~~ building a .’- "A Fecent- article in the B.C. Youth! Soccer Magazine Whistle ‘claims’ Prince. “Rupert's youth _ soccer league is rapidly gaining in-numbers' on. the huge Terrace registration. Joanne MacDonald’s in-depth study: brings out the fact that : Rupert officially joined B.C. Youth “Soccer in January of 1988, and for that season had 300 ‘boys and girls signed up _ from under-seven to under- 14 age groups. - This season sees them expand- . ing to under-15 with as many 25 gm - three teams in, the older ‘age group... . . Association chairman. Garry "Rabel said ‘they’ré thinking of allowing these division-one players to compete in an inter- city league with Terrace and Kitimat... ~ Rupert expects - ‘to set up ‘select’ teams, or all-star squads to play: tegular summer league games against teams in a higher . division at home. , The coast association runs an indoor season from January to March, then moves outdoors for play. They had a huge windup - tourney in June of last year that _ attracted up to 500 fans. "Rabel. says soccer has now replaced minor hockey as the — most popular participation - sport. Their current goal is clubhouse at Roosevelt Park field. : At Roosevelt they can play four mini-games using cross- _ field action. As the group grows, they'll need more playing fields. That’s being looked at right now. Minor hockey has had inter- city rep team league playing for “several years. Soccer people at ‘both Kitimat and Terrace are hoping Rupert can join: in ona _ similar program. Coming in local Kitimat is hosting its fourth . ‘annual St. Patrick’s walleyball tournament this Fr Saturday at Riverlodge. Three player teams sign up by Thurs- day at Riverlodge. If you wear. _ green while signing up, you get a '. discount. Kitimat has its annual spring- - break road hockey tournament -coming up March 28 to’ 30. -Teams should get together and . + Fegister at Riverlodge. 5. -Tiekets aré on sale at Copper- _ Fside Foods for Terrace’s annual figure skating carnival coming Sup. March 22nd and 23rd. «Tickets can. also be purchased at é.door each night. “Zone 7 playdowns in soccer for. next July’s Summer Games ‘wee eek ‘in. June. : 5-609 by May 11th, aped- sports Friday and. . Hotel. Shooters Surrey will ‘be held the first: Teams must . with Richard: Hassett at: six to iB . The Terrace Peaks gymnastic. club got a piece of good news last week — their national level coach George Bar- ranyai signed on for another year. Barranyai’s skill showed results for these girls at this year’s Northern B.C. - Winter Games: medals and ribbons were won by (back, left to right) Kirsten Holkestad, Jennifer Neves, Lindsay - 7 Roberts, Heather Albright, Charlotte Jordan, (front) Trina Mateus, Felicia Arbuah and Stephanie Kuhar. ne EY - Steroid use suspected here | . Steroid use in Terrace isn’t an established fact. There is enough evidence, however, to say that it does. exist. and. while parents - ghouldn’t be’ alarmed, should be aware. According to an: RCMP spokesman, there is definitely a “suspicion of use’ in Terrace and there is cause for concern. Young people and their parents have to be made aware of the dangers involved, he ~says. Besides- the well publicized they ‘health risks; young athletes should. know that they are not ‘using pharmaceutical drugs — they are using an_ illegal substance no different than co- - caine or heroin. events can sign up this Friday -and Saturday for Kitimiat Youth Soc- cer at the City Centre Mall. Registration is 6 to. 8. Friday night and 11 to 3 on: ‘Saturday. Ladies of junior age who are ‘interested in playing fastball this coming season are asked to con-— tact Pete Pauls of the Terrace Team at 635-5291. TERRACE _ A ‘Terrace resi- dent was charged by local RCMP with car theft and pos-. session of stolen property after he crashed in a vehicle he al- . legedly stole on Feb. 25. The 21-year-old man was ar- rested ‘near. the scene of the accident: about five kiloimeters south ‘of the Mount Layton Hot | Springs on Highway 37. The vehicle, a 1985 Mercury bam. It has been estimated by some. sources that. there may be as many as 25 local people involved with steroids, and as many as, 10. to 15 of these. could be teen-- agers. Probably all of these teens - are involved in either weightlift- . ing or body building, but most probably aren’t interested in competition — they just want to look good at the beach. | The temptation is great.: It’s becoming evident that many Olympic athletes are using ster- oids, and some young men would do almost anything to parade the beach looking like an Olympic athlete. In fact, -the temptation among Olympic ath- letes is so great, as Dr, Bob Goldman points out in his book Death in the Locker Room, a survey of 100 top athletes who ‘had’ never won a medal were _. asked the question, “If you had "a drug that would guarantee you -a medal, but would kill you in - five years, would you take it?” Seventy-three percent answered **yes’’, Steroid use should be obvious. ‘to parents, and there are some danger signals. The most obvi- ous may. be a teen in a weightlift- ing program who gains 20 to 30 ‘pounds: in six weeks — he’s using steroids. Weightlifting professionals’ say that the not- Car theft charges laid had been rolled over and police- say it was a write-off. The car . was valued between $4,000 and $4,500. ‘accident RCMP teceived a sto- len vehicle report-on the car. The accused man was not in- jured i in the crash. He will aps pear in Terrace provincial: court on on March WM - these diseases. About 30 minutes. after the ma! gain would only bea few pounds, probably less than five. Other signs include insomnia, a. huge appetite and irritability. Some of the dangers in steroid use include kidney and liver - | diseases and psychological prob- - lems, particularly when the user |." is off the drug and unable to. perform as before. But there - may be an even greater danger - _ than cancer or kidney failure — }. the self-injection of ari unknown © substance. AIDS and hepatitis are just two of the killers — and steroid users have no way: of. knowing where the Product came from. According | to Skeena Medical Health Officer Dr.. David Bowering, a shared vial can be just as dangerous. These and many other perti- nent facts can be found in Gold- man’s book and it may be good advice for concerned parents or - teens to look for a copy. Ac- . cording to Randy Harvey of the Los Angeles Times, ‘‘No parent with a child in sports can afford . not to read this book.’’ According to his book’s pub- lisher, Goldman is a world-class — record holding athlete, a leading . expert on androgenic steroid chemistry and its effetts,. and chairman of the Ainateur Ath-— letic Union Sportsmedicine com- : mittee, and chairman’ of Ath- letes: Against Drug Abuse (AADA). This isn’t an attempt to hawk Goldman’s book. 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