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sHoP PENETANGUISHENE WIN A BAHAMAS VACATION Enter a ballot at any of these Penetanguishene Merchants. Each week one ballot will be drawn fora prize of *50.00. GRAND PRIZE DRAW takes place DEC. 24 and 2 lucky people will win a 1 Week Vacation in Freeport Holiday Inn. Travel Arrangements by Huronia Travel For a great gift certificate idea. Timeless styling with masterful tailoring in material that knows the difference between shedding a wrinkle and holding a press Choosing equipment-- a must for cross country by Terri Howell Last week you decided to take the big step into winter and try your legs at cross countr y skiing. But this week, you decided the sedentary life in your nice warm toasty house is a better way to spend the winter anyway. Your p roblem? You're probably one of these people that collected together enough cash for a cross country ski outfit, trotted over to your local sports store and left again in a hurry. What frightened you away was the myriad of different colours and makes of skiis, the rack of seemingly millions of ski waxes, and the rows of different makes and kinds of ski boots. It's not as hard a choice as itseems at first glance. Ry) >= ae cS M&E DISCOUNT FEATURES Largest selection of Carleton Cards and accessories in the area. Boxed chocolates by Rowntree - Black Magic Dairy box and Quality Street If you take the time to ask, you'll probably come away a satisfied customer and will shortly become a satisfied skiier as well. Rick Newman, from Twin Lakes Sports says he helps everyone that comes into his store wanting cros s country ski outfits by carefully ex- plaining everything that is available, weighing the advantages and_ the disadvantages and leaving the final choice up to the customer. But for you shy ones, Rick offers this advice. Two kinds There are basically only two kinds of skis- fibreglass and wood. If you decide on wood skis, you can look forward to a bit of work and upkeep. Rick says if you want a top-of-the-line wood ski, you should buy skis with hickory bases and lignostone edges. Hickory skis are the most durable of the wood skis. The lignostone edges provide a harder edge which doesn't wear as fast as other edges. Lignostone, according to Rick, is just various wood fibres compressed together to form a hard surface. If you're looking for a cheaper wood ski--try ash bases. Rick says ash is an inexpensive softer wood. The draw back however, is that they are more apt to break when you're skiing along a trail for the first time and slam tips first into a tree. Ash skis are also not ad- viseable for a heavy person. If y ou're a lazy man but still want wood skis, then a ski is available made of different laminations of wood with a special base which doesn't require the wax that the other skis do. This ski, according to Rick, is commonly known as the "fishscale" ski. The scales take over from the wax, gripping Som stRine that On the trail One of 780 cross-country skiers that visited Horseshoe Valley Ski Resort on the weekend glide down a gentle slope. The recent snowfall brought the skiers out in droves with the resort owners expecting more and more skiers during January and February. Ho rseshoe Valley has cross-country trails to suit the expertise of any skier. Staff photo professional skiers call "back slip". In layman's terms, they keep you and stopping more the snow WALLY'S Men's Shop from sliding backwards OPEN 6 DAYS -Thurs. & Fri. to 9:00 p.m. A BAHAMAS VACATION just by shopping in PENETANGUISHENE Enter a ballot at any of these Penetanguishene Merchants. Each week one ballot will be drawn for a prize of '50.00. GRAND PRIZE DRAW takes place DEC. 24 and 2 lucky people will win a 1 Week Vacation in Freeport Holiday Inn. Enter at any of these participating merchants Gignac Children's Wear M & E Discount Bryants Jewellers Maurice Furniture E&R Fashions Ardes Boutique Mailloux's Bay Pharmacy Stedman's Wally's Men's Wear Ted Light TV Page 18, Wednesday, December 14, 1977 Jason's Dept. Store Urb's Home Furnishings Art Stewart's TV Watergate Restaurant Dock Lunch Watches by Timex XMAS SPECIALS 4, Scotch tape Xmas special Earrings - Pendants and charms Regular $2.98 to $6.95 a Xmas egular special 20 % OFF prices Children's character watches Regular $14.95 $O 99 Xmas special M&E DISCOUNT 71 Main St. Ladies quilted HOUSE COATS as low as *15.95 as low as $19.3 J But first the eatiomeut Rick Newman from Twin Lakes Sports, "everything you always wanted to know about cross country skiing but were afraid to ask.'" Newman reports that cross country ski package RAARAARAARAARARARARAAARAARARAA|N explains MEN'S Girls WINTER JACKETS $13 This Saturday, enjoy FREE COFFEE & DONUTS while shopping at Children's MITTS GLOVES 1.79 JASON'S DEPARTMENT STORE Corner of Main St. & Simcoe, Penetang 88egg ARRARAAAARAAARAAAA aad sales have been on the increase in the last couple of years, as more and more people learn how to enjoy Midland's long, long winters. Staff photo down hills, and help you get more traction. If you're not too con- fident and_ picture yourself hanging from tree branches or face first in snow drifts--better stick to a fibreglass ski. Rick has no qualms about standing on the end of his fibreglass skis and bending the tip to the ground. You would never do that with a wood ski. The base of fibreglass skis, are similar to down hill skis. Rick calls it a P- Tex base. Step-tex base Like the "fishscale"' basein wood skis, there is a similar» base' in fibreglass skiis called a Step-Tex base. 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