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exciting canoe panorama scheduled for rockwood if you ire an outdoor enthuuaaf and like to be on the cane gather your family and friend together and check in at rockwood comervation park on saturday and sunday of luly 12 and 13 the ontario canoe cruiser club of canada t holding 1st fourth annual splash panamora h the grand river and it i scheduled for a starting time of 12 oclock noon there will be two whole day of competition expert manoevrlftg exhibition of various canoeing technique exciting race and an open invitation to all people who can handle a paddle to enter the novelty oonteit bi ahy kind or craft whether it be an old metal bathtub or the weekly washtub frodrihe cellar juifgum it up plunk it in the water tfli be ready to move when the flag goet down laid one of the avid organlier of the two dayt event sixteen member five of whom are gnls comprise the guelph branch of the ontario canoe cruisers club their lister branch in toronto i much larger one willi more hun a few hundred active affiliate for the main part it i composed of athletic outgoing people who like the outdoor and much of their program it geeted toward many type of open air activitie such a hiking exploring and twimmlng a well a training in peddling and learning to handle a canoe although there have alway been many canoe club in variou area of thi country white water paddling which i the phraseology applied to travelling over rapid in a canoe is a comparatively new iport introduced a recently a ten year ago from europe and many of the european coining to canada are helping with the racing and coaching hint to llie newer canadian paddler mod of the paddler build their own boat uied in competition from fihergls to their own specifications when asked if it wa more tun entering into competitive piddling in one own canoe janet theakitan an avid iwimmerimtructreii and paddler herself returned up until thi year i alway had to icrounge tomeonc elie and ive had a marvcltou time no i dont think owning one own boat i that important but it i wonderful to have accomplnhed tuch a feat iti funny uid janet often people will join the white water paddler because the name itielf luu a certain ring to it hut when they have belonged for a while and find that ihere i such a lot of outdoor activity it teem to bog them down and they loie interest or something others just imagine theyll never learn to paddle properly and then give up but those people who do stay in the club think its the greatest and wouldnt give up their membership for anything in talking to various other member of this enthusiastic group it was noticeable that in every case they exuded great esprit de corps and excitement and it was refreshing and stimulating to know that whole mixed group could enjoy being 10 involved in athletic endeavours john grobbo a guelph university student busily engaged in enticing interested customers into buying draw ticket on a super tibreglas canoe wl kiked how on earth could anyone become adept at learning to paddle his kayak over a rapid we learn the technique to tbe ued in the white water in the winter time be uid in indoor pool sessions and in the njimmer on flat water very proudly he informed everyone that five member of the ontario cartoe cruiser from guelph and toronto are being tent to the world championship in bourg st maurice fiance on july ii until august 6 the kockwood race wa originally planned to be a fun weekend for the actively competitive member of the whitewater cub in ontario but then it developed into a sanctioned race primarily to introduce beginners to the sport with plenty of experienced paddlers on hand to give suggestions on paddling techniques and so it is that sunday races are open competition for all those wishing to take part with an eye to encouraging more member saturday july i2th event will consist for the most part of crosslake and novelty race such at no paddle races the competitions will begin about twelve oclock at noon until it will finish about five oclock and will be followed up in the evening by a saturday nile sing song to which everyone it invited scheduled to begirt at 10 oclock sundays race will be of a slalom variety where gate must be reversed in a predetermined order in the shortest length pi time and hitting as few gates a possible everyone ts invited to compete and anyone- interested with access to a boat may enter by simply obtaining entry form at ten thlrtyprior to the race with the chance thai they may win any of the prize which wui be awarded for the first thtee place finishes the entry fee of jt so is for all events entered even if only one entry is placed there will be entries from the ontario voyageurs and kayak oub of llamillon ovkc mohawk kod and gun club of toronto 4th weston scout troup ontario canoe cruisers and many beginners not affiliated with any club all in all it should be an very worthwhile spectacle for those in the atea news and views by lorrainl your truly will be away on a spuradic vjcation throughout the summer months so rockwood news fans will have to tike pot luck until our return acton free press leaders wishing to submit new item of the rockwood area are asked to phune them in directly to the free press office llopmg every one has as good a holiday as i intend to have and remember that i will be interested in knowing wheic you go and of any exciting events good hunting and fishing acton electric company residential industrial commercial free estimates no job too bio or too small mtwt uu234 45 mat st n acton at north end bp datscnt looo m little money and m loft of fun tto snglri els aam thaw ochf tain awywhf it r em us in me coaatart cr saortd la hawiarilrta near tteisrt tin raw daatisti ilsuai taunt indtiuarta wcavjnq r its dataurt 1000 and it 1000 pwfaoa tt wttd ba bucket it ajthxtia oaataaaattmrjalittvtsudai- xtdiraktu0tomur4icm tn aw alanrsard nultnanil lattdtdrjor road and tar wrtwy a w exskss szsss isszsttkst mdwnaamlyourbw ijai 18m hlrorjuw yau to tit fi ri m liasarytoemvwar4-on-ew- tnmtsmrjtd tfacw jtdottymimymi you 184500 dats un take a demonstration ride today north end bp 235 base line 8781471 the acton free press wednesday july 9 l69 eden mills anniversaries highlight news 2 cclebrating the beginning of sumriwr holidays at the final dance at flockwood centennial school were front row mike marshall buir shpp john clark back row judv do vrlm marie saunders pat weir mory annu waritfull sandra root don hilts photo totfcwtw sports rockwood pic wets dropped a touch m loss to moffat ijsl tuyuiay night however tin team still remains in iciontl place in the eight team k apii rockwood news by mrs k wrljfil intended fur lait week mr and mri howard james eden milt ure celebrating their 25 ih wedding anniversary congratulation matter randy walker iletpcler vtuted with hit wandparcnli mr and mrs hugh macttieruin mrs way ion i den mills spent the holiday weekend with iter holher and family mr llarry rigbycinelp1i mr tyg mclean llrantfmd i a gucit at hit hrntliut hornc mr and mil willum milar mrs john turner left for j three week trip to i njjjnd conuralulatiom to mr jnd mr jjrnct mioittiili on their 2mh wedding ftiuiivcrjiy recently after j dinner party wflli the lamily vx viral friendv gathered mrpmi ihent with a uxtal eve n mi at lie home of mr j ml mr jjik hamhulam mr and mi jim i ami jiiii family jiw urn mclean ure ut 3 tot tape in the parry sound jrea mr and mr halph ihompvon enjoyed the hohdjy weekend at the cottage m northern ontjrio gueili of mr and mr u wright were mr i innu kubintun and daughter vira toronto mr and mr withain moore uclph mr and mr hurry moore and family kitchener mil violet mccimptey and brother bob toronto mrt kuye stepftertiott and two daughters martha and evg and ww cilcii left by car for the wet i coast where they will upend llie next two tnonlhi dr b huff ba degree li ii hiikc llurrteceivedhls iti l dijte in agricultural i conoihict from micjngan slate university at its graduation ixiuil in june lr huff received his usa difni from the university of ihiiiii inlios and hit master ol stuikedsgree from michigan male tliuvertily in l67 lleliu ihcii a vujtijie research aimmaut at miciiigan state since and received a canada ouiml doitoral i ellowship in lki since april i im he ha hcin employed as assistant nnilessoi of agricultural i ciinoiiuct at the university of uclph or huff was formetly summer assistant agricultural kcprcurntativc in llallon county ami i married to the former janet ailkm now scotiabank blue chip savings how they grow the bank of nova scotia