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thursday jan 1 1970 the tribune page 7 editorial needed a new image by peter harris it was only a very few years airo that the first snowmobile appeared in ard around stouffville last season the motor vehicle licence office in stouffville sold over 500 twoyear permits an additional 300 or more have been sold this year snowmobilinsr has become a great sport both for individuals and for families it it not uncommon to see a car hauling a trailer with two machines and assorted sleds tnd toboggans aboard the business is booming with dealerships and service centres specializing in snowmobiles springing up everywhere a few though have branded snowmobilers with a bad name these few show a lack of consideration for others both snowmobilers and the population in general tearing down farm fences and tearing up peoples lawns are problems that are not ap preciated already notices reading no snowmobiles are joining no hunting signs along township sideroads the reason for their appearance can be attributed only to the carelessness of a few there are many areas near stouffville ideal for snowmobiling county forests have trails marked for the purpose unused township road allowances make ideal stomping grounds for the adventurous one thing that would be a boon to the stouff ville community is the formation of snowmobile clubs members could assemble and run over a predetermined route or explore open areas to gether there is a great deal of discussion about control but the greatest control can be ex erted by the owners of these machines them selves keith mcguekin fivegoal marksman stouffville beck ers milk blasted schell lumber in mite action dec 22 with a 101 vic tory keith mcguekin paced the winners with 5 goals and 2 assists other scorers for the milkmen were larry fockler david raymer pat gibson brian bowes and harvey schell earning assists were har vey schell with 2 while paul barry larry fockler ed the only schell lumber and brian bowes got one each robert kemp notch- goal in another onesided match country readymix defeated lehman shoes 51 steve spang led the winners with 2 goals and an assist while david ker rigan picked up one of each gavin mcleod and paul jackson finished off the scoring stephen vaughns unassisted tally saved lehmans from the whitewash brush aida cleaners took 2 points from the kinsmen when they came on strong in the late stages of the game to score two unan swered goals bill ham scored the tying and win ning goals while murray johnston got the opener and a clincher ted waite fired the second goal kevin mcguekin picked up a pair for kinsmen while brent nichol had one jon holden recorded his third consecutive shutout to lead his consolidated sand and gravel team to a close 10 victory over raymer interiors though not really overworked in the defensive game jon had to come up with sev eral big saves to preserve the win and his shutout ron yakeley was the scor ing hero for the truckmen as he rapped home a good pass from winger ron gierkink athlete of 69 pickering blonde beverly boys of pickering has been named woman athlete of the year in a poll conducted across canada the highdiving star is a student of pick ering dist high school games of the week kinsmen juveniles stouffville vs port perry jan 4 900 pm clippers stouffville vs napanee jan 6 830 pm the home team juveniles lose 54 stouffville de feat doesnt rest easv on the shoulders of stouff- vilies kin juvenile team prior to friday they had suffered only one loss this season that to markham on dec 26 they drop ped number 2 of the schedule 54 to uxbridge some of the boys were dragging their skates possibly from too much turkey the day before the forwards neglected to come back behind the blueline to help out the defencemen they also failed to finish off plavs around the uxbridge net brian kessel was a 4- point man with a single goal and 3 assists jody holden potted a pair anil assisted on one bill thornhill fired one and picked up an assist on an other other assists went to don harman and bob leger on sunday jan 4 port perry come here for a 930 game stouffville moves over to the scugog town jan 7 for a 9 o clock fixture solo rush stouffville hunts sunoco and betz pools were both looking for points in the win col umn dec 22 and as a re sult they put on a sparkl ing defensive game which ended in a 11 tie bradley nigh opened the scoring for hunts at the 2 minute mark when he converted a pass from glenn turner the gasmen then held off the betz club for 5 min utes only to have don rennie tie the game on a neat solo effort from then on to the end there was plenty of forecheck- ing and big defensive plays meharg real estate picked up 2 early goals and then held on to defeat pine hill auto 21 in a close match terry plas- kett and jeff forfar were the marksmen for me- hargs with don smith tallying for the carmen on a pass from mike conklin the pine hill crew then picked up a series of fool ish penalties which hurt their chances of tying the leagueleaders hes not feeling well they lost again car rally on ice whitchurch twp whitchurch township council has agreed to per mit the toronto sports car club to hold an ice rally at the pepper pot lodge on preston lake from january 31 to febru ary 1 the decision to permit the races was not unani mous and deputyreeve lawrence hennessey warned council of making too hasty a decision he said people around the lake should be fitst consulted and they have a right to have their privacy protected councillor norman bar nard toid council he be lieved the races were not noisy affairs but taxed the skill of drivers to com plete an icy course councillor betty van nostrand said she was concerned about the dang er of thin ice patches but was assured bv whit church police chief fred mason that the ice was tested for safety first b drilling a series of holes the councillors also felt there was some obligation to pepper pot lodge to earn revenue in the off season if it could the rallv will be one of six to be held throushout the province and will be for club members only several boys that play- on novice hockey teams attended a toronto maple leaf practice on monday morning at maple leaf gardens along with their choaches and some of the parents bantam team misses tourney award port perry star fires five goals edge brooklin 65 lucky hockey fan wins a new 1970 snowmobile for a one dollar ticket joan fairley merritt road toronto won herself a new 5850 sno prince snow mobile friday the draw sponsored by the stouffville clipper hockey club was made by napanee team captain earl smith loan was present at the game and accepted the keys from club president ken betz she purchased the ticket from defenceman don haynes jas thomas clipper rally falls short by tony gundy stouffville it was boxing day in more ways than one as stouffvilles clippers were edged 43 by napanee in the holi- day contest the officials assessed fifteen penalties and intervened in several outbreaks of fisticuffs tempers had cooled little since these two teams met in napanee to stage the roughest fixture of the season a stouffville spurt in the final frame put them within a goal of napanees total but it was too little too late the clippers rushed passed and shot with authority after al paterson sparked the crew with an early goal bob smith assisted harold hodgson narrowed the gap with a fine power play structured by don haynes at 616 but the winners de fensive play was sufficient enough to prevent further scoring the first twenty minutes of play featured some fast jody holden exciting hockey sprinkled with more muscle than discretion stouffville pick ed up three of the four penalties meted out in the scoreless period the visitors clicked four times in the second stanza and the clippers answer ed once bob brown who figured hi every napanee scoring sequence sent les culligan in on a break away to put the scoreboard in operation rick gerow doubled it with help from culligan and brown top juvenile team scorer stouffville in cluding the two pucks he fired into the uxbridge net friday jody holden of the kin juvenile club now has 36 goals to his credit so far this season if the hardfiring for ward can continue his present pace he could top the magic 50 mark with an additional 12 assists he has 48 points runnerup with 14 goals and 21 assists is bill thorn- hill brian kessel is third with 12 goals and 13 ass ists x the individual statistics follow j holden b thornhill b kessel g 36 14 12 a pts 12 48 21 35 13 25 d farlow w harrison b leger g henderson l gilroy j lamoreaux b norton d mcdelly r lee r stover d harman r plante h crowder 12 23 14 16 10 7 6 5 4 1 2 3 3 0 1 12 10 9 6 5 4 3 3 3 1 1 he flies through the air the camera doesnt depict the landing but in midair tom sommcrviilc of markham shows fine form at the dagmar ski club uxbridge township the win ter resort is enjoying an excellent season with membership up considerably over last year peter harris stouffville stirred when don haynes alertly poked the puck under the nap anee netminders pads bob smith was credited with an assist the culli gan man called again to make it 31 with brown and gerow assisting the die was cast when ron vonalstine increased the margin by four goals brown was part of the pattern in a recent home game against wellington the clippers came up with a stellar performance as they recorded a 72 win al patersons accurate slap shot accounted for three of the locals tallies bob marshall registered two and ken crawford and harold hodgson counted singles wellingtons three lavender boys were held in check by the winners solid defensive unit bob lavender the teams lead ing scorer found the mark only once and fred knight fired the other stouffvilles bob smith was buzzing all night with good effect and don mc intosh provided great pro tection for glenn jackson who guarded the cage in fine style the clippers host nap anee again in the next home game on jan 6 at 830 pm flood rinks stouffville an openair rink has been created at the rear of summitview public school and flooding operations are underway in the mem orial park and the west end parkette legion ladies league stouffville ev mckay led the legion la dies league dec 16 with a 673 triple and a 321 single others over 600 were lois bartlev 608 and opal lehman 639 topping the 200 mark were ixis bartley with 202 and 229 gladys clarkson 214 opal lehman 204 222 and 213 doris lang 205 winnie elson 205 johanna ryfa 200 and doris farthing 205 team standings moon rocks 40 skylarks 32 moon babies 31 no nos 24 stinkers 22 and loon- ey lunars 19 stouffville stouffville lost 63 to port perry in their bid to win the consolation round of markhams bantam tournament more accura tely stouffville was defeated by port perrvs glen van camp who scored five of the winners six goals three were unassisted efforts the houston pharmacy entry reached this plavoff after a previous 52 loss to markham and a 65 victory over biooklin in the port perry fixture john meakes was the outstanding player for the local club his unas sisted goal at 810 of the first period inspired the team to keep the pressure on until they led 30 meakes did an encore after mike wightman fin ished off a play engineered bv mike spraggc and kevin barrick van camp knocked on the door near the end of the stanza to make it 31 the next two frames allowed port perry to blink the bulb five more times while the stouff ville attack sputtered it was high test rras against something resembling kerosene stouffville simply lacked the power van camp clicked on four of the remaining five goals begrudging team mate dave jackson to count a lone tally before the final buzzer the earlier stouffville- rrooklin contest was a close one as houstons john meakes took advan tage of a penalty to break the stalemate in the last three minutes of play meakes also found the mark earlier in the period kim steckley was sharp in close as he stretched the mesh twice don- nie norton and nick fibre chalked up the other stouffville markers mike spraggc turned in a clever performance next league home game will be played january 8 when bay ridges arrives game time is 745 pm athletic grants exceed 200000 queens park grants totalling 201475 to ontarios 47 sports gov erning bodies have been announced by minister of education william g da vis the grants under the federalprovincial agree ment on fitness and ama teur sport are for the 196970 program last year ontarios sport bodies re ceived a total of 157551 under the program under the terms of the agreement each of the 47 governing bodies may ap ply to the department of education for fin support for a wide range of programs including lea dership training courses competition and develop mental planning in ontario the program is administered by the de partments youth and rec reation branch the pro gram was started in 1961 to increase participation in amateur sport and to de velop a higher level of com petition the following is a break down of how the grants have been allocated archery 2500 badmin ton 4000 baseball 3000 basketball 4000 bowling 600 camping 2500 ca noeing 4000 coasters athletic club 1500 crick- et 1000 cycling 4000 diving 1500 fencing 2- 000 football 275 golf 10- 000 gymnastics 8000 handball 1000 hockey field 4500 hockey ice 14700 judo 1900 lacros se 9500 orienteering 1- 500 pony club 500 ring- ette 1500 rowing 3500 rugger 1500 sailing 2- 500 skating figure 3- 000 skating speed 2000 skiing 35000 skiing wa ter 2750 soccer 7000 softball 4500 swimming competitive 4500 swim ming synchronized 5000 tennis lawn 12000 ten nis table 2000 track field 7500 under wat er 1750 volleyball 2000 water polo 2000 weight lifting 3000 wrestling 5000 amateur athletic union provincial 2500 boy scouts 1000 girl guides 1000 red cross society swimming 1000 royal life saving society 5000