SKIING STAR Jim Milina, paralyze d from the .
eck ‘down from an: accident ‘while. skiing in the.
Labatts: Ski Team in Toronto, is ‘expected to ferent ways.”
* resen home to North Vancouver i in about three . a
weeks.

‘There have. been many - interest np:
made this year, from controversial ones.such

as ‘.“Caliguia”, adventurous ones such as His father, Tony Milina, _Milina bears no bitterness. We are factory trained Mercedes :
Of siders of the Lost Ark”, to children’s - assures’ thé ‘News from’ his towards the sport which has cum

classics such as “The Fox and the Hound”. home ‘at 1662 Evelyn, ‘that crippledhisson. . . Mechanics with 164 ye rey miative,
: _ Todays question is: the question of flying his son “He has an excellent ski § . experience with M ‘6

home from hospital in record and lived for it,” he
Toronto has never been in said. “That is what his world |
doubt, adding that articlesin revolved around.”
Vancouver newspapers  < Jim Milina began skiing at. .
about problems raising the nine . through the. Grouse §
money for an air ambulance Mountain ‘Ski: School and .
are completely-unfounded. «had coaching in aerial"
The skiing tragedy which acrobaticsat Whistler. .._.
occurred at an indoor . He ‘has been involved |
freestyle skiing exhibition | locally . with various other
run has dashed 18-year-old sports, playing soccer with |
Jimmy Milina’s hopes” of the Lynn Valley“ Soccer:
- Participating in the Winter Association, football with |
I think “Gallipoli” was Olympics. — the Gordon Sturtridge
great. It was filmed in [- The former Argyle League and baseball with the
Australia and. Turkey. Secondary school. student, Lynn Valley Baseball:
-The violence was not known as the top freestyle Association.
“overdone, although it - skier in B.C. and one of the But it is always skiing that:
-could have been. The most promising in Canada,is has been his greatest love. _
film was-shot,in a sen- now a quadraplegic, - “That was what made his.
_ Sitive, . thoughtful man- Since the accident 10 days whole . world go around,”
ner: The acting was ago, when Jimmy fel] during says his father, adding that
s ee % excellent. I was disap- a freestyle acrobatic jump, he had no regrets about his
“Bs ae Mae. pointed in “Raidersofthe ] the family has received son being involved in the
* Lost Ark”. “thousands of calls from sport
; wellwishers,” says . Tony “If you try to bundle kids
Milina

Canada i in 1 Vancouver. ‘ee are now.

Milina | says his son anything, that is worse. |
' welcomes the letters. and don't. blame skiing: aor
. ecards he is receiving from. oe
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