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gram' and when . he €ictally stopped
lal ghing, he gave me the whole story-
°irping, it -Regis, .a pgareed in Resolute
Bay two years ago while embarked on a per-
sonal year mission. This mission is to'
reach five =the exact position of the Magnetic
"friend type" relationships. Hunters. the - North Pole. You see, Irving believes that af
world over are pretty much the same, and
es soon as they recognize each other they
always seem to go out of their way to help
out., -
lint, it's not onlyust meeting other
hunters, it's the other characters you run m-
to as well during the Bourse of your travels:
Irving. (as we'll call him for the purpose of
this'story) is a good example of what I
mean;
When I was in the Arctic, we managed to
get snowbound in Resolute Bay for three
days. It wasn't a howling blizzard or
anything like that, just aninsidious ice fog
that reduced visibility to practically nothing
that kept us from flying into our hunt camp.
Fortunately the hotel in Resolute Bay, while
nothing to look at externally, was warm,
comfortable and served some of the
greatest food I've ever come across. I say
"fortunately" because all there was to do
was eat, sleep and chat with other people in
the same predicament..
We spent a lot of time hanging around in
the lobby talking to Dan, the manager, and
that's where I first met Irving, Irving (I
never did find out what his last name was) is
a. latter day hippie, complete with braided
hair and a beaded headband. Most of the
time he just seems to be wandering aimless-
ly about the hotel, but I did notice him carry-
ing a bundle of sheets or towels, or pushing a
vacuum cleaner occasionally: Whenever so-
meone Made a request at the front desk,
Dan would reply with, "We'll get the `Space
Cadet' to look after that." Because the
response was never immediate (Inuit time
creeps upon whites in the north as well), it
took me a while to identify Irving as the
"Space Cadet". Naturally, I assumed that
"Space Cadets" were some sort of Federal
or Northwest Territories government pro -
grain to get young people to work in the far
north.
Off we went onto the ice and tundra to
hunt muskox, and Irving was forgotten.'
Forgotten that is until we were on our way
out and spent another two days hi the
Resolute Bay Hotel waiting for our commer-
' cial flight to Toronto. The Space Cadet was
still there, wandering about the hotel and
doing the odd chore. I still didn't get the con-
nection, or story, until we were flying on the
leg from ResoluteBay to Frobisher on Baf-
fitt Island. •
John Stevenson was the NWT Wildlife Of- on
11e stands directly over the Magnetic pole.,
that powerful force field will align all his
brain cels for him and "straighten out bis
head";
Now' this. is very' important to Irvifig
because "when he first arrived in Resolute
Bays he was in a bit"of a fog. Matter of fact,
he still is. The hippie expesssion for this
state (often artificially induced) �is "spaced.
out"), `so he quickly earned the title of
"Space Cadet":
Irving had spent a year getting to his pr
sent location, so is now three years into his
five year program. He's getting close
though because at Resolute Bay, he's oioly
about 180 miles from his destination. One
hundred and eighty miles doesn't sound far
down here ,in the south, but up there,'it
means snowrnobiling through blizzards, ice
pack, polar bears and the roughest country
anyone could imagine. It is, however, within
reach for a determined, properly prepared
person, but things are getting more com-
plicated for Irving. ,
About a year ago, according to the "Space
Cadet", God started to speak to him: Along
with his personal mission, God has com-
manded Irving to conceive a child while at
the magnetic north pole. (I forgot to men-
tion that Irving does have his girlfriend
along with him to support him during his
quest). The only catch is that his child can-
not be conceived on the ground, it must be
done while suspended in the air. Irving
figures that four poles and a hammock will
do the trick quite nicely so as soon as he gets
that organized, he'll be off and running, The
only problem is that poles in the Arctic are
like genuine pearls in chicken eggs im-
possible to come by. I'm sure, however, be-
ing as resourceful as he is, he'll work
something out. .. „
Irving won't be hi the Arctic long,
however. As soon as his northern mission is
complete, he,'s off on another five year mis-
sion to the Magnetic South Pole. That, of
course, is to make sure all his brain cells are
polarized into the proper position (arranged
at the North Pole) so there's no chance of
them ever becoming scrambled. up. again.
Just meeting and learning about someone
as interesting as Irving makes any trip wor-
thwhile. I'd go anywhere if there was a
guarantee of meeting.characters like. that -
it makes the rest of the trip pale by com-
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f icer. who had been stationed . in Resolute lar •
Bay for several years and was being Oh yes, before I go, if you decide to slip up
transferred to Igloolik. We had become ac- to Resolute , Bay to meet Irving you can
gtiainted on my first stay in Resolute, so I. recognize him right off. He's the one who
sat with him to talk on our way out. I casual- drives the snowmobile and kamitik (sled)
ly asked him about the "Space Cadet Pro- that are painted bright "day Rio" orange.
Clinton ties
Goderich
Travelling to Goderich with only eleven
players last Tuesday night the Clinton
Peewee soccer team managed a 5.5 tie. ,
MikeaVerhoef opened the scoring early in
this first half for Clinton on • a pass from
Devon Colquhoun.. Minutes later Colquhoun
broke through the Goderich defence, scor-
• ing . on a breakaway. • With the Goderich
defence having trouble clearing the ball in
front of 'their net; Colquhoun again scored
with'the assist going to Mike Verhoef.
Down three goals to' none,. Goderich •did
not give. up as Bill Trebish scored two goals,
beating Clinton's defencemen twice with his
outstanding speed. •
The second half started off just like the
first with Clinton scoring early. Colquhoun
netted his third from an excellent cross over
from outsider•Mike Dykstra. •
Scoring Clinton's last goal of the night was
Verhoef who had a nice run down the right
side beating the Goderich goalie high to his
right. ' -
With the score 5-2, the Clinton boys .seem-
- . ed to fall asleep as they allowed the
° Goderich player Trebish to eat away at the
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defence and score three unanswered goals
in the space of 10 minutes. -,
Clinton's offense could not muster enough
power to score on the strong goaltending of
Goderich and the game endedin 5-5 tie.
Clinton's record . now stands at two wins
and one tie. ,
Next home game is Wed.,'July 11 at Fiera
ing's Field. Game time is 6:45 p.:m. Hope to
see you there!
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Last Wednesday night, the Clinton Mites sUd past Brussels 27-17 in tri -county softball
action. Pictured is a Clinton baserunner safely stealing third base. The Mites record now
stands'at 2-4-1: ( god Hilts photo)
Tykessplit a pair.
By T. Fox
During the last week, Clinton's Tyke boys
earned a .split against Goderich. and
Dashwood.
Wednesday night in Goderich, Clinton
Tykes won 15-12.
Clinton 1 en s
Fastball results
Lauries
Merners
Workman
Teachers
Norholme
GP
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10
11
10
10
W L T FTS.
9 1 1 '19
7 1 2 16
5 6 0 10
3 6 1 7
0 10 0 0'
Top 10 batters
(based on 2 at bats
per game played)
Doug Rieh1(Merners)
Dave Bartliff (Merners)
Ken Deer (Merners)
Steye Cook (Lauries)
Don Freeman (Workman)
Paul Middleton (Merners)
Paul Seebach (Workman)
Brad Bromley' (Lauries)
Bob Riehl (Teachers) •
Bill Craig (Teachers)
AB H BA
22 12 .545
24 12 .500
22 11 .500
34 15 .441
36 14 .389
21 8 .381
33 12 .364
39 14 .359
31 11 .355
20 7 .350
Last week's scores
June 27 - Norholme 1, Merners 4; Lauries
10, Teachers 5.
Upeoming games •
8 July 4 - 8 p.m. Workman vs. Meiners; 9:45
p.m. Teachers vs. ?
July 9 - 8 p.m. Lauries vs. Workman; 9:45
p.m. Merners vs. Teachers.
July 11- 8 p.m. Workman vs. Norholme;
9:45 p.m. Merners vs. Lauries.
LAY -A -WAY
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Since last reported, the mmite. boys softb -
team has started t d show a little impr. Wove
ment
In thine games this past week the boys
haad a win, a loss, and a tie to' show for their
efforts.
In Wingham last week (Tue.), a lot of
walks 'lithe early going gave Wingham an 8,
6 lead after one inning. Things settled down
froth here on and when it was all over the
score was tied at 14-14i: • '
Although Wingham did got :use their ace
pitcher, they are considered ,on+e, of the top
contenders .in the league,. and the boys did
well to stay with therm,
On Wednesday night,tlie boys entertained
Brussels. Once again,A shaky start left the
locals trailing li0 after two innuigs.
Clinton lookedlke a different team in the
third as they came to life, and the wheels fell
off' the Brussels. machine, as 'the locals
rallied to tie the game 9-9.
The mites battled through the order in the
Mike Pelss pitched three strong innings.
Jason Fleet hurled the last four innings in
relief.
Clinton's twelve hit attack was led by
Scott' Jewitt's four hits. Chris Fox supplied
power with two triples. Scott McClenaghan
slugged two doubles..
On Saturday, however, it was a different
story as the Tykes fell 13-8 to Dashwood.
Although Clinton outhit Dashwood 9-7, er-
rors and walks opened the door to the
visitors from Dashwood.
Fleet had an excellent game at the plate
'with two triples and a double. Pelss also had
a strong game with three hits. Pelss and
Alan Hill pitched for Clinton.
The next game will be Friday at home
again against Dashwood.
fourth and fifth innings scoring n
each inning before the time
game ran out giving Clinton a
On Monday night the Mit t' Oen
Wroxeter where they struck *MY
played well defensively in the- early go or
and led 6-3. after one and 6'5 atter. two.,
At this point, Wroxeter brought,* thein'
number one, pitcher and after ,three innings
they took an 114 lead.- '
In the fourth .,they came back lith five
runs to take the lead again but .when, Scott
Wright came' in to pitch in relic of Nathan:
Burns, the defense also fell, apart as 'Wrox ,
eter scored seven runs to lead 18-13 •
With only enough-timeleft.,for. ono more at
bat the locals tried hard but could only' Rush
across three runs to lea�ve'.the final score 18-
16. This game was a good confidence builder
as the locals stayed right. with Wroxeter, a
team that has only lost once this year.
Clinton will host Bluevale, tomorrow night
( Wed.) at 7 pin. at the puhlic school. Come
out and support the young players! -
Clinton pool has new,
exciting programs begin
Congratulations to Debbie Roy for suc-
cessfully completing her Level One Fit Five
program. Fit Five Level One Forms are
available at the following locations: Town
Office, Arena, Clinton News -Record, Clinton
Pool and McLeans.
Monday Night Films
Good news! ! Monday Night Films have
started. This unique program is geared for
children and the entire family, and is held
under the Raceway Grandstand Monday
evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Admi: sion is $1
per person (children under 5 FREE).
Refreshments and snacks will be available.
More information is available by contacting -
either Peggy Jones or Gina Radley at 482-
7731.
Polka Dot Door Live
Attention` Parents! ! POLKA DOT DOOR
will be performing live at the Clinton
Fairground Midway (between baseball
diamonds). 'This FREE performance
features a 40 minute Fun -Filled Show
geared for young children. Bus loads of
children will be travelling from Goderich,
Vanastra, Seaforth, Blyth and other area
communities to be at this once in a lifetime
show. Showtime is Monday July 9th, 3 p.m.
See you there!!
Pool News
The Clinton Swimming Pool has a variety.
of NEW AND EXCITING programs for you
this summer. These include: Adult Learn -
To -Swim, Evening Fitness Swimming,
Parent and Tots, Flippers (Children Learn -
To -Swim), Junior Water Polo (youth ages 10
to 16), and Aquabics. Drop by or phone the
Pool (482-9298) for more details. Please note
that registration is limited in some of these
programs.
Playground Update
The Clinton Summer Playground still has
room for registration in the 3 . playground
divisions: Peanuts Palate •;.ages 3 to 5), -
Junior (ages 6 to 9), and Youth (ages 10 to
12) . Family rates and one/two week rates
have been established.` This exciting pro-
gram is comprised of an, incredible variety
of participation -oriented activities , and
events. Crafts, songs, .swimming, roller
skating, trips, camping, sleep- overs and '
games are only a few of the mad' activities .
playground participants will enjoy. For
more information please contact either
Peggy Jones (482-7731) or the Recreation
Director (482-3997).
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