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a - wnuuoo Cit-(mun -Wedneada 1mm 26. zoiz Gl'llIIlpfl’S a Belieber NOW OPEN â€" SILVANA HOLIDWAY, GERI LYNN BARIDW BRITTANY MCCANN f you're reading this. then we have escaped the Mayan prediction of the world's end. 83 ELYSHA’HOLLOWAY Since i don't put much stock in those forecasts. i actually put together this endâ€"of-year old guy's rant before the Dec. 21 target. HAPPY NFW YEAR' in the middle of Christmas and new year festivities and celebrations. i should be happy ‘ ° and celebratory. And for the most part. i am. I hope you are too. - ~ However. my grandchildren don't call me Grumpa for nothing We been known to comâ€" 15% OFF.any ha" service ment on a basis about things that tick me off in a varie of areas and today's to ic til I n 3| t ty p un ‘ ‘ S has been on Grumpa's list for a long time. -( tritivrt'uiting [it (Mom - Human Hair Extensions And while it doesn‘t have anything to do with sports in general or golf in particular. the - Kcntin Nlriightening - Mannures/ PrdKum issue hit my tipping point during the halftime show of the 100th Grey Cup game earlier this - loll liighlighh - hauls. Waxingdt Mlkll More year. 3 3 3 3 3 - run“ it Up no ~ - lxpcrtm In 0th it t‘uxtum Hm ( 'nlour l have loved the Grey Cup and the CFL style of play since seeing my first championship in _ _ 3 Toronto in the mid-1950s I can't see that ever changing. 3 5l9â€"744-3762 - l 83 Victoria St. N.. Kitchener But Grumpa was seething this year when he heard Canadians booing our Stratfordraised ’ ’ " __.. ‘“ ' "" ‘ ‘ â€"" "‘ "“"iwâ€" teen idol lustin Bieber during the halftime show. Hey. the Biebs style isn‘t my cup of tea. but I get irate when Canadians â€" noted for our love. respect and sensibility 3 , 3 3 33 3 "3 for all (notwithstanding ‘ -* “egg-m ‘ Ki i -A . /"' ‘r 3 l l ll l‘l i ll Stupie Harper and Faulty ' ‘1 D “ ‘ l” “ Ba 'NG We {‘3’ \ l] ‘ McGuinty) dump all over . 3 3.333;}: I 3 . . â€" , if '- " ‘ :I . VJ ,_, \ 3 3') . I “HI Canadians who have reached * TOWN - film " , 3. ' ' \ l l ’ star status in that giant coun- ih . -. ._ - ‘ N «a D O t I - 3.. tryjustbelowourboarder. ' ‘ ' ' “ "‘ ‘ I A 45:11" ”3‘3 -. ‘ ‘ ' No. it wasn't about Bieber. 4 DAYS ONLY. .. .. . .3 .4“ ' 3' . 33 3 3 3 . 3 ‘ This goes back a few decades C “BER '15" UN '0 “We ° magnum...” ~ when Maple Learns first .Dt b .. . , ,6. . .. - “W NS MORE it) w started to trash-talk or bad- ' w. ,5 74 mouth a young woman who I , 3 . . ‘ w ., â€" believe was me best female ‘ ' {‘5 ,.-’ ~ Gado- (oo'at m3 singer in the world then and . 3v, _ .3 I . . m 20H (cit-am 503 m ll 3a“ m 335 BILL “SKIP" still is mm _. . . 33; ”2cm m m“ / JOHNS [don’t have enough musi- 3 3 23% " . .*-"&' Silet‘I'lM “mm,“m cal acumen to be a judge on 3’" w. . a W” 403 wmwcag'ul, .. ..,). . ..‘50 those TV talent shows, but i . ‘ - “if”. 0.. Col m “on know a magnificent voice when I hear one. That was ."’ ‘ . . a .355- “. 2°” cm 203" “‘9‘"e 0‘" 3'! 3 $15 the casewhen i first heard Quebec's Celine Dion. J. .- -- 4;. we." “trimaran“: .. . ' 3,. ._ " * '. “a." m - M a... Asa longtime Barbra Streisand follower. l was more K ~ 33 l”. 3 3 0.; suyr an m . ‘40 act: soon Guam 3“ $ than happy to put Dion at the top of my female fave LL l 3, 3 '2 M It“. a w on. whine» SM up to 8m ,. 15 list, especially since she was Canadian. Also high on ' .. Fad-ion Pant “are“ that list. and vin us the best two female singers in L . . . 8 L . 0"! " "’9' a" ‘5’ 203'? ”a" W” 315 their genre at the time. was another Canadian, Shania ' - WW" Mn » ‘ w ‘ he! " However. as the years went on. more and more peo~ . 3 5: fi,% 5” » ‘ $125 pie i talked music with would belittle or demean Dion. '1- 'i’ A” “l" a“. w Oll'I “9001””? W! W b 3" Now. i understand Dion does have an over-the-top . c u 20: 2 cot-m 503 ._ _3 w style in her singing â€" the chest beating, arms flailing. ' " . ‘ ‘- 60! 3 m " etc. â€" but in the long term. shouldn't it really be about in...“ » 3* s'. F“ ’0” CM" ww W her voice, it's range and delivery. if you don't like her M i 3' " hula 3“ m - theatrics don't watch. lust listen. ~. . .. cum 3. s M , 3 ‘ ‘ "in” “V .1 : ' '° :32 C ' flogge- Ms'lfliln ‘61 Years ago i read or heard â€" and believed â€" that 3:3. ). 3' . . h. zen cm m “I r; madly M after Dion started massing giant sums of money. she '1’ . . ” ‘6‘ . a . ' ‘ ° " '5 dolled out a million dollars each to her parents and her .. .. . v . «he... lmm 333 - 5153' . {It 33 3,. -» *~ . 0mm m :1"? $33115“ it)! 3'” many siblings. Wow. how can you not respect a person :32. We; . 3.3; “ .33 33 WI- 3333:: W who shows that kind of family love? .~ "’3 3 . .. ‘f 3 mfifis‘“ no 329 33: Ghost Manta and a Long Deity Putter At three score and 15, l have a bucket list ofsorts. i? 33 V 3-}. 33‘s? Worm 3m TWO of the items on it are as follows: i would love to 3 i ’ - 7L - it; may MU! n" go to a Dion show. And knowing she is a golf nut. l ‘ 3 3. . . 33 I would love to do a round of golf with her. f’ Al D... m ‘35 g?» mum-ed "my" 3 As a retired sponswriter on a limited pension. the 3.55.? Al I)... W Woods 350 W on. mesq- SAVI SIM llo odds of those two things happening are long at best. "n" S when Stuff But who knows? The world didn't end. ‘1‘?“W m3». mswalwm ‘ no. ” 33 -‘ 23‘ "-3 5: Rf“. . 3 99. I”! 3". '50 Bill (Skip) [ohm retired from fullii'me sports writing 3 _' ’ ‘ 32" ‘- N Set: 2 .. w 0* in 2002 but can be reached at: skipst‘ltipx@golden.net. - . 2m 2 Believe Package '%'n x I weavwsmstu 9225 if” ' ”on ’ ‘ " wks ~ '69 the Ge. .3. 3 . 5‘ 33 .3 3 3,3 «3,3,, ,3, :10 3333333333: 3 Ha host tourney *l ‘9 t“¥%€~33‘3 no grimy-nun ta . .. ., ‘3” The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks play host to a ‘ 3. 3‘. .-, - 3. 3. (123.5. 7-3 2:33;”. w' n It” ‘10 Web half dozen women's hockey teams next weekend at it ' " ‘ “"2 ‘ a. 21) HP has. 0pc Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. 5‘ ~ «$3.3m . mm, W , S wmmm) 335° lolning the nationally ranked Hawks from Dec. 28 “x . 3;; l mummuu . 75 m " m30aretheGuel hG homanndGiiiMartietsof ,. . w P WP “g... 4" " an. ' his" m 2.0 mambo tram up: the crs. as well as the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers. W ‘ ’ .. .3 . ,. 0mm win-m s Mum) 3 Cambridge Rlvulettes and London Devilettes of the ‘ antinerlfllflu 15 mute-mu. 45° ProvincialWomen'sHockeylAague. Extended HolIdJV Hours Fm In”! store hours and lonitmm llsll gnlltlmn 'tll'l atllleltlt not mfimzrgm fifim‘fzmlfigghsliglgfggl- dents and seniors. Single-game tickets are $8 for adults. 86 for students and seniors and $2 for children under 12.