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Even during this difficult manceuvre the smile never left Mary Jo‘s face. Rick Campbell Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, January There are few feelings as beautiful as whenwour heart melts like an abandoned pint of vanilla ice cream on a city sidewalk during a July heat wave. _ e tss c tb o I got that feeling last Saturday and I have Mary Jo Fedy to thank for it. On that occasion at the Kitchener Auditorium, the 15 yearâ€"old pixie from Alexandra Ave. in Waterloo completed probably the most important and nerveâ€"wracking week of competition in her young athletic life when she and partner Tim Mills of Preston hit the ice for the semior pairs freesâ€" kating final at the Canadian Figure Skating championships. To make a long story short, Mary Jo and Tim finished second Thursday in the junior pairs competition, and with a performance that would tug at a grinch‘s heart, wound up fourth overâ€"all in their first national senior competition Saâ€" turday. C Please don‘t ask what‘s so impressive about that. Statistics fine, everybody wants to win, but it‘s a cold hard fact that everyone can‘t at the same time. And Mary Jo Fedy showed me Saturday that you don‘t have to finish first in the record books to be a real winner. : of winning overâ€"all, yet when they hit the ice Saturday no amount of persuasion could convince meâ€"they were skating for anything less than the world championship. _ " & By their own admission, Mary Jo and Tim‘s performance in junior left room for improvement â€" not much, but enâ€" ough to have it in the back of their minds heading into the senior event. _ But there they more than made up for it. Realistically after compulsories they knew they stood almost no chance Her infectious smile, his almostâ€"fatherly stature, their slick, innovative, peppy and cheerful routine. They made the most of what they had, and won the hearts of everyone in the building because of it. & 3 4t Gold medals are nice. Everyone wants to win them, espeâ€" cially with the price of the precious yellow metal new over $800 an ounce. But when you think of it, what‘s even that amount when compared to the priceless feeling of looking back on your performance and saying : 4 "I did the best I can do"‘. 4 G In that respect, Mary Jo Fedy finished on top by a country mile, and while she can‘t wear it around her neck, it‘s a memory she will cherish for a lifetime. W‘Vl‘fl;); received an ovation upon completion that I perâ€" ceived to be unmatched by any to follow, and so they should 23, 1980 Page 13