HO LE EE pg oo oe OT Aa ye ee Mae ga ~SPORTSCOPE Smith “lant jets bristling with boribs blast. off from the Saudi - desert, Smart missiles disappeat ° into::the’ night, tracking their targets. :like hounds while - General. Colin Powell, the mass of military jewelry on his expan-: ding chest. glittering undey.the. bright. lights ‘of the media, ‘speaks the language of realpolitik: ‘of softening up. af enemy: targets, — of. surgical ‘strikes. "Death, according’ to: ‘authors of Greek: ‘tragedy, 1s absurd. This is theatre of: the absurd: played out on a grand;‘scale: within ihe theatre of war, :-writ™ larger than anyone.could:have Imagined: 1 can barely. tear - myself away from the ‘con-'- flagration — the war. in- prime. time — but I must because Tex: is in-town to speak to us about copper. We meet at the school, as usual. The agenda is establish. - ed, minutes-are adopted. Just as we are about to get down to Page 4 ~ Terrace stanar, 4, Wodneaay, January 23, 1981 ing tie, no’ ‘boots. ‘ tory, on this his latest sortie, one. : suspects, will make him very c business, Tex: enters and ine troduces- himself, He is relaxed and - articulate. . Despite his © mame, there is nothing cowboyish about him — no str- _ Angler . Fora. long time, he tells us, copper smelting in B.C. has not Jbeen viable, but now all of that’ 5 is changing. ‘There is‘'a window - of opportunity, He and his part- ‘ner Roger .are convinced ' this province is‘an ideal location for a smelter..For the last few years his company, PRM, has -been. exploring the limits of possibili- | ty, forging the necessary links to ‘make ithappen, Tex: spéaks with the . quiet assurance of a man who has done more than a: little cam-— paigning on the battlefields. of: business and politics, but: vic-. and: Ocelot, natural. businessman, PRM has a site selected. for guide. their :proposed $471 - million smelter: a 160-acre parcel of by Rob Brown land south of the Ocelot plant in Kitimat. With the existing in- dustrial infrastructure’ already in place to serve Alcan, Eurocan the place | is a. The handful of men who have “turned up for the meeting are knit by their love of outdoor sports, They are representative of the community: there is a a salesman,a § biologist, a couple of teachers, a pair of retailers, two contrac- tors, an ex-logger and a fishing They listen intently to a brief history of copper mining and copper - concentrate: describes the process. hat sand to. copper wire. problem, according to: ‘Tex, alienation and” exploitation lands in the area?No,: copper mines can only be successful: ‘on: the grand. scale, 3 js 1 What about the environrien-:::dar tal impact? State of the-art, says: governmen Tex, the smelter will rend down | . “ sulphur. ‘dioxide is: a ‘constituent - ~~ of acid rain: ‘They Ic look worried: Sure your emissions may be. bignifi cantly lower than the less= than-adequate.: ‘government’ — - * guidelines, ‘but they will be-add- ‘ed to the tonnage pumped into. the atmosphe and ‘Eurocan: What about the: slag Not-a’" : ie “Ah, days” the: ‘biologist, “but! is —s whet: about the acid’ mine. After _ drainage‘in the areas that have. thank to be. opened. “up to mine’ your. -:h(rh,. concentrate? There. may be some,.admits « Tex;: >, government: conirols are getting tougher Sulphur ‘dioxide sn't that an: _ emission:from copper: ‘smelters?’ We use: Finnish :: ‘technology, : Replies: Tex: without, missing a” : beat, - OUF: ‘emissions, will: be: 15° daily by. ‘Alcan ‘but. the’ — ‘what. will the’ cumulative effect’. be? An un- ush:home to watch: the:latest,:. carefully controlled’ coverage-of: =. “the maelstrom called. ‘Desert’: . .Storm."*On the way 'I'recall’:” that acid precipitation has been” measured’ at. Terrac . ‘tonal. es ee “Ts think’ of the ‘tonnes - lof. coele. 7" oguiphurons, wind-borne exhau ‘ - that: whips. down -the: "Terrace- Kitimat Corridor ‘on most’ da’ and of Jakes turtied to; vinegar. am ‘reminded. of* ‘the’ aE! -should be fighting . ae -the: ne’ o “agaist “an enemy: more. elusive: and:more-deadly than: a thiou-. . sand Saddam Husseins:. the'war. * to: prevent: the: ‘environmental holocaust, bay Interna, _ Whea I get home the ‘anchor- ‘SPORTS N JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 TERRACE STANDARD. A date for triathletes ORGANIZERS HERE have selected a date for this year’s Skeena Valley Triathlon. Sunday, July 14 will be the big date for the northwest’s annual swim-bike-run. And this year’s event is expected to draw competition from even further afield. - “The triathlon received a high. profile last year as a result of the participation of Vancouver racers,”’ said organizer Dale Greenwood. “They're finally starting to realize we’re for real.’” : pected. - Greenwood said the prizes, which have now been deter- mined, could ‘help attract some of B.C.’s best. The top prize will be a trip to New Zealand in March, 1992, for the D.B. Ironman, formerly known as the Kiwi Lager Ironman. “We've got a couple of other things in the works, too,'” he added. Last year’s Skeena Valley Triathlon drew close to 200 -enirants, and saw Quesnel’s Neil, McCoil win the three- stage race in a time of just “over two hours. “Greenwood said the one- kilometre swim, 40-kilometre cycle and 10-kilometre run. will likely be held near Lakelse Lake, with the start/finish line at Water Lily Bay, pending approval of the parks ministry. Golf club expands LOCAL GOLFERS won't have 18 holes this year, but they will have a driving range. - John Taylor, newly elected president. of the Skeena Club, says the practice range early season and will signal the club's intent to expand. | The club last year bought adjacent farmiand, although 4 18 -holes aren't expected here for-at least a few years. : "But Taylor said the club executive plans to shop ‘fF around for course designing firms this year, and develop a ‘strategy for raising money for the expansion, ‘We've got a lot of work ahead of us,” he noted. — also elected Jan, 14, were: vice-president Jake DeJong, secretary George Clark, ‘TL treasurer Pam Biffle, ladies’ fclub captain Edith Gieselman and men's club captain lan I This,time around, he said, .} .: | - ‘even more triathletes are.ex-: f - Valley Golf and Country. should open sometime in the. HOOP WARS—— THORNHILL Jr. Secondary players were inthe thick of the” . action Friday as local. schools -- hosted a regional junior basketball tournament. The Thornhill Walves’ Joey Watts (below) battles with a Kitimat Rebel, and Shawn Palagian, at . . left, was high scorer with 18 points as the team dropped its first game 56-50 to Kitimat. - Fitzpatrick files suit Kitimat’s Mark Fitzpatrick has filed a S180 million lawsuit against the makers of an amino acld diet supplement linked to the debilitating disease that has sidelined the young New York Islanders goaltender. - Fitzpatrick hasn't played. a hockey § game for the NHL team since last season's, playoffs. He. since developed eosinophilia myalgia syndrome — known as EMS — which he says restricts most of his body movements," causes facigue, and has resulted in swollen limbs. The jawsuit charges: those’ symptoms developed after he took. L-Tryptophan -- an amino acid-boosting: supplement. produced by Jo, Poy Hh ty, ad “all pik ellemre «em un Hm, metcsm. wen, cases, American health authorities ordered i it tott the market last year.’ - ‘e No cure has been. found for ‘the diseane, » affects thé nervons and muscalar systems, | has been fatal in pomie cates, a Company. spokesmen’ say the ‘manufacturer has donated more than $800,000 to help efforts to find a cure for EMS. Sera ether terete Kitimat _ gets '93 Games | Kitimat has been selected as the site of the 1993 B.C. Winter Games. “Kitimat has the necessary ingredients to host a Superior Games,” said recreation and culture minister Lyall, Hanson,