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If Not for Bad Luck by Brad Kelly I'm trying to come up with an analogy that would best describe how poor my luck has been lately, but can't Somehow, that doesn't surprise me. The only thing that comes to mind is that old joke involving involving Dolly Parton, triplets, and bottles. But, to put it all together wouldn't pass editorial inspection. It has become a weekly tradition to pore over the Sport Select lottery sheet every Sunday morning, trying to come up with a combination of football picks that will return a tidy profit. Each week, I take my paltry five bucks, plunk it down on some winners, and spend much of the afternoon watching the ticker tape of scores that appear on the screen every ten minutes. So far, I've cashed in a couple of times. But it's the ones that haven't made the lottery terminal hum that winning ditty that are an example of my poor luck. On four occasions this year, I've picked all the winners. winners. But, because of the four-point margin of victory that teams need to qualify as a winner, my ticket has ended up in the garbage. The latest example was this Sunday, when Pittsburgh drove down to inside the 10- yard line of Atlanta, but kicked a field goal with only seconds remaining to win by three points. Picked all the winners, but didn't cash. Since Sport Select was established in 1992, there have been a couple of huge tickets cashed. The first major major winner collected $10,641 on a $2 wager in January of 1993. Three ties and three wins in hockey provided the source for the win. 1 The largest single prize was won in November of that same year. The payout was $120,000. A FOOL AND HIS MONEY - Can't think of a better better phrase to follow a story about sports betting. Seems there were a lot of fools who were soon parted from their money at the Breeder's Cup races in Toronto on Saturday. Rick's Natural Star, a $3,500 claimer that hadn't won a race in three years, was inexplicably allowed to race against the elite horses in the world. The betting public, obviously sympathetic toward an underdog, bet a total of $60,259 on him. ; That horse, in that field, would be like pitting you or I in a match race against Donovan Bailey, the world's fastest man. Would people bet in excess of $60,000 on us? OTHER STUFF - Sports reporter Chris Rourke found out that a couple of area high school students will be competing at the OFSAA Championship cross country country races this Saturday at Sunnybrook Park in Toronto. Emily Muir, of Bowmanville High School, placed fourth in the midget girls' LOSS A race, while Andrew O'Toole, of Courtice Secondary School, was first in the senior boys' race. The LOSS A races were held at Trillium Trillium Valley in Raglan...Dave Thomson, a former student at Clarke High School, is on the men's soccer team at Trent University...From the lanes: Sonya Vickery made the YBC Senior Mixed Team that will bowl at the provincial provincial level in Cambridge on November 23. Also, Alison Alison Meikle and Sean Griffin, from Liberty Bowl, won the high singles trophies at the Master-Junior tournament tournament held in Oshawa on Sunday, October 27. Alison rolled a 193, while Sean checked in with a 192. THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON AND THE CLARINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the local businesses, different agencies, other town departments, firefighting staff and residents for their generous donations and ongoing support for the Clarington Fire Department Junior Firefighter Program. CS-4948 g MUNICIPALITY OF ( Clarington ONTARIO ©J.P. Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, October 30,1996 3 Eagles Snap Losing Streak Settle for 5-5 Overtime Draw Against Qojlingwood Blues by Chris Rourke Intensity was the name of the game on Sunday night at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Recreation Complex. The Bowmanville Eagles battled • the Collingwood Blues to a 5-5 tie in a Provincial Provincial Jr. A League game. The tie ended a two game losing streak for the Eagles. They are now 5-9-1 in the Adam Armstrong had two power play goals. Ruddock Division. Bowmanville started off slowly as Duane Rushton scored twice to give Collingwood Collingwood a 2-0 lead. The Eagles regrouped and went on a tear. Seth Gray and Nolan Robertson scored 35 seconds apart midway through the opening period to tie the game. Bowmanville weren't done, as Adam Armstrong Armstrong scored two power play goals to give the Eagles a 4-2 lead after the first period. Jason Vautour and David Deeves scored in the second for Collingwood to send the game into the final period tied at 4-4. Rushton scored his third of the game early in the third to give the Blues a 5-4 lead. The Eagles didn't manage to tie the game until Matt Armstrong Armstrong roofed a pass from his brother, Adam, with 3:13 left in the game. Bowmanville put on all the pressure in overtime. Matt Armstrong could have won the game for the Eagles, as he received a penalty shot, but didn't score. Eagles head coach Guy Jacob Jacob was happy with his team's play on Sunday. "We had 20 players who played with intensity even though some were sick or injured," injured," Jacob said following the game. "We came out with a strong, positive point." The Eagles much criticized criticized defence has improved greatly in the last five games. "The defence has come a low way. Todd Stockdale has really brought a lot of stability stability to the blueline," said Eagles Eagles assistant coach, Rene Badeau, who oversees the de- fpfK'P THE SCOOP - GM Mike Laing traded captain Scott Imrie to the Metro Jr. A Oshawa Legionaires to fulfill the future considerations for the acquisition of Ron Bak- er...Laing also traded Jim Jordan Jordan to Ajax for defenceman Adam Parks...Bowmanville lost 5-3 in Stouffville on Saturday, Saturday, and 6-4 in Cobourg on Monday, October 21.Joel Forsey won a pair of Toronto • Raptor tickets in the basketshooting basketshooting contest during the second intermission of Sunday's Sunday's game. Whitby Wildcats Tamed By Square Boy Novices The Square Boy Pizza Major Major Novice Toros improved their regular season record to 9 wins and only 1 loss with a decisive decisive 4-1 victory over longtime longtime rivals, the Whitby Wildcats. Wildcats. The 4-1 score wasn't indicative indicative of the play as the Toros outplayed the Wildcats, and with a few breaks, the score could easily have been in the double digits. The locals also managed six penalties to one for thé Wildcats which also kept the high scoring Toros in a penalty kill situation for much of the game. Scoring for the Toros were Jordan Gross with two, Tyler Ferguson and Brian Corcoran adding singles. Assists to Corey Bradbum, Derek VanS- chyndel, Jeff Hatfield, Brad Farrow and Chris Boyce. The defence corp of David Perron, Trevor Grohor, Jeff Hatfield and Daniel Millette played a strong game for the Square Boy team. Goalies Jesse Francis and Chris Cook came up big on numerous occasions occasions for the hometown team. THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT REGIONAL FILE NO.: OPA 96-009 The Regional Municipality of Durham is considering an amendment to the Durham Regional Official Plan to incorporate new policies relating to the Lake Ontario Waterfront. PUBLIC MEETING The Durham Region Planning Committee will hold a public meeting to provide interested parties the opportunity to make comments, identify issues and provide additional information relative to the proposed amendment. The public meeting will be held on: Tuesday, November 26,1996 at 10:00 a.m. Durham Region Planning Department, Main Boardroom Whitby Mall, Fourth Floor, Lang Tower COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? An information report outlining the details of the proposed amendment may be obtained from the Durham Region Planning Department. If you have any questions or comments regarding the proposed amendment, please contact: John Michailidis, Planner Tel: (905) 728-7731 (Whitby) Tel: (905) 686-1651 (Toronto) Fax: (905) 436-6612 If you wish to make a written submission or if you wish to be notified of subsequent meétings or the adoption of the proposed amendment, please write to the Commissioner of Planning, Box 623, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3. Please include your address, telephone number and the Regional file number in your submission. APPEAL If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed official plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal. Gerri-Lynn O'Connor A.L. Georgieff, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Chair, Planning Committee Commissioner of Planning PUBLIC NOTICE THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO CLOSE AND CONVEY THE UNOPENED ROAD ALLOWANCE KNOWN AS A PORTION OF KING STREET IN THE HAMLET OF KENDAL TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, at its meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, at the Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Monday, November 25, 1996, at the hour of 7:00 p.m. proposes to pass a By-law to authorize the closure and conveyance of part of the Unopened Road Allowance known as King Street, in the Hamlet of Kendal, shown as Part 2, Plan 40R-14432, being Part of Lot 9, Concession 6, former Township of Clarke. COUNCIL, at its meeting of October 15, 1996, declared the unopened portion of King Street, in the Hamlet of Kendal, to be surplus property. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT before passing the said By-law, Council or a committee of Council shall hear in person, or by his Counsel, Solicitor or Agent, any person who claims that his land will be prejudicially affected by this By-law and who applies to be heard. Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. Town Clerk Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3A6 Dates Published: October 30, November 6,13, and 20,1996. CS-5962 © J R .<?i MUNICIPALITY OF ( clarington ONTARIO CLARINGTON BOYS SLO-PITCH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION IMYSl THANK YOU! Our baseball season for the year is over, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our team sponsors, and tournament sponsors for making this season a success. TEAM SPONSORS Royal Canadian Legion #178 Purplehill Lodge Rozmin Awadia George Van Dyk Morris Auto Glass Bowmanville Sports Shop Hooper's Trophy Hooper's Jewellery Dennis Pizzeria Early Treatment Centre Pet Connection Roy's Enterprise Checker's Ugly Duckling Slo-Pitch Team TOURNAMENT SPONSORS Bulk Foods Dempster's Bread M & M Meats Hanc's Skylight Tim Horton's A & P Bakery Dept. Peter Vreeker - Dairy To all the parent volunteers, a BIG THANK YOU TOO Looking forward to seeing you again next year. Coffee Time IGA 7-Eleven Clement Poultry Canadian Tire Loblaws A&P