Morte ae
Winter

Let me win; but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.

This is the Special Olympics Oath, one that might be used by all
of us in our daily living as well as in sports competitions. At the
Northern B.C. Winter Games we will be seeing Special Olympics
athletes competing in the swimming and bowling events in parallel
competition as part of the overall program. ,

Special Olympics is an International Organization founded in
1968 by the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation and established in B.C.
in 1980 as an acredited chapter of the Canadian Special Olympics.
Special Olympics is an opportunity, an opportunity for people to
learn new skills, make new friends—to become involved. The games
and the championships are the culmination of the year-round train-
ing programs. They provide the arena for athletes to demonstrate
their skills while competing for personal bests. We look forward to
cheering many special athletes from all over the north as they join
their spirit with the Skeena Spirit in

SWIMMING [y]

Swimming has long been recognized as one of the healthiest and
most enjoyable methods of exercise. It is good for the muscles, for
the heart, for the lungs, and for those of us with a roll where there
should be an indentation, it is great for the waistline as well.

There are three categories for entrants in the Winter Games com-
petitions: C.A.S.A. Youth, 11 years and over; C.A.S.A. Masters,
20 years and over; and Special Olympic, 19 years and over. Gold,
Silver, and Bronze Medals will be the coveted awards. We look for-
ward to watching all of these athletes as we do the

BOWLING

This sport has a history dating back to Egypt in 5000 B.C. There

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sponsor of the Terrace 1991 Northern B.C. Winter Games by donating $2,000 to
the Games committee, represented here by Campbell Stewart. Handing over the

cheque is Ocelot manager Bill Eynon.

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have of course been many changes and variations from clay bowls,
wooden bowls, and stone bowis as well as lanes made of grass, dirt,
carpeting, and wood. Today the game is played with composite
bowling balls weighing about three pounds each, on hardwood
lanes that are 60 feet long and 42 inches wide.

The object of the game is to knock down as many pins with as few
throws of the ball as possible. How simple—even I should be good
at that. Of course it is not as simple as it sounds nor as boring.

Bowling, like many sports requires concentration, coordination
and a temper with a long fuse. How many times has that perfect ball
been thrown and when the smoke clears, there in solitary splendour
stands one pin?

Terrace got its first bowling alley after the Second World War.
The townspeople rallied and collected funds to purchase the lanes
(three of them) from the Royal Canadian Force Base at Aliford Bay
on the Queen Charlotte Islands, which was in the process of
dismantling its operations. The drill hall in which those lanes were
located was destroyed by fire in the 50’s, and after a lapse in the
sport private investors constructed the lanes we now enjoy on
Lazelle Ave.

There are many bowling leagues in Terrace and a number of
bowlers who are in the class of champions. We look forward to see-
ing our Terrace bowlers and our visiting bowlers, along with the
swimmers and all our Special Olympic Athletes the first weekend in
February. They will have the ‘“‘Skeena Spirit’? as we will, and from
now until then a good way of demonstrating that spirit is to pur-
chase some of the souvenirs that have been obtained specially to
commemorate this occasion.

There are glasses and mugs, spoons, and pins, sweatshirts,
T-shirts and caps. There is a very attractive display of these tasteful-
ly done souvenirs at the Winter Games Office and they are available
in a display in the Skeena Mall on Friday nights from 7 a.m. until 9
p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The prices are most
reasonable and they make super Christmas gifts, so let’s ‘‘Catch the
Skeena Spirit”? in our Northern B.C, Winter Games shirts and
spread it around by purchasing these souvenirs as gifts.

Catch the Skeena Spirit —
Support the 1991 Terrace
Northern B.C. Winter Games