The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7 Practice starts early Dallas High School football players and coaches held their annual camp for youth football players last St. Paul's hosting Vacation Bible school PY week. Dozens of mini-football players were given 3 “Hooked on Jesus - Part II"vis instruction on the fundamentals of the game and ran the theme for this year’s Bible through a series of drills. On the final day the players School to be held at Shavertown were taught five plays they tried out against the high United Methodist Church, 163 school players. North Pioneer Avenue. It begins Ted Jackson, Dallas head coach, said the three- Sunday, August 15 from a day program wasn't just about football. Greg followed by a pot luck picnic with Skrepenak, a guard for the Oakland Raiders, stopped parents. The hours for the re- ‘by the first day to talk about the importance of maining classes will be Monday keeping up with school work and avoiding drugs. through Thursday, August 16-19 Skrepenak had been running at the high school from 9 a.m. to noon. Our time track and responded immediately when asked to talk together will feature crafts, sing- : to the boys. “He's just a wonderful guy,” Jackson ing, storytelling, and special @ said. “You just have to ask him once.” snacks. We'll even have a teen . ‘In photos, far right; Michael Murphy took off on a pass pattern as Joe Saraka prepared to throw him the ball. Near right, Curt Montz was set to snap to Jon Barbose. Ben Coslett manned the blocking class! This program is presented in conjunction with St. Paul's Lutheran and Prince of Peace Episcopal Churches. To register, pad. POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK Sifu (teacher) Gary R. Barnes, owner and director of Barnes Kenpo Karate in Dallas, knows all too well the feeling of not being able to breathe while caught in the strangling grip of an asthma attack. He has variously described the experience as a feeling of des- peration; as if you are slowly be- ing squeezed to death. He has lived with asthmatic bronchitis since he was a child. For a good part of his early life the disease was kept under control by inhal- ers, prescription medication, and weekly visits to the doctor for pain- ful injections. That is, until he discovered the Martial Arts. Now, at age 34 he is doing something to help young people deal with the condition. “As a kid, and then later as a young adult, my condition was serious enough that I came very close to ‘dying several times,” he says. “But, for me, the hardest part wasn't the physical effects. I was jealous that other kids could participate in physically demand- ing activities, while I usually sat on the sidelines. In school, gym class was a nightmare: At the very least, I would have to stop what I was doing and use my inhaler. An asthma attack can be the most frightening feeling in the world - it’s like using a straw to suck air through a wet blanket; and on another level it can be very em- barrassing, or humiliating, espe- cially for a child or teenager, since you feel excluded from many ac- tivities. I want to be a role model, and show kids it doesn’t have to be that way.” Recently Barnes has been work- ing with the Wyoming Valley Chap- ter of the American Lung Associa- tion, serving on the planning com- mittee for Camp Asthmacadabra, which is to be held August 12-15 at YMCA’s Camp Kresge in White Haven. Sponsored by the American Lung Association and the Max and Lorraine Foundation, Camp Asthmacadabra is a special sum- mer camp for children ages 7-12 who might otherwise be denied a Gary Barnes is helping others to live a full life despite asthma, as he has done. Want a photo that has appeared in The Dallas Post? 5X7 wuvneseeeens $10.00 8X10 ..cueusennes $15.00 Call 675-5211 or Stop by! said Barnes. ‘several introductory karate out my medication. concentrate on building self-con- camping experience because of their asthma. The camp’s main goal is for children to have fun while gaining a better understand- ing of their asthma, increasing their self-confidence, and enhanc- ing their ability to cope with their respiratory condition. “My karate school, the Lung Association and the Max and Lorraine Foundation share much of the same philosophy. In addi- tion to working on the committee I will serve as a camp counselor,” “I will be teaching classes to the campers over the course of the three days. Besides the usual kicking and punching - the ‘fun stuff- I will emphasize a unique breathing exercise that was very helpful to me in control- ling my condition when I'was with- 1 will also fidence and self-esteem, and de- veloping a ‘can do’ attitude. I EALTH & Martial arts teacher joins fight against asthma mainly want these kids to know that if I can achieve success in an art/sport as physically demand- ing as Martial Arts, they can too. I'm no different than they are. And they're no different than any- one else. It all starts with belief.” Belief in oneself is the corner- stone of both what Barnes teaches at his school, and part of his philosophy of living. “That’s why [ will never say that I am an asthma sufferer,” he states. “In our lives pain, in some form; is inevitable; suffering on the other hand is always optional. Suffering is an attitude, a state of mind. If I say I am an asthma sufferer, I become a victim and a slave to my condition. I acknowl- edge its existence, of course, but I do not allow it to have any power over me. This frees me to be, do, and have whatever I put my mind to. You soon realize that our only limits are those we place upon ourselves.” Evidence of the power of that belief can be found in the 29 to 31 karate and Kardio Kickbox classes that Barnes personally instructs every week. “There is literally no ceiling on what a person with asthma can do, if they have the right attitude and the commitment to excel. That is why, as someone with firsthand knowledge of asthma and its frus- trating effects, I want to see every aspect of this important ‘camp succeed. Kids need this, to see that they are not defined by the disease.” For further information on reg- istering your child for Camp Asthmacadabra, please write to Camp Asthmacadabra, c/o Ameri- can Lung Association, N. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Or call (570) 823-2212. For more information on Barnes Kenpo Karate, stop by the school at 132 Memorial Highway, Dallas, or call (570) 674-5611. 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