay escaped injury but Posie has $1000 damage to her 1967 Volkswagen while Graungaards 1974 Barracuda has an estimated $100 damage Constable Brown investigated Man killed in crash Hillsdale man is dead and Barrie man has minor in juries after singlevehicle crash Sunday night on County Police say passenger Douglas Espey 25 was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident Garnet Hallyburton 27 of Barrie was the driver of the car Police say he lost control driving eastbound on Highway 23 and the car rolled over several times before coming to Constable Bob Haley investigated Port Severn man killed Port Severn man was killed early Sunday morning after his car hit tractortrailer headon on Highway 69 say Brian St Armand 33 was pronounced dead at the scene Police say his car was travelling northbound when he hit southbound tractortrailer driven by Lester Hyrtlc 45 of Constable liiii Reichheld investigated Examiner survey shows Landers most popular column typos upset readers the most Did you know Ann Landers is the most popular feature in The Examiner Or that typographical errors misspellings and similar faults upset our readers more than anything else we doe or fail to do few weeks ago while we were getting ready to offer you the new Examiner you have in your hands today we published lengthy survey asking our readers what they like dislike or want changed in Simcoe Countys largest daily newspaper We thought maybe 50 or fit people would bother to fill it out recalls Sean Finlay Examiner city editor Instead staggering 39 readers took the trouble to clip out the pagelength form fill it in and mail or bring it to our Bayfield Street office The total represents close to four per cent of our paid circulation wan unusually high return as sur veys go If you can get four per cent return on survey like this its just fantastic said managing editor Dave ilen shaw It shows that our readers care about this newspaper Some of the results madt pleasant reading for The Examiners management other responses had the op posite effect 309 EVER DAY 0n the good side 309 people said they read The Examiner every day out of 369 who an swered that particular question And 94 out of 303 buy no othci newspaper Our main ventures into local controversy letters to thc editor and editorials scored astonishingly high marks Cathie Mocey For All Your Travel Information The Best Service In Town BRISTOW Travel Service II pliant of travel 7370340 7370341 19 OnonSt IonIo Ont finishing second and third respectively behind Ann Lan ders in regular feature icadcn ship We enjoy the paper said one reader Carry on but dont up the price please An Angus resident added personal touch We have good papcrboy now so everybody on King Street is happy he said llis name is Ricky Leather It is fine paper thank you am very satisfied with the paper Please keep up the good work one and all another reader wrote The other side was well represented too We have lived in several areas over the years and believe The Barrie Examiner is the worst paper have ewt seen wrote one reader who wants to see more national iii tcrnational and crime news NOT WURTH lleE Why dont you correct some of your errors and get your far ts right For these two reasons your paper is not worth the price and this is why we dont subscribe said another Some complaints were more specific find your newspaper terribly dirty or should say the newsprint wrote one man Nowhere have we found newsprint so dirty There is no question con coming your movie adgt vertisemcnts the word for which is stink said another One collegeeducated professional man making more EA FOODS YOU LOVE AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT you how $400 roglstratlon $300 meeting Call Free 18002610573 It IIch Omar 95 Cool Strut lurk nlhyi 730 pm Imich PM Idiool luau emu himrldi Inky 7x10 Il fluorite Temple Cooltown hunky 7M pin metallic Id than Honky 7i10 Mi llori Push Guru lugm St Angel on 7i10pni 29X counterweight 920m wore on lHidingAllCiIlliltlmn WON Cannot OIQiltlllitltlHl EUGENE WHELAN agriculture Four federal cabinet ministers are scheduled to come to Barrie April 19 to hold town hall meeting and speak with civic and student groups Ray Ramsay Liberal association president for the new Centre Simcoc federal riding said today Ministers expected to come to town that day are Eugene BUD CULLEN manpower immigration Whelan agriculture Bud Cullen manpower and im migration Judd Buchanan public works and Tony Abbott consumer and corporate af fairs Expected to join them in the travelling caucus are three Liberal members of Parliament Ross Milne Peel DufferinSimcoe Aideen JUDD BUCHANAN public works Nicholson Trinity in Metropolitan Toronto and Bob Daudlin KentEssex Schedule for the day has not yet been set Ramsay said Ramsay said today the visit to Barrie is part of program by the federal government to get closer to the people of Canada Members of the caucus will accept briefs from the publiche said Dressage gets more popular says Olympic team member Dressage is increasing in popularity among Canadian horse owners and riders says Canadian Olympic team mem ber Barbara Straccy but the sport still has long way to go Dressage is really young sport in Canada Miss Stracey said Saturday The level is still very very low than Saturn year said The Examiner appears to print only cnough news to keep your ad vertising ratio from excecding limits set out by the newspaper governing body There is no newsparwr gover ning body The most frequently requested change was an in crcasc in the number of stories on what to do and where to go Out of 36 who marked that question 23 wanch more such stories and theyll get more on special page every Thur sday Other features which will turn up in The Examiner over the next few days in response to reader requests include girl of the week photo feature Saturday stock market sum mary with our new weekly business pagesr and readers photo of the week contest SOME SlRPRlSE Some of the suggested changes came as bit of sur prise Color comics for exam ple got plenty of support Miss Straccy of Toronto was at Kayinir Farms on lnnisfil lownships 12th Line for one of series of dressage clinics she is Conducting across Ontario and Quebec Dressage despite its high falutin reputation means nothing more than training Miss St raccy said despite other surveys which in dicate no one reads comics any more No decision has been made on that one yet tur bestread strip incidentally not counting editorial cartoons or the front page feature Ben Wicks is Andy Cap Least read was Kerry Dralic Andy stays Kerry goes Who answered our survcy The largest age group was the 254034 set with 111 respon ses closely followed by the overfills with 110 Responses were fairly evenly divided by sex with 175 males and 188 females among those who told us which they were lth of INS respondents 18 and older 1336 own their own homes To provide further details on what our readers like or dont like we will be carrying more stories on survey results over the next few days And six months from now we plan followup survey to give you anothcr chance to express youropinions Next time were renting computer says Finlay Sears New Custom Draperies Let Sears give your home that fashion look with unique styling in wide choice of fashion fabrics it IS so easy to have light lovely refreshing new look in your room Come in and consult our experienced decorators Let them show you many Window treatments in choice of prints solids Sheers or casements Get whole new outlook Furniture Reupholstering now available at Sears Call 726445l Ext 794 SimpsonsSears Ltd Georglon MO Hot and Wd 1441 to lillllflllll rir porch 509 Bayfield St It is the basis to all riding she said Until you get to higher level dressage just means basic training One thing which has detrac ted from the popularity of dressage she said is the fact that the sport is boring to watch unless you know what to look for the horse just seems to be walking around Its not the kind of thing that people will go out for the af ternoon and watch she said But for the horse and for the rider she said dressage can mean lot Essentially she said it means making the horse more comfortable and obedient toridc at the targets are from left Nelson MacDonald of Toronto Association Examiner Photo More than dozen claim miracle servce cures With God all things are possible read the Sign above the stage where television evangelist Rev Bill Prankard stood preaching his message of miraculous healing The Ottawabased Pen tecostal minister was in Barrie Saturday for the second time in four years to conduct what was advertised as miracle ser vice Like the words from St Mat thews Gospel quoted on the sign the advertised description was meant literally and more than few of the audience of 700 at Barrie Central Collegiate came away from the threehour service believingit More than dozen men and women came forward to tell one and all that ailments they had suffered at the beginning of the service were gone Woman who had leaned on cane earlier in the service as she stood on the stage for prayer handed the cane to Mr Prankard as she told how her stiff knees and bad back had been cured She did deep knee bends and tourbed her toes to proveit An elderly man came for iic than lllll Box 2060 OrilliaDntario 703 3257100 GEORGIAN MAIL BARRIE 7287960 ward carrying hearing aid he said he had worn for seven years but no longer needed PRAISE THE LORD young woman could say only praise the Lord in an emotionchoked voice as an usher relayed her message of how she had been cured of emotional problems which had led her to plan suicide former heavy drinker dan ced on the stage as he told the evangelist his bad knees were cured and lump which had grown on his liver due to drinking was gone woman came forward to say the hearing she had regained at Mr Prankards service four years ago was still good God just loves to do things that cant happen Mr Prankard told the audience The answer for any problem is thesamcwitsJesus The youthful evangelist held the audience spellbound through program which in cluded music jokes prayer for those who gathered on stage and rousing sermon on prayer and salvation le ree Stalin There was collection but Mr Prankard said repeatedly he did not want anyone to con tribute unless they wished to didnt come to Barrie to see how much money could take away he said MANY FALL During the prayers many of the people on the stage fell over backward at touch from the evangelist and were caught and lowered gently to the floor by strategicallypositioned msistant Mr Prankard said after the program the phenomenon seems to be con nected with recognition of the power of God but does not follow predictable pattern and does not prove those who fall have been cured He said during his sermon success in prayer comes from praying with all our hearts until our prayers are answered rather than just turning our concerns over to God and forgetting them and from having the clean conscience which only Christ can give Ask and you shall receive CUSTOM MADE DBAPEBIES and BEDSPBEADS Total Decorator and Coordinating Services Choose from an outstanding selection of excellent quality materials and patterns from Canadas finest suppliers Personal service on large or small enquiries Tracking and installation as required Phone IOIS ROBERTSON or drop in to the Studio RR1 Hwy 93 at Crown Hill Only Miles North of Barrie MON ALONG TO SINGER SINGE Sewing Centres he said God cannot disap pomt Mr Prankard was in more subdued mood in an interview with The Examiner after the pogram Not all who ask are cured at once he said and there is no human way of telling Why some are and others are If theres WW in Your Future Welcome Wagon is planning Special Party for bridestobe on Monday March 14 at the Blue Flame Room Barrie For your in vitation colltlie WinElvira lTD 7261454 Youll be glad you did wit ALAA

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