PERFORMING CHALLENGING DANCE steps with gra

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and apparent ease, Central Saanich figure-skater Steve
Lachelt works hard to prove he’s one of the fop compefti-
tors in his age group in Westem Canada.

Blood donor clinic is first step

Donating blood at a blood donor
clinic at Sidney Elementary
School Jan. 16 is the first step
Peninsula residents can take in the
search for a suitable bone marrow
for leukemia victim Jayson Lenag-
han, said Red Cross volunteer
Matt Logan.

“Tf we get people donating
blood on that date we can also
advertise about the bone marrow
information session,’ Logan said.

ASPIRING

Once people donate blood they
are registered in the Canadian Red
Cross’ computer, which will be
used to help find a suitable bone
marrow donor.

A bone marrow information ses-
sion is scheduled to be held at Red
Cross House on Fairfield Road in
Victoria Feb. 13, Logan said.

“This is quite urgent. Unless he
gets this I don’t think he’s going to
do very well,” Logan said.

PLAYER

Looking back over 1990, sports
reporter Mare Davis has selected
the following sporting highlights
for special mention, starting with
the most recent events first.

December — Nursing a
sprained ankle, Central Saanich
figure skater Stephen Lachelt
placed runner-up in the Novice
Mens’ Division at the B.C. figure
skating championships in Abbots-
ford, Dec. 6.

In November, Lachelt, 17, won
the Vancouver Island regional title
in his division.

November — Peninsula athlete
Chad De Pol, 18, beat 350 compe-
titors to win the B.C. senior boys’
high school cross-country champi-
onships at Beacon Hill Park, Nov.
7,

Earlier in the month, he won the
Island championships, as well as
the Greater Victoria high school
league title.

October — The Parkland
Panthers senior boys’ volleyball
team won the Lower Island high
school championships, Oct. 24.

With a record of 21 victories and
one loss, the 1989-90 Panthers
team was the first-ever Parkland
team to win this title for the
Sidney school.

September — Peninsula triath-
lete Monty Holding, 45, placed
third in his division at the world
short course triathlon champion-
ships in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 16.

Competing in the Masters Divi-
sion (45-49 years-old), Holding
swam 1.5 kilometers, cycled 41
kilometers and ran ten kilometers.

August — True to form, Hold-
ing triumphed in his division at
the Ironman Canada triathlon in
Penticton, Aug. 26.

Competing among over 900
competitors, he finished in a time
of ten hours, two minutes and 50
seconds to set a new course record
for his age group.

July — Glen Meadows golfer
Kurt Eeg, 16, won the Juvenile
crown in the 36-hole Victoria City
Juvenile golf tournament, July 1.

June — Parkland rugby coach

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of her 13-year-old daughter,
Jeanna, and her husband Bob,
while also comforting Jayson.

For four days of each week she
has given him bedside companion-
ship and support while he’s unde-
rgone numerous blood and blood
product transfusions, and has
endured often painful tests.

But even chemotherapy and
radiation treatments have failed to
improve his condition. And now
the hunt for a bone marrow donor
has become “urgent,” she said.

“It's no picnic for him but he
never complains about the treat-
ment. He tries to stay in good
spirits. He’s very brave,,”” Pat said.

“We're all just really hoping
someone will give him a gift that
will last a lifetime.”

The waiting and hoping is espe-
cially tough for Pat, who wants
nothing more than for her son to
return home to live a normal life
all over again.

“Tt’s really hard to watch your
kid go through something like this.
Some days are good and some
days I have to struggle through it
all,” she said.

Also helping Jayson make it
through this stressful experience 1s
the support he’s received from
friends from school and from his

neighborhood.

And members of the Bethel
Fellowship Baptist Church in Sid-
ney — where the Lenaghan family
worships — have phoned and
visited Jayson, too.

“They ve really reached out to
him. And they’ve been very sup-
portive to the whole family,” Pat
said.

Jayson’s spirits have also been
buoyed by a collection of stuffed
wild cats, such as lions and tigers,
which he’s now collecting, she
said.

Spending Christmas Day with

his family in his decorated hospital
room — complete with a Chnst-
mas tree — was also big morale
booster for him.

“He was grinning from ear to
ear,” Pat said.

With a new year ahead of them,
the Lenaghans are all pulling
together in the hope that 1991 will
hold more promise for Jayson.

And they’re all hoping and pray-
ing that he’ll get the chance to
make everyone else grin from ear
to ear by suiting up once again for
the Parkland Panthers basketball

HAVE A ;
HAPPY
NEW YEAR! °

Merry Christmas!

TheReview Wednesday, January 2,1991 — C4

Saanich Peninsula sports year in review

Don Burgess was picked to coach
the national under-21 rugby squad.

Sharing the prestigious new
coaching duties with Burgess will
be another former Canadian
national team player, Paul Home
from White Rock.

May — Beating the best in the
province, Glen Meadows golfer
Mike Wagnor, 16, clinched the
B.C. Juvenile golf championship
title at Williams Lake, May 31.

Fellow Glen Meadows club
member Brian Wallace, 21,
became the youngest professional
player on the Canadian Tour after
qualifying at his home club, May
12%

Wallace was one of 38 golfers to
win their tour cards among the
158-strong field of hopefuls. He
succeeded on his first attempt.

April — After a banner year,
the Junior B Eagles hockey team
slipped up to lose the South Island
Junior divisional playoffs competi-
tion.

The Eagles lost the best-of-nine
series to the Kerry Park Islanders

* UPHOLSTERY
* ANTIQUES

despite winning the 1989-90
league season and dominating the
Islanders in league action.

March — The Peninsula Masic
Colour Division 6 soccer team
Swept aside all opposition to win
the Lower Island B-€ Cup Cham-
pionships, Mar. 10.

February — The Junior B
Eagles hockey team won its
second consecutive South Island
league title, Feb. 10.

Under the tutelage of coach
Mike Mowat, the Eagles posted an
impressive record of 29 wins, four
losses and three ties to win the
1989-90 league season.

January — Chad De Pol
tiumphed in the Junior Division
(13-18 years-old) among 715
competitors at the Central Saanich
8-K Pioneer Run, Jan 14.

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