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in uest ur decides Crash facts remain unclear By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner KESWICK Adverse weather conditions and the pilots in ability to pull out of spiral dive caused twin engine plane to crash into Lake Simcoe near Georgina Island July 14 the in quest jury into the death of six men decided Thursday But the facts as to how the plane got into trouble and the con dition of the pilottprior to the crash remain unclear the five person jury conclu ed after twoday coroners inquest Killed in the crash were pilot Albert Hussey 53 of Aurora Thomas Salsbury 58 George Blake 51 and Paul Cocking 26 all of Newmarket Alvin DiSalvo 43 of Cedar Valley and Craig Fitzsimmons 20 of Peterborough The jury recommended that in addition to standard pilot training all private pilots be required to take weather and loss of orientation instruction which would involve haze snow and rain hazards The jury heard testimony from Donald Burton an aviation safety inspector with the department of transport who said be suspected the pilot became disoriented when he suddenly en countered haze Burton said he thought the plane went into spiral dive after one of the wings dropped causing the plane to turn then lose altitude rapidly He said without instrument training there was no practical way of getting out of it Hussey was sight trained pilot who held private pilots licence since 1955 but obtained rating for multi engine aircrafts only three months prior to the crash Burton said The dead pilot had accumulated 35 hours of duel flying time and 12 solo hours which Burton did not consider lot of experience REACT INSTANTLY Normally only an instrument trained pilot would be flying underthe hazy conditions that existed the mormng of the crash Burton said He said the pilot would have had to react to the situation instantly by levelling the wings in order to amid the dive visibility check above the lake near the crash site at 1145 am July 14 revealed the horizon was obscured and there was only one mile visibility to the south The wake of speedboats was the only visible feature said Burton The inspector said it is impossible to legislate pilot ac tions but the department tries to make pilot aware of the problems he can encounter The jury also recommended all priate pilots log books be kept up to date to establish an efficiency record and actual hours flown Burton testified Hussey had no personal records from 1958 to 1977 but began keeping them as requirement for his multiengine rating IIEADEI NORTH Earlier testimony revealed the pilot signed out the plane from Buttonville Airport in his name but did not leave the passengers names nor flight plan Airport authorities knew he was headed north and would return at 1230 pm and their last contact with him was from five miles from the airport The jury asked that passenger list with names and ad dresses and specific flight plan be filed prior to departure from any airport or private landing strip Burton said Husseys business was repairing docks and he was in the process of obtaining contracts in Bell Ewart Roaches Point and near Orillia student pilot told Burton he saw twin engine plane circle over Roaches Point banking slightly as if it was looking at something about 20 minutes before the crash then proceed toward Keswick The jury also recommended the mandatory annual physical examinations for pilots include cardiogram audiogram and chest xray pathologist testified earlier he was unable to determine the conditon of the pilot or passengers because of the condition of Now thats enthusiasm Students from Oakley Park Public School in Barrie visited the Koole farm on Oro Con Thursday to enjoy learning about apples and apple harvesting Here the students practice apple Following resignations 1va are L3 picking as they raise their arms The farm has large orchard with four different types of apples Examiner Photo FLAC future unresold By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner The French community may not want to replace the members of the French Language Advisory Committee who reigned this week even in the school board and the ministry of education devise way to do so The six members of the nine man committee elected by the French speaking ratepayers of the Penetanguishene area resigned as result of the announcement that no separate secondary school will be built for the French community Though the committee is creation of the provinces Educa tion Act there is no clause that covers mass resignation or ways to replace those who have resigned Even if way is found and talks on the matter between the Simcoe County Board of Education and the ministry are ongo ing the community some suggest may not elect new members and candidates for the posts may be hard to find Ive heard that same statement board director Irving Har ris said today But we wont know if its true unless we try to reestablish the committee EXPRESSES DOLHT At the present time doubt that anybody will run for the committee even if an election was held said Alvin Gravelle school board trustee for the Penetanguishene area would hope when things boil down that new committee would be setup It is needed by the community he added would hope nobody would run in an election for the com mittee said Raymond Desrochers coordinator of Lecole secondaire de la tluronie If they did it could divide the French community Midland school board trustee John McCullough said the com mittee could be reestablished through an election because the majority of the French population never supported the stance it had taken on the separate school issue may be overly optimistic but lot of French have been supportive of the board and its position he said SOIDlT If anyone does run for election Desrochers said it would be Francophone who has sold out and been assimilated by the English community If the board takes it upon itself to appoint the SIX members it would be confirming its ignorance of the French community he told The Examiner The committee was made inactive by the restgnations because the three remaining members who are trustees ap tinted by the board do not form quorum arris said the ministry is considering the problem of replac six committee is charged with advising the school board on ties that affect the education of the French community in Simcoe County RAYMOND ESROCIIERS split community onschool While the organizers of the communityoperated French secondary school at Pene tanguishene maintain they are operating illegally the ministry of education and the school board do not agree Raymond Desrochers co ordinator of Lecole secondaire de la Huronie says the school is operating illegally because organizers did not inform the ministry of their intention before September That being the case the im plication is that parents of students of the school who are under 16yearsold are breaking the law In Ontario children under 16 must be in recogniz ed school though not necessari Accepts donation Mr Cameron the Royal Victoria Hospital administrator accepts $862 cheque donation from Joyce Rees second from right and Bill Young for right to be used to buy wheelchairs and any other needs that the remain ing money will buy Joyce Worthy Matron and Bill Worthy Patron are members of the Bayview Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star which have been friends of the hospital since the early fifties To the left of Mr Cameron are Mrs Crawford far left Director of Nursing and Mrs Pauline Bebb head nurse surgical floor Examiner Photo IRVING HARRIS have to try Viewpoints differ legality ly publicly funded institution the bodies after the crash 1608 deer hunters ready for hunting By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner total of 1608 hunters have been selected to take part in the first managed deer hunt in Sim coe County scheduled for early November spokesman for the ministry of natural resources said Friday Pat Hogan enforcement co ordinator for the ministrys Huronia District said further 108 hunters have been suc cessfully placed for the hunt joining the 1500 who were selected in the original lottery held last week by the ministry The original number represented those who were successful in being allotted to their first choice of the seven units which the county has been divided into for the hunt Hogan said there was no need for second lottery and the 108 hunters who were added to the list were successful because their second choice included units which still had available space Each unit has been restricted to specific number of hunters and before the lottery five of the seven had been over subscribed Unit 77 which includes part However ministry spokes man said today that to file notice of intent to operate as matter of pro cedure and that failure to do so does not necessarily make school illegal It is the local school boards with truants children under 16 who responsibility to deal are not attending school the spokesman said But said Simcoe County Board of Education director lr ving Harris valid school The 59 students at the school which was setup primarily in protest of government inaction on the issue are taking ministry approved cor respondence courses and being aided by volunteer teachers Parttime staffer for CA8 The Simcoe County thildrcns Aid Society will be entitled to an additional part iime staff member to help with paper work under new policy announced by the ministry of coiiiiiiutiity and social services this week The policy allows all childrens aid societies that had more than 300 cases at the end of 1978 to receive extra help in the form of process servers The assistance came as result of social workers com plaints to the ministry that they were prevented from doing an effective job because of red tape and paper work CAS director Don Jackson said the amount of paper work the society is involved with has increased significantly and added he is grateful for the ad ditional help The amount of help allotted is naturally based on the caseload of each societv he said the $5 ministry asks private school we have no reason to suppose its not pm and3pm homeless Tuesday Oro Fire Chief Ron Young said today he believes the fire started in the carport attic area but no cause has been deter mined Bay said Chief Young Berry acquitted on charge The representative for the United Steelworkers of America at Radio Shack was acquitted in provincial court Vtednecay of causmg disturbance on the picket line in August Judge John Anjo acquitted Frank Berry of Barrie after failing to hear sufficient evidence that disturbance was in fact created Witnesses for the Crown included four officers of the Bar rie police department including arresting officer Const Thomas Sutton Apartment opening delayed BARCLAY lnnisfils senior citizen apartment which was expected to be completed before winter wont be ready for occupation until April says the Ontario ministry of housing find that very hard to believe said Reeve William Gibbins They say its only 30 per cent completed But feel if building is up and the roof is on its more than 30 per cent completed fairs to discuss annexation Tuesday Barrie council met with David Rotenberg Wells parliamentary assistant to discuss an annexation solution Maestro Archer guest conductor Mayor Ross Archer will be the guest conductor of the Huronia Symphony for two free concerts to be Saturday at Bayfield Mall The concerts part of the Sym phony Week promotion held every year in Barrie begin at Series subscriptions for the symphony are being sold to day and Saturday at special booth set up in the Bayfield Mall The Huronia Symphonys first Barrie concert is Nov 18 at Georgian College Theatre $40000 fire cause undetermined Fire officials have not been able to determine what started $40000 blaze that left an Oro Township family Ken Monk his wife Dale and threeyearold son were sleeping in the home when fire broke out early Tuesday mor ning The family escaped unharmed The Monks are temporarily living with relatives in Shanty The delay is causing inconvenience to those who wanted to move into the building before the winter months he said Wells meeting confirmed BARCLAY lnnisiil council will meet Oct 22 at am in Toronto with Tom Wells minister of intergovernmental af of Rama Mara Matchedash and Orillia Townships and unit 81 which includes parts of the seven townships which make up the northern half of the county still have vacancies said Hogan but that is the way they will remain according to the rules Despite the vacancies about 300 or 400 hunters have not been picked because their second choices included units which were already filled Hogan said the ministry is already in the process of mail ing out letters and stickers to the successful hunters All hunters must attach the sticker to their hunting licences he said and the licence will be invalid anywhere else in Simcoe Coun ty other than the unit specified on the sticker Hogan said the majority of the applicants for the hunt scheduled for Nov and is made up of residents from within the county He also said it is unlikely all of the hunters will be successful during the hunt as according to provincial statistics only 13 to 15 per cent actually shoot door performed the oatminor Friday Doc 12 1m 1s Dont let this happen to you Wally Russell one of two fire prevention officers for the Barrie Fire Depart ment holds up two pots that were burned right through when they were carelessly left empty on stove burners This week is Fire Prevention Week in Barrie fire prevention display is on exhibit today and tomorrow at the Bayfield Mall Examiner Photo Barrie among 12 cities meeting in Kitchener Its meeting of the minds to day in Kitchener Barrie mayor Ross Archer along with about dozen other Southern Ontario mayors are meeting today in Kitchener to discuss related problems the mayor told The Examiner Thursday The session is followup from an original meeting ar ranged by Mayor John Sewell of Toronto earlier in the year Centres to be represented will include Ottawa Toronto St Catherines and Sarnia said the mayor Were the smallest city represented as far as know said Mayor Archer Barrie has likely been asked there because of the annexation difficulties and the growth pro blems it has encountered said the mayor Well be sort of an example to the others said Mayor Ar cher Also to be discussed will be the provinces new white paper on the planning act and some housing problems which dont really effect Barrie said the mayor There is possibility recommendation will come from the group although it is not really an organized body as yet said the mavor Barrie says no again to Stroud subdivision By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner Barrie has again said no to two major subdivision plans located on the west side of Stroud And Barrie will continue to object to the developments un til the annexation matter has been settled Mayor Ross Ar cher told The Examiner Thurs day The mayor met Thursday morning with Innisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins and represen tative from the provincial ministry of housing Its part of bargaining ex plained the Barrie mayor You have to hold on to your trump cards The group doesnt have of ficial status said Mayor Ar cher But if all of the mayors together were to send out let ter Im sure the province would listen The meeting was to begin this Over the next few days residents of Southern Georgian Bay area including Barrie can expect little reprieve from the rain and cold temperatures which have plagued them since the Thanksgiving weekend In fact says Allan Brooks of Environment Canadas weather office in Toronto it could get worse as the weather outlook until Sunday calls for just about everything in the book Rain and low temperature of six will persist today Brooks said with cold gusty winds and possible snow flurries developing tonight The meeting was called by the ministry which wanted to determine if earlier objections sent in by Barrie still stood Under ministry regulation Barrie can comment on neighboring township developments which could ef fect its future growth While the subdivisions in question are not included in the annexation boundary lines as determined by the OMB there is some concern about the size Stroud could become said Mayor Archer It makes Barrie about as popular as skunk at garden party at sessions such as this one the mayor said Georgian to share in budget increase Georgian College will receive portion of provincewide in crease in the operating budgets of community colleges granted this week by the provincial government The $7 million increase is to be used by the 22 colleges to pay additional costs incurred as result of the extreme growth many experienced this fall It will be allotted based on on enrolment figures November and Georgian president Wayne Busch said Thursday the col lege will get approximately $1200 for each of the schools 300 new students WINDFALL The money is windfall for the college he said We went ahead on our own and promoted growth assuming we would have to bear the cost of hiring new teachers and expanding facilities ourselves The total budget for the year was $385 million for the college system First year enrolment is up substantially at many Metro Toronto schools and has in creased by some 18 per cent at Georgian Busch also said the colleges 1980 budgets are being discuss ed at the ministry level In growing so quickly this year the college was an ticipating change in the fun ding mechanism for colleges that would reward those which are growing Since 1975 the colleges have received fixed grant each year with an across the board increase added on Rain cold snow weekend forecast morning at am hosted by Kitchener Mayor Morley Rosenberg Gerry Tamblyn city ad ministrator was also expected to be at the session The overnight low will drop to freezing Brooks saidwitha high Saturday of about four Continuing rain is expected Saturdaywith possible snow squalls developing in some areas he said Sundays outlook calls for mainly cloudy skies with some sunny periods Brooks said but with temperatures between three to five and fur ther chance of snow flurries Brooks said those who are still optimistic about any kind of an Indian summer will just have to wait and see We could have it yet but it certainly isnt in the cards for the next few 1an The mayor said the matter will not come before Barrie city council unless request in writing is received from either the township or the ministry Innisfil Reeve Bill Gibbins was unavailable for comment The next step in annexation meanwhile comes up Monday when city council gets together to discuss mediation proposal from the provincial govern ment Relief deadhne extended Deadline for donations to the Rotary fund to aid flood victims in the Dominican Republic has been extended to Saturday Ken Firth spokesman for the project sponsored by Barries Downtown and Huronia Rotary Clubs said Davis Forwarding of Toronto has postponed its shipping date and donations can now be taken until Satur day evening All donations should be left at the service desk of Woolworths downtown store Firth says response to the proect has been tremendous the clubs have received large amount of clothing shoes bedding and food sup plies He urges anyone with pots and pans dishes and foodstuffs to make donation Donations will be disuiouted to the flood victims through the Christian Medical Society in the Dominican Republic which all ensure that the goods are not allowed to go on the black market Firth says