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A TAN SRI IIN= -01 or 1m yi To A IT SR Vp. 14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 6, 1990 Lishman guest speaker at meeting Bill Lishman spoke to the Lake Scugog Historical Soclety recently about his video "C'mon Geese." (See story for de- tails.) FIREPLACES Complete Hi Tech FIREPLACES Call: OVER RIDGE RENOVATOR Reach Industrial Park, Unit 4, Reg. Rd. 8 985-0715 OPEN Wednesday to Saturday 10 to 6, CLOSED Monday & Tuesday COME IN AND SEE THE ULTIMATE SATELLITE TELEVISION For Bill Lishman, learning to fly with the birds could be dis- cribed as a crash course in pa- tience. But after years of experi - mentation, broken bones and numerous crash landings, his dream became a reality. Mr. Lishman related his sto- ry to members of the Lake Scu- gog Historical Society and other interested Township residents Wednesday night. He also showed his spectacu- lar 30-minute home video "C'mon Geese" which takes the viewer through the initial stag- es of the experiment and even- tually up in the sky with Mr. Lishman and 12 Canada geese. According to Mr. Lishman, soaring with the birds had al- ways intrigued him, but he real- ized that before he could accom- plish the task, he had to learn how to fly himself. So the Blackstock-area sculp- tor/inventor took up hang glid- ing. This mode of air travel was fine until Mr. Lishman got "sick and tired of dragging the glider up the hill for a ten second ride." That's when he decided to modify his hang glider and in- stall an engine so it wouldn't be necessary to take off from on top of a hill. "It's amazing," he recalled, "what you learn about your neighbors when you're flying above (their property)." Mr. Lishman had now cleared his first hurdle. He was able to soar. like a bird over Scugog Township. Now he had to teach the birds how to fly with him. At this point, he enlisted the help of friend Bill Carrack. Mr. Carrack had previously taught birds to fly along side of his boat. He told Mr. Lishman about a German scientist named Con- rad Lorenz who believed in im- printing -- a technique where a human would become the object of attachment by an animal. The two men gathered up some Canada geese eggs and took them to the Carrack farm where they were put in an incu- bator until they hatched. eer HTS HOUSTON TRACKER SYSTEMS PROUDLY PRESENTS... TRACKER SYSTEM V e UHF remote control e On screen graphics Digital stereo e 20 favorite programs e Parental lockouts TRACKER SYSTEM VIII + e UHF remote control e 'Write your own' on screen graphics o Full stereo o 100 favorite programs e Parental lockouts ¢ 14 day. nine event VCR timer On display now at South on the Oshawa Road betwen Port Perry and Raglan at the Shirley Road intersection. WINTER HOURS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 4:30 to 7:00 PM After hour appointments available upon request. LIMITED NUMBER of PREVIOUSLY OWNED TRADE-INS on SPECIAL. 985-0748 The baby goslings were then taken to the Lishman 's and the bonding process began. Mr. Lishman and members of his family would take the baby goslings out for daily runs in the fields by their home. This strengthened the birds and in- troduced them to the concept of following Mr. Lishman. On their daily runs, he would carry a tape recorder which played the sound of an ultra light aircraft, therefore famil- iarizing the birds with the sound they would be following. During his first airborne at- tempt in 1986, one of the geese hit the propellor, breaking it and killing the bird. Mr. Lish- man decided to "pack it in" until the next year. In 1987, he crashed on his first take off and broke his foot. Another set back, another year. In 1988, he thought he would have to put the project on the back-burner because he was commissioned to do a major pro- ject for a company in Japan. But nothing would stop Mr. Lishman from realizing his dream. He perservered and finally got the birds and himself off the ground. Do you know someone who deserves a medal? If you know someone who has made Ontario a better place to live...through their selflessness, humanity and kindness... tell us. An Advisory Council of Ontario citizens, whose honorary chairman is the Lieutenant Gover- nor of Ontario, The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, selects the recipients from nominations made by you each year. LE TE ET EE SS SS Si ata, sedate geodata Elbo oF oa Soon, Mr. Lishman and his birds were flying in the V- formation across the sky. As well as being video-taped from the ground view, Mr. Lish- man invested in a video camera for his ultra-light. The footage gives a birds eye view of the geese in flight. The close up shots of the birds show every muscle and every feather's movement as they glide through the brisk fall air with ease. The birds spend their win- ter's at Mr. Carrack's farm with numerous other geese. So how can Mr. Lishman distinguish his geese from the others? All it takes is a "C'mon geese" and his feathered friends wad- dle right up to him. After his presentation to the Lake Scugog Historical Society, Mr. Lishman sold copies of "C'mon Geese" and donated $10 from each sale to the historical society. The society meets once a month. The guest speaker at the February meeting will be Paul Arculus who will talk about England. In March, Dr. Matthew Dia- mond will talk about the history of doctoringin Port Perry. We need your nominations by March 15, 1990. Nomination forms are available now by writing: The Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, 6th Floor, Mowat Block, 900 Bay Street, Toronto M7A 1C1 or from your M.P.P.s constituency office. for Good Citizenship The Ontario Medal a oe - - SE Sm Pont