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weekender august 16 19s6 p19 correction the wrong hours were printed in the ad for markham bowl on wed aug 16 pg b4 the hours should read open 7 days 100 pm 1100 pm opp investigators yram pyramid schemes attract peo ple who want to get rich quick but its more likely participants will lose their money say ontario provincial police investigators and the forces special inves tigation branch warns that pyra mid players could find them selves arrested fined and even jailed a ring called pilot investment club or the airplane pyramid is operating in ontario according to an opp news release regard less of the name all pyramid schemes are illegal simple mathematics show most participants will be bilked of their money heres how it works a pyramid consists of 15 people the person at the top is called the pilot the next level consists of two players called copilots and the next level is made up of four people referred to as the crew the last layer involves eight participants called passengers to work the eight passengers each give the pilot an amount cal led an investment that can be as much as 5000 each the usual amount of the schemes now oper ating is 2200 once he has his money the pilot leaves and the group splits into two pyramids each piloted by the original two copilots everyone else moves up one row and another eight passengers are re cruited for each of the two pyra mids theoretically should one drop out and all 16 new players pay their investment money the ori ginal copilots would receive their money and would depart the scheme the two pyramids would be split into four if each pyramid was to fill and be split each day the number of new members would double daily until the end of just two weeks when there would be 262143 peo ple playing at the end of the third week 33544431 persons would be needed and a mere three days la ter 268435455 would be involved cancer drive the markham branch of the canadian cancer society in vites you to a golf drive and putt at fairwood fairways mar kham road north of steeles proceeds from the day will be donated to the canadian cancer society to aid research and ser vices your support will be appreci ated says eleanor malcom one of the event organizers you should know that 33 of adults in stoufville received none of the last four issues of the stouffville sun compared to 282 who re ceived none of the last four issues of the tribune sources kubas associates study spring 1985 details on request so who wins in the pyramid game according to the opp the answer is almost no one and who loses simple mathematics show that aside from the hustlers who set up the pyramids and whose names are at the top everyone else will lose contrary to what participants arc told at meetings police under cover officers are attending orga nizational sessions of the pilot in vestment club and other such schemes operating in ontario and arrests are being made the criminal code provides for a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment and fines are unli mited finale tonight tonight aug 16 is the third and final night for uxbridges historic musical the temple of fame the curtain rises at 8 p m in uxbridge music hall located on main street south of brock rob corbett of the boot strap theatre group adapted the melodramatic farce from a script first performed in ux bridge back in 1902 also in the cast are dorothy partridge bill bagshaw mary van wyck ian ball jemmic phillips and tania markle tickets 6 for adults and 5 for senior citizens tractors ready to pull the roar of highpowered trac tors will fill elgin park aug 22 and 23 during the annual ux bridge tractor pull modified machines grab the spotlight friday at 7 pm with classes set for 5200 and 5500 lb 2wheel drive trucks and 5500 and 6000 lb tractors on saturday at 7 pm stock tractors pull in the 700 10000 12500 and 15000 lb categories while prostockers go at 7000 and 13000 lb a new attraction in 19s6 is an atv pull scheduled for saturday at 5 pm prize money and trophies are offered for all classes admission is s4 for adults and si for children under 12 years of age for more tractor pull informa tion contact 8525140 thmi interlocking ltd j clnaa 4fgf free demonstration with every purchase on how to install your own interlocking k jvww interlocking from 99p pressure treated timber all sizes granular limestone compactors 36day cutters 2 2day do it yourself or use our authorized contractors i mljmw we deliver cost extra hours 76 monfri 83 sat 7314588 in in in ii ti ii 177 langstaff road east luxury rattan furniture and interior accessories expressing the finest art in home decor 3050yonge st at lawrence sl toronto 4885636 255 duridas st west w of hwy 1 0 mississauga 8962033 wete iusl around the comer froni you between yohge andbnyvfevv south 61 hwy no t iwmili sm wednesday only and every wedne to september 24th 930 am to 930 pm 1 2 hours of bargains fun entertainment of o ofr a c- r- f i i m ii 1 1 1 1 1 ii t ii ii 1 1 ii i ii ii i iii ii 1 1 1 1 i ii i ii 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