TERRACE — About 2,500 athletes, coaches and managers are ¢x- pected to show up in Smithers Feb. 7 to 10 to participate in the Nor- thern B.C, Winter Games (NBCWG). To kick off the ‘‘spor- ting spirit?’ a torch, along the lines of the Olympic flame, will be carried into Terrace. Flip Cervo, acting secretary for the NBCWG said a “‘sym- bolic run’’ is scheduled to take place this weekend. : An athlete will begin the run in Kitimat, the site of the 1985 winter games, and take the torch a mile from town. A motor vehicle will then transport the athlete along Highway 37 to a destination about a mile outside of Terrace. A runner from Terrace Legion Terrace rinks skipped by Keith Williams and Kevin Spark were win- ners on the weekend of the Royal Canadian Legion Men’s Zone curl- ing playdowns at the Terrace Curling Club. Williams won the best- of-three senior men’s ti- tle in two straight games over Prince Rupert's Danny O‘Shea. Scores were 8-7 and 8-4. Williams advances to B.C. finals at Nanaimo on the Feb. 15 weekend. ~ Ath letes to car ry ~.NBCWG flame Flip Cervo will then take the torch into town, The group will meet for lunch and a short ceremony. Another runner from Terrace will take the torch out a mile along Highway 16 toward Hazelton. The flame will be curling Sparks won the three- team men’s double- knockout series by AND NOW MILES LATER, ee me nA aman cor RA Homesick An albatross that was releas- ed 3,200 miles from its nest on Midway Island flew back in just over 10 days, says National Geo- graphic World. Curlers knocked out ‘Terrace rinks skipped by Anna Levesque and Judy Degerness failed in their bid to win the Zone 6 Ladies’ Curling title in a playoff at Prince Rupert on the Jan. 4 weekend. In an all-Rupert final, Wendy Atchison downed clubmate Judy Marineau 6-3 to earn a trip to the B.C. interior finals at Vernon this past week- end. Results next week. Originally, five teams had been set for the zone final: in a double- knockout series. Kitimat had been ruled ineligible for failing to submit an entry by the Dec. 15 deadline. However, Kitimat ap- pealed to the B.C. Ladies Curling Association, which in turn over-ruled the zone decision and allowed the Barb Opheim rink to enter. Peewees compete in Fort St. James The Terrace Westar Peewee Reps finished out of the medals at the five-team Peewee Minor Hockey Tournament in Fort St. James on the Jan. 4 weekend. Terrace started off with a 6-5 victory over Chetwynd. Doug Stew- art had two goals, while the others were scored by Shane Maitland, Dennis Bannister, Rhett Gibson and Matt Shinde. They lost their next game 8-3 to their zone rivals from Prince Rupert. Maitland, Richie Piatoni and Jared Ewart did the scoring. In game three they were thumped 14-1 by Prince George. Jason Krug was the only Westar to find the range. Game four was a 5-2 loss to the host team. Maitland and Mike Weibenga scored the goals. Rupert’s Peewees downed Chetwynd 11-8 to win bronze medals. transported by motor vehicle to a site one mile before Hazelton where a runner will be stationed to carry the flame into town. Another athlete vill pick up the torch and carry it a mile toward Smithers. The same procedure will take place in Smithers with a runner carrying the torch into this year’s host com- munity, Competitors from 100 Mile House to the Yukon border and individuals from Whitehorse, the Yukon and Northwest Territories will be par- ticipating in the winter games at Smithers. The youngest com- petitor will be about nine years of age and the oldest possibly 60 or 70 years, Cervo said, results beating Bob Sage of Kitimat 10-8 in the last game. The third team in this playoff was skipped by Terry Pearkes of Prince Rupert. The Sparks foursome goes to Princeton for provincial finals on the same weekend as the senior. danemy 12-24, 1966 BS A Caledonla Kermode basketball player takes possession of the ball in a recent tourna- ment against the Prince Rupert Rainmakers. The most recent schedules and program information for: ‘Jan. 18 to 24 No updated information was received for this week's Close-Up. All information carried in the listings of the new issue are the most up-to- date available at this time.