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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdoy. September 12, 1963 41. Wounded Youth | Masters Injury EDMONTON eg _ "_ ears ago a bullet from a hunt- he Sotapanion's rifle smashed into John Mockler's spinal cord. John, slumped to the ground, paralysed from the waist down. Wracked with pain, the 13 - year-old boy gave directions to his companion on how to find aid through two miles of rugged bush country. It took four hours for help to arrive. All this time John lay on frozen ground unable to move, Several days later, his, mind still fogged by the effects of pain-killing drugs, he was told he would never walk again. Today, John, now 20, is an expert sporting rifle marksman, goes big game hunting, fishing and swimming, and recently tried scuba diving. His is an in- spiring story of one young man's efforts to live with his handicap. "it was hard at first," he says, "but I had been taught that if you can't do things one way, you find another way. I had to be patient. It took almost Forest Fire Ravages Brazil State four years to master that wheel-| chair." John now does his hunting in a four - wheel - drive vehicle owned by a friend, Al Worth- ing, 34, "We drive up and down the forestry trails until we spot something," he says. Most of their outings are in the Edson region, 120 miles west of Edmonton, where John spent his boyhood years after moving with his family from New Westminster, B.C. | They moved in 1956 to Edmon- ton where John's father, Percy Mockler, a polio victim, was! transferred in his job with a) power company. Several years after the acci-| dent, the slender, dark - haired) youth became interested in com- petitive shooting, He has since| earned all Dominion marksman-| ship crests and plans to try lsoon for the gold shield, top| proficiency trophy. | | In recent months he has) |taken an interest in old weap-| lons and has begun moulding} and filling his own bullets, In a} recent competition held by the| [Alberta Arms and Cartridge |Collectors Association, an event for authentic antique weapons jusing black powder, he scored 21 of 25.in the 100-yard event jusing a .25-.20 Winchester, | John owns his own car, a 1960 model equipped with hand con- |trols he built himself, But last jsummer he chose to hitchhike o ja 650-mile trip from Edmonton to Spokane, Wash., to visit rela-| CURITIBA, Brazil. 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