oNoader”
. . Colunibia’ communities‘ are.
- elamoring' over ‘gach other
.fa'an anxious attempt to
sway B.C, Summer. Games

not withstanding, it ts little
that. British

officials their way.
' Both: economically: and

"athletically, ‘the. provin-

clally-sponsored, four-day

extravaganza can provide a

“major. litt to the successful

- bidder

Games officials eatimiate
the 3,880 athletes who left

: here Sunday apent about $50
each over the four days or a.
“total.

of . $200,000 ‘on
everything from food :to
souvenira, The Games
committee also spends
much of the.$470,000 it geta
from ° provincial lottery
funds in the host com-
munity...

. Hundreds of relatives and

-  frlenda also fill local motels;

"and trailer parks.

“T may be quite con-

‘servative in the amount of .

money that I think is spent
because I think some people
could spend that easily in a

"day," sald Games chairman

Ron Butlin. “We've never
tried to do an analysis ex-
cept thal we've sort of taken
a little bit of a reading.” |

The Games also leaves a

and an a

Raion on (cP) - — “go fegeey io, the host
Hard work and long houra_

community which must be

spent after, the’ Games on "

improvements:

‘recreaticnal. facilities.
Prior to’ the Games, new :
track hurdles, javeling and

shotpuls were purchased |
} asphalt high jump
pit, was installed at Polson

‘Park.

“Those are tacilities
which we never would have
got through our sohool

‘board or city budgets," satd

track and field chairman
Greg Fraser, .

Some clty tennis courts
were resurfaced and groups
such as the North: Okanagan

Trap Club and Vetnon Lawn

Bowling Clib spent some of
their own money to improve
facilities.

While’ the five-year-old

Games major objective Is

(participation, reflected in

‘ite inclusion of club-oriented

sporta such as lawn-bowling
and horseshoes pitching, it is
proving to be an effective
development program for
younger athletes. .
“Tf you took at the
athletes that are now at the

-mational level in track and :

fleid, there are quite.a few-
of them pentathalete Connie
Polman-Tuin (of Powell
River) as an example who-
have developed through

Games.
:” Revelstoke:

. the biggest ever held 36

gone on: ‘to represent. the i
nation, "said Fraser, . &
- ‘AM the Summer and
Winter Games. except for. &

aummer 1064 :have "bees
awarded. and there is a

waiting list of communities,

said Butlin, The 1983 Winter
"will = be in
ths Summer
Games In Maple. Ridge.

‘The Vernon Games were

events from archery to
waterskiing but Butlin says
“we just can't get any
bigger.”

At Courtenay in 1981 and
here .In Vernon, Games
officials were fortunate to
have military base ac-
commodation to house mast_
of the athletes, but won't
have that luxury in Maple:
Ridge. Some sports will

have to be cut and there will.

be a maximum of about

3,100. athletes, .

“I'm sure the people from
Maple Ridge all went homie
with thelr eyes open, sesing
how much work reajly
needs to be-done,” said.
Butlin. “When the local
committees are — first

- established, it's hard | to
convince them that we're |
not running a Hittle “track

meet.”

US: athletes top wheelchair games

men's |

_ HALIFAX (CP) —

— About

‘people © watched

simday as the United States
: ran their gold medal total to

129, with victories in the
and’ women's
basketball finals — the last

“two events of ‘the Pan-

Sarg

‘American Wheelchair —
- gold and the second silver
for Fitegerald, who plans to —

Games.
: The
the Canadians 39-38 in a

_ hard-fought match: The.
US. mien's team, however,
«dad. ttle. difficulty. in:
~~ handing the Canadians aSl-:

36 loss, :
Fhe’ U.S. s gold net the

ve raves sai
Canada ee pier with 68
gold, 51 silver and 30 bronze

-while Mexico was third with -
32 gold; 38 silver and 35° -

brotize. It was the most

medals Canada has. ever .

won in. any’ international

- sporting event.

Athletes from 17 countries

received a standing ovation

at the closing’ ceremonies,
‘whieh were also attended by

. National Hockey League

star, Wayne Gretzky, and

_ Secretary of State Gerald

Sharon Cook, Canada’s

. team manager, said’ she

was pleasantly. surprised at

the Cariadian medal. total.

‘from track, field, table -
_ tennis, shooting, -archery,-
weightilfting and swim-

Canada ‘put’. on . ex-
ceptionally: strong showings
In track and swimming, and
performed creditably in all
sports on the program. Iis
gold medals :came from

ming.

A handful ‘of Canadian.
and American: athletes
stood above the rest in-

. dividually. Rick Hansen of

~ Seattle;: Wash., and. Can

medals home. ..
Hansen won. nine gold.

: Vancouver] Gary Collins

Simpson of Burnaby, B.C.,

deseo” Faucher of Lavel, "

Que; Connie Head of
dace Cable. of ‘Las Vegana
Nev,, each took & load. of

medals on the track and one
silver ‘asa member of the
basketball team, He broke
five “world records in in-

dividual “events and . was
- part of three relay teams:

that:-broke-world ‘records
-Collina- -Simpsoni - won:

 geven:: ‘gold medals. in,
~ewimeming and" Faticher
” won six awimming golds.
nine gold: ‘medals, three: of

them In relays. ‘All nine set

. new world Fetords.

Cable won élgtit gold and:
one allver on the'track, The

* giver) “come: An the* 200
metreé:‘when she finished

second to teammate Sherry

Rathsay” of . ‘Washington,

The ‘men’s 1,800-metre
Class‘ § and 6.final, which

‘was billed by Garies - of-

ficlals to bea thriller, ved:
‘up to its reputation ‘Sunday.

__. Dan: Weetley ‘of Surrey, —
. _ BCy and Mel Fitegérald of .

US. “women edged

St. John’s, Nfld., crossed

the finlsh line inches apart, «

#0 close that they were
recorded. as having iden-
tical times of 4 minutes,-6.8
seconds. But the judges
gave Weatley. the gold
medal.

It was Weatley's second

retire,
Andre. Vigar: of Sher-

He wad entered in the 1,500-
metre final Class 3 but cut
ACfORs & ecend too. . fast
wore ih seen is eee and,
did not finith the race and
the. gold went toe George

-Poile may be new GM

_ WASHINGTON (AP) —

’. Washington Post says

David. Poile, assistant
general manager of Calgary
Flames, Is expected to be

named general manager of
’ Washington Capitals later |
‘this week, 7
' Team spokesman. Lou

Corletto confirmed Poile
was one of ‘several can-

_didates .who had been —

considered for the job.
But .Corletto said he did

not know who would be

named . general
manager, ene! officials
hold a news conference

‘ scheduled for lla. m. EDT
’ today. my

 Calif,, and Rosa Camarra of

. Polle,

; Minor Changes ©
. +. Moming:and afternoon

‘Murray of Millenocket, Me.

Dianne Pidskalny of
Winnipeg also had a good
performance for "Canada.
She won the di#cus Class 5
and in doubles table tennis,
She also got allver medals in
the javelin, singles table

tennis and basketball.

Diane. Rakeick! of Van-
couver, who won Canada's -

* first gold atthe competition,
brooke, Que., failed in his.
bid for his fifth gold Sunday. -...

was: another - standéut. -

Rakeicki-had hoped-to add---

to her two gold and a bronze

in track with a win in the’

1,500-metre | Class 4 Sunday -
byil finished” third “Berit
Lynn Carleton of San Jone,”

Mexico. ”

Roger Crozler was fired
from his post as- acting
general manager of the.

. National Hockey League:

team Friday. No
replacement was mentioned
at that time. 7

. The Post says Poile was in
town during the weékend to

_ meet with Capitals officials.

Poile was unavailable for

comment ‘and declined to ©
-confirm his appointment in ©
an -interview . with the k

Calgary Herald.-:

33, ‘joined’ .the
Flames
assistant in 1972,

=.

‘as Fletcher's |

The Terrace Master Swim Club had an excellent
- weekend at the B.C. Summer Games in
4 silver medal and a bronze In nine other events. All Re
events for the club were relays, and éach member * -
brought back a Ilitle hardware. Frorh left, back row:

Vernon, winning

Allan Robison, Don Schaffer, Al Lehman: John Pollock,

Area athletes boost medal totals’

_ by DON SCHAFFER
Sports Editor

"While zone 7 athletes
Improved their’ per-
formance in the B.C.
Summer Games as @ group,
Terrace’
athletes dramatically in-
creased their forturnes over
last yoar, returning with 18

‘medals trom the’ three-day
“ event in Vernon. -

The contingent of athletes
from this area came home
Sunday evening with two
gold, five silver and 11
bronze medals, the bulk of

~-those. coming from the’

Terrace master swim team,
who ‘collected nine bronze
and a silver in their relay

“events. as

won the: junior. -frecatyle-
gil ‘archery-‘event oat
Alexis ‘Park ‘School’ In

. Vernon, topping the field
~~ gach day and ending up with
‘a total. of.
- ahéad of second-place Susie
“Ross of Penticton. .

p361, 114 paints

The other gold ‘medal

came in the team handgun |

event, where the foursome

_ of Terry Morris and a

Pegg. of Terrace _,
Trudeau of Kitimat and pill

-. Mackereth of Burns Lake

combined for a five - event
total of 14710, edging the.
zone 2 team from Vernon-

Kelowna who ended up with —

"Effective Monday, August 30, 1982

~ peak travel times will: secondary schools will,
undergo minor schedule be improved, -
~ahanges.. a a
oe New Timetable ; on
a Alde for a ‘discount Buy” _ timetable for details, wo,
. “gofveniént.bus tickets,“ . Timetables aré avaliable. -
: Aveta § at City Hall --on the buses. Just ask =

your bus driver. : 8. —_

Os © 636-8617 -

| Improved Service
Bus service to the

‘Last yea
and Kitimat.

" medal,

’ competition. .

; come
~ Naney Rypma of Kitimat. -

. Ki

a 14359 total. [Tha zone 7.
“team won two of the five
events and placed strongly
in second in fwo others to
hold on to gold medal.
io gold medal

winners, Glorla Trudeau
and. Erkki Venalainen of
Kitimat, returned from.
Vernon with silver medals, |
Trudeau took second spot in

the - -untimited ladies |

category, | ‘coming on in the

sécond. day and performing
will a on the final.day
of competition for the

Venalpinen took the sliver
m ‘ the individual high
aggregate category in the

The zone 7 women’s golf
tam ap ‘von @ a. Silver,
comingyp with-a,741,
net total for $6 holes to finish
11 back of the winning)
Okanagan team, Dale
Loader and Ellen Black of
at were members of

the elght-woman team,

' Martin” Forbes: came - up

with a silver-medal per

~~! Prince Rupert”
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Prince Rupert
Port Hardy .

'. Prinoe Rupert
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Prince Rupert

an Balla Balla :
7) Ocean Falls |
~ Port andy
Ocein Fal
(Balla Bella
\ Prince Rupert
; \ Skidagate:
_. Prince Ruper{
* Port, Hardy
Princes Rupert
- Port Hardy
Prince Rupert
Port Hardy

* Bolla Bolla
an Ocein Falls

* earn the silver.
fa . Track and field athletes ~

ore rifle. shooting. -

*- Sept. 2
Sept. 4

- Prince Rupert
- Sept. 8
Sept. 9

formance in. the modem
pentathlon, an event that
combined shooting, running
and swimming in the
Vernon games, Forbea
impressed the ‘rest of the
field with good per-

‘formances in the run, and

swim and Jinished well
enough in the shooting to

from Tertace also per-

formed well, with Allayne “

Joffrey taking the bronze
medal in the 100 metre
sprint with a 13.26 second

un. The boys' 4100 metre

team a won a. bronze :

medal, with David Jensen,
Trevor. Hendry and Gerald |:
"Watson o

Terrace and Todd
LePage

The tea

was the master swim team
from Terrace, who won nine
bronze medals and ‘a silver
between_the 13 team:
members. silver came
in the. 200 metre men’s

“Dus to the “Queen. of Prince Rupert” baing removed from service,
the fotlowing interim schedule is now in effect until THUR DAY,
"SEPTEMBER 9, 1982 inclusive.

‘DEPART

ae vf

Aug. 28 “00am. “(Sat)”

- Aug, 28. 8:00pm: (Sat):
' Aug\30 9:00am: (Mon)

Aug.\31 1:00am (Tues)
Aug.'31 6:00pm (Tuas)
Sept. it
Sept.
Sept: ¢
Sept. 2\.

re 3:00pm (Sun) -

12 noon (Wed)
| 10:00pm (Wed)
1:00am (Thurs)
12 noon (Thurs)
7:00pm (Thurs).
‘Sept. 2
Sept. 3
Sept. 3
Sept. 4

6:00pm (Fri) -
1:@am:- (Sat)
8:00pm (Sat)
3:00pm (Sun)
00am (Mon) -
1:00am (Tues)
6:00pm. ‘(Tuas)

Sept. 5
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 7
Sept. 8
10:00pm. (Wed)

00am (Thurs)

Barry Davis, Campbell Stewart, Vicki Gardiner, Ans .
Hendry; from left, front row: Niki Barton, Adele
Ison, Ellen Arndt, Dawn Marshall. Dale Nunn, Lee
Coxford, John Dando and Carol Sharples.: Barton and —
Atlan, Robison swam with the team in an unofficial relay.

"and the mixed-mile relay. ©
- Team members. include. / for a more in-depth look at

Stewart making”
the 400 jmetre distance ins
47.71 seconds.

m_ that “prought
_back the bulk of the medals

the mixed scrub softball vournaiment

Schedule Change |
~ affecting ©

- PRINCE RUPERT) a
~PORT HARDY |
-SKIDEGATE | |

~ (Queen Charlotte Islands)

:

12 noon (Wed) ~

~ Prince Rupert Aug. 28 12no00n (Sun)
“Port Hardy =» Aug. 30 6:00am: (Mon)
- Prince Rupert Aug. 30 10:00pm (Mon).
Port Hardy =< Aug. 31 3:00pm. (Tues)
: Prince Rupert Sept.1 9:00am (Wed)
_ Bella Sella © Sept. 1 9:00pm (Wed)
Geean Falls Sept.4. 12mid (Wed)
Port Hardy © Sept.2 9:00am (Thurs).
Qcean Falls Sept. 2 6:00pm (Thurs) ~
- Balla Botle.. Sept. 2. 9:00pm (Thurs)
Prince.Rupert Sapt3 6:00am (Fri) ~
 Skidegete Sept.3 00pm (Fri)
‘Prince Rupert Sept. 3 KA “(Fri)
 PartHardy Sept. 4 4:00pm (Sat)
Prince Rupert Sept.5 12n ion (Sun)
- PartHardy © Sept.6 6:00am (Mon) ~
Prince Rupert -Sept.6 10:00pm (Mon) —..
Port Hardy Sept. 7 3:00pm. (Tues)
. Prince Rupert Sept. 8 9:00am . (Wed)
Bella Bella  Sept.§ 9:00pm’ (Wed) -
Ocean Falls Sept-@ 12mid - (Wed) |
Port Hardy © Sept. 9 9:00am ~ (Thurs)

~ CUP AND SAVE _ —

breaststroke relay, with swimmers Vicki Gardiner;

‘bronges coming in the 200-
metre women's breast-
stroke relay; the men's and
women’s 800 freestyle relay,
the 400 men's and women's
freestyle relays, the 400
women’s backstroke relay, |
the women's 200 medley
relay and 200 butterfly relay _

ples, Ellen Arndt, Da
Marshall, Adele Robison,
Lee Coxford, John Pollock
- John Dando, Don Schaffer,
Dale Nunn, al Lehman
Campbell Stewart. All
m™m of the team got i
a the medals, .
Watch later in the week

coach ' Barry - Davis and / the Vernon summer games.

f

ae

-Local Sports : Shorts.

Mae Attack wins mixed : scrub-

Mac Attack won-their second straight Terrace mixed .

ecrub softball tournament Sunday at Riverside park with a
15-12 win over Charlie Brown Sox.

Ans Hendry, Carol Shar}

Ta ERT ca ay ott TF ete,

aie At ine

McAlpine advanced to the final earlier Sunday witha isa” > |;

win over All Seasons Expos, while B Sox knocked over
-McAlpine and Co, 15-4 in their seml-final game,
Mac Attack beat Copperside 16-14 last year in the tinal of

a

ARRIVE . =
~ ug.28 4:00pm “(Sty

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Port Hardy