| _ 7 i Inter-city minor | | | hockey shut down Po The Skeena intercity minor . long league. | | : hockey rep team league has 4 ! |. been’ put on hold, and the Although efforts. are being . ' finger of blame is pointed at ‘made to change Rupert's at- ’ Prince Rupert Minor titude, Terrace. and: Kitimat |. Hockey, According to a Ter- ‘aren’t holding their breath. | race MHA: spokesman, Meanwhile, Terrace has been — -. Rupert now has an executive allowed to drop from the that’s not interested in rep. strong triple ‘AAA’ competi- - team hockey. Instead, tion down to double ‘AA’ — ‘|. _they’re going on a strictly the same. as Rupert and : _ |. house ‘league system. This Kitimat. It gives Terrace rep _ leaves Terrace and Kitimat as teams a better opportunity to the only participants, thus ef- compete against other B. C. fectively closing the. decade- .teams of equal talent. Coach Mike Stewart’s Grade 8 boys’ volleyball team at Skeena high school is enjoying a good season. The players are Norm Laderoute, Cari Goodall, Darren Bell, Aaron Lablanc, Norm Dreger, Marty Clayton, Jeff Gillanders, Byron Mikaloff, Fred Wells, Victor Furtado, Shawn Decharme, Darren Fenton and Aidan Sheridan. Peace — Foothills Sept. 7 - 10, 1990 Pee Wee Hockey — Pee Wee League 12 - 13 yrs., 17 per region plus two team officials — Hudson’s Hope Arena. | Bantam’ Hockey“ ‘Bantam House League 14 - 15 yrs., £7 plus one coach and manager — Tumbler Ridge Community Centre Arena. ~ Old Timer Hockey — 16 players, plus one. coach - and manager — Tumbler Ridge Community Centre Arena. — Precision Figure Skating — Junior 9+ YES.» -one team’ 20 Two class winners in the best Terrace half-marathon ever, run Oct. 15, were men’s open victor Richard Harrison and A the men’s master category winner, Ed Ansems. . event — skaters maximum, 12. skaters minimum — Hudson’s Hope Arena. Short Track Speed Skating —_— 9+ yrs. (this year only), male and female, no limit with a max- imum of 100 skaters for the Recreation Centre. Ringette — female 11 - 17 yrs. (11 year olds allowed to compete for these Northern B.C. Winter Games) — Chetwynd and Dis- trict Arena. Basketball — Junior boys 13 -15 yrs. Junior girls 13 - 15 yrs., 12 per team, plus one coach and manager — Tumbler Ridge Sec- Task force. on Northern tourism struck - Minister of State ‘for North Coast Terry Huberts has an- nounced the formation of yet another task force, this one on - the state of tourism. in the region, Huberts said in Terrace last week the task force represents local government, the Chamber ~ of Commerce, tourism associa- _tions and private tourism operators in the North Coast region and will be looking at ex- isting facilities and attractions 7 and ways they may be enhanced ~ to further the region’s tourist appeal, Regional Development Of. ficer Bob Thompson says the task force has elected Erminio Pucci of NOREDCO (the Northern Economic Develop- _ment Commission of Prince Rupert) as chairman. They will be holding their first meeting sometime next month, . _ Making up the balance of the 10-member task force are Michael Kolezar, manager of the North Pacific Cannery Museum in Port Edward and a director of | the North by Northwest Tourism Association, Masset mayor: Gordon Feyer, . Oscar Mercer. of the Nisge’a Tribal - Council,-Stewart mayor Darlene Cornell, private tour operator Olga Walker of Hazelton, businessman Bob Coreliss of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat’ mayor Rick Wozney, Kitsumkalum Band Chief Cliff Bolton and Sharon Taylor of the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. At next month’s meeting, Thompson says, the task force will set their own terms of reference in order to determine what the region’ s tourism in- dustry needs in the way of ad- ministrative assistance, financial aid or government support. Their report is expected to be - submitted to Huberts next April, and according to its content will be forwarded to the appropriate provincial ministries. Changes to regional tourism boundaries is one problem the task force won’t have to discuss, says Thompson. He says that no changes are being contemplated at this time and if they are in the future, the Ministry of Tourism will initiate a consultative pro- cess first. Riverboat Days Society elects new executive, sets 1990 dates Contributed by Mary Ann Burdett The annual meeting and elec- tion of officers for the Riverboat Days Committee was held in the Terrace Legion hall at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17. There were 16 people in attendance, The newly-elected executive for 1990 is: president, Maria Thomsen; internal vice- president, Gayle Holtom; exter- nal vice-president, Mary Ann Burdett; treasurer, Louise Leudtke; secretary, Ruth Wright: directors, Vesta ‘: Douglas and Milt Lindsay. ‘The dates for Riverboat Days Sth and 6th. ; There will be a meeting of the incoming and outgoing ex- ecutives held in the Legion on Nov. 23 commencing at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in at- tending, anyone who has any questions, suggestions or ideas, will be made most welcome. It may be a long, long time from June to December, as the words of the song go, but it is’ Not so long from November to August if you are interested in Riverboat Days, and now is the . time to start planning, tossing . ‘around ideas, old and new, and ‘doing the ground work for that 4990. will. be: Aut-2nt, ard,. Ath, «. ‘special time in our city, ‘River- boat Days 1990. It is the one event that is uniquely Terrace, it combines the past and the future in the present, and it encompasses everyone from babies to great- great-great grandparents — so put on your thinking caps, jot down your ideas and bring them -or send them to the meeting on Nov. 23 or give the new presi- dent a call at 638-1854 and tell her about it. Now is the time the Riverboat Committee starts working for “next year and now is the time we will appreciate your input and ideas, Chetwynd and District | .15km_ male, Northern B.C. Winter Games - slate of scheduled events ondary School. Cribbage — 19 yrs. and over, four, or a maximum of 32 par- ticipants — Chetwynd Legion. - Gymnastics — Midget 9 yrs., Argo 10- 11 yrs., Tyro 12 - 13 yrs., Open 14+ yrs., 24 (four per category plus two alternates per category, depending on total number of gymnasts registered for all categories) — Tumbler Ridge Elementary School and Claude Galebois School. Snowmobiling — 16+ yrs. male and female, 12 -- 15 yrs. male and female, four, (one per category) — Babcock Mountain or B.M.X. track (depending on snow conditions). Cross Country Skiing — ‘Midget 12 - 13 yrs., 3km male and female, Juvenile 14 - 15 yrs., km male and female, Junior 16 17 yrs., 10km male, 5km female, Junior 18 - 19 yrs., 7.$km_ female, Senior 20 - 29 yrs., 20km male and female, Masters 30+ yrs., 20km male and female, four (two male and two female) — Tumbler Ridge Golf Course, Babcock Mountain (alternate). Badminton — Adults 19+ yrs., male singles, female singles, doubles, mixed doubles. — Dokie Elementary School. Trap Shooting — Class A, Class. B, Class C, Class D, Ladies, five per region (one per category), to a maximum of 40 participants — Hudson's Hope Rod and Gun Club. Duplicate Bridge — Open pairs 19+ male and female, Swiss team 19+ male and female, 12 per region (3 teams of 4), Secondary — or maximum of 24 teams of 4 filled in from any region — Silver Willow Court, Hudson’s Hope. Carpet Bowling — 55+ -yrs., 4 per region, 32 maximum par- ticipants — Elks Hall. Indoor Soccer — Junior boys 12 - 15 yrs., Junior girls 12 - 15 yts., 24 per region (ten per team plus one coach and manager) i Chetwynd and District Curling: oes ~ Rink.