Clinton News-Record, 1984-02-08, Page 2s.
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By Red HIlta us we can't breath underwater."
"Most people, fo tely, are apr Mr.Scroggs added that having some
prt hensive at the .starL�t's a normal, initial fear *Me scuba diving is healthy but
eaithy attitude Just about everybody has a Panicking c tenet be 'tolerated. Students in
hang up of asomekind to overcome," says Sid the course are taught how to handle adverse
Scroggs of Brucefield, when describing situations while diving.
first-timeseuba divers, "While in the pool, we rip their masks off a
Mr- Scroggs 1143 been scuba -diving for 24 and also shut their air off. This teaches them
years, seven of those years he has been a how to be cool and collected under aaverse
certified instructor. On Feb. 15, he will be situations," Mr. Scroggs explained.
offering a scuba -diving sport diver course at The course is not limited to the pool. It
the. Vanastra Community Centre for the fifth also involves a two-hour class lecture, once
consecutive year, : a week, for 10 weeks. The students study a
The course runs for 42 hours over a 12- 300 -page text book 'entitled "The New
week- period and is restricted to persons Science of Skin and Scuba Diving", which is
over the age of 15. According to Mr. Scroggs, a council for the National Cooperation in
after successfully completing the course, Aquatics.
the diver will be certified and "should be Mr. Scroggs holds four diving certificates
able to dive with the knowledge of his own including The Association of Canadian
capabilities and have the good sense not to Underwater Councils (ACUC), National
exceed them." Association of Underwater Institutes On Feb. 15 Sid Scroggs will begin instructing a 12•week scuba -diving course at the
Oiler 100 students have completed the ( NAM), Confederatxan of Mondial Des o
_ , _.... students _,.. _._ __.._ ....._.._ p _ ..___._ - Vanastra Community Centre.Pl ured are some of the 24 divers that signed upfor last
course at Vanastrawith only a two per cent^ -Activity SuSaquatigiiea (CMi A) and -a- : ive---tl -yea ourse:.
-777= _ ,, - Master c rti-.1rhe'IvMA ca d=is--recogn ze '
Mr. Scroggs has a policy that course fees world-wide. Mr. Scroggs said without one of
are not accepted the first day. He said that these cards, divers may encounter problems
Many people who are not suited for the getting air for their tanks in some places.
course are weeded out in the first session. Ten to 15 qualified instructors aid Mr.
Students are asked to swim eight lengths Scroggs in the course. It is generally
of the pool before qualifying for the course. preferred to have a 2:1 ratio, students to
Breathing abilities are also analyzed. Mr. instructors.
Scroggs added that if the student is a good 'At the end of the course, . students are
swimmer, . above and : below:. the:. titer, required10 awim-L6lengths of the -pool. After
chances are they will complete the course. completing all in -pool instruction and a
The instructor described the training series of individual skill -testing procedures,
course as "reasonably vigorous". Each the student is given a written test. The test is
student must come equipped with a mask, 150 questions in length and the student must
fins and a snorkel to start the course. Other, achieve at least 80 per cent to pass.
equipment has to be rented near the con- The final testing in the course will be done
elusion of the course. Students are evaluated in "open water" some time in March. Inner
on each skill they learn. The course Kip Quarry near Stratford is the site for the
progresses from skin diving with a mask dives. The students are asked to perform a
and snorkel to diving with scuba gear. variety of the skills they learned in a depth
Students do not use the scuba gear until of 30 feet of water.
• approximately halfway through the course. Mr. Scroggs recommends the sport of
Mr. Scroggs explained some of the scuba -diving. He explained, "The
problems first-time divers encounter when tranquillity in skin-diving is something nice.
taking the course. The proximity to underwater life is
"The big problem is having students fascinating. The feeling of being weightless
adapt to breathing through their mouth as is enjoyable."
opposedto theirnoses,'.'-he explained, 'Part Interested people should contact. Sid
of the problem is that the way our brain. is Scroggs at 482-3151 or the Vanastra Com
programmed. The brain instinctively tells munity Centre at 482-3544.
Legion helps Blind Mission
By Cliff Parker
CLINTON - On Jan. 31 there were 13
tables of. euchre in play at the Clinton
Legion. High scorer was Clayton Ellis with
86, Ed Bezaire had the lone hands score of 5
and low scorer was Ernie Brown with 53.
There were 90 pairs of glasses collected
and forwarded to the Christian Blind Mis-
sinir y'ou missed, please hand-your-old—
glasses into the bar for the next shipment.
On Feb. 2 in darts,11►e"lug couple'.was
Joyce Cook and Terry.Hollingshead. Karen
Grei'danus had the ladies' high score and
John, Greidanus had the men's high score.
The low couple was Rosemary Armstrong ..
and Art McLure.
The bingo winner was William N. Patter-
son of Clinton.
Regular curling will be held at Chesley on
Feb. 9,1.0,11 and 12. Five pin bowling will be
on Feb. 25 in Goderich.
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attlemen demand vote
Cattle producers in Huron County want to
have a look at any new proposals for
marketing. _ their cattle • before they are
adopted by the provincial Agriculture 'and
Food Ministry.
In a resolution passed unanimously at the
annual meeting of the Huron Cattlemen's
Association, the county group instructs the
Ontario Cattlemen's Association "to
demand that any changes to the current free
market system for marketing cattle in
Ontario which may be proposed under the
announced `Restructuring and Development
of Ontario Red Meat Sector' be submitted to
a cattle producers' vote for acceptance or
rejection."
Morris Township cattle producer Ross
'Procter, who proposed the resolution, ex-
plained later that cattlemen want a chance
to make their views known on any changes
to the marketing system before they are
passed into la -w. At present, they have .no
idea what Agriculture Minister Dennis
Timbrell may have in mind, he noted.
In another resolution, the Huron cat-
tlemen passed a vote of confidence in their
provincial directors' actions in entering into
a national advertising campaign to run
through 1985.
In' other business at the meeting, the
Cattlemen elected officers ,for the coming
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FEATURE VALUES:
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Starts Thursday, February 9th, 1984
Clinton Store Only
DOOR CRASHERS
Little Girls' Strawberry Shortcake
(sizes NTER$500
NOWBOOTS feg. '17.95•
DRESS
BOOTS
reg. to $89.95
NOW$29.95 to
(Leather & Nylon) $49 95
•
All Ladies Leather
PANT reg.
$69.95
BOOTS NOW $ 2 ft 9 95.
(By Cougar, Inouk, Tax
Bastien) and MANY MORE
Men's Leather reg. to $59.95
WINTER
BOOTS $3 500
■
(By Cougar, NOW
Inouk and Tractors)
No Exchange or Refund on Sale items
Wuert
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Quality & Service Sines 1938';
Exeter and Clinton.
..
year. The new president is Ross Procter,
taking over from Bill Coleman. Vice
presidents are Ron Bennett and Keith
Strong. Glenn Coultes is the OCA director
and Rose Marie Bishop is secretary -
treasurer.
The financial report for 1983 showed the
group with a small surplus of just over $500
on a budget of about $16,000 for the year,
however it also has savings amounting to
over $3,000.
The guest speaker at the meeting was
Gary Jones, president of the OCA. Com-
ments also came from local MP, MPPs,
county warden and agricultural
representative.
FHter
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482-7103
The Huronia ranch of the Ontario
Humane' Society met for its annual meeting
Wedriesday,February 1.
The president, Betty MacDonald, opened
the meeting with a short synopsis of the past
year. Following this, Dianne Foster, the
secretary, gave her. report. Next on the
agenda was the treasurer, Laurie Jeffrey's
report. The fund for the animal shelter has
now grown to over $3,200.
The guest speaker, John Orr from the.
Huron County Health Unit, gave a very in-
formative talk on rabies. The Branch was
disappointed there was not a larger turnout
es everyone should be well aware of the
seriousness of rabies in rural areas.
After a short break, everyone regrouped
for a talk from Rick Koury. Rick is an in-
spector from head office. He had met with
Goderich town council earlier in the day to
discuss purchasing—land for the-=anLma1
shelter. . --Following.-ooupcil's -,.upcoming-_.
meeting on Monday, an application will be
made to the Committee of Adjustment to
amend zoning. Providing there are no objec-
tions to the zoning, tland
shoal 1 hP "nrnnl�tpd withinhe 90transfer days., of Follow-
ing that, negotiations will begin to purchase
the land.
The Branch is happy to announce it now
has an animal inspector for St. Catharines
to Goderich and surrounding areas. Jim
Sharman will be the acting inspector.
Goderich police and O.P.P. will work with
the Branch on complaint calls.
Next the Branch elected its 1984 board
members. They are as follows: president -
Bev Chowen, vice-president-Melodie
Howse, secretary -Toby Rainey, treasurer-
Marty
reasurerMarty Bond, and directors -Sheila Lan-
caster, Dianne Foster, Betty MacDonald,
Catherine McKnight, Jean Fox, Betty Daer
and Gloria Atfield.
The Branch is very pleased to have so
many new faces on the board. 'If you, or
anyone you know of, is interested in helping
out, please contact any director.
. The.Br.anch_isalo rbgforw rd.to Agar_ _._._.
and_ better_.1lld-raWersin the _ulxa_.
-year. Toe -more -help it `gets, the -faster it will
reach its goal. In so doing, it will be able to
take a much more active part in animal
welfare in the Huronia area.
'der of Eastern Star were.
honored with 25 year pins
CLINTON - The Clinton Chapter No. 266 of
the Order of the Eastern Star met in St.
Paul's Anglican Parish Hall on Feb. 2.
Two members Mrs. Ella Carter of Blyth
and Mrs. Shirley Steep of Clinton were
honored with the presentation of 25 year
Kindergarten
Registration
VANASTRA PUBLIC SCHOOL
If you have o child, born In 1979, who
will be attending Kindergarten at the
Vanastra Public School next September.
please contact the school
482-7828
and we will send you a "Registration
Kit". A personal interview time will
also be scheduled.
pins, also a special welcome was extended
to guests Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beacock of
Forest. Final plans were made for two more
card parties coming up on Feb. 9 and Feb. 23
to which everyone is invited.
The men served lunch at the close of the
evening.
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