"He announced to the dressing room that his mom and dad had been killed in a big car accident...But he didn't want to let his team down with what had happened. He wanted to play, he wanted to be with his team."
An incredible quote from a minor hockey league coach about an incredible six-year-old.
The championship hockey game against the Maple Leafs was on the line for the Rosedale novice Canadiens. But just before 2 p.m. on Super Saturday, six-year-old Clark Parker entered what would normally have been a room filled with the raucous shouts of excited little boys. Instead, you could have heard a pin drop as the courageous lion heart made his impassioned statement.
Former Dunnville deputy mayor Norm Parker, 41, and his wife Nadine Parker, 36, a respected certified management accountant, died Thursday when their minivan slammed headfirst into an elevated highway support in east Hamilton. Alcohol, weather and road conditions were not factors in the collision.
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Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.-American Actress, Helen Hayes in 1966
Heartfelt wishes,
Kendall Oliphant
