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Paramedic to ride 400 km for kids with cancer
Jane Seifried's four-day cycling trip a part of the Tour For Kids fundraiser
Susan Hundertmark
As a Huron County paramedic
working out of the Tuckersmith
ambulance station, Jane Seifried
sees how many people are affected
by cancer.
So, when the triathlete learned of
the fundraiser Tour for Kids that
asks cyclists to ride 100 km a day
for four days from Mississauga
through the Muskokas and back
and raise money for camps for chil-
dren with cancer, she couldn't wait
to take on the challenge.
"If you've ever thought how sad it
is to see a child with cancer, this is
the way to provide happiness for
them for a week of camp," says
Seifried, adding that childhood can-
cer is the No. 1 cause of non-trau-
matic death for children.
As a paramedic, Seifried trans-
ports cancer patients to hospital for
treatment but admits that since
there is no children's hospital near-
by, she doesn't see a lot of children
suffering from cancer.
But, she says that learning about
the camp and seeing footage of the
kids at camp was an emotional
experience.
"I got choked up when I saw the
pictures. Footage of the campers
really makes you teary-eyed - that's
why I think it's a worthwhile
cause," she says.
The tour funds three camp orga-
nizations that help children with
cancer, including Camp Trillium,
Camp Quality and Camp
Oochigeas.
"Helping to send children with
cancer to camp lets them be kids
again and lets them forget about
their illness for awhile," says
Seifried.
Living in Kitchener and work-
ing as a paramedic in Waterloo
before coming to work in Huron
County three years ago has
given Seifried the opportunity
to ask the communities in both
locations for sponsors.
With a goal of $2,500 she hopes to
raise towards the $600,000 Tour for
Kids' campaign goal, Seifried says
she's halfway to her personal goal.
Her paramedic partner Gord
Phillips, of Egmondville, is trying
to encourage local paramedics and
residents to support Seifried on her
four-day ride.
"I'm not afraid to ask people for
donations. It's a great cause.
Anything for kids," he says.
While she's competed in
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Jane Seifried poses with her bike at the Tuckersmith ambu-
lance station.
triathlons, Seifried's
favourite part of the
three -sport event is the
cycling so she's been
training with enthusi-
asm for the fundraiser
since May doing 75 km
rides.
She's cycled 700 km
during a solo six-day
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camping tour of P.E.I. and
will be making the four-
day Tour for
Kids trek (-
alone alone as
well.
"I like the
challenge.
I'm con-
stantly look-
ing for some-
thing to do,"
she says.
With three
weeks to go
until the
Aug. 16-19
e v e n t,
Seifried is
increasing
her rides to
100 and 125
"It's beautiful cycling
country in Huron County
but if you see me
on the high-
va.
provi e
happiness fo
them for a
week of
Camp,'--
Jane Seifried
r
km at a time, planning to
bike home to Kitchener 5M2.
from work in Huron
County.
way, give me
some space,"
she says.
Anyone
interested in
making a
donation
towards• the
campaign is
welcome to
contact
Phillips in
Egmondville
at 519-522-
0112 or mail
a cheque to
Seifried at
109 Louisa
Street, Kitchener, N2H
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with Bill Sher*, the Old Car Detective•—�
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BIG TAILFINS ON THE 1957 PLYMOUTH
By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective"
The photo that accompanies this story turned up at a garage sale in
Blytheswood, Ontario, in 1996. I bought it, along with some other photos,
without knowing the identity of the people in the picture. The people who
sold it to me knew nothing about it either. All they could tell me was that
the White Rose gas station in the photo used to be on the property where
they held the garage sale.
I brought the photo back to my home in nearby Leamington and put it
in a drawer. And that's where it stayed for the next five years, until April
2001, when I went shopping for some gifts for my mother's 94th birthday.
I was going through the check-out line at Zellers when I mentioned to the
cashier that my mother was about to turn 94. She then told me her dad had
passed away recently at 93. I asked what he had done for a living and she
said that he had operated a White Rose gas station in nearby Blytheswood.
Bingo! Her dad, Bill Krebs, is the man in the photo standing between the
gas pumps, and the cashier, Carol Jones (aka "Cookie"), was also able to tell
me that the man putting gas into his 1957 Plymouth Belvedere two -door
hardtop was Bill Cowan, a regular customer at her dad's station. The pho-
tograph was taken in 1960, when the Plymouth was three years old.
Plymouths had three series in 1957 - Plaza, Savoy, and the top-of-the-
line Belvedere. They were all named after famous hotels. The Plymouth
Fury was also available as one of the first muscle cars, although that term
did not become popular till the 1960s.
The Chrysler Corporation began leading the styling parade with the
launch of the "Forward Look" in 1955. Crisp and streamlined new styling
was the work of Virgil Exner, (who, many years earlier at GM, had designed
the "waterfall" grille on the 1935 Pontiac).
The styling got bolder in 1956 with blade -shaped tailfins on the new
Plymouth. But they were nothing compared to the space-age tailfins on the
'57 Plymouth as seen in the photo. These Plymouths were so streamlined,
the ads proclaimed: `Suddenly, it's 1960!"
The spaceship look on cars got another boost when the Russians
launched the world's first artificial earth satellite on Friday, October 4, 1957.
Named Sputnik (Russian for "fellow traveller"), it circled the globe every 90
minutes. It's not surprising that one year later, the new top-of-the-line Ford
for 1959 was called the Galaxie. And in 196o, when Ford brought out the
Falcon, Mercury brought out its
own compact car, the Comet.
You can visit CarStory online
at www.CarStory.com. Email:
bill@carstory.com or write Bill
Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box
10012, Leamington, ON N8H