18 — Friday, April 3, 1998 - North Shore News

Russian passion for fishing chilling

A recent Boston Glebe report
trom Moscow described the
Kussian passion of ice-tishing.

One 54-year-old angler,
who said he has fallen many

times into the black water of

the Moscow River in winter,
sat in O-degree (Fahrenheit)
weather with a line in’ cach
hand, perched over small
holes all day long, with no fish
to show for it, but still
exclaimed. “Isn't this great!
This is not about what vou
catch. This is about total
relaxation.”

More than 100 Russians a
year die while ice fishing, and
last vear, when 75 anglers near
St. Petersburg were swept

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were rescued nine hours larer
by helicopter, fights broke out

last utes aboard se that thes
could remains fishing even
longer.

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A recent Associated) Press
dispatch from Hong Kong
reported on the success: of!
shopkeeper Kwan Wing-ho in
offering facsimile objects
made of paper (cell phones,
computers, Mercedes-Benzes)
tor purchase by relatives of the
recently deceased, to be
burned in Chinese ceremonies
in which the object's smoke
would wait into the hereaiter.

Said Kwan, “Even ins the
spiric world, (they) think it is
very important: to show
wealth.”

And Meatco once again
celebrated the Davo ot the
Dead, in which food and
drink are brought te grave:
yards so that people can parry
with their relatives” spirits.

The family of a) British
nurse, convicted of a murder
in United Arab Emirates, has
announced it raised the $1.2
million needed bv law to
reduce her sentence from
death to lite impronment.

And the death penalty
assessed to Assa Larsanova by
an Islamic court in Chechnya
for murdering her husband
was commuted by the presi-

dent of Chechnya atter the
husband's relatives said they
woud accept 100 cows ts law:
allowed Mood money,
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Five teen-age girls
attempted suicide in) Turkey
ratber than submit to “virgin-
ity tests” required: of girl in
government fun foster
honies.

Many families still have
physicians run daughters
through the test voluntarily as
partota Mustim-based social
code, and even Turkey's
women's affairs minister, who
is female, has defended the
practice for the foster homes.

Some — fathers whose
daughters have been killed in
accidents sult insist that the
test be pertermed on the
corpse, for the father’s own
Peace of mind.

Ten men were recently
imprisoned by the
Afghanistan Taliban regime
for watching someone dance.

And a court in Tehran has
pronounced a death sentence
on German businessman
Helmut Hoter, 36, tor having
sex with his Maslim gieltriend,
(fo avoid the punishment, he
could convert to Eslam and
marry the woman.)

away on a plattorm of ice and over which ones gor to be the

Soccer
clinics
for kids

From page 16

under-EO team had training
sessions with McManus. “The
boys went from not winning
many games to winning every
game after Tom came in —
he’s a great communicator
and motvator no matter what
level the kids were at.”

The program is funded by
the local youth clubs and is
supported by B.C. Soccer, the
North Shore Recreation
Commission and sponsors
like Macy’s Sports.

The program is divided
into two areas, player devel-
opment and coaching devel-
opment. The centre offers
coaching courses at various
levels along with coaching
symposiums.

McManus agrees that the
big question of how to get
Canada going internationally
is a tough one but an achiev-
able one.

“Kids need to start playing
in clite Ieagues at younger
ages with better coaches,”
says McManus.

The centre also” offers
players the chance to be part
of a development training
squad.

Ir's an cight week course
which allows players to. train
once a week with Tom and his
staff and work on technical
skills.

The players come from
different: clubs and nor just
one team.

In partnership with the
recreation commission, the
centre will run summer soccer
schools.

This year’s plan includes
having recreational and and
high performance schools.

“In the high performance
soceer schools, players will be
trained in a professional man-
ner,” says McManus. “Only
players that want to be there
should be in attendance.”

The elub/team training
clinics are free upon request
to any clubs of any age or
gender on the North Shore.

There is however a fee for
coaching clinics and player
development squads.

McManus coached the

Canadian Soccer League's
Winnipeg Fury and was an
assistant with Canada’s 1995
woman's World Cup side.

The North Shore Soccer
Training = Ceitre can be
reached at 983-6575 or by
contacting your local reere-
ation centre.

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