B8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 29, 2003

ROB BROWN

Spare the Rod IV

o, it just can’t be, T thought. 1 must
have put my beloved, irreplaceable
Hardy de-Luxe in it’s customary stor-

age place behind the seat. I pulled

out the waders, the wading staff, my rain coat,
two pairs of wading shoes, and the double-bar-
'reled, made-in-America rod case, popped its top
rand shook. Out came Karen’s Daiwa Lochmore
and the spare Fenwick eight-weight [ keep for
guests. Damn.
Moments later I was back in the shop check-
‘ing the rod rack just in case I’d put it there after
arriving home the day before. No Hardy rested
‘on that roosi. Damn.

dog, which — taking a cue from all the frenetic
activity — pranced about in front of my legs with
a stick sticking out of her mouth.

I put my mind in rewind and let the hazy re-

and past the point where | purposefully set the
rod against the passenger side the truck, in the
space between the cab and the box, out of the
way of the gamboling dog..I replayed those mo-
ments on fast forward. Some minor details ap-

driven away with the rod against the truck. Did
it snap as I turned? Did I drive over it on the
way out? Did it lie there all night until someone
drove in or is it still lying there prone and vul-
nerable?

I glanced at my watch: 10,-It had rained hea-

had a chance, albeit a slim one, to recover my
rod — a fightning rod to so many cherished
memories, so many fine times, and the reel Fin-
lay had entrusted to my care.

Dog voice. Pawsome leapt in. I shut the door
behind her then raced to the front of the truck,

and backed up.

I roared down the street through the perilous
merge sign at the corner of Munthe and West
View.

I glanced at the fun house mirror (intact but
cracked) that looks down reflectively over the

- periious intersection of Munthe and Kalum.
] had to get to the Herman Point Parkade be-

sion.

Why is it that when you are in a hurry every
light is red, every crosswalk has a slow pedes-
trian, and the roads are filled with cars driven
by lethargic drivers?

I turned left at the confluence of Kalum and
Lakelse and sped toward the new version of the
Old Bridge. The light was red when I got there,
of course.

Possible disastrous scenarios involving my
tod involuntarily played out in my mind as a
steady stream of traffic buzzed past.| treated the
turn of the light like a starter’s flag. Soon I was
barreling down Queensway.

Just before the Kitselas’ band office complex
another road block - another obstacle between

de-Luxe — rose up and took the form of a con-

to do some wiring.
top of the gas pedal; the flag woman, looking

ange hard hat, dropped her sign and, sensing. my
need for speed, watched me hawkishly as I
_ crept through her jealously guarded no-fly zone.

Free and unencumbered, | raced past the air-
port at neck breaking speeds then swung off
onto the Herman Creek Forestry Road. Water
from the deep puddles splashed up over my
hood and turned to steam.

I skidded to halt at the parking lot in front of
a wide-eyed Hugh Storey and a startled Bill
Dawson.

] rolled down the window and frantically
asked if they’d seen a rod.

“Oh,” said Hugh, “You mean the one we just
ran over.”

My heart sank.

“We almost did too,” said Bill, reaching
hack into the back of Hugh’s pickup and pulting
out my Hardy de-Luxe, intact,

“T could kiss you guys,” J blurted out.

“That’s OK, we'll pass an the reward,” said
Bill.

“You fishing?” asked Hugh.

“I’m here now,” [ said, turning off the igni-
tion and picking up the waders that had been
lying on seat since the last outing,

Under them lay: the coffee. mug I'd -been
looking for two days. : wo

* “Out of my way! No stick!” I barked at the

collection of the previous afternoon play out to’

peared on replay, but the gist was the same. I’d |

wily overnight, a disincentive to fishermen. Few..J.
people go fishing in the middle of the week. T~
“Get in the truck,” J said in my Alpha Male |

climbed in, slammed the key into the ignition, ©

fore anyone else did. I felt the onset of abses- .

me and the potential safe recovery of my Hardy-
struction zone where Hydromen hung from poles
1 tapped my foot lightly and nervously on the .

' ‘a 1
,Stern, but sharp, in her reflective vest and or-

By SARAH A.
ZIMMERMAN
WHEN JOE Pelletier
watched the 1987 Canada
Cup he went from being a
hockey fan to a hockey fa-

natic.

He was hooked on
hockey and discovered a
passion in researching the
history of the tournament,

His infatuation for the
event recently resulted in
the publication of the Ter-
race resident’s first book,
The World Cup of Hockey:
A history of hockey’s great-
est tournament.

Pelletier says 1987 was
“his 1972.”

“I wasn’t born to see
Henderson score, but I had
a probably very similar
feeling when the famous
Gretzky-to-Lemieux goal
was scored to give Canada
the victory,” says the 28-
year-old man.

“So that’s why the Ca-
nada Cup, now known as
the World Cup of Hockey,

THE WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

‘A Histary of Hockey's Cheatent Tauinarsent

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JOE PELLETIER’S love of hockey history culminated in h
World Cup of Hockey: A history of hockey’s greatest tournament.

ments. They poured over
mountains of newspaper
archives, video footage
and old promotional maga-
zines for six months as
they put book together.

“One of the neat things
about the book is it has
two points of view — the
Canadian point of view
and the European point of
view,” says Pelletier, who
considers himself more of
a researcher than a writer.

The most rewarding part
of having his book pub-
lished is he’s met other
hockey researchers and
has also picked up some
extra attention from var-
ious media outlets.

“I have done same work
for TSN, CTV Newsnet,
CNNSI.com, Hackey Dig-
est and some NHL alumni

is first book The

is so special to me and
why I chose it as the topic
of my first book.”

Pelletier compiled the
history of the tournament
in the thick, hardcover

book along with a Scandi-
navian hockey researcher,
Patrick Houda.

The two men met on an
internet hockey site and
quickly realized they

shared the same cbsession.

two halves, each one tak-
ing on the task of re-
searching three Canada
Cup/World Cup tourna-

groups,” Pelletier says.

“I seem to have gotten
some credibility which is
allowing me to make some
great contacts and some
interesting projects.”

They split the work in

m@ Win wrangling
LYN LAVOIE shows off the pile of ribbons she received at this year’s
Totem Saddle Club award’s banquet in Terrace Jan. 18. Lavoie logged
the fastest times in three gymkhana events. She and her horse Gizmo
also picked up the award for overall Hi Point horse and rider. For more
awards results see page B13. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

Cal nabs top spot

By SARAH A.
ZIMMERMAN
THE KERMODES have claimed top spat
at their own annual tournament for the
third year running, but the win didn’t

come easy.

Caledonia’s girls had to put in a big
effort to get to the finals this year, almost

losing the semi-final.

After winning its round robin pame
against Smithers Senior Secondary 68-38
the girls faced Bulkley Valley Christian
School in a very close semi-final game.

The team fought hard in this one bea-
ting BYCS by just one point 61-60 earn-

ing a berth in the final.
The battle for first saw the Kermodes
face Nechako Valley - a team they've

had some great competition with through-

69-44,

award.

Out the season.
Caledonia came out on top winning

Alison Smith was named to the all-star
team along with Amandeep Dhaliwal who
picked up the most valuable player

Bantams bounce back
from tourney losses

THE TERRACE bantam
reps picked up two much
necded wins against
Prince Rupert Jan. 17-18
after a disappointing per-
formance the weekend be-
fore.

Bryan Hull led the way
Jan 17 logging five goals
and two assists with Tri-
stan Murray scoring four
goals and three assists.

Zach Ferland responded
with Prince Rupert’s only
Goal. Terrace won this one
16-1.

The next day Terrace
won again, this time 12-2.

Bryan Hull had four
goals and four assists, Ry-
land Macdonald picked up
three goals and assists and
Brad Tomanocy put two
between the pipes and led
the pack with seven ass-
ists. .

Kendall . Stace-Smith
scored: both goals. Prince

Rupert.

The wins gave the team
a boost after a not-so-in-
splring performance at the
Whitespot Bantam Tour-
nament January 9-13, in
Prince George.

“We were in the AAA
side of the tourney and
greatly out matched by our
opponents,” says head
coach John Amos.

“We had a tough sche-
dule and the suffered some
injuries along the way.”

That included team
captain Taylor Quinn
going down with a shoul-
der injury in a game
against Alberta’s Grande
Prairie. He was out for the
rest of the tournament.

Both Bryan Huli and
Nick Lindstrom also mis-
sed a game due to injury.

The team lost 11-1 to
Kamloops AAA with Nick
Lindstrom picking up Ter-

tace’s fone goal.

A 9-5 loss to South
Delta AAA saw Ryland
Macdonald score twice,
with singles from Bryan
Hull, Brad Clarke and
Brad Tomanocy.

Tetrace lost to a tough
AAA Grande Prairie team
17-2. Ryland Macdonald
and Cam Kerr scored for
Terrace.

The Terrace team was
definitely outplayed at this
tournament and fost two
more.

They weren't able to
get on the board against
Fort St. John AAA losing
15-0 then lost 10-1 to Clo-
vetdale AAA,

That one goal came
courtesy of Terrace’s
Bryan Hull.

"It was a learning ex-

perlence for the boys but -
tough to swallow,” Amos.

said.

Sports Scope

Smart shooters

FOUR LOCAL air cadets recently returned from the
B.C. provincial biathlon competition in Vernon, B.C,

Isabelle Claveau, 15, in her second visit to the provin-
cials, did her teammates proud completing the 6 kilo-
metre course in 57:18 placing 17th out of 84 competi-
tors.

She also had the top shoot out of both the girls and
boys at the tournament, says her coach Deborah Hels-
don.

Mark Tomlinson, 15, took part on the 8 kilometre
course in 67:36 good for 55th out of 103 competitors.
This was his second trip to the provincial competition.

Kyle Hanes, 15, completed the course in a time of
70:43 which placed him in position number 66.

The youngest member of the Terrace quartet, 13-year-
old Jacob Symons put in a great effort coming out 85th.

Helsdon says the team spent several months doing
dryland training due to the lack of snaw before the com-
petition.

She commended the team for their hard work, dedica-
tion and excellent sportsmanship a the event.

Snow finally falls

FRESH snow — and lots of it - has skiers, snowboarders
and snowmobilers doing the dance of joy.

Sledders are grateful for the extra white stuff with the
Skeena Valley Snowmobile Association's annual Sno-
warama charity ride just around the corner.

The annual event includes trail rides, a poker ride and
a hot chili lunch served up by the Terrace Downtown
Lions Club. It’s set to go Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. and the lo-
cation will be determined based on snow.

Pledge forms are available at Ken’s Marine, Neids
and Kermode Auto Sports.

For more information call Bonnie at 635-5930 or
Joyce at 635-7913.

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By last Saturday. more than 15 centimetres of despera-
tely needed snow fell at Shames Mountain and hili offi-
cials said they’re hoping they'll be able to crank up the
chair lift sometime this week,

“It's looking pretty good for an opening here pretty
quick,” said Shames spokesperson Reyann MacDonell
last week.

The mountain cranked up the T-bar at the top of the
mountain for the afternoon Jan. 18 allowing willing
skiers and boarders to hike from the bottom of the hill to
the T and catch a lift to the top.

With more than 125 people taking advantage of the
window of apportunity, Shames did the same thing last
weekend, Jan. 25.

Officials brought up some new terrain park features
including two beginner rails, one intermediate rail and
two fun boxes to Southpaw for avid boarders and skiers
to try ont.

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The dump of snow is also good news for cross country
skiets looking to lay down some fresh tracks at the
Onion Lake ski trails,

For all the nine-to-fivers out there the new section of

lighted trails are making night skiing a great option. -

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