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Of. the Ministry of Forests
‘as consultant Jim Culp
igh praise. for taking. .
steps in what promises
ieaningful consultative .
“designed 10 give: the |

“Between the running of the
dvertisement alerting the
ublic:to’ the meeting and the-
eeting proper, individuals and
: representatives -of - interest
 groups.were invited to make
.-Tepresentations to the foresters.
: air-number of people did,
when .the. first ‘public
ing was convened their sug-
ions -had been collated;

| | Oldtimer
~~ action

THE TERRACE Timbermen
_ J put together three straight
- Victories to go undefeated at
‘the Kitimat Oldtimer Hockey
po ‘Tournament two weekends
t : ‘ago. and win their division.
: - The ~ — undefeated
: Timbermen prevailed to
‘clinch first in their side of the
“B’ division. ;
’ Three other Terrace
‘oldtimer teams were in action
there — the Riverside Auto
‘Wranglers, Convoy : Supply
| and the Northern Motor Inn
Okies -- and all three placed
‘Pesecond or third in their
‘respective divisions at the

TSTMS oe rnony

JOHN HEIGHINGTON put
on an impressive curling
‘display in the finals of Prince

Rupert's Marine
‘Bonspiel.
*' Heighington and his Ter-
‘race rink — battling it out in
the {C’ event final — made
‘some of the most spectacular f.
‘shots of the bonspiel in the
. final ends against the Salvati
“rink,

With ‘smart’ bomb-like
accuracy, he negotiated
seemingly impregnable
defences to score on the
‘seventh, and then on the
eighth drove a guard straight
- -. 7back into the house to take
po -. | four for an 11-7 lead that
' | would ensure victory.

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: ~ Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 20, 1991

sincere attempt

printed on chart paper in point .
‘.the meeting room as a stimutus :
to discussion,

My experience in > public |
meélings in ‘Terrace. and. other :
. Horthern. communities ‘tells me

that any gathering attended by

~ more: than ©20° people™ is’ jn-
* dicative 6f- considerable’ com-

munity interest. Over $0:
“Members .of the community
. were in attendance at the first
Thunderbird meeting, 6 | ©

Aftera period of time to ex-
amine the submissions gathered.

at that point, the group sat’.

down in an open forum to give”
briefs and offer opinions on the
‘future -of .the Lakelse and:
‘forestry in this area in general |
while foresters, and resource:
. people from B,C. Environment.
and the Department of Fisheries .
and Oceans listened. Oo
As might be expected, there
was ‘considerable criticism of

form and hung on the walls of

| ~The Skeena
_. Angler
~ by Rob Brown {

some of the forestry practices

. that have gone on: in:the Kalum
Forest District. The public (and

: here “I: include -myself) “is.-not:
conversant with the: complex-,
ities’ of--present - day: forest.

management. nor is it: alw
familiar with the legislative cot
straints and: political machin

tions that affected and contiiue:
to affect the foresters. We: sée.
the outward manifestation of 60.

years of logging in the Kalum
Forest District and tend to hold
the men who presently work for

the ministry — none of .whom

were born when logging began

“advisory
_ dress, : |

AAAS!

under the most intense pressure*.

from loggers — responsible:

Another problem ‘is that’ the...
_ community has really had little.
Or no say‘in forestry practices’.
over the years, ‘concerns. have. :
been allowed.to fester. It is this -
_. kind of thing the Thunderbird:
Process seeks. to.ad-’

As the evening . progressed

‘Skiers, ‘hunters, :loggers and:
sawmill workers, among others,

“ail -had their say, and this laid

ORTS NE:

the ground work for a second

here and miost of. whom were in:
grade school when the land-was —

a i ee aid, i i i ae Ni ei, Sn

Ait

weeks later, 9:

“, Acdifferent more productive — ab
working: format : was ‘used: for.

the second meeting. This time”
Dr. Norma Kirby, Rob Pollack. °
and myself. acted. as the _

facilitators for three. working

* groups ‘consisting of about: a.
« dozen people. Each group was
arranged to-reflect-a wide range: -
of interests and opinion on how. .
the Thunderbird area ought to
be managed in futures). 2...
Each group had a map of the ~
Thunderbird. area’ which -had |

been divided into zones. During

the first part of the meeting the -

‘groups tried to come toa con-
Sensus on how each zone should
be managed in terms of wildlife,
fisheries and forestry values.
After a break the groups then
attempted to come to terms with.

how. various recreational ac-

tivities might fit into the overall

- plan, what kind of harvest rates

ea

THE PLAYOFFS

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283 TERRACE STANDARD

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FAST END-TO-

the Skeena Hotel Lit
- impression’—-scoring a:hat tric
that gave them'a two-game ser
Seasons or Norm's Auto Refini

EN D.action marked the tec hockey playoff i
ites fast Thursday night, The tnn’s Charlie

k and adding a pair of assists

shing,

rie between the Inn of the West and
Porter gave his best Steve Yzerman
=> tolead his team to a big 7-4 win
les victory and a berth in the division final. They'll meet either All
who split in the first two gares' of their semifinal. On the
oldtimer side, the Terrace Timbermen leapt out to a one-game series lead over the Northern:
_ Motor Inn Okies, while the Riverside Auto Wranglers beat Convay Supply 7-1 to take a one-game -
lead in that series. The rec division final runs Saturday at 7‘p.m.,

Sunday at 10:30 p.m., and

Zealand, * > =)...

meeting which was held a few .

might. be applied nth

summary. o

-deliberations,:

The next. stage in the Lakelse.

meaningful’. say in’ how its:
forests should be managed
should endeavour to attend, :..

Swimmer _
Strikes gold.

down

TERRACE — A 55-year-old
Greenville swimmer stroked his
way to five gold medals at the
New Zealand Masters Games
Feb, 5-10 in Wanganui, New
Zealand.

Robert Miles, and his wife
Anna, returned’ home to the
Nass Valley warmed by the glint
of gold and the Maori hospitali-
ty'down'under, © 2
“ Miles was: the “only: ‘British

Columbian there and one of on-

ly five Canadians competing: :

He entered the 50-, 100- and
200-metre breaststroke, as well
as the 50- and 100-metre but-
terfly. He won gold in all five
events in the age 55-59 division,

What amazed fellow. com-
petitors the most, however, was
his system of practice.

“I don’t have a pool to prac-

tise in — I have a Towing |

machine,'* Miles says. There’s
no pool in the Nass and. he

_ doesn’t often travel:to. Terrace,

-“I suppose I could swim up

‘the Nass," he jokes,.“‘but the.
-current’s . difficult and~ the

oolichan are running .now,”’, ...

Nisga'a artist Chester Moore .-
- helped out Miles’. South Pacific _
tour by designing “Nass Valley
Masters"’ caps that were.a big.
_ bitattheGames. © © 0;

. Miles, a community health
nurse in Greenville, says he and
his wife took part in feasts held
by the Maori. natives. of New:

“Because--we live and work

with the Nisga’a, they treated us

under

‘as part of their, community,”
added Anna Miles, -
. The next possible event on the

calendar for the Nass master is

the, Canadian National Masters
Jin Calgary in May. He’s was at
the World Masters in Denmark
two years ago — where he.had
-one fifth place swim — and: he

: Was an. eight-time provincial °

masters::champion in Saskat: -

’ chewan,” wheres-he lived until

moving to the Nass a year ago.

i ie ad ie i ted

a : a | Tuesday at 9 p.m. if necessary. The oldtimer final plays Saturday at 8:30 p.m., Sunday at 9 p.m.
, pa p ayoffs and if necessary Monday at 8:15 p.m. ree oo ; . = :
” ‘TWENTY-ONE : a . re ae -_
: Jocal girls are off to the pro- a re ue ae ee . , i iw arr o
, Vincial ringette champion- Be 7 qa .. en ry Na i I le ood
:ships this weekend in Prince R ; , a . : Sa a fe
: ‘George. X i @ : r a fa . a en .
L <> Team coach Merrill Myers O e S -  £ i. >
£ ‘said the two Terrace teams — o Bea _ , - merica is Co!
] fabs North Coast Ravens TERRACE — Terrace boxer Neil Strain fou in the 125b Junior ‘C’ visi _ e a a. F
' junior ‘Cc’ _ ght = Valdez in the! 125-Ib Junior ‘C’ open division, = rd i
| | Order of the "Royal Purple until he was stopped with a first-round eye injury Bell will have to work to make weight for his he paRA - GC idry tas bora witsied eer ee «ie
‘petite team —- leave to day for in his contest ata charity ooxing night in Prince 139.15 Junjor-‘C’- open division match up with . ia N oh ‘American university wome’ bask ‘hall ao
~s), Jithe - Si-team . round robin] George Mar.9, a Langley’s Shane Boone.» |. ke Sim Fraser University Clan hgh scores wes wamed
"| tournament... “He wanted to keep ‘going but that eye had Hoth are tough ‘customers, but Dilley remains The Simon Fraser ANCA otlege b ) he ane was named «|.
| It’s’ the first “time “the| ballooned right up:and it was only going to get confident his’ boxers will prevail, “‘I'm banking | last. week to.the first All-Am Peseamt DY the. U.S. Judges ;,
M ‘tines have been to a provin.| 0t8e,"” said coach Jeff Dilley. onit," hesays;. of the Natlonal Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
cial. championship, and| . Strain, who: weighed. in. at 158 Ibs., was If the Terrace boxers win there, it's off to an |... She’s one of only eight Juniors among the 30 NAIA. 2}
- ‘they'll be facing off tomor- fighting Prince George's 165-Ib Paul Brooks — Apr. 13-16 ‘training camp before flying to On-, _ players to‘receive the prestigious honour Of being named to oF
row against.teams from| ‘he provincial middleweight champion at the tario for the Apr.”18-21 junior nationals. "one of the three All-American teams, — oS
| eBurns’ Lake, - Penticton, B.C, Winter Games 77. Bt the Champions For Dilley says'h : wants to lead the B.C. Amateur - ] . : Although she was ignored in her first year, Hendry - :
-[ Lumby, Delta and Rich.| Kids charity fight night in'Prince George. _ Boxing. Association's. junior program, and is -]. erncked the anti-Canadian bias of the judges last year.to~
Vimonds - Meanwhile, onthe junior-boxing scene, Ter- working hard-to upgrade his coaching certifica- recelve her place.on the first'team, eee
© They'll be able to keep an] ‘Ace's junior sensations Darren Bell and Jocy tions so-he can coac ‘Junior team atthe [- — Hendry-is the only non-American on the first team All-
ye on the older Terrace} Losier are gearing up to take'on the province's _ Junioz nationals. ; woh EB — o> American, But SFU celebrates another victory with the
players on the junior team,| best at the Golden Gloves boxing tournament in °°: The Terrace coach wants to get more involved =f naming of Invermere, B.C.'s Aindrea Schnider to the se-_ :
who will take on Burns Lake, | Y@ncouyer this weekend... >. . _ in keading angiimproving the provincial junior ‘| cond All-American team,
Chetwynd and Penticton in] That tournament will be the elimination round program, because of th ungtalentinthelocal | ‘This year Hendry has'aito been named district player-of- : |.
‘ound robin action. — to decide which, boxers will ge on to represent club, tterine heats ic caro [> Mine-year for the third consecutive year, and Is a strong:con-. | -
| The’ junior, team ‘is no} 3-C. at the junior nationals in Sarnia, Ontario, “The junior. program is suffering badly in this | tender for B.C.’s female university athlete-of-the-year °°]
ao tranger’ tothe pressiire’of | “They have “to -win, the - tO go to the . “province,” ‘he said. ‘They (provincial “ywardo ann rer aC
i _J the provincials — they skated | "#Ronals, ‘exrtained Dilleyii’s«- .  -..- organizers) A Ona the other eeeeeteed YAlthough SFU fell early in the Jackson, Tennessee NALA
{ [through ‘the opposition last |, Provincial organizers called off earlier plans to senior boxers and letting the other programs fall national Champlonships, Hendry scored.103 tegulay senson
4 [year to be named junior «Cf Senda select een nating Bell and Losier — spat. B.C. is as far as the next genera- points to ‘boost.the Clan to an undefeated reguiat season
“| provincial: champions, and | ie ast maute to run a junior. ~ tion of young t RCTS BOCK tee orice he: 's career,scoring ttle, with
[are Hoping for more of the for the BAC. team spots at.the Northwest boxefs att particulaily hard hit, he’ - 2500 pelats in hes threeyeus eee
‘same this weekend): 03-2“ a aid, with the to fo ents ae
7 same i ~~ training cam

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