The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 10, 1993 - Page BS Wheel deal at the Loggers _SPORTS NEWS TERRACE STANDARD MALCOLM BAXTER 638-7283 Page B7 “THE SALMON RESOURCE,” brays the Minister of Fisheries in a Tecent letter to the Vancouver Pro- vince, ‘“‘is. healthy and enjoying tremendous growth.’’, ’ The Honourable John Crosbie then proceeds to speak only of increased harvest and sockeye abundance in “certain parts of the province, con- venienily forgetting about the other species and about biodiversity, The total catch of Pacific salmon, averaged over the four-year cycle of ’ salmon retums, increased 42 per cent (1981-1984 cycle and 1989-1992), The average coast-wide salmon catch in- creased from 28,463,400 to 37,350,200 salmon,’’ says Crosbie with reference to spawning escapement and with no mention of the critical condition of Steelhead stocks, most notably the Steelhead that run to the Thompson — without question the world’s finest strain of sea-run rainbows. With each election I hope that an en- lightened captain will be installed at the helm of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. With his letter, Crosbie proves that when it comes to the problems of the west coast fishery, he, like his predecessors, is either in an advanced state of denial or he simply doesn’t know. his buttocks from his earlobes. After Mr. Crosbie’ s facile response - to the editorializing of the Province, I offer the following open letter from Craig Orr, president of the Steelhead Society of B.C. to Prime Minister Mul- Toney as a purgative vently seelht “hae you will back ! es your recent promise to. -protect .Cana- da’s biological diversity, . You could make a good start by saving the Pacific coast fishery resource and by preventing the ex- termination of many races of salmonid. Doing even that much will require im- mediate and determined. action, Sign- ing treaties, citing plans or posturing as one of the concerned is not enough. ‘Action is required. To save the west coast fisheries you must replace the minister and deputy- minister of -fisherices and a whole phalanx of bureaucrats, Their collective myopia is far too ’ dangerous not to do so, You must also seek ihe counsel of, not attack, those very people whose tongues are not easily compromised and whose eyes sce that our collective future is inextricably linked to the en- . Kla How Ya gold rush Terrace figure skaters were no longer agilely gliding when they came away from this year’s Kla How Ya meet in Prince Rupert. They were staggering under the weight of 31 medals including a meet-leading 14 gold. And, had they taken along a couple of more skaters, TFSC would also have walked off with the club points title, As it was the Kitimat’s Snow Valley group was able to usc its eight extra competitors advantage to squeak a 93 points to 92 win in that category. Coincidentally, the team trophy was decided by a single point last year, The difference was Terrace edged - out Kitimat that time. Terrace’s plundering included clean sweeps of the medals in three events, Katie Dediluke took gold in First Fig- ure with the other placings going to club- mates Alane Pearce and Carrie Jamele. Dediluke was on the top podium again in the Preliminary Ladies 10 years and over, flanked by Dana Randrup and Kendra Eys. And Dediluke was back for another in Beginner Team Manoeuvers as she and teammates Erin Goodall, Stephanie Kerr and Grace Mitchell edged out Iamele, Pearce, Randrup and Jennifer Kuchne for the gold while Leanne Ballinger, Elissa Vales, Vanessa LeBlane and Lindsay sre qty Moleski completed the shutout, Terrace hauled in another gold in Team Manoeuvers when Jody Kyle, Tanya McNee, Khalie Eys and Jill Harvey took the Pre-Beginners class. Filling out TFSC’s complement of firsis were Vales (Preliminary Figures, Group A), Khalie Eys (Pre-Preliminary, 9-10 years), Jill Harvey (Pre-Prelims, 11 and over), LeBlanc (Prelim. 10 years and over), Grace Mitchell (Prelim. 10 years and over, Group B), Stephanie Kerr (Pre- Juveniles, 11 years and under) and Melanie Kerr (Pre-Novice) while in pairs action Vales and Grace Mitchell com- bined for gold in the Preliminary Ladies and the duo of Melanie Kerr-Kuchne duplicated in Level II Ladies, Silver medals went to Lisa Goodall (Fourth Figure), McNee (Pre-Prelim, 11 and over Group A), Vales (Pre-Prelim, 9 and under), Dediluke-Erin ‘Goodall (Prelim Pairs), Stephanie Kerr-LeBlanc (Level I Pairs), Kuehne-Randrup-Iamele- Melanie Kerr (Formation 14-Step) and Kuehne again in Silver Artistic, Rounding out the medal total with bronzes were Stephanie Kerr (Second Figure), Moleski (Prelim, 10 and under Group B), Kuehne (Intermediate Ladies) and Jennifer Mitchell (Open Artistic). LeBlanc was also awarded an honourable mention for the artistic con- tent in her freeskate solo, “as ALL SMILES. "Terrace figure Skaters had reason too after their performance At at the Kla How Ya competition in Prince Rupert. Seen above are (back row, left to right} Grace Mitchell, Dana Randrup, Jennifer Kuehne, Carrie lamele and Alane Pearce with (front row) Stephanie Kerr, Leanne Ballinger, Elissa Vales and Lindsay Moleski. Missing from the photo are Lisa Goodall, Melanle Kerr, Khalie Eys, Kendra Eys, Jody Kyle, Daniel Miller, Stephanie Miller, ; Nathania Talstra, Jennifer Mitchell, Jill Harvey and Tanya McNee. : A trio of Bluebacks are, anything but blue after strong performances at the senior provincial championships, Jocelyn Coxford, Aimee Peacock and Tori McKenzie all had reason to be pleased with their showing at the meet, said coach Mike Carlyle, Qualifying for six finals, Coxford tumed in ber best performance in the 400m individual medley. Coxford swam to the sixth fastest time ‘in the qualifying heats, slicing a full a second off her best ever time. But, said Carlyle, there was better still to come as she slashed a further four sec- onds of that time to take fourth spot in the 15-16 years-old final. Coxford also came away with a fifth in the 200m butterfly, sixth in the 100m "fly, seventh place finishes in the 200m 50m ’fly, Mast of those finishes represented an improvement over her placing after the heats, Carlyle pointed out. He also suggested Coxford could have done even better had it not been for the liring effect of swimming three finals in 400m IM effort. Tori McKenzie also rewrote her per- sonal best sheet, recording fastest times yet in six of her seven events ‘‘Torj took swimmers back and far from blue IM and 200m free and an cighth in the a single evening and her remarkable Carlyle said he was well-pleased with that showing because Peacock: had: changed her stroke only three weeks be- fore the mect.. That change is in line with the long term goal to qualify Peacock for the na- tionals, possibly as early a8 the Ed- monton meet in May. “It was important to practice the new Stroke against tough opposition,’ he said, more important than where Peacock finished in the field. Noting the Blucbacks have a heavy schedule against them, Carlyle said next HIGH NOON: it was a + shootout between the Terrace and Kitimat bantam rep teams In weekend Tri-City league action, with Kitimat, taking Game One oi. Friday night 8-5 after a penalty-filled third period. On Saturday it was another duel. Strong play by forwards like Chad McKay kept Terrace close. Full: vironment. - When you recently stood at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary in Delta, you heard and saw and, let us hope, three to four seconds off most of those limes,”’ Carlyle added. Although even that wasn’t enough to up was this weekend’s trip to Smithers. For younger swimmers only, those tak- ing part will spend Saturday in the pool responded to the snow geese that come to the Fraser River delta from Siberia each winter. The Fraser is one of the world's still great salmon rivers. Let us hope you have a genuine feeling for the salmon. Though salmon are less audible and ‘less visible than geese, salmon are also Gypsies. , And the salmon’s ocean odyssey is truly a marvel; many of them explore thousands of miles. of the Pacific Ocean before their urpe to spawn brings them home. Many races of salmon will never again wander the sea, never. again fill the net or test the line, never again spawn, For we have exterminated hundreds, yes hundreds, of races of them. And we seem determined to exterminate | bundres of races more, The Steelhead Society suggests that you will have to act decisively to over- come the public’s cynicism. The society hopes that you soon provide the kind of leadership that permits Cana- dians to expect a continued - high qualily of tife ‘and that you show a. heightened awareness of the impor- tance of the environment. Many years of federal government neglect ‘and mismanagement have taken and are still taking considerable tolls on fisheries resources that have immeasurable economic, recreational and cultural significance to British Columbians. Please demonstrate that. you genu- ‘Inely care about biodiversity.. _ Cralg Orr, President results next week of the final clash between the zone archrivals before zone playofis in two weeks time. Bantams fine ambassadors They might only have finished fifth in the final standings, but the Terrace In- land Kenworth Bantam rep team nevertheless scored a major triumph at a recent Prince George AAA tournament, The victory came in being named win- ners of the Rahier Award, presented to the most disciplined team at the event, Ina lelter to the Terrace Minor Hockey execulive, tournament chairman John Engbrecht explained ‘this award is pre- - sented to the team that has exemplified the most discipline on and off the ice.” He went on to explain the selection commiltce had gathered reports on all leams’ conduct throughout the weekend, when playing and when not. The Terrace squad had earned the award through the ‘‘very positive’ reports received about them. . “Your organization should be proud of the excellent conduct displayed by your - _ Bantam players. and coaching staff,” Engbrecht added, Trophy donor Darcy Rahicr is coach of the Prince George team. Explaining the reason he created the award, Rahler said more than 30 years ‘involvement: in hockey had. convinced _ him ‘‘discipline and the right philosophy. are e the most Inport aspedls of Ethe. ‘ended up f se game.” hockey could lay the foundation for the path they follow later in life, he added, ‘All too often winning is put to the fore- front at the expense of the .integrity of ihe game, Rahier said everyone, instead of think- ing about. what they can get out of the game, should be trying to do something for it..“I believe this (raphy is the most important onc,’” he concluded... Apart from getting thelr. names placed on the trophy, Terrace Minor Hockey: president Brian Downie said the team also received a cheque for $500, Although no decision has been made — yet on what to do with the money, he suggested a significant portion would likely go towards the team’s travel ‘ex- 'penses. Those travel expenses could possibly include travelling to this year’s provin- clals, Downie added... ‘Terrace will face Kitimat in the zone playoffs at the end of the month. Although Inland: Kenworth bas been struggling against. their southern nelgh- bours all. season, Terrace came out on top -at: Prince George where Kitimat make the finals, he pointed out McKen- . Zie: was. up against some tough opposi- 7 tion, She had to swim in the 17 years and up ” -eategory, he explained, and there’s no - .,top age limit there. Asa result, she was up against compe- itors from B.C. and Albertan univer- ‘silics including members of the national team ‘Peacock made the final in both her - breast stroke events, finishing seventh in : the 100m and 200m. Suggesting a player’s years in minor and then head for Hudson Bay Mountain Sunday fora day’s skiing. The following weekend sces the Junior ‘AA’ Provincials in Surrey with five Blucbacks slated to make the trip, A couple of Blucbacks would alsa be taking part in the B.C, Winter Games in Kitimat at the end of the month and then it was off to the ‘AAA’ provincials in Victoria the first weekend of March. Not that anyone’s complaining. ‘This is what we like, this is what we train for,” Carlyle pointed out, Turpin takes a turn at Northmen helm By DAVID HULL _ Willie McCleary has been returned to a second term as president of the Terrace Northmen rugby club. ’ Also elected fo the *93 executive at the Jan. 31 annual general meeting were long time Northman John Dodd (vice-president) and David Hull (secre- tary’ and — fund fundratsing chalrman/tour co-ordinator) John Turpin, a new face to Terrace, but certalnly not to rugby, has been ‘ assigned the ominous task of coach, Recently transferred here with LC.B.C, Turpin has played top level rugby In the Vancouver area for many ~ years, - Erale Dusdal “‘Energizer’’ was elected field captain for another year . “and will also serve as assistant to Tur- : ~ pin. a Havwall has gale been chosen as the destination for this year’s Northmen tour, the third time the club will have gone to the World Invitation Rugby tournament. The jewel in the world crown of rugby tournaments, the eight day event atiracts teams from around the globe. The Northmen find the tournament format far more convenient and eco- nomical than trying to organize a tour taking in a number of different destinations within one or two coun- tries. Im Hawail you can play teams from cold, wet countries and then go and lay on the beaches of Waikiki certainly the best of both worlds. Depending on weather and field con- ditions, the Northmen expect to start practising in late March, For Informa- tion on local rugby, ¢ cal David Hull at a 658-1327,