Shape Up for an ACCIDENT-FREE Rules For Safe Swimming DON'T swim alone. DON'T swim at unsupervised swimming places. DON'T cive into unkown water. Rocks and branches may be hid- len. DONT swim after eating. Wait at least two hours. DON'T swim when overheated. Cool off gradually first. DON'T swim when overtired. DON'T swim too far from shore. Swim parallel to the shore. DON'T swim until you become exhausted, particularly if the Summer by Reading and Applying these WATER SAFETY RULES: Safety Tips For Boat Users YOU MUST: Check your boat thoroughly and never leave your mooring until you have done so. YOU MUST: Never overload your boat. At all times be especially careful about non-swimmers and children. YOU MUST: Carry life preservers for every person on board. Be sure they are worn in rough weather. YOU MUST: Carry filled fire extinguishers, lights, signal ap- paratus and ground tackle according to the law. YOU MUST: Keep to the right when meeting another boat and water is cold. 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NOTE: Please stay clear of Hugh Keenleyside Dam Safety Tips e For Hunters and Fishermen HEAVY BOOTS and WINDBREAKERS should not be worn in a boat unless they can be removed easily. WADERS and HIP BOOTS are dangerous when filled with water. Don’t wear them in a boat. Put them on when you land. If fastened to your belt or over the shoulder make the fastening easily undone. DON'T OVERLOAD YOUR BOAT — Use two instead. NEVER dive alone. YOU MUST: Never take a turn at high speed. Small craft can easily be, and have been swamped by their own wash. YOU MUST: Approach docks or mooring against the wind or current, whichever is stronger. Safety Tips For Divers NEVER mix drinking and diving. ATTENTION BOATERS: When You See This Red Flag flying from any floating object it means DON'T DRINK WHILE BOATING — One drunk can endanger the lives of everyone. Divers are in the Water. 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Hi Arrow’s win over the Pubmen was one of two for the hotel team and lifted them into sole possession of second spot. Checkers still leads the league with a commanding 33 points on 16 wins, three losses and a tie. That’s 10 up on Hi Arrow, which has 11 wins, seven losses and a tie for 23 points. Labatts is one point back, in third spot, with 11 wins, 10 losses and a tie. K and A has two wins and 18 losses for four points. In’ Hi Arrow's 6-3 triumph over Checkers, George Plotnikoff picked up the win, holding Checkers to just two hits. Checkers scored all three of its runs in the second inning on a triple by Phil Angrignon and two Hi Arrow errors. Gary Fleming suffered the loss, giving up 10 hits, including two home runs. Terry Halisheff clobbered a two-run homer in the second inning to give Hi Arrow a 4-1 lead, and Jerry Antignani followed with another two run shot in the seventh inning. Lee Belanger and John Obetkoff cracked a pair of hits. Hi Arrow also beat K and A Tire 1-0. This time Al Potapoff was credited with the victory, allowing just five hits. John Obetkoff was the hero of the game, scoring on a pass ball in the eighth inning to end a scoreless dual between Potapoff and K and A hurler Wayne Abietkoff. Obetkoff, Kelly Keraiff and Potapoff each had two hits, as Hi Arrow touched Abietkoff for a total of eight hits. However, K and A played better than its record this week, and downed Labatts 3-1 Thursday night. B. Lege- bokoff was on the mound for the win, giving way to Abietkoff in the sixth inning. They combined for a two-hitter. Joe Tarasoff took the loss, surrend- ering seven hits. Tarasoff had a 1-0 lead Today's players ‘babies’ Just throw the ball across the plate and aim for the catcher's mitt. Sounds simple doesn't it? Not according to some major league bailplayers. A baseball brawl! brought on by beaning the batter broke out in Chicago last Tuesday. The Valen tine’s Day Massacre wasn’t as bad as this. Maybe San Diego Padres’ pitcher Eric Show decided Chicago Cubs slugger Andre Dawson was hitting too many home runs and a nice fast- ball in his face just might be the thing to slow him down. And that's exactly what Show did. Well, I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the world’s expert on the game of baseball and that there may be one or two things I don’t know. But I do know this: Baseball players tend to become a little perturbed when someone throws a ball in their face. And so do their teammates. Therefore, I suppose it was only natural for the Cubs to storm out of their dugout and make a Bline for the mound. As would be expected in a situation like this the Padres also vacated their dugout for the pitch. ing mound. In all fairness I really don't think Show intentionally tried to implant the ball into Dawson's face. It was probably just a wild pitch. The Cubs should have realized that instead of causing such a scene. One day after the fiasco in Chicago, the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians engaged in a bench-clearer because a batter got beaned by a wild pitch. These bench-clearing brawls brought on by a batter getting beaned only goes tc prove one thing: The jocks of today are certainly not like the jocks of yesterday Detroit manager Sparky Ander son is right on the money when he says today's baseball players are a bunch of babies Back in the good old days if a batter got hit by a pitch, he'd just shake it off and take a base. The reason was because yesterday's ballplayers were sensible and understood that sometimes a batter will get hit by a pitch and that it was unintentional. “When I played, they didn’t even heading into the sixth inning but gave up three runs of four hits — one of them a triple by Mike Byrne. Finally, Checkers handed Labatts another loss, this time by a 7-1 margin. Eli Soukeroff was on the mound for the win, allowing seven hits. Don Savinkoff had two hits for Labatts. Pete Evdokimoff went the distance and threw a 10-hitter for Labatts. Terry Taranoff banged out three hits, while Bob Larsh had two for Checkers. In the league batting race, Hi Arrow's John Obetkoff is hitting a torrid .429 on 21 hits in 49 plate appearances. Teammates Terry Hali- sheff and Kelly Keraiff are second and third, respectively. Halisheff has 17 hits in 45 at bats for a .378 average while Keraiff has 23 hits in 61 at bats for a .377 average. Checkers’ Eli Soukeroff continues to sparkle on the mound, boasting a record of 14 wins, two losses and a tie. Hi Arrow's George Plotnikoff and Lab- atts’ Joe Tarasoff each have six wins in 10 decisions. wear a helmet. Nobody cried. Now it’s like a bunch of kids crying all the time. I don't understand it. You get hit, you go to first base. You don’t go to the mound,” Anderson said. But not the ballplayers of today. They can't be sensible about getting hit. Oh no, they have to start screaming, punching and kicking. I think a few of these boys have been hit in the head with a ball one too many times. eo 8 « Castlegar certainly has to be proud of itself when it comes to girls softball after a couple of local teams racked up impressive showings in two separate tournaments last weekend. The Castlegar Karnies Ladies Wear Rep team captured the provincial girls Pee Wee softball championship in Campbell River. And the Bantam girls softball squad made it to the double knock out round and grabbed fourth place in the girls bantam provincial championships in Castlegar. Fourth in the province isn't bad. Way to go, girls. AFTER BASEBALL Jackson to pla for LA Raiders By MIKE RUTSEY TORONTO — Stating that playing in the National Football League will be a “hobby like hunting or fishing,” Bo Jackson confirmed on Saturday that he will be playing a limited number of games this season with the Los Angeles Raiders. Jackson, the Heisman Trophy winner as the outstand- ing football player in U.S. college football in 1985, dropped a bombshell when in 1986 he turned his back on football to sign a contract with the Kansas City Royals. He will join the Raiders at the conclusion of the Royals Season. He did not say whether he has-signed a contract with the Raiders. “I know what you all want to ask me but to make a long story short, I'll publicly say that my No. 1 priority is the Kansas City Royals,” Jackson said at a hastily called press conference Saturday morning, prior to the Royals’ game against the Blue Jays. Royals co-owner Avron Fogelman, who scored a coup by signing Jackson to a three-year contract in 1986 after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made him the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, was also at the press conference. “Bo Jackson expressed his desire to us to consider playing football this fall and the Royals think it is very important to do whatever is in Bo's best interests.” Following the press conference, Jackson wouldn't answer questions from reporters. SEES A CHANCE “I think Bo came to the conclusion that he had an opportunity to be the first person to ever play professional football and professional baseball,” Fogelman said. “He has the talents and he thought it was the opportune time to try to do something that no one else has ever done and we wish Bo a lot of success.” Many of the Royals were critical of the decision feeling that there was one set of rules for Bo Jackson and another for the rest of the players. Manager Billy Gardner would not be drawn into the discussion. “Tm not talking about i player.” “It’s just one big distraction, that's all it is,” added outfielder Danny Tartabull. As a baseball player, Jackson had great potential but has found the learning process to be slow and arduous. After signing with the Royals he was to be sent to the AA Memphis Chicks where in 53 games he hit..277 with seven homers and 25 runs batted in. . He was called up to the majors at the end of the season and in 25 games with the Royals hit .207 with two homers and nine RBIs in 82 at bats. This year it was expected that Jackson would start the season with the AAA team in Omaha but the left fielder had a good spring and stuck with the parent club. STARST FAST This season Jackson had a fast start but his average has steadily declined and he is currently hitting .252 with 18 homers and 45 RBIs. Making contact is his biggest problem in the majors as he has struck out 112 times in just 277 at bats. In Los Angeles, Jackson's lawyer Richard Woods was said to be conducting negotiations with the Raiders. Al Davis, the Raiders’ nianaging general partner, would not confirm on Friday that a deal had been struck. “Obviously we are interested in him,” Davis said. “We drafted him in the seventh round this year.” Jackson, replaced by pinch-hitter Thad Bosley in the seventh inning of the 7-0 loss to the Blue Jays on Friday night after striking out twice, quickly. changed'and left the game before it finished, violating a team rule. A clause in his contract stipulates that Jackson is able to nullify the deal to play football: ; The Washington Post reported that Jackson must decide by Wednesday if he wishes to leave the organization, but it would be expensive. He would have to return all the money he has received from the Royals. " he said. “I'm no football Blue Jays drop close one TORONTO (CP) — Kansas City’s Larry Owen broke up a scoreless duel between Bret Saberhagen and Toronto's Jimmy Key with a two-run home run in the eighth inning to lead the Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon. Saberhagen, an American League all-star for next Tuesday's game in Oakland, improved his record to 15-3 with a three-hitter. The game featured the two top pitchers on their respective teams and neither Saberhagen nor Key disappointed the 38,289 fans with their stellar performances. Key, a left-hander, had surrendered just two hits — a single to centre by Frank White in the second and an infield single by Bo Jackson leading off the eighth before Owen came to bat with two out in,the eithth. On an 0-2 pitch, Owen drilled a ball into the left-field stands for his third homer of the season, allowing the Royals to snap a five-game losing streak and ending the Blue Jays win streak at five. Key struck out the side in the second and logged nine strikeouts overall to establish a season high. Saberhagen, who struck out 10, his season high, had a perfect game going until he gave up a walk in the fourth and lost his bid for a no-hitter when Rance Mulliniks singled to centre with two out in the fifth. He lost his shutout in the ninth when Garth Iorg doubled leading off the inning after right-fielder Danny Tartabull slipped and fell. With two out, Jessie Barfield singled Iorg home. DODGERS 5 CUBS 4 CHICAGO (AP) — Mariano Duncan tripled home Steve Sax in the 10th inning Saturday to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs in a game which had been suspended in the ninth inning Friday because of darkness. Steve Sax opened the 10th with a single to right off loser Lee Smith, 2-6, went to second on a sacrifice by Dave Anderson and scored on Duncan's triple down the right field line. Matt Young, 4-5, was the winner as the Dodgers snapped their five-game losing streak and ended the Cubs four-game winning streak. The Cubs had tied it in the ninth inning Friday when Dave Martinez doubled to left to score Jim Sundberg from second. Manny Trillo tried to score from first on the hit but was thrown out at the plate on Mariano Duncan's relay to catcher Mike Scioscia. METS 9 ASTROS 6 HOUSTON (AP) — Howard Johnson hit two solo home runs and Randy Myers bailed out a struggling Terry Leach as the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 96 Saturday. TIM PRETTY BRINGS HOME SILVER MEDAL By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Nelson's B division floor hockey team came back from the B.C. Special Olympics Summer Games in Richmond with a silver medal earlier this month and a Castlegar resident played a big role in the team’s second place finish. Tim Pretty played goal for the Nelson squad, which won two of four games. Nelson lost its first game to Victoria but then came back to beat Vancouver 6-2. In its third game Nelson stopped Chilliwack 7-3. The last game was a rematch between Nelson and Victoria for first place and the gold medal. The game was tied at four before Victoria managed to slip one by Pretty for a final 5-4 win. “That was a close one,” Pretty told the Castlegar News on his return from Richmond. He added that he enjoyed playing in the games and was especially impressed by the B.C. Lions’ cheerleaders, who made an appearance. “It was very good. The cheerleaders cheered for everybody,” said Pretty. “There was some strong com- petition. The Nelson A team lost... they got nothing.” Pretty also met three Vancouver Canucks who came out to the games to lend some moral support. “One of the Canuck players gave me the medal and I shook his hand,” said Pretty. “I've never seen so many people come out to the games before.” Other than floor hockey, the players also went to a TIM PRETTY . . . tloor hockey goalie barbecue, and the menu was impressive to Pretty. “We had roast beef, potatoes, beans, cake and coffee. After that we had a dance.” Pretty added that although Nelson came close to capturing the gold, second place isn't so bad. “Everyone cheered for Nelson. We almost got the gold medal but we lost. Second place is not bad,” said Pretty. “We had a good time. We tried our best to get a gold. The B team was so happy.”