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32 - WATER! t)t ) (JlII‘ONllllli - Wednesday, lk1't~iiiber M, 2014 Calmness and sensible thinking at the top of wish list rs been my habit at this time of year to was struggling with integration, and you did it quickly. action and racial profiling Compared to the Ido my annual “presents" and “lumps of much of it focused on southern Years ago on a spring football 19503 and 1960s, the better pan of the last may“ column where l highlight the good states seminar/golf junket to South four decades has shown people of all colors and [be notâ€"sogood filings of the past I spent a lot of time when I 1 la 3; y Carolina with my buddies from and nationalities can get along, year. was a preteen with two sets of 7 . Wilfrid Laurier, I remember a let's get back to tint mindset and hope- Instead, l'm lUS( going to make one wide- grandparents in Chatham, Ont. ”’ “it” couple of the younger dudes in fully fewer people will die needlessly. ranging “wish" for the my Orzo“, all of 2015 My Lauriston grandparents é” « ; the Golden Hawks group decid- Of course not all killings will stop but we and hopefully the rest oftime. lived on one side of the small F ‘ . g, 5 ed to dive into the motel’s out- sure could drastically reduce the number of The wish is rm calmness, sensible think- community and weren‘t far from ,. door pool from the second floor senseless deaths with more concern from all mg and sincere concern for all the habitants the “black" community which 3 walkway. sides of the issues of what | consider the best places on Earth. had been settled during the 3. They had had a few while Not a real Christmassy column for the And that would be North America, focusing time of the “underground railâ€" .. Tuffy and crew were away and night before, but best wishes to one and all on my two favorite countries in the world: road.” When slam fled the US. " ‘ ignored the manager’s request to for tomorrow and the new year. (anada and (he United States ofAmerica. and found jobs. homes and ‘ stop. Moments later the police Oh. just one other wish. And that would In a perfect world I would like the wish to more understanding in Canada BILL “SKIP” arrived and I ran up the stairs to be for next season's golf to be as great as this apply (0 all 0mm near and flu neighbours in My grandmother lauriston JOHNS urge them to stop. saying some- past year. and I'm not talking about scores war and disease ravaged countries but l'm continually urged me to under thing to the effect that this was- but rather the number and variety of cours- nm sure it can ever happen in nations gov. stand that all people were equal. n’t Waterloo. es played. fined by the likes of the nutbars m such no matter what colour their skin was I like And how did l know? The cops all had countriesas Russia and North Korea. to think l've maintained that position for their guns drawn. Needless to say, the pool This wish was spurred by the recent and decades and always will plunging was quickly (wer- m ongoing rash of (193th primarily in me u_s__ As for police actions. I have always felt l am not ajudge or jury in what was right involving police officers and citizens. moguy there was a different mindset between or wrong in the recent US. killings. But Afn'mn.Amen‘mlâ€"L Canadian and American oops based on what I have seen on TV and what 1 Random and/or senseless killings will Growing up on the Canadian side of have read, there was right and wrong on Bill (Skip) [aims reriredfmmfitlltime sports probably always be with us but the recent Niagara Falls and a frequent visitor to the both sides ofthe issues, writing in ”(2me neverstopped think “my; brought back unhappy memories for American side on pub crawls. it didn't take But instead of pointing the finger of ingabout issues outside the world ofgol/ me from the 1950s and 19505 when the US. us long to realize that you never gave any lip blame, why can't we all concentrate on Hecan beconmctedbyphone at to the (LS, police. You did what they said. being better people when it comes to police SIS-5766547, Bertoia’s return to Waterloo Warriors a homecoming A familiar face is returning to patrol gram. lt makes everything more meaning- fundraising initiatives - key aspects of the Wamor football sidelines, as the Uni- ful and I'm excited by the opportunity to this role. Benoia will be tasked with creat- versity of Waterloo appointed (ihris rebuild theWarrior football program " ing a culture. with an increased sense of Bertoia as head coach and manager of Benoia spent the last five seasons as accountability and pride. imitball operations last week. recruitment coordinator and offensive “Our commitment to our stakeholders Benoia, previously an assistant coach line coach for Western. was to find a leader that could rebuild our With the Western Mustangs, was an one He built a reputation as a strong men~ program to be both successful and sus- gral pan of Warriors football during the [or during his tenure at Western. coaching tainable," commented Roly Webster, glory years when Waterloo won the Yates five Academic All-(lanadians, ll OUA Allâ€" director of athletics and recreation at ( tip in 1997 and again in 1999 when he Stars. and guiding six oflensivelinemen to Waterloo. _ N (tilllalncd the team. gain experience in the (anadian football “Today l feel we have honoured that a“, a , ‘li wasn’t an easy dociston to leave lmgue commitment in announcingthns Bertoia " Western 1 was very happy there and they "(Ihris has been successful both as a as our new ctiachf' " ‘~. . llt'rllt'tl my family and I so well." said player at Waterloo and within the HS Despite recent struggles on the grid 5 i 3 Ht’rlllld in a press release "It s very coaching ranks," said (lhnstine Stapleton, iron, Warriors Football has enloyt-d sucâ€" :. ‘. ' ll'errdlng to have an opportunity at a associate din‘flor of athletics at Waterloo tt-ss With 170 student athletes named ; i plat c where you played lt's humbling to “We are excited to have Benora direct this (HM All Stars and 56 studentrathletcs s; L1, hard your alma mater. You can relate bet- program and we believe (Ihn's will model tt't t'iving All»(.anadian status. Waterloo v? { A ’ i “if“ lt‘f Wllh your players because you sat in exactly What it means tobeaWarrior' has also had more than [00 athletes ' ' of ihc some chairs, went to the same classes Bertoia also brings experience in named as Academic Allianadians since Chm Bertona has been named "W head COM” and and represented the same football pro- recruitment. alumni engagement and 2000 for athwvingan was average Giana?” Of football operations fo' the W3f°"°0 and)“ -~ 41.“â€"\- .â€"~~-â€" . , . Jom Canada 5 #1 Fitness Club! : & Get into the BEST SHAPE of your life this . . 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