” Castlegar News Mmorch 12. 1989 SPORTS Veteran FORT LAUDERDALB, Fla (AP) In the autumn of their cares Florida and Arizona this ye spring Ron Guidry and Tommy John, a part of the New 8, a few major leaguers arrived in looking for one more York Yankees’ past, would like another chance at the future Darrell Evans, 41, is back in West Palm Beach with the Atlanta Braves. In Plant City, Pete Rose is the manager and Tony Perez a coach for Cincinnati. One of their old teammates on the Big Red Machine, Ken Grif fey, wants to play one more year at the age of 39. Shortstop Daye Concepcion, another part of the Big Red Machine, is trying to make it with the California Angels at 40. “What will I do if | don’t make it?"’ John 45, said in response to a question. “I'll probably go liome and play with my kids.” “‘Thaven’t had a summer free for along time." Last week, Ben Oglivie got his chance to go home sooner than expected. His comeback with the Milwaukee Brewers ended witha knee injury and arthroscopic surgery John the first| full week of baseball's’ spring training. They hope to make it to another opening day, but there are no Guidry, Evans and Griffey have survived regrets if they don’t HAVE NUMBERS They've made their mark in baseball and have the numbers to provgit Evans; a non-roster player with the Braves,. has been a major leaguer sincé 1970 with Atlanta, San Fran. cisco and Detroit. He has 403 career home runs, in cluding 40 in 1985 with the Tigers at the age of 38 F just ready to say | wasn’t couldn't play anymore,"’ Evans said. ‘1 had 22 home runs and 64 RBlsiast season On Tuesday, Evans talking to New York Mets manager Davey Johnson As teammates with Atlanta in 1973, Evans hit 41 stood behind home plate home runs and Johnson had 43 I never really put a timetable on playing,"’ Evans said. W hen it ends it ends Hf the Reds kéep Griffey, he could be part of relive glory days sluggers history. His son, Ken Griffey Jr., has a shot at making the Seattle Mariners. If they both stick, it would be the first time in baseball history that a father and son have played in the majors at the same time +L must be old if my son is about to become a major leaguer,” Giffey. joked. ‘I’m not the only old guy here. Also trying to win a spot on the Reds are Manny Trillo, 38, Joel Youngblood, 37, and Kent Tekulve, 42 After the Yankees acquired Dave LaPoint, Andy Hawkins and Jimmy Jones, it seemed unlikely John and Guidry would be back a New manager Dallas Green thought the Yankees needed to go with younger pitchers, but agreed to give them a chance this spring at George Steinbrenner’s behest “I know I carthrow,"’ Guidry, 38, said. ‘But 1 have tofind out if Lean still pitch In a B game last-weekend, Guidry pitched two scoreless innings against Baltimore If Guidry makes it, the left-hander will be used as a middle inning reliever In the same game, John also pitched two shutout innings “People know what I can do,” John said. “I know I throw the ball-well enough to still pitch in thisleague."’ Johin needs 14 Victories for 300 in his career I can't say I haven't thought about getting to 300," John said. "It would be special. John, Guidry is also prepared for life after baseball. “Thad two choices,”’ Guidry said. “*Stay home or play ball, and either one of those things is not bad.”” ‘T'Il go home (to Ossum, La.) and get on my trac and fix up the property Guidty, who had shoulder surgery in December 1987, has a career record of 170-91, a .651 winning per centage * ‘I think I reached the things that I wanted to da, Guidry said in his soft southern drawi. **Now, I started thinking about gofng home Who wouldn't mind retiring when he is 38 years old? Apparently, however,afewdo-mind Rockettes finish seventh The Stanley Humphries Rockettes Carolyn Vriscoe finished off the basketball season wit! a fine seventh-place showing at the tory Provincial Championships 1ast week ir Victoria Thé team went into the 16-team tournament ranked_number had their-ehances to fips i Foul trouble, fourthin the very competitive eve The girls opened with a 47-46 win over Summerland. This was a tight game where two free throws by an outstanding game and Jenny Rezan NOW IN STOCK Equipped with Mercury Outboards. All Galvanized Highliner Trailers. Syringa Park Marina Cait Smith © 365-5472 determine fifth nament remaining were needed to seal the-vic Jenny Rezansoff we fast and take'a 12-point half-time lead against Holy Cross school of Surrey however, s! momentum and opened the door for Holy Cross come pointing 59-51 loss off chipped in 1989 CAMPIONS |. osc. around in game three where they came on strong in the fourth quarter to beat Fulton of Vernon with16-points-and-Goolieff-witht4 The last game for the Rockettes wa against Notre Dame of Vancouver to That was also a very close game wit with 50 seconds the lead changing hands several times before the Vancouver girls secured the the player victory with clutch free throws late in of the game with 21 points. the game to win 59-53 forcing the Game two saw the Rockettes s Rockettes to settle for seventh place Once again the leading scorers were Rezansoff with-44 points and Goolieff spped their with 13 ansoff, who was outstanding in all four games became the first Rocket te in over 20 years to receive the honor | First k and a Arla Goolieff had of being named to the Province All-Star Team 1 fitting conclusion toa fine season This individual award Rockettes which saw tour Trail and Sum ed the situati he ament victories in merland and a province-wide 72-65 Rezansoff reputation for high quality play were the leading scorers ‘Animals’ ice dance as Safari comes to town SKATIN’ SAFARI... take a break from reh A pair of Castlegar ls for their on Ice. Safari Figure Sketing Club skaters 9 9 Minor soccer kicks off By CasNews Staff The Castlegar and District. Minor Association, held its annual general meeting on March8 Last year saw registrations jump to 210 players from 70 in 1987. Elections were held at the meeting, which was at tended by 14 pegple. Officials for 1989 will be: Mike Jenson, president; Pete Redekop, vice president; Dale Nielsen, treasurer; Richard Young, se Jim Rysen, equipment manager; and John Mansbridge, tournament chair Soccer tary; man The registration deadline is. March 23 for the season, which kicks off April 10. Registration fees are $20 per child or $30 per family and can be paid at the association’ office in the Community Complex. There will be a meeting for coaches on April 5, and a clinic for coaches in Trail April 15-16. By CasNews Staff The African safari is coming to Castlegar The roof of the Community Com plex will fill in for the equatorial sun as zebras, tigers, monkeys, natives and tourists dance among palm trees and grass huts March 18 Stranger than the sight of these hot weather creatures dancing in Castlegar will be the fact that they will be dancing ona sheet of ice. African Safari on Ice is a show being presented by the Castlegar Figure Skating Club. About 100 skaters will put on the show, which features one of Canada’s top junior figure skaters as its guest soloist Darren Leaker is a rising star from Coquitlam who placed second in B.C sectionals competition and fifth in the Western Canadian divisionals. Leaker is expected to place in the top four at the 1989-90 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, according to CFSC publicist Barb Rainville Tarazan and Jane will be there six pairs of them, dancing with Cheetah the chimp to tropical music. The grand finale will present CFSC soloists costumed as village chief, witch doctor and African goddess carving the village ice in precision dance Two shows are slated for the Satur day event at 2-p.m. and 7 p.m, Door prizes will be awarded. Tickets are available at the door ice pain minimal here By NIELS PETERSEN Staff Writer It's a common scene in most hockey games. . A player moving the puck up the rink catches a glimpse of an opponent charging toward him, braces himstif ts slammed into the boards with a resounding crunch bonesare broken A study on violence in minor hockey in Quebec, funded by-that province’s government, found that pee wee leagues that allow bodychecking reported a fracture every 8.5 games to their 12- and 13 -year-old players. The doctor ‘who did the study~said-it’s ludicrous to allow growing children, with varying body sizes, to bash into Sometimes, each other 190-pound player faced a rival who stood four feet eight inches and weighed just 80 pounds. When you get into a sport, you go to demonstrate the ability involved, In one pee wee league, a six-foot, you're not there trying to save your life,"* Dr. Gaston Marcotte said. John Loo, president of the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association, says the pee wee rep league here has not had a player with a broken béne in the last three to four years “I's not too violent locally,"” Loo said. ‘But there is from time to time some violence. Body contact is part of the game, no question about that.”” There are two levels of pee wee hockey in Castlegar: the rep league; which allows bodychecking, and. the house league, which allows tight con: tact only. Marcotte’s study calls for a ban on bodychecking in minor hockey below age 13, but Loo said the CMHA has no official policy to endorse or refute the Quebec proposal, adding that he-would-tike- to see violence reviews Loos said some youths have ap: proached him asking for a league less violent and more fun. As a result, the CMHA formed the Youth Recreation Hockey League — in addition to the house leagues for younger players which is just ending its first seasof The league hopes to sign up other cities next year, Loo said ace in the tour Weekend Wrap-up 7:30 p.m. at the Club House ‘All Members Please Attend Valley View Golf Club Winlaw, B.C. VALLEY VIEW GOLF COURSE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Sunday, March 19 HOCKEY campannt COnPERENcE Smythe Division WALES CONFERENCE ‘Adoms Division «YOUR CHOICE “ANY SIZE “ANY COLOUR AIKO 4 INTERNATIONAL MEMBER'S PRICES APPLY TO ALL AIKO STORE MEMBERS. ‘ATWO YEAR MEMBERSHIP MAY BE PURCHASED AT 4NY-AIKO STORE FOR ONE DOLLAR PER PERSON, .99 ne «MEN'S & LADIES -SWEAT PANTS & TOPS WITH OVER 20 LOCATIONS IN B.C. 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Match 12, 1989 Castlegar News 83 Station, remembers the La and had some stories - the Bloom already dead! was to celebrate a birthday She. spoke. of reply, “'Iremember Joe Gagnon.” John Charters Reflections and recollections ter — the passenger trains are gone Castlegar named Marjorie remembers being in the Lawries’ upstairs home when she was invited to a party there, perhaps it Jello was servi and that is what she remembers most Joe Gagnon, the baggageman. Everyone knew Gagnon, and I heard of him from many people. In fact his name has come up often on my jour- ney, When asked the question, ‘*What do you remem ber about the CPR Station?!’ most long-time residents As well as looking after the baggage and pushing the big baggage-carts along the platform, he apparently did a number of other jobs. Marjorie said Gagnon took care of the little garden ai the front of the station. 1 remember him as a cheerful friendly person. He built a log cabin on the Bloomers’ farm, staying there for some time and later moving to West Robson. Marjorie reminded me that everyone went down to the station to see the trains come in especially on long summer evenings. Sometimes the hordes of mosquitoes hatching out in the annually flooded ‘meadows’ made ita doubtful pleasuré, and it was necessary to run up and down the platform vigorously beating off the attackers The Keenleyside Dam has dried.up the meadows and there are fewer mosquitoes, but now it doesn’t mat- In 1903 the CPR was offering parcels of land for homesteading, creating a small ‘‘land rush’? in Marjorie remembers her father and a friend named Hirst stayed up all night to be first in line for the land they had chosen. Tom Bloomer took up 80 acres west of the Columbia and Western Railway choice farm land with a creek running by it. His friend took 80 acres north of the creek which was eventually car Bloomer Creek.’* In past’ years, this creek washed out the highway, quite regularly in the spring run-off stage, but it is now contairied in a culvert. En tirely hidden from-view, it flows through a large pipe to the Columbia River, where it can be seen issuing from the pipe near the Zuckerberg Island suspension bridge THE BLOOMERS LEAVE THEIR MARK By HELEN DUNLOP jumnis continues her six-part Sentimental Journey series on the People who form the history of the Castlegar Rail Helen Dunlop The Bloomers lived in Castlegar until around 1910, Marjorie West recalls, then moved to Nelson as her father’s headquarters had been changed. She too, ries when they lived at the station like the time a weasel got into * big wire chicken-coop where the pet pigeon was kept. It wasa bad situation! Like a trie pioneer woman, Marjorie’s mother tried to shoot it with a 22-calibre rifle but without suc cess: In desperation she sent Percy down to the station for help. Though station agent Jim Lawrie came up the hill on the run, it was all too late the pigeon was Tom and Matilda Bloomer with their children, Clara, Percy and Marjorie, sometime during the first decade of the 1900s while they lived in the house above the tracks. A fourth child, Lillian, was born during the time they were there. prove courtesy ot Morjore W. for dessert The Bloomers had moved from Nelson to Rossland, and did not come to live on their farm, which they called ““Southwood*-until Tom retired in 1930, although vacations were spent there. Work had been going on to develop the property, fruit trées were plan. ted and a house had been built. Marjorie Bloomer lived there when she came to teach in the old Castlegar No. 1 school from 1923 to 1925. The school was located in the area now occupied by the school-bus garage and main tenance buildings. Southwood came to be a famous garden spot in the Kootenays, with its beautiful lawns, the rose garden, alpine gardens and the lily pond. It was a favorite place for special occasions and people came from distant points to admire its beauty. In later years, the property was sold and Tom and Matilda moved to downtown Castlegar, It is now known as the Oglow Subdivision and houses have taken the place of the gafdens and lawns of Southwood. The property owned by Bloomer’s friend Hirst is now the Horcoff farm Tom Bloomer died in'1950 at age 85 and his wife Matilda Jane died in 1964 at age 92 In 1925, Marjorie Bloomer married Ralph West, a customers officer at Paterson, and it was 1930, she said, when they bought Farmet’s Store and Post Office. They lived in apartments above the store for some time before replacing it with the present West's Department Store When the Wests bought the store and post office, the mail all went out on the passenger trains, which had special mail cars. Mail was sorted by the postmaster and the bags of mail were put on the train. Marjorie says her husband Ralph went down tothe station to meet trains going east and west each day..A familiar sight to many people was Ralph West on his way to the station with the mail bags and his two large golden Labrador dogs. There was a story, Marjorie told me, that at Christmas time the former postmaster would put all the unsorted mail in’one bag and throw it into the mail car announcing cheerfully ‘‘Mail for everywhere!"’ One can only imagine the thoughts of the trainmen in the mail Sometimes men who had nothing to do in the evenings (there was little social life in the village) offered to help sort the mail. In this way they could pick up their own mail right away without having to wait until the next day, when the post office opened } Next week: Mail cars, conductors and West's Store. This was Lottery numbers The following are the winning num bers drawn in Wednesday’s lotteries 6/49 13,21, 30, 37, 43 and 46. The bonus number was 40. The jackpot of $2,180,970 was divided into two prizes of $1,090,485 EXTRA for British Columbia were and 87 THE PICK and 48. The four Extra numbers 18, 41, 83 16, 19, 20, 24,42 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING KOOTENAY COLUMBIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Sunday, March 19 1 p.m. Ootischenia Hall (/-CABA FASHIONS Sportswear Specialist Manufacturers of .....-- Swimwear Aerobicwear Skating Appeal Biking Shorts & Tops Tights ¢ Leotards ooo Large Selection of Fabrics ‘. 4 Way Stretch Lycra Coitton_Lycra «_Thermax Congratulations Castlegar Figure Skating Club on your presentation of ‘African Safari 7578 8th Street, Grand Forks 9c vin Me SAR NEWS PAINTING & Selkirk College and the Association of Canadians of Russian Descent have joined Distinguished Speakers’ Series evént for 1989. A. special speakers/readers will be held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre in-Castlegar, Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m forces to present the | first presentation of two W.D. VALGARDSON . .. distinguished speaker Canadian novelist, W.D: Valgar dson, author of In the Gutting Shed, Bloodflowers, God is Not a Fish In- spector, Red Dust, and Gentle Sinners, will speak on ‘‘What it Means to be-a Writer in World” Valgardson will share the stage with Canada a Changing Soviet novelist, short-story writer, and playwright Vasilii Belov, Belov is the author of many books’ including My Spock, Tales of Various Small Game, and Morning Life, Growing Up. with Dr Rendezvous,’ He will be commenting on “What it Means to be a Writer in the Soviet Union — a Changing World.”” “THE FUTURE OF WORK: CANADA AND THE WORLD” Featuring Marjorie Koehn Economist and Sociologist, Ontario Institute for Studies & Education Fri., March 17 7 p.m. Selkirk College * RECEPTION FOLLOWING. 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