“> By. CAHEA WHER Si lgskesundity,.: | ere eaten Wikd ar: years old and he won the “Dick. - Shinde, . Matt's = bo Eight minutes - and over-40 division in the “father,; took Matt, his ~ * thirty-nine years = race. “brother Mitch, and. a’ ~ ve "separate Matt Shinde and Matt's. time: ‘was 77: 35 - friend in the race. ‘They 1. "Ralph Hack.. - “and Hack wan his division - walked, and :ran the ar- we Matt; at seven years .- witha tinfe of 69 minutes. | *“ duoug course. The group 7 ~* old, was the youngest ©. A’ uspring. ‘running: . © decided: to enter the-race an runner "to‘ complete the © program helped: Matt’ get: about 3a week. before it _ “rugged: King of: the in shape for. the race, but): too place. Matt trained - “"” Mountain Foot Race held he sometimes runs ~ for afew days and was “ “ad paitt’ of Riverboat: ‘Days: around the nearest track, . allowed ‘to enter when he parity: we. printinat it addy EY “es ieee a a vs fey lof Talented os ‘Ralph Hack, who's 44 years old, wonthe over:40 men’ s, ‘division In the “King. of the Moura Foot Race last Sunday: Hack completed the Yo, ntti, wath to surat L- a ee ad ee Se ed ate ORO A CR es Ae AA _ CALGARY. (CP) — A cliffhanger presidential :, inconclusive discussion of ,. thelssues Wednesday, the 3 .dhird day. of the National Indian Brotherhood's 11th annual conference. Del Riley, president of ‘the: Union of Ontario “Indiatis, succeeded: Noel ” Starblanket of Sas- katchewan as president of the brotherhood after ..over Bob Manuel, chief of ' favorite, over procedure in ‘the -vote, ~ Brotherhood. oificials “i: | wanted to have a second _.| ballot because. only. €6 | :delegates had voted and ) the rules called for a ” majority of 35 for. the tt winning candidate. . . with the old ranger: station | - district office. In Terrace, . election gave way to some — winning a 24-to-52 vote | the Neskinlith - band of British Columbia “and - co} Starblanket's” icf: . Riley’s - victory was - . * confirmed only after a: | Jengthy battle nat om The coriference after being told it would have ‘only ‘non-voting, observer status, but ‘the election ruleshad been framed for 68 delegates. i" = _ A motion ‘by Prince . Edward Island to let the first ballot:.stand was... passed: by’: thesassembly. «° :. ' - Sykes Powderface, a. member. of the. Stamey “band from Morley, Alta., who only declared for the job Tuesday, was elected vice-president over AT: nold.:. Goodleaf of Caughnawaga, ‘Que., 36 to 28, The winning: and ” Josing candidates ‘ran as" “teams, : ‘Riley, 6, said he would -resign ‘ as‘. Ontario president, He ‘aaid he and Powderface wobld “have a gobd look at the shop” in Ottawa and ‘review the _Essues ‘before ‘detailing ‘twolmemberi ‘a 5 Yukon delegation left the. : ,said Indian’ participation - ’ to allow Indians at the ‘of issues which Ottawa ‘any new: v strategies for the . brotherhood, - whose member ‘organizations represent 300,000 Treaty Indians in Canada. : Although cautious -about future plans, Riley in’ upcoming. ¢on- stitutional talks tops the list: of issues he'll tackle, He said the brotherhood ‘wants _ the federal government to grant Indians complete parti: cipation at all levels of. constitutional “talks. So far, Prime Minister Trudeau bas agreed only table during discussions says - directly affects them. © Riley wouldn't, specify what Indians would do if _ the government doesn’t grant them full’ par- telpation. o -Ranger station By GAILDOTINGA . Herald StaffWriter' The provincial ministry of forests will . close the -old :Kitimat Ranger Station, _September-16. ©. | The decision -to “close the ‘Kitimat office, which has been planned for some time, tonnes ag a result, of. the ministry's ‘recent ; ‘feorganization program. - tas With much of the Kitimat fares amalgamated Into: the \Kalum Forest District, and located. so closé to the - “there «was - little ‘strategic value in keeping ‘it. open,” agsald .Gerry , Dodd, Kalum “District Manager... ., . - ‘The closing of the office wae fot anticipated thls scon but. the, Kitimat staff. - Members ‘moved out to new in other offices more quickly than ‘expected said" ‘ Dodd. The office was to close once members. had started their new jobs.’ - “As it worked out, there will only”, be’ one. staff member. jeft in'that office on September 15," said Dodd. “That person will now work: out of the Terrace office." 4: - No plans have been made for the disposal of the building,-Jocated on Highway - 25 just north:of Kithnat. “Inthe future, we may find. necessary. to run some summertime’ dperations out of that building,” said Dodd. in, ease ‘af a high .firé hazard rating in the Kitimat area, ‘equipment and possibly men for an initial attack force would be moved to the dation.” An agreement has been * made between forestries and the Kitimat: Fire - Depart- closes. . ,Ment to take initial action on . ‘fires starting on forestry land: within ‘boundaries. . The reorganization, © which started in 1979 and is still in process, required the ‘redistribution of 13 ranger disiricts in the Prince ' Rupert Forest Region into nine forest districts, Persons who discover forest fires, in the Kitimat ‘area shauid dial the operator and ask for Zenith 5555. ‘All other business which was corducted through the Kitimat office will now. be carried out through the Kalum District Office in Terrace., : ‘The new Kalum Forest District covers 3,610,000 ’ hectares, from. Kitwanga east to Kasiks, and from -Ningunsaw : Pass south to Kemano. ~~ municipal : ‘ ministry’ 3s The fourth, annual King of. . . the Mountain: Foot Race last Sunday drew, 65 entrants. The.coutse. is ap- proximately’ five miles Jong. .. It’s very xoitgh and in places ,. and the members”:of. the | the participants had to.climb- over rocks. The course. can: be dangerous | if it fs run very quickly, said Phil ‘Stewart: of * the . Skeena thie race this year. . But the nly injury was, one - - sprained ankle. coe! Trevor’ Whittaker had the. fJea for the rave over the Terrace ‘Mountain nature _ tral] and organized the firat - one with the. tical n recreation department. ° The trail is merely a. beaten trail, the only time it hasbeen cut was when lt was first established.’ People in - the race had to watch out for tree stumps, roots, rocka and. > Joode: gravel. - . Experienced " runnéra tend qo be very, fit. and have good. reflexes: to diminish :their'.chances of - being injured o on the rugged course. ‘Randy Netsori, 24, who’ ‘won © the under-29 .. division for males is an- " experienced runner and finished’ the course in 36 minutes and 50 - seconds, a new.record, -Because the’ trail climbs _ . about 1,000 feet’ and goes up) * “and -down all: the. way; ; sompone! has to be extremely could. run eight’ times ground the.tratk. Matt says he was pretty. lined at the end but it was worth it bbecause' it’ was a” clot of fun - - Hack. ran the. race ‘for. the fun of it and isn’t a , ' regular jogger either. He jogs when’ he. bas some free time and has played - soccer for many years ae vA: conten blaze The z0 fire depart- “ment assisted ‘ithe fire ~ department of ‘Kitimat village: when a ‘clubhouse caught fire Wednesday. The clubhouse was. near : the soccer fjeld and the fire departments were: con- cerned that high winds would course rough Valley °’ ae Marathoners, the club which ‘gourge -and said the .. Two. crews" | August 15th," 8: 30a. m.- 12 neon An Equal Obert Cothgeny EH : ' . re e oft to ran the whole cour i said . Stewart.” ay Moat people-don't train for _ the race, he said. The! en trants were: thainly ‘iigaers 7 Skeena Valley Merathoners:: . Sixteen-year-old. Colin “Parr won the under'1¢: ‘men’s “division with a time of'39: 4 : with a ‘ime of east ‘. Nelson became the King of: x the Mountain “with his: winning: time ‘and. Sue . Walker: won the under - 29 «- ‘women's division by running,” the course in 51:28. -' ms Pete Rodseth, with'a time. . of 43:17, won ‘the under 39 division for men. “and | Maureen Sargeant won the’ under 30 division for. women... Sargeant was, the “first woman across the: finish line, In. ‘the over “40 "men’s: ‘division. Ralph Hack came firgt with a; “time. of 69° ue minutes, ‘The . oldest par-, ticipant was Sta, Paul who. ‘.’ cotnpleted the race in 85:22. . - He's 47 years “old. Matt Shinde at seven years old - was the youngest entrant. He did the course in 77:85.:. _— Stewart was plensed to see on more women running thia year. “In past years, few -womien:, have entered the. race but: this year ning © turned out. ; ‘Phe first three: éntrants to. finish’ the “course broke ar - : previous records, a ~ “Matt Shinde was the youngest “eniGanit in,the King of the Mountain . Foot, Race. Atseven years old, he didshe: course in 77: 35. rete y Carla When, _ oak wtomt: bar oy a Uo uv 6 inowliy "A unique experience” © After’ the race he felt ‘quite good and wasjusta little Stiff the next day. Hack expected to see more older people in the race; + ot He sald he expects to . enter again next year, but ; ” will he doing some. run- ning to be more prepared. , Heran most of the way. bit slowed down to a- brisk walk ‘when | the: terrain became too steep | to run.” -He hadn't: ex-. pected such a. rough hardest part of It was: * when he had to go uphill : in the first half of the. Cars in three Kitimat — ‘HG. Auto Sérviee on service stations were broken Enterprise ‘Avenue’ had Ses into Wednesday. _ Several vehicles broken into. picture windows, °°. | : Acar at Atom Motors lost on ‘their Jot. The driver's {plevision shelf. (prewired). window was broken into on ‘one truck and the horn cap | was stofen. A steering wheel - was, removed from another “vehicle: . : : Two vehicles were broken into at Ralph's Service Ltd. an air cleaner and a valve over to thieves, ( WEATHER ) spread the fire to other The forecast tor Thuteday. in the Service Centre and a buildings. . teat and Friday is anybody's tape deck. was atalen, report Thefirewasputoutbutnot guess. - 7 the Kitimat RCMP. : until the. clubhouse was ; Pas y fd destroyed Oceassional. -ahowers | rn rs - reIrtT Kitimat fire department ‘Thursday afternoon should ve - a) a small fire’ disappear overnight a between thewallsofa duplex another ridge. ‘of high -on Mallard Street: The fire pressure develope. A weak started by the adjacent ‘frontal system lying ‘along. |- \ duplex... A short ; circuit, the coast will;.continue. to- ~ glectrified the wire: tnesh. in give us cloudy skies Friday the stucco system around the As ‘the high pressure, house and fhe wire ecame & continues fo:develop, atinny |... - conductor. ot periods should = break ./ Damage. is estimsited at through Friday afternoon. $2,000. . Fire Chief Bill . Dawson said there were no Thé afternoon high’ tem- ‘injuries and pointed out that. Peratures for. Thursday neither house had a smoke should be near 20 degrees | _ detector. | ‘with overnight lows: to 12'| .. Mast people getting unem- A bush fire covering about degrees. . Friday's ‘igh i “ioe insurance play by the 150 square feet was put out temperature should be mear.|’ “ rules, But some people don't seem Wednesday. 90 degrees as well,” °°) """" eo. know that they can’t take a job _ -_ vied, and collect benefits without telling ca gaetthsa ° _ _Us they're, working. That's why . SALES . employers are being asked to send . _ oo 4 ‘us the starting date and Social Sonal Imran Numbers of nevi hired ' - REPRESENTATIVE © _lingurange Number or extracts, a a en aren ae . ‘from computer yroll tapes for benefits, Only cases of potential abuse will CERTANIUM ALLOYS AND RESEARCH co. : each ol orroati ic ey hire or rehire. ever rtf This informa ons 15 CTOSS- checked with the Social Insurance a fiew job. In that case, repayment: sree territory available for the aggressive, Numbers of people receiving is all that’ 5 required. But, a ; mechonicelly Inclined sateaperson, _ |. unemployment insurance benefits. penalty or prosecution may follow Excalient Produit & Field Training wo Only cases of potential abuse when the new system detects Oraw end travel expense allowance - will ever surface. After inves- people wrpnely collecting benefits. walle training tigation, anyone found receiving =, Ifyou are collecting unem- sigh Commission, after tania __ betiefits to which they are not ployment i insurance benefits, and ; Advancement Opportunity _ + [> |°. . entitled will have to repay them, __.,Start a new job, please say so on “Family Augienes Programa {2 ” Temay be an honest mistake, . ~ UI claimant report card: Smet etear . Some people forgetordon’t © & “ypursaif to con TO understand they must tell Unem- Eniplaymentend _-Emplotet . Quick . pl t Insurance and report rts immigration Canada = Immigration Canada| (604) 273-7078 their total earnings when they start weet ae Augustl3, 14th, - oe 2 8:30a.m.-5:00pm. BE. eters The Herald, Thursday, August i4, 1900, Page?