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J 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 19, 1989 SRIETY 0 aR » oe, The ski hills at Lakeridge Resort already have a good base of snow. THE SANDER WITH PRO MAX Performax S/T Sander mounted on Pro-Stand . with Power Feed i Option Performax S/T Sander mountedon ~~ _ Radial Saw With Power Feed Option £2 " 44" TO BE PRECISE Uniform thickness accuracy to within .010 of an inch--precision that you almost have to see to believe. Or take the word of thousands of woodworkers who are achieving flawless sanding results in their cabinet shops, craft shops, home workshops, custom - furniture shops and in musical instrument making. The Performax Component Sander appeals to such a wide variety of woodworkers because it allows you to select the components to fit your needs now with retrofitting options for potential heavier use later. 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Now, over 50 years later, the investors at Lakeridge Resort Ltd. are hoping history will re- peatitself. According to ski school direc- tor Paul Walker and marketing agent Neal Tjoen, the hills at Lakeridge Resort were the birthplace of the Toronto Ski Club in 1938 and may have been the site of the first ski tow in Ontario. Back in those days, skiers braved "Big Ben" and the" Sug- ar Bush Trail" runs on six foot long maple wood skis, equipped with bear trap bindings. Modern technology has changed since then. Skiers now have a choice of 16 different runs and will be lifted to the top of the hills in quad chair lifts. Mr. Walker said the two quad lifts that service the 16 runs are capable of lifting 4,800 skiers up the hillin one hour. "The quad chair lifts are the most up-to-date and efficient way of getting a lot of skiers up the hill fast," Mr. Tjoen added. The quads are more efficient than rope tows and T-bar lifts, both men said. The resort also has a 600 foot long "half pipe" for snowboard- ers, Mr. Tjoen said. "Snowboarding is a new sport," Mr. Tjoen said. "At this point, skiers and snowboarders are not mixing very well. We hope that skiers and snow- boarders will be able to combine and give each other equal re- specton the hill." Cross-country skiing is not available at Lakeridge this year, but "anything is possible" for future seasons, Mr. Walker said. He said that starting up cross-country trails can be risky business, because its suc- cess depends on the amount of * natural snow fall. "There's a good chance cross- country skiing will be offered here, but not this year," he said. In contrast to cross-country skiing, weather does not play a large roll in down hill skiing. Lakeridge employs profes- sional groomers who use airless snowmakers to keep a good base of snow on the runs. The groomers will stop mak- ing snow when the temperature reaches plus two degrees Cel- cius, Mr. Tjoen said. If the tem- perature is-any warmer, the snow will melt. We also sell, service and install, T.V. Towers, Rotors, Antenna's, Echostar and Houston Tracker Satellite Receivers. Agents for Cantal Cellular Phones, Residential and Commercial Fire and Burglar Alarm Equipment, (24 hr. monitoring available). 416-852-3796 or 705-357-2575 Lakeridge has runs suitable for every level of skier, includ- ing 80 per cent for beginners, 60 per cent for intermediate skiers and 20 per cent for advanced PAUL WALKER skiers. Every run is lit for night skiing. Group and private lessons are available. Allinstructors be- long to the Canadian Ski In- structors Alliance (CSIA). Skiers can take lessons by the hour or in a more intense eight week course with skiers their age. Lessons are broken into adult, teen, youth, kinderski and tot divisions. : Lakeridge offers a variety of seasons passes and pay as you play packages. A full day-night season pass . is $325 for adults, $295 for teens 13-18 years old, and $270 for senior citizens and children six to 12 years old. 3 Midweek day-night passes and night only passes are $260 and $199 each. Three hour passes are $15 for adults, $13 for all other ages, and $2 for each additional hour. A full day pass is $24 for adults and $22 for all other ages. Complete equipment rentals (skis, boots and poles) cost be- tween $10-$16 depending on the ski package. ) Dining facilities, as well as a boutique, are included in the 16,000 square foot chalet, Mr. Tjoen said. ' "It is a fully modern chalet made out of concrete, not wood," he said. When asked what would at- tract skiers to come to Lake- ridge instead of other, more es- tablished ski resorts, Mr. Tjoen said Lakeridge has the same el- evation as many of the Barrie resorts. He also said the resort is clos- er to the southern centres of On- tario, than resorts in the Barrie area. "We're a 46 minute drive from Yonge and Bloor and a 30 min- ute drive from Markham," he said. NEAL TJOEN "There's a lot of different routes to get to our area," he continued, adding that the 400 Highway is "a zoo." "A lot of our consistant busi- ness will come from the area, here, but we are trying to draw business from the south (Toron- to)," he said. Lakeridge Resort Ltd. is lo- cated on Durham Road 23 (Lakeridge Road) at the Chalk Lake Spring, just north of Dur- ham Road 5. Norman Stewart (centre) was the first person to ever buy a season membership at Lakeridge Resort. He Moped by the resort on Friday to ski for a couple of hours. P ured with Mr. Stewart Is Rieky Peters, chief executive officer, and Ron Martino, general manager. EEE. Sid a A i