A6 CastlegarNews May 15, 1991 Local business degree a possibility Beginning this September, there is a high probability that local students can obtain a bachelor’s. degree in all business at Selkirk College, said George Melvor, head of the college's business administration program, and Gerry Ehman, manager of Castlegar's Open Learning Centre The degree will be a joint arrangement with the B.C. Open University — a division of the Open Learning Agency — and Selkirk College ciple to review the courses leading to Selkirk College’s diploma in business administration with the view of awarding credit towards a bachelor’s degree in general studies-business concentration, courses credit taking a second-year that thi low cost release Initial indications are that most or should qualify, with about half of them counting towards upper-level (third- and fourth-year) Students can then complete the remainder of their degree by selection university courses at Selkirk College and their remaining upper-level courses via distance lear- ning from BCOU BCOU has agreed in prin- ~ -**The exciting thing about this is rrangement is extremely Mclvor said in a news “*That means probably proceed even in the face of He said preliminary meetings with BCOU representatives went ex- tremely well and that final approval may be granted in two or three weeks. Mclvor explained that the idea for the arrangement had come out of a program at the University of Leth- bridge, which began awarding credit towards a business degree to students from Selkirk College's business Program some time ago. Now, by working through BCOU, local business students would be able to do the same thing while remaining in their home communities. When asked about the distance of first- and we can current budgetary of the degree, Mclvor said that while details have yet to be finalized, local support for courses offered by distance delivery was planned. He indicated this was an area where Ehman's expertise You ore invited Thursday, Jun followd by lunch at Seniors Centr 2 neon to Twin Rivers School Concert, hist May 23, 7 p. 2% would be useful. Comii Ehman, a Selkirk College employee cert ea who acts as a regional manager for bg ave OLA, said his job is to enhance ac- price or cess to post secondary education in iwe. the West Kootenay, “lam very pleased to be able to help facilitate thé development of additional opportunities at the local * level, such as this degree program in business, | have a particular interest in serving not-only regular students, but non-traditional learners as well.’’ News at 197 Columbia ‘events of Castiega @ first 15 words d consecutive insertion is halt tions are only half price for the (whether od is for one, two or three Inesdays for Saturday's paper and 5 p.m. day's paper. Notices should be brought to the Castlegar . COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Castlégar News SPO RTS 2717 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. WELCOMES ALL VISITORS TO THE USCC UNION OF YOUTH FESTIVAL! Congratulations & Best Wishes From the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce 365-6313 BEST WISHES! 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Pompous and pretentious jour- nalists - usually the type who have only experienced sports from the stands or an armchair - denounce from on high these despicable miscreants in Professional sport who have let down their fans, let down their country and let down their mothers. Give me a break. Give us all a break and get a real job. Beyond a sheer lack of any un- derstanding of human nature and of sport, about the only reason I can come up with that some spor- ts writers like to point their plump and pompous fingers at athletes is just plain jealously. They envy the youth, athletic skill and good fortune of Professional athletes - evdn amateur ones as we found out jin the Ben Johnson media ex- travaganza. It’s as if with glee and a certain relish that they report the tragic human failings of professional athletes. Take major league baseball player Lenny Dykstra as an example. Dykstra was an all-star last season — he hit .325, had 192 hits, 35 doubles, nine homers and 60 RBI. Here’s big-league talent with tons of skill to spare. Those credentials would likely get Dykstra a page-2 brief in the Globe and Mail’s read-in-a- minute sports section, if he got any coverage at all. But if Lenny Dykstra gets drunk and rams his car into a tree, he's front-page news and the incident sparks a three-story series on the growing problem of alcohol abuse and athletes. A series that not only makes the front page of Sports in the Globe but also merits a spot on the front page of what's called our national newspaper. Putting these arrogant, hyper- educated middle easterners aside, let me ask you a question: Are athletes supposed gods? No? Then where do we get off pointing fingers at them? Maybe it’s just the in thing, the intellec- tual thing to do — slam the stupid athletes. I'm not apologizing for the ac- tions of the Lenny Dykstras, the Diego Maradonns or Ben John- sons, and I won’t say there isn’t Some cause for concern when People (not just athletes) abuse drugs and alcohol. But I am not prepared to sit here and take pot shots from my computer condemning athletes because they make more money than me doing something I wish I could do but don’t have the talent to. Athletes are not gods, they have god-given talent that has earned them the right to make a living. They work under extremely pressurized situations - which the media contributes largely to creating - and command salaries commensurate with their skill and experience. Their lives in sport have time limits which extend as long as their bodies can keep them there — & fact of their lives most of us can’t releate to. Is it really surprising then that some - just like some in society who have far less responsibility and far less pressure to deal with - aren't able to cope? Those who say ‘‘Yeah, but it’s really just a game - just men being boys‘ don’t know the first thing about sports. It’s a job and it’s a job they are uniquely qualified to do, whether the athlete knows and appreciates it or not. Anyone could do most of the jobs we do with a couple of years of training. But most of us could never do the job that professional athletes do. Sure athletes have their problems, but the use of drugs and alcohol are the exception to the rule - no matter what Mr. and Mrs, College Graduate at the Globe and Mail try to tell us. to be Who are these teams an NHL final begins BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Unmanageable. Unwanted. Un- stable. Unsuccessful. Write all the Uns you can think of and you’d have the start to a pretty good book about the histories of the Minnesota North Stars and their Stanley Cup rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here's a chapter: Since playing for the title in 1981, the North Stars have been sold twice, have had three general managers and four presiden- ts, and have made 10 coaching changes involving seven different men. The Penguins have never played for the title. And they’ve done something that’s almost impossible in the NHL’s come-one-come-all post-season setup, missing the playoffs seven times in the eight years before this one. But both teams have ignored statistics, the experts and their own troubled pasts. And here’s what’s most incredible: This figures to be one of the most evenly matched and entertaining NHL championship series in years. Minnesota, the league's 16th-best club during the season, knocked off No. 1 Chicago, No. 2 St. Louis and yway? | out at the school T: Stanley Humphries secondary school's track team Is in Trail toda: which run until 6 p.m. tonight. High jumper Tammy Bridge: TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS y night. Cashews by y for the West Kootenay track and field championships . 16, took her last practise leaps as the team worked ee a ee hy The Oilers had already beaten No. 3 Los Angeles and No. 4 Calgary before facing Minnesota. Pittsburgh, which won its first Patrick Division title, had the seven- th-best record season. “I don’t know if we'll be favored but we can’t be underdogs too much longer,”” Minnesota’s Dave Gagner said. ‘‘We’re not going to play a dynasty next round. “This is the best chance the North Stars’ organization has ever had to win the Stanley Cup."” How did the Penguins and North Stars reach the finals? Both used the same formulas, starting at the top. Last season, the Penguins hired a new general manager, Craig Patrick, who before this season hired Scotty Bowman as director of player development and Bob Johnson as head coach. After the North Stars changed ownership last spring, they hired general manager Bob Clarke and coach Bob Gainey. Patrick, Bowman, Johnson, Clarke and Gainey have always been win- ners. They have played on, coached or managed a combined 12 Stanley Cup champions and 26 finalists, and five National Collegiate Athletic Association champions in the United States. Both used balanced scoring. And both played defence better than anyone thought they could. Problem player comes back to lead Chiefs in Memorial Cup By ALAN ADAMS QUEBEC (CP). - Mark Woolf is Paying back his teammates in spades at the Memorial Cup for showing a little compassion to the 20-year-old right winger Woolf chose his words carefully when he talked Tuesday night about discipline problems the Spokane Chiefs had with him this season. And he seemed nervous when he confided his problems were alcohol- related. Lindros speaks out, Page B2 “I don’t want to see it in the papers as an alcohol problem, but it is the truth,"’ said Woolf. ‘‘I haven't had a drink in months.”” Woolf realizes he doesn’t have to search high and low to discover the Pitfalls of alcohol. In an interview, he mentioned Len Dykstra of baseball's Philadelphia Phillies and rugged NHL forward John Kordic as examples of how alcohol can ruin a career Dykstra flirted with death in a recent car crash, suffering broken bones and internal injuries. Police Softball girls finish second By CasNews Staff Powered by the strong hitting of Treena Goolief and the standout pit- ching of Christina Evdokimoff, the Castlegar Bantam Girls softball team finished second in a 10-team tour- nament last weekend in Surrey. Goolief hit .889 over six games, reaching base 16 times in 18 at bats and scoring 13 runs for Castlegar in the tourney while Evdokimoff pit- ched in each of the team’s five vic- tories. Castlegar put a pasting on a few teams in the round-robin portion of the tourney beating Langley 8-0 in the opener then beating Fleetwood 13-4, Ridge Meadows 14-4 and Guildford 7-3. That streak continued into the semifinals as Castlegar pounded Fleetwood again 14-1. But the magic ended in the final as another team from Guildford avenged the round-robin loss by winning when it counted in an 11-5 championship victory. Jan Holden was also a force for Castlegar in the tourney going 10- for-12 at the plate while Kris Myhra was the power hitter with a homer and two triples. Susan Roosa was Merling on the mound in relief of Evdokimoff. The team, coached by John Kalesnikoff and Dave Roosa, plays a tournament ‘this weekend in a ‘nd. then another in War- Spokane headed for final game showdown say Dykstra was legally drunk when he crashed his car. Kordic is being treated for a Marie would eliminate the Greyhounds, leaving Chicoutimi and Drummondville to play in Saturday’s final chemical eina facility. “I screwed up and I am getting a chance to redeem myself,” says Woolf as he stared at the floor out- side the Chiefs dressing room at Le Coliseé. “‘I hurt a lot of people and I know it.”” Woolf had a goal and four assists as the favored Chiefs beat Chicoutimi Sagueneens 7-1 to remain the only undefeated team at the Memorial Cup major junior hockey championship. The win clinched fir- st place in the round-robin, assuring Spokane a spot in the final Sunday. Woolf is the tournament's leading scorer with three goals and eight Points in two games. A victory tonight for the Chiefs over Sault Ste Woolf was kicked off the Chiefs late in the season for curfew violations. “I had a couple of beers and missed curfew five times,’’ he said. ‘‘When I left, it was like my dog died.” Woolf returned to his home in Red- cliff, Alta., while the Chiefs con- tinued on their march to the Memorial Cup. Woolf's teammate and longtime friend, Murray Garbutt,; went to head coach Bryan Maxwell asking they give his buddy a second chance. Maxwell had the players take a vote on whether they wanted Woolf back and the decision was unanimous. Woolf knows he owes his team- mates. “I was lucky to come back. You don’t know how good you've got something until I was sitting at home and I wondered what I was going to The Chiefs, meanwhile, had a sur- Prise visitor in co-owner George Brett, on the Kansas City Royals’ disabled list with torn knee ligamen- ts. The baseball team was in Toron- to for a series with the Blue Jays and Brett received permission to fly to Quebec for Tuesday’s game. Brett owns the Chiefs with his three brothers. What Brett saw was the Chiefs dominate from the outset and take a four-goal lead before a melee broke out with 7:27 gone in the third period. Eight’ players were ejected and referee Luc Milville assessed a total of 226 penalty minutes in the game In Spokane’s first game, a total of 204 penalty minutes were called. Ironically, as punches were being traded the Canadian Hockey League announed a total of $1,500 in fines were being imposed for incidents during Sunday’s two games. Three Castlegar minor hockey Players were chosen to play for a B.C. all-star team that will play in an international super series in Vancouver in July. Shawn Horcoff wag~cHosen to play for the peeweesminor selects while Craig Swanson was picked in peewee major and Rick Fauth made the bantam major team. It’s the second -straight year Three players selected for B.C. all-star teams Horcoff has made a team in the Program, which selects the best players from across the province in various age categories. Last year, Horcoff was selected to the under-12 team. The three were selected at a tryout camp made up of players from across B.C. which was held April 17-21 in Kamloops. They will play for their teams in an- international ‘‘Super Series” tournament July 20-27 in Van- couver. Teams from Minnesota, Toron- to, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmon- ton and three teams from B.C. will participate in the tourney. Goaltender Wayne Stolz, Teddy Hunter, Darren Pottle and Vince Antignani of Castlegar also tried out for the teams.