ROMAN TULIS TAKES EUROPEAN TOUR

_. Eight North Shore boys are touring Europe for two weeks as two
~ Roman Tulis European Soccer School of Exceitence teams head
across the pond for exhibition games. West Vancouver will be
represented by Michael Brown, Kent O'Connor, Michael Nonni,
Alex Ritter and Jordan Milne, while North Vancouver will send
Haruki Nakagawa, Devin Delany and Aidan McCarrell overseas.

UNTAIN bikers zip by during the Lower Mainland Mountain Bike Cham

Seymour. Conservation Reserve. Argyie Secondary.

school ciaime

mpionship Race held May § 9 in the
the boys and girls team aggre-

ate score with. 177. points. Handsworth was S second with.1)7-and Brackendele finished thy y with 9 103.

tds to decide forever to have’
heart go walking:
‘ound outside of:

y. of. us;

‘eci’as parents and reinforces the:

we ‘would d do anything

ng other things, We encourage
them to get a decent education so they.
oy a stimulating career, and hope-
also emphasize the importance of.
physically healthy :.. or do we?
ere is litde point in developing -.
cerebral muscle if the vessel carrying it
ound is rotting prematurely, but as,a

ty.we seem to have forgotten the sig-“:

nificance’of physical wealth, seemingly...
being more concerned with the. fiscal vari-.

¢ are tons of different ¥ ways to 2+

p and maintain a healthy body and:
sone area that’ s often overlooked

often asked by the people I rrain
for the ‘single biggest and most significant.
ctor in improving athletic performance,
and while ic stems obvious; when men-
ioned it’: 's surprising how often i it’s over-
ooked .: ;
Don’t get injured. a
Ie really is remarkable how many peo- .
(c:train with every ounce of energy:in . :
them and yet coine crashing to a screech=}

wing x halt because they

are overtrained, eat

inappeopriately or in
some other way sabo-

° tage all their hard-" +

earned efforts.

This concept holds

equally wue'when it.
_comes to the health of ©

our children and we
“need to work far more

diligently and passion-

: ately as a 3 society if we are going to make
any serious inroads in the area of self--
_ administered physical harm. ;

.: Two of the most serious health risks t to.
our kid’s future'are staring us in the face
and: yet we stillallow people and compa-

nies to profit at the expense of the health

and lives of our furure generauion.

The damage caused by cigarette smok- ”
‘ing is widely recognized and yet federally

licensed firms continue to help the

“. “whores who manufacture the stuff flog
their products to both teens and young

adults, There are so many examples of
irresponsible, callous and uncaring corpo-
rations who talk about being “good citi-
zens,” while at the same time taking any

: advertising revenues the tobacco compa-

nies will throw at them and the following
is just one example.
While Lam nota huge fan of
“extreme sports” [ do recognize the fact
that it’s a big hit with many teens, as can
be confirmed by watching our own kids’

» Viewing habits.

Weil, a TV station calling itself The
Sports Nenwork continues to demenstrate
just haw serious we really are when it
comes to protecting children from expo-
sure to cigarette smoking. These turkeys
(who probably should rename themselves

> The Smoker's s s Network) proudly and vig-

stand?

_-orously continue to promote verbally and

an screen that their show called Extresne
Sports is brought to us courtesy of Export
4 AY. :

“Are we fer: “going to take a serious -

, We know cigarettes kill >cople, but
there is another serious an ulumately
deadly do-it-to-yourself health issue fac:

“ing our anklebiters, and that is the aiarm-_

ing increase in the use of illegal drugs.
Many youngsters experiment with var-
ious forms of mind-altering substances’
withour having any-real knowledge about
the tragic results that are inevitable over
time. One of the problems is that so.
many parents think it happens to other

*, peopies’ children and that their little

“Johnay or Jane” wouldn’t be so stupid.

Indeed many. Mums and Dads who live

on the North Shore believe it’s largely a -

: downtown Vancouver eastside problem.

Well, think again
2. Thad the Soe nny recently.to view

on TV-in the US, Europe and Australia. I
urge every parent with young children to
go out, buy it, watch it and then sit down

with your kids and watch it asa family.

You will see this issue in a different light,
The production is tithed Through a
Blue Lens and was made by a group of
seven skid row Vancouver policemen who
call cheriselves “The Odd Squad”. They
volunteer their time and experience to

‘provide our youth with the real story and

inherent consequences behind drug abuse
through graphic visual imagery and live

presentations and their success rate in get- :

ting che true story out is impressive.
.-The production takes its viewers on a
“tour” of the Downtown eastside and

See Support following page

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T-BIRDS GET SHOT DOW’ IN IDAHO

The UBC Thunderbirds baseball team was knocked cut of a
Region | Tournament in Cadwell, idaho Friday after losing to
the Western Oregon Wolves 6-0. Second baseman Shawn
Anderson, first baseman Spencer Bamard and hurlers Tim
Findlay and Andy MacLean all hail from the North Shore.
The birds finished their inaugural season at 22-29.

PLAY

Rugby nats at

Cap fundraiser

RUGBY Canadahas_
selected a new national ~
team after last month’s”
tryout camp at:

‘Klahanie Park.

‘It includes only. six: mem
bers of the ream that played in
Canada’ Ss last -dinterr. ational

fast: yea S
World Cup'19997 45 © 25"
i:The team will play Tonga.
in Canada’s opening match of.
the Pacific Rim Epson Cup or:
Saturday. at Thunderbird _
Stadium in Vancouver.

‘Bob Bremner was the only.
Capilano RFC. player to. try
‘out but was not named to the -
squad. His coach Tim; Murdy «3

5 participated. in. the training.
” camp.

: National . “coach David.
Clark: will be. holding twice

weekly training sessions for .

: Jan-Christian Scrensen

Contributing Writer...

» NORTH Vancouver
‘ native Jamic. Oci i is

: College, Oci’ 'S pros a

made possible when:ninezy
veteran Kevin "Hanson accept

ed the post of head coach fo:
the UBC ‘men’s basketball.

team.

” said Ovi, who’ was born
raised | in:

Vancouver.)
Oci, . 23,

remembers his “days playing

~ point guard for Windsor sec-
- ondary: school
i College.

id. Capilano

He’s: confident: that he?
\d* his‘ charge

a s ically: produced tape that has been seen : into the: thick of a tide ‘chase.

“younger team this year but it’s
definitely not ‘a rebuilding |

year, which is what, a fot of

people were asking me,” he >.

said.

... “Pry going to try to build ©
on (Kevin' Hanson’s) success.
‘We've got some younger guys

and ‘pretty awesome recruits,

“+ so I’m looking forward to it.”

He_ knows *the territory
well, at feast.

In "1998: and 1999. Oci-

helped the Langara Falcons to

_ a pair of back-to-back nation-—_

al. Canadian. | Collegiate _
Athletic “Association (CCAA):

“make > an

: now lives in
downtown: Vancouver, ° but —

the next seven weeks i in B.C.
with ‘a full-fledged : training

camp. beginning May 13.

The’: national: squad will
appearance this
 huredey at Neahanie Park as:

:. This: Sunday ‘the Capilano

REC? team - will ‘also hoid its: -

annual. spring ‘Alumni. and;
* Community © Day: :
. Klahanie Park. oo"

At -10:30 a.m-'a ‘co-e
touch . rugby ‘tourney
~planned with teams made 1 ‘up
from::all . those::;

: _ Feady ¢ to play...

Later in the day,
‘events are ete ‘with a bai
beque | going e entire day...

? oo Bab Mackin

“NORTH ‘Van cager. Jamie

Oei witl lead the Langara

oh Falcons this fall.
“Pm preity. excited about.

During his: tenure‘-as. a
point. guard | with ‘the ‘team,
‘the Falcons posted an impres
sive 75-5: record..:

In 1998, Oci led all players’.
in the CCAA ‘national cham

‘per game.* :
t year, with ci erving
assistant Coach, ‘the: team

‘Association eat) and fifth
in the CCAA.

His ‘superiors have faith i in.
their selection.
“Jamie is's young. up- and:

“coming: coach with excellent.

qualities,”-- said . Langara
College «: Athletic Director
Theresa. Hanson. “He has“a: >

-very: good knowledge of the.” :

game, the ‘leagu
players and he knows
takes to be successful.
-Oci- will lead ‘the: te:
practices ©. starting
September. Regular season
ki fF in October,

and the.
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