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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1963)
-rt' -r. iv A vQfe- a. Unt il KtHifi . X: ...- '-urt-mT k j -JjT MEDF0RDJTRIBUNE MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27. 1983 Canal Skaters The purpose, bank of an irrigation ditch does not make a very comfortable seat for putting on one's skates, but it serves the ose. Ted Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Barker, Coleman Creek road, helps Sam James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam James Sr., lace up nis doois ceioro a morning nuig As "nippy" as the weather has been recently, the Rogue River valley just doesn't get cold enough to have permanently frozen ponds and lakes for safe ice skating. Youngsters however find that the irri-'. gation canals in the area provide adequate, if some what elongated, skating rinks. With water only a few inches deep, the worst that can happen if the ice breaks is wet feet for the skater. Of course, skaters should be certain that they do not trespass on private property. , 1 o " C&r f MX,. M i - trMSlmi wis, n I - - Attempting to imitate the style of fancy ice skater, Jennifer Wilcox finds that it helps to stick out her tongue for balance. Jennifer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilcox, Camp Baker road. One doesn't really need skates to have fun on Ice. Ted Barker, above, flies past his sister, Janis, on hit shoe soles after getting a running start. Ted took off his skates when his ankles got tired because he wanted to be in top shape for basketball game. : i )vn: - - sJ ' 1 fc.J -J - I y -!" . scfri . ' , . -- .... . '"i- r Tii -fitni "ill Sam James, though he has been on Ice skates only a time or two, makes up for experience with dogged determination and streaks : down the ice at a good clip. Rocks and weeds in the ice create . . some hazards. -,:i''-J,' Novice Virginia Briggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Brlggt, above, gets a helping hand from Jennifer Wilcox and Maryl Barker when the tries ice tkatet for the. first time. She found that standing up wat the primary thing ' . to be concerned about and found herself on the Ice several times. Wffv".. r . . aT IF Down againl Virginia Briggs spent just about as much time sitting as she did on the skates, but before the tess.on was over she had begun to get the hang of it. She is helped 1o her feet (ab y Sam James. Maryl Barker, above, finds that one of her problems wat that her ice skates were a tad too large. Tightening the strings didn't teem to help much either. Sitting on the ditch bank the trios to solve her dilemma. t I U tew 7 At , . a'yitf it ' ' ;7 i'W tar&i Ted Barker end Sam Jemet stretch out on the bank of the Irrigation ditch to abtorb tome of the warm winter sun. Perhaps the thoughts of hot lunch were running through their mlndt. Ice skating it not only tiring, but It stimulates the appetite. r" la.-.
