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by Scott fillgendorff
fter a: taste of. the.
rodeo life five
r ears ago,
Winghana area's Vern
Stetllcr eentinues• to bite
offrnore> each st asQn,
He is a, Leann: roper, a
steer. wrestler and Seeei
plans to bea bull;. rider,.
onstaatly looking: to learn
mereand. now, •tcacltwhat
he already know,
"1„- enjoy schools and
learning. stuff," he said.
. Tt . was. through. Mao
Anderson, • 'another
Wingharn area cowboy,:
that.Steftler found his way
into rode%,, first by. taking
ridinng. lessons,.
Aridersctn, who had des-
.covered' the sport of team
roping, Qnly . a short, time
befOre,intrOduced,Steffler
to the event, on 'of seven
maiin features: in the Aug.
29. and Aug. 30 Dodge
Series, ,A:KRodee . in.
h.ucknov►(.
It was, Juno% a; fent yews
OP* that. he s.tarted *king •
riding 1Qssoris,, learned.
about team ropingand, by
that N.ovennber,, added
another . sport, steer
wi"estling, by attending.. a
school..
While he .enjoyed" rope'
ing,he was Iooking for
s,Qnlething with inure:
". speed and adrenaline,.
Her Lound that 1» jump-.
'ng off a running: horse. to
'Val?,onto 6
tb of steer
a t
._..e.c
ht order to throwit to the
ground;.
For him. it Was`: a, bigger,
ebailcnge.
After is got into 'it, '[
found ,1: really enjoyed, it.
E'.cn if 1.040 do worth a
. damn "'lie said.
Know, he's, looking for
more- adrenaline= and plaits,'
to gross the arena into .the,
rough stock" spurt .of bull'
riding.
In, the rodeo: arena,
"tined.' events like .sta r
wrestling- and tali, roping
.'tom; from Ont side while
rough stol like bull riding
and . saddle b=oner start
from chutes at the Opposite
end.
Staffer glans, to lear=n
the spurt fron=tthe prince
- family,, also, from the
\Vinghatti area with two
generations of bull riders,
that compete: in 'the
Ontario Rodeo Association
with. Steffler;
He likes the idea of bull
ritli.ng. because its "StnIt0
thing that's rough and tar=t-
ble and Out oo tae edge,;, .. .
He adin.ity,, his e4ge..
might be little farther out
"than• some people but said"
there's: :something . to..
watching the bulls that-hias
drawn him in.
And while he likes:
learning more, he has. else
taught •at tWo 'Leer
ryrestling schools:; Various.
"wheels are held, ostially in.
tl;e spriTlp, 4(ress Ontario,
introducing newc enters: to
the 'sports. 'and helping
other cowboys and cow-
girls prepare- and improve
for: the op==ening season,
"Once°:y!Qu get cointou-
able in the sport 'and .good;
equipment behind you,
there's no stooping you,,,
he said, adding,.` ou've
just= got to remember
sometiines. not :to take.. it
too seriously,"
Eking too serious::takes,
the fun, ,out of it. he said•;
Adding to 'the .fun is, hav-
ing a family that's.
'
v,
tovl ed, tee. His ' ;ife
Debbie, wttrks as: a' tirner.at
some radeos,, snit; his scan,
Chad, has become •t union
steer rider, a younger ver-
el
er-el hall riding.
Steffler, has ee=rie a long
way froth -just=Wanting:to'
learn to, ride acid said, ,Gz
liv,,e it now, Qur house is,
full:of steer Wrestling, staff
and rneniorabilia.''
He
SO4 ;rodeo gets,,.to.tlhe
a lifestyle,
This year, .he continues:
to <focus, oh steer wrestling
but hopes to start learning
buil riding from • the
Princcs,this winter.
She
Hey, I'm back!
Thanks to an efficient
young woman,. I was able
to take a Much needed
break —galled: a holiday,
And this time, tactually
went away.
Ws been many a year
singer I visited the capital
of this- great country we-.
callhome. In Net it, was.
way back in. Grade tl and
at that time I. had Ile
appreciation for the his-
toric events that LQQk
placer tar for==t Canada,. QC ..
those that faltQWed,
Those Iruge, imposing
buil'd,ings. probably °
impressed. me then, but
thia4titrte mental was tiff-
.fereut,
l`ve always: been proud
to be.a Canadian, but
during My tours of the
eentre block and. east.
block, my pride grow
even more, luring; air
outdoor- • evening light.
;al=it music:
show that
depicted'
s'overa:t
eras of the
growth Of
Canada , 1
fairly bris-
tled with
pride, And`
when the
s h; e w
wrapped up
with O.
Canada,- ,I
even got, a.
little misty -
pro
eyed, ,
If you have the opr•:
trinity to see thaS, show,
make: sure you do. The
music resounds through-
the
hrougl the night, and the pic-
tures. are reflected on the
peace, tower. And it's free
tool
Those old, buildings.,'
that furan our: parliament
are truly majestic, even
viust
d c:anadllan.
with thin eon-
stmctioi tak-
i.n;g place.
these days,
W
toured
Rideau Hall'
and . were.
d ut .I y
impressed..
The Bhang-
ing of the
guard in
front of the.
parliament
buildings
each • morn-
ing drew
huge crowds of people
from all over the world,
Arid no, we didn't see
any demonstrations.
The tour: guides nt the
parliament buildings and
on the bus and boat tours
we took are bilingual.. 1
enjoyed listening to them.
talk in French and once
again kielced my butt for
net having. learned this
language We had no
problem with- language,
barriers even when we
were. in HuIL Quebec -
A little, side trip took
us tQ Athens, a little vii-
lage of 1,000 peel*. We
counted eight . huge
murals adorning. the .
walls of buildings in this
town.. '
A boat tour, of the,
1,000 islands,..out. of,
Ganano,que, ` and :a; strap
over at ldt ga ale on
the Ameriean side gave
us gli=mpse= of the past
and :the present where the,
rich and..fat et's live and
play.' It must be, heat to
live on your own.islattd
And Kingston is a
really happening, city!
Our excursion in east-
erre Ontario: proved• you
don:`= have CO leave, your,
own province to e:njoy':, a
wes derfutholiday, •
10 yteinrs. ago'
August 17, 1988
11415110,* Osidents have" hearts .ot' gold • At a
special luneheon held in. Ooderich last
Wednesday, 20; Lucknow. residents were offi=
hinny:.naned; as nomineess for the Heart of Gold
a ware The lunehet n, sponsored;, by ,Signal -Star
Publishing, honored nominees .f'rom,all. of the comp,,
ny's seven community newspapers., : .:
The' Heart of Geld Award IS a Cantada;wide search
for corrtrtutiity minded individuals who give freely of-
their'ttme and'. talents for", the -betterment of their
Community, a
in nominating, 20 of its. residents,
L t cknovu.: offered the largest: number'
Holyrood onthe $th concession When the traetor over . ,
tinned spilling. grab;=• andiasoltne on the road.'
The Lucknow.. fire departiuent was called to the ,
scene at approxifiately 7:30 p.m and brought the fire
under: control: Fire Chief George Whitby reported that
the tractor'was badly damaged, Most of the 'grain- that,
.
spilled -:onto the road was-: immediately loaded onto
tracks;
5,0 yours agog.
Angst 19, 1?8:,
,eti o*t AMOY had; adventure.
41. Wotan Mr. and Mrs.
G.S}; Borquest, and theirfamily `
of four, ranging; in, ages front, 19
:b,jY i /?° v r -- �;. <;'?YK�i<Y��:c.`�..':ash:j''7'S�s�,M§,Z;,��.,�.��;:f yyc..A.
of nominees of all,tne weekly papers° 5 : . ' t r 4�' "4 <� y+ears. to 3,' year's>, hada h' rowin
Congratulations; to LucknOWsu'Heart,
of geld nominees. - Catherine Purvis, Pricilla,
Ramsay,, Isobel Shepard, Teresa Courtney, -Ruth
Thompson, Brenda,- Wylds, N,any;::McIntyre, Betty
io .the area
Ly
▪ ex ertetice:reeently when the.engine
itt their 35400t yacht, Rosa -Lee., ; went
O'Donn ll, Marian Zinn, -: Laura Lee Gayley, Pat
Livingston, Audrey Ritchie, ,loa=n Robinson,. Dr. Mel
Corrin, Al Hamilton, Charles Wilkins,- Warren- Zinn, ,
Gordun Cayley,William Andrew; and Triter. t3nlbach,
25 yealrrs�ago,
August" l4, l8.
ractor{ overturns,' Batches on fire - Cliff.
Johnston, RR;11-Iolyrood,, was., taken to -hospital
and treated for injuries, Saturday after, the trag,-
tor, he wasdriving overturned and caught fire.
lohnstotn,was. pulling a load of.grainr 1 kni west of
�F J
7f..
They were ten miles off It ntail att;,the time and; with
dusk gathering and the boat adrift, their position: was.
F'inall'y it' was decided 'that tare. rnother,'and .her 15
year-ok l son' Jerry would row ashore, in a' 1 Oxy . war
time nb ber dinghy.
After,,hcurs of tedious -rowing they landed at l intail
and were,' Motored to Goderich from where: Bart
IvIacDanald and.Jiniiny Reid set out in launches to the
vessel in'distress. which Was towed to Cioderich,'arriv�
ing there about dawn on Sunday. '
Repairs were flown, from Boston to, Detroit and
riushed, by motor to Goderich , and Qn, Thursday of last