Huron Expositor, 2007-04-18, Page 37The Huron Expositor • April 18, 2007 Page 37
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Fourth annual Drownin' Dog raises about $1,500
Aaron Jacklin
The forecasted wind and snow
held off on Saturday for the fourth
annual Drownin' Dog Canoe Rally,
says organizer Brian Melady.
"Most people stayed warm as
long as they didn't go in the
water," he said on Monday.
Sixty-one canoes and 123 pad- out of town.
dlers showed up to help raise Both homes are on the Bayfield
money for the Epilepsy Society of River.
Huron -Perth -Bruce. Taking into account the mean -
The annual event started four derings of the river, Melady said
years ago when Melady and his the paddlers covered between five
friend Brett Lee decided to run a and seven miles.
small canoe rally from Lee's house They started at Lee's at about
in town to Melady's a few miles 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and fin-
'ti
ished around 5 p.m. at Melady's.
They took an hour long break for
lunch.
Melady guessed that 30 to 40
per cent of them ended up in the
water.
The numbers are still coming in,
but he estimates they raised
about $1,500 this year.
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