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Ly contact for pee wees is
E.:SSiVe step, says parent
Dear Editor.,
This letter~ is written to request the sup-
port of your newspaper and its readership to
address a concern held by many parents of
minor hockey,. players. Recent rule changes,
sanctioned by the Ontario Minor Hockey
Association and the Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association have introduced per-
missive body contact to the pee wee age
group. This follows an earlier change which
sanctioned a similar regressive step for
bantams.
Many parents and coaches see this as a
regressive move. The requisites for being
an effective player seem to place brute
strength as a priority over skating skills,
stick -handling and teamwork. Wide dif-
ferences in the physical size and develop-
ment of this age group also creates a signifi-
cant safety hazard. When the pre -pubescent
four footer collides with the gangling six
footer, the results are not amusing.
As this season of minor hockey unfolds,
the games I'm watching verify growing ag-
gression and negative competition. It's not
"cute"; it's "sick"!
The rules should be changed. If parents
will join me and others who are voicing
similar displeasure, they will be changed.
You can help by urging concerned parents
and others:
1. to contact their Minor Hockey Association
President;
2. to write their local newspaper to publicize
the concern;
3. to call their local radio call-in show;
4. to write their M.P.P. ;
5. to write the OMHA President at: 1925
Bishop St., Unit 6, Cambridge, Ontario. N1R
6J9.
6. to write the CAHA President at: National
Office, 333 River Road, Vanier, Ontario.
K1L 8H9.
7. to contact their local hockey coach about
immediate abuses of physical aggression;
and
8. to call me in Seaforth to add their names
to a brief for submission to the OMHA.
I am convinced - through contacts made
during the last month - that a majority of
parents want these regressive rule changes
removed. It's an error to assume that
nothing can be done.
Let's take some positive action to initiate
some constructive change on behalf of our
children!
Sincerely,
Paul Carroll,
P.O. Box 938,
Seaforth, Ont.,
NOK 1WO
Goderich doctors support fitness centre
Dear Editor:
Fitness is important for everyone! We
strongly believe that a healthy lifestyle not
only increases enjoyment of life but helps
prevent illness. A healthy lifestyle has many
components such as rest, diet, control of
stress, and of course exercise.
For many people of all ages, swimming is
an ideal form of exercise. A recreation
complex including an indoor swimming pool
would be very healthful for a large
proportion of the population. A sampling of
those who could benefit include:
- teens, adults, and senior citizens who can
keep fit at their own individual activity
level;
- children learning to swim, both
individually and through the physical
education component of the school system;
- people with medical or other reasons that
preclude other forms of exercise such as
jogging;
- people with diseases or disabilities such as
arthritis where maintaining joint movement
and muscle strength is important.
A recreation complex thus would be a
Alcoholics Anonymous permits
members to choose their belief
Dear Editor
As I have moved from Goderich I do not
see the Signal -Star on a, regular basis,
however, I picked up a two week old copy
and was reading the letter to the editor from
the lady who had found our Lord who saved
her from alcoholism.
I was both surprised and shocked to hear
the remarks from the lady who has found
the Lord would run down A.A., and try to
run other lives as her own.
A.A. is a spiritual program that lets you
believe in a God of your understanding and
teaches as the Bible does to live and let live.
I have seen many men and women come in-
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on to be good Christians with firm belief in a
Higher Power.
It is sad to see and hear people who have
found this try to force their will on others. If
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After all we are only perfectly human, not
humanly perfect. As the Lord said "To err is
hurhan." That is why anonymity is a large
part of A.A. We do not have to brag about
our help but let our actions show it.
A proud member
of A.A.
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centre
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my support for a
community fitness centre with an indoor
pool - similar to the Kincardine Complex.
It seems ludicrous indeed that 90 per cent
of the adult swimmers now attending
Vanastra seem to be from the town of
Goderich and I am sure there would be
many more if not for the distance.
With interest
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