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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1981
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Lucknow: shortstop John, MacKenzie exhibits the fine form which
helped him captuire the. Most Valuable Player title in the B Division
championship ame..of the Blyth Slo- itch tournament on Sunday.
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. MacKenzie, who played .most of the gime "in his barefeet, made an
• incredible catch on a line 'drive. to , tlfifth ; inning -to influence. the
Lucknow • Kinsmen's -defeat' !Of 'the Blyth- Howsods to take the B
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champlonship. Lucknow made a clean sweep of the tournament as the
Lucknow Slo-pitch team defeated the Blyth Vees to win the A
championship. Lueknow's Jim Bain 'bit a .grand simn, < his second
home run of the' day; to take the` Most Valuable Mite tkophy of=t>ai A
division,, More „pictures . are. inside today's Sentinel on pages 10 and
incite by' Shairois'flim)
Lucknow cleaned housewhen two local
teams
teams won both the A and B divisions at the
Blyth Slo pitch Tournament held on the
weekend.
Lucknow Slo-pitch defeated Blyth. Vees by
a 14 - 8 score to win the '.A division
championship and Lucknow Kinsmen de-
feated the Blyth Howson's by a 11 4 score
to win the B division.
Lucknow's Jim Bain, who bit a home son
to drivein three runs with the bases loaded
during the final game, was named Most
Valuable Player of .the A division champion-
ship game.
John MacKenzie, who played an exceilent
game on shortstop for the Lucknow Kins-
men, was. named Most Valuable Player of
the B division chathpionship game.
The Lucknow Fire Department escorted
the champs around town on the pumper
truck when they returned to town about 9.00
p.m. Sunday evening, to announce their
clean sweep of . the tournament.
It was the second weekend ina row that
two Lucknow teams had come home with
tournament wins.
Last weekend the Lucknow Slo-pitch team
returned with the A division championship
from the . Dungannon . Slo-pitch . tournament
and the Lucknow Legion Intermediates
returned homefrom the ' Deep River
Tournament with the B division champion-
ship.
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The, Lucknow Intermediates have . ended
their regular season of play on 'a winning.
note by-: defeating ,Yiein}ore 4 .; 2t They wilt
oPen- their luarter~'`fina1 l y !'>ses' i
Linwood at the Lucknow Ball Park, tonight at
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Public voices strong objection to go-kart racing
Ashfield Township Council is still deliber-
ating on the contentious issue of go-kart
racing at -the PoreAlbert airport. Following a
public meeting Tuesday evening, : August 4,
attended by 75 permanent and summer
residents. of . the area, Reeve Warren Zinn
said council is considering the matter under
consultation with their solicitor, Dan Mur-
phy, and they hope to make a decision on
their course of action in the near future.
If council takes the position presented to
them at the public . meeting, they will do
whatever is within their means to stop
go-kart racing at the old airport.
The residents who attended the meeting
presented to council a petition outlining their
opposition to any change or amendment to
the existing agricultural land use designa-
tion for any commercial or industrial use not
directly related to agriculture.
The petition was signed by approximately.
590 people.
The purpose of the public meeting was to
give Can -Kart Ltd., of Rexdale, the company
which wants to lease the land for go-kart
racing, an opportunity to explain their
proposal to the residents in the area. The
meeting was also . called to give the local
residents a chance to voice their concerns
and objections. .
The meeting opened with reeve Zinn's
announcement that Can -Kart, had informed
him by telephone at 4.30 that afternoon they
would not attend the meeting but perhaps in
the future, they would approach council
again about holdingraces it the airport.,
Zinn said he regretted that Can -Kart had
chosen not to attend the meeting because he
feltit would have cleared some misunder-
standings.
Council invited the residents to
make their position known to council even
thoughan-Kart was not present. ,
Council's solicitor, Dan Murphy, suggest-
ed the residents outline their position and
leave any ' petitions with council to . be
considered if council must make, a decision
on the matter in the future.
Michael Garvey, whose property adjoins
the airport, told the meeting he feared
Can -Kart would approach council during the
winter months when the summer residents
have returned homeandare inactive.
"We could come back and to go-karts
would .be in," said Garvey. He suggested
'that since the township has no zoning.by-law
in place, Can -Kart could could go in and
start racing next week.
"This would become an existing land use
and when the zoning by-law is . passed,"
Warned Garvey, "there would be nothing to
be done to stop them."
Garvey asked that council act now using
whatever means at their disposal to stop
go-kart racing at the airport. He referred to a
letter, he had written to council which cited
several reasons why go-kart racing is
undesirable at the Port Albert location
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Crossroads visitor plans to climb Mt. Everest
Eighteen -year-old Netup Lama likes a
challenge and he has chosen one of the
biggest in the world. He and a company of
friends plan to Climb Mount Everest next
spring.
Netup is visiting Canadian farms on the
Canadian Crossroads International exchange
because he is interested in farming and
travel. He has visited farms at Glencoe,
Kerwood, Forest and Brucefield before
coming to the farm of Merle and Sheila
Gunby inn Ashfield Township,
Netup has been mountain climbing since
1979 when he climbed to 23,000 feet. He
enjoys climbing because of the sense of
excitement he feels when he climbs and
looks forward to the challenge of Everest.
There will be between 16 and 20 in the group
who are planning the climb for next spring.
They will go to the base camp in February
and wait for the weather to be suitable to
make their start. The climb will take place
between March and May.
It takes 40 days to climb up and back says
Netup as jtou can only climb in the mornings.
Afternoons are impossible if there is ice
because it becomes so soft and you sink.
Mountain climbing is, a favourite sport for
the native ..of Nepal because the country is
mostly mountainous except for the flatlands
in the south.
A second year university student who
wants to change from a science course to
agriculture, Netup farms with his father on
their 112 acre farm near Kadhmendu, the
capital city of Nepal.
Netup's father is a retired lawyer who took
up farming about eight years ago. Their
farm produces rice, " corn and beans,
Methods are primitive and most of the work
is done by ox and hoe. '
Nepal is an independent country sand-
wiched between China and . India which
exports rice, jute and tea. Cigarette factories
in the south export cigarettes to. India.
Netup describes his trip to Canada as
"incredible" because of the advanced
technology he has seen on Canadian farms.
He says he has learned some things which
will be helpfulon his farm. He wants to take
home a few strawberry plants .because he
loves the fruit and plans to plant apple trees
when he returns.
Netup will stay in Canada until September
8, travelling to a Kingston farm when he
leaves Ashfield Township. He applied for
the Crossroads exchange through . his
brother who was the first farmer from Nepal
to come to Canada on the program. Netup
was anxious to take the trip because it
combined an opportunity to travel and learn
more about agriculture.
He has travelled to India, Thailand, New
Zealand and Japan and wants to see more of
the world. He also enjoys motor bike riding,
soccer and collecting stamps.
An accomplished linguist, he speaks
several languages including Nepali, Sherpa
(the language of the mountain villages),
Hindi, Tibetan. and English.
Netup plans to complete his university
degree in agriculture and continue to travel,
but in the immediate future his sights are set
on Mount Everest. Right now climbing to the
top the highest mountain in the world is his
most important goal.
Netup Lama