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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-30, Page 3Comments about column on school Exeter Times Advocate Nov. 8, 1988 - , Dear Mr. Haugh: 1 am writing to respond to a com- ment written by your sports editor in last weeks Sports Spotlight. The article referred to hockey being placed in the Phys. Ed. classes of our schools. Mr. Proctor "Thought it would be a grave mistake if it ever happened here". He also quotes a players skill development would be greatly hindered because of im- proper coaching and hockey is a more demanding sport in terms of skills ,which needs proper develop- ment from coaching". I am not sure where Mr. Proctor got his information, but let's. com- pare a few sports skills --- a volley- ball spike with shooting a puck; a tackle in football with a good hi r. check in hockey; a Sprint start in Recount Continued from front page • November 21 election, Pat O'Rourke led the polls quite com- fortably, but there was a close battle for second and third position. The original count had Gary Ea- gleson with 570, Bill Weber 556 and Jim Dietrich 554. In Monday's tabulation supervised by former reeve Allan Walper as re- count officer, Eagleson ended up with a final total of 569, Weber was . in at 553 and Deitrich had 545 votet to his credit. Walpec was -assisted by clerk- trcaurer Wilmar Wein who was also returning officer and office employ- ee Linda Oliver. Discrepancies and miscounts were found in a number of polls. track with acceleration in skating; shooting a jump shot in basketball with shooting on net in hockey; pole vaulting in track with jumping to make a save in hockey goaltend- ing. Check these out --- all highly developed skills. We at the high school, as teachers and coaches are capable and qualified to teach the skills at the above mentioned sports. Most tcaaher/coaches are certified in their respective coaching fields. • They regularly attend coaching clin- ics to upgrade their knowledge of the game. As Phys. Ed. instructors we have to 'be able to teach the skills of all the above spots - and I'm sure if hockey was put into our progam a could amply handle ita 1. r. Proctor, check out the back- grounds of some of the more suc- cessful with coaches - former teat-- ers; check out the more successful coaches in Jr. A - former teachers; check out all the university coaches in Canada and the US - all teachers; r check out the staff and administra- tion of the Huron Hockey School - all teachers and you are implying we could not handle hockey at the school level? • At South Huron we have the big- gest athletic program in our confer- ence - 11 sports (hockey included) in joining 23 teams at different lev- els (Jr. and Sr), coached by 24 teachers (Some doing 2 and 3 sports), and there are approximately 360 student athletes taking part at the interschool level. The coaches are volunteers. Many hours of dedication is put into teaching the skills of 11 sports. The many volunteers of the com- munity do the same so kids can play soccer, baseball and hockey. Hat's off to all of our coaches in this community. (Personally I have been part of that group as well. We must be a teachers first, meeting our daily commitment to our students. Then we are a coach, and also we must be a fundraiser. At South Huron the coaches, ath- letes and student council work very hard to raise funds so we can have the program we do. It is not free as - many think. Our budget for 23 teams is 529,000 - equipment, travel, referee fees, entry fees, etc. - of this $9000 comes as a '`grant" from the Board of Education. (S3000 of that must be used for the Phsy. Ed requirements). We have to raise S20,000 and we arc greatly restricted in the method of fund raising we can use. We are not per - Times -Advocate, November 30, 1988 Page 3 hockey coaching mated to take sponsorship from the community. Our Athletic As- , sociations frown on this idea. All this teaching, coaching,and fund raising is carried out bteacher/ coaches. Now what they do in Quebec is there problem. - If they cannot handle it, OK, but don't condemn our ability to coach highly skilled sports. I'm sure if the ' crunch" ever came that we could handle Grand Opening -- As part of Seip's Valu Mart's Grand Opening, Tom and Cathy Seip have donated a ribbon of $20 bills to the Exeter Lions, making it $400 closer toward the goal of a new Youth.Centre. Receiving the rib- bon is Lion Mac MacDougall. PLUS! ON ALL IN -STOCK '89 CORSICAS &TEMPESTS NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS 'TIL APRIL'B9AND GM PAYSTHE INTEREST FOR 90 DAYS[ Now you can have a good old family Christmas with a great new family car, without having to put out a lot of cash before Christmas. See your Ontario GM Dealer toda about an new '89 Tem est or Corsica currently in -stock, and still g put somethin left to ut in your stocking. HURRY, IT'S ALL OVER DEC. 1ITH! 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ONTARIO GM DEALERS ASSOCIATION, clo 180 LESMILL ROAD, DON MILLS, ONTARIO M3B 2T5 Hockey too, because it is no more demanding, or no more skillful then basketball, volleyball, field . hockey or whatever of the 11 sports we offer. I'm confident we could handle the challenge. Sincerely on behalf of teachers/ coaches Ron Bogart S.H.D.H.S. P.E. Dept. Head •. Teacher/coach Dear Sir. Earlier this year, the Huron County Council rejected a proposal by the Social Services Department to create 125 day-care spaces at a - cost to the county of S16,482.00, just 20 percent of the total proposed budget (80% would be paid by the province). The Huron County Community Child Abuse Coordinating Com- - mittee (CCACC) sent a letter io County Council on June 27 ex- pressing disappointment in Coun- • cil's decision to reject the Private -Home Day Care program and ask- ing Council to either -resolve the problems they had with the -propo- sal or to .propose a more acceptable 'alternative. The CCACC believes the- pro- posed program would fill a -need in this county which is especially crit- ical for single parents needing par- ent relief, for parents dependent on government income -maintenance programs who could seek indepen- dence through employment if day care' were- available, and for farm parents who, because they have no place to leave their children, must expose them to the dangers of farm machinery. Council Councilreplied on Octo- ber 6 that "there (are) not sufficient reasons for starting The •Private Home Day Carc Program at this ` .time." The CCACC believes there arc sufficient reasons and that other res- idents of the county would agree that the S 16,482.00 cost to the county would be a cost-efficient measure to encourage people to leave social assistance. We would like to hear the views of Huron County residents concerning the Private Horne Day Carc Program. Please write to this paper, of to the CCACC, c/o_. Box 456, Godcrich, Ontario, N7A 4C7 with your views. - Sincerely, Mary Schl Coordinator Community Child Abuse . Ccxxdinating Committee Ice blamed for mishaps EXETER - Exeter Ontario Pro- vincial Police officers blame black - :. ;cc as -the causeiT our motor vchi cle accidents in the arca Friday morning. • The first of the four mishaps which occurred between 7.55 and 8.25. a.m. involved .vehicles driven by Linda-Zirk and Karl. Vanklavcr-. - en, both of Hensall on Highway 4, south of Hay township sidcroad 10- 11. At 8.10 a.m. on Highway 4, 200 metres south of Waterloo street in Exctcr, vehicles driven by Richard Gower, Centralia and Kevin !lardy, Exctcr were in collision with light damage being reported. • Only five minutes later, vehicles operated by Donna -Klopp, RR 3, Zurich and Sharon Bruls, .Huron Park collided on an icy patch of . Highway 84, west of Flay township mad 4-5. Randy Hoffman, RR 2 Dashwood and passengers Terry 1 loffman and Chad Willcroscn were treated at South Huron Hospital for injuries suffered in a mishap at 8.25 a.m. - the same .day on Highway 4, west of Hay township road 6.7. Hoffman was the driver of a vchi= cle which went out of control on an icy patch, entered the ditch and struck a tree. The occupants were able to walkaway from the demo- vehicloirjust prior to it burst-. ing. into flames. . The Exeter fire department extin- guished the fire. Police officers say the use of seatbelts prevented more serious injuries.. , On Thursday, a vehicle driven by Les Bott went out of control on sidcroad 5 in Usbornc township when the left front tiro of the vehi- cle came off. Damage was moder- ate. At 6.04 p.m. , Saturday, damage was listed as light when vehicles operated by Ellis Stewart, Hensall; • - Margaret Faber, Kippcn and Sharon Wray, RR 1, Auburn collided on Highway 4, south of Hay sidcroad 25-26. The motoring public is reminded that road conditions can change quickly. In poor road conditions, slow down. -Duringthc weck„ fifers i esti- gated 40 general occurfence"'+�ri}I""""'"'w''r included three break and enters, thefts, domestic disputes and false. • burglar alarms. An enhanced RIDE spot chcck program is now in effect. Please do• not drink and drive. If -you have any information relat- ing to criminal activity, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-265-1777. You could be eligible for a cash reward.