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which to plan and execute the
important campaigns of
childhood.

> Sometimes such a place will
be. found inside a. fort con-
structed of. scrap lumber and

carefully. concealed from the -
‘tyes of marauding wrecking

‘crews) from. alien
‘neighbourhoods. Or the special
“Spot might be a makeshift

‘Marina “surrounded by

-bullrushes where a soggy raft is
moored,

=. Little creeks rattling through

corridors of salmonberry and
‘alder, slowing only in pools fill-
‘ed with three-foot Jong trout

continue to grow long after

" they’re ‘killed’ and eaten, are

some of the finest secret places.
_¢ Boysd become men but they
still seek out secret places: the
-fort becomes a den, or perhaps
“a cabin in the woods; the raft a
powerboar: the secret fishing
place might now be a jewel-like

cret pla

All boys have secret places in

lake surrounded by evergreens,
accessible only by air. It may be
a beaver pond filled with
weathered snags and trout gain-
ed only after a thrash through
near-impenetrable brush, or a

lively creek flowing over.

musseled beach into an estuary
filled with eelgrass, silvery bait-
fish and the predatory cut-
throats that hunt them, or it

may be the far side of a canyon _

poo] where, season after season,
other fishermen have failed to
notice the shadows of the sum-
merrun steelhead in its tailout.
‘Beautiful surroundings are a

“Necessary requirement for a*

special place, as are elbow room
and, for the angler, good
fishing. All anglers seek such
places. Many find them but let
them slip through their fingers.

Having found a special place,
the fisherman must contend
with an almost irresistable urge
to share its wonders with others.
Sometimes these confidences

The Skeena
- Angier |
~ by Rob Brown

are . kept, ©
betrayed. a
Many a secret place has been
ruined forever ‘after its magic
was revealed to a loose-lipped
fishing partner. The lament of a
man who introduced a former
friend to his El Dorado and
returned later to find his pal and
a crowd of his pal’s pals tossing
spoons into its waters is heard
too often in angling circles,
Kept secret, the secret place
becomes a classroom — a place
where the fisherman can
observe the interaction of its in-

habitants during the seasonal
flux. In his private spot this

angling student will ‘discover

there is more to learn from his . : '
 Hilton’s Lost Horizon, . Wahl

small spot in the cosmos than he
is capable of discovering and
absorbing in the short time
allotted to him. rn

...He will also discover. the

lessons learned there will have

_- extensions leading to a broader

understanding of the-world out-

side and the world within.
‘Ralph Wahl, a pioneer

steelheading flyrodder. from

protectin

’ Bellingham “Washington, had

such “a ‘place dn: the “Skagit

__- River. A side channel fed by the

- Main flow and a cteck at the -

_ lower-end, a hundred yards
long, a hundred feet wide: and

_ two fathoms deep at the deepest

_ » Spot, ;Wahl’s ..secret spot. —.
“Which he stumbled upon in the

_ eatly 19403 — provided him and

_;, & few: trustworthy friends with
Spectacular fishing and spiendid

moments year in and year out,

‘{n summer and winter, for more

sthan ‘45 years... yo

Taking -a leaf from John

dubbed his special place ‘the
Shangri-La pool. And each year

he’ returned expecting the

massive log jam that ‘protected
the run from the vagaries of the
main river to be blown out and

‘his beloved: pool with it. Even-

tually the Skagit did invade his
Shangri-La, but the process was
evolutionary and not complete
until Wahl, an artist with black-

Sai the

od

oo

and-white, had: ‘recorded. its
moods and some of his special
moments there with his camera,

With his pool gone, Wahl
decided to share some of- its
glory with a wider ‘circle’ of
friends. To this end, he made a-
booklet of. diary entries" and
photos that: later caught the eye

‘of a publisher and becamé'One

Man's Steelhead Shangri-La. -
Special places’ -are- special
because they are perennially en-
dangered: an estuary is lost to
log-booming, a lake to the crush
of urban sprawl, a:stream‘to @
dam, or, like the Shangri-La
pool, to natural causes: ~
The last plate in: the ‘book.

‘ shows a grey-haited Wahl} now

in. his | eighties, waders’ and:
fishing hat on, looking over the
slough that was once his special
place, possibly recollecting one.
of the 300 pilgrimages he made.
there, or dwelling. perhaps ‘on’
the special importance of secret’
places, a

SPORTS NEWS

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

TERRACE STANDARD

Bowler
bronzed

TERRACE — It seemed a
long way from the call of du-
ty, but Terrace firefighter
Ray Tremblay represented
the northwest in fine form at
the World Firefighters
Games.

Tremblay won the bronze
medal at the Games in 10-pin
bowling. They were held in
April near Auckland, New
Zealand.

League
shrinks

TERRACE — Terrace's
men’s soccer league has
shrunk from six teams to just
five, league spokesman Joe
Duben says.

One of the teams — Sinjur
Masonry Brickmen — has
dropped out of the league, he
said last week. Its players
have been redistributed
throughout the other teams
in the league, he added.

The Brickmen had been in
the basement in league stan-
dings, with a one-win, four-
loss, three-tie record. Their
exit leaves five teams in the
league: Skeena Hotel,
Western Seaboard, Terrace
Inn, North Coast Road
Maintenance, and the
N.T.C. Kickers.

The league is tightly com-
petitive this year, with few
runaway games. In previous
years, all-star teams
dominated, leading to a
decline in interest.

Soccer
school

Young tykes are gearing
up for this summer's annual
soccer training workshops.

Terrace’s Credit Union
Soccer School is set for July
16-20,

The training camps are
designed for boys and girls
aged five to 16. Players are
grouped by their ability and
receive 15 hours instruction,

Local organizers say its
not yet known which instruc-
tors will teach in Terrace, but
the provincial organization
has put to gether a teaching
staff that includes several
Canadian national players,

John Sneddon, Dino Alberti,
Darryl Wallace, John Con-
nor and Bill Connor.

The local contact is Liz
Ball, of the Terrace Youth
Soccer Association, and she
can be reached at 635-6511 or
638-0466.

-SPORTSCO PE-

including . Gerry’. Heaney, |

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OING TOE-TO-TOE, men’s league soccer players clash for
control of the ball in the middle of the field following a throw in
from the sidelines. In other soccer action, an oldtimer soccer

ties

Toe To Toe

Karate kids awarded belts

TERRACE — Children in the
local Chito-Ryu Karate Club
have completed their examina-
tions and the results are out.

Many of the youngsters have
qualified to move up & belt level
in the sport, .

The new belt-holders are:

* White Belt (ist stripe):
Carlo Desierto, Cari Brown,
Christie Brown, Leanne Crit-
chley, Nichole Sheppard.

© White Belt (2nd stripe):
Warren Connacher, Margo

Catalogue issed 7 a

McKeown, Jamie Janson, Mat-
thew Janson, Zoe North, Kevin
Andolfatto, Becky Heenan,
Angie Houlden, Kevin Bretfeld,
Davy Dosanjh, Babal Sanghera,
Karen Audet, Grace Mitchell,
Costa Sainis, Katie Dediluke,
Jenny Henderson, Charanne
Sheppard, Amar Parmar,
Steven Melton, Joshua Smith.

* Yellow Belt: Brian Corriea,
Harvaven Gill,

* Yellow Belt (ist stripe):
Michael Davies, Lanny- Par-

sons.

* Yellow Beli (2nd stripe):
Peter Murie, Andre Baron,
David Norman, Andrea Collis,
David Norman.

* Orange Belt: Paul Fleming,
Krista Collis, Jim Casey, Pat
Brophy.

* Orange Belt (ist stripe):
Lucas North,

® Green

Belt; Darcey

» McKeown, Robin McNeil,

Rosie Sanghera.
* Blue Bett: Lung Liu, Deb

-. Casey.,

Nor

Area hikes planned

TERRACE — Interested in hik-

, ing or .just exploring the

wilderness in our
backyards?

The Terrace Hiking Club has
set the dates for their July hikes,
and invites anyone interested io

join them. Most of the outings

own

get underway Sunday mornings,

with participants meeting at the
library.
For July:

* July 7-8 — Old telegraph .
trail walk. in the Kispiox area,
about 80 miles east of Terrace.”

Some old cabins remain, over-

fighter, Moderate hiking. Call —

Kelly Kline for more. info at

798-2535...

* July 1§ — Clague Moun-

tain. Moderate to steep. hike.

near Kitimat. About three hours
up and less down, Jim Thorne
leads, meet at Kitimat info sign
at 9 a.m., or the Terrace library

at 8 a.m. Bring lunch: Phone -

Jim at 632-6055 for moré info.
-. © July 22 — Como trail near
Seely Lake, 75 miles east of Ter-
race. Fairly easy trip if 4WD

available — three miles up |

mountain road and hike over
ridge to old mine area, railroad

on side of hill, camp buildings. .,

Also a good trail up one peak,,
reach 3,600 foot level, great for
Pictures, Meet at brary at 8

a.m, All day trip. For more info .

Hibrary,

call Vicki, at 635-2915.

® July 29 — Maroon Moun-
tain. Twenty miles north of Ter-
race Of pavement, great for pic-

tures, about a two-mile trail,

fairly steep, then open rolling
hike. Cute old cabin at end,
small takes, flowers, Meet at
library at 9 a.m. Call Vicki,
635-2935.

The club has also published a
more. than 40 page catalogue of
hikes for the Terrace area, All
are within an hour’s drive, and

‘come with detailed descriptions
and maps. The booklets are —

availabl club:
members, and are also at the |}:

available through

Ice
rink —
sought

for ice time at the arena has
sparked calis for the city to

build a second indoor. ice
Skating rink, wo

“There’s way too much de-
mand right now,” says Jake De
Jong, one of. the plan’s.:pro-
ponents. ‘‘The arena’s being us-
ed to capacity and there are

_ datge waiting lists of people try-
- ing to’ get-on,. There's
™ room ‘for then: alll." *‘*;

tno.

He said the ice users’ conamite.
tee is lobbying city council to
develop a plan to build a s¢cond
indoor ice surface in town, *

De Jong noted the afena’s
current ice-making plaht is
capable of running two sheets
of ice, but added that would
mean an expansion to the arena.

He suggested council could
also look building a new rink
alongside the proposéd ‘com-
munity/conference centre.

“Every user group you can
imagine wants ice time,’’ De
Jong said. ‘'We're basically
running the rink 18 hours a day
— from 5:30 or 6 a.m, to one
o'clock at night — and that’s
capacity.” yo

.

_ WHEN TINY TYKES and softball meet the result is usually
., stealing game, with the young base-runners on the move wit
= virtually every throw of the ball. Last Thursday night was ni
| exception down at Eik’s Park:as several:teams.of youngsters

met in the wind-down of minor softball action