! MOUNTAIN

, CHALLENGE... Two +]:

* North -Vancouver riders ‘:

» edged out some ‘strong »

* competition to ‘win the *
“senior pro-elite _cate-

: gories at last weekend's

Kona. American ”
: Mountain Bike ;

Challenge at Whistler.

Keith Stark won the
{gruelling men’s 45-kilo-
3 metre cross-country race

rs

ewes

“Minutes ahd 36 sevonds.

was second, | minute and 2:
- 1b seconds later. Bruce #
Spicer, of North Nan, 4
‘was . fourth,. some six
minutes behind Stark.
An the women's senior

SEEM AS ARE

‘ , Provelite cross-country #

4 face, over 37.5 kilome,

‘Platt covered the ‘five
‘in the fastest time
“18-(2:26.05). . Victoria’s
Linda, Robichaud was

second, 1. minute and 40;

‘seconds behind Platt,

in’. Whistler. over.’ the

i Canada Day weekend to 4

4 event,’a warm-up for. the’?

2 Tim, Horton National

4 (six laps of the mountain- Fa .

Victoria’s Adam Walker {:

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High sch

B.C. Schoo! Sports has present-
ed its highest individual award to
three recently-retired North
Shore teachers for their long-
time and significant contribution
to high school athletics.

Earl Henderson, Ed Pedersen
and Mike Smith, all of whom retired

from teaching during the 1994-95.
school year and. received Honorary

Life Memberships in the North Shore
Secondary Schools’ Athletic
Association a year ago, are now recip-

ients of the B.C. Honor Award. - :
Henderson, best-known for coach-

ing Carson Graham’s football team
from the time the school opened in

1965, ‘also coached the Eagles’
« wrestling, cross-country, track and |
field and ‘field lacrosse teams in the

school’s early years.
Pedersen, the senior boys’ basket-

ball coach at now-defunct North -

Vancouver Secondary from 1961-71
and then ct Handsworth for {7 more

~- years, is the originator of the high . [
‘ school ‘basketball rankings system in.
B.C. which has now been adopted by —

most school sports.

; Smith,’ who had basketball and ©
., Tugby squads every year-and often °f
cross-country, golf, track and. volley-_

ball: teams in addition, coached three

 SeaSONs annually since: starting ‘at’.
: Hilitside when it opened in 1958'and
“then: when’ he - transferred: to West ue

Vancouver i in 1987. ,
And what do the three do now that

: they are retired?..:

RETIRED teachers (L-R) Ed 4 Pedersen, Mike , Smith,
fongtime service in ‘Maps school coaching with the B.C. Honor Award

Henderson still coaches football at * -

Carson: Graham:' Smith ‘continues’:
“ coaching rugby and basketball at West
.Vancouver. Pedersen is a: statistician .

with the ‘Vancouver. Grizzlies. .

WEST SIDEWALK OPEN

: “The Ministry of Transportation and Highways thanks you for doing
your. part:to minimize delays by: ,

¢ Car-pooling
° Taking Transit °

° Using SeaBus

* Traveling during non- peak times.

s Carpools, transit and motorcycles can. take advantage of the project-
“specific express lanes in Vancouver and on the North Shore. For
. information on: how. to form carpools, contact the: Jack Bell
Foundation at 879-RIDE. ae

a For more information about the project, contact the Project Hotline

vat 981-0005.

“Baris
COLUMBIA ..

“Ministry of Transportation -
and Highways

and Earl Henderson have