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continued from page 1 A member of the Cornwall
“Some Things Never Change” round and how you are thinking. Golf and Country Club,
It is probably one of the biggest Valiquette has been playing golf
parts of golf – your head.” for about five years. “My step-

By Richard Waldroff Valiquette said he didn’t have dad, Sylvain Lacelle taught me,”
time to see much of Myrtle Beach said Valiquette. “I would do the
Time moves on and so does one’s junior program every Monday.
thinking. I was sitting in an arena while he was there. “Actually I had a lot of fun. When I was
not long ago, attempting not to not much, I played golf. I got
listen but rather over hearing a there on Friday and I played really young I played at Archie’s,
conversation amongst a group of practice round Friday, Saturday a mini putt for little kids.”
parents (mostly dads) about 3-on-3 and Sunday,” said the teen. “All Valiquette said he would like
and 4-on-4 hockey, summer hockey week I would wake up at 7 a.m., to be a professional golfer some
and hockey schools.
play at 8 a.m. and go on to 7 day, and is grateful he had the
The discussion centred on the p.m. It was awesome. They put opportunity to be part of Team
merits of each, and it quickly
is in teams of two. I was teamed Ottawa.
became apparent that there were
three factions: those who were up with Jake Bryson. We would To learn more about the
never involved, those who had play a scramble on the front nine, Cornwall Golf and Country Club
children take part, and those who and then on the back nine, best visit http://www.cornwallgolf.
had actually taken part in one ball. We would have to try to beat
of the programs. The first two the other teams to get points. We com/. To learn more about the

factions were obviously attempting came second. We lost by only Golf Association of Ontario,
to determine if the information one point.” visit www.goa.ca.
provided to them by the organizers
of such programs was correct. CORNWALL MOBILE

I find it interesting that with the number of concerns being voiced by
organizers and parents on the cost of the winter hockey program,
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relate; my wife and I brought two boys through the minor hockey system,
and to be fair it has not changed very much. Like parents today, some
gentleman spoke with us in a rink, at a tournament or game or where ever,

saying things like ”You know, your son would fit right into my plans, I am
putting together a team, we will play, your son’s talents are exactly what
I am looking for.” You all know what I mean. Who doesn’t want the best
for their children? A future NHLer is what you see.

Our first involvement was with a group operating out of the Athens,
Ontario arena. The organizations name was EASTERN, and there were
number players at all levels from this area, but also some players travelled TUNE-UPS
from Syracuse, N.Y., so recruitment was wide spread. No boundaries
existed, and like any hockey programs great friendships came about.
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