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ie Id aah CIES, Ries Ad SA 5 TET RY Es FOR Ne 3 I a Ta RES No TEN : Po Sr es SION, ESS EN SE oaks 18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., December 19, 1979 A father's wish Dear Coach: Tomorrow morning my son starts hockey. He's going to step out on the ice and his great adventure that will probably include joys and disappointments begins. So I wish you would take him by his young hand and teach him the things he will have to know. Teach him to respect the referee and that his judgment is final. Teach him not to hate his competitors, but to admire their skill. Teach him it it just as important to be a playmaker and get an assist as it is to score a goal. Teach him to play as a team and never to be selfish. Teach him never to blame his goaltender when a goal is scored against him, because five mistakes were made before the puck got to the goalie. Teach him that winning is not everything, but trying to win is. Teach him it is far more honourable to lose than to cheat. Teach him to be a competitor. Teach him to close his ears to the howling mob and to stand up for himself if he thinks he is right. Teach him gently but don't coddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel. This is a big order, Coach, and I place my son in your hands. See what you can do for him. He is such a nice little fellow. His Dad CROCE AA EY E EVERY DROP DOWN THE DRAIN, IS MONEY SPENT IN VAIN! All those annoying faucet leaks and running toilets will add up to dollars & cents in the new year. FOR PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE CALL: LORNE GOODMAN PLUMBING & HEATING PORT PERRY 985-7758 OSHAWA 725-1044 $8.00 Yearly in Canada - $13.00 in U.S.A. An attractive Gift Card FREE to announce your Gift Subscription. Durham cop looking to form tug-of-war league Wanted: big, strong men to form teams for a tug-of- war league in Durham Region. - The sport of tug-of-war pulling is one of the oldest, but until a few years ago, it was most popular at fall fairs and company picnics. Now, it has developed into a highly competitive activity with top-knotch teams train- ing year round in prepar- ation for the Canadian championships held annual- ly at the CNE. Const. John Watson, a member of the Durham Region Police force, thinks that the sport could catch on in this area, and he is now actively working to set up a league. "It is a simple sport," said Const. Watson last week. "It may be for big men with a lot of strength, but there is a very specialized technique involved as well." He says that if a league did get off the ground, the Durham Region Police team would offer training facili- ties and teaching techniques to any competitors. Const. Watson, who stands 6 feet 5 inches and tips the scale at 250 pounds, has had a long association with tug- of-war, going back to his Give the Gift that keeps on giving ... EVERY WEEK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR! A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION to the fc days on the Metro Torprito police team which won national championships. He is now an accredited referee with the Ontario association. He believes the sport is a natural one for areas like Durham where there is a mix of rural and urban people, and the sport would appeal to athletically mind- ed men who may have play- ed football or hockey at one time. "About the only thing you need for a team is eight men and a i150 foot length of manilla rope about two inch- es in diameter," he said. The sport is highly competitive, and the intens- ity of the action is a great crowd pleaser. If the league does get off the ground in this area, Const. Watson hopes to hold exhibition pulls at summer and fall fairs throughout Durham, and bring in the Canadian championship heavyweight team from the Toronto police force for special events. The eight men who pull for that Toronto police team have a combined weight of 2100 pounds, and almost all of them tower in the clouds at around 6 foot five inches. Const. Watson feels that eight or ten teams in this area would be sufficient to form a competitive league, and possibly an all-star team could be selected to compete in the Canadian champion- ships next August. Anyone interested in more information about forming a team for tug-of-war should contact Const. Watson at 570-1520 (local 335). Play-off jostle underway by Dave Dalton It's the mid-way point in the season and there's some. close jostling in the point standings for the run to the play-offs. C & B and Utica seem assured of play-off berths but the other four teams are close with just four points between third and sixth positions. At the end of the month I will submit the team standings and scoring race to the paper. On February 16th the League is hosting its annual Ed Lo) Mail to following: EnclosedFind$ ................ Year (s) Subscription to the "PORT PERRY STAR'. Please Mail this Form Today to the: Port Perry Star, P.O. Box 90, Port Perry, Ontario. LOB 1NO NAME: . ADDRESS: ............. Ce ; Sender's Name: . ........ Sender's Address: . ......... In Payment of . .. Ar Es 3 3 009 AN, 5 x oe 5 & id & ® x x I # * & oA & %* # % 4 * a # 2 vy 204 1 ~ Sf 0 3 3 ll 2S AER BSAA Uy CN FTN AR SN Tg tournament at Manvers Arena on Highway 35, as the closure of the Old Arena in town meant a lack of ice time. Hopefully we will have sixteen teams entered and possibly all six teams of our league will enter as they seem interested in tour- nament play this season, as judged by the showing the four teams that played in Innisfil put on. The Manvers area invited us to play there as they are thinking of start- ing their own league and feel - this is a good way of learning about the sport. The second tournament we are hosting this year will be the Regional Play-downs March 22nd and 23rd at the New Arena. We are pleased to host this one as it brings in the best teams from the Southern Ontario area. Our Region goes West to Bramp- ton, east to Belleville, south to Lake Ontario and North to the Barrie area. There will be nine men's teams from the Toronto, Barrie, Port Perry, Oshawa, and Col- bourne areas, plus the top two ladies teams from Brampton and South Simcoe Leagues. The Region last year was represented by the Ivy Rangers of the Huronia League at the Provincial Playdowns in Sarnia and emerged as the Silver broom medalists. C & B Livestock represented Port Perry last year, and this season-to-date it's between them and Utica Farm Equipment for that honour. Council positions (From page3) councillor Don Crosier to the South Lake Simcoe Authority. Les Smith of Scugog Township was confirmed by the council for another term on the Regional Land Division Committee. Mr. Smith, a veteran of the Land Division committee, had been nominated for another term several weeks ago by Scugog council. About the only wrinkle that took place during the long drawn-out voting in Regional council chambers last week, was the fact that there was considerable reluctance on the part of councillors to accept nominations to the Children's Aid Society board of directors. In fact ten councillors turned down the nominations to the Children's Aid before Brock Mayor Allan McPhail, Oshawa Mayor Jim Potti- cary, and councillors Margaret Shaw and Ken Matheson accepted. Region- al chairman Walter Beath also accepted the nomination to sit on the Children's Aid board, but he did so reluct- antly, saying his attendance at the weekly meetings might be spotty. It is worth your while to come and view the exquisite display of handcrafted music boxes, Christmas pyramids, tree hangings, etc. and to make your choice of these and other unique Canadian and imported Christmas gifts at ... the WOLF'S DEN CRAFTS AND GIFTS Stone house, 2 miles west of Sunderland on Regional Rd. No. 10 NOON TO NINE DAILY » 9