PAGE 10° Dave Toop tests the wind speed Lifesavers and the Law A special clinic, scheduled for this Sunday morning, has been called by the Terrace Department of Parks and Recreation, The Clinic, the Ned Cross and Royal Lifesaving Society's Clinic on the Lifegiard and the Law will feature a panel of experts from various related fields giving opinions and interpretations on the legalities of lifesaving and the implications of the law. Group discussion, involving all members ‘of the panel and audience will discuss these views and reach a consensus of various -aspects of the problem. . Le PR week i ae The clinic will be the first step towards oblaining Certification for -a Red Cross Leader’s Award and will be of particular interest to those wishing to work in the Terrace Pool this fall and winter on a part or full time basis. ‘ : . --The place for the clinic is the Terrace Arena’s Senior Citizens Room and it'll run from 9a.m, lo twelve noon on Sunday. All those interested in life-guarding or instructing swimming are urged lo attend the meeting. a PELE POLE SARE GEE CLUDE CEEES ove eC eP EL AWTS Vee ee Re veer ee We carry a complete line of hay, feed, grains and feed o Toop, Edgson miss record Dave Toop and Lance Edgson of Terrace went after a Canadian record last Friday afternoon but fell just short. The two went aloft on hang ‘in an attempt to stay airborne long enough to break the current Canadian record of iwo hours and ten minutes, The wind wasn't co-' though and after soaring around the face of Thornhill Mountain for one hour and twenty minutes, Toop was forced to lasted twenly ‘minutes longer, falling short of the record by a gliders: operative enough return to the ground. Edgson mere half hour. ‘The flight starled shortly after si when the two launched themselve bluff near the top of Thornhill Mountain. The two took off into winds ranging from ten to twenty miles an hour, gained altitude and then soared around to the western face of the mountain for the duration of their flight. The winds gave oul shortly before eight o'clock though and the flight was all over. “If we had started an hour earlier we would have made it,” Taop said on his return to earth, “Thursday night we still had plenty of wind at 9:30, Idon't know what went wrong, tonight,” The attempt began just before five when Toop and Edgson dropped into the Herald office and informed us of their upcoming flight. Would we be interested in covering il and acting as official witness? Why not. John Dando f also along as a reporter and witness. IL was six o'clock before the four of us made it to the launching site. It had taken half an hour to drive up the mountain and a further twenly minutes ta bush to the rock face from where they would be launched. Once there the iwo unwrapped their kites, belted the various ade ready to go. hike through the struts and wiresinte place and m Lance Edgson was the first one off tha mountain. With Dave holding two run from the nose of the kite, Lance strapped himself into his seat. They walked the kite into the wind; Dave released the guy wires and stepped aut of the way and Lance scared away from the face, two thousand or more feel above ix p.m. Friday s fram a rock - rom CFTK was guy wires that HE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. the forest below. Inthe background was Terrace and the Skeena River, partly obliterated by amoke from tha Zimacord forest fire. With Lance soaring rapidly away from the bluff, it was Dave Toop’s turn to rig himself to the seat suspended from the kite and launch himself into space. [held the guy wires and back’ down the rocky hillside until the kile was full of air. Then Dave Jeaned into air and Was off. In the three minules that it had taken to launch Dave, Lance had made several passes In front of us and had lost several hundred feet in altitude. ( The two disappeared from view, sailing arounda rock ridge and onta the western face of the mountain - Dave slightly higher than we were, Lance a lot lower. The next time we saw them they were two small specks, like birds, floating above the mountain. First view came as we John and 1, drove down the mountain after walking back through the woods. We drive down the mountain and from there lo the landing site, a farmer's field on Krumm Road. ‘By the tinie we arrived, they had been air-borne for an hour and showed no signs of having to land as yel. I look advantage of the moment to rush home for a spol of supper and when L returned there was only one kite in the sky. I found Dave in the field wrapping up his kile. “There's no wind up there,” he:told us as he tied the kite up: “Lance won't be able to stay up much longer.” ne Sure enough less than ten minutes later Lance turned and made a pass over the top of the mountain, He was so close it appeared he was going to bring us down some tree branches from up there. He cleared the top though and came sailing down, shooting over the field at a fiar rate af speed. He banked into sharp turn and landed beside us. “ * So, the attempt failed ard the current. Canadian record holder can hold his title for a while. But Dave Toop and Lance Edgson will no dowbt go after, it again. And after that, maybe the world record - slightly more than ten hours aloft in a hang glider. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974 Top racing slated f Claimers, super stocks and B modified stock cars from throughout the northern parts Registration closes soon The registration period for the Térrace Summer Athletic School will end soon and in- terested youngsters in the Terrace area are being urged to register now if they want to participate. The camp, torun from August 26-31 ai Skeena and‘ Caledonia high schools has already registered some twenty-five youngsters from ‘out-of-lown and a further seventy-five or so “ from inside the town limits. “The aut-of-tawn response," said director Len Harrington, “has been gratifying. We've got a delegation of ten kids from the Queen Charlottes, a bunch from Rupert and so on, We'll have to pul up about ten of them al the Vocational School but the rest will bestaying with relatives or,’ like the Rupert kids, out al _ Lakelse Lake.” “We'll probably close off local © registration on Monday or so, although new-comers to town will be able to register right up - until the school opens.” The camp will feature three sports, wilh basketball in the morning _ and volleyball and soccer in the, afternoon., All students will participate in the supplements. YELLOWHEAD HAY & GRAIN SEE US AT 747 CLARKE RD. IN THORNHILL we. Ste Fee tS, 4%, SF, ty, * ee ee eae wags a: - ee PUNO NT Neh Dah Se he te hae hea Ld cd oars tla Te ee deletylpiea ret pif nee Te 13 cant ks sear 65, 4 Para EES EER EE EN, ws TF weepett Hates ; fh See it this Year. basketball program and then break down into two groups for the aflerncan sessions. A number of Jocal instructors have already confirmed they will be in attendance. Among them are Skip Cronk, Prince Rugert Rain Maker coach, Bill Dickson from the Queen Charlotles, and several local ieachers., Provincial basketball coach John Olson will also be in lown during the camp for a twa day period, During that lime he British Columbia is more than just your Province. | lis your home, into the sea,. Fot more travel Informatian, visit any Aritish Columbia Information Centre, or write: British Columbla Department of Travel Industry 1019 Whart Sireel, Victoria. B.C, VAW 222 of this province will converge on Terrace this weekend for a big Terrace Speedway. Cars are expected in Terrace {rom Williams Lake, Quesnel, Prince George, Variderhoof and. Smithers to challenge the best local racers for the Terrace Businessmen's Trophy in a two day race meet at the will run try-out camps for his provincial basketball team for compelition in, next year's Canada Games. Interested youngsters can register or ablain further in- formation either al the Terrace Department of Parks and Recreation (685-2042) or by ‘ phoning Len Harrington al 635- 6316. special fifty lap race. As well as the big there'll be heats, dashes and other races including some special showings by ten. B modified © racers from the Pantera Speedway in Vanderhoaf. Spectators will not only get to see some top notch: racing but will be elegible for a gale prize Aland where waves pound. down. oo onlong beaches, «© Aland of deep green forests filled with fish and game. And silence. 4 land of mountains that disappear Aland of clean cities and clear alr. Aland of valleys full of friendly laces and warm handshakes, A land where fresh. fruit ripens in warm summer sun. A land of highways and backroads that beckon. A land where history still lives with today's way of life. 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