Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 30, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba Witty Feeg free press los Angeles times photo Mark Anthony Way and Hawk practise skateboarding technique on a ramp at Hawks skateboarders experience blood Bath by Beth Ann Krier los Angeles times their shins Are bruised and but that a Given in this Endeavor flying straight up throwing the body or three metres into the deftly turning a somersault or two in the then miraculously Landing upright on the speeding projectile known As a they perform in tense air tricks again and until they get tired or they slam crash whichever comes this is Fullon Worl Champion level and these pros slam a they All know How to then they yell at each other Bonsai did you Bend a tentacle or what i just got bruises bleeding Contin practise wears the closest thing to first Aid is a swig of gatorade or a gulp of straight Aloe Vera the skaters say the blood Bath is a daily skate gods they Wear protective wrist guards and Kaleidoscope col ored Kneepad to Ward off More serious but there Are no nets in no real Protection from the the half pipes or the Asphalt far there Are no pools of water to Cushion a no and no Sissy stuff such As Long pants or protective not for the skate gods highly crowd stun ners who will skate ban elevated Bridge hand and increase custom built ramps installed in their own but who would have thought the gods would also skate the tiny Southern California Village that is the Home of the two most exciting skateboard pros in the world 21yearold Tony the undisputed King who has dominated the sport so Long Hes sometimes called the Wayne Gretzky of and 15 year old Danny the youngest pro on the skate the kid who said to be Hawks heir a aggressive and afraid of almost Way has been dubbed Evel Knievel by his own the two have astounding skate High pain thresholds and Fallbrook in but with its seven Fallbrook population is far from being what wheel Heads would term the most shred happening skate town in the Neil a College proves who working on a history of says that communities worthy of such superlatives Are usually Urban Jun Gles situated on the California coast Santa san Santa san san if youve got to venture in bucolic Little Fallbrook is 45 minutes East of the Pacific Rural territory full of horses and rolling a tractor pull would seem More at Home Here than world class payment in Advance helps prevent sudden quitters q my workplace is my Home i teach piano lessons to neighbourhood its run and but i need your advice for a recurring my stated policy is that students must give me 30 Days notice when they intend to discontinue it Hast most people seem to wait until the last Day of the month to Tell me there am i entitled to charge them for a months tuition because they didst let me know sooner How can i make my clients respect the fact that in running a business a after driving two piano teach ers crazy when my own children refused to go to scheduled i understand your its definitely appropriate for you to expect adequate notice when someone stops As for human nature is such that most people resent paying for services they dont re Why not try a different approach when a new Pupil joins hand out a written statement of your in addition to addressing situations like no this paper could include your policy of a Down payment one month in Advance for like landlords who demand rent in this May not be an artistic but it sure would be q How can you discover hidden meanings in questions fired at you by an interviewer Ive been Job Hunting for the past month and have found most of the interviews have work style by Paula Bern been somewhat that until the other when the woman in the personnel office asked would you be willing to go wherever our company sends you she caught me completely off i didst know whether she meant that the firm was relocating or whether she wanted to know whether i was willing to travel on i sort of stammered and unless the place was near an she raised one Eyebrow and the inter View was ended How should i have answered a you have it was up to you to play for time and question the personnel officer of you could have said with obvious in attracted by the but what do you mean Are you referring to business travel or is the company moving its Headquarters re Mem you never have to make a decision on a Job smack in the Middle of an All you want to do is sell yourself and get a firm Job in this you really we rent sure what the question so your no probably nixed your questions May be mailed to Paula Bern care of the Winnipeg free press Snipps Howard news service medical doctors making House Calls 7864444 to daily including weekends envoy8 envoy medical dispatch not for life threatening emergencies services covered by Manitoba health services commission readers support teens attendance at funerals dear Ann Landers i would like to respond to family Friend who was critical of the teenagers who went to the mortuary to pay last respects to a she said there must have been at least 200 teens present and that it want possible for a Young person to have 200 close the Assumption was that the kids were simply curiosity seekers who had no Busi Ness the writer also complained that the teenagers cried out Hung onto each jammed the parking lot and not one of them had the Good sense to walk Over to the family and offer i am a teenager who has lost three Good friends and two teachers in the last two none of these people died of natural the Shock was the Only Way my friends and i could Deal with the pain was to Ann Landers go to the mortuary and cling to each other As we said our last thanks for sticking up for you were right when you said Young people have a feeling of immortality and when one of their own its a terrible still dear sad Ive received a great Many letters from teenagers and adults who were upset with family most of the outrage came from parents of teenagers who had heres a sampling of what Ive been getting from since i am the Mother of a teenager who died of unnatural i believe i am qualified to respond to family Friend with some when my daughter it was a great Comfort to know that so Many of her friends cared enough to come to the funeral Home and visit her one last not All who came were close but that was All i dont believe teenagers Are curious about they would rather not think about it at As a Parent who is still let me say it helped a lot to see so Many Young faces gather at the Dayton i lost my son in a construction he was his death was sudden and i was in such a Daze i didst know who showed up at the but i was moved by the hundreds of names in the guest even if those people we rent close they cared enough to san Jose our teenager was killed by a drunk our grief was made worse by anger and rage that this Beautiful child should be taken from us by a Man who was so intoxicated he stand in glad you said teenagers have the right to congregate at a funeral their presence gave us ci1eatohs Syndicate win tickets to 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