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RICHMOND Colts. high school basketball’ coach Bil Disbrow: (right) has built'a”.
strong relationship with shoe manufacturer Converse. Disbrow’'s players, inciud-

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" ing star. forward Pasha Bains (left), each get‘a pair_of new Converse basketball.

shoes | at the Peginning of each season

‘engage in, -cash, paymichts to!
coaches or players, since “it’s:
not-even‘in the: budget, and:
for: ‘another reason, : it’ s Pretty

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“have ier a ‘hoe deal for more :

"than a.decade: _
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» Reebok, -He ‘said : payers are,

‘encouraged, but not “required,
to wear the shoes... ;
““They ‘have'sthe. option to:

Swear “something: else vif’ they
- vant; if they find it doesn’t fit ‘

properly ¢ or. whatever.”
» Disbrow has ‘not received’

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endorsemen ro Converse.’

“The: team jis discussing a wni-

form deal ‘with ‘several compa-”
nies fort next season

“It’s avery unique looking
shoe, ir gave (Converse) good |
exposure,” he said.“"There are

“any, complaints from parents , cactually: some , kids: ins. the’
_ stemming, from: their ‘sons’.
involvement: in; the . implicit?”

“school who bought them,”
Oleh Bob ‘Mackin:

The Cit of Surrey’s field of dreams:
ightmare.: The.. $950,000

an $2.3, illion

1 Surrey. has met : proposals

‘of private-public” sports: facilities with.

* skepti

‘the Stetsongate mistake;
‘Sempl

ommitted to deliver your

obviously wary: of repeating,

: careful to enter agreements, whereby,the ;

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‘ private : interest’ puts " up*“the building

», Capital, leaving operations..to the city
The Stetson Bo vt was the opposite, he:
“funded ‘project to convert the." 7

und:to.a° ‘ballpark ‘doubled to:

said...
“You need to find private sector peo
ple. ‘with: enough money ‘to-do. that

"Each . of the: relationships «is: different.

7 Here’ the ‘developer had the land..and

< was: prepared to put the capital. up:and:

we're? prepared to have, a long: term |

fe facility.”

Ay” deal:

ice, rink;on ‘land ‘owned’ bythe Tsleil:

paper to you by 7pm on:
‘Wednesday: and Friday and’,

by” 11am on n Sunday.

Waututh’ (Burrard) First’ Nation evapor

devised with. North: #
: Vancouver District Council to build. an =

‘rated: ‘shortly ‘after last: year’s ‘municipal i.

eléction; The district, in:dire need of.

more. sheets. of “ice, t thought it: hada
rental and cost-sharing agreement with -.
the :Tsleil-Waututh and its developer:
partner. Loong: Keng -Lim:- Financing :
problemis.. were : cited | by- the : Tsleil-.
“Waututh, which had a-protracted battle"
~ with the. district over the road. system at--
one ofits Deep: Cove condominiums. “
2 Bob: Mackin is a Richmond News.
‘reporter. * Q

(Next week, the fourth and fi nal pare
of our Sport. Funding: ‘series: Coquitlam:
‘Now reporter’ Dan Olson. looks": at’ the”
medi $ role i in amateur sports)

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