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1- Om=nco WekIy Tma enea u~1,19 July activîties set for Bow manu lite museum Remember the good old days of the carry pigeon, or even the pony express? My ultimatedcream is te return to the glory days of those two now defunct systems of communication. In case you haven't heard, Canada Post has proposed a pnice hike in the cost of stamps. Personally 1 think the cost of stamps is already a littie too much, but 1 can understand where it is with that Canada Post is coming from. With the glut of technology on the market, be it fax machine, modems, and other things that a techno-phobe likeI have no dlue about, the post office is suffering. The letter is, slowly becoming obsolete. Thus thereturn to the old fashioned mode of letter delivery. No more paying 46 cents for a littie sticky piece of paper, with glue that leaves a bad taste in your mouth for days, bearîng a sadly hand rendered drawing of the qucen. Plus, imagine the added excitement of villians chasing chuckwagons, daredevil riders, riding through sleet or fog, or gloom of night, just te delîver the letter that you wrote to your Aunt Martha in the Alamno., And don't forget the uncertainty of neyer knowing whether or not your letter will arrive. Hey, that wouldn't really take much adjusting te. While we are on the subjeet of stamps... If we are going to have te pay more for these stamps, perhaps the Post Office could try pepping them up a little. 'm not asking for the fat Elvis stamp or anything as exotic as that. And 1 have no qualms about seeing our proud red and white flying over a wheat field of Saskatchewan. But it seems that everytime 1 buy stamps 1 get this samne wheat field or the green queen stamp. Except for the time I had just finished college and was eagerly sending out resumnes. Luckily I graduated at the time that the Post Office had just issued its animais of Canada stamp series. AUl my carefully prepared resumes and envelopes were crowned with cither a fiying squirrel that looked like road kil, or... a skunk. The skunk stamp I assume earned as much points as comment ing on an interviewýer's teupee would. So, if I'mr going to pay that lituIe extra ,I want to sec either a stamp bearing a picture of a great Canadian, hero like Gordon Lightfoot standing on the deck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, or I'd like to see a pony rushing up my driveway carrying my local IGA flyer. WiTld action at Mosport wîth JuIy 9th racing July 9ths racing at Mosport International Specdway had ncwcomer Ray Thompsett of Westhill pick up a victory in the first Thundercar heat. Starting at the back of the pack, Doug T odgham of Oshawa breezed through the traffic te take the win in the second heat. Dwayne Glasbcrgen of Janetville- took heat number three while Terry Shaw of Wcsthill took heat four. Todgham scored a second victory by taking heat five and Scott Harrison of Scarborough closed out the evening by winning the sixth and final heat of the night. With a starting field of thirty three cars, the feature was a very exciting twenty five laps withi Ritchie Mannette of Georgetown starting on the front row. The first caution came on lap ten, Mannette led with Dan Robinson of Scarborough battling close behind. The second caution on lap seventeen saw Mannette, Rovinson, Harrison and Todgham al fighting for top spot. Harrison took second away fromn Robinson on the next lap setting up a showdown for the win. On the twenty first lap, Harrison had took over the lead and went on te victory, with Mannette followling up a close second. Robinson ended up third with Glasbergen and Todgham rounding out the tep five. In the Street Stock Division, Rick Boucher of Oshawa clamed a pair of victories in heat one and three, after starting last in heat one. Brent Sullivan of Whitby won heat number two while Joe Mallette of Hampton won heat four. In the thirty lap feature, Jim Rossitor took an early lead until lap eight when Sullivan blew his engine in corner one sending oil onto the racing surface. Duke Paul hit the oïl and went head into the wall. Paul was shaken up but ok. From there, Rossiter held the lead until Iap twenty seven when Andy Warbutten of Oshawa caime up on the inside and took the lead down the back straight. Warbutton went on to victory with Joe Mallette claiming second. Glen Fricker of Pickering passed Rossiter for tird leaving Rossiter and Boucher With fourth and fifth places respectivelY. In the Late Model Sportsman Division, F4 Beatty took his first, ever win at the speedway in the first heat of thec mght. Gary Mead took the victory in heat number, two. The forty Iap feature was a tightly contested battle slowed only by two caution periods. AI Thomson and Grahme Brown battled for thecearly lead but on lap seventeen both were involved in an incident in corner one. Alex Hamilton of Priceville took over thc lead and held on for thc rest of the way. Lap twenty four saw Ken Paston and Merv Walt AFIERNOON TEA Ihis summer the Bowmanville Museum will be offering Afternoon Tea on the front verandah of the Museum (37 Silver Street). The cost is $2.50 per person, and includes tea, co ffeec or juice, scones, butter and Jam. Our first Tea will bc held on Friday, J ul y 1lth from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. This tea wil coincide with the opening of our Bank Exhibit, featuring antique banks from the Bank of Montreal collection. Beginning July 2th the Teas will be held from 12:30 te 2:30 p.mi. every Wednesday afternoon Up te and mceluding August 3lst. For more information please catI the Museum office at 905-623- 27 34. If the Teas are popular we may offer them daily next year. getting tangled together bringing out the second caution. Garry Mead of Orillia had worked his way up from the back of the field to take second. Bill Northamn of Oshawa had a steady third place while Ed Beatty also came from the rear te take away fourth leaving Leatherdale to close eut the top five. ANTIQUE BANK EXHIBIT The Bowmanville Museum, at 37 Silver Street, is pleased'to announce the opening of a special summer exhibit. From July 15 to July 3lst a collection of Antique mechanical and iron banks, fromn the Bank of Montreal, Museum, TURF POWER LAWN TRACTOR 12,HP -,,38" CUT REG. $1 ,699.99 $15,297.00 5Oe OFF ROSES OR FLOWERING SIIRUBS Your Choice $7 .99 or 2/ $1400 25l% OFF EACH BAG OR BLOCK 0F STOCK SALT PURCHASED, 501% OF F SUMMER PLASTIC PLANTERS OR LAWN ORNAMENTS STOCK 15 LIMITED FREE: SKIDS, SKIDS AND MORE SKIDS Cail the Orono Branch or drop by and ask for details. wiIl be on display. These colourful and ingenious devices often depict humorous situations from the l9th century. 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