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The Rural Voice, 2002-12, Page 32The Power To Satisf . YAMAHA SNOWMOBILE Sales, Service & Parts CHOCKO DESIGN Leather & Nylon Outerwear H.J.C.Helmets Jackets, Pants Combos - Luggage, Gloves - Sled Rentals OWEN SOUND MARINA 371-3999 195 24TH ST. W. SNOWMOBILE REPAIRS Parts & Accessories Dealer for Kimpex, Gamma Sales & Moto Van Automotive Tune -Ups, Safeties, Brakes, Mufflers & General Repairs Downtown Shallow Lake J.A. KELLAR auto • marine • small engines 519-935-3402 Follow the tracks to our back door. Centralh located on the trail in downtown Desboro • Full Menu • L('B( license • Fuel • Trail Permits 519-794-3408 /► Ct ARC7IC car SNOWMOBILES UNLIMITED "'Providing Quality Service for over 25 year " • Sales • Service • ATVs • Clothing Open 7 days a week 9:00-9:00 RR #3 Durham (5 km. S. on Hwy. #6) 519-369-2486 CHESLEY & DISTRICT EASY RIDERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB • 180 kms of club -groomed trails • Clubhouse at Cedar Rail Camp, Scone Jan. 25 - Mystery Poker Run Feb. 15 - Ladies' Valentine Run Mar. 2 - Family Ride July 11 - 7th Annual Fish Fry For more Information 519-934-2656 or 519-363-3834 website:www3.sympatico.ca/gene.mcdonaldlchesley.htm OFSC Uatnanac 9-sPaid 'im Home of the new "Mad Reef" Tavern • Midpoint in Bruce Peninsula • Direct access to trail • Full course meals Sat. & Sun. • Tavern menu 7 days a week • Smoking & non-smoking Stokes Bay 519-592-5810 SSe e to Motor Inn • Snowmobile packages available 14 spacious rooms with individually contrtiNed heat Free in -room coffee Full service restaurant All major credit cards accepted Hwy. 6. 5 km south of Wiarton RR 1, Warton 519-534-1831 I 1-888-353-0931 www shenstone ca COLBORNE SKI -D00 SALES & SERVICE ski=doo. Bulk Bombardier injection oil '20.95 per 4 L Bring your own container. 24 Lake St., SHALLOW LAKE 519-935-2659 ` be more alert." The drive to go faster has fueled a rather frightening trend in the manufacturing of snowmobiles as well. Machines have incredible power. Even the smallest with a 340 cc motor can "straight out of the box" go 60 miles an hour, said Lapworth. For young people that's "a loaded gun". To get around this, the OFSC, its instructors and the SAVE units are using education. The lesson is simple — speed kills. In his driver training course, Lapworth has the students do practice driving (not a requirement of the course) around pylons. They visit with a mechanic who shows thein how to do simple maintenance, then has the students perform the same task. "They actually get hands-on lessons." And should they not learn their lessons well. they might eventually meet Constable Lapworth on the trail. "We will educate first, then we will enforce. We will lay a pile of tickets over the next few years. That gets the message out. You give a guy a ticket and he goes into a restaurant where there are other snowmobilers and guess what the talk will be? 'Those asshole cops' are out and they gave us a ticket." Disrespect is part of the job and for Lapworth well worth it if it improves the safety of recreational sporting activities and saves lives. "We have had families stop to talk early in the morning. That's when they go out so they can be home by noon, before the yahoos come out. The bottom line is they're scared. A few bad apples ruin it for everyone, but if we can catch a few in the process I'm happy."0 Riding in Grey Bruce this Winter! Call the snow line for District 9 1 -800 -387 -SNOW (7669) www.ofsc.on.ca www.naturalretreat.com 28 THE RURAL VOICE