~ The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, May 4, 1994 less covered at poin north. The path of maximum eclipse follows a line from Nova Scotia to Northwest Mexico. The eclipse is annular, mean- ‘ing the moon's position allows for total blockage except for a thin ring of light around the cir- olar Would you like Quest columnist for The Castiegar Sun? If so, contact Sharlene at 365-5579. — TERM DEPOSITS — For better return on your invested dollars. Castlegar Savings Credit Union Branch Slocaa Valicy Branch Castlegar 100-- 630 - 17th St. 3014 Hwy 6 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 4G7 Slocan Park, B.C. VOG 2£0 Ss 7232 226-7212 Come and play Bingo On Saturday May 14th Win- law heme od School will be hosting a Bi Ni a the Winlaw Hall. Ed ea is the final fundraiser for the Inter- mediate students trip to Comox in late May. The doors open at 5:30. With 20 games of BINGO scheduled and a wide assortment of prizes donated by area businesses the event promises to be a bingo players fantasy come true. Admission for the event is $8 per family, $3 adult and $1 per child. Each person gets a Bingo Card and extra cards cam be during the night for 50 cents each. There's an intermission half way through the right when par- ticipants can nibble on goodies at the schools concession booth and cards go on sale for half price at some point during the evening! So if you're looking for an exciting evening of family fun, then may we suggest that you come around and see if your number happens to come up. with TIDE DETERGENT Original 12 L. or Ultra 6 L. With this coupon you will receive o 12 L Original or Ultra 6 L of Tide bor only $8.98 each. Price without coupon $9.98 ea. Limit one Sah: eléeowe” TENAY TRA People from all across the Kootenays enjoyed the 12th Annual Trade Fair ee eer SUN STAFF PHOTO /John Van Putten this Minto Chapter No. 79 installs officers Minto Chapter No. 79, Order — its regular April business meeting of the Eastern Star held its annual _in the Masonic Hall in Castlegar, installation of officers following April 19. coupon per customer and one box per coupon. Not ‘coupon to be combined with ony other special offer. Valid until closing Saturday, May 7, 1994 at your fi i Sobeway ' SAFEWAY ‘Store. With this coupon you will receive o carton of 18 Large Luceme Grade A White Eggs for only $1 48 each. Price without coupon $1.98 ea. Limit one coupon per customer and one carton per coupon. Not to be combined with any other speciol offer. Valid until closing Saturday, SAVE With this coupon you will receive o | | bottle of Heinz Ketchup for onby $2.79 each. Price without coupon $3.49 ea. limit one coupon per customer ond one | litre squeeze bole per . Not to be combined with ony other special offer. Valid until closing Scturday, May 7, 1994.08 your local Sakeway Store 50<¢ with this coupon 99¢ each. Price without coupon $1.49 ea. Limit one coupon coupon. Not to be combined with any other special offer. Valid until dosing Saturday, The installing officer was Jus- tine Buffett, assisted by Lyona Berndt. The installing marshall was Catherine Stewarat, assisted by Roberta Weir. The oficer sinstalled were as follws: Carol Couch, worthy matron; David Waldie, worthy patron; Jean Sylvest, associate matron; Robert Moffat, associate patron; Barbara Schellenberg, secretary; Justine Buffett, treasur- er; Roberta Moffat, associate conductress; Judy Brown, chap- lain; Catherine Stewart, marshall; Milda Oswald-Adah; Elizabeth Crawford-Ruth; Dorothy McAlpine-Esther, Stella LePage- Martha; Viola Waldie-Electa; Willian Crawford, warder; and Less Buffett, sentinel. To be installed are Ruby Par- tridge, conductress; Marguerite ry. S In attendance were members and visitors from Nelson, Ross- land, Trail, Colville and Kettle falls. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostesses, Marion Ackerman, Lyona Berndt and Viola Waldie. DR. DAVID FOOT The Greater Trail Community Professional Development Network "Back To Our Future" Dr. David Foot Friday, May 27 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the GREATER TRAIL COMMUNITY CENTRE THEATRE Selkirk College, Trail ______ Campus —__ 900 Helena Street, Trail, B.C. V1R 486 Continuing Education In Trail Call: 368-8229 SPORTS 365-5579 Sports Dept. John Van Putten e Castlegar Sun DNESDAY, May 4, 1994 SHSS'’s golf team border jumping JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun rts A cross-border golfing trip for the Stanley Humphries Secondary School Golf team earned the crew a fifth place finish at the Colville, Washington golf course. The field of ten teams feature the top ranking high school teams in Washing- ton. “Iv was @ pretty good fin- ish,” said SHSS Golf team coach Bill Lunn. “The com- petition was pretty stiff.” Several factors added to each of the teams rough ride through the day of golfing. her, mainly the rain, played an ‘influence on the outcome. The top golfer on the Castlegar team was Devon Cheveldaeff who shot 80. Lunn said, considering that of the ten teams only four players managed scores in the 70’s and Cheveldaeff did well to shot 80. Back Row (I-r): Coach, Bill Lunn; Kyle Niessen; Pat Biln; Todd Bondaroff; Chris Gray; Assistant Coach, Doug Sly. Front Row (I-r): Wade Stoochnoff; Devon Cheveldaeff; Shaun Creighton; Marty Carew. Team members missing from photo: Cory Quiding and Grady Moore. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Karen Kerkhoft rr aart’ 4 taf SSB *s ty. AS 4 ¢, hase Castlegar Selects, formerly the Dynamo, earned their second con- secutive win only two games into this young season. The Selects downed Rossland by a con- vincing 5-2 score. Their two wins, the previous week they beat Trail 2-1 after being down by one goal early in the game, puts them in a tie with the Nel- son Savoy for first lace In the West , ootenay Soccer ‘ners Sports League standings. in this province and as such ‘SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten Turning up the funds Sun Sports Funding increases and British ’s sports organizati will benefit in the long run—to the tune of $5.124 million. Financial support to provincial sports organizations across the Province in 1994/95 will be increased by $104,000 to it’s pre- sent total of just over $5 million. “The provincial sports organi- zations are key leadership part- delivery sysiem receive priority in our allocation of funds,” said Robin Blencoe, Minister Responsible for Sports. See FUNDS 3B niors in age only, Sterling News Service In a region known more for it’s hockey and baseball tradition, a group of West Kootenay swimmers has achieved heights and almost Van Yzerloo said the club was formed shortly after the Trail hosted the Seniors Games. Her husband, Bill, won a silver at the Games and it wasn't long before the idea of forming a club came to life. Coupled with the opening of the unparalleled by its more glamorized counterparts. These athletes are literally in their golden years, both in their respective events and their daily lives. It began in 1989 when Trail hosted the second annual B.C. Castk Aquatic Centre, the swimmers, ages 55 and older, began meeting once a week to swim a little and enjoy each oth- ers company. “Three years ago I was looking for a group to join and Lola Turik said I not spirit lenging.” Woolls, agreed the challenge is the big the big thing even above the rewards. “If I did my best then that’s okay. Medals area bonus. Conacher said Woolls inspired him to come out after hearing of his success. “He’s the cause I’m out here. He was doing so well I said ‘I can swim as well as he can’. “But he’s in a bracket so far ahead of me.” Woolls laughed and Senior Games, Hosting the ‘No Games inspired a group of seniors to héad back into the pool for exercise and competition. Although there was now for- mal club to speak of, the faith- ful; took advantage of Castlegar’s newly-opened aquat- before we body was a competitive swimmer ‘ether but, we’ve ‘ot t really picked it up’ — MARG VAN YZERLOO al d. “But Gus can swim across the Atlantic now.” Although challenges like that aren’t in the Cocoons future there are a couple of events this summer that are. The B.C. Master Provincials Cocoons seniors swim club organizer will be held in Kamloops from May 6-8. ic centre to get together and train on a regular basis. Gradually more and more swimmers came out and soon the club which was appropriately named the Cocoons, began to show some vast improvements in their abilities. _ The crowning moment came at the 1992 B.C. Senior Games when the club won an incredible 83 medals, including 22 on the opening day of the Games. They followed that with another stellar performance last year in Cranbrook when they brought home seven golds among their 57 medats.——_ ishi one has should call Marg,” said Marion Roberts- Young, another of the many Senior Games medalists in the club. “We just came out and swam,” said van Yzerloo. “But we really needed some coaching.” The coaching came from a varicty-of. sources. Pool lifeguards, some of the more successful swimmers in the area and the coaches from the local swim clubs came forward with some help. _ The Cocoons received tips on stroke improvements and racing and before long they were turning heads throughout the to wonder weather the name Cocoon is simply a name or a real-life recreation of the 1985 movie of the same title. In the movie, extraterrestrial cocoons were placed in a pool and turned back the clock for a group of rejuvenated seniors. However, the answer to the West Kootenay Cocoons is a lot more down to earth than Hollywood would have pro- duced. “We all just love to swim,” explained club organizer Marg van Yzerloo, who has been a member of the club since it first began in 1989. “Nobody was a competitive swimmer before we got together but we've really picked it up.” P with their incredible proficien- cy. ; There are many individual success sto- ries entwined in the club but for Fruit- vale’s Chuck Woolls and Montrose’s Gus Conacher, their success is not only inspiring but inspiring. Conacher, who is 80, has set several competition records, and Woolls who'll turn 79 this summer, has a chest full of medals that proves he is often the first one to the finish line. “It's the social aspect,” said Conacher explaining his ongoing love affair with swimming. “and it keeps you fit. But like any dedicated athlete, he admits the best part is racing. “I like the competitiveness, it's chal- The Masters category is open to swimmers from 20 years old and up with groups divided in five-year incre- ments. Van Yzerloo said that some of the Cocoons area also members of the Mas- ters Swim Club, another club that began two years ago for swimmers young and old. In fact, the group heading for the provincials includes 15 swimmers between the ages of 20 and 79. “We have a good time together,” added Roberts-Young. “You also get the oppor- tunity to do a bit of travelling.” _ In fact, the event everyone will be anx- iously awaiting is the World Masters set for Montreal from July 4 to 10 “I’m very excited about going,” said Roberts- Young. Although she trains three times a week, she admitted that medals aren't her only goal. “Basically you're going for the fun of it.” The club will be sending six swimmers to the event; Woolls, van Yzerloo. Castlegar’s Bill DeKlerk, Roberts- Young and Rossland swimmers, Barb Roberts and Jani Dorken. “It will be the one and only time we'll go to the Worlds,” said van Y zerloo. It seems, for members of the Cocoons and Masters Swim Club, one chance is all they'll really need. Sidelines Under 15 girls ketball development camp Stanley Humphries Secondary School in Castlegar is thé site for the basketball camp on May 7 and 8. The purpose of this camp is two-fold. First to provide a chance for a girls to improve their skills, and second to select a team to represent this zone at the B.C. Sumnier Games, in Kelowna, July 21-24. Each day of the camp is slated to start at 9 a.m. More information is available from Head Coach, Jack Closkey at SHSS, 365-7735. Baseball camp The British Columbia Amateur Baseball Association is hosting a Zone One baseball try-out camp on May 14 and 15 for the 1994 B.C. Summer Games in Kelowna (July 21-24). This camp is for players who will be under 16 as of December 31, 1994. In con- junction with the camp there will also be an identification and evaluation camp for the B.C. Selects (18 and under). Successful candidates from this camp will be invited to a top 40 camp in July. The camp costs $25. Call Jamie Pipes at 368-3287. Robson River Otters Adult/Masters swim If you are an adult and interested in improving or developing your stroke along with your endurance then the Robson River Otters are welcoming all levels of swimmers to the Coralea Scheupfer pool in Robson. The Masters will be practicing Mon- day through Thursday from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Starting May 16 and continuing until August 12. Want to give it a try before- hand May 9-12 at 7:30 p.m. the coaches will be on hand at the pool for the drop in session. A three-month membership for the Robson River Otters Masters Swim Club is $90, one month for $35 or a single drop-in for $3. Call Sandy Donohue at 365-7084 for full details. Rattlers request helpers The Grand Forks Rattlers, a semi-pro baseball team, are looking for avid baseball fans to help out at their homes games this summer. Needed for game op are official Pp * stand personnel, ticket takers, security, souvenir stand personnel, announcers, national anthem singers and other positions. Those interested in helping out contact Bill Chiveldave at 442-3821. Get lined up Castlegar will be the in-line roller hockey centre of the West Kootenay on June 11, 12. Mallard’s Source for Sports and the In-Line skate company are offering the clinic. Saturday June 11 for ages 7-10 and Sunday for ages 11-15. Each day costs $15 with information available from Mallard’s in Castlegar or the Castlegar Community Complex. Aquanauts set to start The Castlegar Aquanauts Swim Club are pleased to welcome back Wendy Pilla as head coach for the 1994 season. Wendy has years of competitive swim experience as well as her coaching ievel-3 and a degree in Physical Education. Assisting her again this year will be Neil Jones, an experienced swimmer and coach who has been swimming for the UBC swim team this past win- ter. New to the Aquanauts coaching staff this year is Alex Hart- man, who is an experienced all-round swimmer with hopes of swimming for Team Canada at the Commonwealth Games this The Castl Aq all kids to join the club, for a fun-filled of swimmi For more i - tion call Marg at 365-5070 or Jean at 365-2678 in the evening. Free swim lessons For those swimmers who are in the blue, green, grey or white levels, this is your chance to cash in on a free lesson at the Castlegar Recreation Complex. Only four dates apply to this offer May 7 and 8. Call 365-3386 for information. Horseshoe club ready to throw In their recent spring meeting the Castlegar Horseshoe Club elected its new officers. The New Officers elected are: Jim Feeney, President; Stan Langille, Vice-president; and Michelle Feeney, Secretary/Treasurer. With Castlegar-Trail hosting the 1996 Summer Games the Castlegar Horseshoe Club is encourag- ing anyone interested in throwing a few shoes to contact a mem- ber of the executive. One of the goals of the club is to ensure this area is well represented at the games, and the way to ensure that is to start practicing in preparation for the major event. For information call 365-7854 or 693-2288 Time to power up Two new courses are being offered through the Castlegar Recreation Commission. Water Power and Power Stroke classes will help you i your h and efficiency in the pool. Registration is currently taking place at the Complex. Each course costs $22. Swim camp There will be a Kootenay Region mini swim camp in Castlegar on May 20. 21, and 22. The cost of the camp is $35, for more information call 365-6431, evenings. Twin Rivers park public work party Next Tuesday (May 10) will mark the active. start of the upgrades to Fwin Rivers Park in Castlegar. The Kiwanis and Rotary Club are both taking an active role by planning their meetings on the park site. Both clubs are set to get to work shovels and rakes in hand on the riverside trail. While both active community clubs are starting members of the general public are encourages to help out starting at 5 p.m. _ Perfect your Kayaking skills indoors Stroke for stroke this is a hard offer to beat. Kayaking in the safety of the pool gives paddlers a chance to perfect their stroke and master their rolling techniques before heading out on to the area rivers. The drop in class takes place Friday May 6 from 9:30 p.m.-10 30 p.m. and the cost is $9 including boat rental. Upcoming senior games calling swimmers The B.C. Seniors Games will be held in Prince Rupert from August 31 until September 3. Anyone interested in entering the-swimming competition in these games is invited to contact Marg van Yzerloo at 365-7163 before May 22. If needed swim-offs will be held in June. These competitions are open to all persons 55 years old and over. There will be two groups, regular and novice Phone 365-5579 | with your-sport brief