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Weston-York Times (1971), 24 Aug 1972, p. 13

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A great deal of concentration â€" or is it boredom â€" shows on _ the Borough of York. This lad was featured in the run offs the face of this competitor at last week‘s soap box derby in _ even though he didn‘t make itall the way to the finals. The Weston Lawn Bowling Club have brought home the U.S. National Championship from Buffalo and Niagara Weston captures U.S. championships §7 This grebe prefers the borders of freshwater lakes and marshes where stands of bulrush are found. It is distinguished by its black crown, white cheeks and rustyâ€"red neck. Like all grebes its legs are so far back that it has difficulty walking and waddles awkwardly onto the eggs, after jumping onto the nest from .the water. Nest â€" a wet floating platform of marsh debris, anchored to reeds, occasionally on a muskrat house. It feeds on small fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects. REDâ€"NECKED GREBE Falls, New York, winning all their games during the competitions. â€" The event was held August MIGLJ .& by ANGUS SHORTT Ducks: Unlimited V Who Goofed? Look at this price 2495 Breeding you can‘t buy in any other car. A division of 4 SCU Industries Ltd T37 Church Street Leasing Available N.J. and London, Ontario, Weston came through with four more victories to win the championships. While _ Weston _ was defeating Florida, Burlington, Ontario, last year‘s master‘s champions, beat out Davie Daker‘s team from Boston. tinuously since 9 a.m. Some 7 and 8 and owing to the large number of entries, it was necessary to utilize the facilities of the Buffalo Lawn Bowling Club. Weston, in the luck of the draw, were moved from Niagara Falls to Buffalo and managed to win their, ; games,, Then they“qon‘fgged back to Bowling against teams from Niagara Falls, New In the semiâ€"finals, a foursome from Florida took an early lead but Weston came back to win by a comfortable margin. At nine p.m. and despite the rain, Weston took to the greens against Burlington‘s Johnny Hago. The teams had been playing almost conâ€" Niagara Falls at the Hyde Park Bowling Club rinks. _ Earlier games had been shortened to 12 ends but the _ finals were scheduled for 15 . dand by 10:30 p.m. the Weston . four had won the chamâ€" _ pionships. ( The Weston team conâ€" sisted of lead Oscar Fillman; Fred Smith, second; John Robertson, vice skip and Skip Albert Templeman. of the members of both teams are in their 70‘s but they showed remarkable stamina to maintain the Of the 62 entries, apâ€" proximately a quarter of the teams were from Canada. This is the last rinks comâ€" petition to be staged in these championships. It has been decided to hold a trebles competition in the future. Weston played well in competition to maintain their string of victories but in the fourth game against the London rink skipped by Jack Pidduck, Buzz Templeman, Weston skip, saved the day with superlative play. 787â€"6181 team canada _ mnter~squad M â€" games SUN. AUG.27 I WED . AUG.30O0 The North American Waterâ€"ski _ kite flying championships, the most competitive kite flying contest in the world, returns to the Canadian National Exhibition waterfront, this weekend. This actionâ€"packed, crowd pleasing international classic, will feature over 40 men and women ‘entrants, competing for a total purse of $2,000. For the first time in North America, the Full Wing Kite, often called the Delta Glider, will be flown in sanctioned competition. Canada dominates the championship ranks of this young, fast growing sport. Returning to defend their flat kite titles will be senior men‘s champion Don Ito, 35, of Baltimore, Ontario: Overall men‘s champion Terry Harris, 21, of Gores Landing, Ontario; The amazing ponyâ€"tailed Jenâ€" nifer Wortham, 21, of Port Hope, Ontario, rated the top woman kite flyer in North America, will have tough competition from last year‘s runnerâ€"up Diane Betzandahl Allan of Pennsylvania. A strong United States entry, led by Sam Allan from Moorestown, N.J. will be going all out to dethrone the Canadians. Bill Moyes from Sydney, Australia will also come. Moyes is the un on keeble cable Ontario Safety League states that most of these tragedies could have been avoided if the boat operators knew and strictly _ observed _ the capabilities of their boats. Even if we cannot control the weather, sane and sensible decisions can be made about dealing with it. WINDS _ AND _ WAVES Adverse winds and waves were the greatest single cause of boating fatalities was 7,989 points. He also plays basketball and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, but so far has refused to sign in order to maintain his amateur status. This year he was fourth in the U.S. National decathlon championships, but failed to in the world, holding the offâ€" water altitude record of 4,700 feet and a behind aircraft title; National USTFF as well as the National AAU crown in the pentathlon. His best decathlon pgint total make the Olympic team because of an ankle injury five days prior to the U.S. Olympic trials. Montreal. He plans to stay with track and field on a yearâ€"toâ€"year basis, hopefully to take part in the 1976 Olympic Games in award regarding the purchasers of hot sports craft. suggests perhaps time for the boating industry to follow the example set by manufacturers of certain recreational vehicles and newspapers 302 SEVENTYâ€"TWOS ? WE CAN‘T EAT ‘EM "dbiKE d BJTE! |CHRYSLER | Big 6, 225 automatic, defogger, etc Ser. #290238. 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