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The Citizen, 1995-05-31, Page 42For All Your Building Needs • Home • Farm • Decks • General Carpentry • Renovations RAY LAMBERS CONSTRUCTION Clinton 482-3305 Big or small we'll do them all 31olvers n' 'Things • Flowers For All Occasions • Fresh - Dried - Silk • Plants • Unique Gifts Jannie Lambers Street, Clinton Canada, NOM ILO • Va. Sandy Maaskant so 4. 4744•\..,_ sos 38 Albert 07.4re 4.00.41), Ontarto, 0. 4112 Telephone (519)482-3689 • Helium Balloons • Sugar & Spice Chocolates 1/4 a PHOTO INC ERVIS4 SINCE 1957 V .&: a ie j o o The JERVIS EDGE I 0 See The Difference EXETER • (519) 235-1612 CLINTON • (519) 482-9494 ONTARIO NOM 110 Send all mail orders to: 15 Albert Street, Clinton, NOM 1L0 • Film developing by mail • Framing • Mounting and laminating • Passport photos • Portraits • Weddings Live Harness Racing EVERY SUNDAY June 25 - Sept. 24 POST TIME 1:30 Goderich Hwy 4 A CLINTON ayfield HORSING AROUND at Ontario's Family Track 1995 Ontario Sire Stakes Dates July 9, 3 Year Old Filly Pacers August 20, 2 Year Old Filly Trotters Simulcast Horse Racing Watch and wager on Mohawk, Woodbine, Windsor, Fort Erie, Flamboro, Meadowlands . . . and many more. Call for Dates and Times We've got something for everyone... g Supervised Swimming --Lyi Picnic Area L Children's Playground Live and simulcast racing El Special Events and Barbecues CLINTON RACEWAY Clinton Community Centre Beach St. 482-7729 w1 1 -4: 1 11 : TT Page 19 ---- Stops Afong rihe Way Soaring like an eagle or falling like a stone True skydiving as offered by the Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center, teaches clients to fall several metres before deploying their chutes. The first several jumps performed, after instruction in the classroom, are completed with the assistance of two diving instructors who lead the client through the jump. Though not an inexpensive hobby, it is one which provides a thrill not experienced by most. (Photo by Mark Hrycay) • Leap into skydiving at Grand Bend Sport Parachuting By Janice Becker Have you ever thought of leaping from a plane, several hundred feet above the earth, then allowing yourself to plummet towards the ground below? If your heart is racing and the adrenaline is pumping, skydiving is probably an activity which would be very much to your liking. Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Center was one of the many facilities to convert to skydiving a few years ago, a change from "just" parachute jumping, says owner and instructor Bob Wright. Up until about six years ago, free fall was not allowed until several hours of jumping had been logged. Now, after six hours of ground training, the jumper goes out with two instructors holding on and free falls for some distance before the chute is opened. From there, instructions for steering and landing are fed to the novice via radio contact. The switch to the rectangular chutes from the older round style has made steering and landing much easier, says Wright. "The landings are better and the jumpers don't injure themselves." For posterity, Sport Parachuting- takes pictures and video during the first jump. Group classes, of no more than 15, are usually scheduled for weekends, running from Friday evening to the jumps on Sunday, but can be scheduled for weekdays (groups of three or four) as can individual instruction, refreshers or jumps. The cost for the training and first jump will run approximately $300 and up to $800 for the first seven jumps. For those experienced in the sport, a jump Continued on page 20