"Fitzpatrick dropped to minors by L.A. Kings Too much pressure playing with Gretzky and . company and some professional seasoning are the reasons given by the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings for shipping Kitimat’s Mark Fitzpatrick to their American Hockey League farm team at New. Haven. The super junior hockey star that led Medicine Hat Tigers to two consecutive Memorial Cup junior titles was sent down to the AHL’s Nighthawks on Sept. solid training camp with the Kings. treme. 25, despite a a Terrace Minor Hockey attracted 50 people to a rece nt meeting General manager Rogie Vachon said he was keeping three veteran netminders to give them ‘first crack at permanent berths. He added that — -with the Kings playing their first five games at home, the pressure on Mark would be too ex- - Like Jeff Sharples of Detroit a year ago, it’s quite likely Fitzpatrick will be back in the NHL before the season’s midway mark. By the way, Sharples’ Red Wings are at Los Angeles for the season opener tomorrow night. where parents probed ex- ecutive members about the operation of the league. Gas conversion grants renewed A program to convert vehicles to natural gas has been senewed, with a $500 grant available to consumers, The program is cost- shared by the B.C. and federal governments, as well as B.C. Steelhead "As Fish and Wildlife Branch personnel continue to monitor the progress of returning steelhead moving further. up the Skeena and Nass Rivers, catch limits for anglers are undergoing adjustment. Last week regional: fisheries biologist Bob Hooton announc- ed that the one-fish-per-year limit has been lifted from most of the Skeena and Nass River systems and reverted to the one- per-day, two-per-month quotas stated in the B.C. Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis. Hydro, Inland Natural Gas, ICG Utilities, and Pacific Nor- thern Gas. In addition to this, Pacific Northern offers grants of $300 per cylinder (maximum two quotas up The exceptions are the Copper River and its tributaries upstream of the Highway 16 bridge, the Bulkley River up- stream from the Barrett Station railway bridge, and the Morice River. Hooton said these areas are currently occupied by a par- ticularly weak run of steelhead that entered the Skeena during July and the spawning fish are . still under need of protection. Further information available from the local Ministry of Environment office. is - Play gets underway this weekend. tanks) per conversion. The total cost to the driver can drop from $2,500 to $1,400 with both grants. Using natural gas saves consumers approximately 50 percent of their fuel costs. Dave Storey, manager of Farwest Fuels, says his company also offers discounts for pur- chases paid in cash or financed on a home heating account. ‘‘If you have natural gas heating at . your home or business, you can walk in here with no money down, and finance the coversion over one to 24 months.’’ Interest rates for the financing is 12 and a quarter percent. The program has been offered in different parts of Canada under a varying set of rules since the early ’80’s, with the $500 provincial-federal grant being available in the Northwest for about two years. CANADIAN AIRLINES SETS WINTER SCHEDULE TERRACE — Canadian Air- lines International service be- tween Terrace and Vancouver will’ be on an altered winter schedule beginning Oct. 31. The daily morning service, flight 627, will depart Van- couver at 7:50 a.m., flying direct to Terrace and arriving at 9:15 a.m. The return flight leaves Terrace at 9:45, getting to Van- couver at 11:55 after a stop in Smithers. Flight 678 will operate every day but Saturday, leaving Van- couver at 4:30 p.m. and arriving in Terrace at 5:55, The return leg departs Terrace at 6:25, going to Vancouver via Smithers Mon- day, Thursday, Friday and Sun- - day with an arrival time of 8:35. Sq Tuesday and Wednesday the return flight goes through Prince Rupert, arriving in Vancouver at 8:45, Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 5, 1988 9 Youth Soccer needs more volunteers According to Terrace Youth Soccer registrar Bev Bujtas, the 600-player association can use a lot more adult help, and she has specific ideas along these lines. _ At the Sept. 28 annual general meeting, Bev rattled off a lengthy list of positions to be filled by one or more people to help youth soccer run more smoothly. She also pointed out that many jobs have been combined in the past by overwork- — ed executive people. ““We tried a new one last season — a statistician for each divisior,”’ she told the gathering of 30 people. ‘‘These people collected scores from each game to make it easier at the end of the season to total up points to determine league champions. It also helped in setting up the playoffs.” . ‘1d like us to try for a position of course co-ordinator. This would organize coaches and referee clinics, and set up youth training sessions. Referee clinics are the key issue because we’re really short of officials.” . She also said they could use a mini-soccer co-ordinator for the 16 under-10 teams that play seven-a-side games. This per- son would oversee the operation and work with coaches on problems. . Division heads should be appointed for each age group to alleviate conflicts and settle minor situations that arise along the way. “*1’m in favor of field managers — a few péople assigned to ensure playing fields are marked out with lime on game days. Two or three volunteers could handle this.”’ a Bev said she’d like one person to arrange for out-of-town games with Prince Rupert and Kitimat, especially. Another person could be put in charge of pre-paid team pictures, en- suring they get to the youngsters or parents that bought them. ‘‘A game scheduler is most necessary as well,’’ she pointed out. ‘‘He or she could set up tournaments in addition to regular league.’’ Bujtas said a very important aspect is to have someone go to the high schools to talk with girls about their division. “We have four girls teams at present, and I'd really like to see more girls involved so that we wouldn’t have to have girls as young as'1! and old as 16 playing on the same teams.” Bev hopes ali these aspects are set up for next season. The new executive will be working towards these changes, but volunteers are asked to come forth now. 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