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Young athlete tumbles and vaults her way to medal finish with Team BC
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THE FIRST local gymnast in over a decade. to compete in:
the Western Canadian Gymnastics Championship landed EE
herself a silver medal with Team BC. aes
Kayla Brinkac, 12, grabbed the victory in vault,at the team. ;
- event, which contributed to the team’s second place finish. -
She placed 10th on beam, 12th on bars, 13th on floor, and
scored herself a 10th place finish overall.
Brinkac was only nervous before her beam routine, after.
having trouble with her back handspring back layout.
“I stuck it in the warmup and fell in competition,” she’

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at Phen’ I last spoke to. my “mother « on The championship marked Brinkac’s. first time travelling | i
er - the phone, { thanked her for sending — away ‘from home and was just as exciting as she hoped. on
cote >me a recent copy of Time magazine. |. ‘She had the chance to be on her own without her parents © a.
ae _-V-.. “That’s fine dear,” she said. “I know and prepare for the events by herself, such as doing her o own a? i
ape you’ re interested in the environment: and thought | ‘hair and taping her hands. " mn |
I “you'd like-to read that i issue.” ee ‘She stayed in a hotel room with her four provincial team-.. i
o 7 It was the April 3rd i issue of Time. ee f mates and they all became good friends, she said, i
~ There i ds a-shot ofa polar bear. on the cover. The Roo, é
. . great bear.is standing on a soggy piece of ice, cran- 4
_ _ {|} ing its thick neck to peer at water surging through a.” | think she did great for her first major
“1 crack in the rapidly diminishing. floe that surrounds - competition, sd --Erin Sandhals ‘
| its, The-ice sheet, glassy and wet, spreads out and }
on then fades toblack. a "
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a headlines: = -.Coach Erin Sandhals, who coached Kayla for two years _
ae F a when she was six years old and again this year, believed her
ee SPECIAL REPORT © _ ; young student would do. well at Westerns, particularly on i
ee ee GLOBAL WARMING © _ floor and vault. , i
“2? BE WORRIED. -. ox... J “Y think she did-great for her first major competition,”
BE. VERY WORRIED. » ,.°. -f Sandhals said, adding that Brinkac does struggle with beam
So 7 and bars, the two hardest pieces of.equipment to master. =~
nt ere ‘Climate change i isn "t some vague. ‘ Brinkac plans to'compete in the final event.of the season,
|, +]. © future problem — it’s already eno the Prince George invitational meet, during the last weekend
“roy UE’ damaging the planet at an alarming ss [Of May. She may travel down south to train over the summer”
ss pace. Here’s how it affects you, . and will return next year for one more season as a novice.
. your kids and their kids aswell '.. Her goal is to qualify for Nationals, which won’t be for a
7 - _ couple: of years until she’s old énough.
en E ARTH AT THE TIPPING POINT -:' |... Olympics are too far away to think about yet, but ‘she al-
“sie. GANADA’S ARCTICMELTDOWN: ~ “ready knows she wants to coach some day.
“T° HOW CHINA & INDIA CAN HELP | Brinkac shows her dedication to the sport by training five
fo SAVE THE WORLD - days each week for 20 hours and helping Sandhals coach
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fh ocean Boa eS ravens 0 She’s started to: Jearn coaching and is ‘beginning to under-.
‘bie -(Litalicized the word. “very. ” The editors at Tinie stand it, which improves her performance, said Sandhals.
| set the adverb in red to emphasize the urgency.) Brinkac can start assistant coaching at age 13 and can
| The alarming nature of the cover is underscored | take her Level 1 coaching at 16.
| by the fact that Time Magazine Inc. decided to de- Sandhals believes Brinkac will qualify for Nationals one
‘| vote an entire issue to it. | day. KAYLA BRINKAC won silver as a member of Team BC at the Western Canadian
= This was not Mother Jones or any of a host of “She is a very hard worker.” she said. - Gymnastics Championship in Saskatoon. MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO
a similar magazines that can be accused of a left lean- . . o, , -
_ ‘J ing environmental bias, this is Time. z —_
_ The pop media, of which Time is unquestionably ng .- _
".". ([) part, still tries to engender controversy by creating | - t tt , | f
-é jf an illusory debate over global warming. Peti e C a Nn g e e e) aye rs Dp ro U O e O :
Ever since the concept first saw the light of day -
ot there has been a debate, to be sure, but the media
| teary catvasi beinpeonn se | | ATLL UNEX expected championship placing
i schools of scientific thought going head to head-
|. over whether the planet was heating up to a melt CONTRIBUTED —  Tuininga, team parent. Janelle Tuininga to share he high Miranda Tuininga broke up nu-
down, : ; - The team showed its nerves in’ scorer honours. < merous plays to aid the team to -
: True, there has been a debate, There always is in DESPITE NEW PLAYERS, a_ the first game against Houston and The completion of found robin victory.
_ the world of science where | progress is powered by “move up from novice to petite suffered a 9-2 loss. __ play resulted in a three-way tie for The win ‘earned Terrace a spot
dialectic Process. and low expectations, the: Petite After regrouping and realizing second place. | in the semifinal.
The two sides of this. particular issue consist C ringette team came home with that playing ringette in Vernon At the end of the tie- “breaking Burnaby proved to be a tough ;
of an overw helming number of scientists who say | { 4 fourth place finish and pride isn’t much different than play- procedures, the Petite C's found: opponent, handing Terrace a 9-3 q
‘global warming is an enormous threat to us all, 7° | ‘for . a well-played provincial ing at home, the Petites thrashed. _ themselves in third place, meaning —_ loss, then going on to win gold.
_and a handful of scientists, shills for big business championship. Penticton 8-3. : ‘they had to play Port Coquitlam _. The Petite C’s- played Prince |
mostly, who nitpick about the methodology of their _" Six of the 12 players were . ' Karyn Roseboom netted four once again. . George in the bronze medal match, ° ;
colleagues. . pulled up from the novice level to goals to be the game's high scorer. _ Parents and fans prepared them- a game that saw scoring go back - H
| Ineffect - in reality - there i is no debate. If you play against older and bigger kids. Nerves became an issue again _ selves to be just as loud as the op- and forth and ending in a 7-4 loss, Wl
" think there is, put your coat on and take a walk along “With no dreams of “in game three as the Petites had to ponents’ fans. placing Terrace in fourth:
“the Skeena River. Have you ever seen it this low? grandeur, this team, along with — endure a very loud crowd cheering Armed with pots and spoons, The players came home proud © |
Or, take a look at the shrinking glaciers that feed its coaches and parents; came. for Port Coquitlam, who slammed Terrace fans cheered the Petites to of themselves for playing much
the cold water streams that irrigate our valleys. . away from Vernon ‘feeling Terrace 13-8. | a 7-6 win. . better than anticipated and eager -
‘Sure glaciers have been shrinking for a long proud for playing way beyond Roseboom joined Marco Qual- Goalie Amy Qualizza blocked to learn more next { year, said Tuin- \
time, what’s worrying is the rate at which they, like . their “expectations,” said Julia izza, Amy Hoornenborg and__ several shots and defensive player inga. — ,
the massive Greenland ice sheet, have been shrink- . . _ Ce
ing. i

Or, you can recall all the recent winters that
_ weren’t. Or consider the number of all-time warm-
est years in the last decade perhaps.
.. And if these phenomena fail to convince, read - Ss “Ss po rts Ss M enu_
Time, April 3rd issue, wherein the feature writ- . CO re. O arc
ers state: “‘ The debate is over. Global warming is
-upon us ~ with a.vengeance. From floods to fires, a April 19

; -droughts'to storms; the climate is crashing.” on ~ Men’ 's indoor soccer final standings . _ Terrace Women’s Soccer Association holds its annual
~ |" J€ after all this, you still have lingering doubts, ——_—— : general meeting at 7 P. m. at the aquatic centre. All members
): J) then you should consider the fact that the head welcome.

honchos ‘in the Pentagon submitted their concerns
to George Bush in the hope that he would initiate |
a some meaningful action.

= George didn’t. Comforted by his belief in the
= Rapture, George continued to guide the American
: ship of state toward the rocks.

_° Denial is an impediment to solutions. As Time
-points out, the increase in atmospheric carbon diox- "
ide is largely due to the exertions of man, meaning
us.

= April 23
A free Spockids biking clinic goes at Ferry Island. To reg-
ister. or for more info, call Lucy at 635-1191.or 638-7603.

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‘Totem Saddle Club riders gallop into the new season with a
full day of events at the Thornhill Community Grounds. Clear
Rounds Day and Gymkhana start at 10 a.m. and Percentage
Day goes at 11 a:m-. For more details, contact Marty Cox at
633-2350 (Clear Rounds), Laurie Muller at 635-9401 (Gym-
khana) or Natasha Candelora at 635-6967 (Percentage Day).

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Despite being signatories to the Kyoto Accord,
our country continues to be one of the planet’s.worst
carbon polluters. We need to urge our government:
a to embrace emission reductions and urge the oppo-
sition to bring the government down if they don’t.

On an individual basis, ways to live sustainably
and lessen our deleterious impact on the atmosphere
are set out on the website of the man we voted our a :
greatest living Canadian, Dr. David Suzuki. a

Google the Suzuki Foundation and examine Forestry 12 8 May 1 and 3
their plan for sustainability within a generation. Forestry : Terrace Women’s Soccer Association registration goes at
Only our collective will has the possibility of avert- 2 - ——— 4 the aquatic centre from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more informa-
ing the cataclysm. \ Eric Metzmeir Internationals 12 tion, call Kasey at 635-6074 or Nina at 635-5480.

| April 26

The Terrace Ringette Association holds its annual gen-
eral meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Cassie Hall library. Parents
of all players are asked to attend.