Cupcake brightens school bazaar For Michelle lolierty 2h left of 74 ren Blvd the cup cakes with the creamy white icing were by far the best part 20 per cent increase Boarding rates given approval per cent increase in boarding rates paid to foster parents was approved Tuesday by the Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society The increase is retroactive to Jan 1977 further increase of 131 per cent is contained in the 1978 estimates Boarding rate increases represented one item in the societys finance report which included the 1977 budget and estimates for 1978 At the advice of John Gam mel lawyer for the society from Midland the society will present supplementary budget to the ministry of com munity and social services to cover 1977 costs Gammel advised the society to reserve the right to continue with review board procedure if confirmation of the sup plementary figures is not ob tained from the ministry On confirmation the society will withdraw its request to put the matter before review board The ministry had allowed an increase of 328964 over the earlier total cost figure of 314031011 but Gammel said an increase of $541 is needed However he said the ministry will be flemble enough to cover this amount LEGAL BILLS Gammel said the problem oc curred when the ministry ex amined 1977 figures up to September to project spending for the whole year or bedspread One window or your entire home Only Beautiful Custommatte draperies Ball for professional shopathomeservice Custom made draperies Reed National Drapery Later legal bills came in related to child abuse cases which the ministr had not ac counted It had lotted $9971 for the year when the amount eventually needed ran closer to $14500 If theyd had figures for Oc tober they would have been closer to the $54000 were talk ing about Gammel said Jean Gradwell society presi dent said meeting with MPPs in the area has helped us more than we possibly thought it could We met very dif ferent reception when we ap proached them this time They were more willing to listen to our viewpoint The feeling now is that re quests for such items as clothing and dental care cur rently before the societys board should not present pro blem The main area of restriction in 1978 will relate to hiring and travelling no new staff can be hired unless the number of cases under the care of the society increases from the cur rent 303 Lower mileage rates must alsobe accepted The finance report allows an increase of 131 per cent in the boarding rate payments to foster parents to bring the region up to the associations provincial mean 51 societies in Ontario only four pay lower rates than the Simcoe County Society has the skill resources and service to guarantee you the best custom prod uct within working days And representa tive whos up to date on all the latest styles and Graham erght colours Call us toda for an absolutel tree sho at home service and consultation NATIONAL DRAPERY Beautiful custom drapes in as little as seven days FOR FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE CALL 7263401 Out of town call collect of the Oakley Park Schools Christmas Bazaar Wednesday Beside Michelle busily eating away is her fouryearold brother Jason Examiner Photo Take first step to appeals board The Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce has taken the first step toward setting up community appeals review board body which would endorse and coordinate fund drives in Barrie The Chambers board of directors appointed former city police chief Ed Tschirhart this week to head feasibility study on the possibility of such board Its strictly study to see if its worth doing chamber president Dave Blenkam said Wednesday If the chamber decides to push ahead with the project Blenkam said support will be sought from city council and local businesses and charities He said review board would help weed out unworthy fund drives and would coordinate the rest so that two drives would not be conducted at the same time Review boards which have been set up in other Ontario cities 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possible redevelopment scheme unveiled at City Hall meeting Wednesday showed Dunlop Street East turned into covered destrian mall from Bayfie Street to Mulcaster Street about 400 extra parking spaces behind Dunlop Street stores in decked parking buildings designed to take ad vantage of the slope of the land from Collier Street to Kempenfelt Bay two major new anchor commercial developments such as department stores several walkways leading from rking decks across the Cana ian National Railway tracks to the Iakcshore The scheme is one of several alternatives to be Ipresented by consultants an does not necessarily represent the final recommendations of the $61000 study due in February Were just testing con cept architect lanner Jack Diamond told Examiner after the meeting but its in scale with the issues Diamond said the pedestrian mall alone would cost the city at least $15 million Twothirds funding for such project could be available from the provin cial govemment as longterm loan at low interest rates to be paid from revenue the city earns from the development tho axamlnor Thunday ï¬av 171677 ith shopping centres Cost has no meanin Dia mond said It on has relevance to revenue youve got to spend money to earn money Firmer proposals presented by the consultants include drive to bring residents es ecially homeowning fa mi ies back into the core The core which stretches from the waterfront to Highway 400 and mu from St Vincent Street to Burton Avenue neighborhood declined in population from 14565 to 13390 between 1971 and 1976 Diamond suggested lands bet ween Bradford Street and Lakeshore Drive as suitable for lowrise highdensity residen tial redevelopment use of both Bradford and Lakeshore to carry traffic into the downtown area from the south developing both equally to avoid turning either into fullscale arterial road Cutting the Five Points in tersection to four either by tur ning Dunlap East into mall or by closing the first block of Clapperton Street With MAGIC 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