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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-03-08, Page 44A — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 8, 1989 1 YEAR G.I.C. AO aapasne Insured Within Limas Rhes Bubloot To VarttiatIon. ANNUM 1 ■ St COMPR 11 t DAYS19 „'Lt :RSP •13Yr3lmloa, e. rrw. tYJt#t & ax twarm Be4 atithwea4manifired4eca--wvaximPteWmr.Cawbult It RTI (5110In t,, .27;011319 Serving Ontario since 1976 wits 15 locations for your convenience V: I'.: ll'iiu I nO�i'nl t'. Seaforth Community Hospital OPEN HOUSE Wedne-day9 March 22 3:00 8:00 P.M. Come take the guided tour of your Community Hospital ALL WELCOME STOREMADE BACON PATTIES LB 1El 69 PORK TENDERLOIN END ROAST OR COUNTRY STYLE RIBS L8 AT AR LOIN PORK CHOPS LB. 2.49 BONELESS TOP ROUND 3 no STEAK LB. ® DEVRON SMALL LINK BEEF & PORK SAUSAGE • LB. • 9 HIPOF BEEF WRAPPED ..1.99 :40,egjejsinotecr. ednesday, tollatardey;"Tbis,Week:Only. Micro <tral$tord::E itltukea Zheck:<Otar'frint,and ltteehne6s 27.1821 TEAM FUN - The Seaforth area snowmobile team, Team Fun, driver Bill Anderson of Seatorth. By placing second in the Ontario have just finished another winning racing season. From left, the Club Competition this year John won a snowmobile for his club, team consists of driver John Munn of Hensall, mechanics Harold the Pineridge snowmobile club of Hensall. And Bill found new Chesney of Seaforth and Craig Millar of Londesborough, and competition this year as he moved up to professional class racing Seaforth snowmobile racer turns pro The Seaforth-based snowmobile: racing team, Team Fun, had another successful season in 1988-89. One driver on the team, Bill Anderson of Seaforth, turned profes- sional this year, and his partner John Munn of Hensall won a snotvmobile. The two men have been racing stock snowmobiles in amateur classes for the past several seasons, but this year Mr. Anderson decided to move on to professional classes. "My goal is to get a full factory sponsor- ship, and you're not going to get it in amateur," explains Mr. Anderson. A full factory sponsorship would supply • Mr. Anderson with a machine and expense money. He and Mr, Munn are currently sponsored by Country Corners. of Mount Carmel, and Eastern Marketing -distributors of Arctic Cat snowmobiles: They don't yet get their machines supplied, but they do .get help with entry fees; snowmobile parts, etc. Now that he has turned professional Mr. Anderson cannot go back to club competi- tion unless he stops racing for at least three years. -Mr. Munn is one of the best amateur racer's in Ontario, butis still eligible to race amateur next year. This -year he placed se-' cond in the overall Club Competition in the - province, - and won a snowmobile for the Pineridge snowmobile club of Hensall, the club he races for. But John is not yet sure what machine he will have won.. Each year Arctic Cat, Skidoo, Polaris and Yamaha put a machine up for a draw. The key to each machine is put in a hat and is drawn for by the top club competitors in the province. John gets the third draw. • The season started for Team Fun at the End of September when they were in Eagle River, Wisconsin, racing on wood chips. Bill got a second place finish and John a fifth. A lack of snow in this area may have held the team back somewhat this season, as they weren't able to test -.drive their Good things come oe have to to those who wait 4(1(0)'' Some people have had the impression that it takes a long time for us to make a factory -built, quality Royal Home. While it's true we build our homes with exacting care and craft, we do so rather quickly. 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Mr. Anderson estimates. they can give their machines 20 per cent more acceleration and 10 per cent more'speed at full throttle, than a machine right off the showroom floor. . But after tinkering with their sleds, Bill and John, two of the southernmost racers in Ontario, didn't have enough snow to test their performance, so they were race - testing. .Snowmobile races are held for both "B" -and "A" classes, with the "A" class machines being the more powerful. Bill and John .have "B" class machines, but they enter them in both classes and try their skill against the faster sleds: And there .are two types of tracks, oval ., and LeMans, the latter having both left and right hand turns and obstacles. Bill sticks to oval racing, after an encounter with a trac- tor tire in a LeMans race in an earlier season, but John enters both oval and LeMans competitions. Peterborough was the first stop on their schedule in January. John placed first in the club competition, and Bill, racing in profes- sional classes', got a second, two thirds, and a DNF (did not finish) when his clutch came apart during a race. Bill also got to see himself on television, as he was picked up by the television cameras from the Wide World of Sports during his races. Eagle River, and the World, Champion= ships was the next stop on the circuit, on the weekend of January 14 and 15. John couldn't race at Eagle River because there were only professional classes. Bill made it to the semifinals twice but found stiff competition from racers from across the United States and Canada. He finished 39th in his class. In Owen Sound, the next stop, John placed second in the club competition and fourth in the LeMans. Bill also .had a good weekend. On Saturday he won "B" class and placed third in the "A", then on Sunday he won both classes. The "A" class machines have 50 per cent more displacement and 50 more horsepower than a B" class machines, but Mr. Anderson says driving, suspension ad- justments and other trade secrets can make the difference in the corners, and allowed him to win the "A" class with a "B" . machine. Bill made a lot of changes on his sled before the next weekend in Eganville, and again had no time to test them. The result was a second and thirds for him. John again placed second in the oval club competition, and placed third in LeMans. Espanola was the last race weekend of the season. Bill once again raced to one second place finish and three thirds, and John again placed second in the club competition. Both racers were satisfied with their '88-89 racing season. ' "Considering the competition I've been up against I had a good year," says Bill. John too is considering turning profes- sional next season, "there's a 10 per cent chance I'll go pro," he says "but. I have a chance of winning the club competition next year..." For their neatkracing season the team will be working ononsorship, Bill will be get- ting a bigger machine; and they'll be building a test track. • Broadbent will be missed - McQuail Ed Broadbent's decision to step down as NDP leader is not really surprising, says Tony McQuail. "As a party, we work our leaders very hard," McQuail said, adding that "they've all been giving and generous people. "He (Broadbent) has given many, many years as leader and he's worked very hard. Unless he could keep giving 110 per cent, it was very sensible of him to step down." Broadbent, who has led the party for 14 years, announced his retirement on Satur- day, saying that "now is the time for renewal; now is the time to pick a new man or a woman to lead this party." "My first reaction is a real feeling of loss," said McQuail, who was the Huron - Bruce federal NDP candidate in the last election. "He (Broadbent) is a very intelligent and dedicated person - very down-to- earth, " own -to - earth." McQuail said the party's federal conven- tion had originally been planned for the summer, but Broadbent's resignation has caused the convention to be re -scheduled for late fall or early December "to give (candidates) time to meet the people" and campaign. "I don't want to speculate on anyone now," said McQuail, when asked if there was a particular candidate that he per- sonally favored. "I want to see more in- formation on all of them. "And a lot could happen before then - the'rural caucus may decide to put somebody forward, for ex- ample. "Give us two months and I may have more to say then." So far seven candidates have piro%laim- ed their intentions to run for the leader- ship. Included are Windsor MP and trade critic Steven Langdon, long-time Saskat- chewan MP Lorne Nystrom, who entered Parliament with Broadbent in 1968, house leader Nelson Riis, caucus chairman Audrey McLaughlin, justice critic Svend Robinson, Vancouver -area MP Ian Wad- dell and Bob White, chief of the Canadian Auto Workers union. However, those around him say Ontario NOP leader Bob Rae, also a former federal MP, has no desire to get back into federal politics. McQuail said an NDP Federal Riding Association meeting is planned for Mar. 29 at the Lucknow Town Hall. Included in the agenda is a "review of our mandate," he said. "We've got to review our economic ac- tivity as it relates to our environment," he said. "We've got to be able to sustain the environment. "And we've got to re- distribute our economic goods in a fairer way - that includes things like our tax policy, our interest rates and so on." Seaforth approves draft subdivision In a special council meeting Thursday night, Seaforth Town Council made a recommendation to approve in principle, a draft agreement between the Town of Seaforth and Royal Orchard Subdivision, with the exception of that segment dealing with who is going to bear the legal and/or HURON SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED -OVER 60 YEARS Sarvirag Saaforth and all of Huron County MICHAELf;ALCONER 153 HIGH STREET, CLINTON Bulsas�82.944i , Ros::48263.664 Evanlnp-gppollnti anfs,avallgblp engineering costs for the subdivision. In other business council passed resolu- tions to: formally declare the Month of March as Junior Farmers' Month; par- ticipate in the Board of Education's paper recycling program in the Town Clerk's Of- fice; and approve two Ministry of Transportation subsidy requests for 1989. Seaforth's proposed expenditures for highway, improvements in 1989 is $275,750 ($176,550 for construction and $99,200 for maintenance). A MTO grant would pay 50 per cent of that cost. A supplementary sub- sidy of $18,500 would go toward new construction. Township, town to receive grants Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley has advised the Township of Tuckersmith has received an allocation of $20,760 to assist in the funding of a Needs'Study Grant for the sewage collection, system in the township. The -Town of Gpderieh will receive;$3,756 from. to Unistry af Tourism and Reerea- ti0n. •AAeeording to Minister Hugh O'Neil, the FPitness (haiienge i the town.annual fun &