Clinton News-Record, 1978-11-23, Page 3•
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Derek Divok is not fond of winter as it puts a halt to his favorite pastime, sport
and hopeful careecgolfing. Derek is a golf nut and though he can't be out on the
course in the winter months around here, he makes up for it by playing hockey
with the Clinton junior team. (News -Record photo)
Business scene changes
There have been a large number of
changes in the businesses scene in
Clinton in the last several months, as
several new ones have opened, while
others have changed hands.
New businesses scheduled to open
this .month include a new used car,
dealership in the former Clinton
Chrysler building at the corner of
Victoria and Maria Streets. The
showroom, re -conditioning shop, is run
by the Jacob Thalen family of Listowel
who run the Vanastra Home Fur-
nishings.
A pinball arcade is set to open this
month in the former Maple Leaf Small
Engines building on Princess Street,
just upfrokn the,PU,C
• The ' litulding, which - has undergone
extensive renovations, is owned by Les
Seiler of Seaforth, who also runs the
Seaforth Creamery.
Clinton has enjoyed some fierce
competition in the fast food takeout
business in the last six weeks, as John
Keigan, who was the franchise holder
for Pizza Factory in town, bolted the
company and opened his own business
Of housing survey
called Pizza Express, in the former
Buffy's Burgers restaurant.
Pizza Factory is now run by the
London head office ,and a price war is
currently raging between the two
businesses.
A new women's ready-to-wear shop,
called Town Talk Fashions, opened two
weeks ago in the former Century
Restaurant,. on Huron Street after
renovations by leasee. Shirley and Al
Mathers, who also run the Shirals
Department Store on Albert Street.
The former Eaton's Catalogue Store,
which was vacant for a year after being
occupied by Woodbine Records, has
been purchased by next door neighbour
Beattie 'Furrtiture Store, which is
currentl us hig it for storage., but in
tend to open it as a retail store in the
near future.
But so far, there haven't been any
nibblers at the $48,000 price tag put on
the former Jervis Apartment Building
on Albert Street.
The 115 -year-old former hotel was
condemned last July by the Huron
County Health Unit and hasn't been
occupied since.
Stanley not out
In clarifying a story in last week's
News -Record, Stanley Township
council said that they aren't backing
out of the senior citizens housing needs
survey that is being conducted in
Clinton, and the surrounding four
townships.
However, unlike Clinton, Goderich,
Hullett and Tuckersmith Township, the
Stanley council agreed that it was too
soon after the last advertisement to
attempt to find applicants again.
In the last effort done over the past
two months, only 32 applicants showed
interest in the senior citizen housing
proposal. Clinton Clerk Cam Proctor
told Clinton council last week that the
Ontario Ministry of Housing felt this
number was not sufficient, and
suggested that the municipalities
advertise again.
Clerk Mel Graham of Stanley ex-
plained, "We (Stanley Township)
haven't opted out of the survey, but if
there's not enough interest now, how
can we get more with advertising so
soon."
"You can't push people," he added.
Stanley Reeve Tom Consitt agreed,
'saying that it might be better to wait
another six months to a year before the
survey was conducted again.
"This advertising costs money," he
added to his argument.
Clerk Graham pointed out that
presently in Stanley Township there
isn't anyone who is waiting for senior
housing, they've all found ac-
commodation.
"I don't think these surveys were the
best anyway," he admitted. "The
people would rather come to council to
ask for help than to fill out information
and send it to the ministry of housing."
.•, Despite their objections, Stanley
plans to remain involved in the housing
needs survey but for the present time,
Clerk Graham said, "I don't think
advertising will bring more people."
Two poles...
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November 17-18 when a car owned by
Kevin Dutot, Raglan Street, Clinton
was taken off the west side of Victofia
Street south of Mary Street.
The Pizza Express reported that the
money that they had been gathering for
the arena floor fund was stolen on
November 19.
Three unknown persons, who stated
they were from Sarnia, entered the
Huron Street establishment and made
food purchases. When they left, a glass
sealed jar containing $70 in change was
missing.
The Goderich OPP reported that a
pick up driven by Hedley Prouse, of
Clinton received $2,000 damages after
it rolled, struck a fence and hit two
trees last Friday.
Mr. Prouse was uninjured in the
accident that occurred on the Bayfield
Road. He was eastbound on the road
when he went into the north ditch and
rolled.
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'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOWINIAER 23, 197,0-4,4q4
by Shelley McPhee
Derek Divok takes his major interest
to school, Derek thinks and breathes
his hobby and sport day and night,
'spring, summer, and fall. He, even
hopes to make a career out of it.
Eighteen -year-old Derek is a golf
addict, has been for six years and has
no intentions of doing anything else.
The Grade 13 student at Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton is
hoping to go to Humber College in
Toronto next fall to study golf teaching
techniques and pro shop management.
Humber College is the only school in
Canada to Offer such a course.
"They don't offer it too much in
Canada because of the climate. There
are more schools in the United States,"
he said.
Along with his regular high school
studies, Derek is captain of the CHSS
golf team and has been for the past
three years. He has been on the team
since Grade 9.
He was proud to say that the CHSS
golf team came thlid in the Huron -
Perth competition this year.
"We did pretty good, we usually
come in sixth," he grinned.
In the competition, Derek won the
award for having the low gross.
Having the low gross, and winning a
trophy or award is a frequent success
for Derek. He has collected at least
eight trophies for such ac-
complishments from junior and men's
tournaments.
"I usually win a lot of my golfing
stuck in
the middle
stuff so 1 don't have to buy too much.
I've won shoes, bags, sweaters, golf
balls, hats, gloves, but 1 did buy my
clubs," he modestly said.
This year Derek participated in 15
tournaments, locally and in London.
He explained, "There's plenty of
good. competition at tournaments but
it's pretty tough. A lot of golfers have
good training. In London they have the
pros right on the course. Locally they
don't."
Vandals break...
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recreation or similar programs offered
by the municipalities would not lessen
the instances of willful damage.
"This type of person (vandal)
wouldn't go into any rec program. They
Westlake.
Chiefthe intelligence," said Chief
Chief Cairns agreed, "A certain few
are not interested in rec programs,
even if you lead them there by the
hand, they wouldn't go."
"They don't respect themselves or
anyone else," noted Chirf Westlake.
Vandalism remains a problem, a
seemingly unbound one.
"While you're checking one car,
another bunch is knocking off
mailboxes a mile, away," explained
Constable Armstrong.
"If you ride them, they let their
steam off," said Chief Westlake. "If
you don't, they run all over you."
Have you ever walked down the
streets of Clinton late at night? The
lights may be out in all the houses
and human activity is nearly at a
standstill, but there is something
special about a street like this.
On a calm night, summer or
winter, when I'm walking home
from a late night meeting, I always
look forward to hearing a particular
sound.
Songwriter and singer Paul Simon
referred to it as the "Sounds of
Silence," that unique noise that is
best heard at night.
I'm always amazed when I stop in
my tracks to hear that special sound
of quietness of nothing.
The alien noises of lawnmowers,
cars and, tru.clp , factories, music,
people and animals are muzzled on a
goodnight. ! r
Poets and writers have frequently
heard and expanded on this par-
ticular quiet sound in their works.
William Blake wrote about "the
silent delight" of the moon. William
Wordsworth told of the "innocent
blisses" of the night: John Keats apc,
F. Scott Fitzgerald both used tile
phrase "tender is the night" in their
writings.
To those writers, night and its
sounds create a special moment, A
moment that can be so easily
destroyed by the sound of a horn, the
barking of a dog or the closing of a
nearby door.
I especially •appreciate the
"sounds- of silence", a morpeiit of
quiet and peace is after an active,
talkative council meeting or after
I've been frantically taking
photographs at a concert.
?On L:ny way home, before I go into
the aPartment, 1 stand on thefront
sidewalk- and listen carefully/taking
in the special sound.
As I turn to Walk up the steps the
wail of the fire siren suddenly ex-
plodes in my ears. The fragile sound
is broken as I jump in my car, rev
my engine and take off.
"The older guys are a little more
serious about the game, but it's still a
lot of fun."
Derek, a seemingly relaxed, con-
fident teenager said, "I just go out and
try to do my best. I take more time and
try to visualize the shot. Sometimes it
turns out the way it's supposed to."
Obviously a few of Derek's shots
have gone in the right direction.
Presently he has a handicap of two,
quite a bit lower than his father and
friends who have handicaps around the
10 mark.
"The lower you get the better, so I
still have room for improvement," he
explained.
Derek admitted with a smile that he
is now a better golfer than his teacher,
George.
"I used to caddy for dad and I liked
that, so he taught me to golf. When I
was about 10, when we lived near
Timmins, we had a big yard so we
made a nine hole course where I
played."
Derek has three particular golfing
friends and although his handicap is
lower than theirs, they still can play
together and enjoy themselves.
"We just have a lot of fun. We like to
play different games like Jingle,
Jangle, Jungle, Jiff."
The game includes, the longest drive,
Jingle; the first on the green, Jangle;
the closest to the hole, Jungle and the
least amount of putts. Jiff.
Derek plays tit Bayfield golf course
every possible day from May to
October. This year on the course he got
a hole -in -one on the fifth hole and shot a
64, seven under par and a course
record.
"Golf is tough. There's more skill in
it than in any other sport."
Derek does participate in other
sports along with golf. Along with in-
tramural sports at school he is one of
the goalies for the Clinton Junior
Mustangs and has played hockey for
years.
"I like hockey," he explained, "but
not as much as golf. If I had to choose
between the two professions, I'd pick
golf, but I can't play golf in the winter
so I play hockey."
Like most golfers Derek does not like
winter and dreams about the day when
he can work as a pro in the south during
the winter months and come north
during the summer months.
"I want to stay away from the snow,"
he laughed.
Derek has no other plans for his
future, other than golfing. He wants to
make it his work and his enjoyment if
possible.
"Not many kids are golfing; don't
have the interest and they think it's a
dumb game, but it's a lot of fun. It's
relaxing. It's a challenge to get under
par, you get a chance to socialize and
you win prizes," he defended with a
smile.
Separate bd. sets budget
BY WILMA OKE
If the ministry of
education approves, the
Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic separate school
board will spend about
$588,500 on school im-
provements and new
buses in 1979, $317,500 in
1980 and about $785,000 in
1981, 1982 and 1983, for a
total capital expenditure
of $1,691,000. over the "
next five years.
The board set its
spending priorities
Monday night.
First on the list was St.
Michael's school in
Stratford where the
board hopes to convert
two classrooms to in-
dustrial arts rooms and
two classrooms to home
economics rooms. It also
plans to make a gym
balcony into a music
room, including equip-
ment for each. The
estimated cost is $185,000.
Its second priority for
1979 is to add three
classrooms at St.
Joseph's school in Clinton
to replace two portables,
there now, plus the ad-
dition of a special
education facility there
for the pupils in the
county of Huron. The
estimated cost is $368,500.
Its third priority for
1979 is the purchase of
two new buses to replace
two 1973 66 -passenger
buses at an estimated
cost of $35,000.
In 1980 the board
proposes to buy two
additional new buses for
an estimated $36,000 to
replace two 1974 72 -
passenger buses. In
addition the, board
proposes two classrooms,
a resource centre, kit-
chen and sleeping ac-
com modation as a
facility for out -door
education for the system
schools in co-operation
with one of the Con-
servation Authorities in
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