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Clinton News-Record, 1985-07-31, Page 137,77.711", AUGUST 1-24 Merchandise, counters, clerks, On the sidewalk for Your shopping convenience SUMMER CLEARANCE! SPECIAL RACKS on the sidewalk 1/2 Price BACK -TO -SCHOOL Childiren's SHIRTS -JEANS -SWEATERS 201 INFANT'S WEAR AND 20' MATERNITY WEAR off All Children's SUMMER WEAR 11A 4 off 6 Wo's right It is difficult to estimate which summer sport is becoming the lastest trend. Is it windsurfing, BMX (bicycle moto-cross) racing or ATV (all -terrain vehicle) racing? For some, baseball, soccer and tennis are still the most popular because there are con- stant changes being made, exciting new events taking place or bigger and better „stars appearing. The latest tennis star is "Bouncing" Boris Becker who is the youngest player to win the men's championship at Wixnbledon. And the biggest event this year in the major baseball league is the potential strike which is set for August 6 if an agreernAnt isn't reached. The major issue? Money. It seems two groups looked at the same set of financial figures and came up with two interpreta- tions. Owners say they are operating at a $40 million loss and cannot afford to give the players more money for their pension plan while the players say the owners made $10 million. The owner's last contribution to the pen- sion plan was $15.5 million dollars, 9r one- third of the teams' television contract revenues. The new contract is for $1.1 billion over the next six years. The players are arguing that the ownerg' contributions should continue to be one- third, giving them $60 million per year. But the owners argue the one-third the' players were receiving was only coincidental and not a set amount. They also claim they need the extra income to pay the higher salaries. If the players do go out on strike, it will be the first one since the 50 day strike in 1981. For the average baseball fan a strike will mean tuning into another program until the situation is rectified. For those addicted to the sport it will mean reading the headlines and cursing either the players or owners, or perhaps both. It's hard to pick a side when you don't know if the owners are operating at a deficit or actually making money. If they are mak- ing money, why not raise the amount they give to the players? Maybe not as much as the players want, after all their salaries do increase and the money has to come front some place. • But if the owners 'aren't making money, the players are being awfully greedy. The salaries they receive are nothing to sneeze • at and should compensate for a smaller pen- sion plan. 411M.610.0110611•Or " 3 DAYS ONLY Thursday, Friday and Saturday AUGUST 1 -2-3 SANDALS Reg. 522.95-524.95 Reg. S17.95-$18.95 NOW $1 9 0 0 NOW $1 4 50 Selected Men's Laced OXFORD 30% 10 50% OFF SUMMER CANVAS SHOES Reg. to 523.95 NOW$1 * 5 00 Boys Summer WINDBREAKERS Reg. to 527.95 NOW $10.0° Boy's Cougar IL North Star JOGGERS Now $1 2." Reg. to 522 .95 Men's Summer WINDBREAKERS. Rer""34.95 N°W $ 1 750 STOREWIDE 10% DISCOUNT AIKEN'S LUGGAGE • LEATHER GOODS FOOTWEAR • WORK CLOTHING OPEN —1 Thursday 9 am -9 pm Friday 9 am -9 pm Saturday 9 arn-5:30 pm CLINTON ( Main St. 482-9352 Clinton swimmers easily defeated three teams during a swim meet held at the clintora swimming pool July 20. Clinton racked up 532 points while Exeter collected 340, Vanastra won 198 and Seaforth earned 191. • Adult softball • A softball tournament has been scheduled for August 23, 24. Adults 19 -years -old and over are eligible to play. Please contact the • recreation office at 482-3398 for registration information. • Toronto Blue Jay tickets are on sale. Tickets are only available on a first come, first serve basis and must be paid .for, no reservations. Tickets are for Wednesday, August 7 against the Baltimore Orioles and are available at the Clinton Recreation Of- fice. Tickets include admission to the game and bus transportation. P.R.S. Video Dance The. Clinton Recreation Committee is sponsoring a P.R.S. Video Dance Friday, August 23 from 8 p.m. -12 midnight at the Clinton Arena. There will be great videos, great music and many door prizes! ! Tickets will soon be available. Contact the recrea- tion office for more information. Blyth Festival Trip The Clinton Community Arts Co- ordinators are planning a seniors bus trip August 1 (matinee performance only) to the Blyth Festival, 20 tickets are available. This includes your transportation to and from the festival as well as the purchase price of your ticket to see the performance !For more in- Men's fastball league standings Lawries Norholme Merners Dynamos Hummels GP W L T P 18 13 4 1 27 17 10 3 4 241 16 7 8 1 15 18 6 12 0 121 17 3 12 2 8 Last Week's Scores July 24 Dynamos 7 — Lawries 3 Merners 13 — Hummels 10 Lawries 13 — Norholme 13 • Merners 9— Dynamos 10 Aa Upcoming Games 8 p.m. — Norholme vs Dynamos 411. 9:45 p.m. — Hummels vs Lawries 8 p.m. — Dynamos vs Hummels, 9:45 p.m. Merners vs Norholme Top 10 Batters AB H BA Ken Daer (Merners) 38 21 .553 Brad Bromley ( Lawries ) 58 29 .500 Scott Millar (Dynamos) 49 21 .429 Dave Bartliff (Merners) 38 16 :421 Fraser Abbot (Dynamos) 41 17 .415 Len Van Wonder ' (Norholme) •' 57 23 .404 Dana Bean (Lawries) 45 18 .400 • July 29 July 31 August 7• paulSeebach (Norholme) Bob Riehl (flanunels) Rob Blake (Norholme) 41 16 • .390 44 17 .386 53 20 .377 tourney set for Aug 23 formation contact the recreation 'office or , Swimming Pool Passes Clinton Swimming Pool passes are half- • price as of August 1. For more information please contact the swimming pool at 482- 9298. the Arts. Co-Ordinators at 482-3398. Arts and Crafts The Clinton Community Arts and Crafts Co-ordinators will be holding workshops Monday afternoons from July 15 to August 26 2:30-4 p.m. Children ages five and up are welcome to participate. Hope to see you there?! For more information contact the recreation office or arts co-ordinators. Arts workshops will be held Saturday, August 3 and August 17 at the town, hall auditorium. • Children ages • 8-13 are welcome. The workshops will run from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. with a nutritious lunch provided from 12- 1 p.m. A $10. registration fee per workshop is required. Registration will be held Wednesday, July 31 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Clinton Community Centre. (For first session or both sessions). • 1985/86 Arena Schedule ' Meeting Attention Clinton! There will be an impor- tant 1985/86 arena schedule meeting on August 14 at 8 p.m. at the Clinton public School. All groups wanting to have regular use of Clinton Arena or to stage a special event throughout the 1985/86 seaSon, are en- couraged to have a representative attend this meeting. For more information please contact the recreation director at 482-3398. Playground -Pool Registration Registration for session three (August 12 , to 30) of both playground and swimming lessons will be held August 8 and August 9. For registration information contact Peggy Jones playground supervisor at 482-7731 or Susan McKay, pool supervisor at 482-9298. . • Fall Program Ideas Anyone • having ideas or spggestions for fall recreation programs are! asked to con- . tact the recreation director at 482-3398 as soon as possible. Fall Programs will include' power skating, Monday euchre, Trim -A -Size ( evening and afternoon.), learn -to -skate, ad- • vanced calligraphy, backgammon club and youth gymnastics. 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The new advisory board chaired by Olym- pic Medallist Linda Thom will provide .the expertise, knowledge and leadership we need to reverse this worrisome trend." According to the Tator Report, approx- itnately 60 per • cent of spinal injuries in Canadian Amateur hockey between 1976-83 occurred in Ontario. Accident rates are also high in several other,sports. • "The government believes that many of these serious injuries can be avoided. Their toll is high in human suffering and in health care costs. We are determined to prevent such tragedies," said Mr. Bennett. The ad- visory board will have a two-year mandate • to compile data, monitor injury patterns, set priorities and make recommendations to improve safety in amateur sport, personal fitness and physical recreation Rule changes, leadership programs and alterations to facilities or equipment are among the options the board could urge. "The board's territory will be the entire physical recreation environment," Bennett said. Board membership is drawn from a varie- ty of sector's with a stake in injury preven- tion, including physicians, physical educators, trainers, community recreation professionals, •lawyers, equipment manufacturers and sport administrators. Chairperson Thom won a geld medal in shooting in the sport pistol event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She has a spinal Pro- blem herself which requires therapy in her training regimen. "We expect all sport governing bodies to co-operate fully to implement the recom- mendations of this expert panel," the minister stressed. "In fact, we are counting on all the partners in physical recreation to work with the board in a team effort to beat • this serious social problem." Annual budget for the advisory board is $210,000.