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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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Beautiful day for riding the trails Riders pedal southward along the E&N Rail Trail in View Royal on a peaceful Sunday morning. The new route is already quite popular with cyclists and walkers alike.
Couple tackling ALS ride together Watching father’s regression as he battles disease prompted decision to take on rolling fundraiser Arnold Lim News Gazette staff
Kevin Rintoul met his future wife, Daphne, when he was 16. The childhood sweethearts’ relationship began with a friendship between two families – their parents were good friends
already sharing camping, fishing and church trips together with their kids. Daphne’s brother was Kevin’s best friend when they met over Christmas holidays. Her father, Ernie Wiens, made an impact on his future son-in-law. “I have known Ernie since he was the protective father for
Daphne dating as a (teenager),” Rintoul said, laughing. “We’ve known each other for a (very) long time.” He reminisced about his active father-in-law from a time nearly 20 years ago, before Wiens received a deadly diagnosis after he began tripping over his own feet. Once
an active cyclist who worked as superintendent of special services at the Sooke School Board helping special needs students, Wiens ironically found it increasingly challenging to help himself. He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as ALS.
The diagnosis came as a shock. “It was absolutely staggering, I had no idea,” Rintoul said. “To do something simple like get to the washroom and brush his teeth was a 10-minute ordeal.”
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PLEASE SEE: ALS journey, Page A4