ramen orceres sewnenengcne beg Od RT SET ""Thuraday, December 27, 1990 veryone get what they wanted for Christmas? How about those couple of extra pounds you didn’t want? Makes it easy to start your New ‘Near’s resolutions doesn't it ? here's'a list of my resolutions: (definition - lying to yourself or kid- Ging yourself that you will be a better human being and divest yourself of all bad habits and vices.) fe Lwill be proud of any weight gain and, call it bulking up. ty T-will avoid tuming the extra bulk into muscle because I don’t want to fotimldate, anyone. I will look into downhill skiing and decide that I don’t have the time or mooey to devote to the sport, : I will look into cross country skiing and decide that maybe this might be the winter sport to try. +. I will probably like cross country skiing and so resolve to look into downhill again next year. (Being the thrillsceker that T am.) + On the serious side, I got into the “sport” of f sing Ultra Light aircraft before I left the Lower Mainland and I have be: n.trying to get in touch with U.L, pilots in.the West Kootenay. I know there is one in Nelson I’ve seen his plane tied down next to the runway - never saw it in the air and never found out who owns it but the little dacron-covered, alu- minum-tubed flying machine stands as mute testimony to the interest of at Our girls — win it: all ? By FRANK ‘DERBY: othe, Castlegar Sun Sun staff writer. ©), ‘ girls basketball Rockettes retumed from Alberta triumphant. On, the weekend .of Dec. 14,15, The Rockettes participated for the first time inithe annual tournament ‘hosted by the Southern ‘Alberta Institute of Technology:and won all three of their gaines. |; ./ The first game przved to be lit- tle more than a warm up as the Stanley Humphries team romped over Alberta’s Bowness team bya score of 61-32. Kristy Lees, Sherry Makortoff, Carilyn Briscoe and Rory Perrier 'all hit the double digits for the Rockettes.’ -The second game proved a lit. tle tougher as Ron Pettigrew Christian of Saskatchewan put up a fight before going down 66-59, The scoring was a little more evenly spread around as coach Closkey elected to go primarily with his starting five. - The Gull Lake Lions from . Teast one person in Ultra Light aviation, + Wknow it seems out of season and in reality it is, but I took my first les- son last January. While we didn’t have the snow there that we have been graced with here, when it was clear enough to fly it was also pretty cold, especially a thousand feet up. Moms and. Tots.... Moms and Tots swimming is not restricted to mothers and Dawson Creek, Provincial Single A Champs last year, were no match for the Castlegar team as Carilyn Briscoe single handedly ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Frark Derby The ‘Stanley Tabla senior ; I miss getting up in the air and at this point I can afford to be patient and wait until spring, but I would at least like to talk about flying the mini-mites with a local enthusiast. I suspect there are some good stories | their little ones - sometimes its Aunties and Tots or Grandmas and Tots as in the case of the Oglows, Brendan, Aunty Gail and Nanny Betty. The secret to gener- ating enthusiasm for a life long interest in alliance and fitness is “start ‘em young”. demolished them, scoring 30 points on route to a 75-46 Rockettes win. The Rockettés hit the road again Dec. 28,29 for the Deer «held their enrollment ceremony on Nov..27 for.a large’ group of parents and grand rents. In all, 18 new Guides were enrolled. 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