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FEW AA a " 4 soilona FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2001 - 13 "WEEKEND STAR" Hockey season heats up as winter cold lingers An old year has ended and a brand new one start- ed and action at Luther Vipond Arena every Tuesday night is heating up as members of the Brooklin Men's Hockey League take to the ice. Last stats of the year show Brooklin Legion Bruins. and Village of Brooklin Hawks skating to a 5-5 tie. Dean Bertrim and Paul Wishnowski each notched a pair and Bob Saunders a single for the Bruins while John Debois was a one man wrecking crew with four goals for the Hawks. Gord Taylor added the other goal. : Brooklin Pharmacy Canadiens doubled Brooklin Concrete Rangers 6-3 thanks to a hat trick from John Fusco and sin- - gles from Joel Gangemo, Dason Lyons and Jim Mason. Scoring for the Rangers were Ker Kingston, Jim Caldwell and Steve Pidgen. Goals by' Kyle Shaw, Kevin Stewart, Tom Mulcahy and Rick Martin allowed Foundation Financial Leafs to squeak by CIBC Wings 4-3. Graham: Underwood, Jeff Solly-and {an Thompson answered for the Leafs: The Hawks and Wings still hold the @ne-two spot.in the stand- ings with 19 and 17 points respectively, but the Leafs are now in third spot:with : '1a, followed by the Rangers (13), Canadiens (12), and Bruins (9). John Debois helped his cause with those four goals and still sits atop the leader board with 35 points. Steve Pidgen is second with 31, John Fusco third with 24 and Tom Watson nipping at his heels with 23 points. Yum, Yum, Yum The first pancake break- fast presented by Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge will be held this Sunday, (Jan 7/01). All the yummy pan- cakes, sausage, juice and 8 coffee you can handle for only $4 per person. Children 10 and under are $1.50 and the little ones four and under are free. That's at the Masonic Hall, 14 Cassels Rd. E between 9 am. and 12:30 p.m. See you there. . Euchre : Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre will be sponsoring a progressive euchre for Brooklin's citizens age 55 plus on Tuesday, January 16. It will be held at Brooklin Community Centre from, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Dolly and the. gang will act as hosts so'it's sure to be a great afternoon of fun. The $2.00 per person entry fee covers prizes and refreshments. Hmmm... | rarely make New Year's be the exception because | am hereby officially ten- dering my 'resignation as san adult. I have decided ¥ © 'would like to accept the responsibilities of an eight year old again. I'want to go = to the MacDonalds and think it's a four-star restau- was simple. When all you knew were colors, multipli- cation tables and TV show theme songs; but that did- n't bother .you because you weren't aware of how : Resolutions, but this will rant. | want to sail sticks ~ across a fresh mud puddle; see who can blow the biggest bubble. I want to : think that Smarties are better than money because you can eat them; want to make newly fallen snow without looking and feeling like an idiot. I don't want to. change my because I got a little dirty. I want to enjoy every day like it was the first day of summer vacation. | want to return to a time when life Get ready: Big Brothers bowl event's coming up Big Brother$/Big Sisters of North Durham presents Bowl For Kids 2001. Grab your team, pledge, forms and come out and support the children in your community. Pledges over $75 win a t- at the Big Brothers/Big. a Sisters office. shirt, and pledges over . ky $180 win a sweatshirt. The event is being held Saturday, Feb. 3, at Uxbridge Bowl in Uxbridge. Call now (905) 985-3733 to reserve your bowling time. Pledge forms are avail- able at the bowling alley, or AC RR AY ANN RAR AREER gels in the : clothes . DROP BY FOR BEST SELECTION! Showroom Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9-9; Fri. & Sat. 9-6 much you didn't know and what's more, you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset. I want to think that the world is fair; that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexi- ties of life and be overly excited By the little things again. | want things simple. ~ < 1025 Dundas St., Whitby WHITBY: (905) 668-4792 TO. LINE (905) 686-2228 . don't want my day to con- sist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, and how to survive illness. | want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, imagination and mankind. | want to be in the Olympics and believe the Three Stooges are real. So here's my cheque book and my car keys; my credit card bills and bank statements; my pager and my cell phone; my palm pilot, my fax machine and my DVD/ player; and last but not least, my mort- gage. I am officially resigning _ from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first 'cause...' "Tag, you're it and you have cooties". Pass this on to a friend to hopefully brighten their day and to help them remember that life's sim- ple pleasures are the best. Happy New Year to you all. ~ Altogether ~irresistible.. PASSA a a -