Giub turns 2 Bob Maakin News Reporter LE the Vancouver Grizzlies indeed move to St. Louis, the Lower Mainland won’t be bearless. The North Shore has some sporting bears of its own. They don’t have lasers, fog machines or scantily clad cheerleaders. They're members of the Capilano Rugby Club, who wear black and gold and sport a coast Salish bear emblem. And D they’ re gathering Saturday night ro celebrate 30 years. Front and centre willbe papa bear himself, 76-year-old 3 Alex Mahood. Mahood was the first coach of Capilano’s first division ‘ team in 1969 aiter playing an instrumental role in the merg- * peer Of the West Vancouver Barbarians and North Shore All- -. Blacks. =. “<> The Barbarians were bora in the late 1920s, copping chcir me from the famed British touring side. The on-again, off- again club joined forces with the All-Blacks after years of dis- -:?tussion. The All-Blicks, formed: in 1930 and bearing the imame of; New Zealand’s legendary touring XV, won Vancouver's second: division championship in 1931 and ow felt the s rength would be better with one club chan two on the Nortl Shore,” remembers Mahood, who joined aicks as “We-didn’t have enough support at that time to have wo ‘separate club 0 years lat Capilano” ‘Rugby Ciub has teams in Premier, first, second and-third divisions, two under-18 i : ver-49 players;. another for women and its ini-rugby league for. kids as’ young as five. Some 400 :play for Capilano-ani ar number of ion. commissioner who helped ting: Canada into the International Rugby Board. 3° Tn seven years, Klahanie has become the home of rugby on the North: Shore for all levels,” popular. with both: touring Sides ‘and. Jocals, alike.) ° vy World Cup team -recentl trekking to France: And it’s the home bitch spent ‘some if Vancouver North, Stars, the: jocal entry in Rugby Canada’s. a . player. in 1945'and coached from 1965 to: =a gave: them. some opportunities,” said’ Handsworthi : oS “But i it ‘was a perfect d ail north shore news Wednesday, October 20, 1999 ~ North Shore News — 53 Ride for kids SPROCKIDS. -‘Shoreriders were at it again ‘Sunday for their monthly ride from Argyle secondary I in North Vancouver. The non-profit society, oy led by tocal Olympic mountain biking veterans Lesley Tomlinson and’. . Alison Sydor, promotes athletic and social development among youths aged 10-19 through mountain’ diking. . Royal: | DAVID est had a a pair of touchdowns and: ran 252 yards Saturday to lead the Handsworth Royals .. in a 28-14 win over the Carson Graham Hagles i in the annual Buchanan Bowl, The Royals repeated as winners of ‘the grudge match between the two schools after a shaky start. The Reyals fumbled on their second play from scrimmage. Quarterback Jeff Pockett later dropped the ball in the end zone, giving the Eagies | their : : siting Richmond Colts on Friday. ‘On. Saturday, Sentinel - the : only touchdown of the first half. ‘The Royais pulled even at the half and scored two TDs i third guarter. ‘The’ teams traded majors in the fourth. “Our guys'came in real-high,, aybe.a little too excited,.we : “coach Joe : c large crowd, sunshine, good foor- © Centennial. The Hig! { Lake. : Field, He ‘iso caught t two passes from Pockett for sight yatds, Added Eagles’ coach John Buchanan: *Gaudet i is one of the : “classiest athletes we've play ved against in years.” Pockett was cight-for-13 for 122 yards and ran one-yard for, a touchdown, Richard Fowlstone ‘had. three interceptions, © including onc 65-yard touchdown return in the third quarter. : Royal Mike Hitchborn had a dozen tackles. Kicker: Smolen had four extra points for the Eagles. --° | : Meanwhile, West Vancouver Highlanders lost 24-8: p aatiey upended ‘Timberline 32-7-and lotre Dame jugglers blanked the Windsor Dukes '27-0.: ° My This Friday, Sentinel plays Seaquam North Delta, Carson Graham treks to Coquitlam’s ‘Town Centre stadium to- anders take o} Handsworth ‘ hosts. Windsor cy re d 4 everything _ ver.to'delay what aliowing cigarette ie asscciated in any way with sport. acco whores who represent. i dustry: tell us they are rspond-.~ ig to public opinion and would have you: believe they do not ever adversise their prod- ct. on TV, around sport and.God forbid around kids. Several mondis ago I : Temexber an editorial in this paper. where one 1:2dividual actually stated those tobacco... neither market their product in-the © thietic arena, nor would they ever dream of eting younger adults (read teens). UTo find out what a load of lies is thrown at us by these outfits, turn on the rabe. A couple of weeks ago I saw the repeat of an upcoming sporting event which just con- firms the people in the tobacco industry have depth ‘of cha ter about as deep as pee ona Plate 6 4 Sloss > ; ‘ra fior'a huge fan of “extreme sports”. 1 do recognize it’s a big hit in the teen popula- tion, as‘confirmed by. gaeting 0 our own kids* fig ‘Habi 24 - Gaudet carried: the ball 21 “times in the game at Kinsman : proudly procaim: the extreme <, Sporting coverage was being “ brought to us courtesy of » ExporsA. TSN must be very proud of making the decision to pro- mote such a responsibie spon- sor and I wonder if they.” shouldn’t change their moniker from The Sports”: Network to The Smokers _ _ Network. ~~: This sarne 1¢ federally licensed network, along * “with other TV stations, also brings us women’s tennis courtesy of Du Maurier, as well as excellent expostire of several cf the . leading cancér-producing delights, including, but not limited, to Players and Marlboro via coverage of f CART an Formula One car rac- - ing. I recently. browsed through the October - isstic of the University of California (Berkeley) “Wellness Letter. Iv’s a widely read and highly respected health publication, and it offered an update from the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute as to where we stand in the fight to beat this discase. The incidence of cancer fell 5% from 190 to 1996, bur there are two types of cancer on the rise. One of them is lung cancer among . women. What a curious coincidence that ciga-.. _, ete consumption is increasin, “young peopic with four our of 10 girls taking | most among °° up the habit in their early teens. (The other rm showing increases is ‘melanoma, a form" Of'skin' cancer). ®* The ne Auestion I pose to our, culture i is s “What's the point in taking so mich time, effort and energy bringing up our anklebiters ‘when we start killing them off before they’re even finished growing!”. The bottom line here is that 50% of all . children who smoke, or are in an environment - with high levels of second hand smoke pre- sent, are going to die premature and painful deaths directly attributable to robacco. That ‘includes your wife, husband, brother or sister. ‘- “Oh yes, and your own kids of course, - “We have got to start taking a much stronger stand at all levels of government if we are ever going to tackle this subject seriously. | Smoking kills 45,000 Canadians a ycar and costs our health system around $3.5 billion over the same petiod. B.C. generates $450 million annuaily in taxes so it is.no wonder government is so loathe to eradicate this cash cow. We should be aware of onc of the more : positive initiatives that will soon be intreduced in B.C., courtesy of the Werkers Compensation Board. It should be commend: ed for making a tough but valuable decision to.ban smoking in afi workplaces (that includes restaurants, bats or any facility that has employees). This will be i in effect fan. 1, 2000. Remember that, all your own North Shore councils considered this course of uction at least a ‘couple of years a Bo. Sonic were more concerned than others, but the bottom line was that as a collective group they bowed to the whining of bar and restaurant owne;rsi:. 3 These establishments se Intich more: interested in their boite: fine than in the Saturday. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. health of our furure generation (don’ t finget that teens work, in these: environme: stantly). ; You might j just ‘want to check ut who. sup “ported the.dan and. who abstained or. oppos it given our upcoming civic elections. You do have some power, so use it! 9.000%: ° In case you think I’m being too hard on our purveyors of the only product't that when taken as prescribed will kill you thi pet, (I wouldn’t have:believe read it with my own two eyes.) Next time you're stocking upon grand the health food § store look around for 2 a récen addition to the mei of earthly ‘delights - organically grown cigarettes: This “health product contains none of the nasty chemical or burning agents | found in regutar “fags.” Just good old-fashioned tobacco, dentally has over 100 known carcinogenic components. ; - The firm (Santa Fe Natural Te ; Company) incredibly states that 0 studies - have been done on these products to-prov 7 particularly i in Sai Francis open your gob and take ina | i If you are ever listening to'a coinmentary from the tobacco industry or local. an oliticians on the promises about’ getting this job done, remember a a qiicte frosi Napoleon Bonaparte some 200. yeatsago: “1 fo Sucteed i in this work : Tyler :