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Clinton News-Record, 1983-03-16, Page 16PAGE 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAR,CH 16, 1 R=rd's Rep,., .n Sports Flyers Bruins favorer) 9 10 wan Ruts With the National Hockey League season winding down to less than 10 games remaining in the regular schedule it's time to predict the winners in each division. In the Norris division it could go down to the fin::, game to decide first place between Chicago and Minnesota. The Black Hawks have had a banner season due mainly to the outstanding play of goaltender Murray Bannerman. Denis Savard is having his usual stellar season with over 100 points. Newcomer Steve Lamer has had an excellent rookie season with 35 goals to his credit. Al Secord has been giving op,e.,.sition goalten- ders nightmares with his 47 goals this season. Chicago's success this season has definitely been a total dam effort. The Minnesota North Stars are one of the hottest teams in the league after turning things around in the second half of the season. It seems now that Bobby Smith has come to terms with Minnesota management he is starting to score goals. Smith has 69 points but lately he has been on a scoring rampage. Dino Cic- carelli is having another great season with 33 goals. Look for the North Stars to finish first in this division and to be tough in the playoffs. In the Smythe divisien there's little surprise to see the Gretzky Oilers leading the way by a considerable margin over the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks. Edmonton has had a good season, placing among the top five throughout the season. The Oilers have a powerful offence led by who else but Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky continues to pick up points at a record setting pace. With over 60 goals and 105 assists to his credit the great Gretzky remains to be one of the most feared players on the ice. Mark Messier is also having a strong season with 100 points. The only weak part of the Edmonton Oilers is their defense. Although the team leads the League in scoring with over 360 goals they are around 15th in goals against. If the team can continue to pump home the goals it could be a suc- cessful season for the Oilers. In the Adams division the Boston Bruins have all but rapped up first place in their highly competitive loop. Last week the Bruins were beaten 3-1 by the Montreal Canadiens. That game was a good preview of the kind of hockey we should see in the divisional playoffs. The Boston Bruins are the best rounded squad in hockey. They have found the perfect balance between offensive and defensive hockey. The Bruins can skate as well as hit. Defensively Boston has the best goalie in the league in Pete Peeters. Look for this team to be in the Stanley Cup finals. Keep your eye on the Montreal Canadiens for a late season surge. In the Patrick division the Philadelphia Flyers are flyin' high over last year's Stanley Cup Champion New York Islanders. Rookie netminder Bob Froese has played like Superman between the Philadelphia pipes. Darryl Sittler is playing like his old self after escaping from the Maple Leafs, as he is dosing in on another goal season. The Flyers have a perfect blend of . veterens and rookies on this year's club. The team is loaded with leadership with Bobby Clarke, Darryl Sittler, Brad Marsh and Bill Barber, .:.11 adding stability to the youngsters. Look for this year's version of the Philadelphia Flyers to land close or near to the Stanley Cup Finals. Although the Flyers are hot, don't count the New York Islanders out of it. its Editar In every sport there are those who participate for the fun and those who par- ticapate only for the profit. Mery Batkin of Clinton is a man who treats the sport of hunting and trapping with equal respect, participating for the fun and excitement as well as the profit involved in the sport. Merv, 73, has been hunting since he was 9 years -old. He has hunted animals ranging from wolves to weasels. Merv's friends and neigh- bors all know him as "The father of fox trappers." In his lifetime the "father of fox trappers" has trapped over 3,000 foxes and 85 wolves. He earned his nickname because of the incredible number of people he has taught to fox trap. "Hunting and trapping is a disease, you can't get away from it," laughs Merv, "I don't do it just for the money. I just love the outdoors and seeing how the wildlife lives. I get a special thrill out of outwitting the animals." During Merv's 64 years as a hunter he has seen a number of changes in the sport. The most visible change according to Mery is the increased number of trappers, notably in the Huron district. When 1 first started hunting there was only about 50 trappers in the area. Today there are over 600 in Huron district," Mery said. Mery feels that the high prices being offered by some fur companies are misleading some people inao the trapping business. "The top prices some companies offer for furs are for the ones you rarely ever d. They have to perfect. Now the country is ; ,tast+ed with new trappers out for naoaney , " he said. According to Mery demand for furs is 1,I wn cause people aren't bodying luxurious fur items because of the poor to of the economy. The competition between hunters is getting very heavy. Mery says that this year he and his hunting partner Murray East have had six furs stolen from their traps. Merv's style of hunting is to track the fox down on foot. He's opposed to hunters who hunt in massive groups. "I prefer to walk them down. I don't approve of organized gangs with hounds and walkie-talkies. To me hunting that way is not considered to be sport- smanship," Mery said. He says that over the 1 s 10 years the use of CB's and snowmobiles have really cleaned up on the wildlife population. Mery shot the first wolf ever taken in Huron County. "I still remember the day. It was Nov. 11, 1937, down along the Bayfield River." The first year Mery hunted he got 49 foxes without any experience with a gun. Mery prefers his .222 with a 6X scope while hunting. "I used to use a .22-250, but it tore up the skins. Trapping hasn't been Merv's sole source of income over the years. He had his own butchering business in Clinton and he ran a trapper supply store before he became a rural mail deliverer. "I didn't have to depend tot.:;ly on it," Mery said, when I was working I didn't have a lot of time to do any BENDER'S, ABATTOIR and Home Grown Meat Market (Formerly Scholl's Abattoir) MILL STREET NENSAI4; After Hours: 262-S628, or Manager Date Erb 236-7733 SPECIALIZING IN: *Custom SIIaughter and Processing (Cutting, Wrapping and Freezing) ®Sierughterlkg Reef and Poria every Tuesday 7 ®Pt's -113111 ant, starting March 22 SLAUGHTER DISCOUNT FOR MARCH - SO % Watch for Gran Opening Speck:tin Fe e fing ®t Maclean's with Spring re®k Speciaf ...break out the Rats, Balls and Bicycles BRING YOUR BIKE IN NOW FOR ITS ANNUAL fri'ing Tuie-Up1 price i 99 arid Itswill L done allfor o Paris ex fro. Offer ood with April 9$t/183 "DON'T FORGET!!!" MONIES mad CUSTOM TEAM JACKETS FOR *Hockey *Coding *Skating *Br ,omb®II *Bowling are Mude `Nip's specialty 1iup1/1 D WADI() SHA( B SA1 t 'b ( t Pd 1 PE "Prompt engraviH y MAIN CORNER CLINTON 482-3030 i 19 inintaxig." ventures by sayer, "It's Aftrar 64 year tracking work, hunting really and skinning animals ;rtiery s'ys sane out, Heuntang � ®y ., tkln summed ess his s,d- hfe. " L uric wins first race ass Lois Gibbings Laurie Valentine, owned by Bill Bradley of Goderich, had her first lifetime win in 2.09.3 for trainer - driver Dave Wall at Western Fair Raceway in London on Saturday night. The three-year-old pacing filly by the Meadow Skipper sire Five Plus Tax - Mudette by Muddy Hanover was third in her only previous start on February 23. Laurie Valintine is a half sister to pacers Ringle Jingle 2.01.2; Steel Valentine 2.04.3 and Susan White 2.04.2. Dave Wall also drove Hilea Ray to a second place finish in a 2.05.4 mile in the fourth for Ben Feagan of Goderich. The six-year-old Iron Rall gelding has had two wins and two seconds in his last four starts, good for earnings of $1,800 already this year. Windspun, a five-year-old Iron Rail .:;,acing mare, cur- rently at August De Groof's e farm at R.R. 3, Clinton, was third for owner Alice Col- quhoun of London with Rod Robblee driving in a 2.10 mile in the third. Gerry Roebuck finished third with Rustic Helene for Charles and Clara Brindley of Goderich on Friday night at London_ Armbro Arctic,owned by Stewart McCall of Seaforth, was second in a 1.59.2 mile at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto on Saturday after- noon - with Dave Wall driv- ing. Randy McLean finished third with Blackbridge Jake for owner Glenn Mitchell of Ailsa Craig in a 2.00.3 pace at Windsor Raceway on March 13. Vesta Herbert, owned by Jiggs Le Beau of Brucefield, was third in a 2.07.2 mile at Flamboro Downs on March 11, Trotter B Cor Samson and pacer Skippy Dover, each had a second place finish on Thursday night at Windsor. Did you know??? Baseball is a totally American derivative of the English game of cricket (first recorded in the U.S. in 1747) and the now little played English game of rounders. The game evolved about the end of the 18th century, as early as 1786, "baste -ball" was banned at Princeton, N.J. Haphazard versions of the so-called Town Ball game grew up in Boston, New York and Philadelphia during the period 1820-33. Rules were first codified in 1845 in New York by Alexander Cart- wright. - from the Guinness Sports Record Book. BE READY FOR SPRING TREES OW ALL SIZES CAN RE ORDERED M DISCOUNT PRICES IF YOU CALL IIS NOW ALL TYPES OF TREES AVAILABLE Spring Specials AUSTRIAN PINES PURPLE ®MOIL 3' high, Bra p®t8 8° la6gta, are burlap) bans. $24 ® ugh $R 0. JOHN GI PramOng SON rEr MOVING 4824229 Landscape Des B ,Ia Mery ':atkin of Clinton has trapped and bunted for 64 years. Here he shows two muskrat pelts that are drying aut.( Rod Hilts photo) Hunters help combat rabies y Rod Hilts The acute deadly virus disease rabies has affected 2,060 people from April 1, 1981, to March 31, 1982 in 44 counties and districts in Ontario. The prediction is 1983 totals will bring even higher totals. Last Wednesday a 5 -year- old girl from Ann Arbor, Michigan became that state's first reported human rabies victim in 35 years to die. The rabies diagnosis on the unidentified child was confirmed by the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta the day before her death. She was transferred from a hospital in her home town of Hillsdale, Mich., to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital on Feb. 13 and had remained in a coma. Family members told doctors the girl might have been bitten by a bat last fall. At the time, the family dismissed the girl's claim because there was no evidence of a bite. Hunters such as Mery Batkin of Clinton are in- volved with the provincial government in a large scale rabies program in an at- tempt to slow down the dreaded disease. In the program a baiting system to combat the rabies rano spening od- FIRST STEP All New Low Prices On Quality Name Brand Fittings FREE DRAWS TO BE MADE 3 P.M., MARCH 26 Free Draws aP p®rilflpo Vine 100rec MET, SQUIRE GIFTS, CANDLELIGHT, DON'S SHOE PLACE, MAN'S FIRST STEP e1 Peir Jarman Dress Shoes VALUE 868.90 1 Pair Terra Nova Wor4 Boors VALUE 868," .1 Pair Noon Bush Dress Shoes VALUE s74.°' EXAMPLE: LEVI'S LAY-UP Sole Price $24 ®® NO TAX SAVE 8.00 PLUS TAX ALL LEVI'S % FOR FEET JOGGERS OFF CANVAS A NYE 1T 4 FOOTWEAR EXAMPLE: TERRA NOVA STYLE 791 Sole Price $37e REG. '49.99 SAVE '12 50 Sorry, We h®vp NO PHONE EXAMPLE CINCH TAN BROWN S®le � rice $ 2 d ® " TERRA NOVA EiEE JAY % WORK ROOTS EF ak .A NO TAX 1 ALL MEN'S 0/ DRESS SHOES by JARMAN NUNN BUSH HARTT OFF AND MOSPf WHILE QUANTITIES LAST SALE ENDS MARCH 76 r®64 'CT P FOR MEN ONLY SUNCOAST MALI GODERICH was used. A rabies vaccine was injected into about 28 g. of hamburger and then dropped by hand from an aircraft flying at a low altitude of about 60-90 metres. Bag top con- centrates meat odors to attract animals. Over 350 trappers and hunters across southern Ontario have made this program a success. Mery Batkin and Wallace "Jake" McDougall turned over 12,000 carcasses of various species they caught, took 2,000 blood samples; helped researchers radio -collar more than 120 animals; live - trapped species that were needed; and helped distribute between 40,000 and 50,000 baits by hand during early tests. Mery Batkin recalls the worst rabies epidemic to be in 1958 when there were no foxes for two or three years. He says rabies run on a cycle of about every three years. Mery has handled so many wild animals in his career, some that were known to be rabid and others that he didtl't suspect, that doctors think he may be naturally immune. "In 1957 I was skinning a fox and two coyotes for some neighbors. I had a funny feeling about the fox so I asked them how it acted before they shot it. They said it just stared at them. I knew the thing must have been rabid then because a fox doesn't just stare at you when you point a gun at it," said Merv. Mery received the series of 14 anti -rabies shots because of that incident. Since then he has learned to spot rabid animals more effectively and has taken measures to protect himself against the disease. He now wears rubber gloves when handling game but hasn't taken booster shots. Every year in Ontario 2,000 to 3,000 persons have to take the anti -rabies serum shots. Rabies costs Ontario $15 million a year. The figure covers the vaccinating of humans, pets, livestock, control work clinics, research and compensation to farmers for livestock losses. With the increased number of rabies cases in 1983, particularly in skunks in the Clinton, Seaforth and Goderich areas, it's a good idea to be weary of any stray animals. If a fox has porcupine quills in its nose it could be a prime candidate for rabies, (foxes don't usually bother with porcupines). Likewise if a fox smells of skunk. Any other animals that appear to be acting strangely should be avoided and reported to local authorities, police or bylaw officer. Inwiead of a long drive take a §hart `w -alk to your own Pool. IiA iddegI Sales. 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