Page 84 — Terrace:Standard, Wednesday, July 17, 1991

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Several decades: “Ago a tourist
who . had‘ never.’ been.. to

Kamloops before, and who had’

no experience: with’ pulp’ mills,

inhaled ‘some of the“ town's

sulphurous dir, winced and ask-
ed Phil Gagliardi ab
noxious smell, *
“That, sir;’? -Gagli
allegedly replied; “is: ‘the’ smell
of money. an
This’ is vintage: ‘Gagliardi:

good old flying Phil, the Bible- -

ihumping. speedster whose
political career almost unravell-

ed over suggestions he had used -

government aircraft to

transport his family stateside

for a holiday.
_ >: This .unproven., pecadillo

” seems pretty. inoccuous: when
compared to the cellular phone’

shenanigans of.Bud Smith, the
’ frequent flights of Air.Gran and
the Tong list. of government

. scandals that play out.across the

pages of the dailies on what
seems like a weekly basis. But

. times were different then and

cricket, but it’s close enough
for Bob Petras.

‘The’ 41-year-old batsman
plays -a 20-over version of the
traditional English bal-and-

* teammates from Terrace and
Kitimat.
Petras, three other Terrace

players will represent
northwest in the sport at the
B.C, Summer Games in Co-
quitlam July 25-28.

Australia, Petras - played
cricket both there and in New
Guinea at a -division three

expanding. Resources:

Eng

TERRACE — It's not quite .

_ ball game with a group of”

players and seven Kitimat .
the

, Born and raised in Sydney,.

the government: of William An:

drew Cecil Berinett shook heavi- , i

ly: with that particular tremor
along its fault line.

Yes,
alright: the ozone layer was still

‘intact and only Chicken Little
thought the sky. was falling: to
high-octane gasoline heavily ~:
‘Jaden with lead spewed from the ..

times were - different

exhaust: pipes of engines unfel- . ©

tered by emission controls; Miss ©.
in Houston () os
".. Who, :
have forécast that the gases con-
‘tained in our fridges and those.
_ used in the manufacturé of such.

sion Control .
scrambled to keep ahead of the *
godless reds in the race to, see
who would be first to dance
upon the lunai crust in leaden
boots;

‘The age was expansive and
‘were
treated as if they were‘infinite,
rivers of household machinery

. poured off assembly lines; the —

foundation was laid for the age

of. consumption. The darker -
sides

of . recently created
technological’ ‘marvels had, for
the most. parl, not revealed
themselves.

for instance,

a handy: time-saving product.

Styrofoam.” would ‘eventually:
” crawl: ‘through ‘the air’column:
“and § gnaw. like rats at that. shiel

of. gas’ ‘which | protects’ us -fro
the! ‘searing rays of the sun? :

- Few of. us knew. it. then, . but’
we were digging a hole which —
we realize now — is exceedingly -

hard to craw! out of. But crawl -
_out of that hole we must,

because polluted waterways,

could

dead oceans, carcinogenic crops

: and acidic air are the stuff of ex-
tinction, -.¢

‘In. retrospect it’s not hard to

mortgaging © our .future’ for a
ticket to ride Obliyion: Rail. See-
itig into the future? alt-in

“the blinding light’ ‘of- - prosperity
“and growing wealth: We saw
“ourselves. — and in. many cases
stil:
? somehow - outside. . the’ natural *

‘see: ourselves. =. as,

order. ‘of things. with the God-

given right -to shape: nalure to.
suit our needs,

“ble with: it. “

see why we failed to‘see we were’

VEIge

_automatically: deeme:

will spin throiigh the millenia fn”

whatever direction, sich: things. :

take, and we will, be left behind:«:
— no. “longer :'a
anyone's imaginatio:
We are now:in a po ition, t
profi t from the. mistakes’ made.
in Ihe days when growth =i
dustrial and. otherwise

The enormously important and
pbvious lesson. we should now
have learned i is any:undertaking

= now matter how economical-

ly promising at. first. blush — is
uneconomical. if ‘it, undermines
the. stvironmesit, vin: ‘the long
term. . ‘
"Now i is the tite, to be conser-
valive in the true. sense of, the

‘word. We need to. accept, ‘that

the planet is a closed system and
to conserve our resources accor-
di ngly. We must rigorously

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

TERRACE STANDARD.

Rupe

: achieving that: vision; d
“owe amay well, alier ‘nature to. the «
‘point: ‘where : .we-are incompati-".
The: natural. cycles: ;

scenario as a roi of yong ase

This is particularly, true: jfor
those projects promising ‘revolu-
tionary ar ease For. those

fe peice under the “Regis. :of

: governments — only in this: way:

can objectivity be. guaral eed,

When ‘it: came “on line,’
Weyerhauser, ‘pulp . mill’.
Kamloops was state-of-the-art,
‘leading edge technology.:It was
cited for: cleanliness’ ‘while: the
‘dioxins in’“its - “effluent. were
silently contaminating’ Thomp-
son. River trout and us.

HF we'd ignored’ the. smell of.
money and taken ‘a conservative

- tack, we'd have : realized’ that

these. mills stheli because their
technology | stinks; and -we'd _be
spared the. chore -of. cleaning
them: up now.

rite

top golfer —

TERRACE — Prince Rupert's
Cathy Johnson shot a 174 low
gross to win the Ladies’ Skeena
Valley Open golf tournament
here two weekends ago.
Johnson edged out Terrace’s
Debbie Carruthers who won
low gross ‘in the championship
flight at the 36-hole tourney.
The two. qualified for the
B.C. Amateur Golf Champion-
.. Ships that get underway today i in

» Victoria.

we

Overall low net went to Ingrid :

‘Horner wins it

McMillan, of Kitimat, “while
Jow net in championship ‘flight
was awarded to Teprace golfer
Leona Wilcox.

In first flight, it was Audrie
Cox taking low gross, while
Gail Johnson had the low net.

Second . flight's ‘Hope’ 'Setos
took low gross in that category,
while Pam Biffle won the net,’

Rita Jeffrey was the low gross
winner, in, third _ flight, Carol
Avisbn “took Whe! Tod Ket
honours in at division. .. nf

a

_ level-for several years.
“Cricket is the major sum-
Mer: ‘sport -there,’’. he says.
“Every municipality and
town has cricket ovals and
parks. [ got to play a Jot of
‘cricket there.” oS
Petras Says ~ he: grew. up
fj with cricket, because _ his
. father was a serious player.
“My father was a great

TERRACE — Brad Neufeld
was on the sticks when it
counted.

The brawny pitcher for the
Terrace Junior Men’s fastball
leam got the pitch he wanted
and put it out of the park to
score the winning run.and give .
his team a 7-6 final-game vic-
tory at a 12-team.. softball
tourney in Moricetown two

‘Neufeld’s homer helping them
edge out Duffie’s of Prince
Rupert — the team ‘that had
beat them earlier in the tourna-
ment,

The win gave ther first place
and the $2,000. cash that t goes
with it.

_ They’ Te going lo be i in action

Meer r rena ses

‘| of his sport.
0s Chewing: obacco, spitting,
J. the hot dog vendors arid the
i howls of the ump are.banish-.

cricket player ‘anid he taught
me from the time 1 was four
or five years of. age. And not
long after that: I had my own
cricket bat.’? -.

Petras soon’ ‘became. an im-
y pressive batsman. .Hé. was
- also a. spin. bowler ‘at ‘one

known for his hitting.

‘moved to Dawson ‘Creek.
“There. was” ‘no: : cricket
there,” he noted..
. had ever heard of it
He came to Terrace four
years ago and has: been play-
ing with the ‘combined

since,

They play regular matches

against Prince Rupert
“their northwest: rivals.

The

finals to earn the right to go
to the Summer. Games and
also defeated them in the an-

nual Gerry:. McManus
Memorial, tournament last
month,

Most people try to com-
f pare cricket with - baseball,
f but Petras says the dif-
| ferences are many, -
“It's an. English
gentleman’s: game,” he ‘says

‘ed in. favour. of “white
regular tea breaks. rich

The° field also’ looks dif-
ferent; Two batsmen are on

opposite .ends . of & 22-yard
pitch located in'th
the field, or, oval

time,- bul now plays fielding”
positions and ‘is: :still best -

Then, in 1973;-the: ‘Aussie

“Nobody

(eam beat Rupert in the zone -

. uniforms, flattened bats: and —

the field at a time, each at

- called '*bowled”,

Kitimat-Terrace., team ever

quitlam next week.

AUSSIE BATSMAN Bob Petras plays cricket with a combined ‘Kitimat: Terrace team. They
defeated Prince Rupert recently for the zone title and are off to the B.C. Summer Games in Co-

They consist
‘‘slumps'' — round pegs ap-
‘proximately 2.5 feet. high

which are stuck in the ground ey
are fi

on ‘top of which:
balanced Iwo smaller bits of
wood called ‘bails’.

The © batsman stands--in
front. of.and to one sid
the wicket and tries to. CO

‘runs while ensuring ° €
bowler doesn't manage to hit
the wicket ‘with one of ‘his
deliveries. If that happens,
the: batsman is out that

- There are five other ways

of three

he’s caught, hits his
wicket i accident,

Bo}

all matic four runs,

‘Or

‘international,’
: "match; "BOGS five. - 4

erndon by. limitine each
ide’ $ inning to 20 overs, or

- entire“ team's” bot: 0 7
whi hever comes first.
" “over! consists of alx’

jtKier end’of the pitch
Sound confusing?. Tr
jatching someday, But make *:
ure.you have someone with’
ou who knows the: game,

weekends ago.

The Terrace Juniors had

finished with a 5-1 record, with

again next week," competing al
the provincial junior.. men’s
fastball championships ir in Port
Alberni. cet

‘North Stars et another bantam

inetes the final. :§

ked up valuable experience. The. Stealers -
going to the. provinclals —.won, the tourney, i

pith tedm ther ‘aid

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