ze v2 Castlegar News december 20, 1989 SPORTS MAY Verna Chernoff, a teacher at SHSS, is given an honors award from B.C. School Sports’ in V 1989 in review........... girls softball team qualifies for provincial finals. The Castlegar slo-pitch season winds to a close with the Radical Kats taking the title over Hi Arrow of her contribution over an extended period of time to athletic programs in secondary schools in the provin- ce. Belle Gray and Muriel Wilson won the Castlegar Ladies Golf Club's competition. Led by the junior team which placed in the top three in 12 events, the SHSS track and field team placed third overall in the West Kootenay finals, Greg Ehman led all runners winning the junior boys aggregate trophy. Over 50 per cent of-the track and field team at SHSS qualify for provincial competitions. The SHSS tennis team qualifies for the provincials by winning the West Kootenay Championships in Kimberley JUNE Castlegar teenager Denise Pottle takes second place in the District 4 tourney at Christina Lake Golf Club. The New York Islanders select Travis Green 23rd overall in the NHL draft in Minneapolis. Kristy Verigin of the Robson River Otters wins a silver medal and receives special recognition for setting a new pool record in the SO metres breast stroke with a time of 55.8 seconds at a meet in Nelson. Mary Ish shoots a 151 to take the low net in the fifth annual Castlegar Savings ana Credit Union's ladie’s golf tourney at the Castlegar and District Golf Cour se The Castlegar Aquanauts finish second in the team’s first meet of the season in Nelson The Edmonton Oilers select Castlegar native Darcy Martini 162nd overall in the NHL draft Martini plays for the Michigan Tech Huskies on a hockey scholar- ship. The Castlegar Amigos slowpitch team outscores the opposition 119- 39 over six games to take top spot in a 40-team tourney held in Metaline Falls, Wash. The Aquanauts swim to a second-place finish at the Beaver Valley swim meet. Jenny Gibson leads the way with three first place finishes and two new records which was good for the gold aggregate in Division 6 girls’ even ts Banjo’s Pub of the Castlegar Commercial Fastball League picks up $400 for a second-place finish in atourney in the Okanagan Brian Beckstead, Sean Pinker- ton, Lee Holden and coach Curtis Ready all win aggregate awards for the Robson River, Otters Swim Club in a meet in Montrose. Connie McLachlan, formerly of Castlegar, takes first place in the lightweight division and first overall which gives her the master’s title in the Northern Novice and Masters Women’s body-building championships JULY Kim Verigin of the Robson River Otters sets new pool records in the 100-metre and freestyle on his way to the bronze medal aggregate in a swim meet in Kelowna The Castlegar Realty Peewee Interior 50-metre inth d qa Forty-six athletes, 16 alter- natives, five coaches, one chaperone and three managers make up the Castlegar contingent which will compete in the B.C. Summer games in Surrey. ter to win the bronze medal in the freestyle relay, The Castlegar Midget girls sof- tball team wins a silver medal at the B.C. Summer Games. Brian Ryder wins Castlegar’s only gold medal at the B.C, games with a top spot in horseshoe pit- eChirig. Wheelchair athlete Doug Haugen wins the silver for his ac- curacy in the smallbore shooting event. RICK YOUNG VERNA CHERNOFF The Aquanauts capture the team traphy with 981 points in the Trail/ Warfield swim meet The Simpson Oil midget girls win the Nelson Ladies Softball League windup tournament Denise Pottle adds to her growing list of accomplishments placing eighth overall in the B.C Junior Ladies Provincial Cham pionships. That earned her a spot on the provincial team to compete in the Junior Ladies America’s Cup tournament in Salem, Ore. Tony Zandbergen of Castlegar wins the decathlon title at the B.C Track and Field championships in Coquitlam Castlegar’s Tim Pretty is the starting goaltender for the Nelson Silver Kings as they travel to Ed monton for the Special Olympics Hockey Cham pionships. The team wins the gold Canadian Floor medal The Aquanauts win their home swim meet Scott Sutherland and Dan Fodor of the Robson River Otters win silver medals in the medley relay race at the B.C. Summer Games. Sutherland then teams up with Mario Fehrenberg and Mike Hun AUGUST Clayton Brown of the Robson River Otters takes top spot in the 25-metre freestyle and the 25-metre backstroke at a meet in Kimberley His teammate Kristy Verigin wins a gold and sets two pool records in the 100-metre freestyle and the 100- metre individual medley After a 20-win season, Labatts wins the title in the Castlegar Commercial Fastball League with a 14-5 victory over Tudor Sports in the final. Pete Evdokimoff of Labatts is named the tourney’s top pitcher to go along with the same honor he won during the regular Season. The Castlegar Aquanauts place second at the Kootenay regional ‘swim meet in Nelson. The club has 27 swimmers who qualify for provincial competition as a result of their performances. Denise Pottle travels to New Glasgow, N.S., for the Canadian Junior Ladies Golf Champion- ships where she will be an alternate onthe B.C. A team Robson River Otters Erik Kof- tinoff, David Shingler, Seamus Donohue, Sean Pinkerton and Lee Holden win medals in a swim meet in Greenwood Aimie Chernoff and Jeff Schuepfer win the major awards at the Aquanauts awards night Chernoff wins best all-around swimmer and Schuepfer wins for most points. Caftlegar NRS slo-pitch team wins the silver medal at an Inter- mediate A tourney in Nanaimo. Kristy Verigin takes five honors as the Robson River Otters reward their own at a club banquet. Kim Verigin collects four, SEPTEMBER Castlegar's Gordie Walker heads into training camp with the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Bill Van Yzerloo wins the silver medal in the 25-metre back stroke at the B.C. Senior Games in Trail. BILL SAVINKOFF CONNIE McLACHLAN Referee Bill Savinkoff receives a plaque from the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association in honor of his 28 years of service to minor hockey. OCTOBER Lary Waslinkoff takes second place in the Okanagan Body Building Championships in Kamloops. Travis Green scores 14 points in his first five games of the season for the Spokane Chiefs In Ladies’ Day competition at the Castlegar Golf Club, Alice Papp, Mae Moroso, Toni Ackney, Lois Gjennestad, Judy Wayling and Dawn Haines emerge winners. The Castlegar Oldtimers hockey team wins the A division in a tour- nament in Vernon for the second straight year The Castlegar Aquatic Centre enters the final stages of construc- tion. The men’s, Indies’ and senior men’s curling leagues begin their seasons. The SHSS junior and senior g field hockey teams both lose hear- tbreakers in sudden death and are eliminated from the West Kootenay championships held here. NOVEMBER Mountain announces season ski pass sales are up dramatically from 1988. ‘The minor hockey league season gets into full gear as kids from novice through midget hit the ice. The Selkirk Sal mens volleyball team moves into first place in the league with a tourney victory at Douglas College. Shawn Horcoff of the Atom Rep team continues on his blistering scoring pace to lead the West Kootenay league in scoring. For the first time in years, Castlegar enters teams in the Nelson and Trail basketball leagues. The SHSS cross-country run- ning team and swim team qualify for provincial competition. For the swim team, it's the ninth year ina row it has won the West Kootenay championsips. At the provincials, the swim team places second in the province while Colin Bush places 17th out of 300 runners in the seven-kilometre run. Heather Sheppard, Meghan Van Vilet, Selena Fodor, Karen Sabin- ski and Laura Kosowan of the Castlegar Figure Skating Club win medals at the Sunshine Valley Open in Grand Forks The SHSS senior girls volleyball team qualifies for provincials by winning the West Kootenay cham- pionships held in Trail. The Rockettes placed 10th in the province. Castlegar resident Paul Semenoff takes second place in the mens C singles category of the Trail Open Racquetball tourney. Mark Teind! of Castlegar finishes third in the same catetory. The SHSS junior boys and girls volleyball teams both win their respective West Kootenay titles. For the girls the win is the third straight title and for the boys it en- ded a 14-year drought in the win- ners circle, The Pee Wee Rep team takes second place at a Thanksgiving tourney in Spokane. DECEMBER Darcy Martini and Kelly Hurd both pick up points in leading the Michigan Tech Huskies over Colorado College in Western Collegiate Hockey Association ac- tion. Hurd has scored at least a point in each of the Huskies last five games. Winners in Cas Club’s first inter-club tournament range from eight-year-old Andre Maloff to 26-year-old Russel Sangster. Twenty club members competed The Kinnaird Junior secondary school Cobras bow out to Nelson in the final for the West Kootenay Grade8 girls volleyball title Trials _begin across the Kootenays to make up teams for competition in the B.C. Winter Games next February in Penticton The District Elementary Volleyball Championships at SHSS attract 180 kids from the Castlegar. school district Woodland Park wins the boys A division while Twin Rivers elemen tary takes the girls A. The rink of Sophie Janicki, Sue Giles, Fran Metge and Jane Kryc- zka win the Oglow trophy at the annual Oglow Bonspiel held here. The SHSS junior girls basketball team goes undefeated through its first four games of the season. The senior Rockettes win the opening tourney of the season and come second at the Blue and Gold tour- ney here, The senior girls are ranked 10th in the province sy. cS December 30, 1989 Castlegar News By MARILYN STRONG Sunfest Publicity Chairman What do a castle in Toronto, an oceanfront without beaches, a view of the Plains of Abraham and a new-use for an ice bucket have in common? They're some of the highlights that Pam and Rod Mosby of Castlegar experienced on their Via Rait train trip Canada this past September The Mosbys were first prize winn two across Canada on Via Rail and three nights’,hotel accommodation courtesy of BCAA Travel in the Sun- fest 89 Pioneér Days Button Lottery. They chose to leave at the end of September and be back in time for Thanksgiving. Their journey started at 4:40 a.m, from Revelstoke and the first exciting portion was trying to board. @ “What we thought was that-we-would get to the station around the time the train left because the train would be there for awhile,’’ Pam Mosby said. **No, when they said the train was going to leave at 4:40 they meant it would LEA VE at 4:40. As we were pulling up to the train, we saw a fellow walk by and I thought it was a conductor, so I jumped out and said, ‘Is this the train that’s leaving east?" ‘*He said, ‘Yes Iwas just about to board.’ Now, he’s the last guy on the train and we almost missed the train, We got there at 4:39 and he said, ‘I'll hold the train for a minute.’ We grabbed our suitcases and we stepped on that train and it was gone! When they say 4:40, they mean 4:40,"" Although originally scheduled to-have a bedroom compartment all the way across and back, the train was full so the Mosbys were able to experience all parts of the train. Rod said it was a different experience in each sec- tion of the train. “The coach was neat because everybody sits in the coach and you get to know one another,”’ he said. “The bedroom section is very isolated because you don't have to leave your compartment (but) you get first choice at the times for dining car.”” The section was an experience because late one night a group of conventioneers were oblivious to the fact that people were trying to sleep on the berths behind the drawn curtains and insisted on talking and partying as they walked through the car, he said. As they travelled cross country, neither of the Mosbys was sure what to expect. As they travelled through Northern Ontario, the trees were starting to turn to red and gold colors but Pam was surprised at the terrain, “I thought that maybe it was more mountainous, but it is quite flat,’’ she said. Going through the time zones, including two in one day, means that passengers have ‘‘train lag:”” Both Pam and Rod noticed they were tired and not ready to go to bed when they should, and even less anxious to get up in the morning. The effect of train lag and how far they had travelled hit them one morning, as they were travelling through Ontario. They saw kids just going to school and realized that their own three boys were still asleep and not even close to getting up and ready for 201 ‘*When we were in Halifax there was a three-hour Tference in time and one morning we W: ur kids before they went to school so we had to stay in 1ue motel until 10 or 11 a.m. so that we wouldn’t phone tooearly,’’ said Pam. When they arrived in Toronto, the Mosbys stayed three days visiting with family and took a tour of the city, They travelled to the top of the CN tower, toured the Sky Dome, the Royal Ontario Museum and visited ‘Canada’s most famous castle — Casa Loma. Famous faces were few and far between but, at a phone booth in the downtown section of Toronto, Rod spotted Simon Reisman, the man who negotiated the jada-U.S. free-trade deal. “Here is a man who has probably changed the course of economic and social history in infcouny walking down the’ street, totally anonymdus,”” Rod said, shaking his head in amazement. ‘'I didn’t know whether I should go and talk to him or what to say so we just watched him walk by.”* After fond farewells to Toronto, they boarded the commuter train to Montreal on their way to Halifax. The train station in Montreal takes up one complete city block, right in the heart of Montreal and with a one- hour layover, they had chance-to get out and stretch their legs, and walk around inside the terminal. **It was incredible,’’ said Pam. ‘There were all sor ts of shops, restaurants, eating places, a doctor and a drugstore all in the station itself.” Upon reboarding for Halifax, they met a couple who lived outside of Toronto who were going home to Halifax to visit. The couple told them all about Halifax and all the places to see and activities to take in while they were there. Both Pam and Rod realized they wouldn’t have seen as much if it hadn't been for their new-found friends’ help. Halifax is steeped in history and the Mosbys took a guided bus tour of the city and then went back to the areas they wanted to see again, including the Citadel, Halifax Gardens and the clock tower, Althougb lobster was a bit on the expense side, both Pam and Rod en- joyed seafood from a different restaurant every day. Rod noted that the Halifax waterfront is quite dif- ferent than Vancouver’s. Halifax is on a bay, and there NICE SUIT. . . Rod Mosby and a piece of armor at Casa Loma in Toronto. December busy at W.E. Graham Top teams vie for cash By CasNews Staff The best teams in the West Kootenays are fighting for $1,000 in prize money .in- the first annual Castlegar Realty Men’s Cashspiel at the Castlegar Curling Club today and tomorrow The eight-team tourney features two-time Labatt’s Briar competitor Paul Devlin from Trail and a lone women’s team skipped by Bev Stevens from Nelson Castlegar has rinks skipped by Bill Van Yzerloo Jr., Bill Perehudoff and Kelly Johnson All the Castlegar rinks saw action today The winner of the $700 first prize money and $300 for second will be decided Sunday at 1:30 p.m. with the semi-final set for 10 a.m. at the Castlegar Curling Club. Admission is free. Weekend Wrap-up HOCKEY | ne CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norris Division KUM Eost Division CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT RECREATION DEPARTMENT Tuesday, January 2 1:00- 2:00 12:30 — Seniors 2:30- 3:34 2:00 . Public Swim Public Swim Public Swim Public Swim Public Swim Public Swim Wednesday, January 4 1:00- 2:00 Wednesday, January 4 11:90-12:30 Seniof&— "4:00 Grand Opening Week Admission € — GRAND OPENING WEEK! — JANUARY 2 TO 6! Public Swim 5.30- 5:30 . Public Swim Public Swim January 4 3:30 . Public Swim Public Swim $2:30- 3:30 . Public Swim 5:00 Public Swim Child /Student 50¢ * Adult $1.00 fach hour timited to first 75 swimmers! Swim Swim Swim Swim Seniors Saturday, January 6 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. OFFICIAL OPENING eux 1219 WALES CONFERENCE * Division Potrick Div West Division 1 17 0 120 WORLD JUNIOR Round-Robin Central Division WESTERN CONFERENCE Pocitic Division Senior Association SKETBALL FooTeauL NFL December was another busy month at Slocan’s W.E. Graham school A poetry competition was held within the school, with Brigette Am- stutz the primary winner and Teresa Cook the intermediate winner A district-wide speech contest on the topic of tolerance was held at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson on Dec. 12. Three W.E. students won, with Kerry Connelly first for Grade 9, Baird Con- elly first for Grade 7, and R Copeland third for Grade 7 Students named to the honor rolls for first term were as follows: Gold (87 to 100 per cent average) — Kerry Connelly, Cadre Simpson, Brendan Lindsay, Baird Connelly and JoAnne Barclay. Silver (73 to 86 per cent average) — Laure Perriere, Brenden Darling, Amanda Flynn, Dustin Kovacvich, Koan Ellis, Ryan Copeland, Alana Winje, Ramon Rowland, Eowyn Hughes, Dirk Walters, Kasey Ganzini, Jason Stooshnoff, Siara Davis, Daryl Popoff and Amyka Thornton A toy drive was held, with the house team making the most donations win- ning points. All donations went to the Salvation Army. Dec. 14 saw a Christmas celebration at the school with the performance by the students of The Polar Express. This included singing by the school and community, a flashlight dance, gym- nastics, an amzing skateboard perfor- mance and a visit from Santa. After- wards, the band played while refresh- ments were served by the home and school. W.E. Graham fosters cross-grade interaction with Such activities as the Secret Santa exchange. In this, all par- ticipating students are given another child’s name, for whom they secretly do favors all week, ending with a gift exchange on Dec. 22 A buddy program has also been initiated recently to develop ties of caring and friendship throughout the grades by such activities as buddy in- terviews, buddy reading and buddy portraits. This year, a peer helper program.has also been started at W.E. Graham. This program will train a team of 12 peer helpers in communication and problem-solving skills so that they can be a resource for other students with problems, On the last day of school before the Christmas holidays, the students sang at the homes of seniors throughout Slocan and gave them Christmas car ds. This was followed by the gift ex- change, hot chocolate and goodies at the school. Kavaloffs honored for service Bill Kavaloff and his wife Florence were honored recently at a supper by the board members and their wives of the Blueberry Creek Qfrigation District. The highlight of the evening was recognition of Bill Kavaloff’s 35 years of dedicated service to the water district Ron Mcintyre had the honor of presenting a plaque and gift to Bill and a floral centrepiece to his wife on behalf of the board members and residents of Blueberry Creek During Bill’s 35 years of service, he has been a board member, has served as chairman of the board, as warden and, most recently, as secretary. Board members thanked the Kavaloffs for their past and continuing service to the residents of Blueberry Creek . . honored by Blueberry C BILL and FLORENCE KAVALOFF Irrigation District is a view across the bay to Dartmouth. The whole water front area and harbor has been re-done. There are new buildings going up and old ones being restored. It is a much more commercial area than the Vancouver water- front, And the beahces? There are none = it is all rocky and craggy. Too soon, it was back on Via to Montreal, with another short stopover and then on to Quebec City, In Montreal, 56 boisterous architecture students from a college in Indiana boarded the train and kept everyone entertained until they reached Quebec City. Coming into Quebec City, following the St Lawrence River high above, made quite an impression on both Rod and Pam. Once at the station they realized that they were ‘*going back in time.” “BCAA Travel put us in the Loews Le Concorde hotel,"’ said Rod, right on the outskirts of Old Quebec. Added Pam: ‘‘From our hotel room we could see the Plains of Abraham right below us and the hotel was so nice that you had to have black tie to go to dinner in one of their restaurants!"* Memories of lunch in the oldest building in Quebec City with food servers dressed in period costumes, walking down narrow stone and cobblestone roads as steep as those in San Francisco but wide enough for only one car, and looking at buildings that are still in use 300 or 400 years after they were built, are firmly etched in the Mosbys’ minds. They walked down the Grand Allee — a street of old buildings that had been converted to restaurants which show their menus in French and English. They also toured the artists area. Both Pam an- d Rod commented that everyone they met spoke both English and French and everyone was friendly and seemed pleased to be able to answer questions. “*I felt more Canadian ....."’ said Pam. ‘‘ You read it in the history books and you know this is what happened in Canadian history but when you are actually there and seeing these places, it hits home. Yes, we really-are Canadian and this is part of our heritage.’"’ Rod, too, came away from the visit with a different feeling about Québec and its concerns about being con sidered a uniqué cBiture. From Quebec City it was on to Ottawa and their ast night ina hotel. BCAA Travel had booked them into the Chateau Laurier and Pam was overcome by whole ex- périence of this luxury hotel. ““We were very casually dressed since we were nearing the end of our clothes on this two-week trip,”” she said. a The carpets were three inches thick, everything was antique and the service was so superb that she said she was starting to feel intimidated. **We were both so tired from walking that when the maid knocked on the door at nine at night, to turn down the bed and give us chocolates and Perrier water I couldn’t let her in. It was too overwhelming,”’ she said. “The next morning we had a note from her saying she was so sorry she couldn’t help us the night before."’ When they went down for breakfast, there were men in business suits at little tables, and they were in jeans and runners. The waiter came to the table, asked if they were travelling and where they were from. WhenRod said Castlegar, B.C. , the waiter’s face lit up. friend’s father used to live here and he had visited Castlegar,”’ said Pam. All of asudden the hotel was no longer intimidating and they were able to enjoy it for what it was — a grand hotel Sunfest winners tell railroad tales In their very short time in Ottawa, they visited the Buildi and, ly, were in a group that was ushered into the balcony of Parliament just as the historic debate over the future of Via Rail was ending. From Ottawa it was on to Sudbury and after a44- hour delay they were headed west across the Prairies and home to B.C. On their journey they met one couple from England who told them that they had heard that the Via trip across Canada was one of the six greatest train trips in the world. People from all over B.C., Australia and Europe were travelling on the train and everyone was friendly and cheerful. Even the Via em- ployees, many of whom were losing their jobs in a few months, were friendly and helpful, the Mosbys said. What does a Canadian, travelling across Canada, bring home for souvenirs? Maple syrup from Ontario, salt-water taffy from Halifax, and ‘‘coonskin’’ caps from Quebec City. The trip was a chance to live the history they’d read about and looking back now they’re glad they had the chance to see it “We'd love to go back to Halifax and Quebec City and take the kids,” said Pam. ‘Actually seeing it makes it more believable that the history of Canada really hap. pened. We're both really glad we had a chance to go, it was an experience of a lifetime And the ice bucket? On the train, without a shower oratub, Pam filled the ice bucket with water to wash her hair instead of trying to do it in the tinysinks! TOWERING . . . Rod and Pam Mosby outside on the Scottish tower at Casa Loma in Toronto. Deep in thought The first week of January is the last chance to see the colorful exhibit Korea: Land of the Morning Calm at the West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar. The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 7, on tour. from the Royal Ontario Museum and caps a year of exhibits which have helped attract more than 12,000 isitors to the NEC since NEC officials say 1989 a ‘splendid year' By CasNews Staff The West Kootenay National Exhibition Centre in Castlegar received more than 12,000 visitors between June 1988 and December 1989 in what NEC officials describe as a “splendid year."” In their year-end report, NEC direc: tor Helen Lee and Sandra Donohue, chairman of the centre's board of directors, note the numerous exhibits of the past year which celebrated the artistic vision of many Canadian ar- tists, including those living in the West Kootenay “We are looking forward to a new year," Lee and Donohue say. ‘*We an- ticipate a year of creative expression of art and our exhibition calendar reflects our mandate to inspire and enrich the cultural aspects of life in the West Kootenay.” Opening in January is Drawings from the British Columbia Art Collec tion, representing the works of 17 ar tists between the years 1968 and 1985 Works by Jack Shadbolt, Toni Onley, Ann Kipling and Edward Hughes are included in the exhibit Also on exhibit will be A Sphering Rune, described as ‘‘a fibre in stallation’” by Grand Forks artist Elaine Walker Fogg An opening reception will be held Jan. 14at2p.m The first week of the new year will provide a last opportunity to visit the colorful exhibit Korea: Land of the Morning Calm. This exhibition of traditional Korean life, on tour from the Royal Ontario Museum, “rims through Jan. 7 Meanwhile, Lee and Dgnohue report that the NEC has put its finan cial woes behind it “Financially, the centre is delighted to have eliminated all longterm is continuing its commitment to education as reflected in its upcoming school programs “Last year, 2,400 studegfs throughout the region visited the cel tre and participated in our diverse a extensive school programs,”’ they sy “What's more, we are always happy4o organize special programs for an’ community organization, given prior notice.”” Lee and Donohue said interested groups should contact the NEC fo more information