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The Baha'i Faith Teaches
.An interesting guest ,brought many, this past year, is 18 years
•4h.orne by Rusty Orrnatidy, as a old, a native of Linz, Austria,
weekend visitor recently was He recently has moved to
%. the, Austria'fi Men's •Figure Vienna, Austria where more ice -
Skating` Champion, Ron Kap- time is available to him.
• pelent. , )fie wants to plane hither in
Rola and Rusty, along with World, Competition next • year
skaters from many south- and`sq came to`Canada for his
western " Ontario centres; and somowr trnininv to take rh,,
,the CUnited• States have been portunity to train with, Ron
.--;---skating-six days -each week at ;,Shaver of Galt Cambridge, who.
the SouthWestern. Ontario placed fifth • in World Corn-
- Summer- Skating Academy in pet itii:on and second in-'
-St• Thornes which is being Canadian competion. -
operated. by Rus,ty's H has been receiving in -
professional, ).)on • 1)u.mming, stru;cttnn from Ron Shaver's
Most of the out of town skaters _Professional, Neil Carpenter of
have been staying in residence Hamilton. He says he has leer-
at Alma College. ned a lot just watching Ron
Ron, who placed 16th in the Shaver practise. Although not
World Figure., Skating Cham- trying to 'copy Ron Shaver; he
pionships held at Munich, Ger- says, it „has helped him to be.
. skating with a better skater.
The• Ormandy "family gave
Ron a complete -tour of the
Goderich area which. he felt•
was beautiful. -,The size of Lake
Huron, as' a fresh, water' lake
was impressive. A stop at .the
1601 Tourist Bureau netted
many pamphlets giving ,.the
visitor information. about. this-
"
area plus. a. sample of rock salt:
jti.ort was surprised at the size
of "many of the homes in
Canada.• He. said -that most, of
the homes are veru large in
Austria (his own home has 21
rooms!) He likes- the smaller,
more compact homes much bet-
ter. -. -
The Goderich Frisbee Chumps did not dazzle the audience at the CNE Frisbee competition=
• but they did (earn :alot about the sport that they plan to use when they prepare a qot erich en-
try for next Year's event. The team captain. Mike IDymon,ta, right, and the impbrt Chip. Martiry,_
left, are now working ion 'their' kinky throws in preparation for Frisbee '75. (straff photo)
BY, JEFF SEDDON
The Goderich • Frisbee
Champs or Chump:: set off for
the • Canadian ' National
Exhibition early Sunday mor-
ning only to discover that they
Tacked just about ever thing
necessary for Frisbee • cbm-
petition. •
'The team., Mike Dyinond, a_
-.Chip Martin; had been "in
° ° training for two months -here -in
complained Mike. "We were
psyched out."
The event. required players to
throw the disc through a four
• foot hoop from a distance of
thirty yards away. • Our boys
only, managed one good' throw
in 'four and retired• to the
sidelines to watch the playoffs.
The distance throw was our
team's strong point' prior to
game lime. •
"We.were throwing qltern 150
Goderich only to discover that \ eet with a little luck and a tail
they had been completely.,•unin- ind," said: Mike. »But we
formed, as, to the ability•of those Ix; . ed out when that guy threw
they were to face in Toronto. his risbee 280 1/2 feet and set
of the a ne Canadian record.".
Mike
's •the backbonet
team and its promoter. - he Despite tlie drubbing the.
realized ' the need for • a Goderich Chumps received in
Goderich team after Jim Iden- Toronto, t • ey don',t feel the day,
ner _and Ken Westerfield, was a cOm to loss.
Canada's only professional "We • learn d a lot," said
throwers,- • were • in town ^ Mike. "We are starting now to
displaying their. talents ,to the • get a -team toget er for Guts to
playgrounds. Mike immediately enter in next yea 's -meet.'•'
imported Chip.Martin who had Guts is a game fr''Frisbee
come to. town .several -months -masochists. The • tea's ;have
earlier, to report Huron County •five men each and { hey line up •
news to the London Free Press. about .-15 yards apart a d at-
The,two, lacking 'interested tempt to dismember. the op-
tryofs, . formed .a team and position with, the plastic di.
went into training: "These guys got fantastt
"We have been praetici,ng speed with these short throws. I -
religiously for an hour a . day would estimate the Frisbee was
outside • Mike's ,Elgin Avenue doing 50 miles an.hour when it'
Frisbee headquarters for the, reached the opposite
past two months, bombarding team," said Chip...
. passing motorists while • The Guts.competition started
working out ou'r throwing . about noon.'and.• the chamlions,
'techniques," said. Chip. • • weren't declared until eight ;in
'The two Goderich •hurlers .". the evening., The Goderich
were dismayed when .they step- tem had long' since been
ped onto. the -Frisbee field in eliminated and'did not since,
to
'Toronto but were 'still game, to . see which team caught the most
,compete. Poorly attired • (they
did 'not have the sweaters,•
• spikes, gioves, socks and hats
that tother teams -were •spor- •
ting) "he they began warming up years meet. The. Chumps are
for the individual -events.: -ignoring the frills of the sport
"We have stood :thirty yards that. the experienced players
apart in training camp and have'" picked up. They aren't
thrown .the =Frisbee .directly going to purchase any Frisbees
to one another: but,do. you,thihk
we' could, put one through the
hoof).- in the ,accuracy event?"
blasts with One hand to became
champions. - • •
Recruiting and practices
have already begun for next
which they work. .. '
"We were surpised • to find
out that there is a difference in
Frisbees," said Mike. "The,
Canadians. complained about
.American models and vice
versa and the pros claim that
there is' a big difference, in
Frisbees." •
. According to the Chumps the
team is going to concentrate"on
throws and catches • and ex-
periment with' Guts. •
"Throws and catches are
what Frisbee:.is all about," said
Mike. •.Jfm Kenner is perfecting
a foot throw' that should be in-
teresting when he works the •
bugs 'tut." ' '
"The , furl stuff is ;not
"developed and all individual
competition took a. backseat to
.Guts," he said.
The team is .,considering a
cubstription to Flying' Disc
World, a monthly publication
'sold to Frisbee nuts that ex-'
plains the art and describes
throw's.. ;
The show stoppers at last
Sunday's .Frisbee meet , were
man's best friend., Some of the
dogs. entered by• their masters
were leaping as high'as five:feet
t. retrieve a Frisbee in . flight.
Phe winner in the canine com-
petit' tn• was Gunner, a ",black
. lab fr. Unionville. The -dog
delight•e the audience, con-
sistently • ',nd -'at• One point
looked ''as• t sough he, had had
enough and Was taking his
Frisbee home, but was• only
going to the men's pole before
continuing his antes. •
Over the winter the Chumps
intend to study •the spo to see
where they can improv'e,
with tassels or` see-through .
models but AO -are going'to
concentrate On the model, with,
.taken the game,"' said. Chip.
"We' thought we weren't bad by •
Goderich standards but we •
have a 16r -to -learn' by inter.
national standards." .
Mrs. Rae Ney of Windsor, nee
-Audrey Allison, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Allison; 192 Eldon '
St., Goderich, • recently
graduated from the University
of Windsor* with her B, A.
(General) degree. Audrey went;
to public school and G.ID.C.I. in
tin
Goderich-and after graduating
attended the Teachers'
College Stratford. She has
Since taught in Acton,
Le•arnin•gton, and two public
schools in Windsor. (St. Louis •
studio)
Ron's English has improved
great deal in the seven weeks
he has been in Canada. They •
learn English in school, the
same as Canadian students ,
learn French in school. He is
'able to communicate very well
now.
Ron flys back to Austria next
Monday but will bereturning
to Canada in October as he has
been chosen to represent
Austria in the Annddal Skate
Canada competition which •is
being :held in Kitchener this Oc-
tober. Here, 'many of the top
skaters in the world will be
competing. Ron and Rusty have
already' made plans to get
together during this c•om-
petition, for a visit.
Work is worship Everyone should strive to earn the miens 01
livelihood, to acpupy themselves with that which wilt profit
themselves and ni'Pers. Work, practiceeconomy, trust God and
you will be able .o redeem your .debts. "It is incumbent On
• every one -of yo4e• tO, engege in sons one occupatlonr,suoh as
arts, trades, and the,like..We have made"ttte your occupation
- Identical -with the •worship of God." Baha'u'IIah,'
Incidentally, Rusty and his
partner Karen Osborne have
been working very hard at their
skating all. summer in
Chatham: They' recently com-
peted in the 'Sta'q ford Inter --
national Dance competition at
Niagara Falls, against 19 otther•
- dance pairs, from the United
'States abed Canade'..Despite the
fact .that they had .only been
• working on their six com-
pulsory dances for four weeks •
• •as opposed to someof the pairs;
who had been skating together
for three years or more, Karen
and Rusty placed a very cjnn-
mendable- sixth,/ well ahead of
all the other' competitors from
"''their se tion, South Western
Ontar o". The • winners were
Canadian Competitors from
British Columbia. "
Their nextcompetition will be
the 'Sectional Championships,
the first weekend in December.,
These will' be .held in London
this year, and w,j11. he an, ex-
cellent opportunity for in -Q
terested 'Tice' > figure skating-
, fans to see some top skating.
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