In the last six months, coach Ames has seen at least 50 of her students get acting parts. “You really don’t have to leave Winnipeg anymore to make it,” says the experienced actress. Air Jordan 23s Her roster of former acting students includes former Bomber Khari Jones, Falcon Beach lead Melissa Elias, ballerina KOBE 9 Evelyn Hart Air Jordan 9 Retro and Tommy Europe, major domo of The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp and Bulging Brides. He’s going to be a really big deal.” Kummen played the young Don in The Don Cherry Story, and most recently he’s been a guest star on Vancouver TV series show Shattered. You can catch Ames acting in Shall We Dance? as J Lo’s assistant Diane. “Of course Jennifer knows she’s a star, but she doesn’t show it when she works with you. She just opens her heart.” POLITICAL BREKKIES: Falafel Place owner Ami Hassan says rival politicians stop into his place. Can he make any predictions for the upcoming elections by their tastes? “Well, Jenny Gerbasi stops by almost every day. She likes poached eggs and toast the breakfast of champions,” says Ami. “Ian Rabb, who’s running against her, comes here, too, but he wants the chicken soup. What is that about?” Putting the chicken before the egg? TRUE GRIT: Talk about a testosterone fuelled crowd at the Red River Co op Speedway for the Nike KD 7 local 2010 championships. Lots of macho T shirts on show like “Cowboy Up” and “When the Green Flag Drops, The Bull Stops.” Plus there were some serious mullets among the short haired yuppies on the lam, and a parking lot full of king size shiny black trucks. Turns out husband James Wall, 36 and son Cody Wall, 15, were racing against each other in a heat. Mom says Cody also raced last summer at 14. He’s rolled his car both seasons, but escaped unhurt both times. “It’s really safe in those cars,” says his mom, smiling. (Racing’s not for sissy mothers.)Track promoter Blair Bodley says the cars are quite safe, but sometimes there are freak accidents, and kids can only race at Air Jordan 13s 14 and 15, with special permission. WALKING ART PIECES: Owner of City Haul Matthew Frost is proudly displaying an entire wall of retro Converse running shoes starring Jimi Hendrix, The Ramones, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Jim Morrison and faces of other legends on the shoes popularized by basketball stars years ago. “These shoes got a big injection of excitement when Nike bought out Converse,” says Frost. Winnipeg R2X 3B6Manitoba gets bleak fall, winter outlooks from Weather Network.