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8 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, September 30, 2009 LOCAL SPORTS Newcastle Lions Walk for Dog Guides Newcastle BOWLING LADIES' LEAGUE Mondays 7-9 pm Fun is the key to success by Sue Weigand If you enjoy walking, meeting new people, and dogs, or just want to make a difference, the annual Lions Foundation of Canada's Purina Walk for Dog Guides is a great event to consider participating in or contributing to this Saturday morning in Newcastle. And since the Newcastle Fall Festival will be going on at the same time, you can double your fun. The Walk for Dog Guides is organized by the Newcastle Lions, and aims to raise funds to support the training of the Foundation's various Canine Vision Dog Guides, Hearing Ear Dog Guides, Special Skill Dogs, Seizure Response Dogs, and the new Autism Companion Dogs, which are provided to help qualified Canadians with physical and medical disabilities live independently and actively in the community. According to Melissa Eckersley, Manager of Communications at the Lions Foundation of Canada, 100% of the proceeds of the walks go directly toward providing Dog Guides free of charge to Canadians with disabilities. "Each Dog Guide costs approximately $20,000 to raise and train yet the Foundation does not receive any government funding," she notes. This is the 25th year that the Lions Foundation has held the walks, which are organized locally by communities across the country. This year will mark the 15th walk hosted by the Newcastle Lions. Newcastle resident and Lions Club member Jean Graham chairs the event, and she says there is a short walk (2 km) and a long walk (10 km) to accommodate all kinds of walkers. "My husband, Terry, and I could see a great way to raise money and have fun," she says of how the Newcastle walks started. "Some people want to participate but don't have time for the long walk. Health and age can also dictate which route they take. Some have little dogs and old dogs and they take the short walk." Graham must be doing something right. Raising $29,816.64, Newcastle came in fourth in the Lions' top ten walks in the country last year, outdone only by Lethbridge, AB, Oakville, ON and Toronto (West), ON. In fact, the Newcastle walk has been in the top ten for the last 12 years, according to Graham. "But one person cannot make this happen," she says. "Our whole club works very hard on this event. We try to make sure our walkers enjoy themselves, and I guess that's why they keep coming back." She estimates that 115 people registered for last year's walk, noting that one person DOGS see page 9 NEWCASTLE SENIORS Bowling for Tues., Sept. 22nd BOWLER GAME ONE GAME TWO results for Sept. 21st Top Scores 150+ BOWLER Game Game Game One Two Three Top Scores 150 + over Anne Arsenault 199 191 Betty Major 152 Del Lancaster-Forget 153 158 Leah Wood 214 Marilyn Major 158 152 160 Sharon Bester 156 Shirley Moffat 198 187 157 50/50 winner: Lisa Janveaux ADULTS' NIGHT OUT Wednesdays 7-9 pm Arlene Watson Elaine Doty Jack Watson Jean Hall Jim Low Marg Wade Marie Trim Marilyn Martin Maureen Powell Roy Hopkins 150 199 170 161 194 215 150 154 162 245 157 222 results for Sept. 23rd BOWLER Bonnie Boucher Rob Boucher Cindy Angiers Dave Grant Nancy Raymond Ken Raymond Sandra Martin Marilyn Hossack Rick Jackson Duncan Smith Mary Ann Smith Kim Vieira Terry Angiers Game One Game Two MIXED LEAGUE Thursdays 7 - 9 pm ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI EUCHRE SEPT. 26TH RESULTS 1st Norma Glober 2nd Cheryl Farnscomb 3rd Gwen Dooley 4th Doreen Clifford (tie) Cora Manuel 6th John Pleasance Diann Stewart Bob Brown LONE HANDS HIGH SCORES Top Scores 175 + over 138 134 128 126 126 121 9 9 115 134 146 165 106 96 122 80 113 130 146 111 96 127 172 139 131 131 113 165 91 104 151 148 144 110 for Sept. 24h BOWLER Game Game Game One Two Three More players welcome! Call Sandra 905-4 446-0 0181 Next Euchre: Oct. 31st Pauline Richardson 50/50 Adrian deLaat Brenda deLaat Ken Crichton Bob Forget Fae Forget Greg Forget Bob Kilgar Clayton Trolley MaryLou Trolley Don Wright 186 269 192 187 186 188 192 191 214 181 191 214 182 210 183 217 192 DRAW 2009 PONTYPOOL MEN'S SUNDAY LOB BALL LEAGUE Results for Sept. 27 Semi-finals Pita Pit over Cement Heads 39-10 Pita Pit over Cement Heads 34- 5 Pita Pit lead `A' Final series 2 - 0. Blazers over MudHens 20- 5 Blazers over Mud Hens 12-11 Blazers lead `B' Final series 2 - 0. Next Games! Oct. 4 th, 2009: 3rd Game Mud Hens vs. Blazers - 2:30 pm 3rd Game Pita Pit vs. Cement Heads - 4:00 pm 4th Game if necessary - 5:30 pm 4th Game if necessary - 7:00 pm Remember the Banquet: October 17th, 2009 at the Pontypool Community Centre DURHAM COUNTY SENIORS EUCHRE SEPT. 28TH RESULTS 1st Joyce Cowan 2nd Joan Sutcliffe 3rd Mary Henderson 4th Mae Tabb 5th Liz Reynders TOP SCORES REBEKAH HALL EUCHRE SEPT. 23RD RESULTS 1st Ina Smith 2nd Joan Sutcliffe (tie) Reid Harness 4th Frances Cathcart TOP SCORES 85 76 74 73 71 84 78 78 75