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|. letters ..... Public criticism not necessary \ (From Page 5) Let me get back to ice time if I may and explain our + situation. Mrs. Perrin gives me the impression that both arena's belong to minor hockey, with unlimited ice available. This is complete- ly false. Both arenas belong to the people of Scugog Township and are operated by an Arena Board. In May of each year we go to a meeting of the arena board and request ice time for the upcoming hockey season. We do not always get our requested time, but we come close. This season we hav a. total of 42 hours a week. This has to be divided among 30 teams, 20 teams in the house league and 10 O.M.H.A. travelling teams. The travelling teams usually get 1 to 1! hours ice time to play a game, and 1 hour practice. This is a total of 212 hours a week at home and usually one game away. This will average out -to approximately 21 hours weekly, leaving 21 hours for houseleague. - R-- Now for the cost factor. We pay the township $18.00 per hr., for every hr. we rent the ice. $18.00 x 42 hours "Weekly, a total of $756. OUr '/seasons run approximately 30 weeks, $756.00 x 30 weeks is a total of $22,680.00 We have 343 boys register- ed, 23 1st year tykes at $25.00 and the balance at $50.00 or $55.00 for a total of $16,400.00. Our deficit at the start of the season was $6,280.00 for ice only. To make up this money your executive works very hard all year long. We organize dances, two days at our local Fair in September with two booths, and we charge admission for '"A" and "B" O.M.H.A. games. Mrs. Perrin claims she is' not happy with the referees calls. I will admit all re- ferees make mistakes. This is a part of life. We have young boys who referee our house league games. We pay them $1.50 per game. Total $4.50 per game. Ten games are played on Saturdays, total cost for referees and timekeepers $45.00. Let's compare our young hero's who go to the arena for 7:00 am. games on Saturday morning in this cold weather and referee our games, to the referees sent here by 'the O.M.H.A. to referee our "A" and "B" games. The 0.M.H.A. have a set fee: for all games. They normally do two games. Let's assume they do a bantam game at 7:30 p.m. and a juvenile game at 9 p.m. They travel together in one car from , Whitby. They receive $7.00 each for the bantam game and $9.00 for juvenile, total $16.00 each. They leave home at 6:30 p.m. and return home at 12:00 to 12:30 a.m., 6 hrs. which is poor pay for the abuse they must take from both players and fans. On top of their so called pay, the referee driving his car receives $6.00 car allowance-- This is very little money for their time and effort but if we were to use this system in the houseleague our regis- tration fees would have to increase to $150.00 per boy a year. We try to keep our cost as low as possible to enable every boy a chance to play hockey. Youth need support Dear Sir: On Sunday, February 18 I attended a Western Jam- boree at the Scout Hall in benefit of Girl Guides of Port Perry. All the talent was free and good talent it was. What troubles me is only 8 local parents were present at this. This show was the brain child of Mr. and Mrs. Parker and a lot of work had gone into this for our guides. Where are all the people of Port Perry. 1 counted 60 people from Oshawa, Stouff- ville and Uxbridge but only 8 from Port Perry. Let's wake up to our youth's need. Please wake up to the needs of your girls. These girls are planning a trip to Ottawa and money is need- ed. Let's hope the cold weather has not frozen our hearts. The youth need you. A Concerned Parent . R.R.S. 10 Rate Subject to Change DON FORDER Insurance Agency 24 Water St., Port Perry 985-8471 7 P. Ltd. The buzzer system is not used in the older aged groups becauseé both parents and coaches dislike its use during games and we encourage all coaches to give equal ice time to all their boys. Houseleague hockey should be fun for all the boys. but too much emphasis is put on winning every game, rather than teaching and learning of basic skills. Most parents demand winning where we as an executive feel the opposite. For every game played the boys should learn three things. Discip- line - respect for others and team effort. All houseleague teams make the playoffs at which time the team that has won the least games all. season, but has learned the most, will come out as true champions. We also advertise our annual meeting in the local paper, held sometime in May. If Mrs. Perrin wishes to attend our monthly executive meeting she may do so by contacting the writer. Hockey is an expensive game, like most games are today. One reason being facilities and mainly during the crucial months of winter. Winning is great but our aim is to keep as many boys off the streets as possible and hope they will grow up to become good citizens. If Mrs. Perrin feels that we are wrong, I would be happy to sit down with her and listen to any constructive input she may have, but to criticize in our local news- paper is not the answer. Yours truly Jan Franssen Immediate Past President Port Perry Minor Hockey Association PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., February 21, 1979 -- 7 Something for everyone at Scugog Library by Elaine Hammett . Thinking of ways to ignore the cold weather? How better than to curl up in your favorite chair with a library. Or perhaps you'd prefer a magazine. Your local library has expanded greatly in circula- tion since its opening in 1934. The number of books bor- rowed in 1944 was 6,688. By 1977 the circulation of printed material was 48,096. This tremendous increase has occurred within the original building. It is estimated that by 1999 or 20 years from now the library will be serving a population of 20,000. With these figures in mind the Board of Direc- tors of the Scugog Memorial Public Library is presently embarking on plans to expand the existing facili- ties. To better serve the bor- rowers of the Township of Scugog the library will be closed Mondays instead of Wednesdays, commencing March 6. Soon the Children's Lib- rary will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. good book from your local In addition to the normal lending services there are other interesting features within the walls of Scugog Memorial Public Library. Did you know that The Star (formerly called The Port Perry Star) annually don- ates bound copies to the library; that the Globe and Mail is delivered daily to the library; that the large type edition of Reader's Digest is at your library for reading or borrowing; that the Audio Visual department has a wide selection of films to lend ? 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