Induction preparation

Henderson Paris was down at the Pictou County Sports Heritage Hall of Fame on East River Road yesterday glancing through sports paraphernalia from the past.
"I just wanted to come down just to get in the mood and get the feeling," he said.
He's got good reason to. Saturday he's been asked to give a speech at the induction ceremony for the Hall of Fame.
Paris, a former inductee himself, is founder of the Run Against Racism in New Glasgow and is now a councillor in the town.
Standing in the Hall, he has no lack of inspiration for his speech.
"It's a little gold mine here," he says.
His biggest worry is that he won't be able to keep his talk short enough.
"When I'm writing something down, there's just so many things that come to mind," Paris said. "There are so many people along the way you just can't get it in.
"The scary thing is there so many out there that haven't even been recognized yet or people that maybe a great amount of records weren't kept for. There's so much more."
Barry Trenholm, curator for the Hall of Fame is quick to agree. He's been involved with the hall for years, but almost full time for the last three years. Still he finds new things almost every day.
He's been learning lots of new information as he prepared for this year's inductions.
"It's a lot of work - a lot of people, but it's nice for the county," he said.
For the athletes being inducted who are no longer competing in their sport it's kind of nice because it shows them that people remember what they did, Trenholm said.
"It's probably more sweet for those people after because their sport is over. They're not active in it anymore and all of a sudden somebody recalls it and them," he said.
When many of the inductees get to the podium and look around they're awed, he said.
"They look down in the audience: 'I know all those people. What am I doing here with all those people?' Because they're all previous inductees and sports people in the county."
Paris remembers what it was like getting his own award.
"It's just a good feeling to be inducted," Paris says. "It's just special recognition for something you have loved to do for so very long."
Being honoured by a person's peers is one of the best recognitions a person can get, he says.
Those being inducted this year are: Bob Wong for golf, Ches Gregory for hockey, Art Dalton for hockey, Kevin Campbell for hockey, Bob Allan for stock car racing, Charles Jackie Dorrington for body building, Aaron Kinch for boxing, Wilfred Borden for multiple sports, Archie Lee "Stokey Brown" for boxing, Clifford Lloyd Fraser for wrestling, Norman "Paddy" Lawrence for boxing and Angela (Chalker) Graham for darts. Builders being inducted are: Gordon "Bookie" MacDonald, Joe Sheehan and Kevin Reid.
Two teams are being inducted. One is the 1970 New Glasgow Keltics which became Ladies Junior Fastball provincial and Maritime Champs. Teammates were: Margie (Gillis) Turnbull, Gail MacMillan, Karen (Logan) Furois, Terri (MacLean) Gladney, Linda MacLeod, Sherry (Poulain) Berube, Janice (MacGillivray) Anderson, Jane (Sutherland) Cameron, Susan Henderson, Debbie Dort, Karen Cainey, Margie (Roper) MacDonald and Clair Mitton. Coach was Billy MacMillan and manager was Tom Dort.
The other team is the Trenton Junior Raiders who were Junior Men's Fastball 1972 Maritime Champs. Players were: Phillip MacKinnon, Billy MacMillan, Wayne Fanning, Larry Morrison, Rand Kellock, Neil MacKinnon, Ron Mosher, Rocky MacNeil, Butch Mosher, Greg MacDonald, Rod MacCarron, Leon Doucette, Richie MacAulay and Dan Walsh. Coach was Herb MacLeod.
Honourary board slection is Tyrone Gardner of Cape Breton who was a boxer.
The ceremony starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.