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Through: a curious operation’

of time and perception, . the -
distance between winters seems '
shorter now than it dida decade
ago...
‘Boyhood summers ‘seemed 'to
last years,-ow. a .two-month
span whistles by in, the time it
takes to’-turn’ around, My
father, who is.in his seventies, .
tells me years ‘become’ months
and months days. as one’ gets
older; such is the tyrariny of
time, +

:1 take comfort in the fact. I
share this affliction with all
‘en, and because of the season
of. short days and long months
is something I’ve come to enjoy.

‘Winter is the season of
monochrome and mist and flat
light, It’s a time of slow move-
ment when long silences‘accen-
tuate the sound of the river and
the forest: the calls of a flock of
trumpeter swans winging
toward a favoured pond one

“day,
~ navigating a thin: ulffle on. -

another, *

The river in winter is cold and.
low-and ‘clear. The steelhead lie:

in the deepér. pools and glides.

They are difficult,. reluctant -
fish, and: Special because of

that. . There ‘is a satisfying

predictability. about winter -

rivers. in Skeena — or; at least,
there used to.be..

Inthe last two Decembers 1.
have arrived at the rivers to find _
them high with rain and runoff.
In the first ‘week of last.
December, Mike Whelpley- ‘and:
I took ‘a run up ‘a favourite river |
usually impassable by: boat ‘in
low winter-flows and found it so-
swollen by rain that the beavers’

in its upper reaches were sitting
atop their ledges to escape the
rising waters.

During the Christmas holiday

last year [ hiked into the Kit-

the’ ‘clatter of moose.

ty.

‘The Skeena
Angier .
_by. Rob Brown |

_ ing at the base of the alders lin-
ing ‘its banks — a height it

generally ‘reaches in. the .first
spate waters of late. May when

Tising. temperatures begin to

melt the Nelson Glacier.
Rising. temperatures are..the .
key: to the. problem, —~ ‘winters

‘are: getting: warmer “and | less.

predictable, and unpredictabili-
‘the hallmark: of

Greenhouse Weather...
Man has been striving to heat.

up the places in which he lives

since shortly after he: ‘acquired

heat up his indoors he has, ap-
parently, managed to heat up
the outdoors, m

The burning -of fossil : fuels,
deforestation and. increased
production of atmospherically
unfriendly gases have created ‘a
situation where more. of. the
sun's energy reaches the earth’s

‘ surface unhindered and less is

able to escape,
‘The effects
phenomenon

of this - ‘rue
will’: be

’ devastating: cur food and water

supplies, what remains of our

sumkalum River to find it lapp-

the use of fire. In his quest to

_ forests, our outdoor reereption,

ty

N

our coastlines are all threaten-
ed. Large areas of the earth, ac-
cording to reputable scientists
— men not usually susceptible
to hysteria — will become
uninhabitable.

Those. who doubt the
greenhouse. is. under construc-

_ tion will be hard-pressed to ex-
- Plain, why five of. the hottest

years on record occurted in the
1980's,'. why America's wheat
crops were devastated by the
drought of '88, why hurricanes
of remarkable - force ‘swept
through the Carribean, why un-
precedented heatwaves afflicted
China and why unseascnably
warm winters have been occurr-
ing the warld over.

There are a number of things
we'can do to help slow down the
greenhouse effect: driving fuel-
efficient cars, recycling, plan-
ting. trees, using better insula-

_tion, saying no to CFCs and

cutting’ down on driving are

Torco Sandan Weds, Deesber 12, 1990 - _ Page, Be

disap pear

TEER i a Re Ra thot

vi oy
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among -the options. But
ultimately the large. meaningful .
measures will have to be-taken
by politicians — we will have to
put heat on them. kee

So far. the track ‘record ‘of
politicians has not been good. -

For example, in April of. this -

year... mere. months after. the :
Earth Day . festivities — the.
White House reneged on-a pro-
mise to contribute $25 million
to an international fund: that.
would help third world coun-'
tries wean themselves away
from . ozone- -depleting
chemicals. The reason given by.
administration officials: for
withholding - the contribution -
was that providing. such help
might incur demands . from
those third -world nations. that
America do something in turn
and that might Fetter economic ,
growth,

Don't these fellows know. we
are in danger of losing winter? -

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

TERRACE STANDARD

S-

- SPORTSCOPE

Soccer
playoffs

ZONE MEN'S INDOOR
soccer playoffs for the Nor-
thern B.C. Winter Games
two weekends ago saw Ter-
race’s Skeena Sawmills select [
team repulse a stiff challenge
from a local all-native team.
The Terrace selects were
expecting competition from a
second all-native team —
from Greenville — but they
were unable to make the Dec,
I zone playdown at the
Caledonia gym. |

‘jn ‘the! best-of-three .contest,..
defeating’ the Terrace” all-
native team in two straight,
8-2 and 7-5.

- Squash
a - eo
finalists
LOCAL JUNIOR squash
players put in strong perfor-
mances to power their way
into the junior final at the
Cook's Classic Squash and
Racquetball tournament ‘in
Prince Rupert, Dec. 2.

The junior ‘event was an
all-Terrace final with An-
drew Brown defeating
brother Chris Brown for the
title, Prince: Rupert's Mack
Hardy picked up third,

The tourney’s Vets 35-plus
event saw: Terrace’ 5 Lennox
Brown pick up third behind
Rupert's - Eric Baker and
Doug Kydd.

Elsa Murphy, of Terrace,
placed third in the women’s
‘eo event.

Midgets
number two

TERRACE'S MIDGET
hockey team. was: looking
tough but choked in the final
in a.5-2 loss to Houston at -
Kitimat’s minor hockey tour-.
nament Nov, 17-18...

ws The: Totem ‘Ford ‘midgets
fare one of. the strongest
‘teams in the northwest. and
proved it by going Unbeaten -
* [through three’ games “of ' 4
‘» [round robin action: to. take.

, | second. spot in- the clght-team

‘Ttourney. 2 5-

“od Terrace's Dennis Bannister
was nained’ to ‘the: _tourne-
ment all-star team, *

On the same weekend,
Terrace Lions atom hockey
team were outscored 8-1 by

Hazelton in the final of the
, Smithers atom tournament.
The Terrace team settled for
second, ahead of third-place
Houston,

The Terrace Kinsmen
atoms posted a shut-out vic-
tory over a Smithers team at
the same tourney before fall-
ing 7-6,to Smithers’ Hoskins
Ford atom team... Pea

Skeena Sawmills prevailed .

; investigating how he picked itup. 2.3:

In training

TAKEDOWN: Karate enthusiast George Beil puts John Raposo on the mat during karate practice
at Clarence Michie! school Thursday night. The two now hold brown belts and train three nights a a
week With the local Chito-Ryu style karate club.

me} 24-25 weekend.

Fitzpatrick still
on the sidelines

TERRACE _— New York Islanders goaltender

Mark Fitzpatrick, ‘of Kitimat, remains -on the
‘NHL ‘team's injury. list: indefi nitely ‘with a

mysterious. debilitating disease. ve

The disease,: known as ‘BMS - ‘Boéinophilia 7
.Myalgia Syndrome),:. constricts: the:- major.
- muscles: and restricts most: of Fitzpatrick's, body ra
motions, bw:

He hasn't played a hockey game this season as

a result, opening a major breach in the Islanders’:
goal-tending roster. Fitzpatrick was New: York's”
starting goalie last year,’ playing 47 games -and.

figuring prominently: in their playoff drive.

“T’m going to.miss two thirds of the season for
sure,” he sald. “But what happens with the final
third is still kind of up in the air. I’m just going
to rest and try to get my health back.” ©. -

Most of the 1,500 cases of the disease in North
America. are believed to have been contracted
from a bad batch of an amino-acid boosting

vitamin ‘supplement from overseas. Fitzpatrick

said the New York State health department is sill

‘There's no known cure for the disease, hes

id, ;

_ '_ off the antibiotics he’s now on to control the in-
which betoaies worse in about: a ‘ited of chat, : a

eventually returns to normal i in another third of

cases, with the remaining Ones never recovering. » \.

His Vancouver specialist had hoted improve-

ment in the last four weeks and Fitzpatrick now |.
-believes there's about: a: $0-50 chance he could

return and play: again. this season.

“‘But with this thing thete‘could be alot of im- - .
| Proventent for a couple of weeks, and then the,
‘next week it’s back to.stage.one,’’ he said. :
: “Obviously this is a: big. setback. -At first I was ‘

really shocked about. it.. You don’t really think:

‘anything like this could happen to-@ young per- .
son who's healthy. I iwas: shocked, but I think

I'm now over that | stage

Fizpatrick said he's ‘doing therapy at least’

three times a week and is also swimming on his
own to try to recover from the possible career-
ender. But he says right 1 now it’s mainly a waiting
game. ;

“I guess rest is the biggest healer right now,’
he said.

He said the doctors. vill get a better picture of
whatever improvement he's made after he comes

flammation.

Houston tops
tournament

TERRACE — The powerhouse
team of the northwest —
Houston proved their
strength again at the Terrace-
hosted recreational hockey
tournament.

They shot their way to a 6-3
final round -victory over the
Kitimat Tricks to clinch the
tournament title on. the Nov.

The 10-team tournament
drew players“‘from across the
northwest. Teams competing
were: Stewart, Kitimat Tricks,
Houston, All Seasons, Kitimat
Ocelot Oilers, Skeena Hotel,
Friel Lake, Inn of the West,
JHW-Kitimat, and Norm’s
Auto Refinishing,

Houston put together a three-

game undefeated record to.

make the final, on a 12-4 win
over All Seasons, of Terrace, a
6-4 victory over Skeena Hotel,
and a 7-5 win over Inn of the
West. They just kept right on
rolling from there, doubling the
Kitimat Tricks 6-3 for the tour-
nament title,

The four Terrace teams at the
tourney found the competition
stiff,

All Seasons defeated Norm's
Auto, but fell to out-of-town
teams in their other three
games, including a 5-4 shootout
loss to the Kitimat Ocelot
Oilers.

Skeena Hotel beat the Oilers
5-4, lost a 6-4 decision | to
Houstoii, were iniked 6-0 by the
Kitimat * Tricks, then dropped
another game 7-3 to Stewart.

Inn of the West got off toa
winning start, dumping Friel
Lake 9-2, before being edged
7-5 by Houston. They pressed
on with a 6-3 win over Kitimat’s
Ocelot Oilers and a 5-3 victory
in a rematch against Friel Lake
for 3-1 record.

Another local team, Morm’s
Auto Refinishing, hammered
Kitimat JHW 8-0 before dropp-
ing a pair of 6-4 decisions to the
Kitimat Tricks ‘and to Friel
Lake. They ended up 1-3 on a
7-2 defeat to local league rivals
All Seasons.

Youngsters win .
Kempo medals

Contributed
Terrace’s Kempo Club hosted
a Kempo-Ju Jitsu competition
Nov, 24 and 25 which drew

_. competitors from martial arts

clubs across the northwest,
Results are as follows:
Shiai (to age 8) -

a Gold — Gregory Conrad,

. Terrace

- Silver — Andrian Liu, Prince ‘

Rupert
“Bronze — Gisselle Liu of

_- Prince “Rupert. and Heston

Sturko of Terrace
Shiai (to age 12)

Rupert

Silver — Darrem Bentham,

Terrace

Bronze —. Bernice Liu of a
Prince “Rupert and . Voltaire ;

‘Reyes of Prince Rupert
» es Shiab (eens) —

- - Gold — Joey Lee, Kitimat’
‘David De Medeiros, “

Silver —
Kitimat 7

Bronze — Monica Williams, i
Prince Rupert and Stacy: Russ
: of Prince Rupert. | ;

" Shiai adult
- (white ‘to blue belt) .
Gold: ~ ~ Sandor Komlos, Ter-
race:
Silver: oo "David Falardeau,
Terrace’ ;
Bronze — Gaston Desjar-
dins, ‘Terrace
- Shiai adult:

(blue, browa and black Ist dan)

Gold — James
(black), Prince Rupert

Brown

Silver. — Tammi Medeiros
‘ (black), Kitimat ‘

aa

s Gold — Caleb Liu, Prince. -

Bronze — Rodel Bautista
(blue), Prince Rupert. —
Kata small
‘Gold —~ Caleb Liu, Prince
Rupert

Silver — Voltaire Reyes,
Kitimat

Bronze: — Oliver Reyes of

_ Kitimat. and. Adrian Liu of

Prince Rupert

_ Kata medium .

Gold — - Harry Chemko, Ter-
race

Silver — Bernice Liu, Prince
Rupert .

“Bronze —_ Fred Sandhu,
Prince Rupert and Kristy
“Bryant of Prince Rupert. :

‘Kata adult.
(white and yellow belts):
: Gold —/ David Wolfe: atid
David Falardeau of Terrace: ; 7
‘Silver: -—. Steve Richdale,

- Kitimat’

“ ~ Prine Rupert. 7°",
a Larry: McPherson, of Terrace’.

Bronze ‘— ‘Jamies Baldwin,
‘Prince Rupert fay 4

Kala adult .
(green: and: blue) ike
“Gold ~~. Rodel :. Bautista,

“ Pn

‘Silver — Sandor Komios and.

Bronze .— Chris, Gell
“ORitimat !
; ;Kata adult’ ae
‘(brown and black bel Ast dan):
Gold ~ Bryan Sykes (black),
Kitimat
Silver — Tammi Medeiros
(black), Kitimat:
_ ‘Bronze —- Richard Rose
‘Qrown), Terrace and - Tina
“Parker (red), : Kitimat ~ vay et Pane