P.G.'s First Olympic Torch Bearer Named

Friday, June 26, 2009 05:06 PM

l-r Barb Dureau holds Olympic torch with Athlete Anne-Marie Lefrancois

Prince George, B.C.- Meet Barb Dureau. She is a student at UNBC studying wildlife and fish biology, and she is the first person to be chosen to carry the Olympic Torch in Prince Georege.

Dureau says she entered the contest to become an Olympic Torch Bearer on line "When I got the call in May saying I had won, I cried."

When a person enters the contest, they have to make a pledge to make Canada better place, she promised to become more physicially active. "Once you make that one commitment, it's like dropping a pebble into a pond, the ripples reach out to friends and family."

Dureau says that one commitment has lead to her reviewing her eating habits, and hopes others will follow her lead, and that eventually it will reduce use of the health care system.

There is still an opportunity for people to enter the contest. You can enter on line by clicking here. The contest closes on July 15th.

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Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009 05:06 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: faxman on June 26 2009 8:36 PM

Great. First I pay for her education (wildlife and fish biology? WTF? Guess she missed the memo about the lack of jobs in that field) and now I gotta pay for her to carry a torch.

Once the olympics ceased to be about amateur sport, they should have died.

Posted by: gus on June 27 2009 12:08 PM

"Dureau says that one commitment has lead to her reviewing her eating habits, and hopes others will follow her lead, and that eventually it will reduce use of the health care system."

I should hope that she revies her eating habits!! For her age, she looks much too thin.

This just in:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health--Science/Fat-people-live-longer-/articleshow/4676090.cms