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Page 18, Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, September il, 1996 ofJ f Don Cherry for Prime Minister LMs Sunday mornlng, 12:45 arn.. 1 should have been aslOp llprepaalonfor the big momIng that lay aead. But Instead 1 found myself glued te the telovision ln fasýdnated horor watching Team Canada oic. out a vlctory over Team, Sweden. When thle tny perléce forward Thooren Fleury scored the wlnnlng goal with lmS than 12 seconds lot ln the second overtime, 1 screamed wth dellght and woke Up the whole famIý. Strangoly, nons af thomn was as exclted as 1 that Canada had saved ltself from a hockey catastrophe. As a sel-confessed crzed fan, 1 have been watchlng this toumamnent wfth growlng apprehension. Nover have we had a team that seema 80 dotormlnod te snatch dofeat from the jaws of vlctory. 1 don't know If lt'a the team's ago, the lack of compolthion In tralnlng camp or that so many of tho playors are aIder and-nurslng chronlc Injuries, but I arn looklng ai the final with the U.S. whth great trepidation. What f 1 asked you whore yau woro this summer when Donovan Baly won the god modal in the men's 100- mmr? I bat thsiam 9 Ifu hatesports, you can tell me. 'm also wM lng ta wager that you had a preî good idea of where you were when Canada won tho men's rolay. Now let's b. honoat, what w. roaily onjoyed was not just the vilctry itssU but the f&ct that wo whlpped the Yanks'at their own gamo, In their own backyard, In front of tho whole world. Tho nxmo roled Overand bit the olephant, and Rt feft good. Well., h coùld woil b. that the skate Is on tho other foot. And soon ft could bo thoAmerlcans whog et to beat us, ai our gamo, inaour backyari, ln front of the whole wrld. mhat, 1 suggest, vfN not be much fun. Tho national angst wlllbe Intense and tho depression wiil spread to avevy rinkîin tho natlôn. There MIlb. amove to hold an Immediato olection on the Issueo0f aur game, wlth Don Cherry runnling for PrimoeMînster. Now there's a scaay thought. Mnd you ho may ho somewhat, um, eccentnic, but ho knows hockey. He tald Canada how la score In owertme and they went out and dld it, Just Mke ho had scripted the play. Ves, when thîs Team Canada wins, Ià WIns ugly and by the skdn of hto eth, rather 1ke, another Teamn Canada 0f ovor 20 years ago. AI the pundits predicted a romp over the Soviets in 1972 and thon alter the first game in Montreal and the fiasco in Vancxuvr, thoso samo pundhts wore Jumping off what they were convlnced was a sinklng shlp. W. couidn'g wln, they were to0 gaod, aur whalo hockey system was flawed etc., etc. On tho day of the final game, aur schoal was closod and we wero sent homo te pardcipato In aur nation's dauicoat hour. Dad camne homo oarly and we ail huddled around the se stegmetce onmanm kept saylng, etrs a tle, fts golng toeond ln a, .e,rlcan't bellove 1V. Wen Henderson scoed we went completety nuts and ail pur nolghbaurs emorged from thoir housste celebrato aoure vlctory. screamlingmnu, whon ail hpe l bt and we'vo given-Up and are reacly to awhtch ta ER ,sameane wiII dig deep nd pull h out. Canada wins ln threo, ln double avortîme, goal scored by Jo. Saklc. Guaranteed. If 'm wrong, get ready te vote for Don Cherry for PAL t * r Campaignunderwayb By Mike Kowalsid United Way officiais have set their sights on a $3- million target. Tii. United Waiy of Osh- awa-Whitby-Clarington ofcally kicks off its 1996 funasingcampaign today wih a reception at the General Slk6oki Hall in Oshawa. Prior to the evenng feésti- vities, campaigri offiiais wili announce that this versgai bas been set at -Wiillondown slightiy from 1995os $3.2-milion figure.* Campaign diroctor Bob Howard toid The Fre Pres that the credit for this year's theme, 'An Idea Whosee Time Has Come,' should g0o to féerai Finance JMnister Paul Mar- tin and hie Ontario coun- bu et smýpeech a yea m and% e Eves' speechti yeatr they talked about governmente doing leas and the cornmunity- dotng more,» said Howard. « We thought yes, they're rigt ,that'. an idea whose Whitby and Clarington will benefit froin this yar's campaign, Howard added. Although it did not offi- cialiy get under way untiJ tody, the campaign got off t Jg start . onday when local radio persona- lity Jerry Archer took to, the roof of Owasco Voiks- wagen on Dundas Street East. Archer, the mornig man on Oshawa radio station IKX-96, will broadcast bis show from a camper van on the roof and flot touch ground until ail 6,500 raffle tickets for a free home are soid. This ta the second year that the United Way has Ipvn away a bouse and thisyear the winner bas the choice between a Melody Homes model ti Bowmanviile- or Peter--» borough. Tickets cost $100 and are available a t most Durham Region banks, the. United WaY officetithe Oshawa Cenitre or by calling 1-&e8 598-888. In addition ta, the grand rmdraw on -Sept. 9, ýe9'Wllb. severatl al I i rejoyable time. Congratulations should go 0the organizers and, of ourse, te the Optimists who ,ve contributed funds 80 hat the loveY gazebo could ebuilt. For those Who haven't seen 0e park, it bas a very nice ill diamond, Brooklin's one nd onlY permanent socoer bl'd, Play oquipment and hat looks te ho a place for Lateboarding. Hopofully, ire wiii be- a basketbali )op as weli. Like the opening lebration, lot us wish that It mst Park *will ho a place lere people of ail ages will ne to play-and te got te iw each othor. tc t' thý fie thq h glu w1 COI kno WOMEN'S INS'i The Brooklti Institute ta holding 1 Meeting of thé new s Sept.. 18, at 1:30 p.z home of Laurel Hostesses wilil b CamÃŽpbeli and Saral EUCHR RTI Saturdayo Sept.21 The Brookltn Branch of the Royaf -'anaian 'Legion is throwtng open its doors te, everyone in the community Sept. 15 to 21 as part of the Logion Week colebrations. Legion branches throughout Ontario contribute te, comxnunity service projects that bave bonefited hundreds of thousands of Ontarians of ail ages. Why not stop by and say hi te some of the people behind this remrkabie, organization by visiting our local branch in downtown Brookir., MEADOWCREST..ST. rTUT Thanks te everyone wbjo droppod by and ptckod up Women's some bargain sports thetr first oqutpment. This tà one, of Beason on those fundralsers fiom which nm, at the everyone benefits, espectaiiy Hamor. the children. e Aleta h Collins. i dk<cas o ff H c nbe iwached I aiotm655-4,I3I8.. I Two Teachers in Every Clas French Starting at Age 2 in Computer Education Music Progam Art Program Physical Education Program Field Trips Extended&ay Prograni for Wo g Parents to, pri tbi sel thi reç ari 33 lev, are sti an( ci thiE iml Ait] leve yoai spe] croa aroiu read voli thea yeai, notî start Meac vanc coup] an oi yearE this probl makd lights beer openi Off up t] yard alreac thed thous 500 a racini schoëo numb Ora duiing him tl The1 wipe a to coue gaturd 400ple lrfrzle. ides ar <BROOKIINee Vanalism atschool By Steve Leahy' has been a vr popular With enrolment expected evening, 50 o J s.ure to be hit a hlgh of 410 studontz, there bofore 8 p.m. eadowcrest Public ,Sehool It's $4 a person. Food is rincipal Mark Joel says also provided. Everyono is tere is plenty of room in the weicome. hool1. Ho regretfully adds tat classes may have to be PAPER SLTJDGE rganized as some classes e hitting their maimumn Someone asked me the 1to 34istudents per css other day about the strange- vois. Further, ti a growing Iookcing farm field as you sa like Brooklin, new travel south along Thiekeon Lidents are stili enrolling Road juet south of id it may flot b. until the Winchester. The freshly di of the month before plowed field has been topped Ls50s can bo finialized.' with what looksi like a grey- Méeadowcrest's main focus blue paste. That paste is se year will beo on paper slui'dge- from the proving the school's Atlantic Packaging plant Drall reading levels. down ti Whttby. Town hough there is nothing council reoently approved the Dng with the current spreading of paper sludge on eis, Jool says aftor last farm fields. .r' s sucoessftil focus on As noted here previously, Iling, he's hoping to at least one conmuntt ate some excitement group ti Durhamn opposes the und reading and boost the spreading of this waste by- ding levels. product. A number of farms iudents and teachers are in Brock Township have Dady gearing- up for posted signs stating they are ýeyball competition and sludge-free., And there have school plans to organize a been compaints about ry Fox- Run again this odours. r. Paper sludge is the by- 'nfortunately, Joël says, product of the paper everything 18 positive to recycling process and je t the new school year. mostly short wood fibres, cday dowcrost bas been hit by and lime along with low Ialism again in the past levels of heavy metals such îl of weeks. It bas been as mercury, chromium, ngoîng problem for some cadmium and lead as well as s, but had been botter dioxins and furans. The Year until the recent metai and dioxin levels are lem. Custodians wero monitored by Atlantic ing repaire te* broken Packaging, according te a and picking up broken standards set by the Ministry bottles prior to the of the Enviroiment and ing of school. Energy. !-road driving bas tomn Considered a I"soil Lie grass in. the school conditioner," the sludge a couple of times increases the amount of Ldy this year. Ropairing organic matter in soils and, i. damage is costing us given te farmers firee, saving Bands of dollars. If you Atlantic iandfili disposai vehicle on the grass or costs., To improve the g around 'behind the usefulness of the sludge, )le get tho license nitrogen fertilizer is aiso ber and oeil the police. supplied and spread on the aii Mark at 655S3731 fields free of charge. g sehool hours and give ho lioense number. BUSY BEES »ARK OPENING The Spenser Community woather threatened to Centre (Columbus Road and Dut the day-long Party Country Lane) le acoepting ebrate the opening of registrations for proe-schooi, Optiniist Park last children in their Busy Bee laye but hundretis of play group. For more ignored- the on-off information, caîl Cheryl at TheLgam epony 655-3016. nd a 1oa band were a by- il a e u t n i E I N O E O S u roram/Activties Whitb Montessori I Day Academic Program iom Age 2 ingo Age 12 kdividualized Lesson, & rutoring in Every Class v V -J *Private/Group Piano &"Kyor- *Piano Kids (5eyboard *Private/Group Guitar *Violin, Voice, Sax-ophoneÃ" *Early Childihooclmusic (3,5 yr) *Flute, Claninet, Trumpet *Theory Lessons& Music Books LEcteFrançais Begnne, Avarie Mrirvae yhjeroto Jacques Roy has been teaching French for over 20 years in leading institutions on 4 continents. In 1994 he started his own pnivate school in order to pursue the flexible results-oriented teaching methods that he finds work best. Students who, have tried learning spoken French at' other schools -and colleges have achieved much better progress at LÉcote Française. References are availiable from current and former students. Ail classes are designed to meet the individual student's needs and Iearning abilities. YOU TOO CAN LA RN TO SPEAK FRENCH! É'4.ft EurpemWoeWsHek Ctp ZRA TIA 111 unas. E, ei (..crer o- Hoise & S ds) Kun"--