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8 - QUESNEL CARiBOO OBSERVER, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1983 WEST FRASER SCHOOL students raised $84.52 for the B.C. Heart Fund during the past week by voting for a couple to be named King and Queen of Valentines. Each vote cost one cent. Teara Fraser and Wade Fenton, shown wearing the crowns, won the contest with $24.24. Others taking part in the 'election' were: left to right, Andrew Cada, Paul Cryderman, Fenton, Lori Allman, Fraser, Wesley Glassford and Vanessa Mayer. Missing from the photo is Tania Reid. Pholo available al Observer office SEES GOVT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE NOW Dealing with 479 gov'ts not too easy for officer By Don Lobb Joan Stevens sat for six years as a Campbell River alderman and six years as a member of the Comox-Strathcona Regional District board, railing against the ministry of municipal affairs. Thursday afternoon in Williams Lake, the tables were turned and Stevens had the job of defending and explaining the ministry to regional directors and alternates at a day-long seminar in the board room of the Cariboo Regional District. Stevens is now education and information officer for the ministry and she says she can describe the status of local government by stating "local government is a creature of the province." "The basic role of local government has remained fairly stable, but provincial legislation defining that role has changed significantly," Stevens said. "When there were only a few villages incorporated, each was established under-a special act, but the consolidations over the years has brought all municipalities and regional districts under the Municipal Act." There is one notable exception. Vancouver was established by charter and does not fall into the same category as other communities. Stevens said that the major complaints in the ministry relates to the amount of time it takes to funnel papers through the various stages of ap"proval. "We deal with 52 villages, 12 towns, 35 cities, 43 district municipalities, 28 regional districts and 309 improvement districts. "That total of 479 governments creates a tremendous volume of applications and requests to the ministry for decisions and assistance, but because we are one of the smallest ministries with just 100 people, it must be obvious that problems will occur." Stevens said one of the major undertakings of the ministry this year is the production of a new municipal act, with an index to assist users in finding the sections they need. She referred to the frustrations of looking for particular guidance in the act, but-being unable to find it, then finding it and discovering it does not provide what is wanted. "One of the things you will find that it does specifically define is your authority and jurisdiction and it will offer direction for the formation of policy," she added. The department of municipal affairs was not After flipping through the pages of a friend's photo album I discovered a pattern that most camera buffs seem to take. Everyone photographed knew they were the subjects and they decided to either act up for the photographer or present a look that's anything but natural. These pictures are okay, but not great. Taking the picture of an unsuspecting subject usually results in a more natural and interesting photo. This method is called candid photography, which means 'frankly truthful or unpo-sed. There are two sure-fire ways of creating a candid shot. One method is too take someone's picture without any warning, or you can provoke your subject for a reaction. Pictures taken while the photographer is 'unobserved' may be taken anywhere, as long as you have someone too shoot. If a person is absorbed in some kind of work or play, capturing a good candid shot is simple. The best setting for a candid shot is a place such as a supermarket or outdoor garage sale where there are usually lots of people normally too busy to notice a camera in the crowd. For the photographer it provides many subjects. If you are taking pictures on the street and someone notices you, let them get use to the camera. People will eventually get back to their work and you can then get back to snapping pictures. Speed is important for shooting candid shots. Not the shutter speed necessarily but the ability to focus and frame your subject quickly. Time lost here can mean a lost picture. established until 1934, became the ministry of municipal affairs and housing in 1976 and to its present form in 1979. Housing went to lands, parks and housing, and later, the Urban Transit Authority, was taken from the ministry into education by Bill Vander Zalm and renamed B.C. Transit. Stevens detailed the areas for which the ministry is responsible, with John Taylor as deputy minister under Jack Heinrich, directing the administration. Inspector of municipalities Chris Woodward monitors and advises local government on maintaining financial integrity and gives the final approval on all long term borrowing by local government. Tom Moore, assistant deputy minister is responsible for the administrative and financial services of the ministry and is Woodward's deputy as well. The administrative services branch under John Callan, reviews municipal bylaws for substance and form and prepares recommendations for approval. Callan also deals with boundary extensions, regional district functions and improvement districts and provides advisory services to local and regional governments. Hector Tophsam reviews and analyzes borrowing bylaws, utility rate bylaws, annual financial statements and prepares the statistical data. Gary Harkness is the assistant deputy minister responsible for planning and development and oversees the preparation of settlement plan land use legislation and development controls. Stevens said the ministry has a technical services branch, building standards branch, an engineering branch and policy and research branch. Municipal Affairs administers a number of acts in addition to the municipal act, including the revenue sharing act, municipal finance authority act, home owner grant act. Lands Trust act, rnobile home tax act, municipalities enabling and validating act, local services act and the municipal expenditure restraint act. Stevens said the ministry was aware that dealing with the various departments could create high frustration levels, but she also said that because the ministry provides direct funding and technical support to municipalities and regional districts, they have to be thorough. by KEITH ANDERSON Cameras equipped with automatic focusing helps, but it is best to be familiar with your camera and avoid any unnecessary delay. Different types of lenses will help out in different situations. A telephoto lens will allow you to fill the frame without getting too close to your subject. . However, if possible, pictures taken with a normal or wide angle lens are more realistic and detailed, but you have to be closer to your subject. You can sometimes take a person's picture by not pointing the camera at him until the last second or by just including him in the corner of the frame. People tend not to react when the camera isn't pointing directly at them. Once the subject and equipment is on hand it is the results of the photographer that will have the final say in the product. Keep people's feelings and moods in mind and if you are noticed or know the person it would be a nice gesture to offer them a copy of your final shot. If you have any questions about cameras, how to use them, why they don't work or any other photo related wonders, write: Focus on Photos, c/o Keith Anderson, Cariboo Observer, 102-246 St. Laurent Ave. s own shirts Pick your favorite style! each Pants, skirts - meet your match at the Bay. Our spiffy classic shirt. neatly wrapped to go in its own pacl
10 - QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1983 EIGHT TEAMS MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY L ... V soccer by JEFF LEE Akin to winning the Triple Crown of American thoroughbred horse racing — the Kentucky Derby, the Preekness and the Belmont Stakes — the Maple Drive Raider boys basketball team find themselves in a distinguished yet disturbing position. Saturday night they finished a longrunning rivalry between themselves and Anne Stevenson of Williams Lake by not only winning their own invitational tournament but also taking the northern zone berth to the provincial playoffs. While that may seem natural for a powerhouse team under the guidance of a former collegiate assistant basketball coach, it presents some interesting problems. This will be the third year in a row the Raiders have gone to the provincials, and the second that they have won the northern zone championship. You might recall two years ago they lost to Duchess Park of Prince George by one point in a explosive two-berth playoff. But this year, coach Dave Kroschinsky faces a different kind of opposition. With three weeks to go before the mid- March playoffs in Richmond, Kroschinsky admits he will be hard pressed to find a team willing to give his Raiders the muchneeded practice in an exhibition game. Looking at it from his point of view — and the view of other area basketball coaches — he may have a tough time arranging a couple of extra games, as the recessionary period all schools find themselves in preclude a lot of unwarranted travelling. With the folding of the Quesnel Secondary Spartans following their dismal sixthplace finish at Correlieu's recent invitational, Kroschinsky has lost the only really local competition he could practice with. That means if the Raiders are to loosen any muscles, it will either have to be against the senior Correlieu Clansmen or a Prince George team willing to host an impromtu match. But as Kroschinsky said Saturday night, he doesn't think the Clansmen can really help, apart from the fact they will be tied up in their own efforts to make the large school poll provincial playoffs, and the cost of travelling to Prince George cannot be shaken off lightly. So in the end, his Raiders may have to be content with practice sessions in their own gym, and just hoping for the best. It is unfortunate that they have been caught in such an unwanted position. Now, if anyone has a spare basketball team in his or her baCk pocket, would you please step forward? Westcomt ^spiel Quesnel Curling Rink was the centre of activi ty this weekend for Westcoast Transmission and its employees and affiliated companies as 40 rinks from around the province vied for the top spot in the five-event draw. When the smoke cleared Saturday night, Jim Woodruff's foursome had scored an impressive 10-8 victory over Ed Brown in the 'A' event, coming from behind in the last end with three rocks counting. It was Brent Miller's weekend to win the 'B' event, it seemed, as he forced Dewey Lund to quit in the ninth end faced with a 12-7 deficit. Miller defeated Jim McKinnon and Mel Schallock in the quarter and eighth finals respectively. If Miller's win over Lund was decisive, so was George Cowger's defeat of Quesnel's Ray Mastalier, taking the 'C event 9-4 in nine ends of play. Darrel Wark went the full 10 ends with Pat Woitas, but in the end, it was Woitas who took the 'D' event with a 9-4 score. A separate 'L' event for losers of the eights in the 'A' event was won by Doug Bowyer's foursome, who downed Mel Schallock for the title. Next week the Westcoast Ladies' provincewide bonspiel will be held in Quesnel, with an estimated 24 rinks taking part in the three-day competition. Grant offered Financial assistance from the provincial government may be available to the Cariboo Ski Touring Club of Quesnel for out-of-pocket expenses incurred when cleaning and setting local cross-country ski trails. The offer of assistance came as a result of a story printed in the January 18, 1983 issue of The Observer indicating the club was paying for maintainance of trails that the public on the whole was using. Dennis Moffat, an outdoor recreation director with the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing in Victoria contacted the club and indicated money was available covering extra expenses incurred for the maintainance of the trails, club member Arie van Donkelaar said Saturday. Offered under a 'support for volunteer work on crown land,' a maximum of $2,000 would be available for such expenses as gas and parts for the equipment and vehicles. van Donkelaar indicated he will submit a twopronged proposal to the ministry for a summer maintainance and clearing program and winter track-setting guideline. The local club currently has a separate bid being considered by the ministry for setting trails in 10 Mile Lake Provincial Park. By Jeff Lee The fields may be covered in snow and ice, the skies may threaten to pour down on Quesnel and the temperature can be so cold as to slick the school parking lots, but every Wednesday night eight girls' teams meet to have a friendly game of soccer. No, they do not risk life and limb playing on the dormant, treacherous fields, but rather have taken tjjpir sport inside to the gymnasiums of two area schools. Five school and three town girls' teams were brought together last month to form the city's first indoor soccer league, and though the format calls for each team to meet another only once in the seven-week program, the response has been tremendous. Local organizer Brad Smith explained this week the league is a marriage of convenience between the five school teams — two GIRLS' INDOOR SOCCER league with eight teams, five of them from area schools, meet every Wednesday night in Quesnel Secondary and Maple Drive Junior Secondary Schools. The league will host a tournament later in March, before it gets ready to transfer It's activities out-of-doors. each from Correlieu league is comprised of shape," Smith said, "It and Quesnel Secondary and one from Maple Drive Junior Secondary — and three local women's teams, which played in last fall's outdoor league. All totalled, the Innmen aided by penalties Taking advantage of their opponents' weak front line. Red Bluff Inn posted a 4-2 victory over Brahma's in the first game of a best-of-three series Wednesday. With Tim Kirkham and Barry Mueller sitting out match penalties for regular-season infractions, Inn wore down Brahma's resistance and scored two third period goals to double up on the luckless Brahma's. Netminder Gerry Dyck conspired with his Innmen to frustrate their opponents, shutting them out for the whole game save for one minute in the second period, when he let in two markers from Dick Andre and Gary Gronskie. Gord Kimmie started the ball rolling with a first-period goal, with an assist going to Darrel Leathem, Two minutes after Brahma's final goal of the second period Brian Dumaine stepped in with his first of two niarkers fprinn, botii;of which he bagged without help. Late in the third period Tom Connatty sealed his team's win with a shot passed from Kimmie that goalie Terry Kirkham did not see. Second game of a series between first-place B and G Transfer and last-place Dirt County took place Sunday night. Results will follow in Thursday's edition. Transfer won the first game of the match with a 6-4 final tally. PETER R. G. ROBERTS CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Complete range of services: Accounting Taxation Auditing Management consultancy #1-375 REID STREET. QUESNEL, B.C. 992-7271 (BUS.) 992-6744 (RES) QUESNEL CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS DO YOU WANT NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN YOUR CLUB OR ORGANIZATION? If they are interested they will join; but you must let them know where and when...Advertise In this spot for $6.90 per insertion. FtlU GOSPEL BUSSNESSMEN'S (Qiwsnel Chapter • InternaUonsI) •Monthly breakfast meeting for men, *Month^ dinner banquets for everyone. FOR wm mmmm m-sm M 249-5SI6 P(esi(lent; JIM GIRVIN secretat, BILL HIRST [MEETINGS: Thursday. 12 Noon Downstairs in Greenleaf Restaurant "Visiting Rotarians & Wives Welcome" MEETS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH IN THE LIBRARY MEETING ROOM - 7:30 P.M. *lf your Interested in dog obedience, dog care and dog showing - come and join the Kennel Club. FOR INFORMATION CALL 249-5669. SOiaEONE TO TALK TO 24 HOUR SERVICE between 80 and 90 girls. The indoor league serves to keep the teams in shape for the spring outdoor soccer season. is a great sport, and very difficult. The emphasis is to work on skills (for the spring session). The players Smith said, adding that get in shape because it's by the nature of the in- constant running,' door rules and space Because the sport, limitations, that con which is traditionally cept is kept well intact. played on a large field, " The idea of indoor does not have the same soccer is getting into room inside where the full gymnasium floor is used, the rules of the game are changed considerably. Instead of having five players and a goalie,-only two forwards, two defensemen and a goalie are used. As well, heading and charging are not allowed, and offsides are nol called. The ball is ruled dead if it is hit ovei eight feet high. Transgressions in a goalie's crease art equal and severe foi both teams, with a penalty kick awarded against the offending team if a player, be she a defender or attacker, steps inside the crease. But where the game may make up for the radical changes that appear to make the game difficuh is the use of walls, "You can use the wall as if it were that extra player," Smith explained. Though indoor soccer is growing in popularity, it is a long way from being recognized as a true school sport. It is mainly regarded as a training session for outdoor soccer leagues, and there are no zone or provincial playoffs. However, in Quesnel the league plans to host a school tournament March 4-5, with four teams from Williams Lake expected to attend. Two weeks later a full-league tournament including the three women's town teams will be held. Organizational Meeting Room 322, Correlieu Sr. School *No experience necessary For inSormatSon ealfl Dave at MID-PROVINCE TRAVEL Any girls (age of 21 and under) interested in playing on the Mid Provmce Travel Flyers baseball team are welcome to attend TRYOUTS. They begin on March 2 at Helen Dixon Elem. Gym and will be every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. For more Information please phone after 6 p.m. 747-1624 h%jk mmimbi m 1982. The selection of A Citizen of the Year is sponsored by the Quesnel CQriboo I Any person, group or corporation may make a nomination. A nominee for the Citizen of the Year award should be a person who has. in 1982. through his/her example, general lifestyle and activities in the City of Quesnel, contributed to the betterment and/or maintenance of a quality of community that you feel is desirable and beneficial to all. The nominee may be of any age or sex. The nominee must have resided in the City of Quesnel or adjacent residential areas for the period from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1982. The nominee's activities may be in the area of business, government, social improvement, community service, cultural arts, religion, youth work, or any other area of activity that you feel contributes to a better community. Your submission should detail as many areas of involvement as possible to illustrate a broad range of contribution to Quesnel. A submission will consist of two parts: Part One: An outline of the nominee's activities and your reasons for nominating him/her. This must be presented on an official nomination form. It may be handwritten, but preferably typed. Part Two: Any supporting materials. I.E. newspaper or magazine clippings, photographs, copies of awards, or certificates. Please provide copies of certificates, etc., rather than originals. PLEASE NOTE: While we attempt to return all material, in part two, after judging, we DO NOT guarantee this. A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be supplied, if return is desired. The nomination forms will not be returned, please make a copy before submission if you wish one. Nomination forms and materials must be delivered to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer office at 102 • 246 St. Laurent Ave., Quesnel. B.C, V2J 2C9 N8 UTOS TBAH B PJi.. MesOBAV. MUes 94. 1088. Judging will be by a panel consisting of: - The Mayor of Quesnel - The President of the Quesnel & District Chamber of Commerce - The Publisher of the Quesnel Cariboo Observer - The President of the Quesnel Rotary Club The decision of the judges will be final. Awards will be presented at a Civic Dinner to be held in April, 1983, time and place to be announced. QmwA (Moa {^mei Toronto-Dominion Bank Bank of Nova Scotia Canadian Imperial O^tce Old ^mnnA Ciiy HoEE Bank of Montreal Royal Bank Bank of Commerce mmmwm jeFF^THeRE'S A MARKBTiNWeCnY THAT HAS A SINGLES PICKVF NIGHT EVERY THURSDAY AAV IMPRE^^IOWOF AU.60$HU.I6 ^ ENTIRELV OF FOOTBALL PLAVH?-^ AND CDEP^ WITH MORALE. A GRRFI€LD I'P BETTER SAVE SOME OF THIS BLOEBERRY PIE FOR JON. TO EAT IT ALL WOOLP BE INCONSIPERATE ANP SELFISH IT SAYS HERE THEY MEET IN THE PRODUCE SECTION AND TRY THEIR LUCK AT FIN PING MR. OR MS. RIGHT THERMS LOS a= I UNDER MVUMBF WI NTH ROP.
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