The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-08-26, Page 29y
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Four GDCI students recently' competed at a cheerleading clinic in Windsor against schools
from across Ontario. The girls came home with the "spirit paddle" and a first place ribbon.
Back row, left are Sharon Swan, Laurie Hayden and Sherry Hodges. Front, left,
cheerleading captain Brenda Smith and Debra Drennan. I photo by Yvette Zandbergen)
Cheerleading is slowly
losing itsC6 . cutesy" image
BY YVETTE ZANDBERGEN
Cheerleading" no longer means the
"cutesy" image of a good figure, winning
smile and pretty face, but is slowly evolv-
ing into a sport that takes co-ordination 4.
and discipline.
Goderich District Collegiate Institute
held a cheerleading; clinic 'Thursday after-
noon with participants consisting of pro-
spective cheerleaders entering into Grade
9. The pugpose of the clinic, according to
Lisa Arsenault, cheerleading advisor, is. to
help the participants get ready for tryouts.
. "We're moving away from the cutesy
cheerleader.and it is becoming more of a
sport where the girls must be in shape,"
she said.
Four GDCI cheerleaders recently at-
tended a cheerleading clinic in Windsor
and competed with teams from across On-
tario. Debra Drennan, Sherry Hodges,
Laurie Hayden • and Sharon Swan spent
. four 12 -hour days learning cheers, mounts,
safe climbing up mounts, constructive
mounts and jumps and crowd control. As a
- result, the four girls, competing with
teams of over 10, carne hack with the
"spirit paddle," along with a number of
ribbons including the Superior ( first
place) ribbon.
"It was hard work and the girls were
stiff and sore but they had to maintain
their smiles," said Arsenault.
According to Swan, one of the par-
ticipants, a skit also had to be prepared for
a talent night held at the clinic.
Brenda Smith, a Grade 12 student at
. GDCI and also the captain for two years in
a row, said cheerleading is basically a
team effort and is the only sport that takes
place all year round. She explained the
cheerleaders not only cheer at games, but
also go to competitions throughout the
year.
According to Smith, plans for this year's
GDCI cheerleaders include obtaining
more uniforms ( currently they only have
13.) and possibly try to start up a junior
cheerleading team. Cheerleaders usually
practice two to three times a week and
Cheer at one game a week. Their first com-
petition will probably be in the spring, said
Smith, and preparation takes two months
of training. Cheerleaders must maintain
their grades in order to stay on the team.
A cheerleading clinic was held at GDCI Thursday afternoon for those entering into Grade 9
and some from Grade 10. Here, cheerleading. captain Brenda Smith teaches some prospec- .
tive cheerleaders.lphoto by Yvette Zandbergen)
Kinsmen and Kinette
Clubs donate $27 million
Ron Hefler of Wellington. N.S.,
owner/operator of an auto repair service
centre, was elected the 67th national presi-
dent of the association of Kinsmen Clubs.
The election took place at Kinsmen's na-
tional convention in Windsor, Ont., where
it was announced that during the past year
the more than 1,100 Kinsmen and Kinette
clubs across, Canada donated a record
$27,508,051 in, service funds to their
communities.
This year the Association was again the
largest single contributor to the Canadian
Cystic Fibrsis Foundation E CCFF ).
Kinsmen and Kinettes donated over $1.4
million to help find a control or cure for
cystic fibrosis ECF ), which is second only
to cancer in claiming the lives of young
Canadians. This past year marked a
milestone in Kinsmen' support of the
CCFF with total donations surpassing the
$10 -million mark. Since Kinsmen began
contributing to the fight against CF in 1964
the clubs have donated nearly $10.4
million. The CCFF acknowledged
Kinsmen's achievement by having its
Honorary Chairperson Mi la Mulroney
make a special presentation to the
Association at the CCFF's annual meeting
last May in Winnipeg.
In addition, the Association's members
supported many other organizations, in-'
eluding the Canadian Diabetes Associa-
tion, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of
Canada, the Unitarian service Committee
of Canada and the March of Dimes.
Kinsmen also operate the Kinsmen Foun-
dation of Saskatchewan and the Kinsmen
Rehabilitaion Foundation of British Col-
umbia, both of which serve the ne.. • of
disabled people in those provinces. This
year Saskatchewan clubs again raised
over $2 million during a 20 -hour telethon
called Telemiracle to support the work of
their foundation while B.C. elh,hq
k
their foundation by raising $1.5 million in a
door-to-door fund-raising blitz known an
the Kinsmen Mothers' March.
y busy extremely .
Kinsmen were also y this
past year assisting Canadiarrwheelchair
athlete Rick Hansen with the final cross -
Canada leg of his around -the -world
journey, to raise money for spinal cord
research and to genera&'e worldwide
awareness of the potential of disabled peo-
ple. Kinsmen clubs along Rick's route
sponsored fundraising events that col-
lected over $600,000 as well as organizing
receptions and media conferences. In ad-
dition. a Kinsmen past national president,
Jim Watson of Port Coquitlam, B.C., serv-
ed as chairman of the Man in Motion World
Tour organizational staff headquartered in
Vancouver.
Mr: Hefler, who is a member of the
Kinsmen Club of Sackville ( N.S. ), also
operates a car rental business. He has
been a Kinsman for 15 years and has earn-
ed a wide variety of awards and held many
club offices, including president of the
Kinsmen Club of Sackville. Mr. Hefler, 39,
is married to Margo and they have four
daughters.
The Association of Kinsmen Clubs is an
all -Canadian organization founded in 1920
in Hamilton, Ontario. The Kinsmen Na-
tional Headquarters is located in Cam-
bridge, Ont., adjacent to Highway 401. The
Association has a total membership of
nearly 19,000 young men and women bet-
ween the ages of 21 and 40 in more than
1,100 clubs across Canada. Kinsmen pro-
vides its members with a wide variety of
social activities as well as many oppor-
tunities for self -development by serving
their communities through fund-raising
and service projects.
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