Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba with president Slobodan Milosevic trailing in polls yugoslav voters have been ordered to show their marked ballots in today selections a4 Canada Federal fisheries officers removed More than 800 native lobster traps from new Brunswick a Miramichi Bay yesterday but there was no resistance a5 Winnipeg tree i press bombers head coach Dave Ritchie chewed out his troops Iii the locker room after the teams humiliating 43-6 defeat in Hamilton yesterday c5 the weather As mainly sunny. Wind West 30-50 pm a. High 13 Low 1 76639 05026 Winnipeg a Robinson wins Bronze Kevin Frayer i Canadian press life is but a dream. Canadian rowers show off their Bronze medals after finishing third in the women a eights finals at the olympics in Sydney yesterday. Back Row from left Are Theresa Luke Alison Korn Dorota Urbaniak Winnipeg a Emma Robinson and Heather Mcdermid. Front Row from left Are Lesley Thompson Laryssa Biesenthal Buffy Alexander and Heather Davis. For full coverage of this and other olympic stories please see pages cl-4.cash-strapped Canadian athletes just have to Grin bite the Bullet Sydney a by now you be probably read a lot of poor me stories from Canadian athletes frustrated by a Lack of government funding that makes it extremely difficult for them to compete on a level olympic playing Field. Well wait until you get a Load of this Winnipeg skeet shooter Jason Caswell participates in a sport so devoid of financial support that he actually has to buy his own ammunition a in the olympic games. Just imagine. Caswell shoots his first few rounds of targets in route to a respectable 19th-place finish saturday and incredibly must reach into his own pocket to continue shooting and try to win a medal for his own country. A i had to pull out my Wallet a Caswell said matter of factly. A we done to have the Money granted All shooters must technically speaking Purchase their olympic ammunition at the games at a Cost of $12-$15 dollars Randy Turner in Sydney for 15 shots. You simply can to bring your own bullets to a major International event. The major difference however is that the Money competitors from world Powers such As Italy and the United states pay for bullets is covered by government and sponsorship Money. The canucks meanwhile get Between $7,000-$9,500 each to train for these games. By the time they arrived in Australia most of them had already dipped into their own Bank accounts. And its not just the 26-year-old Caswell either. Even Canadian shooting legend sue Nattrass of Edmonton who has won 32 National titles and six world championships conceded she probably be Here without her sponsors including Winnipeg based King optical. For example Nattrass received $9,500 in funding from the shooting federation to pre Winnipeg a Caswell pare for these games. But her final Bill for training and attending overseas world championships a a must for top flight competitors a was $40,000. A without them sponsor Sid be up a Creek without a paddle a Nattrass noted. A a they be been How bad is it its practically a joke if it Wasny to so pathetic. During the few major competitions that Caswell can afford to attend using the annual $4,000 to $5,000 he gets from the shooting federation not including his Federal carding Money of $1,100 a Mont the Guy actually stuffs muffins into his pockets each morning after breakfast. Why because by skipping lunch he can use the Money saved to buy More practice rounds at competitions. Isnit that just grand a the shooters from other countries where funding is less an Issue think its hilarious a said Caswell a two time olympian who finished 31st in Atlanta. A a they la be going out to a fancy restaurant saying a Why done to you come a they done to understand. For them everything a paid continued please see athletes a2 a bionic Many gets new life rare surgery relieves Parkinson s symptoms Ion Yamron has Parkinson s disease the no. I brain disorder in Canada. This summer local surgeons in a relatively new technique implanted two wires in his brain to turn Back the disease f ree press medical reporter Alexandra Paul and photographer Phil Hossack spent three months following Yamron through his surgery and recovery. Ian Yamron looks like your average aging businessman a balding a Little Stout maybe the kind of Guy you a pass on the Street without even noticing. But take another look. A nearly imperceptible pair of ridges a the size of insulated Copper wires a runs beneath his Scalp behind his ears Down his neck and right under his Collar Bone. Ever since he shaved his head the ridges have been clearly visible. This twin set of wires is attached to two tiny Metal bars studded with electrodes nestled deep in his brain. They re his walking wires a without them head be As stiff As a Board or rocking and weaving from medication Side effects. The wires run Down to a bionic Battery pack surgically implanted under the skin below the Collar Bone. The Battery pack has a Remote control device Yamron holds in his hand. When he Waves the Remote past the implant in his Chest and turns it on its like magic for the Man. Continued please see bionic a2 a the drilling of the holes was not a problem but the breaking of the brain lining made a crunching sound. It was weird a Ian Yamron says about the revolutionary surgery that gave him Back his life. Please turn to by for Yamrone a Story ;