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4 set at $14,000 Midland fire fighters took the better part of four hours to bring a fire, which broke out at a home on Sandy Bay Road in Tay Township on Friday, under control. Damage to the house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. David To govern zoning, standards Two by-laws before council Penetanguishene town council gave third reading to its proposed zoning by-law last night and second reading, or approval in principle, to a by-law prescribing standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property within town limits. Once the town gets final approval from the Ontario Municipal Board on these by-laws, it will signify the completion of the basics of planning and mean, in the words of zoning Inside the Penetanguishene Citizen this week, we take a look at The Penetanguishene, one of the finest resort hotels of its type in North America during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For a minimum of $2.50 per day or $14 per week, it offered luxury ac- commodation, recreational facilities and service to a wealthy clientele from across the continent. Above, a record muskie caught near the hotel one summer, which made the angler in the photo the envy of the "Izaak Walton Club" at the hotel. For the story and more details, please turn to page 16. Desjardins, has been estimated at $14,000. According to Midland fire chief Arnold Tippin, faulty wiring is suspected to be the cause of the blaze. Staff photo administrator Bryan Byng, that "we can start refining." The town's planning board has already approached Windland Associates of Orillia to draft a comprehensive development policy for the municipality to add as an amendment to the official plan, something requested by Queen's Park. The Property. Maintenance and Occupancy Standards By-law, as it is formally called, will set minimum requirements for the upkeep of buildings, in terms of both safety and appearance. It provides for enforcement under the Ontario Municipal Act and defines what is and is not a safe, habitable building. Yeo St. lots are now up for sale Penetanguishene will offer 18 residential lots in the Yeo Street area for sale to the general public, following last night's meeting of the town council. Council endorsed a proposal that would call for the properties to be offered at a flat price of $9,500 each, and noted that they are now completely serviced to the lot line. They are located in Yeo between Dufferin and Lorne Streets. All applications, when accompanied by a certified cheque for $100, will be deposited in a sealed box, with the final sales being completed following a public draw on a date not yet specified. Bell adds 500 area numbers Bell Canada has increased the capacity of the Lafontaine switching centre by 500 telephone numbers to accommodate growth in the area. According to local Bell Canada manager Jake Luke, the new equipment costs $103,000 and should be operational by fall. The move increases the number of listings in the Lafontaine exchange to 1,500. Baseball, football - and new arena New plan unveiled for town's waterfront park Penetanguishene town council gave ap- proval in principle last night to a revised master plan for the Waterfront Park that would cost an estimated $700,000 over the next 10 or more years. More than $224,000 has been spent so far in developing the waterfront, particularly by landfilling the beach area and constructing the nature trails in the west end. And to date, ratepayers in the community have paid directly only $6,500 of that cost, with the rest coming from federal and provincial government grants, and private donations. The cost estimate is exclusive of capital spending on a new arena called for under the plan, and the anticipated doubling in size of the town dock by the federal government. The plan was unveiled to council last night by parks chairman Ron Bellisle, and it marks a sharp shift in philosophy from the old proposals for the area. Under the one drawn up in May 1970, the OFY grants youths total e Ministry of Manpower and Immigration has given the go-ahead to 19 Opportunities for Youth applications in the North Simcoe area, with grants totalling $88,828, according to a telephone interview yesterday. Carman Marchand, was awarded $3,715 for its operation this summer. Project 'Le Gout de vivre' will employ five, with a grant of $4,090. Happy Time Day Camp will be operating with six students and $4,270 this summer. Five students will be working on 'Loisiers Jeunesse' this summer, thanks to an OF Y grant of $5,270. In Penetanguishene, five students have been awarded $3,755 for their Centennial Project, under the direction of Kathryn Labatt. Experience '75 has been granted $6,160 for seven students in the Waverley district. The Elmvale Day Camp has been awarded $5,750 for its operation which will employ six people. In Perkinsfield, under the direction of Shirley Lesperance, 'Les Chopains' has been granted $3,390 and will provide four jobs. waterfront would have been designed as a "passive" park area, but the new one, prepared by Richard Strong-Steven Moorhead Ltd. calls for an active recreation area to be centred around the present curling club site. The map, published on page 2 of this issue, provides for eventual construction of a new arena behind the present Aquarobic Ltd. plant, a small community centre where the public works shed now stands, removal of the trailer park to another part of town, and the development of three baseball diamonds, bicycle paths, a football field and track, and a modified commercial area east of the sewage treatment plant. In addition the nature trails would be fully completed, extensive parking facilities and landscaping are called for, as well as a doubling of the beach capacity through continued landfill to roughly 1,500 feet. This week, for example, fill being removed from the site of construction at the Poyntz to area *88,828 A community playground on Christian Island has been granted $9,433 and will provide employment for eight this summer. In the Lafontaine area five people will be involved in 'Fermier en Herbe' to which the ministry has granted $4,500. Project 'Camarades d'ete', under the direction of Six students, under the direction of Christie Swales, will have $4,690 to operate a summer playground at Sacred Heart school in Midland. An OFY grant in the amount of $1,835 has been awarded to two people for a Tutoring and Enrichment program to be operated in the Midland and Victoria Har- bour area. The ministry has granted $3,530 for four students to run the YACMR (Youth Across Canada for the Mentally Retarded) day camp in the Midland area. Midland's Contact centre has been given $5,645 for projects organized by four people. $5,600 has been granted to four students for the construction of the Ganaraska Trail. A day camp in the Vasey area, under the direction of Barb Wilson, has been granted $4,205. A project called 'Chimo' has been given $4,470 for its OF Y project. | us The Penetanguishene Lions club got into the act during the district Lions parade down King Street in Midland on Saturday af- ternoon, and proclaimed the town's cen- tennial year on the side of their float. Boosting the party Collingwood, Stayner, Honey Harbour, and Barrie among others for the annual con- ference held this past weekend in Midland. Between 600 and 800 Lions escaped from their cages for the weekend and converged on the Civic Centre for business meetings, lun- cheons, banquets, and balls Staff photo Plaza has been deposited, in part, at the waterfront. Construction of the arena will be geered to future industrial and residential develop- ment, but in the words of one municipal spokesman "you'll be surprised how much we'll see done in the next ten years." The plan provides for future expansion of the sewage treatment plant, and Gulf Oil Ltd. has agreed to give half of its present land for storage tanks to the town at a nominal fee. Vol.8 No. 18 Wednesday, April 30, 1975 If and when completed, the plan will see Penetanguishene with a uniquely-developed natural asset within site of the town's core, -- including a natural wildlife centre in the nature trail area. And perhaps most remarkable of all is the minimal cost to the town. Local labour is developing the site, beautifying the town, and at a cost to date, after several years, of just over $1 per per- son. (See editorial, page 4.) 32 pages Shooting at street lights Police crack down on vandals The Penetanguishene police department has decided to clamp down on the damage done to street lights, and will charge anyone caught causing the mischief. The proclamation follows an outbreak of damaged or destroyed streetlights on Edward Street between Anne Street and the high school. According to a police spokesman, the police note which lights are burnt out while making their rounds, and report to the Water and Light Commission which replaces the lights every Friday. On Friday, all the lights were replaced on Edward Street, and by Saturday evening several had again received damage. Many of them have been shot out with a .22 rifle. Secretary-treasurer of the commission, Ernest Lalonde, said that three of the ex- pensive mercury vapour lamps were on the receiving end of a bullet last week. One of the lamps received 11 bullet holes and had to be replaced, at a cost of $100. Several years ago, the glass shields covering the lights were replaced with plastic ones, which could not be broken by stones. The only problem with them is that they tend to yellow. "They couldn't break it with stones,"' said one commission employee, "'so they decided to use a gun on it."' The bulb alone for the lamps cost $10, and when the casing of the lamp is broken by a bullet, moisture gets inside and ruins the entire light. One lamp had to be removed due to the recent shooting spree, and Lalonde is not sure when he will get a replacement for it. According to him, pails hanging in a nearby sugar bush are also sporting bullet holes. "Anyone caught shooting at streetlights,"' said police chief John Geere, "will be charged with mischief to private property. The penalty for this is maximum im- prisonment for five years, or a fine (usually a heavy one). Also the person responsible could be ordered by the court to make restitution for the damages. As well, the rifle will be seized." The chief asks any person witnessing damage to the street lights to call police immediately at 549-2456. On Fox Street, near the old water works, the lights are still of the small incandescent type, and according to Lalonde they are a real problem. "They're gone every week," he said. "Hopefully it won't be so bad when the new ones go in." The town makes the transition to mercury vapour lights by replacing a certain number each year. It is hoped that the Fox Street area will be the next for replacemen~. It costs about $2,400 each year to ) eplace damaged or burnt out lights, and Ernest Lalonde estimates that 75 per cent of the cost is for damage. Bullet holes Penetanguishene police have decided to clamp down on the amount of damage being done to street lights on Edward Street after this lamp was removed after receiving 11 holes from a .22 rifle. The unit is valued at $100, an hour of a man's time, and the use of the truck and bucket. Police report similar damage on other lights in the area. Photo by Bob Faulkner 130 atte nd Monday night meeting Task force planners, area residents by Sue de Stein- For the first time since the inception a year ago of the Simcoe-Georgian Task Force, task force consultants, area politicians, planners, and citizens appear to have reached a tacit understanding. In a jovial and informal atmosphere Monday night at the Highland Motel, study director Malcolm Martini and consultant Earl Berger met with 130 concerned politicans, planners, and citizens from the area to discuss the task force's second in- terim report, released during the winter. Now in the final stages of its work, the task - force was the brainchild of the Ontario government, charged with designing a growth strategy for the Simcoe-Georgian area for the next 30 to 40 years. For the last te nhs, the consultants' growth strategy ov'*ed in the report appeared to be un- pardtable to at least the Tiny-Tay Peninsula Planning Board, and Midland Penetanguishene and Tay Township councils and planning boards. In its brief to the task force, the area planning board lambasted the second interim report for its failure to allow for enough urban growth in the peninsula area and for its emphasis on Barrie as the prime growth centre. Along the same reasoning as the area board's, though in somewhat more subtle terms, Midland council contended that the Barrie / Midland option was the most viable alternative. Fireworks fizzle The expected fireworks which threatened to explode early in the meeting Monday night, did not materialize. No one disagreed with Martini's contention that moderate and evenly-paced growth could be accommodated in the county, up toa maximum population of 500,000 by the year 2011. The consultants, he said, felt there was merit in growth, considering that increased job opportunities and more and better ser- vices came hand in hand with that growth. In considering the distribution of that population, the task force opted to a trends approach, he said. There are a number of opportunities in the Midland- Penetanguishene area, though "'we see them as relatively limited." What the consultants have noted with regards to the Midland area, is that "the amount of growth one can reasonably expect is 70,000', he explained, a figure which nearly triples the present population. Martini said he was not convinced about the importance of incentive grants, in bringing growth to the area, but noted that highways leading to North Simcoe must be vastly improved -- a point which he con- ceded, had not been brought out strongly in the second interim report. The rate of growth in centres outside of Barrie will be slower at first, as it 'takes a while to build up credibility as an attractor'. As Barrie fills up and prices arily skyrocket, industries will begin to look farther afield for locations. 200,000 in Barrie? To Midland mayor Harold Boyd's com- plaint that the consultants appear to be forcing growth in Barrie, Martini said that the consultants had, in fact, constrained growth in the Barrie area. 'I'm convinced that there could be 200,000 people in Barrie before the turn of the century,' he added. "We're hardly forcing the issue." However, because of its location, 'Barrie will naturally be the key point in the area"'. Outspoken critic of the task force report and area board member Dr. Peter Brasher said the ability of the Tiny-Tay Peninsula to absorb urban growth was higher than was indicated in the report. In the urban areas of Midland, Penetanguishene, Port McNicoll, and Vic- toria Harbour, he contended there are 11,000 acres of land not designated by the area board as environmental protection areas. By la -- . BARRY wy 40MM BEAVMIEU Citizen contents ! cere. 2 New park plan 2 ath tg a Child power 5 | f Television francaise | Baseball 13 i The Penetanguishene 16 Classified 18-21 Community calendar 21 q Entertainment 22-24 reach shaky truce separating these centres with EPAs, the _ communities would remain as separate and agricultural land would be preserved, he said. The board maintains that with a density of 10 persons per acre, the urban areas could accommodate 110,000 people. "We object to a doubling of population in the rural area," which means the loss of agricultural land, he stressed. "We must differentiate between planned growth and urban sprawl." Clarifying the area board's position, planning director John Faulkner agreed that the capacity of Simcoe County was 500,000. "But I don't want to have a pot that will hold 300,000 potatoes, and then try to hut 500,000 potutoes in it," he added. "'What the area board is saying is that the peninsula area has a capacity of 110,000, so let's plan for it.' "Just a citizen" Describing himself as "just a citizen", Midland resident Eric Rothwell, who left Toronto because he wanted to live here, said he got "nervous when I think Midland could change to the place I left."' If Midland is going to expand, "'let's do it intelligently," he added Midland planning board chairman Doug Klute felt that growth was inevitable -- "'it's a fact, andit is good if planned properly." He did not think that the quality of life in the area would drastically alter with an in- creased population. Quality of life, Midland reeve Moreland Lynn added, "means much more than a static population". It means that our children have the option of enjoying the arts, which are presently "unreachable", that we can provide some form of post-secondary education, or that we can afford a quality of medical service that goes beyond what we have, he said. "We can only achieve this with a moderate rate of growth and a minimal loss of agricultural land," considering the high cost of services. "And if we don't afford growth, then we won't be able to afford services,' Lynn ad- ded. No fixed date for 110,000 The discussion on population, added Brasher, should be interms of years. The absolute population maximum set by the area board for the peninsula is 110,000, with no set date for that level. Above that absolute potential, "we destroy the quality of life." The task force, however, projects a population of 70,000 for the urban areas by 2011. No bleeding Seemingly pleased by the public response at the meeting, Berger noted that despite some differences, "I think we came to some kind of an understanding here tonight." He had expected fireworks at the meeting, he added, "and I'm not bleeding." Pointing to Brasher, he said, "And neither are you." eee te