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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 28 May 1999, p. 18

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18-lbe Canadian Champion. Frlday, May 28,1999 » ne pit stop, and no waiting B y MELANIE CUMMINGS Special to The Champion Caîl il the Milton-apolis 500, minus about 499 tums around the racetrack. On the same day as the Indianapolis 500, Sunday May 30, Milton bosts its first ever pit stop race. It is short on requirements and long on laughs, said Jim Dunharu, tbe organizer of tisis fundraising event for tise Optimist Club. Simply galber four fun-loving people together, no matter what their age, height or strenglis. No driver's license is needed and anyone talI enougb to reacis tise pedals of Dunhani's coaster cars is driver material. Now quickly as humanly possible, pusb tise car and driver 10 meters to tise starting line, then into the pit ares without knocking down any pylons. Jack tise car up, change tise rigbt tires over to the left and vice versa. Then pusb driver and car another 10 metres to tise finish line. muto The winning teain is tise one to do it ail in tise least anuto turne. Tise fastest turne in wisicb Dunhani and bis family tearn bave ever completed tise race is in one minute, 12 seconds. "People seem 10 have orniles on their face tise wisole time tisey are racing," said Mr. Dunham, who was inspired to bring to Milton an event tisat started at a pumpkin festival in Waterford, Ontario. manages tise wisole feat: witis ease. "I've seen whole families do tise race together." Already 12 teama are registered for tise fundraising event. It couts $2 per person to enter and ail money raised goes toward Optimiat Club charities. Race time begins at 10 arn., May 30. Tise starting line is in front of Charley Fitzwisiskey's on Ontario Street. To register your team, show up on race day or caîl Jim Dunisam at 399-1663. Greg Hill's Tour des Trees aims to support keeping greenery By MELANIE CUMMINGS Special ta The Champion In Greg Hill's mmnd, fundraising for a wortisy cause can't be delayed because tise big event doesn't have a catcisy name yet. On Jupe 5, Mr. Hill and a crew of 15 cycliats, including Olympic medalist Steve Bauer, embark on tise firat annual Canadian Tour des Trees (tise event's temporary tille), 10 promnote urban tree researchs. Mr. HilI borrowed tise naine from tise annual worldwide event organized by tise International Society of Aboriculture. Tise Milton native was tise firat Canadian to partcipate in tise society's Tour des Trees, beld in England bat year. Tisat tour lasts about seven days and covers appmoximately 100 miles per day. Wine couestry tour Mr. Hill bas organized a local sealed-down one-day version for June 5, wben participants of aIl levels will cycle a 50 kilometre, or for tise adventurous type a 100 kilometre loop, tbrougis tise Niagara wine region. -Already tise tour crew bas raised close 10 tise $5,000 goal. Tise money raised is earrnarked for urban forestry researchs projects based in Canada. 'Tbere's a rea need for researchs in tise ares of tree preservation on construction sites - especially in Milton wisere future land development is imminent," Mr. Hill said. "Rainforesta worldwide are depleting, buman populations are increasing and consequently pollution is on tise rise. Trees are wisat we bave always relied on 10 filter our air, we bave 10 begin tisinking long tenu. 'ise next generation's air quality is at stake," ise added. Mr. Hill founded tise International Society of Aboriculture Canadian Researchs Trust, wisicb is a oegisteoed cisarity tisat dis- tributes grants 10 wortby urban forestry researchs projects nation- wide. Funda bave been provided 10 scientific studies under way at tise University of Toronto and tise University of Guelphs. Donations made toward tise Canadian Tour des Trees are tax deductible. More ridera are welcome 10 participate. For more information caîl Greg Hill aI Mapie Hill Tree Services, (905) I 824-2100r - I. * i i 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O i seasoned or unseasoned 3.0 kg 1,5 Dry Roasted Peanut a , Tear Jerkers Chocolate Covered 5.25kg regular or bbq 3.10kg 141 Peanuts or Raisins 238i Coat'N Bake almbp Caramel Cor a22îb CrunhyCanaIi Chck Pe as32lb~ Peanut utr or 4.10 kg a&% IoQSS 1525kg 071 Mapie Leoal Creme Cookies lu l'b Chinese Green Tea Gui ib original or vanilla, 946 mi Ennichod Vitasoy Beverage Pine & Cdcar limanî animal Bledding & Lifter 2,00 a sa E gg Noodies Prm W lb 1?'2 MIXOd 1 0Wk~ e.ari &s Heba Supemn Speca *Swiss Herbai Super B Compound with Vitamin C, 500 mg, 90 lab ..7.11 ea *Swiss Herbai Vitammn E, 400 I.U., 00 caps.......... 10.230. a Swlus Herbai inc Citat, 50 mg,U90caps ............ 3MUea * Swiss Herbai Organic Altaha Leal, 650 mg, 90tabs........... 23 ea " Herbai Select Joint Ease Plus, 500 Mg, 60Ocap ............1&W3ea * erbw w ecDong Gui, 450me,U60cap ............ 7.43ea M hie supplies W.s On adverksed um we reserue dur righl tu 1Mt1 quuefties No dealers pieuse. 112 pnicu reiers to BuS Bues everyduy lure puices. SPNIL A NAL Milton Mail r55 ontarlo St. S. (905)>693-9207 r 1013M

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