‘Angler i is a fine book written by
1 man equally adept with rod

after-another type. of bullwool
sO: often encountered in writing
-j¢oncerning ithe: sport, Ray-
“amend’s: pieces are sensitive,
“honest and havea complex cir-
~zeuitry under their smooth,  ap-
“parently simple exteriors.

~ Any honest work about. angl-
ing. in. this. century must deal
“with . loss,” and “Raymond's
“history of; Washington’s Stilla-
-“quamish River and Once There
_ Was a River, his:, moving
‘discourse on the last freeflowing
‘stretch of the once.mighty Col-
~ umtia, ‘do that wonderfully
well. But:a short piece titled
Plastic’ Flags and Flying is
especially’ poignant.

In it, Raymond drives
through the pastoral landscape

Steve Raymond's Year of the .

presided over by Mount Baker’

hot on the trail of a “hot tip”

— in this case the promise of a-

pond containing monster brook

trout,

After some delicate negotia-
tions with an intimidating farm-

wife, and an arduous journey .
over barbed wire then through ao

manure-filled field, boat in tow,
Raymond arrives at his destina-
tion. And what a meeting of
man and pond it is!

Raymond describes the
pond’s surroundings’ painting -
the delicate connections bet-
ween water, trees, weeds, insect
life, freshwater shrimp and

small fishes with deft strokes of .

clear prose, and then.,,

_ A sudden movement caught
my eye...f looked down upon
the back of a huge trout lying
deep in the weeds. The familiar

vermiculations af the Eastern
brook trout were on its back

The Skeena
Angler
by Rob Brown

‘andthe ivary-edged fins con-.

firmed the identification. I wat-
ched, enthralled, as the great

fish balanced gently on its fins,

, now and then moving quickly to
swallow some small thing I

could not see. It was the biggest
brook trout I'd ever seen.

And he sees more: schools of
trout grown fat on the abundant
feed provided them by the web
of life. But nothing will goad
the trophy trout into striking.

Raymond leaves, vanquished

but happy in the knowledge he
has the winter months to devise

a way to unlock the pond’s
secrets, ‘

Unfortunately, it is not to be, |

When he returns,,- Raymond
finds an A-frame marked “‘sales
office’, and small lots where
once there. were trees, ‘The pond'
lies naked to the sun,:its waters
muddied by - bulldozers . and
there are signs proclaiming'‘Ex-
calibur Estates.’"

it was, Raymond writes, a
small loss compared to the
vastness of the country. But it
was not singular; plastic flags
are flying everywhere, on
countless streams and lakes, in

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 6, 1990 ~. ~ Page 87

nature of progress —

countless forests and meadaws,

Each day sees fewer waters left,
Jewer places where trout can
grow, where salmon can rest or
wildlife come to feed: fewer
places where man. can go to
restore his spirit,

And so it is on Lakelse Lake
where instead of plastic flags we
have turtles, space ships and in-
testines to mark the ruin of in-

‘valuable habitat. And soon, if

the developer hias his’ way, we
could also have a golf course, a
logging sports arena, an R.V.

park and a rodeo ground. A-

large part of our richest Fish and

‘wildlife habitat — a sustainable

and self-renewing resource —
will hate been dismantled to
make way for another tacky
fantasy land,

Sure, | know, the developers
say they will be “‘environmen-
tally friendly’? and even
“enhance” the environment.
Anyone who tells you he can

aus

improve a biotic syne: thathas -
been functioning perfectly: for: -

thousands of years is guilty of —

ignorance or arrogance or both.

The swamps, wetlands and
rivulets adjacent to Lakelse’
Lake, like those - surrounding -
Steve Raymond's pond; are the
engines of their respective en-
vironments and once they are
drained and. filled: no
technology known to: man will
restore them, Listen to Steve
Raymond as he views Excalibur
Estates: .

All. this, -so that. some
developer can ‘realize a small
dream of short-term profit.
And our children will never

know what they - “missed. .. Oe:

tober came again, The apples
grew ripe and heavy on- the
limbs, the corn was harvested
from the fields, the mist was
thick upon the meadow. But in
a smal way, the earth seemed a
poorer place,

SPORTS NE

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

WS

TERRACE STANDARD

-SPORTSCOPE-

Fit to
be tied

TERRACE — If there was
‘ever any doubts about the
“benefits of bracing sea air,
Prince Rupert residents
dispelled them last week as
j they trounced Terrace and

* Kitimat in the annual tri-city
Participaction Fitness
‘| challenge.

*” With a total of 9,165 coast
city dwellers putting in the
required 15 minutes of con-
tinuous physical activity -
that’s 58 per cent of the
population — Prince Rupert
cruised .to its second con-
secutive victory.

Well back in the runner-up
spot was Terrace with 38 per
-cent (5,561 people) which
was enough to relegate
Kitimat (30.5 per cent -
3,418) to last place,

Cal player
honoured

Caledonia Senior Secon-
dary badminton player Callie
Swan has been honoured
with a 1990 Nancy Greene
scholarship.

She earned the scholarship
through her performance on
“Caledonia’s badminton team
that went to the provincial
Championships this spring.

«,-The scholarships are given
for. athletic excellence,
-[ scholastic ability and leader-
‘ship potential, and are used
‘by athletes to further their
education at a B.C. universi.
ty or ‘college. :
Swan. was one of 30
athletes from across the pro-
vince who qualified for the
oP Sl, 500 scholarships.

- Wheeled
| ~ hoopsters

_o]>. In celebration of National
-|-Access’ Awareness Week, a
‘wheelchair basketball game

is being held at noon on

:} Monday in the Caledonia

Sécondary school gym-

‘nasium.

~. The event features the

.Caledonia Kermode boys

basketball team taking to

chairs . to face a. Terrace
lebrity all-star team,

“The* game, co-sponsored

by: the..city’s parks and

[recreation department abd

the tocal Kinsmen club, is to

‘promote awareness about

‘disabled access,

-Old-timer
tourney

- Local soccer players are

Y

:} on June 22.

Deadline for team entry in
‘dey ,atcording to organizers,
‘and the entry fee is $200 per

can call

nformation

hosting an old-timers’ soccer .
tournament for over-35 men].

‘the cash tournament is Fri-]

_ with atry-

team. Anyone wanting more}... Pavao, which was syroesaully
ut

RACING TO the finish line, Greg Buri, a young Smithers runner goes the distance and gives ali he’s got

for the last 100 metres of the annual Spring Run. The annual Terrace run drew 69 runners from across

the northwest two weekends ago.

Battling in the field

TERRACE — The casualties ©

were many, but when the war of
attrition on the rugby field was
over the Terrace Northmen had

fought to a 16-0 victory over -

Prince Rupert.

The May 27 game was the
third and. perhaps the
roughest — clash this year bet-

ween Terrace and Prince Rupert.
in North Coast Rugby Union ..

action.

With home field advantage,
Prince Rupert leapt out to an
impressive start, driving the

Northmen deep into their own ;
_ zone.

They came close to scoring
several times, and threatened to
‘dominate the first. half until a

. long breakaway run by

Terrace’s Doug Wilson ‘tumed:
the tide.
The Wilson run set up‘a goal

line. scrum where George: Da

Costa put the ball in the end

zone for the Northmen. The try
cwent uriconverted by Terrace’:

kicker Willie McCleary, and ~:
Terrace settled for a'4-0 lead,

The Northmen built on. th
lead as’ halftime’ approached
by. centre To

converted by NCRU

7, Went, to Terrace's a Yasin-

In the second half, Rupert
opted for a more physical
strategy in dealing with the
Northmen,

The first casualty was Ter-
race’s Squiggy Orosz.

A Rupert player observed
Orosz violating a hand-on-ball
rule inside a ruck, and decided
to enforce his own version of
Vigilante refereeing by punting
the Northman’ in the head.
Orosz was sent to hospital for

“ stitches, --

No penalty was called on the
_play, but Terrace players aveng-
ed the incident when Willie Mc-
_Cleary orchestrated a Ben

Soucie try, Which, along with
conversion by Wilson, put the
Northmen ahead for good by a
16-0 score.

The physical play continued,
and the next-casualty was Ter-
tace’s Bill Warcup, who —
when hauled down in a mangle
of Rupert players — suffered a
dislocated arm and broken
finger.

The Northmen - with
enough spares that Rupert
couldn't. injure them fast
enough — held on for the win,
which gave them a 3-2 record
and sole possession of first
place in the North Coast Rugby
Union.

Classic golfing»

SMITHERS =~ Terrace players
made their presence felt at the
May 19-21: Smithers Spring
Classic golf tournament.
‘Championship. flight action
saw Terrace’s. Dani Rosengren
‘tide a three-day. 232. total to
hird: place behind low gross
winner Steve 'Kerbrat’s 223 and
ihe 229 shot by Houston's Chad
Belbin, Low: net ‘in ‘that flight

wh ile. tourna-

Ps ee ce ee

Anderson, also of Terrace,

On the women's side, Linda
Juba of Terrace was low gross
runner-up.

Larry Philips took low net in
men’s: ‘'A’” flight. (12-20 han-
dicap) with a 207.

Prince Rupert's Jason Gor-
don was the tournament win-
ner, earning the overall low
gross title on a final day subpar
71 that gave him a 219 total.
More than 170 golfers competed
in the Classi

aaa aie

the five-kilometre,
‘Peter Douglas jetted past

Big Spring
Run turnout |

TERRACE — Despite cloudy
skies, nearly 70 runners from
across the northwest turned out
to compete in Terrace’s annual
five- and 10-kilometre Spring
Run.

The May 27 run's racers were
mainly from Terrace, but the
event did draw contingents
from Prince Rupert, Smithers,
Telkwa and Kitimat..And the
out-of-town entrants that did

turn out virtually swept the top

spots.

First across the line in ‘the

-10-km race was Smithers’ Dick
Harrison in a time of 34:06.
Harrison was also the winner in
the men’s open 10-km category,
ahead of competitors from
Prince Rupert and Kitimat. In
Telkwa’s

-everyone to finish at 17:14,

’ The fastest Terrace runners
included Sue Simpson, who
with 44:54 was the fastest
woman in the 10-K. Crossing
the 10-K line at 35:27, Terrace
masters runner Ed Ansems tock
first in the masters event, and in
overall competition was second
only to Harrison.

The list of winners and times
is as follows:

Five-kilometre race

Under-19 boys: Peter
Douglas, Telkwa (17:14); Ryan
Turner, Telkwa (26:23); Greg
Buri, Smithers (24:17)

Under-19 girls: Megan Reid,

Terrace (26:35); Joelle Walker, .
Terrace (40:54); Erin Pettipas,
Terrace _

Men, open (19-39): Karl
Stevens, Pr. Rupert (20:33);
Jeroen Mol, Holland (23:35);
Dean McLay, Terrace (39:31) _

Women, open (19-34): Mae
Jong, Pr. Rupert (22:57);
Carmel Smyth, Terrace (25:32);

Kathie Simpson, Terrace
(31:31)
Women, masters (35 and

over): Cathie Frezell, Terrace

(32:04)

Ten-kilometre race
Under-19 boys: Joe Nelson,
Pr, Rupert (36:51); Peter Hynd,
Smithers (38:11); David
Shepherd, Terrace (39:36)
Under-19 girls: Anita Bush,
Smithers (45:29); Susy Taylor,
Smithers (51:42); Marian
Brlelcic, Pr, Rupert (55:33)
Men, open (19-39): Dick Har-
rison, Smithers (34:06); Rod
Giles, Pr. Rupert (35:53); Curtis
Schreiber, Kitimat (36:49):
Women, open (19-34): Sue
Simpson, Terrace (41:08);
Diana Wood, Terrace (45:34);
Rose-Marie Cheer, Pr. Rupert
Men, masters (40 and over):
Ed Ansems, Terrace (35:27);
Ray Leonard, Pr. Rupert
(37:42); Neil Fleischmann, Ter-

race (40:49)
Women, masters (35 and
over): Marilyn Earl, Terrace

(49:20)

Practice makes perfect

FENDING OFF a shot on goal, young Norman Dozai handles
the ball like a pro, Although not normally in goal, Norman was
giving the position a try while practising at the Terrace Youth
Soccer Association soccer fields at Christy Park.

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