et rn o ay froin ‘10-d.m.to noon, og tae of. stip b servic has bie paid: to. thé. ‘envitonnient: lately, 4 Aliiost every. politician, even: _ the-ones:with the moat Pathetic... ‘environmental records, has® ate. 7 -téinpted’ to represent himself’ ag 7: champion of things green ‘and. ‘natutal. Since Gro Brundtland itabled her | Teport. to: the United: ‘Nations, : our. ‘leaders’ have. been’ tripping over each: other’ in: “the Tush - to. hori aboard- the. ene {s Yironmental bandwagon,: tive of chdice-— the: Preferred word}. ay Supercharged : ‘shib. ~ ‘boleth vibrant and powerful, as. Wwhidlesome as bran and. nsprouts. Politicos: of right and left -roll the term. around i in... : _ their’ inoutlis,’ We. agree” “with: ‘Gro, they! proclaim, : Growth’. must grow sustainably. - But somehow. all: the. postur- ‘ing by these Jolly Green Giants “No. 9 at ‘zone meet. “TERRACE ‘COULDN'T hold off Smithers’: Chandler ‘Park.-Middle School soccer team in Grade Bx zone action -Rere Oct: 5, '_ The Sinithers team n jumped ‘out to a 5-2 lead and went on to. win 7-4. over Skeena Ji, -Secondary's kickers, - “ Skeena-earned-a berth in the »final’. after defeating: ‘Nisga’a 2-1. : ~ That weokend “also ‘saw ‘volleyball: team -. fallin the: |.best-of-three © final to : ' Smithers after ‘having beaten Prince: ‘Rupert -in the semifinals. : ,_ Ingirls action, Skeena beat . Kitimat i in a semifinal to ad- | vance.:and face Thornhill ‘after that squad’s semi. win over Rupert. Thornhill. was the eventual winner, beating Skeen in the. final. feigue, ~ Organizer John vans says ; the new. leage at the ‘Terrace g le into. serious curling, * y “Anybody: ‘interested. in petitive - out ‘and d give Ita try," ” “be said. ‘An added attraction to the. league ‘is’ prize :money. : > if Thanks. to sponsorship, he oe sajd, ‘there. will. be cash prizes - fafler each.game and a larger wt calh: ‘payout when the’ Jeague wraps: up at. Christmas; vee ME you think “you're nee Superleague. imaterial, . call: te. club at: 635-5583 and: an UST OFF ‘these! Gourds and get ready to trade em, , ‘[-:- It’s Ski Swap time, and the | » Shames Mountain Ski Club's | annual ski equipment trading vent ‘i set for ihis weekend, 7109 p.in. ‘Friday and Satur-: ‘The sate will ‘run from 10 jOat 26, at the Terrace A Arena how th slayer just have: to be ‘Items will be received: from * Pam, to2 pamon: Siturday, | PEN Ln ae La Cee et - ‘hay’ not t traniated ‘tite. ‘meaningful. ° ‘bounteous British’. ‘Columbia, Where tourism revolves. around wild life. and: wild ‘places, we haves: only -a%i handful: of”: *, Sustainable'is now the adjec-. . rSPORTSCOPE- fe a ~/Skeena’s': “junibt~'boys 7 "the fastest timies: in‘: _Iegislative mandate, th make Tecommendatio - the, cases where peapee SS ey Ral bia Manan ie iakeg "Deegan See ere Te dedicated, -overworked people © ‘to protect’. ‘wildlife’: ‘and : thé OME het wildlife: needs to ture 2 eae ‘vive, : eee I wih sue “task. ‘ough “the force of werful legislation mbrehie “Tin ‘the. “absence ch ‘action. In PT Mrs pa fines aia cee ee a hein ‘out into the Wilderness: remov- and profit and who lieve laa ote put in Place. for. Their bosies insist ‘thede mei patrol an ‘area: ake this'a conservation officers with blue- ‘and-red._caped outfits and ask. these men to leap tall buildings , ina single bound, alistic. assignment? The ee government might just ‘as well replace sombre: uniforms of its ~ _ And what about long-range aa oe ay “Tene Stand Weostay, Cote 23, 1961 — “Pa ct ue me me anythle t hee Z the."envitonient | ultimately . underinines | our Collective health and will eventually, uneconomical, . 7 4 nd sizes. As roads reach. : . With ‘enyironment. giv thie : Ee "priority it deserves, BC. En- rE vironment will have to be staff- ed and funded. adequately and , given’ the. legislative. 7 deserires. . “The government m . Royal Commission on aN GES. | ig / @ round-table ‘on the? grand. 1 i- scale, where: envio mental. —_ ; central theme arid a the goal: is to come with a pro- , active strategy to deal with the.- B legion of problems. that face us id as we move toward. the turn of the century, A daunting. task;. ‘it. is true, ‘but one. that must ‘be. done. If the things continue a they are ow, wild and natural resources wil: ‘slip ‘through ‘our, _ fi ingers.. ao oP ént generally, With the election of a. new hi ty Runners compete at meet TERRACE — Smithers cross-country runners dominated a zone meet hosted by Caledonia ‘here Thursday. __ Terrace’s Megai Reid “ turmed in one of the best performances for .. _ Caledonia, placing second - fn the Grade'11-12 girls. - division beblad Smithers’ Dawa Hanson, Reld crassed the line, abead of per Place - dele he Lieheon, of ER ' : oa the boys side, . Calédonis was, quickly out- paced by runners in _ Smithers Senior Secondary’s superior cross-country pro- ‘gram. Smithers’ Ryan Kuntz turned In the fastest overall time of the day of 17:38, : The boys ran a roughly Skm course, while. the girls and Grade 8s ran 3k. With Kuntz leading the way, Smithers took the top four positions in Grade 11-12 boys division. Cal’s Fernando Mil-Homens plac. ed sixth, followed by Dennis Venema, Quenton Rafuse, Fraser McKay and Clint .. Grade 9-10 boys and gists categories were swept by Smithers, with Graham MacLean and Tara Moran teading the way. ~ faba Christian ; School, -; ftalshed well in Grade 3. * boys competition to place. second behind Prince ~ - Rupert’s Jimmy Nelson. “Rob Freeman, of Centen- oo CALEDONIA crass-country runner Fernando Mil-Homens was the first Terrace runner at the finish line in the zone meet here Thursday, Smithers runners 5 Swept the top spots. Courts closer TERRACE — Tennis courts ¢ on the bench are one ‘Biant step closer. The Terrace ‘Tennis: ‘Club received word last: week of a $42,732 GO B.C. grant towards the club’s plan to build five new ' courts in Heritage’ Park. “I'm just delighted with the news,” said outgoing club presi- dent Bilt Redpath. The GO B.C. tottery fund q money will pay for a third of the $128,000 total estimated cost of ‘ 4 the.coristruction of the costs, be 4 said. The club is'relying heavily =" on donated labour, so they ex- ' pect to come in at considerably less than the $180,000 outright it would cost.to build that many j courts. The club will receive the grant in thirds — one third when con- struction is ready to begin, another third later on, and the final third when it’s finished. | | The courts are to be a joint | | effort with the Kinsmen, and rt. the City of Terrace ‘is also ex- | 1 pected to contribute a matching $42,000. The club has raised more than. $39,000 in cash and more.than ; $3,000 in donated labour. i Donations include $9,000 from 1 McDonald’s..and $8, 000: from : the Kinsmen." - = They want to start constnic- ' tion in the spring and hope to be finished by June, °°: :- Redpath said: the ‘club's next : step is to lobby city.council hard ' to make sure: the project i is in- cluded in the 1992. budget;’ oe At, all. depends on the town coming on side,”’ he said: “But I:-think® they- will. It’s:a "good bargain’ for them — $42,000 for a $180,000 project;"' > * fel Running ‘Nelso TERRACE — Three brothers from Prince ‘Rupert. turned a a . Carolyn Best’ (Rupert) 48:27 ry § tS ; e a Wendy. Thompson (Rupert) =: 52:00: Randy { Uidah} (Kitimar _ 23:47 | 3 oo a wo WGK + MiastersaMen Percy 6 davronsky (Terrice) — 38:22 vs “Neil Fleischmann, (Terrace) — 4108 SK Open Women) 7 Geol Phillips (Térace)— 42:12 | “kim Baricte Cee — M61 a ~ Hector:Cadk (Delia) — 48:28 Cynthia Cridge.(Kitimat) — 23:37 * 10K — Masters Womes.- Pat: Moialand (Kitimat) — 23/48 ° Rose | Schibit ‘ertace) — 48; 6 Veralynn Munson (Terrace) 27 SK — Boys . Dorothy Dove (Terrace) — 29118 Jett Bolkigbroke ‘tte Jan Hart (Terrace) ~~ 29:29. raham MacLean (Telkwa) —- eeu a - a — Masters Men | : Maureen: MacLe 1 (Kitimay)— 30:57, Ba Anueas (Terrace) —~ 16:40 - - we Pamela Gavroniky (Terrace) — = 36:20: David Liscumb (Smithers) = 20:22 : 2 2 SIR a Routh Mem Nike Reid (Terrace) — 22:08 co te Justi Cheer (Rupert) — 18:23. 2. * lan Gloss (Kitimat) 25:24 Noah Gellner (Terrace) 19:39. * at) Dale Young (Kithnaty— 19 340: tor Gordon Froese (Terrace) — 47:55 Eric Johansen (Terrace) — 55:48 ‘Danny, a ‘(errace) — Dailene Terane (Rupert) = isa Quinion Ratuée (Terrase) Johariten (Terrace) - SK Vouih Wome Hanson (Telkwa) 20:2: Donelle Murdock (Smithen) - east, Reid