B12 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Sports Scope > Runner places second i In Vancouver half-marathon. ED ANSEMS ran to second place“in the. 55- to 59- year-old age group at the Scotia Bank ‘Vancouver Half-Marathon June 26. His time of 1:30.43 placed him 117th out of 3 000 . runners who finished the event, which served as the 2005 B.C. half-marathon championship. ; . _ |. | “I guess that I can brag for a while that I’m the sec- .. ond fastest half-marathon runner in my age group in the province,” he said. . “J would have.liked to have run. somewhat faster but I’m still extremely happy that I placed second. ” w. Please have your dog leashed or fenced-in away from your mail boxes on Wednesdays and Saturdays so your newspaper g carrier can deliver your paper. | ‘Special Olympians medal up at Summer Games «SPECIAL. OLYMPIANS rose to the challenge and. won several medals at the Provincial Summer Games. _.» Two swimmers topped the medal podium. Reynold _ Starr won gold, silver and bronze. Donna Hepworth - won gold. . “We're. teally, really pleased; ” said Jo Buck, media. - ‘contact for Terrace Special Olympics. 7 . The regional soccer team, which includes four local - : players, won bronze in the C-division. ‘It was the first time for a northwest soccer team to '* |. participate in-the event, held this year in the Comox : Valley. Kickers win tourney ‘Ball boy a -.THE TERRACE Kickers continued their winning way, notching another victory in the Greenville Soccer Tournament July land.2. | ~The Kickers began by shutting out GAC 3- 0, then _. followed with a win over New Aiyansh. The Kickers | | . defeated the Masters in a hard fought game but ended | -modes scored the first goal to tie the game with. Bulkley Valley at the recent soccer zones. at® Christy Park. The Kermodes won 2-1 but lost to Prince George the next day, putting them out of contention for the provincials in Kamloops. CURTIS DE SOUSA of the ‘Terrace U-15 Ker "|". the round robin with a 2- 1 loss to Gitsegukla. . MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO Sports. _Menu__ =. July 16 and 17 “Terrace Stock Car ‘Asso-. ciation drives ‘in the annual Memorial Races starting at - 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. _. Sunday. For more info, con-’ . tact the’ Terrace Speedway at 635-9060., B July 16 and 17 Skeena Valley Junior Open.tees off at the Skeena Valley Golf: and. Country _. Club. For more info, contact ~ the pro shop at 635-2542. @ July 18 and 19 Free Nordic walking fit- ness clinics go on Monday — at 3 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays clinics walk at 7:30 a.m., 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pre-register by calling All Star Shoes at 635-6703. Distance correction IN THE June 29 Standard, we incorrectly reported that half marathon runner Ed Ansems had nearly ran: 50,000 miles, about 83,000 km, and that: he treks 45 miles or 75: km each week. And ‘45 miles converts to ~ about 72 km. We apologize for. our distance estimate and return uled run. pie erasers Bitte taae are earn a ra ta ssc sae: Ak Es iy Pp AAarictencicsier ms Be nae > i | Open House The Kitlope Management Committee, representing the Haisla Nation’and British Columbia, invites you toan open house. j "In fact, 50,000 miles con- verts to 80,467 km. * you to your regularly sched- RIE, The open house i is aimed at sharing information on the Kitlope Management Planning Process that is currently underway. The | open house is also intended to gather information on the issues, concerns and potential options to address stated concerns within the Huchsduwachsdu Nuyem Jees / Kitlope Heritage Conservancy. Kitimat: City Centre Mall, July 14 2005, 12-2 &4-6 p.m. - Terrace: Skeena Mall, July 15 2005, 4-8 p.m. Kitamaat Village: Recreation Centre, July 18 2005, 3-7 pn m. From front Athletes battle . .Natou Kurtz’s 20 laps. translated into just enough points to. squeeze McDonald out ‘of the top spot, leaving both men | with 669 and 668 points respectively. Third place went to Jon Lambert with Travis Carter com- ing in a close fourth. The junior division saw. an excellent race between its five competitors: Chapen Leblond, Matthias Muller, Connor Gough, Kyle Holtom and the only girl to enter in that divi- — ‘sion, Marlee Cater. ~ 7 _ Top spot went to Muller. who wowed onlookers by plac- - ing second over all ( men and women included) in the Hot- house King of the Mountain footrace July 1 as well as put- ting in top-three finishes in the Azad Adventures climb, the Psycho Cycle and the 8 Hour event. And two times is a charm for 11-year-old Sheldon Sma- ha who was crowned youth division champion for the sec- ond year in a row. Last: ‘year, Smaha shared the honour with Dawsen Leblond. He prefers the new one-weekend format. ° “It was really hard work because we did it all in one weekend,” Smaha concedes but adds the way the momen- tum builds throughout the weekend is much more exciting - and made him look forward to the subsequent events all that much more. ‘> He plans to come back next year to defend his title for a third year in a row. “My friends all are joining next year, they all think it’s really good.” | _ Organizers are already preparing for the 2006 series which is expected to also take place over the Canada Day long weekend July 1,.2 and 3. tay, 2 DAY TRIPS to Pike Island near Prince Rupert. Tsimshian archeology tour, seafood ‘dinner, sleep in an authentic _longhouse. Next 3 weekends. Kitople Valley _ = § days wilderness kayaking August 1st - 4th Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bears and Humpback Whales - 5 day sea kayaking/ camping trip August 70th - 14th. Call Paul and Gina at 638-1887 or check out www.blackfish.ca | iinnemeeimnii SN OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE We invite you to join us at one of our three open houses BRITISH COLUMBIA www. gov. be.ca on Ser aN ieee cs Metuchen ‘ = Rupert was beautiful. REYKJAVIK | AMSTERDAM Stix, October fa, 2008 BERMUDA November 2005 HONOLULU Sani, December EL, 2005 ' ROME. — March 2006 ; ¢ oo . fa) ; 1 / : . Walk or Run ‘ ‘ ? one of the great Sas yy “A marathons , TES: ' 8 2Nes of the world. ‘ DIABETES: oy 1d aes | se ge y Aventis Partners in Progress Aventar u prowl to nuppurt dacbetes research, education, service and adeacacy tn Canada through the Canadian Diabetes Asnetatton. Presence of the Canadian Pachetes Asocration logy does nat constitute an endorsement of the products ve wervtecs of Aventis 1-800-665-6526 x 246 www.teamdiabetes.ca i 2005 has been a busy : month at the Happy Gang, the whole upstairs area has been - redecorated and tidied up. We -are planning an open house in - September to celebrate the 25th - anniversary of the center, Two members of the Happy | Gang went to Quadra Island for the annual. convention. It was interesting and very informative, the trip down by ferry from Prince : . aa Neve Spats ' Gowen 4 * Coma News Aboriginal : Chids : - “+ Eneanment& se “os oe river 0 Weather a ta “An goth Birthday party was held about a week ago for those reaching 80 this month. May McFarland and ° Cora Hayward received a certificate and pin from the city and best wishes from many friends. . Several of our gang have been in hospital including Aileen Frank and Barbara Cullis. We wish everyone a speedy recovery and hope you-all © have a good summer. This month we have chosen Barbara Nelson as our senior of the’ month. One of the younger members © of the. Happy Gang she brings fresh: ideas to the center, a good cook. Barb works in the kitchen for lunches, pot luck suppers, the bazaar etc. She is on the board of directors sings . with the glee. club and taken on the | job of keeping their song books in s order. Barbara is a member of the senior advisory committee out. of | city hall. As second vice president, | she found herself chairing our last . general meeting, a little nervous as it was her first time she dida great job. Have a good day. i