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32 « WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, May 7, 2008 SUNDAY MAY 25th, 2008 Registration 9:00am DICKSON ARENA @aramra, Preâ€"registration: Saturday, May 24th from 11:00 a.m. to z.m at... RotaryiClassicl2"5} m/51.iml Working together to drive change Visit your local CAA Store to pick up a free Green Pages booklet with great savings, discounts and ecoâ€"tips. ®CAA and CAA logo trademarks owned by and use is granted by the Canadian Automobile Association. gFA Weele+ [A Nactaiex CY 4 AnerAAMen i omm CAA Autogreen To find your closest CAA Store or for more information CALL 1â€"800â€"992â€"8143 CLICK www.caasco.com{/autogreen Auto Insurance Travel bicuens cattantpime w on [g) consss rrust Stefanie Merkle put on a solid performance at last weekend‘s Elite Ontario Championships in Ancaster, Ont., and came away with a berth to the Canadian National Championships in Calgary, Ala., June 1â€"8. "Stefanie is becoming one of the top gymnasts in the country for her age,"_said coaches Aaron and Angela Brokenshire. "She is learning to comâ€" pete and fight for her goals. "Her state of mind and in particular her calmâ€" ness during the competition was truly impressive. Many hours of training have gone into this mileâ€" stone and this is a huge reward for that hard work." Seventeen gymnasts competed for six spots on Team Ontario in the novice high performance division and a berth to the nationals. Merkle fought through a fall on the bars to secure a sixth allâ€"around finish. The diminutive 12â€"yearâ€"old Merkle is the first gymnast to make it to the national champiâ€" onships from a twin cities gymnastics club in seven years and the first for the upstart Revoluâ€" tion Gymnastics, which opened four years ago. Continued from page : "I have contacts down there (in the United States) with guys I played with or coached me, and being able to call them is a huge benefit from a personal relationship standpoint. I really enjoy trying to find the best fit for each player." ~ D‘Arcy was actually thinking of becoming an agent when he was approached by Daniel Bouchard to join him in a business agreement with Don Reynolds and Uptown Sports Manageâ€" ment Inc. That didn‘t come to fruition. "They were kind of spinning their wheels a bit on a few different issues. We weren‘t heading in the same direction, so I decided to go off on my own. I felt working with players of this age group and heading them into the direction of a scholarâ€" ship is the way I wanted to go," he said. Though D‘Arcy does have contacts at U.S. colâ€" leges, he doesn‘t just make calls to people he knows. He does his homework and tries to find the best fit for a player, as well as making sure their SAT/ACT tests are completed and going to ® f P tk B e J L & y 2 a & . o . i a # Public Meeting Northeast Waterloo Elementary Schools Boundary Study Thursday, May 15, 2008 * 7:00â€"9:00 p.m. . Lester B. Pearson PS, 520 Chesapeake Dr., Waterioo In December 2007, Trustees of the Waterloo Region DSB directed staff to undertake a boundary study for the elementary schools in the northeast quadrant of Waterloo. The purpose of the study is to better balance enroiment and school program needs for a number of schools in the area. Through the course of this study, weâ€"have determined that * t solutions can be more effectively resolved by dividing the | _ study area into two parts. » ‘ " _ You are invited to this meeting to view and comment on the \‘ j boundary scenarios developed to address the enrolment d situation at Lester 8. Pearson PS. Learning * Caring * Comnecting Chakperson of t Board Drncte of Education Merkle qualifies for national meet For those school communities outside of the Lester B. Pearson scenarios, we will share with you the process and timing as we continue to look at Sandowne, Lexington, Lincoln Heights, Winston Churchill, Bridgeport, Elizabeth Ziegler, Margaret Avenue and MacGregor Public Schools. Please note that no decisions about boundaries for this area have been made at this time. Based on the information and feedback gathered at this meeting, we will develop boundary recommendations for the Lester B. Pearson PS Community for consideration by the Waterloo Region DSB this June 2008. We look forward to meeting with you and thank you for your patience during this boundary study process. wwrw.boundaryfeedback@wrdsb.on.ca To view current Boundary Study Meeting Agendas, Minutes & Resource Materials, visit: werw.wrdsb.on.ca/boundaryâ€"gerieral.php Planning Department â€" Business Services _ Waterloo Region DSB Education Centre, Building 4 â€" 2 51 Ardelt Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2R5 Feedback & Inquiries â€" Website Address: "I went to see Stefan play a couâ€" ple times and talked to his coaches, and coaches in his league. We talked about the process and what we were up against, what we had to work on and _ towards," D‘Arcy said. "Stefan is a cenâ€" treman, so I look and see who is graduating a cenâ€" treman and that could be about half the schools, so that narrows it down. Then I look to my conâ€" tacts and call them first and work my way down." But don‘t call him an agent. Technically, because the players aren‘t profesâ€" sional athletes and don‘t get payed to play, I‘m not an agent. I‘m a family advisor." Stefanie Merkle Athletic Recruitment Group have the talent ... but they just don‘t have the contacts." â€"Ryan D‘Arcy "There‘s a lot of kids I‘ve played with and seen that And _ D‘Arcy believes there is a huge need for "family advisors." "There‘s a lot of kids I‘ve played with and seen that have the talent, the marks, are a great kid and come from a great family, but they just don‘t have the contacts. "Maybe their coach or GM doesn‘t have the contacts, _ and when the word isn‘t out there to the scouts some players may slip through the fan of NCAA hockâ€" ey and said that more players should be explorâ€" ing that avenue. Especially when the chances of coming out of the Ontario Hockey League with an NHL contract are slim. Going to the U.S., even if a player‘s hockey career ends, their education _ has been paid for. D‘Arcy is a big