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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, March 20, 1985 Terrace Bay The Terrace Bay-Schreiber News is published every Wednesday by: A Laurentian Publishing Co. Ltd., Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario, POT 2W0. Schreiber : Telephone: (807) 825-3747. GENERAL/ADVERTISING MANAGER ................. Vivian Ludington ET ORR 5 eee oes sc cee Pe ee ee Kelley Ann Chesley : OFFICE....... Se asa, Sig ee eee ane naa. vs nau Irene Folz PRODUCTION MANAGER..................... 00: eee eens Mary Melo y ' On . , Our Sports and Leisure From the reactions of the people questioned this week, sports, recreation and leisure of any type, seem to be big on their list of priorities. Not only are we wanting facilities for ourselves, but also for our children. With the children, their attention span is short, and it is good for them to be able to try many diversified sports and leisure activities. The communities in our region along with Terrace Bay/Schreiber and Rossport are beginning to grow, and the people as a group should be aware of that growth, and keep abreast of the changes that may need to be made. It is not until after a project, development or exer- cise has experienced trial and error, practiced routines and policies, and established a strong record history, that things begin to fall into place. The "routine" unfolds and becomes limitless, but goals and objectives remain clear. : There is much athletic talent in our area, and much artistic talent that lies untapped. We clearly see "our" hockey players becoming successful and soon our badmintdn players, gymnasts, basketball players etc. will prove their natural abilities. The News will always try to announce cultural activities taking place in this area. We believe music, arts, dance, etc. have soon to get their fair chance in the North. There have been many grants and loans from the government lately, big ones, to many galleries, museums etc. in our area. We I suppose don't get much out of that since we have none of those public buildings. Let's hope the government will continue to spend, to pro- vide our area with recreational and cultural stimulation, so we may Dear Sir: keep abreast of the growth of the province while offering our children The Melville the diversities of life Millionaires in conjunction : with the Saskatchewan Heritage Year, are spon- soring the Melville Millioinaires Reunion, August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1985 in the, Melville Stadium. The Reunion includes players from 1908-1985, who played either Senior, Intermediate or Junior Hockey with the Melville Millionaires. Also any coaches, executive, trainers, stick boys, team doctors, Millionaire Queens, or anyone who has billeted a Millionaire Hockey Player. We are asking you, the readers, if you would kind- ly forward us information Meliville r Millionaires concerning the above such as names and addresses. We truly don't want to miss anyone so your co- operation would be truly appreciated. Pass this in- formation to your friends, maybe they know of so- meone. We are hoping to be mailing invitations out in the next two weeks. So we urgently require this in- formation shortly so our mailing lists can be completed. 'Please forward informa- tion to the Millionaire Reu- nion Committee, Box 2197, Melville, Sask. SOA 2P0 or phone Glenda at ~~ Letters to the editor The Terrace Bay-Schreiber News invites readers to write letters to the editor on any subject. All letters must be signed, and it would be helpfu! to include a telephone number in case we have to check the veracity of the letter. However, the writer's name may be withheld from - publication, if requested. Although there can be no guarantee of publication, the "News" will attempt to publish all letters, space permitting. All letters are subject to editing for style, taste and length. [he opinions expressed in letters to the editor are strictly the opinion of the writer, and not necessarily 728-4205, area code 306. those of the newspaper. Sincerely, Address your letters to: The Editor, The Melville Millionaires Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario. POT Reunion Committee, L 2wo. oe Melville. Sask. Did You Know It was 40 years ago, March 18th, 1937, when the Schreiber Colts Senior Hockey. Team defeated the Port Arthur and Fort William teams to win the Coleman Cup in the first year of competition. Arthur Black "Well, you see, officer .. . A couple of months ago I decorated this space with some mus- ings about excuses -- specifically, ex- cuses that inventive drivers have us- ed when stopped by the police for speeding. . Personally, I'm a failure at that sort of thing. As soon as a policeman looks me in the eye I start to sweat and clear my throat and babble like an axe-murderer. But some folks don't suffer from a guilty conscience. As a matter of fact, it's rather amaz- ing how fertile the human mind can be under duress. My favourite excuse came from the fellow who kept a dead bee on his dashboard. Whenever he was pulled over for speeding, he'd point to the corpse, apologize profusely, and ex- plain that this damned bee had been flying around the car and he'd been trying to swat it and ... heh, heh ... "'T guess the old foot just went down on the accelerator a little too hard."' Worked like a charm. Until a suspicious radar patrolman asked if he could just have a closer squint at the dead bee. The driver had a lot of trouble ex- plaining how a bee that had supposed- ly been buzzing around the car just minutes ago, came to have dust-caked ~ wings. That driver won the unofficial award for Most Creative Excuse for speeding. He also won a summons for doing 85 in a 55 miles-per-hour zone. In any case, my "Speeding Ex- cuse" column seems to have stirred the brain pans of a dozen or so readers, all of whom sent in their favourite excuses which have or haven't pulled the wool over the eyes of the Boys in Blue. Such as the tale out of San An- tonio, Texas recently. Gerald Mar- ple, an officer in the San Antonio P.D. swears that a driver told him the reason he'd been doing 110 miles per hour was that he'd just left a car wash and he was trying to blow dry his car. Says Officer Marple: "His story would have been more believeable if the guy hadn't tried to hide his car behind a building."' Not a bad story, but definitely pale beside the one out of Stettler, Alber- ta, where 18 year old David Zurfluh went on trial last week. A few weeks ago, apparently after hoisting a few, Zurfluh had been nabbed by the Mounties and placed in the back seat of a cruiser to await a breathalizer: test. According to RCMP Constable Bill Robinson, Zurfluh attempted to beat the breathalizer by absorbing the alcohol in his system. Zurfluh at- tempted to accomplish that by ... well ... eating his shorts, actually. : Working on the theory that cotton soaks up alcohol, Zurfluh ripped the crotch out of his shorts, stuffed the fabric in his mouth, then spat it out. Many of the spectators in the cour- troom had trouble. containing themselves. An epidemic of snorts, chortles and guffaws rippled across the courtroom. The magistrate even had to evict a few onlookers, all of them with tears in their eyes. I don't see what the big joke is. Just because a guy takes the label "Fruit of the Loom" too seriously ...