~» Chris, | an
~ outing “half tolerable; in
fact,;1 didn’t have cold
~ hands, or feet at any time.

* tures,’ while’ -bein
--not-to fet any quills in our

THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 29, 1976, PAGE A?

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* Another Christmas is past
and the New Year is upon
us. On behalf of Bill Casey,
Superintendant of Parks &
Recreation in Terrace, and
his staff we would like to
wish you all a Happy New
Year and hope your Xmas
was everything you desired.

The New Year is starting
off with the registration for
the Swim Lessons and
Recreation Programs.at the
Terrace. Arena Office
between the ard and 7th of
January. All registrations
are.on a first come, first
setve basis. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This year the Recreation
Department will be bringing

SEARS ES
x

“It's getting into that time
of year when fishing has to

take:-a ‘back seat to other —

wintertime activites.

With breaks in the
weather, steelhead fishing is
still enjoyed by many of us.
As well, there is ice fishing
on some of the local lakes, or
if you want io travel further
afield, to many lakes in the
Smithers and Houston area.

Steelhead fishing in the
cold weather means iced up

ides, cold fingers, shelf
ise along pool edges and fish

. which are less active, both

in their efforts to get away

_or to grab the lure.

we found the

during the day. Chris got
snow in his beots, so_he
suffered: a little. The

_ mistake we made was not’

‘wearing snowshoes as the
snow was four feet deep in
places. Yes, it was tough
‘ going and we didn’t touch a
sh for our efforts. (if I can
make.any excuses,) we
were exploring some dif-
ferent water: and ice flows
did‘ hamper our efforts. .

i have been using a

yariety.of lures over this.

past season, with a gradual
reduction in the use of roe. [
have had- reasonably good

luck with Jensen eggs, (the
_.-lntéx artificlal imitation of

natural eggs) and was using

 thém “most of the day. I

switched to roe later on two
pools, but failed to touch a

Even though’ we left with
empty creels, the day

. wasn't a.bust. On the drive

_ up: the river’ we. spotted a
_precupine on the side of the
‘oad. We took a few pic-
-careful

hide. OF course; the scenery
is fantastic at this time-of
year, with, fresh snow
covering the landscape ‘and
high mountain

ture few ;
| TuRn to us

_ WITH COMFIDENCE
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in clinics for various ac-

tivities to be run by
provincial or national
organizations. The first of
these will be a Handball
Clinic to be held at Skeena
School on Saturday and
Sunday, January 22 and 23,
1977, times to be announced.
This will be a Team Hand-
ball Coaching Clinic run by
Mr. Ole Christiansen, who is
the coaching coordinator for
the Provincial Team
Handball Federation,

Mr. Christiansen is also
planning a - short
preparation session for
uture referees, which will

SOME HAPPENINGS IN
1976 AND WHAT TO LOOK
FORWARD TO IN "77:

1976 in many ways has
been a rather traumatic
year for those of us who
want to see northwestern
British Columbia stay free
from. any further en-
vironmental damage or
socialogical change
detrimental to a way of life
which is traditional to our
area. Contrary to many
opinions, I believe the
spectre of a_giant steel mill
complex being built in
Kitimat,would have brought
_about a real and unhappy
change upon the present
sport fishing opportunities
we now enjoy, as well as
some serious environmental

roblems adjacent to

itimat. . The . Japanese
company of Nippon-Kokan

f vhave decided (at least. for

the time being) not to go
ahead with this project. For

many of us we can breath a.

sigh of relief. Unfortunately

upon the-horizon has loomed.

an ‘even more menacin,

development — an. ol
pipeline to ship Alaska ail

om Kitimat to Edmonton.

The environmental im-
plications of this project are
well documented, so I won't
say any more. The question
at this time is, will it go
ahead or not? We will have
to wait unti] ‘77 for that

- answer. -

It seems: that this area |s
destined for some kind’ of
maior development — what
will it be and where? My
hope is that people in their:
efforts to bolster a sagging:
economy and a. horrendous
unemployment situation in
Terrace, will strive for
smaller kinds of develop-
ments for our region.
Developments that are
more in Keeping with our
way of life, e we ‘all
want to see an economic
recovery in the area, there
aremany who do not wish to
see major sociological and
environmental change come
about along with the
resurgence of the economy.
91977 could be a very im-

rtant year as far as the

_ future of our area is con-
cerned, For one who has
spent most of his lifein large

Games

referee. Anyone interested
in playing, coaching or
refereeing please contact
Roger Duity at the Terrace
Recreation Office, 638-1174.

The clinic is for both male
and female players. Hand-
ball can be played by
ev arvbody and all ages.
Nothing more ls needed than.
a ball, a playing field and
two goals. Handball is not an
expensive sport, Playing
fields or gymnasiums may
be used so that it can be
played all year round and is
not limited by the seasons.

The B.C. Northern Winter
ly upon us

metropolitan communities,
1 can tell you — ‘bigger is
not always better!’

ON SPORTS FISHING:
The coho and chinook
stocks were down in 1976
from the brood year, as well
as from 1975 sports fishing
season. The chinook runs.
were one of the lowest ever
and the coho return were
way down in the Lakelse.
Steelhead returns seemed to
be stable, with fair runs to
the Lakelse and Copper and
apparently better than
average to the Babine and
Kispiox, while the Morice
hada disastrous year. Many
of thesame problems of 1975
plagued the sports fishery in
1976, The commercial
salmon fleet continues to
‘incidentally’ catch large
numbers of _ summer
steelhead, while fishing for
salmon. Illegal net fishing 38
still a major problem on the
Skeena River. Outdated
salmon: sport fishing

regulations. continue -to .
‘allow excessive number of

salmon fo be caught, while
allowing non-residents to.
carry on canning salmon. A
puncheard for salmon has
not become a reality and
treble hooks continue to be
allowed on a num esin of
rivers prone snagging.
The slowness in branging
about a puncheard an

limiting lures to a single

hook continued to make the |

Fisheries Officers job very
difficult in 1976. ;

Lack of staff in the Fish &-
Wildlife Branch and to a
lesser extent in the
Fisheries Service frustrated
the efforts of both these
government branches while
cheating the general public
this past year..

The . Federal-Provincial
Salmonid. Enhancement
program became more than
a:dream in 1976 with
planning and_ public: in-
volvement well underway.

Cooperation between the
conservation movement, the
forest. .industry and the
Forest Service. was en:
couraging | , althoug
isolated. instances of. bad

road construction and .

logging practices still were
taking place. ~

NOTICE
"19977 Business Licence billings have
| ‘now been mailed. Any business not
receiving same is requested to contact |
ithe Licence Inspector for the District of
|Terrace. All businesses aro reminded —
| thet it Is an offence fo operate any
business without holding a valid)
| District of Terrace Business Liconco.

Sa

~ and at the time of writing

there ate playdowns taking
place to decide who wil
represent the region at
Dawson Creek. Events
which local athletes will be
taking part in
Badminton, Chess, Darts;'
there will be a ‘5-aside'
Soccer team from Kitimat,
Basketball, Dowzhill Skiing,
Gymnastics, Water Polo,

restling, Curling,:
Volleyball, Table Tennis
and Cross Country Skiing.

By January 15 we shall,
know exactly who }
trave. to Dawaon Creek.
More information on this
later. ;

SEES

For 1977 1 see some bright
spots for recreation sports
fishing and the conservation
of fish and wildlife. The
Salmonid - Enhancement

Program should get ap.

proval from the federal and
provincial cabinets in 1977
with the result that firm
commitments can be made
, towards various projects,
and programs. I see im-
.proved cooperation and
understanding by various
government bodies and
. some politicians with the
environmental movement.

From a more negative |

viewpoint, I can see no
improvement in

strengthening of the Fish &°

"Wildlife Branch or Fisheries
Service in our area, with
‘further reductions in
government spending being
predicted in .1977. As well,
my prediction is that no
major changes will be made
in salmon sport fishing
regulations in 1977.

The oil pipeline continues.”

hers

to'loorna very "menacing. My
view is that many. eng ay

. people and politicians will .
to view en-.

continue
. vironmentalists as ‘kooks,
communists, way-out kinds
of people’ — resulting in

continued confrontation and |"

antagonism. .
As well, there is a major
difference in thinking, in
which the business com-
munity and most politicians
support the idea that growth
ig the salvation to- all
mankind, while the en-

» vironmehtalists believe that Jf

all growth is bad. The
inability ay both- sides to
find a middle ground will not
help either. our own com-

munity or the province as a-

whole in 1877.
In closing off this week's
column, let us look forward
to all people here in the
“northwest taking time to

understand each others

points of view and work

together. ini 1977.
Merry Christmas to ail

and tight lines in 1977. -

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Kitimat 11 Prince Rupert 1

Peewee Pup

Tournament
at Terrace

TO PRESSTIME TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28
TEAMS DIVISION

December 27 . .
Inland Kenworth 5 Dave's Plumbing 1
Terrace 7 Kitimat 1 ;
Smithers 4 Prince Rupert 3

Inland Kenworth 7 Dave's Plumbing 4
Smithers 1 Kitimat 4

Inland Kenworth 2 Skoglund Logging 2
Terrace 3 Prince Rw 3 . .
Skoglund Logging 6 Stewart 1

December 28 .

Dave’s Plumbing 3 Stewart 3

Smithers 5 Prince Rupert 0

Inland Kenworth 3 Skoglund Logging 4
Dave’s Plumbing 5 Stewart4 -

worn Wb >bi>ew

Bantam
Tournament
at Kitimat

TO PRESSTIME TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28

TEAMS DIVISION

December 26

CASAW 4 Home Service 8

K.T. Sports B Terrace Bear Creek 6
Kitimat 5 Terrace 8

Prince Rupert 1 Kitimat 7

December 27

Terrace Bear Creek 10 CASAW 2
Terrace 8 Prince Rupert 3 __
K.T. Sports 6 Home Service 12

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December 28

Prince Rupert 2 Terrace 9 : oe A

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