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Cancer campaign a success page C2 Crime rate rising page C4 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills THIRD SECTION PEOPLEN Meet Robin Hood Osborne fundraiser Herald Special Like Robin Hood who operated In the woods of Sherwood Forest raising money from the haves forlhe have not Dave Osborne can be found supporting industrial and minor sports leagues In the backwoods of cor get Fairgrounds Park and in winter he in the stands and dressing rooms of the Arena with tin cup in hand seeking that almighty silver collection I David can also be found year round In the front offices of Georgetown local businesses holding hem ransom in support of otherwise overlooked sporting groups Like Robin he too lakes from the richer with those dollars providing merry times In the form of organized recreation for minor sports and the in those too old for minor sports not good enough or don I have the Interest for ihc pros but still want to have a place to go with the gang when your wife catches you with your hand in the cookie jar It really something to see these part time athletes with friends and relatives watch talking about that Guy type goal he assisted a teammate on during a Sunday morning Industrial hockey gam Of course most of the heated discussions take place while sipping a cold one at one of the local watering The major fact of life in any organised sport be it minor or Industrial is that It costs money to operate and It has to be raised through sponsors dances lotteries and ticket raffles not for individuals like Dave Osborne these organized events may never have taken place When you sec the Two- Armed Bond 1 rrom Hills whips out like a taking the loot the other in the same mechanical action as a Las Vrgas riot machine shoots out your raffle ticket or winning score on the next Industrial league garni be It baseball or hockey IF cash poor It doesn matter ypu can charge it on the Osborne Industrial Donation Vegas File Unlike his Lai counterpart David all the profits ore put into minor baseball or hockey but before that takes place the Industrial team that he work with will be sure to git complete uniforms jackets and probably carryall bogs In some cases where his club members have decided leather Jackets arc the order of the day more than has had to be raised to meet the season operating expenses In all cases Mr Osborne goes out of his way to spend the money for equipment and supplies with local operators It a this kind of dedication by Dave Malt wagon Osborne which he affectionately call which lends respectability and an organized feeling of assemblance to leagues that less than five years ago had many of its teams in ragged tops or borrowed sweaters There actually exists an air of I competition among sponsors to This leads to a healthy environ mint for both leagues Mr Osborne Carnation sales to help abused wives at Womens Place a Dave and em Osborne don get to spend too much lime on their front rch the summer months because they always seem to be out getting imoKrd with yet another local sport Here they get a has almost introduced a new sponsor each em son refusing to stay with the same team very even if the club is now on top of its respective league He sees some other team at the bottom and decides to give them a hand he feel badly about leaving the club with at the time because he feels his job is done when they have uniforms jackets and a bank which he turns over to incoming manager commented Gerry Osborne wife of years But he always seems to to she adds I guess that because when we came here 22 years ago from Toronto East End Broad and Queen area David got involved with Normal For tin first couple of years our oldest boy who was just four then to the Industrial Hockey games at the old arena and just watch from the stands He first got involved about two years later that would be years ago Norm is the only player from those days still actively in todays cm I Imagine industrial hockey in Georgetown without Osborne stated Norman Quite a few clubs over the years in both baseball hockey would have probably folded if not for Dive fund raising Mr a George town resident and sportsman starred in the nets for the Club and today coaches the the Industrial Royal Harley Motors Turks Rapid Print Way Jay and Publishing Co Ltd are some of the sponsors that Dave Osborne has represented in both the Georgetown Industrial Hockey League and the Georgetown Industrial Baseball League Publishing last year for the first time in many a moon under the management of Dave Osborne look the championship away from Norval Up until then most people were considering renaming the to the Nerval Industrial Farm System was ironic that Norval a club that has consistently picked off the better players from other team the who were too impatient to build a winning learn of their own were defeated by a learn infiltrated with who were former support Dave was managing with sons Ronnie and Bert playing a long side nephews Bobby and Brian Osborne as well as nephew Parsons He can manage any of my clubs as long as he wants to commented Fred David such a good fund reiser he could run a success furids raising dance for the I A In London Bert oldest of the Osborne four children three boys and one girl is and has a home In Acton with his daughter Rebecca who will be oneyear old this June The Osborne family has not been without tragedy as Bert year old wife Linda recently passed awoy The whole family has shared in Bert sorrow and her presence was deeply missed over the Easter holidays Wherever Dave and Gerry arc Ron their next oldest is not far behind in Georgetown with his wife Karen and their twoyear old daughter Tanya Still at home are Debbie who attends Georgetown High School and George 14 who goes to Centennial Senior also in Georgetown All the Osborne children are heavily involved with various sports Dave Is not a violent person rights and won back down from anybody Gerry commented He Is still like that today he t like the violence in minor hockey or any sport 1 ve seen him walk away from the arena in disgust ice or even ball diamond scraps Gerry Osborne herself is quite involved In sports Even before she met Dave she played baseball in Ihe old inTorontos cast end More recently she has on the Gemini s executive and still is a director Last year she coached in the Georgetown Industrial Men s Baseball League Through Dave Osborne direct Involvement last year was turned over to minor ball from the industrial baseball and hockey funds that were left over after its own expenses were paid Proceeds were raised through tournaments dances raffles and silver collections worked by Dave Osborne and his band of merry men Last years all star gomes originated by Bryan Lewis and the G I B I netted the North Retarded Children another Osborne effort Dive doesn t like tosec any child go without playing organized sport because of a lack of funds Gerry remark when asked why he puts on all those hours We I have those opportunities when we were kids so it a real Joy to watch them have so much fun We kind of grew into this whole program as our kids came along I attend the bingos but only If sports t happening Monday nights Its the Elks Wednesday nights Its the Legion I can t help but support the Elks what with the halt they donate to minor sports for fund raising and what can you say about Iht Legion that I already been said If you took their support you d have a hole in the minor programs the size of Lake Ontario Dave Osborne has more to both special Interest groups and minor sports in probably mi re than any in town His fund raising efforts ire tire less and loo numerous to tally and I know thej mean lo the recipients Mayor commented Dinners like the Hockey Heritage were created to honor men like Dave Osborne but he is such a low profile you t get him up to reccuehis award unless he was riding by MacDonald stated Ken Adams a longtime acquaintance of the and well known sportsman around town Dave Osborne big fund raising dream is to run a lottery that raises a million dollars for Georgetown minor sports organizations by selling tickets with coupons for free hamburgers at the A and and drinks at the Way Jay Joked Bob Silver Fox Burke the Don Rickles of Norval Dave contribution to Industrial has been invaluable Dave should be mayor Every citizen would receive a too tax rebate and get a new jacket every year stated Don president of the Georgetown Industrial Hockey 1eaiuc Like Robin Hood and his band of dogooders I hope the led by David continue in their giving way But I do think we could all help by recognizing what is being done and all throw in our own contributions Next time you sec the Two- Hills Bandit die down deep and don I ask jubtbuy It mmunity and besides you Just miLht have fun at the or win the raffle lOHITUHIR Staff Writer Volunteers will be selling tarnations this Friday and Saturday in Hilts to help pay he costs of Women s Place the for abused wives and children The will be sold for cents in plazas banks and usual places by mothers and teenage daughters where possible for Mother Day Any women who would like to help can contact Michelle or Jan Krnn The proceeds of the sale of carnations will be used lo the operating costs of the hostel Mrs Kron told The Herald Its location is Hugh Si in Milton The hostel will be operating mainly on an emergency basis Mrs said responding to wives and children who leave home usually in the middle of the night and have no place else to go Once the of the home and away from the abusive husband the wife must decide whether to return home or to make the separation permanent and there ill be help and support foreilherdecision Mrs Kron Women who decide to return home can now set up marriage contracts with their husbands one clause of which prohibits the husband from striking the wife Mrs Kron said Wives can also set up conditions which must be fulfilled before they return such as the husband seeking counselling Should the wife decide to legally pa rite from her husband ani seek a divorce there is counselling available for her in job and career planning financial skills and legal assistance Marriage counselling usual ly tries to put marriages back Mrs Corney said but some people need separation and divorce counselling support Ihcm through a divorce While there won be formal divorce attention or when a relative or friend of the family comes in while the husband is beating her and takes her out of the Most people wonder why a w ife stays in a home where she is constantly being beaten Mrs Corncy said Usually its because it the only home ihc has and because the constant mental as well as physical abuse has so destroyed her selfesteem that she doesn l feel capable of leaving PROVIDE She also concerned about not being able lo provide financially for her children In a home where abuse is taking plait husband often has emotional problems some times complicated drug The atmosphere is one of when the is home because the wife never knows when she might be hit The children st of the home as much us possible and lhe have r at school Tht women are so deflated so lost they just dont know whal to do Mrs Kron said The is physical and n Mrs said If eye or a split lip it will hi the emotional sears list baton vtomerts An Emergency Shelter for Abused Women and Their Children counselling at the hostel Ihc other women there will be able to provide support she said Mrs said there are no real statistics on Ihe number of abused wives and she that the statistics represent only per cent of the actual cases wife wives being beaten Most wives hide the fact that Ihey arc being abused and only leave home when the abuse is so violent that she needs medical About the Hills open houses The North Association for the Mentally Retarded will be holding open houses at both Tinxcrbell Nursery on grounds or Milton School and at the Countryside residence on Trafalgar Road just north of Avenue next Wednesday Commemorating National Mental Retardation Week May 11 open houses at Countryside lake place to p m and to a p and at Tinkcrbell to 11 a m and in to p m Margaret Laurence onstage The Hills Public Library Board will be presenting The Women of Margaret Laurence at St Johns United Church hall May at p m The prestntallon stars Norma who will portray two characters from he novels of Canadian Margaret Laurence The two characters in play here will be the heroine of the novel The ire Dwellers and heroine of the novel The Stone Angel Tickets are at the library JACKIE LEARNS ABOUT SAFE CYCLING WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM DAD Jackie Shaw may have the train lag watch off he bicycle yet but the already know the importance a safety because came la 1st bicycle rodeo morning at Holy a little her father John Tbctesta included driving between ever narrowing pieces of rope riding around pylons and riding In a simulated traffic alt ua lion The riders were given a certain number of the beginning of each test and were anblractrd for every mistake The rodeo via run by Ra Swamlnalhta Halloa Regional Police Safety Officer the of the Georgetown Club Herald photos by Taylor