John Raymond Because of Trudeau. Because of the Liberal government in the last 20 years. They've done nothing. Pete -Annual hunt on for Loch Ness monster EDINBURGH (AP) — The annual monster-hunting sea- son is in full swing at Loch Ness, and a fibreglass tube baited with live fish is the latest trap being laid for the world is to cateh it,” said Stephen Whittle., ai 26-year old civil service who is Postaikefl He's not that good of a speaker. I hope Broadbent wins anyway. Helen Lajeunesse He's not specific in his goals. Betty Wiebe Partly because of the Liberal party's past record. Margaret Maybe he pats too many bums or they need a change. something. I think people are leery of him, too. night to resemble a huge beast plodding along the shore. Fifty years ago a London newspaper published what it called “eonclusive evidence” a photo of two large foot- prints by the loch. They turned out to have been formed with an umbrella stand fashioned’ from a hip- po's foot. However, many people who live near the loch profess to be fitm believers in Nes- skepticism that Nessie ex ists, Whittle starts his quest in two weeks, his $25,000 ex pedition funded by a vodka distiller Records dating from the 6th century report hundreds of sightings of large, strange sie’s While they are the butt of many a joke, they're not complaining. The monster myth brings 100,000 tourists a year to the lake. Whittle and a band of about 30 helpers are building their 18-metre-long, six metre-wide trap at the lake side. A helicopter will lower it into the water Aug. 28 and suspend it nine metres below a Moating platform Live fish will be put inside the tube in hopes of tempting Nessie, and a four-man crew ‘on the platform will monitor the tube through cameras and electronic sensors. 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The last time Stieb was on the mound, hie faced the Indians in Cleveland and left the game in the eighth inning with what looked like a safe §-2 lead. But in the Bottom of the ninth in that game last Thursday, Cleveland rallied for four runs against reliever Dennis Lamp to hand the Jays a 6-5 Ameriean League baseball loss. On Tuesday night, Stieb had mo one to blame but himself. He walked to the mound in the ninth against the Indians with the game tied ‘Lal, got two quick outs before George Vukovich hit a line drive over second baseman Damaso Garcia that bounced to the wall for a triple. VINGS ACCOUNT” Daily & Paid Monthly — Convenience Credit Union ‘Then with the count 1-0 on Jerry Willard, the Cleveland cateher slammed his ninth homer of the season over the right-field fence to pace the Indians to a 31 victory. “What's the difference if the bullpen comes out and loses ft or if 1 stay in and lose it,” said Stieb, “We still lose. “But maybe this will take some of the heat off the bullpen.” ‘The loss, coupled with the Tigers’ 65 victory over Oakland A’s, put Detroit 11'2 games ahead of Toronto. WIN SEVEN The victory for Cleveland, meanwhile, was the Indians’ seventh in a row — the biggest streak the elub has put together in two seasons. “Getting out of last place and playing the spoiler role is a lot of fun at this point in the season,” said Roy Smith, Cleveland's rookie pitcher who checked the Jays on five hits — three by Dave Collins and two by George Bell — before giving way to Ernie Camacho in the ninth. “We're just having a lot of fun, especially when you beat a team that’s in contention,” said Smith, 5-4. Comacho put the game away to collect his 17th save. Anerror by shortstop Julio Franco, his 29th error of the season, gave the Jays a 1-0 lead in the fourth. With one out Dave Collins, who went 4-for-4, singled and one out later stole second. Cliff Johnson then hit a HOOP CAMP AHIT By CasNews Staff “Great” is the favorite word to describe the Rock. ettes Basketball Camp un derway at Selkirk College. “It's great,” commefited 14-year-old Jennie Letham, a student at Trafalgar Ju. nior Secondary School in Nelson. The camp is the second in as many years for Letham. “They teach you the basics, plus they add on,” said Letham during a break from the eight-hour a-day, five-day camp. Twelve-year-old Sunny Baker of Tarrys Elemen tary School echoed Letham’s comment. “It's fun,” she says, add ing she came to the camp “because I like basketball.” Fruitvale's Nicole Cam peau, 14, says, “it’s great” as weil, ahd-pointe to the basketball action at the Los Angeles Olympics for her reason for attending the camp. The camp continues all this week with coaches Jack Closkey, Mike Bala hura, Barry DePaoli, Doug Hickey, Patty Plotnikoff, Doug Pilatzke and Tom Demeo. action as ball s out . Camera catches split second of 14-year-old Jennie Letham's hands before she's even realized it Letham and 56 other girls are attending annual Rockettes Hoop Camp at Selkirk College s' Stieb can't buy a win grounder to Franco that went through his legs allowing the Jays to go up 140. The Indians tied it in the seventh on Pat Tabler’s solo homer to left, his seventh of the season Stieb, who has been stymied in his quest to win No. 13 in his last five outings, dropped to 12-5. His last victory oceurred July 29 against Texas Rangers. “I thought it was a good pitch (to Willard), low and away,” said Stieb. “It was a change-up and he hit it pretty good. Corrales, naturally was all smiles. “It was a good win against a tough pitcher (Dave Stieb),” he said TIME RUNNING OUT MONTREAL (CP) — Glen Sather isn't really running Team Canada from the seat of his pants but says it doesn't hurt if his players sometimes think so. In a little over two weeks of Canada Cup preparation, there have been few con stants in the Canadian lineup. Forward lines have been juggled almost daily as Sather searches for combin ations with the right chem. istry, so the jargon goes. “I think it’s healthy to keep guys a little unsettled,” Sa ther said Tuesday. “It doesn’t Vikings head into semifinal Saturday night saw the Castlegar Vikings meet the Trail Spurs at Kinnaird Ju nior Secondary School in the second playoff game in the two-game series to decide who would advance to the finals in Creston this week end CosttewsPhoto by fon Norman Otters win By CORALEA SCHUEPFER Swimmers from eight of the Kootenay Region swim teams gathered at the Robson Pool this past weekend for one of the last swim meets of the season. Although this meet was geared to a lighter tone to keep the swimmers rolling towards the Provincial Champion ships, the River Otters proved themselves worthy of first place with 555 points. Colville Valley Swim Club placed second with 278, followed by Kimberley 271, Castlegar 233, Trail 188, Beaver Valley 137, Greenwood 32 and Nelson Neptunes 26. Of the 37 new records set this year, 21 were set by the River Otters and one swimmer tied to share the record Helping their team tally the points were 15 aggregate winners — Div. | Silas Ragur — bronze; Div. II Kim Byers — gold and Lora-Lynn Harmston silver; Div. II Ariel McDowell —gold, and Sarah Byers — bronze; Div. IV Chris Kinakin — gold, Jason Schuepfer — gold, and Trevor Seville — silver; Div. V Risha MeDowell —gold, Jennifer Stroes silver and Rob MeGregor — bronze. Div. VI Sherri Harmston — gold, Ken Kinakin — gold and Jeff Schuepfer silver; Div. VII Elaine Prescott bronze. In addition to the swimmer’s awards, various recog. nitions were given throughout the meet to parents, coaches and clubs who supported these swimmers throughout the summer “Swimmers of the Week” were Risha McDowell and Rob McGregor for their suecess in reaching their goals. The River Otters claimed their first mile relay victory with the team of Chris Kinakin, Jason Schuepfer, Jennifer Stroes, Trevor Seville, Risha McDowell, Jeff Schuepfer, Sherri Harmston, Curtis Ready, Elaine Prescott and Steve Merry Their success also allowed them to claim a new pool record of 15.38.5. Colville Valley Swim Club placed second with two Kimberley Seahorse teams placing third and fourth. With Robson's smaller pool, swimmers swim extra lengths which makes a longer swim than in other pools in the region. But that didn’t deter swimmers from setting new records. In the individual medley Kim Byers, Ken Kinakin and Elaine Prescott set new pool records; Lora-Lyn Harmston set a new record in 60 freestyle while Kim Byers and Elaine Ptescott set records in butterfly. Lora-Lynn Harmston, Ariel McDowell, Sherri Harm- ston and Ken Kinakin set ew records in backstroke; Kim Byers and Sherri Harmston claimed new records in breast- stroke and Sherri Harmston tied her time for the record in 100 free while Jeff Schuepfer set a new Fecord in his 100 freestyle. Impressive combined efforts were given in the relays. Div. II girls Cocomat’s Bunch team of Kim Byers, Sarah own meet Bagur, Lora-Lynn Harmston and Bea Sallis set new records in both their freestyle and medley relays. The Choice Chicks team of Chris Kinakin, Tammy Yanagisawa, Alana Miller and Lisa Ann Abrahamse set new records in both their freestyle and medley relays. The medley relay team Dirty Minds, consisting of Trevor Seville, Jason Ready, Jason Schuepfer and Rob McGregor set a new record in Div. V. The Div. VII team Lurpie Joeys Elaine Prescott, Risha MeDowell, Jennifer Stroes and Sherri Harmston set new pool records in both their medley and freestyle rel: as did the Div. VII boys team 86,K7,SP,P8 of Curtis Ready, John Prescott, Jeff Schuepfer and Ken Kinakin. For some of Robson's team it will be a brief holiday before the final swim meet in Greemwood on Labor Day weekend. For others, it will be a trip to the Canada Games Pool in New Westminster to participate in the largest meet in the province for BCSSA swimmers. For complete results see Mid-Week Wrap-up, page B2 Canada blanks Belgium 3-0 WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Girls have played Little League baseball since 1974, but mone had ever advanced ifito the singie-climination tournament here that fea- The Vikings lost the first game 1-0, so they were under extreme pressure, and had to win by at least two goals to advance in the playoffs. The Vikings — with home field advantage had a strong showing of fans be hind them. The Vikings struck early with Ray Sele tipping a shot in with his foot as he slid into the Trail goal. That goal held up at the close of the first The second annual West half Kootenay Junior Tennis Clas In the second half, Vikings sic will be held Saturday and struck again when Chris Co Sunday at the Community burn scored off a nice ball Complex courts. from Vikings infielder Frank The classic is the largest Costa. junior tournament in the But Trail came back 10 Kootenay afea anf is expec. minutes later to make the ted to draw more than 50 en- score 2-1 tries this year. Ray Sele scored again on a Entries are expected from Penalty kick after a Trail de- Cranbrook, Kimberley and ‘ender was carded for a foul Creston in the East Kootenay ff the play P Trail scored again in the as well as Trail, Nelson and, of course, Castlegar in the “Ying minutes to make the West. score hae yao. extiecs It is also hoped that some &*™° po eve esition wit coe fea the became of ee a ; in games. major Okanagan tennis clubs, 17 er eet keep up the The tournament will fet pace, as Vikings Mike Cor. ture singles competition in bett and Frank Antignani age categories under 12, 14, tackled everything in the 16 and 18 for both boys and middie of the pitch girls. The Spurs’ hopes were Thete will also be under 14 dashed, when Ray Sele not 8 ched his hattrick, with a shot ee eT et i nearly broke the beck of the Trail net. Castlegar Vikings now ad- vance to the semifinals Sat- urday in Creston against , a Kimberley Athletics. Junior players wishing to Kikoff is at 2 p.m. on the high school field. at Mallard Ski and Sport in Uf the Vikings win Sat or by contacting. Uday they play in the final on Sunday against the win- ner of the Nelson-Cranbrook Jr. tennis tourney on weekend All entries must be sub mitted by 12 noon Friday The tournament will begin at 8 am hurt to keep the guys on the seat of their pants a little bit, not always sure what their position is until the time comes.” The time is coming fast Canada has six more exhi- bition games before Sather must name his 22-man tour. nament roster. The six-na tion tournament opens Sept. 1 when Canada plays West Germany at the Forum and Sweden plays the U.S. at Halifax While Sather recognizes that he'll soon have “to get serious about putting lines together,” he isn’t saying who'll play with whom. “I think you do it every day (plan a lineup), you write things down in a little black book,” Sather said. “But every day it’s changing” Peter Stastny, Nordiques high-scoring cen- tre, for one, was happy with one lineup change — the add ition of his brother Anton. “It certainly helps me,” said Peter. “Communication is the key to success here and I communicate with my brother better than anyone else here. “T've played with Anton for as long as he's played hockey, so we get into it much faster than players who don't know each other.” The Stastnys played with their Nordiques teammate Michel Goulet in Canada’s 4-1 Sather enjoys juggling lines vietory over the U.S. on Monday night and seemed to be into it — it being the puck control game Sather's stress. ing — rather well “It was much better than in either of the first two games,” said Stastny, who played with Rick Middleton and Mike Bossy in one game and with Middleton and Brian Bellows in another “We've still got to get more fluid, more smooth.” Wayne Gretzky, looking for the same fluidity with his linemates, said Tuesday he feels most comfortable with Edmonton Oilers limemates Mark Messier and Glen An derson. Messier, who had been practising at centre through. out camp, w@tked out at left wing on Tuesday with Mike Gartner and Brent Sutter. Gretzky practised with An derson and Bossy Bossy leaves today for New York to have his tender right knee examined by New York Islanders orthopedic specialist Dr. Jeffrey Min koff. Bossy is scheduled to rejoin the team for its game Thursday night in Halifax against the U.S. Bossy’s Islanders team mate Denis Potvin, appar ently, won't be joining the team at all Golf tournament deadline today By CasNews Staff The annual Mike Wichert Memoria! Golf Tournament for zone four will be held Sunday at the Rossland golf course. The tourney will be held each year in honor of Mike Wichert of Crescent Valley, a well-known local athlete who died July 3, 1988, aged 20. Tee-off time is at 9 am Men and juniors will play 18 holes, and ladies nine holes. ‘There are prizes for low gross and low net in each division, closest to the pin and a “horserace.” A free hunch will be served after the tourney. Net pro ceeds will go into the Mike Wichert Seholarship Fund To enter phone Denny Mc Arthur or Rocky Rizzotti, at the Castlegar ProShop - 385-5006. Deadline for entries is to Gay (Aug. 22). Mike Wienert played mi nor baseball and hockey in championship in the javelin in 1980. Wichert also played table tennis, and won the Trail Junior Open im 1980. He perfect game of 440 in 1978 as a junior After injuring a knee while skiing, Wichert started to play golf. From 1978 to 1983 he won the Castlegar, Christina Lake, and Rossiand-Trail Ju nior Opens, was a member of the East-West Kootenay team in the first B.C. Sum. mer Games at Penticton, and finished second overall in the first year of the zone four junior circuit point tourna ments. Sehool ip. won the Johniy Bucyk East West Kootenay Open at Creston, competed in two Canadian Junior Champion- ships at Winnipeg, and Red Deer, finishing in the top 30s,