Ba - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Apfil 14, 200° eo : Seward. Highway. and works i. in, ean s "soup. kitehen a ATOh Ghana Téal estate, ‘location ‘i is everything. In his ignominious -retreat from. Kuwait duiing ° injured super tanker. : ‘fish, birds and mammiats, - vered. _ROB BROWN Black gold -APTAIN Joseph Hazelwood checked. at “few: dririks:.that . day Iany,. truth .be told. He ‘felt poorly, 7 _ unsteady. I He. needed: to lie. down, Bet, : some rest. - The-run was: routine. ‘Giant chips: ike the one: : under ‘his command had cruised ‘through. these walters thousands of times. without a ‘single ‘mis- hap. * Lo . There | were » icebergs. ahead. No problema. Ha: 7 zelwood" ordered the: helmsman: {o. steer around. a them and‘told him “where, to-reenter. the shipping tanes, then‘he retired -to: his’ quarters... ; It was: "midnight when. the helmsman’ failed to ° _ make. the ‘turn back’ into.the” shipping lanes, and’ |. _Tan the boat agrourid . on ‘Bligh. Reef... ‘Summoned’ - : from -his' groggy. Teveties, Hazelwood awoke to J. the: “Archery”: Signs :to_ the’ “upper, - » floor, where: with. the generous ‘permission: of. the? building’ 5 OW- S ners, ‘Men’ s and: Ladies’ find himself in a‘ nightmare:-his ship, the 326- ’ metre. long ‘super tanker Exxon Valdez carrying. 200 million titres: of: California- bound :crude- oil” Was floundering : and: ‘bleeding: oil into. the sea. * The injury to-the- ‘ship | was bad. The. Exxon im i Valdez emorrhaged . 40: million: litres of, crude. ‘into. Prince William Sound’ arid: ultimately ‘the : . oil soaked. 2,250 kilometres. of wilderneds shore ; limes ee . As you might. have. “guessed, ‘Captain Hazel- a: thousand hours: of, community: ‘service, ‘Split. between picking up’ trash ‘off the shoulders ‘of the’: ‘After’a ‘fengthy. trial’ ‘by. ‘ery Exxon’ “Corpora: “tion was ordered to pay’$5 billion, millions of it » to the thousands of. people‘ whose: livelihoods. ” were ruined by. the ‘spill. March 23 was the 15th: "anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster. “Daring . that time 1,200: ‘of the: plaintiffs’ have died, and. : ~ the’ corporation, has-yet to. pay up. ‘But it is the sea, birds, ducks, salmon, sed. aot . ters, - whales, - bald. eagles,” anda. ‘myriad of. |. crustaceaus sea life that-paid. thé biggest- bilifor |" the- greatest: -environmiental disaster. in. North | American: history. - _ . You might think thai the: wreck of the Exxon . Valdez precipitated : the. largest: Oil spill’ in’ hiss” tory. It didn’ t: When it comes. to size,’ the -Prince- William :Sound spill isn't in the top-ten; in: fact, “it, doesn’t even make it: into :the. list. of the. top: |. -50.- So, what . made the Alaskan’ spill so. dis- -| astrous? - Well, it: -séems: that’ in.oil: Spills, as in, ‘the dying days" of. Operation: ‘Desert Storm;. Sad- dam Hussein. ordered-his- troops. to dump: 1:7-mil-_ “lion -tons: ‘of: oily: crude into: the maritime.ex- | _panses of: Persian Gulf. Within, a few weeks the J combination. ‘of ‘solar® ‘action, warm seas. and bacteria- had combined to evaporate almost ‘half: of, that spill ind was. busily. eliminating the rest... The ‘crude that’ emptied. from. the: eight: rup-. ‘tured. bunkers’ of the Exxon Valdez. poured. into a semi- contained | environment, ‘where. it sloshed around for years, contaminating everything’ it. touched;” >: Oil is persistent, seatt containing” a ‘host of toxic. compounds.’ A‘study completed’ i in-2001 by some ‘of the: army "of scientists:that descended | on Prince William sound -gince ‘the wreck of the ; ' Exxon. Valdez to. Study the ‘spill’s” effects, found — that more’ than a 100°tons of toxié’ail remain on. - dozens. of beaches: nr Prince. William: Sound: . This: stuff: Seeps. out with: the tide. Not only. will 1 this: ‘oil remain on ‘the beaches. for decades. “but because. ‘of? inconiplete. weathering; ‘say the | scientists, -it i§ more concentrated: and: therefore more toxic that it’ was when it spewed from the It isa mistake to think ‘that. the’ acute- ‘ori ‘ity suffered by: wildlife: inthe first few. months - . after the spill ‘was the worst ‘and that after’ that | the recovery was: under : “way. ‘The: cruel dyiia- © mics of the ‘Exxon* ‘spill. continue:: Prince Wil-: Tiam Sound ‘has nat ‘yet. recovered, Wildlife: ex-- J) posure to oil toxins is chronic and continual. Ofer’ the 26 species. “and habitats: hit hatdest ‘by oil : oily six -have-recovered = : Meanwhile ‘harlequi: By “harbour ‘seals’ and: ‘orca are still failing, while: -herring;- ‘the food: fish central.'to the diet of 40’ other. Species - or Considering the ongoing: etfects, of the. Exxon -_ Catastrophe, the - fact- that that no: large ‘oil-spill | has ever been. contained,” ‘and the: similarity. be- -f: - tweén_our ‘coast, dine .and.: Pritice Willani:Sound, a ‘itis astounding, that: ‘anyone ‘with’ a modicum of : social responsibility: and: common: sense: -would champion ihe ¢aise' of. oil and « gas: development.” here. and-work to-Iift-the: nioratorium on. tanker. traffic put in. place: AS. a result of that disaster... “Middle Earth fans. | can. try the old art © OF shooting here. i REMEMBER’ those breathtak+ drig: battle scenes from Lord. af’: bo the: Rings? When Legolas --| would whip. out-an ‘arrow, fit it “= to:his bowstring, ‘and Joose it~ ~ with | deadly _ accuracy. ‘about : “the-time, Jt was half past’9./He'd had]. a: few. too 1" ““rascally - : filmmakers!).. But. ‘the! :panache .. the. weapon: were fascinating and . ; exciting, te sar Tertace hobbits: (hairy toes‘and: «|, -_ all) ‘to. Mo a. little shooting . our- : elves... ae : 2 new. addition: ‘td “recreational - OP: < Ridler: welcomed ' me warmly and». 7 explained. ‘the: ¢lub’s arrange- _ ments... wood's: career shipwrecked’ after the, debacle on: | a » that mutinous reef. The U:S:. courts ‘fined-him | $50;000 (U.S. “of course.) He was ‘ordered to do™ . ' Sound: of: arrows. ‘whizzing ‘into: : their targets, as “three.or four ar- >: background. wate,’ a Te : ‘plained, citing First Nations: hun- . * ters, the English longbownien: and the: Japanese - samurai. archer as. examples, ee als suggested’ ‘Pruner, “a8 it. requires © ‘ly. firing arrows into a target about - “20 yards: away: ~ tt 7 self-control were immediately ap: - parent, ~.as-a call of | “Range. ‘.Closed!"*- was the signal: for’. ars have still” not Feco- 7 packed | for the BC. Winter. Games” “they didn’t include: a single piece A of sports “equipmient. ane ‘ 7 their ‘way 10 a. seminar. for: Grade. 9: m@ TERRACE STANDARD ae By AL LEHMANN three. timhes.a second?.. “Sure, | ‘there ‘Was | soime '- “fast framing going on. thére: ‘(those “New: Zealand ® and verve with: ‘which he wielded: - ‘Now. it’s possible for’ somie- of. of Terrace ‘has ‘an. | archery chib, a portunities in the ‘Northwest; - - One Saiurday. afternoon J made L my’ way through ihe: ‘dim interior *~ “of the lower: Co-op and followed i ‘Fash: me ions’ has: been ‘yeplaced: ‘by ‘an: ins. door: archery: range... : Howard: Pruner. and “éynthia- 7 Their; comments.” were : punctuated. by: the “whush-thwup”: chers practised: ‘their skills: in the “Archery: has. a’ wondérful: cultural. history,” . Ridler _ Legolas’ at the archery club's range: in the. old Co-op building. “Hs /a fine. ‘sport for chiltcen,” oS a atrieve: e their a arrows. - learning. ‘self-discipline. and “+ SBasically it’s an individual competition ‘attract archers agtery a restraint.” . ; "= sport,” ‘Ridler- said.” “Like golf,” est: * : : Behind: ‘them: ‘4. youlngstet of. ‘you’ can, play ‘to improve your own... Outdoor ‘shoots, involve: 3. D. tit.” : ‘about 10 of 11. years was: studious- | performance’ T- you" can. compete.” “gets ‘constructed, of dense. foam’ in - against others.” Loe The Terrace élab: i one- oo “many: ‘across ‘B, C: Together they * form: ihe: B.C. Archery : ASSbCif~- “tion, There. are “clubs"‘in nearly. every ‘significant community, in’”) chers to: got to the targets to re- B.C. we : ‘The importance. of. saféty: ‘ind, ; door competitions... - ‘involves longer range shooting, - its own. quires’ an_ initial -investment:.of- ‘weapon. and: accessories “you wis. to buy. a: beautiful. handmade stave of: po" dished: wooden. laminate. with: a woven dacron, bowstring. . “game; ‘going: after’ ihoose, ‘bear,’ : ‘goal, and'nearly anything else’ yo bow could: penetrate’ ‘armour’ at: 300: yards, $0. it’s not - surprising. .. that’ a: ‘modern broadtiead arrow : THE HAIR may be hard 1 to replicate, but you can pull a bow Me. “Various categories’ of “ahery a old, ; ‘shoot ‘in’ Rosswodd on “the. week ‘Tend, of. May. 8/9; “Sponsored: by ihe : ‘the: shape: of. various “kinds: of game.’ (I. kept.a, clase. eye ona’ crocodile nearby that’ didn’t: look -’ too" friendly.). There: care. also ins Toast, beef: dinner on ‘the: Saturday ; night. (he: archers. don’ it have : to . _may -contaét- Howard Pruner- at’. - Finally, - ‘Olympic. competition 635. 7987- for information on how ©. | which. involves: special raining of Getting. started in thie sport re anywhere. from $200 to. $1, 000; depending - on: the “quality” of. the’ ” ruer § showed 'n me. his longbow BC. ‘archers. -also . hunt’:tea an gel a‘license. for. ; An atrow ‘from an. ‘English: ‘yew a Munson: group of. companies. ': “A $30. ‘entrance’ fee includes: ‘a : kill:the- cow). f. Those: interésied : in: “the ‘club to join, Tell him Legolas. sent'y eadership oy SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN WHEN: ‘THREE. local: teenagers - camp an e' Tiuerton and, April: Burnip took. park ‘in! ‘the opening and’ closing? ceremanies but-instead of playing’ round: Tobins, they. were hardat, ee ve the: ins and Suto ens ns represented the tribes the’ girls That's because they®.weres on were'part_of SARAH WYATT, Heather Titterton and: April Burnip: attended an Olyinpic youth. Leaderetip Academy. when they went. to the B.C. oS » Winter. Games. Participants, came out believing, they. are the future. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO : ye-opener “TL was.:lo ‘sel us apait fromthe . other-paiticipants,” laughs Tittér- ” Jon, 16" adding the academy. had »* theme: and: the chick: . at had‘to do with. a’hard: push ‘t : . promote | the 2010, Winter: Olym The -progt in tins been. afound ics. camp bubbling with. stories about = how :amazing . their. “experience ; : was and how much they learned.” ‘And oddly enough; not much of: to. see us-in- ealerchib vole ante Continued Page BB.