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the ones that stay togeth Il wan a perfect nigbt fora walk in Milton. ThaI's why I wan driving. I don't like 10 walk, and il shows, but I bave no problem if anybody else does. If I could find a way 10 gel stuff from the refrigerator during commer- daIs without having 10 walk thal far, then Id be ail for il. Maybe a conveyor bell? Anyway, there's sometbing peacetùl and serene about couples walking on a summer night -- almoat an if they know sometbing the rest of us don't. I could look happy and serene if I had a satellite dish, but thats another atory. I set ouI 10 find couples walking around town 10 tee what was up. I had 10 do il on a Tuesdsy, because on a Wednesday I figured everybody would be home walching Survivor 10 see wbo would be next off Ihe island. The firat couple had neyer seen il, tbough. When I aaw lhem, I couldn't believe my eyes. They were in Iheir fiflies, I figured, and gel Ibis, they were bolding banda while they walked. I lhoughl for sure they were newlyweds in their second or third marriage, or aI least baving an affair, but il tuma ouI Ihat Pal, who la 59, and Minnie, wbo is57, were married May Il, 1963. Okay, so maybe making up froro a ftght? They couldn'l always hold banda? SpilI the beans. The couple han lived bore aince 1972, and have two daughters, one of whom gave lhem a card one lime directed aI the holding banda business: ~re you stilI in love, or are you holding each other up? Somelhing like thal, I couldn'l read my wriling again, but obviously they do Ibis aIl the lime. They walk aIl the lime, one or îwo boum a nighl Ibequemion.Whal~sIbeaecoe~ObeIngmamed3) even in winter, and during the day they ride their bikes. "You've gol 10 keep active, you can't sit around," said Pal, wbo looks more fil than any teenager I know. Weil, in the interest of joumalism, I had lb ank LIVE ENTERTAUMMENT Band or DJ - Thurs. nights on the patio BARNEY THE MAGICIAN Wed. nights I5 OR~~ 45 Chisholm Dr. 8764731 BEACH TOUR 'OO JuIy 21 - Sept. 1/00 ~~This weeks destination... - ~Comein and pick Up a passport! Ontarie St. N. 8786691 cbic4 189 Mili Street ~) 878-6680 Joui US 011 the patio *Iis weekeimd o Maybe, but Pal had another thougbt ail besl listen. Wbatever you put ml you're going 10 gel ouI of il." The next couple wan walking their d might be Jessie. I didn't ank for the spe is irresponsible joumalism, notable because Arlene and Romm Dorval bsv is a newspaper editor. Tbey were married on Vslenline's I in Iheir 31s1 yesr of marriage. They Millon since 1972, and raised a son a here, althougb lbey're building a relir and expect ho move some day. They, like other residents I've talk worried about Milton getting too bîg a small lown appeal, although Romm point ouI that il wan the same type de~ moved hem. Tbey own a company called Accup Metal. Again, I didn't ank for the speli fully tbey won't show their son Ibis col Their son should know, bowever, ~ enta don'l walch Survivor cither, or e~ vety much. Hard b imagine, I know. The l3orvals are similar in many other couple I met Ihal night. They bealthy, and tbey look hsppy. Maybe îhere's somelhing ta Ibis nean afler aIl. The next lime I gel mareied, I'm goi up wiIb my wife. That way I won't i veyor bell 10 gel food from Ibe refriget * from LIFEGUARDING on page 12 sllowed in the deep md." Her one in-wster rescue took place when a teen jumped into the water without tskîng the normsl precsution of hsving lesmed how 10 swim firat. j "She went off the diving ntr~e didn't know how to swim," recslled Ms Shulist "So she juat went down." loose Her land rescue involved a who hsd fallen. Ms Shulist helped to stop the bleedîng snd call for an ambulance. To stay in hp-bp form, lifeguards are snd you'd required 10 take a first sid course every o il is what two years, and a cardio pulmonsry resusci- talion (CPR) course snnually. og, Jesse. ta With ail accreditation in place, the next lling, which tank is to stay alert and overcome the built- n this cane in obstacles to keeping residents safe. e s son who "You have 10 mske sure you're not tired, that you've had something ho est," said Ms )ay, and are Shulist. 've lived in At the Milton Leisure Centre, lifeguards nd daughler crane 10 sce around a brigbt red slide ement home installed in the pool. Also, a hoal of guards are on duty - up to seven at a lime - to ed witb, are ensure ail vantage points are covered for ~sd losing ils maximum public safety. is quick 10 In ouldoor situations, glare and intense aI when they heat can testa lifeguard's alerhneas. And given the need for vigilance, shifis lus Precision are longish - maybe seven boum sabot. ing, so hope- But they're broken up by amaîl breaks Lumn. and down-times. taI their par- "Our longeaI swim is two hours, but ~en lelevision we've got s few of them during Ihe day," said Ms Shulial. W5~5 10 the The profile of the job han been raised in look fit and recent years. The popularity of television series Baywatch may bave played a partis valking buai- that. So bas the International Oiympic Committees decision 10 embrace lifesav- n~ 10 bring il ing ans sport. oeed the con- For some reanon, lifeguarding appears tc rator. appeal particularly 10 women. Accordini 10 LS statîsIîcs, îwo-tbîrds of Onharîc -I guseda are femsle. 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