one 10 do!

Games records tumble

' What a debut!

Three gold medals would have
been enough on their own to
ensure Pat Kirkaldy’s first ap-
pearance at the B.C. Senior
Games was an unforgettable one.

But. the Terracite also came
away from the Cranbrook compe-
titions with three Games records
as well,

And she wasn’t, the only local athlete
to sel new marks, Norah LeCleir and
Marian Duffus each producing a new
best-ever.

Kirkaldy’, s block buster performances
came in the women’s 55-59 years field
events,

Propelling the discus 22.07m, Kirkaldy
had nearly four metres to spare and was

just as convincing in the javelin and shot
put.

Zone 10, and Terrace, had more reason
to celebrate after the discus and shot as
Alie Toop grabbed silver in both.

The javelin was also where Norah
Lecleir produced her record-breaking ¢f-
fort, a 9.67m heave in. the.65-69 years
division.

Ester Postuk underlined local domina-
tion of field events by picking up the
bronzein that event.

She then reversed the placings in the
discus, eaming gold to Lecleir’s silver
while the duo finished silver-bronze in
the shot

Marian Dutfus’ record came in the

pool, her 1:00.58 in the women’s 70-74
years novice 50m Free giving her a near
full sccond margin of victory.

She added another gold in the 25m
Free, but couldn’t beat her own record
set last year.

In other pool action, Joe Mandur was

flying again with three gold and Vi
Walker of Prince Rupert added another
to the Zone’s tally, .
“The remainder of the norlhwest’s 19
medals were made up of Mandur’s three
silver and a bronze, Renate davis’ silver
and two bronze, Walker’s two cach of
silver and bronze and Duffus’ two
bronze.

Other Terrace track successes included

InN assault

Mickey Dychakowski (silver in discus,
javelin and shot plus a long jump
bronzc); Bob Goodvin (discus and shol
Silvers, bronze in javelin); Jim Lecleir
(silver in javelin, bronze in discus); Bud
Kirkaldy (discus. silver);
Smallwood (discus and javelin bronze);

_ and Ted Hamer (shot bronze),

Kitimat’s Joseph Smith let his feet do
the talking, bringing home silvers in the

.§,000m and 10,000m walks.

Commenting on the Zone’s remarkable
performance -- 95 medals from 98
athletes -- president Ken Perry said it
had been the talk of the resi of the pro-
vince,

He also noted other zones had asked

2S the fie!

Maxine .

for details on how the northwest ran its
program.

That’s because Zone 10 has the fastest
growing membership and most improved
results of any in B.C. -

Perry said the nol-so-secret secrel was
simply -to encourage people to gel oul
and participate.

It also helped that there was a heavy
emphasis on enjoying themselves, he
added,

(Our apologies to the above athletes
for their feats not being mentioned in
last week's story on the Games. Un-
fortunately, at press time no details of in-
divicial performances in track and field
or swimming were available. See the
SCOREBOARD on page C4 for full
medai details).

- For the second straight year, the final
hole decided the Skeena Valley golf club
men’s champlon, Tim Mezzaros emerg-
ing victorious by a single stroke.

A Meszaros triumph would have been
a daring prediction after the first of the
tourney’s two rounds, however.

Dan Rosengren, winner of this year’s .

Open, topped the leader board at that
point with a 72, Mezzaros languishing
nine back.

' ‘The turning point came on the fifth
hole of the final day where Rosengren,
having -just fired a birdie, crashed to a
nine.

"That was the beginning of six frustra-
ting tallies which saw Rosengren drop a
dozen ‘strokes to the rock Steady Mez-
zaros,

: Threes on each of the last two holes

sent Mészaros to the clubhouse with a-’
two-day total of 153, Rosengren’ sitting

‘at 145 with two holes to play.
However, 4 bogey on the 17th put him
under the gun and Rosengren couldn’t

conjure up the miracle needed on the .
jasl, leaving Meszaros to take the low

gross title by onc stroke.

There was an equally tight battle for
~ Jow net, Jim Lynch firing a net 65 on the
final day to sneak by carly leader Kelly
‘Derksen. .

, And they’ re off...

However, Rosengren and Derksen both
got some compensation for their so-near
-and-yet-so-far finishes, taking. the
championship flight iow gross and B
flight low net titles respectively.

And there was yet another squeaker in
the A Flight gross, this time a trio of
contenders going to the wire, |

Dan Eastman had ended the first day
with an 82, Ian Smith two back and
Dave Comfort trailing by another three.

By with just three holes to go, Bast-

"man’s jead was down toa single strake

over the other two,
But a bogey on the 1Gth coupled with a

three from Smith saw the lead change, ~

Smith opening it lo ‘two strokes with a
repeat tally on the penultimate hole.

Smith then survived a bogey of his
own on the last to finish in 171, one -bet-
ter that both Eastman and Comfort. -

Jim Kellar took the B Flight low gross
while C Filght belonged. to Bruce Car-
ruthers.

_ On the net side,,Tony Lopes’ 138 was
enough for the Championship Flight
crown, Hans Feddersen took A Flight
with a 143 and Jake DeJong capitalized
on an opening day 66 lo hold off Tim
“Kellar in the C Flight.

A total of 89 golfers entered the club
championship, a record entry.

ANSWERING THE CAL. to help the Terry Fox Foun-
- dation continue its valuable work in the area of cancer
research, 206 Terracites turned out for this year’s Terry
Fox Run. Participants of all ages walked, ran, and
biked their way round elther the tkm or 5km courses.

And they also ‘brought Ina commendable $1, 860 in
donations for the Foundation. That's not all Terrace
and Thornhill did for the memory of Terry Fox, how-
ever, Local schools throughout the area also raised
money through runs of their own.

CONTENDER. One of the favourites in this year's Skeena Valley club junior
championship, Shane DeJong sends his second shot unerringly to the edge of

the first green in Saturday's opening round. The 36-hole event ended Sunday,

it Tor Meszaros.

Memorial
nearly full —

The Skeena Valley Golf and Country
club winds up its event season this
Sunday with the annual Autumn
Leaves scramble.

This year It will slso be known as the
Ray Taft Memorial.

And, In keeping with the successful

season the club has enjoyed this year,
the scramble was almost full as of lnst
Friday.

Limited to 24 four-member teams,
the event had openings for only four
individual players, one each for the
teams which as yet have not heen
filled.

Players get 18 holes of golf, a chance
to win prizes and are treated to a din-
ner at the clubhouse.

. The cost is $15 for club members,
non-members paying an additional
$10 to cover preen fees,

The scramble gets under way at
12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 with dinner
expected to be served by 6:30 p.m.

To find out if there's still a spot
available, phone the club at 635-2542,

A trout-colored wind blows
Through my fingers,

and I remember how the trout
used 10 hide from the dinosaurs

~The trout hid i in subways, onstlen

" when they.came to drink at the river, 7

and atitomoblles,

They, waited patiently for the dinosaurs =

to go away.
- Richard Brautigan

HAT A SUMMER IT has

in the second of a three

and Ovesns to reduce the Skeena steel-
head kill by 50 percent.

‘Year One had not provided conserve-

tlonists with much cause to rejoice.
Tt gave ‘usa voluntary steelhead
rioheal ceri ead oyer by. com-

been! We found ourselves ©

‘year program initiated by —
the Department of Fisheries

ROB BROWN

~ Skeena Angler

where gillnelters were asked to bring

the few steclhcad that survived their

nels to a giant aluminum holding tank
_-where they were held, then released, ~:

_ About 13% of the fish'freed from this,
facility were recaptured, “Most of them .

~ by other boats.
tumed oul.to be about $500 per fish.

as effective as treating & brain tumor
with a fist full ofTylenol.-

industry whose . dismal record

demonstrates it never cared a- whit for.
" steelhead In particular and conservation
: In‘genetal -- was nothing “more ‘than a .

Oe relations program...»
When the Siret: year of ine DRO’s ha

The cost to the taxpayer of this. clrcus ;

Tn the big picture ihe barge was about”

The barge fiasco =+ ‘brainchild of an.

vest reduction program turned out to be
a non-event, friends of the resource
were disappointed. |

But when then-minister of fisheries,
John Crosbie, and his officials reaf-
firmed his Ministry’s commitment io

the 50 per cent reduction, the fires of -

oplimism were rekindled.
This summer we expected extensive
implementation of modificd _gilinets,
fishing closures near. Smith Island and

"the river mouth during the peak migra:

tion of steelhead in August, and reduced
fishing in July when the weakest stocks
migrate through the approach waters,
Instead, commercial fishermen were
given more fishing lime in July than for

many years and the DFO admitied this

plan was intended to offset projected
> qutbacks in August...)
“To make matters worse, as. Augus| ap-

~ proached it became clear no significant
réduction was likely then eitheti os. °°...

° Friends of thé 'fish-and the fish them-
selves had beeti betrays a Me

Sportsmen met with the DFO director

of the Pacific Region and told him thal

in the face of dismal steelhead * and

coho returns, the critical areas of inters
ception al the river mouth must be_

-closed for the sake of conservation. -
“Mr: Bevan then told industry reps the
depariment was going to impose spot

- closures in the river mouth area,

The response of the fishermen and
Fepresentatives to this mild conservation
‘measure was bizarre.

Once again, the fishermen pledged: to
kill all the, sleclhead their nets Eailed: to
1 Se

‘Native commercial fishermen: “who
fisti the river mouth area and are widely

resenied by white fishermen for the ad--

ditional fishing -opportunilies conferred

“on them’ by’ the DFO, were now an
» endangered species with the. rest.of the:
“fleet terribly | concemied : about | thelr. :
“Livelihoods. : ace te

front of DFO vehicles and fished in
defiance of regulations.
A particularly strident shrew from the. :

‘United Fishermen and Allied Workers...

Union shricked about. elitist steel--

’ headers but made no mention of coho, ;
-chum salmon or lesser races of sockeye, ~

all of which are in worse shape,
'. They. never do, you. sec, for: rather

than -seck creative’ and revolutionary °
“solutions io a conservation crisis for’”°
“which they are In large measure “*
“responsible, they adopt a comered Tat.
“posiure and resist change. - i °

In the end an even worse slaughter « of 5
steelhead and coho was only prevented «:

‘py the appearance of 27 million Fraser. -
“sockeye and the flect’s consequent dis-

appearance from the North Coast.

The. clock is running. Alter ‘the
‘debacle of the last two years, it willbe © -

interesting: fo sée what measures” the -

DFO comes with to: five! up’ to iheit “|.
s.° promise In year three, the’ final-year of |
i operations steelhead Kilt reducilon, at

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