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ursday accomplished and ready for a well- deserved all-Ontario hockey championship on the road in arplace called New Hamburg (that's somewhere north of Kitchener) the previous night. By the time the post game celebrations were over on the ice and in the dressing room, by the time the players, coaches, parents and fans had stopped at Swiss Chalet in Kitchener to carry on celebrations, by the time Clinton Chambers safely navigated the Kerr Bus Lines coach back to Port Perry through a nasty early April snow storm, it was well past four bells Thursday morning before I finally flopped into bed. What the heck. [I'T wais-a bit bleary eyed, it was a great experience to watch our local guys winrar all- Ontario prise;"the first time in 34 the hands, truly happy for what they had I will say here that their parents, their friodds, their coaches, Port Perry Minor Hockey and this community can take pride in this. group of young men. It is a cliche in sports, especially hockey, that if you want to know how a team behaves, take a look behind the bench. * . Dave Barkey, Carl Fitzgerald, Paul Wylie and Jamie Menzies deserve a lot of credit for their approach to the game and the way they have handled the team. As anyone with any knowledge of what struck me most this team (on ice) was the It was not built around g eouple of players. There were tio weaknesses that could be exploited by an opponent. Over the course of time in Port Perry, I have had the pleasure of watching several teams win a years for a Port Perry Ji ile club, by the way. Having followed this Key-Bar Office Equipment team through several playoff rounds on the trail to that memorable final game in New Hamburg last Wednesday night, | feel quite safe in saying it could not have happened to a nicer bunch of young men. Of course, | was impressed with the way this team played on the ice (14 straight playoff victories, not too shabby at all) Don't get me wrong; they are not shrinking violets by any means--they play it tough, they finish their checks, as they say, and woe to any opposition forward who lingers in front of the net. But for the most part, they stiek to hockey. I like that in a team. provincial banner. And I always feel Must teach children that violence is not the answer To the Biter: This week my daughter was literally kicked in the face by a boy.at school. Her front teeth knocked loose, and a swollen tip. Imagine the shock you feel when you get that dredied call "your child has been We must teach our children violence is not the answer. And we must be aware that, yes, it is a problem. Until it is as that, how can it be rectified. The school seems to have lost control, and as each so-called "isolated incident" occurs, when the wound heals, all is hurt". Ironically not by the school itpelf, But what will it take? butby a d parent vol hildren are in grades one and two, The boy subsequently received a few they have a long way to go yet. But how days . May 1 also add this is safe are they when they leave the door not the first time either of my children each morning? have been hurt , and countless times I Sincerely have raised my concerns with the school, Brenda Leach brag" em ped he Port Perry Get a 'Life fakes a green look at economy GREEN IDEAS by Janet Banting "Get a Life! A Green Cure for Canada's E& ic Blues® is the title of a certain sense of satisfaction in seeing a team rewarded for a lot of hard work. In closing, I thank this Port Perry team for providing some superb hockey entertainment. Not oply did win, they won with class on a a snowy, April night in an arena miles from home. One final thing, next time you win, try to do it on home ice so I can enjoy the post-game celebrations and still get tobed at a decent hour. IN CLOSING: 8till with hockey for a moment, Junior C fans may want to know that Bowmanville Eagles will host Rockton this coming Friday evening (April 15) in game three of their best of seven semi-final series. fre of the most exciting books I've read a long time. re. sjoch of tie eavizuument and the economy - frequently " hoi. ued as a the planet or creating jobs - has surely got to be the Number One Wain ot the du. And, as the David Suzuki quotation at the beginning of "Get a Life!" puts it, "1 can't imagine a more notion than that human beings must be sacrificed to serve economics . . . Economics is fundamentally warped because [it] is divorced from the things that keep us alive". Thus can clean water be perceived as not "worth" anything because it does not contribute to the Gross National turned their backs on the Canadian people. Green mics is about us turning our back on them, and starting afresh". In other words, no more sitting around waiting for "Them" to fix things up - we're simply going to have to do it for ourselves! It's going to take me more than one column to discuss this book and its tons of innovative ideas, many of which come out of the authors' participation in the Toronto-area Coalition for a Green Economic Recovery. There is so much meat (for lack of a better expression) in "Get a Life!" that a quick summary will not do the trick at all, especially since many people will probably not take the time to read it. Those who do want to can either . borrow a copy from Beugog Library or order one of their own by sending » eque for $14.00 (which includes costs) to Get a Life!, 2266B I like the attitude--just a hint of Faceoff is 7:30 PM. Product, whils iaatng vp oft wills, * Queen Street East, #127, Toronto, brash that all successful teams and Now that the hockey season for Port clearly an of is Ontario, MAE 1G3, phone (416) 699- individual athletes must have--the Perry teams is over, I'm looking Consequence bm sin 6070. It's well worth the price tag! way they stick together, the way they forward to the start of summer po the of a "jobless Meanwhile, I'm going to pass along were able on more than one occasion sports. My golf clubs, tucked away in recovery", i in verms if some important ideas from the book, to "dig way down" and come up with. a corner of the garage, are starting to oh SC COT many of which will come as a revelation a superlative effort when needed stir ever so slightly. It's been a Jong 1.004 it time more of us SWRbd the © at least some readers. most. cold winter and those faithful old ueetion, are we supposed to be servings 110% sbout this great quote: "Not since I like the way they stayed in focus, clubs want to feel the warmth of real the economy, or is the economy Hitlers 2 1 his aisiove 4 wont especially in that final game when spring as much as you or me. supposed to serve us? Pretty clegrly, it at lg & bin od rior they ran into some "questionable" Hopefully, this will be the summer {ys past time for some of our old by Ra . b Idozer and chainsaw penalties. There was no panic when when I am able to get in more than attitudes economics to undergo a ™ are the who keep saying the home town team tied the game just a couple of rounds. sport has sea change! whist Spe ha people | of those with three minutes to play. They had been in my blood sinc® I was six Luckily, with the arrival of "Get a 18 FEELS TO ROE EL TEE VE their sights set on one thing: victory. years old, and at one time I took it far Lifel®, a change in some of our mixed- stripping, ad the And they did it too seriously. up ways of thinking about how we op, orn, What most of us don't OY the ice, I found these guys to be These days, I don't even think about should be running things is going to 0" "0 0 rior lls inaases polite, easy going, informed, well Leacock's famous homage that golf is, become inevitable. As the authors of 5 tio hl from our various spoken, and yes, when the game Apuriuct way to pull Jowaly walkin "*Get'a Life® Hi i it, "Old-style Jovels of government. ended and the trophy was in their the park. die | porations have As taxpayers, we continue to subsidise dinosaur industries that e asure nas nainm RSI i To the Editor: people and groups that also minor hockey here in Port hours over the last several nrassing shvirm Re "Minor Hockey on the deserve credit for keeping the Perry. years covering our House "Get a Life® suthors contend, Mark" John McClelland"s programs strong: by That person is John himself. League "The bottom line is that there's Viewpoint column in last sponsoring a team, acting in Our organization has tournaments, other events not ons anti-environmental week's Citizen. supporting roles such as benefitted such as the Annual industry that could survive if it John McClelland is very gate admissions, his support and interest. RaigueiAnards Night and was cut loose from the mindful of what jt takes to raising funds to reduce Most , he has been in Annual meetings. government trough", and they sfully run a volunt registration fees, helping at New Hamburg and Parry Thank you, on behalf provide back-up information organization. In addition to our annual. banquet, Sound ilowing ur Juvenile of all thoses invelved in Which is pretty damn the executive and directors of reporting game results to the Port Perry Minor onvincing. the organization and the local papers, ste. heturned up Hockey : tuned for more on "Get a of some 30 rep In his column, John failed to rea beds Hake andite thousands. of and house teams, mention a person who does team in the a rr "green". Job there are 8 of other an awful lot in support of He has spent