"- SKEENA’ANGLER __ smells tell EAN BACK. Close your eyes. Im- agine your childhood. Cast back to a specific incident, or a special place. Take a deep breath. What do yousmell? IE you grew up on the sea coast, you may have recalled the pungent, salt-sea smell of low tide, as I did. Tf you grew up in the Skeena Valley there is a distinct possibility the rich and spicy smell of collonwood in Spring may be the first aroma that springs to mind. If you grew up Kitimat or Quesnel the sul- furous smell that accompanies the transforma- tion of trees to toilet tissue may be your olfac- - tory deja vu. Did the smell that came to mind make you long for the past? If it didn’t, ponder for a mo- Ment and try to come up with a scent that calls forth memories, and consider. it within the con- text of what I’m about to write. All the odors listed above, even the obnoxious ones, may evoke feelings of nostalgia. After completing his study ‘Nostalgia: A Neurop- sychiatric Understanding’’, Dr. Alan R. Hirsch, MD, must be the foremost expert on nostalgic scents. Dr. Hirsch’s study was presented in the Fall of 1991 at the annual conference of the U.S, Association for Consumer Research. As part of the study, 989 individuals were in- © terviewed in a Chicago shopping mall. The respondents were asked ‘‘What odour causes yau ta becomie nostalgic?’ The resulls were un- settling. The odors that kindled nostalgic feelings in the respondents born in the Twenties, Thirties ‘~~ and Forties were pine, roses, hot chocolate; fish, lilies, manure, honeysuckie,.,,violeis, allics,_;. . Cracker Jack, bread baking, soap, figs, cut grass, blueberries, cinnamon, ocean _ air, ~ meadows, hay, clover, petunias, tweed, meat ‘balls, split-pea soup, fresh air, and buming | leaves. The following odours triggered nostalgic feel- ings for the respondents born during the Sixties and Seventies: Play-Doh, chlorine, crayons, ‘rubber. fish bait, marijuana, tuna casserole, “Downy fabric softener, dirt, smoke, airplane ~. fuel, disinfectant, refineries, motor oil, tacos, SweeTARTS, Cocoa Puffs, urine, garbage, Windex, hair spray, plastic, ferns, old socks, dog wastc, baby aspirin, feet, mothballs, ex- haust, mosquito repellent, factories, nali polish, enchiladas, candy cigarettes, suntan oll, scented — '.. Magic Markers, and burning tires. ~ 7m not making this up. A baby of. the boom and Romb era, I can clearly imagine all the scents in list one and connect them to my youth, but the items of the ‘second list are anolher matter. The biting smell of Magic Markers arc well known to me from the leaching biz. I simpiy can’t imagine such an ~ acerb. scent awaking any fond memories of times past. Rubber fish bait is coated with anise, not an unpleasant smell but certainly not one I’d ‘think appealing enough lo be capable of calling : . forth” pleasant reminiscences as . cinnamon ” might. I can understand how manure — a distinctive smell] io be sure — might arouse memories of a _ pastoral youth, but I can’t begin to imagine how dog-do could stir up anything but revulsion or " Nausea, - As-for Cocoa Pulfs, SweeTARTS, Downy fabric softener, and the other products of an ‘overly-productive age that make. list two, I haven’t smelled them but their names suggest a _ synthetic synthesis and an artificial aroma to ~ match, Dr. Hirsch’s study concludes ‘‘this shift away from natural odors and toward arlificial ones may portend future problems for soclety.’’ Tt sure does Doc. [’l] bet a can of Play-Doh that were a representalive sample of children boril in the year 1980 asked ihe same question thelr List would be even more unnatural. Still, is this surprising inan age when wild places are being domesticated or eradicated or violated apace with population growth? Fantasy indoor amusement parks where Piexigias-wallcd, plastic-ball filled rooms and plastic playground paraphernalia, are. replacing . the sandlot, the swing and the slide — places with an admission charge, where children must wear a name tag matching them to their partnts — are just one symplom-of a world going in- doors. This is disquicting, for as peopl head indoors they appear to neglect the outdoors. They begin © - to prefer the unnatural over the ‘natural; they forget that the outdoors sustains the. indoors. Without the outdoors there can be no habitable indoors ultimately.: When it comes to the natural world it's time owe developed a flew consciousness and a better ~ conscience: it’s: time we. = WOK. up and d smelled the coffee. ee ae ROOKIE Morwyn Wolnowski continues to be a pace setter in the ‘C’ Street division this sea- son. At the latest Terrace Stock Car meet Aug. 14, Wolnowski piloted car #406 to top spot in both the Dash and Main. ; That lifted her to double figures in the win column and. ensured her debut year will be a memorable one. Denying her the sweep was Judy D’Ottavio who’s also been having a strong year, posting four wins in June. The Wolnowski name also hit the board in B Street Main, but this time it was Claus, also a new comer, who took the flag. Albert Weber dominated in the “TERRACE STANDARD PORTS _ Sportsman class, going three for three as he confirmed his pre- season status as favourite to drive away with the 794 divisional title. Ed Johnson showed a few years off the track hasn’t hurt him, tak- ing the A Hobby Dash. He was Sportsman rookie of the year back in 1991. However, the rest of the A Hobby card belonged to Gord Klassen, a regular winner at the track this season. The honours were shared in B Hobby, Darcy McKeown taking the Dash, George Ryland the Heat and Guy Lynch taking his turn in the Main at the wheel of #66. . That vehicle took the flag again in the C Hobby Dash as Leslie The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 24, 1994 - C1 Lynch scored the first of two vic- tories on the day. Elizabeth Cloakey, overall sec- ond in the division in ’93, sped to top spot in the Heat and Main as she continued her quest for this year’s title... John. Cloakey.. went two-for- three in A Street, Joe Botz in #777 spoiling the sweep by tak- ing the Main. B Street saw #777 outrun the field again, this time with Ed Hall in control of the Heat, while Mark Hogarth came away with the Dash trophy in #594, a new car on the track this season. A day of entertaining racing came to an end with the Jamboree where Ralph Weber topped the Sportsman class, Leslie Lynch . SECTION C “MALCOLM BAXTER 638-7283 won Hobby and Ed Hall got his second of the day in Street. The racers will be back in ac- tion again this Sunday which is also another Kiddics Day. A popular event with the youngsiers, it gives them: a chance to ride around the drack*i in, one of the race cars. - Safety being a major considere- lion, they'll have to wear’a' bike. safety helmet. when. taking their: - spin. And if they don’t have their’ own, one will be provided by the stock car association. Also make a note of Sunday, Sept. 11. That’s the finale for the season, Ccaturing fun events suclr as the paper bag race and, of course, the Demotilion Derby. m Little event big THE WEATHER may have thanttully turned a little cooler, but the competition was hot aver the weekend as mixed teams battled for the title at this year's Volleyfest held in George Little Memoria! park. Net season successful but still one gap to fill IT’S ANOTHER sign the seasons are a'changing and summer will soon be gone, The Terrace Tennis club holds its final tournament of the season this weckend, Originally slated for last weekend, the event was held over so’s to avoid a clash with a dou- bles tourney being held. in Smithers, And there’s a change in format this time around. Traditionally the Terrace Closed is restricied to members of the club, ° This. time, however, the’ entry qualification has been extended to - make.it open to any resident of - Terrace, club member or not. “The - tournament.” will: include: _ yhale-and female singles and dou.“ ~ bles, plus mixed doubles. : The entry fee is $10 for the first event and $5 for every additional one, To sign up, phone Doug at 638- 1678 or Richard at 635-2347, Looking back on the’ 94 sea- san, club president Chuck Cey says it’s been a successful one on the whole. Membership has held steady at aboul 40 and although he would of course have Hked to see that number higher, there had still been a good turnout on club nights for most of the year, One problem that the club was; not able to solve this ‘season was filling the gap faced by youth ~ players. ; “We have. good young players coming up,’* Cey noted. But orice “they reach the intermediate stage, ~~ boas fall between: two. stools:, ‘too... old to take pati in the recreation department programs but stil not ready for club Ievel play. What was needed, he explained, was some form of organized tennis, and coaching, for those in- termediates, But it wasn’t easy to find some- one with the time to provide that coaching,’ However, the ‘‘die-hards’’ still ensured they got lois of practice, playing among themselves and getting Involved in club toumeys. Cey ‘sald the club would again be looking at a solution next year. And one: final, ironic note: - while good weather is an essen- tial, Cey pointed out this summer * “it had often been too good, a “Tt was "just 100 hot -to Py . ‘somelinies,” he sald eee Sign up day nears LOOKING FOR new mem- bers? Or looking for a sports club to join? Then mark Satur- day, Sept. 10 on the calendar. That’s the date for the fall edition of Clubs’ Day. Peaks Gymnastics club and Northern Academy of Self Defence are among the sporis groups which have already confirmed they WiH be there, Other sports groups waniing to take advantage of the op- portunity to sign people up should call the rec department at 638-4750, And remember, space available is Iimited. so club's get in on the action on 4 first come, first served basis... Club’s Day takes place at the Skeena Mall, 10 a.m.:to.4 p.m. and will.. include . various | demonstrations beginning at 12. hoon.