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Page 2, Whitby Free Press, Wednesda" *'t9 1994 AJ1-night vigil for hockey registration LhNb$CAPE::RETAININ WL eNTALLATIN &SALE LARGE INVENTORY 0F INTERLOCKUP STONEP~ OEDAY ONLY THURSDAY, AUG.2 OE NOON 'TILI 9:00 PM SAVE UP TO 9 (frepaceinsert Drop in and prvew rt the sale! Freplaces - Woodstoves - Chimnys - Accesseries Wood - Gas - Electric - Cern and Pellets L41111I[tom By Mike Kowalski Camping eut at Iroquois Park .,for a chance te play hockey could bocome an annual event in Whitby. For the second straight year, rarents and chiidren waited in mne fer heurs last Tuesday in erder te rogister for miner hockey this winter. But last year's vigil -- when many waited for up te 10 heurs -- was a snap compared te what some people went threugh last woek. Early arrivais were at the arena a full 24 heurs before Whitby Miner Hockey Associa- tien eficials bogan taking thair naines at 7 p.m. And as was the situation last yoar, many cf the mère than 350 people who waitod Tuosday came awydisappented. Wlithlony 241 spots te be filied, more than 90 chiidren were placod on a waiting als should a n epening ce me up -- the chances *ef which are slin, hockey officials admit. Whitby simpiy dees net have enough arenas te, accommodate its hundreds of hockey and ringett players and figure ska- stors, ice usera have repeatedly srossed in rocont years. Altheugh moat people came prepared Tuesday, bringing with them lawn chairs, biankets, food, bocks gaines, or worked in shifts te Mae the wait more telerabie, iL-was obvious ne one wanted te, be thore. Organizers cf a petition pro- testing the iack cf ice rinks in Whitby had"ne, difficuity obtain- ing sigatures. Diana Regan, who had beon waiting since 7 a.m. te, register her six-year-oid son, initiated the petitien. «We've coiiected a couple hun- dred naines and that's just the people in uine » said Regan. «We h aven tget those ceming in and eut cf the arena,» she said. Regan intonda te pass on her petition te miner hockey officiais s0 that they in* turn can circulato it amn0 paiyrns tsmr ithan ,0payerts.o smr If Town council is net prepared te, build anether arena, then the job shouid be givon te private enterprise, Regan said. "Let semebedy else do it, even if we have to pay mnore,» she said. Esther Sawyer, waiting to siga ep ne sen -- hier ether played last year and was pre-registered -- agreed. Sawyer said it makes «ne sonse" that Whitby has eniy three- arenas serving a popula- tion ef 60,000. (In addition te two rinks at Iroquois Park, there is aise a single-pad arona in Brooklin.) Sawyer's view was shared by Kevin Rodgers and Mickey Ber- trand. "It bothers me that we have te lino Up," said Rodgers, who had been waiting since 4 a.m. «It's aise frustrating that any kid should be deniod .acce*sa te hockey er othor sports," he said, adding, "I feel sorry fer the people who wili show Up tenight.» Bertrand, who arrived 30 minutes after Rodgers, was try- ing te, «kuli two birds with one atone» by doing some paperwork frein the office as the day were on. "I felt the best way te ensure a spot was te get here as eariy as I can»hle said. "'î couidn't think cf a botter way te celebrato my birthday,» said Bertrand, whe turned 40 last Tuesday. While the two mon agroe that Whitby noeds anether arena, the ar netin as te, the boat ayfayingf(rone. W dc have good facilitita,' other than for hockey," said Rodgers. "Y i net tee sure how much an arena weuid cost or how te, afford it. The enly fair way to answer that is te, see the budget.» Ironical , one of tho people who rnay h~ave a hand in decid- ing if, and when, a new rink is built, was at the front of the lino. That 'honour' feli te ceuncillor Don Mitchell, whose father Don Sr. and other fanuily members teck turns waiting in lino since 6:30 p.m. Menday. The eider Mitchell toid The Free Press ho had fergotten te pre-register his grandson Chris- tepher in April whon his sen's family was away on vacation. To atone for his error, Mitchell promised Christopher that he would make sure the boy wouid net miss eut on playing hockey this winter. The youinger Mitchell, the most outspoken proponent cf building a new arona, said it is unfair te blamoe the current council for net having set this proceas in motion. Mitchell said the iack of an organized lobb ying ad fundrais- ing campain by loceal ice usera had a bearing on council's, deci- sion. 1 «Two yoara, ago I said this was the most urgent'need.in town," ahead of a new fire hall, seniors centre and library, Mitchell said. "Baaically, the resp>onse I pgt froin that was dead air"»he id. «I think council piciced up on that and did not jump iL (arena) ahoad on any Rriority list.» Mitchell, wno wiil seek re- election in Whitby's north ward, said the "next debate" will be between backers of an arona and thoso supporing a new library. "Ifs 5what we can most get along without over the next few years," ho said. However it is «absolutoiy essentiai» tiiat ice usera inount a fundraising cam aif teo furthor thoir cause, Mite-hell tressed. «I said a few years ago the hockey association should got it geing and I think the absence cf one spoke te the reat of ceuncil, as it àhould,» he said. Meanwhiie, "the seniors were fundraising and active," in per- suadinjg council to approve expansion of their Breck Street centre, Mitchell noted. Any fundraising undortaken by the ice usera h as been for other purpeses such as "tri ps out cf the country and new jackets," he said. Evon thouph «we don't have many priorities 'before, us," Mit- chell deubted this council or the next oe,-" will build an arena without some public fundraising initiative. Mitchell aise -sti-essed that ne feasibie propokai from the pri- vate sector has homne before coun- cil. "They'li build it, but they want the Town te step in and take iL ever.» Gloria Johnston, rogistrar and sponsorship director fer the hockey association, said hor greup, aleng with ringette and figure skating off'iciais, have dis- cussod a joint fundraising endea- vour. 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