B4-Sunday News, October 26, 1980

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‘It’s good to be home’

FROM PAGE B1

and grew up very fast having
to be on my own.”

As an amateur there was
no time to deviate from
routine. “You skate, you go
to school, you skate, you eat
and you sleep.”

But in the show, the
demands were heavy. Not
only would she often skate
three shows Saturday and

two Sunday, but the
gruelling schedule also
required an endless round of
publicity appearances.

Receptions and cocktail
parties often kept her up till
4 a.m. while national TV
shows often required her
presence at 7 a.m. And there
was the tedious business of
living out of a suitcase 10
months of the year, the

interminable hotels,
restaurants, planes and
trains.

“The glamor was on the
ice for two and a half hours
only,” says Karen. “You're
torn inside out and still they
want more from you. You
earn every penny.”

Teaching is much more
relaxed -- but Karen says she
has to guard against getting
too emotionally involved
with her students. “You have
to separate yourself; you're
close, but not too close.”

Karen says that if she’s too
involved it can be “quite
heartbreaking” if a student
switches teachers or quits
skating. “But if there's a
certain bond, you can reach
down and get more out of
that person.”

She doesn't skate a lot
herself any more. “I find I
don't have to. Even after
four or five months of just
teaching and not skating
myself, I feel like I’ve never
been off. Maybe it’s just
become second nature.”

She says she enjoys golf
and skiing when there's snow
— and walking her 102-
pound German Shepherd,
Trino. “He gives me lots of
exercise!” She also has a
little Pekingese poodle
called Penny who “beats up
on the big dog... we have a
busy house.”

Karen says she enjoys
living in Boston and visiting

NorWes Caps
up against
the Clippers

Biggest game of year

NorWes Caps are betting
that the worst of the season
is behind them when they
take to the ice tonight
(Sunday) against the league
leading Nanaimo Clippers at
the North Van Rec Centre at
7.30 p.m.

Coming off a= morale
boosting 9-4 win over the
Chilliwack Colts last week.
Caps will be trying to put
together a bit of consistency.

Clippers, last year's league
champions. are off to another
fine start with a 7 1 record,
but the powers thal be
among the Caps orgamzanon
fecl that the young squad,
who are trying to come up
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towns. But she misses the
North Shore.

“It's so beautiful here...
the mountains — you have to
drive an hour and a half to
see mountains like that...
and I notice how big the
trees are. On the east coast
the trees just don’t grow that
big.”

It's also good to return and
see her family and many
fnends — if she can find the
time. When she’s here for
‘Karen and Friends’, much
of her time is taken up with
publicity engagements and
preparations for the show.
All the skaters volunteer
their talents and _ the
proceeds go to the Karen
Magnussen Foundation to
help young B.C. skaters.

Is Karen about to give
birth to a future champion?

“I'd like to see him or her
involved in some = sport,
whether it’s skating or some
other sport. I'd certainly give
encouragement.”

“I've enjoyed my career as
an athlete very much. I!
wouldn't take it away from
my child.”

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RETURNING HOME TO NORTH VANCOUVER for her annual ice show, Karen
and Friends, 1973 World Champion figure skater Karen Magnussen relaxes in her
parents’ home with the family dog, Maggie. (Carole Stafford photo)

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