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The Acton Free Press Wednesday July 11 1979 KIDSANDCANOES by Outdoor Canada Magaiine How soon can children bt started canoe tripping One family we know started their five months and their son at three weeks Though many people gasp at the thought of putting infant in a tippy canoe their con cern is unwarranted As long as the children arc healthy and their parents experienced canoeists willing to adapt the pace of the trip to the babies needs there should be no problem Planning is the key Start with short trips so that if you misjudge the child needs it an easy matter to return to the starting point without enduring a lot discomfort Clothing really isn a problem on a canoe trip Take enough change so you won t be washing all the time but not so many that packing becomes difficult Three or four outfits are adequate and blanket sleepers at night over the regular ones will keep wlggly little critters warm even if they don t stay covered For diaperchanging carry a plastic pad large enough to set baby on without having stray parts on the ground It s easy to make one with a square yard of quilted plastic edged with bias tape Disposable diapers and prepackaged towelcttes arc handier than cloth diapers and washcloths Both can be burned in your camp fire after use but don t throw them In just before you are ready to break camp They bum slowly and need to be so wall until you have some time to spare An alternative to diapers is sphagnum moss which has been used for thousands of years by Indians to protect babies It aseptic and highly absorbent Coping with feeding need not scare anybody off cither For breast fed infants of course there no problem whatsoever But even bottle fed babies really a problem on canoe trips For short trips formula can be mixed and bol tied at home packed In an Insulated bag and later kept nearly submerged in cool shady water near camp For longer Irlps its handier to carry canned or powdered formula and mix one bottle at a time sterilizing in a cook pot Bring water from home if you feel it necessary though boiled lake or river water in unpolluted areas is fine Once past the formula stage instant skim milk powder can be carried and mixed right in the bottle When Ihey re this age their bottles only have to be washed and remember plastic bottles tend to bounce off rocks better than glass bottles just incase and vegetables can be warmed in a pot just like at home and when children have reached the age where they start to feed Ihcm selves a little chair Is handy Try remodelling a commode with a piece of plastic covered fibre board fastened on the front and a foam cushion on the seat to make a miniature folding high chair In the canoe spread a tent on the bottom just behind the bow scat cover it with a blanket and you have a combined and playpen Sprinkle it with toys dolls and books and your child will be happy What more mother is close at hand to cover the young voyageur after the rocking motion of the canoe has lulled her or him to sleep Granted you re not going to travel as fast as you might be used to but so what There no rush Mosquitoes and black flies will be more of a problem on shore than in a canoe so make sure your baby s netting Is In place and not touching arms or legs during an attack Try to select a campsite on a point jutting out from shore fac the prevailing wind The breeze and your ire will help control flying insects Children and canoe trips go together The kids arc never bored bee use there too much to entertain Ihclr restless Imaginations Whether re babies toddlers or schoolchildren they all absorb something and gain a greater under standing of nature Maybe when they re older thej won be In as much of a hurry to pave over the earth as we seem to be Pizza Peewees Family survives It was by no means a pitchers duel but the Acton Chicken and Spot Halton Rural came out on top of a match with Hornby in league action last week The came from behind In the match scoring a total of ten seventh inning runs while sending batters to the plate Shane Steeves was the top performer for Acton contest scoring four runs one of which was a home run Heath Norton Ian Paul Tim Biffs and Ted Morrissette all tallied three times for the plus Acton tallied three times in the first fourth and sixth innings along with a pair In the filth before their ten run out burst in the last inning PUBLIC NOTICE Trespassing complaints are being received by the police and Ontario Hydro In Ibis area from property owners whose land Is crossed by a Hydro transmission line The presence of a power line does not mean that the underlying property owned by Ontario Hydro Many power tine corridors are not Hydroowned but are used under various forms of legal agreement Persons Intending to enter on any property must have the permission ot the owner before entering or be liable to prosecution Vans salvage tie with Electric Sportsmen dumped by Unisal AVOID TRAGEDIES Adverse winds and waves were the greatest single cause of boating fatalities last year in Ontario The Ontario Safety League states that must of these tragedies could have been avoided if the boat operators knew and strictly ob served the capabilities of their boats All three of the Acton Industrial League top teams found themselves in trouble in Sunday night action and it was only Family Cleaners that managed to come away without losing a point Cleaners edged last placed Station Hotel to regain first place in the league standings while second placed Van Welding rallied In the last Inning to earn tie with Halton Mills Elec tric The third placed industrial team J and Sports suffered a setback at the hands of Construction In other recent games Family Cleaners toppled Station while J and Sports and Unisal led to a 13 all tic It took a two run homer by Chuck in the bottom of the seventh to give Family Cleaners their win over Station The homer gave the Cleaners a temporary three run lead but two runs in the top of the last inning made things interesting Station Hotel drew first blood in the match as they counted a pair of runs off of four walks as Family pitcher had trouble finding the plate Family a single run back in the bottom of the inning as Gary Wilson singled and scored Rural bantams rally After a slow start live losses five games the Acton Thompson Fuels Bantams of the Rural Softball League have come back to win four of their last seven The most recent win by the bantams came at the expense of league leading The Acton team which dropped a dec ision to the only once- beaten team first lime around set down the second time in the season scoring a win after falling behind in the first Inning In other recent games the Thompson team took a pair of wins from Horn by and 14 Tom Shannon started on the mound for the local side In assault of but after finding control problems In the first inning he was relieved by brother Bruce Five walks helped produce six visitors runs in the inning and things looked dismal for the locals Tom Shannon came back to the mound in the second inning giving up a single counter and Omagh added an eighth tally In the third inning before Acton came to life A five run third Inning including a basesloaded triple by Tom Shannon brought the local team within striking distance A pair of fourth inning walks helped the Acton muse in the fourth Inning as three runs reached home to even the score Tom Shannon second triPle of the game gave the Thompson team their first taste of the lead in the fifth inning and another run in the sixth from Clifford gave Acton brea tiling room Against Hornby It was big third innings in each case that gave the locals the win Acton scored ten third inning counters in their 145 win over Hornby while Tom Shannon cracked the only homer from the local side In the Acton win it was seven third inning runs that supplied the difference and again It was Shannon who smashed the only homer from the local side Bantams snatch pair Acton Mackenzie Buildall Bantims con tinue to win ball games in the county Fastball league The local team topped a pair of decisions over the past week scoring an win over Eramosa and an victory over In the team went straight to the attack two runs in the first inning and ex tending their lead by three in the second A walk and on error led to the first two Acton runs as Rob Vermeulen and Mark Duval crossed the plate In the second Inning McArthur Tim Evana and Tim Baker rounded the bases to give the locals a com lead managed their only runs of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning as they man aged to get to Acton pitcher Vermeulen Acton came back In the top of the seventh adding padding to their lead to defeat the only team that had previously beaten them The game marked the return of Acton second basemen Paul Nolan who had been sidelined with a sprained ankle Tim Ferguson was the only Eramosa batter to break down the Acton defense in their confront with the Rockwood team Fergusons sixth inning run broke the shut out of the Acton pitching combination of Rob and Fred Kappert Acton scored twice in each of the first two Inn and added three more fourth inning tallies and a fifth inning marker to take total control before allowing the run Brian Wong and Tim Evans carried the big bats for the Buildall Bantams Wong with a triple and Evans going three for four COMMUNITY CALENDAR FAMILY NIGHT FILMS at Acton Public Library July ThaAdvonturoaofTarwn GETAIO GIFT FOR LEARNING TO LOSE WEIGHT member Weight Watchers in participating areas can quality for a hardcover gift copy the Weight Watchers Hew Program Cookbook by Jean Join Weight Watchers In areas between June and and with weeks attendance get your copy with over 600 recipes plus menus used by the worlds targes weight control organization In addition to new members our past and rejoining members and lifetime members are also eligible Details available at Weight Watcher classes In participating areas only MDCHTVUJCWItS GEORGETOWN St Sain tsAngGcan Church Chalmers United Church Church Main Street rWrJfbackentranca W WJ Quebec Street 147 30 MILTON Holy Rotary Martin Street Tuts 730pm ACTON St Street 730pm Spswtvato East WatoMWatchanHaadOfflca Turner 30pm Wod FOnMEEnNQlNFOftMATlONCAH 8269200 Singles by Sid and Al Gardiner restored the Holders two run lead in the top of the third The Cleaners again fought back to pull within one as a pair of Hotel errors allowed a run to cross the plate Family took the lead In the bottom of the fourth inning as Bob brought In Gary Wilson and then scored on field ing errors Station tied the count briefly In the sixth as a Mark Jones triple brought in a pair of runs but Family came right back with three tallied on an Avery walk a Gary Wilson single and the Peavoy homer Three produced two tallies for Station In the last inning but it was not enough to overcome the league leaders In action against the same two teams last Wednesday the Cleaners had little trouble scoring the win as Family pitcher Peavoy struck out 17 allowing five hits An Avery grand slam highlighted the game for Cleaners In their six run second inn ing Seven more crossed the plate in the seventh as eleven men batted Five first Inning runs provided the firepower for a fast improving Hills Electric as they upset Van Welding by forcing a tic A Stan Kruk home run started the Electricians first inning onslaught and before the dust had settled four more base hits including a Jamie triple had given the Hills squad a lead Three more runs added to the Electicians total in the second as Stan Kruk and Jamie singled and BUI Manes cracked a double Van started their comeback in the third Inning scoring three times as Ian Campbell Waliy Ella and Roy Bosch crossed the plate Electric scored their last run of the contest In the fourth inning as Bill Manes hit his second of three doubles and scoring on a Sparky Copeland single Van continued to pick away over the final three innings of the contest scoring three sixth inning counters two seventh inning tallies and a game tying single In the eighth J James helped pace the Welders comeback scoring In seventh inning and driving in the tying run In the eighth A Charlie Harrison triple also helped the cause J and T Sports had their troubles with Construction over the past two games A week ago the two clubs battled to a 13 13 tie but the Sunday night con frontation saw the Construction workers score a win behind the pitching of Alex Ward Jumped on Sportsmen pitcher Fred Archibald for five first Inning runs and con tinued their hitting and coring spree In five of the next six Innings A two run triple by Evan Hnyter sparked the tint inning barrage five safety hits and a walk ac counted for the runs J and managed to regain a pair of their cou nters In the top of the sec ond aa Ray Graham and Jim rounded the bases In the bottom of the Inning the Con struction workers regained thcr five run margin as an Al Coe An Armand Steeves single and a Rick Coe triple extended the lead In the third before Jim Cooney single scored J and third run of the day In the top of the fourth continued their onslaught through the fifth Inning counting three more times Two of Ihe runs came off a Dave Piper triple Single runs in the fifth and seventh Innings extended the total to 13 before J and man aged their last run of the day a Mark Jones doub led and scored on Bruce single Tonight Wednesday Station Hotel meets J and Sports In hopes of finding a winning way Game time at Prospect Park Is In Saturday rainout action Family Cleaners tangles with Construction at and at p J and T meets Halton Hills Electric In regular Sunday action on a busy week of scheduling Family Cleaners meets a rising Hills Electric in the contest At 30 Unisal will do battle with Station Hotel and at Van Welding will attempt to regain some poise as they meets J and Sports TAKE NOTICE Pub kc Matting L Board of Ontario will be held at THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH tS 1180 BAR TON STREET EAST HAMILTON ONTARIO on THURSDAY AUGUST 2nd 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