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PAGE 8 TERRACE BAY NEWS JULY 3I, 1974 Recreation Crants.m. continued facilities or when trying to pay directors and assistant directors of recreation. These grants should be brought in line with those provided for other programs such as Day Nurseries and other cost sharing areas. Recreation is becoming more important each year because of its therapeutic effect and a good playground or athletic program could prevent many serious social ills which result from too much idle time. Surely this concern and interest in sports and recreation, as expressed by the Honour- able William Davis, and the Honourable Rene Brunelle, should be translated into more gen- erous operating and capital grants for this program. Some assurance that this indeed will be the case will be most welcome and greatly appre- ciated. Yours sincerely Jack Stokes, MPP Thunder Bay. FIRE SITUATION Multiple fires breaking out within hours of each other were creating control problems for firefighters in Northwestern Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. Electrical storms moving in with a weather front from western Canada started 26 new fires in the Northwestern region on Wednesday and the regional fire centre in Dryden expected more lightning starts yesterday. New fires were all in Kenora and Dryden districts in a band along the mid-section of the region. Additidénal lightning was reported throughout the central and eastern areas with only minimal rain. In northern parts of the region, however, heavier rains fell slowing fire spread in some of the major fire areas. Rain, varying from I.47 inches to neglibigle amounts, fell on the 129,000 acre fire located about 22 miles west of Red Lake. Sixty-five fires, including 26 lightning fires discovered Wednesday, were reported burn -ing in Northwestern region yesterday. In the past 24 hours to 8:00 a.m. yesterday 27 new fires were reported and I4 extinguished. Sixteen fires were not under control, 22 fires were under control, nine were being held, one was being investigated and I7 fires north of the 52nd parallel were being observed. Little change was reported on the fires - for him from the Dodgers, Willie Davis. All but three of the fires reported Wednes -day were manned by Wednesday night. The re- mainder were manned yesterday morning. These fires were all small in size, from one-tenth to two and one-half acres. As of 8:00 A.M. Thursday, I,049 men were fighting fires in Northwestern region. A further 200 were held in reserve. PORTS SLANTS - By Ray Shank Just about 'dis 'n' dat: Former Montreal Expos relief artist Mike Mar- shall has a good chance of winning the Life saver of the Year Award, the way he's been saving (and winning) games for Los Angeles Dodgers. Marshall, as of mid-July, had app- eared in something like 60 games, almost half as many as the Dodgers had played. Besides saving about I9 victories for L.A., Marshall had also chalked up I2 victories of his own, which was also close to the top as far as wins are concerned by National League pitch- ers -- starting pitchers, that is. Marshall undoubtedly has helped the Dodgers, as much ; and maybe more than the player the Expos got \# But if he keeps appearing in all those games (he pitched in I7 of 20 Dodger games in one span) = he'll be burned out in the stretch, when the Dodgers will need him most Isn't it fantastic how hockey star Gordie Howe, once a little-educated lad out of Wey- burn, Sask., has become such a successful financier. Gordie, whose first pro hockey contract with Detroit Red Wings in I946 was worth a measly $2,500 a season, is now a continued page I4... which remain out of control. Red Bog Inn TERRACE BAY A DON'T KNOW WHAT TO GIVE AS A PRESENT! | WHY NOT A GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR A NICE MEAL AT THE Red Bog Inn PHONE 825-3286