SPORTS DRIVEN AFOR M. = TRAIL & B8.c. Highway Ortve ‘Your or Ford Country Headquarters’ HOURS: Mon. ri. 6 a.m, p.m. Set 6-6 CHECK US OUT Large Inventory in stock Over 110 New and Used Vehicles. Volume Discounts. *HAVEY * THUNDERBIR *LTD « OlESE 1WO9S3 + Top Dollar Paid for Trade-ins. * MUSTANG OdW3i + Professional hacehe to Assist you. PHONE COLLECT * RANGER XNAT® LTO WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA Complete Car and Truck Repairs DEALERSHIPS WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA Bear Creek Road, Trail =, 364-2588 -~ CASTLEGAR CHEVRON 425 Columbia, Castlegar 365-291 | HB} Kootenay Honda ae (across from Waneta Plaza) Jackson signs BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Troph; signed with defending World Series champion Kansas City Weekend OPEN WINNER . . . Castlegar Savings Credit Union manager Harold ia presents silver tray to CSCU Ladies champion Linda Ozeroft Zone 1 team chosen On May 25 and 31, the Kootenay Orienteering club chose the orienteering team to represent zone 1 (Koot- enays) at the B.C. Summer Games in Cranbrook July 10-13. On May 25, a clinic/run-off was held near Cranbréok to select two of the seven-mem ber teams. This will only be the second time that the team has had East Kootenay representation. qualification event were Rod Giles, who will compete in the men’s 19-34 age class, and Marvin Bjornson in the 16-18 class. Giles has had some previous experience, but Bjornson is a newcomer to the sport. On May 31, the West Kootenay playoff was held at Beaver Creek Park, just south of Trail. The event was held on an updated map drawn for the event by KOC president Scott Donald. Twenty runners competed on three courses for five places. The fastest person in each of the four age classes with two or more competi- tors were assured a place on the team. The fifth place was filled by selecting the person in second place who was closest to the winner in.their category. The runners up were named as substitutes in case the winners were unable to attend the Games. The competition was as fierce as the heat (37 de- grees). On the Medium course of 3.6 Km, less than two minutes separated first and second in the women’s 16-18 category, with experi ence winning out over younger legs. In the men’s 13-15 category, competing on the short 1.6 km course, only 40 seconds separated second and third spots. The Zone 1 team consists of: Andre Port (13-15 age The two winners of the Our Action Ad Phone Number is 365-2212 368-3377 MUFFLERS MAIN ST. MUFFLER 613-13th St., Castlegar Ph. 365-5411 RENTALS CAR & TRUCK RENTALS CASTLEGAR CHEVRON WANETA PLAZA TOYOTA 365-2912 364-2588 aler No. 7724 CASTLE TIRE (1977) LTD. SALES & SERVICE 36: category, Ci ), Sandra Sharp (16-18, Castlegar), Carrie-Lynn Brown (16-18, Castlegar), Larrie Carr (16- 18, Crescent Valley), Marvin Bjornson (16-18, Cranbrook), Rod Giles (19-34, Kimberley), and Terry Coombs (35-plus, Fruitvale). Carol Scott of Rossland will be the ladies chaperone, and Terry {Coombs will serve as the men's. The Kootenay Orienteer- Castlegar & District GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSN. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Mon., June 23—7:30 p.m. at the Complex Election of New Officers BE THERE! THESE ENTHUSIASTIC GIRLS NEED YOUR SUPPORT. ing club will host the orien. teering event at the B.C. Summer Games this year. They will run a separate event for the general public at the same time on the same courses. Clinics for those new to the sport will be held at the sites, just before each of the three events. Sports Calendar SUNDAY AUTO RACING — DETROIT GRAND PRIX: 10 0.m., channel 7 SOCCER — WORLD CUP: Quortertinal match, live from Mexico City, 11 o.m., channel 6 and channel 9; 11:40 p.m., channel 9 BASEBALL — MAJOR LEAGUE: Toronto Blue Joys vs. New York Yankees, noon on channel 4, 1:30 p.m. on channel 13 GOLF — PGA: Atlanta Classic, tinal round live trom Marietta Ga., 12:30 p.m., channel 7 MONDAY FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: p.m., Kinnaird Park Juniors vs. Checkers, 6 TUESDAY FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Labatts vs. Salmo, Kinnaird Pork: Hi Arrow vs. Checkers, Inland field. Gomes begin ot 6 A Red Cross water safety BRAKES & SHOCKS (Service & Sales) ier Condon eee. ‘ Castleger aarti stra aes Instructor I school is being offered at Bob Brandson pool in Castlegar this summer. The school will be held July 11-13 and July 18-20. To be eligible to attend the course, candidates must be at least 16 years old upon com- pletion of the course and Full Line of 4 BALL 7 {SUPPLIES pehterresee core. must have successfully com- pleted the green level or its equivalent of the Red Cross RUBBER STAMPS Made to Order Contrary to Popular Opinion he is alive & well and back! Barry Lychak is Back CASTLEGAR HYUNDAI SALES 713-17th St., Castlegar Ph. 365-7241 or Toll Free }-800-332-7087 Water Safety program. Instructor candidates will learn teaching techniques, ATTENTION Owners of vehicles damaged by Fallout in Trail area — Your claims will be proces: quickly and efficiently! Extra body work & repairs at very special discounts! Call today for appointment MALONEY AUTOBODY 1700 Columbia Ave., C Monday - Friday — 8 a.m. - - 4:30 p.m. — Closed Sai 365-2155 or 364-0213 Instructor school being offered Weather was picture per- fect last weekend for the > $3 Jeunes Fesupees szstes ali i second annual Castlegar- Savings Credit Union Ladies Open golf tournament. Sixty- two ladies from around the province participated in the two-day tournament. Linda Ozeroff of Salmon Arm was the tournament champion with a two-day total of 170. Shirley Filip of Nelson was the first low net winner with a 149 total. Winners of Low Gross in the five flights were: Janice McKinnon — 171; Marie Makaroff 189; Heather Pottle — 199; Marg Salekin — 223; Iris Nielsen — 231. Flight Winners with Overall Low Net were: Diane Jeffries — 152; Laverne Makortoff — 156; Verona Walker — 156; Marg Akinson — 159; Patty Gibson — 153. Runners-up with second low net were: Ruth Trickey — 152; Phyl Lamb — 161; vereeesf BBESIIN- pee BEBEWEE Seuuoes Seseecs na winners were: Cherie Baker — 153; Sue Morisey — 163; Betty Pang — 158; Ginny Bever- age-Henderson — 163; Alice Shutek — 198. Fourth low: net winners were: Linda Brussee — 154; Marion Radcliffe — 163; Viv Benedetti — 159; Sharon Elko — 170. i [recuse ~ eerees supervisory and safety skills, communication, class man- agement and lesson planning. Successful candidates will be qualified to teach the first 2 a8 sssracesse. 7 i | Ail i E Get Hint tell Ht qui F (i { | rf fil ili four levels of the Red Cross program — yellow to mar- pupils to the water and to familiarize them with basic movement in the water, deep water orientation and the front crawl, as well as safety wheel drive. Metallic pads, $20 extra. STRUTS — 30 CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMENT registration for Red Cross Swi =f 3 Swim Lessons at Mom and Tots Clinic 12:30 Swim 8-9, Bob Bra ton continues during citice hours Public Swimming 3:30 - 5 ond 7 26 — Public Swimming 3:30 - 5. Aerobic Fitness 7-8 7:20 - 9. Complex - $1.50. ‘Admission $1 30 =, Sension | Red Cross Swim Lessons start Bob wu 13 yu 210.20 — Red Cross Wor Cooma. S74. 0OConke eee Sate Sotety Instructor 1 1 365. 2101 - 6th Ave., Castlegar _Phone 365-3386 P10 $3.00 drop-in Complex Robson. Starts 6 - 7 p.m. Complex 1:30 Free Sob Srandeon indson Pi 4:30 p.m. 10. $2.00 drop-in Complex 8:30. Skate Rental Royals with the desire of becoming the best baseball sone 72.1906 CasthigarNews + Legion celebrates 60th anniversary AWARDS AND MEDALS Special awards and medals were presented to Legion Branch 170 mem- bers for service to the organization. Special Branch awards went to (top left) (meritorious service medal). Wilf Leduc, from left, Steve Melnick and 'Ed Zorn (life berships). Those ing Di d Jubilee Medals were (top right): back row, Albert Culley, Albert Hill, Edmondson, Dorothy Mac- Pherson, Norman Blais, James Leckie. Front row, Harry Bate, Earl Rourke, Sam Brown, Alf Johansen Canadian Legion grows By CasNews Staff About 140 Legion mem. bers and guests gathered at the Fireside Pjace in Castle gar last Saturday night to celebrate the 60th anniver sary of the Royal Canadian Legion. From humble beginnings in Winnipeg during the after. math of the First World War, the Royal Canadian Legion has’ grown into Canada's largest service organization with 600,000 members and affiliates in more than 1,600 branches across Canada The Legion was founded in 1926 as an amalgam of existing veterans’ organi zations. According to a Legion release, it was origi nally designed to help vet erans of the South African War and the First World War to readjust to civilian life at a time when rampant inflation, high unemployment and economic depression had conspired to make Canada a dramatically changed society from the one they had left Its purpose was to ensure that the veterans and their dependents received fair pen sions, disability allowances and adequate medical and rehabilitation treatment The Legion still expresses its original values of patriot ism, loyalty, self-help and remembrance, and focuses its energies on the welfare of Canada's veterans. But its activities in the community have extended much further. In 1984, the Legion contri buted nearly $30 million and thousands of hours of veteran times in the imp! ion ary 1927. In 1960 — the Legion's 35th anniversary — Queen Elizabeth gave her consent to adding the word “Royal” to the Canadian Legion. In 1969 the Legion- ary Magazine was changed to weren't granted until 1978. In 1982 spouses of ordinary members were given the right to vote as ordinary members. In 60 years, membership in the Legion has increased from 20,000 members to of its service programs and activities. The Canadian Legion was formed in 1926 with 20,000 members. On May 15 of that year the first edition of the Legion magazine came out, known as the Legionary Magazine. The first Legion convention was held in Janu Members given By CasNews Staff Wilfred Leduc was pre sented with the Meritorious Service Medal — the highest award given by the Royal Canadian Legion last Saturday as Branch 170 celebrated the Legion's 60th anniversary The approval of this award with the Cominion Command standing commit tee on honors and awards According to the Legion, to he award, Leduc has worked “extremely hard and faithful for the Legion and still continues to do so.” Leduc has been a Legion member for 27 years and rests receive Legion Magazine. In 1970 it was decided to accept frater- nearly 600,000 in 1985. nal affiliates into the organi- In 1950, membership zation. totalled 180,000 and in- In 1972 at the Legion's creased to 300,600 in 1970, 24th convention at Regina, 464,000 in 1975 and 545,000 in approval was given to grant 1980. associate memberships to Branch 170 current has 676 sons and daughters of Legion members — 344 ordinary members. But voting privi. members, 176 associates and leges at the branch level 156 fraternal members. served as Branch 170 presi: dent from 1970 to 1972. He also headed the membership committee for about five years. During his tenure, the branch won a plaque a number of times for having the most members signed up. Leduc is a former Trail resident, who moved to Castlegar in 1948. In other branch awards, life memberships were pre- sented to Steve Melnick and Ed Zorn. Melnick has been a Legion member for 40 years and is currently a Department of Veterans Affairs officer. He was branch president in 1981 Zorn has been a Legion member for 34 years — 18 of them in Castlegar. He was branch president in 1976 and is DVA assistant. He has also been janitor for a number of years with his wife Pearl Life memberships are given for outstanding service and devotion to the aims and objects of the Legion. Only three other members of Branch 170 hold life member. ships Bob Wadey, Albert Lamb and W.J.S. Jones Sr. who received his life mem bership in Ontario before moving west. Diamond Jubilee Medals went to the following mem medals at Arms), Doreen Moore, Fred Giraud. Missing are Cecil Pepper, John Stewart and Jollimore. Botton photo, Ladies Auxiliary Di Jubilee Medal Winners. Back row, Ann Wadey, Marge Peachey, Helen Leduc, Ruth Rourke, Thelma Walker. bers: Fred Giraud Cecil Pepper, James Leckie, Al bert Culley, Dorothy Mac Pherson, Norman Blais, John Stewart, Doreen Moore, Harry Bate, Jack Edmond. son, Sam Brown, Earl Rourke, Albert Hill and Doug Jollimore. Ladies Auxiliary members receiving Diamond Jubilee Medals were: Pearl Zorn, Ruth Rourke, Edna Dodgson, Joan Blais, Helen Leduc, Florence Laycock, Marg Peachy, Ann Wadey and Thelma Walker. The medals were given to members who have donated their time and efforts. Field Engineers do demolition exercise Editer's note: Follwing is the conclusion of a two-part account by John Charters on a day spent with the 44th Field Engineer Squadron near Warfield I am reminded of a brigade assault exercise in England during the war. Fifteen hundred men backed by tanks are making an attack on a distant ridge running, and shouting, crawling and wriggling against a roar of thunderflashes, snarling machine guns, pop of rifle fire and the crack and sigh of live ammunition overhead Suddenly, whistles shrill across the entire front The sounds of battle cease like the closing of a heavy door All motion is frozen in time. Then the bull-horn voices of the senior NCOs can be heard “Brew up!” (Time for tea) There will always be an England where even battles stop for the ritual of tea. It is another of the incongruities of war Lunch prepared by the army cooks is hot, tasty and paecnual and is eaten democratically. Officers and troops together in the camouflaged mess tent Afterward, because Easter Sunday, Northcott gives for those who wish to stay a brief church tomorrow is service and an explanation of the relation of the Jewish Passover sacrifice to Good Friday and the significance of Easter Lunch is shaken spectacular ride to the demolition demonstration site Warrent Officer Alan Kranz stands surrounded by a quickly down by another group of soldiers in camouflage fatigues and gives a lesson on arming an explosive with blasting caps and electric detonators Explain, demonstrate, question and have someone carty out the instruction and at every step, check, check, check for safety. Some of the repeat the explanation, best teaching I have seen anywhere has been in these military demonstration lessons. (Educational theorists take note.) The charges are detonated with satisfying reports and flying debris and a wire clearing operating using a bangalore torpedo follows. Bangalores are essentially tubes of explosive for blowing barbwire entanglements. Crude but effective. I wonder briefly how they are going to move the long coils of razor edged concertina wire into place. No problem. The squad is placed at intervals along the length of the coil. At a command the whole thing is hoisted in one movement and held- above their heads. A second command and the whole unit sways and giggles off to the detonation site looking for all the world like a tipsy skeletal centipede. A barbed wire ballet We retire to a distance. The order to fire is given One of the party yells “fire” in the four points of the compass, the firing handle is pushed down and the tough wire disappears into the grey-black smoke as if it never were Other demonstration lessons follow single and double beehives, rings and plastic explosives as the afternoon, moves on with endless precautions for safety We have only one woman with us as an observer — Sgt Sherry Wickwire of the Army Cadet Corps. She intends making the army a career and leaves soon for officer training. During the interyals in the demonstrations we have the opportunity to talk with Brig.-Gen. Kilby and his aide Capt. Paul Fleet of the Canadian Forces Military Engineering. The Brig.-Gen. is a man with a keen appreciation of the relationship between militia and regular forces, and with our American neighbors, with whom he has been enaged in a number of combined operations. The quantity of their supply is incredible he says. They leave more material on the field than we possess altogether, so we load up after each exercise We Canadians are also a bit of a mystery to our American friends because they know in their hearts that we are really Americans and can’t understand why we sct differently. His fact then lights up with a mischieviow grin as he recalls a personal exploit to confirm this difference from the Americans. John Charters Reflections & recollections MILITIA EXERCISE . . Canadian Forces Milita . Capt. Paul Fleet (from left) of ry Engineering. Brig.-Gen Peter Kilby of Pacitic Command (Militia) and Com. We were on a combined operations with them, he says and I felt that they nee -ded a demonstration. He then tells how, with the cooperation of his corporal, he set it Reveille sounds. The with a tea tray in his hand arm appears at his officer's at the canvas flap. Kilby “Your tea, sir.” “Thank you corporal corporal, neatly turned out and s and a white napkin over his tent and seratehes discreetly appears Kilby pours a cup of tea, sips appreciatively and while gazing about at the camp and the dawning day, at the same time making appropriate, to whieh the manding Officer Maj Don Buskos of 44th Field Cnginears watch demolition exercise. corporate standing by. answers, ‘Yes, sir; no, sir” amazement defferential at appropriate intervals. The Americans walk by and dead-pan, staring in goggle-eyed “From such small seed of incident do. whole forest of legend grown,” Carry on Canada . chuckles the Brig.Gen . My apologies to the 44th for the delay in this writing. but man proposes and God disposes. In any case it will be printed in time to be passed on for the collation of the unit history and possible inclusion in Volume Three of the History of the Military Engineers of Canada presently being compiled in Halifax, Nova Scotia