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Home My WebLink AboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-11-23, Page 21During the 1917-1919 years, the "farmer" type Christmas cards were big sellers. These showed Sy and Mandy with cloth mufflers tied around their necks, taking time out from their chores to say things like:, "Well, b'gosh here I am agin with them Merry. Christ- mas wishes", and"Land oak:.., it wouldn't seem a bit of Christmas if I didn't wish you a merry one." WINGNAM - PHONE 3$7.7630 ENDS THURSDAY, NOV. 24th 'iAT l_. _;... 8:00 1 ACYL,-seet;ea, 4 DAYS ONLYI STARTS FRIIDAY: 4 DM ONLYI F74IDAY. NOV. 25th to MONDAY. ' V. 28fti F116SAT. 7:00 and 9:00 P.M. • SUN -MON.. at 8:00 P.M. ONLYI THE DAD IEWS BEAR$ AkONE YEAR MERANO ONE YEAR WILDER e. The screwball comedy aboul lhe high school senior with a system fo, everything' ONE SHOWING ONLY 8 P.M. FRI. & SAT. TWO SHOWINGS 7:00 4 9:15 THE CHAMPS ARE BACK 9 BIG DAYS - NOV, 23 -DEC. 1 .r "Uproarious.:.lusty entertainment.' 1 —Bob Thomas, A$SOCIATED PRESS P11X11. 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Usually they run outside, but on this day a cold driving rain kept most indoors. • Ernie King Music Centre RUNNERS—These Madill students braved the weather to run outdoors as usual last Wednesday. Girls and grade 12 boys taking physical education at the school are spending one period per week running in an experimental program designed to Improve fitness. Bantam A team loses opener The Bantam "A" team travell- ed to Mitchell for a game Nov. 14 and came out on the short end of a 6 - 2 score. The boys were unable to contain Jay Heinbuck of the Mitchell team and he ended up scoring four goals and assisting on another. The goals for Wingham were scored by Todd Rintoul and Bob Alton. Assisting on Rintoul's goal were Dave Nesbitt ' and John Haines and on Alton's goal Rich- ard Moore and Steve Morrison drew assists. The game scheduled for Nov. 17 was cancelled due to exams at the high school. The next home game will be this Thursday, Nov. 24, at 8 p.m. against Clinton. The tea;it would appreciate your sup- port. Bridge club honors A • Wilson Last Thursday, Nov. 17, Wing - ham Duplicate Club lauded Art Wilson on the occasion of his 83rd birthday for his many years of al- most single-handed running of the bridge club. It was unanim- ously decided to recognize his many efforts with ail honorary membership. Bridge results were: First, Harley Crawford and Omar Haselgrave; Second, Yvonne McPherson and Alma Hanna; Third, Jean Hodgins and Len George. The Wingham Advance -Times, November 23, 1977—Page 7 Downtwn runners are pprt'f new fitness program at Madill If you notice groups of high school students, especially girls running through the streets downtown Wingham some Wed nesday don't be alarmed. Sei attendance hasn't been made op- tional; neither has the strap been reintroduced. It's simply, part. of an experi- mental program being developed by several physical education teachers at Madill secondary school to improve student fitness. All girls taking physical educa- tion, as well as the grade 12 boys, are now required to spend one period per week running, pacing themselves to go for as long as they can and aiming for the 30 minute plateau. The new program is the brain- child of Betty Shaw, Maureen Lisle and. Carolyn Schofield of the phys. ed. department at Madill. All three are concerned with fit- ness and during the summer. they put the running program to- gether. One of the things that got them thinking along these lines was' a television program last spring that focussed on high school phys. ed. programs, Mrs. Lisle said. The program measured the por- tion of a phys. ed. Period that stu- dents spend in activity, as . op- posed to waiting their turn to'use--- equipment, and found students. get comparatively little activity time in most skill -teaching pro- grams. Gymnastics is the worst, she said, with students getting only seven to ten minute of physical activity during a period: • • - They hit on running because • "we're all joggers," she ex- ' plained. Also jogging is probably the best exercise for developing overall fitness... •... The progree gat underWay in. September, with Wednesday • being set aside as -fitness day. Students were encouraged t'o sun" for as long as they were able and to check their heart rate when they stopped. A rate of 150 beats per minute indicates you are working hard enough to .do your body some good without over- exertion. At the beginning the majority of grade 12 students could run for 10-12 minutes before stopping, but now most can`continue for the full 30 minutes, Mrs. Shaw said. "The grade 12s show up the grade nines," ' Miss Schofield agreed. "They run for the full time and set a better pace." Many of the students have been surprised at their own progress, the teachers added. "If we'd told them back then • they'd be running for 30 minutes they wouldn't have believed us," Mrs. Lisle declared. "They used to think twice around the track was bad." • In order for jogging to become the long term habit they hope i , will be for many of the students of all three teachers emphasize i - must be enjoyable. ool Students are encouraged to run at a comfortable pace — talking pace. "If you cannot talk to a friend or sing to youself while jogging you are going too fast,' they are told. Good footwear and •comfortable clothing are also im- portant. Students start by running around the CKNX block: Once they attain the 25 minute con- tinuous jogging mark they are al- lowed to venture further afield. This acts -as an incentive since running around one block can get boring and running up the hill on the way back to school must also do something for. stamina. Every month or so the action moves to the school track so the teachers can see just what sort of pace the various groups of stu- .:dents are setting themselves and how long they can really run. So, far the reaction has been yes", good, the teachers agree. The attitude of the students, toward. running has improved and many are enthusiastic about the new program. Some of the senior girls have found the run- ning good for weight control and even some of the grade 13s, who .'do 'not take Phys: ' ed., andstu- dents with a spare period on Wed- nesday are voluntarily joining in, , though not so many as they would like. Winter will'provide the -acid test for the runners, Mrs. Lisle predicted, though up to now "the kids have reacted really Well to the cold weather. Only-raitastops • us." Actually the rain doesn't stop the running, it just shifts it indoors to the large gym.. They are also working at getting track suite before really cold weather hits. - Later inthe- year . students will be given the opportunity to ap- praise the fitness program and the teachers are hoping for favor- able comments. They plan to con- tinue the program next year though they may have lo -make some adjustments to it. This year they have been trying to teach the same number of skills with one less day per week, Mrs. Lisle said.. Next year they may'cut out an activity to make the schedule less hectic. Although they haven't any ae- curate way of measuring the im- proved fitness of their students apart from the length of time they are able to run and the pace they can set, the three teachers agree they can already tell a dif- ference in the runners. "The kids are in better shape now — more alert," Mrs. Shaw said. "They look so good when they're finished,"Miss Schofield agreed. In, addition to the running each Wednesday students are given a Ironmen win over Markdale by 8-3 score • Wingham Ironmen started slowly in a road game against Xi Markdale last Friday but gained g. momentum - momentum as the game pro- X handout describing some aspect of fitness. The first, titled $1111P177 "Fitness", declares: aes "Fitness is not an end. It Is a beginning. It is not a matter of mere muscles, but a matter of mental, moral, social, emotiopal as well as physical fitness. Wail , a mil..."; It goes on to note that IJn dile present school system moat of the time is devoted to developing a student's mental fitness and suggest that "perhaps we have neglected the physical long enough." It encourages students to snip port the program, bring in their non phys. ed. friends and work at making Madill a fit school. Other handouts deal with run- ning style, heart rate and fitnessr,., injuries, fitness and flexibility and exercise and diet. Prior to this. year *he physical education program at Madill dealt almost solely.with skill training. "We used to_, do two weeks on fitness here and there," Mrs. Shaw said, and students. got fit during track season, but with the new program they hope to raise the overall fitness of the students and main- tain it at a higher level. Both . fitness and skill training are important, the teachers feel; fitness helps skills. The school will continue . its many skill training programs, which include gymnastics,basketball, volleyball, tennis, dancing, track and field, table tennis, bowling, curling, golf and others. Physical education is now op- tional for students in Ontario high schools and only about 335 of; ap- proximately 600. girls at Madill are enrolled in the course. The teachers are working on ways to broaden the appeal of phys. ed., they . said, but haven't" hit on a surefire solution yet. X xxxx l ife is Cabaret" Great Buffet Great Entertainment ,'Came hear the music play I L O, Downtown, London Centre Arcade 554King & Clarence • Tel. 672-8570 x:::-::•ecxxxxxxxxxxxx x XX Josephine Street Winghom, Ontario gressed and eventually coasted to x an 8-3 win. x. After a sloppyfirst Is: period the pis: score was tied at one with Paul\ Gowing getting the Ironmen goal. x Wingham struck quickly in the Ss second period, boosting the score x to 4-1 with three goals in the first three minutes. Kevin Carter got the first goal, Gowing the second x and Gord Kinahan slipped in the third. Markdale replied with a power play goal while Wingham was serving a penalty but the Iron - men came right back as Paul Inglis set up Dave Kieffer with an accurate pass and he made the score 5-2. Markdale Mohawks scored again midway through the second period before a powerful slapshot from Bernie Haines at the point ended the period with Wingham up by three, 6-3. The last period went quickly with Kieffer and Carter adding the final two Wingham eon Carter's on a beautiful wrist shot. WHISTLE STOPS:The Mark - dale Mohawks showed a notice- able improvement over last Sun- day's game in the Wingham arena, but this past Friday the Ironmen didn't seem to get organized until the third period. They were lucky to have reliable Hugh Nichol in front of their net to save them from many close calls. This game made the third win in a row for the Wingham Iron - men, getting their season off to a good start. A baby sitter should see that a child plays only in the areas specified by the parents, accord- ing to St. John Ambulance. This Week SHOWBOAT Next Week - Thurs., Fri., Sat. 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