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THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 GRAPEVIN Logo almost right There's still some fine-tuning to be done, but the new logo for soon- to-be renamed Acton Sabres Rep hockey teams is almost ready. The Sabres name will be-retired at the end of this season and the 10 Rep teams will be called the Acton Tan- ners, a name first used by the Beardmore and Company interme- diate hockey teams in the 1930s. The 1938-39 team was Ontario champs andthe name showed up on jerseys until 1970-71. The Acton Minor Hockey Asso- ciation then adopted the Sabres name. "The new name fits in with the Town's image and the kids really like it," explained Acton Minor Hockey Association president Steve Prentice, adding that the team logo will be the letter "A" and a bull and the colours will be blue, white and tan. The Rep league will spent ap- proximately $10,000 to buy 340 sweaters, a home and away set for each of the teams. Best wishes John Toebes A lot of Acton residents will be happy to learn that Acton's John Toebes, former Citizen of the year and "Mr. House League Hockey" is recovering at home after being tushed to the hospital on Saturday. Toebes was at the arena (surprise) when he felt faint. He was kept at the hospital for a couple of hours and sent home to rest. On Monday John said thanks to all of the people who were concerned about him and sent their best wishes. Best of best honoured Kudos 'to the approximately 95 individuals, -four teams and one or- ganization that will be honoured at tonight's Town of Halton Hills Mu- nicipal Awards Evening. The award recipients have achieved excellence P yf ie and fame at provincial, national and world levels in a wide range of ac- tivities including arts, culture, rec- reation, sports and academics. Ceremonies begin at 7 p.m. at the John Elliott Theatre, Georgetown. Carnival cancelled? No word yet if there will be an Acton Figure Skating Club carnival this year. Club officials will meet this week to determine if the very popu- lar event, staged for the past 37 years, will take place this spring at the new Acton arena. One Club official said that all of the props, lights and sets from the old arena are no longer adaptable to the new facility. The carnival has lost money for the past few years. Welcome Wagon award Acton's Pamela Worsfold knows the benefits of being a. Welcome Wagon sponsor. "It has been great to help build up the business." For 10 years Worsfold, who owns Corrie's Hair Place at 21 Mill Street West, has been a member of the Wel- come Wagon community welcome program. When Welcome Wagon staff visit a new resident, among the other goodies they receive, is a gift and discount coupon from Corrie's. "Tt was my husband's idea to join Welcome Wagon as a sponsor and it's a great service for newcomers. This is a nice little town and we need to promote it and that's what Wel- come Wagon does." Worsfold received a collector's plate from Welcome Wagon staff on Tuesday to mark her decade as a sponsor. Unidentified curler _ Thanks to-alk the readers. who called in with information about the unidentified Acton Curling Club member. The person was Case Dejong, the picture taken in 1964. JUST HANGING AROUND: Emma Jolly (front), her brother Ben Jolly and their friend Cameron Short (standing) took advan- tage of Saturday's spring like temperatures to have fun in the Pros- pect Park play area. - Angela Tyler photo THE NEW TANNER GIRL GUIDE POWER: Members of the 2nd and 3rd Acton Guides, and some of their stuffed pals, spent a fun-filled night camping at Badenoch, near Moffat, on the weekend. Shown here are Julia Niblock (front, left) Jasmine Hess (centre) and Thea McMillan. Second row, left to right: Kendra Freeland, Christine van Opstal, Megan McCluskey, Jackie Rivers, Aliesha Wainwright, Danielle Casson. Back row: Leanne Marcoux, Marissa Kidd, Marianne Querques. -- Frances Niblock photo P - As the glow of the just com- pleted games slowly I offer a few thoughts on how we fared. Obviously, from a medals stand- point, this was Canada's most suc- cessful games. We even outpointed our neighbours to the south, which was a bonus. To me, however, the Olympics is about much more than medals. Here are a few examples: My most special Olympic mo- ment came courtesy of our gold medal winning Ladies' Curling Team. You could feel the excite- ment in the air as skip Sandra Schmirler threw her last rock to cement the win. Here were five ordinary ladies from Regina who clawed their way to the pinnacle of their game. No multi-million dollar egos here, It was great. The most heartbreaking mo- ment came when Brian Stemmle caught an edge and skiied off the course at the men's downhill. Stemmle has come back from hor- rendous injuries and this was prob- ably his last Olympics. To add in- sult to injury, he was ahead of the ultimate winner's time and was literally in sight of the finish line when the mishap occurred. A tragic finish to a fine career. I wasn't especially upset when the men's hockey team came up short. Actually, I hope this will be the first and last time we send N.HLL. pros to the Olympics. This is a time for amateurs to have cen- tre stage. Our guys ran into a hot goalie and a Czech team fueled by national pride. Besides, you can't be a life-long Leaf's fan and not become somewhat stoic about los- ing a hockey game. It would have been nice, though, if Wayne Gretzky could have added an Ol- ympic gold to his collection. Hopefully the U.S. TV net- works will see the lousy ratings for hockey and the pros will stay home. Let's face it, U.S. TV rev- enues finance the games. Not many Yanks would have stayed up 1998 Olympic perspective The Way | 1 See It with Mike O'Leary to watch the Czechs and Russians face off. Nor do the networks pay big bucks to watch Norwegians beat the stretch pants off American cross- country skiers. At least with amateur hockey players there is a commit- ment that you don't see with pros. Iam amazed that so many people think Elvis Stojko was not as seri- ously injured as claimed. With the megabucks available to a gold med- allist there is no possibility Elvis would take a dive in this competi- tion. We should all be proud that he completed at all. I'll say it again: his courageous skate in the long pro- ram was a demonstration of the ighest ideals of Olympic sport. He is a find role model for our children. I believe he was sincerely touched by the fax for the little girl in Barrie. I've seen him with our own Acton kids. He is a real person. He deserves the Order of Canada. Something has to be done about the judging in figure skating. Espe- cially the disgraceful cheating that went on in ice dancing. The answer is not to cancel the event. Why pun- ish the athletes? The answer is to have salaried judges working for the International Skating Union whose performance could be evaluated. The judges who diminished the sport in Nagano should be banned from sport forever. It was a disgrace- ful exhibition: just disgraceful! Although I didn't enjoy seeing, them lose, didn't you think the men's curling and ladies' hockey teams were just a little too cocky going into the competition? Still, a silver medal is nothing to sneer at. aN Don Cherry certainly caused.a tempest in a jock-cup when he blasted Jean-Luc Brassard for whining about carrying the flag at the opening ceremonies. Not content with singling out poor Brassard, Cherry then went on to generalize that most French Ca- nadians consistently whined about "their rights" I though Ron MacLean was go- ing to swallow his microphone. Politically incorrect or not, Cherry was only saying what a lot of oth- ers in this country think. Agree or disagree, you have to give Don full marks for speaking his mind. I never thought I'd write this but, the CBC did a great jog in covering the games. Brian Williams was often wordy, espe- cially during the Rebagliati situ- ation, but most of his interviews were superb. Ron MacLean's ef- forts at humour fell short but his segments were interesting and well paced. Is Steve Armitage the best sportscaster in the world or what? I swear, that man could broadcast a sneezing contest and make it sound exciting. An added bonus was that we didn't have to put up with Rod Black and Valerie Pringle. Well done CBC. As a country our only embar- rassing moment came when blockhead MP Suzanne Tremblay complained there were too many Canadian flags at the games. Wh this person was given so muc'! press is beyond me. Heck, most Quebec born athletes low live and train in Calgary. Then, other Bloc MP's jumped on the bandwagon demanding Cherry's head. Hah -- no chance. Let's stop giving these dorks so much coverage. Who cares what a bunch of traitors have to say? It was a great Olympics. Well done, Canada. I look forward to 2002 in Salt Lake City. ]