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FROM PAGE 13 says Weales, arguing that 'a tliree-man system promotes goon hockey. " "In three-man, some referees can get on a power trip. " In a two-man system, one of- ficiai is deep in a team's end waât- ching the puck the other officiai is at that team's blueline watching the players andecailing penalties. If the officiai doesn't cail a penalty,. continues Weales, the, parents start yeuling. at the of- ficial deep in the, end who bhas nothing to do with cailing that penalty," said Weles. Ris thoughts drift to another hockey story. He recails a game in Brooklin where one parent i particular was giving Mim aliard time. Af- ter the gaIne, that pai'ent's son came Up to him, shook Mis hand, and commented' on how wel Weaies had handled the gaine. "He did that, to me twice. Hopefuily lie Wili get to Mis father." This year, Weales has been liandllng more, games at the Brookllni arena as opposed to Iroquois. Both, he says, have separate personalities wMcli af- fect the gaine and the parents watching the game. At Brooklin, where players age 5 to il pay, there is no contact and the action is dloser to the fans in the seats, says Weales. At Iroquois "lIt's a whole dif- ferent bail game. "At Iroquois there is a bigger ice surface and the parents are more removed froin the gaines because of the stands and the glass. n He says more parents atten the gaines at Brookiin and he has also observed that more gran- dparents attend the gaines' at Brooklin. "Most people think we are out there to pick on the kids and give them a pe nalty. But we don't stand and look down on the kids. We try to be their friend and then the referee." Weales recalis handling one gaine during whicl a players' skate lace came undone. He knew that if the player went to the bencli to get the skate tied liewould lose lis shift. So Weales tied the skate on the ice for hum. But refereeing a gaine does have its 10w points. Weales said referees do make mistakes and when they do they should admit it. In one gaine, Weales was drop- ping the puck in a team's end for a face-off. He looked Up and saw that one player was in the faceoff circle and out of the corner of his eye lie saw another stick being placed into the circle, so hie dropped the' puck.1 Unfortunately, there was only one player in the circle at the time.'. "That player just stared in amazement,"' recails Weales, stiil getting a chuckle froin the episode. Being around hockey s0 long, Weales has got to know each level of. play, and today hie would rather. referee a houseleague game.. One level lie will neyer referee again is men's hockey. "In men's hockey the players are worse- than the kids for whining," said Weales. He also does his share of refereeing ail-star gaines but he would rather referee house league. "The house league hockey in Whitby is as good as any around." Weales believes house league players in the past five years have improved by-30 per cent. "In house league there is also great communication with 95 per cent of the parents and kids." Involvement in minor hockey is not only. restricted to the maie side of the Weales family. His wife- Bonnie is his assistant referee-in-chief. "If I do 140 gaines this year, she wili attend 135. " Part of Bonnie's job is sitting in the stands, evaluating the new referees that Doug is working with. After the gaine Doug and his wife wiil go over the sheet then present it to the rookie referee. "I cail lier Deputy Dawg," jokes Weales, alluding to the car- toon character. "You eitlier like refereeing or you hate it. But l tell you something - it's a heu 'of a good way to spend your turne." WHITY FREE PRESS, WEDNE SDAY, JANUARY 14,1987 PAGE 19 Den is O'Conýnor schSl news . By LIZ ARUTA Hello everyone!1 1 hope that everyone had a safe and fun-foled holiday. The holidays and ail that fun are over now and we're back to school. It's time to bear down hard, and prepare for those deadly exams. Students and teachers are workmng hard to finis h up'their courses before review week.- Exam week begins Jan. 26 and the race is on to finish up aàd review ail the work done this past semester. Good luck everyone!1 On Dec-. 19, before school ended for the hoidays, our stage,.Jand performed for'the first time ever. Paul Caley and band mem- bers did extrernely well considering the few months they had to prepare. In sports this week, our junior boys basket- bail team lost a tough game to Uxbridge. They. opened the 1987 season on Jan. 6by playing strong for the first three quarters, but I guess the holiday lay-off got to them in the fourth. Tom Kuk,, Rob Buque and Rich Vin- cent did an ext-éllent job on defence. High scorers were Rich Vincent with 9 points, Rob Buque netting 8 and Scott Sheriock sinking 7. Our midget boys basketbail team also lost to Uxbridge but piayed a great game. Coach McGeown stili has high hopes for the guys and I know they'il corne through. Happy New Year everyofle! Misehief charge is laid. An Oshawa man was arrested after he began kicking in the rear end of the GO bus shelter in front of Fairview Lodge, Dundas St. E., Whitby. Charged. with rnischief over $1,000 is Thornas Canain, 23, of 80 Center - St. N., Oshawa. Seniors get grant people froin Whltby wii receive a New Horizons grant for $ç,611 froin the Health and Welfare Minister. Whitby Jubilee Choir wiil develop choral and Two refs better JACK GRANT, BROKER - ENJOYING my- i Oth year, LISTING, SELLING, PROPERTIES in- Q. UR&area!! We need a few good boys and girls!. "CORPORATION OF THlE TOWN 0F WHITBY PLANNING DEPARTMENT NOTICE 0F PUBLIC MEETING Re: COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN Commercial Ares Improvemnent Program Downtown Whitby Monday, February 2,1987, 8:00 p.m. Meeting Hall, Whltby Municipal Building Whitby, Ontario At the above-flOted time and place, a Public Meeting will be held by Council of the Corporation of the Town of Whitby to consider an amendment to the CommlJnity Improvement Plan for the Downtown Whitby C.A.î.P. area. The Comnmunity Improvement Plan provides a description, timing and financing arrangêrnents for the varlous improvement projects to be undertaken ln Down- town Whitby under C.A.I.P. The purpose of the amendment Is to delete the extension of decorative streetiigtiting and transfer the funds intended for the project to the Phase 111 streetscape enhancement project to be undertaken later this year. The purpose of the meeting is to provide adequ ate Information to the public and to permit Interested persons an opportunity to make representation in respect of the proposed amendment. Further Information may be obtained by contacting Mr. Larry Cavanagh of the Planning Department, 575 Rossiand Road East, (416) 668-5803. ROBERT B. SHORT Director of Planning Corporation of the Town of Whitby WHITBY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY 100 Rossîand Roud, West,'Whitby FIRST SERVICES IN OUR NEW CHURCH SSUN DAY, JANUARY l8th 10:30 A.M. & 6:00 P.M. for Information cati, Pastor Garr B. Fes . . . . . . .668-5228 "YOUR PENTECOSTAL CHURCH SERVI NG THE COMMUNITY0F WHITBY" w *WHITBY KIDS*' * W Become a carrier for the Whitby Free Presstoday. Learn to be a business person with responsibility while earning money, Talk to our Circulation Manager. al668.611Il Today! WHITBY FIREE PRESS New Horizons is a federal goverrnent prograin that enables retired people to crate projects of their own choosing. JAK GRANT mow