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Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 14, 1990 B5

Games’ Control Central prepares

by Betty Barton

The Northern B.C. Winter Games
is less than three months away. All
the committees are at full speed
with preparations for the events,
athletes, billeting transportation,
communications and "results-
gathering programs" in an effort to
ensure that the ~‘Terrace-hosted
Games are the biggest and best
ever,

Control centre co-ordinator Judy
Degerness is gearing up as well.
Judy’s "real job" as deputy

_ treasurer at city hall is good back-
ground experience for the monu-
- mental task of organizing the Con-

trol Centre. She says, "I like to
organize. There’ll be a lot to do,

‘both now and during the Games."

To accomplish the tasks of the
Control Centre, Judy works closely
with her "very dependable commit-
tee of three": Herb Dusdal is in
charge of the event results during

the Feb.1, 2 and 3 Games, Per

Halvorsen is co-ordinator of secur-
ity, and Gord Sweeting is com-
munications co-ordinator. Gord
will co-ordinate the base station
out of the control centre, as well,

Each of these sub-committee - :

chairmen is responsible for gather-
ing their volunteers for the many

. and sundry tasks to be performed.
. They still need volunteers to enter

WINTER GAMES SUPPORTER - Joan Brady of the Northern B.C. Winter Games fund raising
committee recently accepted a $2,000 donation to the Games from Tony Demello on behalf
of Terrace Sight and Sound. The contribution makes Sight and Sound an official sponsor.

Alaskan connection for NWCC

by Nancy Orr

Cooperation is expanding the
scope of operations between the
northern institutions of post

secondary education in northern -

British Columbia and Alaska.
At the Northwest Community

College Board meeting Oct. 17,

members unanimously endorsed

a Memorandum of Agreement.

with the University of Alaska
(Southeast) and Yukon’ College

_‘*to develop a partnership to ex-

plore ‘educational opportunities
which will serve the common in-
terest... with the goal of benefit-
ting the peoples of the North.”

In addition, proposals are in
progress to explore a partnership
with Southeast Alaska to
establish an Open Learning
Marine Training program and to
take a lead role in cooperation

with the Circumpolar region.
And a letter is to be sent to the
University of Northern British
Columbia to welcome its new
president, Professor Geoffrey
Wheller, and to offer com-
munication resources and
facilities and assistance in
establishing the new university.
Meetings have been taking place
with the personnel of all the
northern colleges and the univer-
sity to explore areas of coopera-
tion,

In other NWCC business,
president Don Anderson report-
ed that the second year of educa-
tion is programmed with
students enroling this year en-
abled to take four semesters of
training. Proposals for the fifth
semester are going to the

ministry.

Nursing training is being ex-
tended to two years, with prac-
ticums to involve hospitals
throughout the Northwest.

Further proposals and studies
are being undertaken in Horse
Logging at Smithers, and in Fish
Harvesting in other areas.
Stewart received approval to add
three more people to its Ad-
visory Committee: Shelagh
Levitt, Karen Boissonneault and
Cpr. Ron German.

Bursar Geoff Harris, noted
that 46 scholarships had been
awarded this year for a total of
$25,000. Enrolment across the
College region has increased
about 10 percent despite read-
justments in courses and fund-
ing.

computer information and results
as they come in, and to answer the
phones, among other things.
Volunteers can register at the
Winter Games office at 635-1991.

The Control Centre will be head-
quartered in the Arena Banquet
Room from 12 noon on January 31
until at least 6 p.m. on February 3.
It will be staffed 24 hours a day
with receptionists, communications
volunteers and security people.

‘Winter Games souvenirs will be
sold there. A large information.

board at the Control Centre will
display copies of all the event
draws, Computer printouts of
results will be available throughout
the three days. |

volunteering her time to train
computer operators. They will be
using the Works program, but for
those unfamiliar with this parti-
cular system, advance training -
prior to the Games will be offered.
' Judy explains that her committee
had their first meeting last June.
They initially met once a month.
Now, the pace has picked up and
they meet frequently with
numerous phone calls in between.
“As the venues and the numbers of
participants in each event, start to
filter in, our job becomes more
involved, It’s all working well,
though and we look forward to the
Games when we can see the whole
system in action."

Nora Ferguson is generously

Winter Mil
Games

NORTHERN BC = WINTER GAMES

TERRACE

by Mary Ann
Burdett

HELP TERRACE — The Northern B.C. Winter Games Billeting
Committee NEEDS YOU! With a requirement of 1,800 billets only
620 are confirmed to date. I know it seems as if there is lots of time,
but the committee needs to know,as soon.as possible. Let’s open our
homes and hearts to these athletic guests. - "

For parents of school age children, billeting forms have been
given to all the schools in the area and will be brought home for
your use. These forms can be returned to the schools or to the
Winter Games Office, whichever is most convenient for you.

Cheryl Brown, chairman of the Cross Country Skiing events, in-
forms us that an Officials Course is to be held in Kitimat on Satur-
day, Dec. I. Anyone interested can get further information as to ex-
act time and place by phoning Cheryl at 632-4359 in Kitimat or the
Games Office in Terrace at 635-1991,

SKIING AG

is one of the oldest methods of winter transportation, and as such
was not originally considered so much a sport as it was a necessity.
The equipment used had little resemblance to modern day gear,
either in looks or in price. As a sport, cross country skiing
originated in the Scandinavian countries but has become extremely
popular in North America as well. It requires physical stamina,
coordination, commitment and speed. Modern competitive cross
country skiing usually consists of two components — individual
racing and team relay racing. As a sport or as a means of transpor-
tation, it is the quickest means of getting from point A to point B
that is the objective. In the mid 1800’s an Englishman, whose name
was never recorded, took point A and placed it at the top of a
mountain with point B being at the bottom of the mountain and
thus evolved into the world calibre sport that we thrill to today. The
Norwegians are given credit for developing it into a competitive

sport and for introducing it to North America.
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DOWNHILL SKIING

The main races are the downhill, slalom, dual slalom and giant
slalom. The slalom is a downhill course designed in a series of tight
“‘esses’’ and set with pairs of coloured flags called ‘‘gates’’. The ob-
ject is for the skier to manoeuvre around these gates leaving them
intact and reach the bottom of the course in the shortest time. The
dual slalom is simply two parallel courses which atlow two skiers to
compete against one another.

Downhill skiing requires precision timing, strong physical condi-
tion and complete concentration.

Whatever the requirements, it is a thrilling sport to watch and we
look forward to some skilled and exciting demonstrations during
the Winter Games.

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