Kodie Kermode, sort of like Frosty the Snowman, "came to life one day" just before the 1983 Northem B.C. Winter Games held in Terrace in February of that year. The Games committee decided Terrace needed a mascot, and the Kermode bear was the most logical choice. They sponsored a contest, look- ing for a catchy name for the Kermode. A student from Cale- donia‘ Senior Secondary submitted the name "Kodie". The bear then became the official flag-bearer for the Northern B.C. Winter Games that year, and since then has had more work to do than the average bear can bear. For the 1986 B.C. Winter Games, publicity chairman Gerry Martin and his committee decided that the Terrace Games again needed a mascot, Years before, when Burnaby had hosted the Winter Games, they invented the first Games mascot, the BURN-A- BEE. The year after thal, Nanaimo started the “tree business mascot", explains Terrace & District Cham- ber of Commerce manager, Bobbic Phillips. Bobbie claborates, "We felt the (Kermode) bear was so *Terrace’ WELCOME TO | THE '94. WINTE OnNGS INTERERG Vo is... Kodie Kermode? and we wanted to expose the rest of the province to this unique symbol of our area.” The Kermode bear, incidentally, is a white vari- ant of the black bear. He has the same head, the same size and the same teeth — but after that, every- thing changes. You can find him in shades of chestnut red or bright yellow or blue-grey, but his most common uncommon colour is white. And, as the animal’s range is virtually limited to the Terrace area, what better symbol for the 86 Games than ol’ Kodic? Martin says their committee got together, threw around a few ideas and finally, Kodie Kermode was re-bomn, at least in concept. The next step was to find an artist to re-create him. Advertising and marketing designer Grant Piffer came to the aid of the Games Society. He designed a rendition of Kodie thai was friendly, recogniz- able as a Kermode, looked ’sporty’ and could easily be reproduced on souvenirs. Before the '86 Games, these friendly cartoon Kodie Kermode symbols carried the torch (both figuratively and literally) for a number of months as preparations for the Games drew to a con- clusion. He appeared on a volun- tect-recruiting poster, in newspaper TERRACE |] Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 9, 1991 BS5 — NORTHERN BC.= WINTER GAMES — —_ —_ by Mary Ann Burdett Venues set with _ three weeks to go - . 1991 — the year of the Northern B.C, Winter Games in Terrace, ~ and they are now less than a month away. So, how are things shap- - ing up? As could be expected with the calibre of committees that were ~ struck to organize these games in Terrace, things are shaping up - yery, very well. The venues have all been confirmed and are as . follows: Archery — Thornhill Community Centre, Badminton — © Thornhill Jr., Basketball — Caledonia Sr. School, Black Powder ~ —Terrace Rod & Gun Club, Bowling — Terrace Bowling Lanes, Boxing — R.E.M. Lee Theatre, Carpet Bowling — Happy Gang * Centre, Chess — Library Basement, Cribbage — Carpenters Hail, Curling —Terrace Curling Club, Darts — Royal Canadian Legion ~ jn Terrace, Duplicate Bridge — Caledonia High School Cafeteria, Figure Skating — Terrace and Kitimat Arenas, Gymnastics — Clarence Michiel School on Friday, Skeena School on Saturday, and Sunday with E.T. Kenney School being used on Friday if ~ necessary, Minor Hockey — Terrace & Kitimat Arenas, Ladies Hockey — Terrace & Kitimat Arenas, Karate. — Uplands School, " Ringette — Terrace & Kitimat Arenas, Cross Country Skiing — Onion Lake, Downhill Skiing — Shames Mountain, Speed Skating — Terrace & Kitimat Arenas, Indoor Soccer — Centennial Chris- - tian School on Fri & Sat, Skeena School on Fri, Veritas School on . Sat, Caledonia School on Sun, Swimming — Terrace Pool, -~ Volleyball — M.E.S.S, Fri & Sat, Thornhill Jr. Sec School on Sun- _. Bowling and Swimming venues. - ads, on an organizing committee newsletter and on a parade float. Kodie, multiplied, graced the open- ing ceremonies in the form of waist-high two-dimensional figures dressed in Winter Games yellow scarves, During the Games, Kodie posed with sports teams for team photos. Kodie’s next appearance after the 1986 Winter Games was as the star of the Terrace Clean-up Com- mitiee’s "Pitch In" campaign and trash bartels. Then he was clected head of the Kermode & Friends campaign at the Terrace Animal Shelter. You can still support the Shelter’s animal aid campaign by buying Kermode & Friends T- shirts. Now, Kodie and his many brothers and sisters (made for the 'BG Gamies) are being refurbished for the £991 Northem B.C. Winter Games. Their yellow scarves have been repainted hot pink in keeping with the grey and pink colours of the upcoming Games. Kodie looks forward to welcoming visitors and locals alike to the fast-paced week- end of events planned for the 1991 Northern B.C. Winter Games Feb. 1, 2 and 3. Stay tuned for more information on Kodice Kermode and the Northern B.C. Winter Gaines. p.m. Bulkey/Nechako, 7 to 8 p.m. Fraser/Fort George, 8 to 9 p.m. Peace River/Liard and 9 to 10 p.m. ‘Cariboo. Several hundred : billets are still required —: COME ON TERRACE DO YOUR STUFF — let’s get those young people somewhere to stay. Time is — running short, so pick up that phone and call the Games Office at 635-1991 to offer your home for one, two or a dozen if you can manage it. As you can see, things are set to go now all you have to do (after you’ve called about billets) is decide how many of the events you wish to attend — perhaps one of your choices will be_ WRESTLING on Wrestling is perhaps the oldest, most wide-spread and primitive of sports, Wrestling in Canada goes back as far as can be traced and was in some societies a very significant social function — the Chip- pewyan Native code allowed any able bodied man to challenge another for his wife. Since there were no weight classes, strategy and wile were very important to smaller contenders. These same things appear to carry through to modern day. Wrestling in Canada today is an international sport played by strict rules. Olympic freestyle wrestlers compete in 16 weight classes and their moves are scored in terms of how successful they are in ex- posing their opponent’s back to the mat. Takedowns to ‘‘control”’ position is one point, directly to back three points, throw is four points and ‘’grand amplitude”’ throw is five points. Tilts — turn shoulders towards the mat — will rate a wrestler two points. Any time a wrestler succeeds in placing both of his opponents shoulders on the mat simultaneously, he wins, or anytime he achieves a point spread of 12 or more above his opponent, he wins. The Winter Games co-ordinator tells me there has been a great deal of interest in the wrestling and they are expecting a large entry and keen competition. It sounds like one of the venues that many of you will wish to spend some time at. A very impressive Torch Lighting Ceremony is confirmed for Fri- day, Jan. 18 at City Hall. More inf ormation will be forthcoming on this event in next week's column, From the executive, committees, and staff of the Winter Games goes our gratitude to the citizens of Terrace for their co-operation in the preparations for these North. érn B.C, Winter Games — and our best wishes for a happy 1991. day, Water Polo — Terrace Pool, Wrestling — Thornhill Elemen- tary & Primary Schools. The Special Olympics Events will be at the — The approximate arrival ‘times of the buses from the various” “regions have been determined with the Terrace Kitimat/Stikine , - buses arriving between 4 and 5 p.m.; 5 to6 p.m, North Coast,6to7