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Centre for the

The article states that the
Columbia ‘River Interpretive
Centre is B.C. hydro’s plan. This
ig NOT so. Iris a plaai that’is the
result of a working committee
representing the Regional Dis-
tricts of Central Kootéhay,
Kootenay Boundary, Séikirk
College, city representation
from the Kootenay region, plus

and interested citizens.

You will be interested-to
know that the original ideal was
bom out of the work of a Castle-
gar Chamber of Commerce
committee, which made repre-
- sentation to the Tourism Action
Society of the Kootenays
(TASK), and then became the
project for the Kootenay Region.

Yours sincerely, |

Castegar Cy
: Representative
Obituary .

Luisa Goulart

On Saturday, February 5,

1994 Luisa Goulart of Castlegar,

B.C. passed away suddenly at
the age of 59 years.

Wake Service and Mass of
Christian Burigl was)

20, 1934 at Pico, Azores, Portu-
gal. She married Antonio
Goulatt there on February 24,
1962. She came to Castlegar in
1973 and lived here since. She
was @ member of St. Rita's
Catholi ; ‘

Mrs. Goulart is survived by

of

ter, Maria Rodrigues of Castle-
gar-and Matilde Amaral of
‘Vancouver, and her father, Fran-
cisco of Vasicouver.

Funeral arrangethént were
under the direction of the Castle-

L

DEIKOFF

On Tuesday, -
February 1, 1994 John
Deikoff of Salmo passed
away at the age of 46
years. A_ Service of
Remembtanck was held
on Tuesday. February 8,
1994 at 1:00 p.m. at the

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SPORTS |

Sports Dept.
wy + gal BEE The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY,

February 9, 19°

Feisty footed lad

JOHN VAN PUTTEN
Sun Sports

thé Super Featherweight class which is for
fighters between 125 and 130 pounds,

y

\

Nn
ring to fight her next bout against # fighter
from Las Crucas, New Mexico, Although

A word of warning—Carolym Priesan is
one lady that you DO NOT.want to have

mad at you.
You see, Friesan is involved in

a sport that is quite uncommon .

among women—Kick-boxing.
Originally from Castlegar and
now living in Calgary, Friesan has
been involved in the sport for a
year and.a half and in that time

has excelled quickly, earning both
the Canadian S Featherweight
Championship and the Western

Canadian Super Featherweight titles. In
addition to her titles Friesan is ranked the

number one Super Featherweight
America.

“J get a real kick out of it—excuse the
pun,” Friesan said during a telephone inter-

view from Calgary.

During, the short time she has been
involved in the sport Friesan says she has
caught on quick and become totally
obsessed with the training and competition.

“I am obsessed with the training, four

hours a day, seven days a week.
day's I take it easier though.”

The combination of training and chang-

ing her eating habits have all had

“Now I a total athlete, I eat healthy and
I have never felt so good.” Competing in

With a long-time

Friesan says she is “built like a tank. I have
the biggest arms in the club.”

interest in martial arts

41 am obsessed with the training, four hours a

day, seven days a week. On Sunday's
1 take it easier though’

as
Kick Boxing

— CAROLYN FRIESAN
Champion originally from Castiegar

and self defence, Friesan said once away
from Castlegar there was an opportunity to

a act on that curiosity.
in North

provides Friesan w

involved in martial
first I was nervous

moving up in the wor

In her short care:
has seven wins and
victories have bee
first fight, in April

On Sun-

benefits.
knock-out.
On February 19,

Training at the National Kick Boxing
centre in Calgary with coach Mike Miles

Miles is currently holding the- World Cham-

pionship professional title and has been

in-his footsteps. 1 started late but am now

the first round with Friesan winning by

she will not be putting her title on the line,
every time she enters the ring it's to win,
With her sights set on a goal and the moti-

vation to- get there Priesan is now

ng on gaining

“I have got a goal to be World
Champion. Right now I am strict-
ly amateur and after another 10
fights, in about a year, I will be
turning pro.”

Friesan said the time frame for
ing professional is flexible,
‘ou never know maybe by

the end of 1994.”
With a kick boxing club now in Trail,

Friesan said there is always a possibility

ith ample inspiration.

arts for 26 years. “At
I would like to follow

rid.”

er in the ring Friesan
two draws. Two of the
n by knock-out. Her
1993, ended 1:11 into

she could return to the area for a fight at the
new club.

All those years her brother spent beating
up on her would now produce a different
outcome. “I'd love to meet my brother
Aaron in the ring to get back at him for all
the years of torment and abuse,” said
Friesan with a chuckle.

The possibility of that battle ever hap-
pening was nullified, Friesan said, once her
mother caught wind of the idea.

As far as the goals she has set for herself,
Friesan says the combination of her frame
of mind and the confidence of her coach

will only lead to success. “I am going to

Friesan will enter the

achieve.”

Jumping through the season

JOHN VAN PUTTEN
Sun

Each of the Stanley Humphries

basketball teams have had a busy ©
week of action on the court.
. The Junior Girls hosted an
eight-team tourney which saw
L.V. Rogers take the title and J.L
Crowe finishing second. The
SHSS A team took third place
while the B team finished in sev-
enth. One other local .team, the
Kinnaird Middle School grade
eight team, took part in the tour-
ney in ofder to find some compe-
tition. At the grade eight level
they have trouble finding a chal-
lenging opponent. The Kinnaird
team finished in eighth place but
gave some Of the Junior teams
with grade nine and 10 players a
run for their money.

Both Senior teams made a trip
to Vernon and each retumed,with
second place performances. Inci-
dentally, they both lost injthe
championship game to Fulton
Secondary School teams.

The Rockettes lost 58-54 in
their final: Three SHSS players

JOHN VAN PUTTEN
Sun Sports

Kelly Hurd’s season has been
one filled with ups and downs,
but mainly ups. Hurd, from
Castlegar, is now a

Kelly. Hurd Carving a
place in Ft.

In addition to the actual
game, players took part in a
skills competition, adding to
the fun-filled nature of the All-
Star event.

“The scouts were all there

Wayne

the Detroit Red Wings organi-
zation playing on. their
Adirqnack farm club. During
the last two seasons he has been

with Ft. Wayne as a free agent.
Life as a free agent in the
Internation-

playing for. the
League Ft. Wayne
Komets.

“I started off
well, then tapered
off. In December I
came to Castlegar
and had a break,

International , ‘1t was never something | expected, most pf the
guys had played in the NHL. It was an to

play among them’

Commenting on the experience of playing in the IHL Allstar game

al Hockey
League is
something
which
Kelly Hurd
says has
given him
flexibility
The sec-

— KELLY HURD

and in January
things picked up again.”

One of the highlights of his
season came when he was cho-
sen to play during the recent
International Hockey League
All-Star game, held in Ft
“Wayne, Indiana, January 26

“It was never something |
expected, most of the guys had
played in the NHL. It was an
honor to play among them,”
said Hurd.

During the 14-12 game,
which was a goalie nightmare
and a goal scorers dream, Hurd
earned two assists.

“It was a wide open skating
game. The whole thing was
relaxing and a social event.”
said Hurd during a break
between games from Indiana. ,

watching...it was nice to get a
little bit of recognition.”
Currently, Hurd is in second
place in the scoring standings
on his team with 62 points, only
two points back of his team-
mate with 64 points. During a
recent game against the Salt
Lake City Golden Eagles, he
earned a hat-trick and two
assists, securing hits second
place position in the standings.
Last season he earned 54
points, and at his current pace,
stands to achieve one of his

. goals, a 100 point season, as

there are still 30 games remain-
we

Another personal goal is to
sign with an NHL club. Two
years ago he wes member of

championship trophy.

ondary
affiliation with both the
Detroit Red Wings and Win-
nipeg Jets leaves the option
open for scouts to sign him on
with their team. Hurd says
there are only a few indepen-
dent teams inthe league, most
have a direct affiliation with
an NHL club.

Ft. Wayne and Hurd will
return to action in their 82
game regular season schedule
this weekend.

The middle of April will see
the regular season wind to 4
close and the start of the play-
offs. Hurd is hoping to repeat
last year’s performance during
the play-offs when his team
won the Turner Cup, the league

made it onto the All-star list: Lisa
Datchkoff, Melissa Read and Jen-
nifer Fayant who joined the tour-
ney. top performers with
recognition. The Rockettes won
their first two games of the tour-
ney, 68-52 over Okanagan Mis-
sion and 44-42 over the Salmon
Arm Gems. On Ménday night the
Senior Rockettes earned a 61-54
win over Rossland Secondary.

- In Senior Boys action the

Rockers were dumped 68-60 by
the Triple A Fulton team in the

final. Mark Perrier lead the scor-
ing with 18. .

“Our shooting was not up to
where it should be, we missed
lots 6f shots,” said John Ritchie,
Senior Boys coach. In earlier
games the Rockers beat Vernon
108-47 and North Kamloops 88-
53. In both games Jeff Moffat and
Ben Korbatoff were the leading
scorers for the Rockers.

In Junior Boys play, the SHSS
Rockers were 66-51 losers 10
Rossland Secondary School on

Monday night. “We played teal
well—until the second half,” said
Junior Boys coach Doug Hickey.

To help prepare for this week-
end’s upcoming tourney in Ross-
land Hickey said he was planning
on shortening the bench to give
the team a stronger chance.

This weekend the two SHSS
senior teams are hosting the
Remax Castlegar Realty Invita-
tional Basketball Tournament.
Play starts Friday at 3:45 p.m.
and continues through to Satur-

Two Stantey-Humphries Junior Girls try to block the L.V.

another shot after catching a rebor

tourney Championship.

Rogers’ players from

und. LVR won the game 53-40 on their way to the —

SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Ven Putten