BS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 19, 2003 SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN SKEENA ANGLER. ROB BROWN Vision Us almost a given that a pocket book emblazoned with stuffed letters is not likely to catch the eye of the literati empanelled to decide whom should receiver the Booker or the Giller prizes. A dust jacket displaying weaponry or a scantily clad vixen, or both, is a strong hint that the dust free material enclosed thereby is, the kind of pulp of which trash is made. And what about all the lavish praise and ux- orial prose that covers not only the covers but the backs and the first few pages of almost every work of fiction or nan-fiction you pick up save for the works of J.D. Salinger and the Bible? Can we really trust these review snip- pets? Surely not all these books, even the ones with tasteful covers, are “great literary achie- vements” or “full of dazzlingly acute and seem- ingly effortless prose that infuses [them] with exuberance and wit.” In this age of cancerous consumerism and advertising excess it seems the only thing you trust is the recommendation of a hard reading and discerning friend. I know this lesson, yet I was lured to What Fish See: Understanding the optics and color shifts for designing lures and flies - an optometr- ist reveals his discoveries on the eyesight of fish which leads to spectacular fishing results! by Colin J. Kageyama, O.D., F.C.0.V.D., like a steelhead to a Mepps spinner, despite its lurid cover of blue, yellow, red and pastel pink, and its lengthy title. Perhaps it was the magnified trout eyeball staring out at me from the cover of Kageyama’s.:. book that caught my eye. Published by Frank Amato Inc, Kageyama’s is supposed to be a textbook. A decent textbook should convey information clearly and succinct- ly. Kageyama’s text is riddled with convoluted prose like this: “The Kodak article states that the exception to the manner in which long wa- velength light fades in deep water as being the case of some fluorescent dyes which retain their colour regardless of depth.” An index — or, at the very least, some kind of reference list - is indispensable to any work of non-fiction. What Fish See has two pages of ad- vertisements for other Frank Amato publications instead, “I suggest you study the book in the follow- ing manner,” advises Kageyama. “Read the in- troduction, chapters 4, 10, 12, 22 and then care- fully study the pictures on pages 129-152,” All of this left me wondering why Kageyama didn’t spare his reader a lot of irritating page flipping and lay out his chapters in a logical, progressive sequence with his colour plates carefully placed in such a way as to illuminate the text Kageyama devotes far too much of his book to self-glorification. He brags about the number of steelhead he has caught and how he has caught many of them in heavily fished waterways. His climb to the acme of steelheading excel- lence, he tells us, is in large measure due to the application of theories made more accessible to him thanks to his background in optometry. “CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, OPTICS + THIS 18 GETTING REALLY COMPLICATED, IS THERE AN EASIER WAY?” asks Kageyama with all the subtlety of a barker at a carnival. “Yes!” he answers, abandoning the upper case but affixing an exclamation point just in case those of us without degrees in optometry have missed his point. it turns out that any fool can attain steel- heading magnificence through the use of The See Best System. It’s a simplified kit containing six optical fil- ters and lights, guaranteed to “give the recrea- tional angler valuable information about which fishing lures to use in different conditions.” The kit is available for a mere $60 in U.S. funds. After a frustrating wade through 74 pages of _ tangled and unfocused prose, flipping back and forth between text and pictures, 1 was more than a little chafed to find myself in the midsl of an infomercial. Kageyama is product of a product driven soc- iety that treats greed as a virtue and seeks to exagperale, commodify and patent everything. For him and his hypercompetitive ilk, angling is an act whose goal is to catch as many fish as possible utilizing the most effective methodo- Togy regulations will allow; if a guy can make a little dough along the way, well, what the heck. It amazes me that it has never occurred to Kageyama and those like him that this self- same ethic has undermined and will ultimately , wreck the fisheries he enjoys-so much. Don't buy this book. You can have mine, TERRACE STANDARD Cal cooks at AAA provincials By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THERE were no blow-outs for the Kermodes at this year’s AAA boys high school basketball championships. In fact, the Kermodes put on a sensational performance at the event proving northerners can pul up a tough fight. The Terrace squad only won one of its three games but managed to keep their opponents to small margins of victory. “You know you're behind the eight ball in a lot of ways when you come down here,” says coach Cam MacKay. “Every other team is that much bigger and stronger physically so you know you really have to bump and grind.” The team’s game of the tournament had to be its second match-up of the event against the second ranked Kitsilano Blue Demons — the tournament winners for the last two years running, Guard Bryan Matthews was on fire posting a sensational 4!-point game against the Blue Demons nailing seven three-pointers and post- ing a 100 per cent average from the free throw line sinking all eight of his shots. Lee Johnson picked up 18 for the Kermades in the effort and also posted a 100 per cent average sinking all four of his free throw shots. Paul More, Justin Unrau and Jeff Clark rounded out the scoring for Terrace. The boys outscored Kitsilano in both the second and fourth quarters, but it wasn't en- ough to come through with a win. The Kermodes ended up on the losing side of the 85-75 score but showed they’ ve got tre- mendous tenacity. TERRACE guard Bryan Matthews log- ged a whopping 41 points against the Kitsitano Blue Demons.FILE PHOTO The team posted a solid first game March 11 defeating Abbotsford’s W.J, Mouat. The game went to overtime in that one after finishing four quarters with a 51-51 tie.- The Kermodes mustered 13 points in over- time while W.J. Mouat only posted eight. Matthews, Johnson, Unrau, Clark and More all contributed to the effort as did Paul Mat- thews who put up nine points. _ The third game of the tournament saw the Kermades go up against the West Vancouver Highlanders in another exciting contest. Missing from the game was second leading scorer for the Kermodes, Lee Johnson, who got hit with a brutal case of the flu after Wednes- day’s game against Kitsilano. “He sat on the bench with his hood over his head — he looked like Nanook of the North,” MacKay says of the March 12 game against West Vancouver. “He's in the gym every morning every day and then having to step out [at provincials] is hard on him.” Johnson’s absence — and at jeast three other players who were showing signs of the flu — put extra pressure the rest of the team. A win just wasn’t in the cards. The West Vancouver Highlanders took this one 67-51 eliminating Caledonia from the tournament. Bryan Matthews once again led the way with 27 points followed by Paul More who put up 13, Jeff Clark hit the basket good for s six and Justin Unrau logged four points. Grade 10 forward Aman Parmar scored one: point in the effort. “They were not happy that they lost but they -were happy that their efforts showed, they got a lot of great comments from the top coaches,” MacKay says of the team. “T always like a ‘W’ but [ also know that for coming out of the north and not seeing a lot of competition the kids did an excellent job.” Numbers looking good for annual Loggers bonspiel 638-7283 TERRACE’ S Wade Flaherty was traded last week to the NHL’s Nashville Pre- dators where he’ll serve as back-up goalie. He’s played in the NHL on and off since 1991 when he was picked up by the San Jose Sharks. FILE PHOTO Wade Flaherty traded to Nashville Predators FORMER Terrace resident Wade Flaher- ty was recently traded from the NHL’s Florida Panthers to the Nashville Preda- tors. He'll serve as back-up goalie to the Predators’ Tomas Vokoun who has played 42 of 43 match-ups for the Nashville team this season. The Predators are in a battle for the Western Conference's final playoff spot and are hoping the Terrace-born Flaherty will provide some insurance in case any- thing happens to Vokoun. Nashville General Manager David Poile said the team will be better off with a solid, experienced back-up goalie such the playoffs. as Flaherty as the team tries to make it to Flaherty has bounced back and forth between NHL action and the AHL for 12 Midget house hockey Final game a nail-biter By TYLER NOBLE THE BEST was kept for last. The saying fits well in describing how some of the best hockey of this year’s midget house hack- ey league was seen throughout the playoffs the past month, In a tournament-style playoff format, all four teams participated in a 12- game double round robin, with each team facing each of its opponents twice. The double round robin concluded on March 6, with the Red and White teams finishing tied for first with seven points and the Teal and Yellow teams tied for third, each with five points. Team Red and team Teal won the tie-breakers based on head-to-head re- cords in the round robin pames. The first of two semi- final pairings-tdok place on March 10 and featured the top team from the round robin — Red — squar- ing off against the fourth place team — Yellow. In the round robin, Yel- low won both of its games against Red and looked to continue the winning trend, And it did just that, edging Red by a margin of 2-1. The other semi-final match up took place the following night between second and third place teams White and Teal. Like Yellow, White won of its games against Teal in the round robin and intended to keep the streak alive. White had no pro- blem with Teal, winning the game 5-3. Team White's semi- final victory set the stage for the championship, a meeting with rival Team Yellow on Thursday night. In the regular season, Yellow finished 10 points years. His last NHL stint came in the 2001-02 season when he played four games with the Florida Panthers going 2- 1-1 with a 2.94 goals against average. ahead of a White team that struggled to gain any ground on Yellow down the stretch, White picked up momentum through the playoffs, and was deter- mined not to let Yellow claim the championship as well. Right from the opening face-off, the intensity con- tinually increased. The af- fair was a great two-way game, with chances at both ends in the early going, But with 6:03 to go in the first, Yellaw opened the scoring with a goal from Kristian Gough. Team Yellow held a 1-0 lead after the first period. Early in the middle frame, White’s Chris Schlenker tied it up at 14:24, A few minutes later, Gough went in on a break- -away and made no mis- take for his second of the game, giving Yellow a 2-1 Continued page B14 DOZENS of curling buffs around the northwest are gearing up,forthe;48th an- nual Terrace. Curling: ‘Club: Men’s Loggers Bonspiel - the club’s largest and most anticipated event of the season The March 28-30 event is expected to draw a minimum of 36 rinks al- lowing for a four-draw competition. Spiel chairman Dave Reniero says early regi- stration indicates as many as 42 entries could be on the bill vying for the prizes bragging rights. If numbers and ice time permits Reniero said the event could turn into a five draw competition, like it was back in the Loggers’ The Hot Shots contest. _ is slated for the afternoon of March 29 putting indi- vidialrcitling skills*to: ‘the ee test. Prizes up for grabs in- clude a trip for two to° Vancouver return on Haw- kair and a helicopter ride for four on Canadian Heli- copters. Dances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights as is the annual Sa- turday banquet. Entry fees for the Log- gers are only $280.00 this year and the deadline for. entries is 6 p.m. March 26, Entries can be phoned into the club at 635-5583. The club also has a list of spares so if a team is short a player a competent early years. addition can be provided, Mi Peak performers THE TERRACE Peaks gymnastics club atten- ded its first meet of the season as the tum- blers took part in Kitimat's annual Snowflake Invitational. Teams from Terrace, Kitimat, Smi- thers and McKenzie battled it out for top hon- ours, The Terrace squad nabbed second place for high score and the boys made a clean sweep earning gold in each of the six events. Sea page B14 for results,