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‘Best-ever’ bantams depart

Eight second-year Bantams
from the northwest’s hockey
communities are off to Prince
George this weekend where
they'll try out for spots on the
‘North’ team in the upcoming

B.C. Cup six-team tournament
at Osoyoos later this month.

It’s all part of the B.C. Minor
Hockey Association’s ‘Best
Ever? program for under-17
players.

Two Terrace boxers

qualify for

junior

national title shot

Fourteen-year-old Joey Losier
and 15-year-old Darren Bell of
the Terrace Boxing Club have
earned trips to the Canadian Na-
tional Junior boxing champion-
ships running April 18 to 21 at
Sarnia.

The youths came up with top
performances at the March 23rd
B.C. Golden Gloves champion-
ships and were placed on the
B.C. team for their efforts.

Losier posted a 5-0 unani-
mous decision in his 125-lb Jr.
‘C’ final. At the nationals, Joey
will drop down to the 119-Ib
open class..

Bell, who was somewhat

weakened through efforts to
make the 139-Ib Jr. ‘C’ class,
lost a split decision in his final.
However, coaches decided to
take him along for the 147-lb
class. .

Before heading for Sarnia,
they'll take in a four-day train-
ing camp at three locations in
Vancouver starting this Friday.

Terrace coach Jeff Dilley told
us they’ ll have up to nine weight
divisions at the Nats. B.C. is ex-
pected to compete in six divi-
sions.

It’s a ‘first’ for Terrace boxers
at the Nationals.

‘It’s a four-step program
leading up to @ major interna-
tional tournament at Quebec
during the school Christmas
break.

Forty to 50 youths each attend
one of five training camps this
weekend (Vancouver will host
double that number due to their
icing two of the six teams at
Osoyoos.)

After paring down to team
size from this weekend’s evalua-
tions, they’ll workout a few days
before heading to the April
25-28 Osoyoos tourney. -

From the six teams at the
tournament, the best 46 will then
be picked for a provincial camp
in August. Then following

another cutting down, they'll —

make camp with the best from
Alberta to form the Pacific
Region team for Quebec.

The two Terrace youths on the
team are Fraser Downey and
Curtis Bretherick. They’ll be
joined at Prince George by
David Hawkins of Smithers,
plus five from Kitimat — Keith:
Encinas, Kyle Gurgen, Ryan
Bennatto, Daljeet Brar and Col-
in Campbell.

Fred Schooley of Kitimat goes
along as one of the coaches.

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Curtis Brethertck is one of two youths from Tarrace leaving this
weekend for Prince George to try out for the "North" team in B.C.
Cup competition. The other local hockey player trying out is

Fraser Downey.

Computer bulletin boards — connuesrom pase 8

viable."

So why does the man run a sys-
tem which electronically links
Terrace to the rest of the world, if
not to make a small profit? "The
fascination of it, I guess. There’s
something kind of addictive about
running a system like this," says
Sande. "It’s interesting. There’s a
whole new world out there.”

Art Hill’s Nighthawk BBS has
been running almost a year now.
"The listed date is May 7, 1990,
but this system didn’t just get put
together, it sort of evolved." Night-
hawk began when Hill found com-
mercial bulletin board systems
awkward and costly for the ama-
teur user. "I joined Sasquatch BBS
and instantly became addicted to
the Netmail System. Intrigued with
the concept, I bought a HST
modem and became a serious
Netmail junkie. A message from
Al [Sande] one day, to the effect
that there was room for another

BBS in Terrace... was all the bait.

it took."

Nighthawk’s variety of messag-
ing conferences differ from Sas-
quatch’s, but a few local conf-
erences are exchanged. This means
that Nighthawk users can send and
receive messages with Sasquatch
usETS.

Are the bulletin board systems in
competition? "Not likely," says
Hill, "Sibling rivalry, maybe, but
not competition. Al and I have
become friends because of the
boards, and have tried to keep the
boards as different as possible. The
three percent overlap is inten-
tional.”

Nighthawk also features informa-
tion files, such as computer-related
programs, a. Chinese Language
Tutorial, and a Shopping list

maker. As with Sasquatch, these
are "shareware". There are a few
games available. .

‘Nighthawk BBS offers a two-
month free access “test drive",
with registration costing $25 per
year for 60 minutes daily access
time. Nighthawk messages echo to
Victoria, and from there to Seattle,
New York or California, depend-
ing on the conference. As with
other systems, messages can travel
to Australia, Hong Kong or just
about anywhere.

Uroboros was the first bulletin
board system in ‘the Terrace area,
having started up sometime in
1987. The Uroboros BBS features
the first Ecunet bulletin board
system in Northern British Colum-
bia, which makes it part of an
informat coalition of church-related
computer networks, including
several Canadian and U.S. denomi-
nations.

Uroboros. system operator John
MacKenzie says that Uroboros’
conferences are interdenomina-
tional. Uroboros links up with
Ecunet, a network based in
Connecticut, which includes the
Intemational Church network,
containing information and news
releases from churches around
North America and the world, "A
person in Terrace, if they checked
every day, could read news
releases from the San Francisco
Times and the New York Times.”
Because of the speed of electronic
communications, news releases are
available from bulletin boards
earlier than through printed
sources.

Uroboros messages are sent
nightly to Vancouver, and from
there are echoed across the coun-
try. "The echoes are conferences

that go on indefinitely." Mac-
Kenzie appreciates the speed of
electronic information transfers and
messages. "It just changes your
whole concept of time and place."
MacKenzie links into a Church
conferencing system, which has
instant networks connecting to San
Francisco, Florida, London and
Geneva.

Uroboros has no registration fee,
and a daily time limit of 15
minutes, "But that’s adjustable."
Time limits can be negotiated with
MacKenzie. “I run the board as a
kind of public service."

Fourteen-year-old Norm Dreger
spends two or three hours a day at
the computer keyboard. During
much of that on-screen time,
Dreger is involved in bulletin
board systems. His interest lies in
messaging and games, and avail-
able local systems weren’t quite
meeting his particular needs, so
about three weeks ago he created
his own system, Norm’s Little
BBS. "I wanted to make a board to
fit my taste. I like games doors,"
says Dreger. After trying out a
selection of bulletin board pro-
grams, Dreger came upon one
called Spitfire. "I tried Spitfire, and
I loved it.”

Dreger’s system has ulilities files,
pictures, animation and sound files,
and most important, games. His
messaging conferences include
general messages, jokes, games,
"and a few more." An echo mail
system is yet to be installed.

Norm’s Little BBS boasts "the
best door games around". After the
free "test driver’s" daily allotment
of 30 minutes, users can register
for $5 and get 90 minutes daily
on-line time.

What inspires a young computer
whiz to develop his own bulletin

board system? "Well, this is fun.
What would you rather do: sit
around and watch reruns of ’The
Wonder Years’, or talk to the
world?"

Local Bulletin Board Systems

Sasquatch BBS: 635-2184. 250
listed local users, over 200 con-
ferences, plus games and files.
System Operator: Al Sande.

Nighthawk BBS: 635-2406. 46
listed local users, over 200 con-
ferences, plus games and files.
System Operator: Art Hill

Urobores BBS: 635-2225. 190
listed local users, numerous con-
ferences, including Ecunet and a
Nisga’a conference. System opera-
tor: John MacKenzie.

Norm’s Little BBS: 635-6174.
(NEW) Just started up —— games
and conferences, plus files. System
Operator: Norm Dreger.

*note: phone numbers are for
modems, not voice calls

Bulletin Board System lingo

*BBS: bulletin board system
eSysop: system operator

*User: a person who uses BBS
systems. A "listed" user has
entered the system, but is not
necessarily an active user.

*Echo: sending messages "out"
electronically

«E-mail: Messages sent
tronically

‘Node: BBS access phone line
Conference: a subject heading for
messages

‘Download: receiving data from a
BBS

‘Upload: sending data to a BBS

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Fitzpatrick
ends pro

season on a

winning note

Mark Fitzpatrick, the New
York Islander goalie who spent
much of the season recovering
from a rare muscle-debilitating
ailment, will be coming home to
Kitimat this summer in almost
100 percent top physical condi-
tion.

Mark got in two complete
games for the Islanders in a
season for the team that proved
to be as disastrous as it was for
Mark.

The Islanders missed the play-
offs, finishing last in the Patrick
Division after posting only 25
wins in their 80-game schedule.
That gave them 19th place
overall.

Fitzpatrick had spent time
since January recovering his health
and playing some games in the
minors. Finally, he returned to
Long Island and took to the nets
against the Blues’ Hull and com-
pany in the Islanders’ 76th contest.

Mark lost that game 3-2.
Management gave him another
crack at the nets on March 30,
when he responded with a 5-3
win over the Bruins.

He winds up his two-game
season with a one-and-one rec-
ord and a 3.00 goals-against
average.

His fans are looking forward
to Fitzpatrick’s comeback as a
regular next season, when he’ll
get the chance once more to
prove he’s one of the best in the
NHL. — a