B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 31, 1983 SPORTS B.C. readies to defend games title CALGARY (CP) — The Western Canada Games, a seven-day Olympic-style extravaganza for athletes from the four western provinces, gets underway today with British Columbia set to defend its team title. B.C. has won the overall title at each of the previous Games, 1975 in Regina and 1979 in Saskatoon. This time, B.C. is bringing nearly 500 athletes to the July 31 to Aug. 6 competition and is considered a strong favorite to capture its third straight team title. But the victory won't be easy. Host province Alberta, with 485 athletes competing, is taking dead aim at B.C. and first place. “We are definitely going to challenge B.C. for first place,” said Beth Shipka, chef de mission for Alberta. “Team Alberta is well prepared and enthusiastic. It's really exciting to think about B.C. We nearly beat them in the Canada Games and they are worried. Third for Huston Roger Huston of the Koot- enay International Senior Baseball League's Beaver Valley Blazers captured the 1983 most valuable player trophy. This marks the third major award that the Blaz- ers’ slugging first baseman has received in two seasons. In earning the league's MVP honors, Huston barely outpointed Kevin Oliver of athe Trail Crown Point Orioles and teammate Ron Bergen in voting by the league's man- agers and coaches. Gary Bolt of Chewelah Lumberjacks, captured this year's Rookie of the Year award. Chewelah’s slick fielding short-stop was a solid choice in a poll of the league's managers and coaches. Out- BRONZE MEDALLION . . . “We anticipate winning 11 out of the 28 sports and placing second in the rest.” That wouldn't leave much for the other two provinces, and e Ni Terri or and the Yukon. The Territories and the Yukon aren't involved in the team races — they participate only in selected events, : The Games,, being held for the first time outaide Saskatchewan, were first created in 1978 to provide Olympic-standard competition for western Canadian ath- letes, to improve facilities for amateur sports and to foster volunteer participation in host cities. The initial idea was for only the elite athletes from the West to compete in a type of pre-Olympic competition the year before each Summer Olympic Games. The Pan-American Games and the world track and field championships, both in August, have weakened the calibre. of competition in some sports for these Games. But officials still say they will be top calibre. “I think actually the calibre is going to be a little better this year because sports groups have made it a priority,” said Arlene McGinn, Games vice-president of sport. “I think in some of our sports areas we're going to have some of the best people in Western Canada.” There are few for athletes provided they are Canadian citizens or have. had landed immigrant status at least two years. In the 23 sports, only three have: age xing, and an Olympic sport in Of the 23 sports, 12 — archery, basketball, boxing, canoeing, fencing, field hockey, wheh b 1984. equestrian, gymnastics, judo, rowing, shooting, soccer, xy and ling — begin Aug. 4. Most run four days. Calgary organizers have a $26-million capital budget and a $3.5-million operating budget. The province and the city are splitting the capital costs. The federal government refused to contribute any funds, saying it had put too much money into the World University Games in Edmonton from July 1 to 11. Ottawa had pledged $7.3 million, bus has paid only about $6 million, University Games officials say. The only new facility is the Lindsay Park Aquatic Centre and field house where six different sports will be held. Other facilities ig! the city were ded for the Games. d > The ing budget is covered by $1.7 million from team handball, track and field, yachting, water polo and weightlifting —begin today. The other 11 — cycling, diving, the province, $800,000 from the city and a $1.6-million fund-raising drive. nuind Risha M "try ever in the America’s Cup hti de- Lloyd, Shriver advance to finals AUSTRALIA robin indoor tennis tourna- ericans Chris ment. : Evert Lloyd and Pam Shri- Lloyd beat Australian ver scored singles victories Wendy Turnbull 6-4, 6-4 and Saturday night to advance to Shriver defeated Sue Barker the final of a $250,000 round-_ of Britain 6-1, 6-1 in the third ITALY yi0000 te re” TAKES CONTROL Jaeger downed fellow Ameri- can Leslie Allen 7-5, 6-0 and West German Sylvia Hanika forfeited to Lisa Bonder of the United States after losing 6 in. it NEWPORT? RL (cP) — 1.8 inthe frst ast because of Azzurra, the first Italian en- Jaeger and Turnbull will meet for third place. Eight local swimmers suc- uepfer, Sherri t and Na feated Canada 1 with a come- oll took a4 at first set, but Lloyd, playing her consistent baseline game, bounced back to win the first set. “I had my chances, but basically I let her off the hook,” said Turnbull. “I tried different tactics playing her tonight and attempted to move Chris around. “At least I will know how to play Chris the next time we meet in a tournament.” Jaeger, third-ranked in the world, and Allen matched service in the first set before Jaeger finally broke Allen's serve in the 11th game to - Helping out at : the NEC Diane Vader, Idriss Roberts and Bill Graham have spent this summer m crates, unloading boxes, typing, filing, baking and decorating a 40-inch cake for Canada’s 116th birthday, cataloguing artifacts and -working with children. They have been summer workers at the National Exhibition Centre and agreo that the summer has been “very interesting.” They started work in May and will finish up in two more weeks. The highlight for all of them has been the museum display of local artifacts which was Presented the end of July and will be shown again the end of August. “People like seeing local things,” comments Bill who spent this summer in the back stockroom going over the mounds of local artifacts that came in and classifying them by using a shelf of large three-ring binders full of information. + Bill will be going into his last year at the Christian Academy and has worked at the NEC on two Previous occasions. He has a keen interest in history and says, “I like learning about history. I like listening to history that old people tell of around here.” \ He began his work at the NEC last summer by volunteering for them through the Volunteer . “Then they had an opening and I applied and got lucky,” he says with a smile. Although he's interested in all old artifacts, he's taking apart and totally restoring a 1958 Mercury. Idriss graduated from SHSS in 1979 and has had a. variety of jobs in the area, among them working at the Castlegar Toy Village until it closed. She had been going in regularly to the Canada Manpower office when she found out about a two-month job in February and March at the NEC. “It sounded interesting,” she says now.. Idriss and Bill worked in. the winter cataloguing those artifacts that so intrigue Bill. This summer she has been the official bookkeeper and typist for the three of them, ~ Diane grew up in Castlegar, graduated from Stanley Humphries, and took business courses from Selkirk College in Trail. She loves sports of all kinds and was quite active in figure skating during high school. She also LINDA HALL - & Getting to Know Your Neighbor | HARD AT WORK . . . Bill Graham catalogues:h toric artifacts at the National Exhibition Centre hoto), while (bela photo) Diane Vader (left) and fariss read r pak were} of materials. CASTLEGAR NEWS, July 31, 1983 B3 New books at library By JUDY WEARMOUTH Librarian R.D. Lawrence, one of Canada’s best loved nature writers, came to B.C. to re- of the Selkirk Mountains and -for 10 months observed the comings and goings of a cougar, living in close prox- imity to the animal and gaining its trust. He tracked the animal (which also tracked him!), watched it stalk its prey and choose a mate — and lived a similar life himself, his senses honed to animal sharp- ness, as he fended for himself in a wilderness environment. oy WEARMOUTH par- ticular, the Prince and Princess of Wales, a book of fairly discreet revelations about royal family life should be of interest to many library patrons. Reyal Service was written by Stephen Barry, personal valet to Prince Charles for the travels with the Prince and stories about the other women in Charles’ life before Princess Di. Barry provides a peek through the royal keyhole at informal family gatherings, sharing gossip about family relationships and private foibles. s s s Wright Morris, the prize-winning California writer, author of Will's Boy, has written a memoir of his youthful adventures in Europe entitled Sele: Am American Dreamer in Europe, 1933-1934. It’s a delightful account of his travels in Austria, Italy and France, brimming over with life and humor and teeming with eccentric characters and curious. episodes. His poverty didn't curtail his exploits or his enjoy- ment of all Europe had to offer. s s s The Road te Tara, Anne Edwards’ biography of Mitchell, shows that the writer's own story is as Margaret dramatic as her famous novel Gone With theWind, and she herself is as complex as her legendary heroine, Scarlett O'Hara. The parallels between her life — her first love for a. cessfully completed the Bronze Medallion at the Rob- son Pool July 19. Recipients are, backrow, left: Sherri Wanijoff, Shane Patterson and Kim Thors, front row: Ig are: Colin Care fielder, D. Ludba of th ¢ and} Rots Duster, fie gar. Instructor was Sharan Bool Grand Forks Dusters, fin- ished a distant second in the lead 6-5. likes most outdoor activities guch as skiing and camping. Diane had been doing volunteer work at Castlegar School this past winter when she found out from-behind effort Saturday. Y*™'*8° over Lloyd in the voting. The 1983 all-star team, selected by coaches and managers consists of the first AN FT ER 23 YEARS team of Ron Bergen, left- handed pitcher, Beaver Val- ley; Gil Robison, right- handed pitcher, Grand Forks; Tracy Goulet, catcher, oI Roger Huston, ‘Beaver Valley; Brian Reid, second base, Beaver Valley; Joel Trem- blay, third base, Beaver Val- ley; Kevin Oliver, short-stop, Trail Orioles; Gerald Hollett, outfield, Beaver Valley; Todd Smith, outfield, Chewelah; Lou Cicchetti, outfield, Trail Orioles; Tim McMahon, des- ignated hitter, Trail Orioles. “COOPERSTOWN, ‘N.Y. (AP) — Twice before, Brooks Robinson has been here. “I played in two Hall of Fame games, but we just flew in and flew out both times,” said Robinson. This weekend, the man many consider the greatest third baseman of all time re- turns to this baseball shrine, * this’ time ’té stay. Robinson will receive the highest tribute to his 23-year career with Baltimore Ori- oles when he, Juan Marichal, Walter Alston: and George Kell are inducted into the Hall of Fame today. “It's really hard to com- prehend,” Robinson said. REGIONAL RECREATION COMMISSION#1 JULY 31 — Public Swimming. 1 - 4 P.m. and 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Brandson Pool. 2:30 - 4:30 and 6 - 7:30, Robson Pool, AUG. 1 — Recreation Office closed. All Programs cancelled. AUG, 2 — Red Cross Swim Lessons, session 3 starts. Hik nd” Picnic at Pass Creek, ages 9- V4-Time9 ‘om. 3 pam. 32 AUG. 3 — Canoe Day at Nancy Greene, ages 9 - 14. Time 9 @.m. - 3 p.m., $2, Drop-in Aquablcs, 12 Noon - 1 p.m., Brandson and Robson pools. AUG. 4 — Motocross Bike Race, ages 9 - 14, 1 - 2:30 p.m. at Complex. Evening Fitness Clase cancelled, aes AUG. 5 — Activity Day at Pass Creek. Ages 9 - 14.9 a.m. - 3p.m., $2. : »S Z AUG. 7 — Small Craft Safety Demo, 1 p.m. at Syringa Creek. AUG. 8 — Sesame Street Day, ages 4 - 9. 1-3 pm, Com: plex. $1. 2601 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 “Tm just going to let it all sink in. “Te talked to some play- ers who have been through it before, and they all say it’s an unbelievable feeling. Being inducted into. the Hall of Fame is, well, it means im- mortality.” 3 Robinson, who won 16 con- secutive Gold Gloves, became only the 14th player among the 184 people in the Hall to be inducted on the first ballot — not including the original five elected in 1936. He was named on 844 of the 874 WANT TO TRY SOLAR HEAT FOR YOUR POOL? ASK ABOUT OUR STARTER KIT. Call Gary at Valkyr Aquatics 365-7389 Distributor for Sun Ged Solor Systems REE TOWING WITH MAJOR Borderline Transm TRANSMISSION ’ SERVICE SPECIAL / $18.60 INCLUDES: road test, remove pan, visual inspection, clean sump, replace screen, adjust bands and linkage, replace pan gasket and fluid. 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League's most valuable play- er in 1964, and played in 18 All-Star Games, yet his most shining moment came in the 1970 World Series when the Orioles overpowered Cincin- nati Reds. ; Robinson dazzled the base- ball world with incredible fielding plays and hit .429, earning the World Series MVP honor. ‘ Robinson, 46, is now a television announcer with the Orioles. The high-kicking Marichal appeared to be a natural on the mound. Surprisingly, he didn't start out there. 3 Kell batted .306 during a 16-year career, with Detroit Tigers. He also played with Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and the Orioles. Tronically, Kell, a third baseman, closed out his car- eer in 1957 with Baltimore, where Robinson was begin- ning to earn his reputation. Kell, 60, was selected by the Committee on Veterans in March in his first year of eleigibility of the second- chance procedure. Alston, also selected by the He was a ip as a boy and didn't begin pitching until he switched over while serving his one year in the Dominican Republic Air Force. Marichal went on to a 248-142 record with a 2.89 earned run average in his 16-year career, all but the last two seasons with San Francisco Giants. He pitched a no-hitter against Houston-Astros in 1963 and won more than 20 Gu-Dor Sporls Castlegar a.m., channel 7. Car — CFL: 2p.m., channel 13, SUMMER GAMES BASEBALL — Mejor BASEBALL — Mojor 7:30 p.m., channel 7. BASEBALL 7 p.m., channel 9, Cu-Dor] Sports Castlegar SUNDAY a ASEaA LL — Major League: Seattle Mariners vs. Minnesota wil a n Opent Final round, live from Oakville, Ont., channel 9, ao pam chonmer ye” (rom Oekuille, On Montreal Concordes vs. Calgory Stampeders, — B.C. Games: 5:30 p.m., channel 13, Leoguet Cleveland tnd + Cleveland Indians vs. Toronto Blu: :90 a.m., channel 13; Evening baseball, 6:90 pan, chant TUESDAY League: Ookland A's vs. Seattle Mariners, WEDNESDAY — Major Leeguet Montreal Expos vs. New York Mets, WE WILL SELL YOU Only the Bike for YOUR SIZE AND YOUR NEEDS! manag- ed the Brooklyn and Los An- geles Dodgers for 23 seasons. ” His teams won seven pen- nants and four World Series, and went 8,653-2,040. He played in one: major game — as a third baseman for the Cardinals in 1986. He struck out in his only at-bat. Alston, 71, suffered a heart attack in April and has been itty confined to his home in Darr- town, Ohio. by the start and held this lead at the second mark. But from then on Canada 1 slipped slowly as Azzurra grabbed control until the end of the race, crossing the finish line by margin of one sata RIN ‘ ute sae autem sad 10.2, moved into streak and Saskatchewan's ,second in the battle of the losing streak with a 40-21 seven foreign yachts to chal- victory Friday night over the lenge an A boat for who have lost the America’s Cup in Sep- their last three Canadian Haber. eae ee Football League games. In the scheduled race Sat qoronto is 4-0 this season urday between France 8 and and the Roughriders ere 1-8, Advance, neither yacht ar- after startin, soamon rived at the starting line and a victory. ee ci the race was cancelled. Both boats had suffered damage to _ Quarterback Joe Barnes, their rigging in races Friday. who threw two fourth-quar- Both France 8 and Ad- ter touchdown passes, said vance had little incentive to Toronto is getting stronger continue racing. Their poor #% the season progresses. performances had alredy el- “The offensive line is mat- iminatéd any chance of either uring and the defense is boat advancing into. the for- playing much better than it eign boats’ semifinals, did last year,” he said. In the third race Saturday, Barnes, obtained by the TI and Chall 12 A from 8: fought a close duel for the wan prior to the start of the first three lengths at which 1982 season, completed seven point Challenge 12 fell quick- of 10 passes for 114 yards. ly behind. Australia finished © He combined ‘with flashy with a 8:60 margin over its receivers Terry Greer and fellow A Tolbert for touch- The overall standings had downs from 18 and 27 yards Australia II still in front with respectively to salt away the 16.8 points. victory. _ WEEKEND WRAP-UP taburgh, real, 103. g 35534) ard] BRaBE bE Sep Seezz- BB 38 isssze. BEBEBEE? 5 egsarrstsses sSRISESE: ee n7. r. Milwoukee, 24; Kit- » Boston, 23; Armes, "Monireal try, Atlonto, 12.5, . # Carlton, Philadelphia, 163: strikeouts 169: Tew York Te, Soto, Cincinnati, 156; McWilliams, Pil- llwoukee, 7-2, .778, 3.95; Argos squelch Saskatchewan a hier couldn't put much into his passes. “He couldn't squeeze the football,” Toronto coach Bob O'Billovich said, so Bar- nes was sent in to play the final quarter. Ss FILLS SKY WITH BALLS On the other side of the field, Joe Adams was filling the sky with footballs. He set a new CFL record for pass attempts in a game with 62. The 81 completions were good for 405 yards and one touchdown. Tronically, Holloway with 42 yards and Adams with 16 were the leading rushers for their respective clubs. Holloway scrambled for a five-yard touchdown in the second quarter. Alonzo Pat- terson, replacing Cedric Min- tor who was out with a knee injury, scored from one yard. 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She tells me that on Aug, be two more days of children’s programs in RE lay, “E \ display, oy sit Because the three of them worked together during the winter, when the summer came around they were well acquainted both with each other and the work that had to be done. They took a three-day museum course in February sponsored by the B.C, Museum Association, which taught them the ins and outs of setting up and maintaining local museus. é The three are convinced that the people of this area don't use the NEC enough. Says Bill: “A lot of people I talk to don't even know where we are.” And all agree that more local history should be taught in the Castlegar schools. “You learn a lot about old artifacts and things, and. how to care for them,” says Diane. I asked if working at the NEC had sparked any interest in future museum work. They all answered, “maybe.” Diane sees a future in either the travel indus- try or fashion. Bill would like to continue working on his cars, and eventually set up his own shop. Idriss, who. enjoys crewel and y. isn't sure. “keep changing my mind.” FOR THE RECORD Linda Hall featured Robson craft hobbyist Leora Nutter in her July 24 column Getting to Know Your Neighbor. Throughout the column Mrs. Nutter was referred to as Lenora. Her name is in fact Leora. ASK ANY GRANDMASTER Chess: more than just a game MOSCOW (AP) — In the tempestuous circles of grand- master chess, the current debate over sites of two world matches is only the latest in a tangled series of flaps over money, politics, food — and even massages and hypnotism. ‘Top players have accused each other of all kinds of underhanded ploys, from Boris Spassky’s “war of nerves” cht against American Bobby Fischer to Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi’s fears of poisoning. Chess is taken very seriously in the Soviet Union, whose grandmasters have held the crown since 1927 except for brief reigns by Fischer and the Netherlands’ Max Euwe. Emotions run high over what many consider much more than a game. “Chess is my life,” world champion Anatoly Karpov once told an interviewer. The current furor is over where to hold two matches next month that will help determine which of the world’s best players will have the right to challenge the Soviet. The Soviet Chess Federation has protested the decision by the chess world body, the International Chess Federation, to hold the matches in Pasadena, Calif., and Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Two semifinalists, Soviets Garri Kasparov and Vasily Smyslov, say both places are too hot in August. The official ‘Tass news agency also charged “there are no governmental guarantees of security” and free access for Soviet officials in Pasadena. But Florencio Campomanes, president of the Interna- tional Chess Federation, said the Soviets oppose Pasadena because they fear “political factors,” and Korchnoi claimed Moscow is “afraid Kasparov may run away.” The Soviets have protested match sites before: after Fischer beat Spassky in 1972, the Soviets called Manila, Fischer's choice for the 1975 series, a “steambath.” Fischer wound up losing his title that year to when he and the International Chess Federation couldn't agree on rules. é3 Politics has often entered chess, especially in the case of Korchnoi, who provoked bitter official attacks when he claimed harassment had caused a loss to Karpov in 1974 — and then defected. Korchnoi struggled for eight years to win emigration rights for his family — a battle that Boris Gulko, a grandmaster who wants to go to Israel, is still fighting. Gulko was briefly detained in 1982 for protesting outside a match in Moscow. have reg displayed their t:mpera in the days since Alexander Alekhine, who began the Soviet domination of the crown in 1927, resigned a match by hurling his king across the room. In a 1977 contest with Tigram Petrosian, Korchnoi refused to drink anything prepared for him by a hotel in Florence, Italy. He boiled his own team water because he feared poisoning. He also demanded a bulletproof screen, which he didn't get, and both men insisted on separate eating and toilet facilities and refused to shake hands. In 1979, after losing a match to Spassky, Korchnoi claimed the Soviets had him into hall Officials refused to get involved. Last April, West German Robert Huebner ignored Smyslov’s proffered hand because the Soviet grandmaster wouldn't allow a masseur to knead Huebner’s neck muscles during games. / But perhaps the most flamboyant grandmaster was the American, Fischer, and the most talked-about match his 1972 contest against Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland. Fischer first delayed the series by demanding more money. A private donation of $180,000 nearly doubled the purse, Fischer “humbly” apologized to Spassky in writing, and the contest began. "But there were delays, arguments, reconciliations, and more everything levis cameras to Fischer’s demeanor. - ! The Soviet press complained Fischer wanted nothing but “money, money, money,” and commented later that he had “introduced ... such such fuss and confusion that chess masters suddenly were in urgent need of diplomats, speak- ere _and lawyers.” doomed soldier, her disastrous first marriage to a dashing scoundrel and her rejection by Atlanta high society — and her book become obvious as one reads on. Her biographer Anne Edwards wrote the best-selling biography of Vivien Leigh, who will always be Scarlett O'Hara to anyone who's seen the movie of Gone With the summer of wild misadventures. s s The p ry and Power by Seymour Hersh has made this book a requested item. Described by some reviewers as a “get Kissinger” -book, it claims to be an accurate, damning expose of a cyni- cal, self-serving man who cared nothing for the extent of human suffering caused by his “diplomacy” in Vietnam and the Middle East. Read the book and see what you think! s L s One of. writers, most famous for her biting journalism, Nora Ephron has written a wickedly funny and pointed novel, Heartburn. It's a first-person’ bout a coll andah extra- marital affair which devastates the heroine, a writer of cook- And, for good measure, Ephron throws in a few recipes for currently fashionable food such as sorrel soup (though she claims never to have lowered herself to quiche!) s s s In Christine, Stephen King has returned to his more popular vein of supernatural horror, with a difference. The evil presence in this novel is a car, a fancy, two-toned 1968 Plymouth called Christine, which more and more seems to develop a terrible life of its own until the owner is forced to come to the horrifying conclusion that Christine is alive and malevolent. Perhaps Stephen King was inspired the myths the car which bel to James Dean and which subsequently outlived several owners! s s s The current fashion for novels with Far Eastern settings is followed by Thomas Hoover with Meghul, a pano- ramic novel based on the true story of Captain William Hawkins, leader of the East India Company's first expedi- tion to India. Hawkins’ mission was to be the thin edge of the wedge to dislodge Portugal's control of the Indian trade. Laden with gifts for the Great Moghul Emperor and driven by a strong will to succeed, Hawkins set foot on Indian soil to find his life radically changed by the country and by the love of two women. s s s Poldark fans will rejoice that Winston Graham has come with The Miller's Dance, the ninth novel in the Poldark family saga. Graham introduces a set of young characters, children of the well-known Ross and Demelzs, whose emo- tional lives are portrayed against the social turmoil engend- ered by the which is affe even ‘rugged, windswept Cornwall. s s Thomas Berger is another favorite with library patrons. His latest novel, The Feud, is set in small-town America of the late 1930s, where most people kept a gun for “sporting” purposes or for self-defence. Two families, the Beelers and the Bullards, have a series of encounters, ranging from the hostile to the amorous, which eventually crystallize into a bitter feud. e 8 6 Nora Loft's devotees will be happy to see another his- torical novel from her prolific pen. Madeelia is staged in Saxon England, during the unhappy time of the Norman invasion. Madselin, the young wife of a Saxon lord, finds herself — in the space of a few days — bereft of husband, land and friends, and her only defence against her oppressor is her pride. %