Ontario Community Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 27 Jul 1994, p. 11

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Store Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 9 pm; Saturday 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday Noon to 5 pm Phone: 560â€"3303 / 643â€"4121; Out of town call 1â€"800â€"263â€"8575 Lewis Rd. and the QEW, S. Service Rd., Stoney Creek, Ontario (Take Fifty Rd. exit during Hwy. construction) There‘s Only 1 Stoney Creek Furniture It‘s Only 20 Migutes%firom Your Door! Unique furniture and collections, accessories and handâ€"painted pieces An 87,000 square foot showroom and warehouse complex filled with outstanding displays of North America‘s finest furniture designs. Thousands of luxurious fabrics. A superb selection, worlds away from the everyday. Savings that make a world of difference. It is worth the drive. BMA,DEH'.‘ Or LEA Oakville‘s Business School 338â€"6600 Journalist, author, photographer . . . and cyclist, Robin Lind, takes a breather at his parent‘s home on Lake Ontario during a recent oneâ€"day visit to Oakville to promote his book ‘Pedaling Northwards,‘ about a 750â€"miles Virginia to Oakville cycling trip he took with his son Frank in July 1993. WHAT IS A SPREADSHEET ? find out at Not In New York A world away from the everyday Not In Toronto LOTUS 1â€"2â€"3 and MS/EXCEL Not Even In Oakville MILTON MR "Stoney ~Ltéeek_ RONTO :’ _" efi T0 (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) MIDLAND WALWYN BLU E. C H 1P THINKING"‘ | GOVERNMENT "BLUE CHIP THINKING is a tradeâ€" GUARANTEED mark of Midland Walwyn Capital Inc\ O »e° ing Northwards Frank led the way the entire trip north, through hills and valâ€" leys, past historic sites, through a covered bridge, along mountainâ€" With him was his son Frank, 15 at the time, aboard a fiveâ€"yearâ€" old Schwinn with 18 gears. He made it with only one puncture hole in his front tire. â€" t‘s been a year since Robin Lind pedaled into Oakville on an old broâ€" ken down Italian 10â€" speed racing bike. Desplte enough bike trouble â€" everyday â€" to cause a less patient man to have thrown his trusty steed over a bridge, and opt for a brand new set of wheels, Lind did make it from his home south of Richmond, Virginia, to his parents‘ place in Oakville, a distance of 750 miles, in 11 hot sweltering days last July. By WILMA BLOKHUIS Focus Editor Writer‘s 750â€"mile bike trip to Oakville journey of discovery Choose your special wallcovering from all the latest books. *Reg. book price. Matching fabric/accessories not included Store books only. WALLPAPER PAINTER‘S CHOICE INTERIOR LATEX SEALER PAINTER‘S CHOICE BLUE GREY LATEX FLOOR PAINT \ s99°6 3.78L "A car pulls up behind us, slows, honks noisily, then swishes past. It‘s one of the new small vans: The driver is shaking his fist out the window and yells someâ€" thing unintelligible. He pulls over and stops. Jumps out. I get ready for a rude altercation and slow my bike to a halt. "Straining up a small rise I feel the gear lever wiggle and then swing loose in my hand," Lind writes in ‘Pedaling Northwards.‘ "The cable has parted. . . At the end of one weary hot day from Frederick, Maryland, to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, salvaâ€" tion arrived. A clergyman drove by in his minivan, just as Lind‘s gears gave out! sides and past waterfalls, with his father, 43 at the time, huffing and puffing behind â€" sometimes disâ€" mounting to climb up hills. Other times, dismounting to once again, fix his bike! (See ‘Cycling .. .‘ page 12) WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1994 PAGE 11 Frank Lind pedals ahead on Rt. 414 north of Watkin‘s Glen on the eighthâ€"day of their bike trip. (Photo by Robin Lind) ) CEILING WHITE LATEX r sale price $35.92 "BLUE CHIP THINKING is a tradeâ€" mark of Midland Walwyn Capital Inc *Rates as of July 25/94 subject to change and availability.

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