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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-11-08, Page 7Ramblings from thc racetracks Leis Gibbings ° Several new horses have COrne into our area following the Ontario Blooded Horse Sale at Flarriboro Downs last Month. Bruce Dwee of'Clinton purchased a bay colt named Shadows End Run, a yearling by the 'Meadow Skipper sire Broadcaster B - Fly Fly Kammie by Fly Fly Byrd for $1,400. Carl and Grant Fisher of Goderich got Chipwood Muffin, a brown yearling • filly by JJ's primo, a son of Alb,atross, Abidoll by Scarlet Wave, for $3,500, Ronald Kerr of RR6 ner's Stable are con- tinuing to rade well at WindsOr- Raceway. Driver Bill pale was second this past week with Utah Counsel and Kenmarow Castlee and third with Zarnparo and Late Trade. Trotter Alinas Prince finished second for owner Jack Mcilwain of Seaforth on Saturday night. Frank MacDonald of Clinton was second with Wee Devil for Albert Deblock of Lucan • and fourth with Centinare for May and Walter Pepper of Clinton at London on Friday night, as well as fifth with Skippy Dover Goderi-ch--pak17-$750—fer---for Lorrre----tryndall of Royalview Chips, a brown yearling gelding by Troubadour Chip, another son of Meadow Skipper - Fair Sweetheart by Adios Butler. Arnold Kerr of Goderich bought Scram Socks, a bay gelding by the Meadow Skipper sire , Scram - First Wave by Overcall, for $3,000. 1-1., 0. (Bud) Jerry of Goderich paid $800 for Circle Drive, a brown 'yearling filly by the 'Shadow Wave sire, Invincible Shadow - 'Canny Girl ,by Scottish Pence and $1,100 for Shadow's Edge, a bay yearling filly by Invin- cible Shadow - Winnie I34th by Golden Money Maker. Gord Rapson of Holmesville paid $2,500 for Bandsman, a bay yearling filly by the outstanding trotter Dream of Glory - Pachy Tara by Florlis, at Scioto Downs, Columbus, 0 Lio in September. Since all the yearlings except the Fisherowned filly, are eligible to the Ontario- Sires Stakes it 'would be nice to see more 'local competitors. Horses from Clinton horseman Wayne Hor- '61 Clinton on Wednesday night. John Muir of Seaforth finished third with R. W. Scout for Larry Jeffrey of Goderich at Elmira Raceway on Saturday afternoon. He also drove Gaelic Bay and Gentle Penn Jack to third place finishes. It took the full Clinton -PUC crew- to restore hydro power, which was out for three hours on Tuesday afternoon to a small section of south Clinton, after a rotten pole snapped off and fell over, bringinidown high voltage wires, and transformers. High winds the night before are believed responsible for weakening the pole at the corner of James and Victoria Street. (James Fitzgerald photo) Down at the local bowling lanes Tuckersmith Mixed Broadfoot's Hammers have pounded their way to a first place position with 31 points and Sid's Crowbars are in second with 28. Scottie's Screwdrivers and John's Jacks each have 24 points, Veen- stra's Vicegrips have 22 points and Warren's Wrenches are in last' place with 21. Mary Buffinga was the top bowler of the day for the ladies-. • She took 'the high single with 257, the high triple with 611 and the high average of 195. For the ,men, Wes Lenting had the high single of 237 and the high triple of 719. Angus Hummel took the high average With 202. Molson's Crowi Mixed Marj Moore Vfas the top lady bowler o the week. She took the h gh single of 310, the high t iple of 797 and the high average of 244. For the men, Don McWhinney had the high single of 276 and the high triple of 766. Ken John- ston took the high average of 248. In the team standings, the Blue Jays re first with 25 point and the Penguins are second with 21. The Blackbirds are in third place val 18 points while the ChMadees and the Hawks both have 17. The Canaries are next with 16 points, the Car- dinals have 25 and the Falcons are in last place with 11. lcb CIllonyBlyth Ladies Tie Bern Losers are lead ng the league with 37 points and the Nitwits are next with 31. The Alley Cats are in third place with'3'O points and the Bouncy Bunch are next with 281/2. The Corner Pins have 271/2 points and the. Drop Backs are living up to their name in their last position place of 26. Nellie Burkholder rolled her way to the top of the standings by taking the high single of 229, the high triple of 636 and the high average of 190. Clinton Mixed The Fabulous -5 have a lead on first place with 31 points, but Spike +4 are close behind with 340 points and the Twilighters are next with 29. The scoring quickly drops and WaYne's Girls are next with 21, while Steve's Wonders have 18. The Grease Balis have 15 points,” the Head Pin Specialists are next with 13 and Braidzee's Boys are pulling up the rear with 11. In the ladies' individual scoring, Dianne Van: clerwal had the high single of 227 and the high triple of 615. Louise Gibbings took the high average of 194, Ray Riley had the men's• high ingle of 234 and Bob Falconer took the high triple of 648 and the high average of 205. Alarms save family ST. MARYS - Smoke detectors were credited for wakening a family and allowing them to escape from their smoke- filled house recently. Louis Cappa of St. Marys, his wife and three children were forced to flee their home shortly after 12:30 am. Watching the smoke billow out of his house, Mr. Cappa .said the house's two smoke detectors alerted him and his family. ' CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMB Readers write.... from page 4. w'ording .of by law No. 404914. If this had been done, -as it 4110441 have been. done, in 1974, we would flirt have. had the lid blown off in 1980. With others I can only speculate as to the reason for this neglect, if it was neglect. But this non -action tying in with the un- willingness of Mr. McIntosh to call together a public meeting in 1974, even though urged by letter from Toronto to deal with the unrest and dissatisfaction, makes this "neglect" look mighty suspicious. What do we learn? Perhaps this, that the chickens eventually do come home to roost. As people, we need to learn, and if we don't learn we will continue to pay dearly, to present complaints and issues in a proper manner to the proper authorities at the proper time. I became more and more amazed as I listened to the evidence that none of !tlthe bitchingn_c_k..,...sois•n ever amounted to a proper presentation to council. And by proper I mean a written letter to the township clerk requesting the complaint or issue to be placed on council's agenda. Apparently all the noise and flapping around in 1974 never reached council in any proper manner. What a hPautiful excuse to • i98ORAQ ignore all that noise! This is exactly what happened. ..And lastly, I hope that Council And council members also learned the valuable lesson to allow freedom, Of opinion among its meMberS. The apparent practice in council(s) pressure to conform to majority opinion is undemocratic to say U. least, and at the worst smacks like an inquisition board, And from here on let council. members . who vote negative on a particular issue requeSt the chairperson to have their negative vote recorded. Some years down the road such a recording will makOa difference in any OMB hearing or court procedure. Besides that, recording a negative vote is a coin - mon practice and courkrsy in any decently functioning glaternmental body. Ths_911113_hearing_oLOciolier_23,1.0_, me was an education in many -ways. I sincerely hope that it was a valuable learning experience for all. In that, case all the money and time and energy spent in conflict on this ussue from 1974 on need not be a total waste. Peter Mantel, Vanastra WELCOMES YOU! 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