7 ‘SKI SCENE -

By RAY TALBOT

The hills will be alive with skiers next week as
the eager school kids crash out of their classrooms |:
for Spring Break — March 26 to 30. And the
skiing should really be great.

Up at Whistler Mountain
the weatherman has been
showing that the freaky

conditions that killed the.

World Cup race were just a
sad-mistake — ever since the
mountain. has been: blessed
“with super skiing, and all
runs‘ and lifts will be in full
"+ operation throughout Spring
. Break. .They even have a
mobile cafeteria down in the

p-m.

will be signing” autographs,
answering questions and
discussing Freestyle skiing.
Tomorrow they will be in the

-south mall from 3:00 to 6:00

p-m. and on Saturday in the
north mali from 2:00.to 5:00

The Grouse Mountain Ski
School has a_ special ‘ski
program for junior skiers

ring Break programs

Hemlock Valley starts off —

: their Spring Break bash with
the Second Annual In-
_ ternational Media Slat Cup
Race on Sunday, March 25.
This is ‘a: contest run on
barrel slats. over. a slalom
obstacle course. |
personnel throughout B.C.
and the U.S. are invited to

enter two person teams, and

the winning team receives a
cash prize consisting of $1.00
from each adult and 50 cents

from each child lift ticket —

sold that’ day, which will

then be donated on behalf of -

the winning team to the

SUPER SKIING AT Hemlock Valley this spring break.

Olympic Parking Lot, so you
can refresh yourself while

you wait for the shutttle bus. .

Jim McConkey’s Whistler
Ski School has a special
Junior Spring Break program
for youngsters 6 - 16, run-
ning March 26 to April 1
with six lessons of five hours
each per day, fully escorted
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with
or without equipment, call
112-932-5422 for details.

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Grouse Mountain is now
in high gear working on the
grand finale to their Spring
Break with the finals of the
Labatt’s World Cup
Freestyle Championships
which take place on the
mountain March 30, 31 and
April 1. Stephanie Sloan of
Vancouver is ranked
number 1 in acrials, and
second in combined in the
womens’ standings and she
will be at Park Royal
tomorrow, March 22 and
Saturday March 24, along
with Rick and Darryl Bowie,
Greg Athans and John
Eaves, all world famous
Canadian freestylers, who

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Cory hokattone

running from March 26 to
30. The youngsters must be
at the base cf the Skyride by
7:30 a.m. and will have 3
hours of lessons with a break
for lunch, then be escorted

back to the base of the -

Skyride by 12:30 p.m. Call
980-9311 for more in-
formation. .

There will be no Ski Wee
classes during Spring Break.
These classes for tiny skiers
will start again for the week
of April 2 to 6, with the final
lessons April 9 to 11, and
anyone who wants to come
up for single lessons or make
ups during this time is very
welcome. Call 987-0210 for
details. ‘

Up at Mount Seymour the
Ski School: has a_ daily
program for youngsters and
a special ski week with a 2
hour lesson cach day from 10
a.m. to 12 p.m. that runs for
five consecutive days,
March 26 to 30, for $40.00
including lessons and lifts,
$60.00 wi.h lessons, lifts and
rentals. The ski school
number is 929-2311.

Service to.

Inglis, General Electric, PAaytag, Kitchen Aid, Speed Queen,
Hot Point, Westinghouse, Tappan, ‘Moffat, Roper.

Two fully equipped vehicles and shop to service

980-0811
cs. Johnstone Services Ltd.

your needs!

Wheelchair Athletes of B.C.

‘to enable them to attend the

National Wheelchair Games
at U.B.C. in August and the
Wheelchair Olympics in
Holland in 1980.

During the week high
schools throughout the
Lower Mainland are invited
to take part in Hemlock’s 4th
Inter High Ski Jamboree.
with daily fun races for the
high school teams. The five
day event carries a $1,000
minimum first prize con-
tributed to the school's
athletic fund. Lift rates are
discounted for students
during the week, and
scheduled buses run to the
mountain each day. Events
include Slalom, Slat and
Obstacle. There are also
demonstrations, clinics, a
treasure hunt, costume day.
and selection of the

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