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Halton Hills youngsters are big on card collecting Like many sports fans I was into the card collecting scene during my youth in a big way Despite the fact that J sold all my cards at a flee market for next to nothing years ago and cheated myself out of a small fortune I would say it was one of the best par ts of my childhood spending en hours trading and purchasing hockey and baseball cards with my best friend Chris While card collecting has skyrocketed into a multi million dollar industry and most youngsters are focused primarily on the worth of cards this is still one the best past times around as far as Im concerned I was recently at George Kennedy Public School to take pictures at the schools sports card club In ad dition to trading and talking about cards with friends members also learn how to protect cards and determine their worth from regular visits with Jim Annette of V Distributors Not surprisingly club Jim Miller has found he will have to divide the club in two groups in order to accommodate the number of members This is a great idea It shows parents and the community as a whole that teachers are interested in other aspects of students lives not just academic Sports in Perspective Steven I must also pay tribute to the Georgetown Chrysler Raider management along with Georgetown Optimist Club and Regional Police for coming up with the idea for Raider hockey cards The project has taken off youngsters are now able to identify with the players and perhaps even enjoy the game more and ticket sales to home games certainly ap peared to increase during the first three weeks that the cards were distributed Despite the fact that making money seems to be a primary con cern for sports card collectors the hobby teaches children some portant values as well For instance the condition cards are kept in greatly determines their worth Children learn the im portance of taking care of their cor in order to maximize their in vestment Collecting also helps them learn the art of decision making their are so many different makes of cards on the market today that youngsters are forced to narrow their collecting to a few sets those they feel will be most in demand in the coming years I have also noticed many teenagers getting part time jobs to finance their hobby I must always give a thumbs up to a young person working for something they want During my journeys in Hills it is clear the spirit and en of collecting sports cards is still alive This makes me glad Wednesday January 29 1992 ALL POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE 9am9pm EXCEPT PRIORITY POST VOUHGS ITD Downtown Georgetown 8772761 STEVEN Herald Sports 17 Recreation News 17 18 19 Tough Darts 19 SPORTS SHORTS Soccer Clinics The Georgetown Soccer Club will be holding free indoor soccer clinics for Hills youths at Georgetown District High School Sundays beginning Feb 2nd All three gymnasiums are expected to be use for these clinics Here is a list of the times for the different age levels GYMS and 2 a m 12 30 m boys and girls under 30 2pm reprec boys under 15 2pm 3 30 girls under 18 3 30 m 5pm rep girls under GYM 3 2 m senior men over 30pm to 5pm girls under For more information contact Roger Roy at 6709 16 medals for local figure skaters Members of the Georgetown Skating Club recently retur from competition in London with 16 medals including two golds two silvers and 11 bronzes Par ticipating skaters were Tara Hart Heather Parker Cindy Benner Mark Fedchyshyn Janice Somers Lesley Watson Christine Dawson Louise Danielle Michael Fedchyshyn Peter John son Ashley Moncton and Holmes golf passes Once again several area golf courses including Blue Springs in Acton and Georgetown Golf Course will be part of a 2 for golf savings program organized by the Ontario March of Dimes Those interested in this program can purchase a 1992 Ontario March of Dimes passport for This passport allows the holder one free round of 18 holes of golf at each of golf courses throughout On tario when accompanied by a paying person Money raised from these golf passports will go towards the programs and services offered by the Ontario March of Dimes to assist physically disabled adults achieve independence and a dignified life To get your GoGolf passport call in Hamilton and Burlington or call 8764466 In MUton Georgetown and Oakville Office houra are flam AAA Midgets score playoff victory After closing their season on a losing streak the Hurricanes opened the playoffs with an im home ice victory over Although they were winless in their last five league games The Hurricanes had been playing very well overcoming a rash of injuries suspensions and illness Solid coverage Centennial Chargers Julie Pollock and Tanya Martin provide excellent coverage on I Dick guard Tiffany Klshita last Thursday in North girls basketball action The Chargers lost In an exciting contest Herald Photo by Steven LeBlanc With a full bench against Bar for the first time in a month started quick and never let up m the win Ken Kosziwka opened the ing three minutes into the game as he deflected a Jim O shot from the point tied the score a minute later on a power play effort but Mitch Robinson scored back twelve seconds later to establish the lead once again struck again on the power play early in the second penod to tie the score at but Jamie Jan took matters into his own hands scoring a pair to give Halton a lead they never relinquished closed to within one with their third power play marker but Slawer notched the key goal of the game with one minute left in the second penod to give the Hurricanes a lead go ing into the final frame A strong defensive effort throughout the third period held Barne off the score sheet and Mitch Robinson sealed the win with an empty net goal with seven seconds remaining in the contest David White provided stellar goaltending for the ncanes The next two games are at Bar next weekend and if a fourth is necessary Feb Bowling Hotshots Georgetown Mens League John Andre 731 277 Campbell 704 Niters Bill King 742 291 Bob 259 Chnstina Lane Wed Mixed League Helen Humphreys 290 Lynn Ward 255MoeDeforest710255 Niters Lynn Ward 255 Fri Social Murray Somers Raiders blow away Blades 61 on home ice Every hockey team has an up and down weekend once in a while Last weekend was one of those times for the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders After coming off an upsetting 62 loss to the Merchants Friday night in Milton the Raiders stormed back with great defence and solid by Guirleo to bury the Oakville Blades Satur day at Gordon Memorial Arena Georgetown played aggressive hockey Saturday night they did a good Job of killing their Carmelo Guirleo penalties and were great at taking out attackers in their own end Georgetown Guirleo put in a strong performance with a lot of help from rearguards Rob Doucette Todd Viola and Mike Wilson Oakville scored their only goal of the game at 18 12 of the first and took a lO lead into the second Georgetown blew the Blades away in the next two with six tallies Leading the Raiders offence Saturday night was right winger Duane Lewis who scored twice and assisted on two other goals Centre Scott Humber also assisted on two goals and managed to notch one for himself Other goal scorers Saturday were Danny Trevor and Kevin Rutledge Lewis scored both Raider goals Friday evening Merchant stars Jeff Daw and Clancy Seymour skates circles around Georgetown players FTiday Daw had a goal and two assists and Seymour scored two and assisted on another Miltons netminder Jason put m his usual out standing showing and took home another win against the Raiders With four games left in regular season action the Raiders have a chance to double their point total of last year They now have points and they could scored a minimum of three wins and a draw they would double last years total 25 The Raiders start a two game home series Friday against Royal York 8pm at Gordon Memorial Arena They take on Brampton Saturday evening at pm