L Dancers raise 82,800 for muscular dystrophy

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1 . WINTE L Dancers raise for muscular dystrophy by PAT ROCHE You could have danced all night eaten until your heart (or stomach) was content utilized a chance for fame or fortune or raced downtown in nocturnal garb. All this was part of this year's Winter Carnival. The opening of a 26-hour marathon at 11 a.m. Monday marked the opening of the carnival. Thirty-six people began the event and exactly half that number finished. The marathon which was promoted by the Oshawa Firefighters in aid of the fight against multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy - - raised a total of $280. The couple who raised the most money were awarded prizes' which included a clock radio each. Wayne Barrett and Gail Spratt raised a total of $604 between them. Brian Mclntyre spent '68 minutes in the icy waters of Lake Ontario in the polar bear swim Tuesday which included four 15 minute breaks. He received a beaver fur coat as first prize. Bob Villeneuve who remained in the water for a total of 67lh minutes received 133 ounces of liquor as second prize. A MacDonald's - sponsored free supper was followed by a ham burger-ea ting contest which was won by Jon Tredwell first year public rela tions-journalism. He consumed three hamburgers in four minutes. He received a variety of prizes which included a coupon for a free pair of jeans six. cinema tickets and a knapsack. Lillian Jacoby was elected Carnival Queen at the pub held at the Polish Veteran's Hall Tuesday night. A pancake breakfast preceeded a pancake eating contest. The winners were Ed Milligan and Donna Ritter. On Wednesday afternoon the recent Canadian film Paperback Hero was shown in the Sirncoe Building as well as The Three Stooges and the Flin tstones. A demonstration of piano playing proficiency at talent night brought the prize for best musical talent to Lori Larson. Bob Gladney Hugh McKee Tim Anderson and Yolanda Van De Velt who won the prize for the best skit were also awarded the prize for the most entertaining performance. I I Debbie Apolcer and Cindy Fuller were given the prize for the dance category as they were the only entries. The award for best comedy went to a group who performed a hillbillies act. A dance Thursday night marked the end of the Carnival events. The drawing for the winter carnival grand prize a trip for two to the Bahamas. was made at the dance. Though scores of students were disappointed it was a pleasant surprise for Debbie Apolcer who had entered all but three of the carnival events. The trip was donated by Tony Nave Travel Agency and Skylark Holidays. For 50 cents you could put a friend in jail at the dance for fifteen minutes. This "jail- C house" raised approximately $80 for the campaign against muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis. The scavenger hunt was terminated at the dance. 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" " ' '..'... Volume 3 Issue 8 Durham College Box 385 Oshawa Ontario February Bouncing beds baffle Osha-wa by PAT ROCHE Two people being pushed down Centre St. on a bed hit a bump and crash! The four legs of the bed collapsed. A car belonging to an unidentified elderly lady was sideswiped by -a bed contain- ing two people and pushed frantically by eight people in the direction of city hall. WaGhis bizarre spectacle a scene from Funny Farm? Hee Haw? Or Monty Python's Flying Circus? No the event was the Winter Carnival Bed Race. Seven teams entered the race which began at City Hall. The winter carnival committee's bed was first to reach the finish line but was disqualified because the bed was towed by an automobile. The trophy for first place went to Tecker's Trike a team from a first-year engineering technology. Other teams which entered were called FUBAR; For Bed-Her Things ; The Greater Glory of the Fart; Flip Flap and Glide; The Staff Nerds whose bed collapsed ; and Old Streak sheets. IT'S A LONG LONG VAY... mat's how it must have seemd through all stages of the hours or dancing smiles still spread from ear to ear.. It make it but at the end d a0 II(. bum 18 people we- 8UU whour dance marathon. (clockwise from bp) 'I'hrmt came was hard to keep going at times but moral support helped... going (stroag?). For mm D(E(IC(* d evb.(l W to entertain tbc damcars and tboge wbo watched.. After In $ha 'hot leg' of tbe rnaratbua U rrcbcbmed trai m e W-*$ pagm 2 rod L

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