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j 1 Great Selection of EXI New or Reconditioned | RIP Aycy t \ CSR P 4 Kâ€"Ws who‘s who of business, educanon? culture as ;'/eliva the However, one of the criteria for a centre to host the Games is the strength of its arts and culture community. With that in mind, Zehr and his 15â€"member Kâ€"W committee will be gathering at the Canaâ€" dian Clay and Glass Gallery later in the day on Tuesday where members of the Site Selection Committee get to hobnob with with Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo already has some top facilities in University stadium‘s artificial turf, the diving faciliies of Waterloo Swimplex, and the track at Kitchener‘s Centennial Stadium along with its mulâ€" titude of baseball and fastball diamonds throughout the area. What makes Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo right for these Games is its size Its not too large, where athletes and visitors get lost going from one venue to the other, nor is it too small, where it can‘t facilitate the large crowds. Instead, the University of Waterloo will be the Athâ€" letes Village and through the foresight of the Kâ€"Ws forefathers, the Conestoga Parkway will allow athletes to get to most venues within 15 minutes. Only sailing and canoeing events, which would be held at Conestoga Lake and Guelph Lake, would take longer to get to. ‘I know that North York Mayor Mel Lastman has said that he hopes to get the 2001 Games and use it as a stepping stone for the 2008 Olympics. That could backfire on him because I don‘t think that the Canada Games people would want these Games to be a test run for the Olympics," said Zehr. We‘re going to have to have all jur guns blazing if we‘re going to make an impression on these peoâ€" ple." Zehr said of the selection comâ€" mittee, which will also be touring Windsor, London, Harmitonâ€"Wentworth, Niagara Region, Sudbury/North Bay, Peterâ€" borough and North York. If Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo makes the Games‘ short list of three cenâ€" tres, Zehr, an accountant, and his group will have to sharpen their pencils and put in a leaner bid to the Canada Games Council ‘There are a number of communities with raw facilities, but we have to say, What do we have to do to make us stand above the rowd." Representing the Ministry of Cul ture and Recreation, the group will visit Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo next Tuesâ€" day to tour the city, check out the facilities to be used if Kâ€"W is awarded the Games, and sit through a twoâ€"hour presentation by the Kâ€" W 2001 Canada Games Bid Comâ€" miltee itchenerâ€"Waterioo has a solid base of volunteers, topâ€" notch hciliuomddnkmwpmonunjorspon- ing and cultural events. Just ask anyone who was involved with the 1986 Labatt‘s Brier and the 1994 Scott Tournament of Hearts curling tournaments and Oktoberfest. In fact, that‘s something Carl Zehr hopes the eightâ€"member Site Selection Committee for the 2001 ’ ’ Canada Games get to do when they l visit the area next week m Group seeks 2001 Canada Games nod Â¥ Kâ€"W to /mpressSite New or Reconditioned | WTATTU 2t «* ...-.-ococ.o-oo-oo.c..---vo.-ooaoocnoaonoootonacqccoaoooo Both teams lost over the weekend (Laurier 13â€"10 to Univerâ€" sity of Toronto Blues and Western dropping a 6â€"1 decision to Waterloo Warriors) and over the past three seasons neither team has dropped two games in a row; Western (4â€"1) is batâ€" Just how important is Thursday nights OUAA football game at University Stadium between Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks and University of Western Ontario Mustangs? The Warrior touchdown also came on a botched field goal when holder and quarterback Ryan Wilkinson, who couldn‘t handle a low snap, scrambled to his left while fullback Doug Haidner alertly got open in the end zone. Wilkinâ€" son hit him with a 14â€"yard pass for the game winning points. A subsequent twoâ€"point convert attempt failed. While Waterloo had two field goal attempts blocked, Mustangs managed to score its only point on a botched field goal. Hovering inside the Waterloo 20 yard line, Western faced a thirdâ€"down and six yards to go with 26 seconds left on the clock. But the Mustangs had run out of lastâ€"minute miracles. The Warrior pass rush got hold of Mustang quarterback Jordan Haylor and forced an offâ€"balance throw that fell incomplete. The Warrior offense managed to run out the clock. It was a win that will be remembered for years to come at Waterloo for several reasons. First, it was the lowest scoring game by Western since 1973. Second, all the points were scored on blotched plays; and third, Warriors not only defeated the Mustangs, they defeated the No. 1 ranked team in the CIAU. WLU faces an uphill battle Loss tomorrow night could dim Hawks playoff chances "When we go to Windsor, we need to be accountable for what we did here over the weekend," he added. "My biggest fear is that the country suddenly realizes that there is another football team in town, then we go to Windsor and lose. People will just think that our win was just a bubble. After a momentous victory such as Saturday‘s, comes a coaches biggest worry: over confidence this Saturday in Windsor against the 1â€"4 Lancers The big factor of the game was the Warrior defense and the pressure put on by linebacker Jason Van Geel. "He got to Haylor early and often in the first quarter and 1 think it shook Haylor up," said Warrior defensive coorâ€" dinator Chris Triantafilou. Waterloo Warrior running back Jarrett Smith bulls his way through a l"‘ wall of Western Mustang defenders. _ [ ~â€" In past years Warriors would have Laurier not only lost the game wm.lky also lost starting quarterback Kevin McDonald in the first half of the â€" o_ (Continued on page 27) tling to retain first place in the OUAA and regain its No. 1 CIAU ranking; Laurier (3â€"2) knows another loss would make it an upâ€"hill battle all the way to the playoffs; and, the game, which starts at 6 p.m., will be televised on TSN, Quarterback Ryan Wilkinson passed for only 79 yards on 10 completions, but those numbers included a 39 hookâ€"up with receiver Adrian Thorne late in the fourth quarter which eventually led to the winning touchdown. ing Western, Triantafilou says that this years Warriors are more businessâ€"like. "They have a job to do and that‘s what is expected of them." Although Warriors failed to score an offensively planned touchdown, they were able to run the ball against Westâ€" em, which is an accomplishment in it self. Fullback Eddie Kim rambled for 98 yards on 15 carries, while running back Jarrett Smith totaled 83 yards on 23 carâ€" becnauhmhlwnaflalhcviamlnd while there is a lot of satisfaction to beatâ€" 12 Noon â€" 6 pm., Including Holidays 181 King St. S., Waterloo Coil FREE Unpercar Lofl 355 Weber St., (Corner of Weber & Colu )PEN MON. â€" SAT. 6 AM TO 6 PM Exhau