Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 26, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Focus a13 Winnipeg press Septh Myhr 2000 letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from they must include the authors address and Telephone letters May be letters to the 1355 Mountain r2x fax email cycling returns to route of doping by Bill Buford last week in More than 400 top athletes were pulled aside and Given a urine test for or a previously undetectable blood enhancing com Pound favoured by swimmers and other endurance As with most drug this one wont catch All the users just the stupid and unlucky the problem the urine test detects whether epo was used within 72 while the drug is generally used six to eight weeks before a big a handful of athletes will be and the dirtiest olympics in history will go More and the War on drugs in sports is starting to resemble the one in society at Why not legalize even Ioc president Juan Antonio Sam ranch has been the list of banned products must be reduced he said in anything that Doest affect the health of the for me he was quickly shouted Down but his idea was welcomed in the most dope Ridden sport of them professional at the cycling was mired in drug scandals stemming from the 1998 tour de which saw several teams caught re handed and kicked out of the this the French sports daily a equip mourned that cycling had returned to the route of Mur Murs about legalizing drugs continue within the Why do cyclists use drugs it seems like dirty play to but perform manc enhancement is part of the Cul Ture of the Legal or a top professional might race 80 Days a including three straight weeks at the tour de a schedule so demanding that virtually no one could survive it without Vitamin supple amino acids and constant med ical caffeine is on the banned but a preface triple espresso is considered almost Manda tory and is usually invisible by the time the urine tests Are on top of the current rules Are really no More than a set of interlock ing loopholes that practically encourage a certain level of Many riders Are actually permitted to use Many of the key items on the banned including portico ids which reduce stress and soreness and anti asthma is which Aid provided they have a doctors needless to there Are quite a few diagnosed but the drug of Choice for the last 10 years has been which raises the percentage of oxygen carrying red blood cells the a nor Mal male has a heat Crit Between 38 per cent and 46 per while the International cycling Union has set an arbitrary limit of 50 per message use but Only up to 49 per the Uci has admitted that the average riders heat Crit has risen five percentage Points since 1992 under this form of partial what if cycling and other sports took up Samara chs proposal and changed the rules to permit anything that does not endanger a riders health dope Ridden chaos would but what if the ath letes had to Tell us what they were Tak ing under this interesting modification proposed on the cult web site and non harmful substances would be permit with a catch each team doctor would be required to keep a dossier for each listing the products the dosages and the the doping dossiers would be released along with the race allowing the Public and the sponsors to judge the True Victor for drug hidden and would become open and with worrisome possible consequences following their heroes exam Young athletes would queue up for the latest blood boosters and synthetic whose makers would proudly sponsor there would be of and so the athletes would be tested frequently any discrepancy Between the dossier and the test results would result in severe punishment for the rider and the team Doc but would fans bother watching a contest of pharmaceuticals rather than athletics it seems without there Are no sponsors without at least in a professional Bui is executive editor of Philadelphia olympic attitude distressing Ive just picked up the front Page of your newspaper and was not to say by the headline chosen to characterize Canadas contribution to this years olympic games Why Are we struggling in Syd just two medals i was under the impression the olympic movement was about Strug about exceeding personal about countries setting aside differences to pursue athletic excellence in an atmosphere of peace and co opera your writers seem to on the other its about Colour of medals and value for the headline and the attitude Are Canada and the games Are More than our haul of they Are about our conduct As Raymond Sokalski Winnipeg language takes Shine off Star unbelievable a High class athlete with a Low class vocabulary this is what i Felt when i read the frontage its Over for free its regrettable that cyclist Tanya Dubnikoff a High class athlete with a Low class Reader in her had to stoop to Profan Ity to express her i can understand in an intense one May say some thing not entirely How to go on to Tell the and you can quote me on that is not impressive performance from a Star As someone who has been sent to represent Canada and is held As a role Model for Many people striving to someday have the same privilege of representing their country at sports highest level of it is indeed a disappointment is Dubni coff want coached in ethical Stan East Paul shame on Golden i am appalled to learn that former City councillor Al Golden is planning to run in the shame on Golden and shame on those citizens in vital who Are supporting him and encouraging him to run the fact that he takes senior citizens around on buses to do their and according to one City councilor who was quoted in your asks Tough does in my makes him a worthy Candi Golden believes he Doest have to follow the same rules and obey the same Laws imposed on the rest of is this the kind of example we want to set for our Young people there Are a number of very worthy candidates who have stepped up to the plate to replace they May not offer free but in sure they Are committed to doing the Best Job they can for the and can also ask the Tough come citizens of its time for us to have a representative at City Hall that we can be proud Black Winnipeg tory defections right on time some Days i feel sorry for people like poor Bill Neville who is watching his beloved tories in the midst of a death most especially after Reading his humorously fact lacking such As of Bielec cynicism and Eye Candy free i do Neville talks of the timing of the defections from the pc party being what is offensive is that Neville does not note that had they not defected at that the vips would have been required to go a pc caucus meeting in Wolfville the next couple that with the fact that some still think the pm is considering a fall election and waiting to jump the sinking hocs tory would be foolish for the had the Courtesy to stay within the party until the end of the perhaps Neville should be concerned about Why his maps Are leaving in could it be that the Federal tories now have so Little for the Eye so Little for the mind Ken Yost Winnipeg destroying the myth of Gas taxes your dedicate Gas reinforces the myth that fed eral gasoline taxes in the Are dedicated just to it also ignores the experience that dedicated fed eral Gas taxes often Lead to wasteful spending at a local unlike the Federal government supports mass transit with Gas tax the transportation equity act foj1 the Century debates billion of Federal funds Over six years to support local and regional Public for construction will soon begin on a Light rail transit system to connect the min Paul International Airport with downtown Minneapolis and the mall of half of the lion Cost is expected to come from the Federal the largest portion of Federal Gas tax Revenue in the is dedicated toward not mass the report do highways matter released last month by the Brookings found that there is a Strong tendency to overstate the Benefit and understate the Cost of High ways when projects Are paid with funds that come from outside of the area that will Benefit from the efficient and effective funding for our highways in Canada will take More Effort and thought than simply dedicating Federal Gas tax Ken Klassen Winnipeg Hutton piece was on sided buttons As with his earlier painted a on sided and biased View of natos intervention in Serbia for the purpose of stopping the Slaugh Ter of ethnic albanians in perhaps Hutton condoned the serb atrocities committed in Bosnia and he would gain invaluable education if he would study history in that and would spend several months to uncover the mass Graves and observe the decomposing bodies of women and men from Bosnia Herze Govina and whose Only crime was of not being he should also listen to the other maybe his blinders would fall Hunter Winnipeg Nice to see serbs Are real people i cannot express to you the Joy i experienced when i opened the paper this morning and for the first time in 10 an article dealing with the human consequences of the War in the Balkans that spoke not Only of Alban Ian and croatian but of the effects the turmoil that Region has experienced on children Vic Tims of world free it is rare that the Canadian Media has chosen to depict serbs As beings out Side of two dimensional villainous for that has brought another perspective on the War outside of the nato party As a Canadian there have been Many Days when i have chosen not to read the As it was simply too painful to hear my friends and family being slandered while canadians for got that these people were not movie bad but flesh and blood individuals who were in the Middle of a terrify ing experience few living canadians can while i understand the position the Media and in with reference to reporting the events in i am relieved to see that serbs Are allowed to be real people once thank you to William Hutton for placing the focus of this piece where it belongs on the innocents who have been there Are far More than Are described in this but it is comforting to know that they have been at least Milan Bodiroga Winnipeg trustees responsible to get kids Home i wrote the Transcona school Board a letter requesting school bus transportation for my six Earold i am a working Mother and my Sitter lives Kilometres from her school that qualifies her for school bus upon attending the school Board meeting on the evening 19 the All but David voted against this request Basing their decision on the fact the school bus would have to be rerouted five blocks a time of approximately 2 min in my letter of request i pointed out that id be Only too willing to pay for any additional my request was still i am now faced with my six Earold daughter having to walk Kilometres from school in an unfamiliar area to her Sitters with the Winter approaching and the extreme not to mention the weirdos throughout the i am at wits end and near a nervous breakdown As to what to i simply cannot quit my its ironic that posted in the school trustees office lobby there Are pictures of miss ing children child i strongly believe that it is not Only the duty of the trustees to ensure that a six year old child find her Way safety but also a moral responsibility in this if anyone in Transcona has the heart to agree with my love and concern for my Young i beg you to express your views to your Jod Kuzyk Transcona proposed Asphalt Plant risk to Neighbours Many of your readers May not be aware of a proposal to construct an Asphalt Plant at the Corner of Spring Field Road and Lagimodiere Boule As a resident in the i myself was not aware of it until four Days prior to a Public hearing where husky Oil was attempting to obtain a variance to accommodate this the fact that the City of Winnipeg would even consider a variance is Ludi Crous at As this location is immediately flanked by residential neighbourhoods and a City the risk to safety and As Well As property devaluation is a accept we the residents will be faced with human and environmental expo sure to hazardous chemicals and toxic emissions which will result in greater stress on already beleaguered eco and healthcare systems increased rail traffic blocking Access to the Only hos Pital in the area increased truck traffic at an intersection that is already considered one of the cites 10 worst Lon term pollutants that will Migrate through the neighbourhood Rivers and streams into our provincial lakes and fishery resources increased risk with the potential for catastrophic events that will require evacuations increased frequency of emergency responses to the area and the obvious odour and citizens of Winnipeg May think this is someone else but if this is allowed to the next one might be in their i urge All citizens to Call their councillors and express their Clark Winnipeg doonesbury noon in Ai Cal warm ;