1. Home Field ‘The Farm’ Odessa ON
THE STORY OF THE LITTLE SHOVEL THAT COULD A tale of airfield improvement gone south
Home Field ‘The Farm’ Odessa ON

2. Camden East Airfield
The story begins with a cunning plan to straighten by the ponds 18
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3. The work starts

4. The shovel gets stuck, then it gets really stuck

5. Much discussion occurs, becomes a local tourist attraction, should have charged $ for the club

6. The recovery shovel digs out our victim to break the suction

7. Will it start?

8. If only the two strokes were so reliable!

9. The pull starts

10. Out she comes

11. Note the waterline

12. MORAL OF THE STORY There is an old army adage:
“Where cattails grow, tracks don’t go”