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Lingerie Blouses THE PINK DOT BOUTIQUE 261 QUEEN STREET - PORT PERRY Divers A 45-year old Oshawa woman and her 21-year old son will attempt to set two records for staying under water in a specially made tank that will be set up later this month at the Oshawa Shopping Centre. Ellen Curry will try to stay submerged continuously for three days and three hours and her son Dave will spend seven days underwater taking short five minute breaks. Mrs. Curry and Dave describe themselves as "scuba fanatics" and they own Innerspace, an Oshawa diving store. They are both qualified scuba instructors and to prepare for the duration records have been training for almost a year. Two years ago Dave made headlines when he swam 32 miles in Lake Ontario spend- ing a total of 23 hours in the water. At a press conference last week, they said there are several reasons why they are trying to set the two new records. One is to focus attention on the sport of scuba diving which Mrs. Curry says is growing very quickly in popularity. And with the co-operation will try for gulp!) two records of Port Perry physician Dr. Guntis Silins, they hope to gather medical and other data on what effects long periods under water have on divers. Dr. Silins, a recog- nized expert in the field of under water medicine will be monitoring Mrs. Curry and Dave while they are sub- merged in the tank. As well, there will be safety divers with them at all times. Although not down-playing the chance of medical or physical problems arising during the submersion, Dave feels that coping with the mental stress of confinement in a small area for a long period of time will be diffi- cult. To combat this, they will be playing chess and other games while in the tank to pass the time and measure reaction to stress. Both say that sleeping will be the most critical time because muscles relax and there is a chance the regula- tor might slip out of their mouths. The safety divers will watch them closely while they are asleep. In order to set her record, Mrs. Curry will not be permitted to surface during the three days. For nourish- ment, she will be on a liquid diet of orange juice, glucose and water and coffee. "'I just couldn't go without my coffee," she says with a smile. Dave will be allowed out of tank for brief periods to eat and answer the call of nature, but time out of the tank will not count towards the record, and he'll have to make it up. The tank itself is about eight feet by eight feet by six feet deep and has glass windows which will allow shoppers to observe the divers. It will be set up in the shopping centre. Mrs. Curry will go into the tank at 12:00 noon February 18, and Dave will start his dive three days later on February 21. They will be taking a silver collection from the public and all monies raised this way will be turned over to Participation House Project in aid of the handicapped. The record Mrs. Curry hopes to top was set in 1980, while Dave will be trying to break a record that has been on the books for 20 years. "Dave and I are not what you would call average sport divers. In fact, we are probably diving fanatics," says Mrs. Curry. Junior Rebs soar to 18th straight win by Danny Millar Port Perry High School's Junior Rebels did more than take another win over Central Chiefs, Thursday, February 5 in Oshawa. The win marked the 18th in a row for the undefeated basket- ball team, eclipsing a PPHS record set by the junior team of three years ago. It was a much anticipated 38-26 victory for the Rebels. They drew within range foll- owing a tournament win two weeks ago in Lindsay. Rebels Coach Glen Rideout said at the time the three tournament wins brought the record to 14-0 but a later recount confirmed that the final win over Brock had made it 15 consecutive wins. Two victories during last week, over Eastdale and Central, coupled with a the total to a record breaking number. The Rebels had to survive a pair of injuries to guards Scott Wallace and Todd Wil- bur to come up with the milestone victory. Wilbur went down with 1:55 left in the first half after he twisted his ankle. He seemed to be OK as he returned to the court to score a total of nine points. Wallace's injury was more serious, at least initially. The Rebel guard was making a drive towards the Central hoop when he was accidently elbowed in the head. He remained on the floor for a couple of minutes without moving. He was helped off the floor very slowly, supported under the shoulder by two teammates. He did not return, but by the end of the game his appear- ~-triumph a-week ago, brought. ._ ance seemed clearer. The game pitted a pair of excellent defences against one another. Central's tight work in their own end of the court limited Port Perry's high scoring center Brett Oosterman and creative playmaker Wilbur to an accumulated total of 19 points. Port's defence was stingy enough to allow the Chiefs only six first quarter points and a mere four more in the second. Port took a 15-10 lead in the second quarter on a three point play by Wallace and a pair of free throws by Oosterman. They maintain- ed the five point lead until the end of the third quarter. MIDGETS LOSE For the second time in the week, the most exciting match was 'the-midget-con--- frontation, and also for the second time Port Perry dropped a heartbreaker 52- 50 The game went into over- time when W. Rambajan connected on a jump shot with 18 seconds remaining. Port went into the last minute of play ahead by four points by a Dave Atkinson field goal off a rebound, followed by Rambajan's heroic shot sent the match to a fifth session. Mark Gor- eski, who scored ten points during the game, missed a desperation shot on an inbounds pass with one second remaining that would have avoided the overtime. Central went ahead late in the three minute extra period but Jamie Lane had a chance to tie it on a one-and one free throw situation, with :36 left. He missed and Rambajan, the game's high scorer with 22 points, wrapp- ed it up with a pair of foul shots with seven seconds to go. Lane did score a basket with two seconds left but it was too little too late. The Rebels just cannot stand properity. Earlier in the week they were leading Eastdale Eagles by 15 points and blew the lead and the chance to pick up its first win of the year. They led Central by ten points at the conclus- ion of the first quarter and squandered that advantage as well. Still, they were ahead 30-26 at half time and by a single point at the end of the third quarter, as well as being four points up until the last minute of regulation time. Jeff Kerr led the Rebs offensively with four points -while--Lane-had.-13....Hard . working guard Dean Stone led the team defensively. The midget Rebels are an unusual basketball team in more than one way, besides having lost every game this year. Four of its starters, Lane, Goreski, Kerr and Stone are left handed. For- ward Harry Sillen, who starts the majority of the matches, is the only non- southpaw regular. Cam Muir was the high scoring Rebel in the senior contest that PPHS dropped 58-34, with seven points. Central's zone press did the most damage against Port, especially against its guards. Most of the time Muir or Pinkowski, or at times even both, were left wide open under the chief's basket but the guards could not dribble through the troubled areas.