Clinton News-Record, 1981-08-26, Page 6PAGE 6 —THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1981
by
( Steve
cooke
Attention deer hunters! If you missed out on the
August 20th deadline for getting your application
for an antlerless permit in the mail, you've ween
given a reprieve. Because of the mail strike, the
Minister of Natural Resources has again granted
another extension. This will, however, definitely be
the last. All applications must be postmarked
before midnight, Monday, "August 31st, to qualify
for the draw. If you didn't get it in before, do it now
before -it slips your mind again.
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Have you ever donated money to one of the high
profile animal interest groups that have sprung up
over the past few years, and wondered where that
money was going? After reading this summary of a
report that appeared in Petersens Hunting, a major
-U.S. publication, you may still be wondering.
In the state of New Mexico recently, a massive
rescue program was launched to save a herd of
desert bighorn sheep that were in danger of ex-
tinction from a serious scabbies infection. The
program cost in excess of $100,000, but the herd was
saved from decimation, which made it all wor-
thwhile. Since the cost of this operation was not
included in the budget, an appeal went out to the
public for f inancia1 assistance.
The Pittman -Robertson Act federal aid fund
agreed to assist this operation on a 3 to 1 basis, that
is, for every dollar collected from the public, three
dollars were awarded from the fund formed by this
act. These funds came from an excise tax that is
placed on hunting gums and ammunition and is set
up for emergencies such as this. The balance,
however, had to come from citizens and citizens'
groups, so a letter was sent out to these
organizations on a nationwide basis, in order to
solicit the necessary funds.
A total of $26,000 was quickly raised to meet the
requirements from individuals and organizations
throughout the country, but the most revealing
aspect of the whole program was where these funds
came from.
The Foundation for North American Wild Sheep
donated $6,000 the Campfire Club of America
donated $3,000; the Shikar Safari Club International
$5,000; - Game Conservation International $5,000;
Mzuri Safari Foundation $3,000; Pope and Young
$1,000; and the Safari Club International $1,000. In
simple language, 24 of the $26,000 received came
from groups composed primarily of hunters who
fully realize that it will be many years, if ever,
before the desert bighorn sheep can be hunted in
New Mexico.
The same letterwhich elicited this excellent
response from these groups was also sent out to
Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of Animals, The
Fund for Animals, the Animal Welfare Instituteand
many others of the same vein. The result? You
guessed it! Not one single red cent was forthcoming
from any of these organizations, neither did they
even have enough common courtesy to reply to the
Letter. We can only assume that a donation "to
actually help wildlife" would have bitten too deeply
into one of the exorbitant salaries paid to -the
executives of these organizations br interfered too
much with their advertising budget, which is
designed to solicit more money from the public to
"help" wildlife.
At any rate, it seems that the hunters are the ones
that are doing, while the others are the ones that
make all the noise. Even though this particular
episode occurred in the U.S., I would not be too
surprised to hear about a similar situation in
Canada In fact, the Greenpeace activities in
British Columbia come surprisingly close.
Don't get me wrong. There are some very good
conservation organizations that do a considerable
amount of good for wildlife, but they seem to be the
ones that go about their business in 'a quiet,
organized manner. One thing they DON'T do is
lobby for gun controls or preach anti -hunting
sentiments. They realize thathunters are generally
concerned about maintaining healthy populations
of wildlife, and are prepared to work to that end, not
just expel a lot of hot air on the, subject. All I can
recommend is that you investigate any
organization fully before contributing funds to
them. If they are honest and above board, they'll
only be too happy to show you their track record of
achievements. If they won't, they probably have
never done anything concrete, and probably never
will.
(:alts advance to Ontario playoffs
On Saturday afternoon
Flemings Colts played Owen
Sound in a 4:30 contest at the
local diamond coming away
with a 17-0 win in the first
game of a three game On-
tario Baseball Association
playoff series.
Casey Wildgen got the win
for Clinton, going five inn-
ings allowing only one hit,
while striking out three.
Hans Leppington had a
good day at the plate, going
five for six with a home run,
two doubles and two singles
with seven runs batted in. In
all, Clinton had 18 hits going
through the order in both the
first and second innings to
take a 9-0 lead. They added
one more in each of the 4th
through 7th innings and
finished it off with four more
in the 8th.
In Owen Sound on Sunday
the Colts 5-1 victory. was in
doubt right up until the end.
Don MacDonald scored the
first run of the game in the
first inning and Owen Sound
tied it up in the fifth. The
Colts took a 4=1 lead in the
eighth with three runs on two
singles, two walks, and a
fielders choice.
}Welch, running for i.eplr
ington, scored on one play
but had to, return to third
when Owen Sound claimed
the catcher was interfered
with by the bat boy (supplied
by Owen Sound). A heated
discussion followed the call
and Coach Kennedy was
ejected from the game.
Welch scored on the next
play but was called out
moments later when the um-
pire had to reverse his call
due to a play at first. He
thought the runner going to
first had been called out tak-
ing off the force play. With
the runner safe at first and
Ramblings from the races
By Lois Gibbings
Two Dream of Glory fillies
won the Ontario Sires Stokes
for two-year old filly trotter
at Clinton Kinsman
Raceway on Sunday after-
noon.
Dream of Ironstone,
owned by Dave Lindsay of
Acton and Wellwood Stables,
Inc. of Milton, was home
first in 2:09.1 with Paul
Larabee on the bike in the
first division, while
Moorelands Glory and driver
Allan Nicholls were in front
in a 2:08.3 mile for owner
Sherman Moore of Lindsay
in the second.
Wee Devil and driver
Frank MacDonald had the
fastest mile of the afternoon
in the tenth with a time of
2:06.
The seven-year-old pacing
mare is trained at Clinton by
Judi Andrews for Albert De
Block of Lucan. This was the
second .win this year for Wee
Devil, who has also had three
seconds and three thirds
from 24 ' starts. Sparky
Philbrick took, fifth for the
Wayne Horner Stables of
Clinton with Elden Turcotte
up.
Randy McLean won the
first with Ripple Ridge for
partners Harvey, Jack and
Ron Tweddle of Ailsa Craig
and London in p, 2:10.1,
while Dennis Jewitt was
second with RW Thorn for
the Wayne Horner Stables.
Parkhill Bowrey, owned by
Wm. V. Smith of Clinton and
trained by August De Groof,
finished fourth for driver
John Muir of Seaforth.
Randy McLean was
second with Fireside Charm
for Harold and Fred Graff of
London in the second, and
third with Kawartha Navy,
trained by Jean Feagan at
Goderich for Charles W.
Bantam
tourney
• from page 5
Both diamonds start at 9 am
on Saturday morning so
come out and support the
boys. Our midget boys play
in Benmiller for their year-
end tournament. The squirt
boys play in Goderich for
their yea r -end tournament.
This will be the last chance
to see the boys play this year
so come out and support
them.
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Armstrong of Rexdale.
Silent Beat, a five-year-old
horse by Silent Majority-
Heartlis by Florlis, took a
2:08.1 pacing record in his
second lifetime starts with
Dennis Jewitt on the bike for
the Wayne Horner Stables of
Clinton. Jack Duckworth
took fourth with Charlie
Windsor for Ken, Charles
and Allan Shelton of
Goderich.
Grant Volland won the
fifth with pacer Arnies
Brother in 2:06.4 for Murray
and Alice Hodgson of Lucan.
Rob O'Brien had his eighth
win from 27 starts this year
with a 2:08.4 mile with Elden
Turcotte up for owner
Donald R. Carter of Blyth.
The nine-year-old gelding is
trained by Wayne Horner
and took a 2:03.1 record
earlier this year at Windsor.
Randy Henry was second
with Sunrise Bingo for
Douglas Kerr of Dungannon,
while Bill German of
Goderich finished fourth
with his Highland Classic.
Kenmarou Castlee had to
be scratched from the eighth
race after he fell with owner -
trainer Wayne Horner
during his last warm-up
mile.
Although Wayne was taken
to the hospital, he was
reported by his children to
have watched his Cape
Deidre finish second in the
eighth race before returning
to his home, so hopefully he's
okay: John Muir was fourth
with Shiaway Red owned,by
Frances Edwards of Arkona.
Ken Taylor of Clinton, the
local paddock Judge for
about the last ten years, is
presently confined to
hospital after being injured
in a fall at his home on
August 16. Bob McLean of
Goderich is filling in for him
. • from page 6
the force on, Rick was out
after scoring twice in less
than two minutes! ! One
more Colt run was scored in
the ninth to put the game
. away.
Cal Frenlin was the
leading batter for the Colts
' with two singles and a dou-
ble. Don MacDonald went
,seven and two-thirds innings
giving up the only run on
four hits and four walks
while striking out five. Mike
Wildgen came on in, the
eighth with the bases loaded
and two out to get the batter
to fly out to the catcher. He
retired the side in order to
get the save in the ninth. .
As of this writing, the Colts
are uncertain as to when
they play next. They may
play this Saturday at home
or may not have to play until
the long weekend in the
O.B.A. tournament in Tilson-
burg. If a weekend game is
necessary, these will be
posted up around town.
Thanks in part to a $500 doanation from the Clinton
Kinette club, the Clinton minor Baseball Association has
had a successful summer. Here association president
. Robert Miller, left accepts a cheque from Kinette
president Betty Dalzell. (Tom McMahon photo)
Lawn bowlers from throughout southwestern Ontario joined in Clinton on Saturday to
take part in the annual Banker's Touranment. The weather was perfect' and the greens
were lush for the day -long event. (Shelley McPhee photo)
At the Sunset course
SUNSET NEWS
by Betty Helesic
Last week August 17th,
Ray Bedard was the top
junior golfer in 'A' flight,
followed by Matt Buchanan
and Andrew Cox. In the `B'
flight David Brown was
first; John McDonaugh se-
cond and Tim Connelly third.
Ray Bedard did the best put-
ting while John Freeman
was best at chipping.
On August 18th, men's
night, Bob Greer had low
gross and low net went to
Paul Baechler.
First flight winners were:
Stan Connelly, Issy Bedard
and Don Armstrong; second
flight went to Marty
Buchanan, Brian Mackenzie
and Al McDonald; while
George Williams, John Scott
and Paul Corriveau were the
third flight winners.
Sorry ladies, but I have no
report on last week's scores.
Look for them next week.
On Sunday the members
enjoyed another Two -Ball
OM Mary Ann Dempsey
and Paul Baechler winning
top spot; second went to
Marj Smith and Bob Demp-
sey; followed by Velma
Haylow and Dave McAdam;
Dorothy Bogie and Stan
Telford. The next Two -Ball.
will be on September 7th.
Although we don't like to,
see our golf season come to
an end, when we Start think-
ing about our annual closing
party its hard not to think.
about the end of golf for most
of us for another season.
Anyway the closing party is
September 26th, so jot it
down on the calendar so
you'll leave it open - and in
the meantime, let's hope it
stays good golfing weather
until at least that time.
Also remember fellows, on
Sunday, August 30th, there
will be the Men's Field Day
with brunch to follow.
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