Bd Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 30, 1991 Northern B.C. Winte = 6\2 | ¢ : am es NORTHERN BC.=> WINTER GAMES —— — —_— Warmup Feb. 1,23 * 1991 * TERRACE by Mary Ano Burdett Well, folks — this ts tt T1’S HERE AND NOW. a - After months and months of planning, preparing, hurrying and worrying, the Northern B.C. Winter Games are upon us —- is Ter- race ready? . , You bet we are. Despite butterflies in the tummy, a frog in the throat (and possibly bats in the belfry) Marge Skead and her staff at the Games office, Winter Games chairman Glenn Thomsen, and all the committee chairmen and members are ready and raring to go. As Bob Dahl so aptly said it, ‘‘If they arrive yesterday, we are ready.’” Tomorrow night is arrival and registration at Thornhill Junior Secondary School. Terrace contenders register between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., then the buses start arriving. You will note there have been a couple of changes in time from the previously printed schedule. Cariboo Region will be arriving between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., Bulkley/Nechako from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Fraser/Fort George from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Peace River/Liard from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m, and North Coast from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. - All of these groups will be arriving and registering at Thornhill Juniior Secondary School,as will the troops from Watson Lake be- tween 8:30 and 9:00, and the group from Whitehorse at approxi- mately 8:30: It'is at these times at the school that you can pick up -your billets. . Due to ferry schedules the participants from Ketchikan will not be arriving until approximately 11:00 a.m. Friday, and they will be taken to the control centre at the Terrace Arena for registration. As _ long as we are speaking of bus loads, the buses carrying participants to venues in Kitimat, at Onion Lake and at Shames Mountain, will be marshalling from the Terrace Arena. During the Games there may be people that you wish to contact in particular and perhaps in a hurry, like security or first aid. These folks will be easily identifiable, All security people will be wearing ID’s and have special hats. The first aid attendants will have special, easily recognized vests. All 52 of the hostesses will be dressed in black and white and will be sporting shocking pink sashes. They will be at registration, at all venues, at departure points and at opening ceremonies. It is their wish as well as their responsibility to assist everyone in every way they can — they will have information at their finger tips, necessary advice, solutions to problems and much good will and hospitality in their hearts and on their smiling faces. For those of you who are looking for souvenirs of this exciting weekend, Winter Games souvenirs will be available during the Games at the Skeena Mall, the registration centre on Thursday night, in the lobby at the arena and at the contro! centre. Where is the control centre? It is in the banquet room of the arena, and it is there that the staff from the Winter Games office can be found from today until the conclusion of the Games. See? | told you Terrace is ready — the guests arrive tomorrow, the events begin on Friday morning, and Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. will be the grand and glorious opening ceremonies. These ceremonies will be. at once. impressive and informal — you can come and go or come and stay, but, whatever you do, don’t ‘miss them. There will be ‘‘Rock and Roll’’ at the Big Top, parades, clowns, bands, flags, skaters, singers and our always popular RCMP. This special portion of the Games weekend kicks off at 6:00 p.m. at the Terrace Arena with entertainment both inside and out. At 6:30 will be the parade of V.I.P.’s marching to the Pipes and Drums, at 7:00 is the parade of athletes accompanied by the Com- munity Band, At 7:15 is the parade of special guests and costumes galore, followed by the official opening at 7:30. The speeches will be of short duration, we will be treated to “The Wave’’, and at 7:55 it is “let the games begin’ with Black Powder Shoot and the Torch. The athletes and V.1.P.’s parade out from 8:00 to 8:15, and the con- cert may continue in the tent outside. ; TERRACE, you have been TERRIFIC, DON’T STOP NOW. CATCH THE SKEENA SPIRIT! COME TO THE OPENING CEREMONIES — SEE AND HEAR IT. Then come out to cheer on and support the Games themselves, our local contenders and our guests. It is going to be a wonderful weekend in the GREATEST lit- tle city in the WORLD. ~ Weekend junior hoop Junior high school basketball teams had a busy weekend, with girls in action at Hazelton and the boys at Skeena school in Ter- Tace. Skeena Tsimpsean girls won the five-team girls’ tournament on three straight victories. They started with a 53-15 win over Smithers, then downed Aiyansh 34-27, and defeated Hazelto 37-27 in the final. ct Six boys’ teams engaged in a playday at Skeena. Skeena and Port Simpson each played three games — winning two and losing one. Booth Memorial of Rupert played only two games, but won both. Nisga’a had a one-and-one record while Kitimat and Thorn- hill lost both their contests. ‘ Rainmakers victorious Prince Rupert Rainmakers opened a few eyes on the lower mainland at the Steveston senior boys high school basketball tournament Jan. 19 weekend. Rainmakers won this ‘Purple and Gold’ eight-team series by beating Coquitlam’s Terry Fox high 75-50 in the finals. Earlier they opened with a 66-61 win over Fraser Valley’s MEI then knocked off the top double ’AA’ team in B.C, — Lambrick Park of Victoria, 70-62 in the semi- Ski-trails opening marked A successful 18-month coopera- tive effort between the Kalum Forest District and the Kitimat Cross-Country Ski Club will be capped Feb. .2 with the official opening of the Onion Lake Ski Trails. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the medals presenta- tion after the Northern B.C. Winter Games cross-country ski competi- tion, an event being sponsored by the Kitimat club. The current net- work of trails consists of a 2.5- kilometre racing loop, a 3.5-kilo- metre touring loop, and a 12-kilo- metre marathon loop. Work in developing the trails was done by club volunteers and Environment Youth Corps crews, with material and equipment donated by local industries. There is still further work to be done before the project is finished. final. Rainmakers haven’t been ranked all season in ‘the top 10, but were ranked 10th ‘following this accomplishment. Meanwhile, the female rain- birds wound up sixth out of 18 teams at the Windsor tourna- ment. They lost their final game 50-37 to Abbotsford. Skeena girls win at home In the junior boys and girls high school. basketball tourna- ment in Thornhill and Terrace on Jan. 19 weekend, Skeena won the girls side while Kitimat took the boys’ side. Skeena downed Hazelton 45-25 in the girls’ final. Skeena was also named most sport- smanlike team. Kitimat defeated Bulkley Val- ley Christian 69-40 in the boys’ final. Bulkley Valley was picked as most sportsmaniike. 14 teams (8 boys) took part. Games still garnering sponsors ~ Canadian Alrlines VIP m service - from CAI international, represented by local manager Terry Moris, last week committed resources to sponsor the VIP banquet, wine and cheese party and transportation of officials for the Northern B.C. Winter Games. | " Tolsec Security ‘left Games a representative Maria Thomsen Skeena Broadca A cup of cheer to the Skeena Hotel for sponsoring the Ladies’ soccer event in the upcoming Northern B.C. Winter Games. Owner Norm Zioklokovits was unavailable for a photo. eters, represented here by Marg VanHerd, has with a cheque for $2,000 to given assurance of complete radio and television coverage of all sponsor gymnastics events. . . Games events,