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\s \ sports _ Canada Winter Wonderland - "Are we doing the right thing?" It is a typical Sun- day morning in Every- burg, Canada, as the family car pulls up to the place of worship. Snow- banks surround the main entrance, piled there by a machine with a unique name. Inside, the pews are filling with families who are enjoy- ing visiting with each other. This place of com- mon worship is not a church, but a _ hockey arena. This scene is repeated across the country every winter. Thousands of Canadians participate as players and fans, and their numbers have Terrace Bay Minor Hockey Report Now that the ice is back, hockey has re- turned to the Terrace Bay arena. This past Saturday saw some 110 tiny stars participate in the TBMHA's 1st Annual Mite Tournament for players aged 5-7. Teams came from Red Rock, Longlac, Geraldton and Schreiber to play with the Terrace Bay Lions and the Terrace Bay Tigers. It was strictly a fun tournament with everybody going home with a medallion as a 'winner.' One of the in- teresting features was the fact that the kids played on half of the ice surface with the second net being placed at cen- ter ice. Special thanks goes out to the tournament organizers Roger Moskwa, Sandy Scol- lard, Faye Figliomeni/ and Gail Roberts. Thanks also to the pa- rents, Midgets, Ban- tams and others who helped with the officiat- ing and other tasks. On the week-end of -Nov. 5-6 the Terrace Bay Old Timers hockey or- ganization hosted a suc- cessful hockey clinic for Northern Affairs Snowmobile one-time permits now available by JANE E. GREER The Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications has announced that new, one-time snowmobile validation decals are now on sale. The ef- fective date for the new decals is October 1st. Under the new sys- tem, snowmobile own- ers will pay a one-time permit fee of $25.00 and that fee will be valid for the lifetime of the ma- chine. On payment, the Ministry will provide validation tags which are to be placed on the vehicle as follows: - for presently regis- tered vehicles, the two validation tags are to be placed on either side, of the cowling in the same location as previous tags. - for new vehicles regis- tered after October ist, the M.T.C. will issue two identical decals (ap- proximately motorcycle. plate size) to be plac- ed on either side of the cowling. The validation tags are to be placed in the upper righthand cor- ner of the decal, as on a regular licence plate. Snowmobile owners may validate their ve- hicles at any Méinis- try or local motor vehicle licensing office. The new system will eliminate an annual fee and result in a more accurate up-to-date veh- icle registration file. For more informa- tion, please contact your nearest Northern Af- fairs office, located in the Peninsula Building, 2 Gilbert Street, Mara- thon or telephone 229- 1153 or Zenith 33160. THANK YOU Schreiber Fire Department wishes to thank all the workers and participants who helped make the 50th Hallowe'en Dance _@ major success. soared in the past 20 years. In any social shift of this size, there are questions which should be addressed. Is the hockey arena replacing traditional _ institutions such as churches and schools as the source of moral values to the Atom aged players and up. Saturday was spent on skill sessions on ice and with films. Sunday the players competed in games and a 'show- down' with lots going to the winners. It is hoped that this clinic will be offered again next year. The TBMHA would like to thank Bill McDoug- all, Jim Files and the members of the Old Timers, who organized and conducted the clin- ic. This coming week- end; the Terrace Bay Atoms will host Mara- thon, Schreiber and Manitouwadge in the first North Shore action in Terrace Bay this year. Hockey fans are encour- aged to attend these games on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and watch the action provid- ed by the 8-10 year olds. Our PeeWees began their North Shore sea- son this past weekend in Manitouwadge. Scores will be reported next week. House League act- ion resumes on Satur- day, Nov. 26, 1983 for the Mites, Atoms and PeeWees and on Sunday young? Are hockey schools now doing more to transit moral values than religious institu- tions oor regular schools? This question is not a condemnation of the influence of minor hockey programmes. Rather, it asks people to answer this question for themselves. Children often be- come involved in pro- grammes through the interest of their pa- rents. These same pa- rents entrust their child- ren to coaches, man- agers, officials and exe- cutive members with a faith usually accorded to clergy or teachers. There is an inherent belief in the competence of the adults directing the programmes and the activity of hockey it- self. But this belief may blind parents to prob- lems or the possible negative influence of participation. This is not a criticism of the adults involved in the minor hockey programme, but rather is an attempt to increase the awareness of adults, particularly parents, to encourage them to improve the situation where neces- sary. Hockey is not simply short-term fun. It will have long-last influen- ces on your children. Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, November 16, 1983, page 7 This is particularly true when you consider that some children will have greater time involve- ment with coaches than with their school teach- ers. My interest in this issue was heightened a few years ago while studying the prevalen- ce of altruistic acts in more than 100 hockey games. The number of occasions when players expressed concern for opponents could be counted on one's hand. This raised the quest- ion, "Would these child- ren, in adulthood, de- monstrate a similar lack | of concern for others?" Some adults claims that the nature of the game inhibits interest in the welfare of others in that there. are fewer game stoppages in hockey than in football where players help each other up off the ground. Nevertheless, many op- portunities exist in hockey for concerned gestures between play- ers. The lives of our children are important to us, and the kind of society that we develop is our responsibility as parents. In order to ensure a sound and constructive experience for the child- ren, greater attention must be paid to the social influence of the game. In fact, children have a right to a sound, constructive experi- ence, and the adults have a responsibility both to protect this right and to guard against negative and destructive experiences. Above all, parents should educate them- selves to better eval- uate the programmes. If they question the nega- tive aspects, they must have the courage to do something about them. The threat of children being cut from the team or being given less ice time must not deter pa- rents from becoming in- volved in the process of change and improve- ment. Volunteer coaches or officials may be critic- ized, and should be pre- pared to accept it. How- ever, the criticism should be objective and not just designed to solicit more ice time for the child concerned. Minor hockey deser- ves serious and urgent consideration in light of the hundreds of thou- sands of children involv- ed in the programmes and its potential influen- ce on them. It is our sincere hope that, through publications such as this, parents may be assisted in mak- ing decisions for the health and welfare of their children and so- ciety in the future. STAG & DOE in honour of CAROL WEBB & RAY BERGERON Saturday, Nov. 19, 1983 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Schreiber Legion Hall | 19, 1982. IN MEMORIAM WILLIAMSON - In memory of a dear friend, Ileene, who passed away Nov. 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