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Poling station
Urban poling is becoming a popular sport that provides a challenging outdoor workout for all age groups.
Nadine VandenHeuvel of Town and Country Support Services held a an urban poling demonstration in
Courthouse Park last Thursday, demonstrating the proper technique used in urban poling to an interested
group. Town and Country will be holding four training sessions, once -a -week, through the month of May in
Goderich. Research suggests that urban poling reduces the stress on the limbs by transferring weight to
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Pinball sends positive message to students
From LIFE, Page 14
And, says Clemons, it's important to under-
stand that one is not defined by circumstances
but rather how one reacts to them.
He notes that as a child growing up in the
projects in the United States, he faced his
share of challenges, as did his mother who
had him at the age of 18.
"She never made excuses," he says. "In-
stead of making excuses, she made sure she
taught me the most important thing is not the
circumstances but what I did."
Clemons, who is five -feet, six -inches tall,
took time out to stand alongside St. Anne's
teacher Chris Grace, who is easily well over
six feet.
"When you see the two of us which guy is
the football player?" he asked the audience
comprised of St. Anne's, St. Mike's and F.E.
Madill secondary school students. "Life is a
lot like that"
"Our challenge is to live daily;" says Clem-
ons. "Just do our best with today and tomor-
row will take care of itself."
Clemons issued another challenge.
"If there was a movie of your life, my
question is: would you be proud of what you
seer' he asked. "I'm not concerned with what
you're answer is about yesterday. I'm con-
cerned about your answer tomorrow."
Clemons urges students to avoid the pitfalls
of focusing life pursuits on the accumulation
of stuff.
"We've learned how to make a living but
not how to live," he says. "We've conquered
outer space but not our inner space. We're
learned to rush but not to wait. There are more
computers and less communication. Under-
stand that life is not about stuff. It's about
peopleman."
Being kind to one's fellow man, says Clem-
ons, is the key.
"We derive our significance in life by how
much stuff we have. How popular we are.
How much status we have;" he says. "Life is
not about stuff?'
In noting the most severe form of punish-
ment in western society is solitary confine-
ment, Clemons says the old song rings true:
People who need people are the luckiest peo-
ple of all.
"If you stay by yourself long enough, you
go crazy," says Clemons. "Whether you want
to acknowledge it or not, we need each other.
That is what life is all about."
"If you want to show me a truly great per-
son, show me what they've done for someone
else. That's where true greatness lies," says
Clemons.
And, he says, that is not to say life is a bowl
of cherries.
"Adversity is simply the opportunity to
show your genius," he says. "In life, guys, the
simple thing is stuff happens. If we jump up
and go crazy that's how life is: crazy."
Further, Says Clemons, it is important for
people to recognize their value. Though there
are six -billion people on earth, says Clemons,
each one is unique since no two people walk,
talk, think and act the same.
"Out of six -billion people, you are unique
and that's what make you special."
Clemons was brought to the school as part
•of the school community's commitment to
`Be the Change," by supporting others, mak-
ing a difference and promoting a philosophy
that moves from "Me to we."
As such, St. Anne's students are taking on a
number of initiatives this year, including hav-
ing members of their sports teams donate an
amount of money equal to their team jersey
for an Olympic athlete in 2010.