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Hunters up to get bird by Brian Berriault On the whole good duck hunting weather held up during the last couple of weeks. Opening day was ideal for those of us not spending the night shivering in some pond or marsh. Many hunters see this over night slumber party as a way of controlling hunters who may enter onto their privately staked-out hunting area. However, early morning always manage to find a few extra bodies swinging a barrel skywards. _ Next year (although swearing never to spend another night sleeping on a marsh or pond) they'll be back in the sack shivering with opening day anticipation or cold. Ducks Success was good from all reports heard. Plenty of ducks are still winging about in our area. Geese have started their southern migration from northern Ontario which means bay ducks will also be showing their beaks in our area soon. There are still plenty of good hunting days left in fact the best is yet to come now that opening day has been overcome. Many fair-weather hunters will return to their beds rather than chance those frosty *morning outings. They've had their one-day fling at duck hunting and will now lay comfortably in bed while real duck hunters head afield for the best hunts of the year. Brain wave As I quietly sat in Wye Marsh opening day I couldn't help but come up with a suggestion for a far sighted electronic genious. I have often wondered with our modern day technology why someone hasn't invented a gun sight that would control trigger mechanisms on shotguns. An electronic eye could be set at say 50 yards. When the gun is pointed at game beyond this range triggers would automatically freeze. I can picture the frustration of a few hun- ters who think shotguns have limitless range. Shell companies would be furious of course at the loss of revenue and some hunters would never get a shot since a few seldom shoot at ducks within range. Safety course Alas every opening day passes and a few would be hunters get the urge to get out and hunt. However many have never held a licence before. A gun safety course is a must for those under twenty years of age and should be considered by anyone over that age at- tempting to obtain their first gun licence. Presently courses can be taken from in- structor Steve Quaife from Midland. There are a few openings in the course starting on Oct. 13. Courses last approximately a week and start at 7 p.m. and end at roughly 9:30 p.m. Elmira gals beat MISS in finals Midland Secondary School's senior girls basketball team seems to be coming up against a brick wall every time the local gals meet their counterparts from Elmira. MSS lost in the Grey- Bruce Tournament in Meaford over the weekend to Elmira in the finals. The team played well, winning against Owen Sound Collegiate 34-21 in a game in which Tracy Vent scored 16 points. Defense was the name of the game in the second round against Listowel. Midland won the game 32-9 with Angie Pumputis scoring 14 points. The third game against Elmira was a close one, ending in a 36- 33 loss for the Midland team. The loss represents the second tournament in a row that the senior girls have lost in the finals to Elmira. This, in no way, detracts from their play and they deserve a great deal of credit for their performance. AV, ee Bonneville one % g _ sa git ae McEachern More Midland Centennials Don Whittaker MacDonald, Penetanguishene rec hockey underway In Penetanguishene recreational Hockey League action Sunday, Hindson opened the season at 9:30 with a 4-2 victory over Dock Lunch. Scores for Hindson were recorded by Paul James Dupuis, Ron Lalonde and Rob Larmand. Larmand also received an assist on the goal by Lalonde. OHA Intermediate A Division Standings As of Oct. 6 GPWL T GFGAPts Georgetown Raiders 2-200. ,13) 58, 24 Orillia Terriers TO Oey, we Sere 2 Collingwood Shipbuilders 2 We One 10 a2) 2 Barrie Flyers LOPS... 052353 5):° 0 Midland Athletics es Ose Oa Se 7a: 0) Port Elgin Sunocos Te Oeil Ord roa 0 Owen Sound Greys 0) 50720 00x 020 Three teams tied for first in Midland Industrial bowling play in the Midland bowling alley. A three way tie has developed in the Midland Industrial Bowling League after this past Sunday's Commodore Hotel and Quality Carpet Care of the eastern division and Brabant's construction of the western division all have 22 points with 10 wins and Larry Langley and Tom Gignac tallied up for Dock Lunch with Gignac also assisting on the goal by Langley. The second game was a 3-3 tie between Chalet Sports and V & J Gas Bar. Mark Dugqtette scored a goal and assisted on another by Don Bazinet for Chalet Sports. Bazinet scored two goals in the game. For V & J Gas Bar, Richard LeFaive put the puck past the goaltender for the first goal of the game and assisted on a later goal. Dan Dahmer and John Bell scored the other two goals with Randy Leroulx Next session will be receiving two assists in Oct. 12 beginning at 9:30 game play. p.m. Bancroft tourney won by St. T's In the North Hastings High School annual junior volleyball tournament, St. Theresa's High School junior boys' volleyball team won first place. Tournament was held in Bancroft, with St. Theresa's dominating the play. Their first game was a close one but St. } Theresa's just couldn't hang on as they went down in defeat 16-14. Next game was a better one for the team with the victory 15-11 going in their favor. St. Theresa's won their next two games -- against Nicholson 15-1 and 15-7. They won quite easily over North Hastings 15-4 and 15-6 and then went on to win 15-1 and 15-2 over Ernestown. Finals pitted St. Theresa's against Belleville Collegiate Institute with the victory going to St. Theresa's 15-3 and 15-9. Rain delayed X-country The Area 3 elemen- tary school cross- country run that was scheduled for Saturday was cancelled due to inclement weather. However, a new date has been set for the event which will be held at Mountain View Ski Hill in Midland. The cross-country run will be held Oct. 9 at 1:15 p.m. Larry Bowers, principal of Msgr. Castex School in- Midland will be A dozen schools are expected to send representative teams to the annual event. Last year's winners from Penetanguishene's St. Joseph's school will also be present at the race. supervising the race. Students are limited to 20 per class since two losses. Quaife finds this a good number to teach. Winner of, the high single of the week trophy The fee for each course is $20 and is held at donated by Summer's Trophies was Don Lacroix at S & W Sports in the A. E. LePage Mall on 366. ' Highway 27. High scores for the week of Oct. 5 were: Louis Courses will continue as long as there are Maurice with a single of 311, Maurice Lapensee with enough students interested. Exams are still 309 and Sam Poole with 305. set up with the Ministry of Natural Resour- High average is 248 with Dennis Brabant, ces. Anyone interested in taking a gun safety followed by Don Lacroix with 242 and J. P. course should contact Steve Quaife at 526- Desroches with 238. 3912. Bressette top Sinner Jim Bressette still holds the mens' title for top average in the Sunday Sinners Bowling League. His 213 average has been untouched for the second week now while Pamela Lesperance is in possession of the title for the ladies' with 187. Bressette also holds the high single for men with 317 and Betty Thayer the ladies' at 27a: : High triple is Bressette's as well with an 878 score. Pamela _ Lesperance holds the high triple at 647 for the ladies. In league play, the Lucky Strikers are in first place with 23 points, Z| TOWN OF MIDLAND "NOTICE RE GARBAGE COLLECTION (Thanksgiving Holiday) Thermal-Graphics of Canada Ltd. INTRODUCTORY OFFER Pickup for Monday, October 13th (Thanksgiving Day) will be on Tuesday, October 14th. All other pickups will be one day late this week only PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Wednesday, October 8, 1980, Page 25 Thermal-Graphics provides an insulation evaluation showing all areas of heat loss in your home $ INTRODUCTORY OFFER a includes Infrared scanning & report. For further details call Dunc McLaren 526-8694