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Lis no dream!” or
“Matsutake are ‘growing:
On the belly of the: Mountain ;
So’ wrote ‘Shigetaka,-in a'time: when’ fierce and a
. fearless Samurai. had. not . yet. shed: their. ‘amour, “|.
donned business’ suits, traded: ‘their : ‘scrimshawed*

; ALTHOUGH. THE
: “appears, to be confined to ‘the penalty :
« box, hockey’ fans can. still cheer. _
= The: Terrace: River Kings:skaled ,
- --Onto:the ice: for their. first exhibition
game. against. the champion Kitimat
~ Ice Demons last weekend. 0.02000
~ Although’ ccd by “the” host team
4-0,- the River: Kings’ are setling: their

: sights on: a wint ing streak: for the rest

etyone w played: very.
"coach Trevor Hendty: said the
“ oday after the demonicshutout.
The team conily ‘skated:in three ice’. |
times anid one ‘regular: practise before :
Le their debut against the:Iee-Demons,..

“who, have: won. -the.- ‘Challenge Cup

\s Hendry said. athe aihlgtos. ‘played
“well together asa team, ‘and although *°
they “showed: fatigue, inthe “third
ay with: tinie and conditioning,

sabres for laptops and. stabled’ their horses i in. favour’ I. “

‘ of: Hondas. a :
You ¢ can smell sandalwood. between: these lines,
You can- ‘imagine. ‘the- Japanese poet. éxecuiting.

. his compact pacan-in the’ broad. ‘black strokes of...

“The: first : ‘goal , took: ain ‘nlicky,
“bounce into the River Kings net Mout .
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» anid the Northerii Motor Int pa FL
Volunteers: ‘are heeded’, to, help:

fr Ie Demon: tepeatly ran into ,
pos Kings ‘poalie Burny. Carlsen:
* One -of- our guys went: to :take.,
“care of that problem and [thé Kitimat’:

"Lance -Aimisroie, had: four

~ kanji: then admiring: his ‘work fora’ ‘monient before. -[-.

placing his brush in an: ornately carveil teeeplacle. .
‘with ceremonial ‘prace.
_ You-can: ‘picture his: coniented smile as he rises °
from his that and: walks; toward the. door,’ basket.”
in hand, bound. for the mountain ‘side,. salivating ~ .

/ , mushrooms.
‘In Japan ‘the - Maisutake - is revered. ’Meis..
featiring‘the much sought after mushroom are. tich:-

‘ Kiocked loose, sending him: to ‘ The

.°*. player] ran away: with his tail tucked’
~~ between his: legs,” ‘Hendry said
~-hFor: the-.rest ofthe” season; : the ;
am: plans: to beg,. borrow: and’ steal
“all: possible.i ice time. to. ha: :

; ‘Women: over age: e18: are, invited to
ify out: for the-River Kings: Ice Girls
“He. “eontinued. down ‘t cheerleading ° “squad.” ‘Skimpy infits.
tumning: to dislodge the puck, « i :
2. Ttfinally Spun out, the Ice Demons
caught i it and'scofed:. es
> The hard ‘fought . game. handed a
few i injuries.to.the River, Kings. Thy!
: ‘Brandon: Green’ ook, a slap shot, s

: chest eng, call: ‘tim, al’ 635-7308,
“Fans° can’ keep | track” of. ‘their
“team Jon and’ off” the: ice’ at: Ws
lertceriverking, net. ;

: lie Terrace i ‘River Kings host: th
il ers: Steelhedds this. Saturday at

‘Tickets areavailable at AllSeasons a

- man’s farevALt the, nadir of his caiéer, a retiring,soon | no

‘to be rétired, -Japanesé. businessman i is delighted:to-
be given a solitary pine mushroom i in’ nicely carved
_ box in lieu'of a wristwatch: -

-The‘matsutake-or: ‘pine soushiaot ‘harvest ‘in. oy

the: Skeéna ‘and: ‘Nass valleys: began. in. earnest: .|-.
some. thirty years ago thanks to the entrepreneurial oe
~ proclivities : Clyde. Inonye, then; ‘the- princip: ml of
Clarence Michiel Blementary School

‘Ponderosa has become much-anticipated: ‘annual :
event and the fertile soil out of which tales real.and
fanciful: have e sprouted: like “wel “rrtsshrogms in.
. the dark. ° : cr rae
-. * There. are ‘yarns. of | men: + who: paid off. lengthy”
_inortgages “with: ‘the: ‘proceeds from a’ single:
“sedison’s ‘mushroom hunt; there are, ‘the rumours

- guarded jealously by- dangérou mens: ‘there’ are’ the’. ;
- cautionary tales of those: who: have: ‘been robbed: * }-~
“and then ‘there ‘is the Cranberry Village,: coniplete-

with, godbotherers’ (o.save’ your: soul, “prostilutes, -

gamblers and: mushroom buyeis, : ‘all the. stuff, in ee
- short, that gold rush Style greed begets,’ eee
‘With. all. the to-do" oyer’ pine, mushrooms: it's: .
easy to forget. that we live’i apart of. the: world _
luxtiriantly: endowed with: fuigi of ‘all kinds; Like
wild flowers in summer and migratory, fowlin spring ,

and fall; the appearance of fungal fruits” ‘marks. the |

_ arrival and the passing of seasons and lets. us- know A -
~ that things are uinfoldinig as they'should? 77
Like many, T regarded mushroonis i in much: the”

same way, as [ did the éxecrable. excrescences -thal” |

pop-up on: my: hide ‘more. frequently’ as I. get older:~
until Cindy: Stark-(one-of the world’s great servers)’
~-told-me about" David- Arora’ ‘All: That. the: Raitt
_ Proniises and. MOTE. ee

Hinting at ‘its: ‘quirky cc conient,: ‘Arora 's hip-hip Te

pocket. guide features.a picture of'a. bearded tuxedo,
clad gentleman, clutching’ ared. lobster fungus and: -
~ grinning like a Cheshire cat “caught. witha canary, ©
as-he skulks:: across.a field with, a, trombone tucked” -}
under his'aem, <2 ne
Between. the: ‘extraordinarily: tise keys: it ;
features on the backs’ of the front: and back ‘covers,
All That: the Rain Promises and more: has. clear
* pictures - of hundreds | “of: mushrooms. to: facilitate .
identification. Buti it has fuch: more. than that 5}
“There: ‘are: ‘sections ‘on: collecting gear, . how. toe
“take spore. prints,.ho ; zy mushrooni’s AL.
edibility., and how: to".prepare. mushrooms once |)
“you've made that determination. There i isa section :
the medicinal ‘uses. of Thushrooms,. one: on. petting :
high with ‘mushrooms, and one ‘on ‘dyeing. with |
innshrooiis, And 1 just | to juice up| the’ enjoyment, the.”
‘adventures of - mushroom hunters: are Interspersed
throughout.” : : cs fe
~~ Soon after buying All Thar tee Rain Promises aid |
“more... | took it io: the: tiver:and used: to “determitie 5

a ‘By MARGARET SPEIRS - ;
on STOCK. CARS flew ‘off--the track
- during the last race: day: -of the season” E
“at the Terrace Speedway Sept.12.00°-
wos The “reverse. races. saw drivers :
ps tackle he ‘track while: ota: Over.
a thelr shoulders... ved

second) reverse. ae ‘
“In the rélay'r race, drivers pusfied a.
‘bomber Caf-around the rack, pis
off to ii tennimate for the next lap.
“You! plsh the car dnee. around:
’ ; wlikesan Olyinpic: -alhlete :
bul there aré : no Ol lympians i in. here,”
driver Paul Reinhardt sald, _
“The, driver. ofthe
Won the.relay,
os Drivers covered ‘their wads: fo
‘the bag. race and trusted. a ‘passenger.
. to navigate them around the track: *

: AL “STEWART, car #64, and Tyrel Orango. tangle i in the demoition derby, the’ last event, of the. Stock'¢ car - d
- Season. Orango won the event, MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO | ae

we" Te stuck,’ I took down and we're |. return lo the track.

banper wrangled @ with every hi

‘that the large white fungus hanging from ahenilock “ [>

trunk fike’a cheerleaders. pom- pom. was, Hericium a
abietus or bear's héad..2!). -
_Sincé then I'vé. used: it.to ‘identity red tapped, 2
white Spotted Aminitas, enormous niotiled shaggy.

‘parasols, wine. coloured. ‘agaricus, “hot. “orange
lobsters, flesh coloured pig's ears and the-small, oh |

so sinister death’ angels and: ta deiérmine. that the.:

Some. drove: slowly: but alhers,
ike.” ‘winners. Les" Retihi
* driver’ Dave. Bruce

Jonathan’ "and ~‘Tyrel- ‘Orango’ 3s
vehicles poured. steam, ‘ereating, a”
-haze:in their paths, ° ~-

2 Trel~ ‘Orango « won “the ‘Demo “LE
wy and:Al Stewart took second vs

“races saw _ Grant’.
“Stewart hit a barrel, Indging i il firmly”
into. hisg geil for the femainder of the

ot was fun though? :
ee bug race, Win, didn
‘to Reinhardt. :

“made, it ‘lock: a

es | didn’ “L quite’ expect itto stig
. he’ said alter. prying the’ barrel. oll
“his car swith a erowbar 2.
Big Pink-won. the. barrel race

; complete: the race
> “Go. Fast, ‘turn’ let

ted, the first ve: :
red_olT he: track: and? out. 6

: Reina dt comple

: flap jacks on stalks that sprung. ip of the mountain. directions,

- behind my, horite after'a’ fight t rain last August were»
King Boletes, and that they were edible, * os
Look up All That the Rain Promises arid } Pores. o
“on E-Bay. then order it from local i Hockstans You:

The: demolition getty saw. driver

/ Michael Thibodeait. drove olf the
* backstretch and high certréd his car». wal
“on top.of the huge ruck tites.ci the ms

7 infield. just before the thitd corer :

aniiouncer to keep. to, the pavement

won t regret. its.

Blane. lo. > skip ihe engine
drive train fron his * winning vehicle:
. and work all-winter on another. b
- old Ford” for next Season "

drivers smashed. their autos. in the
‘ smbking second round

that "to big ‘winter’
_Relerring to. their

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