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[ A MARSH WORLD® Yvon Duhamel‘s secret win too. § weapon _ was _ heating He drove the first three elements in his handlegrips. days with broken cleats so The heaters were so efâ€" took it easy on his equipâ€" fective he had to shut them _ ment. The new rotary valve off periodically because they engine he was testing ran got just too hot for his hands. flawlessly. But because of At St. Paul, during the his cleats he didn‘t push it. presentation ceremonies, He did not carry any spare you rather felt you were parts the first three days of visiting the amputation ward _ the four day event. On the of a major hospital. Driver â€" final day he did. after driver held up â€" "I had between 75 and 80 grotesque swollen, puffed, pounds of gear with me and black and blistered hands“g; . was, ready .to mt reb;l‘]lt mute evidence of the tria my Skiâ€"Doo," mel told There were 308 registered for the start. Only 299 made it to the line next morning. On the first day weather conditions forced five more to retire while 90 were eliminated due to mechanical failures. Facelle, in the Amesbury Hockey League, soaked up determined opposition last week to increase its lead from four to seven points and sits on top, one game out of cinching first place. Four games remain in the league. _ The key game last week was on Monday when Picture the scene at Winnipeg for the start. The temperature was 37 degrees below zero with a driving wind that dropped the windâ€" chill to 92 degrees below. And that was standing still! Â¥von Duhamel of Ville LaSalle, Quebec, driving a 400 cc Skiâ€"Doo won the event and collected $7,500 in price money. He was the first Canadian and drove the first Skiâ€"Doo to win what has for seven years been the private preserve of Polaris sleds. _ The headwork by his factory was a major factor in his victory. You _ win the big snowmobilé _ events â€" by Certainly, you need the ability and desire and the excellence of fine machinery under you. And you also need a fair quotent of luck. Certainly, one of the toughest snowmobile races on this continent is the Winnipegâ€"St. Paul 500. And that‘s not because the terrain is so tough. It is because of the tremendously debilitating cold. And the distance is not 500 miles as in its claim. It is closer to 626 miles. ference betweer and an alsoâ€"ran. But it is the headwork that, in the end, spells the difâ€" "ECONODRIVE PLAN®" CARNIVEROUS PLANT â€" BLADDERWORT (Utricularia vulgaris) This aquatic plant is common in shallow marsh areas, sometimes forming large mats of several hundred plants. It has attractive yellow flowers, borne on a 4 to 12 inch leafless stalk above water. The stems float beneath the surface and consist of an intricate network of branches on which are many small bladders, each of which has a tiny trap door opening inward but not outâ€" ward. Minute aquatic insects and other organisms that enter‘ the bladders are trapped, decompose, and particles are absorbed by the plant. by Reg Fife :‘ 36 MONTH PROGRAM . Canadian takes snowmobile 500 Facelle needs win to cinch top rung He did not carry any spare parts the first three days of the four day event. On the final day he did. He drove the first three days with broken cleats so took it easy on his equipâ€" ment. The new rotary valve engine he was testing ran flawlessly. But because of his cleats he didn‘t push it. Yvon Duhamel leaves little to chance. He has held the Canadian motorcycle championship for seven years and has many unequalled records on bikes in the United States. He is a tiny person. He stands just five foot three and packs no more than 120 pounds on a slight frame. He has to use his head. But luck entered into bjs win too. Consider again what, in other circumstances, would be a minor repair of a track or a clutch or a belt. With frozen or swollen fingers and in temperatures of such extreme cold, the problem becomes _ unsurmountable. So we have people dropâ€" ping out not really because of their mechanical failures, but because their reactions were dulled by cold, creating the problem in the first place, or because when they got into trouble they were not in shape to handle it. traveifiing at speed over unf; r terrain. A culvert or a fe_mg_ suddenly appears through the whiteâ€"out and you are driving at speeds from 40 to 80 miles an hour. That reaction time is critical. Facelle took on the second place St. George‘s Dragons at the Lambton Arena. Defencemen Pat Deline of Facelle turned in his greatest performance of the season in setting up the second and third goals with endâ€"toâ€"end rushes. Barry MacNeil in Facelle‘s nets and tribulations they had been through. There was no way these men were shaking hands. Several went right from the presentations to waiting hospital centres for medical atg:mion. Only 46 of the 308 official starters finished. Consider the difficulty of handling a snowmobile with frozen hands. Your reaction hands. Several went right from the presentations to waiting hospital centres for medical atynfion. Only 46 of the 308 official starters finished. ANGUS SHORTT Ducks Unlimited The next day she hit a four foot drift at 70 miles an hour and she, along with her sled, catapulted endâ€"overâ€"end. They landed in the soft snow on their posteriors and it wasn‘t long before both were heading for the finish line, again leaving a blue pall of smoke. A careful examination of Miss Mercer‘s snowmobile revealed she too has learned that headwork is the secret of survival against the inâ€" credible odds of the Winâ€" nipegâ€"St. Paul 500. She too had troubles on the trail. The blackâ€"haired beauty tangled with a barâ€" bedâ€"wire fence in Manitoba and lost 45 minutes. The chilled air was warmed considerably by her purple prose as she struggled to extricate herself and her machine. Miss Mercer, a 30 year old factory driver of snowmobiles, is something else. She holds amongst others, the women‘s world speed record for snowmobiles at better than 100 miles an hour. Had the same thing happened to many others who did finish, through guts and determination alone, they could not have made Dunhamel won by over 22 minutes on accumulated time, even though he was beaten to the finish line by lovely Los Vegas blackjack dealer, Dorothy Mercer, who drove her 393cc. Polaris over the line like a thing had a miserable night and did not look good on the two goals the Dragons netted. Final score was 32 for Facelle. At Keelesdale Arena Tuesday Kimberley Clark broke the jinx the Holophane team has held over them all this season. They had lost three and tied one. The Clark Tigers were paced by Wayne Maslen who piled up a five point night. such a mechanical change. Their fingers would not have functioned. In the second game of the night Bathurst was bombed by the Moose herd 7â€"0. Joe MacDougall and _ Tom Tompson were top Moose. Thursday at Keelesdale all six teams were in action with the top four working on their playoff positions â€" and trying to avoid the tissue of Facelle in the semiâ€"finals. Robin Walton, all star Facelle centre, scored two goals and an assist and teamâ€"mate Bruce Walker got three assists to beat Holophane 3â€"0. us following the race. ‘"And I was pushing on that last 60 mile lap," he asserted. That is where the trouble came. His clutch seized just five miles from the finish line. He had a spare. And here we get back to the point. His hands ere in such good shape that he effected the change of clutch in just six minutes despite the 17 below zero weather that sunny Friday near St. Paul, Minn. $2,395 NK British United AR Automobiles A division of # SCU Industeries Ltd 737 Church Street, Toronto 5 Only at The all new Austin 924â€"3341 St. Judes Atoms swamped Our Lady of the Airways 8â€"1 in the opener in the Humber Valley K. of C. Hockey League. Chris Cote, Brian Bosh, and Mike Mattine counted two apiece, while David Pelletier and Brad Mahoney counted singles. Eddie Konisky broke the goose egg for OLA. We were pleased that honorary president, Mr. Fred Young M.P.P. was able The first, drawn by Dick Braddock (president â€" Spartons Soccer Club), and donated by Par Furniture, Finchdale Plaza, was won by Mr. G. Amadei; the second drawn by Jim Webster (president â€" Armourdale Soccer Club), donated by Finchdale Cleaners was won by Mrs. Carla Amadei; and the third, drawn by Barry Webster (president _ â€" Flemingdon Soccer Club), donated by Basnicki Hardâ€" ware was won by Mrs. Christine Seidle. Our Lady of Victory overwhelmed St. Andrews 7â€" 3 in the second atom game at Weston Arena. B. McMillan counted twice and Paul Voisin, B. Hickey, John Madden, Mike Coppinger and Steve Pilon netted one each. St. Andrews fought back with a tally apiece from Chris Deighan, John Dowds, and Michael McGuinness. Dennis O‘Brien was the lone marksman as All Saints atoms shutout Tranâ€" sfiguration _ 1â€"0. _ Tranâ€" sfiguration pulled their A very successful Yorkâ€" view Soccer Club dance was held at St. Jude‘s Hall last Saturday evening, with all two hundred people present having a ball. Three door prizes were drawn as follows: Yorkview Soccer Club kicks off with dance Dances and music were for both young and youngâ€"atâ€" heart and it was great watching the antics of dancers during the Limbo. There must have been a few aches and pains the next day. to say a few words and spend a while during the evening. Spot prizes, donated by Shoppers Drug Mart (Finâ€" chdale Plaza), Humber Summitt Cleaners and Gerry‘s Variety Store were won by three lucky couples during the evening. And, thanks to the antics of Scotland‘s answer to Norâ€" man Wisdon (Alex ‘Simpâ€" son), the Raffle for two bottles of good will turned Hot rod David Alan Seymour, age 7 of Rutledge, Fla., was recently arrested. He was charged with driving his 5 h.p. minibike without a licence, going 50 m.p.h. in a 25 m.p.h. zone, having no registration tag or inspection sticker, driving without lights, attempting to elude police and running a stop sign. 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