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-ROB BROWN _
Constant change

or years a few fishermen made. their way ©
-down the road’ through: the Tree Farm ‘to
fish the side channel passing. by it or the .
runs below it. Apparently there were. no
_ problems until. the last few wyears before the Prop
erty, was put ‘up for sale. 2,
I met the owner on my way back from the river.

* once back then: He was standing by his shed, sadly
-, surveying the tire tracks some vandal laid down
across the beds where he had planted his’ seedlings.
He told me’how windows had been broken and.
‘how his buildings had been vandalized. And he ex-
plained how he minded his own business, how he
“provided some jobs and how, now, he was going
‘to have to gate-his road and post No Trespassing

re * signs. He: was sad, almost apologetic that things had

_-come to this far.”

Out of soil made from. ‘sympathy ‘for the ‘tree
‘farmer’s : - plight and: old fashioned respect. ‘for
" someone’s property grew the idea that a trail to the

a

river should be built alongside the Periphery of the

farm.
_* “Ron Young was s commissioned for the job. ‘He -

"and a small crew. brushed out a tidy track that fol- -

‘lowed the circuits of’ the small,. clear creek that .
_ Spills into the dark water of the slough next to the’
“Tree Farm side‘channel.

The trail didn’t get a lot of use, principally be-.
cause a brave wade across a deep and fast part of
the channel was required if a fisherman wanted to
gain the favourable bank or carry on downstream

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| by LL HAWORTH nt 7 ee

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.» SEVERAL LOCALS gave superb performances at the first -
~ field meet of the season at Skeena Junior Secondary School

The meet featured Grade 8 to Grade 12 athlétes from Kit
imat, Prince Rupert, and Terrace competitors. from Skeena .
Junior, Thornhill Junior, Centennial Christian and Caledonia _
Senior Secondary schools. mo

Jessica Ames, Competing in the Grade 9 and 10 girls cat-

- egory, stood out the most.

., Ames received firsts in triple j jump and long ju jump where

“she jumped .4.53 metres, qualifying her for provincials,
‘which will take place later this year.

~. Brandy Yagelniski- received first in shot put, Katherine

“firsts in javelin and discus;
Marlee Cater: placed. second +i in. javelin’ and discus and. ;
Delta Mckean took fourth in triple jump. a
ic Amy. Peltier , and ‘Kathryn Goodwin, ‘the only two local.”

girls ‘in: the Grade’ 11 and. ‘12 category, ‘did’ exceptionally
well: _ :
Po Peltier. received ‘first i in n shot. “put and javelin while Good-
us win Teceived first in discus,. triple j jump, long j jump, and high
we jump ; as well as second in javelin...

_. Bert Fawdrey. placed second ‘in. high jump, discus,
javelin while Brendan Genaille received second i in: ong. an
; triple j jump for Grade,11 and 12 boys. 2...
+ These were two: of Genaille’s: personal. bests, breaking
past records he had set for: himself. .:

‘ “The track: meet was just a way to Prepare. ourselves for
future competitions,” Genaille said. ’
5 Matt Ippel placed third in triple j jump and c. J. MacDou.

7 gall placed third-in long jump and high jump.”

- Mathias’ Mueller; the only Grade 10 Terrace: athlete Te-
‘-& ceived first Javelin, and discus, the two events he parti ipated.
‘in...

‘ ” Grade g Jenny Johnson received firsts i in ‘the discus, j jav-
» elin, long j jump and triple j jump. 3
Janna. Olynick came second and ‘Lesley Beddie followed
in third place. © :
Three Grade 8 boys took the top three. spots in several
events: 7 , oes ‘
io Eric Anderson grabbed first in ‘shot: put. and. second in
javelin and discus, Brandon Baverstock’ ‘took first-in javelin’
_and third in discus and Alex MacDougall ¢ came frst i in maple
" jump and second in long jump.

Boss nthe

“who cleared the high jump at 1. 77 metrés, seven centimetres
“ above the starting height at provincial s.

- "Several : ‘more ‘members “of ‘the’ track”

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - BS

. May 6, ° * mS

~ “Scarborough took first in high jump and Megan Rogers won, a

A notable performance came from Kitimat’ s Shawn Sears © ns _e ”

, to the Dump Runs or make his way across: ‘island tow

the pool at Deep Creek. I walked it a few times and
was rewarded with some fine fishing.

Once, after taking on some water during a cross-_
ing I really shouldn’t have made then — and couldn’t~
make now.-~ I sat down on a log.to pull my rubber"
-. chest waders back on, after emptying the water out-

of them, when something large broke water | in front

_ of me.

I.stood up. Another fish rolled. Before I could
~ decide what'I was going to cast, another did. I felt
as if I was standing at a stop watching buses roll by.
_ The channel was full of chinook, the first. salmon of
the year: springs. ;

Persuading chinook salmon. to bite flies i is dif-
. ficult at the-best of times, but this was the best of
times: in front of me were dozens of the magnifi-.
cent brutes swimming through clear water neither
too high or.too fast; a laboratory, a place to test all ©
the half-baked hypotheses hatched in the heat of
fervent dreams and schemes inspired by the king ©

‘|. of salmon.

- Iplucked a brilliant orange prawn from my wal-
let and knotted it to 15-pound test German mono-
filament, ‘waded to my knees .and cast to the shot
rock on the far shore. The fly glowed brilliantly for
" 30:feet before I lost sight of it, then reappeared at
the end.of the swing.

‘This was all wrong. The fly had to be deep to
‘provoke these giants. I walked the hot prawn down:

, the run perfunctorily then unleashed it and tied on

- another large, bright fantasy with less bulk.

That pattern disappeared more quickly but it was
_obvious that, at the deepest part of its drift, it was
-no more than a few feet below the surface.

'- ‘The, high speed, high density line I was using
- was a shadow of the fast sinking sink-tips of today..
I made pass after pass over the streaming fish, mov-
ing closer with each one to the realization that my
~ ure was swimming through the nebulous no-take

zone. .
I returned to whiere Id begun hours before,

opened the wallet once more, pulled out a skunk -

like'Wes Drain’s except for something iridescent
bound into its wing, and flicked it out.

A fish took it, grabbed it on a whim, or because
it was, completely at odds with the odds, in the right

place at the right time. I pulled the hook deeply into _

its jaw and set it on a course downstream with the |

kind of energy only a confined chinook can muster. .
The rest of the encounter is a blur blurred by time

that ends with the vivid ‘neuromuscular recollection
of a snap and recoil that emphatically said I’d-lost,
but ensured the defeat would be memorable. ..
Twenty years later, Pawsome and I looked for
Ron’s trail. The brush had taken over —no discern-
ible remnant remained —:so we followed the creek

to where the dangerous crossing had been erased -

by logs.

- “Nothing stays the: same,” I told the dog as we
made our way along the game trail to the Tree
«Farm. We came:across a stone ring fire pit full of
Tim Horton’s cups and cigarette packages.

From there we walked out through the corpse
of the Tree Farm, crossing tire tracks freshly and
deeply. dug deeply in the dirt. I. picked up a dis-
carded plastic bag and filled it with refuse on our
way out.

“Maybe some things stay the same, Pawsome, ”
I admitted, giving her a scratch behind the ears.

Grade 9 and 10 girls at the field meet held at Skeena Junior Secondary May 6:

DELTA MCKEAN ‘of Skeena flew to'a fourth place finish in. triple | jump among ‘the ® to make: it to this meet, but’ will be: parcipaing i Future.

By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN:

off the race: season With: a brutal

Mountain access road May 7.

wind on the lower part ‘of the road
before getting mired in ‘the tough
gravel many. riders likened to quick-
sand.

This. year’ s hill climb, hosted. by
‘the Terrace. Off Road Cycling As-
«| sociation, drew 10 more competitors
than last year and riders faced dra-
matic changes in weather over the
course of the race:. —

11 to 50-plus took part.
race rider Travis Carter who ped-
in 52:06. ©

with a time of 54:12.

in 57:49.

‘Smithers had a huge presence at the
. event this year with Jody Hollenberg

top spot in the junior girls category
and Steven Hollenberg claiming an-

- boys category.

Terrace rider Karen Shaw- Carter
finished in second place in the wom-
en’s division completing the. course

_in.1:18:24 behind Jody Hollenberg’s
time of 1:01:12.
Laurel Wenche placed third with
.atime of 1:32:18.
Steven Hollenberg topped the ju-
nior boys with a time of 1:00:27, fol-
‘lowed by Terrace riders Jeff Chap-.
man who took second with 1:02:37
and Connor Gough ciaiming third
place with a time of 1:14:59.

Jane Hollenberg was the only

teenaged girl to take part and fin-

“CYCLISTS in ‘the region: kicked
13 kilometre grind. up the: Shames -

~.” The annual event drew 27 ‘com’
petitors who took. on a. brutal head.

_-From sun and wind at the t bottom a
_ of the hill to bouts of rain and even ...
snow at the finish line, riders aged
. At the head of the pack was Ter-
alled his way to the top of the course.
He was followed by Willie Muller

- Travis Yagelniski picked up third ;
place, completing the grueling « climb

The Hollenberg family “from &

claiming first place in the women’s.
_ division, Jane. Hollenberg securing”

'- other first place finish in the junior .

MARGARET SPEIRS RSPHOTO ©

‘events, such as the zone competitions, taking Place i in: 2 Smith
“ers this weekend.»

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NICK WILLMOT, left, and Keith Felt: pedal up the Shames Mountain road during the | cin Climb: 5 May 1.

SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO :

ished the Smee oS — a

Organizers were pleased | ~ with
the turn out and hope to see’a simi-

lar turnout at their next races on the ©
- May long weekend. :

Road racers will take: to Hwy 16

for the annual Kitimat River Chal-
lenge which starts in Terrace and

finishes in Kitimat.

It’s’ scheduled for Sunday, May:

21atllam.

. Mountain bikers also: have a

chance to hit the trails at the annu-

-al Red Sand Root Chute near Red

Sand Lake May 22.
The. cross-country mountain

bike race is a perennial favourite. ~

Start time is 11 a.m. at Red Sand
Lake.
For details call Kate at 638-

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-Men 1. Jody. Hollenberg 01:12 -

52:06.

“1. Travis, Carter. toe 2. Karen Shaw-Carter: 1:18:24 +s.
2. Willie Muller S4:12° 3. ‘Laurel Wensche.” 1:32: 18.
3. Travis Yagelniski.’ 57:49. 4. Venessa Hydamacks 2 2: 00: 45 fo
4. Ray Praught 59:06. ey
5. Chris Cordts © . 59:50 jtintor Boys (13-18). te
. 6. Steve Roders 1:04:52. . -1. Steven Hollenberg. 1:00:27.» Be
_7.Rudi Peters 1:07:01. ©. 2. Jeff Chapman’: 1:02:37", ony
8. Bruce Martindale —_ 1:10:36 3. Connor Gough * 1:14:59...
- .9, Colin Parry 1:12:54 4, Nick Lindstrom | vk 18: 4b
- 10. Joel Ringma 1:13:18 ©
11. Keith Fell ©. 2:15:54. Junior Girls (13-18) _ a
, 12. Bruce Chapman ' 1:16:48 .  * 1. Jane Hollenberg 128: 53
13. George Gough ——-1:19:10
14, Nick Willmot 1:23:49 © Youth (12-under) .
2:01:04

15. Adam McCarron

1:24:29

1. Patrick Moore .

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