KEITH FREEMAN ‘SKEENA ANGLER ROB BROWN Think about lan ne September day six years ago, Lisa Dunbar was playing in the driveway of her home with her five year old son Ian, The phone rang. The two of them walked onto the deck. While his mam went inside to take the call, Ian pulled a new, red ball from the pocket of his pants and bounced it on the deck. The ball hit one of the spaces between the boards. It bounced over the handrail and onto the lawn. Jan climbed over the handrail and dropped to a spot on the lawn next to a picnic table to recover it. Moments later Lisa heard her son's voice. He was calling for her. He was frightened. As she turned and ran toward the door she saw a black dog running across the front lawn. It was headed for the back toward Ian. Lisa ran across the deck, She kneeled on a bench, reached over the railing, grasped her young son by the Shoulders. She looked up. The black beast was loping toward them. It was close. It was not a dog. It was a two hundred and twenty pound black bear intent on making a kill, and it intended to kill Tan, Lisa had Ian off the ground. In a second she'd have had him over the railing, In another second mother and son would have been safely in the house. Lisa didn't have a second. The bear bit into Ian's side and yanked the helpless boy from his mother's arms. As the bear shook her son from side to side, Lisa leapt onto the beast's back, screaming, pummeling the ‘animal with her fists, She slid to the ground grabbed a shovel and broke it over the bear's back; she grabbed a broom and broke that over it too, She hil the bear with a potted plant, then with an aquarium filled with dirt. The bear would not let go. A neighbour rushed out of his house, yelled, "Oh my God, Lisa!" he yelled, then rushed back into his house for his rifle. The trigger lock was in place. He could- n't find the key. ~~ Lisa crawled onto the bear's back. She dug her fin- gers inlo its eyes--dug with strength borne of desper- ation, strength she didn't know she had. The bear dropped fan. It roared, shifting from its silent, steely predatory drive to loud, unfocused rage. Bellowing, ihe killer chased Lisa, knocking her over after she clambered over the rail. She sprinted for the sliding door only to be pulled to her knees once again when the bear hooked its claws into her braids. Somehow Lisa made it into the house. The forward momentum of the raging bear propelled it past her into the fami- ly room. Lisa ran outside. The bear followed, shot past her once more and turned, blocking Lisa's pas- sage to the sidewalk--and her son. Once more Lisa bolted into the house, the bear a breath away. Before she could shut the glass door, the bear reared up, jammed its back foot on the threshold, stuck its arm in the aperture, and clawed at Lisa, who used most of her new found strength to hold the door, _and what remained to hit the bruin's arm. Ian made a sound, a small sound, but a sound big enough to trigger the cold killer instincts of a preda- tor. The bear turned and bounded toward [an. Lisa raced after it to fight for her son's life. _ Two men in a house a short distance away, heard Lisa's screams, They jumped it a pickup and drove up the hill, Instantly they grasped the horror of the situa- tion and drove at the bear honking and yelling. Diverted from its deadly purpose again, the bear charged the truck. One of the men rushed to Lisa and [an as the dri- ver of the truck held the bear al bay. Lisa gave her son mouth to mouth resuscitation, She felt air leaking out of a wound in his side. Lisa bundled her young son in blankets. The pickup was brought around. When Lisa and Ian were inside, the driver burned out of the yard, leaving the bear there, still huffing and roaring. Lisa held ‘her. son lovingly. The tires of the pickup hummed, the engine roared as they sped down the road... Ten miles from the hospital Ian stopped breathing. The doctors at the hospital tried and tried, but tittle lan, who had just started to go to kindergarten, who had so much to do in life, who had done nothing more than climb down from the deck of his home to get his ball from under the picnic table where he had eaten hot dogs with his mom and dad on warm summer ‘evenings, could not be revived. If they don't know of this specific episade, Martin Melderis, Adrian Juch, Bob Butcher, and Dale Ryan know of, or have wit- nessed lots of others. Collectively, these men are our Conservation Officer Corps in Terrace. “They cover an area the size of France--all of it bear country. They know that bears are as unpredictable as outlaw bikers on cocaine. At this time of year, bears are in a lot of backyards. When criticizing the actions of oir COs in regard to bears, consider this fact, and think about Ian too. TERRACE SENIORS took home 45 medals at the B.C. Senior games in Kelowna Sept. 6-9, al- most half of them gold. Maxine Smallwood, a competitor at the games, and spokesperson for the local senior delegation said that it was a fun week, despite the weather which wasn’t tea coop- erative, “The weather was a bit off,” she said, adding thal it didn’t dampen the spirit and comraderie though. Terrace competitors, led by Joe Mandur’s six swimming gold medals, won a total of 20 golds, 10 silver medals and 15 bronze. Esther Postuk won four golds in various track and field events. Other gold medal winners included Patricia Kirkaldy in women’s discus, Ro- land Gagne in bridge, Norah LeCleir in women’s javelin and Jo- hann Lorenz in the men’s novice breaststroke. May McFarland won a gold in the bridge tourna- ment, while Erna Mot- schilnig and Donald Page captured the gold medal in mixed doubles tennis. Rose Thomas won gold in horseshoes, while Ruby Whittington cap- tured top place in women’s singles darts competition. In total, zone 10, which covers the Northwest re- gion from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Ter- race and Kitimat captured 57 medals. Kitimat took nine, in- cluding two golds in the 85 plus walks by Ah Chan, while Prince Ru- pert took hame four. | TERRACE STANDARD | STANDARD ~SPORTS Seniors take home lots of gold The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 20, 2000 - BS THE HAPPY GANG: Terrace’s contingent of participants and medal winners from the 2000 B.C. Senior Games in Kelowna Sept. 6-9. In total, Terrace senior athletes captured 45 medals at the games. Terrace medal winners at the | 2000 B.C. Senior Games: Gold Medal winners Joe Mandur, Swimming (6) 638-7283. Esther Postuk, Track & Field (4) Roland Gagne, Bridge Patricia Kirkaldy, Track & Field Norah Lecleir, Track & Field ines Lopez, Track & Field Johann Lorenz, Swimming May McFarland, Bridge Erna Motschilnig, Tennis Donald Page, Tennis ARTISTIC HAIR Studio's Women’s Soccer team fell in playoff action a few weeks ago, but their rivals Flower Power (above) will be taking on Cedar River Physio in the finals tomorrow at 6:15 pm at Caledonia field. Women’s Soccer finals tomorrow By MONICA RAUTER Another exciting outdoor season is drawing to a close for the Terrace Women’s Soccer League. After twenty-four games of season play, Artisite Hair Studio finished first with 63 points. Blessings Children’s Wear finished second with 54 points and Cedar River Physio fin- ished third with 50 points. Playoff games started Sept. 5, with six of seven teams participating in round robin play. Artistic Hair Studio received a bye into the second round for their first place finish in season play. After a 90 minute game, two 10 minute sud- den death overtime halves and a shootout in the dwindling twilight, Flower Power triumphed over the 1998-99 playoff winner Ar- lisite Hair Studios with a final goal by Naomi Lutes. Molson and Cedar River were lied going into the second half of their match on Sept. 14. Cedar River managed to edge the opposition oul by a score of 4-3 and advance to the final. Flowet Cedar River Physio meet Power and tomorrow at Caledonia ta decide who will become the playoff champion for the year 2000. The game starts at 6:15 pm, and spectators are we- come. The Terrace Women’s Soccer Annual General Meeting will be held on Sept. 27 from 7-9:30 pm at the Terrace Aquatic Centre. Indoor soccer registra- tion will be Oct 2 and 4 from 7-9pm at Cassie Hall Elementary School. The cost for indoor registration will be $50. Rose Thomas, Horseshoes Ruby Whittington, Darts Silver Medal Winners Johann Lorenz, Swimming (3) Ines Lopez, Track & Field (2) Fernand Gagnon, Track & Field Bud Hallock, Horseshoes Norah Lecleir, Track & Field Donald Page, Tennis Alia Toop, Track & Field Bronze Medal Winners Cesario Ciffolilli, Cycling (3) Ellie Chambers, Track & Field (2) Norah Lecieir, Track & Field (2) Alie Taop, Track & Field (2) John Dewacht, Track & Field Karl Drahorad, Track & Field Otto Lindstrom, Horseshoes Erna Motschilnig, Tennis Ken Radford, Track & Field Joe Wideman, Horseshoes Arm-wrestler looks to future HE DID well, but couldn’t quite meet his own expecta- lions. Terrace’s Allan Heinricks finished second in the dis- abled section of the Canadian Arm-wrestling Champian- ships in Kelowna two weekends ago, earning a trophy for his efforts, In the masters, where some of Canada and the world’s best competed, he finished fourth aut of 73 contestants. The competitor that beat him in the disabled was a three-time world champion. Not quite good enough for a ticket to the world cham- pionships in Finland, but not bad considering the chal- Jenges Heinricks, a paraplegic, has had to overcome on the way there. Heinricks, who's studying for a masters degree in psy- chology, said that he’s resting his arm for awhile now. “I've gol to be realistic about it,” he said, adding however, that next year he feels confident he’ll be able to make it to the world championships. Heinricks also plans on starting up an arm-wrestling club in Terrace, possibly in his own home. GET A grip on this: Allan Heinricks with his second- place trophy in the disabled division af the Cana- dian arm-wrestling championships. .