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attired in the top haif of new uniformssupplied by their sponsor goy gartacje tho 4town tournament novice team rests after a strenuous game of broomball with iheir fathers in front left to right steve marshall bernie taylor and bill paul seated kevin marcoux jim mcnabb david allan leslio the sports spot v johh uctlftqi actons tyke team composed of first yearnovlco tri-coun- ty players and town league first year novice with a touch of town league atoms are momentarily in competition in the streetsviue- ueadowvale tyke tournament monday night the locals lost tholr first game of the twogame total goal series 62 to the scarborough lions the second game of the series will be played friday afternoon at 200 pm in tho streetsvllle arena approximately 26 teams mostly from the toronto area are en tered in this first annual tyke tourney golf enthusiasts uurray seoyne julian zafac dr brian moore and bev andy uckenrie returned from their golfing excursion to south carolina the group teedoff on uyrtlewood saturday in to degree temperatures the famous dunes golf and beach club sunday uonday to the seagull golf course for a couple of days and then on to the surf golf and country club all of these courses are situated in and around myrtle beach the hub of golf onthuslasts year round the foursome met many local golfers from georgetown and guelpb on the various courses doe uoore topped the overall play among the foursome during the seven day grudge tourney with a 17 stroke load over murray seoyne followed by julian zalae 23 strokes back and andy mc- kemle 24 strokes back water hazards plagued the players on all courses during tho trip highest penallted player julian zajac suffered 19 water hole penalties although one player was noted to have landed four con secutive balls in the same hazard and another three all in all a most enjoyable time was had by the acton golfing delegates from the cold north carloadsof people stoppedtoaskdirectlons for tho arena groups of strangers and some nosostrang wandered from store to store saturday afternoon and it wasnt long before people realized the 10th annual tricounty juvenile tournament was underway for another year among those showing keen interest in saturdays display wuro a host of scounts coacbea and managers from junior teams affil iated with the oha among the scountsat saturdays opening were peterboro petes coach roger nellsoo oshawa generals manager ivan davies kitchener rangers manager brent madlll and russ moore from oahawa head scout fred lilian and 4rv scout uurray whistler of the hamilton red wings also had their eyes pealed for any potential talent the most exciting of thettrsttwodaysacuon came uonday night the butter beeps who boast of last years feat when they won the canadian centennial championship lor uaor midget play met up with brampton brampton themselves have a record to be proud of they just finished capturing an omha championship brampton ode d the beeps 21 in that match the acton woodbridge game attracted a lot of attention when it had to be decided by a penalty shot basis after neither team fail ed to break the deadlock in an overtime period woodbridge won 21 although there has been no shortage of excitement in the early stages of the tournament the fever is nut expected to catch on until the last two days of tournament action the consolation and the grand champions will be decided on saturday the entire day went along with only minor incidents spotted throughout and nothing of concern materializing while tournament director bill rowney and his host of workers ran about the milton arena carrying out their various chores and duties golf clubs are becoming spotted with golfers taking advant age of the good weather while they can on th other side of the table there can be found baseball peop busy organizing meetings drawing up schedules and generally getting ready for baseball the ys mens team played a number of exhibition games with arthur and fergus before toast ing tho 68 season a couple of weeks back the locals played host to the arthur team and drew a 33 tally ter ry holmes steve mclntyro and bill mcgllloway rang in the ys mens tally back in arthur tho following week tho hometown talent cap tured a 54 decision over acton chris tennant bill mcgllloway and tim mclntyre with a pair scored for the losing acton team last week the ys men journ eyed to fergus to cop a 61 win over their hosts steve mclntyre and terry holmes netted a pair of local counters while chris tennant and tim mclntyre cagod slnglo counters for actons vic tory in an oxhlbitlon gamo with tho moms and dads the poo wees captured a 54 win moms and dads coach grant chambers and manager lloydmcintyreledthelr team to near victory with a close score throughout the game frank daley ed mcgllloway sam tennant and don cameron led the scoring race for the moms and dads with one apiece this year team mates dick lee harold townsloy el mer timbers dodio mcgllloway lou bonnetto and madeline bon netto were unsuccessful in their bid to enter the scoring race scoring highlight for tho peo wees was a goalie against goaue combat betweon rick bonnetto and father lou bonnelte the younger winning out a rematch was played the fol lowing week with a light snack servod to tho boys to and their 6768 season scout cub project hot cross bun sale as a hind raising project for tho acton cubs and scouts the boys havoheunbusytakingorders for hot cross buns this is ex pected to he the ono major pro ject this year to raise funds for the local group money is needed to assist with some expenses involved with the running of the individual pro grams and in the upkeep of the scout hall tho boys are vory proud to be able to havo their own building hut it does mean there is more to look after buns will be delivered satur day april 13 leaders ask for customors to try to be at homo when the boys call to make their deliveries that nfbrnlng per haps a nolo could bo left in tho door as to which neighbor tho buns could bo left with if there is nobody home fathers of cubs and scouts are driving tholr boys out on their calls as some of thorn have quite a distance to travel and with all those packages of buns anything could happen remember those peanut days there are still same left a talk on acton rotary clubs past 20 years was given tuesday at the club meeting by past pres ident mac sprowl he recalled many projects and events over the two deeades astonishing newer members with tales of the nutty peanut days vowing there actually once was i float made with 193810 peanuts to prove just how many pea nuts were imported into town for the peanut blitzes mr sprowl claimed he personally knew of some members who still had peanuts left at home he said club membership has ranged from a low of 13 to a high of 27 ted hansen is the present member of longest stand ing with 18 years and jim ledg er has 15 years there were 18 at the meeting with oa visiting rotarlan and two prospective members as guests last months club attendance including meetings made up was 942 per cent easter seal returns are con siderably behind last year mem bers learned this saturday some members will be helping the cubs and scouts deliver hot cross buns a suggestion was made to chal lenge the georgetown rotary club to an attendance competition in may with steaks at stake other projects were discussed as well a frivolous fines period added to the cottars sports pag game preserve to be safe home for waterfowl deer rabbits acton open on june 29 the free prase received word thla morning that the acton open golf tournament will be held on saturday june 29 this year place georgetown golf and country club teeoff time will be 7 am more details will be available next week north hal on will have a wild life habitat and game preserve yben a prbject of ttje hajtoir re gion conseryatyoa xuthbrlty is completed the habitat now be ing developed win become an ideal location for waterfowl deer and emau mammals the tonsorvatioii people have taken over 1600 acros of wood lands field and lake 00 the mas sagaweya township hob where they alltl to establish food and protection for game that once flourished in this part or the county but as well as providing a pr- serve for animals and bird naty ive tothe area the authority la also introducing several hardy new types of game birds from asia game technictanjrjank tim- mormanswholsllvingip one of the farmhouses oq the property while tno development j being carried oi expects that thelv50 hen ringnocked pheasants this year will lay eriougheggsto raise about 2000 pheasants this year the eggs though will have to be incubated away from the pre- form soccer executive set registration dates boys from 7 to 14 years of age interested in playing soccer are invited to register for the coming season two dates have been set by an executive formedlastsundayand headed by gil malcolm to get the game going in acton they are saturdays april 20 and 27 there was lots of enthusiasm to get soccer going here at sun days meotlng officers of the association elected are president gil malcolm vicepresident mick davis secretary fred allan treasurer fred bennett erectors andy nolan bill gerile jim l clde colos glen mckenzio peter ltargreve back row coach bill knight gary fishor wade knight mike ferguson troth arm strong and manager kon marshall missing wore brian storey russell coultrup bill mckenzie george artoniszewskv and terry nelson staff photo pee wees close 6768 season with mom and dad bout ihe world of 4 outdoors jhlbj art hawes top score last week at maple rock shooting range went to ed hawes who came up with a 24 gord clow was a close second with 23 while art hawes got 21 steve goy and brad malnprize 20 this week gord clow was top shooter with 24 followod by keith malnprize with 23 brad malnprize 2221 bill miller 2219 john cordes 22 19 and 18 ed hawes 2016 and art hawes 20 this year national wildlife week is being observed in canada during the week of april 713 the event is an annual ob servance declared by an act of parliament in 1947 to commemor ate the birthday of tho worldfamous canadian naturalist jack miner the tho mo of this years observance is pesticides boon or bane pesticides which include principally tho insecticides fungicides rodonticldes and herbicides have made and continue to make very significant contributions to the welfare of humanity today more than over before they are vital in mans ageold struggle to pro tect his crops against insects fungi rodents and weeds indeed man himself has been spared much suffering and death in many parts of the world through the direct control by modern pesticides of insectcarried diseases such as malaria and yellow fever with tho rapidly changing economics of agriculture and forestry which are being brought about by demands tor greater yields and better quality of products andbylncreaslngproductloncostsand a shrink ing labour market tho uso of pesticides especially horblcloos will continue to increase bocauso oach pesticide by definition must be poisonous to some unwanted organism some being poisonous to a wide range of organisms it is obvious that thoy must be used intelligently in order to avoid unnecessary damage to othor forms of life how- evor ono must be aware of tho dangers involved in generalizing too freoly on tho problems created by pesticides the potential for harmful sldeeffocts must bo assessed for oach individual chemical and for oach typo of project whore it is to be used such factors as the range of organisms to which tho chemical is poisonous the inherent toxicity and lifespan of tho chemical and the dosage rale must all be considered thus many chomleals may be usod extensively without causing environmental problems and oven dangerous materials may bo used safely under knowledgeable supervision concerning the hazards of pesticides to people the federal and provincial governments in canada have established safeguards in several ways o specially in relation to tho food supply and contrary to some commonlyheld views thoro is a considerable degree of control over what is done and what chemicals are used despite the probable increase in the uso of pesticides the out look is encouraging because of tho rapid development and increas ing use of shortlived narrowspectrum chomleals most of the chemicals which have been implicated in problems are in disfavor and in declining use there will continue to be a great need for information and education on pesticides in order to achieve wide spread recognition of the importance of careful and moderate use sent location of the pheasants pen which l about 25 feet from 4 railway line that runs through the area thegrecnd shakes enough when the trains pea that fhe eggs would be dl- hirbed tlmmerjhans said the noise of thetralnartd its whistle does not aeemto bother the birds many of which are fairly tana how he aid in addition to the ringnecked pheasants the authority alsoplan to breed several other types of hardy pheasants including the greyuanchurian pheasant nat- ive to the himalayan mountains the reeves pheasant the chuck- er pheasant and bob whites as well as providing a rela tively safe environment with a good food supply for these game birds tue workers will also build brush piles for rabbits and hares to furnish a food supply the authority will plough some of the area plant corn and let it stand for winter food for the wild fowl but with so many game birds in one area it is natural that predators will take acertalntoll red tailed hawks have killed a few of the pheasants running loose but not enough to classify themselves as a serious nuls- a few foes have also gotten their share of tame birds but the worst problem to date has been dogs from neighboring farms running through the pre serve a pack of dogs chased and killed a young deer which had been a regular visitor to iho pre serves farmhouse headquarters the farmhouse will eventually serve as a centre for visiting classes of school children the main feature of the area this spring will be the waterfowl making nests along the lakes edge last year betweon 500 and 700 ducks nested there last year there were mallards wood ducks in specially built nesting boxes and teal al ready this spring a small flock of wild canada geese has joined the tame geese on the south end of the lake there is also a number of tame mallards and black ducks in the barn on the farm which might help attract wild birds when they are releas ed onthe lake when the farmhouse is re modelled timmermans said it could serve as a location for lectures and slideshowing togo along with the water tour there will probably be no ad mission charge to tho area this summer he added answer four cbunfry calls t grass fires grass ores accounted for four- fire calls the past week saturdays call wasio lof 30 first une sunday dry grass and trees were abuz on ta fifth line of esqueslng t mondays call was to a field neafactoo dump and tuesdays to esojjeslng 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