Need for housing is Cited by group Insufficient accommodations and lack of community interest were cited as the main cause of Barries housing crisis for shortterm visitors to the city These were opinions ex pressed at Tuesdays public meeting on emergency housing in the city held at the Barrie Public Library Its frustrating to us Al Hopper director of the Barrie YMYWCA said We just dont know who to turn to in the community Its because very few people want strangers to stay in their homes Shortterm visitors to the city were defined as impoverished transients and the self supporting who enter the city without the financial means to pay for hotel accommodations Included in this group would be the college student Peg More supervisor of the Royal Victoria Hospital Residence says emergency housing has reached crisis stage We see great need for emergency housing Each day we tuni away two or three people because we simply dont have the accommodations for them Mrs More says her 159bed residence has set policy that dictates who is accepted to live in the residence The priorities at the residence are for nursing students hospital employees and students if in that order she said LITTLE FACILITIES Harry Kelly of the St Vin cent de Paul Society says Barrie has little if any facilities available for ac commodating transients When these people come to us the only place we can find for them to stay is hotel The only other place transients might stay is at the jail he said Theres also the problem of trying to properly assess the people who are transients from those who are taking advantage of the welfare system There is an emergency crisis in Banie for housing these types of people he said Steve Hines of the Barrie Welfare office said the main reason for the housing crisis was people have stopped volunteering to take in tran sients and shortteriii visitors because of the costs iiivolwil Solicitor general Rights of officers protected by Bill 114 John MacHeth Ontarios solicitorgeneral says Bill 114 protects the rights of police ot ficers under investigation because of citizens com plaints He says the new bill which has received second reading in the Ontario legislature is designed to protect police who he describes as being par ticularly vulnerable to private complaints Bill 114 which has angry representatives of the Ontario Police Association threatening work to rule or strikes would establish civilian authority to deal with citizens complaints The bill would create coin missioner of citizen complaints independent of the police who would look into complaints on provincial level Police representatives are saying the bill robs police of ficers of their ï¬ghts but in recent press release MacBeth says additional protection will be afforded them in the bill Among the protections would be requirements that suspen ded officers be paid and sec tion ruling that records of complaint cannot be recorded on an officers personal file if it is resolved informally and he can state his side of the case says IacBeth An accused officer cant be compelled to testify and duty statements can only be used for the purpose of cross examination under the new bill he added JOHN 11Bl2lll The new complaints com missioner would be given the power to order hearings before new body to be known as the Citizen omplaints and Police Discipline Review Board lhe complaints com missioner would be principally concerned with receiving and looking into the complaints of citizens who feel aggricvid by action taken at the local level said MacBeth EXIsting police complaint bureaus will continue operations on local levels says MacBeth who says local police are in the best position to han dle initial complaints and have The reason for the housing shortage is because people arent calling into us and saying they have either rooms or apartments available Nevertheless we are trying to help the transients as much as possible Hines said Hines said the city receives federal and provincial grants to help look after transients Because of the limit of our funding grants we arent in the position to help everyone who calls requesting help For these people unfortunately we have to tell them there is nothing we can do Hines said consensus on the two main problems related to the housing crisis was reached at the meeting The issue concerns ace commodations for young people who have moved to the city in search of work but who dont have any money to support themselves the second type of housing shortage is the hostel accommodation that would shelter transients who stay in the city for shorttime Next meeting on emergency housing in Barrie is Jan to 1978 responsibility to answer COIL cerns of local citizens The new mechanisms at the provincial level would apply to all police forces and would be superimposed upon existing complaints bureaus he said The investigatoiy power of the commissioner would be similar to those of an oni budsman he can refer comr plaints to local forces or III vestigate himself with staff to aid him The coiiiiissioiieis duties would also include publishing an annual report and advising the mIlCIlUlfltlltliilIS offici on appropriate amendments to existing legislation and regulations The commissioner would undertake an analysis of data relating to public complaints with view to detecting and isolating problems which can be brought to the attention of authorities responsible for policing said MaiBeth The commissioner would also make ltttllllllltlltlitlltlll tor ltlllttllill act ioii be adde MESSAUIC Itt1ll MONIHIIAI itI An iiii port fashion show was held recently at the ltitxvtarlton Ilo tel garden here and thc tilts sage for this years couture col Iection is romantic Design ers whose wares were on dis play included Marc Hoililll La ncct I0nIIItllltt gnibeneZtndman and Yves Saint Laurent WINNERS OF THE CASH FOR LIFE $1000000 EARLY BIRD BONUS DRAW DECEMBER 12th1977 THIS WEEKS LUCKY TICKET NUMBERS lst Prize $500000 3985127 2nd Prize $100000 3412641 3rd 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19 1977 WINNERS OF THE DEC 26th JAN 2nd DRAWS WILL BE PUBLISHED ONE DAY LATER THAN NORMAL SPONSORED BY THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED Susan lacKeiiIic Bit of Stroud is secretary for lllllM Barrie television production company working out of KVIL Shes interested in photography sketchng and painting tllxtllllltltl Photoi the exami WWNRMdNRNNNNN ner girl Shop Downtown Barrie this extended shopping hours till 9pm You can visit Santa any day at Memorial Square in his trailer and theres free parking Friday Nights and Saturdays the examiner Wednesday Dec 14 1977 ake Simcoe Its future on the line By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Reporter NEWMARKET special government committee ap pointed to study pollution in Lake Simcoe will fight to main tain the lakes current water quality but there is little chan ce the lake will be returned to its original state Tuesday political represen tatives of all municipalities and government departments in volved in the watershed gathered here to decide the lakes future The committee is respOnsible for planning for the en vironmental impact of future development in the Lake Sim coeCouchiching basin The committee was told the best indicator of lakes health is its fish Cold water fish such as Whitefish and lake trout have declined considerably in Lake Simcoe in recent years and are being maintained by stocking Warm water fish such as carp and smelt have increased Pollution has reduced the oxygen level in the lake Cold water fish need more oxygen than is currently present MAINTAINQUALITY George Trewin of the ministry of the environment chairman of the technical group said the committee could adopt program that would maintain the current waterquality It could also attempt Christmas December 14 15 16 as well as Monday through Friday Next week you can enjoy rigorous program of strict con trol that would improve the water to point where cold water fish could reproduce naturally Trewin said the second program would require im proved sewage treatment and strict control over urban storm water that have not been tried anywherein Ontario It would be costly program he said and were still not sure this will work no mat ter what we do it may be im possible because of population projections for the lake Wednesday 130 600 Saturday 900 1200 119 Bayfield St Barrie Ont 14M 383 1011 KENNETH ROBINSON DC DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC wishes to announce that effective Dec 12 1977 his new office hours will be Monday 830 1200 30 530 700 900 Tuesday 830 1200 30 600 Thursday 830 1200 130 530 700 900 Friday 830 1200 130 600 Howard Shillington Keswick councillor and chair man of the political group said the committee should take practical and realistic ap proach Returning the lake to cold water fishery would be ex tremely costly and still might not work PROGRAMS UNACCEPTABIE The political committee did not accept either program It voted instead to improve the lake as much as is practical and at least maintain its current level 7373592