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Could changing the way they're paid keep more doctors in Fort St. John?

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Council is expected to vote next Monday, Dec. 8, on possibly funding up to $52,600 for the study.

However, Ackerman also suggested that two industrial partners she has talked with would be interested in helping pay for this review.

Ackerman is part of a health care solutions committee that includes Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm, Northern Health and other area stakeholders, where she said the idea had been discussed.

The committee was formed to combat a deep health care service shortage: Fort St. John no longer has a walk-in clinic that will see patients who don’t already have a family doctor, and recent figures from Northern Health show that many thousands of people across the city can’t find a family doctor. “(Through the review), we’re

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Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman discussed alternative options for doctor pay at last Monday’s City Council meeting.

creating a second option for physicians in terms of their professional choices,” said the city’s economic development officer, Moira Green.

Ackerman said that typically, doctors in Fort St. John have been paid through an agreement with the provincial Ministry of Health in which the doctors charge fees for each service they perform. The costs of running a clinic – such as rent or taxes, utilities, hiring nurses and other support staff – are supposed to be built into these fees.

However, in other communities, physicians can be paid through “a contract with Northern Health that would let the health authority deal with overhead costs.” In other words, Northern Health under this system might be responsible for running and staffing a clinic, being paid by the ministry, and might hire doctors on a salary rather than a piece rate.

Normally, it’s one or the other system, and “very seldom will you find both of those in a single community,” Ackerman explained.

“We’re looking for ways to bring those two together,” she added.

“When we have spoken to the (local) doctors, they have indicated that overhead operational costs are an issue for them ... what we can do is a financial review of the operations and see if there’s a way to decrease their overhead.”

MNP’s review would have multiple phases. The first phase would look at having a better understanding of the financial issues for doctors operating here. The second part would look at options around a possible alternative payment system, and the third phase would be

to develop a business plan.

“We’re doing this to see if we can create a different model for the existing clinic to make it more financially feasible, or a developer could build a new facility and relieve all of the physicians of some of their financial hardships and burdens,” said Ackerman.

Once the study is done, she continued, the stakeholder committee can take the results and come up with possible solutions.

The purchasing process for this will be unique, since normally the city is required to open projects to competitive bidding instead of handing a contract to a company (a phenomenon council called “sole sourcing,” and is known in other circles as a “no-bid contract”).

Ackerman explained that the stakeholder committee had been advised that MNP would have the most success getting accurate information from doctors for the study.

Instead of voting on whether to fund the study last Monday, council agreed to ask city staff to put together a report on whether and how they could skip the bidding process. The report is expected to come back to council for the Dec. 8 meeting.

Ackerman said that she has already spoken with potential benefactors.

“I’ve spoken with two industry folks in town who have committed to taking a look to this,” she said.

“We would go to our industry partners for financial contribution to it ... they understand that contributing to community is a huge part of their social licence.”

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Resetting the scene Sometimes when you watch a movie, you might think you know what’s coming better than the main characters do. Last Friday, some Fort St. John locals got a chance to try that out for real.

The PeacePlay, part of the Fort St. John Women’s Resource Society’s months-long Peace Project, made an appearance at the North Peace Cultural Centre recently. About a dozen young actors from Prince George made the trip to act out four scenarios that dealt with problems young people – and especially young women – may face.

“This was an effort here for our young people,” said Peace Project coordinator Ellen Farrow. “We want to know how they see violence, and we wanted them to experience how to find solutions.”

The project began with a day-long workshop with students to ask them about violence and what it looked like to them. These formed the basis of the vignettes that were performed on Friday.

Scenes the actors presented involved a woman who was catcalled, young girls facing decisions about what to wear, and a girl who faces pressure from her parents to choose a more traditionally female profession.

Then, the actors played the scenarios again, but this time, members of the audience were invited to change it up – either by playing the role of one of the actors, or inserting themselves into the scenario as an extra person. The actors then tried to improvise around the new performer.

As a part of the process, the group also discussed the flaws with some of the thinking present within

the scenarios.

The PeacePlay attendees had their own ideas about how that scenario should have played out. Farrow tried to switch the scene up by having the women come up and try and talk to her potential catcallers. Then another attendee tried to call out the catcallers.

“Most people don’t like it when you hoot and holler,” Farrow responded. “You’re actually making them more uncomfortable.”

In the scenario about domestic abuse, the actors didn’t try and sugarcoat their language.

One actor suggested that an abused wife should get her husband “blackout drunk, steal his boots” and beat up her husband in kind.

Another scenario was something that may be more prevalent in the Peace Region than elsewhere: A woman wants to become a welder, but her parents advise against it, for fear of the sexist treatment she may receive.

Farrow seemed pleased at the response the PeacePlay received from the students.

“In our morning performance, there was a lot of interaction,” she said. “It was excellent. I love how passionate our students are in ending violence in our community.”

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Should there be laws against idling your vehicle for extended periods of time?

Idling is a wasteful and destructive practice.

Wasteful in that you’re basically throwing money away from burning off precious gasoline while you run in to have a double double with a buddy for an hour, and destructive in that you’re helping destroy the planet with all those carbon emissions.

Idling a vehicle longer than necessary should absolutely be outlawed, if for no other reason than we’ need to ensure that our grandchildren’s grandchildren have a livable planet. Won’t someone please think of the grandchildren’s grandchildren?!

Just enough to get the engine warm. That’s it. You don’t need to let it run the whole time you’re at the gym or the grocery store. No one is really that precious that they can’t handle being a little cold while the car warms up.

And before all the moms out there cry foul, guess what? If you can handle it, your kids can handle it. It’s not like we’re talking being out in -30 weather for hours on end, we’re talking the distance from home to the store.

No one is going to suffer that much by being a little cold for 10 minutes.

Your kids will whine, but they will live.

It’s not like idlers are that hard to find, either. A bylaw officer could just hang out at the coffee shops or the mall and just slap tickets on any vehicle that’s exuding a white cloud from its tail pipe. Get enough of those, people might just rethink leaving their vehicle running unnecessarily.

Science Matters David Suzuki

Clean drinking water should be a human right in Canada Canada is among the world’s wealthiest nations, but our wealth is not equitably distributed. Many communities, particularly northern and Aboriginal, suffer from poor access to healthy and affordable food, clean water, proper housing and other necessary infrastructure.

An ironic example of this disparity is at Shoal Lake, about two hours east of Winnipeg. There, two First Nations, Shoal Lake 39 and 40, are next to the City of Winnipeg’s main drinking-water supply, but Shoal Lake 40 has been on a boilwater advisory for decades.

Shoal Lake’s story is complicated. To begin, the Ontario-Manitoba border runs through the middle of the lake. Winnipeg has drawn its drinking water from the Manitoba

side through a 153-kilometre aqueduct since 1914.

I visited Shoal Lake during the national Blue Dot Tour in support of environmental rights. Driving east along the Trans-Canada Highway toward Kenora, we crossed the aqueduct before arriving in Kejick, home of Shoal Lake 39. Chief Fawn Wapioke from Shoal Lake 39 and Chief Erwin Redsky from Shoal Lake 40 greeted us. We then participated in a traditional water ceremony organized by Shoal Lake 39 elders.

Chief Wapioke explained that lake water taken for Winnipeg requires the community to maintain artificial water levels, which affects fishing and wild rice harvesting.

I also visited neighbouring Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, reached from the mainland by a short barge ride.

Originally on a thin point jutting out from the lake’s west side, the community was cut off from its neighbours in 1914 by a dike and canal built to channel swampy water from the drinking-water intake pipe, converting the peninsula into an island.

The canal blocks access to the west, and Shoal Lake blocks access to the east. In summer, when the barge is running, there’s no problem leaving Shoal Lake 40 via

David Dyck

Laws are like candy. One or two is fine, but too many will result in easily avoidable pain. And just as it would be silly to legislate candy consumption, it is just as silly to start legislating how long people are allowed to idle their vehicles.

Not even considering how unenforceable such a law would be, I’m against it on principle. Maybe there are good arguments for why citizens shouldn’t let their cars warm up when it is -30 outside. It negatively affects the environment, or it costs too much money.

Whatever the reasons are, maybe they’re worth looking into, maybe they aren’t. But let the matter be settled in the court of public opinion. A deluge of laws will do nothing but make people bitter and resentful towards the idea.

Maybe a public campaign is in order, to remind people that wasting fuel can have negative effects on their bank accounts and the environment, or maybe businesses would like to initiate a no idling policy in their parking lots. Those are a few ways the issue could be addressed without making criminals out of people who would rather get into a warm car than a cold one. I’m not sure what the best approach is, but the answer is certainly not to write tickets for idling vehicles.

Shoal Lake 39 and Highway 673.

In winter, it’s possible to cross Shoal Lake by snowmobile or on foot, and a makeshift winter road has provided access to the west for the past few years. But twice a year, during freeze-up and spring thaw, it’s unsafe to cross the lake by road, barge or foot, isolating the community from the outside world, often for weeks at a time.

The situation is so serious people have died waiting for medical attention to arrive from Kenora, only an hour away on the TransCanada Highway. Stories abound about women miscarrying, houses burning down and other personal and public safety issues. “We were told that the City of Winnipeg’s removal of a secure land connection to First Nation No. 40 has directly led to the deaths of nine First Nation members,” says a letter from the International Joint Commission to the U.S. and Canadian governments. The commission also said First Nations weren't adequately compensated.

Less than 20 years ago, commercial fishing made Shoal Lake 40 economically self-sufficient, but Ontario’s government ended that in the early 1980s over concerns about overfishing. Eighteen years ago, a boil-water advisory was

issued and never lifted because the community of 250 was deemed too small to justify a water-treatment plant. Today, an open garbage dump and overflowing septic tanks mar the island.

The human body is about 60 per cent water. In a sense, this means the people of Winnipeg have a very real connection to the First Nations territories at Shoal Lake, source of the water they use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. But while Winnipeg residents enjoy clean water, the people of Shoal Lake 40 suffer from substandard water, which puts their health at risk every time they turn on the tap.

This is more than just unfair, and more than just an environmental problem. It’s an abrogation of the basic right of all Canadians to have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Canada may be a wealthy, developed country, but the fact that such deplorable conditions persist in places like Shoal Lake, and in hundreds of other First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Canada, is a national shame and must be resolved immediately. It’s yet another reason why the right to a healthy environment needs to be recognized by all levels of government in Canada —and ultimately, in our Constitution.

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Brrrr. It’s cold out there! Winter is officially upon us and we are once again having animals arrive with frost bitten toes and ears, their little feet blistered and bleeding. I would like to share some safety tips on how to assist an animal before and after it has fallen victim to the frigid cold.

Cold weather conditions cause an influx of animals in need here at the shelter. However, we only have room for 24 cats and are constantly at capacity during the winter months. So we ask the public for assistance by following a few of these safety tips and helpful hints. First, use pet-safe propylene-based antifreeze instead of ethylene glycol based products. Remember, it’s not only cats and dogs drawn to the sweet flavor. Many cases of wildlife poisoning and secondary poisoning from eating deceased animals, that have fallen victim to ethylene, are reported every winter.

Make “Think and Thump” part of your morning routine! Cats and small wildlife gravitate to the warmth of car engines during the chill of fall and winter. By simply banging on the hood before you start your vehicle you can help prevent one of hundreds of tragic outcomes for the furry critters that may be struggling to survive the winter. Don’t be so hasty to punch that command start button, go and brush some snow off your car, make some noise and help us lower the high number of incidents each winter.

Every community has many abandoned and free-roaming cats and dogs that are forced to fend for themselves. To those willing to assist a furry critter in need there are actions that will make their winter struggle easier. Such as, visit alleycat.org/ShelterGallery and look at the examples of easy to build shelters. You can even take that old cat or dog crate and turn it into a much appreciated shelter. Simply cover the crate with a leak proof material to keep moisture from getting in. Surround with foam insulation (even use that stuff that your new Christ-

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ALWAYS line the inside with a thick layer of straw that will allow the animal to burrow, but not so much that it may block the entrance.

Whenever possible, make sure the shelter is off the ground and try to have it placed out of main wind and snow drift paths.

Let’s not forget the large animals in our community. Under the PCA Act it is clearly stated that all animals under the care of a human must have proper shelter from the elements. This includes heat, cold, wind, rain etc. So this means you must provide a shelter for those horses.

Highly treed grounds offer some shelter and plow rows also help to redirect some wind, but ARE NOT considered legally sufficient shelter for large animals in our climate. At minimum, each dwelling area should have one two sided shelter. Three sided shelters provide the best protection from the elementts but two sided will offer adequate shelter.

If you have found an animal frozen to the ground please DO NOT pull it up! Cover the animal with any blanket or garment available to help maintain body heat. Next find anything warm to pour on the ground to thaw the area directly surrounding it. Animals that have been frozen to the ground or have lost bladder control while vocalising for someone to help MUST be taken to the vet immediately! The SPCA will take over care from there. Remember, City Bylaw is available to assist with any injured animal within city limits 24/7. Contact them at 250-787-8150 for any after-hours emergencies. If your critter is thoroughly chilled but has not been frozen in place and has not lost bladder control, (it is strongly suggested to seek veterinary care), you must warm it very slowly. As the frost bite leaves the body

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there will be a lot of vocalising. Provide hot water bottles wrapped in towels, a warm room, lots of warmed bedding and warmed water to drink. Rubbing the animal in warmed blankets helps to stimulate reheating. Never submerge the animal in warm to hot water! The animal is likely to enter into shock and in such a fragile state it can cause death!

With the added lights and electrical cords strung about remember to monitor pets, particularly felines and puppies, to prevent electrocution hazards. Keep glass ornaments on high shelves and tree branches to prevent Fido’s curiosity from getting him in trouble. Many dogs like to sneak an ornament off the tree and glass will surely shatter and cause oral lacerations. Lastly, keep Poinsettias, chocolates and nuts well out of wandering nose range. All can be harmful to pets and the last thing you want this holiday season is an unexpected trip to the vet’s office.

We would like to thank those currently caring for stray animals and offer assistance with housing and food supply for those willing to maintain a stray until the shelter can take it in. We would like to thank our adopters. Each and every adoption opens the door to bring one more in off the frozen streets. We would like to thank everyone who donates money towards the medical needs of animals as it helps us afford these emergency cases when they arrive.

Thank you to everyone who donates items, time, love and so much more to help make our community stronger for the people and animals that live here. Until next time keep warm out there.

The changing seasons are hard to miss. That glorious golden display in our woods is a visual announcement that winter is on its way. Our days are also changing with the sun, or lack of it, playing a big part in the need for the snow boots and parka!

The autumnal equinox marks the time in our journey around the sun that daylight starts to decline and darkness advances. On September 22, we experienced 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night – the same as experienced at everywhere on earth. Compare this to December 21st, the winter solstice, when we get only 7 hours of day and 17 hours of night. The sun will rise at 9:35 am and set at 4:28 pm. (Remember when we enjoyed 17 hours of daylight in June?)

The intensity of the sun drastically changes as we head into fall and winter. That warmth of sunshine on your face noticeably decreases these days. No wonder – at the height of summer, the sun reaches 57 degrees up in the sky at local noon (which is actually closer to 1 pm for when the sun is highest in sky in Charlie Lake). On the first day of Fall it climbs to 35 degrees and in the deep of winter our sun only reaches a mere 10 degrees.

The angle of the sun and the length of our Charlie Lake days are all due to the tilt of the earth’s axis and our movement around the sun. The 23.5 degree tilt is vital to the intensity of the sun’s rays. Revolution of the earth around the sun brings us every 6 months, to a place in our orbit in which we are tilted towards or away from the sun. As the earth rotates each day, this tilt also affects the length of our day and night. Watch the sun as we go through fall and winter – it may not make winter shorter or warmer, but it will connect you with the amazing astronomical changes we witness all year round.

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James Hinchcliffe hits the north Byron Hackett Staff Writer

Canadian IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe got behind the wheel of a very different kind of vehicle last Thursday morning.

The 27-year-old driver, who now operates under the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports banner, was in Fort St. John at Oculus Transport shooting some promotional material for his new team and got test drive one of the company’s 18 wheelers.

He took some time out of his day to address a large group at the Oculus building just off the Alaska Highway, and explained in an interview beforehand he was happy to be joining a team with a Canadian owner.

“It’s awesome honestly,” Hinchcliffe said of the Canadian connection.

“He’s the only one in the series.

He’s the only Canadian owner and I’m the only Canadian driver and the fact that we ended up together makes it that much better. The support that I’ve gotten from back home has been incredible the last few years and I think this adds another element to that. I think Canadian race fans are going to appreciate that Ric [Peterson] and I are working together now. " That owner is CEO of Oculus Transport Ric Peterson, who joined Schmidt Motorsports in 2013 and said that bringing Hinchcliffe to the team was more about having a driver who can excel on all surfaces and win the Indianapolis 500.

“It certainly wasn’t why we picked him,” Peterson said about the idea Hinchcliffe being Canadian lead the decision to sign him. “But the fact the he is Canadian is definitely a bonus and that he’s such a personable guy and stuff like that.

We picked him because he can win on all types of tracks.”

Peterson said bringing the driver to Fort St. John was a matter of circumstance, but he was happy to give his employees the opportunity to see a potential Canadian icon in the flesh.

“We were bringing him to Calgary for our customer appreciation party and I thought ‘we should get him up here to see what we do and see some of our people’ he was quite excited to do it,” Peterson said.

“He actually drove a truck a little ways. It’s pretty cool.”

Hinchcliffe added that seeing what Oculus is all about helps him put the experience of signing with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in perspective.

“It’s been great. It’s been cool getting to see a little bit of the company and meet some of the employ-

ees. I mean these are essentially sponsors now— they’ve got a car to cheer for now. So it’s nice to be able to come up here and see some of them, put faces to names. It’s been cool. It’s been an education,” he said.

The mayor of Hinchtown will be joining a team that has a strong track record of winning in recent years and combining that with Canadian ownership made the process that much smoother.

“I’m obviously very excited about it. To get to move to a team that has done an awful lot in IndyCar in a pretty short amount of time is very exciting from a drivers point of view and that one of the owners is Canadian makes it that much better,” Hinchcliffe said.

“Sam [Schmidt] and Ric were dead set on trying to get a Canadian in the car and the honestly the feeling was mutual. The process was

really easy— so we are thrilled and looking forward to the next couple of years.”

Those next few years will be critical in the career development of Hinchcliffe, who might some day have the same impact on the sport of racing as his hero, the late Greg Moore.

“I still look at Greg [Moore] as the hero and I’m just a kid who’s lucky enough to get to drive every once in a while,” he said.

“In the same scope if there is ever a situation where I can have the same kind of effect on a young karter (sic) or racer then that’s incredible.

“Because honestly that played such a big part in me wanted to get into this sport and having a guy to look up to was a big deal. If I can have the shoe on the other foot and be that guy for some young racers that would be an incredible feeling.”

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Fort St. John’s General Manager of Integrated Services Victor Shopland, and Chad Carlstrom and Kristin Bayet of Urban Systems discuss the city’s transportation plan at a recent council meeting.

Fort St. John seeks to become a 'walkable city' William Stodalka Staff Writer

It’s a lonely road for many in Fort St. John.

You can see that laid out in a recent Fort St. John document about the city’s ongoing master transportation plan. It showed that nearly 70 per cent of people drove around in a vehicle with a single occupant – in other words, alone.

But the city is looking at trying to get more people to try other forms of transportation, such as boosting the percentage of people who use public transit from the current 8 per cent, or getting more people to carpool than the fraction – also 8 per cent – who do so today.

City Council was given an update on the transportation plan, which has been in the works since the summer, at Monday’s meeting.

A number of reasons why there are comparatively few people who avail themselves of greener transport alternatives were identified by local stakeholders who were consulted for the plan. These stakeholders came from a wide variety of groups, from industry officials to taxi companies to School District 60.

Although 15 per cent of respondents reported using “active transportation,” such as walking and cycling, moving through the city in these ways can be “difficult and unsafe,” according to some of the stakeholder feedback.

As well – big surprise – some parts of the city aren’t accessible in all seasons, other people and groups commented.

But the city is hoping to change some of those realities for commuters.

“One of the thrusts would be to increase public transit and other forms of transportation that don’t mean more cars on the road,” said Victor Shopland, the city’s general manager of integrated services. “It’s to improve the number of people that are moving around the city.”

Another goal was to integrate transportation and land use planning to help “build walkable communities and foster a vibrant downtown.” Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman pointed to towns like Tumbler Ridge and Kitimat as examples. “(Kitimat) is very walkable,” she said. “(Tumbler Ridge) is a very good example of mixed – you can walk and drive in different areas. When they talk about land use, they can be planned so that you can walk it easily.”

There were still some issues identified by stakeholders for regular drivers. These included poor road conditions, as well as a high volume of large truck and other industrial traffic coming through the city, arguing it should be routed back to the city’s bypass roads.

Newly re-elected Councillor Bruce Christensen concurred, suggesting that the city should do something about the bypass. “(Many people I’ve spoken with) had concerns about the traffic speed limit on the bypass, and so now they're going through the downtown area,” he said. “We're trying to create a more friendly downtown. We need to divert that traffic back onto the bypass, and increase the speed limit on those bypasses.”

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Lakeshore 4-H Community club news Hi everyone! It’s that time of year again! Welcome to the 102nd year of 4-H! To kick off the new 4-H year we gave out Club awards from the previous year, and then had a potluck (pizza included). When the joking and laughter died down, and people finished eating, we started the Annual General Meeting. We began with the 4-H pledge and introduced our new members Julia and Sierra. We talked about the Christmas party and possibly going on a ski trip. After the new business was discussed, we elected new people to the executive. These are the positions and who got the post: President: Stephanie Vice President: Allie Secretary: Letisha Reporter: Iris (that’s me!)

Safety Officer: Christina Barn Decorator: Julia Club projects include photography, crafts, beef, sheep, swine and rabbit The Treasurer will be chosen next meeting. Then the meeting was adjourned with the long-standing “I ate the motion” joke. As people bustled around, I couldn’t help but think about how alive everything felt. Kids running past in long-awaited play, and talking and joking from adults and kids alike.

I guess that’s what 4-H is; Fun with friends in a form of a program. The more fun you have, the more you learn. Now, before I forget, I have to start my record book. See you next time!

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WEEKLY PRO RACING UPDATE Postseason Racing News, Stats & Trivia

All-Time Top Driver’s Bio

This Week’s Racing News

NASCAR dignitaries, Hollywood stars and race fans will convene for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week Dec. 2 through Dec. 5. Once again, NASCAR headquarters will be anchored at premier resort destination Wynn Las Vegas. Returning will be the fanfavorite NASCAR Victory Lap parade, which provides fans with upclose views of Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Challengers in their race cars. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion’s Week will culminate with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, where this year’s Chase drivers will be recognized for their accomplishments on stage before a star-studded audience comprised of teams, owners, celebrities and fans. FOX Sports 1 will provide coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

Dec. 6, 1933 - Blackie Watt was born on this day. Watt, a standout in Western Pennsylvania with hundreds of wins in Late Model and Modified feature races, started 24 races in the Cup series, 20 in 1966 and four in ‘67. He finished his NASCAR career with nine top 10s, all in ‘66.

Racing Trivia

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Which driver finished 57th out of 59 starters in the first race at Daytona International Speedway? a) Richard Petty c) Richie Petty b) Maurice Petty d) Kyle Petty

Answer : a) Richard Petty drove a 1957 Oldsmobile convertible and finished 57th out of 59 starters having blown the engine after eight laps.

Born: March 14, 1914 Cup wins: 54 Cup top-tens: 332 Cup championships: 3 Lee Petty was one of the pioneers of NASCAR, and one of its first superstars. Petty was thirtyfive years old before he started racing. His NASCAR career began at NASCAR’s first race at the three-quarter mile long dirt track, Charlotte Speedway. He finished in the Top 5 in season points for NASCAR’s first eleven seasons and won the NASCAR Championship on three occasions. In the first race at Daytona International Speedway, Petty battled with Johnny Beauchamp during the final laps of the race. Petty, Beauchamp, and Joe Weatherly drove side by side by side across the finish line at the final lap for a photo finish. It took NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. three days to decide the winner. In the end, with the help of the national newsreel, Petty was officially declared the winner. Lee is the father of Richard Petty, who would become NASCAR’s all-time race winner.

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This Week: The Hero World Challenge

The World Challenge does not count toward any of the official stats for the PGA Tour, but most of the top stars show up because of the host.

This event is hosted by Tiger Woods.

Defending: Zach Johnson The tournament started in 2000 and Winning Score: 13-under par Woods has either won the event or finished second every year he’s competed in it, except in 2005 when he finished in a tie for 14th. He withdrew from the tournament in 2009 due to injuries suffered from the Thanksgiving night car crash that took the world by storm and sidelined his golfing career.

Last year, Woods lost in a playoff to Zach Johnson.

Isleworth Golf & CC Windermere, Fla. 6,538 yards, Par 72

Golf TV Schedule

Last Week: Jordan Spieth won in Australia

Jordan Spieth shot a final Tournament Results round eight-under-par 63 1. Jordan Spieth Score: -13 as his rivals labored in the Sydney wind to claim his 2. Rod Pampling Score: -7 second professional title by six strokes at the Australian Open on Sunday.

3. Brett Rumford Score: -6 The Texan, who shared second place in his Masters debut in April, fired eight birdies in a flawless final round to secure the Stonehaven Cup at 13-under 271 for the tournament at The Australian Golf Club. “I didn’t think the round was out there but the putts just kept going in,” Spieth said. “It’s the best round I’ve ever played, the best win I’ve ever had.”

Golfing News

PGA Event: Hero World Challenge Day Time Network Thu, 12/4 2pm-5pm GOLF Fri, 12/5 2pm-5pm GOLF Sat, 12/6 2pm-5pm NBC Sun, 12/7 2pm-5pm NBC

PGA Tour star Phil Mickelson will be joining his brother on the Arizona State University men’s golf coaching staff on an interim basis. Mickelson will be working under his brother Tim, who has been the team’s head coach since 2011. During his time at ASU, Golf Trivia Mickelson won a total of 16 tournaments, Who shares the record with Tiger a school record and twice as much as the Woods as the only golfers to win next golfer on the list, and national titles multiple U.S. Junior Amateurs? in 1989, 1990 and 1992. Mickelson is technically filling the assistant coach role a) Hunter Mahan c) Jordan Spieth that opened up when Joe Prince left the b) Phil Mickelson d) Zach Johnson program earlier this fall. Tim Mickelson is Answer: c) Jordan Spieth won the U.S Junior expected to permanently fill that job next spring or summer.

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Lessons from the Golf Pro While watching John Daly make his long shot is quite entertaining to see, overswinging is a very common problem for the amateur golfer that creates a lot of havoc.

The thought process behind taking a backswing beyond parallel is that a longer arc will create more clubhead speed. That is a true statement, but if you are all out of balance in trying to swing so hard, is there really any benefit? Since everybody’s mechanics are different, only a half-swing may be perfect for you. The key to determining what will produce the best shot in your arsenal is to swing back as far as you can turn your shoulders without tilting them or losing your balance. The only way to get a true description of what the best shot is for you is to practice and find out what feels right each time.

Player Profile

Jordan Spieth

Turned Professional: 2012 FedEx Cup Ranking: 158th World Ranking: 11th PGA Tour Wins: 1

FedEx Cup Standings Through Nov. 30, 2014

1) Robert Streb 681 pts. / 3 top tens

2) Sang-Moon Bae 605 pts. / 2 top tens

3) Ben Martin 574 pts. / 1 top tens

4) Bubba Watson 550 pts. / 1 top tens

5) Ryan Moore 541 pts. / 1 top tens

FedEx Cup Standings continued...

Player Points 6) Charley Hoffman 519 7) Shawn Stefani 368 8) Tim Clark 366 9) Brendon de Jonge 363 10) Kevin Streelman 356

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