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Clinton News-Record, 1983-08-17, Page 171 by steve cooke The Canadian Wildlife Service recently announced regulations governing the 1983 migratory birds hunting season across Canada. The regulations prescribe hun- ting areas and dates as well as bag and possession limits by species for each province and territory. The stabilized waterfowl hunting regulations, as agreed to by the federal, provincial and territorial governments, are continuing for this year. The fixed dates and bag and possession limits are a first step toward a clearer understanding of waterfowl popula- tion dynamics. Minor changes have been made to the regulations, including the clarification of certain terms and the ad- justment of hunting season dates. Posters and abstracts summarizing the regulations by province and territory are displayed in each post of- fice across Canada. All migratory bird hunters, except Inuit and Indians, must carry a valid migratory game bird hunting permit. The permits, which sell for $3.50, are available at post offices throughout Canada. The Canadian Wildlife Sgrvice asks hunters to keep accurate records of the migratory birds they take, us- ing the form attached to each hunting permit. This in- formation will be requested from a random sample of hunters after the season, as part of the 1983 harvest survey. Data obtained will help determine the total an- nual harvest and the status of the duck and goose populations in Canada. In 1982, across Canada, 466,000 migratory bird hun- ting permits were sold. Recently published results of a national survey in- dicate that $231.2 million was spent by waterfowl hunters in 1981, an average of $351 each. Any changes which would affect Ontario hunters are not immediately visible in the '83 hunting regulations. Bag limits, ducks - 6, geese - 5, snipe -10, and woodcock - 8, seen to be the same as last year. The season for our district will open on Sept. 24 and close on Dec. 15. Don't forget to pick up your migratory bird permit early, so you can avoid the last minute scramble. The outlook for ducks in Ontario is generally good, but the overall picture is not encouraging. The follow- ing report gives a broader look at the population as a whole and perhaps makes the point that joining an organization such as Ducks Unlimited would be a big help in ensuring a growing population. Again the prospect is for a lower than average pro- duction of ducks in the Canadian prairies. Breeding populations are low. The Alberta prairies remain dry. Water conditions are..improving on the eastern prairies but late storms in Manitoba have delayed the nesting season and caused losses to early nests. Elsewhere in Canada duck production should be good. In Ontario, especially in the north, favorable weather was late coming, but there is plenty of water for raising ducklings. The hot dry spell in southern On- tario may cause problems if it continues, but at the time of writing there is no cause for concern. Canada geese should do well everywhere except in the more arctic nesting localities, notably around western Hudson Bay. Healthy populations and good breeding conditions for Canada geese prevail in the southern parts of the Canada goose breeding range from Labrador to British Columbia. Arctic nesting geese will not do as well. Late snow melt accompanied by massive flooding at Bowman Bay ( Baffin *Island) and East Bay (Southampton Island) will reduce the production of snow geese from west Hudson Bay to the Foxe Basin. Improved weather conditions in Foxe Basin may have come too late for Snow Geese, but might allow successful breeding of ;,Atlantic brant. Surveys of hunters -indicate that the kill of ducks has been decreasing steadily in the past few years. This is ' explained by two main factors - a decreased kill on the prairies and a decrease in the number of active hunters. This year should see a levelling off of this trend, but substantial gains in the harvest will pro- bably not come until prairie breeding production returns to more normal levels.. The fishing tip of the week comes from Steven Lamb, R.R. 4, Goderich, and deals with fishing spinners in a fast moving stream. Usually you don't fish a spinner downstream. Facing across the current, cast upstream at about 10:00 o'clock. Fished in this manner, the spinner has a dou- ble action - turnbled by the current and moving for- ward by reeling. Fish will most often hit a spinner as it reaches the end of its downward swing by the current and starts coming directly to the fisherman. Fish spin- ners as slow as possible. You can feel the blade action if it is right. Depth can be controlled by raising or lowering the tip of the rod or changing the speed of the retrieve. Bear in mind that the revolving blade will always strike a rock or snag before the hook. When it does it slides instead of revolving and you feel it im- ' 1'1 iiiediately. Raise the rod tip and avoid snagging. J Cli ton ;', °' ! °; }`e<,ts 'r t i` s re'a." , 'ut still finis The undefeated home record of the Clinton Midgets was ended with a loss to Ex- eter on August 15. It was Clinton's third straight defeat after seven con- secutive victories. Clinton lost earlier last week to Kin- cardine. The Midgets did not play well against Kincardine last week as they dropped a 9-3 decision. Both the batting and fielding of the Clinton players has been shaky in the last few games. The Kincardine pitching limited the Midgets to five hits and kept them off balance with 11 strike outs. Clinton pitchers, Dean Cart- wright and Kevin Lee, allow- ed only seven hits, however, five walks and seven fielding errors hindered their efforts. Clinton's record dropped to 12-5. Against Exeter, Clinton's play was not sharp and this resulted in many oppor- tunities for the visiting team. Six fielding errors, nine walks and just six hits pro- duced 15 runs for Exeter. Although Clinton managed 12 hits, the batters did not come through in critical situations. Clinton was behind from the first inning and they did not show a determined at- tempt to come back. The final score was 15-11 for Ex - Clinton's hitting was led by Kevin Lee, who had two singles and two RBI's, and Calvin Kerr who had a triple and two RBI's. first The 12-6 record marks the end off the regular season. Clinton was 8-1 at home and 4-5 on the road. The Midgets will open their WOAA playoffs against Exeter. The first game is Wednesday night in Exeter. The next game will be played in Clinton on Satur- day and another will follow Monday night if necessary: Although the Midgets have shown great potential and many strong efforts thus far, they will have to bear down in the playoffs and return to the form that has put them at the top of the league. The more significant OBA series will also be underway shortly against an unknown opponent. Hully Gully race results Saturday, August 13th, an excellent turnout and a fine day highlighted Hully Gully's House Lague Motocross program. Eleven classes were run, Race to be held On August 20 the Maitland Valley Motocross Club, along with Maaskant Brothers Racing, will hold a moto-cross race four kilometers north of Holmesville. The race will be held on a track laid out on the farm of John and Hugo Maaskant. The track is a challenging combination of hills, jumps, and twisting corners and will provide lots of exciting racing action. The event will be sanction- ed by the Canadian Motorcy- cle Association and will at- tract riders from all over On- tario. Some local riders pre- sent will be: Steven Luyks of Dorchester, the 1983 Senior 125 Nati nal Champion; Sean Van Dongen of Clinton, Chuck Collins of Varna, Jim Dickens of Hensall and John, Hugo, Charles and Michael Maaskant of Clinton. The classes involved will be schoolboy, junior, senior and expert. Racing will begin at 11 a.m. and will go rain or shine. Classes to Junior Level rac- ing. The track was in good condition and quite fast, so both spectators and par- ticipants enjoyed a good day. Participants travelled from as far as Parry Sound, Sault Ste. Marie, and the Toronto area to race against local riders. Race results are as follows: 80-A Class - Bill Rainford, London; Steve Bulyovsky, Norwich; Pat Poulin, Lon- don. Peewee "C" Class - Dave Milewsky, Toronto; Rob Bulyovsky, Norwich. Novice "B" Class - Kelly Peev, Sarnia; Brian Faris, Watford; Kevin Lupton, Watford. Junior "A Class - Hugo Maaskant, Clinton; Chuck Webster, London. Beginners' Class - Glen Muhlethaler, Woodstock; Wayne Slate, Oshawa; Nick Smith, London. 80-B Class - Bill McKay, Tavistock; Chris Humphrey, London; Pat Caughy, Forest. Novice "A" Class - Dan Mittleholtz, London; Greg Parsons, Exeter; Peter Knoop, Woodstock. Novice "C" Class - Steve Kostik, London; Dave Fry, London. Junior "B" Class - Darren Ming, Pickering; Rob Hewitt, Woodstock; Harold Davis, Pickering. texturing everyting from Beginners and Mini -digger Clinton PeeWee girls split with Mitchell Game One a Winner Clinton Pee Wee girls began their playoff schedule last Wednesday, August 10th in Mitchell. The two teams were quite evenly matched for the first three innings with Clinton ahead 1-0. Dur- ing the fourth inning Mit- chell hit home two runs while Clinton brought in four to make the game 5-2. No runs were scored until the sixth inning when Mitchell scored three runs to make the game a tie. The seventh and, final inning was the tie breaker with Jennifer Straughan hit- I1T1._ SINESS LARONE - SPITTAL PAY LESS IN THIS ALL ECLIPSING Downward Price Crash Now In Progress E/NERCENCY Wide Variety of Children's Sweaters OUR PRICE CUTTER'S AXE FALLS AGAIN! DEEP CUT PRICES ON FAMOUS MAKE BRANDS All Greeting Cards raz Halloween. Christ- mas and Thanks- giving Items 1/2 PRICE ALL YARD GOODS 40% School & Office Supplies Gift Ware ▪ Greeting Cards • Sewing Supplies Children's Clothing . Ladies Gowns, Robes, etc b fp oe aa�ocse OUANTITIES LIMITED - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED LARONE SPITTAL Department Store 55-57 Main St., Seeforth, Ontario Store Hours Deily 9-5 3n Thvredey and Friday 9-9 527-1990 ting a, home run to bring in two runners. The final score was 7-5 for Clinton. The game was well played by all the girls. Game Two a Loser The second game of the Luu out nice series took place in Clinton on August 15. The game was scoreless until the second inning. Mit- chell scored two runs while Clinton scored three. Clinton remained at three while Mit- chell added two runs in the third, eight runs in the four- th, one run in the fifth. The score was 13-5 in favor of Mitchell. Clinton attempted a rally in the seventh inning with two runs scoring; but Mitchell was still on top of the heap with the final score being 13-5 for Mitchell. Needless to say Clinton girls were not in top form but are planning a turnabout for the final game in Mitchell on Thursday, August 18th. Note: Both the girls and the coaches appreciate the attendance and support of their fans. Enduro "A" Class - John Spears, Woodstock. Mini -Digger" Class - Scott Zimmer, Stratford. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1983—PAGE 17 Tykes take tourney On August 13, Clinton played host to a girls tyke softball tournament. Clinton won the tournament with Holmesville claiming the runners-up position. (Rod Hilts photo) Bantams win first round of OBA Playoffs The first game of a two - out -of -three series with Hanover was played in Clinton on August 11. It was a close game with Clinton winning 8 - 7 in extra innings. Shawn Lester connected twice with a double and a single, with Doug Batkin :hitting two singles in the 'game. Troy Falconer struck out thirteen opposing players while the other fielders held up a strong defense when the pitcher needed the help. In the second game of the series on August 13, Terry Cox pitched a tough game against Hanover but Clinton couldn't pull off a victory. The bantams lost 7 -6. Clinton held up a strong defense in the game to keep the score close. John Lavis went two -for -three in the game with two singles. Travis Lyndon powered the ball for a tree and a single. Doug Batkin .hit two singles. Shawn. Lester slammed a home run. In the last game of the series on August 13, Unto'. was determined to win. It was even more evident when Doug Batkin had a collision with a Hanover player and this sparked a spectacular triple play in the next inning. The batter hit a ground ball to the shortstop who threw the ball to third baseman, Travis Lyndon. He touched the runner coming from second. John Scruton, the catcher, and Travis put the runner going home in "the soup". Travis tagged the runner then proceeded to throw the batter -runner out at second to Ronnie Ladd for the final out. Troy Falconer pitched a strong game with nine strikeouts. John Scruton and Shawn Lester both con- nected twice for two singles each. Clinton won the final game 6 -5. The Clinton Bantams held a strong defense in the field with everyone having his share of the win. Each player gave it their all leading Clinton to victory. .Men's Fastball At End of Scheduled Games Team Workman Birds Lawries Teachers Norholme Merners Hill & Hill Farm GPWLTPTS 24 18 6 0 36 24 15 6 3 33 24 16 7 1 33 24 12 12 0 24 24 10 13 1 21 24 9 14 1 19 24 123 0 2 Top 10 batters Batter Ron Wells (Birds) Bruce Bromley (Lawries) Don MacDonald (Birds) Joe Jankowski (Teachers) Don Freeman (Workman ) John Van Loo (Workman) Laurie Colquhoun (Birds) Bob Riehl (Teachers) Ken Daer (Merners) Murray Taylor (Workman) Don Hoytema (Norhohne) AB H BA 55 35 .636 54 28 .519 52 25 .481 64 28 .438 52 22 .423 69 29 .420 62 26 .419 63 26 .413 49 20 .408 67 27 .403 67 27 .403 Last week's scores Aug. 8 - Merners 1, Birds 1, Lawries 11 Norholme 8. Aug. 10 - Hill & Hill 9 Norhohne 10, Workman 10 Teachers 5. Aug. 14 - Norholme 4 Merners 9, Birds 7 Hill & Hill 6. Upcoming Games We are now into playoffs. Aug. 17 - 8:00 Norhohne vs Teachers; 9:45 Birds vs Hill & Hill. 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