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4-Orôno Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1989 Newcastle Midgets on a real roll Newcastle 4 - Beaverton 3 On Monday, January 3Q, 1989 the Newcastle "Mikes Place" O.M.H.A. Midgets travelled to Beaverton for game 3 of their Round Robin playoffs. This was the first meeting of the year against Beaverton and it turned out to be a cliff hanger right down to the end. The first period saw Newcastle's Jason Carroll open the scoring assisted by Marty 'Mr. Hustle" Robinson. With 4:17 left in the period Beaverton's Steve Appleby tied the game at 1-1. With time running running out in the period Daryl Burke put the local lads back on top assisted by Brian Ro'dd, The second period saw end to end hockey with both teams having numerous chances only to be turned back by excellent goaltending at both ends. Finally with 1:17 left in the period Daryl Burke came up with his second of the game to give the local lads a 3-1 lead. This was short lived however, as with only 0:05 seconds left in the period Beaverton's Mike Hendry picked up a loose puck from two sleeping Newcastle players and parked one home to close the score to 3-2. The third period Newcastle's Mark Millson let a wrist shot go from the point which found the mark through a maize of players to put the local lads two goals up by a 4-2 count, assisting on Millson's goal were Daryl Burke and Jan Vanderheyden. With i0:00 minutes left in the period Beaverton's Bruce Woods closed the gap to 4-3. With 3:24 left in the game Newcastle's Jason Caroll went to the penalty box for roughing, followed at 1:33 by Marty Robinson for interference, interference, this turned the final 3:00 minutes into a real cliff hanger for the local lads as 1 Beaverton also pulled their goalie trying to tie the. game but only to come up empty. Excellent effort guys! Special mention to Daryl Burke, Jan Vanderheyden, Brian Rodd, Mark Millson and Tim Bailey for some excellent penalty killing. Newcastle 9 - Beaverton 1 Thursday, February 2, saw Newcastle host Beaverton in a return match. Before the game the local lads were given the what's what regarding the playoffs and the way they came out to play it seems they were at least listening and all wanting to do their best to help and do their part as a team member. The first period saw both clubs playing end to end hockey with again excellent goaltending at both ends. With 5:43 left in the period Jan Vanderheyden put the local lads ahead 1-0 assisted by Daryl Burke and Brian Rodd. This turned out to be the only goal of the first period. The second period was another story as the local lads came out blazing, outscoring a shell shocked Beaverton goalie by a 7-1 count. Scoring for Newcastle were: Daryl Burke (3), Jan Vanderheyden, Rick Black, Todd Thertell and Mike Pearce, with assists going to Jan Vanderheyden (2), Anthony Bur- noski, Jason Carroll, Brian Rodd, Eddie Chaffcy, Mark Millson, Tim Bailey, Mike Pearce and Dwayne Foster. • Along with the scoring the local lads laid on the body with Todd "The Bruiser" Thertell, Mike "Thumper" Pearce, and Tim "Cruncher" Bailey slowing the Beaverton boys down considerably with some excellent clean heavy checks. The third period saw Newcastle's Daryl "Hawk Eye" Burke pot his fourth goal of the game assisted by Jan Vanderheyden. Excellent team effort guys, keep it up! Next weeks games with Fenelon Falls have been cancelled due to Fenelon being thrown but of playoffs due to too much fighting. Newcastle's next home game, Thursday, February 16, 1989 against Pickering, 9:30 p.m. at the Newcastle Arena. Come on out and encourage the boys on! Orono Figure Skating Club News Report by Lyhne Lemieux- The last few weeks have been very busy for the skaters as they, prepare for and attended area competitions. competitions. Orono figure skaters placed very well at the Uxbridge Invitations held January 27th, 28th and 29th, All six skaters who attended brought home medals for their fine performances. In the Introductory category Melonie Allin placed third in her flight. At the Preliminary level Ailan McKenzie placed first and Melanie Lemieux placed third in their flights. Melissa Allin and Melissa Colville both placed second in their flights at the Pre-Juvenile level. In the Juvenile category, Michelle Rutherford placed first in her flight and advanced to finals, placing fourth overall. On February 4th and 5th, Minden held a skating competition for freeskate and individual elements. This was attended by Briar Ransberry, Tanya Clemens and Tracv Fames. Upcoming on February 10th and Uth, the Pineridge Interclub Competition Competition will be held at Newcastle. The Orono club will have ten skaters competing there. They are Michelle Rutherford, Tanya Clemens, Melissa Colville, Ailan McKenzie, Mary Murphy, Melissa Allin, Tracy Eames, Melanie Lemieux, Anthea Peacock and Melonie Allin. Good Luck girls! In the Canskate program, the following skaters have passed the Elementary badge: Ashley Dwyer, Brodie Hutton, Ashley Roy, Adam Sargenson, Darren Nemis, Jacob Bonnetta and Matthew Reid. Job Printing Call the ORONO TIMES 983-5301 A Valentine story of the 'Last Rose' The Last Rose copyright Patrick Douglas 1989 No man is richer than when he has a sweetheart at Valentine's. And so I was rich, tentatively speaking. Who can know what the future will bring: Would this lady be her? Would she be the one? Such questions should never be answered until no answer is needed. And so, like a true lover, rather than contemplate contemplate the course of love, I followed it. Today was February 14: Valentine's, that singular date of hearts and flowers. The calendar's calendar's challenge had to be met in the one acceptable fashion: with roses. Pudwell's Flowers was the logical choice. It was where the town's elite selected their fragrant offerings; and besides, after all, it was the only only florist in the community. I stepped stepped aside to allow two gentlemen bearing those characteristic cone- shaped gifts through the old narrow doorway, and entered a world of exotic blossoms and strange perfumes. perfumes. While waiting my turn to be served at the counter, 1 looked around at all the unfamiliar plants, trying with limited success to remember those peculiar names glancing past the busy clerk at the dwindling quantity of roses standing standing in the red jar in that big window window cooler behind her. It seemed as though roses were on every customer's mind, for when the lady finally looked at me and said, "How can I help you?" there was only a single rose left. "Roses," I said, hopefully. She smiled and shook her head slightly, "Sorry, that's the last rose." "I'll take it," I said. "I can't do that," she smiled again, "It really is the last rose." "Am I missing something?" I asked. "What do you mean?" she replied. "Well," I began, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I went to buy a rose, and you have a rose..." "No, no," she laughed gently, touching my hand to show that no offense was intended, "I'm sorry. I thought you knew.. It's our customer here at Pudwell's at Valentine's. We never sell the last rose." , "May I ask why?" I ventured. She leaned to the left and looked past me at the now empty shop. Then she looked directly at me. "You're probably in too much of a hurry to listen to some sentimental sentimental old story," she said, "How about some carnations.?" "Carnations are fine," I answered, returning her steady gaze to prove I would not be put off, "And I do have time, and isn't sentiment sentiment what Valentine's is all about?" She just looked at me and I could tell she was deciding whether or not she could trust me with something very special, very dear to her heart. 1 smiled my most sincere smile. "I'll tell you," she said finally, resting her arms on the counter and , looking down at her hands for a moment before lifting her suddenly- brighter eyes to mine. "Not far from here lives a lady named Elizabeth. Elizabeth is quite elderly now but she is well looked after by the family who owns the house in which she has a small suite of rooms. When she was very young, in her early teens, Elizabeth was stricken with a seritius illness that left her blind and paralyzed from the shoulders down." My narrator lowered he;; eyes for a moment and 1 began to appreciate the effort of her sharing so much with me. She began again, "Elizabeth was beautiful. She still is. And much of that beauty is the doing of Mr. Pudwell, who owned this shop for sixty-two years. He knew Elizabeth, had seen her and had spoken with her many times when she would come into this shop with her mother or one of her aunts. He heard of her illness and could never accept the fact of Elizabeth's being forever without a suitor, an admirer." She paused. I looked away with misted eyes until I could read the label on a nearby arrangement clearly. Once more she began, "And so, Mr. Pudwell, that dear angel of a man, himself became Elizabeth's secret admirer, and gave her something to live for, something to look forward to, by sending, every Valentine's without fail, the last rose with an anonymous note." The lady touched a Kleenex to the corner of each eye and continued, "I know Elizabeth. 1 visit her often, and I couldn't tell you how many hours I've spent sitting there while she has shared her thousand dreams of the joys waiting someday for her and her secret admirer." 1 reached for a tissue myself. "Six years ago Mr. Pudwell died. He left me this shop. And every Valentine's", she sniffed, "I still send the last rose to Elizabeth." I couldn't speak. The words weren't there. 1 pointed to the carnations carnations and strolled around the shop while she wrapped them. Arounij me the gloxinias glowed, the begonias beamed, and a rare bird-of-paradise warbled in my mind across a brilliant tropical sky. Life filled me again and I returneu to'the counter . 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