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Reg ina coach cornes home (Orono) for vilsit by: Tanya McL-ean Many people believe that when you're an athiete -from a small town Un:t you won't have the opportunity to get a lot of exposure or te 'makc it Big!" Ini oUier words Uic odds =re against you to become a professional athlcte. A local success story is our very own Heather Sawyer. Heather originatcd from Orono and attended Clarke High Scbool. A few weeks ago Heather was in town with ber girls volcybal team from the University of Regina. Ms. Sawyer a former player for Canada's National Team is now bead coach of Uis University team.- Heather is in ber fourth year of coaching. It would be safe to say that going from a player to a coacb would bc a major transition. -As an athlcte on the court Heather bas a remarkable carcer. Starting at an early age HeaUier participated on the public school teains and then on the high school teams. After graduating from bigb scbool Heather was offered a four year scbolarship from Western Michigan in tbe States. Ail expenses paid! .Imagine just finisbing bigb school and straight to University on a sports scbolarsbip. So, in 1982 Heather was saying good-bye to bigh achool, friends and faniily and vcnturing to unfamiliar territory. During ber career at Western-Micbigan ber team won tbe conference cbampionsipecach ycar and entcred into Uic NCAA playoffs.' Finishing there Heather moved onto playing for Canada's National Team., Lcaving the National Tcam in 1990 Heather ended up across the world playing professionall'y for a Belgium tearn for a season. Thc only tearnitbat sbe neyer bad Uic chance to play for was the Olympie Team. Talling with Heather 1 asked hier what one factor of being a player she misses the most. "I miss thc people." she said bluntly. 'Sending letters is nice but iCs neyer the same as seeing someone in person.« Heather had the chance to travel ail across Uic world to meet and sec how other cultures lived. The best part about it ail is that Heather was allowed this opportunity to do what she really enjoyed - to play volicybail. Heather didn't achieve ail of this success overnight though. As Uic teain began warming up I askcd Heather bow many days a week does the team practice?. "We practice everyday for two bours and thc team also has to do two-three days a week of weight training," she said. You would have to practice a lot in order to be able te compete at this level. As I watched Uic practice 1 noticed that thc drills were basic. This would hielp thc girls master basic form, technique and fundarnentals of Uic, game. ,The teani bas a lot of spirit and talent but îbey ail know whcn Coach Sawyer wants strictly business and that's what she gets - strictly business! Having complete family support during the years of practicing, going to gaines and tournarnents that Heather has had she is an inspiration on Canada's athletics as well as local atbletes today. Heather is now Uirty years old and bas been happily married for 4 and a haif years, she bas a noted voileybail career as a player and bas establisbed lier naine as a coacb. I wonder what Coach Sawyer will bc doing in four years from now? Is Uis just thc beginning of her career in volleyball? "Age of Concern" News and Information for Seniors" from your Senior at Queen's Park - Gord Milîs In Uis weck's colunin I want to give you some tips about safe deposit boxes. We often ask-ourselves just what information wc sbould keep in our safe deposit box. For your consideration, I would suggest, birUi certificate, marriage and or in some cases divorce document; S.I.N. numbers, wills and trust documents; deeds, notes and mortgages; life insurance policies; ail oUier property and healtb insurance records; stock, bonds, etc. ail evidenice of ownersbip of vehicles, jewclry etc. Some other information that is wortb wbilc to place in your safe deposit box is namc and address and telephone numbers of relatives, ,heirs,, agents, accountant, lawyer, retirement, personal records and any other person baving vital ýnformation of your affairs. Your safe deposit box is also a better place to keep valuables like jewelry and coins. one final suggestion is te keep a record at home of cverything you have in the safe deposit box. It may be a good idea te make a relative a signatory te your safe deposit box. 'Me advantage being Uiat Uic, relative bas access to Uic, box during emergencies and even after deatb without a court order. Some people may bave a living will giving access te Uic box to a trustee. In this case, your trustee(s) wiil also bave access to Uic box upon deatb. Wbatever you decide upon, tbink it through and bc sure that you are coinfortable witb your final decision. Safe deposit boxes and Uic access to tbemn by otbers, sbould bc part of your estate planning. Next week I will write about wbat to do on the death of a farily member or close friend. Until Uien, a Murpby for fun. "Tbe chance of bread faling witb the butter side down is directly proportional to Uic value of tbe caipet." Savings on WCB costs The Northumberlanld and Newcastle Board of Education bas taken a stop in wbat tbey hope is a reducion in thc cost of compensation for injured employces. The compensation bas been covered in the past tbrougb premium payments to, the Workmens Compensation Board. The local Board of Education is joining a co-operative, School Boards Workers' Compensation Co-operative, along with other boards in the province. The annual cost for the local board beîonging to the co-operative is $30,000. In thie past the local board was paying premiums close to $500,000 annually. In 1993 the WCB paid about $100.000 in injury dlaims t0 employees of the local scbool board. Under the new plan the local board will assume al rcsponsîbility for ail costs related to employee injury-compensation dlaims except the actual adjudication of the claims. That will stiîl be donc by the compensation board. Approve airport plan OshawaCity council bas approved details of thc $6 million plan for improvements to the Oshawa City airport owned by the federal government. The plan includes the lengthening of one runway,,building two new taxi- ways, and moving the entire operation to the north of the airport lands to Taunton Road. Council is hopeful tbat work could start this spring. On the other hand residents witb homes in the area have their misgivings. It is now up to the federal and provincial governments to move on Uic proposal. Emergency hour cut at Whitby hospital The Whitby General bospital is to close their emergency service as of the end of March. The hospital is closing their emergency service from 10 p.m. until 8 a.m. in an effort to save $250.000 to $300,000.,Emer- gencies during these hours wil be referred to the Oshawa General Hospital. The closing of the hospital emcergency for the 10 to 8 period staîls any. other cuts at the facility. ("MORRRIS FUN ERAL CHAPEL LTD. Establishod in 1881 jâ 623-5480 4 Division St. Br.wmanville PRE-ARRANGED AND PREPAID FUNERAL SERVICES AVAILABLE BALLS RADIO,,& T.V. REPAIR REPAIRS TO MOST MAKES STEREOS, COLOUR AND B&W T.V.s AND V.C.R.s P.O. Box 27 R.R. 2, Orono, Ont. (905) 983-5721 I ndaGA A A K 35 gld. 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