© Vitattonal tournament..
“they fared: well,

‘teading: :750 percentage on ihe
|, Strength. of their 6 win, 2 loss.
="“yeeord, the Cents .are’ right

_ cbehind-with 6 .wins in eleven:
“gtarts,: Two of those wins: caries wing: and 7:Idased..::
““Jast weekend at thé Terrace And the Burns” Lak
hold-the.hottom of the standings, f. 2-
th=--in-a firm grip becduse ‘of their
nine game losing streak, Don't .

The

_ Melanson

The . Keith “Melanson faur-
some, Kelth, his wife Marcella
and Ted and Sally Berry,
emerged as the big winners in
last “ weekend’s Open Mixed
‘Curling Bonspiel at the Terrace
Curling Rink.’ Melanson won
the A eventof the tournament,
-bealing out the Larry. Beckley
foursome, the Ray Clifford
quartet and-the Don. Collison

. “crew for top honors.

In the B event it was Steve

_Kutenics, -his wife Fay and
Steve and Marilyn Bartecki
> finishing ‘first, the F. Gorski
_- ixink, second, Norm Miiler’s
Tr erew third'and a Terrace Hotel]

Volleyball
‘show top

" Skeena junior boys and girls
‘volleyball - teams were in
Williams Lake last weekend to

compete ina sixteen feam in-
_And
: the boys
finishing in a third place he with
“the host: club and the Skeena
girls ‘finishing third. 2. -

‘The “boys, paced by’ Ernie
Froese, Kevin Era and Scolt
Wittke won 10 or 14 sets for their
third: place finish, including
hee final, sel againsl ‘Williams Y

he gills, finishing behind
Williams Lake and Valleyview
of Kamloops, depended on
strong showings by Leslie Cane,
Lorene Warner and Janet
Walke and proved to be the only:
teamin the tournament to come
away from matches with
Williams Lake. with a victory.

PNWHL

The Terrace Centennials are

’ playing a litlle over .500 hockey,

good enaugh for a firm hald:on
second place in the west -
division of the Pacific Nor-

-Uhwest Hockey League.’

Although Rupert has a league

-Arena:(peeslory):+Third:place.*
being held by the Eagles wi
2 win, 6 loss record while the
“¢§mithers’ Totems* are right
‘behind the Eagles wilh 3 wins in

“0 starts.

In the east the Luckies are
or glding the lop of the standings

“with 9 wins in as many starts,

‘SUMMARY

he labour «force of 6,000 oc-
* curred between September and

“““Oelober they were nol sufficient

o offset a: greater than usual

"y aon in the level of employment.

The Jabour. force in October
435.3 percent higher (han one
ear ago and the level of em-
loyment in October was only
,7, percent above last year,
ost of the unemployment in
October was centredin the male
to 44 age group. This group
Iso shows a labour force in- :
rease slightly above the em-
“ployment increase in the year
over year comparison.

“LABOUR FORCE AND EM.

LOYMENT

From September la October
withdrawals from the labour
“force of 6,000 in the 20 to 24 age

es ‘group contrasted lo an increase

“sof 4,000 in the 25 to 44 age group.

‘ Last year in the same period the °

jabour force showed and in

“caused a decline in their par-r
teipation rale from 77.9 percent
“ip 76.7. percent, ‘The: par-
+, icipation rate. for males in
Oclaber 1973 was 77,6. parcent. .

oy “The 13,000 drop that occurred

Aa the evel of employment
between September and ‘Oc-

‘célober. is attributed largely ‘to

ayoffs in the forest industry
and transportation ‘sector:
serving the forest Industry.
Normally -the level of. em-
ployment rises in that period.
In 1973 employment Increased
by 15,000 from Seplember to_
October.

“UNEMPLOYMENT

. seasonally adjusted
. unemployment rate rose from
6.5 percent In September to 6,7
‘percent in. Qetober. .. Britis!

“Columbia was the only province
“in Canada lo show an increase

ft both the seasonally adjusted

“and actual ‘unemployment
rates, All of the Increase in
:- Unemployment was in the. male

7 The, number, of awonaen,. L

tthe on ag ee een tn

takes

mixed open ‘spiel

, Sponsored rink in fourth place.

First place in the C event was
captured by Gord Rowland
whose rink comprised himself,
his wife Anita and Dick and

Lynn Braathan. Second place _

in the C was taken by Mark
Croft and company, third place
by J. Harker of Kitimat and
fourth place by C, Hill of Nass
Camp. .

In all there were some 20
rinks entered in the bonspiel
which went from Friday night
through loabouts p.m. Sunday,
The curlers took a ‘break
daw? for a. banquet -and

teams”
form

This coming weekend, the
Hotth-west zone junior boys and
girls volleyball finals will be
held in Terrace. It will be an
eight team double knockout
event with games. all day
Saturday at both Caledonia and
Skeena gymnasiums... The
championship finals are. slated
for 4 p.m. in the Skeeng gym,
with award presentations to-
follow. Along wilh the’ zone

trophy, two all-slar leams anda.

most: valuable’ player. will be
chosen,

- The Skeena boys team 1 has
challenged ‘the . other’ teams,

‘reminding them the only-name

on the zane volleyball trophy is
Skeena Secondary School. .
According to the team coach,
the bays mean. to keep | il that
‘way, . .

The saaadicj

The Chiefs, who had their
winning streak stopped two

weeks ago, have dropped inta.

second place with an’ .857
percentage based on 12 wins in
14 oulings. Third place is held

by the Prince George Spruce:
'. Kings with '.428((hree wins in.

seven games):, The Vanderhoof

Bears, now an ‘intermediate °
‘team have a..383 record: with 4 “

ave :

count themi out yet though. Last
year the Braves went 21 games
without a victory and then
caught fire. By the end of the
regular season they were the
hotlest team in the league.

,

| ‘The Labour Force.

7 unemployed ‘actually declined |
Although withdrawals from. by2, oo0 between September and

October.

Close call for goaltender in commercial hockey league action at Terrace arena

Blue - Blazers top standings

‘After eight games.

played in the Terrace -
Hockey:
_ League there is-still one.
undefeated team and one
team without a victory. -
. The undefeated team is .

. Commercial

‘the Manique Blazers who

have put together three

wins in three. starts are

tied for first place in the
standings while Pohle
Lumber with three losses

.-jn -three. starts ‘have a.
“firm grip on last place in

the league.

‘The. team that has

You, could

Call the herald

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:Blues who have won

three of four games.- The
remaining two, teams in
the league are also tied,
Buller Glass and Gordon
and Anderson, each with
one win in three outings.

“. Pipeline

Two million barrels of oi) will
pass through the Alaska Pipeline
—at full eapacity, Approximately
one-half of the pipeline will be
“above ‘Bround:- woatets

Starting next week in
the herald we will be
giving. more com-

prehensive reports on the
action in the Terrace
Commercial
League.

Hockey

Tindall Xx

School Trustee ©

THE HERALD, Wednesday, November 13, 1974, PAGE Ad

| Whales

harpooned

The Whales ended the first

part of the Terrace Waler Polo

League's scheduled season on a
losing note, but still with enough
victories for a commanding
lead of the league’s standings.

The Whales, who went five -
_ games without a loss, were

harpooned 8-6 by the Cutthroats
last Thursday evening to finish
the first part of the schedule

with five wins and one loss for”

ten points,
The other game last Thur-
sday saw the Dogfish downed 7-

3 by the Seals. Second place in
the standings is held by -two
leams, the Seals and Cul-
throats, each with six points
earned on 3 won - 3 logs splits of
the early going.

Lastp lace is held by the lowly
Dogfish who have a single win
in six outings. .

The season will continue and
league organizers are even naw
in the process of arranging
exhibition games against teams
from Kitimat and Prince’
Rupert.

| Sheridan

$8.748,000.00
(Proposed Budget 1975)

- $22,000,000.00
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tt is 5000 4 fect of flor space.

It is- large enough to host your favorite entertainer
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a is now 60% complete at minimal cost. to the Communit

A center for many ‘types of indoor recreation.

a hase of operations for the Thornbill Reo. Committee.

A rental hall large enough. for any civic function
Fall Fairs, | etc.

‘A core for the future expansion of Thornhill recreation facilities

“It needs your support - a YES vote on the referendum, a

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