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“Uf vou wish tu meceed in
this world, promise eve PVE
and deltyer nothing.”

SOQ said Napoleon
Bonaparte some 200
years Or SO ago.

While he may have been
offering up his thoughts on
how to prepare for war, I
wonder if his comment isn’t
an appropriate “mantra” for
today’s politicians and local
councillors, particularly

it comes to the subject
uraging cigarette
smoking among the young
adult population.

Our locally clected offi-
cials continue to diddle
around and pass the buck
while looking over their
shoulders at the powers

NAME: Pouyan Khalili
SCHOOL: Handsworth
GRADE: 11

SPORT:.Sr. wrestling
WEIGHT CLASS: 38 kg
COACHES: Glen

Walters and Michael
Stojkovich

THE SCOOP: The only
male North Shore wrestler
to capture first place at the
B.C. championships last
‘year, Pouyan repeated this
achievement by defending
his title in the meet’s light-
est weight class (where he
was undefeated all season)
with four. dominant wins,
the first three by technical
superiority (ic. ahead by 10
points during a match) and
the final on a pin while
leading 9-6.

that really be -— business,
bucks and getting re-elected
— before finally deciding

to take the plunge and ban
the weed from all North
Shore bars and restaurants,
thereby ensuring at least
some non-toxic areas CO
work.

Looking at the larger pic-
ture, one only has to take a
take a gander at the idior
box and specifically TSN.

the week

NAME: Emily
Richardson

SCHCOL: Carson

Graham

GRADE: 12

SPORT: Sr. wrestling
WEIGHT CLASS: 57 kg
COACHES: Garth
Prouse, Angela Lacy,

Mike Lidstone, Hossein
Naghibzadeh and Dean
Yamagata

THE SCOOP: Down 3-1
on points to Adia Woloshyn
of Mount Douglas in the
gold medal match at the
B.C. championships, Emily
changed tactics in the sec-
ond round to overcome the
point difference and then
pinned her opponent to
claim the title in her weight
class. The match was sclect-
ed as the best of the entire
tournament.

Selections are made by the North

‘ Share Secondary Schools’ Athletic
Association based on outstanding
performances in schoel competion.

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@ SPORTS

There was a recent pro-
mational piece pitching a
special on the subject of
“Extreme Sports.”

Although I'm not
personally a huge fan of
this particular athletic
endeavor | do recognize it is
terrifically popular amongst
younger people (read
teenagers), as can casily be
attested by watching our
own kids.

After telling all the view-
ers about dates and times of
airing, the commercial went
on to proudly proclaim,
both verbally and on screen,
that the event was being
brought co us courtesy of
Export ‘A’.

i wonder if TSN should
stand for The Sports
Network or The Smokers
Network?

If we, as adults, are
going to continue being
too stupid to realize the
damage we're doing to our-
selves, or simply don’t give a
rat’s arse (a recent study
revealed 85% of adult smok-
ers don’t want to stop
killing themselves prema-
turcly), then can we ar least
show some backbone when
it comes to talking intelli-
gently to our children.

We nurture, educate and
love our young people but
are indirectly responsible as
parents and adults for caus-
ing the premature death of
50% of all the kids we know
who smoke or are at risk to
high levels of second-hand
smoke in bars, restaurants
and yes, at home.

The real prablem is we
don’t seem to have the guts
to demand our politicians
take a firm stand on the
issue of banning smoking in
all public places, as well as
banning mention of any and
all forms of tobacco-related
products and names around
amateur and professional
sporting events.

Because of this nothing
much is going t change.
B.C. alone generates around
$450 million annually in
taxes collected trom the pur-

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chase of cigarettes, and our
provincial government spend
sod all trying to re-educate
our youth in any meaningful
sort of way.

Just unink abour it again
for a moment.

Fifty percent of people
who smoke or are exposed
to large amounts of second-
hand smoke are going to be
killed prematurely — among
those people are vour sons,
daughters, brothers, sisters
and friends.

What’s the purpose in
taking so much time, effort
and energy bringing up our
Nippers when we start killing
them off before they’re even
finished growing?

There is something
frighteningly wrong with a
society that puts moncy
ahead of children, and
unless the people we elect
(locally, provincially and
federally) act aggressively
to protect our youth, they
are doomed to repeat the
disasters of our own genera-
tion.

North Shore elections are
coming up later this vear.
Check out how your local
representatives voted (or
didn’t!) last time around on
the issue of smoking in pub-
lic establishments.

Did they sit on their
hands or abstain from voting
at all for fear of tipping the
proverbial boat?

Or, did they represent
the feelings of the vast
majority of the people chat
elected them and made
some tough but valuable
choices for our future gener-
ations?

You have the power to
make changes so get out
and use it.

A thought: “Hold your-
self responsible for a higher
standard than anyone
expects of you. Never excuse
yourself.

— Shane Collins is a phys-
ical trainer and athletic
coach as well asan accom-
plished ultra endurance run-
ner and marathon swimmer,

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Power punch

LAUREN Marshaii performs her kata during a recent
martial arts tournament hosted by the Champions
Martial Arts Academy at Argyle Secondary School.

Sigielmes

BASKETBALL «» St. 77-76 to advance to the final.

Thomas Aquinas placed second
to Trail’s J.L. Crowe in the
B.C. AA senior boys’ basketball
championships in Kamloops

Aquinas, which won the
North Shore-Howe Sound AA
zone playoffs lost to Crowe,
last year’s B.C. AA runners-up,

fast weekend.

The Saints stopped George
Elliot (Winfield) 76-54 and
Nechako Valley (Vanderhool)
83-77 to reach the semi-finals
where they edged Clearwater

in the championship game 66-
$2. Sean Thistle and Paul
Zwierzewicz, both in Grade J1
at STA, were voted to the tour-
nament’s first and second all-
star teams respectively.

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