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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1997-07-23, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23,1997 For Teens, By Teens THIS WEEK S TOP 1 0 Going camping By Mark Nonkes Every year millions of people go camping. They pack up and leave civilization for a while and head for peace. You pray it won't rain so you can make use of the beaches and pools. Here are this week's top 10 reasons to go camping. 10. Have fun in the waler. There are about a million different things to do: boating, windsurfing, canoeing, innertubing, rafting, water skiing, and hey let's not forget one with the most fun, swimming. 9. You can go out and start to get back in shape; biking, walking and running are easier to do in the outdoors. 8. Go fishing, brag to all your friends when you get home about the big fish you caught, or the one that just got away. 7. You can just sit on the beach and watch the other people or read a book while lying back, "working on your tan." Summer in the city By Ashley Gropp Having been asked to babysit this summer for friends (and therefore, live with them too), I have noticed differences in practically everything between life here and life there in the city. There is the obvious, the size difference. Living in Brussels for all of my life, I have gotten used to everything in town being within walking distance. It doesn't make sense that I ever need transportation to get where I want to go. As 1 am walking around, I half expect the numerous buildings to end in a couple of blocks, leaving only a few houses and farms. Then there is the fact that cities are a lot more ethnically diverse than any of the villages that my friends and I grew up in. Wandering around any street you can see members of many cultures. The family I am living with have noticed that neighbours there are quite a bit less friendly. Despite having lived there almost three weeks they have only met one of their neighbours. In a rural 6. Go hiking through trails in forest and bushes. Discovering and enjoying the beautiful plants and animals. 5. You can go for a drive and tour a local town. Find out a bit about its heritage and what the town has to offer for tourists. 4. Sitting around a campfire roasting marshmallows or hot dogs, listening to the crackling of the wood, telling stories or jokes, looking above and seeing the star- filled sky. 3. Lying on the ground in your tent, listening to the crickets and hooting owls while you try to get some sleep in the fresh air. 2. Believe it or not, a lot of people go camping because it makes them feel like pioneers. Cooking over an open fire or maybe with a pump propane stove (the next best thing to a fire). 1. Just relaxing, sitting back and enjoying your time away from the busy world because before long you will be back again. community new people have usually met the entire block by the end of the week. The flip side to that is that gossip doesn't fly like it does in smaller places because everybody doesn't know everybody else. The traffic there is horrible. I mean when was the last time there was a traffic jam in Blyth? And, just to make traffic worse, there is the constant annoyance of construction and road repairs. I have also come to believe that the "safety nest" a small town supposedly provides children is merely a joke. In fact teenagers who get into trouble because of boredom would have better luck finding something to do in the city than in a smaller town. With the size, comes a bigger variety of stores, restaurants and entertainment. As well as having to adjust to a different town, I also have to adjust to living with the family. I am not used to living in a house with small children, something that I'm gradually getting used to - headache by headache. By Erin Roulston I have just recently taken an interest in the sport of auto racing. Yes, I know this is a peculiar interest for a teenage girl, but ask anybody; I'm a peculiar girl. When I was younger I would occasionally turn on the TV on a Sunday afternoon to find a car race, the only thing on. So I would sit down and watch. I'd pick a car that was in fourth or fifth place and pretend that the driver was a friend of mine and cheer him on. Usually, whoever I was cheering for would have car trouble and be out of the race, but then I would just pick a new car. My first real race, the first one I ever watched intentionally, and from beginning to end, was this June's Montreal Grand PriiL I decided to cheer for Jacques Villeneuve because he is Canadian and was racing in his hometown on the track that was named for his father, Gilles, after his death in 1982, in a racing accident in Belgium. I learned some new things about car racing. I learned that in the Grand Prix they drive Formula One (Fl) race cars, which are different from Indy cars, but I have no idea how. I learned that before the race starts they have to run a lap to warm up the tires. And I learned that a green flag means go, yellow means caution, white means last lap and a checkered flag means "Hey buddy, you win!" True to form, since I was cheering for Villeneuve, he was out of the race in two laps. Later I was cheering for Ralph Shumacher, whose tires blew up, then finally Michael Shumacher, who won. Last weekend was the Molson Indy from Toronto. As I mentioned before, Indy cars (also known as CART) are different from FIs but to the untrained eye they look the same. They look the same to me. They both have their tires set out away from the car (open wheel racers), which means any body contact between cars is very dangerous, and therefore avoided. In Sunday's race Canadian Greg Moore was trying to overtake Alex Zanardi when their tires rubbed, sending Moore careening into the wall. He was out of the race. I should stop cheering for these poor racers. Watching the Molson Indy you'd have to be blind not to notice all the advertisements. Heck, it's the only way to identify a driver's car. Paul Tracy's rear wing says Marlboro, Michael Andretti's says Kmart. The whole Indy series is called the PPG (which stands for Philadelphia Plastics and Glass). The suits that the drivers wear are covered in logos; even the pit crew have special shirts and hats from their sponsors. Well, it costs about $6 million to maintain an Indy race team. Most teams have two cars, each car has three engines, 12 crew people, one driver and uses over a dozen sets of tires al a cost of almost $8,000 per set. This is a very pricey business. But with cars that travel all over the world, it is very profitable for big companies to use them as moving billboards. Now, I'm going to tell you a little y RADFORD AUTO j FARM AND L INDUSTRIAL PARTS Westward 1/16" - 1/2" HS Drill Set Regular Dealer Price $30.99 Special Dealer Price $2625 r CP-88S OPT 3/8 Air Ratchet SpeclalDaalar Regular Dealer Price $100.45 ’81®° At Blyth and Brussels Stores 523-9681 887-9661 with Ice Cream Cones Milkshakes Sundaes And Now 2 Flavours of Yogurt The Blyth General Store Queen St., Blyth 523-9785 about what makes this sport exciting. These cars are so amazing, they can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.2 seconds (that's 60 mph). Their top speed is more than 350 km/h. The G-force is one of these cars is up to four at times. Of course, at speeds like this there are bound to be accidents. At least year's Molson Indy, a driver and a course marshal were killed when a car went airborne. But that was the first ever fatality in the 11- year history of Toronto's race. After the accident Indy officials took as many new precautions as possible, extra fencing for fan and crew safety and more paramedics. Yes, auto racing is a dangerous sport, but so is football and skiing. Racing isn't about the danger, it's about speed and skill, and even politics. Well, that's what I think, but what do I know? 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