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IN Sports pg 29
NI Editorial pg 6
Entertainment ... pg 35
Young Canada
marks 60 years
of peewee
hockey history
Gerard Crecea
signal -star staff
This Friday marks the opening of the
60th Young Canada Week, and tourna-
ment chair, Lion Terry Worsell, said
there will be much to see and do.
The opening ceremonies this year
will take place Friday at 7:20 p.m. at
the Maitland Recreation Centre, With
longtime YCW announcer Clem Wolt=
erbeek as master of ceremonies.
Worsell said this year's special
guests• will be representatives from the
teams to play in the very first Young
Canada Week, back in 1950.
"We want to welcome back the
players from the first Young Canada
Week from 1950 and players and fans
from decades gone by over the past 60
years," he said.
Worsell said about 26 of the original
YCW players will be on -hand for the
ceremony, as well as local dignitaries
Goderich mayor Deb Shewfelt, Hu-
ron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb, MPP Carol
Mitchell and Goderich Lions president
Bill VanStone. -
A musical staple at Young Canada
Week, the Celtic Blue Highlanders will
once again pipe the dignitaries onto the
ice, and Worsell said Anne Potter will
be singing the national anthem.
And of course, Cubby the mascot
will be strapping on skates once again,
switching from king of the jungle to
lord of the rinks.
Following the introduction of the
players from the first YCW tour-
nament, the puck will drop on the
See YCW, Page 22
Photo contributed
The Bystander Effect
The Bystander Effect, a play by local playwright Steven
Lindstrom, puts the media in the hot -seat tackling the
need for safety before information. Above, Julia (Shelly
Johnston) plays more than a hand of cards, preparing, for
the heist of a lifetime. For more, see page 11.
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Mon. -Fri.
7:30 am -5:30 pm
Saturday
8 am -5:00 pm
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winning
event
Dominique Milburn
signal -star staff
The Kinsmen Centre in Goderich was
transformed into the hottest destination
in the area on Sunday as hundreds of
lucky bidders lined up outside the door
to claim their winnings from the week-
end's TV auction.
The 12 volunteer operators handled
over 5,000 calls on Friday and Saturday,
Goderich auction chair Brian Good es-
timated. He added that the level of par-
ticipation from the community was a
happy surprise to many on the auction
committee who anticipated a slight de-
crease in bids in defense against a shaky
economy.
"It was busy, the auction ended up fin-
ishing almost identically to last year,”
Good said. "We weren't expecting to
have the same kind of numbers — we
were actually expecting to take a hit, but
we didn't."
Auction bids generated about a 65 per
cent take from it's $75,000 retail val-
ue, roughly the same as in 2008, Good
said.
And it seems bidders' tastes haven't
changed much, either. Sports tickets and
memorabilia flew past their retail values
once again in 2009, this year joined by a
boost in generator interest. More than 10
per cent of the bids came in equal to or
over retail value.
Two auction lots dedicated to the sup-
port of Cystic Fibrosis treatment and
research brought in more than $3,000
during the two-day auction blitz.
See KINSMEN, Page 4
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