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Sheldon Brisson, 20 of Cornwall was ar- rested after property at several locations was damaged Sunday by spray painting. He was charged with five counts of m is- chief under $5,000 and released to appear in court on Ma y 7. Man faces charges after properties spray painted
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A ju m bo jet m iraculously glided to a safe landing by pilot Robert Pearson of North Glengarry will be auction off later this week. The Boeing 767 was landed safely on an abandoned runway after running out of fuel over Manitoba in 1983. Powerless jumbo jet miraculously landed by local pilot to be auctioned
A former Air Canada Boeing 767 whose pilot made a miraculous landing 30 years ago at a former RCAF base in Manitoba, and is now being offered for sale by Blen- heim, Ont., based auction house -- Collec- tor Car Productions. The plane was piloted b y none other than North Glengarr y resident Robert Pearson, who achieved legendar y status when he beca m e the first pilot to use gliding skills to bring a powerless ju m bo jet to a safe landing. It is not often that aircraft and auto m o- biles share the sa m e strip of concrete but on Jul y 23, 1983, the brand new, state-of- the-art 767 passenger jet appeared out of the sk y after running out of fuel at 41,000 feet over the western prairies. The powerless aircraft m ade a safe but bu m p y landing on a local drag strip which was for m erl y a RCAF m ilitar y base runwa y in Gi m li, Man. Affectionatel y nickna m ed the ‘Gi m li Glider’, it m ade international head- lines due to the skill and braver y of Captain
Pearson and his flight crew. The stor y was the subject of several docu- m entaries and a feature fil m starring Wil- lia m Devane entitlted Falling fro m the Sk y : Flight 174. The television m ovie featured a Pearson in a ca m eo role. He is standing out- side a flight si m ulator when frustrated stu- dent pilots exit in frustration, after failing to successfull y glide a virtual ju m bo jet to a safe landing. When the y clai m that there is no wa y a ju m bo jet as such could be glided to a safe landing, Pearson tells the m y es it is pos- sible, and it was actuall y done in real life in 1983. Air Canada had initiall y bla m ed Pear- son and his crew for the near-disaster, but a subsequent investigation placed the bla m e on Air Canada. On the 25th anniversar y of the incident in 2008, pilots Pearson and Maurice Quintal were celebrated in a parade in Gi m li, and a m ural was dedicated to co mm e m orate the landing.
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The Governance Committee of the Cornwall Community Hospital is seeking candidates for vacant positions on the volunteer Hospital Board of Directors
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Cornwall Community Hospital provides acute care hospital services and is governed by a board of twelve elected volunteers and six ex-officio directors. Board members are expected to attend meetings of the Board, as well as regular committee meetings. As volunteer directors of a charitable corporation, board members are not paid for their services. Directors will be selected according to their skill, experience and personal qualities. The hospital seeks a balance within the board while considering unique requirements of the corporation at the time. Individuals who wish to be considered as a candidate for membership on the Board of Directors are requested to obtain an application form by contacting us: Tel: (613) 938-4240, Ext. 2262 Fax: (613) 930-4502 communications@cornwallhospital.ca The deadline for applications is Friday, April 19, 2013.
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