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Here are your Rec Centre essay winners
We are at the arena in the summer three times a week. In the winter for ice hockey at least five times a week. So we are at the Innisfil Arena more than we are at home. Since my grandpa Larry Passer, who also lives with us, drives me and my brothers to all our games and practices. I think he should have his own seat because besides the ticket lady there's nobody who's there more than my grandpa. He's the best. ---
I am Michelle Mossman. I am 13 years of age and am currently in the end of grade 8. I am looking forward to the summer and everything about it. One of the things I am most excited about at the end of summer is the new recreation centre being built. The recreation centre is going to be good for both young and old in Innisfil. It will especially keep teenagers active. Also it could be a big help with the problem of overweight kids and teens. The new recreation centre will also make getting my life guarding certificate easier to complete. Exercise is important to everyone, especially those with fast growing medical issue of obesity in today's generation. With the recreation centre going in, it will give all ages the chance to exercise while doing something fun and active at the same time. Also the fact that the recreation centre is being built in Innisfil is going to make it more convenient for people to access and use instead of going to Barrie. The recreation centre offers many different activities to do which is what I am most excited about. There's my favourite - swimming, hockey, water workouts, the gym, soccer, track, basketball, skating and lots more. This could help more people get active and healthy. The recreation centre is going to open many opportunities for teenagers around here. It has job opportunities, teams to belong to and responsibilities to learn. Many teens as they get older are jobs, so if they can get a job doing something they love, they will learn to be responsible while coaching a team, giving lessons, etc. Being on a team teaches discipline and responsibility. It shows that it takes everyone to be a team player. If you have a job there, it will teach you the responsibilities of people depending on you and coaching or being on time, or even having people look up to you. This could keep teenagers from getting into trouble and winding up loitering around the buildings or even falling into the wrong group and doing drugs. Overall, the recreation centre is going to be a very inclusive place for everyone. I love to swim and have been for about six years. When I am in the water, I get a feeling that I can't find any place else. As the water flows around me, I feel unstoppable, as I glide through. When I am in the water, time flies by and I enjoy every minute of it. I love being able to feel that nothing can stop me and I can do anything I try to do. Before I used to do swimming just for the fun of it but lately I have decided that I want to accomplish something with it. I want to be able to become a lifeguard and become a 'doctor of our beaches'. I am currently in Star Patrol and am learning rescue and building my endurance. I hope that by the time I get old enough to get a job, the recreation centre will have a position there for me. That way I would be learning responsibility and at the same time, doing something I loved. I am excited about the summer and all the joys about it, one being swimming. The recreation centre could open up all sorts of windows of opportunities for teens and adults, while keeping us healthy and active at the same time. I think the building of the centre is a fantastic idea and is going to be beneficial to many. Michelle Mossman ---
There will be lots of fun stuff to do at the new Innisfil Rec centre, but I want a seat named for my grandpa, Joe Haddock to watch me play my favourite sport, hockey. Next season will be my tenth year of playing hockey and my grandpa has rarely missed a game at all of the Innisfil arenas. No matter what the weather was, stormy or slippery, he was sill my most loyal fan, and came out to the game. He encourages me to play my very best, and to stay out of the penalty box. Even when I lose a game, he makes me feel good by saying O had a good game and better luck next time. He always treated me to a slushie after each game. If I win this contest, I know where to look for my grandpa in the stands. My grandpa is so proud of my whole hockey family because my dad is a trainer, my mom has been a manager and a trainer, my brother plays defence and I play centre. It is a family tradition to go to Coffee Time in Alcona for breakfast after our 6am hockey practices and grandpa often joins us. My grandpa has been an Innisfil resident for forty years and liked it so much that he retired in Sandy Cove Acres, which is still in Innisfil. He coached midget hockey in Lefroy a long time ago, and he did not even have a kid playing hockey. I also want my seat named for my grandpa so that when I have kids and grandkids, I can take them to the Innisfil Rec Centre so they will still have a part of their great or great, great grandpa. I can watch them play hockey from that same sentimental seat, as my grandpa did for me. Adam Gray ---
The reason I would like to have my grandfather's name on a plaque is because he has done so much for me. He is one of the reason's I strive to be the best I can. He has taught me many things. Some of there are: he taught me to be grateful of what you get. He also taught me that not everything good comes in big packages, than even something small can be the best gift of all. Unfortunately my grandfather suffers from diabetes and has already had a heart attack. I really want him to be remembered for all the great things he has done because I think that he is one of the greatest grandfathers ever. My grandfather has been such an inspiration for me. If I had a choice that was difficult for me I could always go to him for help and every time I do he is always there and he would always give me great advice. So I would like to have my grandfather's name, James Quinn, on a plaque so I can give him something back for all the times he has done something for me. Jonathan Quinn ---
Hi, my name is Matteo. I'm in grade three. My grandma Susie lives here in Innisfil. My dad lived here and went to college in Barrie long before I was born. I love to come to grandma Susie's house. She plays puppets with me. We read and we go for long walks when I have weekend sleepovers. Grandma and I go swimming in the summer at the beach all the time. I asked her to take a photo of me at the Lake so I could show all my friends in Bolton because I tell them about my weekends with my grandma Susie. My grandma told me that she was hoping that she had the Rec Centre for my dad and my Uncle Lance and Uncle JC. Uncle Lance taught guitar at T.J. Music. He is always playing guitar. Now that there is going to be a Rec Centre I know my grandma is going to take me there to swim even in the winter. Even the doctor told my dad it's good for my heart. I had heart surjury when I was little but now I'm OK. I have a good heart now. I never get tired, but my grandma Susie does. But she still plays hide and go seek with me, even when she is tired. I'm going to have even more things to do with grandma for fun. I write stories and draw a lot. This time I am writing a story to tell you about my very, very special grandma Susie. I would like a chair with her name on it. So I can sit on it always because I love her and she loves me and she says that is what's important. Matteo Occhipinti ---
First off I would like to say that I am strongly supporting the rec centre because we really need one. OK. So the person I'd like to talk about is my big brother Stephan Katsari. I'd like to have my brother's name on the seat because through my life he has helped me a lot. When I used to live in Toronto, I played Pee Wee hockey and every weekend he would walk with me for 20 minutes so I wasn't alone. On everything I've done, he's pretty much supported me and he's a good person. Some of the other things he helped me with was when I feel in the lake fishing (I didn't know how to swim) and he pulled me in. Stephan also is a diabetic and a fire fighter. I definitely think that's awesome. When I grow up I definitely want to be just as big, just as strong, and definitely a fire fighter just like him. In fact, I never wanted to be a fire fighter until he showed me all the amazing things used in fire fighting. Now I know that when I grow up, I can be like him and when I finish all my schooling, I can actually become a real fire fighter. So if you put someone's name on the seat for being an influence, on both my little brother and I, please put Stephan Katsari. Mike DeLeskie ---
Since she was very little, Bryce Page has had a passion for figure skating. The thrill of the sport ran through her veins every time she stepped onto the ice. Anyone who saw her skate also saw the pride and joy that shone from her amazing blue eyes. Bryce's life revolved around a dream: her dream of her becoming a professional. The bright outfits, the intricate routines, all of it led to a bright future, but fate catches up to everyone eventually and Bryce's came too soon. Her soaring life was stopped in its tracks when it was discovered that she had a condition that would change her life forever. Bryce and I had met during our time at the Can-Skate program at the Stroud Arena. We were both only five years old, but we had become fast friends; we were inseparable. Because I was so young and didn't have the same amount of determination of Bryce, I had quit figure skating to pursue another hobby. Bryce and I grew apart and I didn't hear from her for many years. In the summer of 2004, Bryce and I became friends again and I heard the tragic news. At the tender age of 7, Bryce had been diagnosed with osteoporosis, which is a bone disease that makes your bones brittle and weak. It is common among the elderly, but within a young child it is very rare. Bryce had been forced to quit all physical activities within her life which mainly included figure skating. In the year 2000, Bryce stepped onto the ice for the last time. Today, Bryce has to travel to Sick Kids in Toronto at least twice a year to receive check-ups and to undergo treatment. She has had several painful treatments for this condition, and now when anyone looks into her eyes, the amazing blue has faded, showing signs of great sadness and lost of hope. The trips to the hospital have grown more frequent and the long waits have become like home to her instead of the exhilaration of figure skating. Bryce has broken down over the effects of this condition and I have been her shoulder to cry on. I feel her sadness and pain, but I know that she is strong. She is stronger than anyone I know and she has hope. In February of 2007, her doctors told her that her osteoporosis had been depleting and that her bones had built up enough that she could once again participate in physical activity. Bryce is now 13, almost 14, and almost seven years after she was diagnosed, Bryce is now able to participate. On that day she cried. Not tears of pain, but tears of joy. The life had come back into her eyes, and I could see it: the bright, joyous blue that I had once knew. Bryce has returned to take part in gym class and other school activities, she has also gone skiing for the first time, but she has not yet laced up her skates and stepped onto the ice. I known that she is really looking forward to this new recreation centre, especially the arena, and with the construction of it and the depletion of her osteoporosis, she will have the chance to return to the ice. I personally plan to bring her there upon the completion of the arena. But Bryce still has doubt within her hope. I feel that if she were to have her name on one of the arena seats that she would be able to overcome that doubt and trust her body to allow her to return to figure skating. With all the pain and suffering that had stopped her from her passion, I feel she greatly deserves this dedication and a moment for her, even if it was just for one day. What drives her for this recreation centre is not greed, it is pride. She is a great friend and a great athlete, and one day she'll recognize that within herself. Caitlyn Thornhill | |||||||||||||||||||||
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