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The Kitimat moto-
cross race. track, con-

; sidered to be one of the

most advanced in the
northwest region, may
soon be flattened.

Allan Hewitson,
public relations manager
at Alcan, received a let-
ter recently from Pat
Kormos, president of the
Kitimat Motocross Asso-
ciation, indicating the
executive was. winding
down their involvement
with the motocross site
and terminating their
lease agreement with
Alcan for land on which
the track is located. “‘At
this point we are
prepared to flatten the
track,’? Hewitson said.

He pointed out that
with no insurance pro-
‘vided for the race site by
the association, Alcan
winds up libel for pro-
blems that occur regar-
ding the track. In May of

. this year vandals damag-
ed the kiosk booth at the
race site and Alcan was
served with a $2500 bill
from the forestry depart-
ment. Hewitson noted
that the motocross track
will be ‘‘out of operation
very shortly’? unless we

hear of an alternate plan
of action very quickly.

Terrace resident Dave
Milligan said there are 30
to 40 young people from
the community who
would be racing at the
track if it were operated
at a competitive level.
“If people kept working
at it, the site could be the
best motocross track in
western Canada,” Milli-
gan noted. | .

Kormos said there
have been no races
scheduled at the track
this year. He cited a
“lack of interest and
financial problems'’ as
reason for the demise of
the organization.

The association cur-
rently has an $8000
deficit which is a carry
over from last year, Kor-
mos said. He explained
that debts were incurred
through ‘‘mismanage-
ment” of funds. At
times work was done on
the site by individuals
who understood they
were to get paid while
representatives on the ex-
ecutive were under the
impression that efforts

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TERRACE —Rainer
Giannelia of Terrace has
been awarded a _ cer-
tificate from the Institute
for Certification of
Computer Professionals

Kalum
fire
update

Only two new fires
were reported in the
Kalum Forest District
this last week. One of the
fires was caused by
lightning and the other
was caused by an aban-
doned campfire.

This brings the total
number of fires in the
Kalum Forest District to
54° for the 1986 fire
season. ..

The Forest Service
would like to remind
people to exercise cau-
tion with fire while cam-
ping in the woods.

So far this year, 143
fires have burned 391
hectares. The number of
fires this year is about
average, but the area
burned is well below
average. There have been
no very large fires in the
region this year.

The fire danger rating
is high in a number of
areas in the south eastern
part of the region. In the
north the rating is

generally moderate while
on the coast the rating is
low.

(ICCP) for successfully
completing the 1986 ex-
amination.

The ICCP  semi-
annually administers the
examination in more
than 160 controlled
testing centers at colleges
and universities across
the United States,
Canada and throughout
the world.

Giannelia, a Business
Computers instructor at
Northwest Community
College, was one of the
949 successful candidates
out of 2289 who took
this year’s examination.
A total of 40,000 cer-
tificates have been
awarded since the first
examination was given in
1962.

Giannelia’s duties at
Northwest College in-
clude the teaching of
computer business
systems, business con-
sultation and enterprise
development.

The ICCP is a non-
profit organization com-
prised of 14 computer
societies for the purpose
of testing and certifying
knowledge and skills of
computer personnel. The
examination establishes
a method for recognizing
a corps of individuals
who have the knowledge
considered important to
data processing and in-
formation management.
The examination helps
lay a foundation for the
continued growth of in-
formation processing
field and for the person-
nel within the field seek-
ing to attain a position of
leadership.

Volunteer efforts to be erased

were being extended ona
-volunteer basis.

- The motocross track

features high perfor-
mance two cycle motor-
cycles travelling at speed
over rough terrain in a
racing format. Last year
ethe provincial motocross
championships were held
at the Kitimat track and
although money was
made from the event, it
didn’t offset expenses in-
curred for construction
of the site.

A couple of the ex-
ecutive members have
moved out of town and
only Kormos, his wife
Pat and one other
representative are left to
try and promote the
future of motocross rac-

ing in the community.
The group has had a few
meetings to try and drum
up support for fund rais-
ing projects and to
organize future races but
little interest has been ex-
pressed, Kormos said.

The executive is in
debt and cannot afford
the $300 or $400 required
for regular insurance
against vandalism and
fire at the track site, let
alone insurance for
races. Kormos said in-
surance rates for com-
petitive races are too
costly through local
agencies. The only other
option would be to ac-
quire insurance from the
Canadian Motocross

Rainer Giannella has been presented with a certificate for
successfully completing the 1986 Certification of Com-

puter Professionals examination.

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_ Motocross track may be bulldozed

Association but that
system has drawbacks as
teo many rules are in-
troduced which often
discourage beginning
riders, Kormos explain-
ed.

He noted that there .

are over 200 off street
motorcycles in Kitimat
- with a number of riders
who are interested in
making use of the
motocross track.
Kormos said the ex-
ecutive may talk with ci-
ty council to find out
whether an arrangement
could be made where the
municipality took over
the lease on the land site
from Alcan and the
motocross executive
functioned as the

organizing body for
scheduled competitions. .

Dave Milligan pointed
out that motocross is a
sport which can run
from January or Feb-
ruary to October or
November. ‘‘Last year I
saw 10 to 15 young peo-
ple locally between the
ages of 12 and 18 who
were beginning to get in-
to motocross riding,”
Milligan noted. He add-
ed that the Kitimat track
has the capability of
hosting national and
provincial level competi-
tions and champion-
ships.

It takes good or-
ganizational skills to
hold races and the
benefits are advan-
tageous to the whole
area, Milligan said, as
there is often an influx of
150 to 200 people for
large events with visitors
buying food, gas and
some requiring lodging.
They generate an ‘‘off
shoot’’ in terms of finan-
cial rewards to the area
and also probably have
up to $70,000 invested in
the sport with motor
vehicles to transport
equipment plus motor-
cycles and clothing for
racing.

I see it as a good sport
for young kids, Milligan

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said. They can pursue
the sport as an active
recreation option or pro-
gress to professional
riding. One young Ter-
race fellow has been
sponsored by a couple of
large motorcycle com-
panies and has raced in
California, Milligan
said, .

Of late Milligan has
seen a rebirth of interest
in trials riding. ‘“There is
no reason why the track
couldn’t be expanded to
include trials riding,’’ he
noted. The trials option
includes obstacle riding
with slow speed man-
oeuvering over difficult
courses.

Milligan said he has
talked with some of the
people who put in time
building the Kitimat
track. It was two years in
the making and a lot of
people volunteered labor
and equipment. Milligan
is disappointed the
future of the motocross
track is in jeopardy.
There is no track as
modern or laid out as
well as the Kitimat one,
to my knowledge, in the
northwest, he said. ‘tA
great opportunity will be
lost if the whole thing
falls under,’’

Milligan pointed out
that the sport promotes
tourism by increasing
regional and national
‘knowledge of the area.
There is no better way a
municipality can spend
money to advertise an
area than to host
motocross champion-
ships, he said. Dollar for
dollar, funds are well |
spent. .

And the sport provides
riders with a demanding
routine, Milligan noted.
It’s an actual physical
workout and as in any
event that is highly com-
petitive, discipline, coor-
dination and _ athletic
ability plus good sports-
manship are required
‘for you don't last.’’

The question remains:
Will the Kitimat moto-
cross track last long
enough for competitors
to test the progression of
their skills,

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