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Page a SECTION THE WednesdST October It im Letts go flying or maybe diving Herald Staff Writer If you re afraid of heights or depths don t read on However If you re even a wee bit curious about soaring in the wild blue sky or paddling down to ship wreck levels then read Joe Letts 31 is on enthusiast and Instruc tor of both scuba and skydiving The George town resident is trying to start a club In town for each Jumping out of planes since 1973 Mr Letts has so far made jumps He holds a Class D licence In parachuting and a pilot s licence Were one of the leading nations In the world In sky diving Letts said We ve taken many world titles and generally haven t had too much trouble lacing In the top three the world An assistant manager at a Toronto bank the bearded Ontario Street resident Instructs in the water and sky sports when he not playing with calculators and columns of figures I started scuba log when I was 14 he smiled My first dive was quarry An ad in the paper setting scuba gear for caught Mr Letts eye and led him deeply into the sport Concern about his son safe ty the older Letts joined him up with the Streets vllle based Peel Divers share the same sense of danger and challenge As well parachutists feel the same sensation of when they re hurtling to earth as does the under water diver Letts said A sky diver can exceed miles per hour on his descent and can slow himself down to 100 miles per hour As the diver becomes more familiar with the sport the time before he pulls his parachute chord increases That time Is called free fall During free fall divers have fun doing rolls and urns In the sir Expert sky divers create patterns in their descent hooking up with as many as Is people arm in arm as they re pi urn melting This Is called relative work and is rehearsed thoroughly on the ground before being tried in midair By the time it performed every participant knows exactly what position they will be holding above Letts said Being prepared In either sport Is import ant and before that first dive into water or Into space divers are taught everything that could possibly go wrong and how to deal with it Knowing what to expect prevents panic Training Is strenu You do about 100 parachute landing rolls before you make your first jump Letts said If you re not fit Injury can result Scuba and sky diving When bitting the Midget reps get together in 91 win ground sky divers fall legs together on the balls of their feet They then roil to the side changing their vertical motion to a one he said The Impact is similar to jumping from your own shoulder height The most common injuries are strains and sprains with the odd broken ankle Letts said I trained close to 1 people and I d say of all those seen maybe IS A Jumper always carried two parachutes with the top one a reserve chute They weigh about pounds on the diver back If something goes wrong you can feel It You Just know I not slowing down and you pull the reserve Letts said Chutes are pulled at a feet A diver deter mines his height by glancing at the metre on his belt or wrist That height gives jumper time as a safety measure should there be a malfunction Letts is instructing In both sports through his company Jona Scuba classes are under the auspices of the Assocl of Canadian Underwater Councils and sky diving classes under the auspices of the Canadian Sport Parachuting Associatl For more information about forming a club or about the sport call Letts at 1074 He a a three star Instructor with the Confederation des Now four games into the new Tricounty Hockey League season the Georgetown minor midget rep team is de finitely coming together as a team After two tones to Chinguacousy and taking IMS short end of decision in their opener against Brampton they earned a win over on Sunday New coach Lea Ryan believes his team has the nucleus to be consis tent winners In this lea gue and his convictions seem infectious Each time out has seen the team improve Heath at forward and Mike Hun ter at the blue line are new additions to last years squad and they are adding a lot with their honest toll The Brampton opener was an evenly played match with the visitors matching goals with the locals until OB remain ing when Brampton netted the winner Gra ham Shepherd opened the season followed by scores by Mark Pries Lance Held and Brian Assists went to Doherty Pries Mike J Dan Kent ftrand Chris In the win over Flamboro ten held the edge In play throughout Doner sparked his team mates with the first second and fourth goals of the game and also picked up an assist and Teetiel each netted two while and Kent one each Assists went to Dave Kent pries and Jim Blck Plan to visit the minor midget fund raising gar age sale on Saturday Oct IS on the A and lost across from Frank Ve teres Your support is always appreciated Sabres take third loss By DENNIS LAWRENCE Herald correspondent The Acton Sabres dropped their third straight Centra Ontario Junior Hockey League decision to the Colts Friday in Acton The clubs spilt eight period goals In a wide open session with the Sabres failing to hold 2 1 and leads Karl Meyer and Ken staked Acton to an early advantage before Ken Kavanaugh and Mark Symea both counted power play goals for Ihe home side The visiting Colts managed a single marker to take a lead In the second period but the Sabres had to consider them Golden Agers bowling scores High single flat Ethel 220 Gretta Bos Fred Stan Swann 22S High Single with Handicap Ethel Hard man Ada Locke Fred 268 Jim Wilson Oliver Hun ter High Triple Flat Ethel Hardmnn Edith SOB Fred Stan HI High Triple with Handicap Ethel Hard- man Lily Mitchell Oliver Hunter Fred ShortiU Team Standings Ringleaders Anne a Gang Blue Jays Try Hards Happy Gang Invlnclbles Dps and Downs No Joe Letts t getting all dressed up for trick or treatise With a helping hand from Toronto Peter Little hes modelling the sky gear he owns Equipment can cost from WOO tip getUag If The two men hope to start a scuba and sky diving 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