How Sweet!

    During the Olympics, Canada's Sara Renner broke a ski pole during the Nordic ski sprint relay final. As she came around the bend in the trail, Norwegian coach, Bjoernar Haakensmoen, saw her predicament and ran forward to hand her a spare ski pole. She went on to take the silver medal. "It was natural for me to do it. I didn't think about it", said the modest Norwegian.
   I just found out today that Canadian fans were so impressed by this generous act that they got busy expressing their thanks by starting Project Maple Syrup. Anyone interested was encouraged to make donations or bring cans of maple syrup to one of 300 participating Bell Canada phone stores. The project ended with 5.2 tons - 7,400 cans - of the sweet liquid being presented to Coach Haakensmoen on Wednesday April 5th. Norway and Canada cooperated on the waiving of any import duties to facilitate the gift to Haakensmoen, who was stunned by the response he received from the Canadian fans. The coach looked at the 5.2 tons of syrup and said, "When you get this kind of response it is, well, just enormous."