_ “cenit isbyes to get everyone.to buy as many coples of the

its alll in
-the Games.

Above taf, Tadd Latta IInes up a shot on his way
* faa'gotd medal in junior mixed curling; above,
_ downhill skiing went on without.a hitch despite a.
‘lack of recent snow at Kitsumkalum Aiin.: right; .
an exhausted boxer gets a bit of advice during
the second. Found bréak; below right, who sald
wrestling was fun?’ below,.the traffic was pretty
_, beavy underneath the hoops’ all weekend in
” ” basketball at Skeena Junior ‘Secondary ‘School.

age otis teh ahinsa

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“lt was a long,
~~ long
: weekend —

“cole by don schaffer

Today g sports paises got “put to bed a little. earller then.
ysual. 7
7 “heir-editor, j Ligh, missed his bedtime altogether.
“Jt was a long ‘weekend for everyone. dealing with the.
Norther: B.C, Winter Games, longer still for members of
- the media who had to either sit in the media control centre
‘all weekend long and report on the games resulis or who |
‘had {0 get around to as many. events as.humanly possible.
and take pictures of everything they. could get close to.

“Meanwhile, - because this paper. -publishes Monday
mornings, the person responsible for these two pages had bo
stay, up all night long to get his material in:
~ Retriember when-you were in school, how you would stay”
up all night before the ‘major assignment was dua in,
polishing the presentation so your teacher wouldn’t notice -
-the lack ‘of content?

“That's what J felt like last night at about 4am, except
“there. waan’t: any teacher waiting. to slash my seasay to —
~ etlbons. wee
=No, 1 knew that when I woke’ up, about the time the paper
"would. be arriving at the front door, I'd. be there waiting to
“go through the sports pages with a Ted pencil clreling a all
: the:things T'd done wrong.

And, at this point, I’m not sure which is worse. a
Fir instance, ‘I know that there are probably 10 or 18.
inlaspelled names in the report, and there are only about 5
> names init, _ “

“Oh, well... ‘
a, well, T also realize that soine of the results, publlahed
> were erroneous: No, make that just plain’ wrong:
Agaln; oh well, Nothing tp be done now, except iry to get
it: right after the official resulis ara-feleased: © +!
‘."Mhrough-the long chatn of resuli-taketd, resill-vriters
“and information passers-on, here are bountl to be serewupé:
Especially ‘when you consider that ihe people working inthe
Games office handled between ‘12,000 ‘and 15,000: separale
bits. of information during the three: days of the Games.”
Think about it. i Ug eae
. That sound slike a string of exciises; and tt probably Is,-
~ ‘but there's no excuse for pulting an erroneous “fact” into
Grint... There are only corrections, and cometimes second
chsinces: Fortunately, I'm getting another crack at all the.
“sports that went on during the Games.

‘Arid no, I'm not just spreading out the resultover the next:

per'as I'poselbly can, although It’s not a- bad thought,
-peally/-The rea} ‘reason is I know the, typesetier: would
‘either quit or file a grievance if [ iried to get her to set all of
the refult from all of the games for, say, today’ 5 paper. :
: T ean: hear the “qvodbyts” now. ‘ woe