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Whitby Free Press, 19 Aug 1992, p. 22

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PAG 22 WlITYFREPESS WENEDAY AUUS 19 192 [Strong, to attend Univ. of Georgia By PMk Reesnor. On. Thursday night lest week,, Whity gynastLori, Strong reoeived a plaque reeogni*zing her accomplishmeints atý theOl- pics. The kw-time Olympien wes honoured\ between peridaat * a Brooklin edmen major lacrosse p a yo ff a h e M.fayor D1'm Edwards had plan-, ned to honoiir'Strong ata council meeting, but she'il be lu 'the U.S. by thon beginnnga five-year scholarsii-p at the Jniversity of Georgia. Strong comnpeted at the Seoul and BarceoônaOlympies. The Canadien wom en's gm nastic tea'm fnisàhed lOth. overal at Barelna aftr qai!i l2h - that despite bighi one person. That'meant, ail their scores counted, and forced. one of Strones .teammatesto compete even t'hough s3he was injured. SStrong' was,37th overal- she .missed qua1ilyingg for the a- round niedai round. «I ended up falling on vny best event, which wes bers, and the other seven- events weren't good.. «1k ,was disappointing, con- sideringit.wes my lest Ompice, end,,knowiig I-can dothatbar routine a lot b e t r . "Týhat's jusIt one of the dw parts of gynestics.--,youmake-, one misteeand it -,can > put ,you down real far. You train aIl these hours and ail this time and that eau ruin i t'for you.» ý. 1But'Strong-didn t lot the sot- bàck muin the. lympics for her. "Ovorall, .I1wasý pretty pese wïtth the Olympice. We had a really oo time, sud I'm glad that wes he compotition that I finishod on, and Fm glad that 1 stuck in efter 88." Strong had considered retiring aftor breaking bher ankle at the Seoul lymnpics, but, decided to heglufr Barcelona. «Wh knows, I may have kept, goig (even now) If > hadn't. sat and said 'listen, rve got to' start thinking about Miy educa- tion sud my future..." Strong may bé"rotiring from,' Olympic competition, but she isnt giving up the sport -- she'll: join the 'Universit'Lof Georgia's aym nastie team Whihwes ren- k'-second at tle U.S. national çollege championshis lesýt yeer. But 'TII be there trm col ng -- gymnasties lis second." She s initially planning to study genoral courses %tose what my interests are -- I think l'lprobably get into journalism;. they have a good school there...' -PTdlike to stay mnvoived lu SU PAGE 26 ",RECEl VEHS AD IN YOUR-MILBIOX YOU WOULD HAVE THROWN 750/4 0F IT AWAY.0 That's a siily way of stating, what is a documented fact. 75% of al advertising mail meets a sad end. In the trash can! we keep, most we don'teven read at that time. Wc corne back to. Or to. forget about completely. WHITBY GYMNAST Lod Strongsekt heérwda Luther Vipond arena after receiving aplaque ho noundng',her achievements at the Barcebona Olympios.. Photo by mark àee r Wltby ýFom Press by Oshawa ,.in tournament finial ) 0f the 25% that e set it aside, to Wihitbyls under-li rep soccer team sponsored by the Benk of ýMontreal,, were chemnpionship finaliste in the recent Oshawa invitationai Soc cer tournampnt.1 In divisional round-robin play, Whitby Raiders scored 21 goals and recorded three.streight wins -- victories of ý9-2 over Nowmiarket, 6-1, over -Oshawa Turul and 6-1 over Maiveru.. Iu the. semi-finels Whitby shut out Scerborough Blues 4.-0, then lu the championship geme Rtaiders were turmod back by Oshawa Turul 4-2 lu a dramatic upset. Three times as many people Would prefer to receive their price and cost information -in their newspaper. There, it's ail together in one neatpackage. Complete and ready for comparison. When people turn to their paper, they tum there with interest. your.advertising message needs to be. Which means that's where opposition. Nndifferont playors scored for Whitby:. Grahamn MacLean (nine), Danny 'Mattin (five), Jeson Evelyn (tbree), 'Merk Engeeageý (two) lgadek szaosi w) Mi e'cliieiffer (tw), erry Lawrenson- (two), Riey (one), sud Hart. e) In Scerborough-Durîhemagu action Aug. 12, Whitbydefatée Pickoring2-O on goals 4y Schleifer suad Evelyn to improve, their record to six wins, a tieasud throe lasses.: <lu the Ang. 10 semi-final of the CERS9L -Cup, Whitby defeated, Ajax 1-O lu ,a hard-fought wmeather-shortoned ge. At haiftinxe, the score was deed ilocked .at 0-0. FinaliyMace4an put ,Whitby into the iead with a beautiful header on a pose from Mattin. Whitby uW pays East York at 'C cStaum lfor the CEBRSL CUP> With ail the choiceié's àavailable, it's difficuit deciding how best to ad- vertise your busin"ess.. But everything becomes a littie simpler when you rememnber one rule-. - RIB, IBS R WEST COAST WINGS

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