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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-03-13, Page 7• f(� ro+ 31 Deo , 1 0 9 8 '7, 6 5. 4 Publio Iibrary, 52 Montreal St., A 2G4 Goderioh., Ont • N7A .y .the 0obtri j . SIN ' -. ,.—. THURSDAY MARCH, 1 3, 1975 Lions. Young Canada r Aids ate/ h.l -O DailyNe ws staff from arriving Conestoga Once again Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. will offer total tournament coverage of _the Lions Young Canada Week Peewee hockey tournament in the Young Canada Daily News. The Daily News , will offer fans and players :. complete game coverage as well as illustrations, cartoons, feature stories and some insight into the game of hockey, The. Daily News will, be the responsibility. of _threetalented writers from the journalism program at Conestoga College. Richard °Houghton, Gary Nyp and Bob Seli all hold a keen interest in, sports and sports writing. All three have some .experience in the writing field and are looking forward to the Young Canada Week - tour- nament. Richard `Big Dick' Houghton is the veteran of the trio who has had' considerable writing. experience.The laky ..youngster, whose frame' is scant "fractions under ac- 'ceptable human levels, has just returned from a months stint at the Marmora Herald, in Mar - mora ,Ont. It was his third in- ternship. Dick, a ; native of , Tavistock, is in his second.year. of journalism at Conestoga.nnd has visions of' a 'racing 'scholarship at Oswego U. after graduation. Gary dipper' Nyp is .in his first year of, journalism at Conestoga College. Gary, a native of Kitchener, has gained, considerable experience as a staff member of the journalism newspaper Contact and has been a regular contributor. The third member of the Daily News staff is 19 -year-old Bob Seli of Stratford. Bob is in his first year .of the journalism program at Conestoga College and • has done considerable „work for the college paper, Contact. The tournament will begin with a four game schedule , Friday, March 13 with a full slate the following day so the first issue of the Daily News• will appear at the arena Monday March 17, Last year's Daily News staffers Jim -_`Jungle' MacDonald, Gary, 'Lou' ou' Loewen and Dave `R.H.' Sykes, are now persuing their jour- nalism careers. Gary Loewen has become a full time reporter with the Elmira Signet in Elmira, Ontario; Dave Sykes is now working as a reporter with the Goderich Signal -Star; and Jim MacDonald is completing his final semester of the journalism program. More volunteers needed for billettng ee Wee tourney players With hundreds of boys coming into Goderich for the Lions Young Canada Peewee Hockey Tournament the town of Goderich turns into a large hotel. • Providing ac- commodation for the young hockey players is a job taken care of by the townspeople who do their small bit to make the tournament a success. • r Ma In preparation for billeting of a tournament a list of the people Who took billets the previous yearn is kept and these people are contacted prior to ,the tournament. Billeting ch -airman Paul Rivers estimates . that there were as many as 90 families on the working list but the billeting committee is still in need of more assistance. Paul has worked with• the ooh tournament committee • in previous years but it is the first time that he has worked in„the capacity of - billeting. He estimates that as many as 1300 boys will • require ac- commodation throughout the week and that,the list of volunteers is just ot as big as he would like it. Paul,. -would appreciate a list !larger than the requirements 0 since there are many factors or variables that could make his job complex. Weather for example could compound the problem of accommodating boys if there is a bad storm and 'teams who .were expected to leave were forced to stay. It has happened before. Time is also a factor' ,that could be for and against -the billeting committee. Usually teams within a 100 toile --radius of Goderich head for homeonce they are knocked out of the tournament regardless of the time. However if a team has come 150. or 200 miles and gets knocked out of the tournament in a night game they may ex- pect to be put up for the night and return hot -he -1"n the mor- ning. However Paul isn't about Ito begin sweating and if need be as many as three. players .can - be squeezed into a- household which has happened on oc- casion. Although there is` no real foreseeable problems the committee could find itself in a bind at some time and it would' help to have people to rely on. Paul and other Lions members will be hustling for more billets within the next week and'it is up to the townspeople to open their doors. • Pee Wee Hockey Tournament 6..