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couldn‘t carry the same work load he took on before he suffered a heart attack in Septemeber; 1987. MeBwraith® couldn‘t find ‘an assistant coach, one who was already céertified or:one with the time to go after certification. The The Waterloo Ghosts ladies softball team folded for a lack of it. Waterloo Tigers general manâ€" ager Fred Kursikowski took on many tasks before he finally suspended operations of his major Interâ€"County baseball team. In sports, as in industry, good help is hard to find. of coach was to be his understudy and eventually take over the ues A a w \ The Waterloo Minor Baseball Association has enough. The Waâ€" terloo Minor Hockey Association recently advertised for some. Waâ€" terloo Minor Ringette is well off, but could use more. Volunteers: Richard O‘Brien Chronicle Staff Sports Pete Mclwraith, field manager Help! working, taking people in direcâ€" tions other than volunteerism. Pressure in the form of comâ€" plaints from parents is also disâ€" couraging. Also, as Mclwraith said, "the free time a person can have is limited by the economy. â€""Our environment has also changed. Everybody‘s creeping into the time we had for activity _ Mellwaith now helps out with a bantam softball team in Waterâ€" _ Roseanne Toronchuk, sports six new executive members, inâ€" out in business but it can happen ‘and athletic coâ€"ordinator for the cluding Austin, who is involved in hockey, too," said Daum. "Peoâ€" City of Waterloo, finds that peoâ€" in minor sports for the first time. â€" ple say ‘I‘m tired, I‘ve had it.‘" ple are more willing to volunteer "I think we were fortunate in _ If he‘s succeeded in getting for a specific duty than to take a having two ladies (Bery! Gatzke more people to run for the execuâ€" leading role that can be time and Susan Rodrigo) spearheading tive, he still hopes to find more consuming year round. a public relations campaign that people for jobs such as working The scope of jobs is more deâ€" relultod in more girls playing the door in tournaments. Such manding, Toronchuk said, and ringette and more parents getting simple jobs make for one less family life is important, too. involved," said Austin. He added thing someone else would have to Toronchuk. found a common that the organization has three or do. thread among the 12 minor sports four positions to fill. Publicity director Carol Heim:â€" 100. He observed that in 25 years he‘s had just three summer vacaâ€" tions with his family. _ ‘"Any parent...has to give something back, whether by writing cheques or giving time." Waterloo Minor Ringette has six new executive members, inâ€" cluding Austin, who is involved in minor sports for the first time. "I think we were fortunate in having two ladies (Bery! Gatzke and Susan Rodrigo) spearheading a public relations campaign that resulted in more girls playing something back, whether by writ ing cheques or giving time." _ volunteers recently honored by the city. _ â€" "Each of the volunteers we honored are very involved," she said, "but their family responsiâ€" bilities are given a lot of considerâ€" ation and are often worked into the volunteer aspect." Glen Austin, president of Waâ€" terloo Minor Ringette, has firm ideas on the responsibility of parents: "Any parent who raises children in this city and has them in some activity has to give They‘re difficult to find and harder to keep around concerned with the advancement of their young players. â€" We talk about executive burnâ€" out in business but it can happen in hockey, too," said Daum. ‘"Peoâ€" ple say ‘I‘m tired, I‘ve had it."" The Waterloo Minor Hockey Association, _ meanwhile, â€" had about half of its executive posiâ€" tions open in the spring. After advertising for volunteers, Doug Daum reports that there will enough people out for election when the WMHA has its annual meeting on May 24. Hockey has the longest season of any minor sport. It has high enrolment. Minor hockey execuâ€" tives everywhere often have to deal with pressure from parents WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY MAY 17. 1989 â€" PAGE 29 Canadian judo champ A person involved in setting up baseball clinics, for example, has his job done even before the season starts. He‘ll contact people in April and attend fiveâ€"hour clinics for two consecutive Saturâ€" days. * _ Marciniak believes in continuâ€" ity â€" not in large, quick turnovâ€" ers of executive: "If we make changes in the executive they‘re not massive," he said, "and that‘s why we‘re successful in what we Heimbecker plans to give ex ecutive members a higher profile Their pictures will be on a wall at the Waterloo arena. A newsletter will tell what they‘re doing becker has another idea of what has kept volunteers away from minor hockey Gary Marciniak, president of Waterloo Minor Baseball, tries to break down all jobs in the orgaâ€" nization to avoid burnout. One person, one job, works for him "I think people don‘t know what the executive does." said Heimbecker. ‘"We‘re hoping to communicate better over the whole organization."