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enough to ‘Properly feed themselves.

As the series went on, they became

weaker and weaker and eventually

lost. ;

Bearing the most unique name in
Canadian sport, the defending cham-
. pion Salmonbellies are seeking their

25th Mann Cup victory.

“They got their name nearly a cen-
tury ago when New Westminster
was @ major salmon-canning centre. '
Vancouver fans referred to the team, ”

-. derisively, as the fish bellies. The
Royal City guys tumed the insult to”
their advantage, adopting the name:
and changing the fish portion to

“salmon.

~.. Did-your agent say that the Mann
Cup final would be the best sports .

mS bargain of the year? He did. Try get-
: ting into.a Canucks or Lions game _ ;

for the top price of $15. The cheap
“Seats go for $10 and kids get in for”
"$5. Not ot only th that, but the Parking is is
free.
‘ “ eee

“The fading summer's no-brainer
-had to be the NHL general man-
agers’ meeting in Denver last month

to decide that clutch-and-grab hock-.
ey — so effective in New Jersey .
- Devils’ Stanley Cup win _ must be —
. banished.»

Twenty-six G.M.s invested i in

“plane tickets and hotel rooms to :

come to this conclusion? Amazing! me

All they had to do, really, was
struct the referees to enforce the
“present miles.’ All the interference -
and anti- -clutching regulations have
been in the book since Cyclone |
Taylor was in his prime. They. just
ven’t been cailed, that’s'all-*

An old clutcher and grabber im. .

elf — skating was his short suit, °
immense physical strength his long |

uit —- Pat Quinn’s interest in elim-, :

nating that part of the game is quite
“obvious. With Pavel Bure, °°":
Alexander Mogilny and Russ _
Courtnall, he has a light cavalry, |
unit in this year’s "Canucks: Much:

jigger on speed than muscle."
°° Wish him’‘lack; for these — and
their counterparts in the other teams ~
—— are they guys’ who’ sell the tickets:
Yet, unlike basketball or football, -
where the calling of thé rules:
encourages the showcasing of the -
top talent, the NHL invariably goes <
in the opposite direction. Or, as the

Id Kraut Goethe said of the Irish:
“They always ore’ down a noble’
tag.”

will certainly call fora return of
clutch-and- “grab.

A better solution: take out the
rinkside seats and widen the ice
from 85 to 95 feet: And, remove the

centre ive redline and allow passing
from behind the blueline to the :

opposing blucline. That would be the |
~ best way to give speed and creativity.

the edge they need. Right? Right.

., NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge |.

LeT THE Games begin The Official start of the.1996.B.C.’
Winter Games tock place as local mayors Jack Loucks (left)
and Murray. Dykeman (right) joined MLA David Schreck in,a
“flag raising ceremony. at the Lonsdale Recreation: Centre.

North Vancouver, hosts the Games Feb. 22-25. :

“We would lite to 5 extend a thank you to aff our valued ,
friends ‘and customers who have shopped and patronized -,.
~ the Edgemont Village Home Hardware over the past 45.
» years. It is with much regret that we are leaving our.
“current location. We would fike to acknowledge the
i tremendous support from Elizabeth Warren who initiated
the petition of support from the neighborhood during the:

“past month. We af

thank the neighborhood residents :

Sond merchants who fave supported the petition feping
we would not leave. a
The support was overwhelming!

A very special thank you to Anne Wilson for
fer commitment and dedication, to the Village, «
over the past 20 years 7:

A way of fife has come to an end i in Edgemont Village, ‘
“after 45 years: with the closure of Garnier Home
- Hardware. But the spirit and the tradition continue’.
Sati ‘Pearson Home ‘Hardivare on Lonsdale.

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