B2 ‘ CASTLEGAR NEWS, February'!, 1981 Konihowski withdraws _ with pinched muscle CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z. (CP) — Canada's gold medal hopes at the Pan Pacific Games track meet took a jolt Saturday when, Diane Koni- howski was forced.to with- draw at the start ofthe pen- tathlon, © The 1979 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, com- peting in the. last major international pentathlon, suf- fered a pinched sciatic nerve as she was warming up for the 100-metre hurdles, . The pentathion event also includes the shot put, high jump, long jump and. 800 metres, In subsequent meets, the «javelin and 200-metre sprint have been ‘added to make a heptathlon. | “I had a normal warmup, my body felt great,” the 29-year-old Edmonton ath- lete said. “I didn't feel any’ tightness at all. + “IL was doing starts, trying to get maximum speed half way down the track,. Then I went back to the starting line +++ to do a sort of quick from a bothering me. I guess when you reach 30 you can expect all sorts of things to happen to your body. I sure feel * today.” turns 30 on start. “My right leg was back int . he start position and Ijust + brought it forward. The pain was incredible. It went right down my leg and I barely mage it to the end of the. track. : NERVE PINCHED “The physiotherapist told me it was a sciatic nerve being pinched by one of my lumbar discs, “There was no real warn: ing," she said, “I had a little- tightness in the back and I've been getting ut. March vo ,. It is the worst-thing that’s ened, tome aa a: head coach,” said Glen Digerorgio of Nanaimo, B.C, “To. have , ‘your very best prospect fora gold medat go down just be- fore the firat event isa hall of. © a paychological blow to the team.” Konihowski sald prior to’ the start of the two-day meet “© That she was taking aim at — her Commonwealth record of . =. 8,760 points in the last official hor i ie nothing serious. “I was~more concerned about my foot. I've got a fallen arch and it was really “meet involved competitors from ‘the United States, Japan, ‘Australia ‘and New Zeeland as: well as Canada. Shopping list includes” . He exotic wild. foods iw By LESLIE SHEPHERD VICTORIA (CP) — When Nancy Turner goes grocery * shopping, her list may in- clude seaweed, cattails and Labrador tea. * These foods once played a large role in the native Indian diet and Turner, a botanist who specializes in native In- dian food plants, hopes they will again, ’ Except for some seaweeds, . wild: berries and greens, + Canada’s Indians have’ for- gotten many of the: tradi- tional foods which sustained .° them for centuries, she says. “The native people in our population are generally .un- der.a poorer dietary regime, than the‘general forgotten. Td like to see the revival of some of their foods among the native peoples themseives, They nourished people for They're of dingse: ae some plants ° tom needs ie spelled out! “We: ‘honk want to go part of their heritage.” BEING FORGOTTEN Most traditional recipes... and cooking methods are |: stored only in the memories of Indian elders, Turner says. “As they pass away,’ the knowledge is loat. There's so ‘ much that's already been forgotten. Half the people I worked with over the Inst decade are dead.” Turner has compiled a. jist of about 1;200° indigenous | plants used at one time or robe by.the Indians, rang- ing from Sask berries — Turner. says;" “Recent studies ‘by Health and-,Welfare, Canada show certain segments of our pop- - ulation, especially Indian and joa people, | are suffering: a aweet fruit similar. to blue- berries which dry like raisins —tothe strong: -flavored wild nodding onion and rose hips, a good source of vitamin C: There's also fireweed, .a green. ma number fact that their original, native foods have in large part been _ Medic talks -grind down. VANCOUVER (CP). — B.C. .doctors and the pro- ly high, in vitamin .C, Young, shoots of: the’ plant, grown across northern Canada, can be peeled and eaten as a vegetable or steeped as a tea. In soups and stews, Turner says,:the Indians once used the -young leaves of Indian celery; which tastes similar to celery < or fennel but slight- ly sharper. The plant, also known as Indian consumption plant, can be used in ‘small vincial gi remain far apart in negotiations for new medical fees, Dr. Alex _ Mandeville, of Penticton, ’ president of the B.C. Medical, Association, said Friday. “There's very little prog- - reas,” Mandeville said in an interview. “We're: miles, apart. He also said he could not predict whether the talks will end successfully before the current agreement ‘expires March 31. “If there is no settlement at this poiit, then we'll balance bill.” Under a balance billing system, patients would pay the difference between the: fees proposed by doctors, and the medicare fee schedule set by the government. The BCMAhas ‘proposed in- creases of nearly 40 per cent above the current fee sched- ule. The doctors are also asking for a differential payment for services perf d outside of wiches. .- USED AS POULTICE The Indians also used it as a pultice and mixed it with |. their tobacco for flavor. | Most parts of the marsh- land cattail are. edible, from the tender young shoots, ‘| which can replace cucumbers in salads, totthe flower ‘spikes, which rival corn on the cob when boiled and bathed in butter. Cattail pollen can be used as flour ip biscuits and pan- cakes, while the rhizomes or root stalks contain a starch so rich that a company js study- - ing its commercial posatbll, ities, Seaweed is another versa- tile food that can be pro- cessed into pickles or gelatin or “drjed and eaten like a snack, just like we eat potato’ chips,” Turner says. Turner and Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein of the University of « British Columbia are trying the in salads and sand-. plant,. even if it was a trad- itional a ” itional’ foods, onous, require. ville andIing. Cow pars- nips, for example, will leave a poison ivy-like rash if not harvested with gloves. The plants, which. grow throughout Canada, must be peeled before eating, Turner says. Turner and . Kuhnlein have tried to cook edible wild roots in traditional steam cooking pits — large outdoor pits of fire-heated rocks in which the vegetables « - are’ layered between leaves’ * and topped with a cedar mat. *- ‘Phe women aren't ready to trade in their electric stoves yet — on their first try the ey. came out the sa half-raw. L FIRMLY GRASPING . ‘his: cm ther's * Rito) hand Mark: Perrier, 4, gets‘his introdueticn to skating at the new arena in the. ‘Moms and Nov skating closs, a pregram of ow. , el West Van skier ‘takes ballet:2nd ~ LAAX, SWITZERLAND (CP) — Renee Smith of West - Varicouver finished second to Christine Rossi of France in the ballet event of the World: - Cup: fréestyle ski champion, ‘ships Saturday.” Rossi, 18,. scored 23.80: points while Smith, 23, was awarded 23.10 points, “| » Hedy Garhammer, 18, of° West_ Germany tied with Smith at-28,10: but the Can- adian ‘was awarded second- spot on the:strength of the judges throwout scores. ° Marie Claude Asselin, . of “St. Agathe, Aue. wai fourth. at,22.50.341 if hte BOWLING. _RESU LTS. MONDAY MORNING ore Sheridon 605, Hilda Thommas * MONDAY NIGHT 7-9 .LHS Jean Lundquist 315, LHT Darline Edwards 654. MHS Ken Dewolt 296, MAT Darrel Rourke 751. Undecided (13, THT Bloke: Sirlke 3190: 630, seh Marshall 629. INDAY NITE en ‘ sty Jean Shay 273, LHT Jean MUS Fronk St¥en- ° oer ee cy MHT' Doug Mc- Bride 685. THS Spares 1237," THT Spores 3328, Oiher 600's: hoy 7. Steenvoordin 663,. Bill 10) TUESDAY LADIES 1 igs LHS Bernice Smith 266; LHT Bernice smith 614. THS Super Bin Prin Other 600'e: Linda SoU ESDAY NIGHT 7-9P.M,. CHS Glyihe Jenner 256,. LHT + Blythe aennse aa MHS Don THS The ‘oka ie THT Th Jokers 2935. Other 600's: Flys Datline Edwards 642, Jack Cheveldave 621, D Ad- shead 603, Jim Stev: * COFFEE BREAK TUES. 9:30" - LHS Carol Wilson: 236, LH Marie 586," a 37%-hour work week. Mandeville «said Health Minister Jim Nielsen has had no contact with the BCMA since he took office Jan. 6. values of these plants and weed out any poisonous ones. - “We need toestablish what - nutritional’ value there is, whether there is any warning TALENTED CHRISTINE Urguhart, 4, shoots ahead of her classmates in this exercise, rt of the pre-school gym- nastics course offered at the recreation complex. by No.1 Tea High Single, Cheerios 4128, THT Muf TUESDAY MIGHT MIXED FAL. LHS Karen -Turner’ 293,°LHT THS ‘Nighthawks ian Tar Nighthawks 3282: Other 600's: Orlando Vecch! 98, Ermo Mykyle 689, Colleen = Garmaine 650,. Mar 524, "Bill Carlson 624, GI ood 615, Maxine: Zoyt- LS Karen Baylyte, 264," Kar 4a son THE HT Chey MIXED Lis Me munne, 228, Ui 264, MHT D . Special Deliveries 3357, Other * 600%: E, Jerson 61 GHS Kori Correa 138, HD Lorraine Paszty 194, BHS Rya Sehiate tz 301, BHD Ryan Schatz Mott 355, MHT .Orlai Valu $067, THT Waldies Plum-~ Coe 273, oe 6am. F nev'646, Marvin LeRoy 646,. Heather Bonnett. 739. MHS » Larry Webster 286, MHT Matt - HD vin, - Sonja Pater 227. BHS Lloyd Fit- horgeirson 643, Koren Tumer’ Vv. ; Foynor 606. MHS 0. Minn” rsh s 644; THS Special Dativerien 1190, THE ate Coe 1 GHS: Diana dhorches 119, GHT Dlana Churches 340, BHS Mark “Palmer 159, BHT ‘Mark Paimer -|” ‘THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1-3 LHS Vickey Hakikin 240 tar Helen Ploipikolf.656, THS The Hooters 1132, THT The Wailers 3126, Other 600's: Darline Ed- words St. 1. Nicky Hadikin 601, me LHS yan MRobeinsen 280, LHT Michelle Roberts 624." MHS al chio 895. THS “Splnters 1118, THT Hit & Miss 2993. Othor . G00's, 700's and 80's: Robert + Mott’ 603, Garry, Rayner 754, Don Beck 744, Marvin LeRoy |? F&3, Horry Tamelin 700, J9ke Koenig 647, ‘Doug Fall an. 7, tarry Webster 611, Lynn Robina ton, Gerry Moit 601. ¥ MIXED 7.9 LHS. unde LeFoge. 278,- ur Linda. beP Ts MHS ‘oge a9; MAT Nore? STHS Super Stars, 8582. $a yRonkin ol, Ka he eae anyon Be eae cintyre 603." SATURDAY MODE MORNING 11- 1 GHS Sonja "eoiae er il. Gi shett: 147, BHO tod, Flrchett Bantam: BHS.. John Senner 25, BHT john Jenner 504. > ~, Juniors) pee SHS Suzette Waywood 1 Michelle Roe. al. Bus Cito Moor 164 BHT Greig” i Haas 389... ¥acvem..: eee, Wees Alison Lowca; tien to) coy : ‘Douglas Chiernoft. £66, eHD Douglas Chernoff 130, z duntors 2! ‘ Gus: Debbie Hart 123,. GHT: ren Hart. a i ah ot : af Ne isa” HOR CITIZENS ‘McDonald -184,:LHT foth Medene id: 479. MHS Ken: Keating 190, MHT Ken Keating 53 current world ballet -cham- ‘pion, fell during Saturday's finals to break a string of 14 consecutive World Cup ballet - victories obtained over the Ist 2 1-2 years. ° France took Lucy Gagnon, 16, of Ste. Foy. f sane FATHE! SIMPSON, LET ‘JIM AN APPLE, OFF. HIS HE for softball, baseball ut of New Westminster will vipment and uniforms. and soccer at the ‘Hi Arrow. 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