Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free press monday june Diane Perrault supervises As Kim Milloy 13, goes through a total of 36 pushups in seconds. Some saturday shoppers fall for fitness Challenge by Tom Goldstein a not so famous explorer when asked Why he travelled half Way around the world to climb it. Everest replied because it is Well As Glenn Yarborough once crooned some men climb the Moun men swim the sea and some men and women spend their saturday afternoons doing calisthenic a in the Middle of the Polo Park shopping mall. The sight prompted More than one passer by to comment what s going Many satisfied their curiosity by stopping to watch some thought about joining in and a few followed Oscar Wilde s advice about the Best Way to Deal with temptation they yielded to it. We came Down to buy a vacuum Neil Shaw 24, explained after going through a series of 188 setups pushups and Box Steps As part of a preliminary event for the 1981 Gillette Challenge. Scoring was based on the accumulated number of setups and pushups contestants could do in one minute each women s pushups used the upper body Only plus the number of 16-Inch Box Steps done in three minutes two minutes for women. Pushups hardest i never heard of it before i asked them and tried it he said. I ran in the Marathon. This was another Challenge. The pushups were the said Shaw who runs about 70 kilo metres a week. When you re running you Don t do Loreen Pindera 22, was walking through the mall with a Friend when she saw the roped off area and the events taking place inside. Her companion Jill Ripley issued a dare. Pindera accepted. As a result she will be Toronto bound next month As Winnipeg s fittest female having topped a nine woman Field saturday with a score of 196. Ctr telecast she will face other provincial Cham pions in a series of events which will be telecast on ctr in september. It was my first exercise since the Marathon except for biking said the Concordia University communication arts graduate. Unlike his female counterpart men s Champion Bob Jackson entered the Competition on a Hunch. I talked to a Guy who was in it a couple of years ago and i thought i d have a slim shot at winning so i came Down and said Jackson 19, a University computer science major. Jackson who Hopes to make the University of Manitoba football bosons As a defensive halfback led the 39-Man Field with a total of 283 Points pushups 56 setups and 175 Box Steps. He said his score would have been slightly higher but the judges disallowed seven or eight Steps because he did t have his entire Foet on the Box. The muscular mustachioed red head said he knew the Box Steps were the key to winning and did one time trial earlier last week in preparation. From that 1 knew i could t go full out from the Start or i d die. I just wanted to keep a one a second Jackson who forged into the Lead shortly before the contest ended watched intently As the two final competitors going against each other and the clock tried to better his Box step score and win the Challenge. They were Well Short. While apparently having mastered the technique of rapidly mounting and dismounting a 16-Inch step Jackson does not look Forward to racing up Steps about 425 metres of Toronto s in Tower if the prize is 000. It s not appealing at he said with a Grin. Female competitors in the National event will climb Steps. David Coleman who coordinated saturday s preliminaries said the majority of female competitors prefer the deferential treatment they receive in terms of a Shorter climb the Tower or Box Steps having to do pushups with their whole bodies. Not Pindera. Does men s pushups i Don t see any reason Why we do not do it Box Steps for three she said. I would have been Happy to go another she added she does men a pushups when training. Pindera and Jackson will be joined in Toronto by crw radio personality Lee Marshall. They will compete against 16 other teams consisting of a Man woman and a disc jockey. Weather Winnipeg area forecast mainly Cloudy today with occasional showers and the Chance of a thundershowers. High near 22. Low tonight near 10. Occasional Cloudy periods tomorrow with a High near 25. Extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba occasional showers wednesday with sunny skies thursday and Friday. Temperatures near deaths Normal readings of 24 and 12. Northern Manitoba Cloudy with showers wednesday and thursday sky Clearing Friday. Temperatures below Normal readings of 22 and 9. Northwestern Ontario occasional showers wednesday and thursday sky Clearing Friday. Temperatures a Little below Normal readings of 22 and 10. Demand steady for farm Loans the Manitoba agricultural credit corporation is receiving a steady flow of applications under the million debt consolidation program but officials say a decision on whether to increase the fund will not be made until the fall. Agriculture minister Jim Downey said while High interest rates continue to put pressure on the farming Community a Good crop in the fall could help Many Farmers Cope with financial problems. The provincial government almost doubled its million debt consolidation fund in april to help about 160 Farmers who were facing interest rates ranging to about 18 per cent along with a crippling drought. But recent rainfalls have boosted banners Hopes of a Good crop with accompanying Revenue to help finance their operations. Under the program a Farmer May apply for a Consolida Tion loan at 15 per cent interest. The program is designed to help Farmers on the Brink of bankruptcy to repay debts Over a longer period of time at a reduced monthly sum. Although the spokesmen for the agriculture department could t say How Many applications have been processed they emphasized that the program was popular. Classified death temperatures Canada and the world Max. Min. National Victoria. 14 11 Vancouver. 14 11 Calgary. 17 4 Edmonton. 17 3 Reolon. 20 10 Winnipeg. 11 Thompson. 21 2 Kenora. 21 1 Brandon. 16 10 Dauphin. 20 12 Thunder Bay. 17 9 Toronto. 22 16 Ottawa. 23 14 Montreal. 22 16 Halifax. 16 11 International Chicago. 28 18 Minneapolis. 22 9 new York. 27 20 Boston. 24 16 amsterov.1. 17 11 at owls. 34 21 Berlin. 16 10 Helsinki. 18 10 to Lisbon. 35 21 london.-. 18 ii Mir of. 32 16 Moscow. 22 13 Paris. 19 10 Max. Man. Resort spots los Angeles Lair 24 19 Las vegas Clear 43 36 Phoenix Clear 4 37 Honolulu fair l l 25 Tampa fair 32 23 Miami fair 35 25 Bermuda Clouds. 24 20 Nassau partly Cloudy 33 21 Kingston Cloudy 31 v Barbados partly Clouds. 28 24 Havana Clouds. 32 24 Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Man. Mean june 20. 23.2 8.6 15.9 last year. 27.6 10.7 19.3 Normal. 23.9 10.6 17.2 highest on record 36.7 in 1910 lowest on record -0.6 in 1972 Max. Man. Mean june 21. 22.3 5.8 14.1 last year. 27.0 12.0 19.5 Normal. 23.3 11.1 17.2 highest on record 37.2 in 1910 lowest on record 1.7 in 1917 precipitation total for april to june 21 114.6 Millimetres. Normal 147.7mm. Arbe2, Louis 75, of St. Claude husband of Marie Arbez. Crawford Harry Allan 73. Of Teuton. Demski Lori 12, of 1113 Rosemount Avenue. Ferguson Andrew 93, widower of Mabel Ferguson. Forsyth James 89, of 112 Garfield Street widower of Hellen Forsyth. Jones Nellie 76, wife of Allen Jones. Jones Tresilian Linus 79, of 285 Pembina Highway suite 331. Kent Joseph 57, of 702 Community Row husband of Anna Kent. Krawchuk Conrad 81, of 532 Wallace Avenue. Kulyk Paul Bartholomew 69, husband Victoria Kulyk. Linklater Lina 80. Machula Katherine 81, of 300 Selkirk Avenue. Millis Donald Murray 55, of 1313 Logan Avenue husband of Leda Millis. Murdoch William 83. Of 53 Inman Avenue husband of Isabel Murdoch. Murray Charles 92, wid Ower of Katherine Murray. Nevinski Stanley 86. Of Dugald widower of Emily be Nowak Tatiana 74, of 899 Burrows Avenue wife of Anton Nowak. Patenaude Simone Marie 40. Roziere Mary Louise 81, of notre Dame. Savignac Joseph 88, of 315 Dumoulin Street. Seymour Esther 80, widow of Frank Seymour. Shcher Bluk Palenyk 80, of 99 Atlantic Avenue Hus band of Sophie Shcher Bluk. Tait Victor a., husband of Hazel Tail. Tkachyk Paul 70, of 470 Robinhood Crescent Hus band of Doreen Tkachyk. Whitford Andrew James 80, of Amaranth husband of Therese Whitford. Retired teacher talks her Way to world event by Maria Bohuslawsky Charlotte Newton 72, of Winnipeg has literally talked herself into a world championship event. The retired accounting teacher will be one of eight loquacious competitors this August in Arizona for the world championship of Toast masters an International Public speaking club. By Witting eloquent on everything from the biggest Trees in the world to the meaning of life Newton successively won contests at her senior citizen club the area speech contest and the regional contest for Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. Although she made her first speech just four years ago Newton is a Natu ral. Talkative family i come from a very talkative Fame she said so 1 did t really have any difficulty. Some people simply die the first one problem which May be consid ered a Blessing is the seven minute limit. If you go Over by 30 seconds you Newton said. You really have to work she said. Research takes about 100 hours of work and you practise the speech 50 to 100 times before a and there s no shuffling of papers allowed. It s All off the cuff said new ton. Must know subject you have to know what you re talk ing the group meets once a week and follows a manual which includes tips on Eye. Contact intonation sparkling introductions and humor. Manitoba s 950 members come from All occupations said Newton. They re people who want to climb the ladder of Success by learning to express themselves she said. Many members Are inhibited about speaking out in Public said Newton. The program makes them open up and talk to she said it s just founded in 1924 by or. Ralph smed Ley toastmasters have about members in clubs around the world. Besides speech making Mem Bers also have the Opportunity to improve their abilities in running business meetings and conferences question and answer sessions chairing a meet ing and arranging meetings and ban Ken free press Charlotte Newton poses with her Public speaking trophies. Spectacular with your Sony portable Sony Srf-80w new to mpg. 3-piece stereo system with detachable store tuner and headphones. Slip the unit out of its Home base com Panion and you have a Sony Walkman am pm stereo radio for sensational music on the go. At Home you re sur rounded by Rich stereo projected from two big speakers. 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