The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-06-24, Page 36Page A36 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 BLuEWATER JR. ALL GIRL'S f 1AWKEY SCHOOL Mon. Aug. 24th - Thurs. Aug. 27th 10:OOam - 4:OOpm Girl's Novice - Girl's Midget Gemini Sportsplex, Strathroy 3 hour of on ice per day and off ice conditioning For more information please go to: www.bluewaterhawks.ca Come out and play the... MAITLAND COUNTRY CLUB North Harbour Rd., Goderich "' • Licenced Dining Room 4 y , \ i W. A ))‘ 21, MA 1 '+' 1 Not to be used with any other discount or coupon"I $5i00 1t 1 :00 1 1 ON 1 GREEN FEE ON 1 COURT FEE I (9 OR 18 HOLES) 1 I Present at Pro -Shop • Valid for 2009 1 • Scenic, Challenging 9 Hole Golf Course • C.P.G.A. Professional • Golf Lessions • Pro Shop • Lighted Tennis Courts 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Loll 524-9641 CLIP 8t SAVE m MAITLAND COUNTRY CLUB North Harbour Rd Goderich TOWNSHIP OF-- Amirrap-omboitge-wavvoro, I� J-) Photo by Dominique Milburn Fred Dutot of Clinton gives an exhibition pull during the Farm Stock 10,300 class division in Dungannon. Super Pull makes it through the rain Dominique Milburn signal -star staff If your engine didn't crack on the track in Dungannon, it'll last you the rest of the year. That was the consensus among pullers as the 10th an- nual Dungannon Super Pull rolled up the clay Saturday after a heavy run in the mud. Sixty engines in 14 classes took their turn on the track June 20, and many pullers took no prisoners with a num- ber of 'full pulls' gripping through to the Epcor 300. Many others cracked under the torque. Nearly 4,000 fans are estimated to. have attended the annual truck and tractor pull, and pull committee presi- dent Steve Adams said he wonders how many more there would have been if the sky was clear. Fielding calls from Windsor, Sarnia, Woodstock, and even Michigan, pull en- thusiasts had Adams' phone working overtime as the rain fell hard Saturday morning. "I had fans calling from all over wanting to make the drive if the pull was still a 'go'," Adams said. At the eleventh hour though, Mother Nature conceded. The grey clouds parted to reveal a hint of blue as the na- Calling for Volunteers The Council of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh passed By -Law 30-2009, being a by-law to prescribe and enforce standards for maintenance of property within the Township of Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh, excluding agriculturally zoned lands. This by-law shall establish of a committee to hear appeals of orders in accordance with the act. The Township is calling for three volunteers to sit on the Property Standards Committee. This committee has all the powers and functions of the officer who made the order, and the committee by doing so, would maintain the general intent and purpose of the by-law, and , either confirm, modify, rescind, or extend the time for complying with the order. All interested volunteers are asked to submit their letter of interest to the undersigned, no later than July 2nd by 12 noon. Mark Becker Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 82133 Council Line, RR 5 Goderich, ON N7A 3Y2 Email - clerkeacwtownship.ca Fax — 819-524-1981 !` Phone — 519-524-4869 tional anthem played across the Dungannon Fair Grounds. "Our biggest stress of the whole day was the rain," Adams said. "I was worried no fans were going to show up. But, the way everything turned out was excel- lent." Organizer and go -to guy, Ad- ams is fast becoming the poster boy for a great pull. Thanks to the dedication of he and his volunteer team, the Super Pull has garnered the attention of the province, as well as its American neighbours. "A couple of weeks ago, we had a [government] repre- sentative visit us in Dungannon," announcer Mark Groves boomed across the track. "He said, 'we've heard so much about the Super Pull here, we've had to put Dungannon on the map."' There was hard luck for a couple of local boys this year, Adams reported. Auburn's Rodgers brothers' Green Reaper, Joe Hannah's Angry Allis, and even Shawn Rod- gers' Farmers Fun of Bayfield cracked before the traction power of the Super clay. "And that was just the 6,000 pound Farm -Mod tractor class," Adams said. Even the Bud Bandit, Clinton resident Jim Middleton's '92 Chev 646 couldn't quite make the golden line reading Full Pull after two attempts in the dirt. But it wasn't all bad news. After years perched atop the announcers' podium, Adams got himself back in the mud for the 10th anniversary. He and brother, Dave, each ran the JD 5010 That Stink'n Deere to a second place victory in the 9,300 pound Super Farm class. "I just knew we had put a show on for the hometown crowd, I told myself go and giv'er all she's got, and I did. It's a thrill, exhilarating, your hearts still beatin' half hour after it's over," he said. A thrill rivaled only by the execu- tion of a full pull. After the last engine tore up the 300 foot stretch and the sun settled under the horizons, explosions ran out over Dungannon as a 15 -minute fireworks display lit up a glowing backlit sky. "What a way to finish -up the 10th anniversary," Adams said. "When we started this thing, we thought we'd be lucky to pull off the first one. Now here we are, and we'll keeper going as long as we can." As the crowd made their way out sporting Super Pull t - shirts, bumper stickers, hats, and even coolie -cups, many See TENTH, page 44. f,�T> _rlltLil Plant for the Cure Saturday, June 27 20% of your puchase will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society Sales continuing all week long $895 The period gift for breast ca survivor GREYHAVEN gardens Open 7 Days A Week Located 500 yds. west of Londesborough on County Road 15 1194 781