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The Lung Association of Halton Region has lowered the price of its 1993 Golf Privilege Book. The book, which offers twoâ€" forâ€"one golf at a dozen area courses, went for $50 at the beginning of the season. But with the golf season now half over, the book can he had for $35. Call 847â€"1033 for details. Oakville Little League and the Ontario Special Olympics are bringing a celebrity allâ€"star baseâ€" ball game to Oakville next Saturday. Toronto Argos‘ Mike â€" "Pinball" Clemons and Tracy Ham will headline a host of sports celebrities, including skier Brian Stemmle, Toronto Maple Leafs‘ Rob Pearson and broadâ€" caster Dave Hodge. Exâ€"Argoâ€"â€"and Oakville resiâ€" dentâ€"â€"Dan Ferrone and former NHLer Mark Kirton will also play. Organizers are promising other surprise appearances. BARGAIN GOLF CELEB BASEBALL The game is at 12:30 p.m. at Trafalgar Park. Proceeds go to the Special Olympics. FiNmn RunN‘s a goâ€" It is possible to register on race day but entrants must buy a Tâ€"shirt for $8 and supplies are limited. Early registration costs $11. The 10km race takes place completely within the Coronation Park area, rather than on roads as in the past. Call $27â€"1934 for details. It‘s not too late to enter the 13th consecutive running of the Mayor‘s 5000 road race/fun run, Monday. Hay Dude captured his third straight victory in the Ontario Sire Stakes with a win at Toronto‘s Greenwood Raceway, Monday. DUDE‘S A WINNER The threeâ€"yearâ€"old trotting colt, bred and owned by Arland Farms of Oakville, scored the eightâ€"length win in one of three $20,428 elimination races of the Gold Series and has earned a spot in the $102,000 final, Monday at Greenwood. Trained by Donald Malcolmson and driven by Mark Megens, Hay Dude was time in 1:59.2 for his third win in as many starts. The Brisco Hanoverâ€"Arland Diamonds colt has made $103,522 in 10 starts this year. Hay Dude earlier swept the $101,720 Gold Series at Flamboro Downsâ€"â€"and set a Sire Stakes record of 1:59.1 in the process. But she‘s no dummy when it came to figurâ€" ing out she had to work hard on her grades this past year if she wanted a ticket to furthering her tennis game. By TOM MICHIBATA Oakville Beaver staff Oakville‘s Linda Van Batenburg Stafford is the first to admit she‘s no egghead in school. And so after garnering a 75 per cent average in her first semester in Grade 12 at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School this past year and passing her SAT test, she recently landed a fourâ€" year scholarship with Div. I University of Central Florida in Orlando, beginning this fall. Van Batenburg Stafford will study general arts in her first year and hopes to major in physâ€" iotherapy down the road. "I knew from the beginning that if I wasn‘t academically up to par with the Canadian uniâ€" versities, I could fall back on tennis, go to the U.S. and have some tuition paid for," she said. "It was definitely the most excitâ€" ing match I‘ve ever played," Kantor, a Blakelock High School graduate and member of the Queen‘s University varsity team, said of the second game. "It came to If Oakville‘s David Kantor needâ€" ed a sign that the his Ontario underâ€" 19 volleyball club is rounding into form for the upcoming Canada Summer Games, it came last week. Kantor and Co. capped a twoâ€" week fourâ€"city tour of Chile by extending the Chile senior national team to five exciting games before finally succumbing 19â€"17 in the decider in Santiago. It was the second time the Ontarians faced the Chilean nationâ€" als but the result was infinitely more encouraging after losing to them in three straight games at an earlier stop in Rancagua. Oakville tennis star is heading south Ontario eyes Games gold in volleyball After sorting through various offers, Van 16â€"all and their star player â€" probaâ€" bly one of the topâ€"15 players in the worldâ€"did a jump serve and got an ace. We sided out and tied it up 17â€" 17. Then they got another two points on kills." Kantor, who is a starting 6â€"footâ€" 8, 200â€"pound middle player for the Ontario squad, said the Chileans‘ quickness, defence and powerful hitting more than compensated for their lack of height. David Kantor (volleyball) . . .. Jeff Macintyre (volleyball manager) Adham Alaily (tennis) Shona Baillie {swimming) Robert Burfon (track coach) Leigh Hargrove (cycting) Colin Eflis (waterskiing "They hit extremely hard. Oakville residents going to Kamioops, B.C. Van Batenburg Stafford‘s roots in tennis were established in Trinidad when she began taking lessons at the age of five. Her family had just moved there from Georgetown, Guyana, and the lessons were a means of getting her comfortable with her new surroundings. Batenburg Stafford signed the letter of intent in June. Hiring a U.S. college recruiting service, she got offers from Cleveland State University, Georgia College, Armstrong State College and Elon College. "All of them (other offers) were very reasonâ€" able but something attracted me to Central Florida," said Van Batenburg Stafford, 18. But through the legwork of her parents, Pam and David, Central Florida entered the picture. Hearing positive feedback on going to a school in Florida from her tennis acquaintances from her native Trinidad, Van Batenburg Stafford was sold on the Lady Knights. And being from a warm weather country, going to Florida won‘t be hard to take. "The coach‘s (Cheridah Lawrie) husband for the Aug 8â€"21 Canada Summer Games Heath McKoen (rughy) tan Dann (rugby) Mark Perkins (rughy) Mark Krause (rowing) Felicia Neif (rowing) Megan Hersey (canoeging) The 19â€"yearâ€"old former member of the West Side Volleyball Club is optimistic of a gold medal for Ontario at this year‘s Summer Games in Kamloops, B.C., Aug. 7â€" 14. He figures Quebec, Manitoba and Alberta will be other top threats. Everytime you blocked them you could feel it," he said. The tour also indicated Kantor‘s transition from the setter position to middle hitter has been a smooth was my Dad‘s boss," she explained. "We were living in a sugar estate down there and we had just moved into the country. The parents wanted to get me associated with other kids in the comâ€" pound. "I liked it quite a bit â€"I was always keen. By the age of nine or 10 I was already entered in‘ national totrnaments." Earlier this summer, she went back to Trinidad for two weeks to compete in the Trinidadâ€"Tobago Open Championships, where she lost in the first round of senior singles but won the doubles title with Jacinta Ayers. She captured national titles in underâ€"12 and 14 and was a national team member in 1987. She has been listed as high as No. 16 in the Ontario Tennis Association rankings. "I don‘t really have a coach here," said Van B Stafford (as the family is known), who curâ€" rently plays out of Burlington Racquets Club but has also played at the Bronte Community Club and the Sheridan tennis bubble. "I‘ve been basically doing things on my own." An Oakville auto body shop has put the finishing touches on this new stock car. Bonus Auto Collision on Speers Rd., with help from JS Manufacturing and RB Automotive, custom built this Buick Regal, which will make its debut in the Challenger Class at Flamborough Motor Speedway tomorrow (Saturday) night. Sponsored by several local busiâ€" nesses, including Cycle City, and driven by Burlington‘s Steve Smith, the bright green car was built from scratchâ€"â€"only the body panels purchased from General Motors are similar to your basic Regal. Under the hood is a 5.7 litre (350 cubic inch) Chevrolet engine. That‘s Bonus owner Don Barnhart (standing) and Jim Ginnis, who worked on the car, posing with their masterpiece. ReapyY TO RACE Kantor finds middle more physi* cally demanding than setting but the latter is more of a cerebral drain. He still prefers setting but with more opportunities down the road lying in the middle spot, he‘ll take his chances there. National team coach Clement Lemieux has told him he prefers a smaller, quicker player at setter. one. In his three seasons on the provincial squad, Kantor has been switched back and forth but with the setting in the capable hands of Jeff Chung, Kantor was moved to middle in June and will stay there. "We looked at our team and there was Jeff and I setting. It was kind of a waste if one of us wasn‘t* on the floor. I decided it was best for the team if I switched to middle. The transition has gone quite well. I‘m starting to like it a lot more." FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1993 PAGE FF15