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The Citizen, 1991-08-28, Page 135 years marked Walton W.I. celebrates anniversary See page 18 Back from Korea Greg McClinchey attends Scout convention See page 9 VOL. 7 NO. 34 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28,1991.60 CENTS Riding the dusty trail Down wind was not a good place to be as these moto- Lee this past weekend. About 250 amateur and cross riders, rounded the first turn and tore up the track professional bikers competed over the two day event, during the races at the Walton-area farm of Chris and Judy Motocross meet termed a big success Though the number of entries was lower than anticipated at the Canadian Motosport Club provin­ cial finals near Walton this past weekend, Chris Lee, who hosted the event feels the it was a success. "It's harder to get riders out to summer races as there are quite a few," he said. "But we had 315 entries over the two days, so it was still a fair turnout." No serious mishaps occurred to mar the event either. While there were some small accidents no one got seriously hurt, though there was a suspected collarbone injury. This, too, was minor as the rider drove himself to the hospital, Mr. Lee said. "Even the weather cooperated, though maybe a bit too much as it was hard to keep the dirt down, but we wet the track at night and that seemed to help," he said. The local nders competing in the event, came out near the top for the most part. Mr Lee finished in first position in the Veterans class on Saturday and Sunday and was sec­ ond and third in the 30+ class both days. His 16-year-old son Brett, hit a small tree and cracked the radiator during the race on Saturday, which pul him out of the points for that day. Sunday, however, he finished in first place. Malt, 15, the youngest son, won the 80 Expert class on Saturday, but, his father said "unfortunately crashed his way back into fourth place on Sunday." Mike Cronyn of RR2, Blyth won the Sportsman class (for bikes three years and older) both days. Rob McIntosh of Walton took fourth in the 30+ class. Business at the B-W Trailblazers food booth was a little slow on Sat­ urday, but once the word got out, things picked up the next day. Many of the racers told the club that there isn't normally any place to buy food at these races so it took getting used to. "They said they were spoilt here," one of the orga­ nizers said. Mr. Lee realizes that the track is not the best for spectators, but feels the announcer was very good. "He knows the riders, having done this scries of races, so he was able to keep on lop." The reaction, locally, Mr. Lee said has been positive. "No one seems to have been upset by noise or traffic. I have asked a number of my neighbours and they all seemed to have been here," he said. "Hav­ ing the community support is good reasurrance." "The way things look we'll prob­ ably do this again next year," said Mr. Lee. "The CMC manager came up to me after and said he would like to eventually promote this as a prestige event." Citizen requires updated telephone numbers The Citizen is currently preparing its 1991-92 telephone directory. In order that the listing will be as up to date as possible we ask that readers in the area let us know of changes required. If you have moved into the area in the last year and have a new telephone number, or if you have had changes at your business or home, please contact us at 887-9114 or 523- 4792 before Sept. 10. Auburn man in hospital after fatal crash An Auburn man remains in a London hospital following an acci­ dent near Stratford Saturday that killed two Kitchener people. Gordon Howatt, 56, R.R. 1, Auburn was taken to Stratford Gen­ eral Hospital then transferred to Victoria Hospital, London follow­ ing the head-on crash on Highway 7 and 8, 4.8 kilometres east of Shakespeare. Colleen Howatt, 58, was taken to Stratford hospital but was released Sunday. The Howatt vehicle was west­ bound, according to OPP from the Sebringville detachment, when it collided with an east-bound car driven by Louise Fischer, 69 of Kitchener. Mrs. Fischer and her husband Elmer were killed in the crash. Their daughter, Paulette, who they had reportedly taken to London to move into residence at University of Western Ontario, was in serious condition in Stratford Hospital on Monday. Holiday hours The last long holiday weekend of the summer season takes place this weekend meaning most businesses and services will be closed Mon­ day, Sept. 2. Things will remain basically the same as normal at The Citizen as we prepare for one of the biggest issues of the year with the salute to the Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion but there will be some changes in hours and deadlines. Deadline for any material to be included in the special Thresher Reunion special is Thursday at noon. Deadline for display (boxed) advertising in the regular portion of next week's newspaper is 2 p.m. Friday to allow our advertising staff to design the ad. The deadline for news and classi­ fied advertising remains as normal: 2 p.m. Monday in Brussels and 4 p.m. in Blyth. Because some mem­ bers of our staff will be on holiday, the Brussels office will be open only from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on Monday. Fire damages combine Blyth and District Fire Depart­ ment battled a combine fire at a West Wawanosh farm late Friday af t emoon. Firemen were called at the supper hour to battle the fire in a combine belonging to J. Kryzanowski, R R 1, Aubum. Mr. Kryzanowski told firemen that he had been driving the combine from one farm to another when the fire broke out. The combine was at lot 22, conces­ sion 2, West Wawanosh when fire­ men arrived. Fire Chief Paul Josling said the fire was confined mostly to the engine area of the combine.