_A2 - The Terrace. Standard, Wednesday, March 23, 2005

_ Loggers Bonspiel celebrates 50th

- By MARGARET SPEIRS.

THE MANLIEST of the men are polishing their rocks for the 50th Logger’s Bonspiel, _ which kicks off with three local draws tonight.

: The tourney goes until Sunday with several special events including a competi- ‘tion within a competition.

-Teams from all over BC

and a few from Alberta will:

‘sweep into the Terrace Curl- ing Club to enjoy the fun on -and off the ice, including - extended lounge. hours so. curlers can wet their whistle after the draws, which start

with around-the-clock ac-:

tion tomorrow at4 p.m. | As of Mach.. 16, 22: vis-

®* iting teams were registered.

“and 34° local. teams ,had ‘signed up, more of each than * past years.

Bo -. . Terrace ‘Curling

club president David D. Hull an-..

ticipated a full roster of 64 teams, more. than the club

_has seen in a long time. :

“The northwest hasn’t seen 64 in well over a de- cade,” he said. a

“It’s really a big deal and

we're really excited.”

The ‘spiel planned for five events, A through E, and the

‘Grand Aggregate, where the _ top four teams from A and BL

events compete in a tourney within the tourney. |. _ Winners= of the Grand

Aggregate receive a $300

prize. The Hot Shots competi- tion will see one. member

from each team curl inva . Skills match.

Each will show his abil-

ity in six. skills: the raise,

hit and stay, double takeout, draw the port, hit and roll and draw to the button.

. The winner will be en-

tered into a draw for a two- year lease on a Ford vehi- cle.

‘Hull said the city has

shown a tremendous amount of support for the bonspiel, despite the tough economic Situation.

_ He _ believed ‘wouldn't. have too much trouble booking hotel rooms,

thanks to the event starting

near the end of the hockey provincials and junior bas- ketball tourney. — _ “We have sent email to the ‘out-of-town guests, ad- vising our guys that hotels are in demand,” he said. The rinks will bring about

300 people to town, Hull be- i

lieves.

Hull said the bonspie! started as a way for the vast majority of loggers and other out-of-town workers to have time at the curling rink.

curlers

Most hadn’t put on their curling shoes since the pre- vious year’s bonspiel.

Loggers against townies and every- one curled regardless of their ability.

The bonspiel would be- gin on Monday or Tuesday to make enough time for all the events.

Hull said curlers who

haven’t been. to Terrace for:

15 or 20 years are returning for the 50th.

Many top notch curling = rinks will.compete this year, including the Kitimat team recently*in town for the se-

competed.

nior men’s curling provin-

cials. Several high level curl-

‘ers will compete, including

locals John ‘Kennedy, John

Evans and Duane Melan- |

son. . With the men curling, that

- Pot, booze found in dead teen ’s system

7. NEW ‘AIYANSH teen found’ frozen to death had alcohol

“and marijuana in his System, according to the autopsy re--

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oo “When I spoke to the coroner he said the amount of alco-. s hol would’ ve impaired his judgment,” said Cst. Todd Wiebe ..« Of the Lisimis/Nass RCMP detachment,

Fifteen-year-old Reynold Cecil Aksidan was’ discovered

dead in the carport of an abandoned New Aiyansh residence

-on Feb. 4.

~The exact amount of alcohol and marijuana in Aksidan’s - bloodstream. was unknown due to a different measure of

both used by the coroner.

From front

» Wiebe said the report and ruled out. foul play and indi- ,

; cated Aksidan was healthy.

The coroner wasn’t able to pinpoint. the exact time of | death but set it tentatively for at least four hours before Ak-

sidan was found.

Wiebe said the police believe Aksidan was alone j in the

carport for four to eight hours.

Wiebe has submitted a report to provincial crown recom- mending that one charge of supplying liquor to a minor be laid against a New Aiyansh man in his early 20s. _

The file was sent March 1 and Wiebe hopes to receive a -

reply i in two weeks.

_ Logging company ready to start up -

» The. permits’ are for 60,000 cubic * metres, though Bartlett. anticipates " the company to be logging at a:rate of

ha

100,000 cubic metres a year.

nated for reforestation.

* Kalum Ventures has partnered with °

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tween n all of us’ “at the station I would say we've all had our fair share of de- livering babies...we’re just really grate- ful there were no complications.” ; _'“Léwis’ dnd husband Brad say. they weren't expecting a speedy birth.-

“ “We “were expecting another 12° says her husband, adding the birth of their last baby took 12 to 13 hours. “I figured I'd get the call and have four hours to drive here from

When. paramedics Tanya McKean and Tanya. McCullough arrived they found a perfectly healthy little boy and

beaming mom.

’ “Both of ‘them! looked really” ‘good ¢ & little shaken because it came ‘SO

‘quick 7 suys McKean."

~~ It’s the third time McKean’s ‘has ar- rived to find a baby already born or on

its.way out. “It happens,”

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.» In addition to logging-the company is investing $3.50 per cubic metre of — cut’ wood into a bank account desig- .

McKean says. “Be-

operations going.

hours,”

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Kalum Ventures has also partnered with Main Logging which will provide equipment and expertise in the logging side of operations.

The company has already posted 20 .jobs, including openings for equipment

‘operators, fallers and buckers. .

record time

Stewart.” .. Instead. he found out about the birth of his son moments after he was born. _ “After all the stuff that happened in” - Stewart,: to have the baby 'in a:living .. ‘ room was pretty remarkable,” he says. Marshall is the fourth of the Lewis’s children — all boys. They say they may try, for a girl in the future, but if that happens they”Il be expecting the unex-

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leaves the volunteer work of food service, cleanup and ice maintenance to the women,

Hull said.

“It’s a men’s bonspiel but is very much a huge club ef-

fort,” he. said.

. “The untrained eye might just see a whole whack of people having a lot of fun — and,having a great beverage

‘or two but there’ll. be a lot of good curling,” Hull con- cluded in adding. there has —

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