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Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July, 25, 1984 --Page 2
Donkey baseball: a .... .].quak.e of fun, ,
Ever play the piano with mittens on? Ever are positioned as : follows — • three for • thrown or batted ball but he must take his
eat corn on the cob through a picket fence? basemen, three for fielders,. .one for short- donkey with, him.. Before he on throw the •
These feats , are easy compared to playing stop. These donkeys remain .in position for ball he must be Qni `the•*Donkey. • 4. player
ball from the backs of stubborn jackasses. both teams. Four donkeys are used as base often finds after remounting that be is fac-
Donkey baseball requires the ball playing runners for the batters: ing the• opposite direction; from. where he
ability of Mickey Mantle, the -horsemanship wants to throw the bail.
the vocabula The Pitcher and catcher are the only For the batter, an attendant holds a
of a rodeo performer, ry of a players unmounted and they are confined to Donkey, in readiness, the .batter strikes till
Missouri mule skinner; the sense of humour a• restricted area for their active+les, he hits -the ball. in soon as the ball is hit, .the
of Bob. Hope all rolled into one. Players are not required to s ounted at,T
donkey batter amounts' the Donkey and is ready. to
As £ performers combine all these ° all tunes but they must be on donke back to
talents, it's a sure thing that local fanswill participate in any play.
have the opportunity of seeing bonehead
diamond plays pulled by experts. It's a real
comedy of errors when the . Lucknow
en and the. West Huron Junior
ers take the field August 5. at 7:30 p.m.
on the Caledonian Park diamond.
Jim Smith Enterprises of f Fenelon Falls,
Ontario, supply the animals for this weird
contest. They bring eleven donkeys which
start the circuit of bases, providing, of
course, his Donkey is willing. If the Donkey
As the donkeys are trained to do the wrong wishes to go to third instead of f irSt, ' the
thing andjust naturally have a mind of their strongest will prevails andDonkeys are not
own, this rule provides many hilarious noted for being co-operative: •
situations. • . • If- a batter, in two attempts is •"uhable to
Bases , are circles four feet deep in ride his Donkey between the bases, he is
diameter and players "on t base" must be auternatically "out".
on the Donkey and Piave two its feet in the Eager men and stubborn donks, all add up
circle. • . to an evening 4of hilarious. fun for the spec -
'A player may, go on foot to recover a . . tators.
OFA outlines election program for agriculture
- 0 BYLDONAL.O'CONNUR. e ---
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
meeting in Stratford last /Wednesday, outlin-
ed an eight -point agricultural platform and
called upon 'member county federations to
lobby all candidates on the issues' prior to•
the coming federal electiol►.
The platform presented to the OFA direc-
tors meeting by federation. president Harry
Pelissero includes:: . 1 •
•abolition of capital gains tag on the sale '
• of farm property;
'
- jestablishing - a federal -provincial -_price
stabilization program in conjunction with
producers; •
'introducing agri-bonds t� fund farm
credit at rates lower than those offered by
the usual lending institutions:
•dropping excise taxes on farm fuels, fer-
tilizer and natural gas; •
•amending section 31 of the Income Tax
Act so that farm losses can be deducted
from off -farm income on a formula that •
reduces the deductible loses as off -farm in-
comeincreases- -� _. •
•amending the bankruptcy legislation so
that farmers have the right to -recover goods
delivered to a business, but not paid for,
when the business becomes bankrupt....
Pelissero 'stressed the . 'importance :of
farmers becoming more involved in putting
forth farm interests during the, federal elec-
t tion campaign. -
He suggested that county federations
could use the OFA platform as a basis for
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Bruce MacDonald to seek Liberal nomination
-Bruce McDonald, 30, of Carrick Township
is pleased to announce today: his decision to.
seek the Liberal nomination in. Huron -Bruce
for the forthcoming federal election.
Mr, McDonald has a long history of
Liberal, Party involvement having been in-
volved for over 12 years in Huron -Bruce
Liberal politics. He is a Past Presid% of
the Huron -Bruce Liberal' Association and
Past Campaign Chairman in 1979 and 1980.
Most recently, he was a delegate to the re-
cent Leadership; Convention and, currently
serves as the Vice President of the Wester'
Ontario North Liberal Association. :
He is a life long resident of tfie riding. He
was born in.Brus$els and raised, op a farm in
Grey Township. He cornes from a family
well known locally, both for its farming ac-
tivities and for its heavy involvement and,
commitment tp community and civic. af-
fairs. His great -great-grandfather was the
first reeve of Grey, Township. , -
Mr. Bruce McDonald was ,,educated at
Walton Public School and at the Seaforth
District High School.- He has a Bachelor of
ffusiness . Administration Degree from
Wilfrid Laurier University obtained in 1977.
He is a small:businessman in the riding.
He currently is a partner in the firm Craig,
McDonald, Reddon"Insurance Broker Ltd,
and operates their. Formosa and Mildmay
offices.
Mr. McDonald said he brings tothe cam-
paign youth, energy and enthusiasm. He has
-,extensive political expertise and experience
and a sti ong desire to put that experience to.
work. He looks.. forward to . an . exciting
nomination periodand. a vigorous and winn-
ing campaign. •.• '
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