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Sportlight --» 00 Paul Wylie taking on tough challenge Russell Arena Manager Paul Wylie isn't new to the field of recreation. Mr. Wylie was born in Toronto in June of 1946. Paul's parents were in the armed forces and it allowed him to travel throughout Canada. He also spent two years in Germany. Because of his parent's travels, Paul attended six different elementary schools and four dif- ferent high schools. He graduated from Algonquin College in 1970 with a recreation leadership diploma. In late Fall of 1970, Paul married Sandy Foshay. He now lives in Ottawa and has a son, Troy. Work is nothing new for Paul. He started working in the summer of 1960 as a playground instructor and until he turned 17, he con- tinued to volunteer his services at the local pool in Bagotville, Que. At 17 he was a lifeguard instruc- tor. Mr. Wylie taught swimming until he left Bagotville at the age of 20 to start his career in recrea- tion. The City of Ottawa employed Paul as an instructor and desk at- tendant in 1976 which left him in charge of five different pools in the two years he stayed at that position. He transferred to community Russell Arena Manager Paul Wylie aboard new ice resurfacer. Mr. Wylie brings to his new job a wealth of experience to better serve Russell residents. services branch in 1969 and work- ed out of local community cen- tres. Mr. Wylie was promoted to } area supervisor at Carleton Heights in 1973. An application for a, position at Goulbourn. Township proved suc- cessful in his effort to advance himself in the field of recreation. As recreation director, Paul was involved in the preparation of budgets, community programs and community school programs. After two years at Goulbourn there were staff cutbacks and as a result, he was out of a job. Five months later he became ~ 1492 YOUVILLE DRIVE, ORLEANS, ONTARIO HOWARD D. 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Already, Russell residents can en- joy the Fitness and Cross-Country Ski Trail which was constructed this past summer through a grant from the federal government. Also there is a morning break for Moms and Tots including exercise and social programs, creative dance on Saturday morn- ings with over 40 local children participating. There is an English language program at Embrun High School during the day with 24 local immigrants participating. And many other events have made the Dr. F.A. Kinnaird Communi- ty Centre the most papular in ~ town. The arena was painted last sum- mer and renovations have been made to the Lion's canteen. A new $22,000 Olympia Ice resur- facer was purchased in November with $10,000 coming from a grant from the provincial government. Mr. Wylie doesn't regret his return to recreation. He gets a great deal of satisfaction out of his job and gets along with the Russell Recreation Association. 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Dave Hutchison, a veteran NHL defenseman was no loss to the team seeing he wasn't much of a hockey player anyway, The Leafs haven't won a Stanley Cup since 1967 and the fans are hungry for a winner. Because of the problems between management and players, Darryl Sittler resigned his captaincy. It has been said on a number of occasions that if Sittler didn't have a no-trade contract, he would also be gone. League President John Zeigler said the NHL wouldn't honor the no- trade clause in Sittler's contract. It looks like a few more seasons before Ballard and his Leafs get to sip out of the Stanley Cup. : 2K kK The 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics could spell the end to the Games. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has prompted countries in- cluding Canada and the United States to threaten to boycott the games. ~ Canada and the U.S. have set Feb. 20 as the deadline for the Soviets to pull their troops out of Afghanistan. Pulling the 1980 Games out of Moscow seems tobe impossible, both politically and physically. A partial boycott is almost certain. Changing the site of the Games is unrealistic. Montreal's Olympic Village is almost at full capacity. Therefore, housing would be a major problem because of the housing needed for the thousands of athletes, officials and journalists attending the Games. The International Olympic Committee is involved in a contract with Moscow. Cancellation will probably spell the end of the modern Olympics. The suggestion of staging the Games in different locations isn't wor- thwhile because it would reduce the competition to ordinary world championships. The purpose of the Olympics is to bring athletes from around the world together for two weeks of athletic events, competing against the world's best. A boycott of the Olympics for political reasons is nothing new. Although organizers insist that politics don't play a major role .in the Olympics, they know politics mixes with sports all the time. With the flags, anthems and other national customs major world powers hope to get their national anthem played the most and have their flag raised the most times. In 1956, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain all withdrew -from the Melbourne Games in protest over the Russian invasion of Hungary. In the same year, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon all pulled out because of the Suez War. Because athletes from Taiwan were invited, China sabe refus- ed to take part. j The 1976 Montreal Olympics were marred when 28 African countries pulled out because of sporting links between New Zealand sates white- sminority ruled South Africa. Although Canadians athletes are mixed in reaction to Prime Minister Joe Clark's threatened boycott, I think it is better if all western coun- tries boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in protest over Russia'sinva- sion of Afghanistan. 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