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mu Its the last one that counts When you pay dollar for six tries at hitting the teacher with wet sponge you dont waste the last one At least Debbie Harris i2 didnt waste hers when she hit teacher Nelson Wood Students at Steele Street Public School held fundraising day Wednesday with activities such as haunted house white elephant sale ofstrange and unusual articles and the sponge toss They were raising money for playground equipment Examiner Photo by David Burcsik Six Swiss skiers die in huge BC avalanche GOLDEN BC CP thunderous avalanche buried eight Swiss skiers Wednes day killing six of them and sending two to hospital in this southeastern British Colum bia community RCMP said halfmileiong wall of snow buried the skiers on the slope of an unnamed mountain 80 kilometres south of Golden after they had been dropped off by helicopter operated by Mountain Canada of Banff Alta The avalanche started at the 2700metre level swept down the mountainside and buried the skiers at about the L600metre level at RCMP said the helicopter had taken off to return to base before the avalanche hit The pilot one skier and guide escaped liéks Have you ever considered politics inside RCMP did not release names of the victims or survivors and would not report on the con dition of the two skiers in hospital Rudi Gertsch guide for the party and partowner of Mountain Canada and another skier in the iiimember party escaped being buried The other skier is still at the avalan che area in the Purcell Range RCMP said they did not know how long the eight skiers were buried Rescue helicopters arrived soon after the avalanche and flew the skiers to Golden Mark Kingsbury operations manager for Canadian Mountain Holidays Ltd said his firm sent three helicopters to the scene Sgt Herb Cahoon of Golden RCMP said Mountain search and rescue teams and equipment were flown to the scene before darkness All communication with the area will be lost until daylight when the helicopters can get airborne again Body Politic acquitted TURUNTU itlt People have right to know about events they may find appalling provincial judge said Wednesday as be ac quitted newspaper of transmitting indecent material through the mail Judge Sydney Harris said he was appalled and disgusted by some of the acts described tn an article which appeared in The Body Politic iii December 1077 But he said he did not find any laws were broken The article Men Loving Boys Loving Men described sexual acts between men and young boys Harris said the public has right to know about this type of behavior so it can llllfltls toda tand and deal with it lifestyle He acquuted iink lrianglc Press and com pany president Kenneth loptii it treasurer Omnflnment Gerald Hannon 1H and secretary Edward background page 13 Jackson 33 of using the mail to transmit in decent immoral or scurrilous material 56 He said Parliament has not defined an cornicew gulde morality clearly enough to allow the courts to dge what is moral or immoril in 1416 ed Much of what 1S immoral is not criminal supplement and much of what is moral may be illegal he Carnival 16 pages 54 Blast rocks bank WARSAW iAii An explosion ripped thursday is for background News quiz Irans prime minister resigned this week after insurgents led by Ayalullah Khomeini pushed the country to the brink of civil war Can you name the prime minister Does the Canadian military plan to use women in combat positions in what weight division has George Chuvalo been the Canadian champion This weeks quiz on today Background page challenges you to test your knowledge about these and other names and events in the news through savings bank in the centre of War saw at noon local time today when about 200 persons were in the building Rescuers pulled about 30 injured persons from the building in the first few minutes after the blast witnesses said The source of the explosion in the three storey aluminumandrgass structure known as the PK building was not imme diatcly known There were no gas in stallations in the building One of the embassy personnel was in the area at the time and apparently heard it said Jeremy Curtin CS embassy spokesman Fire battled 16 hours WIIN St ilND tint tClt Firefighters endured temperatures of 2H degrees for more than 16 hours Wednesday to ex tinguish downtown fire that destroyed three businesses and eight upstairs apart ments Fire Chief Gordon Brecn said two firefighters suffered frozen toes while fighting the fire believed to have started just before midnight Tuesday night in the basement of the Olympia Restaurant The $350000 fire was brought under control about six hours later but firemen still were pouring water on the smouldering ruins at dusk Saves truckers life CORNWALL nt lCli Police sav truckstop attendant saved the life of truck driver and prevented major disaster when an explosion and fire destroyed tractortrailer at nearby truck stop provincial police spokesman said Serge Vien 28 of iranby Que was transferring the contents of trailer to another truck early Wednesday when fork lift he was usingbackfircd propane fuel tank exploded setting Viciis clothing on fire and throwing him from thetrailcr at tthurry Hill truck stop about 23 kilometres east of Cornwall Constable Joseph Dupuis said an at tendant Malcolm MacKinnoii of nearby Alexandria ran to the scene and removed Viens flaming coat 115th year No 40 Thursday February 15 1979 15° Per copy Carrler Home Dollvery 90 Weekly the examiner serving barrie and simcoe county For Penetan uishene French high school advice rejected by county board 8ARL DEGlRSE TN The Examiner The Simcoe County Board of Education is against building separate French high school in Peiietanguishene After more than two hours of discussion Wednesday the board rejected the recom mendation of provincial government com mission that French school be built on the same site as ienetanguishenc Secondary School The final decision will be made by the ministry of education About 30 spectators some carrying signs saying justice pour franco ontaricns packr ed the Education Centre to hear the boards deliberations few others waited in the hall unable to fit into the crowded chambers The board recommended an addition or an nex be built onto the school in rare recorded vote 18 trustees opposed the separate French school and three were in favor of accepting the recommendation of the Languages of instruction Commission The boards decision is similar to its first stand on the issue made in September After the board first refused the request for separate French high school the French language Advisory Committee tFLACI ap preached the ministry of education The ministry appointed the Languages of instruction Commission to look into the mat ter in its report the commission says French high school is essential to lenetanguislienc because French language and culture is being assimilated into the English education system The French people in Penetanguishene understandably see the education system as the best line of defence against this trend says the report The board agrees with the commission that French students should have equal educa tional rights but it decided not enough students would attend the school to make it txlucationally or financially feasible Studies have placed the projected enr0l ment of French high school in Penetanguishcne at between 302 and 424 students in statement issued today Lloyd Flet cher chairman of the board said there arent enough students in the lcnetanguishcne area for the board to provide adequate programs if French and English students go their separate ways The board has decided that by utilizing present facilities and adding whatever is necessary to create French language unit with an appropriate cultural milieu the best interests of all can be served With cooperation among the board FLAC and the ministry of education an answer IS in sight which will ensure the best education for each of our students whatever their language or cultural background may be Rights of minority feasibility at stake Controversy about proposed French high school in Penttanguishcnc revolves around conflict between minority rights and finaii cial feasibility those involved say Supporters of the proposed school say in country with two official languages French speaking students have the right to bc educcatcd in French They say if French students attend an English school or men bilingual one they will lose their native language and culturi pponcnts of the proposed school say there arent enough French students in the lenetaiiguishene area to make it worth buildinganotiier school The burden on taxpayers would be too heavy just to cater to minority group they say They ask why build new school when declining enrolments mean there ill soon be empty seats in present facilities At meeting on Wednesday the Simcoe County Board of Education voted not to sup port separate French high school in Penctanguishcne The board recommendHl additions or an nexts be built onto lenctanguishcnc Secoii dary School an English school with limited French options see no reason why French and English teenagers cant go to the same school said trustee Bruce umming if we let them go to school together perhaps they wont grow up with our pro blems and biases dont want to be part and parcel ofdividing this community MacKmnon 28 then drove thc burning tractortraileraway from the fuel pumps Several windows were blown out of an adjacent restaurant and an overhanging roof was damaged Dupiiis said Vicn was in stable condition in Cornwall hospital with filSlttltflltt burns to his head and right hand Its confusing Robert Dixon is working fulltimc at Minesing Central Public School Robert Dixon is also working fullrtime at Barrie Central Collegiate Robert Dixon is not holding down two jobs and he is not clone Two employees of the Simcoc County Board of Education are named Robert Dix on The item came up when the board was ap proving staff changes at meeting Wednes day Neither Dixon uses middle initials so the board tells the two men apart by social in surance numbers Blaze inquiry planned An inquiry into the Quebec hotel fire which killed it Barrie residents has been set for March 13 Quebec provincial police said today the inquiry will be held in Sherbrookc fire which destroyed part of the Ripple Iovc lnii Ayers Cliff ct claimed 11 vic tims most of whom were members of the Barrie Horticultural Society Trial date set The driver of the Iravelways bus in which four students died Jan 25 will appear in provincial court in Barrie for trial April it Steven Ross 20 of Mississauga charged with careless driving appeared in court before Judge Don liich today Ross was driving bus carrying students of Weston Collegiate on ski trip when the bus collided with tankertruck carrying flour on Highway 400 about km north of Barrie About 35 students and the truck driver were injured in the crash Trustee John McCullough said the issue is not whether facilities should be provided for French students but type of accumulation should be established At no time have heard any trustee say French students should be denied French Hiucation he said Both sides should look for middle ground After all school is not building its people and programs he said Mary Erickscn Brown was one of the three trustees in favor of establishing separate French school The others were Alvin Granlit and Dr Allen Fisher Like all of you Ive been committed to the principle of French school but lvc been worried about the number of students she told her fellow trustees She said she supported the French school because of study that says very high percentage of French elementary school graduates attend French high schools if they are ava ilablc Trustee Wendy MacKenIic said the board was grossly misled by statement by the Languages of lnstriiction Commission com paring the situation in lcnetanguisheiic with that iii Elliot Lake Mac French high school was recently established She said the Elliot Lake population is grow ing rapidly and is expected to double within few years so it was feasible to establish French high school there The French population in the lcnetanguishenc area is not expected to grow as rapidly she said deedtne and the driver walked away David lnnes was able to walk away from his tractortrailer after going over guardrail on the Ottawa Queensway early today lnnes 26 said another vehicle cut him off forcing him off the roadway CP Photo Ve an Carter Asks report on officials death WASHINGIUN tAlr The state department acting on the orders of very angry President Carter wants full report from the Soviet tnioii on the actions by the Soviet advisers involved in the death of lllt ambassador to Afghanistan State department spokesman Hoddmg Carter said Wednesday that Soviet advisers were at the scene of violence in Afghanistan earlier in the day which claimed the life of Ambassador Adolph iSpikci Dubs We are angry and upset said spokesman Carter He said the department is trying to Rene the odd man out Quebec Premier Rene Levesque stands Crossarmed at Mirabel Airport Tuesday night as Oh Canada Is played for the departing Raymond Barre the Prime Minister of France At the left Is FederalProvincial Minister Marc Lalonde CP Photo liiid out exactly what happened before deciding how to proceed Deputy State Secretary Warren Christopher acting at the direction of the president who is in Mexico summoned Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin to the state department to discuss the matter in Mexico City officials with the president said he was very angry about the incident SAYS ITS lIRAiElS Jody Powell Carters press secretary said The more you read about this the more outrageous it becomes Can borrow $40M The Simcoc County Board of Education has the authority to borrow as much as $40 million in one year At meeting on Wednesday trustees voted to return bylaw allowing the board to borrow the money from banks while awaiting municipal and provincial funds The amount is the same as last year The bylaw covers the aggregate of all sums borrowed during the year For example if the board borrowed $2 million at 20 different times during the year it would have reached the $40 million limit report from the administrative council explained that in the past it has been to the board advantage to borrow frequently for short periods of time sometimes for only one day to keep interest costs to minimum Jumps in front of train TORONTO lI postal union official accused of stealing $250000 in union funds killed himself early Wednesday by jumping in front of subway train Metropolitan Toronto police said icorge llayashi 58 who eluded police for almost two weeks lept in front of train at the York Mills station in north Metropolitan Toronto Less than $2 was found in his clothing after his battered body was removed from the tracks Last week police issued Canada wide warrant for the arrest of Hayashi on charges of theft of 5250000 from the Toronto local of the Letter Carriers linion of Canada He also was wanted on charges of uttering forged cheques and theft from the mails weather Periods of snow and raw easterly winds this afternoon Windy and very cold Friday with frequent flur ries and blowing snow Highs today near i5 dropping to 23 to 20 over night Remaining near 20 Friday