weekender september 13 1986 p27 weekender childrens page summer vacation kelly takes a tumble i was riding a horse named gol den boy i was nervous because i had never ridden a horse without a lunge line a sort of leash that is tied to the horse my counsellor was teaching me how to trot uh oh i lost my stir rup and im falling off the saddle the next thing i know im sitting on the ground with my counsellor comforting me she told me i was bleeding and i got scared she took me to the house and the owner sat me down and put an ice pack on my head she told me what had probably happened i had a pony tail in my hair and a helmet on top when i fell the helmet pushed the bobble into my head and popped a blood vessel thats why it was bleeding so much luckily it was the end of the day kelly lee grade 6 taking to the waves myrtle beach listen to the sea gulls what a beautiful place my first impression on myrtle beach but dreams and reality are two different things for one thing price is the difference it cost us nearly 20 for one night in a campground where almost every thing you say or do cost more than 25 cents but then came morning an xious to get our moneys worth my sister and i hopped in our swimsuits and ran over to the beach and did we ever before i knew it i had caught my first body surfing wave this is awesome i thought to myself about three waves later i caught a humungous wave i sup pose my dad was watching be cause he got so tempted that he was in the water himself and before i knew it my dad had caught the biggest wave id ever seen myrtle beach what a wild place scott mcdougall grade 6 unionville public school first day on the job these future engineers at unionville public school take a break on their first day ofkindergartcn thursday from left they are trevor gillman jamie mennes kristin hewitt eric berard ryan davey and john karl janson in the background teacher carol wells plays the piano for benny cook and allison jcens bill lanning waterskiing hit of the summer vrrrwhoom vrrrwwhooomm varrwhooom the motor on the boat started my skis were shining in the sun the sound of the waves splashing against the dock made my sto mach sink i was losing slack rapidly no slack i was off for the first time my face was plunging through the wa ter my skis already behind me but with a little luck i was able to get up just the feel of the breeze in my face was rewarding enough i didnt go far but for a first time it was a great experience dylan fedy grade 6 my goal for this summer was to get up on waterskis so sure enough i got enough courage to try to ski i was in the water all set to go when all of a sudden i was pulled up by our boat i felt so nervous my legs were trembling with fear this was an unbelievable feeling i had actually stayed up without falling or letting go of the rope i was so happy that i tapped head the signal to go home when i came to my beach i went over the wake that was so scary i thought i was going to fall but i didnt i was so proud i let go of the rope and made a good landing when i landed and took off my skis i wished that i had stayed up lon ger but then i realized that id try again tomorrow and so i did tanya tcrnowesky grade 6 mmmthis is good i said as i bit into a juicy cheese dog are you ready to try and waterski my uncle called yeah i guess so ill be out in a minute i yelled back i got my aunt to help me put on the skis there youre all set she said okay go i yelled i heard the roar of the engine and the next thing i knew i was up on the skis im up i yelled this is fun splash the next thing i knew i was bob bing up and down in the water wanna go again my uncle yelled no thanks i wanna go into shore i yelled back okay lets see if you can waterski into shore he called so i held on for dear life and again i got up but not for long splash im okay i called you wanna try again he asked noooo way i called back ill swim thanks so my advice to anyone who is going to try and waterski is never to waterski with a crazy driver angela forth grade 6 were celebrating our 5th birthday you could win this page sponsored f mcdonalds by b markham your next birthday celebration free at markham mcdonalds simply fill out the attached ballot drop il at markham mcdonalds by noon friday sept 19th name address phone age draw will be held fri sept 19th at 1 pm entrants must be 12 yrs of age or younger i i i 1 i i i i i i