‘bout: seven. dropouts due to - exhaustion or flat tires didn’t. dampen the Skeena River Chal- lenge ‘Century’ bike race from Terrace to Prince. Rupert on August 21. Fifty-four competitors from age 13 to 70 started out at 10 a.m, from in front of McDon- ald’s on Lakelse Avenue. Forty- seven crossed the finish line at McDonald’s in Prince Rupert in times running from four-and-a- half hours to eight hours and 12 minutes. Organizers lengthened the Muscular Another charity has gained from a golf tournament at the Skeena Valley club. Muscular Dystrophy was the big winner by about $2,000 at the Inn of the West’s 18-hole two-ball tourney on, Sunday. Other winners included Dick Graff and Lorna Therrien for a low gross score of 84, and Doris Grace and Reg Harrison for a race to 100 miles by adding a detour to Ridley Island. There- fore, Ralph Andreeson of Prince Rupert’s first-place time of four hours, 28 minutes and 25 - seconds is now the record to beat. for next year. Andreeson won the men *$- (19-40) category by two minutes over Weston Smith of Kitimat. Mike Christensen of Terrace . took third in the men’s and fourth overall. He was. four minutes behind Andreeson. Third place and first for masters men (41 plus) went to sular dystrophy wins at charity golf low net score of 57. Larry Gor- don of Prince Rupert won a trip for two to Vancouver for his closesf-to-the-pin shot on the fourth hole, The draw for all golfers saw the trip for two to San Francisco, ‘donated by Canadian Airlines International, won by Fred Lewis. 73 golfers participated. Alaska, in 4:31.56. Next in line .for masters men was David Alwood of Hazelton (9th overall) and Robert Smart of Terrace (16th). Liz Horne of Stewart and Greta Brorup of Terrace place one-two as the only entrants for masters women. Senior women’s section went to Carol Coan of Rupert who was 31st overall. Josey Smart of * Terrace (35th) was next. Area squash players are in- vited to take part in an officials’ clinic at Kitimat’s Tamitik from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. on September ‘8th. The fee is $10. Private lessons will be available as well. The clinic will be conducted by Stewart Dixon of Vancouver. He’s the development co- ordinator for B.C. Squash, and coach of the Canadian Junior Women’s team. To sign up, phone Kelly at 632-4030. Kitimat’s third annual fish Chiron Kantakis of Terrace was the fastest junior (13-18). He was 7th overall, nine minutes out of first. 17-year-old Rob Smart of Terrace was runnerup, while Paul Cope was third. There were no junior women. The night before the race, all competitors gathered at Terrace for a spaghetti dinner and pre-. briefing. They were well covered - on the trip, with a lead car and pickup car at the rear, plus some help from RCMP and _ the. derby is this weekend, and you must pick up $5 entry tickets by Friday at any of the numerous businesses displaying derby posters. More than $4,000 in prizes are offered for men, wonien and youngsters casting . their lines in the Douglas Chan- _nel or Kitimat River. Kitimat’s Rod and Gun Club is the weigh- in station both Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Prizes awarded at the Rod and Gun Club Sunday night. Terrace Review — - Wednesday, August ‘a, 9 ‘II but seven finish 100- mile bike race | Karl Klein of Ketchikan, motorcycle club, Awards were presented later at the Rupert raquet club. Organizers are looking at the prospect of reversing the. route for next year. It’s possible they’ ll start at Prince Rupert and end at Terrace. Other possibilities in future include a ride for seniors and juniors to Kitimat (and. return???), also a tri-city race to Rupert from: Kitimat. or vice-_ versa. - ‘Coming events in regional sports The B.C, horseshoe pitching championships are on this Satur- day and Sunday at the Heritage Park horseshoe grounds. Up to. 100 competitors are expected. A . special clinic for newcomers will be held this Thursday and Fri- day at Heritage Park. Contact Joe Wideman at night. Terrace Minor Hockey will have season registration and equipment swap on Sept. 16 and 17 at the Skeena Mall. Fees will likely be the same as last year. . IME TO THE 52% Th the free world. case, or 1.4¢ per bottle. yourself what’s fair. BRACKET. We don 't suppose that anyone feels “welcome” at the thought of entering the 52% tax bracket. But the truthis, every time you — open a beer, that’s how much of it is going to Federal and Provincial taxes. In fact, 52% is the national average Since the recent provincial tax hike herein British - Columbia, we're actually paying more than 56%, which is one of the highest rates anywhere in To get specific, of the $10.80* Canadians pay for 12 bottles of domestic beer, $5.62 goes to Federal and Provincial taxes, $2.31 is spent on production, $1.08 on labour, 86¢ on sales and distribution and 76¢ goes to packaging and recycling. 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