C4 CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 13, 1980

One man’s opinion

Olympic boycott

By FRED MERRIMAN

John Trackstar was ‘born +f Nelson, son of a Greyhound bus driver.
He started winning races in his third year at schoo! when first prize was a
lollipop. At 15 he was fortunate, or unfortunate, depending on your point of

view, to move with his family to Toronto, Ont. where track coaches recognized a
reat runner.

John found it necessary to commit his young life to the business of serious
sprinting. He was able to carry on with school, just barely, because his entire

daily routine was designed to train him for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
John was not allowed to dateor go dancing. He could not drink soda pop or
coffee. He had to be in bed by eight o'clock In the evening and up at four,to start
the day with a 10-mile run, His diet was carefully controlled and even his moods
and emotions were under the direct supervision of his coach.
Trackstar was being groomed to bring back a gold medal for Canada.
in

ia — Russia that is — Serge, who was

CU. Gallery .,

‘Trail Art’ Club: is! pre-
senting a showing of dr
ings, paintings, silk screens:
and lithographs. by ; William‘

Porteous and Flemming Jor-)

gensen, beginning Feb,.7, ana
continuing through to..Feb.
29. The CU. Gallery sopen 8}
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and ©

National exhibition
Split-Visions, a portfolio”
of photographs by Jim Wood-:
‘ward, is on view at the,NEC.);
in Castlegar until Feb!‘29,

You. are invited

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Instructor: Alax McCulloch

MARCH 24- APR. 4:
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h courses tp be held at!
‘NELSON ROD & GUN CLUB
“801 Rallwoy St., Nelson

Cost of Couise:' ‘$135.00

‘tho Ne

mais. by
Gun club on Fi 2and 3 saw

display went to Alan Thomp-
son of Calgary, for his’ four,
display: tables’ of Colt fire;

unique display’ went ‘to’ the |
collection of British rifles iby
A, Moorcroft. '

The most popular’table
prize was won’) by” Keith
Kessler of Lemon Creek, for
his table of leatherwork fea-

:show’ was’ the homemade. -e
Fetre hments from ithe’ kit:

oy the’ Indy members
Rod and‘ Gun Club:

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third-goneration runner out of star sprinters Karla and Petro, was followed from res .m. turing slings, belts a
birth and | am not sure. how'he got his education. No time was wasted ag the cs Peet regitiration 10 c.m.Eres Rabi 6/00/ bords.
battle was on to show that a designed runner will beat a rundom-chance case
who {ust happened to move to Toronto. . . everytime.
Yes: the whole of the Olymp! = hes been
idea was born.
+ So, in my opinion, a boycott of the O

INDER CLUB WINNER Lioyd Mutter of High River,

Gccepts the’ Captain Cortez Trophy from Rick your even parent Send Rim. 22, Peebles Motel - Nelson ;:. «:: : Geant ‘The Rod and Gun ‘Club ;
Jones,. left, and.a,$200 cheque from Lex Jones, right. ‘as atwotees typewritteh i a sq) orcall St, John ated office: 489-1616: : : 5 : Se ot [tables featured: target arms’:

ever since the Lloyd: caught his 27-3/4 pounder.on a,blue Rapalia In printed — to: Datebool ke, Box. 4 - a me aside mi of various kinds'— from: sey-
early February of last year and managed ‘to hang on 3007, Castlegar, Bor “vi a ‘ E x 5 Se jira! whe ‘eral types of smallbase large

Shroughout the year t win the derby. 1 3H4. the,

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Nay
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Do you have | an ‘exceptional neighbor? ‘
Someone ‘especially good, kind, and

Debra, after all.

and the threat of war.

Keep running, John:
If

for.
Will it}be enough for. our fictional hero John Teena to settle for being
Canada's best or is it most important to be the world’s best? :
Apparently we do. Everybody has this feeling and need to know that
somehow we are better or the best. It is the spirit of competition. :
Boycotting: the Olympics is like saying to athletes like John, ‘’Sorry, there
will be no races."' You have been overtrained. You could have gone dancing with

In fact, one of the best things about Olympics that it is always down the road
four years which, in itself, gives us a sense of continuity ‘and stableness in this
uncertain world of wars and revolutions of waxing and waning power trips.

| just wish. the governments and politicians of the world would leave the
olympics atone. Could be that we may have to hold them forever in a country like
Switzerland, which seems to have been able to survive very nicely without war

Maybe,

just every four years.

This world “needs your courage and your.
, our leaders will find out that it Is more
important to leave us alone to run our own race and in our own time even if it Is

Fair and exhibition grant ,
_ policy experiences change

Effective 1980, exhibi-

... tion and fair associations will
“ be paid an annual operating
‘grant without’ the need. to

formally apply for it, accord-
b;

tion costs rapidly increasing
other . community oriented
funding sources are now

;more capable of rendering

appropriate assistance.

During the past year many
fair and exhibition | associ-

ations received. substantial”

help from the lottery fund,
said Hewitt.

ing to an ry
- Agriculture Minister Jini
Hewitt. g
The annual operating
grant will replace the prize
money and judges’ grant
given to association members
of the B.C, Fairs Association.
The amount of the operating
grant for 1980 will depend on
the classification as follows:
PNE $30,000; other Class A
$10,000; Class B $6,000; Class
C $3,000; fall fairs, $1,000.
Hewitt also announced
the discontinuation of the
subsidy paid to associations
for capital improvements to
their fair grounds. The sub-
sidy was paid to enourage the
associations to build sheds
* and other buildings for show

“* animals. But with construc- °

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