© THE ANCIENT Per-
sians she was the goddess
Analinda, to the Aztecs

she was Chal-chi-
uhtlicue,

Almost every ancient culture diefied
and revered her recognizing that she
was the source and fuel of all life.

We, in our utilitarian, monothesistic,
self-absorbed culture —- where the
dominant religion insists that man
serves God and God made everything
for man to exploit for his own ends -—
call her water.

We owe our existence to water,

The lack of water is the reason
Venus is an inferno and Mars a life-
less deep freeze. 300 million cubic
miles of water cover seventy five per-
cent of this big blue marble, and con-
tained therein is over half of Its living
matter. :

Water is the source and resource, the
well spring of life and its Hfeblood.

Given its obvious importance you'd
think we’d treat this miraculous com-
bination of hydrogen and oxygen with
some kind of respect.

We don’t. We treat her like dirt, and
we foolishly treat dirt damn poorly
too.

Because it is so fluid, because it is
there, it is easy to make the assump-
tion that water, especially usable
water, is limitless, there to be used for
whatever purpose we see fit.

This is just not so. The 7,925 qua-
drillion gallons in rivers, lakes, and
underground aquifers — an amount
that would fill a cubical drinking tank
measuring 95 miles on each side -- is
all there is-for the five billion people
on the planet in 1993, and it is the
. ‘Same amount the-ten billion thirsty in-
habitants of earth will be sharing by
the middle of the next century. _

To make matters worse we are

«|... squandering vast’ amounts’ of that~
supply. =.

_ > Tttakes. 100,000 gallons of water:to
miake a car. The industrial societles
prodice 50 million cars per annum.
~Avsingle nuclear reactor drinks up
1,9 cubic miles of water each year, In
the U.S, alone nuclear reactors use up
enough water to: fill one and third
Lake Eries per year.

Apparently you and I as members of
the industrialized world use 1,800 gal-
lons of water daily and 657,000 gal-
lons in'@ year. At present Americans
use one-third of all the flowing water
_ in the U.S, every single day. .

In California more water now runs
north to south through pipes than runs
east to west down river valleys,

The Mighty Mississippi is losing
much of its flow as is the.Colorado
River, and the great Oglalla Aquifer,
the huge water source that wets
cropland from Minnesota to Texas has
begun to run dry in many places.

Someone walking along a river
swollen with snow melt might find it
hard to appreciate that the planet faces
a critical shortage of water.

Water is not distributed. evenly.
Things appear in an altogether dif-
ferent light when one considers that
1.2 billion people lack access to clean
drinking water, 2.2 billion live
without the luxury of a sewage system
and two-thirds of the. world’s
households fetch their water while we
are luxuriating in our jacuzzis or soak-
ing in showers in a never-ending war
against dreaded body odour.

In thirty years the U.N. predicts that
two-thirds of the-people in Africa will
be threatened with acute. water
shortages. . . :

Joyce Starr, an American water ex-
pert who heads up the Global Water
Summit Initiative, predicts that by the
year 2000 water will be more ex-
pensive than oll.

The poor people in Mexico City buy
their water from bucket toting vendors
rather than use the yellow, worm-
ridden water coming from that city’s
water pipes, that in other
‘ megalopolises like Cairo and Karachi,
even polluted water Is scarce, Amer-
ican farmers in the West have become
millionaires overnight by selling their
water rights to parched cities like
Phoenix. When these things are con-
sidered, Ms. Starr's prophecy seems
plausible,

The political implications of the fact
that 120 of the 200 largest river sys-
tems in the world flow through 2 or
more countries are pause for reflec-
thot, 20 ls eos
- Th the middie. east the contro! of

water through damming is already

creating intense friction.

_ championships and a near miss.

aboard a 37ft. charter buat.

. fishermen, it would be:$10 well

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Losier makes it four in a row

Terrace boxers came away from the pilting him against 156!b. Senior Rene push’’, Dilley pointed out -- Doane fell
B.C. Golden Gloves with two Pinnette of the Queensboro club of Van- on to the judges’ table and took a hit in
mpio s anda couver, the back.

In the 1391b. ‘Intermediate Open divi- Although Bell dropped a 4-1 decision’ He climbed back into the ring but was
sion, Joey Losier proved unstoppable to to his more experienced rival, Dilley said immediately checked by the doctor.
bring home his fourth consecutive Gold- he did ‘‘an excellent job” in what was a Asked how he was, Dilley said Doane
en Gioves title. “very exciting bout’’. gave ‘‘a confused answer’’ prompting an

He was also named the tournament’s The third local pugilist at the Gloves immediate stoppage.
best Intermediate fighter. was Robert Doane who’s only recently A three-day affair held al the Royal
-Terrace’s other triumph also came in moved up to the 125lb. Intermediate Towers Hotel in Vancouver, the Gloves
Intermediate Open competition where Open class. attracted approximately 100 boxers from
Darren Bell took the 156lb. class un- Doane was defeated in the first round across-western Canada and the northwest
opposed. of the-final when the referee stopped the. United States.

To ensure Bell got a chance to climb bout. : For Losier, the B.C, title was just an-
into the ring, club coach Jeff Dilley said Sent through the ropes by hls Sas- other step in a spectacular season which
a special make-up bout was arranged, katchewan opponent -- ‘it was more ofa has included victories in both the Alberta

and Saskatchewan Golden Gloves and a
Canadian national title.

He also made the National B team
which ‘was to go to Burope-this - year.
However, the proposed French trip has
already been cancelled and word-is still
awaited on one to Greece.

On the strength of their Gloves per-
formances, both Losier and Bell have
been invited to go down to Washington
to fight on a charity card being organized
by a local casino.

Dilley said the details on that have still
to be confirmed. There is also talk of a
special exhibition benefit to be held at a
Lower Mainland prison.

Court appearances take off this year

It may not be clear why its Junior Voi-
leys program should suddenly be so pop-
ular, but the local tennis club is not com-
plaining.

Spokesman Nancy Condon said young-
sters of all ages are flocking to the courts
to hone their skills under one of two pro-
grams being offered.

She said the Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoon lessons for the younger
novices have attracted approximately 60
kids.

That’s sharply up from last year, and
its the same story on Tuesdays and
Thursdays when the more experienced
players get their workout.
Condon pointed out that program had
drawn only about a half dozen players in
*92, This time, there were upwards of 40
enrolled.

She was also impressed at the skill
‘Jevel of a number of those young
players. “'There’s a tremendous amount
- “| of talent there,”’ she added. _

| As for why tennis should suddenly be
| enjoying this resurgence among youth,
‘4° Condon said the increase in the number

of courls may be a factor.

' More couris means more. opportunities
to play, she explained, adding long wails
~ can get frustrating and dull enthusiasm.
~The tennis club opened its six new
‘hatd coutis at Skeenaview Park in the
~ dhiddle.of last season... igen,
She also wondered whether _ the
tendency of television advertisers to use
“tennis action in their ads might not also
*“be:helping make youngslers more con-
~” Bclous of the sport.

-. Whatever the reason, Condon was
* quite happy to see the trend continue, .

For more information on the Junior
Volleys program, contact Condon. at
_) 638-1514 or Richard Krieg! at 635-2347.
“|? And as far as the not-so-junior are con-
cemed, the tennis club would be happy
to. welcome then into the fold as well.

Simply show up at the courts off Hal-
liwell’ Ave, on club nights, Tuesday,
Thursday or Sunday.

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He's one of the new wave of players who will help
ensure Terrace continues to be a power to be feared
in future northwestern tennis tournaments,

JUNIOR VOLLEYER Lee Van Halderen unleashes a
wicked double-handed back hand during sessions
held last week at the Skeenaview courts off Halliwell.

Building
their reps
_ Taking second place in the &
_.provincial championships in
only your fourth competition is
no mean feat,

And that’s just what Emie
Milhomens, 17, did at the B.C.
Body Building championships
earlier this month.

Competing in the junior
division (19 years and under),
Milhomens improved one spot
on his Northerns performance,
earning a berth in this fall’s
Canadians indoingso. — .

However, he’s decided to wait.
another year before taking on
the nation’s best,

Mil-homens will be tack for
the 94 provincials though and
determined to be number one.

Also providing Terrace with a
fine performance at this year’s
B.C. championship = was
Bernadine Drake, 21, who
placed sixth in her first
provincial championship.

She’ll be back next year as
well, her win at the Northem
championships having camed
her automatic entry for both ’93
and '94 provincials.

However, the same rules
which got her that mean she
cannot go back to defend her
northern titte next year.

That’s Bernadine at left with
Linda Murray, the three-time
and reigning Ms. Olympia, the
sport’s top title.

chance —

Time js running out! =.

If, that is, you want to enjoy a week
salt water fishing for the bargain base
ment price of just $10.

There is a catch, admittedly, but
only a small one, .

That $10 has to have been spent on
the winning ticket in the Terrace Sal-
monid Enhancement Soclety's (TSES)
big raffle.

This Friday, May 28, society mem-
bers will be out in force offering one
last chance to do just that before the
draw is made Monday, May 31.

Or you can pick one up from any lo-
cal sporting goods or fish tackle store. |

The winner gets an all expenses paid |
trip for four from Prince Rupert

And all money raised will help
chinook salmon keep returning to the
Skeena system.

That’s what this fundraiser is all
about, TSES finally received a grant
from the federal Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, but not enough
to maintain all the society's Deep
Creek hatchery does.

It will allow the continued rearing of
Kalum chinook, but not those from its
tributary Cedar River. —

TSES estimates it needs $35,000 to
do that. Some of the money has al-
ready been raised locally. Skeeaa
Sawmills, for example, recendy.agreed
to donate $400 per month for the next
five months. |

But the raffle is the main vehicle for
achieving the society’s goal. ;

_ So; whether you're :a recreational :
angler ‘or a local businessman’ who =} >.”
earns income from focal and tourist © L'

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