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18 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. August 20, 1985 Elisa Perrault, 27, (right) is doing everything she can to prepare for the Cana- dian Wrestling Championship in Etobicoke REVIEW New rent review legislation planned by the Government of Ontario means that the responsibilities of landlords and tenants will be changed retroactive to August 1, 1985. this week, including practising with people like Deb McEachern. See story for details. As of that day, a rent review guideline of 4% is to apply to most apartment buildings, and rented townhouses, duplexes, condominiums and individual dwellings such as houses. Other specifics include: ® Under rent review, landlords may increase rents up to a specified limit without applying for a review of the proposed new rent. However, if the tenant objects to the proposed increase -- even ifit is below the specified limit -- he or she may also apply for a review. Until August Ist, 1985, a 6% rent review guideline covered most private rental accommodation except units occupied after 1975 and certain units renting for $750 a month or more. * Retroactive to August 1st, 1985, a 4% rent review guideline is to cover all private rental units including those occupied after 1975 and those renting for more than $750 a month. ® Until the legislation is in place landlords can legally collect a 6 per centincrease. However, provision will be made for the payment of rebates to tenants of any amount over 4 per cent, unless a higher increase can be justified in a rent review hearing. Accordingly. all landlords are being asked to voluntarily comply with the 4 per cent limit in order to avoid a time-consuming rebate process. For further information on how "the new legislation will affect you, please contact your nearest Residential Tenancy Commission Office, listed in the blue pages of your telephone directory. Ministry Of Housing Hon Aivin Curing Minister Ontario Wrestling women not overpowering You don't want to fool with Elisa Pergault, not when she's got a set of wrists that's headed for the Canadian Wrist Wrestling Championship. The 27 year old Scugog woman is in training now for the August 24th 'championship in Etobicoke, where she'll compete against Canada's best female wrist wrestlers. It's a challenge she's looking forward to. "You really have to want to win," she says. And she does. Elisa already has several wins to her credit, including her first place finish two weeks ago at the Little Britain Sportsarama and a se- cond place at Crandell's Riverboat competition a few months ago. Her first attempt at wrist wrestling was also in Little Britain last year, when she beat the southern Ontario cham- pion and was, in turn, beaten by the northern Ontario champion -- who happened to be the girl's sister. "I went into it just for the fun of it because I heard it was going on," she says about her first try. "I always knew I was strong." It was her natural strength that attracted Bob Ambrose, the Cen- tral Ontario Wrist Wrestling Association president and the winner of many a competition. He spotted her at the re- cent Little Britain match and asked Elisa to join his team for the Cana- dian Championship. When the Ambrose team rolls into Etobicoke in August, it will consist of eight wrestlers, half of which will be woman. They've been training rigorously in the back of a rented Oshawa house, where Bob Ambrose has set up a complete gym. It's there Elisa has been punching bags, hf- ting weights, doing special upper body exer- cises and learning the proper technique for wrist wrestling She also bikes. swims, takes vitamins and diets - she's planning to drop 20 pounds before the cham- pionship, only weeks away. "This is an excellent way of getting in shape," she grins, 'and my hus- band thinks it's great too." At first, like all men, her husband was wary about his wife wrist wrestling, but now he's behind her all the way. Traditionally a male dominated sport, many men don't take too kind- ly to women who might be stronger than they -are. "A lot of men, when they hear of woman wrist wrestlers, are all chauvinistic. Which is really wrong. I'm not trying to be a man. I know I'm strong but I'm not about to go out and beat up a man," she says. 'And I do get a lot of ribbing. In anything that used to be a man's field, where women get involved, men get upset." And unable to accept their female counter- parts as genuine athletes, many men resort to name-calling and derogatory remarks about their femininity-- even if the girls involved are gorgeous. "They're not Bertha Butts. A lot of the girls are really good-looking ladies. Most of them aren't muscle-bound but they're all in really good shape. You have to be in good shape because if you're not, you can get hurt." she explains, describing ripped ten- dons and broken bones as common injuries. "There's a lot of women who do this, I'm surprised," she adds "I'm basically an out- door's person. I love to hunt and fish and I grew up playing with the boys in the neighbourhood but I still hke dressing up and being a lady. I like having my door opened She smiles at this, leaning behind the counter at BJ's Donuts. where she often works double shifts as a coffee shop waitress Just looking at Elisa is enough to convince anyone of her outer, and inner strength. She's determined to do well at this new aspect of her life, even though it's not as common a sport as the stuff seen on Wide World of Sports. "There's no sponsor like Labatt's so it's not like your football or baseball, but it is something that's increas- ing in popularity," she says. "I'm a novice. There's no doubt about that. I've got a lot to learn, but I'm anxious to learn it." The prize money is alright, usually varying between $25 and $100, but it isn't the reason most people enter matches. They do it for the fun of it, for the keen competi- tion and the thrill of win- ning. In the old days men wrist wrestled between themselves for fun, or maybe for wages, and things haven't changed too much. Except for the techni- que, which is as refined now as clockwork. Strength is important, but as Elisa points out, it's not everything. A person with good techni- que can easily beat a stronger person with no technique. The idea is to use your whole body, not just your wrists, and literally throw it into the match. Grip is also important and Elisa suggests holding the other per- son's hand high up on the thumb, with their fingers covered. When she first started, Elisa relied on strength alone, but Bob Am- brose's training, she is quickly mastering the technique necessary to win. 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