Clinton News-Record, 1977-01-13, Page 7Ramblaulgs from the races
• By Lois Gibbings -
.. One of otir yOungest and
most successful area drivers
is Bill Rapson, the 18 -year-old
son of Gord and Evelyn
Rapson of Hohnesville. To
gain experience, he spent his.
1974 summer working with
the Don Corbett Stable; in
fact he was training King's
Chuck when 'he got his
lifetime feiord ofp, 2:04.2. •
The .following uminer he
spent with Dave Wall's °
,Stable.
In September 1975, he
obtained his driver's,license.
Since leaving :School after
4tGrade 12 in Clinton in -June
1975, Bill has been training
and driving ,fulltime the
horses owned by - his
family.He has already driven
in 79 races by the endof 1976.
With A Mortgage Lifter, he •
had four wins, two seconds
and one third.
Ackwin gave Bill three
wins, four seconds and seven
third place finishes while
Flame Messenger, his
mother's trotter, accounted
for three more wins, seven
seconds and five thirds. Chief
Noble, although trained and
driven part of the season by
Norm Campbell, also gave
Bill a couple of thirds.
He has raced at Goderich,
Hanover, Elmire, Flamboro,
and London.
It will be interesting to
watch Cindy's two-year-old
named Ferric Chief this
year.He is by Ferric Hanover
- K.S.B. Chief, and is a half-
brother to Chief Noble, p,
2:09.2, owned by her dad that
raced successfully as a two-
year-old in 1976.
. Other future stars to ap-
pear. from the Rapson barn
may be Bill's yearling, by the
Bye Bye Byrd stallion, John
R. Rip-K.S.B. Chief or the
first foal of Sassy Dee, by the
• Herbert's .Speedy Scot'
stallion, Reflected Way, also
now a yearling, owned by his
father Gord. -
K.S.B. Chief, while rading,
took a record of p, 2:07.3 and
earned over $11,000; while
Sassy Dee made over $9,000
trotting and has a record of
2:11. .
Dapper Dillon, returned to
the races with a third place
finish for trainer -driver
Terry Kerr ttt Windsor
Raceway on January 4. He
raced again on Sunday and
this time was a winner in
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2:05.2.
-In 1976, the outstanding
trotter by .Dapper Hi11 - Ann
Key made over $34,000 and
took a record of 2:02.2.
Hickory Lassie, owned by
Frank Cook of Clinton, was
third at Flamboro on January
4 with Max Jorgenson
driving.
'Dilly Dares had a third for
driver Ray McLean and
owner Wayne Horner of
Brucefield.Swinging Beauty
finished second with Ron
Williamson of Seaforth at the
same track on Thursday
night.
At London, on Friday night,
Imp Mathers had a fourth
place finish fer the Broken M.
Stables of Goderich. He
picked up .03yerli $2,000 in 1976
With one:win:one second and
eight thirds from 34 races.
Scarlet Walbob, a six-year-
old trotter, by Sarlet Wave -
Linda Atom, owned by Waiter
and Robert Daer f Goderich,
was fourth with Frank Dam
�n the,bike. He had his best
year at the races in 1976,
when he earned over $2,700
from 16 starts with a standing,
of 4 - 5 - 6 and a record of
2:11.2. -
King's Greentree; owned by
Wayne Horner of Brucefield,
won the tenth race' at
Flamboro, 2,;09.2, on
Saturday night. '
The same night at Windsor;
Shelly Duke; owned •by Art
Maskell of Goderich was
second.
Bubbling Over,. owned by
Bill Fleming of Clinton,
third at Greenwood in
Toronto for driver Tom
Strauss. •
Will Knight finished third
for owners Ken Parke of
Zurich and John H. Lester of
Forest.
The races were called off on
Monday night at Western
Fair Raceway because of the
snow storm.
CLINTON NEWS,RECORP, Tfital,PAY, JANVARY130977.tr,P947: •
Clintonfigu- re skatingclub new*
You win sprne and you lose
some that was the
• somewhat awkward feeling
the registration desk felt by
Saturday noon.
The registration dtiy for the
second session of the Learn to
Skateprogram took place 11 -
12 noon last Saturday, Jan. 8.„
Seventeen new members
stepped courageously out
onto the ice, eagerly sup-
. ported figuratively -and
sometimes physically by
their new teachers and ex-
perienced members.
However, some of our
September members failed to
re -register. Another week
will tellvif they were not in-
terested or else just forgot,
That's the advantage to the
skater to have %. two
registrations during the year.
Not as much money need be
invested if a child fails - to
keep up his interest in skating
mid -way through the year.
Some juniors passed some
tests on Saturday. Colleen
Radford passed three tests,
stroking, elementary and
Margaret Henderson, left, and Sandra McLachlan
received Advanced honors at the 4-H Achievement Day
in Seaforth for 'completing 18 projects over the past 8
years. (photo by Wilma•Oke) •
juveniles make drive for wire
The Clinton.Juveniles, with
a mediocre record so far this
season, prepare for a tough
wind-up of their schedule.
The team will play 15 games
in eight days starting with a
home game against Mildmay,
Saturday night, after the
Winter Carnival Family
Skating. Game time is 9 p.m.
In recent games, the
Juveniles averaged two
previous. losses to Howick and
Listowel. Howick was
defeated 6-3 in a home game
December 18, and ListoWel
fell in a tough 3-2 battle on
January 2nd, also at the local
arena.
Seaforth curling news
Seaforth Curling Club
members may not be able to
'curl in their own club, but
that hasn't stopped them
from curling. Many entered
area bonspiels last week to
"keep in shape."
Three teams curled in
Exeter on Saturday in a
men's spiel. Bob Wilson, Stu
McCall, Bill Fleming and Bill
Lobb took second prize in the
9 a.m. Draw. Also curling in
that draw were Ray „Hut-
chinson, Eric McIntosh, Ken
Moore and Darwirf' Ban-
nerman.
Curling in the 11 a.m. draw
were ,Dave Cornish, Herb -
Travis, Berne McKinley, and
Ron Bennett. DaV-6-- and his
rink *on first prize and the
trophy for, top team of the
day. This is the third year in a
row' that Dave has won the
trophy.
A team consisting of Glen
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Hayter, Neil Dalmagey Jack
Kyle and * Mike Thomas
travelled to St. Marys on
Saturday,. and came home
with secOnd prize.
Vanastra Curling Club
hosted the Junior Tankard
Competition on Sunday.
Seaforth's.entry was skipped •
by David Ste. Marie, vice
Glen. Stewart, second John
Primeau, and lead David
Underwood.
Seaforth defeated Exeter
10-6 in the first round. In the
second round Seaforth
defeated Palmerston 9-7 and
Listowel beat Vanastra 10-4.
That put Seaforth and
-Listowel in contention for top
spot, but Listowel came away
with the honours after
defeating our boys 11-4. It was
nice to see a good many
spectators out to watch the
Juniors play.
A winner for the first draw
- of the Juniors' was declared.
Taking top points -was glen
Stewart's team with Betsy
Ste. Marie, Wayne Pryce, and
Maureen Hutchinson.
Arena renovations
Bell Construction Com
pleted the reinforcement to
the arena's trusses last week. •
On Friday, the rest of the
steel arrived and work is
underway and progressing.
favourabley.
Don't forget to mention the
Junior Mixed Spiel on
January '30th to any junior
curlers you 'know. We would
appreciate 'their entries and
Participation is good ex-
perience' for the younger
curlers.
Last* Saturday, an attempt
to avenge another earlier loss
to Harriston, ended in defeat.
Clinton dropped a 773,loss to a
very tough Harriston team,
yvho had lost' only one game
this season and appear to be
the cream of the league.
-The team this year,
coached and managed , by
Ross Jewitt and Bill Counter,
have a seven -win; five -loss;
one -tie record to. date;
scoring 72 goals while
allowing 65.
Don Peterson is the regular
goalie with back up provided
by Dick Divok. Defence has:
Mike Gibbins (captain), and
Dave Archibald, while Dennis
Walter. teams up with Steve
Campbell. Jim Moon is the
fifth defenceman, replacing
Tom Mill, who ' recently
underwent an operation, and
is soon to enter the Armed
Forces.
Paul Priestap, centers Neil
Colquhoun and John Feeney;
Jamie Caldwell, formerly of
the Hensall Minor and
Seaforth Junior 'D' teams,
centres Dave Counter and
Steve Jones. Dave° Clynick
works between Gary Tebbutt
and Mary Merner or Paul
Gibbings, giving the team
three balanced lines, any of
which can back up a game.
As mentioned `earlier,
Mildmay is in Clinton this
Saturday. On Saturday,
January 22, Lucknow will be
in town for the final Minor
Hockey game of that day
scheduled to start at 8:45 p.m.
Goderich winds up its local
regular schedule'on Sunday,
January 23rd beginning at
4:30 p.m.
The always strong Mount
Forest team has a trip to
Clinton coming up, but no
game time or date has been
arranged.
The league is providing
good juvenile hockey, so note
the above dates and come out
to support the team. They
react to a good crowd with
excellent hockey.
Goderich Twp. rec. news
Weather conditions caused
postponement of the Goderich
Twsp. Recreation meeting on
Monday. The rescheduled
date is Wed. Jan. 19.
A poor response was noted
at registration of boys hockey
in Bayfield on Saturday.
Registration will be held once
more on this Saturday, Jan.
15, 1:30 - 2:30 at the Bayfield'
arena. If there- are too few
registrations, other alter-
natives will be planned for the
hour already allocated to the
township.
Young., adults' volleyball
regiStration was Wed. Jan. 12
at Holmesville school. It is
not known yet the results of
that registration. •
Anyone interested in cross
*country skiing as a club
phone Mrs. Fran Powell at
482 -3265. -by Audrey Mid-
dleton.
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
NIGHT SCHOOL COURSES
. Commencing in January
. Phone: 482-3471
;:,--Night Classes Were Postponed 1 Week
• CENTRAL HURON.
• SECONDARY SCHOOL
MONDAY, JANUARY 176
1. Upholstery
2. Stretch Sewing
(basic & advaneed)
3. Income Tax
4. Colour Photography
5. Macrame
TUESDAY, JANUARY 18th
1. Welding
2. -karate
3. First Aid
4. Ladies Fitness
- 10 weeks
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-----WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19th
1. Woodworking
2. Art •
3. Beginning Knitting
and Crocheting
10 weeks
10 weeks, -•
- 10 weeks -
Starting in March - Ceramics
Starting in April - Golf & Gardening
RATES,
10 week course
. - $12.00
e week course $10.00
• ALL COURSES START AT 8:00 P.M.
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basic. Carole Beane passed
her Novice 2. Good for you,
girls. Keep up the fine
progress.
Carnival Week has arrived
and our show is ° to be
resented Sunday afternoon 2
- 4 p.m. at, the Clinton arena.
Intermediates and seniors
have three precision numbers
,which keep looking better
and better. Indeed, Clinton
and district will be quite
proud to see that eight of our
own club members' will be
dancing three high test
dances in a fancy precision
number. Then the eight plus
another four skaters'skate
smoothly to a show girl
number danced to the music
of Cabaret and Hello Dolly,
. The dozen or so in-
terrnedtes will. show a
finesse Much. developed since
last year, skating 'to the
music of Beautiful Balloon.
Of founse the stars of the
show. are always our hard
working beginners and
juniors who are the delight of
their grandparents eye and
ruel
continue to
every one else.
• By popular request, our
guest skaters will be the same
as tat year, the much acu
ciatmed pair from the
Wingham skating club,
Blaine Moore and "Carole
Wheeler. They are competing -
this very week in the Central
Canadian Divisional
Championship at Guelph in
the novice pairs class.
Please note: all beginnerS
and juniors are asked to come
to the arena b,y 10 a"..m „on Sat.
Jan 15 to allow extra time for
carnival preparation. • •
- Winter Carnival Utile is
now, We can't wait 'till the
show begins. See you there
Sunday 2 - 4 p.m. You'll be
supporting the annual minter
carnival - by Audrey Mid-
dleton.
Advertising:.
lets yOu know.
what's what.
CANADIAN ADVE TONG ADVISORY BOARD
We at -the P.U.C. have a great responsibility. As your custodians we must be at your service 24
hours a dal) seven days a week. When you flick a switch it's our job to see that the lights come on.
This, of course, means that we must keep your equipment in Al'condition and thoroughly up to date to
make sure we can meet the demands you may make on us.
That's why we facethe ever present problem of updating equipment and building new lines..
That is the problem we face. We find each year that added amounts we pay for labor, for tran-
sportation, for equipment and supplies are a little bigger. So far by the strictest economy and careful
management we have found it possible to operate within our 'existing revenue despite,,increasing
costs. •
Now Ontario Hydro has raised the cost of the power we buy from them by 31 percent. There no
longer is any alternative. We must go to you, the consumer, to offset this increase in hydro cost. The
P.U.C. has absorbed the.cost of poWer increase January 1976 to date.
Rates, in terms of the ,service electricity provides you, will still be low. iHowever, corn mencing
January 1,1977, next billings will show an average increase of .30,percent to reflect the increase in the
cost of the power we buy. New Retail Rates are effective with all bills issued after February 1, 1977 on
a ,pro -rating system.
SCHEDULE OF RATES & CHARGES
MONTHLY RATES AND CHARGES
Residential
First 50 kwh at 618 c per kwh
Next 200, kwh at 3.5 c per kwh
Next 500. kwh at w2.15 c per kwh
Alt additional kwh at 2.25 c per kwh
Minimum bill $3.50
w Metered Water Heating Customers Only
General .(0-5,000 kw)
Billing Demand
First 50 kw at No Charge
Balance kw at $2.50 per kw
Energy Charges
First 50 kwh at 6.8 c per kwh
Next 200 kwh at 3.8 c per kwh
Next 9,750 kwh at 2.75 c per kwh
Next kwh at - c per kwh
All additional kwh at 1.5 c per kwh
Minimum Bill
Street Lighting
Energy charges -calculated on the basis of $7.90 per
kilowatt of the street lighting connected load. .
Sentinel Lighting
Energy charges for unmetered sentinel lighting ser-
vice where applicable, shall be calculated on the basis
of 1.1 times the energy charges for street lighting. ,
Flat Rate Water Heating Schedule No. 126
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-Charges as attached
Applicable to existing installations only
- under 50 kw of billing demand - $3.50
over 50 kw of billing demand - $o.25 per kw for all kw applicable to We.
maximum billing demand during the previous 11 months or the con-
tractecf amount whichever is the greater.
Transformation Allowance
•
- rates are based upon service at utilization voltage. Where the
customer provides transformation facilities, the following allowances
•
will apply .- for stepdown from transmission voltage -1 40c per kw of
billing demand per month. -•••
for stepdown from t ubtransmission voltage - 2Sc per kw of billing
demand per month. •
for stepdown from distributionyoltage - 15c per kw of billing demand ,
- per month.
EQUIPMENT RENTAL CHARGES
Water Heaters - 40 or 60 gallons • $2:00 -month
Sentinel Lighting - 175W - $2.65 -month
- 250W $2.80 -month
- 400W - $2.90 -month
MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES
Disconnection Charge - $10.00
Reconnection Charge - $10.00
. Service Calls - Customer -Owned Equipment - Working Hours - $10.00
Service Calls - Customer Owned Equipment - Non Working Hours -
$20.00
An additional amount of 15 percent shall apply to all bills not paid on or
before the due date.
- An additional amount of 5 % shall apply to all
bilis not paid on• or before the due date.
CLINTON 'PUBLIC
UTILIT11$4 COMMISSION
John Wisp, Clniirmon
- R. J. Boussey, tilomger
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