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February 9, 2000
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In brief
Eisler
inducted
in skaters'
Hall
of Fame
Lloyd,Eisler's mom
even felt like a celebrity
at' last Sunday's
induction ceremonies for
the Canadian Figure
Skating Hall of Fame at
the Saddledome in
Calgary.
"It was really great,"
said Bev Eisler.
She and Lloyd Sr.
were at the ceremonies,
sharing a private box
with the families of
fellow inductee, Kurt
Browning. Eisler. his
pairs partner, Isabelle
Brasseur, Browning and
figure skating promoter
Tom Collins were
inducted into the hall of
fame•at the event that
featured presentations
and footage surrounding
the accomplishments of
the skaters.
'Among the highlights
were examples of some
of Brasseur and Eisler's
performances that have
earned them five
national pairs.
championships and two
Olympic medals.
Now. the two, and
Browning, are active
members of tours put
together by Collins.
Bev said her son was
excited to be inducted
into the hall of fame
with Collins.
"They were
mesmerized this group
went in at the same
time," she said.
Eisler and Brasseur
were presented with a
plaque featuring a
photograph of the two of
them in one of their
medal -earning.
trademark lifts, of which
a larger version is now
on display in the Hall of
Fame.
Bev said there were
several "tear-jerker"
moments at the
ceremony. For her, one
was when, they showed
footage of the 1983
Prague program that
captured a world title for
Eisler and Brasseur.
Bev was sick and not
able to see that
performance and
watching it again
brought the regret about
missingit back to her at
the ceremony.
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Group hopes lawsuit will delay
board's school closure. decision
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
A law suit has been
launched by five Seaforth-
area residents against the
Avon Maitland District
School Board asking for an
interim prohibition order
stopping the board from
closing Seaforth schools.
Alf Ross, Carolanne Doig,
Maureen Agar, Charles
Smith, and Mayor Dave
Scott are named as applicants
in the case that will go to
court tomorrow (Feb. 10) at
10 a.m. at the Stratford
courthouse.
"We're hoping our chances
are excellent. We wouldn't
have filed in the first place if
we didn't think so," says Lisa
Campbell,who while not
named as an applicant, is
acting chair of the Seaforth
cluster study group while
chair Alf Ross is on holidays.
The study group, with
Charles Smith and Dave
Scott, is behind the law suit.
Campbell says the basis of
the .court case . is the
committee's belief that the
school board's process since
naming Seaforth Iiistrict
High School for possible
closure has been unfair.
Three Seaforth-area
schools were named, along
with four other district
schools, by the Avon
Maitland District School
Board for possible closure in
November. A Seaforth
accommodations review
committee was formed at that
time to study the issue and
report to the board by Feb. 3,
with a final decision to be
made at the Feb. 22 board
meeting.
Feet sore after
72 -hour game
Quoted
'We don't
believe the
decision should
be delayed'--
Wnctor of Education
Lorne Rachlis
"We're not. opposed to
doing the work but we
haven't been given the time
or the information to do the
job properly. We're hoping to
stop the vote on Feb. 22,"
says Campbell.
However, education
director Lorne Rachlis says
the board will oppose the
application and is in the
process of filing their own
affidavits in court.
of pick-up h0 ckey
•
Game played
with contingent
of players from
St. Columban area
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
Ten area hockey players are now part
of the longest game of pick-up hockey
ever played --a game that lasted almost
72 hours. starting last Monday and not
. wrapping up until Thursday, just after 8
a.m.
"I don't think anyone wanted to
quit," said Pat Maloney. captain of one
of two squads made up primarily of St.
Columban and Dublin area players.,
They were taking pan in the Labatt
Blue/NHL Pick-up Marathon which
saw 180 players go on from tryouts
held in January for a spot in the event.
The event was held as part of the
activities leading up to Sunday's All-
Star game in Toronto's Air Canada
Centre but the results have been
submitted for the Guiness Book of
World Records for the organization to
consider adding this event to its record
hooks,
The event also raised about $12,000
for Hockey Fights Cancer with Labatt
Blue donating $5 for every minute of.
play.
There were five squads making up a
blue team and five making up a white
team. The first squad of each team
would take to the ice and play until one
or the other couldn't play anymore or
officials decided the play had
deteriorated too badly to continue.
Maloney's squad, a white team,
played for a little more than 12 hours
before the opposing blue team tired out
ahead of them and called off their
round after 17 consecutive periods.
The longest round was played by the
final squad, also with a large St.
Columban/Dublin area component
which played for almost 19 hours and
lasted for 26 periods.
"Nobody really got exhausted. We
were still feeling pretty good and
thought we could play for a couple
more hours," said Maloney, although
they had lost a couple players through
the night and one had to leave to get
back to work before their opposing
squad had run out of steam.
"It was a good time, a pretty unique
experience," said John Moylan, also of
St. Columban.
He suffered only a raw patch of skin
on his heel where his skate rubbed too
much.
"We could have gone a lot longer,"
he said, adding that after the sun came
up, the teams felt some renewed energy
and they started playing harder again.
Maloney said the teams were fairly
evenly matched and the challenge of
trying to stay ahead or catch up in
scoring also helped keep the energy up
for the game.
Moylan said fatigue did come in to
play making it harder to concentrate on
the game after several hours.
"You had to bear down to keep your
head in the game," he said, noticing
the longer they played, the more
defensive mistakes they were making.
When they finally came off the ice
though, Moylan said, "We hit the sack
pretty hard." Scott Hilgendorff photo
See FOURTON. Pone: • John Moylan soaks his feet after playing in the world's longest hockey game
"We don't 'believe the
decision should be delayed
(past Feb. 22) and don't
believe more time is
necessary," he says.
Huron -Bruce MPP Helen
Johns says she's not
surprised the Seaforth group
has filed a lawsuit against the
Avon Maitland board.
"I've been. hearing
complaints all along the line
that the community wasn't
involved in the process early
enough and it's a complaint
I'm concerned about." she
says.
Johns wrote a letter to
Rachlis last week asking for
a deadline extension for the
Seaforth group and for
information the group has
requested.
"Since the process of
gathering accommodation
information from the school
communities appears flawed
and not equivalent in all
areas, 1 believe it. is
imperative that he (chair Alf
Ross) and his committee
should • receive the
information they have
requested. and a costing and
evaluation of their proposal
so that they can consider
alternatives. if required,"
says the letter from Johns.
. Johns -says going to court
was a step the Seaforth group
felt it had to take to get the
information and` the time it
needed.
"1'm hearing these things
and the board really should
respond. I hope they will
resolve this issue at a board
level," she says.
The application to the
court asks for an interim
order prohibiting the board
See LAW, Page 2
LeBeau
on bail
pending
appeal
hearing
Isy Amy Zoethqur
Goderkh Signal -Star Staff
Sarah LeBeau, sentenced
to four years in prison for
impaired driving, was
released on 550.000 bail
pending her appeal hearing.
LeBeau's bail hearing was
held in Toronto last
Wednesday, Feb. 2.
The 23 -year-old
Brucefield-area woman was
sentenced Jan. 24 to four
years in prison for four
counts of criminal
negligence causing death
and four counts of impaired
driving causing death. She
was also sentenced to serve
a two-year concurrent
sentence for impaired
driving causing bodily harm
and criminal neiligence
causing bodily harm. There
will also be a 15 -year
suspension of her drivers
license.
In October, Justice
Thomas Granger found
LeBeau guilty of these
charges surrounding an
accident that occurred near
Varna on Nov. 24, • 1996
killing Neal Atchison and
Pamela King of Clinton and
Brian Hill and Mark
Webster of Stanley
Township. Both LeBeau and
•Brandon Gardner of
Vanastra were seriously
injured in the crash.
Conditions of gall state
t''at LeBeau must reside at
r parents' Brucefield area
home and must seek and
maintain gainful
employment or continue to
attend school.
She is not allowed to
operate a vehicle while out
on bail and is to abstain
from using drugs or alcohol.
LeBeau must surrender
into custody the day before
her appeal hearing. Any
failure to surrender into
custody will be deemed an
abandonment of the appeal.
A date has not been set
for LeBeau's appeal
hearing.
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