The Daily Journal from Fergus Falls, Minnesota • Page 9

Ice in Otter Tail County -St- I i a. --This long crack ol upheaved ice on South Ten Mile Lake By BRIAN HANSEI, Journal Are you treading on thin Ice? No, not the kind of thin ice one speaks of figuratively, the real stuff. If you are among (he multitude of ice fishermen or snowmobilers who turn the more than 1,000 lakes in Otter Tail County into a recreation area in the winter months there is a good chance you might be. Four reports of thin ice or vehicles "breaking through" the ice have already been received by the Otter Tail County Sheriff's Department. South Turtle, Otter Tail and South Ten Mile Lake have had thin ice reported as well as the Highway 108 underpass bet- ween North and South Lake Lida.

According to a newsletter distributed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources the strength of the ice is not always determined by appearance, daily tem- perature, thickness or whether it is or is not covered by snow. The depth of Ihe water under the ice, size of the water body, water chemistry and distribution of the load on the ice and local climati: factors are also relevant. It is important for anyone who drives on the ice to remember that ice is no more than a film across the surface of the water. Weight moving across this film causes it to bend up and down. According to the DNR, one hint to remember if you do drive on the lake is prolonged parking in one spot lends to weaken the ice.

A car parked on ice one-foot thick will depress the ice one inch within a diameter of 200 feet. Vehicles should be parked alternate locations to allow the ice to resume its normal shape. Another good practice is to be wary of the often established roadways on the ice made by cars on their way to Ihe local "hoi These roads can cause the ice to weaken after repeated use making them a dangerous route. It is important to keep your speed down while driving on the ice. The critical depth speed at which ice can be cracked by a moving vehicle varies.

In four feet of ivater the critical velocity is nine miles per hour. Where the water depth is 10 to 15 feet the critical speed is 14 to 17 miles per hour. If your car or pickup does fall through the ice, a report published by the Department of Public Safety advises your best escape route is Ihe window. Outside water pressure will make the door difficult to open and immediate escape is im- perative. Fergus Falls (Mi.) Dec.

31,1976 LAND-0-LAKES Leading Team: Great Plains 5 high bowlers: V. Schlueter(23S-210) 623 HO NormWalvatne(208) OX WallSchulz(234) 585 TomHarlg(201-202) 511 THURSDAY NITE MIXED Leading Team: Rude's Garage and Ten Mile Steak House 3 high bowlers (women): Gloria Miller 520 504 JuneSonsU'bo 504 3 high bowlers (men): JohnHovIand(2H) 579 MelvinAnderson(2l9) 558 Bob Adams 545 UPHEAVED ICE This portion of upheaved ice on South Ten Mile Lake is au example of the tremendous pressure exerted on the ice when cold temperatures cause it to expand. (Journal photo by Brian Hansel) Minnesota's Downhill Ski Areas SILVER DOLLAR ELIZABETH Saturday, Jan. 1 Music by COUNTRY RANGERS Second-ranked Irish fall 702-78 Sugar Itcica Vol Cholel PoiV Bcpidt JT 'k A A Mln. At Detroit Mln.

1 i Royal Oal A A Quarfna Mln. Aviking Valley Eagle Powder Wild Mln. GlcnhavenA d.r Rid "-Ht-d ii A A Villa Par Camo Park A A Keller Ski Hil Ski-Tonka A le Theodore Wirth Alps Cedar lr "7 i 1 1 i Hill Un Frontenac Welch Village A 1 Coffee Mill Golden Gate Ski Raven By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer It was a perfect evening for the Kentucky Wildcats. It was perfectly awful for Notre Dame. Kentucky never looked better and Notre Dame rarely looked worse as the sixth-ranked Wild- cats handed the second-ranked Fighting Irish a 102-78 beating Thursday night.

"This may be Ihe best game we have ever played," said Kentucky Coach Joe Hall after the summil meeting of national powers in Louisville, Ky. "I just don't know how good we are. "We did a lot of hard work starting Christmas night," said Ihe Kentucky coach. "We ap- proached Ihe game low-key and then emotion took over." That intense Wildcat emotion took Ihe fight out of the Fight- ing Irish early. "They got the momentum quickly and we had 15 turn- overs," said Notre Dame Coach Digger Phelps after losing his first game in eight starts.

"I'm sure they had something to do A Rocheiter Ski Hill Politics played major role in pro tennis year By HOWARD SMITH AP Sports Writer Jimmy Connors won the U.S. Open, Bjorn Borg won Wimble- don, Italy won the Davis Cup and Chris Evert won every- -thing. There were hassles between players and umpires, players and countries, players and players, and countries and countries. Almost everyone agreed that politics has no place in tennis but there were political disputes anyway. And whenever it sot too stow.

Hie Nalase would frighten a ballboy or threaten a photographer to liven things up. None of that is unusual. What made 1976 an unusual year for tennis was the appearance of tranrexual Renee Richards at the Tennis Week Open in South Orange, N.J. Dr. Richards.

had been a ranked senior player in the East as Richard Raskind. As Renee Richards, she decided to have a crack at the women's tour and no one was quite sure what to do about it. Meanwhile, Borg, the 20- year-old Swedish star, emerged as the prime challenger lo Jimmy Connors for the No. 1 ranking among the men. Borg won Wimbledon and the World Championship Tennis finals.

But Connors, 24, beat Borg in the final al Forest Hills and wound up with a 4-0 record againsl the young Swede for the year. Connors did poorly in the 1376 Davis Cup tournament against Mexico and refused lo play in the 1977 competition. But he' did clear better than $600,000 for the year and he had Marjorie Gregg named Coach of Year A For- rest Gregg is a Ixmibardi man hewn from tall Tesas oak, capable of emotion ranging from tears to flights fearful rage. In the past two years, since becoming the fourth head coach of the Cleveland BrowTis, Gregg has agonized through a nine- game losing string, a 3-11 record and a much more bout with cancer. Thai agony is behind him now.

The bone cancer in his leg is beaten, his team has returned to respectability with a 9-5 record and, Thursday, Forrest Gregg was named by The Asso- ciated Press as the 1978 Nation- al Football league Coach of The Year. The former all-pro offensive lineman, who played for the legendary Vince Ixmibardi at Green Bay and for Tom I-andry at Dallas, found himself chok- ing back tears and emotion, un- successfully, to keep his voice calm when informed of his se- lection. "I'm sort of at a loss for words," Greggh said, his voice a quiet rumble with the twang of his native Texas. "I appre- ciate honor, especially con- sidering the men 1 was com- peting wilh lo get it. "If struggle and hard work had anything lo do with il, then my whole staff and the team deserves to share it with me," Gregg said.

The man who saw plenty of glory as a member of three winning Super Bowl leams won the honor in a close battle with New England's Chuck Fair- banks, who guided the Patriots lo their first-ever NFI, playoff berth. Wallace, a former Miss World, at his side to help him spend it. Borg, who moved lo Monaco to avoid Swedish taxes, broke the hearts of teeny-boppers ev- erywhere when he became en- gaged to Mariana Simionescu of Romania. Miss Even, who jusl turned 22, didn't get engaged to anyone but she did wipe out any doubts as to who was No. 1 among the women.

She beal chief rival Eyonne Goolagong on grass at Wimbledon and on clay al the U.S. Open, and she ran her winning streak on clay to more than 100 matches. The Davis Cup, thai hallowed symbol of international tennis supremacy that was traded back and forlh for years be- tween Ihe United Slates and Australia, has been carted off to Italy, of all places, following the Italians' victory over Chile in the final. The 1976 Davis Cup com- petition was spiced by a series of political desputes in which Mexico refused lo play South Africa, the Soviel Union re- fused lo play Chile and the United Stales pulled out of Ihe whole business, only lo reverse its field a week later. The United States, behind a brilliant effort by Ms.

King, won the Federation Cup, the women's equivalent of Ihe Davis Cup. But thai tourna- ment, loo, had its international hassles and before it ended, the Sonet Union, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and The Phillipines had all pulled out. And finally, Ihere was Nas- lase. The temperamental Ro- manian brought his act into New York for Ihe Open and shocked the staid West Side Tennis Club by terrorizing line- smen, ballboys, photographers, fans and Hans-Jurgen Poh- mann during a second-round match. YMCA Notes The YMCA is planning a Detroit Mountain Ski Trip Jan.

24, for all Junior and Senior High youth Ihe cost for the trip will include round trip trans- portal ion and ski lift ticket. Bring your own ski equipment or rent it at Detroit Mountain. Bring a bag lunch or you can buy lunch there. The bus will leave the at 9 a.m. and return around 5 p.m.

We must have 2o registered by Monday, Jan. 17, so call the at 6- 52S9. The first Christmas Juniors Racquetball Tour- nament was held at Ihe Dec. 27-29. Sixteen entrants competed for several prizes and Irophies; The winners of the tourney were Paul Bakken, first place; Phil Hatchner, second place; Micky Johnson, third place and Darin Evavold, consolation.

The YMCA thanks the many businesses (hat helped to sponsor this tour- nament. The will be offering a beginner ceramics class for women. There will be six three- hour sessions. The class will be under Ihe direction of Gladys Schulzand will begin Thursday, Jan. 13, al 7 p.m.

Registration will be limited lo 12, so sign up al the 6-5269. with that. We just didn't get into Ihe game." The Kentucky-Notre Dame game headlined a busy college basketball night dominated by holiday tournaments. Fifth-ranked Cincinnati de- feated Indiana 52-43 to win the Sugar Bowl tourney in New Or- leans; No. 9 North Carolina won the Far West Classic with a 75- romp over Weber State and No.15 Minnesota thrashed Cornell 84-54 to advance to the finals of the Pillsbury Classic in Bloominglon, Minn.

Third-rated San Francisco, bidding for No. 1 ranking with losses suffered this week by both top-ranked. Michigan and Notre Dame, met Houston in the championship game of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu. Arizona, the nation's "13th- ranked team, defeated SMU 117-65 and Memphis State upset No. 17 Arkansas 69-62 in non- tourney games.

In other action, Missouri won the Big Eight Tournament in KansasCitywitha 69-65 victory over Kansas; Virginia Military defeated Oklahoma City 69-58 to win the All-College in Oklahoma City; Purdue whip- ped Manhattan 7MO to claim the EC AC Holiday Festival in New York; Florida trimmed Holy Cross 101-85 in the finals of the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, North CarolinaCharlotte won the Charlotte Invitational Highway Host tops century mark in win Highway Host topped the century mark in scoring Wednesday night to defeat Don's 10 to 10 and join the victory ranks in Ihe American League along with Service Master and Anderson Well. Mark Stortroen and John Gillund scored 27 and 28 points respectively in lifting Highway Host lo a 1M-62 victory over Don's 10 to 10. Uther Ellin gson scored 2-1 points for Don's 10 to 10. Service Master fell short of crossing the century mark in Iheir 93-69 win over Johnson- Richards. Dan Haakenson had 20 points in the win while Mike Neltestad pumped in 20 for Johnson-Richards.

Bob Glassnapp ripped in 26 points as A Well defeated Interstate 54-66. IAm Kremeicr netted 30 points in the losing effort. 8 5 Notre Dame with a 104-68 decision over New American center had foul Hampshire; Stetson nipped trouble and wound up with onlv Western Kentucky 71-70 in eight points, overtime in the championship John Kuester scored 2 2 points game of the Tangerine Bowl; as Xorth Carolina broke away Evansville won its own from Weber State midway Evansville tourney with a 69-64 through the second half. The victory over Central Michigan; Tar Heels held a six-point lead Army edged Yale 50-4S to cap- at the half and wrapped up the lure the Vermont Classic in game with a 26-10 spurt Burlington; New Mexico rolled Osborne Ixckhart scored 21 past Southern Cal 87-7a to win points and Kevin McHale had 13 Ihe Ubo Invitational and the to lead Minnesota past Cornell. University of New Orleans The Gophers earned a berth in whipped Tennessee Tech M-75 tonight's finals of the Pillsburv to win the Porreco Cup tourna- Classic against Montana, which ment in Erie, Pa.

whipped Boston College 84-73 in Starters Mike Phillips and Ihe other firstround game Jay Shidter returned to the Kentucky lineup for the show- down with the Irish. The two, along with reserve Truman Clay lor, had been suspended and missed two games because of breaking curfew rules. Shidler scored 12 points be- fore sitting down early in the second half with four fouls. The most damage, however, was done by Jack Givens and Rick Robey. Givens scored 30 points andRobey.hisfrontcourt mate, pumped in 18.

Mike Jones and Gary Yoder led a deliberate offense, scoring 16 points apiece as Cincinnali beat Indiana. The Bearcats held a 24-1 8 lead at the half, fell behind briefly and then look control for good midway through the final period. Kent Benson, Indiana's All- 151 Wednesday, lanuary 5 MUTING AND STAG Spaghetti Meal Sauce Served p. m.to7:30 A MEETING AT 8 P.M. Serving menu Tuesday, Thursday Friday and Saturday, nights from 6 to TO Perrie Sheldon, E.R.

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ELBOW LAKE, MINN. 14511 PHONE or AFTER 30 P.M.) Gift Certificate "CHRISTMAS BALL" Contest Winner is Kathy Dimke 515 Northern Avenue Fergus Falls, Minn. ALLOF THE "CHRISTMAS BALLS" HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN DOWN, COUNTED AND PUT AWAY FOR NEXT YEAR. Kathy Dimke's Guess WAS. ,1484 Balls Taken Down Were 1486 We wish to thank everyone lor their interest in our "Christmas Ball" decorated store and our contest.

We will have a "Christmas Ball" contest again next year that will be just as interesting! ARNESON LARSON MILTON CLOTHES FOR DAD AND LAD!.