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By CHRIS LLOYD

CRIPPLED North Vancouver skier Jim Milina has been longing for this day for more than two

, months

, The 18-year-old former Argyle student has been lying in a bed in &. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, for five- weeks, since he became’ paralyzed when he fell in a fréestyle acrobatic jump while skiing with the Labatts team in an indoor exhibition.

Tonight (Wednesday) the skiing star who had hopes of being selected for the Winter

‘Olympics and who is

kegarded as the top freestyle skier in B.C., arrives in Vancouver on the Labatts jet.

He will be accompanied by his mother, Joan Milina and his two sisters, Jane and Lesley — who have been in Toronto since the October 8 accident — as well as by his father, Tony Milina, who flew to Toronto specially to make the journey home with

His father says Jim will initially be going to GF Strong Rehabiliation Centre, in Shaughnessy while the Milina family prepares for

' the changes they will have to incoprorate in their lives in order for Jim to return to the family home at 1662 Evelyn.

But even returning to Vancouver is a great boost to the skier and Tony Milina says his son is in excellent spirits.

DETERMINATION Throughout his hospitalization, Jim has

maintained a positive at- titude and determination that his father attributes to

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JIM MILINA the progress he has already made.

“He is in excellent spirits and hasn't had a down yet. Jim is so determined he is going to be mobile.”

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PINBALL wizards won't be practicing at JIrd and Lonsdale. North Vancouver City council refused an application Monday for a business licence for a pinball arcade at ll6 East 3 Street.

It’s not that they have anything against pinball arcades, various council

members said, but they don't

want one near 3rd and Lonsdale. “We don’t want to

. compound the problem (at

Third and, Lonsdale),” said Alderman Bill Sorenson. “I won't grant one at that location.”

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When 1 took over the management responsibilities of the family flour and cereal milling business from my father—1I soon found out how tough the respon- sibilities could be

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The FBDB provided financial assistance at excel lont rates and repayment terms FBDB have approved several loans to the company over recent years and I've come to consider the FBDB as 4 trusted and valued friend as well as my primary source of business funding ”

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The spinal injury he received in the accident left him paralyzed from the neck down but Jim Milina’s father says: “He has made excellent progress and doesn't think of himself&,as a quadraplegic now he is able to move his

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overwhelmed by the support Jim has received from his many North Vancouver friends and from athletes all over North America.

He has had long weekly phone calls with about 15 friends who have made a point of meeting in homes which have several telephones so they could have group phone. con- versations with him.

“This has been a big boost for him,” says his father, who adds that skiers from all over North America have also called him in hospital.

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