On the Deschutes River a pack of dogs cavorted through litter and chased cattle through the remains of campfires and between tents pitched under the sign that said “NO DOGS and OVERNIGHT . CAMPING PLEASE”’, while their masters cast desert wind.

On the Wind River only some smooth, fast talk laced with compliments and winning smiles persuaded a ‘large man, whose property I'd unwittingly strayed onto, from doing me bodily harm.

On the Kalama, permission from no less than three property

owners was required to fish the '

so-called “Holy Water'’. Every tract of property was. posted with No Trespassing or Keep Out or If You’ve Come This Far, You've Come Too Far signs, and a carpenter warned

steelhead flies into the -

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In defence o

me off a stretch of} river fron- tage owned by a man whose house had been set ablaze after a confrontation with sport- fishermen.

- On the Stiliguamish, 1 tore

my waders on some barbed wire

carefully concealed in low lying .&

brush — apparently for just

‘ that purpose — and. later found

myself lacked in debate over tiperian rights with the shrewish woman whose . property that wire guarded.

Access and conflict were thematic in our steelheading trips to Washington State, not surprisingly, since, next to California, it is the most populous state on. America’s west coast,

It was good to be home in B.C. where problems of access for river-bound recreationists are rare because our smaller population is distributed over a

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much larger area and: because, three decades ago, some wise legislators recognized the value of land adjacent to water.

In 1958. B.C.’s provincial

government, with un. characteristic vision, passed legislation banning the sale of waterfront properties belonging ta the Crown. It was a law given to the people of this province as a centennial legacy: a law drafted with the recognition that the person who owns the

’ lands adjacent to a river or lake

or stretch of beach effectively

controls the land and water ad-

jacent to it. .

Unfortunately, subsequent governments have not built upon this legislative base. They might have done this by ap- preciating the special privileges in the ownership of lake and river frontage ‘and taxed their owners accordingly. Similarly, Politicians should have. made laws enabling them to institute heavy tax penalties against

‘those property owners who ex- ercised prohibitive aspects of

their riparian right. Wherever

public water acces

possible, our elected represen- tatives should have acted for the public to ensure access through private lands to public land and water.

In some cases, guaranteeing access for the sportsman would

have meant negotiations with

Indian bands, In other’ situa. tions it might have necessitated the revision of municipal and land registry acts to ensure

vehicular-and pedestrian access.

through subdivisions or other

developments, In some conten- .. “tious areas, outright purchase:

or expropriation of critical lands may have been necessary.

Instead, ‘the centennial legislation was repealed by the provincial government in June

“of 1988 and the Ministry of

Crown Lands has embarked on a program to sell Crown water-

‘front — your waterfront. —.

through an initiative called the

“Crown shoreland poli ae What this means is you andl. ~

will; be asked to “spend even’

_More of our tax dollars to’ser-,° .. Vice ‘and Protect. ‘private water-* ' front properties against floods ~' ~ and washouts. We will be fore- "ed to subsidize the real-estate in- «2.

terests who will profit from the -

‘sale of the land in question: and, =>:

in effect, the home owners: and ° businessmen who use it.” ;

It is bitterly ironic that we-will.. be. expected :to’ accept. being | restricted to land that should be :: ours by the very people we have.

been forced to subsidize; |...

To decrease the available |:

‘waterfont land: in thig. province . at a time when the demand for it. * ‘is growing rapidly makes no™

sense, As the Washington exam- . .

ple graphically demonstrates, mo

the privatization of vital river

frontage leads to conflict: and,

bitterness,

SPORTS NEWS —

JEFF NAGEL 638-7283

TERRACE S"ANDARD

CALUM'’S CORNER

Last week’s column closed with a promise -to bring the reader a guide to play-off hockey pools based on the results of an exhaustive survey of local pundits.

Alas, given the raison d’etre of the best poolsters is winning, they either declined the’ invita- tion to say anything that might later be used against them or were quick to volunteer predic- tions so unlikely as to lead one to suspect their motives (New Jersey v. L.A. in the final?? Come on!)

However, dedicated to the principle of the public's right to know and armed with an array of modern technological aids {electronic bugs, hidden cameras and wire taps), the

following pearls of wisdom ~

have been garnered.:

Smythe: The first * round preliminaries over, it will be the Battle of Alberta once again with Calgary being forced to seven games before moving on to the conference final,

Norris: At the time of writing, the final placings are still up in the air. However, like- ly scenario is St. Louis knocking off Chicago on its way to a drubbing by the Flames.

Adams: Buffalo eliminates (scb) the Habs before falling to Boston.

Remember, hockey poolsters, you heard it here first. Maybe.

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Patrick: Ancther division where a prediction at this stage is a shot in the dark. That being the case, go with a dark horse — Washington to lay the ghosts of playoffs past to rest before bowing out to the Bruins.

And the final? Boston deprives Calgary of a repeat triumph in six games.

All that said, which players does the fledgling poolster go

‘for? Ef fortunate enough to

secure first pick, take one of the Calgary. trio of Gilmour, Mullen or MacInnis. After that, the remainder of the top 20 are Niewendyck (Cal); Hull (St.L); Suter. (Cal); Janney (Bos); Makarov (Cal); Oates (St.L):

Neely (Bos); Messier (Edm);-

Bourque (Bos); Roberts (Cal); Fleury (Cal); Propp (Bos); Cic- carelll, (Wash); Zezei (St.L); Courtnall/Ridley. (Wash); and Turgeon (Buff).

And if looking for a real gam- ble, substitute Toronto for St. Louis and go for Damphousse, Leeman, Olezyk and Marois,

Finally, should the above for- mula be followed and victory ensue, remember you read it

“here first.. However, if disaster

strikes, all knowledge of the above will be denied.

This column will self-destruct - “; Match with bruised ribs and a

in 20 ‘géconds.

Hendry heroic, but Clan aly

Saturday shootin HITTING HOOPS on a clear spring day was the way to go Saturday afternoon for Northwest Com-

munity College student Michael De Wacht. The 22-year-old business administration student takes to the golf courses, soccer fields — and basketball courts — as often as he gets the chance.

Softball help needed

Contributed

What's the number one game

in town? Softball!

That's really no surprise with softball being the most popular

team sport in North America.

Participants include boys and:

girls, men and women — anyone from age 5 to 65. And

even when not playing, volunteering your time as a coach, umpire, cr‘even as a spectator can be a rewarding ex- perience,

Terrace is rapidly making a name for itself as the softball hub of the northwest, with com- petitive. men’s and women’s fastball, men’s and mixed slo-

Top wrestler

TERRACE — A _ Hazelton wrestler is the top Canadian in his weight class following a silver-medal performance at the Junior Espoir Open Champion- ship in Pierresford, Quebec: . Travis Himmelright took on and knocked off every oppo- nent at the international tourna- ment before facing New York

- State champion Kareeb Howard

in the gold-medal round. The

American wrestler finally beat. the Hazelton Secondary School

student —-who entered the final

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hyper-extended elbow — bya 14-6 score.

Himmelright travelled to the tournament as part of the B.C; provincial wrestling team, and

_ returned: with. the silver medal and the top Canadian in the .

68-kilogram category. He defeated five wrestlers

" from Quebec and Ontario — in- cluding top-ranked Canadian -

Gianni Vecchio — 16 secure a spot in the; final - against

Howard. Himmelright left | Quebec with a record of 23 wins: ..

‘and three losses: this year,

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pitch, as well as a strong minor softball system.

Over the past two seasons, Terrace teams have produced one gold and three bronze medals at B.C. provincial cham- pionships, Terrace players have been recognized ‘for their

_ abilities with.all-star selections

and MYP honours.

Even on. a non-playing level, Terrace is being recognized with Terrace Minor Softball's Vic

_ Buteau being named 1989's top

Minor Coordinator of the Year by Softball B.C. The Terrace youth gain much

. from their experience with this

great game. Any of the volunteers who. freely give of -their time to help our kids learn while baving fun have gained much for themselves and for the ‘communtity..

“With some 400 youngsters now involved in minor softball, ‘the need -for volunteers con- ‘tinues.: Anyone. wishing {o get

involved:-can contact Terrace 3. Minor: Softball rep ‘Gary Turner. Ss ‘at’ 638-2943. a

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TERRACE — The Simon

Fraser University Clan were .

finally knocked out of the na- tional. women’s collegiate basketbail championships despite another stunning effort by Terrace’s Michelle Hendry,

The team made it to the se- cond round of the NAIA na- tional tournament and finished the game just seven points away from making the Final Four- semifinal round.

It was the Clan’s first ever trip to the prestigious tourna- ment in Jackson, Tennessee — the goal of the more than 400 American colleges and universi- ty in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, . -...

SFU beat out the Western Washington Vikings in two straight games to capture the district one (pacific northwest)

title. From there they beat the -

district two champions and earned the place in the national tournament.

Hendry led the way for the Clan, scoring 32 points in the team’s 79-56 tournament- opening victory’ over the

THE MASTERS swim club beasts an active adult membership rang-

University of Minnesota to put! oe

SFU into the second round: |; =“. But the magic finally ran out ;

in SFU’s game against the ~~

Claflin Pantherettes of South _ Carolina, The Clan’s fate was sealed when Hendry fouled out-

with more than a minute left in.

overtime and Claflin leading

96-91,

At game's end the Pantheret- tes had eliminated SFU- 104-98, despite Hendry's valiant 38-point, 18-rebound effort.

Hendry scored more than 30 points per game throughout the playoffs, and was named to the

national tournament's all-star -

team,

; “At- ‘the end of the second

game, Hendry was the leading , scorer of the tournament, said ~ SFU coach Allison McNeill,” | who added that SFU was-a relatively unknown there. and surprised the teams they faced.

“They weren’t doubling and " tripling up on Michelle -very much at first,’’ she explained, *‘But after the first 20 minutes they figured it out.” °

ing fram the recreational to the competitive.

Swim Masters

Contributed

Four members of a new adult swimming club brought back numerous medals from the B.C. Winter Gamies in Penticton last month.

Joe Mandur led the Terrace.

Blueback Masters’ medal count with six medals — including two golds in-the 50- and 100-metre freestyle. Marion Duffis earned two medals.in the over-60 women’s category. _ .

Mary Bowering. and Dean McLay also. competed, - with

McLay picking - “up. another: medal as part'of the ‘northwest’

regional relay team.

The. Blueback .’ Masters: are:

looking forward to ‘more meets soon -in Kitimat -and Prince Rupert.

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reflect the competitive side of this new club. Started.two mon-

ths ago, the club is for anyone - .

20 and over who wants to im- prove their swimming’ ability and get fit while meeting and working out with other.people. .

The club is affiliated-with the...

Terrace Blueback..Swim Club and has a dozen members:so far. They practise three times a

.week — Mondays, Wednesdays .

and Fridays — and are getting

better all the time. .

The youngest member in the Masters club is 20,‘and others

-aTe up to 67 years of age. Wit’s cn: ‘hard , for‘you to find ‘an dhcen- oe

tive ta goto the pool:and get in ' ‘shape,: try ‘out: the “Masters. - ‘Under a -conch’s. guidance, °

you'll develop a: more efficient

_ Stroke, more strength: and om durance, 2 lo