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The. Parks and Recreation
Department is the proud owner of
a brand new, $4,250 "Rad Ramp"
fibreglass skateboarding ramp. City
council approved the purchase
Monday night. Some city residents
may have already seen the 1/2 pipe

‘ramp in the arena parking lot, and

may have been curious as to its
purpose. Skateboarders swoosh
across the flat surface, up one end,
back across the flat surface, up the

. other end, back across the flat

surface... and they throw in a few
original moves while they’re at it.

Recreation Committee chairman
Rick King says the idea to pur-
chase the 1/2 pipe was originally
introduced by Danny Sheridan
during last spring’s budget deliber-
ations. It made the cut. In the final
draft of the 1991 budget, $5,000
was set aside for the eventual
purchase of a 1/2 pipe. Sheridan,
though, says there’s a bit more to

_it than that. He says skateboarding

youngsters went to recreation
superintendent Steve Scott first to
talk about building a concrete or
wood ramp, Concrete was out
because it couldn’t been moved,
and wood was rejected because of
the amount of work in obtaining

donated wood and building the
ramp. It was only a couple of
weeks ago, says Sheridan, that
Scott found a 1/2 pipe distributor
in LaCombe, Alberta.

Alderman Ruth Hallock said
prior to the vote that she wasn’t
really convinced that the city
needed a 1/2 pipe at first, but said

she had visited the site to see the
kids in action and, "Danny Sheri-
dan was absolutely right." She said
the kids she saw were having a
great time. Asked why the 1/2 pipe

was in the arena parking lot before

the purchase was approved by
council, King said the salesman
simply left it so the kids could try
it out.

We asked council as a whole if
the purchase didn’t stray a bit from
their usual stand of "user pay" and
"it might set a precedent". The
basic drift of their answer: A 1/2
pipe is considered playground
equipment. It’s for kids... They
can’t pay. But other youth groups
pay their own way. "They’re or-
ganized by adults."

There is a positive side to the
purchase of the 1/2 pipe, though.
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city streets for months and the: 1/2
pipe may give these skateboarders
a better, safer place to play. Sher-
idan estimates there are about 100
skateboarders in town. One group
who may benefit the most is the
Sundance Skateboard Team. This
group got together about a month
and a half ago and didn’t do well
in their first competition in Prince
Rupert. But now they have a place
to train. Members of the Sundance
team are Shawn Goodwin, Jeff

Martin, Nate Sabine, Kevin Carl- |

son and Aydan Sheridan.

Skydivers

on their own f

The Pacific Northwest Skydiving
Club would like to continue using
the Woodcock airstrip near Cedar-
vale and have asked the Kitimat-
Stikine Regional District for a little
help. The help they're getting,

though, may be a little different -

than they expected.

In a letter to the regional district,
club secretary Laura MacGregor
states that they have been using
the Woodcock airstrip since 1970
but were unable to renew their
lease with Transport Canada this
year because Public Works Canada
has the airstrip up for sale. "We
have come to understand that the
regional district is in favour of
maintaining Woodcock as an air-
strip," writes MacGregor. "Your
support is heartily appreciated."

Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 3, 1991 BS |

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RAD RAMP, at a cost of $4,250, is now the property of the Parks
and Recreation Department for the free use of skateboarding

youngsters in the area.

The regional district, though, has
no interest in owning Woodcock.
Public Works Canada has written
several letters trying to spark «a
little interest in the sale but the
regional board refuses to be
swayed. Now they think’ the

skydiving club should think about
buying it for themselves. "It’s
better in private hands,” says direc-
tor Pete Weeber. And from fellow
board member Les Waimough,
"Let’s give them all the informa-
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