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GODERICH, ONTARIO., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1985
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The sixtb WW1 Goderich Oldtimers Ment, m Switzerland. The 8401e win. take
Rickey Tournament is set to go this place Saturday night, at 7: 0..
weekend _Feebruary 15,16 and 17, - • Regulaar tournament a vity gets under -
"`"This year S touri►e�y► 'rea`ttires 1 rte , way Friday n fight at77p.m" an eontiwites-
whieh .wrtt - pete- for. old- and. silver unto Saturday morningwines N;
} xnedais, in three divisions. The °d.iivisions, stil t 8 sr u .; arnd e1�d it ttli; uilt�ro�r
aligned according to team calibre, based game at 7:80,. m. Sunday games start at 8
on past performance, include three USA a.m. with, the first of the three .playoff
teams from Michigan, two from London, final games starting at 1:30 p.m. ,
Ont., two from the Sarnia area, and one Each_ team is guaranteed three games,
each from St.,Thomas, Kincardine, with the top two teams in each division
Wingham, RipleyZurich and Forest: The meeting in a playoff match.
host team, the Goderich Old Deckhands, Goderich plays their first game Friday,
will also participate. at 8 p.m., against the London Blades and
This year, a special feature game, theeana plays again Saturday at 10 a.m.,
between the 1976 Old Deckhands .and the 6:30p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the reunion
current Goderich team, -will be the game,
weekend's highlight. The "'76 Old The tournament is sanctioned by the
Deckhands won the world Championship Canadian Oldtimers Hockey Association.
for their division, in a Fornne'n tniirna-
Ski-a-thon raises $1,300.,
The annual Kinsmen and Kinette Ski-a-thon which aids cystic
fibrosis research finally got a little co-operation from the weather
and there was plenty of snow on the trails for the 25 skiers who par-
ticipated Sunday. The cross-country ski enthusiasts and three
walkers raised more than $1,300 in pledges for CF research in the
one -day evet. Catherine Mae )oa aid was the top skier and money
raiser with $287 in pledges. In the top photo, Kin Mike Drennan
mans the first checkpoint and at right a group of young skiers
ette Sandra
Pollock glideares for se 10alonghe trail throughtrek. In the tthee om bushoinithe town's In-
dustrial Park. (photos by Dave Sykes )
Atoms eliminate
Strathroy with wins
Recreation Board submits budget
The Goderich Recreation and Communi-
ty Centre Board has sent their 1985 budget
proposal to Goderich Town Council, call -
for an i,iciease of more than $109,
over last year's actual net budget.
The proposal, drafted at February 5
board meeting, includes approximately.
$12000- woi tlof itemssuggested as -possi-
ble capital purchases. Among the capital
purchases proposed by the board are: an
office typewriter, $1,500; new hot water
tank for the arena, $3,000; a dehumidifier,
$10,000, an ice machine and race
secretary's room, $19,000 and an elevator,
$50,000, all for the arena. The capital
budget also includes an outdoor roller
skating surface (proposed at a recent
board .,, meeting) , $25,000. and a solar
blanket and a storage shed for the town
.swirnmingpool, $5,500.
Recreation Dir ccte,r Jane Henke noted
that the Goderich Raceway is willing to
pay the entire cost of the race secretary's
'MOM, over a two-year period, but request
they-hav-free-use of the room -for the sum-
mer mo s.
She also notes the compressor in the
arena is feeling its age and there is no way
of knowing how long it will operate.
Presently a new compressor costs $25,000.
The board is asking council for $326,525,
to cover the difference between their total
proposed expense ($616,625) and total ex-
pected revenue ($290,100). The board ac-
Goderich to be featured in
Offshore sport fishing out of the Port of process of developing a resource book of
Goderich will receive a big boost for 1985. .Great Lakes sport fishing hot spots. The
Fred Salter, operator of Bluewater book will be a full 32 page guide and will be
Charters, has been contacted by the On- available through tourist information cern
tario Charter Boat Association to provide tres throughout the province.
information, regarding the now fulIseason The book will provide advertising oppor-
sport fishery, which has developed out of tunities for those businesses benefittinguby
the Port of Goderich. the offshore fishery. The book will also
The association, with the support of the . contain information regarding. stocking
Ministry of Natural Resources, is in the programs in Lake Huron, both by the State
tua'lly, received $208,419, from the town Iast
year. ,
The largest chunk of cash on the budget
is expected to change hands at the
Goderich Arena, with a proposed -expen-
diture of $285,515, balanced against ex-
pected revenue of $171,650.
Other mayor areas of expense are: ad-
ministration, proposed expense $96,400,
expected revenue $11,500; programs, ex-
pense $68,860, revenue' $32,250; pool, ex=
!striae $44,950,, revenue $23.500 and
Agricultural Park complex, expense
$58,000, revenue $38,200.
The proposed budget will be submitted
to the town for consideration on February
15.
fishing book
of Michigan and those currently being con-
ducted by the Maitland Valley Anglers and
the Ministry of Natural Resources in the
Maitland River.
The Port of Goderich will be base for' two
fishing charter operations by members of
the Ontario Charter Boat Association in
1985 and will be the only port on Lake
Huron identified in the guide for offshore
sport fishing.
Duplicate Bridge Club plays Mitchell game
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The Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club
played an 11 -table Mitchell, under the direc-
tion of Eleanor Eiskiine, on February 5.
The North-Sout7t results were:-F•frst - San-
dy Turvil and Randy Piirainen, 145 points;
Second, Dawna Sproule and Mary Ann
Dempsey, 113.5; Third, Arleen Gibbons and
Theresa Donatis.113: Fourth. John Stringer
and Bill Schaefer, 112.
The East-West results: First, Joanne
Gilchrist and Lee Ryan,147 points; Second,
Marion Lane and Ray Fisher, 123; Third,
Brian Reeves and Graham Yates, 115.5;
Fourth, Joan and Cam Addison, 113,5.
On Thursday, February 3, eight players
competed for individual scores and results
Goderich Atoms eliminated Strathroy in
the first round of the Ontario Minor
Hockey Association Atom BB playoffs,
winning two straight, in a best -of -three
series. The local Atoms will now meet a
London team, in the next round.
Goderich took the home ice advantage
away from Strathroy, when they won 2-1,
in Strathroy February 4.
Andrew 'McLarty put Goderich ahead in
the first period, with a goal assisted by
Jamie Stanley. They widened the gap with
another goal in the second frame, scored
by Sam Hosack, assisted by Jason Cook
and Mark Phillips.
The lone Strathroy marker was scored in
the third period, by Benjy Grieg.
Goderich clinched the series at home,
with a 4-3 victory, February 6.
The game was close all the way, as
Goderich jumped to an early start, with a
first -period goal by Jason Cook, from Jeff
Beange. Strathroy came back to knot the
score before the period ended.
Goderich struck twice, in the first two
minutes of the second frame, to go up 3-1
on goals by Sam Hosack, from Mark
Phillips and Todd Papple, from Hosack
and Chad Papple. Strathroy closed the gap
to one goal less;;Athan five minutes into the
period.
The teams traded single goals in the first
five minutes of the final frame. Goderich
getting the first one from Jason Jeffrey,
assisted by McLarty and Hosack.
WIN CONSOLATION
The Goderich Atoms won the 'A' con-
solation trophy in the Seaforth Atom Tour-
nament this past weekend.
Information on only one game, a 3-2 win
over Orangeville, is available.
Andrew McLarty, Sam Hosack and Paul
Wheeler scored for Goderich in this game.
Jeff Beange, Jason Volland, Jason Jeffrey
and Todd Papple earned assists.
The Atoms played an exhibition game
against Glen Cairn, in the London arena on
Sunday. The local team came out winners
by a 5-0 margin.
Cook, Jeffrey, Hosack, Jared Whalen
and Wheeler scored goals. Donny Rivers
and Chad Papple drew assists.
Also that afternoon the team attended an
Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior
A game between the London Knights and
the Windsor Spitfires.
Legion rink curls well
finishes third in province
BY DRB
Although they weren't the over-all win-
ners in last weekend's Provincial Legion
Curling Finals, the Jim fell rink,
representing the Goderich Legion Branch
109 curled well and finished with a record
of four wins and four losses.
The event was a nine -team provincial
finals held at Trenton, and hosted by
Branch 110 of the Canadian Legion.
The team, with Jack Kellough at vice,
John Orr second and Jeff Harrison at lead
played some fine games withaseveral very
close scores.
Their biggest win came when they
defeated the London rink, who were the
eventual winners of the tournament. That
win came on a last rock core -from -behind
6- 5 score.
They also defeated teams from
Belleville, Cochrane and Elliott Lake. Had
they won their last game on Sunday morn-
ing against Sutton, they could have ended
up in a tie for.second place. As it was, they
finished in a tie for third.
The team appreciated the support from.
the Goderich Legion, and, in their words,
"Had a fabulous time, and enjoyed some'
good competitive curling for the full five
days!" •
I should have stayed in shape
were: tied for first, Betty Garland and
Eleanor Erskine, tied for third, Ray Fisher
and John Stringer.
Februaryls President's Cup will be played
on Tuesday, February 26.
New players are welcome tor) come and try
duplicate bridge, Thursday afternoons at
1:30, at the Canadian Legion Hall.
Hockey -wise, Sunday, February 3, was a
particularly nostalgic day for me.
In the afternoon, I watched a taped
replay of the Team Canada '72 reunion
game.lWatching the stars of that unforget-
table series bat around a puck, moving a
lot slower than they used to, brought back
sppie mertpries.
I was able to appreciate the effort in-
volved for those aging stars, in getting
back onto the ice, because earlier that day
I.had participated in what is known as a but still serviceable.
"pick-up" hockey game. "Piek-up" is an Undaunted, I taped ,up the pads, bought a
apt term for the sport because afterwards, new jock and had the rust scraped off my
it was all I could do to pick myself up off blades. I was ready for the game. Or was
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the ice and return to the dressing room. I?
As a youth, I could never -imagine the - I -thought the.toughest part would be get-
posaiblity of getting out of shape. Like all ting out of bed by 7 a.m., to be dressed and
the players on minor hockey teams, I could on the ice by eight. ( Pick-up hockey
go full steam every time the coach sent me players, it seems, are not granted prime
out and still plead for more ice time. On ice -time privileges.) As it turned out, get -
Saturdays, my friends and I would spend ting there was the least of my worries.
entire afternoons playing road hockey at a As soon as niy blades hit the ice, I could
frantic pace. Usually these street games sense something'was wrong. I was not cut -
came after morning practice at the arena -ting the ice with theauthority lone did. In, -
and often there was a game to be played fact, I seemed to be reverting to a tenden-
cy of going over on my ankles I thought I
had lost back in Atom.
;... and 1 wound up
to slap at it, hoping the sound of it
smashing into the "boards would restore,
some of my old zeal for the game. When no
resounding er-ash -greed--my. ears (ac-
tually the puck barely reached the
boards), I was all the more disheartened.
I was given little time to dwell on the loss '
of my former ,skills, as the game began
almost immediateley. I began trying to
hide my shabby skating from the other
players, by passing the puck each time it
came to me.
Eventually, my old instincts got the bet-
ter of me and I seized an opportunity to
grab the puck and circle our net in
preparation,or a rink -length dash.
Actually `dash" is a bit too strong a
word. What I ended up doing was a series
fiberglass. Foregoing this luxury model, of jerky stops and starts, but I somehow
for one of the antique wooden variety, I managed to rag the puck to the other end.
had only to pick up my old pads from Of course when I got there, the goaltender
home. , turned aside my rusty wrist shot with
cient pads had long since been relegated to comic ease, but I felt better, having made
the attic. To my dismay, I discovered my the attempt.
shin pads were cracked and my shoulder The. game was supposed to be non -
pads broken. Both items had been claimed • contact, but on several occasions I found
by my younger brother, who had used ' myself unable to get out of a puckcarrier's
them, abused them and discarded them. way, with the resulting collisions sending
(I've got to ask him !tow you break a pair us both to the ice. Fortunately the other
Of -shoulder pads). - .. . . players -were an understanding lot.
Worse yet, my jock strap was nowhere to The immediate post -game results in -
be seen. As it turned out, it apparently eluded a feeling of nausea, but that was
wasn't fit to be seen, as my mother, having nothing compared to the aching of my legs
declared it "disgusting" had thrown it out, for the rest of the week,
cupand all. Still, as I watched Team Canada re -
Granted acnes of their peak
ranted the old jock pro�abTy wasn't a Tvirig the exciting g
pretty night. Due to years of languishing at . years, I realized that . I shared the same
the bottom of a sweat -soaked pile of equip- love of the°sport they do. So no doubt, I'll
ment it was, as I recall, somewhat stained, be back oh the ice again one day.
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PATRICK
RAFTIS
later that night.
Still, there was no 'tiring us. None .of us
could -ever comprehend being too tired or
sore, when the opportunity to play was
there.
But unfortunately we have to grow up
and as F got -into- othei things; 1 finally
reached a point three year ago, when I no
longer had the time to play regularly. In
fact, excluding one game of intramural
hockey at college (a disastrous affair), I
had not been on skates in three years.
So, when a co-worker invited me to join
his group of Sunday morning shinnyers, I
jumped at the chance to don the blades
once again.
But first, there was equipment to be ob-
tained. I would definitely have to buy a
stick. I was amazed to discover that one
can now buy, for about $40, a hockey stick -
shaped instrument, made completely of
- 4 $