Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 15, 1991 — Page C1

Hockey
finale

MALCOLM BAXTER 638-7283

TERRACE STANDARD

Page B3

Open right up their al

|. two of her 14 swims,

~ recent Sprint. into Spring meet.

Terrace Bluebacks proved
generous. hosts for their,
Sprint into Spring meet, ex-’
“cept when it came to the
pool. "

Led by the usual powerful
swims of Aimee Peacock,
Cory Holland, Tina Holland
and Garth Coxford, the
Bluebacks amassed 3494
points to take the meet.

_ Peacock left her op--
ponents in her wake in all but
the
100m and 200m freestyle
where she finished second.
Tina Holland picked up
- nine firsts and was also never
“gut of the first'two in her'1S ©

_faces while brother Cory not-

-ched top. three finishes in

each of his efforts, racking

“up 11. wins. and proving
“unbeatable over 50m and

# 100m. :

Coxford also recorded 15

q “top three results including six

|) wins. That performance was .

Joey.

Losier
best

in the
nation

RISING STAR. Chris Kerman, 10, is seen nearest camera put-
“ting in another. fly-ing performance at the Terrace Bluebacks’

Underlining coach Bill Nash's

Hosts wit

particularly impressive,
coach Bill Nash pointed out,
because he was also involved
in a basketball tournament
and the Music Festival that
same weekend.

Showing why he and Cox-
ford are becoming known as
the club’s latest dynamic
duo, David Vanderlee kept
up the momentum with two
wins and five each seconds

|

races,

the most

the future.”

Sarah Thompson, also 10,
turned in solid performances
swim after swim, finishing.in

the top six in all but two —

races and collecting two
seconds and a third,

For two. other 10-year-
olds, Stacey Parr and Andrea -

Davis, Nash said the ‘Sprint’ —

proved ta be their
breakthrough meeting . and—

Nash had high praise for the the 10 and under
girls, the strongest group of that age he'd seen.

and thirds.

Nash also had high. praise
for the younger Bluebacks at
the meet, particularly the 10

_ and under girls, the strongest

group of that age he’d seen.
Leading the charge here
was Marina Checkley, 10,
with five wins and four
seconds, Describing her as an
‘amazing sprinter, he added,
“She’s someone to watch in -

Joey Losier returned home
Monday a Canadian champion.
One of ‘five B.C. boxers at

last week’s National Junior

boxing championships in Sar-

nia, Ont., Losier, 15, continued
the devestating form which has
made him invincible in this pro-
vince lately.

In his first.two .132Ib. class
bouts, Losier sent his New-
foundland and Alberta op-
ponents crashing to the canvas
in the second round for the ten
count.

That set up the Sunday morn-
ing gold medal bout against
Carl Brassard of Quebec.
Although unable to come up

that pair, Audrey Erb and ~
Jennifer Vanderlee are now
definitely the -‘‘new: kids on--
the block’’.
Another up-and-comer is »
Chris Kerman, 10, who he
suggests could be successor
to Garth Coxford. Kerman
picked up three wins and two

thirds while failing only once |

to reach the final six.
Doug McKenzie in ‘senior

with another knockout, Losier
completely dominated the fight
shutting Brassard out 15-0 on
the computer point scoring
system used at the champion-
ships.

For Losier the result was
sweet reversal. of his ’91- ex-

_ perience when he came out on:

the wrong end of a split decision
and had to settle for silver.
Not. surprisingly, the word
from Terrace and B.C. coach
Jeff Dilley is

_ flying.”

Also in the medals was Ter-
race Boxing Club member Dar-
ren Bell. Fighting at 156lbs.,
Bell Jost his first fight to defen-
ding champion Brad Smith of

prediction. he will become one of the forces in the club in the
future, Kerman sped to top six finishes in at! out one of his 13

‘also picked up their fair J

_ were instructors with the club

“He's just

boys and Tori McKenzie, §
Denise Vanderlee and Tam-
my Clarabutt in senior girls

share of events, but Nash
highlighted the ‘‘con- |
siderable character and §
leadership’’ they had shown.

Apart from competing in jj
their own events, he pointed
out Vanderlee and Clarabutt

and therefore also had

coaching duties to carry out Mi:

during the meet.
As well as the individual |
successes, the Bluebacks add-
ed four wins, three seconds §
and a third-in~team relay §
events.
Kitimat Marlins (1877 pts.)
edged Prince Rupert Marlins
(1846) for second spot with
Masset Eagles and the newly
formed Bulkley Valley Otters &
filling out the remaining
places. 7
For cetailed results, see page C2.

Alberta but came away with his
second consecutive nationals
bronze. Smith went on to win
the gold again.

Overall, the B.C. team came
away With three titles — the
highest percentage of golds of
any team at the event — and
two bronze.

Wally Valdez of Burnaby
edged defending champion
Jonathon Yellow Knees of
Alberta by a single point to win
the 1391bs. class, Matt O°Brien
of Cranbrook also picked up
gold.and Tom White of Cran-
brook took bronze after losing
his first fight to Albertan defen-
ding champion Jason Smith.

Terrace bowlers underlined
their reputation as one of the
most dominant alleys in the
north at the Northwest Open in
Mackenzie April 3-5.

And, once again, it was the
ladies who struck hardest.

Diane Francis, Sherry
Lopushinsky, Cecile. Boehm,
Darlene Frank, Diane Campbell
and Lori Roberts combined to
defend Terrace’s title and take
the gold in the ladies team
event.

In doing so, they also bowled
the highest team score of any
event over the weekend — 1340.
Sherry Lopushinsky (371) and
Diane Francis (363) also bowled
high singles scores.

Lopusinsky went on. to add
another gold to her collection in
the ladies singles, Diane Francis
made it a loca! one-two with the
silver and defending champ
Boehm settled for fourth this

time.

ley

Lopushinksy, . Francis,
Boehm and Monica: Peacock
also filled out four. of the: five
places on the ladies. all-star
team, Hannah Wilson.of Prince
George taking the remaining
spot. ,

Local bowlers also made the
finals in both the men’s and
mixed events but had to ‘be
satisfied with the runner-up
spot. Men’s silver medalists
were Greg Saunders, Leif
Thomson, Randy Durand, Glen
Brink; Don Collison and John
Rasmussen coached by Roy
Campbell.

Campbell was joined by
‘Sherry Lopushinsky in coaching
the mixed team of Dave Wiebe,
Monica Peacock, Dennis Ward,
Marlene Thornton, Jim Duffy
and Debbie Middleton.

Terrace Bowling Lanes also

took the aggregate title for.the
third consecutive year.

Seniority asserted

Ten local bowlers are coun-
ting down to May 9, the date for
the zone finals and a shot at
representing the northwest in
the B.C. Senior Games.

Topping the 21 bowlers who

took part in the March 28 Ter-

race playoffs was Allan Dubeau
who turned in a 625 total for the
three game seriés.

With placings being decided
on the basis of pins over — the
amount by which a player's
score exceeded their average —
Dubeau's plus 157 left him well
clear of his opponents. |

Also lifting their game when
it counted were Norma Lefran-

cois (569-plus 98), Don Sharpe
(675-plus 87), Ida McCann
(426-plus 60) and Florence
Schulmeister (438-plus 57) to fill
out the remainder of Terrace’s
first team.

-The city’s second entry at the
zones. will be made up of Fred
Gagnon (603-plus 51), Bill Ross
(582-plus 51), Dolly Roberts
(551-plus 44), Joe Schulmeister
(553- plus 40) and Paul Lefran-
cois (649-plus 37).

The Terrace Lanes are hosts
to this year’s zones which get
under way at 1 p.m., Sunday,
May 9.

Kitwanga defend
undercover title ©

Kitwanga will be back in Ter-
race this weekend to defend its
Provincial Indoor Soccer Cup.

KFC won last year’s inaugral
event and are one of eight teams
who will be vying for the title
this time.

Organizer Joe Duben said’

they will be up against their

’ hometown rivals the Kitwanga

Rangers and challengers from
Port Edward, Kitimat, -Green-

ville, Skeena Crossing, Smithers .

and Terrace.

The tournament will get
under way this Friday, April 17
beginning at approximately 4
p.m. and will continue through
the holiday weekend with the
semi-finals and finals taking
place Monday morning.

All games are being played in
the Thornhill Jr. Secondary
school gym. Teams are limited
to 10 players, including the
goalie.

When the teams take to the
floor, there will be more at

stake than just pride. With an.
entry fee af $400 and all that be-.
ing returned in prizes, Duben
points out a total of 33, 200 will’
be on the line.

There will also be trophies for
the top teams, most’ valuable
player, all star team members

. and the top goalie and scorer.
"kok kk

‘Although only held in Ter-
race, Duben is determined the
Indoor Provincial Cup will one
day live up to its name.

When the idea was originally
floated with the provincial soc-
cer body, it was welcomed.

- However, B.C. Soccer subse-
quently had to drop out.

As a result, the event remains
a primarily northwetern one for
the moment.

However, Duben is determin-
ed to keep the province-wide
concept alive. He says he will be
seeking sponsorship from major
corporations next year as a first,
and vital step to expanding the
competition.

; “What's. that awful smell,
Dad?"’ asked the boy.
-The.man squinted into the

1 smog-filled distance and pulled

- down-the sun visor. “It’s from

4<the mills at the end of the valley,

Bill,’ the man answered in the
slightly irritated and exhausted

_answered toa’ many questions.
“Tf it bothers you, roll up your
window.”

~The boy pulled back the lever.
The window glided smoothly up

“its tracks sealing out the hum of

the. rubber against the road.
They passed over and through

the orange bridge. The boy look-

ed down at the river. Some tires

| lay partly on the beach and partly
in the water. A car was parked in.

the lot next to the river, Garbage
from a dumpster someone had

ment. A group: of adolescents

‘lizards basking ona large,'grey
rock.

“Hey look; Dad,” shouted the
boy, “there's, a 1992 ‘Ford
Taurus,”’ or

Sas

voice parents get when they havé by..

knocked over littered the pave-’

was draped over the old car like:

; in- fact most of the foads: wer

The man, who had drifted off into
a thicket of bitter half-formed
thoughts that grew from trouble
finding a job and the increasingly
troubled marriage,- started and
returned :to the present in time
to see the smooth contours of
the vintage car as they passed
b a

“Yeah, that’s a Taurus alright.
It-was a fine car, a fine.car,’’ the

man said wistfully. '*They don’t -

make them like that anymore.”

They rolled past the series of
‘warehouses, the buildings all
white, all with rust coloured
roofs. The boy peered down the

alley way between each one, It _

-looked as if they had no end.
“You had a Taurus once, didn’t
you Dad?”
“Huh, oh yeah, Your Grandad

- bought bought it for me when J

graduated, It was a real beauty: -
“blue and shiny and fast.’ The.
‘man. chuckled, pushed a little’

harder-on the ‘accelerator, then

continued. ‘‘We didn’t treat -it

very well, though. Back in those
- days there were unpaved roads,”

The Skeena
Angler

by Rob Brown

Once the site was built and new roads cut, it -
became easier and more appealing for other | ins
dustries to build | in the corridor.

“unpaved. We rodded around
town in the Taurus, we went on
fishing trips in her — we took her ~:
places she wasm’t meant to go.

“Fishing?” asked the’ boy.

“On “yeah, we used to ‘catch:
fish ‘in‘-all the rivers“ around
here.” They passed the abandon- ms

‘ned steel mill and began climbing
the hill leading to the turn-off to.

the copper smelter...

‘The boy looked at the ‘towering 7
se pyramid: of. nondescript... in-,
°° “duatrial- waste

“feel: another. question: forming.
“He waited for it to surface and

burst into the air like: a bubble ih.

‘he’ man: ould.”

Give an inch, take the consequences

a water cooler, It did.

“Did you catch fish here, in
this river?’’

“In the Kitimat? You bet we
did, We caught steelhead in the
spring, trout and coho .

“Coho?”

‘Yeah, coho. A smaller salmon
than the great big chinook. we
caught here in the summer.”

The boy looked at the river,

brown on the edges and barren. -

“What about now? Are there any
fish:now?’? .

The man shook his head. “No,
-not now,” he said sadly. They
‘passed by the acid factory, then
another asphalt desert.

“What happened to them,”
asked the boy.

Well,” said the man, ‘we us- .

‘edto cut.trees around here, 50M

The we ran out of trees — at®
-least enough trees to- provide.

jobs for the people living here.

Someone. said we needed:a mill . .
"lo provide jdbs and they built it
“up the road, near the small Jake
we passed a-while back."®

oo And thal mill killed the fs,”

‘factories somewhere else 50 we

the boy interjected.

“No, no,” he said. “The mill
was pretty clean as pulp mills go,
but once the site was built and
some new roads were cut, it
became easier and more appeal-
ing for other industries to build
in the corridor between here and
Terrace. And, with the help of
people who like malls and park-
ing lots and making lots of
money quick, they did,’’

“Sq what happened to the
fish?”

“Well, son,’’ said the man,
“Fish don’t get along with
development very well. And soon
- after the fish disappeared, so did

the bears and the moose and the
eagles -and all, the - other
creatures we used to see around
here.’?

“Gee, bears." The boy tried to
picture the large, furry animals
lumbering between the. deserted
buildings.”

“Couldn't they have put the

could still have the bears, Dad?’’,
«Good question, Bill,” said the
n. “Good question.”’

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