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TEACHER JOAN GRAHAM PINS NAME TAG 0N DAVID LUCAS Tried to kill his mom he says he was insane Karl Philip Hackstetter tried to kill his mother Feb 10 1975 but he says he was insane at the time Hackstetter pale thin darkhaired and 19 pleaded not guilty by reason of in sanity to charge of at tempted murder in Supreme Court Tuesday All the eviden ce was heard Tuesday and the jury is expected to return ver dict today Tuesday morning different jury had found him fit to stand trial In April 1975 the case had come before the Supreme Court and he had been found unfit to stand trial by reason of insanity Since then he has been treated at the Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre The issue in the trial is Hackstetters sanity at the time of the attack He had been un dergoing treatment for mental illness at Penetanguishene and was allowed to visit his parents on weekends in their Midland home Feb 10 his mother was trying to return him to Penetanguishene when he picked up an axe and began chopping her with it Michelle Hackstetter protected her body with hands and arms but Hackstetter landed several blows before his father also named Karl knocked him down Mrs Hackstetters right arm was cut to the bone in two places but there were no woun ds on her body She was wearing heavy winter clothing at thetime Testifying Tuesday Mrs Hackstetter described her sons behavior for several months before the attack She said he had been to Penetanguishene before because of drug abuse but she had ignored the possible depth of his problem PARANOID In the summer of 1974 she said her son had gone to work LOCAL TALL TREES CUBS Parents of children in terested in joining the Tall Trees cub pack are asked to at tend meeting at Cundles Heights public school Tuesday at pm with their children The boys will be registered and there are limited number of openings in the pack HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION The next meeting of the Sim coe County Historical Assoc1a tion is Tuesday Sept 14 at pm at the Simcoe County Mu 45 days jail UIC fraud penalties An Angus man drew 45 days in jail and Barrie man was fined $400 in provincial court Tuesday in separate cases in volving false statements to the Unemployment Insurance Commission UIC David Doyle 30 of Angus pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining second social in surance number and eight counts of making false state ments Judge Anjo fined him $450 in addition to sentencing him to 45 days in jail UIC investigator William Young said Doyle obtained the second number under the name David Gibson in 1971 and in construction and kept retur ning home with stories that his coworkers were going to bury him in six feet of concrete He had tried to return to school in the fall but had become too paranoid always inventing plots against himself Mrs Hackstetter said her son felt that just about ever body in Midland was involvedy in huge cocaine smuggling plot and no one in authority would listen to him He also thought that those involved in the plot were trying to kill him because he had found out The cocaine said his mother was kept in big piles down at the waterfront The big piles at the waterfront were silica sand manufactured in Midland and shipped out by train Mrs Hackstetter later found two small bags of the silica sand in her sons bedroom Constable Edward Shuman of the Midland police testified that be arrested Hackstetter Jan 17 1975 He said he had kept Hackstet ter under surveillance for some time because he suspected him of selling drugs He arrested him after witnessing him sell some capusles of white sub stance to another person The white substance turned out to be silica sand He told me he had bags of the stuff at home and that he could get real high on it said Constable Shuman He was living in world of his own BY JOKE The attack Feb 10 had ap parently been sparked by joke Hackstetter had not wan ted to go back to Penetanguishene said Mrs Hackstetter Then she and her husband had exchanged an im migrant joke in which the pun chline involved two Italians misinterpreting the newspaper headline FIFTY MEN KILLED LAYING ALBERTA PIPELINE Mr Hackstetter said her son got it into his head that 50 men had actually been killed and that his father was trying to hidethe evidence He produced an empty stamp album which had no stamps but had numbers on the pages to match certain stamps She said Hackstetter was convinced that his father was in the plot and that the numbers in the book were somehow the code to the cocaine shipments She later found an envelope stuffed behind radiator in which was evidence her son had compiled about the 50 men killed Mrs Hackstetter said she realized that her son was having problems so decided to return him to Penetanguishene right away As she went out the doorhe picked uptheaxe TREATED SINCE 1974 Dr Sadish Sharma of Penetanguishene said he had treated Hackstetter since 1974 He described him as paranoid schizophrenic someone who interpreted ordinary events dif ferently than most people and at same time felt that people were out to get him He felt that Hackstetter was psychotic or insane at the time of the at tack He said that Hackstetter was prone to mental problems but his earlier drug abuse had wor sened his problem Dr Peter Rowsell an in dependent sychiatrist who has specialized in medicallegal matters since 1972 agreed that Hackstetter was in state of psychosis at the time of the at tack But he said it was drug induced and not natural Dr Rowsell felt that Hackstetter had become men tally ill because of the drug abuse and the attack was the result of flashback caused by the drugs The trial continues before Mr Justice Grant today AND GENERAL seum Midhurst Grace Leigh is the guest speaker who will talk about old and new books con cerning the history of Simcoe County Mrs Leigh was head librarian at Orillia for 15 years CORN ROAST The Snow Vo ageurs corn roast will be be Saturday at pm at Mary Helsterns home Anyone interested should call her at 7269345 by Thursday evening SQUARE DANCE Square dancing featuring fine worked under the alias for 14 weeks in 1975 while drawing unemployment under his real name He earned $1804 during the riod while receiving $1288 in nefits Mr Young said Gerald Blackier 20 of Berc zy Street pleaded guilty on four counts of false statements in 1975 He was fined $100 on each count ith tl alternative of 10 days in jail on each count and chose to pay the fine Mr Young said Blackier earned $678 while drawing $404 in benefits during sevenweek period caller Mac Marcellus will be held at Churchill Hall beginn ing Sept 20 from to 1030 pm Beginning and second year dancers are welcome For further information call 7263570 LIBRARY HOURS With September library hours in the adult services building at 37 Mulcaster St have returned to normal open ing at 10 am and closing at pm weekdays Saturday clos ing is at pm Children and film service hours are from 930 am to6pm every day Thats the building at56 Mulcaster St VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The Barrie and District Association for the Mentally Retarded needs volunteers to help the teachers at Sunnypark Nursery The school at Central United Church reopens this week with expanded morning and afternoon programs Vol unteer coordinator is Mrs Joyce Dobson at 7264869 MIDIIURST NURSERY An information meeting for nursery school at Midhurst Building Block Nursery School will take place Thursday at 815 pm The nursery co operative effort is now accep ting registration of three and fouryearvolds It will meet at Midhurst United Church Tues days Wednesdays and Thurs days from 915 to 1130 am For more information call Bonney Smith at 7288678 it lt LISA LANGILLE WITH HER MOTHER EVELYN Arena renovation cost too high say Flyers The $32000 price tag for renovationsatthe Barrie Arena is too high says Steve Cripps general manager of the Barrie Flyers Senior hockey team Mr Cripps told the public works committee Tuesday night the electrical and mechanical equipment suggested by the citys an chitect is top gradestuff This he said is part of the reason for the high cost of the renovations to secondstorey room in the Dunlop Street building If we dont have to go by the architects specifications and not go for top grade stuff but use good stuff we can cut it the price down he said The city accepted $32397 tender bid by Bentorswell Ton struction Ltd of Barrie based on the architects specificiations The cost was to be shared by the Flyers the city and Win tario but Mr Cripps said the hockey team cant get $12000 He said the team has raised $8000 to share the cost and is talking to other sports groups including the Barrie Figure Skating Club Barrie Minor REGISTRATION AT GEORGIAN COLLEGE Judy Watson teacher in Georgian Colleges English and Humanities department Hockey Association Barrie Legion Hockey and Barrie Colts lunior hockey team to try and raise another $4000 There was meet ing Saturday The Flyers hope to recover their expenses by having more fans at the home games he said If we have to go to 312000 then we dont have prayer of getting it back he told the committee ANSWER SOON Mr ripps said most of the other organizations will give the Flyers an answer by the end of this week but only the minor hockey groups and the Junior club seem to have the necessary money If no one can come up with the money than maybe we can organize and hold lottery or raffle as one group he said He said the club has sent the architects specifications to two mechanical two electrical and one general contractor for review We think we can cut back on some of the things There are lot of frills he said We have the feeling it can be done cheaper lot cheaper Mr Jripps said the architect discusses liberal arts elec tives with Neil Akay of Bar rie secondyear graphics is suggesting one type of emergency lighting at $150 each but the team can buy the same piece of equipment govern merit proved for $30 each Just shopping at different places he said the club is able to cut the price to $27000 Gary Stoner director of parks and recreation told the committee he Millet Salter ar chitect and Ernie Alexander team representative and con tractor reviewed the specifications Were of the opinion we cut it back to the bone he said NOT PREPARED Mr Stoner said it is logical for the Flyers to ask for help from the other organizations but the city is not prepared to grant any more concessions The city is giving the Flyers free use of the room for three years to help repay the teams investment in the renovations Council has discussed the possibility of renting the room for $100 to organizations for special events Ald Ross Archer public works chairman said the city has to stick to the tender ae cepted by council and cannot cut any corners on it now student during registration at the college Tuesday bout 1000 studpnts are ex DIANNE McCIBBON HELPS JUSTIN WITH HIS COAT Ellie Earth Examiner The Barrie Examiner Wednesday Sept 197613 FOR AN AIRPORT 0ro council wants to know why Borden can be used RO STATION With Bar rie planning to build an airport in Oro township Oro council wants to know why the airport at Canadian Forces Base Bor den cant be used instead ro council on Tuesday greed to ask Barrie to provide copies of all documents and let ters dealing with the possibil ities of using Borden The city owns 242 acres in Concession of and has asked for rezoning to permit the airport public meeting over the proposal is to be held Thursday Sept 30 at pm in the township hall on the 7th Line Counc Joanna McEwen said there is no doubt Barrie re quires new airport but Base Borden should be considered first because its airport is just lying idle waiting for war Council took no action on letter from resident Stephen Davie who asked that Oro set up its own airport committee to match Barries Mr Davie is an avowed oppo nent of the airport and an in dustrial park proposed at Guthrie It is the opinion of myself and many of my neighbors that serious investigation into this issue by someone other than the city of Barries commission or anyone pushing on their behalf should be conducted Mr Davie said would ask that you con sider this step before making decision which could further damage permanently the objec tives outlined in our official plan Mr Davie pilot said he could help organize the Oro air port committee Vendors get special market in their own building Barrie downtown im provement board may be ac cidentally stepping on some toesin the city And vendors from the Barrie Farmers Market are little upset About six vendors from the market held on Mulcaster Street complained to the public works committee Tuesday about the board The vendors asked the coni mittee to deny the board use of either Collier Street parking lots adjacent to city hall for special farmers market day The improvement board asked the city for permission to use either the east or west parking lot for its special far mers market William Morris group pected at attend classes at the Barrie campus this fall Examiner Photo spokesman said there is lot of space available in the Farmers Market building for additional vendors Mr Morris said market ven dors want to see special market day held in the building The vendors are not very numerous these days but were quite proud of our market he said We have lot of available space at the makret OVERFLOW The committee is granting the board use of the Collier Street parking lot east of city hall as an overflow area of facilities at the market building about half block south Ald Del Cole said the im provement board is trying to find an idea similar to its suc cessful mail days held in June and is willing to join with the market vendors for one big market day Mr Morris said the building offers shelter to vendors and customers and has washroom facilities Most of the vendors at the present market he said could not leave the facilities for the special market day Some of the vendors said they could not arrange meeting with representatives of the im provement board to discuss plans for the speical market day scheduled either Sept 25 or Oct am to pm If they can turn up 50 to 100 vendors there then we couldnt handle them Mr Morris said But havent seen 50 to 100 vendors for long long time There are about 20 vendors operating at the Farmers Market Building every Satur day now The improvement board wan ts to promote large market day in the city using 4H mem bers junior farmers and other possible vendors Mr Morris said the Barrie Horticultural Society is holdin cial sale of fall plants an bul Oct This is the second of two special sales the hor ticultural society holds at the market Home sales volume here bounces back in August Home sales volume in Barrie bounced back in August after July slump figures released by the Barrie and District Real Estate Board show total of 45 Barrie homes were sold by board members for $2113690 in August July figures had dipped to 27 homes for $1307550 compared with June level of 47 homes for $2155400 August figures are up from 42 homes for $1870500 for the same month last year and br ing the total for the first eight months of 1976 to 278 for $13001113 up from 233 for $10388770 for the first eight months of 1975 Average home sale price in Barrie during August was ELECTIONS Ihe Huronia Snowmobile Association will hold its annual directors meeting Sept 20 at pm at Springwater Golf Course $46971 up from $44536 in August 1975 but down from Ju lys $48428 average the highest monthly average so far this year MORE THIS YEAR Total sales by board members in August including all types of property in and out of the city numbered 117 for total of $5537880 July figures were 72 sales for $3158900 while statistics for August 1975 show 107 sales for $4220900 Board members made total of 659 sales of all kinds in the first eight months of 1976 for $29483473 compared to 602 sales worth $25119112 for the same period year ago Total sales so far this year amount to 28 per cent of lis tings This is down from 30 per cent year ago and is also below the provincewide rate of 319 per cent for the first six months of the year and the na tional rate of 347 per cent for jthe same period