The Terrace sports
world lost a veteran
Sept. 11 when well-
known golf instructor
Ast Park passed away at
Mills Memorial Hos-
pital. He was 58.

Park came to Terrace
in 1971 to become pro-
manager of the Skeena
Valley Golf Club, which
was known as the Thorn-
hill Golf Course in the
early 70s.

During his. 10-year
tenure, Park brought

about the installation of

grass greens, reversed the
first and ninth holes, and
had a proper water line
installed at the club.

He left Terrace in 1980
but returned last year.

Although semi-retired,
Park still gave golf
lessons to adults and
juniors until recent
weeks when illness cur-
_tailed his activities.

His early years were
spent in Lacombe,
Alberta, where he was
deeply involved in
hockey as a player and
coach.

Park is survived by his
wife Maggie and four
children — son Bob of
Terrace; daughters Bar-
_ bara (Mrs. Robert Col-
lin) of Milk River, Alber-
ta; Joanne (Mrs. Allan
Jacques) of Quesnel; and
Patti-Ann of Sechelt.

Down's Syndrome

New genetic lechniques are
bringing researchers closer to
‘identifying che genes involved in
Down's syndrome, according to
University of California, San
Francisco geneticist Dr. David R.
Cox.
The disease typically affects
children born to older mothers.
Down's syndrome also is called
trisomy 21, because it is caused
by an extra copy of all or part of
chromosome 21. Human cells
normally contain 23 chromo-
somes contributed by the father
and 23 homologous chromo-
somes contributed by the mother.
Celis from Down's syndrome
individuals contain an additional
copy of chromosome 21. The
main question, Cox says, is how

extra copies of these genes cause ©

Down'ssyndrome.

Broken arm ends race

season for Paul Clark

World renowned Ter-
race wheelchair racer
Paul Clark is through for
the season.

The 28-year-old op-
tometrist suffered a
broken arm during a
tumble at the ‘‘Wheel-

| of-Fire’? 15-kilometer

race Sept. 7 against top
North American com-
petitors. .

Clark was well into the
latter stages of the race
when he came to a steep
downhill section. He
slowed as per race in-
structions, but at the

bottom he struck a curb,
rolled and smashed his
right elbow on the
ground.

He was rushed to
hospital where the
damage was repaired.

Clark said the injury
curtails plans for a 10-
kilometer race in Van-
couver next month, and
the Pan-Am Disabled
Games in Puerto Rico in
November.

The Seattle event was
Clark's first for money.
He was chasing a $1,500

New racquetball
and squash courts
will be built

Terrace — At the Ter-
race Hotel plans have
been finalized for con-
struction of a racquetball
and squash court recrea-
tion complex,

by Philip Musselman

The facility has been
in the planning stages for
quite some time, and
soon an east wing will be
added to the hotel to ac-
comodate two conver-
tible courts. Other ser-
vices may include a res-
taurant, jacuzzi, change
rooms and an equipment
sales and rental shop.

The cost of the pro-
ject, whith is being
spearheaded by local en-
thusiasts such as Geoff
Appleton, is estimated at
$150,000.

“Hopefully we will be
ready by Nov. 1,’’ said
Appleton. ‘We would
like to form a club and
hold tournaments for
both sports at the fa-
cility.’’

The group projects a
membership price of
about $375 per year,
which would include ac-
cess to the club’s services
all year long. ““We may
even have an area for
aerobics classes to help
give the club a family at-
mosphere,’’ Appleton
noted.

The project has been
dubbed as economicially

risky, but those who

have contributed are
very enthusiastic and op-
timistic about the two
sports,

The convertidle courts
are easily changed by use
of a sliding wall, and it
only takes minutes to
change a court, but the
group hopes to have one
of each running unless
demand states otherwise.
"The investors involved
in the project are not just
interested in money,’
Appleton commented,
“these people are show-
ing interest in two very
competitive sports.’’

“This facility will be
the first of its kind in
Terrace because of the
convertible aspects of the
courts and the down
town location.”? Com-
mented Appleton.

TAKE TIME

Parents are asked to
make sure their children
are operating their
bicycles safely and prop-
erly.

Make sure that all
rules of the road are
obeyed and that young-
sters ride with the flow
of traffic and use all
proper signals.

RCMP receive several
complaints a day about
improper operation of
bikes. When parents are
queried” on how their
children ride their bikes
the answer, “I don’t
know, I haven’t rode
with them lately.’’

Take and make the
time to ensure their safe-

ty.

top prize after a summer
of winning gold and
silver medals around the
world. ..

Although Clark’s arm
could be healed by the
Pan-Am Games, he
wouldn’t be able to com-
pete due to a lack of
training.

“Northwest Community College board members got a
hands-on demonstration of the college’s new telecon-
ferencing technology at a recent board meeting.

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TERRACEVIEW LODGE PRESENTS

“LEN FABIANO”

“Mother I’m Doing the Best | Can”

Mr. Fabiano is a nationaly recognized educator in the area of care
for the elderly. This seminar is designated to assist those who are
experiencing the challenge of relating to an aging person or who
work with or are interested In learning about the aging process.

Place: Terrace Hotel
Date: September 22, 1986
Time: 7:30 — 9:30 p.m.

FREE ADMISSION
SILVER COLLECTION