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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-01-26, Page 6PAGE 6—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 'S s s The Clinton Mustangs came up with a solid defensive effort last Friday night. by stinging the visiting Wingham lronmen 5-1, ending a three game losing streak. The win gives the Mustangs a five point cushion over the Port Elgin Bears in the battle for the fourth and final playoff spot. The news wasn't all good for Clinton as they lost the services of centreman Greg Flowers for the remainder of the season with a broken tendon in his knee. Flowers was injured at 12:24 of the first period when he took a heavy check from one of the lronmen. He was expected to undergo an operation in Stratford on Saturday. The Mustangs broke out of their three game skid in fine style as they threw everything at Wingham, keeping the opposition off stride through out the con- test. Wingham opened the scoring quickly in the first period as Dave Burns con- nected on the power play at 1:27. Burns nabbed a rebound from the slot and back -handed a shot over the shoulder of a partially screened Jim MacDonald. Play opened up midway through the period with both teams racing end-to-end with equal scoring opportunities. Right winger Grant Pryde deadlocked the score at one at 17:53 when his back- hander slid past Wingham goalie Mike Campbell low to the stick side. , 1983 ronm The second period belonged to the Mustangs as they dominated play out - shooting Wingham by a considera ble margin. CLnton hit a number of goal posts and cross bars before Brad Armstrong scored the go ahead goal at 6:14. The goal was a classic as Brian Horner hit Arm- strong with a perfect pass from behind the net. Arm- strong took the pass and unleashed a perfect wrist shot that made its way into the top corner of the net. Mustang left winger Ken Thornton re-injured his shoulder at 11:58 and had to be taken to the dressing room. The teams traded power play opportunities through the remainder of the period by neither could capitalize with the score remaining 2-1 Clinton after two period of play. The third period was all Clinton as they added three more goals to their total to seal the victory. Brad Armstrong scored his second goal of the game at 4:12 when he connected on a 15 foot slap shot that seemed to catch goaltender Campbell by surprise. Three minutes later Ross Snider gave Clinton a three goal lead when he took a pass from Brian Horner and ripped a snap shot past Campbell and into the lower corner of the net. Jack Adams closed out the scoring for Mustangs as he converted a nifty pass from Brent Daw through the legs of Campbell. The key to the Mustang victory appeared to be the fine physical effort by the team. Clinton hit everything wring the Ironmen em- blem en route to victory. Following the game Clinton coach Jim Nigro was pleased with his club's performance. "The team played well. We forechecked and stood up at the blueline. We registered 71 hits in the game and that was the key," said Nigro. Next weekend's home and home encounter with the Port Elgin Bears should prove to be the deciding factor as to who will make the final playoff position. Right now the Mustangs have to be favored to make that position. Ames By Lois Gibbi»gs Ames Pride, owned by Jean and ,::en Feagan of Goderich, won her first of the year at Western Fair Raceway in London on January 21 with Crawford McKeen driving for ' trainer Gerd Kerr. The six-year-old mare by the Tar Heel sire Arnes Hanover -Dainty Deb- bie by Philbrick Hanover finished third in her only other start in 1983. Last year, Ames Pride, took a new 2:03 pacing record while recording seven wins, three seconds and two thirds, good for ear - i rings of ,624 from 24 starts. To date she has won $18,012 lifetime. Gerry Roebuck of Goderich won the second with Towerline Cricket for owner Catherine McCut- cheon of London, we Ran- dy McLean was third with Sunrise Bingo for Douglas Kerr of Dungannon in the same race. Miss Kelly Rose, owned and trained by James D. Taylor of Hensall, finished second in a 2:06.2 mile with Ross Battin up. On January 13, trotter B Cor Samson, was claimed from Bill Fleming of Clinton AUTO BODY •\,\,1 COMPLETE AUTO BODY WORK RRUCEFILLD, ONTARIO NOM 1,10 BUS. (519) 482-7231 RES. (519) 482-3594 The Mustangs picked up an important victory last Friday night as they downed the Wingham Iromnen 5- 1. (Photo by Rod Hilts) ��Looking for a way to sharpen your dull scissors and knives? .— . Then Iola t Clinton Home Hardware Now°s your chance to have all th se dull scissors and knives that you have v round the house sharpened o The STAY -SHARP REPRESENTATIVE will be in our store this SAT RDAY, JANUA'.:.Y 29 9AM3P t® offer sh®rpe iI9 s, Pikes PRICE LIST: Standard [knife 99 199 3 SO Stood rd Scissors Pinking Shawl Saw Shorponin. Service also available throut"h carrcaw fig Horne Hardwarw� 24 Albert Str'ret oma to with the reprise Pit®tiave. CLI TON H ME HARDWARE J,A. l (four toll Soles Ltd. 432-7023 s in Lo at Windsor Raceway. Mak- ing his first start for his new owner Kevin Wallis on January 20, the five-year-old horse won the race in 2:04.3 for a new record. His previous best was 2:05.1 at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto last year. Verdun Vanstone finished second with Linlor Lebelle, co -owned by his wife Lois of Benmiller, in a 2:03.3 mile at London on Saturday after- noon. Fred Maguire took fifth with Jerry H. Direct in the same race. At Windsor on Sunday night, Randy McLean finish- ed second with pacer Blackbridge Jake, owned by Glenn Mitchell of Ailsa Craig, in a 2:01.2 mile, going for a $9,200 purse. Several locally owned horses competed at Flarn- boro Downs in the first leg of the Steel City Pacing Series with five divisions going for a total purse of $11,250. Merrywood Bojo, owned by Frank Cook and Nancy Holmes of Clinton, finished on fourth in the 2:08.2 first r;vi- sion with Ray McLean up for trainer Bob Marshall. Susan White, owned by Wm. Bradley of Goderich, was fifth in the 2:06.3 second division for driver -trainer Wayne Langille. Shy William, co -owned by Wm. i:.radley and Wayne Canaille. was third in the 2: .2 third division. At London on January 17, trotter Marclif Mike was third with Ross Battin up for Margaret Walsh of Brussels. Her husband Cliff trains Marclif Mike at the Clinton track. Grant Volland gave Hawthorns Judge his first win this year at London on January 19, timed in 2:11.1. The 10 -year-old pacer was claimed last summer at Clin- ton by Steve Carter of Lon- don. John Muir of Seaforth finished fifth with Kawartha Navaho for Alfred Grum- mett of Stratford. Shadows End Run, owned and trained by Bruce Dupee of Clinton was fourth in a 2:08.3 mile in the ninth with Wayne Dupee driving. Golden Jet speaks in Exeter The guest speaker at the 10th annual Exeter Lions Club Sportsman's Dinner will be the Golden Jet. Former star of the Chicago Black Hawks, Bob- by Hull will head a long list of impressive sporting guests at the dinner. It will be held February 8 at the South Huron Rec. Cen- tre. The doors will open at 6 p.m. when those purchasing tickets will be able to chat with most of the guests. Din- ner will commence at 7:30 p.m. Master of ceremonies will be veteran professional wrestler Lord Athol Layton. A special guest will be On- tario's Lieutenant Governor the Honourable John ':;lack Aird. Two of the first Tim- ritys' to brepresent Crippled Children at the local •i i nner will be back. They are Malcolm MacDonald who was the Timmy for the very first dinner in 1974 and Dan Mockingbirds in first In the Tuesday afternoon Ladies League Dora War- wick bowled high single with 317 and high triple at 663. Other high triples were: Karen Pounder,649; Betty Fawcett, 644; Iva eid, 643; Mary Stirling, 616 and Nancy Roy with 616. Tuckersruith.Mlxed Hilda Veenstra cleaned up for the Ladies by bowling high single, 283; high triple, 681 and high average with 227. Cliff Henderson had the men's high single with 242 and Case Buffings had high triple, 595 and high average with 198. Bill's Mockingbirds lead the league with 82 followed closely by Ralph's Robins at 79. Case's Cuckoos hold down third with 77 followed by Henry's Hummingbirds with 73. Angus's Albatrosses at 70 and Wes's Wrens with 69 round out the standings. Wednesday Mixed June Thomas rolled high single with 223; Francyna Cormier had high triple, 533 and Francyna Cormier and Theresa Machan tied for high average with 176. Paul Cormier had the men's high single and high triple with 2 i t, and 668. Doug uchanan had the high average with 213. Spare bowler's winners were Gary Armstrong with high single, 328 and Don McWhinney had high triple and high average with 822 and 242. June's Chevelles lead the league with 66 followed by Liz's Cords at 66, Kathy's Model T's, 55; Ron's Cadillacs, 54; Laurie's Jaguars, 52; Doug's Whippets, 51; Bob's Edsels, 46 and Mike's Ramblers with 36. UNCLAIMED WATERBEDS 1 9900 10 YEAR WARRANTY T DON'T MISS OUT®. ONLY 25 IN STOCK (ILLUSTRATIONDN ONLY) Altan who was the kids representative the following year. The 1983 Tammy will be Christine Easterbook who has handled the job very capably the last two dinners. The world of major league baseball will be well represented by catcher Er- nie Whitt of the Toronto Blue Jays and possibly Chatham native Fergie Jenkins who has a long and illustrious career in the National League particularly with the Chicago Cubs. Expected to attend from the Canadian Football League are Chuck Ealey, Conridge Holloway and Glenn Weir who has been in attendance for six of the first nine dinners. The Toronto Maple Leafs who are tiot sched; d ' to play on February 8 are ex- pected to send Bill Derlago or Rick Vaive. Chairman Clarence McDowell and his hard working committee are busy finalizing arrangements with a number of other top notch sporting celebrities and they are expected to be announced shortly. Tickets are available from any member of the Exeter Lions for $30. All proceeds go to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Thames Valley Children's Centre. A portion of the ticket price is eligible for in- come tax deduction pur- poses. pdj I(IPd(TI 17 Clinton Mustang Captain Jive Fritzley. (Rod Hilts photo) Meet the 6Sta ngs By Rod Hilts Team Captain Jim Frit- zley is a smooth -skating centreman who is in his second full season with the Clinton Mustangs. Nineteen year-old Jim played all his minor hockey in Goderich. He was chosen captain of the Mustangs after displaying his leadership qualities last year as he finished tied for second place 1 with teammate Bill Peters) in the Central Junior ('scoring race; Jim is currently attendirr the University of Westerr Ontario in a business cours . This season he has compil 7 goals and 34 assists in games for the Mustangs. •'Fritz"stands at 5'10" an weighs 165 pounds. He . considering an offer to pia for the St. Marys Junior Lincolns next season as h has one year of Junio eligibility remaining. Jim resides with hi parents Mr. and Mrs. Bi Friteley in Goderich. Beat stress Y M. MORLEY, SEC ETARY, HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT What is stress? Stress is defined as intense exertion - strain and effort - the wear and tear of life. All emotions, love as well as hate, for example, involve stress. Physical exertion such as swimming, golfing or just a brisk walk also in- volves stress. What is impor- tant is not the stress itself but its source and effects. There are varying degrees and different types of stress - mental, emotional, physical - all having some impact, sometimes good, sometimes harmful, upon health. Pleasurable emotions in- volving stress and tension can be exhilarating whereas intense and persistent anger, fear, frustration or worry can threaten your health. It is this buildup of unrelieved stress without release of ten- sion that leads to trouble. tit is important to learn how to handle our emotional 11014 - tions. Everyone functions bettedin some situations than in others. We should direct our activities to those areas of life where we function effec- tively and comfortably. Ways to prevent stress- related ailments: °Listen to your body... listen to your feelings: To deal with stress a person must first be able to recognize and admit its presence. So, listen to your body - it will often give you signals indicating stress. Listen to your feelings too - they will often tell you when you need relief. °Check it out with your doctor: Persistent signals that might mean psychological stress are sometimes due to physical problems. °Balance work with play: Try io schedule time for recreation. An interesting hobby or activity can be both relaxing and enjoyable. °Loaf a little: Take a breather. A leisurely walk, for example, can bring inner peace and help put things°" perspective. °Get enough sleep a rest: Probably the best Ile t of whether you are getti enough sleep is how you fee .Work off tensions: Wh upset or angry, try to wo off disturbing feelings wi physical exercise. Exerei. helps to relieve tension an makes it easier to face and handle problems. •Get away from it all: change of scene can give yo a new perspective. There a times when you need change from the usual routine. °Avoid self-medication: f you should need medication, consult your physician. • -For additional informa- tion. you may wish to writ to The Canadian Mental Health Association, 21f l Yonge Street, Toronto, (mac taro), FEART FUy :.. q-11