Clinton News-Record, 1983-06-01, Page 18spawning time.
The Ministry's intention is
to end up with a fish life that
is self-sustaining or letting
mother nature run its
course.
Beware
Unless you are an ex-
perienced canoeist, it is
hazardous to use a canoe in
large lakes and rivers until
late in June when the water
becomes fairly warm. Why?
Because you could become a
victim of hypothermia which
is the_rapid loss of, heat from
the body's inner core. If im-
mersed in cold water
through tipping or capsizing,
an over -confident canoeist
can lose consciousness
within as little as ten
minutes in 7 degrees C (45
degrees F) water and drown.
Already this spring, several
canoeists in Ontario have
become fatalities.
The danger signals for
canoeists are: sudden gusts
of wind, unexpected rain
squalls and poor weather in
general. The surest safety
precaution when the weather
turns bad is to head for the
nearest shore and be
prepared to land the canoe
on short notice.
Turn to page 19
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AGE 18—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1983
R ds Report on spirts
t McKechnie
speat s
y Rod Hilts
S i crts Editor
He started out wearing the green and yellow of the
Minnesota North Stars. He spent a couple of seasons
with the now defunct Cleveland Barons and with the
California Golden Seals. In one season he played for
five National Hockey League teams.
He had a taste of international competition. It would
be an understatement to say Walt McKechnie has been
around the league and has a good knowledge of hockey.
Hockey is his life!
McKechnie and his "have skates will travel" motto
made a guest appearance at the Central Huron
Secondary School sports banquet in Clinton last
Thursday night.
I had a chance to talk to Walt while he was visiting
the Harbour Lights Restaurant, which is leased by his
brother-in-law Rick Aylsworth. Rather than asking
him the usual questions concerning his career, I asked
him his opinions on a few NHL issues.
Do you feel today's hockey players are overpaid?
Walt - "No, not at all. Eighty games in 180 days is
quite a grind. A lot of superstars are making a lot of
money and they deserve it. I think the average NHL
salary of between $90,000 and $100,000 is quite
justifiable."
Do you feel that the NHL's crack down on violence
has had much affect on the league?
Walt - "Yes. They've done a great job. It isn't violent
at all anymore. I played the game when it was really
violent. There were a few years when it was pretty
scary out there. The style has changed and the games
are a lot more exciting and wide open."
Do you+ffeel the league playoff format is balanced?
Walt - "Yes. I think on any given night Edmonton
could beat the New York Islanders and so could
Chicago or Minnesota. Edmonton, Calgary and Win-
nipeg are all up and coming teams. All these teams
have a good nucleus to build from. Each year it's
getting closer."
After playing for 16 seasons with eight teams what
was your favorite club?
Walt - "Toronto. I loved playing there. If you wear
the Maple Leaf in Toronto you're a very big part of the
city. It was my childhood dream to play in Toronto. It
was a great team the year I was in there (1979-80). If
they had left that team together and added the odd first
round draft pick they would have had something."
What do you think of the Leafs now?
Walt - "They've made great strides. I think that
team, in the last month of the season, played excellent
hockey. They made some good trades. Dan Maloney
has really helped Mike Nykoluk a lot. Gerry
McNamara has done a good job, he showed a lot of
nerve trading away third and fourth round draft picks.
If I were a GM, I'd trade away third and fourth round
draft picks for Gingras and Doust any day of the
week."
Your two-year termination contract with the Detroit
Red Wings ran out at the conclusion of last season.
What do you see Walt McKechnie doing next season?
Walt - "I'd really like to play again. If I can't, I'm
going to look into getting into some coaching or I may
possibly go to Europe to play."
What will you do if you can't get a job in sports?
Walt - "I'II be down to Rick and Willy's restaurant
washing dishes. If I can't get a job in hockey, I'II take a
year off to assess my situation."
Midgets edge Seaforth
The Clinton Midget
baseball team won their
opening game by a 3-1 score
over Seaforth last Friday
evening.
The team played a strong
game as they led from the
first inning in a closely
played match.
Danny Horton belted a
home run with George
Coventry on base in the first
inning to give Clinton a 2-0
advantage.
Kent Howatt's sacrifice
bunt in the last inning
brought in Rob Dupee to seal
the 3-1 victory.
Clinton pitcher Randy
Keyes threw a brilliant
game in allowing only one hit
and striking out seven.
The lone Seatorth run was
unearned as two errors were
committed by Clinton in the
fifth inning.
Clinton's first home game
will be played Monday, June
6, at 8:15.
By R
Mks
onal
A five run fourth inning
sparked the Clinton
Fleming -Colts to their first
home game win of the
season, last Friday night, as
they downed Strathroy 6- .
Dan Colquhoun picked up
his second victory in as
many starts for Clinton,
pitching seven strong in-
nings. Colquhoun gave up
seven hits, struck out five
and gave up no earned runs.
Dave Patterson earned the
save for the Fleming -Colts,
striking out one, walking one
and allowing three hits in
two innings of relief.
Don MacDonald led the
Clinton offensive attack with
a grand slam home run to
deep centre field in the
bottom of the fourth inning.
Strathroy hit the
scoreboard early in the
game as pitcher Campbell
helped his own cause in the
second inning with an ex-
cellent solo effort.
Campbell reached base on
a Clinton error, when the
Fleming -Colts' infielders got
their signals crossed,
resulting in a poor relay
throw to first base. Campbell
then stole both second and
third base, before coming
home when first baseman
Hans Leppington mishan-
dled a throw from shortstop
Don MacDonald.
Strathroy went up 2-0 in
the third inning when
Campbell rattled a bard
grounder off the glove of
third baseman Cal Frernlin,
scoring a runner from third
base.
The Fleming -Colts
grab r: d the lead in the
fourth inning as they scored
five runs.
si
Clinton started the fourth
inning rally with two out
when centre fielder Dave
Bartliff walked. Ron Wells
followed with a rocket -single
down the third baseline.
Scott MacDonald walked to
load the bases for hard -
r
5 Colts t
hitting shortstop Don
MacDonald. MacDonald,
who won the league batting
championship last season,
belted Campbell's offering
out of the ballpark, deep to
centre field, to shoot the
Fleming -Colts into the lead.
VIRegitigIe
On May 27, the Clinton Flenaing-Colts picked up their second victory in as many starts by
edging Strathroy 6-5. ( Rod Hilts photo)
Cal Frenilin then singled and
scored on Dan Colquhoun's
RBI double to centre field.
Strathroy crept to within
two in the fifth inning when a
runner scored from second
as right fielder Scott
MacDonald dropped a fly
ball.
The Fleming -Colts added
another run in the seventh
when Greg Burns stretched a
single into a double, ad-
vanced to third on a sacrifice
by Butch Fleet and scdred on
a wild pitch by Campbell.
The game became close in
the eighth inning as
Strathroy scored two runs to
make it a 6-5 ball game.
Dave Patterson came in to
relieve Dan Colquhoun to
start the inning and was
greeted by a single after
striking out the lead batter.
Patterson walked the next
batter, then yielded a triple,
with Strathroy scoring two
runs.
Strathroy threatened to
score in the ninth inning as
they got a runner to first
base but, hurler Patterson
retired the side for the save.
Pitcher Colquhoun has
been one of the biggest
reasons for Clinton's early
season success. In 14 innings
pitched, Colquhoun has
struck out 14, walked none
and allowed only 10 hits for a
0.00 earned run average.
Sunday's home encounter
with Kincardine was rained
out.
Ministry gives mother nature a helping hand
By Stephanie Levesque
The fishing season opened
recently but long before then
the Ministry of Natural
Resources was busy helping
mother nature along.
There are two specific pro-
grams undertaken by the
Wingham district of the
Ministry, fish stocking and
fish lifting over the old mill
darn at Port Albert. MNR
biologist Mike Malhiot said
both programs have been on-
going for a number of years.
The lift program at Port
Albert has been taking place
since 1978. That was the first
time the Ministry operated
the fish ladder at the month
of the Nine Mile River at the
old mill dam.
Biologist Malhiot explain-
ed the lift enables the fish -
rainbow trout - to get
upstream to complete the
spawning process.
MNR staff are able to han-
dle each individual fish and
study it for such information
as weight, size and condition
ie. parasite marks. The
number of fish lifted over the
dam is also recorded and
since 1979 has increased
from 335 to 856 fish in 1982.
"This year we anticipate
over 1,000 fish will be lifted
over the dam," said Mr.
Malhiot noting that about
half the number of fish
heading upstream from the
lake actually make it to the
lift as the rest are caught
below the dam by anglers.
Fish stocking is also done
by MNR staff in in -land
rivers, streams and ponds. If
fish production isn't what it
should be in any stream bed,
Mr. Malhiot said fish may be
stocked.
The Wingham district of
the MNR has been stocking
fish since 1980. In that one
year, 18,500 fish were stock-
ed. The numbers dropped in
1981, when only 14,600 fish
were placed in the stream.
No fish were stocked in
1982, because of a disease
outbreak at the Normandale
provincial fish hatchery in
the Simcoe area.
MNR owns and operates
the Normandale Hatchery
which provides much of the
fish for fish stocking pro-
grams in southwestern On-
tario.
The disease, although
cleared up, reduced the
number of fish available for
stocking this year to 8,000.
There is more to stocking
fish than just putting a bunch
of fish in a stream or pond.
The main goal of the stock-
ing program is to have
streams and rivers habitable
for fish life. Stocking the
water bodies every year will
not alone achieve that goal
stated Mr. Malhiot.
Improvement to the fish
habitat will have the most
successful effect on increas-
ing the number of fish in the
stream. The MNR biologist
said the the Ministry has
worked on cleaning up
streams since 1979. Projects
have been undertaken by
MNR sometimes in conjunc-
tion with conservation
authorities to better the
stream.
Fencing cattle out and
planting trees are two ways
of returning a stream to its
natural condition. Cattle
crossing the stream have a
tendency to erode the banks
with the soil clouding up the
stream. The tree planting
has a two -fold effect - river
banks are stabilized from
erosion and shade is provid-
ed to keep the water cool.
These steps result in more
ideal water conditions for
the rainbow trout.
But says biologist Malhiot,
MNR is not stocking the fish
to live only in the stream.
The intent is for the fish to
head out to the larger bodies
of water and come back to a
rehabilitated stream at
Fleming -Colts
scoreboard
top 10 batting
Player
Don MacDonald
Butch Fleet
Dan Colquhoun
Greg Burns
John Hart
Dave Bartliff
Dave Patterson
Del Mitchelmore
Mike Chisholm
Brent Daw
Cal Fremlin
Ron Wells
Casey Wildgen
Scott MacDonald
AB AVG H RBIs
8 .375 3 5
5 .000 0 0
7 .286 2 1
5 .400 2 0
2 .500 1 0
5 .000 0 0
3 .667 2 2
4 .000 0 0
2 .000 0 0
2 .000 0 1
5 .400 2 0
2 .500 1 0
1 .000 0 0
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