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Deb Lessard And Her Spyder
Article & Photo by Joan Brooks “Never let yourself be too old to ride,” says Deb Lessard. What a wonderful story. “The other day someone stopped me and asked ‘what the heck, Deb you having a mid-life crisis?" "No, it’s not a mid-life crisis; I’m soon to be 66,” she quips. “I always rode when I was a kid. I rode with
my cousins and then you get married and life gets in the way. Then my daughter Kristi got a 1200 Harley Davidson about two years ago. It’s a beauty, and all the yearning and everything came right back.” Deb asks her daughter that if she got a bike, if they could ride together. And she says sure of course we’ll do
that. “I’ve been saving money, and then my sister got an inheritance and shared it with myself and my other sister. Then I saw the Can-Am Spyder. Ah man, look at this! I don’t have any strength in my left leg so I knew I couldn’t ride a motorcycle any more, couldn’t hold it up.” Then the search began. It took her some time to locate a Spyder, and finally found a dealer in Barrie. “So I had to go to Barrie. I didn’t have a license, but the price was right. Guess who rode the bike home. My daughter rode it home, not me…the day we came home from Barrie. It was terrible, torrential rain and thunder and lightning, the worst rain storm of the season. I finally got home and two weeks later I got my M1 license.” And now the fun begins. “When in Barrie, I bought
a Harley Davidson helmet and boots. I got my boots and helmet on, I got the key, I’m sitting on it. I put it in neutral, turned the key and it scared the bejesus out of me – the Harley rumble. It scares me every time I ride, just to be aware. Kristi told me when she took her course, there were two things, ‘one of them is you are invisible, and the second one is everyone is going to try to kill you.' Well, on the Spyder, I’m very visible. And I’m in the lane like everybody else. Don’t need to worry about balancing. “I love it! I absolutely Love it!” It’s Canadian built by Bombardier, 990 cc’s with a Rotax engine and belt driven. You can’t get any better than that. It has storage in front and it’s a two-up. I have a standard drive. I love it, absolutely love it.”
Wow, Manitouwadge ATV Poker Run
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Wawa's
7 Day Weather Forecast
WEDNESDAY Sun High: 26 Low: 18
THURSDAY Rain High: 24 Low: 19
FRIDAY
Sun High: 25 Low: 19
SATURDAY
Rain High: 24 Low: 16
SUNDAY
Showers High: 23 Low: 15
MONDAY
Article and Photos by Lynn Cregheur Manitouwadge was really busing this weekend. The Manitouwadge Economic Development Committee revved up for their 2nd
Annual ATV Poker Run event. Over 80 participants from Winnipeg to Manitouwadge, North of Highway 11, Longlac/ Geraldton, Michigan, yes, even Wawa. What a rush!
Half of the participants were Manitouwadgians. The excursion started at 9 a.m. to be followed by a super lunch at the Community Centre. Some came back, yes, by all means, flat tires. It is all part of the game. They had the perfect dusty day for the event. They left for the second part of the run after lunch to return to an awesome, well deserved, hot meal. After a shower and rest, they came back to the Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall for their meals and handing over their travel card that had to be signed in to show that they had touched base with all of the special section of the run, then they were handed over playing cards. During the evening, poker hands were drawn and the highest hand won. Great prizes were awarded.
The winners were: Bruce Poulin of Manitouwadge with $3000, Diane Jackson of Manitouwadge with $2000, and finally, from Michigan, John Gross with $1000. This was all done by the hard work of 40 volunteers. Great job.
61 Mission Road Wawa, Ontario P0S 1K0 Tel: 705-856-2394 Cell: 705-856-5595 Fax: 705-856-4290 alainbouffard@missionmotors.com www.missionmotors.com
Sun & Cloud High: 22 Low: 14
TUESDAY
Rain High: 20 Low: 14
Weather forecast gathered from
www.theweathernetwork.com