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. Sue Charlebois * Sports editor * ie Brushing up technique , Brooklea Golf Club's driving range is a popular place these days. Located just west of Highway 27 duffers of all ages can be seen there brushing up on their skills. Norm from Thunder Bay Beach. The driving range has also become a neat place to get rid of a few This is Anne Law and her husband frustrations by seeing how far one can rap one of those little white balls with the red stripes. Fore! Safety will be watch-word during Shondecti tomorrow by Murray Moore Organizers of Shondecti realize that with over 100 canoes in the water, all going in the same direction, some racing and some only moving along, the potential for problems exists. Ground rules to help prevent accidents have been given out to the Ladies continue to do well at MGCC Ladies section of the Midland Golf and Country Club which held a major tourney yesterday has been most active this month. July 2 the gals staged a low putt tourney. Winners included: Charlotte Tully, Eva Regan, Maddy English, Angela Whetham, Shirley Stokes and Helen Giffen. Tuesday they hosted the second round of their electric meet (you take your best score on each hole for two rounds). Winners included: Ruth Smith, over-all champ, with low net for the day going Charlotte Tully, Kay Lapere, Lee Lewis, May Seldun and Marilyn Richmond. participants. Everyone must wear a life jacket. Any canoe that overtakes another Reason to smile Student Employment Centre supervisor Carol Dengis beat Dave Lang of The Midland Times and Daniel Coulombe of Radio Station CKMP to the top of the bat, and, sure enough, her team won the baseball canoe must avoid a collision by bearing off and going around it. OPP, Midland Fire Department, Midland Power Squadron and Ministry of Natural Resources personnel game that followed Monday evening at Huron Park School in Midland. The students beat representatives of the local news media organizations 18-16 in seven innings. will be present in nearby boats ready to lend a hand. St. John Ambulance personnel will be on land along the route taken by the canoeists, and in Sainte-Marie park. Canoeists have been cautioned to not assist the occupants of another canoe that overturns, but to get out of the area to allow the support craft to give assistance. One kilometre separates Midland's Centennial Arena, the starting point, and the town dock, where the canoeists end their portage and take to the water. Participants have been advised _ that carrying the canoe upside down over their heads is the easiest way. Paddles, life jackets and equipment should be lashed to the inside of the canoe or secured inside backpacks. Sash Participants, after assembling at _ the Centennial Arena at 11 a.m., will be given a souvenir sash in one of four colurs. Canoeists will also get a number. Their number and the colour of their sash will assist organizers in assembling the more than 300 paddlers with more' than 100 canoes for the portage and the launching. Midland police will escort the flotilla of canoes down Main Street starting at 11:45 a.m. The canoes will launch from the dock in the same order as they portaged down the main street. The portage is not a race. A summer student from Sainte-Marie, dressed as a donne of the 17th century of the type who would have lived and worked at the original Sainte-Marie, will start the flotilla on its way. He will have the Shondecti Paddle. At 1 a.m. he will, standing on the town dock, raise the blade of the paddle above his head. The canoeists will follow his lead as they sit in their canoes, ready to push off. The drop of the Shondecti Paddle will be the signal for the start of the flotilla. Distance The distance by water from the town dock to Sainte-Marie Park-is 31% kilometres. Around 2:45 p.m., after all the participants have arrived and sampled the free refreshments that will be offered by the Friends of Sainte- @ Continued on page 18 Merchants record 7-0 win Midland Merchants of the Olympia Sports Fastball League over- powered Georgian Bay Real Estate, Wed- nesday night, by a score of 7-zip in a regular league game. Terry Wright, on the mound of Merchants, recorded a no-hitter until the sixth inning. Big batter for winners was Malcolm Robinson who was three for three at the plate. He also scored three runs during the night. Merchants played errorless ball in pit- ching off Real Estate in one of the classic games of the season. Error costly to Trojans in fastball The first of two games in Olympia Fastball action Tuesday night gave Therrien's' a win over Midland Trojans because of an error in the last inning. With Therrien's at' bat and a man on first and third base during the last _ inning, Ken Davidson hit a grounder to the short stop who fortunately for Therrien's did not throw home. The ball was thrown to first base which resulted in Pete Grigg coming home from third to win the game for Therrien's. Therrien's win ended a three game losing streak bringing their record to seven wins and three loses. Winning pitcher was Bob Laphan who pit- ched a three-hitter and struck out nine batters. In the second game of the evening Mr. Sub- marine lost to Adco Tire 3-2 Winning pitcher was Brian Barnes. Car rally set for July 26 thanks to CAP Midland's community appreciation group (CAP) is lining up a safe driving road rally. Scheduled for Saturday, July 26, the rally will start at 9 a.m from the Yonge Street Civic Centre. All cars must be pr: registered. Forms can be picked up at the €AP office at the centre. Two applicants per car...one to drive, the other to navigate and al! applicants must be between 16 and 25. Final registration is July 23. And there will be a host of prizes too. Friday, July 11, 1980, Page 17