Page @, The Herald, Tuesday, July 10, 1979 by Don Baker After using the facilities at the Lions Park for almost twenty years, the Totem Saddle elub found itself without an arena this spring. The Saddie Club now faces a summer schedule that may be _ severely disrupted due to the unforseen loss of their arena and the subsequent damage that has been eaused to the new facilities by vandalism. The Saddie Club's Saddle by Don Baker Marlene Barber, the gymkhana chairman of the Totem Saddle Club, said the group is con- cerned about the future of the organization and she is. asking for public support to help with developing a new facility in Terrace. The club has had problems with various other groups within the community and, . ac- ’ cording to Barber, there has been a. continuing ‘problem with vandals at Terrace ladies Terrace Mr. Mike's ladies softball team travelied to Prince George on the July 1 long weekend to participate in the;ladies tournament there. The team from Terrace did well, finishing in third place. Five teams from Prince George par- ticipated in the tour- nament along with teams from Whitehorse, Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Kamloops and Terrace. The opening of Terrace’s first match was delayed to the early afternoon by heavy showers, but the team won 5-3 against Whitehorse. Dian Lavoie scored the winning runs gymkhana_ chairman, Marlene Barber, ex- pressed her desire to ‘‘see the issue settled in an air of co-operation between the Downtown Lions club and the community as a whole’. According to Barber the Saddle Club had sub- leased the facilities for nearly twenty years and now find themselves without their atena or corrals. Barber also charges that the Saddle club had invested in the original construction of the park’s buildings. She says the Saddle Club was not notified of the changes by any Lions member. . Al Purschke of the’ Lions club claims that the Saddle club was not sub- leasing the property in Lions park from his organization. He also adds that the original buildings did not require substantlal investment because they were built using timber that was growing on the Lions perk site. As well, the Lions club . executive member noted that all buildings on the Lions’ property were the legal property of the Lions club alone. Pur- schke told the Herald that the reason for his group's . decision to demolish the ald facilities was that “the Terrace community lost interest. in the Loggerman's show and rodeos that were staged at the park site. He added that during its last year of Saddle Club loses arena. ; operation the park lost money, . . Purschke said that the field will be redesigned for baseball and possibly soccer, . “The Lions Club won’t take any black eyes about the way we have treated other groups in the community’, he said, “For the past fifteen years we have allowed almost every group in-the community to use- cur . property and rarely have we collected a single penny.” ; Club members ask support the fairgrounds at the Lions Park which the club hopes to use. There have been three fires at the grounds since the spring. The barn which the club hoped to use this year has been almost totally destroyed. On one _ occasion, Barber said, someone helped themselves to the aluminum roofing club members had laboured to salvage’ from their demolished barn. Barber told of another eccasion when an wun- in that opening match. With this victory, the Terrace team went on to defeat Pioneer Homes with a score of 7-4. Following this game Mr. Mike’s met Backwoods Juniors and were defeated by a score of 2-1. Linda Juba of the Terrace team allowed only three hits during this game while the pitcher for the victorious team allowed four hits during the game. ; Terrace’s next contest was faught against the Prince George Juniors, and in. this game the ladies team was vic- torious by a score of 6-5, This victory assured Terrace of an automatic named person had the nerve to drive up in front of several club members and commence to fill his truck with the club’s much-needed sawdust. A third incident which Barber related concerned an incident at the corral in which someone witha chainsaw went on a collecting spree, ap- parently to equi themselves with wood. “The club wishes to develop a new section of the Lions park into a facility which the entire third fourth place standing. Another win in the team’s next contest placed them third for the over-all competition. Linda Juba pitched all six games allowing twelve walks and striking out nine’ opponents. According to the coaches of the Terrace ladies softball team, this .was “an extremely well- played tournament for which .the entire team deserves | congratulations.” The Terrace Mike’s ladies softball team will be hosting a tournament at the Riverside park on Aug. 4,5, and 6. IMES '79 " Greatbeer. SEER Great country. community can use,” said Barber. ‘The Saddle club would like to work with the entire com- munity toward the goal of improving. the available facilities in Terrace”. Some club members indicated that Terrace’s ability to stage a fair or horse show is virtually non-existant. “Even a town like Smithers can hold a full-fledged fair complete with horse competitions”, said one member. . Work crews will be at the site of the Saddle club’s new arena this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., club members say they hope the community will respond to this desperate. situation. with aid and assistance.” — “After all,” said one club member, “90 per cent of the -club’s ac- tivities are designed for the children. The children are the ones who suffer because of ignorant violence of a few and the general apathy of the community as a whole.” VANCOUVER (CP) — The Canadian junior ‘track and field cham- pionships has attracted twice as many entries as expected, meet organizer Rob Hallam said Monday, Hallam told a news conference that 300 to 400 athletes are expected for - TRACK MEET PROVES POPULA . dum here and Swangard events Friday through Sunday at Empire Sta- Stadium in nearby Burnaby. events will be at Empire Stadium, while field competitions will be at Swangard. Improvement, is TORONTO (CP) Toronto Argonauts promise they will not claim the Grey Cupin July evenifthey upset CBC Montreal Alouettes in their Canadian Football League seagon opener tonight, ; “All I came here to do was improve the team,” says new head coach Forrest Gregg. “I don’t want to go on record saying we'll win the Grey Cup. What I am saying is that this football team will be improved.” But the old gag about the Argos winning the CFL championship in July and losing it November stil] may have to be dropped. The Argos are underdogs against the defending Eastern Conference champion ‘it all they. want? Mr. . Game time is 6 p.m. EDT ‘at Exhibition Stadium with television coverage on the eastern network, The. CBC western network will show tonight's other league opener from Winnipeg, where the defending Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos meet the Blue Bombers, The opening-week schedule continues Wed- nesday night with Hamilton Tiger-Cats vislting Ottawa Rough Riders and British Columbia Lions against Sas- katchewan Roughriders at Regina, . A surprise starter for the Argos in their defensive backfield will be all-star cornerback Erie Harris. Harris missed training camp and the pre-season schedule because of a con: | tract dispute and didn’t join the club until Sundwy. Bis physical conditlon is questionable, The rush job on Harris underlines the glaring weakness in Argos defensive ; secondary which was porous ' in the preseason. Joe Barnes, Montreal's Starting quaterback, probably will test Harris at the first opportunity. Barnes was slow getting off the mark as the Als racked up a 40 pre-season record, But in the firat half of the final preseason game, . against Hamilton, he completed six of 10 passes for 92 yards and one touch- down. ; Head coach Joe Scannella said he plans to use the No. 2 quarterback, Montreal-born Gerry Dattilio, if Barnes fails to generate enough offence in the first half. Scanella added that rookie Larry Pfohl would start at right offensive tackle with regular Pat Bonnett out because of muscle spasms, Tony Adams, 29, who im- proved with every pre- season outing, will atart at quarterback for Toranto. Toronto defensive end Wayne Smith, centre Doug . Redl and right guard Doug Fairchild will miss the opener due to injuries, Argos also announced Monday that defensive tackle Ernie Holmes wili begin a five-day -trial following the Montreal game. . Holmes, 31, is a defensive tackle best known as a member of Pi. burgh Steeler’'s Steel Curtain defence on the 1975-76 National Football League Super Bowl team. Rod Verstrale is one of many local businesamen who will be presenting local fishermen with prizes for the largest catch of the week In the Ist annual Salmon fishing derby sponsored by the Skeena Mall and the Dally Herald. Here, Verstrale presents Robert Komles with a free dinner for two at the Lakelse Hotel. Robert caught a seven-pound spring salmon just below the bridge which crosses Ferry Island. Photo by Brian Gregg Dryden retires MONTREAL (CP) — Ken Dryden of Montreal Canadiens, five-time winner or co-winner of the Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League’s top goaltender, announced his retirement Monday. , “Retiring was a whole lot easier yesterday than it is to- Gay,” Dryden told reporters, “To have lived in Montreal and to have played in the Fo- rum, to have played before the people of Montreal and to have played with the kind of people’ I’ve had the op- portunity to play with, makes for a really re- markable experience.” Dryden, 91, said he didn't ’ know what he would do next, “All I can say is that I'm talking with a few people and beyond that I really don’t ow,”? ' He said he had considered ying inthe Soviet Union for a year but the plan was turned down by the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. A graduate of Cornell -Univerasity at Ithaca, N.Y,, en played hockey there and with Canada’s national team before joining the Montreal organization in 1970-71. oo . He joined the Canadiens for the last six games of that season and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the cut- standing player in the playoffs. Montreal won the Stanley Cup with Dryden in the nets for all 20 playoff games, . The next season he won the Calder Trophy as the top rockie in the NHL and and won his first Vezina one year later. He was on the second all- star team in his first full season — 1971-72 — and on the first team five times, The Canadiens won six Stanley Cups during his tenure. He sat out the 1973-74 season because of a contact ‘dispute and spent the year -articling for a law firm in Toronto. Dryden's retirement leaves Michel Larocque as the team’s No. 1 goaltender, The No. 2 spot-is open, with Richard Sevigny and Robbie Holiand from Montreal's farm system as candidates, Dryden’s retirement comes at a time when. the team, fresh from ite fourth consecutive Stanley Cup, has lost key personnel on and off the ice, j ° eteran centre Jacques Lemaire has left for a post in Switzerland, Coach Scotty Bowman has gone to Buffalo ‘ Sabres aa coach and general manager and Al MacNeil, director of player personnel, has taken over ag coach of Atlanta Flames. Dryden said he has applied for a -six-month course leading to admission to the bar next year, He said he is retiring early because he wants to Ume to develop a second career, “Hockey has been my passion for the last 25 yeara and I will migs it very much, Tenjoyed playing as much as anyone has enjoyed it,” During the seven-plus. seasons he was top net- minder with the Canadiens, Dryden in 397 regular-season games played 23,352 minutes, allowed 870 goals, had 46 shutouts and had a “goalsagainst average of 2.24, In the playoffs he made 112 appearances, played 6,641 minutes, allowed 274 goals, had 10 shutoute and a goals- against average of 2.40, Coach wants review VANCOUVER (CP) — The coach of a Canadian runner competing at the Pan: American Games has called for a complete review of the Canadian Track and Field Association following a change in events for Britt McRoberts, Gerry Swan of Abbotsford, B.C,, who directs the McRoberts’s training program, said Monday that is protegee waa supposed to Tun in the 1,500 metres at the San Juan, Puerto Ries, Games, but was told at the last minute that she had been entered instead in the 800 metres by the Canadian Olympic Association (COA), “It's .a discouraging situation for an athlete to train for one event,’ said Swan, “then find out she's been the victim of some very shoddy bookkeeping.” MeHoberts was a last- minute addition to the Canadian team after a strong performance in the Pan-Am track trials here late last month. Penny Bales of Ottawa and Francine Gendron of Montreal originally had been entered in the Pan-Pam 1,500 by the COA, but Gendron finished third behind Bales and McRoberts in the trials, McRoberts then was added to the Canadian team on the recommendation of Gerard Mach, coach of the Canadian track and field team at the Pan-Am. She was substituted for Debble Campbell of Victoria, who already had been en- tered by the COA in the 400 and800 metres, Gendron was posed io run in the 800 sup _and McRoberts in the 1,500, but the entries reversed, said Swan, The association was widely criticized before the trials for submitting a preliminary list to the COA fore the actual trials were held. The COA maintained that Pan-Am org.nizers needed the entries well in edivance of the Canadian Is. “The problem is that the Canadian Track and Field Association doesn’t have complete control of ita sport,” Swan told 4 s-9g conferenceca!ledt:. ~ute the Canadian igs): ‘yack and field champiurships this weekend in Vanc:uver anc nearby Burnaby, were “I'm submitting a letter to . the British Columbia Track and Field Association calling for the provincial body to demand a complete review .of the structure of the national association, friends for life _ The Canadian Red Cross Society + “The administration of this sport has gone downhill. for the last few years, We don't have to buckle under to the COA all the time, “We won't make any progress until this is cleared up. It's a hardship on our athletes that shouldn't have to be tolerated,” Swan sald that one day's _notice for McRoberts to train for a different event wasn't fair to the runner, who had worked “extremely hard to overcome administrative obstacles to be able to represent her country at the Games.” ; “We have good coaches at the Pan-Am Games," he added, ‘‘but they ‘are dreadful as administrators,” McRoberts <, lives in nearby Coy.::.::n and at- tends Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Golfing | leaders VONTS VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (Av) — The Top 10 money winners on the Profeaslonal Golfers Association tour: 1. Tom Watson $387,508 2. Larty Nelson $295,097 . Andy Bean $198,093 . Lanny Wadkins $185,873 . Fuzzy Zoeller $185,300 » Lee Trevina $175,117 7. Bruce Lietzke $169,671 8. Jerry Pate $150,117 9, Hubert Green $149,546 10. Bill Rogers $143,605 + Ao m& oo