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Want to lose 15 pounds fast Ride your bike across Canada HALIFAX CPA 32year old Kelowna BC man says he has found way to lose weight And calorie counting is not the approach taken by Fred Hunt Mr Hunt probation service worker said in an interview he lost 15 pounds in six weeks Starting from Vancouver May 16 he cycled across Canada had been dreaming of bik ing across this country for five years he said So this year With six weeks vacation comv ing to me decided to take ac tion Along with his own 185 poun as he started off with 30 pounds of gear which included nylon tent downfilled sleeping bag clothes and bike tools He said he made the trip alone because he could not find anyone who had the same time off Iedalling about 12 hours day he said that after the third day he was ready to give tip His schedule fell behind in the first week as result of ago nizing pain from stretched leg tendons but his spirits lifted when the pain subsided His only enemies were black flies and mosqtiitos The most serious mishap oc curred on the last day of the journey when the chain on his bicycle slipped as he rode over train tracks and lie toppled to the ground nearby construction worker fixed his bike and he was back in business Steam show success despite rain mud By PETER IEIIESTA ExaminerStaff Reporter The scream of shrill whistle was followed immediately by louder but lower blast as two steam engines competed for at tention ther engines joined in releasing clouds of steam over the ookstown Fairgrounds at the animal show of the Geon gian Ray Steam Automotive Gas and Antique Association The air at the grounds was constantly filled with the chug ging and thudding of steam and gaspowered engines at work They drove cross cut saws pumps threshing machines board planer and circular saw cutting planks On Saturday spectators braved rain showers and mud dy ground to visit the show which feattired about 500 exhib itors including 22 steamers The rain forced cancellation of one event the oldtiine fiddle contest The fiddlers could not keep their instruments in tune Also the Saturday parade was cancelled because of the muddy footing But it couldnt keep the peo ple away Children lined up to ride scale model of CPR 2700 class steam locomotive The model built by Wes White and his two sons of Flesherton took about three years to complete Mr White who let local boy Gerald Fenn of Cookstown operate the train said he takes it to most shows PULLS 20 The train is built to one inch equals one foot scale and is capable of reaching about 10 miles an hour The locomotive can pull train with about 20 people riding it It was built for Centennial Year and is fuelled with oil Other models filled part of the fair grounds including model of 30 horsepower Case tractor Philip McGuire of Chesley built the model taking about four years on and off again Mr McGuire who uses the tractor to drive grinding machine said it is one quartcr scale with seven and half horsepower engine Most of the parts for the trac tor had to be bu1lt by hand Roy Snider of Kettleby in King Township attracted lot of attention as he hewed logs Mr Snider is descended from John Snider who settled iii King HOppy is Township near the present lay Black Creek Pioneer village in 1807 Logs were hewcd by the pi oneers to form beams for houses The log is shaped into square by using broad axe and then smoothed Mr Snider who owns farm and has donated equipment to Black Creek said few years ago he used to complete three or four logs but now he takes is easy and does one or two There is even book written about the Snider family group of DutchPennsylvania farmers who walked to Canada NOT FIRST TIME For most people this was not the first time they visited the ookstown show Trophies awarded by the Georgian Bay Association were donated by variety of people and organizations The best steam engine trophy went to Russell Pilon of Wit lowdale with his 24 horsepower Bell Mr Pilon was not sure of the year his machine was built Ruth Buckle of Queensvale won the lady steam operator and junior models for people under lByearsold Miss Buckle restored captains chair for thejuniot prize Bruce Goss of Coldwater won the trophy for the gas tractors up to 1930 Mr Goss entered 1929 Rumpley il Pull with 3050 horsepower engine In the 1930 to 1940 class Alden Winter of Schomberg won with his Model Case Ralph Mertz of Wyebridge won the general interest class for gas tractors with his John Deere MR The class was open to any year tractor which is rare or unusual 1926 Touring Chev Super ior Style with an 18 horsepower engine won the best antique car The automobile is owned by Fred Corbyn of Kettleby Bill Lewis of Beeton won trophy for the small antique of the show and Theresa Seheley and her son Frank of Colgan won for the small farm antique GAS ENGINE TROPHY The gas engine trophy went to Howard Haynes of Iowans town with Monarch pump jack engine at one and three quarters horsepower The adult small model trophy was woii by Bert Mahaffv of top frog in jumping contest lRTO Ont ttli Frogmntcn lioiit icro tlii tario dumped water grass and dirt on then frogs blcw on tlicitt jumped tip and down and cheered their til entries on in this towns second annual frog llllltlllt1ttlllttl londay Thc nincr of thc lightweight class for frogs weighing less than 22 giants was lbcrt cn tcrcd by ttkc libel of liltiitll Albert itiitiped total of 397 Ctllllllttlli it feet ltl thrcc qualihingtcaps The tin itiinpci tll the mid tiltweight lav to frogs weigh mg 221 to 43o gt tlIl is lloppy owned in cot hicld of Viitr toii The tilt llucc llogs lit cacti claxs woiiSIu ShutttdSi licrt and lied lttthc of Stiattord tint plated Turkey In lltc tti on fiddle and cm Man crushed under wheels LFIROY 42 year old In nisfil low nshtp mandch Satur dai morning when garbage truck backed up crushing hiiit under the rear wheels Innisfil township police said an inquest has been ordered by Dr Hicks coroner Norman Braden was loading the truck Saturday morning on Ferrier Avenue Lefroy when he apparently slipped and fell under the rear wheels police Driver Richard Rankin 55 Lefroy told police he felt bump and stopped the truck to investigate Braden was dead by the time police arrived at the scene at 821am The truck 1973 model is operated by Baxter Disposal Barrie on contract to lnntsfil Township tzu to encourage their frogs to tlllllp llon lctalluin ot Kin cardinc Ont tried on successfully to spur his three frogs to iclory unique musical citcotiragcment on the bagpipes Flincr tard of iirton planted that gaming the frog Ctllllltltlltt and maintaining good dict is thc kc to success nitrog lumping llowcvcr Ii Wards tbarlic as disqualified lltc tildgi for the contest held in conpiiiction with the town inniial Rotary club fair wcrc Norman llcpoc of tlictltt and Red Lccdcr principal of public school tit this ttillllliulllt l3 miles ltOltlltt of Owen Sound Iltlg Two breakins Despite all the actntties on the Civic Holiday weekend Rar rte il Police had no pro blcnts Attotdlllg to Kentpenfcst activities were well rttii and caused no dif ticultics for the police force The only major txcurences of the weekend were unrelated to Kcintxnfest Monday night Snap Shops in the Barrie Ililld and the Legion Hall on St tn cent Street were broken into In both cases police are not yet sure how much was stolen police all IITtIIIIR TO REDS INDIANAPOLIS tP Rightbanded pitcher Mann Sarmiento was brought by Cincinnati Reds oit Friday From Indianapolis Indians of the American Association The move also involves sending southpaw Rich Hinton from Cincinnati to Indianapolis if major league waivers are ob tained by Aug an Indians spokesman said Staffa with his model of Goodison threshing machine Three draws were held for quilt won by Mrs Bennett of Sarnia rug won by Mrs Sweezie of Barrie and socket wrench set won by Jean Clip sham of Kilwortliy Verve McCagtie association recording secretary said the final attendance figures are not ready btit added this was the best year ever it was really good year The associations ladies ba zaar raised about $4000 by sell iitg food and baked goods Mrs McCague said two pzr rades were held one for Sunday and Monday and the Sunday night outdoor church service went ahead without any pro bleins Organizers finished cleaning the fair grounds at about mid night Monday She said the organizers were also happy about the work of Citizen Band CB radio oper ators who spread the word around the area to bisiting cars She said number of cars caine to the show after hearing about it over their CB radio Fiveyearold Kara Fisher participant at the Johnson Street stiinincr activity ceir put CD CD 93 pi lt SD 57 By ALAN IRICIIiI MONTREAL itlt The So viet lliiion may pull otit of next months Canada tip hockey tournament unless l7yeai=old Sergei Nemtsanov is returned to the Soviet Olympic team the teams deputy chief of mission said Monday If thesitiiation is not normal lizcd and if Sergei Ncintsauov is not rcttii tied to the Soviet lln ion we do not rule out this pos sibility ml at willidrawalt Anatoliy Kolesov told news conference Mr Kolcsov and other incin bers of the Soviet Olympic team repeated stiiiiiglyiiiiitml allegations that Ncintsanov champion diver was kidnapped and said they are convinced he was psychologically brain washed Ncintsanov was granted per mission Sunday to stay and work in Canada under special Drive in comfort upfront odge 8c tre sponsored by the city recreation department takes it closer look at paper oc ministerial pcrinit tiiitil Jan 30 1977 The permit was issued fol lowing meeting organized by the Canadian government be tween Ncmtsanov his lawyers Soviet zttlilctic officials and the US SRs consulgencral iit Montreal Four other Olympic athletes all froin Romania ltave an notinccd their intention to seek refugee status here Mr Kolcsov said the goverir iiiciit is breaking its own laws by allowing l7vyearold boy to remain in the country without permission of his guardian Russian diving coach Gert Rurov USUALLY IIAPIY The young diver was nor mally happy goixlnatured youth but he appeared different at the meeting Sunday with Russian officials including teaininatc Ilavid Ambartsunr you Mr Kolesov said Dodge puts you in the lap of passenger car posh llodgc outrs tlic ltixuri of dcluxc bucket or bcnclt catx upliolstcrcd lll durablc vinyl or smart plotted clitiltindvinvl And host of automatic Irdtlllll ltll lfll radio ci cit ttr conditioning thtt ill make tltc lllllL fairly skip by lispcctallv when youre riding with the comfort of Dodges lct cloutthcroad Sllxttlhltlll syxtcin nd have the security of Dodges standard front disc brakes Great Pickns at our IFIIVVIIFIIINIIITIII 3EIEel1£hl tflfiscnsn lLIILlLl car options 77 TAKING CLOSE LOOK AT AN OCTOPUS topus lhe octopus was one of several sculptures made by children at the centre and displayed Wednesday during creative arts night at Stiii nidale Iliotoi Inrk tExainincr STROUD RICINION Mr and Mrs Allen Todd at tended reunion of former neighbors on Sunday gathering at the cottages of Mr and Mrs arinen Rolling and Mr and Mrs Bruce Rolling at Glen Siba bald Beach Jackson Point An outdoor picnic was fol lowed by catching up on the news of South Innisfil and West lwillimbury Stroud senior citizens held their annual summer picnic lucsday afternoon at Innisfil Centennial Park Mr and Mrs Charlie Ford and Mr and Mrs Dwight Nelson had prepared such con tests as naildriving and bat throwing About 40 people en joyed the dinner and some played ground darts afterward The cltib is planning trip to African Safari in Rockton Ont Members are reminded of the picnic at Springwatcr Iark Midhtirst on Aug lit sponsored by the Simcoc ottnly senior cit llfllS land returned to hospital last Sunday after noon Mr and Mrs llwiglit Nelson recently celebrated their 49th wedding illlllltl sarv PLAYERS IINIII TORONTO tl Two play crs one from the ttawa Rough Riders and the other from the Ilainilton Iigertats have been fined 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