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Show time at Corpus Christi gymnasium of the school last week as: part of Education Week activities. Staff photo The students at Corpus Christi School were completely engrossed by this Tiny cou ncil approves 'pioneer village' project North Simcoe's first and only pioneer village has received the 'go- ahead' from Tiny Township Council. Council recently ap- proved a planning board recommendation to amend Tiny's official plan to permit develop- ment of a pioneer village by Marcelville Antiques. An antique store, reproductions shop and furniture stripping outlet . are now located on the Marcelville property on Hwy. 27 between Midland and Penetanguishene but the amendment would permit expansion and diversification of Mar- celville's operations. Plans proposed by Denis Robitaille and his family, owners of Mar- celville, call for the construction of a carriage shop, cabinet maker's shop, blacksmith's, a general store, harness maker.'s building, Vic- torian house, settler's cabin and an auberge, all of which will be built with the. area's pioneer tradition in mind. "I think our plans go back eight or nine years," Denis Robitaille recalled on Monday. "It was somewhat of a dream maybe...the main reason really was to pass on some heritage to our own kids...so it was really only a question of time..." The decline in the availability of antiques ("'we used to bring them in by the truckload every day - now it's only every month'"'), coupled with Tiny Council's request for a long range forecast for the antique and furniture stripping business prompted realization of the pioneer village plans. "We'll go heavy on the French-Canadian the- me," Denis predicted. "There's not too much evidence of the French influence here and we feel they deserve a bit of credit and recognition."' The French-Canadian ambiance will, Denis hopes, be especially ef- fective in the auberge - a good, old-fashioned French-Canadian 'eat- erie', which Denis thinks will be a first for the area. Cabinet-makers' shop first The first planned building, a cabinet- makers' shop, will be erected aS soon as Marcelville receives a building permit for the barn-like structure. All manufacturing of reproductions and fur- niture finishing will be moved into this shop, which will be open for viewing for those in- terested in Marcelville reproductions. All other buildings will be specifically built to display aspects of pioneer life thus the general store could feature home-made quilts, jams, jellies, - "anything hand-made in about a 50 mile radius of here," Denis enthused. The settler's cabin will be furnished with original antiques to set the tone for the pioneer period and (hopefully) stimulate interest in the antique operations themselves. Although the Victorian House may seem out of place, Denis insists it will be relevant because of the British influence in the area, such as has been recreated at Historic Military and . Naval Establishments in Penetanguishene. Construction of these buildings will depend on the success of the rest of the Marcelville operations. Council waived any time-related development guarantees but will ask for a per- formance bond to ensure retention of the pioneer concept at all phases of the development. Marcelville's plans have gone to the ministry of housing for its perusal, then once detailed plans and landscaping guidelines are submitted by the Robitailles, council will clear the way for start of the first building. With some luck the first phase of a pioneer village could be attracting tourists within the decade. 'We get treated as second class citizens' -- Spearn Cont'd from p.1 Spearn's final argument centred around the minimum standards set out in the zoning bylaw. He said there were a large humber of ex- ceptions to these stan- dards in the Brule Heights plan. "We get treated as second class citizens," he said, making it clear that he meant second class in the sense that the sub- division would be sub- standard in a number of ways compared with the rest of the town. He told the planning Police report board that this would establish a very bad precedent, and proposed that the board not ap- prove it as presented to them, but consider in- stead a counter-proposal presented nearly two weeks ago by another rate payer, Ken St. Amant. That plan would have substituted single family dwellings for semi- detached along the north side of Brule Street west of Le Carron and on four lots to the east of Le Carron. Planning board member John Bayfield overheated stove. fine. 16 HP Garden Quiet weekend Penetanguishene police had a very quiet weekend, as no charges were laid, and no ac- cidents were investigated. The only action they saw all weekend occurred when they accompanied the fire department to Arbour's Confectionery at 3:15 Sunday af- ternoon. There was no actual fire, but the department was called to check out an Bike licences The police department reports that sales of bicycle licences are going well. The licences are compulsory, and cost $1.00. A spokesman for the department said the police usually just issue a warning the first time someone is caught riding without one, but they could make the owners of unlicenced bicycles come in and buy a licence, or even give them a OPENING SOON... 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The board then voted to amend the bylaw to in- clude the ratepayers request, with Gil Robillard voting against, and Mayor Vince Moreau abstaining. Robillard said he thought the board was talking about planning, but not giving council a chance for im- plementation. At Monday night's council meeting, the bylaw, as revised by the planning board, was given two readings before it was sent back to the Housing and Develop- ment Committee for further consideration. The bylaw should get a going over by the com- mittee and be returned for the third reading at the May meeting of council, Following the meeting, Ken St. Amant, one of the residents in phase one of the Brule Heights sub- division, and one of the more vocal objectors to the plans for phase two, said the general feeling among the ratepayers was that council would reject the revised bylaw as proposed by the planning board. "We're tired and disappointed,' he said. 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