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PSHOF inductees announced

The Penetanguishene Sports Hall of Fame has announced the four new inductees to its ranks: two builders and two athletes, to be enshrined at its 13th Induction Dinner and Ceremony slated for October 1st 2011 in the Brian Orser Hall.

The committee received seven nomination packages from the general public by our May 31st deadline and all were well done. They gave the PSHOF committee great portraits of the nominees and invaluable historical information about them and their sport's contribution. All nominators should be applauded for their fine efforts. The 2011 field of nominees are exceptional and indicate a rich and varied array of sporting life and accomplish-m ents in and from Penetanguishene and area. Amazingly, all were not born here, but moved here and left their mark!

Builders

1-Larry Banks, nominated by Jacquie Robson, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, moved to and played minor hockey in Elmira, Ontario before coming to Penetanguishene as a young Phys-Ed teacher in 1970 at Penetanguishene Secondary School alongside another PSHOF Inductee, Mate Lichtenberg. Larry's excellent coaching skills soon brought championships to PSS in football, hockey and track & field over his 17 year career. He was instrumental in organizing the first of many CKMP Track and Field Meets for local high schools. He was an avid supporter of local hockey, was on the Penetanguishene Minor Hockey executive for numerous years and ran many hockey and coaching clinics in the area throughout the 1970s and 80s. He was also a member of the Penetang Brulé Garrisons Intermediate "C" hockey team. In 1973, he established the Penetang- Midland Touch Football League which is still running!

2-Doug Mundy, nominated by Gilles Charlebois and the Penetanguishene Recreational Hockey League, was born in Brantford, Ont. and he moved to Penetanguishene in 1967 to teach at PSS. He immediately joined the executive of the Little NHL in Penetanguishene, coaching and being involved extensively for 20 years. He was voted "Mr. Hockey" in 1972, and won the CKMP Coach of the Year Award in 1974. He was an instrumental executive member, secretary, treasurer and fundraiser with the Penetanguishene Sports Hall of Fame committee from 1990 until 2006. He was also a minor baseball coach in town and a basketball coach at PSS. Since 1989, he has been timekeeper, statistician, publicity director, treasurer, secretary and Executive Director of the men's Rec Hockey League, and he is still going!

Spring Preview 2011 @ Sporting Life, Toronto - The Hip & Urban ...

I am decidedly not a sporty dresser. I’m actually not even a casual dresser. I literally flip flop between hot mess housewife and fancy girl. Don’t ask to see a pic of the former -- you will not get any evidence that I spend any time not looking fabulous from head to toe. My strong sense of personal style keeps me out of stores that I assume won’t carry pieces I’d wear and Sporting Life was on that list. Things changed when I took a tour with Robyn Shimada, Softgoods Divisional Merchandise Manager at Sporting Life, and was blown away by the stylish sporty pieces I was shown and the unexpected number of hard to find brands they carry. I started my tour in more ‘typical’ fare. The stuff I expected to see inside Sporting Life’s flagship Yonge & Eglinton store. Tons of functional spring rain wear, fully waterproof, some sort of cute, some not so much. Brands like North Face and Columbia took over this section as well as their own house label. I was also surprised to see a huge collection of fluffy Canada Goose jackets and learned Sporting Life is actually one of the only stores locally that stocks them all year and they actually sell ALL year. If you have a style you keep missing out on each winter, come shop for it in the summertime and you may fair a little better. From there we head off to the beach. Not literally of course, but the assortment of bikinis, one-pieces and cover ups left me dreaming of a vacation. Swimwear ranges from $60 - $500 at Sporting Life so it’s likely you can find a suit you love within your budget, but there are some cases in which a splurge might be necessary. I was completely in love when Robyn showed me this one-shouldered Spanx suit with a ruffle neckline. YES, SPANX! In other words I don’t have to work out like a maniac in order to rock a sassy suit. Hallelujah! Towards the back of the store, where I probably never would’ve ventured if I had visited on my own, lies the fashionable mecca of Sporting Life. I screamed a little when I saw huge collections of L.A.M.B, J Brand, and Free People - labels I haven’t seen in big assortments really anywhere in the city. FYI - last year when those J Brand skinny cargos where impossible to find, Sporting Life was one of the only spots in the city to still have them.

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