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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 15 Jun 1994, p. 27

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iement, Eric Calder, Larry Johnston, Ted Snell, Don Awrey, Mike and Wayne Maxner. Also on hand were five members of the 1934 Waterloo Colts. They were Lang, Bill Heer, Walter Hagen, Louis Krueger and Roy Musselman. They golfed, paraded around, played a softball game or two, but in the nd, the hand shakes, hugs and smiles would be the things long rememâ€" ered after the Waterloo junior B hockey club‘s 60th anniverary reunion ver the weekend. Reunion chairman John Thompson, who couldn‘t say enough about the events, is already talking about establishing a Junior B Hockey of Fame wall to go somewhere in the Waterloo Recreation Complex. "T‘ve already talked to Howie (Dietrich, Complex Director of Facility ices and former Waterloo junior B player) and he assured me that it d and will be done," Thompson said. At the banquet, four people were inducted into Waterloo‘s junior B hall fame. They included former team manager Clayt Dotzert, who was for naming the Siskins in 1938; Bob Noble, a former Siskin ; former general manager Peter Brill, who also played for the ins; and former coach and player Gerry Harrigan, who now coaches Owen Sound Platers in the Ontario Hockey League. The reunior attracted over 250 former Waterloo junior B players, cluding former National Hockey League players such as Rosaire Junior B club celebrates big reuunion There‘s no doubt in the mind of Waterloo Minor Soccer President Mike Doherty that if they build it, people will come. Doherty is referring to the organization‘s 12â€"year dream of the construction of an indoor sports facility at Bechtel Park. When built, the $420,000 structure would be a multiâ€"use facility for various sporting and nonâ€"sporting groups in Waterloo. Minor soccer‘s contribution to the building project is $140,000, (33 per cent of the total construction costs) with the balance to be paid through infrastructure funds pendâ€" ing Federal Government approval. The soccer association has already received Waterloo City Council approval. "Our money is in the bank," Doherty said of WMS‘s conâ€" tribution. Money raised for the structure came mostly from chocolate bar sales made over the past 12 years. _ "We put a lot of chocolate bars on the streets and I feel we,aqa:xmninfion,haveliveduptowrsideofthe Ron March, former president of Waterloo Minor Soccer, put the project idea before Waterloo council back in 1982. teen aged players because of a lack of competitiveness with other area teams, saw that there was a real need to bolster amount of training and playing time required if they wanted to be remain competitive and maintain a high profile in the city. An indoor facility would not only benefit the players, but it would be available to hold clinics battered and Waterloo Siskin president Beaupre nmmMam-mmu?&mr-u hockey anniversary reunion over the weekend. Earlier in the mm“hfifimfiflmhwflufl:m“ ) SsPORTS ;. Now, that‘s a lot of chocolate 60 years later BICVCLE REPAIRS ; Waterloo minor soccer aiming to build indoor facility Headsâ€"up Play Expert Repairs To All Makes and Models o Do It Now â€" Avoid The Rush Over 70 years of selling and servicing bicycles in the Kâ€"W area. existing Bechtel office, washrooms, kitchen and change Other options surveyed by WMS included a partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University‘s bubble, but it would involve insufficient playing time; a Bubble at Bechtel Park, which although would be larger, would be less attractive than a permanent structure for roughly the same costs and the Bubble only has a life span of 10 to 15 soccer complex. We‘re trying to encourage community or fitness groups to use the facility. In the winter it can be used by senior walking groups, or even by the local drum and bugle corp." The permanent 200 by 100 feet structure will adjoin the for coaches and referee. The building could also be availâ€" able preseason training for fastball teams as well as a indoor practice area for university football teams. ‘We want people to know that this just isn‘t an indoor WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994 â€" PAGE 27 years. The other option studied included leasing the Northfield Bubble, but it proved to be too costly. This is the year when soccer either makes or breaks it with finicky North American sporting enthusiast. Thank goodness the hockey playoffs are over, but it will baseball and basketball take a back seat when the 24 teams competing in the World Cup USA 94 hit the big American cities from June 17 to July 17 When looking at the big picture, it becomes crystal clear that soccer has come to invade North America. Whether it will conquer North Americans is another issue. It‘s best to sit back with your favorite beverage and snack because the television air waves will be drowning in soccer as TSN promises to cover 41 of the 52 games. Pete‘s Predictions Germany, Italy and Brazil will be the teams to watch. Germany consists of many of players, such as Lothar Matthaeus and Jurgen Klinsmann, who helped the team win the 1990 World Cup, while Brazil is a stylish team Italy has to be considered a favorite, backed by Europe‘s top scorer in Roberto Baggio, the FIFA Player of the Year. In terms of outside teams, Nigeria has the potential to surprise everyone â€" they‘re the champions of Africa. Mexâ€" ico and South Korea could also do very well in this World However, I‘m picking Germany. C 0 M P a n v """.nm 11 a.m.â€"6 p.m. ra@t _ Including Holidays 181 King St. S., Waterloo Sunday

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