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Se aie Scientists say Ogopogo may be huge river otter VANCOUVER (CP) — The legen: dary lake monster Ogopogo, believed by some to lurk in the depths of Okanagan Lake, may be a huge river otter, scientists say A group of biologists, zoologists and oceanographers watched a video made by Ken Chaplin, a former car salesman, who says he saw the creature onatleast five different daysin July Fhe—scientists—say—if —Chaplin’s the creature's size is correct, it's far larger than the biggest known river otter “If it is a 15-foot otter then you've got a spectacular find,” said Jeff Marliave, research scientist at the Van couver Public Aquarium Wildlife reference books say the largest male river otter is 4.5 feet witha 20-inch tail Don Eastman was so intrigued by what he saw he has asked Chaplin to bring his video shot in the Okanagan about 240 kilometres east of Vancouver to Victoria for a viewing by governme What! more like a mammal than a said Eastman, manager of and development in the nt biologist saw is obviously alive and division of the Environment LIKE OTTER ooks most like a river otter to y not common in that area British Columbia but it’s within heir range The big question is size. The size bed by Ken is not consistent with otter ever, a river otter is covered h brown hair and Chaplin's descrip tion of the creature he filmed is hairless with dark green skin covered with brown blotches. It'S not possible to tell the creature's color or skin surface from the video. A still from the video shows what appears to be a head breaking through the sur- face of the lake, part of a body and a long tail waving in the air Eastman said-he is keeping-an open mind because new animal species are discovered nearly every year Chaplin’s video was seen by biologists—at—the Vancouver” Public Aquarium and Stanley Park zoo John Ford, mammals curator, biologist Stefani Hewlett and zoo manager Mike Mackintosh all believe the creature is a river otter However, they were puzzled by Chaplin’s description of size and said laymen can overestimate the length of something seen in the water COULD BE ALGAE Ford said the wet hair of an otter, covered with algae, could be mistaken or green skin Experts from the University of British Columbia also saw the video; marine seven identified the creature as a river otter while zoology professor Tim Par sons concluded it was a beaver “Hf4-hadn't-been- told-anything about size | would say it’s a river otter but I’ve never seen one in that country an otter flip its tail said Dean Fisher, zoology and I've never se like that,” professor emeritus That's not a beaver tail on that id Geoff Scudder, head 6f the zoology thing,” sa I's cer tainly not a logand my best guess is the biggest river otter you ever saw."* department KAKABEKA FALLS, Ont (CP) — David Livingstone thought it was cute when he looked out the window of his Northern) Ontario farmhouse near Thunder Bay and saw a bear in the yard Until the bear started eating his house. 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Phone 693-2227 September 24,1989 BI PORTS Talk to us today. Where You Belong ~? Brewers tap into Toronto pitchers MILWAUKEE (CP) The Toronto Blue Jays established a club first on Saturday, and it had nothing to do with clinching the division title a week before the season ended In a 4-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, Tony Fernan: dez neglected to appear for his time at bat when he was scheduled to lead off the sixth inning There were no consequences, except that an all-star shortstop missed a chance to hit with the Blue Jays trailing by three runs, Meantime, an ineffective Todd Stottlemyre took a second joss in his last three games by surrendering eight hits and a walk in4 1-3 innings Paul Molitor and B.J, Surhoff hit solo homers, while €x-Expo Terry Francona drove in twa runs with a sacrifice — after five straight wins ~ Tly and single for the Brewers. Pitching on a crisp, clear day before more than 26,000 fans, many of whom had started proceedings with a tailgate party in the parking lot, Don August held the Jays to seven hits over 6 1-3 innings. Tony Fossas, Chuck Crim and Dan Plesac finished up. Plesac getting Fred McGriff to fly out with a runner aboard. Toronto stranded Il runners. August, 12-11, brought a 5.17 earned-run average into the game but allowed only an unearned run With Toronto down 2-0, Mookie Wilson stroked his second single of the game, stole second and came all the way around to score when Surhoff’s throw glanced off his body into left field Milwaukee made it 3-1 in the fourth inning with three singles off Stottlemyre, the last being Francor Surhoff led off the.fifth with a solo homer into the 24 Hot-hitting Molitor followed with a double into the right-field alley On Robin Yount's grounder to third, Kelly Gruber checked Molitor back to second before throwing to first Molitor then broke for third, easily beating McGriff’s relay When David Wells replaced Stottlemyre, Greg Brock tried to lay a squeeze bunt down but fanned on the pitch, stranding Molitor Toronto’s magic number for eliminating Milwaukee remainied two. Baltimore moved temporarily | 1-2 games behind the Blue Jays, pending the outgome of their scheduled night game against the Yankees. Jays Notes: Cito Gaston, called a **media marvel’ by Milwaukee skipper Tom Trebelhorn, appeared on NBC's As the bright red car that tran sported Tony Fossas from the bullpen moved past Toronto dugout, several Jays bailed cups of water at it Fred riff went O-for-3 with two walks and is hitless in 16 at kilometre-an-hour wind pregame show Saturday Rebels open pre-season against Beaver Valley By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer The Castlegar Rebels pre-season schedule got off to a rough start in more ways than one Friday night The locals were on the road visiting the Beaver Valley Nighthawks and the hosts treated them to an 8-4 drubbing ina penalty-filled game. The two teams combined for a total of 117 minutes in penalties and five game misconducts. Kevin Dewar tied the game for the Rebels in the first period just 42 secon ds after Beaver Valley had grabbed a 1 O lead, but the Nighthawks took a 2-1 lead into the dressing room after the first 20 minutes played in the Beaver Valley Coach Don Soroke must have said the right words between periods as the Rebels tied the score again on Kevin Rilcof’s goal with just over a minute second frame. The Castlegar squad grabbed a 3-2 advan tage but that was the last time the Rebels would see the lead In-the third: period, it was: Beaver Valley’s turn to strike quickly, making the Score 6-3 with only 37 seconds gone in the period. The Rebels kept it close when Roger Carlson scored to move within two goals of the Nighthawks However, that would be all they could muster ds Beaver unanswered goals to end the game at 8 alley scored two slowly came back, 4 potting a goal to tie the game just prior to a brawl which cost the Rebels their second player of Nighthawks Began putting their power The Rebels have one more pre play together as they picked up two more goals, one with only 15 seconds «before they open their home schedule remaining in the second period. The Rebels and Nighthawks had a return engagement last night at the the game. ‘The Castlegar arena season game in Rossland on Tuesday next Saturday against Spokane se GOING NOWHERE. . . This smash hit by SHSS forward Carilyn Briscoe comes to an abrupt end as a Mount Sentinel High School tandem go up to block the shot. The two teams along with L.V. Rodgers High School, J.L. Crowe Secondary and a squad from Princeton competed in the er Humphries NRS Invitational Volleyball Tourney Friday and Saturday. By GUYBERTRAND Staff Writer For most pro-hockey hopefuls, the start of training camp means hitting the ice as hard as you can. But for two Castlegar natives, plying their talents in the U.S. training camp also means hitting the books once again “It gets pretty tough,”” said 21-year-old Kelly Hurd, who, along with teammate Darcy Martini, retur ned to Michigan Technological University classes on Sept. 3 to continue their marketing programs. Two weeks later, they were lacing up their skates as members of the Michigan Tech Huskies. Both share not only the same roof in Houghton Mich., but also many future aspirations Martini, a 20-year-old defenceman, was selected in the eighth round of this year’s National Hockey League entry draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Hurd, a right winger, was taken in last year’s draft when the Detroit Red Wings made him their seventh: round pick However, both NHL clubs have advised their selec tions to stay in school and finish their education before shooting fora hockey career. For Hurd and Martini that decision may prove to be a wise choice, but for the NHL clubs it also enables them to develop the players without dishing out any contract money ‘I talked with the Oilers and I considered going to the Western Hockey League,"’ Martini said in an inter view with the Castlegar News Thursday “But we discussed the pros and cons and they thought it would be better for me to stay in school. If | played in the WHL then the Oilers would have to offer mea contract.” If the Oilers failed to sign Martini, he would then 1 would only have one year of play become a free agent Hurd also received the same words of advice from the Detroit organization. “It’salso a chance to mature a little mor of his playing days in college Being so close to the Detroit area, the Red Wing scouts have kept close tabs on their prospect “We've talked on and off quitea bit,” But for now, both are gearing up for the upcoming season. Last year the Huskies were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round and the coaching staff has brought in some new faces. “We've lost seven seniors from last year’s team,”” said Martini, who'll be heading into his second season as a Husky “This year, we have a lot of small forwards, but we picked up some big defencemen.’ The coaching staff at Michigan Tech has shown an affinity towards Western Canada shinny stars. This year, four more Western Canadians have been invited to he said Hurd said camp. “The scouts like the way the game is played out in Alberta and B.C.,”* Martini said. The team began skating last Monday and intra squad games were scheduled for this weekend. New school year means more hockey for duo : et CASTLEGAR CONNECTION . . . Kelly Hurd (left) and Darcy Martini (right) are ready for another season with the Michigan Tech Huskies. ‘Right now we have 35 players in camp,"’ Hurd said. ‘* But we plan to keep about 30."" Making the Huskies lineup means competing at the top level of scholastic hockey in the U.S We're the only Division One sport in the school, so we’ re pretty well known,”’ Hurd said After last year’s strong performance, Hurd may soon be recognized in Detroit as well. He was the third leading scorer with the Huskies last year potting 18 goals and 14 assists in 42 games. Hurd also ted the team in power play goals with 10 With the season set to begin in mid-October, the players are slowly getting into shape ‘I feel really good,’* Hurd said. “1 skated up in Nelson during the summer to keep in shape.”” Martini continued to work at the mill and lift weights throughout the summer to fine-tune his’ six foot, four-inch frame However, don’t be misled by the grind of mixing school and sports “It’s a really nice little school, Hothton campus. “And we get to travel to Colorado Springs and Denver for games during the season We stay in the best hotels, when you travel, you Hurd said of the fly, no 20-hour bus rides. Martini said in an earlier in- terview With perseverence and continued development of hockey players the NHL their skills, maybe two more Castleg will be flying of fto their next destination Expos eliminated NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Carter drove in five runs and the New York Mets remained 54 games behind in the National League East, defeating Mon real 13-6 Saturday as the Expos were eliminated-from the pennant race First-place Chicago beat Pittsburgh 3-2, and.any combination of Cubs’ vic tories and Mets’ losses totalling three will eliminate third-place New York Hubie Brooks hit a grand slam and drove in five runs for Montreal. Gre Jeffe: . Tim Teufel and Mark Carreon each homered for the Mets. Carter got three hits, including two doubles, for his first five-RBI game since July 11, 1986. An expected pitching duel between Frank Viola and Montreal's Mark Langston — each acquired in mid season trades to bolster their team's chances — never materialized. Viola, 4-5, gave up six runs on eight hits in five innings while Langston, 12-8, allowed seven runs, only one earned, on five hits in 3 2-3innings Brooks hit his sixth career grand slam, and 13th home run this season, to put the Expos ahead 4-1 in the third The Mets took advantage of three errors to score six unearned runs inthe fourth fora 7-4 lead Kevin McReynolds reached on shor tstop Spike Owen’s error to start the inning and Juan Samuel was safe off centre fielder Marquis Grissom's Teufel walked to load the bases, €arter—hit-atwo-run_single, Kevin Elster had a sacrifice fly and another mun scored on} Grissom's throwing error miscue Brooks and Tim Wallach hit RBI singles that pulled Montreal to within 7-6 in the fifth. Teufel hit a solo homer in the fifth and Carter hit a three-run double during a four-run sixth that made it 12-6 Jefferies led off the Mets’ first with his 11th home run. Carreon, whose fourth pinch-hit home run of the season led the Mets to victory Friday night, homered ix: the seventh Fetisov sparks Devils power play in victory EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Vicheslav Fetisov scored once and added two assists as New Jersey con verted three of seven power plays to defeat Philadelphia $-2 in an exhibition game Saturday night Fetisov opened the scoring at 8:23 andf assisted on a second-period goal by Sylvain Turgeon and a third-period score by Brendan Shanahan Philadelphia, 2-1-1 at 1-1 with a goal by Ron Sutter ai 13:47 of the first period tied the score Walt Poddubny put the Devils, 1-3, ahead to stay with a second-period power-play goal at 2:19 power-play score put the Devils up 3-1 Turgeon’s Philadelphia's Mark Freer cut the lead to 3-2 by scoring at 10:19 of the second period However, Shanahan’s power-play goal and a late goal by Peter Sun dstrom put the game away The Flyers failed to score in four power-play opportunities. ISLANDERS 3 BRUINS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Pat LaFontaine and Randy Wood scored third-period goals 2:07 apart Saturday night, rallying the New York Islanders to a 3-2 NHL exhibition victory over the Boston Bruins Brent Sutter's first-period power play goal gave New York a 1-0 lead Boston's Gary Galley tied it midway through the second period and Gord Cruickshank gave Boston a 2-1 lead with a power-play goal at 1:45 of the second period LaFontaine tied the score at 8:27 of the third period and Wood got the winner on a power play at 10:34 Islanders ie Glenn Healy and Foster wentalt beating goalie Norm Foste the way JETS 7 KINGS 3 WINNIPEG (CP) Six unan wered goals in the first period staked the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings in National Hockey exhibition action Saturday Doug Smail scored twice for Win: nipeg with Dale Hawerchuk, Brent Ashton, Laurie Boschman, Brian McReynolds and Pat Elynuik adding singles 86ers looking for series sweep VANCOUVER (CP) — The talent midfielder Ivor Evans back lineup today when they bid to sweep the Western Division playoff series against the Edmonton Brick Men Evans set out-the opening game of the western final Wednesday when Vancouver won 5-3 after trailing by three goals in Edmonton “One thing we won't be is over * 86ers coach Bob Lenar “One of the keys to our success is that we don't ever take confides duzzi said. anything for granted."* Evans returns to the lineup to com plement Dale Mitchell, Carl Valenting and Jim Easton in midfield The Fijian-born Evans, the only im port on the Vancouver roster, was suspended for one game after ac cumulating too many yellow-card cautions Easton scored twice during the remarkable comeback in Edmonton sparked by second-half substitutes Doug Muirhead and Sammy Saundh “don’t think Edmonton can relish the thought of coming in here and playing a team that hasnt lost at home intwo years,"’ Lenarduzzi said The division final is a two-game, total-points affair, although a 30. minute mini-game is scheduled shoud! Edmonton win the second meeting. The second game of the Eastern Division final also is Sunday with the Hamilton Steelers visiting Blizzard. The first game was a 1-1 comeback in Hamilton he Toronto “We have to make sure we pul a couple of goals in early on so that we put the game beyond doubt,” said Lenarduzzi