Oakville Beaver, 6 Aug 1993, p. 4

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â€"4 Co verything from ak Tanks, Electric Cars, Pony Rides Face Painting to Speedball, Basketball, Prizes, Games â€" Sponsored by: â€" OAKVILLE RESURRECTION CHURCH All Proceeds to Halton Women‘s Place (Women‘s Children‘s Shelter) Free Admission McCranev St. Upper Middle McJannet said usually two instructors are in a monitor powerboat. At the time of the accident, a male instructor had gone onto a sailboat to help stuâ€" dents straighten a sail when the power boat‘s female instructor "I‘ve been teaching, this is my eighth year, and I‘ve never seen anything like that happen," he said. "Within 15 minutes the instructors had the kids out of the water and in the hands of paramedics and that honestly is a credit to them and the safety stanâ€" dards we adhere to and press for." Dave McJannet, the sailing school‘s head instructor for the past three years, called the acciâ€" dent one of those "one in a milâ€" lion things like a car accident." involved) came in ... I lost him in (behind) the mainsail of the kids‘ boat but I heard it hit and I saw the boom knock the kids into the water, the boat flip over and the mainsail break," said Stoodley. A damaged sailboat is towed into Bronte Harbour. Instructor says sailing mishap was oneâ€"inâ€"aâ€"million accident (Continued from page 1) Celebrity Allâ€"Star Baseball Game Most of the girls received upper body or head injuries. One had a cut to her shoulder, another complained of a headache, anothâ€" er a scalp laceration and another scraped her leg while another had no injuries. The most seriously injured girl had a broken nose, ""She was going over to help a boat that was having trouble getâ€" ting its sail up and hit that boat on the way," said McJannet, sayâ€" ing he‘d heard no indication of negligence on the part of the power boat operator. Chapman said fortunately all those involved in the accident had been wearing life jackets. ‘"Thank goodness or it could have been a lot worse," he said. "Our main concern is a) for the safety of the people and secâ€" ondly, the way the instructors responded," said McJannet describing that response as "textâ€" book." saw a sailboat in need of help and went to assist. Saturday August 7, 12:30 pm Trafalgar Park Come out, sit back and have fun watching celebrities like: «BRIAN STEMMLE eDAVE HODGE e«DAN FERRONE «DOUG LADRET â€" *"PINBALL®" CLEMENS «TRACY HAM «ROB PEARSON â€" g «MARK KIRTON and other surprise appearances "Obviously this was a huge accident.. It happened and now what‘s important to us is the way the people involved responded and it was textbook," said McJannet noting the sailing school has been operating for what he said was at least 25 years. "The boom nearly took their heads off," said Stoodley, who said he watched while boats entering and leaving the harbor assisted at the accident scene and himself used his smaller motorâ€" boat to assist in cleanâ€"up of the harbor. Stoodley said the harbor was busy at the time of the accident with many sailing school stuâ€" dents on the water as well as some type of regatta taking place and numerous people fishing in boats and off the pier. facial abrasions and lost some teeth, said police. . McJannet said most were shocked by the events. oN (Photo by Barrie Erskine)

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