Sports Menu BASKETBALL Friday, January 6 SKEENA JR. Girls touzna- meat opens: 4 pm. — Skeena v O'Grady, P.George (at Skeena) 5:20: p.m. — Centennial Christian v Haisla (at Skeena) Saturday, January 7 SKEENA JR. Girls tourna- ment -final, 5:30 p.m. at Skeena. BOWLING Saturday, January 7 1995 BOWL for Kids campaign begins, ends Jan. 22. For information, phone Terrace Lanes at 635-5911, CURLING Friday, January 6 MEN’S ZONE playdowns get under way, finals Sunday, GYMNASTICS Saturday, January 7 GYMNASTICS Awareness Week begins, ends Jan. 15. MINOR HOCKEY Friday, January 6 TERRACE MIDGETS House team v Prince Rupert (8 p.m.) Saturday, January 7 TERRACE MIDGETS House team v Prince Rupert (10a.m.) REC HOCKEY Tonight 9 p.m. — Okies v Timbermen 10330 pm. — Convoy v Wranglers Thursday, January 5 10:30. p.m. —- All Seasons v Noms Auto Refinishing Saturday, January 7 8 p.m. — Wranglers v Timbermen 9:30 p.m. — Convoy v Okies Sunday, January $ 9:30 p.m. — Precision v Coast Inn of the West 11 p.m. — All Seasons v Skeena Hotel _ Tuesday, January 10 9 pm. — All Seasons v Back Eddy Pub 10:30 p.m. — Norm’s Auto v Precision Builders X-COUNTRY SKIING Saturday, January 7 INTRODUCTORY __ lessons available at Onion Lake trails. Call Cheryl at 798-2227 to Tegister. | Sunday, January 15 HOUSTON OPEN: for in- formation phone 798-2227 or 632-6055. NOON HOUR HOCKEY sessions go every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:45 am-1 pm. Players must be 19 years and the limit is 20 players on first-come, first- serve basis. Fee is $3 but goalies with cquipment get in free. SNOWMOBILE Association mecis the first Tuesday of cach month 7:30 p.m. at the Sandman Inn. All snow- mobilers welcome. To get an event on Sports Menu, bring the details into the office at 4647 Lazelle Ave., phone Malcolm at 638- 7283 or fax them to 638- 8432. Ski updates Shames: Base al. top...seceseeeenes 245em Base at bottom.........0 185cm Excellent conditions, all 18 runs open, machine groomed packed powder. For latest update on snow and weather conditions, phone 638-8SKI (from Ter- race) or 1-800-663-7SKI. Onion Lake: Skiing conditions have im- proved and the number of skiers is climbing, Trails can be icy carly in day but tracks are solid and skating is fast. New signs mark Rainbow, Snow Bound and Onion trails. Ample parking space. For . information, phone Chery] or Terry at 798-2227, Skeena sweep on Alaskan trip THE OPPOSITION was tougher, but Skeena Jr. Girls basketballers came home from their Alaska trip with their un- beaten record intact, Skeena opened the Ketchikan Visit with a 48-25 win over Schoenbar, Roxanne Chow leading the scoring with 14 points. —— The toughest of three games came next but the Terracites held off a tall Kayhi team 51- 43, Felicia Arbuah (13) and Kathleen Gook (12) leading the scoring. That duo were strong again in the rematch with Kayhi, picking up 11 points apiece in Skeena will be in action again this weekend when they play O’ Grady of Prince Rupert in the opener of their own tournament. That game gets underway at 4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 6. Centennial Christian, the other Terrace entry in the eight team event, take to the court next, facing the Haisla at 5:20 p.m. Also entered are Charles Hays and Prince Rupert, Duchess Park from Prince - George and the Nisga’a. The playoff for third takes place Saturday at 4 p.m. with the final scheduled for 5:30 a 47-30 victory. p.m. both at Skeena school. NO SOONER were the Atams off the ice than the Novices took over at the Terrace arena. Their toumament was the finale to five days of entertaining hockey action over the holiday period. Shoot out decides IT TOOK the one-on-one of a shoot out to decide this year’s Atom Friendship tournament. The popular annual event draws players from across the north- west. And in the spirit of friendship, the team draw ensures players from different communities get to play alongside each other rather than going with the usual line-ups, This time around, the BC Packers and Kinsmen squads faced off for the final game. And regulation time failed to split them, the score being tied at three, That forced the shoot out in which the Packers edged their opponents 2-1 for the title. In the Consolation battle, the Centennial Lions clawed their way to a 3-2 victory. No bliss taking on Maximchuk LEE MAXIMCHUK made life in the ring anything but blissful for his opponent. Opening the ‘‘Fight Night in Kitimat’”’ ‘card, Maximchuk (131 lbs.) was never troubled by local Brian Bliss (122 lbs.), taking the victory when the referee stopped the bout 71 seconds into the second round. The win was one of three re- corded by Terrace’ club fighters, Pete Weeber taking a split decision from hometowner Kelly Gerard and Jonathan Doane getting a no- contest against Derek Harris. Josh Peters came up just short, losing a split decision to Kitimat’s Nick Byme in a B.C. Winter Games zone qualifier and Buddy Doane suffered the same fate against Shane Simard. In exhibition action, Veronica Doane impressed in a tight bout against Kitimat’s Mina Mosher. | - RADELET & COMPANY | a yi . arristers & Solicitors, Vancouver, B.C. Companies + Family Trusts « Tax Matters James W. Radelet Phone 689-0878 Fax 689-1386 The Terrace Slandard, Wednesday, Jateairy 4, 195 A Biathlon rescheduled A LACK of entries forced postponement of the B.C. Cup Biathlon scheduled for Dec. 17-18 in Smithers, Race organizer Frank Guillon explained four major events happening elsewhere at the same lime had drawn off most of the potential competitors. The biathlon has now been rescheduled for Jan, 14-15. Saturday, Jan. 14 is also the |' date for the B.C. Winter games Zone 7 trials which Start at 10:30 a.m. For more information phone Kathleen Yates at 847-2508, Paint enchanting « Candlesticks ¢« Farm Animals * People Treasure Boxes wooden boxes to store & treasures & memories! % Larde Selection of Wood Products 4 Skeena Mall { Cy * Whirlygig Parts * Yo-yo Kits «And much more ™ Creative Zone 635-1422 T Thank goodness for Myriam Bedard! Canada’s athlete of the year for 1994 won the award with dignity, accepted with a grateful smile and didn't threa- ten to take anyone to arbitra- tion. In fact, Myriam seemed like the only athlete in the coun- f try who enjoyed her sport in the last year. So can we teach her to play left field or right wing? The professional sports world went kooky. Bettman and Goodenow were in the summa- ries more than Bellows and Damphousse, Fehr and Ravitch stepped to the podium more often than Joe Carter stepped to the plate. . . struck out more often, too. Pro sports not. only lost its innacence but its sanity.as ball- players, with million-dollar sala- ties, went on strike and NHL owners stopped signing players to mega deals just long enough § to complain about the cost and lock the players out. Somewhere, somenow, something went terribly wrong. lf Abner Doubleday had envi- sioned Cecil Fielder in a sitk f shirt arguing the plight of the | free-market first baseman, he might have invented croquet instead. There was a day not long ago F when a kid could get his favor- ite player's autograph for free at the local Super Valu. Now he mighi as well get the checkout clerk to sign, because the play- g ers are busy buying the store. So what's to bacome of this mess? It's too much to ask for a return to simpler times. Or is It? While the big league boys beat each other up with Gucci briefcases, minor leaque ball- parks are filling up. Across North America, families are 4 flocking to small stadiums where they can see a game and sample all the snacks for the price of a parking spot near s Skydome. Once almost extinct, hockey at the local level is flourishing again, too. Junior and senior Director of Skier Services A Call for ‘Simpler Times’ j Es The The Voice of Canucks by Jim Hughson leagues are springing up or bouncing back and fans are finding fun in watching games at the locai rink, even if the part of Mark Messier is played by the kid from the hardware store and the coffee is reminiscent of an oil change. Maybe this weird sports year has taught us that major jeague baseball and the NHL aren't essential services and the world continues to turn without them, although the sportscasts get rather dull. Alas, though, the idols will be back sometime in ‘95 and it probably won't take long for most of us to farget, if not forgive. We could teach them all a lesson in the New Year but - we crave the best so that won't happen. We'll watch and listen to their games and pick them in our pcols again. But if it's inconceivable that we'll stay away to make them pay, the least we could demand is that all of these - jj players resolve, in the new year, to back off the business § suits and immediately com- mence being childish again. as — ind G 4555 Lakeise Ave. AFTER CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE aN ) All Seasons Source For sons MEN'S RIEDELL HOCKEY SKATES 1/2 PRICE LADIES FIGURE SKATES DAOST Starter > While quantities last. 635-2982 19,99 ic Balance and How it Affects Your Skiing _ Finding a balanced position over your skis will make your turns on any slope e: easier. rd An analogy for balance is to think of a rocking chair. As you rock back all of your 1 weight is moved to the back of the rocking cf chair. As you rock forward, sO does your weight. This is the same with skis. . It is important to distrioute your weight evenly over the entire ski. This wal enhance the smoothness of your turn. ee: To find this point, begin by leaning forward until you feel all of your weight on your, toes and the front of your skis. Next, lean back. Now move to a centered position: where you feel even distribution of weight over your entire foot and ski. This is the. “balanced position’. Adjusting the "balanced position” to the terrain while skiing will keep you making tT smooth linked turns. § This will take time to get a toa for, but it is essential for - non- -stop runs. ‘8. Shames Mountain Office 636-3773 : 4545 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, B.C, -* SHAMES Yen eee | MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT | CENTRE