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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-01-21, Page 14Page 14—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987 _ n Rec news Last week's rescheduled Clinton Recrea- tion Committee meeting brought some good news for those on the committee. They won't have to worry about being short-handed for their meetings much longer as there were four applicants for the available openings as of last Wednesday. One subject discussed at the meeting was the upcoming improvements to be carried out on the small baseball diamond at the arena park. For awhile now the recreation director, Steve Campbell, has been discussing with the committee the possibility of that dia- mond being. worked on. "It hasn't had anything done to it since it was built. It needs it, it is in bad shape. We're at the point we have to do something with the diamond," Mr. Campbell said. The work that is going to be carried out includes putting drainage in the diamond as.well as grading it. The total cost for the. work will be approximately $5,000. Mr. Campbell pointed out that now is the right time for the work to be done as the ground has yet to totally freeze, and if the work is carried out in the spring, the field will be torn up. "We're trying to minimize the damage as much as we can," he explained. The rest of the committee agreed, and moved to have the work started as soon as possible. Another project soon to be started at the arena will be the installation of Tuflex flooring. Skaters and hockey players at the arena will be happy to see the flooring in place, as it is cushioned and skate saving. The total cost of the flooring, which will be put in the lobby, change rooms, and washrooms will he approximately $15.000. Fortunately for the rec committee, this cost will be lessened by a 50 per cent grant for the Ontario Neighborhood Improve- ment Program (ONIP). Of the 50 per cent of the cost left over after the ONIP grant, a capital conservation grant from the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation will pay a third. Therefore the cost to the com- mittee will be ?.pproximately $5,000. Mr. Campbell told me that other pro- jects that have been carried out at the 'arena under these grants include the pur- chasing of a condenser motor, the installa- tion of washroom partitions, auditorium flooring, the arena roof, and the new doors In other business, the committee discussed the possibility of keeping the arena open for an extra two weeks in the spring to accommodate a spring figure skating school. Mr. Campbell explained that he was ap- proached by the Clinton Figure Skating Club in regards to this extension because Hensall and Wingham have cancelled their schools for this year. No firm decision was reached on the sub- ject, but Mr. Campbell will be in- vestigating it further. Prior to the meeting, Mr. Campbell was , approached by a person who was concern- ed that the hockey team from Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS) gets ice team at the arena for free. "I based it on the fact that we use their gym for dancercise and gymnastics. We can't ver well turn around and chargia, them when they don't charge us," Mr. Campbell noted. The concern was raised because ap- , parently those who play on the CHSS team cannot play on Clinton's Junior "D" team, and this is detracting from the Mustangs, The committee decided to look into the rules, and see if the players can't play on both teams. Currently, no charges will be placed on the CHSS team. "Comparison fees wise, we use $135 of time, while they use, including a game (they've had only one game) a week, at the most $100. We're better off money wise," Mr. Campbell' explained. For the last little bit of recreation news, the committee voted to send two arena employees to week long training courses at the University of Guelph. The courses are on plant management and operation, and the cost to send Butch Fleet and Randy -Marriage will be $738.50. Mr. Marriage will be studying Basic Refrigeration while Mr. Fleet will be in year four of the Multi -Facility Manage- ment course. Clinton Atoms roll to ninth straight victory as they edge Goderich 3-2 In Clinton on January 13, the Clinton Atoms rolled to their ninth straight victory as they edged a determined Goderich team by a 3-2 count. Clinton scored the only goal of the first period at 5:56 as Chris Kennedy notched his first of two markers on a beautiful set up from linemates. Danny Wildfong and Marie Livermore. In the second period Trevor Bazinet tied the score for Goderich at 1-1 at 5:35. At 6:48 Mark Livermore's powerplay goal on a deflection of a Scott Wright drive from the blue line gave Clinton a 2-1 lead. Before the period ended Jason Hayter's goal tied the game again at 2-2. In the third period with only 38 seconds gone Clinton's Chris Kennedy scored what proved to be the winning goal from a face- off deep in the Goderich zone. Centre Mark Livermore cleanly won the draw to Danny Wildfong who was positioned behind him. Wildfong quickly sent a pass to Kennedy who was unmolested in front of the Goderich net. His shot cleanly found the top right hand corner the running score. Seaforth Tournament On January 17, the Clinton Atoms won their first game in the Annual Seaforth Op- timist Atom Hockey Tourament by defeating Sarnia Township 5-1. In the first period Clinton grabbed a 1-0 lead at 1:08 when Danny Wildfnne's wrist shot eluded the Sarnia goalie from twenty feet out. The play was set up by Chris Ken- nedy and Mark Livermore. At 3:20 Scott Wright's booming slap shot from the left point after taking a drop pass from Chris Kennedy made it 2-0. Sarnia nar- rowed the score to 2-1 before the first period ended. In the second period Danny Wildfongs se- cond goal of the game at 4:13 made it 3-1. The play started at centre ice when Scott Wright fed a pass to Mark Livermore who advertently set up Wildfong for a pretty goal. In the third period Lee Gibbings con- verted a pass out from behind the net at 4:56 from Craig McAsh. Chris Kennedy closed out the scoring with 25 seconds left on the game. Hard work from Danny Wildfong and Shane MacDoiI ld helped set up the goal. Clinton's Danny Wildfong was named the Most Valuable Player of the game. Clinton 7, Burford 2 In the second game the Clinton Atoms spotted Burford the first goal but came roar- ing bails for a 7-2 victory as Clinton's high- flying line of Mark Livermore, Danny Wildfong and Chris Kennedy spearheaded the attack. The two picked up a total of 16 scoring points. Danny Wildfong paved the way with four goals and two assists while Livermore and Kennedy eacn nau true points on one goal and four assists each. Craig McAsh added the other goal on assists from Lee Gibbings and Nathan Burns. The defence core of Shane MacDonald - Scott Shaddick, Scott wright - Bryan Wat- son, and Jeff Desch - Tyler McGregor pro- vided excellent blue line depth. The goalten- ding of Derek Hoggar•th and Dave Nahrgang again played very well. Nathan Burns was named the Most Valuable Player of the game. Clinton will now meet Lambeth in the championship game. Because both these teams are tied up in the North America Silver Stick Finals this coming weekend in Sarnia, the championship game will be scheduled for a later date. Incidentally, the Atoms will. be travelling to Sarnia this weekend to participate in the Silver Stick Tournament. Their first game is scheduled for January 23 at 9:10 a.m. against Copden (Sudbury area team ). Their second game will be on January 24 at 7 a.m. against Merriton (St. Catherines area ), and their third game is in Sarnia at 3 p.m., against Bracebridge, • The Atoms would like to thank Realtor Mason Bailey for his kindness in paying for the entry fee of this Silver Stick Tourna- ment. Clinton Minor Hockey wishes the Atom team the best of luck this weekend. GOOD NEWS YOUR CANADA PENSION PLAN HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER. On January lst, 1987 your Canada Pension Plan changed and its good news. The Plan provides important protection for you and your family. These changes put your Plan on a solid, long-term financial foundation and improve the beneffts. For booklets about your Canada Pension Plan, fill out the coupon below and mail it to: CPP -INFO P.O. Box 5400 Postal Station "D" Scarborough, Ontario M1R 5E8 CANALIA PENSION PLAN `uie 0o[Bc. Ft;iftz194- r,7 like to know more about my new Canada Pension Plan. Please send me the "good news" in English 0 in French Cl about... I Retirement Pension ❑ Disability Benefits 0 I Survivor Benefits 0 Pension Credit Splitting 0 I Flexible Retirement 0 Financing your CPP 0 I 1 NAME Af)f,Rr `,S -, (I V 03 DROP, PfS7A1 CODF Health and Welfare Canada Sante et Bien -etre Social Canada mfr® 111111111111111 Canada A. A close match between St. Joseph's and Holmesville Public School saw the Holmesville Huskies win the game to go on- to the finals in volleyball play on Saturday. Holmesville came in second in the tournament for local schools. (Shelley McPhee Haist photo) Clinton wins girls tourney By Lynne Ducharme CLINTON - On January 12 St. Joseph's Clinton hosted a girls Huron -Perth Zone volleyball tournament. The participating teams were from Wingham, Goderich, Kingsbridge and Clinton. The Clinton girls warmed up with their workouts and a pep talk from their coaches Miss Regier and Mrs. Lambert., The first game was Goderich vs. Clinton. The score was 15-10 for Clinton. Outstanding effort from both teams. The games continued until the champion- ship game between the two top teams, Wingham and Clinton. Clinton won the game and the chance to go Stratford for the volleyball championships to represent this area. On January 17, St. Joseph's held an invita- tional volleyball tournament for the girls of the area. The school who participated were Clinton Public, Blyth Public, St. Mary's Goderich, Holmesville School, Clinton and District Christian and St. Joseph's Clinton. All the girls played well, and the final game was between Holmesville and Clinton and District Christian School • Clinton District Christian school won the trophy. A volleyball was raffled off and Jenny Evans of Goderich -won it. Thanks to the parents and teachers who made this day a success by giving their time. A boys tournament will be held on January 24. Mustangs drop two games CLINTON - The Clinton Junior "D" Mustangs di -tipped two games over the weekend, losing 9-4 to Brussels and_ 8-7 to Exeter. Against Brussels at home on January 16, the Mustangs were in the game for the first period. They trailed by only one goal with a 4-3 score by the end of the first. Bob Dupee accounted for Clinton's first goal -on power play passes from Scott Gilders and Randy Marriage at the 8:27 mark.. Their second goal was also.,,,en a power play, and Ron McKay netted this one. John Scruton and Wayne Smith assisted. Their final first period goal came from Mark LaPorte on a pass from Wayne Smith. While the Mustangs were unable to add any goals to their total in the second period, Brussels popped three more in to give them the 7-3 lead. In the third period Clinton held Brussels to two goals, and were able to score one more of their own with less than two minutes left, leaving the score at 9-4 in their opponent's favor. Ron McKay, on his second goal of the evening, accounted for this final marker. Mark LaPorte assisted. Exeter 8 - Clinton 7 The Mustangs took an early lead in their January 18 game against Exeter as they led by the 22 second mark in the first period. Wayne Smith, from Devon Colduhoun and Randy Marriage, was responsible for this first goal. They increased their lead to 2-0 at 9:02 when Randy Marriage put one in the net. Assisting on his goal were Travis Lyndon and Scott Gilders. Before the period ended, Exeter shorten- ed Clinton's lead to a goal, but a power play goal once again gave them the two goal ad- vantage. Scoring on the power play was Devon Colquhoun on passes from bean Armstrong and Scott Gilders. Clinton retained their two goal lead after two periods as both teams scored twice in that period. Dean Armstrong from Wayne Smith and Randy Marriage scored the first second period goal while Rob Stanfield scored the second. Assisting on the Stanfield goal were Ron McKay and Marty Merner. Although the local team was able to net two more goals in the third period, they weren't enough as Exeter went on to score five to give them the 8-7 win. Scoring in the third for Clinton were Dean Armstrong and Scott Gilders. Travis Lyn- don and Scott Gilders assisted on the Arm- strong goal while Dean Armstrong and Devon Colquhoun assisted on the other. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AT IT'S BEST! SKI BENMILLER AND THE BEAUTIFUL MAITLAND RIVER VALLEY Featuring: Four groomed, well marked trails, plus as many variations as you can find! Daily Trail Fee... 83.00 per persofl CHERRYDALE FARM - higuitiopm. One mile east of Benmiller Inn SKI TICKETS 's^')r.. May be purchased at: The Benmiller Inn, Front Desk APRES Seo or The Forge at Cherrydale Farm The Forge offers light snacks and hot beverages Sat. & Sun. between 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Hot beverages offered weekdays only ... Mon. through Fri. between 10 am and 3 pm. 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