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President’s Message Wayne Groom

Modifications Legal or Not Legal? Rick Duval

Winter Ice Safety Chris Carroll President’s Message

The FORD Empire ongratulations to all! We had our Len Bink C most successful AGM (Annual General Meeting) ever in November. UFWDA We had a record number in John Carroll attendance. The number of Board of Director positions has been increased Club News Reports to 8 and it is my pleasure to welcome Trish Groom, Reg. Green, John Reg Green and Rick Duval to the Farley, Al Graham Board. I would also like to thank John Carroll for his contribution to the BOD over the first years of Northern Lights and know that we can count on him for his continued support. We now Disclaimer: This newsletter is published by Northern have 11 member clubs and 5 of them Lights 4x4 Trailriders Association, PO Box 14, are represented at the Board level. It Ingersoll, Ontario, N5C 3K1. The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of the contributors is this type of diversification that will and do not necessarily reflect those of the Association, ensure the future success of the Directors of the Association, or the Sponsors. You Northern Lights 4x4 Trailriders can contact us at the address given or call Association. 416-444-8231 and leave us a message, we’ll get back to you. Or send us an e-mail at Unfortunately at the time of this [email protected]. Letters to the editor and writing, we have not yet had the submissions for the newsletter may be edited for Board meeting to decide on officer context and space allotment. Published quarterly. positions. We were forced to cancel our scheduled meeting due to bad weather. I would like to welcome the Chatham United Owners Club to NL4x4 and congratulate them on their recent formation. They are a strong club growing steadily in number and are well involved within their community in Christmas parades, food drives, charity events and of course, four wheeling. I would also like to welcome our newest member club, the Adventure Association. Two will get passed around to those who In researching this project for NL4x4, representatives of this club attended do not have the facility to download it I called the Ministry of Transportation our AGM and the club joined before off the net. While we would like to and spoke to their head enforcement the meeting began. I would like to provide each member club with Engineer. I was told that there are no congratulate them on their recent enough copies of the newsletter for specific restrictions on modifications successful fund-raising four wheel each and every member in their as long as they don’t make the drive event at Jungle Cat World. clubs it simply is not within our fiscal vehicle “unsafe” according to the resources to do this. I would certainly statutes. They are currently The interest in Northern Lights hope that when there is information considering whether there is a need continues to grow. We have recently about such important issues as to make laws governing been in touch with two more clubs Ontario’s Living Legacy, people who modifications, as some states have who are very interested in joining. are online would print off hard copy recently done in the US. However, at Hopefully this will mature into more to pass around to friends or fellow this time they don’t have a specific good news for the next newsletter. club members. Everyone should be policy on lifted/modified vehicles. kept in the know and that is Bill 101 has reared it’s ugly head everyone’s responsibility. To the The bottom line with most of the again. We have heard stories that it club newsletter editors, please feel Highway Traffic Act as it applies to is the intent of the latest rendition of free to include this information in modified 4x4’s is this: If a Police this piece of legislation to disallow full your newsletters. Officer or Ministry Officer believes size 4x4’s on public trails. We have I would also like to take this that your vehicle “is not in again scoured the Bill as it is posted opportunity to wish everyone a happy compliance” he/she can give you a on the Government of Ontario web and safe holiday season. notice to take it in for testing within 96 site and have found no evidence of Some of the best four wheeling to hours to the Ministry testing facility this. We are making further inquiries come will be in 2001. designated on the notice. If the within the government and will keep Officer believes it is dangerous, they all member clubs posted. Wayne Groom can take your plates right there and President NL4x4 then, on the roadside, and keep them It will not be long after the New Year until your vehicle is proved to be safe when the public comment period for and/or repaired. It’s a lot of hassles the Kawartha Highlands area of the for them and a lot of paperwork. If Ontario’s Living Legacy project will you are nice, and polite to them they come to an end (February 28th, will probably just give you a warning. 2001). By the time you read this we If we keep our modifications sensible will have information about how YOU and our vehicles well maintained, can make your voice heard and your perhaps we can keep them from concerns known posted on our taking the time to legislate specific website. PLEASE take the time to restrictions on our vehicles. If you speak out! These are your trails and I have any question/ comments/ suspect that the outcome of this, corrections please feel free to e mail being the first “signature site”, will be Modifications- Legal me at [email protected] the model for other areas of the or not Legal? Province. So even if you don’t wheel Rick Duval in Bobcaygeon this could ultimately A number of clubs and individuals affect your favorite spot. have asked for our help in clearing Director NL4x4 up exactly what modifications are We rely an awful lot on the internet to legal and illegal. I have done some Editors note* Rick’s Plain English get our message out to the research and have compiled a Plain Version of Sections 6 of the Highway membership. The reason for this is English Version of the most relevant Traffic Act is available on the NL4x4 not just convenience but cost. A very statute sections. It is important to web page. Due to space constraints I valid point was made at the AGM; remember that this basically covers have not reproduced this in this there are a lot of people who are not section 6 of the Highway Traffic Act newsletter. Please refer to the NL4x4 “on-line”. This is the reason that we and that there are many more web site. If you do not have web send out copies of the newsletter to sections of the act covering a wide access and would like a copy of member clubs in the hope that they variety of concerns. Rick’s Plain English Version/interpretation of Section 6 of the Highway Traffic Act, please skating parties/games it’s 20cm and you warm, especially if they are wool. contact me at: 519-425-1505 or by for snowmobiling it’s 25cm. Cover up with a blanket, especially mail at NL4x4, PO Box 14, Ingersoll, So you’re out there shoveling off the your head. Warm non-alcoholic Ont., N5C 3K1 and I’ll send you a snow to make a rink for your kids to non-caffeinated beverages will make copy or ask a buddy with web access play hockey on suddenly you hear a you more comfortable and help keep to download it for you. loud CRACK and you fall through the you warm. Get inside or get out of Brenda Hackett - Editor ice. What should you do? Call for the wind and if safe and appropriate help and resist the urge to climb back start a fire to get warm. If you are out where you fell in as this is the alone try to attract attention to weakest point. Use the air trapped in yourself for help, do not leave if you your clothing to get into a floating are alone or unsure of the area. position on your stomach. Reach Recognize that it takes time to warm forward onto the broken ice without up and allow your body time to pushing down and kick your legs to recover, don’t exert energy until your push your torso onto the ice. When body is completely warm. Get Winter Ice Safety you are back on the ice, crawl on medical assistance as soon as your stomach or roll away from the possible. As we are preparing for the open area with your arms and legs onslaught of outdoor winter sports, it spread out as far as possible to What happens to your body while you is vital to remember that going evenly distribute your weight. Do not are in cold water? Your skin and through thin ice can quickly change a stand up! Look for shore and make blood temperature in your arms and fun family or club outing into a sure you are going in the right legs drops quickly and you will start disaster even resulting in fatality. By direction. Get help immediately as shivering. As hypothermia sets in you knowing the locality where you are hypothermia sets in very quickly. will develop poor co-ordination, going, contacting authorities on the What should you do if someone you numbness of hands and feet, mental thickness of the ice in the body of are with falls through the ice? Call for confusion/sluggishness and water you are interested in and by help immediately and consider clumsiness. You may have difficulty keeping in mind some guidelines and whether you can get help quickly breathing and be unable to use your being constantly vigilant and aware from trained professionals or hands. The temperature of your of your surroundings you can prepare bystanders. See if you can reach the heart, brain and other vital organs for such an emergency. person with a long pole or branch drops gradually and you may become from shore (you don’t want to fall in unconscious and, if you are still in the Ice thickness is variable by a number as well) and if you can lay down and water, will most certainly drown. If of factors such as: type of water, extend the pole to the person. If you you body temperature drops further location of the body of water, the will need to go out onto the ice wear you can die of heart failure. depth and size of the body of water, a PFD (personal flotation device) and currents, tides and other moving carry a long pole or branch to test the Always be prepared. If you are going water, chemical (including salt) ice in front of you. Bring something to out on the ice wear a PFD, carry a fluctuations in water levels, reach out to or throw to the victim whistle, wear rain gear over wool underlying obstacles (logs, rocks etc) (i.e.; pole, weighted rope, tow strap clothing and wear a hat (60% of your absorbing heat from the sun, etc) When nearing the break, lay heat loss is through your head). Carry changeable air temperatures, shock down and slowly crawl toward the matches in a waterproof container, waves from vehicles travelling on the hole and, remaining low throw the bring high energy food along, check ice and certainly the time of the year. strap, pole etc to the victim and have with the local weather office and local Ice colour may be an indication of the them kick their feet while you pull authorities and be alert to changing thickness and strength. Clear blue ice them out on the ice, instruct them to conditions that may affect your is the strongest. White opaque or stay flat on the ice and roll away from safety. Don’t go out alone and don’t “snow ice” is half as strong as blue the hole. Move them to a safe go out on the ice at night. Tell a ice. Opaque ice is formed by wet position as soon as you can. responsible person where you are snow freezing on ice. Grey ice is Once out of the water move to a dry going and when you expect to be unsafe. The greyness indicates the shelter and change into dry clothing. back. Avoid alcohol as it lowers your presence of water. Are you aware If warm clothes are not available and body temperature and interferes with that for walking or skating ice you are in a warm place take your your ability to make critical thickness should be 15cm? Or for clothes off and wring them out as judgements. If snowmobiling invest in even damp clothing will help keep a buoyant snowmobile suit and try to avoid crossing lakes and rivers. Stick control, electronics, glass, plastic and Nissan- FORD and Nissan jointly to the trails. trim components. produce . Nissan provides I hope you never have to use these drivetrains and stamps body panels DaimlerChrysler- FORD, and tips and have a safe and fun winter. at its plant in Smyrna, Tenn., and DaimlerChrysler are jointly This information was taken from the Ford assembles the vehicles in its developing fuel cells with Ballard pamphlet published by the Canadian Avon Lake Ohio plant. (Vancouver BC) Power Systems. Red Cross, Fisheries and Oceans - FORD has formed a joint Canada and The Coast Guard. FIAT-FORD owns 52% of the with French auto venture, Iveco-Foprd Truck, U.K. conglomerate PSA Peugeot Citroen Chris Carroll FORD LIO HO- FORD owns 70% of to produce diesel engines. Secretary/Archivist NL4x4 Ford Lio Ho (Taiwan) - FORD owns 45% of South Jaguar- FORD owns Jaguar (U.K.) Africa automaker SAMCOR. Corp. Ltd.- FORD - FORD launched a new launched production of the China assembly operation with partner Transit in December, 1997, with its Song Diesel in November 1997. Ford partner, Jiangling Motor Corp. Ford presently owns 75%. Owns a 20% equity stake in the Ltd. will produce the Trader The FORD Empire company. Total capacity at the plant medium-duty truck and Transit with is 60,000 units annually. capacity of 14,000 units annually, but Ford, a century ago started the has the flexibility to expand as Land Rover- FORD purchased Land automobile manufacturing process as market demand grows. Other and Rover from BMW in June of 2000. we know it today. The Model T and truck models will be considered for the production line, all very simplistic, Mahindra & Mahindra- FORD and addition later. but who would have thought then that Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. have an Volkswagen- FORD and VW each FORD would develop into the giant it assembly joint venture in India. own 50% of Autoeuropa SA, which is today? Escort* production began in 1996, builds Ford Galaxy, VW Sharan and and the joint venture built a new plant Only the accounting gurus would SEAT Alhambra minivans in Setubal, to produce a Fiesta based product predict 5 major players would emerge Portugal. This joint venture will beginning in 1999. The IKON was from the many in this new millenium. conclude in the year 2000 when VW introduced in November 1999. The We are now witnessing this very has proposed takeover of the plant. conclusion in the year 2000. We read joint venture is Mahindra about “buy-outs”, joint ventures, Ltd. FORD owns 5.8% of Mahindra & Volvo- FORD owns the Volvo amalgamations and affiliations Mahindra Ltd. automobile operation. almost on a daily basis; with 35% Malaysia- FORD partners with Sime *Escort to be phased out by the Ford ownership being the magic number Darby Group in a vehicle Focus. that will control a company. Following manufacturing joint venture called are the world wide company names AMIM Holdings. Total capacity is just and then... associated with the new FOMOCO. under 23,000 units annually. FORD comes out with the ultimate - Ford owns 100% of Mazda- FORD owns 33.4% of Mazda idea (option) on their proposed Aston Martin, which uses Jaguar and has several key executives on high-tech. ; with the “almost platforms. loan to the Japanese manufacturers. the kitchen sink!” options package. Belarus- Ford is partners with the Ford and Mazda are working together An Idea van... “Windstar Solutions” Republic of Belarus and LADA-OMC. to commonize platforms in a global was unveiled at Toronto’s Exhibition The joint venture, , strategy. Ford owns 50% of the Auto Place on November the 23rd, began manufacturing Escort* Alliance plant in Flat Rock, , featuring a built in Maytag washer and Transit Vans in the summer of which builds Cougar and and dryer, a microwave, refrigerator, 1997. Mazda 626. The companies are also a wet/dry vacuum system and a partners - each holds 45% - in Auto movie/sound system. To date, only a China- FORD is a partner, through its Alliance (Thailand) Co Ltd., which concept vehicle but it could be subsidiary, in five component began building pickup trucks in 1998. available in a couple of years. joint ventures to manufacture climate Total capacity is 135,000 units annually. Now THIS, is something that WE as 4 wheelers could all use! Perhaps in something like their Lincoln Navigator and then we could really dream!

Next issue FORD and LAND ROVER. Central Ontario 4x4 Club A UFWDA Historical Perspective Len Bink Corporate Liaison NL4X4 Central Ontario 4x4 Club, now in it’s United’s web page 27th year, was started by Agincourt (www.ufwda.org/2k/) has been Motors, a Jeep Dealership in updated so stop by when you have a Agincourt, Ontario. Initially known as chance and check out what’s new. the Toronto Jeep Club, in 1973 the club underwent some changes For anyone that feels like taking a including attaining it’s not-for-profit nice long drive, the 25th Anniversary incorporation status as well as Support the Principles of UFWDA Convention will be held changing to embrace all 4x4’s. The Club is guided by a duly elected Tread Lightly! September 6-8, 2001 in Farmington New Mexico. It is being hosted by the Board of Directors. It is the Boards job to keep the club running on the Travel only where permitted Southwest Four Wheel Drive Association. right trails and to make any decisions Respect of other users pertinent to the day to day operation of the club. A strong, interested and Educate yourself Carla Boucher’s book has been confident Board of Directors is just released. It is titled “Public Land one of the reasons CO4x4 has been Avoid wet lands, meadows and Owners Manual” and is a private so successful when a number of fragile alpine areas. citizen’s guide to participating in other clubs have fallen by the public land management decision wayside. CO4x4’s objectives include Drive and travel responsibly. making. At 367 pages, it is full of organizing and participating in safe information which includes; how to We are all judged by your actions, and responsible, family oriented Four contact and meet with officials, how drive responsibly! Wheel Drive Events and educating to write effective letters and new owners of SUV’s with regards to; Teach by example! management of the large volume of responsible offroading, realizing the documents from government full potential of their four wheel drive, sources. Obviously there would be basic operation and appropriate NL4x4 now has Tread Lightly decals some sections geared towards land areas for four wheeling in Ontario. management in the USA, as our land for your truck in both the reflective In years past we have worked with Thumbprint style and the Square management is handled through different levels of government and Ford Canada and Suzuki Canada to white background style. We also help set up and run daylong have copies of the Tread Lightly processes. I can’t go into further detail on this book as I have not educational courses for their local Guide to responsible Four Wheeling dealerships sales staff and we have available and several copies of the personally reviewed it. The cost is $49.95 US Funds plus applicable tax conducted safety demonstrations at a TL video if your club would like to fall fair regarding vehicle extraction utilize it for educational purposes. For and may be purchased by calling 1-800-44-UFWDA or by writing to techniques. The club also has a long more information or to purchase history of participating in the Ontario decals please see Chris Carroll at the UFWDA 4505 W 700 S., Shelbyville, IN 46176. Adopt-A-Highway program as well as NL4x4 AGM or contact us at the Peel Region Emergency Force. [email protected] or This not only serves to promote the [email protected] John Carroll club in a favorable light but is UFWDA 1st Delegate valuable to the community and helps to keep the roads clear of litter. The new members but also cement CUJO - Chatham United Jeep members of CO4x4 support assisting friendships and bring our members Owners Club with local charities such as the together. After the initial 1994 test Ronald McDonald House, The track it was determined that the 4x4 We are pleased to announce that the Salvation Army, Children’s and test track was so popular that it has newly formed Chatham United Jeep Battered Women’s Shelters and food continued ever since with strong Owners Club has joined Northern and toys are collected at the sponsors such as the TD bank and Lights. CUJO was formed July 31, December meeting for local food and TADA (Toronto Automobile Dealers 2000 through the joint efforts of Reg toy drives. Association) CO4x4 is thankful for Green and Tony DeMattia. Our club, their continued support and the The club runs throughout the year to date, has 65 members including continued confidence that they have with day rallies in the summer and most makes and models of shown us. No member has ever been trailrides, weekend campouts and from early Willys to TJ’s. We meet paid for working or putting on an trips to interesting places. With the every Wednesday evening with the event no matter the length or hours fall of the leaves comes our most first Wednesday of each month set invested of personal time and some popular and long running event the as our general meeting. During the of it is in large numbers. We thank Swampswimmer OffRoad Rally, a winter we meet at the Chatham-Kent our members for their strong support navigational rally (as opposed to Belgium Dutch Canadian Club on and sweat equity. speed). This has been a most Byng St., Chatham. 7pm each successful event for over 27 years Co4x4 is very family oriented with Wednesday. Summer meetings are and takes a great deal of cooperation children of all ages participating, at the Canadian Tire parking lot in from a large number of members to newborns to teenagers. Our Chatham. We are a very active club both organize, coordinate and membership includes teenagers to with 5 Christmas parades, a food marshall the event. We have also adults 50 years and over. Some of bank drive, 2 show and shines and 3 participated in the Georgian College our current members, over the years, Canada Day parades. Off Road runs, Autoshow, setting up, staffing and have actually grown into their own joint club outings, Christmas caroling, managing the 4x4 demonstration trucks within the club. Our events are a tour to the Jeep museum and a track. With winter comes snowmobile geared for the whole family and we sponsored first aid course are just campouts, bowling nights and winter are very fortunate to have a diverse some of the things that we are trail rides (where conditions permit) group of backgrounds and involved with. Our web page is although we make an effort to stay personalities within the club. We http://home.off-road.com/~cujo and off the snowmobile trails for the draw on the experience and expertise our e mail is season. Weather permitting, another of the membership for our events and [email protected] popular fun rally is hosted by the our members give freely of their Our executive is as follows: Reg. club, Snowball Rally. Again this is a time, knowledge and skills. green- President, Tony DeMattia- navigational rally driven basically on The recreational four wheeler has Vice president, treasurer- Louanne no-winter maintenance roads through been criticized in the past by many McKeon, Secretary/Membership deep snow. It is, again, a navigational people for what we do and what we Director- Christine Callaghan, rally and low speed is required. At are all about. We strive to promote Promotions- Duane Crow and Mark each checkpoint the participants are safe, responsible, family oriented four Merritt, Safety captain and NL4x4 asked to perform a fun game or wheeling and support Tread Lightly rep.- Ken Wilson, Event coordinators- activity. As spring comes plans are guidelines through both our teachings George McFadden, Debbie Roy and underway, each year, for the Toronto and our actions. We love our 4 Brent Bondy, Safety Officers- Ron International Autoshow and The wheeling, we appreciate our trucks DeVos and Rick Roy and our Land Sportsmen’s Show where members and the CO4x4 family supports all Use rep. is Brian Marchand. spend a great deal of time setting up efforts toward the continuation of and manning booths and maintaining Should you like more information safe, responsible four wheeling and managing the 4x4 test track. about CUJO, our phone number is activities in Ontario! Members spend as much as 10 hour 519-352-1543 (ask for Christine) days at the Autoshow 4x4 Test Track Trish Groom CO4x4 CUJO looks forward to a long and accompanying patrons out on the rewarding relationship with the NL4x4 track, working to ensure the trucks member clubs. remain clean, in good maintenance and full of fuel. These shows not only Reg Green President CUJO serve to promote the club and recruit issues happening in our own Doug Ball and I have recruited some backyard. members from the Ottawa Valley OffRoaders, Southern Ontario Dirt In an effort to increase public Drivers and the North Hastings 4wd awareness, John Farley took Karen’s Club to help with the organizing, Jeep TJ out and gave the regional decisions and hard work that will go rep. (Mike Rosen) a little tour of the into making this event a reality. forest trails. Apparently he had a Ottawa Valley OffRoaders Recently we had the use of some rip-roaring time and was amazed at land offered to us so, John Farley, 2nd Annual Marlborough Forest what John was driving through. Then, Doug and I went to check it out. The after Mike had thought he’d seen it Clean-Up location had a very steep hill climb all, John put it in four wheel drive. I Well as per usual, the Marlborough and mud but was, unfortunately, quite believe Mike’s comment was... “I’ve Forest was in dire need of a little tree-populated. In order to make this never been in an amphibious vehicle TLC, so on Saturday Nov. 18th, the site suitable for the event and for before”. He was very happy to have Ottawa Valley OffRoaders hosted the spectators, trees would have to be had the opportunity of a guided tour second great clean up. It should be cut down. With very little open space, to some of the more troubling parts of noted now that a few individuals need events like a ramp or an obstacle the forest. Hopefully, more events to be thanked. Namely our sponsors: course would be difficult, if not such as this can take place in the The Rural Stewardship of impossible, to do. So the search for a future to make public officials aware. Ottawa/Carleton, Your Independent suitable site continues. You can talk all you want, but until Grocer in Manotic, Northern Lights you physically SEE what’s out there If you have some land or know of 4x4 and Sunoco. But we also mustn’t you aren’t nearly as overwhelmed. some suitable land to hold such an forget all of the hands that got into event call Al Graham at the dirty pot to help keep our forest Among the recovered garbage there 705-653-3752 or John Farley at just a little more beautiful. Thanks was an entire trailer load of gas tanks 613-271-0361. Our requirements? A should go out to : CO4x4 (Dennis and (approx. 30-40), bed springs, glass hill, mud, rocks, open area for events Robert) for travelling so far, OJC, bottles, road signs, “shot up” road such as a log course, RTI, etc, room Ski-doo club of Ottawa Carleton and signs, probably the equivalent to an for camping, room for spectators. of course, the host club and entire hunting cabin that was partially The area should allow fluid especially the members of OVO. burnt, gun shells, shingles, various movement between events and it unidentified metal pieces, car seats, The clean up was a smashing should be close to south/central buckets of nails, oil cans, paint cans, success with approximately 20 Ontario (so everyone can beer and pop cans... etc. tonnes of garbage pulled out of the participate). We would prefer a forest. Not to mention the 3 (sort of) All in all it was a very successful location that would allow for cars that were dragged out. A big clean up day and we’ll see you next construction of some permanent thanks to Phil Jensen for comic relief. year at the 3rd annual Marlborough structures, as we’d really like to make The few of us that had the privilege Forest Clean Up! this an annual event. of witnessing him drag that poor old car out of the forest were left in fits of Karen Branzoni OVO Al Graham North Hastings laughter. By the time he actually got 4wd Club it to the parking lot it was torn apart and the only thing holding the two halves together was the wiring. The sad part of this story is that we scouted the same area last year for the clean up and pulled out North Hastings Four Wheel approximately 25 tonnes of garbage. Drive- TTC UPDATE It saddens me that there are so many Canadian Four Wheel Drive disrespectful folks out there and that Hello there folks... it’s time for Magazine is a magazine by Four no-one in the media seems to care. another TTC (Top Truck Challenge) Wheelers for Four Wheelers. Visit Press releases were sent out, but update. With winter now upon us their web site at: www.can4x4.com. unfortunately the American election we’ve made the decision to plan the Subscriptions are $16 per year. All was more interesting than local Touch Truck Challenge for next year. ordering information is available on the web site or for more information Individual Membership $20 yearly, contact the editor, Al Vandervelde. this includes decal initially. Ontario content needed! Club membership $100 yearly. Canadian Four Wheel Drive Associate Membership $20 yearly. Magazine PO Box 27118 750 Coldstream Ave. Victoria BC V9B International Membership $25 yearly, 5S4 1-250-478-8884 Cheques includes decal initially. payable to APV Publishing Inc. Visa We welcome our two newest member Supporting/Corporate assistance is and MasterCard also accepted. clubs! The Chatham United Jeep always welcome and appreciated. Owners Club and the Land Rover Special note of appreciation to Please contact [email protected] Adventurer Association. supporters of the NL4x4 Trail Signage Program! AJAX Jeep Eagle Ltd. For more information regarding NISSAN Canada NL4x4 please send e mail requests canoffroad.net to: [email protected] or by post South Western Ontario 4x4 Club to: Northern Lights 4x4 Trailriders Association PO Box 14, Ingersoll, ON Special Thanks to our Charter N5C 3K1 416-444-8231 Members Check out our web site Len Bink www.nl4x4.com Bob Boland Andrew Briethaupt Chris & John Carroll Thanks to Our Corporate Mark Coles Helpers! Marlene & Rick Duval Paul Cranfield David Gough Ajax Jeep Eagle Ltd. Contact LRAA by mail at: 57 Al Graham Martindale Cres., Brampton ON, L6X Trish & Wayne Groom 2V7 905-455-3883 or by e mail at: Brenda Hackett NISSAN Canada/Desperado [email protected] Phil Hackett Marketing Dean Harkema Web site: landroveradventure.com Stephen Hary Henry Keith DaimlerChrylser Mississauga Sandy & Peter Langer Robert Maddocks Miriam & Derrick McClinchey CANUSA Automotive Warehousing Wes McNeil Dorchester Dennis & Sarah Missios Sheryl & Phil Whyte Kate Ross canoffroad.net Janice Redshaw Ontario’s 4wd network! Lynda Redshaw Robert Redshaw Rick Roberts Kris Schattmann James Seitz Rosemary & David Verge Web site links are provided for the Terry Wagg Contact CUJO by mail at: 330 Sheryl & Phil Whyte member clubs on the NL4x4 web Richmond St. Suite 206, Chatham, page at: NL4x4.com member clubs ON N7M 1P7 or by e mail at are asked to submit changes directly [email protected] Northern Lights 4x4 to the web master. Be sure to send in Trailriders Association any announcements and upcoming Web site: events! Letters to the editor are http://home.off-road.com/~cujo Membership Information always welcome. Contact: Jackie Newby 2334 Wyecroft Rd. B11, Oakville, Ontario 905-465-3999 Al Legary 643 Talbot Rd. RR#2 [email protected] Richard Delorme 127 Post Rd., Maidstone, Ontario 519-723-2366 Kanata, Ontario 613-836-8193 [email protected] [email protected]

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South Western Ontario 4x4 Club *Note NEW LOGO! Central Ontario 4x4 Club PO Box 7128, Station A, Toronto, Ontario Dean Harkema PO Box 332 Foxboro, Contact: Paul Hodges 23934 416-410-4108 www.co4x4.com Ontario 613-395-2264 Thompson Line, RR#2 West Lorne, [email protected] ON 519-768-1164 [email protected]