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Curious to know ”Mariam; “He‘d in favour of a c"Fulfil“ work: D‘WCHIDOI't Road . _- . .., .h. , .. - . , . . more about his ranking criteria (and his awesome hobby), l ‘ one.“ . walkout it“, the Ontario was reduced from four lanes ‘0 “”0 152%." *5 ’â€" .:« f" - tracked down "Irabucco. i asked him what helped Cedar Point Second: .thl' i-céd'uws- Fedora Willi appropriate turning lanes. fi§fi3§.§..a ‘ clinch the No. 1 spot ahead of popular destinations like Walt tion of aatcrioo I“. 1;," will he Centre islands and boulevards were , 5 "3",, "’ ’ ' Disney World (Orlando. Fla), Tivoli Gardens (Denmark) and ltoldin a mm. W“. 0:51- ‘ 6 installed with many new trees and “ff. ’ f , ’.5 ourownCanada’sWonderiand. liofirke also su , (wivdpt'hé‘ the illaangS and 8H!“- «“43"» "7". .- " ' . I ’ “For thrill ride maniacs. 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With the result that these cen- mum roller coaster which is on the cover of .\ l \libl l \l l two million more sick days that ”9 boulevards are mostly an $1 ' ‘ .- .“WKWK'"’5539'3‘lt’iér my book." ~ \l: l h . . .. b- k d . 5 t- , . unsightly in?“ ,’ ’... Com 3:; ”W“ Trabucco's book. Americans Top ‘ ”I” 9“} rd” [an a”. .3?” cent The 5‘7“" ““3 (“"Ui‘ming well. “”1 We 6hr" '3{"F""“iu" Roller Coasters 8t Amusement Parks. n33£l§ifihi1i3hm ”M ntario with a stop light to monitor traffic 6 . ' ; , . ...,."""?"3" c“? ’ 15' “a guide for those who ride them. he one knowsilri'in Bourke is into Conestoga Mall at Old Abbey 6 “‘5‘ 6' ; ._ 5: ‘:?;‘$,I“i‘,';$’2'f.‘sa; ' T and offers tiPS for ”1059 who fear *7 , (- I. I). ~ .. l ’ ~ ‘ id b6 Road. Bl“ despite much ”PP‘NHO" . g £515”,th ' roller coasters." he said. “For many 3‘ .0qu ' ' “m5" natn " )ut H wou 9 to the need for a roundabout at this - - 37.,» years. i was afraid of roller coasters - , é“! _ 1,-~..-,__-_-,_a___-,, "_ and thrill rides. even though i have a a 6 . . private pilot's license and fly aerobat- o muc or t g e roa ic manoeuvres like loops, rolls and . hammerhead stalls. But when it came v ' t “Innis! sot-ms like an obligation at this point to ityoftht‘ vote itself. And that is the issue. to going on roller coasters. i would . I wrin- about mt- upcoming Kitchener-Waterloo it‘s not how many of us casting a ballot that mat- say. ‘No way. man! Not coasters!‘ it MARSHALL l hyviection and you should know. i'm not very 105. "'8 how we use that ballot. would be that way for many years. WARD 1 good at being obligated to things. [)0 we vote because we always have? Do we vote but somewhere along the way i over- ; \l_\ tiny little sin-gilt of rebellion, which because there is one particular issue came my fear of these behemoths of the midway and discov- : | wppmt- would hat-t- made me a pretty that has particularly stoked our fires? cred how breathtaking these rides can be.” had candidate in snlnu ways. 0; a good } )l l ( l ( ll Do we vote for change or for the status it took my breath away to see our oldest daughter. Mason. one. dvpt-miing on your point of View. , quo? Do we vote to protect what we ride the Top Thrill Dragster roller coaster. which accelerates to Anyhow i had “amt-d to sit down with I“ l” R l\ l have? Do we vote out of confidence, 194 km/h in four seconds Our other daughter. Sullivan. loved l as many of the candidates as I could. but hope and optimism? ()r out of fear. the steel-suspended roller coaster. iron Dragon. along with i the timing of the election simply didn‘t was? and hatred? Gemini â€" one oftheoldest roller coasters in the park. 1 allow that. . e can answer these questions “Gemini was one of my daughter's first wood coasters.” i Not that I think i would have been ahle ‘ ourselves. But what are the parties said Trabucco. 'lt's a good ride. not too intense. but at one to provide a whole lot of insight Elections . w asking us to vote for or against? point it was one of the tallest. fastest and steepest roller coast- l are pretty heavily programmed these days i. . 3 - 1 While we might have the best of ers in the world.” i and there's not much-any questioner can 5'" 3 " intentions when it comes to selecting On Trabucco‘s list of the top-l2 greatest amusement parks do to change that. y .3 a representative. we can only deal with in the world. six of them are outside the United States. “(Zana~ Sad to say. I'm not even disappointed “‘ 5 the choices that are presented to us. da’s Wonderland. close to where you are. is an amazing or angry about that any more. While l kt ‘ The people who are running in KW amusement park. by the way. and new this year is that understand some people believe the work are good people. i think they genuine- extremely fantastic leviathan. that dominates the landscape of MP?» is vitally important to its, the vast BRIAN ly care and believe that by stepping at over 300 feet tall." he said. majority of people don't really feel the BOURKE forward they can make a difference. Trabucco‘s international favourites include the Silver Star. a impact in their daily lives, And i hope they can too. 215-foot-high monster in Rust, Germany. and a wooden For the most part. we don’t notice until But it doesn't change a pany hierarâ€" coaster called Tonnerre de Zeus in a Paris amusement park. l‘llht‘i our taxes arr [my-d or a panicula; issue hits Chy that is more concerned with winning. More con- NP8113 Asterix in P8115 is an incredible park as the rides are close to hlllnl' The rest of the time. it's just words cemed with making sure their people get out to vote incorporated with historic themes and cultures like the and what we say doesn't seem to matter than in motivating the rest of the population. Romans and Ancient Greeks.” he told me. “And what We Perhaps the number of voters will go up this More concerned. in fact. with the next election learned traveling the world is. whether people are from the byelt'ction and some might point to that as evidence ($3.! next issue. Their primary job is to get re - Unitetli States 0;:2utlh Korea or Sprope, they all speak the of m in addressin voter th . e . same anguage n tcomes to ese amusement parks â€" [immen this an": befomfpgutyit is worth say- How they get there is what makes the difference. the language of laughter. ing again â€" i don't like the idea of mandatory vot- And right now there‘s not a lot of traffic on the high ”it's unlveraal.’ . ing. If you don‘t care enough to know about the road. issues. then i don't want you out there voting. ‘ ”‘ ’°’ ’ It's not a matter of making voting easier either. BM" Bourke. a member ofthe 105.3 KOOI. PM Marshall Ward Ba 031101me music writer While it would certainly be convenient to vote over mmtngcmu. out be reached byemailat for Rock (21hr Magazine. Email Lt welcome ' the internet. it doesn't do much to increase the qual- bbourkeOkooUm.mm at marshalemehotmalem.