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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-12-24, Page 42114 WS -RECO ,D, WEDHSDA.Y,; ECEMBER. 31,1680 close in on playoff position l)YBOWL Marriage The Clinton Mustangs moved to within two posits of the last, playoff spot last .Weekend With a 7-6 story over Kin-. cardine in JutliorC 40- .tion. 0-.tion. Thep revious week,, the Stangs Were victorious in The bobcat (Lynx ruftis) is an interesting creature, seldom seen bythe average person. The northern limit of its range skirts across southern Canada, includes the whole of the U.S. and the northern half of Mexico. Areas of in- tensive agricultural activity rarely produce a -sighting—but Crop distribution maps of the bobcat's range, it appears to be present in a band from Huron County to the northern edge of Georgian Bay and across to the area near Gananoque and north to Renfrew. I have in the past heard stories of "wildcats" being sighted or heard in bush lots across southern Ontario, so apparently the odd bobcat does migrate into the area. The bobcat is a bold; solitary animal that is primarily nocturnal in its habit• which is why it is seldom seen. It can survive in swamps, woodlots, second growth forests, deserts and rocky hillsides which is one reason it has survived in spite of human enroachment on to its territory. Because it is seldom spotted, it has become popular todeclare that its population is declining and that it should be placed on the endangered species list when in fact, there is no biological information, that 1 know of, available to support this supposition. The secretive nature of the animal does however make it difficult to gather information about it. The female bobcat appears to come into oestrous in late February or early March, and after a gestation period between 50 and 60 days, gives birth to a litter of from one to seven kittens. Secondary litters born in late August, indicate that a second breeding may occur if the first one missed producing a litter. The kittens' eyes open at nine days and they are weaned after two months. They remain with their mother until late January when the breeding season begins, but are on their own after that. Bobcats are primarily small game predators, although it is known that they will occasionally tackle a deer. Its small size seldom results in success however unless the deer is in a=weakened state as a result of injuries or lack of food. Rabbits and mice make up the major part of the bobcat's diet supplemented where necessary by birds, reptiles and other small mammals. It will also occasionally predate upon livestock, mainly sheep and poultry, but recorded losses are low. The cat itself, especially when young, often falls prey to coyotes, foxes and great horned owls. If you are ever strolling through fresh snow in a particularly dense stand of forest and come_ across what appears to be an extra large cat print, you've just crossed the trail of a bobcat. If you're extra lucky and catch a glimpse of a bob tailed animal ghosting through the underbrush, you've probably just had your once in a lifetime look at Lynx rufus. ti handing the Walkerton Dlack Hawks their "first defeat of the , season as they upset the Hawks 10- 6,: In a ` rematch- in Walkertpn two days later, the $:tangsnarrowly missed another victory as the Hawks defeated the Mustangs 4-3, The Kiicardine 'game was. a close battle from start to finish as the Mustangs took .charge in the early going with two first period goals by Steve Arbour. The Kinucks ' came .pn strong in the second "period and soored three times while the Stangs managed only a pair by Greg Hallam aril Larry Daer. The Stangsentered the third period and fell behind 6-4 as Kincardine scored three times in the early stage before the Stangs got untracked and replied with three goals in the last four minutes of play to win the game 7-6. The Mustang marksmen in the third period were Larry Daer, Brad Armstrong and Greg Hallam with the winner. The Mustangs trail the Kinucks by a mere two points for the final playoff position and - also this Friday night the Mustangs will host the. Kinucks in Clinton at 8:30 p.m. In last week's games against the Black Hawks, the Mustangs took command in the opening game with a pair of first period goals by Pat Cyr and Don Elliott. The l3lack Hawks came to life with a three goal outburst early in the second period before the Stangs got untracked and scored three more themselves with Paul Dougherty grabbing a pair and Steve Arbour notching a single. The third period belonged to the Mustangs as they scored five more times to Walkerton's two ,and ended Walkerton's unbeaten streak at 17 games. Third period' scorers for the Stangs were Pat Cyr with a pair, Paul Dougherty, Larry Daer and Greg Flowers with singles. Flowers, Dougherty and Cyr all ) had five poikt games for the Mustangs, ' Gerry Gaynor was. exceptlonally sharp in the last two Clinton victories as he turned aside 35 shots per game for the Mustangs. The next game in Walkerton was a fast, hard-hitting- contest as • the Black Hawks scored first and the Stangs tied it before the period ended'. on a goal by Greg Hallam. The Hawks scored the only two goals of the second -period, o while the Stangs " were unable to get on the scoreboard and were faced with killing off a major and two minor pen alties starting the— s. third period. rt The Mustangs managed to kill off the penalties and scored a short-handed goal early in the third period by Greg Flowers to pull within one goal. The Black Hawks went ahead again by two goals midway through the third period on a deflection by a Mustang defenseman before Larry Daer scored the final Stangs goal with five miputes left on the clock. The teams battled end to end for the remainder of the game . but the Stangs failed to put the puck in the net. and the game ended 4-3. Former Walkerton .goaltender Jim Heilman played super for the Mustangs as he stopped 41 shots in an attempt to defeat his old teammates. The Mustangs play at home this Friday night against Kincardine and also on Sunday night when the Wingham Ironmen will be the visitors at 7:30 p.m. The Mustangs New Year's resolution will be not to lose a game in 1981 during the balance of the regular schedule. The executive, management and players would also like to wish their fans and supporters a Happy New Year. Quotable What we all want is progress - if we can have it without change. T.V. AND APPLIANCE CENTRE Don Jefferson, left,. treasurer of the Clinton Minor Hockey Association, last week accepted a $2,000 cheque from John Kassies, Clinton Kinsmen treasurer. The money will be used for ice time. (James Fitzgerald photo) sports Oldtimers rock ink Mice The Bayfield Oldtimers had little trouble with the Rink Mice as they swept twd games from the rodents' over the weekend. In a rare Friday night contest, Larouche banged home two quick goals at the expense of 'Mouse' goaltender Bence 'the Bad', before the Rink Mice roared back to take' a 5-2 lead. As the game wore on, the Oldtimers, came back to take con- trol, spurred by goals from ylaciimer Latimer and Romping, Rhea. Buffalo S .fires reject, `ROGER' tied the game and with only a minute or two left to play, a shot from the blueline by Tiny Tim deflected off Larouche and into the net for the 8-7 victory. In the regularly scheduled Saturday night game, the Oldtimers Registered Trade Mark.of RCA Inc trapped the Rink Mice by a 15'-9 9 score. New faces in the `Mouse' lineup in- cluded Leakie, Middle- sized Barb and Ricochet Ruth, but it wasn't enough to import these professionals as the Oldtimers relied on the G•umper (former Bayfield Merchant rearguard) and Keith 'the Kid' to beef up their lineup. It was an easy victory as Voluptuous Val and the remainder of the Old- timers stormed the Mouse net throughout the contest with Larouche setting up eight goals to lead the team. Big Barb, Middle-sized Barb and Storm in' Norm in were unable to co-ordinate the Rink Mice scoring drives-. Ramblings from th by Lois Gibbings B. x.. Sunday, piolted up his second win this year. and took a. new . race record of p, 2:06 at Greenwood(._, Raceway in Toronto on pecember 22. The speedy three-year- old hree-yearold gelding by H. •. A. Meadowland -Dark Lily is a half-brother to Pain- terkin, • whp is the dam of Super . Glo, p,2':00.2; Super Gayler Proud Painter and 'Welcome SKI& to name oily a fe B. J. Sunday, Fwho took a qualifying mark of p, 2:05.4 while in Randy Mc Lean's. Stable,, i now trained by Gary Fagan. at Toronto for owners -- .Ben and4J.eau eaga LL L Goderich. He now hastwo wins and three thirds from 12 lifetime starts in 1980 for earnings of $2,673. Ames Pride, a three- year-old filly by Ames Hanover -Dainty Debbie, irom the sae. part- nership as .B. I. Sunday, finished turd' in a 2:06.3 mile at Toronto the same night. ,• The c,l4ssy young Cpacer, while •racing at linton and Goderich earlier this year, aided' her trainer Jean Feagan' in finishing aniofig the top ten in. the trainer com- petition at the two tracks and enabled her to attend the banquet at Exeter. Aries Pride alsocomes. froma good family of race horses that include Mike Meadow p, 2:07.4; Pebbles Girl, a winner of $17,936; Dainty Meadow and the two-year-old Acnes Shadow, Froi r-1-2 starts-in4 98 Ames Pride has three wins, three seconds and one third, plus a record of p,2:04.3 and earnings of '$3,128. Will Knight won his eighth race this year with a p,2:07.3 mile at races Flamboro Downs near Dundas on December 26. John Lester of A Forest drove the .seven-year-old` gelding hy',Excel Knight- Fan Will • which .he co, a ke owns with Ken P r . of Zur soup Randy' Mclean finished second with Teres Major, d three- year -Old Good ruff': colt that he owns - in part- nership with seta Gold- farb of Beaconsfield, Quebec, at London On Boxing Day, Mississkippy was third in a 2i05.3 mile: at Win- dsor Raceway ' L, oti December 26 for owner Winston Powell of R1.2 Seaferth.. ie Cliff and Fleet warcpi•..x.YrMrn.+r•r. M1.-"-.M+a...aY ' Fighter were bogs third at the same track on r- December 27 for Wayne Horner Stable of Clinton. Frank MacDonald Was also third driving Skippy Dover for Lorne Tyndall of' Clinton at London on Saturday afternoon. Bantams are still the best by Bryan Marriage The Clinton Bantams kept their undefeated streak going last Saturday night as they tied Zurich 7-7 in.the last minute of play. The Bantams changed coaches three weeks ago. and have three wins and a tie in that stretch as they gear up for the Bantam tournament later - this month. Jeff Cor-rie opened the scoring in the first period and Zurich tied the game early in the second period. Randy Marriage and Rick Gautreau each scored early in the second period to open up a two goal lead before Zurich came back with a pair. Bobby Dupee scored before the period ended to give Clinton a one goal lead. The teams traded goals back and forth twice, with Craig MacIntosh and Scott Kay scoring for Clint n before Zurich scored ,.two more to go ahead 7-6 entering the last of play. The Clinton goaltender, Beecher Menzies, was lifted in favour of an extra attacker and two veteran defensemen, Randy Marriage and. Scott Kay, took over and Kay took a goalmouth pass from Marriage to tie the game with five seconds• left on the clock. Pee Wee goaltender Mack Horner played a strong game for Clinton in his half of the game as did Beecher Menzies , in the last half. Local lanes Clinton -Blyth Tuesday Ladies In the first series finals the Alley Cats have topped the league with 69 points. The Born Losers stayed close behind with 68, however the scoring drops with the Corner Pin Cuties who hold a third place position of 59. The Drop Backs have 56 points, the Bouncy Bunch have 55 and the Nitwits are in last place with 53.' • In individual play, Marg Kuiper held the high single. of 248 and the high triple of 618. The high average of 192 was held by Nellie Burkholder. In games over 225, Dorothy Roughen bowled 236 and Nellie Burkholder rolled 236 as well. Molson's Crown. Mixed • The Blackbirds and Cardinals are tied in first place with 50 points ,and the Blue Jays are next with 45. The Penguins have 42 points, the Hawks have 40 and the Chickadees are next with 38. The Falcons have 37 points and the Canaries are behind with only 34. Marj Moore was the top lady bowler, taking the Turn to page 8 CENTRAL HURON SECONDARY SCHOOL CLINTON, ONTARIO 1. Courses will begin during the week of January 12, 1981. at 7:30 P.M. 2. Interested persons can register in advance by calling the school at 482-3471. 3. Full-time day school students will not be required to pay night school tuition for credit courses. 4. Credit courses may be taken on a non-credit basis. 5. Fees are payable on the first night of classes. Cheques are to be made out to Central Huron Secondary School (Evening Classes). 6. Further information may be obtained by contacting Mr. M. Doherty at Central Huron Secondary School 482-3471 or 482-3779 in evenings. DATE— ._- Monday, January 12 ------COURSE- WEEKS COST Tuesday, January 13 Wednesday, January 14 Welding Furniture Refinishing Hairdressing - Step Dancing Sewing Horsemanship Yoga (Beginners) Calligraphy Dancefit Gourmet Cooking Archery English (CR) Photography Welding Badminton Knitting & Crochet iritt►rior Design Guitar Karate Car Care Typing Math 551 (CR) Chemistry 550 (CR) Rifle Range Ceramics Men's Fitness Art Flower arranging Upholstery Modern Dance • Cake Decorating (Beginners a Advanted) krsf Aid Dancefit Gsrrsman (CR) Thursday, Badminton January 15 Huhtar Safety Engtlsli as a Second Language W. Sheardown A. Clark L. Postill D. Flynn M. Divok M. Leeper K. Cudmore T. Weichel J. Netzke Chef B. Merrit W. Montgomery R. Smith J. Fitzgerald W. Sheardown K. Clynick E. Staddon T. St. Louts B. Burton J. Weary J. Hunt D. Renshaw E. Richman 0. Reeve W. Montgomery A. Clark J. Nigh L. Legg J. Vantyghem A. Clark Fran Son H. Hoggart W. Montgomery J. Netzke 5. Schwark K. Ci'ynick 10 '1S PLUS 10 '15 10 '15 Second Half '15 10 10 '15 10 '15 10 '15 10 '15 10 'J5 10 '15 10 '15 21 ° '30 10 '15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 SECOND HALF 10 25 25 10 10 10 10 '15 10 '15 10 '15 10 '15 10 '15 10 _ '15 Gyrj 10 '15 43 se 10'W,reks '1 Gyhl 10 20