Passport for kids THERE’S AN addition to the Skeena Valley Fall Fair this year which will teach children about the Dea Motres gon, fair while providing activity for them. Yoga Centre Yoon Val Preston, who has been an fair exhibitor for by Alison 15 years, has developed a children’s passport simi- lar to a scavenger hunt with questions and clues. “It's something to make [the fair] more interac-~ R oe es NOON YOGA tive with the kids while trying to bring more of alox no awareness of agriculture and how it warks in out oe AT THE ARENA community,” Preston said. : Children five or older can get a free, 12- -page Session Sept. 16-Nov. 6, 2003 passport at the gate which asks children to find in- Date: Tuesday & Thursday formation such as the fair theme name, with hints Relieve Time: 12:10- 1:00 p.m. given along the way. Tension ; “It sort of came about, looking at what other , Sfress Session Once a week $60.00 fairs did,” Preston said. “Our focus for the last few . Cost: Twice a week $120.00 years has been to bring in more of the children,” Registration: By phone 635-3336 There are under 20 questions in the passpert, but Leave name & phone Preston said it’s designed in such a way that it number could take children a while to get through it, - #21, 4506 Lakelse Choice of days When they’re finished, children can get their Ind Floor, Terrace Deadline: Sept. 9, 2003 passport stamped and signed by an official at the horch exhibition hall, They will be given a ribbon and a 635-3336 — Payment cae day of dose THAT'S GERRY Lambert ‘bearing down while racing against the clock in one of small brize hopes the passport will be something the events from last year’s loggers sports competition at the fall fair. The popu- children-can do with their parents at the fair. lar competition returns this year courtesy of the Downtown Lions Club. Loggers? We’ve got ‘em a Can-Log provincial championship event Economic downturn here meaning the winner will hold the provincial title won't affect popular events _ in that event for the year. ) There are also mixed and women’s events — THE And they'e 5 aay e y not going te pass YD such as the Jack and Jill crosscut saw competi- 4 . tion, the Jill and Jill crosscut and the Ladies their annual chance to show off. The annual spectacle that is logger sports will Mthere we event of 20 events, including sev- be back as big as ever on Sunday at the fall fair , B “ : ‘ en for novices. prounds. “We're going to be down a little in : . ‘ P . * oat etitors who do wel several categories prize money from last year,” said Frank Pelle, Competito 9 well in 8 one of the organizers, “The economy's tough.” could take hame several hundred dollars, Pelle He said they'll deal with that by cutting out - 54¥S out of the total purse of more than $5,000. fourth and possibly third-place prize money. The logger hae a aL, points ore also But they'll maintain a full range of events. gels a prize and the title of Logger ol the Lay. That means everything from precision chain At least two dozen competitors are expected, » . 4 Ww. saw bucking to axe throwing to the chokerman’s some from far away. race and perennial crowd favourites like log Pelle soit Boe have hem fom Sooke Camp. Selected Exterior PAINT & STAIN Factory Rebate NCE SALE Great Sale Prices with MAIL-IN REBATES while supplies last. burling ~ where contestants who can't keep their bell River, Port Alberni - all around the balance on a spinning log end up in the drink. rovince.” . Logpers also race to the top of a high pole in P " Best Prices of the Year on “Some of these guys follow it like cowboys do the rodeo,” There’s bleacher seating for about 450 — and it’s usually near full. And for good reason — log- ger sports is a window into both how forestry was done in years gone by and some of the skills still.:. used today. | . _ “The forest industry is a mainstay of our economy here,” Pelle noted. the pole climbing competition. In the pole falling competition, chain saw- armed competitors try to drop a standing 25-foot- plus Jog on a small target in the fastest time. li all gets started at 10 a.m, Sunday morning &tctle: Thornhill Community Grounds and is sponsared by the Terrace Downtown Lions. Pelle says the axe-throwing event here will be selected exterior products (GENERAL Pain| FALL BULBS ARRIVING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER ore a iD Beautiful Wooden Patio Furniture and Park Benches also at IF YOU WANT TO ORDER A PARTICULAR TREE OR SHRUB WEBSITES TO SEE: http://www.gardenshed,perennials.com itp: / fin www, mamapchannel.com/gardenshed THE GARD Sern Bi