Page 10B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, June 28, 1995 Cycling measures geared towards The announcement was wel- New law makes certain you protect your melon KAREN KERKHOFF Sun Staff _ Come September 1996 bicy- clists in B.C. will be legally required to wear helmets. Transportation and Highways Minister Jackie Pement a ced du of the law last week as well as other comed by Dennis Gracey, unit chief for the B.C. Ambulance Service, Castlegar, Gracey knows helmets save lives. “I've seen more results from decreasing injury and death while cycling. “Studies have shown that head injuries are the cause of three- quarters of deaths, and account for more than half of all injuries,” people wearing helmets and hav- Pement said. “There is a definite ing success from accidents.” helmets and Gracey remembers attending one accident in particular. many. ” We are looking for deserving deserving coaches from the area to recognize through the 3M/Castlegar Sun 1995 Community Coach Recognition Awards Program. Along with receiving iu anda d certifi distinctive Local Coaching Recognition Award pin, winning coaches will have their picture in The Castlegar Sun. gent pmo cae he ae TE Sapemseutary | COMMUNITY COACH ! Name of Coach: 3M/Castiegar Sun RECOGNITION PROGRAM | Note: Coach must reside in area served by this newspaper 1 Sport: 1 | League: 1 1 Nominated by: Phone: J 1 Coach's Profile. Please provide a brief history on the nominee, outlining such elements as years of! I coaching, coaching etc. Attach a separate sheet if necessary. Winners of Please send entries to: Attn: Marilyn Strong, The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar VIN 1G8 or call The Castlegar Sun office at (604) 365-5266 for more details. Please include your name and phone number, along with your nominee's name and phone number. I I 1 0 ae nen eee ES Sun ity Coach Deadline for entries is August 31, 1995 the will be judged on the following values and standards. Please give an example of how the coach you are nominating exemplifies these values and standards. + Demonstrating respect for officials, opponents and parents, and espousing a philosophy of fair play. * Demonstrating concer for all-round development of the athlete and instilling guidelines reflecting responsible conduct beyond the playing field. + Presenting, through example, a positive image of coaching. + Applying relevant training theory and coaching pebrorniy etc. National Coaching Certification Program (NCP) Li. ----- = = = == Wednesday, June 28, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 11B Guest speakers’ messages cut through to the heart His head jerked and his body and arms moved on invisible string, but his smile lit up his face and his words, though not always distinct, warmed the heart Lee Bussard, the first of the two keynote speakers at the Rotary District 5080 at Invermere last week, though a cerebral palsy victim from birth, had the com- plete attention of several hundred delegates with his story of courage in the face of a possible life of total dependence, and his philosophy of acceptance and ser- own speech and lack of coordina- tion, he said: “But you'll get used to it. The more people are around someone who is ‘differently abled’ the more they forget the differences, It is most important to realize that we are all more alike than we are different, though people do tend to make judgements on our differences. He continued: “When I was a boy I applied to get on to the kids’ hockey team. The coach turned me down because I By September, 1996, cyclists not wearing protective headgear could find themselves ‘given the gears’ by local law enforcement officials. Robson resident, Lance Rodrigues always makes sure to wear his helmet. “One guy had a head-on with a car and the only thing that wasn’t hurt on him was his head. The helmet saved him.” Although Gracey and his younger son always wear helmets while cycling, Gracey admits that his teenage children refuse to do so—despite all his preaching “The teens don't—they're too cool. It didn’t matter what I did.” Gracey is relieved that come September 1996 teens won't have the option to not w helmets. “This will be good.” In 1993 alone there were more than 2,000 cyclists involved in accidents with motor vehicles. A high proportion resulted in injury and 10 people died. Of those 10, eight weren't wearing helme: Pement said that it’s necessary to change peoples attitudes regarding helmet use, citing statistics which showed that vol- untary helmet use ranged from two per cent in children to 30 per cent in adults. “We must get the message across that helmets are good for one’s health, one’s life, in fact...and that wearing a helmet is as much a socially responsible act as buckling up a seat belt in a vehicle. Pement said the use of helmets is only part of the answer, and that development of a comprehen- sive education program is “funda- mental and crucial for success”. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Karen Kerkhott To encourage British Columbians the ministry is also looking into a rebate program for helmet purchases. As well a Bike Smart program, which was tested successfully last year in two elementary schools in Victoria and Vancou- ver, will be offered in schools and communities throughout the province beginning next year. Geared to the facts * Mandatory helmet legislation would apply to all persons oper- ating a cycle or riding as a passenger on a cycle on any road_or highway. + It will make it an offence for parents or guardians to knowing- ly permit a person under the age of 16 to operate or ride a bicycle without a helmet. + The maximum penalty allowed will be a $100 fine. + Municipalities will be permitted to make bylaws requiring the wearing of bicycle helmets on pathways not covered under the definition of a highway in the Motor Vehicle Act. * Motor Vehicle Act Section 185, which relates to cycling, dates from 1957, when bicycles were primarily used for recreation. + While several amendments have been made over the years, the section has + New legislation introduced June 15, 1995 updates and mod- emizes the law. d from a policy p ve. vice which has focused his life. By the time: he was five, he said, he could walk with braces and had learned to feed himself. Learning to talk took much longer. By age ten he threw away his braces, and a typewriter got him through high school, and then through university, His the- sis on the handicapped won him a scholarship, a masters degree, and a career for the past ten years of giving direction to.the disad- vantaged in which he speaks to 400 groups and individual patients a year. His very supportive and devout family, and his teachers, had fired him with the ideal of building a better world, but when he looked at himself, he thought: “I am small and useless, what can I do to build a better world? Then God in His wisdom said: ‘Build a bet- ter you.’” And he has. After making jokes about his couldn't skate. Then I asked him to try me in goal—you don't have to be a skater in goal, I got on.” “Iam,” he went on, “less : empowered by luck, or by heredi- ty, or by circumstances, than I am by my capacity as being able to envision myself as being the best that I can be. It is equally impor- tant, therefore, to affirm to others your vision of the world. It’s a matter of acceptance of yourself, and that is not always easy.” The cycle of acceptance begins, he said, with ‘anger and denial. It goes on to self-pity and using oth- ers. It progresses to assertion of independence, and flowers finally in true independence for one’s self. It is vital, therefore, regard- less of your condition, to be responsible for your own behav- or, he emphasized. Then he grinned, and said by way of con- clusion: “If you need a straw to drink your drink, don't expect someone else to run and fetch one 1995 DODGE/PLYMOUTH COLT EAGLE SUMMIT * S-speed manual transmission + And more * Dual remote control mirrors + S passenger seating * Stainless steel exhaust * Side door impact beans * 1.5 L fuel injected engine * Power front disc brakes 21A Package Includes: + Passenger and driver's side air bag Exclusive 310967 © Act now! Only limited quantities available in B.C. 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L-r: Robyn Kalnins, Devin Ambro- sio, Teresa Friedel, Kyle Heiges, Cody Friedel and Jennie Gallo. Photo submitted for you, Carry your own.” Mr. Bussard is married, has two daughters, a career aimed at teaching others to live, and car- es his own straw Saturday's keynote speaker, Phil Smart of Seattle, was, by way of contrast, a considerably OVER MY SHOULDER JOHN CHARTERS older, poised and coordinated, active and articulate gentleman, who described himself as a car salesman (actually the owner of a major Mercedes-Benz dealership) and a story-teller (one of the best I have heard). His topic was enti- tled: ‘It's About Time’ and focused, story-teller fashion, on the richest of experiences, giving yourself with love He spoke first of his time as a child in school and what his teachers, now all gone, had given him, and he named them and thanked them. He then told of how, after years of public service and an anticipated rest, he found himself, quite abruptly, the first male volunteer director of Seat- tle’s Children’s Hospital. This time he was the adult and the We weld anything... Anytime # Anywhere ICE METAL WORKS 65-8115 children were his teachers. Again, he named them: “Kathy, Betty, Mary, Vanny...”, »© ne twenty of his young teachers, thanked them, and said goodbye, for they, too, were now all gone. When he first arrived, he said, at the hospital volunteer's station for his promised, “three hours, one day a week”, he noticed a sign by the volunteer director which read: ‘(a) Wash your hands, (b) Never become emo- tionally involved with the paticnts," “She didn’t last long”, he added gently, then went on to tell of some of his little teachers: Kathy, who had become a quadraplegic at age fen when struck in the neck by a Stray bullet. She wrote him a let- ter, with the pen held in her mouth—-"'the only one its kind in the world—and I bought it with a little bit of my time”. Betty was in a long coma after an automobile accident and total- ly unresponsive for many days to all of the things he said to her at her bedside. Then she awoke, quite suddenly, and whispered, “I love you.” He melted. Then there was Danny, He was five years old and had known only pain from the time of his birth. “I asked him what he did about pain and he answered:” “I put it in a box, wrap it up in tissue paper and tie it with a bright ribbon, and then I throw it away.” “And why do you throw it away?” “Because it hurts my mummy too much.” There were more stories but few dry eyes when Mr, Sharp conclided with: “I don't get into discussions with these kids, my teachers. because they are in my heart He has also, according to the M.C., raised $365,000 for the hospital during his ‘three hours a week", but story tellers don’t talk about such mundane matters They just get involved. It was a good conference, repeatedly underlining District Governor Russ Daggett's and his wife Ida's motto, “Be a Friend”. 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