The Citizen, 1998-01-28, Page 17Cashing in on the gold
Three area figure skaters proved their mettle recently coming home with gold medals from
the Great Lakes Winter Skating Festival in London. All the girls are students of Michelle
Blake. They are, from left: Michelle Cook, Blyth; Michelle Smith, Brussels and Jamie Lewis,
Blyth.
Local skaters take gold
The Great Lakes Winter Skating
Festival was held at the Earl
Nichols Arena in London. This
year's event, the 25th anniversary,
ran from Friday, Jan. 16 to Sunday,
Jan. 18.
Two skaters from Blyth Jamie
Lewis and Michelle Cook, as well
as Michelle Smith from Brussels,
skated at this event. All three are
coached by Michelle Blake.
Lewis skated at the Junior
Bronze A level and received a gold
medal for her performance.
Cook also received a gold medal
and competed at the Can Figure
Skate B level.
Open-netter ends
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had a one-point advantage into the
second.
Austin widened the spread, off
the stick of Josh Albrechtas only to
have Hensall bring it back within
one. Cody Anderson snuck one
home, unassisted, with just over
five minutes remaining in the sec-
ond, putting Blyth up 3-1.
Smith skated at the Can Figure
Skate B level and as well received
a gold medal.
Atom game
At the 12:20 mark of the third
Anderson set up Austin for his sec-
ond goal of the game. Hensall kept
it tight, however, coming back with
one of their own just three minutes
later.
In the dying minutes Hensall
pulled their goalie, allowing
Kernighan to slide one into the
open net with seconds left in the
game.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1998. PAGE 17.
The Turtle and the Rabbit
Investing do's and don'ts
By Linda Henhoeffer
Financial Advisor
As we gather up our Christmas decorations and turn our attention to
planning for this new year, we will likely be wondering about our
financial investments and specifically our RRSP savings. As many
advertisements will remind us, we have only until March 2 to make our
1997 RRSP contributions.
Until March 2, we consumers will be bombarded with RRSP
advertisements and information. Add in global economists' nervousness
about the 'Asian flu' and many of us will be very confused and anxious to
go hibernate with our friendly, neighbourhood groundhog. Wiarton
Willie knows why he only appears above ground briefly on Feb. 2!
But before we panic, let's remember our childhood story of the race
between the turtle and the rabbit. The rabbit begins the race with great
expectations of easily winning this race as everyone knows he can run
much faster than his slow moving competitor. He dashes off from the
starting point and gets so far ahead of the turtle that he allows himself a
carrot and a nap. As he awakens from his rest, he sees the turtle nearing
the finish line. Even though the rabbit makes a huge effort to beat the
turtle, the turtle calmly crosses the finish line first. The moral of this story
is that slow and steady efforts generally outperform erratic and poorly
planned actions.
1. Invest like the turtle.
The turtle won the race with the rabbit because the turtle had a plan.
His plan was to proceed at a slow but steady pace while ignoring the
progress of his competitor, the rabbit.
Like the turtle, we can choose to invest in a planned and organized
manner. Regular monthly contributions to our savings investments are
easily set up with automatic withdrawals from our bank accounts directly
into our investment accounts. With our regular investing, we also benefit
from the effect of 'dollar cost averaging'.
2. Invest with a long term goal.
The turtle was successful because he had a goal of crossing the finish
line first. The turtle didn't worry about short term obstacles like a fallen
tree or the hot sun. Instead, the turtle concentrated on reaching the finish
line and simply moved along the raceway one step at a time.
Unlike the turtle, the rabbit marvelled at his own speedy takeoff and the
dust he raised with his fast feet. The rabbit assumed his initial success
would continue without further effort, and so the rabbit indulged himself
with a snack and a nap.
3. Stay focused
The turtle stayed focused on his goal of crossing the finish line. With
our investments, it is easy to be distracted by hot tips from friends, or dire
predictions of market crashes or alarmists warning of wild inflation (or is
deflation the worry of the week?).
4. Get good advice
Everyone can benefit from the advice of a coach. A coach helps us to
focus on our goals and plan a winning strategy. Their experience can help
us avoid pitfalls. Also, a coach is there to encourage us through the
difficult times. If the rabbit would have had a coach, would he have had a
better chance of winning the race?
Like the turtle, we will be success investors if we stay focused on our
long term goals while shrugging off short term distractions. Like the
turtle, we can be winners too!
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