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A matter of healthy choices
Life is so much better since Philip Beales discovered Special Olympics family
BY DAVE KEARSEY
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
CORNER BROOK
Heather Beales is all smiles
when she talks about the positive impact Special Olympics
has been on her son Philip.
Philip, who has autism, will
compete in snowshoeing at the
2016 Special Olympics Canada
Winter Games March 1-5 in Corner Brook as a member of the
Newfoundland and Labrador
contingent.
Philip enjoys hanging out with
his fellow Special Olympians because it keeps him active and he
gets to meet a lot of new friends
who share a common interest.
His mom says life is so much
better since he became involved
with the Corner Brook Vikings,
the local group of Special
Olympians who love to have fun
and who can be spotted
throughout the city with their
blue jackets on.
“He’s making a lot more
healthy choices and he’s exercising more,” Heather said of her
son who has been practising
several times per week to be
ready for his time to compete
against Special Olympians from
coast to coast.
Philip used to be one of those
guys who would get excited and
sit down with chocolate bars
and chips, but his active participation in sport has made him realize he can be healthier.
“He was a big junk food eater
and now he hardly eats it,” mom
said. “He tells me not to bring it
home to him. If I’m working
until 6 o’clock and don’t have
time to cook supper I say, ‘I will
bring something home’ and he
says ‘Oh no, I have to eat
healthy.’”
He’s an active guy who is
friendly and polite, and he’s also
popular among his friends because of his uncanny ability to
remember things, more specifically when somebody celebrates
a birthday.
“He’s getting out more. He’s
not sitting at home,” his mom
said, who noted that Special
Olympics takes up a lot of her
son’s time because he’s not
working at present.
“I like doing something so
I won’t be bored. I can be
fit, healthy and strong.”
Philip Beales
Heather and her husband
Tony want their son to embrace
this chance to have fun doing
something he loves with people
who have become very important in his life. But, one the
games are behind them they
want to focus on finding a job
that would be a good fit for her
son.
They haven’t had any luck in
that department yet, but are
aware of how it could be a big
boost for their son’s confidence
because he loves to be active.
“He would need some one on
one for a while, but eventually he
would be able to do it on his
own,” she said.
Philip just wants to have fun.
He’s happy to be representing his
province and doesn’t worry
about whether he wins or loses.
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Philip Beales is happy to represent his province and doesn’t worry about whether he wins or loses.
“I like doing something so I
won’t be bored,” he said. “I can
be fit, healthy and strong.”
It’s going to be an exciting
time for the family and friends of
Philip. Mom and dad just hope
he doesn’t get hurt and has noth-
ing but fond memories when the
Games come to a close on
March 5.
Special occasions are very important to Philip. He remembers
them all because it’s part of his
routine.
His mom says her son’s focus
is clearly on the games — his
next special occasion — now
that Valentine’s Day has passed.
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A special
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the crowd
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Nikki King of Corner Brook is excited
about participating in cross-country
skiing as a member of Team Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2016
Special Olympics Canada Winter
Games in Corner Brook.
Nikki King looking forward to forging lifelong friendships at Games
BY DAVE KEARSEY
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
CORNER BROOK
Nikki King has become somewhat of a social butterfly with
her fellow Special Olympians because of her infectious smile,
keen sense of humour and her
outgoing personality.
It seems no matter where
Nikki has travelled in her hectic
regime of Special Olympics activities she is usually one who
draws people to her in a positive
light.
The 34-year-old daughter of
Peter and Anita King of Corner
Brook is a sweetheart in every
sense of the word. She will certainly brighten up the nordic ski
trails when she represents New-
foundland and Labrador in
cross-country skiing at the 2016
Special Olympics Canada Winter
Games being staged in the city
next month.
Being able to share the games
experience with fellow Special
Olympians from coast to coast is
an exciting venture for Nikki. It’s
not about winning medals as
much as it is about winning
friends who share a common
thread and embrace the Special
Olympics program with open
arms.
“They call me party animal,”
Nikki said of desire to have fun
and meet new people. “I love to
have a party like that because I
get to meet new friends and just
be myself.”
According to her dad, she’s not
only a spirited individual when it
comes to competing. Dad says
one of the biggest moments for
any of her big events is the dance
and banquet put on for the athletes.
This is a time where Nikki
shows everybody why she is
proud to be a Special Olympian.
“They all look forward to the
banquet and the dance,” said
dad, who had a smile on his face
as Nikki responded to his or The
Star’s questions. “They get all
dressed up and they dance every
single song. Her feet are tired the
next day.”
She pauses when putting her
thoughts together when asked
what it meant to wear her
provincial colours on such a big
stage, but her smile will tell a
more meaningful story than her
words could ever do.
“It means that everything is
happening so fast and I’m just so
happy to be part of it,” she said.
Nikki’s world is certainly
blessed through her involvement
with other Special Olympians,
but she also lives a fairly independent life with her own apartment and a full-time job cleaning
houses Monday to Friday for the
last 16 years.
She’s always on the move and
that keeps dad and mom on
their toes. Bad was quick to point
out that no matter how active
she has been it seems she still
finds time to be immersed in social media with her iPad in tow.
But, dad was quick to point
out that Nikki likes to do things
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There is strength and power in numbers
that keeps her active, but she
also spends a fair amount of time
with her iPad in tow.
“I can’t help myself. When I get
on it I can’t stay off it,” she said.
Peter’s only real advice to Nikki
has been making it clear how important it is that she get proper
rest.
“The more you sleep the more
you ski,” Nikki said with that big
smile everyone talks about.
She was a straight-shooter
when asked about the importance of where she finishes in her
races.
“No matter what happens that
day I just have to make it to the
finish line,” she said.
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Endurance on his side
Moores gets excited to race when he sees familiar faces
BY DAVE KEARSEY
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
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Daniel Moores just likes to have fun and stay active.
serving up coffee during his job
or doing so while scooting
around the nordic ski trail system is all that matters to Daniel.
He just wants to have fun and
he’s not one of those people who
shows any signs of stress before,
during or after a race really because he has no high expectations and just being there makes
him happy.
“He won’t be up all night worried about the race the next day,”
dad said with a big smile.
He’s even going to tackle
longer distances in his races this
time around because he just
happens to go faster and has the
endurance to handle longer distances. His dad has been impressed with his stamina on a
trail network that is certainly a
challenging one for a lot of people.
“It’s no trouble for him going
up Sleepy Hollow hill,” Len said.
“I have trouble going up that
hill.”
Then again, dad knows his
son works hard skiing at least
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routine in place is usually a key
to happiness for a lot of Special
Olympians and a good reason
why dad says his son doesn’t like
to be late for anything and usually expresses displeasure when
it happens from time to time.
Daniel works at a job where
he is content. He competes in
sports he enjoys with people he
loves to be around. He has his
own apartment and he has
never had to be told to keep his
place neat and tidy by any
means.
“There’s no mess because
everything’s got to have its own
spot,” his dad said.
A medal is always a possibility. But, this time around, Daniel
will feel like a champion seeing
those familiar faces on the sidelines when it’s time to tackle the
trails.
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Daniel Moores goes about his
business quietly as he works
hard on the nordic ski trails, but
his excitement goes to another
level when he knows there are
people in the crowd watching
him.
Daniel, a 30-year-old Special
Olympian in Corner Brook, will
compete in cross-country skiing as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador entry
at the 2016 Special Olympics
Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook.
Daniel has won his share of
medals at both national Special
Olympic Winter and Summer
Games in the past, but this year
he’s on familiar trails with a lot
of family and friends eager to
see him compete.
His sister Krystin is coming
home from the mainland so
that has him smiling. His mom
Debbie Chilton is making the
trek from Ontario to see him in
action and his buddy Greg Parsons, a co-worker/supporter at
his canteen job at Sir Richard’s,
is also going be on the start line
for three long-distance races he
will be competing in for his
province once again.
“That will be a big motivation
for him,” his dad and coach Len
Moores said of the friendly faces
who will be in attendance for
the Games. “He knows they are
there to cheer him on.”
Len said his son has always
had a keen interest in being active. As a child growing up, dad
would find the time to play
catch with him, take him skating or join him on a pair of skis
just to get out and enjoy an active life instead of being home in
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Brandon Park enjoys the
physical nature of games, sports
BY DAVE KEARSEY
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
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Brandon Park is quiet, but his parents say he will get excited when he sees
so many of his family members on the sideline at the national Special
Olympics.
Brandon Park may be a man
of few words. He’s also a man
who doesn’t have much time to
chat because he’s an active individual who finds contentment
from doing things outdoors.
His family and friends, particularly his parents Lisa Burridge
and Joe Park of McIvers, have always kept him busy with physical activities such as skating,
swimming and snowshoeing,
and he joins his parents for outdoor ventures such as fishing
and hunting.
“Everything physical you
could ever imagine,” mom said
of her 21-year-old son’s desire to
be doing something whenever
he can.
Brandon’s active participation
in sports led him to joining the
local chapter of Special
Olympics four years ago. He got
involved with bowling, with people he shared a common thread,
but now he’s embraced the sport
of speed skating and has been
doing it for only two years.
A great time lies ahead for
Park next week when he becomes the first Special
Olympian in Newfoundland and
Labrador to compete in speed
skating at a national Special
Olympics Games when Corner
Brook puts out the welcome
mat.
His mom heard the organization was looking for athletes to
compete in this year’s games a
couple of years ago. She figured
she would see if her son was interested in trying out speed skating because she and her
husband felt he was a good
skater who could make the adjustment to the long blades.
Being introduced to the Special Olympics program has been
a blessing for their son because
it has given him an avenue to
spend time with people he likes
being around and it has helped
him embrace more opportunities to keep active and socialize
outside of his comfort zone.
“Our biggest fear is that he
might fall and get hurt, so
that’s why he hesitates to
push him to go faster
because he doesn’t like
being out of control and he
doesn’t want to go fast
sometimes because he
knows he may lose his
balance.”
Lisa Burridge
“If he never had this he wouldn’t have any friends other than
his immediate family, but at
least with this he has a bigger
branch of friends and he’s always
meeting more and more people,”
mom said. “He knows more people and he’s interacting with
more people.”
Seeing their son having fun
and being active brings happiness to parents who have to
keep a close eye on him more so
than ever now because he has
slowed down somewhat since it
was discovered a few years back
that he had Type 1 diabetes.
“It just came out of nowhere
when he was 19,” his dad said.
Joe and Lisa are happy their
son has a better social life and
pays more attention to people
more than he did before getting
involved in the program. They
want him to seize the moment,
but they both are still worried
that he may get hurt, but that’s
to be expected from any parent
really.
“Our biggest fear is that he
might fall and get hurt, so that’s
why he hesitates to push him to
go faster because he doesn’t like
being out of control and he doesn’t want to go fast sometimes because he knows he may lose his
balance,” mom said.
“He knows his limits, but
where he’s got the communication problem he can’t say to us,
‘Now mom I don’t feel secure
going fast that way,’ she added. “...
We got to watch him and interpret everything for him.”
He’s a quiet one who usually
doesn’t express much in the way
of outward emotion, but his parents say he will get excited when
he sees so many of his family
members on the sideline, especially Nan and Pop Burridge,
who are planning an early return
from vacationing in Ontario to
be there to cheer on the young
man in his speed skating debut.
“If he sees his family there in
the crowd he will be very happy,”
she said.
It’s been a long journey that
really started to take shape for
Brandon when he qualified for
the Games at an event in Nova
Scotia last year, but now it’s
showtime and his parents know
what it will take for them to believe it was all worth it.
“If he has lots of fun lots of
smiles and seems like he enjoyed
himself,” she said.
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Chris Dugas trains in snowshoe racing near the recreational field in Kippens.
Kippens native Dugas hopes for good performance
BY FRANK GALE
STAR STAFF WRITER
KIPPENS
Chris Dugas of Kippens hopes
competing in the Special
Olympics in his home province
will translate into good results.
The 26-year-old is no stranger
to competing on a national level.
A veteran of the national Special
Olympics Winter Games in St. Albert, Alberta, and Vancouver;
and Dugas also represented
Newfoundland and Labrador at
the last two Canada Games.
“I’m hoping to have the better
end of the stick where the races
are in our province, as I’m more
used to the type of terrain we
have here,” Dugas said.
In 2013, he was this province’s
only medal winner in track and
field. During the St. Albert Games
he placed first in 800-metre
snowshoeing and was a member
of winning relay teams in 4 x 100
and 4 x 400-metre events.
In addition to competing at
snowshoeing in the Special
Olympic Canada Winter Games
in Corner Brook next week, he’s
also on the prep squad for the
2017 Special Olympics B.C. Summer Games in track.
Dugas has dedicated his time
to training for these games, both
in the field and at the Bay St.
George YMCA in Stephenville. At
the gym, he does speed workouts
on the treadmill.
In Kippens, he’s been hitting
the cross-country trails on a regular basis for hill training, sprint
work and distance work as he
prepares for his snowshoe races.
As he has on previous occasions, Dugas is looking forward
to meeting new people and making more friends.
He will be running in the 200metre preliminary Wednesday
morning, the 100-metre preliminary Thursday morning, then the
200-metre final Thursday afternoon. His last race, the 100-metre
final, takes place Friday evening.
“The games are always fun;
however (I’ll) relax for a little
while once it’s over,” Dugas said.
Other sports that he’s been involved with in Special Olympics
include track and field, swimming and occasionally bowling.
He expressed appreciation to
all those who have supported
him in Special Olympics in the
eight years since he started competing, including fellow teammates and the towns of Kippens
and Stephenville. Dugas said he
is especially appreciative to his
coach, Rosemary Ryan-Forsey,
who has trained him well in the
field and at the YMCA.
“I consider my supporters
more than acquaintances and
friends,” he said. “They’re more
like family.”
After these Special Olympics
and a short rest, he’ll focus on
swimming and track.
After collecting medals from
different national competitions,
it’s his hope that he will leave a
legacy for other athletes to get to
the level where he is now.
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Leaving it all on the floor
Greg Hall takes his past gold medal
experiences into a new sport
CORNER BROOK
Greg Hall has been living in
Paradise for the past two years,
but it’s Corner Brook that truly
holds the connotations of paradise for him — he still considers
it his home.
That’s why it’s such a thrill for
the 44-year-old city native to be
coming back to the west coast to
compete in front of friends and
family at the 2016 Special
Olympics Canada Winter
Games.
“Exciting,” he said without
hesitation of how it feels, especially now that the start of the
games is drawing so close. He
said he believes Corner Brook
will do a great job of hosting the
massive event.
The games kick off Tuesday,
with Hall’s sport of choice, floor
hockey, beginning Wednesday.
A forward, he’s one of 12
members of the NL Tigers team,
which will be up against 15
other squads. The Tigers are in
Group 3, along with Grand
Forks, B.C.; Team Saskatchewan;
and the Prince Edward Island
Warriors.
He said competing at home
doesn’t add any more pressure,
and actually just adds to the excitement of the chase for a gold
medal.
Although he said he’s only
been playing floor hockey for a
few years, he’s a seasoned veteran of various disciplines. He’s
a multiple medalist in snowshoeing, bowling and athletics
on the provincial level, having
been involved with Special
Olympics for nearly two decades
now.
At his first national competition in 2002, he picked up a gold
medal in shot put. Then, in 2012,
at the national winter games, he
won a gold medal in the 200metre snowshoeing event, and
also helped Newfoundland and
Labrador to two more gold
medals in the 4x100-m and
4x400-m snowshoeing relay.
He won’t be involved in snowshoeing this time around, saying
he wanted to try something different.
“I think we’re going to do
great,” he said of the Tigers.
Does that mean he expects to
add to his collection of gold
medals this year?
“Let’s hope,” he said with a
laugh.
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March 2
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Thursday
March 3
Competition
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March 2
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March 3
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March 4
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Ski Park
9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday
March 5
Competition
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
9:00am - 1:00pm
Wednesday
March 2
Competition
Corner Brook
Curling Club
8:00am - 9:00pm
Thursday
March 3
Competition
Corner Brook
Curling Club
8:00am - 9:00pm
Friday
March 4
Competition
Corner Brook
Curling Club
8:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday
March 5
Competition
Corner Brook
Curling Club
8:00am - 2:00pm
Thursday
March 3
Competition/Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday
March 4
Competition/Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday
March 3
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre Annex/
Corner Brook High
School Gym
8:00am - 9:00pm
Friday
March 4
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre Annex/
Corner Brook High
School Gym
8:00am - 6:30pm
Saturday
March 5
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre Annex/
Corner Brook High
School Gym
8:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday
March 3
Competition
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday
March 4
Saturday
March 5
Competition
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
9:00am - 3:00pm
CURLING
Tuesday
March 1
Practice
Corner Brook
Curling Club
9:00am - 5:00pm
FIGURE SKATING
Tuesday
March 1
Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
8:30am - 11:30am
Wednesday
March 2
Competition/Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
8:30am - 4:30pm
FLOOR HOCKEY
Tuesday
March 1
Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre Annex/
Corner Brook High
School Gym
8:00am - 3:30pm
Wednesday
March 2
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre Annex/
Corner Brook High
School Gym
8:00am - 6:30pm
SNOWSHOEING
Tuesday
March 1
Practice
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
10:00am - 2:30pm
Wednesday
March 2
Competition
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
9:00am - 5:00pm
Competition
Blow Me Down
Cross Country
Ski Park
9:00am - 4:00pm
6:30pm - 9:00pm
SPEED SKATING
Tuesday
March 1
Practice
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Wednesday
March 2
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday
March 3
Competition
Corner Brook
Civic Centre
(Kinsmen Arena)
9:00am - 5:00pm
OPENING CEREMONIES
Tuesday, March 1, Corner Brook Civic Centre
7:00pm - 9:00pm
CLOSING CEREMONIES
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Saturday, March 5, Corner Brook Civic Centre
7:00pm - 9:00pm