traleod ay “+. hy Don Baker: Racquetball has recently enjoyed a4 . tremendous surge in ’ popularity ' throughout B.C, with over sixty courts opening in the province in the past six months and soon Terrace will have racquetball and squach facilities that will Hval the best in all of the Province, says Dick ’ “Coxford, who ‘plans to . pen a fitness centre here in November. Since January of this year ‘Coxford has been travelling throughout the Province viewing racquetball and squash courts. According to 'Coxford the courts planned for Terrace were designed in accordance with the highest stan- dards of those he saw during his travels. The courts, to be located just north of town, will: operate on a membership basis on a -ng-you-play concept, ir ee member will have. special - privileges ‘but ‘the general public, Coxford - says, will nevertheless have ample ’ opportunity facilities “about three timés per week”. Coxford says patrons of this new health centre - will have use of: four to use the. championship, handball- racquetball courts, a whirlpool, _steambaths, and saunas, There will ‘also be an olympic- equipped weight room which: is the best. . weightroom in the Pacific Northwest according to Coxford. After. a good workout, patrons will be able to relax in the licensed lounge. .. The new facilities will be located just north of town on Highway 16 West, 5231 Earle. St., next to Wild Duck Motel. - ~ ae) racquetball cluk beginning to.sound like a possible sport in your future, Coxford suggests you consider these facts: “racquetball was scientifically proven to increase an athlete's catalytic output to a higher level than tennis, basketball, badminton, . jogging or swimming. Also, unlike skiing. or olf, racquetball dees not. & consume a person's entire day. It is possible to have an envigorating game before work, or during one’s lunch hour. _ For these reasons and many more, the sport of racquetball -has~ un- dergone a phenomenal rise. in ‘popularity’ recently. In fact, .the Management of Terrace’s future courts “say they are already: —iT£- racquetball “is: forced to consider future. expansion to six rather than four courts to cope © with . the expected - response to the public’s. _ facility. Teenage amateur is in with three-under game #3": = - OAK BROOK ILL, (AP) ~ _ Amateur Bob ‘Clampett, a teenager from Carmel, Callf., stunned the pros Thursday by shooting three: under par 69 for a share of the first-round lead in the Western Open golf tour- nament, Bagnmpett, at la Junior it righain Young, was last threesome on the wind- swept Butler National course and put together a 39-36 to join Bruce Devlin and Jim | Simons in the lead, ‘Clampett, the only amateur in the field of 156 players. and winner of the 1978 Wessern Junigr. and Wealern Amateur, salvaged _ & par on the final hele with a "+ 12-foot putt, Experts say Clampett has great potential, but he has some undesirable antics to overcome, He was banished in the final round of the recent U.S..Open when he~ started using trick shots, like driving from the tee while on his knees, Still; hecan hit the ball more than 250 yards from that position, ‘ Grouped at 70 in the chase for the $54,000.top prize were Tom Watson, who had five © bogeys and seven birdies; John Fought, a new pro who was the 1977 U.S. Amateur champion; Alien Miller, Calvin Peete, John Lister, Pat McGowan. and Dave Douglass. _ : Jim Colbert, Larry Nelson; Tom Weiskopf and Jerry . MeGee,were. among: thoee bracketed at 71, mo In all, 20 players shot par or better. Defending champion Andy Bean was among 15 posting 73s. Simons, 29, winner of the ‘Memorial tournament at on Wi Muirfield Village last year, bogeyed his last hele or would have led outright, * For Devlin, a 41-year-old Australian, the 69 may be a "Start ata ‘comeback. His last PGA -tour eed ne +m Riverside Auto Wrecking —Used parts & accessories —Free teletype service to any autowrecker —BCAA affiliate 4129 Substation Road . Happy soccer tourney winners pose for team photo LONON (AP) — Bjom Borg, going for his -fourth Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 before a crowd of 17,000 Thursday ‘and reached the final once more, . Roscoe Tanner hit 10 aces on the wearing grass of the centre court te crush Pat -DuPre, the longshot : out- sider, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. This ig the first time’ in the final for Tanner, 27, long one ‘of America’s top players. § | Tanner, the left-hander, meets Borg, the world’s top- ranked player, for a prize of $40,000 Saturday. - In the women’s Einal taday, Martina Navratilova, the _teigning champion, faces the crown? in! 1974--and’ 1978 pats holes. He started out. . Chris Evert Lloyd, who won cribat lost, in. the , final, to. Navratilova last year and in the semis to Virginia Wade Borg, 23, of Sweden shattered Connors with a tremendous display of serving and topspin forehands. : He served 11 aces to Connors’ three. Borg lost his Service only once — at the Start of the third set, when he Played two bad games, winning only two points, He then pulled himself to- gether and reeled off the next six games for the match. Connors réfused to give a news conference and left Ina car for his hotel without changing, - “Jimmy didn’t ~ say anything to me either,” Borg aaid. “He was probably in a bad temper. I would he too, if. T. had lost.” Connory has a 10-9 record over Borg, but most of’ his wins were in the Swede’s 5 won six. times in their -last eight meetings. . A Spokesman for the All- England Club, site of the matches, told The Associated Press Connors had been asked by officials to appear at a post- match interview as he had promised he would do after his last match. - Connors. is reported to have told the officials: “No. You can take this tour- nament and stuff {t.’’ After the brilliance of Borg, the Tanner-DuPre duel was a tame anti-claimx, If DuPre had won, he would have been the first unseeded player toreach the final since Germany's Wilhelm Bungert, who lost to John Newcombe In 1967, . turned me around," he said. in 1977. & tracks TOWING that rg serves Connors def DuPré, America’s 28th- were only two breaks ranked player, defeated altogether - for Tanner at5- .Vitas Gerulaitis, Bob Lutz " and Italy’s Adriano Panatta 3 in the first set and again at verd in the third. on his way to the semis. But.2*i2Billie Jean King, 38, - he never looked as though he" could get by Tanner's. ; Martina Navratilova and The ‘left-hander’s 10 ages. mighty service., "féached the final of the ‘women’s. doubles with . Stayed on course for a record _ were only a part of the stary...-total of 20 Wimbledon titles. He had DuPre in constant trouble with the kick of ‘his second service. ~ DuPre also. served well and unleashed seven aces. Tanner found it difficult to: pass him at the net. But when Tanner returned short, - his lanky rival often got into a mess with low volleys and half-volleys. DuPre did not break Tanner's service once. There He = pce rs He li DETROIT. (AP) — Vaclav Nedomansky, who defected: from the Czechoslovakia na- . tional hockey team in 1974 to play professional hockey in. North America, will remain with Detroit Red Wings, the National Hockey League club announced. Thursday. Nedomansky, 35, had become a free agent June 1, Under terms of a unique contract, the Wings’ would not have been compensated with a player from another team if that team had signed Nedomansky, the Wings’ top Scorer last season. She is level with Elizabeth Ryan, at 19. Bul King has won six singles crowns, and all of Ryan's successes were in doubles. - King and Navratilova de- feated, Virginia Wade of Britain and Francoise Durr of France 6-2, 6-4 Thursday. They are due to play Betty Stove of the Netherlands and ‘Wendy Turnbull of Australia in the final Saturday, ap LA a te Le de ey i SVE ABE eet Tad! ces it now “lm back. home,” Nedomansky said. “I would like to spend a few more years of my life here, I feel friendship‘is the very best . thing I can have," The agreement. with the - Wings will provide him with "lifetime security,” Alaz Eagleson, Nedomansky’s ‘agent, said at a news con- ference. The contract will run 15 years, with Nedomansky taking a front-office job with the chib once his playing days are over, Eagleson said, ‘g viewed during regular business hours at the REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-STIKINE NOTICE ‘Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearlng will be held on the proposed “Electoral Area E and Specified Portion of Electoral Area C Zoning By-law, Amend- -ment By-law No. 128, 1979""” The proposed Zoning By-law is con- cerning the following property: Unsurveyed portion of District Lot 1913 Range 5 Coast District. ‘_. The general intent of the proposed Zoning By-law is to change the Zoning designation from Low Density Rural to Restricted In- dustrial te acspmmodate.a-pcqnosed arava pit. - The proposed Zoning Amendment may be Reglonal District of Kitimat-Stikine office. The Public Hearing shat! be held in the Thornhill Community Hall, .on Wednesday, July 11. 1979 at 7:00 p.m. - ‘Any and all persons having an Interest In the proposed Zoning Amendment shall take notice and be governed accordingly. Wrltten submission wilt be accepted by the Public Hearing Committee only uy tz the tlme of.the Public Hearing. , ‘John Pousette Secretary Administrator No. 9 - 4644 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, B.C. orra-ae? oe spol ee oa