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B6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 16, 1996

Sports Scope

Water polo practices
THE TERRACE Water Polo Association is gearing

Ski club
looks for

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up for the Northem BC Winter Games, starting with YOUR V8G4A2 Accented
the annual general meeting, to be held in the Aquatic ODDS ar :
Centre meeting 100m at 8 pm on Sunday, October 20th, me m bers HEART AGANST ae ran ode s
. All members and former players, or anyone interested AND STROKE f° .
Speedway awar ds nig ht in the sport are invited to attend and make plans for the = THE KITIMAT cross coun- FOUNDATION | #1 KILLER

THE TERRACE SPEEDWAY recently held its annual
awards banquet and a number of drivers walked away
with trophies for performance in this year’s wet and
wild season.

Top poinis in the A Street category went to Fraser
Sutherland Jr. with a whopping 913 points for the year.
Runner wp was Randy Chalifoux, with Jason King in
third. In the B Street category, it was James Michal-
chuk winning top points with 885. Runner up was
Claus Wolnowski, followed by Clint Preston. And in
the C Street category, it was Margo Fleming taking top
points with 892, followed by Vicki Johnson and Mor-
wyn.Wolnowski. a

In Hobby stock, John Cloakey finished with top
points in the A class, followed by Jules LaFrance and
Darcy McKeown. The B class saw Elizabeth Cloakey
take top points, with Wes Paterson as runner-up and
Paul Fleming third,

Top point team award went to car 024 — Fraser
Sutherland, James Michalchuk and Margo Fleming,

Rookie of the year went to John Cloakey for Hobby,
Clint Preston for Street and Tara Wolnowski for C
Street. Cloakey also had the fastest time for Hobby,
clocking in with a scorching 18,69, Fastest time in the
Street class went to James Michalchuk with 20.46.
Vicki Johnson took fastest in the C Street with 20.67,

Meanwhile, most improved driver went to Kenny
Legros and Wayne Proctor, Darcy McKeown took the
Hobby Memorial trophy, as well as the Hard luck
trophy for that class. The Street Hard Luck trophy went
to Paul and Tara Wolnowski, and Chris Leclerc.

Best pit crew for the year went to car 55 in Hobby
stock, and 406 in Street stock. Best looking car of the
year was number 96 in the Hobby stock, and 406 in the
Street.

Hobby sportsman of the year went to Raulie Holman,

96-97 season, A pool session will follow at 9 pm.
For more infomation, call John Dando at 635-5637.

Swim meet

OUR BLUEBACKS ARE gearing up for their first
big meet of the new season,

The Dairy Queen Invitational will be held in Terrace,
October 19-20. Swimmers from around the northwest
will be competing at the Aquatic Centre, For more in-
formation call 635-7988,

(Guntown

ay SANDY GLENDENNING

Host an athlete

Do you have a spare bedroom? Clean floor space? A
roll-away cot? If tae answer to any of these questions is
yes, then you are one of the more than one thousand
people in Terrace that the Northern BC Winter Games
is looking for.

During the games coming up in Terrace, Feb. 7 - 10
all athletes under the age of 19 need to be billeted by a
host family. Well over 1000 homes are needed for
games participants.

You may be hesitating because you're not sure exact-
ly what is expected of you or you may think it’s too

try ski club is looking for a
few good Terrace residents .
to join them on the trails at '
Onion Lake this winter,

. Organizers say that one of
the club’s goals this year is

Your In Memoriam gift is a lasting tribute. Please send
your donation to the address above, along with the name

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kin, for an acknowledgement card.

to get more people from
Temace out on the trails.
Right now, most of the
club’s members are from
Kitimat, but that is some-
thing that they want to
change.

The Onion Lake trails are
located mid-way - between
Terrace and Kitimat. They
are well groomed and’
maintained — there’s even a
warm-up but.

Organizers hope io be out
skiing in early November,
and they remind Terrace
residents that when it’s rain-
ing in Terrace, it’s often
snowing at Onion Lake,

For more information, call
Terry or Cheryl Brown at

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-- Badminton trials
YOUTHS INTERESTED in a little badminton action
at the Northem BC Winter Games start practicing this
week, Those interested must be under 16 as of Jan. 1,
and 13-years-old as of February.

Practices will be every Monday and Wednesday,
from 8:30 to 10:30 pm. For more information, call Mui
at 638-8928,

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You even get to state your preferences for age, sport
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in each home but if you have room for more, that is
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INHERIT FROM NATURAL PARENTS «f

Desmond was standing at
complaining about the noise.

said, “the family is all tog

kids. This may be his last Chti
spoil it for him,”

ple he had never seen before.
“Who are those two?”

Jennifer put her arm around
strangers and brought the
“Desmond.

“They are your brother and
They’ re twins.”

All eyes and ears
neweomers,

“Ah, come on, Desmond.” his cousin

Then Desmond noticed two young peo-

Before his cousin could answer, Aunt

“T don"t think'you’ve met Jane and Paul,”
she announced in her booming voice.

A shocked silence fell over the room.
focused on the

E THE JUDGE

by Claire Bernstein

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the buffet,

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Christmas. Uncle George is enjoying the ie oN

simas, Don’t Based On Actual Court Cases

Desmond rushed out, leaving his brother
and sister staring at each other. Desmond’s
cousins caught up with him in the vestibule.

Cousin Bob grabbed Desmond by the
arm. “This is trouble. Do you know what
this means?”

". Desmond shook.his head,

“What Hob is talking about,” Janet said,
“is that Uncle George is going to die soon.
He’s leaving all his estate to us. We're the

. Closest kin, the children of his dead sisters
and brothers. Now, these two are going to
claim patt of the estate.”

each of the
m. to meet

sister, Paul.

Paul reached out his hand. “This must be
quite a shock for you, But it’s true. When
we were born — two years before you —

our mother was destitute. Our father had

left her. She couldn’t make ends meet. So
she gave us up far adoption.”

Desmond could barely speak. “But how
did you get here now? How did you find
us?”

“We wanted to retrace our biological
roots," Jane said. “And now we've found
you. I can’t tell you how happy this makes
us.”

Desmond was confused, He was uncer-
tain how he should feel toward them. “Ex-
cuse me,” he said, his voice barely audible.
“Have to leave. Catching a plane lomor-
row. Keep in touch.”

Uncie George died Shortly after that, and
sure enough Paul and Jane-claimed part of
the estate, and the next family party was in
court.

Paul and Jane presented their case. “Your
honor, we are lawful lineal: descendants of
Uncle George. We were reunited with our
biological relatives before Uncle George
died. . ‘We are part of this family and we
deserve to share in the estate,”

Desmond and the cousins disagreed.
“Your honor, the adopted child becomes the
child of the adopting parents. Legally Paul
and Jane are no longer part of this family.
That is what the Child Welfare Act says.
Don’t let them win.”

Should Paul and Jane share in the estate?
YOU! BE THE JUDGE. Then look below
for the decision.

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George. The legislature lefl no doubt that the adopied child hecomes the child of the adopting par-
entand ceases to be the child of the biological mother and father.”

+ Today's decision is based on the facis of the case and the law of Alberta, If you have a similar
problem, consult a lawyer in your province . Claire Bernstein is a lawyer and syndicated column-
ist.Copyright 1996 Haika Enterprises. BSJ-7

* Sam * Karen