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Local swime disquaified -loses medal, Vo.13, No. 19 20 Pages LÂJ Wednesday -May 11, 18 Anme Ottenbrlte, a Whltby girl, had a gold medal snatched from her grasp . as she was disqualfied in a, 100-metre breaststroke race at a swlmming competition In England Satur- day. Referees disqualfied Ms. Ottenbrite for usmng what they called a 1"dolphln kick'$. This translates that her kick ends with her feet breaklng the surface. "The referees said it was a doîphin kick but they are wrong, " said Canadian coach Trevor Iffany. i"To be a dolphin kick you have to kick those feet back down and she didn't." Ms. Ottenbrite was also disqualified from- the 400-metre breaststroke Sunday for allegedly using the "dolphin kick". It is ironie' that Ottenbrite used the same swimming style in capturing a, gold medal at, the' Commonwealth Games last year. See <page 14 for story. ,.,Local.gymnastsý<' on to nationais Two local girls have advanced'to theination- al gymnastie championships. foilowing fine performances at the Ontario finals last week. Christina McDonald, 13, breezed past other competitors as she wion five gold medals on route te the junior women's title. Christina also earned a, special certificate after becoming the first Canadian girl te ever successfully perform a rare cartwheel back tuck with afultwist. Lori Strong, 1,also earned a rh th nationals with a sixth place finish in the novice division. See page 14 for story. GolIf COurses partic ipate Two local golf courses wil be among as manyý as 150 central Ontario golf courses ex- pected te participate in the Easter Seal Society's eighth annual AI Balding's Golf Week for Timmy, May 14-23. Country Lane Golf Course and Thunderbird Golf and Country Club are among those cour- ses comiitted to a special'day for Timmy. Golfers can enter by purchasing a Timmy scorecard for $10. Many prizes are being offered. See page 12 for story. May Day at Trafalgar Castie' Trafalgar Castle Sehool in Whitby wiil hold a May Day this Saturday from, 12 to 5 p.in. The day will take on extra meaming this year as it wilI officiaily kick off the $800,oo fundraising project for the school's proposed new wing, which wiil hopefully be ready for September, 1964. Pauline McGibbon, former Lieutenant Gov- ernor of Ontario, will crown the May Queen. There will also be a mini midway, pony rides, and a preview showing of the 1964 Corvette. See page 3 for story. Golf Week for Timmy, Blair Crawford, this year's "Tlmmyy" shows fine putting form as he slnks a shot. Blair, 3 l aney(et pro golfer and Canadian sports legend AI Baldlng and John Bell, a communlty services offîcer with Durham Reglonal Police. it has been announced that AI Baldlng's Golf Week will be held May 14-23 with a couple of local gjolf courses particlpatlng. See page 12 for story. -Free Press Staff Photo Sklar negotiations corne to a standstill Negotiations between Sklar-Pepplar and the Upholsterers Union ap- pear te be headed down a one-way street as talks between repre- sentatives of the two sides and provincial me-,- diator John Berger broke off after only three hours last Tues- day. Both sides maintain that there is no end in sight te the four-week- old strike. Sklar spokesman Bob Donald said the conm- pany was prepared to make a good offer but union negotiators refused to take the offer for a vote. Union spokesmen said they received no formal offer and would make no commitmnent to the com- pany without seeing de- tails of any proposed contract. hi"They only made a hnt of an offer,"' said union spokesman John O'Connor. O'Connor said the company asked the union bargainers to take the offer for a vote and recommend that it be accepted. The union promptly refused. Donald believes that the 550 workers who have been off work for four weeks should have the opportunity te, vote on the matter. Hie said the union members have not voted on any- thing. The employees should have a chance te, vote as to whether or not they should stay on strike, " he said. Donald said that it is now up to the union to get the bail roiling on Local woman picked as top secretary- "Adt this. point the burner is on them to corne back to us and say tbey want te talk, ' he said. No further meetings have been scheduled. 1The union has, been without a contract since February 28. Under the old agreement, average earnings at the plant are $11 an hour (including incentives and COLA payments). A local woman has been selected as Dur- ham Region's Secretary of the Year. Lynn Arbuthnott, an employee of Consumers Gas, was one of 24 nominations for the award and she won the honour when Cy Elsey, acting mayor for the City of Oshawa, drew lier name. 1Manpower Tem- porar Services and 01O0 cotry .radio sponsored the contest, which attracted more than 150 entries. The 24 semi-finalists and their employers were treaisd te a luncheon at the historie Liverpool House in Pickering. Lynn was delighted te, receive the honour. "When 1 was chosen I was excited considering I have neyer won any- tbing substantial so this was a nice reward," she sald. She lias worked for Consumers Gas for 15 years, but has been at the Whitby branch for only six months. She won a day off work with Manpower Temporary Services providing a temporary replacement, a weekend at the Ramada Renais- sance hotel in Scar- borough (she says she'il likely go in September), a day of pamper at Wlggys Nail Place, and a free hairstyle.. She, along with 'the other 23 semi-finalists, received flowers, a record album, and a colour poster created by Mickey Myers- speci- fically for the celebra- tion of Professional Secretaries Week. OTHERSO ThAeW other finalists were Bois, *Jackie Cheryl IWey, semu- Kalan, Yvonne. Zondervan, Margaret Twitchett, Adele Pelle- grino, Sandi Avison, Janet Jenkins, Elaine Smith, Jannette Wor- rail, Emmna Gerrits, Marilyn Lowry, Sherry Craighead, Mary Lou Townsley, Lee Duncan, Bonnie O'arroll, Gillian Hobson, Ethel Markham, Beverley Placliedki, Ursula Oberlande, Joan Shaw, Sherry Oke and Terir llàj 20fageq'