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“black powder events

‘Financing «of the Northern

_ BC. Winter Games is happen-

ing to a great degree with
generous donations from

““Patrons'’ ($5,000 or over),
““‘Sponsors’? ($2,000 . - $4,999) .
and . “Friends of the. Games”’

: Up to $1,999).

_. jceTo date! we - have. received
financing: ‘in these categoris
“from the following:

“> 4Patrons “—- Terrace Minor |

: Hockey, Province of B.C. Try

Program, Wilkinson Business

Machines, ‘Alcan and Canadian

_ Airlines,

‘Sponsors. — C. Stewart
Enterprises Inc., A & W, All

. West Glass Ltd., British Colum-
bia’ Railway, Williams Moving ©

and Storage, Wightman &

- Smith Insurance Agency Ltd.,
Century ‘21/Wightman & Smith ‘.

Realty Ltd,, Ocelot Chemicals
Inci,. ‘Terrace Sight & Sound,
Skeena. Hotel, and Lockport
Security. :
- (Friends of the games — R.
Pelletier, Richards Cleaners

tilating- and Gas, Northwest

. Consolidated) Supply, Dr.

Harry Murphy (Optometrist),
Park. Vision Ltd., Wireways
Electric Ltd, Convoy Supply

Ltd: - The Fabric Boutique,

Copperside, Terrace Builders
Ltd,, -Terrace Travel, Terrace

Interiors Lid., Dr. William &.
Gill” Redpath, Crampton,
Amdt Barristers. &.

Solicitors, Royce Condie
Associates, Terrace Truck
Rodeo, Inland Kenworth, Gem-
ma, Halfyard, O’Byrne &
Wright, Frank/Linda Hamilton
and the Terrace Ringette
Association.
- The ‘Northem B.C. Winter
Games committee, the com-
petitors and the people of Ter-
race ‘thank’ and salute these
generous businesses, clubs and
individuals who have so
graciously caught ‘The Skeena
Spirit'’.

tt is folks like yourselves that
make Terrace so terrific. I ex-
pect. further signs of that

famous “*Skeena Spirit” will be,

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 6, 1990 ~ Page BS

visible.
_ benefactors in their personal at-
- tendance at and enjoyment of

Ven- -

in many of these

the many sports at the games

such as....black © powder

shooting. .
‘This competition for ‘ the
games will take place at the Ter-
race Rod and Gun Club and
follows the format of a black
powder rendezvous. It consists
of three parts —‘ formal,

50 and 100 metres. On the

primitive trail the targest .are-:
silhouettes of ‘game:

metal
animals hung from tree bran-

ches with some novelty targets.

such as card cut. That is where a
playing card set up edgewise at a,
range of about 15 metres is to be
cut in half. There is also: the

an axe blade and go on to strike
{wo separate targets.

Targets for the knife. and.
tomahawk throwing are short.

logs, usually sei up so that the
target area is on the end grain.
An interesting extra for the
Games has been borrowed from
the Summer Games in Prince
George and “‘firelighting with
flint and steel]’* will be included
as part of the knife and
tomahawk competition.
‘Spectators will be able to
walk along with the shooters on
the primitive trail and will. be
able to have a close-up view of

both the formal and the knife

and tomahawk competitions. -

It is suggested that warm

clothing be worn and also some
form of hearing protection as
this is a very noisy sport. In this
black powder, eee safety is

GREAT GIFT GIVING SUGGESTIONS FROM

ranges are 0 set up $0 that spent
bullets strike harmlessly into a
backstop. ‘

is under’the control of a
rangemaster who ensures that
loaded weapons are not capped
or primed.until the shooter is
standing at the firing point with
the rifle pointing down-range
and who follows safety pro-
~ cedures in the event of a misfire.
primitive trail,.and knife and -.
- tomahawk.
‘In formal competition, paper.
- targets are shot at ranges of 25,

can quickly. acquire sufficient
skill to enjoy it while at the -
‘same time it offers challenges
up to an Olympian level. It. is
not an activity that we will haye
the opportunity: to witness
‘everyday and I know that many
of us will wish to join the com-
petitors, to cheer them on, to
marvel at their skill and to'see .
what Black Powder Shooting i is
-all-about. -
bullet split, where the bullet is -
to be split in half on the edge of roots back to the earliest use of
gunpowder and while it has
undergone many changes in
equipment to -attain its: modern |
form still manages to give.us the
‘feeling of kinship with the set-
tlers of our land and fora short -
time takes us back in time to our

beginnings,

in February at the black powder
shooting events. ‘

The | Terrace ‘Standard acheduled ‘ for
Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1990 will be publish- -
ed on “Monday, Dec. 24, 1990. The
deadlines for this issue are as follows: on

ADVERTISING a |e
Display & classified — Wed.; Dec. 19 - 5:00' p. me: t
; EDITORIAL | a
Letters to editor and contributed copy
= Thurs., Dec, 20- Noon =~

Each small party of shooters

This is'a sport.in which one

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The deadlines for the issue of

_Wed., Jan 2, 1991
Are as follows:

ADVERTISING
Display & Classified ads —
Thurs., Dac. 20 - 5:00 p.m.

EDITORIAL ;

' Letter to the editor & ©.

_ contributed copy .
Friday, Dec. 21 - Noon

‘

This is a sport which traces its

The Terrace Standard office will -
be CLOSED from Sun., Dec.

See you on the first week end

23/80 to Tues., Jan. 1/91 In-
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