Wednesday, August 26, 1992 m Popular star show Thursday at Syringa Thursday evening at 8 p.m. the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium and the observatory bring their astronomy truck and telescope to Syringa for our annual and very popular star show. SS vee | The show starts at the am- phitheatre with a slide presenta- tion and star talk. t Saturday is Kids Fun Day at Syringa from 1-4 p.m. at the playground. Games and art take place at 1 p.m. and then at 2 p.m. John Duncan will be there with his kayaks for everyone (parents too) to try this exciting sport. Special guest appearance by Jer- ry the Moose! Stay around for the evening too, as Selkirk College instructor Leslie Anderton reveals the rock world in a special geology night at the amphitheatre at 7:30 p.m. Jerry's Rangers meet Sunday at 10 a.m. in the amphitheatre. All kids are welcome to join the fun, and earn stickers for your Jerry’s Rangers certificate, only 2 weeks left. Car cancer program a Masonic success story at4 AT THE NET ” Wednesday, August 26, 1992 FastLANE LocdaSPORTS <8 Ritchie packs bags for Barcelona In The News. | BT ocal high school hoop Over the years Ritchie says in- Jonath fio Silat i i i Te jonathan Green coa h to as fiel d ternational interest has grown in : 365-7266 an the games, as between 70 and 80 coach for the Paralimpics per cent of the countries that send Jonathan Green athletes to the Olympics also send SPORTS REPORTER them to the Paralimpics. But even with increased inter- Castlegar will have a playeron . national interest, he said some po- the international stage when the _ tential problems have arisen since 1992 Paralimpics get underway in the last games. Barcelona next month. Stanley Humphries basketball “There could be some problems this year with the break-up of the coach John Ritchie leaves tomor- row and will be in the Spanish city Soviet Union and what’s happen- ing right now in Yugoslavia,” he as coach to three athletes when _ said. the games begin on Sept. 14. Rather than worry about what’s Ritchie’s road to Barcelona be- happening in Eastern Europe gan some years ago while livingin right now, Ritchie is turning his Ontario. He became involved with the thoughts to the three athletes he will coach in Spain, among them Ontario team through a friend of Joanne Bow. his, and eventually became Na- tional field coach in 1983. GET YOUR SKATES ON The Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago BlackHawks will play a two-game preseason NHL series called the Molson Challenge in England at London's Wembley Arena next month It will be the first time NHL teams have played in the United Kingdom since Boston met Syringa Scene BonnieSUTHERLAN Bow is a force to be reckoned with, as she holds world records in News photo by Neil Rachynski David Pucci takes a break while two of his pals battle it out to see who would face him next at the Lorne Zinio courts last Sunday afternoon. Martin Meyer Recycle Advisory Group According to the Pollution Probe Foundation, disposable diapers are “the single most non-recycleable component of household garbage”. The B.C. Medical Associa- tion reports that about 7,400 diapers are used during the first two-and-a-half years of an average baby’s life. If the diapers are the dis- posable type, this amounts to about halfa tonne of material added to our community landfills. Many jurisdictions in Canada and the U.S. outlaw the disposal of human waste in community landfills, yet have not started to actively enforce the rules. Some areas are seriously considering restrictions on the sales of disposable dia- pers. Many groups actively promote the use of cloth dia- pers over disposables. Aside from the landfill space that is consumed by disposable diapers, they also pose serious health risks. For example, intestinal wv Recycling and You viruses can live for as long as two weeks in a disposable di- aper. These viruses may leach out of landfills into soil and water systems, or may be spread by rodents or pets. Disposable diapers cannot bio-degrade in a landfill, de- spite what some manufactur- ers may claim. Many types have a thin outer layer of plastic that may take centuries to break down. Even the fibrous mate- rial cannot degrade when buried, since no oxygen is available to promote the reac- tion under ground. Cloth diapers are less cost- ly than disposables, woes Cloth diapers environmentally friendlier you buy your own or you use a diaper service. In fact, studies have indi- cated that disposables cost two or three times as much as the cloth type over a two and a half year period. This takes into account the cost of soap and hot water for cloth, as well as the purchase price. Although. cloth diapers may be less convenient at times, commercial diaper ser- vices are an alternative that save time and money. Another consideration is the child’s health.Cotton is a fluffy fibre which can be made into a comfortable, soft and absorbant cloth. Cotton dia- pers permit more air to reach the skin, allowing it to remain dry and well ventilated. This results in fewer incidents of diaper rash. In fact, the Canadian Med- ical Association has found that diaper rash is only one third as likely when cloth is used, as opposed to dispos- ables. Further, the potential health risks associated with dioxins in the manufacture of disposables is eliminated. Masonic delegates repre- senting the Kootenays and re- cently attended the 121st An- nual Grand Lodge Sessions in Vernon. where the annual in- stallation of officers took place. Many items of lodge busi- ness and reports of active com- mittees were given. Particu- larly interesting was the re- port of the very popular free car cancer patient project com- mittee. In 1989, the Freemasons of B.C. entered into a partner- ship with the Canadian Can- cer Society of B.C. They un- dertook the provision of a free transportation service for any cancer patient in the province unable to manage their own transportation upon arrival in Vancouver of Victoria while visiting clinics or hospitals for treatment. The partnership is for a 15 year period at no cost to the Cancer Society or patient. Each Freemason in B.C. was originally assessed an ini- tial sum and contributes an annual set fee, or more if he wishes, to maintain the ser- vice. Three car's were provided for the start-up. Selected, trained and friendly drivers and dispatchers were assigned their volunteer duties of trans- porting patients to and from treatment-related appoint- ments. By arrangements, pa- tients are met at the airport, boat or bus. April 6 marked the an- niversary of three years of op- eration commencing with three cars. The cancer car project now has a fleet of seven vehicles. The Lower Mainland operates one station wagon, three cars and a van. There are 129 Ma- sons serving as drivers:and dispatchers in Vancouver. The Vancouver Island ser- vice operates two vans, serv- ing between North Island, Nanaimo and the Victoria clinic with 119 Masonic volun- teers providing this free dedi- cated service. The delegates learned that approximately 1,700 patients per month are utilizing the service. On the island, 30 Campbell River volunteers and 30 Courtenay volunteers trans- port upper island patients to Nanaimo, where 65 drivers in the hub city take over the ser- vice to the Victoria clinic. Up to the time of this re- port, the vehicles have logged well over 600,000 kilometres, providing 61,000 free rides. B.C. Tel generously pro- vides and services cellular telephones for use between the dispatchers and the dri- vers. The delegates approved the purchase of two new replace- ment vehicles and also accept- ed an increase in their annu- al assessment supporting the project. A decision of a three- year replacement program was also approved. The chairman of the cancer car committee informed the members that lodges and even interested individuals have contributed generous financial aid to the car project. A stand- ing ovation was given to one member who announced that he and his wife had made a substantial donation to the car fund. An information card, jointly produced by the Cancer Soci- ety and the Freemasons, is now available in the Kootenay area for patients. It may be ob- tained at Cancer Society of- fices, clinics and doctor offices. Detroit in 1959. The games are two of 103 NHL preseason games to be played at NHL arenas and in 21 non-league cities. PIZZA GUY Dominos Pizza magnate and Detroit Red Wings owner Mike tlitch is the new owner of the Detroit Tigers. The sale of the team from Thomas Monaghan to llitch was unanimously approved Monday by American and National League owners. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Baltimore Orioles’ shortstop Cal Ripken receievd a sweet 32nd birthday present Monday::a five- year, $32.5- million contract. He will average $6.5 million a year under the new contract. Since then, coach Ritchie has attended two Paralimpics, 1984 in New York and 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. And though Seoul was just four short years ago, Ritchie says the awareness of the games in Cana- da has increased greatly since then. “I think it’s noticeable, especial- ly.in the larger cities,” he said. “The more athletes and coaches get involved, the more media at- tention they get.” Like the Olympics, the Par- alimpics are held every four years and they take place in the same country as the able-bodied games. the shot put, discus and javelin. The other two athletes are long- jumper Frank Bruno and thrower Rick Gronman. Ritchie says the Paralimpics have come a long way since they were introduced in London in 1948. Since then, some events have been introduced into the Olympics and he says the long term goal is for both games to become one. “It’s progressed so much that the dream is that the Paralimpics will become united with the Olympic Games,” he said. Ritchie returns to Castlegar on Sept.17. News photo by Jonathan Green Castlegar’s John Ritchie displays the flag he will represent next month as a coach for Canada at the Paralimpics in Barcelona, Spain. Mi Senior members lead the way as local swim club picks up nine medals at Provincials NEWS STAFF If you see Castlegar Aquanauts coach Tom Carew wan- dering around town with a surpised look on his face, ~ don’t. worry about it. You see, he just came back from the provincial swim cham- pionships. Heading into last weekend’s Adam Kristian championships in Abbotsford, Carew was not as optimistic for success as in years past. “My expectations aren’t as high this year,” he said in a pre- vious _ inter- view, adding that the depth of the team heading to the Provincials this previous Justin Kanigan Aquanauts surprise coach with medal success at Provincials “I guess it turned out not bad,” Carew said Tuesday. “It was bet- ter than I expected.” The Aquanauts were paced by the club’s senior swimmers, as Di- vision 8 boys’ Ken Kinakin picked up a silver medal in the 100 me- tre back- stroke and a f bronze medal a in the .100 Justin Phillips breaststroke, years. But after ‘the meet had wrapped up Sunday, the Aqua- nauts had finished with nine medals, two better than the seven the team pitked up in both 1990 and 1991. while Neil Jones won bronze in the 100 but- terfly. As well, the relay team won bronzes in both the freestyle and medley relays. Justin Phillips picked up a sil- ver in Division 7 boys 100 breast, as did Adam Kristian in Division 1 boys 50 fly. Justin Kanigan won bronze in Division 2 boys 50 fly, and so did the Division 2 boys ___ relay team in the freestyle re- Columbia River in Rob- son, 10 mem- bers of the River Otters made the trip to Abbotsford, but their results were unavailable at press time. - Neither coach Marie Seghers nor assistant coach Tara Paulhus could be reached for comment. Neil Jones Need acar loani? Well make ithappen.