Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 21, 1984, p. 14

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GeorgeiownAetonWsdnudayMar21 HALTON HILLS JILLS GYMNASTIC CLUB ACTON GEORGETOWN REGISTRATION MONDAY MARCH 26 ft TUESDAY MARCH 1384 630 pm 600 pm Georgetown Memorial Arena Rose Room SOCCER REGISTRATION MARCH 24th GORDON ALCOTT ARENA 9 am to 12 noon Boys Girls born 19761977 Boys t Girls born 19661975 inclusive Maximum par family REGISTRATION LIMITED BY NUMBER OF COACHES GORDON ALCOTT TENNIS CLUB GENERAL MEETING MARCH 28 730 PM AT GORDON ARENA UPSTAIRS NEW MEMBERS WELCOME MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE OPEN TO PUBLIC CUlI Wedge polled the winning hockey lot tery Saturday Robert Lee the winning ticket and Ron Roblnaon add it to him Charity ball The basketball squad will be taking on the Toronto 107 radio station basketball team tomorrow Thursday at 7 to raise money for chairty A video dance will be held afterwards Retardation week May to 12 has been proclaimed Mental Retardation Week in Kalton Hills The re quest for the proclamation came from the North Kalton Association for the Mentally Retarded and thats the week their fund raising drive will take place 0LDSM0BILE 88s98s IN STOCK IMMEDIATE DELIVERY The Mlulitauga Algonquin took on In the Centennial Atom Tournament and defeated their oppon ent in a fiercely competitive PLAY BOLTON CLUB 8572050 SCENIC HOLES IN THE KILLS 8776011 IB OF UNPARALLELED BEAUTY MaaOthTASLOWAs OPENTOPAYASYOU PLAY Some tournament wedding till available swung capacity people Bus gives trappers side Acton Soccer Club REGISTRATION 1984 BOYS AND GIRLS Saturday March 24th ACTON ARENA Child Children SO 3 or more M6 Late Registration INCLUDES TEAM INOIVIOUAL PHOTOGRAPH COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE QUALIFIED STAFF Barber Henley Ltd Main Si Downtown Georgetown 8772214 Sorry For The Inconvenience Weve Moved I Next Door to Georgetown Marketplace NEW HOURS Monday Closed Tues Wed Sat 106 Thursday 108 GEORGETOWN OPTICAL COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE 8773562 GEORGETOWN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION LATE REGISTRATION HOLY CROSS SCHOOL SAT MARCH 24 10 am4 TBall Baseball Family 8500 SPECIALIZING IN VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT HONDA CIVIC AUDI PORSCHE PARTS SERVICE GENERAL REPAIRS LICENSED MECHANICS ARNOS AUTO SALES SERVICE A OHA SENIOR A SEMIFINALS GAME NO 5 PETROLI A SQUIRES vs GEORGETOWN CHRYSLER RAIDERS Saturday March 24th 700 MtMORlAL ARENA GAME NO 7 TuMlay March GORDON MEMORIAL ARENA WINNER OFTHIS SERIES TO CAMBRIDGE OH Jk SENIOR TITLE by Mark Holmes nil the controversy about hunting and trapping animals in recent months Bus John wonders why no one has bothered to ask the trappers what their side of the story is Chisholm has been hunting fishing and trapping since he was and as far as he is concerned it is a lot more humane to control the animal population than let them become too numerious and die of disease or starvation The yearold self professed naturalist said he took early retirement from Ford Canada in Oakvilic a few years ago because he preferred the great outdoors to the clamor of fac tory work Since his retirement he has been trapping in the winter months and selling the furs to the Hudson Bay Company for handsome profits This year he sent wolf fox raccoon wild mink and pelts to the sale and within a weeks he II receive between and SI for his work When Chisholm traps and hunts he doesnt do it for sport part of the animals he catches is used in some way or another he said I usually cat what I catch and what I dont use I give to others who can said as he brought out a recipe book on how to cook everything from skunks to muskrats Sometimes I use the car casses of the animals for bait as well continued Chisholm and scraps make great fer Chisholm uses two types of traps in his work one of which is the controversial trap Many as Chisholm calls the people who are trapping think that animals Caught in traps will chew off a leg or a foot to escape said Chisholm and in all of my years of experience Ive yet to sec an animal do that Chisholm went on to explain that animals that are attracted to water arc usually caught In a trap that once sprung will drag the animal into deep water where it will die quickly On the other hand wolves and coyotes generally Just lie there when they realize they can escape said Chisholm As a matter of fact he can stick my hand into a leg hold trap and let It spring on me and it wont even raise a bruise The other type Chisholm uses is Lai led a body hold trap that pins on animals entire body or neck so that death usually oc curs within minutes traps about acres of bush in the area under licence from the government and he is under strict to ensure that his work is in the best interest of the en vironment lie starts in the fall looking for animal trails and droppings to determine how many creatures are in an area and sets his traps accordingly You have to be extremely careful not to thin out the animal population toe said Chisholm because if you do youre not only breaking laws robbing yourself of a good harvest next season Chisholm said he usually has to walk or about miles to check all of his traps and in the winter it is some times almost unbearable But thats the law you hove to check all your traps every hours said Chisholm r animals are found in the traps Chisholm makes sure that any left alive are killed quickly and humanely and then the real work begins The animals be skinned and all the fat taken off before he pelts are left to dry It takes a good hour to skin an animal properly and its hard work remarked But Its well worth the effort because Im really helping the animals and I love being close to nature in his spare time also carves Images of the animals and outdoors that are so important in his life and for the future said he is going to continue to close to he land and animals CMsaabn a total trapper ha elate tad thats why be took early trap

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