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_ROB BROWN.
“ Kleanza Concluded

‘he. Line” hummed. I ‘couldn't ‘see, “the:
fish. at, thé “end of -it, but.1 knew he.
was big enough {a go. wherever he
pleased, defying: the. feeble brake on
“amy: spinning. rod.
~ It swain farther-into the. ‘anyon almost: as if
it had’a plan. I clenched-tniy ‘teeth. hoping: the”
line would hoid. It stopped. I pulled the rod up,”
. gently. at first then aggressively, but.10'no: avail. :
|. Bow. do these things happen? it was.as. fthe.
_; Steelhead” had: taken’ the hook from ‘his jaw and.
. stuck ‘it'into:a crevice. 1 pointed: the end of the
. rod down the line,’ rapped my forearm around.
the line and pulled ‘until it'went-slack,

.° The corporeal ‘part of the fish was. gone but.
dts pliant, transformative essence. hovered, fin-
“ning in.my memory. I drew. on thatenergy- whien
- Ttold Nathan Drake, about HT knew he! a. bei in- *

: terested. S :
Nathan Was nine. is dad had been Knocked:
down by: some- kind. of cardio. ‘vascular. accident’
and: could. no longer take his" son n fishing, SO: I

did; a on : , :

; ‘When I described how rT d. been. besten: up by”
“the ‘big fish inthe ‘Kléanza “canyon; “Nathan's |
- eyes. widened, When I told: him that we: ‘should —

go: back- ‘and. try: “for. the: same: fish, or: ‘another. ,

_ like it; and ‘that he’should bring along. ‘his-pal, a
sweet tomboyish waif’ named” Marie, a. broad ©
" smile broke out across: ‘his face.

oI brought my: gear to. school. ‘Soon. afier the.
final. bell, we were. making’ our. way. along: ‘the.
trail, from the campsite. ‘and’ retracing: my former -
‘route down the: rock: ramparis: to. the “pool, of .
much promise, ° et
: 1 Wé. lowered“ our worms’ {ite tiie! ad k waiee™”

~ and waited. The kids. vibrated with excitement *
- atti irst;. but. after an: hour on the’ small’. ledge,
with: ‘only, a bit:of, the glowing: yarnish., that sO:

fecently. covered | the. experience . still remain- ;

~ ing, Nathan. got a’strike. .
__ Tt was another. big fish, ‘After: much: coaxing |
it was: clase: enough ¢ sO that we could make out.

There’ 3. another’ one, “cried Mutie. ‘And. there.
was, a’ ghost of-a'fish, slightly: smaller. ‘than: the’

“one: Nathan’ had sunk ‘his: ‘hook into, rising. lan~. f -

guorously with its mate.) .:
It quickly, became apparent + we had: a. prob

Jem: we couldn’t beach. the fish;; there was no”.

beach. We couldn't land it; there. was nothing
you could: accurately, call. lands ledging it was
out-of the.question; we occupied all but-a' sliver’

. of that. After some: complex: and. awkward ma-

neuvering, ‘Nathan’ s fish’ came. unstuck,’ joining’

the, fest of the. lost, memorable, ‘Kleanza, steel .

: "Yeats later. Mike Whelpléy and 7 feturned | to
‘fish above the -Kleanza : Canyon in the ‘dead ‘of
winter and. found ‘small. dark: steelhead: tucked
vaway in ‘small slicks and“ the’ crannies of fast: -
water. pools, ‘This was°early in-the penultimate
decade ‘of the last) “century. ‘Timber companies: ©

“had begun removing all-but-a little -of the forest.”

7 cover surrounding the: Kleanza Valley.

_<-: Too much was logged: 100 quickly,- but the.
tough, fast little river? and’ its denizens, weath: -
ered this calamity just’ as it: had’ the depreda-.

tions of channelization’. and. ‘gold . mining” be- -

cause of i its durable tocky’ architecture. _

_ “Now. the. _Kleanza: ecosystem: under’ siege
again, ‘this time. by” power: brokers: who- plan to.
siphon: off its ‘strength’ arid transform. it into hy:
dropower and ‘turn that into ’ ‘profit. Their. propo-.
~ ments Like to characterize: these -small instream.
projects: as “green:” to: give. the impression ‘that
the: “environmental ‘impact is” ‘minimal. ‘Don't
believe. it. :

In the case. of Kleanza, the proponents plan .

- to. withdraw water before it reaches the canyon: -
then run it ‘through a. ‘penstock’ and” pipe ‘ail: ‘the’
way too spat ‘just. ‘above: the highway bridge |.
; where it will be-returned to-the streain.

“Doing this ‘will reduce the water flows in the

canyon, an area vital ‘to. the migration,. over- “

wintering. and rearing’ ‘of steelhéad, coho, dolly:
vatden and whitefish; it will entail the. disrup-
tion’.and. rearrangement.-of some. ‘of Kleanza’s:.

smaller vital arteries;. and -it-will reduce: water - Q

-flows ina vital. corridor at‘a globally warmed -:

time when alt. our ‘streams need. more’ water and

cooler temperatures. if they” are tO survive. .

‘Nathan Drake's. steelhead: —
‘ hooked — and thie. pair that’ sent ‘an, electrical |
charge through me. before winning - their ‘free-
dom are a few hundred ’ steelhead . ‘and: thirty.
years distant -now-but they hold ‘ia. the pools ‘of.

my: menmory.as emblems of tenacity, survivors [

. that bested | nets,: environmental. degradation
and-me to return to their’ ard bitten ‘surround.

“ings & so as “to. ensure, the -ontinianice of their,

race. a
To’ even p_coneniae potting

= ship in

the first he ever:

Want ‘will: be eriouigh "|

| a Jolly j jumping -

RIDERS COMPETED i in several Jumping classes | in the shamrock. 4- H club horse show c on Saturday September 4

i Heave ho-

"DEAN STURKO, reins in-Dan and Chester, as they tg $000 pounds of the Fall’
| Fair grounds, The tearn came second to Telkwa's Glen:Kerr. whose’ team ‘Sam and’
| Sabre. pulled. 7; 000 pounds fe for the win. REBECCA COLLARD PHOTOS °

By MARGARET SPEIRS"

4 LOCAL ARM WRESTLER ‘Allan Heinricks
“has. qualified’for! the .World. “Arm ‘Wrestling yl
; ‘Charnpionships. for.the second year if a row, ©
Jeane he’s. confi dent he’ qu bring back at. least one .
|. gold medal, ° :

Heinricks ‘qualified by

“Bur those wo trophies didn’ ts ‘come witli

injuries. iets
The: "wheetohalie: atlilete left ‘with: ‘split skin.
if on the tip of his: ‘index-fingér ‘and a. bruised’
tight. elbow; meaning: he couldn't, start training.
for World’s until Jast Sunday.”
27 Kast year he, finished’ sixth-at. the’ World! 8 in:
wu the> physically. challenged -division, despite.
| brine placed in the: wrong category.“ ~ :
-He competed in ‘the 90+ kg category ‘alter,
. ‘hig special shoes” and: ‘leg. brace--weighed” ‘him
“i in aliwo: pounds: over'the 90. kg class’ Jimit. © et

“If hie had: competed. in ‘his: usual calegory, |

- “he | believes hie ctuld've placed -first- or. second, -:
: : But he’ $: confident he can medal this time. -

“nol L-will,” he Said

7 inning’ first place i in
“the physically: challenged” 90 kg. division and

© third, place in the. masters 90 kg division, at-the |
| Canadian National’ Arm” ‘Wrestling Champion-.
Portage: ha Prairie, ‘Manitoba ¢ on, ‘Sept.

“ALLAN: HEINRICKS shows off the

* JEFF NAGEL PHOTO".

ti Logging lady

STEPHANIE FERGUSON cut her ‘way.to thew, win'in the’
Ladies. Single. Bucking open event: She also won: in the ©
Ladies Nal I Deving open competition. : Te D

first place trophy he won at the Canadian National oe
A Wrestting Chamoionships earlier this month i in Portagé La Prairie, Manitoba; "J

°-He -enjoys arin wrestling so. much he orga

nized the Terrace Arm Wrestling Club.

12 “Only four. or five athletes belong to the’ Club
“but he hopes‘ more people. will joins 2...
“The worst. ‘thing is People don’ be b think

they’re. strong ‘enough,. but: there's :30. much 4

more than ‘strength to. arm.wresjling,” he’ said. .
He said‘he lacks ‘the mobility ‘to. manoeuvre

from his:legs, due to paralys sis'‘on-his left side.
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