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And at the end. it was unâ€" animous. The course at Friâ€" day‘s Oktoberfest Invitaâ€" tional Crossâ€"Country run at Chicopee Ski Club was one of the toughest. if not the toughest. around. By Rick Campbell Chronicle Sports Editor Some ran expressionless. some cursed and swore. many grimaced and most grunted and groaned. Well over 1.000 runners from high schools across the provinee took part in the run. which acted as a superb conditioning prep for upâ€" coming regional and provinâ€" cial championships. ‘*That was our philosophy. to make the course as tough as possible." said coâ€"chairâ€" man Charlene Kopansky of Waterloo collegiate. who along with fellow WCI teacher John Zdrahal inâ€" vested many long hours in preparation of the gala event. "*The kids needed that sort of course. to make them work harder for the upcoming CWOSSA and JEFF KNILL of Waterlioo collegiate (right) has a determined look on his face as he sets to tackle a steep hill in Friday‘s crossâ€"country run along with John Martin of Laurel (left). HOURS Mon.â€"Sat. 9â€"5 Tues.â€"Wed. 9â€"6 Thurs.â€"Fri. 9â€"7:30 â€"«Country ist wunderbar! Fall "SPECIALS" are in effect from Oct. 10 â€" Nov. 10, 1980 â€" â€"FALL SPECIALS ‘TREND UNISEX We Take Your Hair Seriously" Boasting one of the stronâ€" gest contingents of high school runners possible, the Oktoberfest team title was won by Georgetown high school. while Wateriloo came second. Georgetown wlso won overâ€"all girls and overâ€"all boys as a result of sweeping the midget and junior categories. Waterioo also did well in the younger sections. placâ€" ing second in midget girls and third in midget. boys and junior girls. OFSAA events Senior girl Giselle Kavanâ€" agh had WCI‘s top finish of the day with a fourth while midget boy Mike Weber had an outstanding ninth. Also placing well for WCI were midget Debbie Rich (13th). junior Tom Falk (12th). junâ€" itor Lauren Whorwood (17th) and senior Kent Bauman who was 29th. Bluevale collegiate also had a strong showing. espeâ€" cially on their traditionally strong girls‘ side. Maureen Oesch finished a fine fifth in COMPLETE PERSONAL SERVICE For MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN For The Professional Difference Call 885â€"5720 82 BRIDGEPORT RD. TOWERS PLAZA WATERLOG A creative shop. Located in the middle of Waterloo. Providing a Jan Brubacher of Waâ€" terlooâ€"Oxford was the only Waterloo County individual winner. taking the junior girls in a time of 13:24. **We tried to utilize the course to its maximum. we used all the terrain to give as much variety as posâ€" sible." said Kopansky. who along with Zdrahal was lauded for the event‘s exâ€" cellent organization. as well as the challenging course. junior girls. Martha MacEaâ€" chern in midget girls and Nick Cipp in junior boys each came 10th. and Elaine Atkinson came 13th in junior girls. The Waterloo County championships are scheâ€" duled for Grand River colleâ€" giate Friday with CWOSSA the following week. **Everything went just faâ€" bulous." she said. We had a really good day. super weather and a lot of enthuâ€" siasm from evervone." OVERALL ist Georgetown 2nd Waterloo 3rd Montcalm OVERALL GIRLS 1st Georgetown 2nd Waterioo 3rd Montcalm OVERALL BOYS ist Georgetown 2nd Bishop Ryan 3rd Waterioo ALDERMAN IN WATERLOO JOHN SHORTREED REâ€"ELECT John Shortreed is a graduate of Western and Queen‘s in Civil Engineering. A resident of Waterioo since 1965 he is married with 4 children. in these columns he is presenting some of his ideas for Waterioo. * With a current budget of over 2 milâ€" lion dollars, fire protection is an imâ€" portant item in our budget. We have one of the best trained and equipped fire departments for our size of city, and we want to keep it that way. Hoâ€" wever, we must l6ok at the recent developments in fire equipment and in computer technology to see if there are ways to provide protection withâ€" out dramatic increases in costs. Proâ€" tection for life can not be sacrificed. FIRE PROTECTION TEAM RESULTS FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE PHONE 805â€"4027 10 15 17 Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, October 15, 1980 â€" Page 19 BLUEVALE MIDGET girl Kim Crawford balances herselft as she passes the crest of a hill and heads into the second half of the race. but with an average fire loss of less than one million dollars perhaps we can look at some reduction in our proâ€" tection of property. A task force is currently being established by the city to look into the provision of fire proâ€" tection. I hope that it will include peoâ€" ple from the insurance industry and the computer industry as well as fire protection people. in this way we can find the best level of fire protection for our city.