Gymnastics future involves change WEEKEND EXTRA Friday September PifeS Continued from Page parents may not get Involved Initially Is because ihey be a bit shy In offering their services or new parents may not know what hey arc getting into The gymnastics club has members on the committee and each member has a specific duly the president says The executive meet once a month for discussions fend consultations There are food convenors technical directors facility convenors fundraisers publicity regis and many others Jennifer Linton formerly of the Recreation Depart and Joan were Cornerstones over the past two years Cook says Gymnastics Week holds a promise that more gymnasts of the calibre of Sara now fifth ranked In Canada in Gymnastics canbedevel oped locally Cook says MORE8ARAS If we can produce a Sara one out of every five years while still providing good teaching for others we will have achieved what we set out to do the club president says Cook thinks that Canadian gymnastics is gaining more exposure because of the number of different training programs available There is a better awareness of gymn as tics perhaps from the good coverage done at the 1978 Olympics in Montreal he says Gymnasts benefit by parti clpating In training and meets because there Is good exercise conditioning and comradihlp Cook says Gymnastics is one of the major sports that require discipline he says People that last beyond their first year tend to eat sleep and think gymnastics My own daughter did walk overs and cartwheels to get from one room to another when she was smaller Then she began to tench ho small er kids on the street to do some skills Cook says Randy of Georgetown Ajax Inter county B division soccer team stirs up he dust with ome good horuonUI and perpendicular saves Soccer reporter Karen caught Randy In recent game action at Park Rattlesnake Point park was buffalo s first home Rattlesnake Point Corner votion Area was the first Ontario home for Buffalo to roam Now 12 years later offspring from Ontario first original herd can be seen at various parks zoos and farms At their peak buffalo numbered over sixty million but the population dropped to at the turn of the century Through conservation management the buffalo has made a comeback but the estimated animals in the country today arc only a shadow of their post story on near extinction and wildlife preservation the Ha Hon Region Conservation Authority Imported five buffalo a bull and four cows from Wood Buffalo National Park The first herd was established on a acre pasture at Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area where they could In their centuries old style Two years later the herd almost doubled In size when nil four cows gave birth The expert ment proved so successful that in 1974 the herd was split and several buffalo were shipped to Mountsberg Wild life Centre to establish a new herd October mean In several Ontario communities but has its own brand of fun called now In itn fifth year Sponsored by the local the Knights of Columbus Rene Catering Action Collision Oaklanda Regional Centre and the GermanCan adian Club Oaktoberfest takes place Oct 24 featuring a morning parade opening ceremonies the Club Galaxy North Service Rd and Bavarianstyle festivities with com pah music at five different halls across the city Net proceeds go to Oakland Regional Centre and a Memorial Hospital Philately speaking Attention all you philatelists the Stamp Club celebrates Its fifth anniversary Oct with The Grand Bram Day at Century Gardens on Brampton a Vodden Street The 10 a m to p m show at which the Bramalea club hosts the Grand River Valley Philatelic Association and Eastern Regions fall exhibition features both coles and seminars as well as door prizes Contact John at for more information Although buffalo as a rule are easy going creatures they are unpredictable An Authority staff member mis judged the mood of a buffalo during a regular feeding period and subsequently found himself up a tree looking down at the angry beast Signs were erected around the Rattlesnake and Mountsberg compounds warning visitors about the buffalo s volatile nature Given their natural tat the buffalo proved to be prolific To keep the herds down to manageable and healthy levels the Authority sold and donated several animals to various parks end zoos Some of the new homes include Beach Zoo Confederation Park In Hamilton Not all the Authority buffalo were sold into a life of leisure In parka and axis Other animals were sold or donated to the University of Guelph Animal Research Program for crossbreeding with beef cattle In addition two young bulls were slaugh tered for meat which was given to a Hamilton Medical Centre for consumption by persons who were allergic to most common types of meal Although no records are kept of private ownership of buffalo by the Ministry of Natural Resources cross breeding enterprises and the animal s population in Ontario parks and zoos has significantly increased since the 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