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the examiner VMgnday July 18 1977 Iceout satire wins an award for city student rillia gained quite reputa tion as the town that Stephen Leacock gently sat irized Barrie may not be as well known form the humoristic standpoint but it certainly has satire possibilities of its own Greig Dymond Grade 12 student at Eastview Secondary School tapped number of them in an essay entitled The Third Fourth Annual Spring Fever IceOut Contest It earned him first prize in the Leacock Associates first annual student humor competi tion which drew 58 entries from high school students throught Simcoe County Another Eastview student Paul Tamblyn placed third in the competition Second was llume Baugh of Park Street Collegiate in rillia Dymonds essay written over weekend is fictitious ac count of the drama and com plications surrounding an ice out contest held in the city The iceout contest is of course real event introduced some years ago by the Barrie Ys Mens lub An old car is positioned on the ice off Government Dock in the spr ing and tickets are sold on the date and time that it falls through the ice NEW TWISTS Dymond keeps the basic framework of the contest in tact but adds few new twists The sponsoring service club is different and one of the members neglects to put the timing device into the car That means lengthy vigil on the dock awaiting the cars submersion The narrator misses the $100 jackpot by four minutes his ticket The winner turns out to be the president of the ser vice club which leads to charges of he fixed the ice among other rumblings Dymonds essay is in the lieacock style of gently but poigant observation Its stuff you chuckle at there are no bellylauglis lRElG DYMOND new twists The style was intentional so as to better comply with the terms of the contest Dymond said he actually prefers the writing of Woody Allen to Leacock His choice of subjects was also guided by the contest con ditions Entries were expected to focus on local topic of politics society or smalltown life Dymond is interested in becoming writer with humor as speciality but it will have to be weighted against career where you can make money He and his English teacher Ron Beltz will be the guests of Leacock Associates at the Leacock Festival of Humor din ner in rillia July 23 The din ner honors Ray Guy this years Leacock Medal winner For his winning entry Dy mond receives plaque an edi tion of Leacocks Sunshine Sketches an autographed copy of Guys book That Far Greater Bay anrl 330 cash award Hs all there in Olympic film By IALI ELAN Examiner Staff Reporter lcnners almost arrogant supremacy 7ierpinskis machinelike marathon pace Joys exuberance Virens dog ged determination omanecis calm elegance Juantorenas graceful power Its all there captured in twohour film that provides more than record of results from the 1976 Montreal lym pic Games Entitled Games of the XXI Olympiad the National Film Board prorIUction strives to depict the hopes successes anrl disappointments of some of the participants in the process pro viding an insight into what the Games meant to them The film which is the result of the combined efforts of gawk of photographers and technicians will be screened Friday at entennial Park The viewing is free of charge Approximate time of the screening is it although it may be little later depending on the time of dusk The film will be shown out doors on giant twostorey screen as part of the Nlilts fineRoute caravan tour of nearly 100 cities anrl towns across Canada DENIM ISUH The word denim goes back to 15thcentury France when serge dc Nimes was pro duced in Nimes French texA tile centre Tilden rents big choice of trucks for moving mer chondise or furniture By the day week or month at very economical rates 4mmt £441 TIEDN Featuring Chevrolet and other fine trucks HELSTERN We are pleased to announce the appointment of Geoffrey Reid to the staff of our Avis Leasmg office Well known locally Geoff will be pleased to discuss your vehicle requirements whether car or truck daily rental or long term lease We are also pleased to announce that Warren Helstern has Joined our staff as mechanic Warren with 12 years experience locally will be responsible for maintaing the Avis fleet and servicing all phases 0l auto repair in con junction with our Shell dealership 726 6527 101 Dunlap BARRIE Owned Er Operated By BROWN YOURHHS LCENCEE DONT LET RAD PROBLEMS SPOIL YOUR VACATION TRUCKING COMPANIES Rn In To R5 516 FOR MOST CARS INCLUDING LABOR IILCORI PRICES SMALL IMPORTS DATSUN TOYOTA VEGA ETC CYLINDER CARS FORD CHEV DODGE AMC CYLINDER CARS FORD CHEV DODGE AMC AIR CONDITIONED CYLINDER CARS HEAVY DUTY RADS OVERSIZED HEAVY DUTY $5500 $6000 $6200 $7200 $9000 2500 LERSHIIS SERVIGE STATIONS TAXI CABS INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS