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Home Newspaper of Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street Georgetown Ontario DAVID A BEATTIE Publisher and General Manager PCs turn to new ways MIKE TURNER Editor Phone DAN TAYLOR Advertising Manager Second Number Page THE HERALD Wednesday February 1989 Dont let up now Winter returned with a vengeance this week and yet another life was lost in a traffic accident Drivers can be lulled into a false sense of security with the type of winter weve had For weeks driving has been a piece of cake on bare pavement due to unseasonably mild weather and virtually no snow whatsoever But in one evening the snow returned and transformed the roads into a nightmare for the unsuspecting Wmter has by no means ended True weve been for tunate with the driving conditions weve enjoyed But con ditions can change in short order Always drive defensively Top goons recognized In the heady air of a convention the political champagne flows easi ly Later comes the hangover The Ontario Progressive Conser vatives opted Saturday for a type of onemanonevote election for leader Now comes the hard part mak ingitwork For several reasons the rather happy band of delegates here in Toronto made what has to be seen as a remarkable decision To start with it is only the se cond time that such a method has been adopted in North America the first being by the Parti in 1985 Secondly it required a two- thirds majonty of the voting delegates to pass yet there was no doubt going mto the battle that a substantial minority was vehemently opposed Those against were led by youth and campus delegates who are currently overrepresented at leadership conventions and would lose influence under the new Most observers and many party members thought the constitution committees proposals would be lucky to win support among the 1000 or so delegates In fact it passed with 75percent support Many undecided par tiapants apparently were swayed by the debate on the floor where most of the partys heavy artillery including potential leadership candidates Dennis Tom Long and Mike Hams lined up in favor Editors Notebook Mike turner Hen Editor Its interesting to see the great strides that are being made to fight violence in hockey Everywhere you look today peo ple are up in arms figuratively speaking of course over the way the game has evolved Goon hockey is a thing of the past Anyone who wants to see a fight should be looking in the boxing ring not in the ice rink Did I say everywhere you look Just this past Sunday while perusing the sports section I came across quite an interesting list of statistics there among the plethora of standings scoring races schedules and other assorted tid bits It was interesting the way this particular listing was presented There among the results of tional Hockey League summaries and just below the leagues listing of top scorers was NHLs Top Guns 198768 Now with a heading like that all sorts of things come to mind For one thing Top Gun has become a term to denote prowess since Ton Cruise took to the air in the movie of the same name Being termed a Top Gun usually signifies a level of high achievement either in sports or at fixing brakes In this case I really wondered Eventually I realized my pro nunciation must have been off Top Guns was actually pro nounced Top Goons You see this important piece of hockey knowledge compiled by lord knows who listed players and gave four statistics for each First It listed the goals scored by each followed by assists and total points The fourth stat gave the number of fights they were involv in during the 196788 hockey Queens Park Derek Nelson Thomson Newt Service was also forcefully pointed out by some delegates that if one manonevote were rejected the media would see it as a repudiation of reform No one wanted that to happen Most opposition arguments were weak centring on mechanics and bypassing the self interest that ac tually motivated many of the younger delegates Still all the criticism shallow or without foundation MPP Bob who may run for leader himself made the point there were a lot of unanswered questions such as how million iiLdebt is go ing to be able to finance a one- manonevote election when it is widely acknowledged to be more expensive than a normal delegated convention LEAP OF FAITH Even some who argued for one manonevote agreed they were taking a leap of faith in hoping it would all work out Mmd you the Tories didnt opt for a purely democratic system where every party member casts a ballot directly for leader That gathered only about cent support on an amendment Instead they chose more of an electoral college approach the process on Ontario provincial ridings The feeling was that there should be some balance between ridings with large memberships and cen tral location read Toronto and the smaller ridings read outside Toronto Each riding will now receive 100 votes to cast for leader All members of the party in each will vote for the candidate of their choice and the votes will be allocated proportionately For example if there are members of the party in a riding and vote for Candidate A for Candidate and 50 for Can C then the riding would allot 50 votes to Candidate A to Candidate B and to Candidate Voting would likely be done in the riding and results sent to a cen location for final tabulation Call it fax democracy Nor will the Tones repeat their error of the and cam paigns of closing the party off to new members as the leadership race began thus keeping out new blood New members can now sign up until halfway through the cam A lot of the technical detail is left to do What will people do between ballots and how long will it take Do enough party people have elec tion training to prevent any major foul It is all quite fascinating and perhaps even revolutionary Naturally this is something we all really care about The thing I want to know about is first who decided this should be called Top Guns in the first place and second who thought wed really be interested I doubt even the players sit around at breakfast and go over the stats to determine how many fights theyll have to get involved in to take a serious run at first ce in these standings As far as Im concerned this hardly has a place on any sports page and particularly when the sport it addresses is claiming to be trying to clean up its image Bob of the Detroit Red Wings was tied for sixth on the list and managed points The rest of the players listed were all under the 25point mark If the only mark these player can make in professional hockey is in the fisticuffs department maybe they should look at a dif ferent line of work It wouldn t be much of a shame to see the Top Gun out of a job The perils along the exercise trail The players were listed in order from the one who was involved in the most fights to the ones involved in fewer fights Jay Miller of the Boston Bruins led the way with a whopping si fights during the season I knew I was in trouble when the more I walked the more tired I got Writing is a sedentary job Walk any newsroom and youll see the telltale signs pale drawn people who begin getting thick around the middle long before they reach age Dont be fooled by the few thin ones They suffer from stress The odd tanned and fit one has escaped the daily grind rising to a position of power and Influence that frees him from spending hours hunched over a computer The rest of us sooner or later are forced by fat or shortness of breath to trek off to the health club in search of a new body My pursuit of health began with a fitness test at the University of Toronto health club In a narrow stuffy room a cheerful young woman who looked like a track star measured my cardiovascular efficiency strength endurance and flexibility I clomped up and down a small set of stairs to the relentless beat of a tape that seem to get faster with each passing minute Your Business Diane Thornton Newt Service NO SCORE After three minutes she tested my pulse I could continue She put on a faster tape and I knew I was done for The results were not good After six minutes of clomp ing up and down these stairs my heart was turning over at a rate of 200 beats a minute far beyond a healthy speed The same thing happened with the other tests If my car diovascular efficiency was below normal so was my strength and endurance Flexibility I had none So of f I went to the trainer who would draw up a program for me Program he laughed Ynu cant do a program You re a mess He told me to try the bike for five minutes a day turning the resistance control down to zero After that I could do 10 minutes of simple stretches Day by day I could work the time on the bike up to half an hour Come back and see me in a couple months when you can do something he said with a cheer ful sneer My limited endurance posed a question why walk to the club to pedal the bike for five minutes when I could have my very own I headed off to the nearest store I spent the whole day looking for the best deal I settled for one that had been marked down from to at a major department store That was my first mistake A couple of days after I got the bike after much squeaking and clunking the pedals stopped turn The store accused me of wrecking it with my 10minute dai workout NO CHEAP WAY You should have gone to a specialty store the man on the phone at the specialty store pur red I know I said with remorse Do you have a bike that costs about I asked Yes but remember you get what you pay for A decent bike will cost you he said But he couldnt deliver It for a week and I needed a bike now I needed to puff and pant for 10 minutes or my whole routine would be shot I was jumping up and down with frustra tion Jumping up and down I tried it It felt good it got my heart pump ing it was free But it was high- impact aerobics hard on the feet ankles and knees I phoned the fitness store What you need is a the man said gleeful ly Its like a trampoline but you dont bounce as high It cushions the impact of jumping Its good for your calves Just What about the thighs I ask ed For that you need a bike he said Mind you a bike only takes care of the lower part of your body What you really need is a whole- body exerciser