The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 June 1978 — Page 9

SUMMER

Contests set during Mermaid festival

Entry details on two sporting events being held in conjunction with the 32nd Annual Mermaid Youth Festival in North Webster have been released. A double elimination slow pitch softball tournament will be held with 16 teams eligible to participate. Thursday, June 15, a drawing will be held to determine the 16 teams. Play will be held June 17 and 18 The teams will consist of 15 certified players. Team trophies will be presented for first, second and fourth place and player

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trophies will be awarded to the championship team. An independent basketball tournament is also planned with 12-man teams playing. It will not be an AAU sanctioned contest and such membership is not required. Entries will be received until Wednesday, June 14. A team drawing will be June 15. Play in the basketball tournament will be held June 18 and 21. Entries for the contests may be obtained by contacting Tim Moser, executive director.

Club works with officials

Members of the Turkey Creek Conservation Club try to work closely with conservation officials and to help beautify the Wawasee lake area. Patricia Siri, secretary, says some of the projects the group is involved in are lake clean-up, building bluebird boxes and other items plus plant environmental trees and greenery in such places as the Tri-County Game Preserve. The club also works closely with the Indiana Conservation Council and sponsors the canoe race on Syracuse Lake each year during the Flotilla. An open house is held each year in September on National Hunting and Fishing Day.

First lady enters world tractor pull

INDIANAPOLIS - When the 21st World Championship Tractor Pull comes to the Indiana State Fairgrounds on June 10 and 11 there’s going to be a lot more than just the traditional might and brawn which accompanies the heavy warfare of a tractor pull strip. According to John L. Fox, Indiana State Fair president, the first woman in the history of the National Tractor Pullers Association (N.T.P.A.) Grand National Circuit’s pulls at the fairgrounds will be adding her feminine charms to the once allmale sport. Coming all the way from Holyoke, Col., Julie Sporhase plans to give the guys a “run (pull) for their money” as she makes her debut in N.T.P.A. grand national competition. The lady has been pulling only since last August but has already had some success which her male counterparts would probably prefer to forget. One such moment came early this spring when she beat regional point champion Ronnie Reed at a machinery show in Great Bend, Kan. Even though she didn’t take home a first place victory, Julie said she was extremely proud knowing she had beaten one of the best. One month later she proved again that she is a serious contender as she settled for second place in a pulloff which had the front end of her tractor off the ground and the fans up from their seats. The John Deere 540 Rearend Logskidder is the pride and joy of Julie and her husband, Gary, who serves as the tractor’s chief mechanic and Julie’s number one fan. Gary is no newcomer to the pull strip. He has been the Colorado points champion for more times than his pretty wife can remember. Because Gary and Julie believe in doing things together, the Sporhase children accompany their mom and dad on pulling

Present membership of the club is between 50-60 members. The group meets the second Thursday of each month year round in the Turkey Creek Conservation building, on SR 13A Lake Wawasee. Randy Mast is president. Other officers include: Greg Moore - vice president Mrs. Siri — secretary Joyce Baugher — treasurer Even though the club primarily involves itself with activities in Turkey Creek Township, Mrs Siri says some members are from outside the area. She added that all meetings are open to the public. Usually a special program on conservation is held at each meeting.

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jaunts across the country. But family outings aren’t the only things the elder Sporhases share - they also share the tractor. After Julie competes in the 5,000 pound modified class, Gary beefs up the tractor with an extra engine to go after the purse money in the 7,000 and 9,000 pound categories. Having two members of the same family competing at the same pull increases the chances of walking away with a share of the $35,000 purse at Indianapolis. Julie might drive a dark blue tractor named “The Sting”, but

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Two tournaments added to festival

During the 33rd Annual Mermaid Youth Festival in North Webster, the International Palace of Sports Youth Foundation will sponsor a frisbee and basketball free throw contest. Tim Moser, executive director of the palace, announced the contests. The frisbee contest is open to all ages and will be held ih front of the palace at 7 p.m., Friday, June 23. Those participating will be judged on accuracy and distance of the throws. Doubles competition will have the pairs

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being judged on accuracy, style and originality. First and second place trophies will be awarded in both the individual and doubles compettton. At 10 a m. Saturday. June 24, the free throw contest will get underway on the North Webster School courts. Three age divisions will be competing for trophies being awarded to first and second place finishers in the

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divisions. , No entry fee will be charged for either event. For further information, contact the International Palace of Sports, Camelot Square, North Webster, 46555. An elephant’s hearing is so good that it can detect the footsteps of a mouse.

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