SKEENA ANGLER: | ROB BROWN Haight Ashbury he Skeena was gtay; not so gray that catching a fish in it was out of the ques- tion, but gray enough to make the al- tempt achingly difficult. Broce was sure the blackberry bushes in Usk were ripe, but when we got there we found them small and green, starved for light and heat and hard as pebbles. On the way back across the river the scudding clouds parted long enough to let a bolt of sun into the val- Icy. It hit and fit the river below the ferry momentarily igniting the surface and highlighting a broad flat between the heavy water and the shore. Bruce and I saw it at the same time: we couldn't miss it. “That looks good,’’ I said just as Bruce was about to. He nodded instead, The image stayed with me, ebbing and flowing inta my thoughts: a field of golden water with fish rolling through it, When the water cleaned up enough, I went back. The ferry man was uncammunicative, possibly because the driver’s side window is on the far side of his cabin on the tip to North Usk, possibly: be- cause he could hear I was listening to Bach and the car was full of sound. I rolled off the boat, drove to the first wide spot in the road, parked, then started suiting up. The dog raced around on some inscrutable mission, then returned to stand between my legs in all the other places that made getting dressing for the river difficuit. I barked, She barked. Eventually | was ready, We made our way down the road, over the rusted cable, through the brush and over the stones to a place ou the beach before a meticulously built log house. The builder — who was in all likelihood its architect too — was a hippie I concluded, for the place, with its odd hexagonal shape, its cupola and guomish shaked rool, was most definitely the pro- duct of a mind lined with psychedelia, Runs necd names. What to call this place: the Lower Ferry Run, the Hippy House Run, perhaps. I decided Haight Ashbury had the kind of enig- malic ambiance that suited the place, then started in, combing the water with a Black General Prac- titioner delivered in short casts. The whole river was lit up now. For a change no inisty draperies hung in the draws and no gray clouds cluttered the sky. 1 looked up al the end of cach drift to green mountainside with a rack slide that tums into an avalanche chute in the winter but now hosted a water fall. The salmon were still rolt- ing. Pinks, | thought, but couldn’t be sure. Sicel- head will roll when they are on the mave and gathered in numbers, and all the other kinds of sal- mon will too. Alter maybe 20 minutes | caught a humpy. Shortly thereafter I hooked another. After an hour ] had only covered half of the run, and only the walter in close. I needed to be back in Terrace soon. ] now appreciated that giving this waler any- thing resembling adequate coverage would take a lot of stamina and the better part of a day. Pawsome began to bristle, She stared fixedly al the beach brush below the hippie house and barked (he guttural bark she reserves for bears. The bush moved. I stood still for a few moments then gathered the dog in and started up the beach, The music was off, my window down. “*You calch anything?’* asked the Ferryman. **Pinks,”’ I replied. “There’s a kid here. Lives in Usk. He caught two 20 pounders last night.’’ He painted to a point up stream of the Ferry. ‘He uses a fly. Fishes right there. Lets them all go.”* To the casual fisher, every steelhead over ten pounds is twice that, Besides, | thought, how could he teil the size of a steelhead from four hundred yards away. ‘You're from Terrace aren’t you?’ he asked. J said I was. “The owner of the Deli died, the other day. You knaw Bert's Deli,” **] didu’! know that,” [told tim, ‘“Thanks for letting me kKnow.’’ I thought of Mrs. Krieg], an avid fisherwoman, to be sure, aud maker of the mosi generous sandwiches anywhere, and made a meatal note to offer my condolences the next time ] stopped to buy one, After disembarking, ] switched the music back on and thought about the water I’d fished, I yearned to return the next day but our amual fam- ily holiday to Vancouver was slaled to commence the next day. It would be two wecks before | could continue my explorations. Two weeks later, secking to wel rid of the strain of the big city that lingered in my body, I retumed, lo Usk. The water was lower, but not that much cleancr, A different Ferryman took me across the river, To be continued... 3 UP AND OVER: That's Supe ve i) r BM's Kosta Koilias, weaving his way the second half of the game. past an Alcan FC player in the men’s soccer playoffs at Thornhill Saturday, Sept. 25. Kollias went on to score a securty goal late in Super BM wins again in finals ANY CHAMPIONSHIP game that pits Terrace against Kitimat in’ playoff action is bound to be a bit (emse. . But when we're talking soccer in Terrace and the opponents, were, well, Kitimatians, you know ac- tion in’ Thomhill was rougher than usual Sept. 25. Terrace was in good hands with soccer gurus Super BM, who have won the Ter- race Men’s Soccer Associa- tion regular season title four years running. But the BM have never been known ta taking losing lightly and stl remember last year’s loss lo Western Pacific. Some say the team -— led by strong players like Brian Barwise and Morten Fed- dersen have been on a rebound, of sorts; using last years loss to spur a [ive tille winning streak ihat includes indoor futsal finals, this sea- son’s championships and the Bell Pole Invitational. For awhile Saturday it looked as though Super BM, who. also recruited West- have inet their mately iii the playolf finals. again, this lime against Alcan FC, Now Alcan suffered its awn challenges en route to the men’s finals. . They played their semi- final game twice, after leaming a suspended player in the opposing line-up (The Internationals) - had snuck back onto the playing field. The suspended player, who head-bulted © another player during the Bell Pole Invitational, argued the five- game suspension occurred outside of league play and should nat apply to playoff action. The disciplinary arm -of the Terrace Men’s Soccer Association, the = group organizing the Labour Day tournament, said 10 way. The association said the head-bulter “unquestionab- ly violated”? [cague stan- dards and ordered the semi- final match-up ~ replayed, head-butter excluded. Alcan, which .imported : just chough™ players to ficld* a team, faced Terrace’s bit- ter winds twice last Satur- day to take the Internation- als 3. : By afternoon, Alcan was ona roll from the morming win. The team played strong and kept Super BM off the scoreboard until three quarters of the way into the second half, Frigid fans buddling on the. sidelines were already thinking overtime when Su- per BM’s Mark LeBlanc Shot a quickie past the Al- can keeper to make the game [-0. The game picked up. Before Alcan knew what hit them Kosta Kollias — who made a special (rip in from Prince George for the final game — was rewarded with geal in the dying minutes of the 2-0 game. Demolition derby a hit By DEBBY REINHARDT OVER A thousand people came oul Sunday, Sep, 12 to watch the last Demolition Derby of the millennium at ihe Terrace Speedway, As always, there were lots of unexpected events throughout the day, While waiting to go onto the tack, car 114’s engine caught ou fire. Thanks to the fast action of the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department, the fire was put out quickly but nat before it melted everything under the hood. During the bag race — where drivers wear bags over their heads while their passengers navigate, cars went into the swamp, crashed into cach other, got stuck in the mud and there were many misscs as cars almost hit the wall. To everyone’s surprise na one wenl aver the bank this year, In one race, a car hit the wall so hard on the front straight stretch, it almost knocked flagman, Shawnee Kruisselbrink off his raised metal flag stand. Kruisselbrink had to hang on tight so he wouldn't fly onto the pavement in ihe path of the rest of the cars. This was Kriisselbrink’s last official race day as fag- matt alter [7 years with the BACK ON FOUR WHEELS: Jason Chelsberg wasn't hurt when his car got wrecked when it flipped onto its side during ‘he demolition derby event at the speed. * way Sunday, Sep. 12, Terrace Stock Car Associa-. tion and atthough everyone was sad to see him go, they’re-also glad to see him go oul wilh a bang. a The final demolition event was extra exciting this: year when: -car number X15 flipped ‘on its’ side after being hit hard by another ar, The driver, Jason Chelsberg, got out while the ‘ar Was still on its side and waved lo signal he was ok, Alter the car was rocked back onto all four tires, pit crews found oul the car wasn’t so lucky and was out _ for-the rest of the day. Bet- ter luck next year, fellas! Super BM, who last only four games alll season, won entry into the finals with an 8-0 win against Ruins FC, who lost many college-aged players once the school year started. Sports Scope Pool opens today GET YOUR swimsuits out, the Terrace Aquatic Centre reopens Wednesday Sept. 29, The pool closed Sepl. 6 for annual maintenance and is planning a 25th Anniversary celebration Oct. 2 from 2:30 toS p.m. The party features 1974 prices ($1 for adults ~~ less - for seniors, students and children), a chance to’se¢ pre- * vious stalf and instructors, and anniversary cake served at 3 p.m. Pool hours are 6:30 a.m to 10) p.m. Check. yotr fall parks and recreation guide for deuils,: : Golf YOU KNOW summer’s coming to an end when the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club holds its men’s and women’s club championships, a In the men’s event Sept 11-12, Scott Rigler won the overall low gross title in a fick! of 68 competitors. He scored a 153 total while Devon Van Hulle took the overall low net ala 139 tolal. _ The women’s event Sept. 18-19 was won by Debbie Carruthers (185), who took the overall low gross and Leona Wilcox (157) who won the overall low -net award, For more detailed results sce this weck’s Scoreboard. The Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club is holding it's last major golf tournament of the season’ Oct. 3 with it’s Autumn Leaves Fall Scramble. Call the Club at 635-2542 for more information. Terrace Drags MORE THAN 600 spectators and 105 dragsters won $2000 at the Terrace Drag Race Association’s races at the Terrace Kilimat Airport Sept. 18-19, “Tt wenl really, really well,'’ said race representative. Sandy Bullock last week. So well that the association is fooking to run four Taces ext Season at the same venue, Bullock explained that by holding the races at the airport, they can keep the sel up overnight and allow overnight camping for oul of town race fans, Winners of the mid-September races were as follows: Gus Poirier won the King of the Hill race for cars while Tim Link took the same race for bikes and snow- mobiles, a“ Amic Ferretli won the Gamblers race and Paul Amato wan a donated torque wrench for the highest finishing Mopar in the same race. : On Sunday, Emie Ludditt of Terrace won the A Class, Darrel Muir won the B Class-in the Caledonia Senior Secondary Car, Marge Smart won the Powder Puff race, Jim Braid took the motorcycle competition, Tim Link took the showmobik award and Kyle LaBlond finished first in the juniors race. Kitimat’s Jerry Cleland had a perfect reaction time of 5,00 and won a donated toal kil. Start skating INTERESTED in skating this winter? Why not have your child learn to skate with the Terrace Skaling Club. “*There’s still lots of room available in Canskate, Canpower, pre-juuior, junior and senior skating,” said club representative Debbie Minhinnick last week, Bul hurry, Cau-kate classes started Sept. 27, with Canpower classes beginning Oct. 14, Registration forms are available at the skating office at the arena or, by calling Debbie at 635-2477, Speedway awards THE TERRACE Speedway Association’s Year End Banquet and Dance is coming up Oct, 2 at the Thom- hill Community Centre beginning at 6:30 p.m. This year’s awards feature a special Nascar theme and a $25 ticket buys dinner, dancing and a chance to see the area’s top speedsters win atnual awards. Tick- els are sold in advance and at the door, Everyone is welcome, Call 635-5984 for more information: