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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2002. PAGE 13.
We made our annual summer trek
to Toronto this past weekend, as we
have now for a dozen or more years,
to attend the Molson Indy.
I've been asked on more than one
occasion if the race isn't hot, noisy,
smelly or dirty? My reply has
always been, I guess so. We don't
really notice those things as they are
all part of the excitement of racing.
Because many of you may think
of car racing in only those terms, I
offer a few other aspects for your
consideration.
The Molson Indy is a week-long
happening for the City of Toronto
generating $56.9 million of
business. Racing events are spread
over three days. In its 17-year
history, the interest for the race has
increased as has the entertainment
The members of the Londesboro
Happy Gang Seniors ended their
year with a potluck supper on
Wednesday, June 26. Their next
meeting will be Wednesday, Sept.
25.
Melvina Smith was winner of a
large hanging basket of flowers that
evening.
Dorothy Johnston reported that at
South Huron Councillor Dave
Utlin is, so far, the only candidate
for warden for 2003.
Urlin announced his candidacy at
the. July meeting of council,
traditionally the month when
councillors express their intentions.
***
After a fatal accident at the
intersection of County Rds. 3 and 31
in Varna on the holiday weekend,
Bluewater Councillor Bill Dowson
has asked the county's roads
department to look into the
possibility of creating a four-way
stop in the village.
Dowson said that following the
accident in which an 18-y,gar-old
Stratford girl was killed, he had
many residents asking him what had
happened to a petition he had
brought to the county in which area
residents asked for the change.
David Carey, acting clerk-
administrator, said he would ask the
highways department to investigate.
***
Several people in the county have
expressed concerns that items about
the history of the Clinton air. force
base which they thought they were
giving to a museum at Vanastra have
ended up in a collection in London.
Claus Breede, director and curator
of the Huron County Museum, said
he had received several calls from
county residents who had made
donations to the Radome Museum
only to see their items moved to the
Mysteries of Radar Museum in
London after the closure of the
Vanastra museum. The -Clinton
museum had its • charitable
designation revoked and had to give
its collection to another eligible
museum, he said.
Breede said the history of the
Clinton base and its role -in the
aspect. This year there were five
different races to draw fans.
True enough, we do spend bigger
bucks to sit across from pit row.
With a street course, fans only see
that part of the race that roars over
their particular piece of pavement.
Since races can be won or lost in the
pits, the action there is worth the
price of the tickets.
And, of course, that puts our seats
in the start/finish area within easy
viewing of a large closed circuit TV
screen to catch the action around the
track.
Relatively new to Toronto's street
course - which runs through the
CNE grounds and along Lakeshore
Blvd. was Saturday's Cascar race.
One warmup lap for these 37 stock
cars was led 133 a Canadian Armed
Forces armoured vehicle.
In that race one of the cars that
started in the front row led for all but
the last few laps. On the final restart
that driver was edged out and had to
settle for third place while the car
that started dead last won the
checkered flag.
In the last race of the weekend, the
Formula F-1600 series race, 18-
year-old Ashley Taw of Newmarket
made racing history by starting from
the Grade 8_ graduation ceremony,
for Hullett Central School, she
presented the Seniors' award for
history to- Julian Bolinger and the,
one for French to Megan
Disher.
Following supper and the
finalizing of business for the
summer Bill and Wonetta Holland
and Harold and Melvina Smith
development of radar during World
War II is under-represented at the
county's museum, though it does
have the Edith Baker collection.
Central Huron Councillor Carol
Mitchell urged Breede to continue to
communicate with the original
organizers of the Vanastra museum
in an attempt to return the items to
Huron.
***
The county will contract with the
Twp. of North Huron to provide a
satellite service for the Ontario Early
Years Centre at Clinton. Similar
satellite services will be set up in
Seaforth, Goderich and South
Huron.
***
There's good news and bad news
for the Huron COunty Social Service
Department.
The Ontario Works caseload
dropped to just 356 in May, one of
the lowest in the province. The low
caseload, however, will reduce
the pole position. Tow is backed by
a Be Anything with Barbie at Wal-
Mart campaign aimed at
encouraging more young girls to
show an interest in this sport.
The big race, of course, was the
Cart series race of Indy cars. A
phalanx of motorcycle policemen
led the first warmup lap for that race
while overhead we watched
parachutists and a fighter jets flyby.
One of Canada's male opera stars
sang the national anthems.
Realizing Paul Newman was in
the pits with his Newman-Haas
racing team brought a flutter of
excitement as did the appearance of
Chris Benoit and •a female
counterpart of WWF fame.
The West Hill native and fan
favourite started second in the race
but was a DNF due to brake failure.
The pole sitter, Christians De Mata,
led for all of the 112 laps, proof of
the importance of starting first and
having a reliable car.
Every sport has its fan favourites
and heroes. In our opinion a true
hero attended the Toronto event. On
Sept. 15 last year, at the Euro
Speedway in Germany, race leader
Alex Zanardi spun out on cold tires
as he left the pits in front of Alex
played old favourites for listening,
enjoying and even a little dan-
cing.
The Happy Gang Seniors
celebrated with those having June
birthdays at Huronlea in Brussels on
Tuesday, June 25. Gladys Van
Egmond and the Merry Makers
provided appropriate music that
afternoon.
funding for the department.
"It's a Catch, 22," said John
MacKinnon, social services
administrator. "The goal is to find
jobs and make people independent
but by doing so; you get penalized."
Many of the province's
municipalities are in a similar
predicament, he said.
FARM SAFETY FACT
Did you know?
((NC) - Cows cause 33 per cent
of animal-related injuries and 16
per cent of animal-related fatali-
ties on Canadian farms. The calv-
ing season of January to June is
the primary times of incident
occurrence.
Canadian Agricultural Injury
Surveillance Program.
- News Canada
Tagliani.
The impact at 200 mph tore the
front off Zanardi's car severing both
his legs. The Cart medical team is
credited with saving his life.
Not originally expected to
survive, Alex waved both the green
flag to start the Indy race and the
checkered flag.
Zanardi's upbeat and fun-loving
nature has brought him through
months of pain, as he learned to
walk again on prosthetic legs. his
was a presence to admire as he
attended events and gave interviews
all week.
Now, if you are wondering about
visiting Toronto this summer what
with the news of a garbage strike,
consider this. The race venue and
the ball games are private concerns
and refuse will be handled
internally, so to speak.
We saw no more trash than usual
along downtown streets. The GTA
relies heavily on tourist dollars and
tourist sites will undoubtedly find
solutions to their own trash
problems.
Moreover, certainly the city will
endeavour to keep their image
unsullied to keep visitors com-
ing.
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