loom at intervals, is America.
But it ain't,

_ America is to be found a
short distance from. the ‘off-
ramps: at.East Lewis where a
farmer scratches the stubble on
his chin and says, “'The River?
Well, lessee, Take the third turn
‘bout a quarter mile down that

é father’s wildest
imaginings, listening, perhaps,
toa Le vet Symphony that

he could Have nly: eard'in-a road and keep goin’ for *bout
“concert” hall -(beside: m great another mile.... Yeah, that's the
grandma» in:. her. . finest... and’: way I'd fightthat problem.” -

tar the: latge. atrows, «white. on:
blues’. ‘green, past luauriant-fields with
theé.. ‘squeaky clean homes at: their
usic. center to the town, where the -
e winced”: neon signs ‘in tavern ‘windows
‘you might” say Rainier: Beer ison tap,
the’ procession of... where barber shops: still have
“poles, where the chestnut trees
grow expansively, on the. lawns
of: the. civic - buildings, where
striped and starred.flags flap:
-¢verywhere and ‘where. the
. Sheriff still rides herd‘on those
who: would ‘test the limits of

side... follow the diréction ‘get-out by.

to

PORTS

er

ER: had many faces for fans this year. At right is veteran
his log ‘

Obstacle pole bucking event. Son Jerry Lamb
okerman''s race. At top, Sayward-B.C.'s Kim Onl

hing that event. At top
nirig’ in the fog burling

petition

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The Skeena

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Terrace logger Andy Lambert at
ert, above, races to first place in

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Angler.
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moral code that hasn't changed

much, since. Elvis ‘was a- pup.’ .
That's the America that I-5.— ° F
the bends by’ farms and hard-.-’
wood forests, At Cicero “there.
was-the bridge, as promised,
There was a pullout ‘on the far

thanks to the way it:encourages

_ high’ gear. dnd the desiré to get

up.and go for the sake éf going

"has manage: to preserve,’
_SWhich ‘Way: to” the Stilla-

" quamish?”" asked the lady who |
sold me a six-pack of big mouth:

beer over the counter. of. the’
general store when I was there, :
“The. Stilly??” she asked,

‘Just follow the main road outa .
town and ‘turn where the sign”

sez Darrington. Tlie first bridge.
ya cross is Cicero and that’s the
Stilly runnin’? underneath it.”

PORTS NE

After the monotony of Ls

Tunway it felt good to navigate

-Side of the span and a well-worn
path to the river, 1 walked the

path and there was the Stila. .

“‘quamish — the river bearing the
mame of the. tribe - whose

ancestors knew the: roar madé

by. the. waves of: salmon ascen-
ding the river, The north fork of

_ the Stillaquamish, where a fine

Tun of summerruns bound for
Deer Creek, sustained a

ie Tee IVE ATE

professor.
“Did you do well?”’ [ asked,
“One fish. A’ little steelhead
that did everything you'd expect
a summer fish to do,” he
replied; ve

. He'd ‘fished the river: for

years, it-turned out. We talked
“about fishing and-he ‘related
some of the history of the Stilly,
’ As he told of the river and the
Many famous: fishermen who
had fished it, it became clear the
Stilly had been ‘subdued’ and
altered irrevocably, “The
_ veterans who loved ‘the river so
much had not anticipated. the
sweeping alterations of logging,
new roads and the alienation of
Jand adjacent to the river, hat-

technology: and“ over-
fishing would make ‘to their
TIVO, Re

Had they been able to foresee

the effects of those forces upon

the. Stilly, they'd have become
political and defended it fierce-
ly,, They: didn't. and. it slipped
through their. finger: .. Now, ac-
cording to the professor, you
had to ‘fish ‘hard, in the few
g£00d. pools ‘not filled: in by silt.
And sometimes: it took days
before you fourid one: ee

_1 wished the angler good luck
and took the road upstream to
Oso, a small settlement
overlooking the Deer Creek rif-
fle. It. was raining, There was a
volleybali-net stuck in the river:
below the riffle. I left the rod in

the car, strolled across the .

bridge, looked down ‘into the
water and strolled back. This
was a river best left to the ghosts
of old anglers. _

Thad places to go. I drove off
toward I-5,

ey takes carefull alm during axe
Onley heads for the drink after: Hazelt

for everyone. oot

Twenty-seven competitors
turned out from as far away:as
Washington State ~ and - New
Zealand to compete’ at. the
fairgrounds Sept. 1,

Organizers called it ‘a suc-
cessful, accident-free event that
waswell-supported by the local
community, -- =

The event's overall winner —:

who. was named Bull-of-the- :

Woods on total points awarded
— was Hazelton's George
Jackson. He placed first in three
events. :

Results are as follows:

Underhand Log Chop (Novice)
Ist —- Wes Bender (Hazelton) .
2nd — Kim Onley (Sayward)
3rd — Todd Ferguson (Duncan)

Power Saw Buckiag
Stock Saw (Novice)
1st — Kim Onley (Duncan) .
2nd — Todd Ferguson (Duncan)
3rd — Wayne Onley (Sayward)~
Axe Throwing (Novice)

ist — Todd Ferguson (Duncan)
2nd — Wes Bender (Hazelton)
31d — Debdie Jackson (Bellingham,
Wash) - ! :

Slogle Hand Bucking (Novice)

Ist - Todd Ferguson (Durican)

2nd — Kim Onley (Sayward)

3rd — Wes Bender (Hazelton)

Chokerman's Race (Novice)

Ist — Jerry Lambert

2nd — Larry Shkuratoff

3rd — Steve Schmidt

“Ist — George Jackson (Hazelion)

Obstacle Poe Bucking (Novice)
Ist — Jerry Lambert
2nd — Todd Ferguson (Duncan)
Local Power Saw Bucking
Ist — Gilles Gagnon -
2od — Nick Palagian
3rd — Andy Lambert
4th — Kevin Albert
: - Standing Block Chop
Ast — George Jackson (Hazelton) ‘
2ad — Dan Jackson" ‘ (Bellingham,
Wash) 2. a
3rd — Jim Hune.(New Zealand)
4th — Ralph Bischoff. (Hazelton)
_ Obstacle Pole k

Axe Throwing
Ist — Kim Onley (Sayward)
2nd — Doug Kerr (Telkwa) -
3rd — Dan Jackson (Bellingharn)
4th — Jim Hunt (New Zealand) —
Jack and Jitl Crosscat

Ist — Dan & Debbie Jackson (Bell. _

ingham)

2nd — Doug Kerr & Ranjit Nama: - ”:

(Tetkwa)

ard — Margaret & Bruce Kerr (Telkwa)

Double Hand Bucking
Ist — George Jackson/Dan Jackson
2nd — Jim Hunt/Ralph Bischoff -
3rd — Bruce Kert/Doug Kerr -
4th — Kim Onley/ Wayne Onley
Open Pole Bucking
Est -- Ralph Bischoff (Hazelton)
2nd — Leo Perry (Burns Lake}
3rd — Gilles Gagnon :
4th — Kim Onley (Sayward)
Chokerman’s Race. .
Ist —~ Ralph Bischoff (Harelton)
2nd — Wayne Onley (Sayward) 7
3rd — Todd Ferguson {Duncany 2?
4th — George Jackson (Hazelton)
Pole Falling °
ist — Ralph Bischoff (Hazelton)
2nd — Nick Palagian:.~ ae
3rd -~ Wayne Onley (Sayward) : /
4th — George Jackson (Hazelton)
LogBurling =
2nd — Wayne Onley (Sayward) © ~
3rd — Kim Onley (Sayward)
4th — Jerry Lambert

Fog-o-War
Ist — Robbie's Rebels. © =‘,
2nd —~ Bear Creek Contracting.
3rd —.The Loggers” an

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