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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-09, Page 16r,t r. in OFS ys win title badminton On Thursday, April 26, F. E. Madill's boys' doubles team of Steve Gaunt, John Leedham and Coach Brew- ster started on a l0 -hour ex- cursion to Timmins for the Ontario Championships. The following day, the men's draw took place at the Ro- land Michener High School in South Procupine. The boys started off slow- ly, nervously losing their first match of the tourna- ment and of the year 15-11, 15-13. This loss dropped Steve and John into the "B" flight where they met the eventual five -flight finalists. This match proved to be the toughestof the day losing a long, hard fought match to a team from Toront% 17-15, 9- 15,18-16. Losing the match forced Steve and John into the "C" flight where a single loss would mean elimination from the tournament. Real- izing this, John and Steve collected all their thoughts and resources. Determined and positive they could lose no more, the began C flight play. In the C flight, their first match was won be default when the opponents failed to show up for the match. This allowed a rest before the"C" flight quarter -final match against a team from Hamil- ton. In this important match, Steve and John finally pulled things together winning 15-4, 15-1. Later that night, the semi- finals were held at Timmins High School. They were up against a strong team from Windsor but, John and Steve played probably the finest game of their history, de- feating their opponents 15-5, 15-4. Perth were ready for the most important game they had ever played. The com- petition was ready, but so were John and Steve. At 12:30 p.m. (Timmins time) the first game began. Once again the boys found themselves having problems with the opposition, losing the first game 15-11. In the second game, Steve and John came out firing and built a strong leap and hung on to win the second game 15- 4. With the match tied at one game apiece, this match which had been a tough one already had just begun. The third game of a winner -take - all match was to be a furious exchange of rallies and when the eight -point mark had been reached and courts had been switched, John and Steve had a one -point lead. Steve and John once again took a long run of points moving to a 14-7 score. At this point, the boys had their drive stalled. North York re- plied with two points making the score 14-9, which is Junior soccer Last Friday the junior soc- cer team played Stratford Northwestern. Even though Madill had a number of good opportunities, they did not manage to score. Northwest- ern scored once each half to win the game 2-0. Last Wednesday, the Mus- tangs met Norwell. The teams were evenly matched and no Scoring occurred until early in the second half when Norwell was awarded a penalty kick. It was made and Norwell lead 1-0. No fur - where the score stayed for three changes in service. The final point was scored at the end of a long and fabu- lous rally when John smash- ed one into a North York player, ending the match. John and Steve had won the OFSAA Badminton "C" Flight Gold Medal. To qualify for OFSAA, Steve and John had won the Huron -Perth conference championship and the West- ern Ontario conference championship which were held at the beginning of April. Steve and John would like to thank their coach, Mr. Ted Brewster, for five years of practice, patience and fun. They would also like to thank Mr. Ken Wood, Miss Carolyn Schofield and Mr. Black for all their time and assistance. Senior soccer The senior soccer team tied the Stratford Northwest- ern team by a 1-1 score, last week. Grant Weber scored the lone goal for Madill in the first half. In the second hhalf, Stratford was award- ed a penalty shot. That tied the game. This week the senior soc- cer team lost to Norwell by a 2-0 score. The team played well the first half, missing five or six goal -scoring chances. The second half be- longed to Norwell, as they scored t-, o goals from corner kicks. Next game takes place Friday against Clinton. Alter a good night's rest and a nutritious breakfast of Rice Krispies and toast, the representatives from Huron- ther scormg occurred. Dnee again Madill's goalkeeper, Robert Gordon, played . an excellent game. Madill Relay Invitational meet tor the 'first time, Madill captured the combined tro- phy for the Madill Relay. Madill athletes won the field events with 110 pts., with Grey Highlands second with 52 and Walkerton third with 44. On the track Madill' placed first with 33 pts. Grey Highlands was second with 24 pts. and Norwell was third with 23. Results follow: High jump, Bill Weima, first; Terry Rintoul, third; Becky Flett, third; Steve McKague, first (1.82 meet record) ; John Hewitt, third. Pole vault, Doug Wood, first (4.2 meet record); Craig Oatman, (3.45 meet record) ; Sandy MacDonald, second; Ed Sweeney, third. Long jump, Karla King, third; Carol Blackwell, first (5.07 `Meet record).; last year's • record Stephanie '-Gaunt 4;83; Stephanie Gaunt, second; Sandy MacDonald, second; Jeff Bloemberg, first (6.02 meet record); last year's record Doug Wood 5.83; Doug Wood, first (6.24 meet record); Lawrence Wilson 6.17. Triple jump, Jeff Bloem- berg, first (11.59 meet record) ; Sandy MacDonald, third; Terry Rintoul, first (11.7 meet record) ; June Stamper, first (9.78 meet record) ; Trudy Horton, third; Jeff Walden, third: Discus, Jamie Wall, sec- ond; Chris Gibson, first (meet record 25.5) ; Lori Appleby, second; Phil Rin- toul, third; Janice Cook, sec- ond; Carol Belanger, third. • Javelin, Chris Gibson, first (24.2 meet record) ; Kim McClory, second, Janice Cook, third.; Helen Morrison, first (36.1 meet record); June Stamper, third; Jamie Wall, third. Hurdles, Susan Meier, sec- ond; Mike Cameron, first; Kim McClory, first; Darlene Darlow, ' second; Jenny Bender, second. Relays, 4 x 100 Midget Boys second; Jr. boys third; Midget girls, first (57.6 meet record); Sr. girls, second; Jr. girls, second. Fourteen meet records were set by Madill athletes, and 10 by others. Seven school participated in the meet. Happy Mother's Day Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Richard Gibbons, Agent 25 Alfred St. E., P.O. Box 720, Wingham, Ontario NOG 2W0 Bus. (519) 357-3280 STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES Canadian Meed offices: Scarborough, Ont. filter "fH Mt HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482.7103 rr In my opinion Repponsibilities Everyone has had respon- sibilities in their time. I know that I have, even if it's just cleaning my room once in a while or moving my status up to babysitting for a weekend. I try to live up to those duties when the time arrives and I pride myself in doing a good job. But the person who has taken a big responsibility then fails to live up to the de- mands presented makes me wonder. Does the slacker not find his responsibilities interest - log anymore, or did he ever really Gare at all? The reason I babble on here isn't just for your read- ing pleasure, but also to drop a small, sincere hint. If you've got a responsi- bility — let's say a full-time job — and you've also got a small case of spring fever, "Hang in there," because there are a lot of "eager beavers" out there ready to take the responsibilities from idle hands and make them their own. —Valerie Ricker Student council On "Super Tuesday", April 10, the students of F. E. Madill cast their votes for the Student Council for the school year of 1984-85. Only two positions were filled by actual election, those of president and vice president (who run as a team) and that of social con- vener. All other positions were filled by acclamation. The teams of Helen Mac- Intyre and Linda McInnes and Mark Foxton and Bert Sjaarda ran for president and vice president, while the teams of Melody Ireland and Bryon Thompson and Celia Chandler and Lisa Webster ran for social convener. A lot of originality and planning was put forth by all those campaigning, but in the end Helen and Linda, and Melody and Bryon were vic- torious. And so, the Student Coun- cil for next year consists of: Helen Maclntrye, president; Linda McInnes, vice presi- dent; Jamie McPherson, as- Howick announces bicentennial events Th& recognition of On- tario's bicentennial is not going unnoticed in Howick Township. Three organza- tions have expressed interest in planning events for the township. Howick Township Council notified the Howick Com- munity Centre Board, the Fordwich Parks and Com- munity Association and the Howick Junior Institute that they were in charge of the celebrations. The organiza- tions were given a grant of $1,500 from the Ontario gov- ernment to defray expenses while planning the events. Howick Township Bicen- tennial Committee members from the three organizations are: Catherine Stewart, representing the Howick Junior Institute; Don King, representing .the Howick Community Centre; Anson Ruttan, representing the Fordwich Parks and Com- munity Association; and Deryck Weber, appointed by the Howick Community Cen- tre Board. On Wednesday, June 6, at the regular night for roller skating at Howick, the bicen- tennial, committee will be supplying extras making the evening rewarding for the participants at the Howick Community Centre. Roller skating runs at its regular time from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. sistant to the president; Wayne Mann, assistant to the vice president; Kellie Stephenson, Gary Arm- strong, treasurers; Rosalea Cameron, secretary; Melody Ireland, Bryon Thompson, social conveners;. Joelle Reavie, Shawna Thompson, Tuck Shop managers; Deb- bie Johnson, Melinda Hamil- ton, Lounge managers; An- nita Damsma, Julie Mulvey, activities officers; Becky El- gie, Ronda McMichael, social publicity managers; Angela Petton, Kim Gibson, athletic publicity managers; Tina de Boer, Karen Cowan, girls' athletic conveners; Robert Benninger, Andrew Kumphrey, boys' athletic conveners. Friday night, June 8, will be the big night with Low- down entertaining with a dance on the arena floor. Tickets are available from any Howick Community Centre Board member, Junior Institute member and Fordwich Parks and Com- munity Association member. .Special contacts. are: Elley Emmerton at 335-3814, Isa- bel Baker at 335-3903 and Florence D'Arcy at 335-3949. Because roller skating will be cancelled on Friday night, a special Saturday after- noon, June 9, performance of "Gerard the Great" is planned to entertain the chil- dren, • • "Gerard the Great" is an accomplished magician and entertainer..He is currently in charge off the Junior Magi- cian program in Kitchener and Waterloo. "Gerard the Great" will be making balloon animals for the children before his magic show. Tickets for the children are free, but because there is a limited number available they must be spoken for in advance by phoning Elley Emmerton, at 3.35=3814. Children must be accom- panied by an adult and there is a nominal fee of $1 per adult. The show for the chil- dren will be at Howick Cen- Sacred Heart Mailbox j.0.nior The F. E, /0410 gt1 were the site o the_ 9 Huron-Ferth Anger d - minion Cha lnppQnships Ex cellent badminton was,play- ed by all competitors. The Madill Junior team placed fourth overall behind the winning Listowel team, South Huron and Goderich. Madill's girls' singles competitor was Dale McFar- lan, playing in her first com- petition. Dale had three matches over the course of the day, first defeating St. Marys but eventually losing to the Clinton girl's singles player. Dale had a fine sixth- place finish. Gwen Berwick and Jeff Mann reppresented Madill in mixed doubles. Gwen and Jeff also had three matches, winning over St. Marys but losing to Listowel and Cen- tral Huron to finish in forth place overall. The Madill boys' doubles team also had a fine fourth place finish in the 10 team draw. Robert Leedham and Murray Nethery played ex- cellent badminton all day By Barry Schaefer and Mark Nesbitt -. Kindergarten—We planted our seedlings for Mother's Day. They are really growing. Everyone finished their ".Come to'My Party" books. We took a walk looking for signs of spring. Grades 1. gild 2—pn Tuesday, Miss Bowins, our system religion'; consultant from Dublin, held a first communion celebration with the Grade 1 and 2s. She talked to us, had a film and shared bread with us. Grades 3 and 4—We are learning to dance the Schottische and the waltz in preparation for the bicen- tennial program to be held at the high school May 16. Inscience, we . are ex- perimenting with batteries and producing electricity. This is fun. We hope that our mothers' will be pleased with the colorful Mother's Day cards we made for them in art. Grades 5 and 6 -The whole school had a science fair April 25. We planted a white pine April 27 for the bicen- tennial in front of the school and everyone went. outside. Grades 7 and 8 -We had a major French exam last Wednesday. We are preparing for a two -pitch baseball game. Last Thursday evening the -parents of the Grade 7 and 8 pupils met at the school. Father Marentette and Mrs. OWalley discussed prepara- tions reparations for the reception of con- firmation June 3 and Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Richter outlined the trip to Toronto planned for June 5 to 7. tral School at 1 p.m., June 9. - Cheerleaders May 2, the cheerleaders travelled to Exeter to com- pete for the individual and team- Huron -Perth Cheer- leading Championships. In the individual competition, Debbie Hodgins performed an excellent routine, and captured the Huron -Perth title. She said she would wear her medal, so when you see her, congratulate her! The team cheerleading competition was marred by unfortunate errors by our Madill Cheerleaders. While they were by far the most talented team at the com- petition, mistakes on their part gave them a close sec- ond -place finish to Goderich. But, in terms of spirit and sportsmanship our Madill Cheerleaders were Number 1 all the way at the competi- tion. Cmintcn Wong, and in fow matebes de- feated Seater h end'. Stfat- ford Northwestern but eventually lost to Stratford Central by a close417-16,15-¢:. score. Murray and Robert are looking forward to next year for revenge. Jane Dickson and Kelly Anderson had an excellent beginning to their badminton careers with a fine fifth place finish in girls' doubles. There were many excellent teams in girls' doubles, and Kelly and Jane took the finalist Listowel team to three games losing by a close 18-15, 16-18, 18-14 score. They played consistently strong badminton all through the tournament. The highlight of the day came in boy's singles when Ed Sweeney went through the tournament undefeated to win a Huron -Perth Gold Medal. There were three other very strong singles players from Listowel, Clinton and Stratford Cen- tral but Ed defeated them all winning the final match 15- 11, 15-8 over Listowel. Con- gratulations to Ed for a per- fect performance. Madill is proud of its fine junior badminton players and their efforts. We wish Ed Sweeney good luck and good badminton in the upcoming WOSSA Junior champion- ships in London this Satur- day. If you think someone has injured his neck or spine in a fall or a dive, don't move him unless you must to get him out of danger. St. John Am- bulance warns that careless handling of the victim can worsen the injuries, may leave the victim permanent- ly crippled. Cover him, monitor his -breathing and send for professional help. If you must move him, do it slowly, supporting the neck and back on a board. To learn what to do, take a St. John Ambulance first aid course. dental Cifleratlon Political tensions between East and West are high. As a result, Submarine X has been on patrol two weeks longer than usual. The crew is battling fatigue and bore- dom. During one of the many practice drills on Submarine X, the bored sailor fails to close a protective cover on one switch. The ship stands down from her alert and the patrol goes on. The next shift comes on and another tired sailor runs the control board. He leans over the board to see a moni- tor dial; his elbows rest briefly on the board; one el- bow pushes down on the un- protected switch. As the sailor leans back, he turns to another board and fails to see a small warning light change from green to red. In the control room, Cap- tain Y feels a slight 'bump' in the ship. He is tired and dis- misses it as a fallen tool in the engine room. In actual- ity, the shielding door for missile tube three has just swung open and locked. The targeting computer feeds its pre-programmed data into the Polaris missile. It is finished in seconds and the launch computer con- tinues to countdown. The sailor at the control board is dozing in the padded chair. The red light flashes its ,. warning, unnoticed. Five, four ... the captain begins making his rounds, three, two ... he spots the flashing light and hesitates before reaching desperately for the 'Abort' button, one, zero ... he's too late. Submarine X trembles as No. 3 rocket jets from its tube, piercing the surface in a geyser of white water. The rocket is immediately push- ed to super -sonic speed and races toward its target .. . unstoppable. The captain of Sub X is in almost instant contact with his commander -in -Chief. Ili, submarine has accidentally • launched an atomic missile at the USSR. Meanwhile, the Russians have seen a submarine- launched ballistic missile split the ocean surface and race skyward. A pre-emp- tive attack by the US.? The president is on the phone to the premier. The Soviets are shaken ivith dis- belief. An accident? They in- sist it is a pre-emptive attack by theU.S. Threats to retail - "Ifare made. "If it is an accident," they must ask, "are we to sit by while one of our cities disap- pears? Human nature alone declares that we demand re- venge!" The stage is set.An acci- dent, not a wilful act by either country, has broughtrmk the world to the brink of nu- clear disaster. The accident doesn't even have to be made by human error. Withthe in- creasing automationof the defence establishe error, nt, com- puter or machine no to matter how remote, is al- ways in possible. Fouled wiring a pre-programm. mitter or receivercould launch a squadron of B-525 or m B-1 Doomsday bombers into c an accidental attack. Perhaps we have too much faith in our "fail-safe" sys- tems. The systems that pre- vent us from accidentally triggering global thermonu- clear war could just as easily become the source of such accidents. If such an acci- dent did occur, political dis- truct and suspicions could only assist the escalation of the accident into a Dooms- day Conflict. How ironic. The tech- nology we have to prevent war could very well prove to be the source of our "acci- dental incineration". --Clint Pewtress BADMINTON CHAMPS—John Leedham, centre, and Steve Gaunt, right, have brought honor to the F. E. -Madill Secondary School in Wingham by winning the all - Ontario C -flight boys' doubles badminton championship recently. The two Grade 13 students won the distinction April 27 at a tournament at Timmins. They also are the Huron -Perth and WOSSA (Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletics) cham- pions. Pictured with John and Svisher ac Madill teacher•,Ted Brewster. 15 pc. Bucket gor, chicken 2 500 mL salads, loaf of bread HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! from entuckyFriedChcken vti Josephine St., Zehrs Plaza, Corner Of Hwy. 4 & 86, Wirtgh . 557-2221