—— ’ ~ This Is the Terrace Travel team that topped the bantam girls’ division in Terrace minor soft- _ ball’ s seasor-ending Gold Cup tournament held In Terrace on the last weekend In June. + Johnston, despite the fact she’s a national women’s champion. ~ Ali holds this honor in.wom- -en’s air-pistol shooting;“and this -month she'll defend that title in. ‘Canadian National shooting finals at Brandby,. Quebec. :. ‘When you consider. that ‘she “Manages very little outside com- petition due to the proximity of the Terrace Rod and Gun Club (where she trains up to five times . -a week), it’s somewhat amazing ‘ what she’s accomplished. She shoots both air-pistol and _ ,22 calibre sport pistol, but it’s - the air-pistol where she’s gained fame, - winning her crown last “year, : She recently: joined most of the | Canadian team at Los . Angeles, where they competed “against the best States’ shooters - in the U.S. National Champion-’ ‘ships. — ~~ She wound up winning the ladies’ “high visitor award and placed eighth overall for ladies - out of a ‘field of 50 shooters, ‘There were supposed to be five: countries,’ she told . Us. “But, only. two showed up.” As for her participation, she shot air-pistol i in two matches at. - 10-meter distance, and the .22 in “two matches at 25 meters. =; “1 didn’t do very well in the first day at air-pistol. | shot a couple, of exhibition matches 362 out of 400. Next day, how- ever, I gota 371 which is close ‘to Games entry, and a couple’ ‘of my personal best.” The only other female shooter from B.C. was Sandy Atwood of Quesnel, who finished right _ behind Ali in ninth position. Her " score was two behind Ali’s total. As far as shoots away from North America, a major event is coming up at San Juan, Puerto Rico. in September. The Cana- dian finals at Grandby will - decide the composition of our team. Asked why she started this sport about: five years ago, she -told us: “My husband (Keith) _was shooting regularly at the club, and I was bored sitting around the house. So I tried it, fiked it, and here I am today.” itiitially she got most of her 5 ‘Its “only on rare. occasions. “that we hear about Terrace’s Ali coaching from Keith, but as she | gained experience at outside competitions, she learned valu- . able tips from top guns and pro- gressed to the highest rung on her own. Terrace has a big handicap which Ali has managed to over- come. ““We’ve no place to shoot in winter like big city clubs do, so we do have a shortened season. . If we had lots of. money and could fly out every weekend, it would bring us up to par with outsiders:”* She said it involves a lot of time. **You have to forget about go- ing on vacations other than at- ‘trophies too, Ali defends shooting title tending competitions, There are sacrifices.”’ As for equipment, the guns are an expensive initial outlay. She has a .22 pistol valued at about $1,000, and a couple of air pistols in the $700 range. 3 “Ammunition and travel are constant expenses.” She says cheaper equipment would have to come with a lot of ‘good luck to be consistently on top. Asked about her trophy and — award collection so far, she ad- mits she has quite a bit of hard- ware, “But Keith has lots of. so between us _ we’re loaded with awards.”’ Hendry home for rest Terrace basketball star Michelle Hendry didn’t play for the Canadian women’s national basketball. team against the Hungarian nationals in Toronto last week, That’s because the Hungarians didn’t show up. It seems that Hungary had such a poor showing in the '- Buropean championships earlier, their federation can- _ celled the four-game exhibition series planned for eastern Canada. - So, the Canada gals played a against Ontario’s Canada intra-squad contests. Hendry . arrived home on Monday for another break’ in her busy sports schedule. She'll have some time off before heading to Vancouver to join the roster of our Canada Games team — Team B.C. Team B.C. is expected to bea strong gold medal contender for the Games’ title at Saskatoon. They open their schedule August 14 against Team Ontario, the same team Michelle gained ex- perience against just last week. -Following the Canada Games, she returns to Simon Fraser University for her second year. Christensen wins again Well-known Terrace bicycle tider Mike Christensen has add- ed the-first annual Kitimat River Challenge race to his lengthen- ing list of victories. Mike won the 80-kilometer Kitimat-to- Mount-Layton-and-return race on July 1 in a time of two hours, five minutes, 57 seconds, He was closely followed across the line by Guido Schnelzer. of Prince Rupert and race-organizer Wes Smith of Kitimat. Both were timed in 2:06.07, but Schnelzer (first in junior) was placed sec- ond by a head. Mark Belsham of Kitimat was second junior, followed by Kiron Kantakis of Terrace. Kantakis was also first in the race’s sprint up Haisla hill. The only female taking part was Carol Cone of Rupert. Forty-five riders — in- cluding 15 recreational bikers — took part in the ride. Although pleased with the turnout, Smith said the sched- uled Canada Day date conflicted with several other B.C. ‘traces, thus keeping the entry total below 50. Next year’s race will be scheduled away from major - events, according to Smith, Prince: S50 rebate on refrigerators and 5150 back ‘on hot water tanks. A $50 rebate on new energy-efficient refrigerators was program for residential customers. At the same time it was announced that Hydro and participating gas utilities are giving homeowners a discount of $150 to replace existing electric hot water tanks with natural gas water heaters. Hydro also offers a$20 rebate on the purchase of new energy-efficient electric ~ hot water tanks carrying the Power Smart label. ’ recently announced by B.C. Hydro under the Home Coecketis $50 refrigerator rebate coupons available in stores. Details of the $50 refrigerator rebate are available in stores. Retailers will help customers complete the rebate coupon. The offer is available on refrigerator purchases made June 1, 1989 through February 28, 1990. This rebate is also being offered by West Kootenay Power. $150 discount for natural gas hot water tanks. The $150 discount for switching to a natural gas water heater is available through participating heating and plumbing installers, who have all the details. This offer is valid June 1, 1989 through May 31, 1990. The program is co-sponsored by Hydro, BC Gas and Pacific Northern Gas. Hydro is paying $50 and the gas - companies are contributing $100. $20 rebate for electric hot water tanks. Details of the $20 electric water heater tank rebate and coupons are available from heating and plumbing installers. . The rebate is valid on purchases made June 1, 1989 through May 31, 1990, West Kootenay Power also offers this rebate. Lyle McClelland city the size of Vernon’ Power Smart booklets. Lyle McClelland, Hydro program manager, says: “Statistics show that new energy-saving fridges represent a typical saving of $300 or more over the life of the fridge, compared to less efficient models. Replacing an electric water heater with a natural gas water tank lowers the cost of water heating by 40 percent and results in faster hot water recovery. “And from the utility’s perspective the rebates for energy- efficient appliances also reduce the demand to produce more - electricity. Electricity saved now is a cost-effective way to sustain growth and meet future needs. Home Check-Up is: expected. to save enough electricity to satisfy the needs ofa Hydro offers free booklets on how to make a home Power Smart, They include wise-use ideas for appliances, lighting and heating. The booklets are available by calling Hydro’s Power Smart telephone service toll-free: Lower Mainland 293-7777 ot 1-800-663-0431. Vancouver Island 1-800-663-1033 Southern Interior: Vernon 1-800-663-2723 Cranbrook —_1-800-663-4306 Northern B.C. 1-800-663-1689 BChydro * .