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Notice Georgetown Minor Hockey Association is now accepting coaching applications for representative teams for the 2008/2009 season. Download application at www.gmha.on.ca. Deadline for applications to be submitted is January 31, 2008. All applications must be submitted to the VP of Rep Hockey via Canada Post or email. Contact info is available on the GMHA website. 3 ( / 0 ( ! , 4 / . ( ) , , 3 This message brought to you by your local newspaper Acton Tanners Minor Hockey Association Pet Owners!!! Protect Your Pet for Life AND Help the Acton Minor Hockey Association Find a new friend under the tree this year? Have your pet micro-chipped now to ensure its safety! The microchip information will be registered on a North America-wide database open 24 hours a day (http://www.24petwatch.com). In a lost pet emergency, your pet may be only a phone call away Date Saturday 12th January, 2007 Time 1 5:00 pm Location The Boathouse, Prospect Park, Acton Cost Minimum Donation of $35 per pet to the Acton Minor Hockey Association All proceeds (every dime!) go to support the Acton Tanners BB Atom Hockey Team! ***Check with your local municipality and SAVE microchip discounts may apply to your Dog Licensing Fees*** The families of Sarah Elizabeth Wells and Matthew Scott Hiltner are pleased to announce their engagement. Wedding to take place on March 1st, 2008 at Bancroft Pentecostal Tabernacle in Bancroft, Ontario The calculator that can help send your baby to college (NC)-Get an instant snapshot of the money your child will need for an education after high school by using the Education Savings Calculator at canlearn.ca, a one-stop, online source to help Canadians plan, save and pay for their child's education after high school. You'll find the calculator inside the Parents' section under "Save." You can also call 1 800 O-Canada (1 800 622-6232) for more information or visit canlearn.ca. MONEY MATTERS 2008 To advertise in Money Matters 2008 please call Amy at 905-873-0301, ext. 237 for more details. 16 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, January 4, 2008 Carrie Cater got a taste of repre- senting her country now she hopes to do it on the worlds biggest sporting stage. Cater, from Georgetown, was one of three Canadians to compete at the recent World Taekwondo Poomsae Champion-ships in Incheon, Korea. Though she didnt come home with a medal Cater finished 14th in the second senior womens division it has definitely inspired her. It showed me that I have to work even harder, the 31-year-old said. Already dedicating two to three hours to training each day, Cater is hoping to keep the spot on the Canadian team she earned earlier this year so that she can experience more international competition. The ultimate, of course, would be the Olympics. Taekwondo is currently an Olympic sport, but only sparring, not forms, the discipline in which Cater competes. From the first time I competed as a yellow belt, I always wanted to go further but due to my heart con- dition (she has Tetralogy of Fallot a congenital heart defect where not enough blood is able to reach the lungs to get oxygen, and oxygen-poor blood flows out to the body) I cant compete in sparring, she said. When they started talking about forms being in the Olympics, that was something I excelled at. To get to that level would be awe- some. The JSC Taekwondo club mem- ber said the Korean competition was much l ike what she would imagine the Olympics to be like with 500 athletes from 50 countries competing. The competition was a much higher level than it is here, she said. Theyre looking at your facial expressions, the way your uniform is, how high your kicks are. There are so many things they judge you on. Cater may be her toughest judge, though. Even when someone says Im doing something well, I still try to take it one step further. She says the power in her punch- es and kicks is her biggest strength because even though forms is a solo endeavour, she imagines an oppo- nent there with her to add a little more oomph to her strikes. Cater first got involved in taek- wondo 11 years ago. She signed up for a cardio kickboxing class and after seeing a taekwondo class after- ward, decided to try it. It has now become a major part of her daily routine. Any chance I get, if I have 15 minutes, Ill do a pattern, she said. Her dedication has paid off. She is a black belt who now passes on her knowledge to other JSC stu- dents. Cater even looks at teaching as a learning experience. It really forces you to have cor- rect form, she said, aware that she is influencing the next generation of competitors. And though her competitive sea- son is over, Cater is keeping herself busy preparing her students for the upcoming provincials. Cater says first international event shows she must work even harder Making their annual Christmas holiday trip to the state of New York, Georgetown District High Schools senior boys basketball Rebels brought along their Halton Hills neighbours this time around. The Rebels headed into the Verona, N.Y. Red Devils Tip-Off Tournament as the defending champions and were accompanied by the Acton Bearcats, who are tied for top spot in the Halton Division II senior league with a 4-2 record. The Bearcats discovered that the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill school was a hospitable host, but not so much on the court as the Canuck visitors were routed in the opening game of the four-team tourney. Georgetown defeated nearby Fulton 36-34 in its first contest, thanks to a last-second three-point- er by Mitch Racinsky, setting up a rematch with undefeated VVS for the championship title. The Red Devils led 25-19 at halftime and went on to a 52-40 triumph. Millar Galbraith had 11 points to lead the senior Rebels, with Racinsky adding nine more. Galbraith and Chris Pett of GDHS were named to the All-Tournament Team. Fulton edged Acton 42-33 in the third-place game. Georgetowns seniors, now 7-9 on the season, are slated to travel to Mishawaka, Indiana in early February for an exhibition tourna- ment and exchange. CARRIE CATER HERB GARBUTT Special to The IFP Bearcats wind up fourth Rebels topped in Tip-Off title game