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Coaches © Clinic please: contact Brian Hunter 365-5606. (Limited Registration) (Calf - SELKIRK VALLEY, . sub MINOR SOFTBALL ASSN. . ANNOUNCES ets That any males or females-under the age of 21° as of Jan. 1/83 interested in playing com- petitive ball, leading to Provincial finale, should ”| phone Sarah at 365-5342 by March 28; If enough is shown, will follow. Also geenede coaches, umpires, assistants etc. call arah. iF NO INTEREST SHOWN BY MARCH 28 ASSN, WILL DISBAND. Bantam, Midget > Junior Divisions only (Not Little Lassie) NEXT MEETING Mon., March 28—7:30 p.m 137 Crescent St. CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT GOLF CLUB SCHEDULE FOR 1983 DUES Man or Lady .. Senior Citizen Couple . Senior Citizen Single .. INITIATION FEES ADULT members (Male or Female) .. SENIOR members and/or Spouse ...........+26000+-$35 JUNIORS, students .............No fee eeeee- $75 each hedul, bers — 70% of Family 1 — man, wife, and any number of vistors: Family 2,— man and wife only. Family 3 — 1 parent and any fumber of juniors Family 4 — 1 parent and one junior Sentor Citizen — 65 years or older or 60 years and retired or on merit. Student — must have attended educational in- sitution full-time in past year and plan to attend in next year. . Junior — age 18 or under, Associate — must be a member in good standing of a Zone 4 club. Dues and initiation fees are payable to the Castlegar and District Golf Club, P.O. Drawer 3430, Castlegar, B.C., VIR 3N8 or at the Pro Shop to Denny MacArthur prior to commencement of golfing. A split payment plan is available for those who require it. Minimum of 50% prior to golfing and the balance in a. post dated cheque dated no later than May 15, 1983, Failure to-meet this com- mitment wil result in total loss of golfing privileges. , BANTAM HOCKEY... «The Castlegar, Bantam A Hockey team won ‘th league title, players are: back row, left, Bryan Wilson, Kelly Hurd, “coach, front, Keith ‘Klimel Tom Carew, Mark Floinikcott, Steven Swanson, Wayne Salekin,, imid- ‘Soloveott; Duane’We dle, Coach Jeff «David ‘Adrian. Walker. : darken,” Kevin Blin, Rob : games al fo won the phe a three-game playoff series: , and Ken Gorkolf, ick: Rogerson, Mickey Muller, oi ng, coaches Harry Smith and Dan In the first playoff‘game held March 6.in' Castes, gh , Dispute: trouble for Ticats 4 ad, «of as far-as owner Harold Bale: lard is concerned, ‘they can_ stay there. . : Ballard had the Canadiai Football League tea e said. “I: want: to say :to the - longings ‘moved to Toronto ° from Ivor Wynne Stadium on Friday, the latest move in his dispute with city council for control of steginm conces- sions. Ballard suid earlier this week he'd attempt to install : the team in Toronto's Varsity Stadium, but Toronto “Ar- gonauts ‘said Friday: they saying .“we're-’ whole thing in ‘mothballs.” Crump said: the 'Gardens’ board of directors ‘will’ fold the team‘at a meeting Tues- day. = x City” council was: to: ‘meet Monday night to discuss the situation, but Ballard said, in SCORES 23 POIN TS. " WATERLOO, ‘ONT. (CP) — Veteran guard’ Eli Pas- points Saturday in leading Victoria Vikings to a 63-52 victory over Waterloo War- riors, and their fourth con- secutive Canadian Interuni- versity Athletic Union nien’s basketball title. Pasquale, selected the tournament's. most valuable player, scored 11 consecutive” points during one span in the second half and gave the top-ranked Canada West club ‘minutes of-the ‘game. quale scored a game-high 23 ~ , virtual, ‘control of. the. final Greg K i and Tom an interview, from Winnipeg, where the Leafs lost 7-8, to f the Jets inan NHL game, he’ was inished with the city’s pol “It's a- alittle too’ late,” he people. ‘who have. supported us .that. I'm sorry this: hap- pened. ‘ > i “I have some. great’ sup- porters there . . . although I don’t give them many marks “for electing:such a group of numbskulls as they have on their council.” ‘Ballard: ‘said: the ‘Ticats have lost $2.6 to $3. million “The Vikings raced toa 120 feed 8:48: into the. game. and ‘ didn't score its first Narbeshuber each added 18° points for Victoria, while. Peter Savich and Steve At- kin paced the third-ranked Warriors with 16 and 15 points, respectively. The warriors, who ad- vanced to the final with a victory Thursday night over Brandon Bobcats on ‘a last- second basket by Savich, started.the game with a cold hand. Curling ends in SARNIA, ONT. (CP) — The Canadian senior men's curling championship came to an end Saturday with a t victory over Alberta. -. The Manitoba rink, skip- ped by Lloyd Gunnlaugson, finished with ‘9-2 record to id: victor by Quebec over. the pense Manitoba rink. The 54 victory proved be an éxiting finish fully defend its senior ” ayeanpe title. proved its rec- oat pee 3-8" ith the win, fin- weeklong cham: isa vale 'fiidl-round action, even thoiigh it had’ no“béar- ing on the final. standing Manitoba ‘clinched the cham- ° Hsin dumped the Nathwast and Yukon Terri- rigs 8-8 to secure second -pionship Friday with a'6-2 place. The Saskatchwan rink, points, until five minutes had elapsed on a shot by ‘Randy Norris... : : CLAW BACK “The ‘Warriors — supported by more than 5,000 vocal fans * who, by: tradition, did.‘not stop clapping from the open- ing tip-off. until Waterloo scored its: firat. points — clawed their way back into the: game-on’ the outside shooting of Savich; who had drama skipped by Art. “Knutson, finished © the championship , “with an\88 record: British Columbia: also fin- ished 83, ‘but Sasktachwan was awarded second: place because of a | victory ..over British Columbia earlier in the tournament. - Alberta "and .the © Terri- ‘tories‘also finished with rec- ords of 7-4, but Alberta took fourth spot for the same rea- son, : syn FRAME STRAIGHTENING SPECIALISTS - Complete Auto Body and Painting Repairs Complete ICBC Repairs “THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE JOB” Free Pick- -Up & Delivery for Castlegar Customers. Courtesy Cars‘Available or 364-0113 65, finish- ed sixth, while Ontario, also "6-5, was seventh, Northern Ontario, 56-, clinched eighth ‘spot, while: New: Brunswick 5-6, took ninth. After Quebec ! came Prince Edward Island and Nova. Scotia, which: fin- ished 11th and 12th, respéc- tively, with 1-10 records. , Also in final-round games, “Ontario beat Alberta 10-8, British Columbia ‘won 8&4 over Northern Ontario, New- foundland dumped’ Nova. - Scotia 9-4 and New Bruns- wick beat PEI 7-4. CLEANED 1. REPAIRED RECORED 8:30 - 5:00 p.m. Weekly . 364-1606 Res, 359-7058 1596B - 2ND AVE., TRAIL during? the last three “I can’t, run: the Hamiltoi Tiger-Cats: and lost $1:million a year without some help. 'm not. tryingto ask them for something for nothing’. . .”. “I've been screwed around long enough: by those’ guys and: it’s not: going to happen any longer. The stuff is out of Hamilton now and is resting in Maple Leaf Gardens and I understand. the ‘suds: com- pany:in Toronto has turned us down to play in Toronto. They were the stinkers that started it in the first Place.” ‘The “suds .company” .is , Carling ‘OKeete ‘Breweries, ltonowner of the Argos. Ralph Sazio was employed by the Ticats for 80 years before being :hired as. president of the Argos: midway through ‘ the:1981 CFL season. .. Ballard said his football players will be paid in 1983. “Til honor ‘all the contracts Thave or find places for them to play. Everyone will be paid. .”. I've never backed away from.any commitment Tve had. ““[ve enjoyed being in Hamilton as far as the spec- tators are concerned but I can't stand the rest of them. “I'm not going to sell the club, I told the ‘people of - : Hamilton when I came there, SnLwas. going. to.win the Grey. 10 points i in the first hall: “Waterloo took thelr -oily ‘dead in the game, 26-24, with 3:26 remaining in ‘the half. But. Pasquale, who had’ the -wind knocked ‘out. of: him midway: in‘ the opening 20 minutes’. when’ he‘ was: acei- dentally kicked in'the ‘stom- ach by one of his teammates during a scramble for'a loose ball, and Kavanowski got the Vikings back on’ track” and Victoria‘ held a 84-28 lead at > the break. Victoria, | which ~ finished the season with a 33-3. record overall —. - unbeaten. by ° Canadian | university. — worked on the Warriors. in- side during the early minutes : of the first half to draw the fouls and went up by 12 be- fore: Savich.: brought’ the ether :I had to-do’ erees Society is e ngoring a -referees clinic ‘for both’ be- ginning and experienced ; ref- erees. The clinic will be hield at: the ‘Kelowna ‘centre. of Okanagan College ‘March 20 and 27. The entry. fee for ‘the clinic is $6 and for this each participant will. receive ‘a-. 1988 rule book, drinks; and handouts. . The clinic will feature ‘tor erees and’ instructors ‘from the coast, who will be herded -by Allan Banwell, chairman of B.C. referees." Along: with Banwell will be a ‘yet to: be snamed executive of the Van- ‘couver-Fraser Valley. Rugby Farad or just before they ‘hang new ntfovi Record broken OSLO {AP) — Sebastian Coe of Britain broke the ‘world indoor best in the 1,000 metres Saturday’ with a clocking - of two minutes, 18.58 seconds. The old mark of 2:19.1 was set by Paul Heinz Wellmann of West Germany in 1976, This was the eighth world indoor track standard set by’ Coe. He also has established three world outdoor records. Coe’s latest. mark came during a dual meet between England and Norway, won by Britain 104-56. Wee “Warriors *. back: to within» eight.’ Then Pasquale went to - work anda tired Waterloo club could not recover. Czech gets © ski - “record - HARRACHOV, CZECHO- SLOVAKIA (AP) — Czecho- slovakian Pavel Ploc set a hill record of 181 metres at the S882 BEvZE E] £3 Ey BE RSERS SBNBe BaBEE ayaye 8 gee linched spot. Yrallnched di ialon title, 'SS28RS SURIS SLEES BESLz ‘the best ever "and-will be a multi-media eyent combining lectures, demonstrations, films as ‘well as: evaluation and study of an actual game. Saturday and Sunday m ing will be taken: up’ classroom instruction and on Sunday afternoon, there’ will be an exhibition “game ‘be- tween ‘two teams of the Okanagan Mainline Rugby Union. The exhibition: game will be ‘broken’ up: into. 10- minut’ segmonts with a dif- ‘ferent. referee takin each . segnient. $ Anyone’: requiring more in- formation on the lini ay call the contact’ Person ‘for this area, Ray Nelson, 567- 2467. a eckend ie sthlodelphia aenage : oe SBWES EBEEKE REESE world ski-flying ships, the Czechoslovak news _ é agency CTK reported Sat- urday. It was the longest ski jump . on record. The old standard 180me- tres was held -by Austria Armin Kogler, who ‘is also taking part in the champion- ships. : Kogler had 1765 ‘metres, and Richard’ Schallert, ano- ther Austrian, 169 metres. The top Canadian jumper, Horst -Bulau, 20, of Ottawa, had to pass up the ski-flying. Broxton competition after he suffered a mild: concussion in a spec- tacular crash during training’ - Eee Thursday. * Bry eszyased geeees SSHE2° pESSEBSY sesaee ot Gorton 116 News lanka Seottle Mariners releate “ism Mike ond utigher Glenn Adora: vend alder ian Bob Modeon, eat- ond ny i sm te vd outfield mee xgsley ond out ey ered putters Ricky Pern er becrse epic c Fithburgh Pirates nome Willie stage oatistont the execution vice presi siden! BASKETBALL Atlonta low ee i a no id vite et grautre guard Rondy iron ondiocedcauts of co ne Serkotchewan carter npon Rovghwiders pe eae soccer’ purchase i @ contract of hiner ron obuse fom Montrea! eo EAC CTT Hi ePID TUE NIG 4 NEWS, March 20, 1983 CASTLEGAR MITTIN v “In acho! Iwas always small and weak all the time,” - says tocal resident Chun} Yong-Joo. “Friends of mine «would beat mo down all the time.” When he was 16, Yong finally decided to remedy the situation. He joined a class in the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do, and has since .. Gone on'to earn 60 degrees of his bla “beating him down." In fact, if he would ever have the misfortune of meeting up with even a 200-pound thief ina dark alley, Tm afraid to say what ° condition the thief would be left in. But as Yong says, “My body is hard, not soft," I learned that Tae Kwor Do is'a relative It, I'm fairly. confident that Yong no longer hes the problem of people |; WORKING SKETECHES ss Yong’s own sketches of Tae Kwon Do peters help his‘ students learn quicker. ‘ to the dozens of martial arts' which come to-us from the far-eastern countries. Judo and karate are perhaps more familiar to us. Tae Kwon Do originated, in Korea about 30 years ago and'is both a way of self-defense t anda way of strengthening: the body muscles. Yong’ told’ me .that karate literally means, “bare hand,” but Tae Kwon Do, which: focuses on’ building up all-the muscles, means “foot,” (Tae), “hands attacking” (Kwon), and‘ ‘the way you use the muscles” (Do). ‘earned 60 degrees of black belt. 90 degrees is the’ top in black belt." As in many other sports and pursuits, athletes in Tae Kwon Do ‘move up in the ranks through a'series of awards, and in the martial arts these are traditionally the color of the cloth belts they tie around their uniforms. Tae Kwon Do athletes wear wide white trousers and loose fitting shirts, They begin with a white belt, and move on * to yellow, green, blue, red, and finally black. 3 Once he has earned his black belt the athlete can “earn even higher awards which are called degrees, and they go from 0-90 degrees. Currently Yong. holds his _ black belt with 60 degrees. “I have to go to Korea if I ‘want my 70 degrees.” And he also did admit to me with a smile that to earn between 70-90 derees “there's a little bit politic work.” In Tae Kwon Do, the use of the feet is emphasized. Yong says, “The legs are strong; they carry our bodies all typically, when-the Tae Kwon Do athlete trains, he trains in barefeet. No fancy name-brand Adidas shoes are Shion WORKING our eee People ofall onan four or five, take part in Yong’s Tae Kwon Do SSTIUUQOUUAUUeeegeaaUUUENSAMAUUUUUUUUONNNOOUUUAAASGO0GUUQGOOUOUOEGOUREUEONOGGDUGCOUOUUUOOUOUONUNGSUOUENOOEEEQOGOUEOOCSOOOOOOOOUUENN CAEL BOOK REVIEW This story is anything but boring The Rainbow Chasers By Ervin Austin MacDonald Reviewed by PATRICK DONOHUE Ask most people what they think of history and 99 out of 100 will tell you it is boring. They Will tell you that history is the repetition of dull uninteresting facts and dates, and that they hated every minute of history class inl school. Ask these same people about what they did yesterday or what they remember best about their childhood and suddenly everyone has a story. The Rainbow Chasers is just such a story, it is the personal history of Ervin Austin MacDonald and his family, and it is certainly not dull or boring. Ervin Austin MacDonald begins with the story of his tather’s migration from the rolling hill country of the Ottawa “Local: resident. Chun Yong-Joo has: day long. They're much better than hands to attack.” And . needed for protection; the muscles of the feet themselves become their own protection. Yong.showed me that the > inside of the foot is the part which is built up and used for the kicking. : For the participant in Tae Kwon Do to move up the ranks he must learn and memorize hundreds of patterns of “It is very d. Before your black belt you have to learn at least 25 patterns. At every level you've got to: learn between two and four patterns.” 5 ‘And unlike karate or kung fu, the patterns are internationally identical: “In kung fu every instructor uses different patterns.’ According to Yong, this dis- crepency is keeping many. martial arts from becoming international Olympic games. Yong teaches Tae Kwon Do in Castlegar, ‘Trail-and Nelson which keeps him busy most evenings. I visited the class in Castlegar where about a dozen or so, young; old and in-between went through the motions. There were'a number of children, one which couldn't -have been more -than four or five. Most wore the white belt, but a few had yellow, and.I noticed one red, Their feet were bare as they, jumped, kicked high and moved quickly around, Yong believes that the best:age.to start is nine or 10. “I started too late,” he confided. “If you slatt earlier you will progress faster.” He maintains that Tae Kwon Do is a good way for both men and women to get in shape. “We really sweat” he says, His classes are a blending of both beginners, intermediates and. advanced, but Yong doesn't seem to * find this ‘a problem. In a larger city, he told me, having different classes for different ranks is a good idea, but ina place such as Castlegar this just isn’t possible, but it hasn't worked out too badly for him. Like many other athletic pursuits, those training in SS ee cluding some. youngsters who look only classes. LINDA HALL Getting to Know Your Neighbor MUSCLE TONING keep firm and flexible, ‘Tae Kwon Do work on being both strong and flexible. Yong states, “There's:no need to be flexible before you start. In classes we do exercises, in Tae Kwon Do they will become strong and flexible automatically. Most everybody is good enough to earn the belts in a couple of months if they practice every day.” Practice, that’s the key, and the reason‘ why many would-be Tae Kwon Do enthusiasts never really get started. “A lot. of people quit. after a few months. It becomes harder and harder and harder if you don’t practice.” Yong, himself exercises every day. Where? I queried as I looked around the small. sitting room of. the apartment. He motioned with his hands, “I move all the furniture out of the way. In the summer I exercise at Kinnaird Park. If I don’t practice I get fat very quickly,” he grinned, “because I eat a lot.” ““In Tae Kwon Do the use of the feet is. emphasized . . . the legs are much better than hands to attack." Taw Kwon Do isn't the only martial art that Yong- excells ‘in. He has black belts in both Judo and stick-fighting. He'd like to teach these as well, but in a school gym this just isn't practical. “In Judo you need a «mattress floor,,” +;* Besides. getting-all your ‘muscles: into shape, Tae ‘Kwon Do is an excellent method of self-defense. “Some people don't like Tae Kwon Do because they say it’s fighting, but I don’t like fighting either.” Unlike sports such as boxing, the purpose of Tae Kwon Do is not to fight, but merely to defend oneself. Yong explains, “So many people have soft bodies. Their bones are soft and easy to break, and when you strike them with a hard body they are easy to break.” Not a pleasant thought, but if you're being attacked it might be nice to know that you can, by your swift movements and strength get out of that situation quickly even if your attacker is helding a gun on you. “Whena person i attacks you, the first thing we have to do is to lay them down. An easy way is to break the thigh bone. That lays them down and then you go and = the police.” The Castlegar club is a member of the Canadian Tae Kwon Do Association which is a part of the World Asso- ciation whose head office is located in a large and impres- sive building in Korea, Tournaments are held all over the world and the Kootenays boast many fine athletes, claims Yong. The next competition is in May in Edmonton and a number of athletes from this area will be attending, and of course Yong will be on hand as a referee and a judge. “I have a group that wants to go who have never had a tournament experience yet. This will be good for them.” On Yong’s wall hang a number of plaques and awards for his achievements in the sport. The most recent tournament he entered was in Alberta in January. “It’s very popular in Alberta. In the university, Tae Kwon Do is put into the school class.” Next year. in; Los; Angel les, Tae, Kwon Do will be; introduced as an eu sport for tl the first time, and for all the members of, the sgpociation this has been a real «Tae Kwon Do helps the body as Yong shows here. breakthrough. “We tried to put it in the Olympics for a long time, but they say, ‘Oh, it's very dangerous.’ But it’s not dangerous, not as dangerous as the hockey players. It’s better than any other sport,” he adds. Yong will be travelling down to the Olympics, again to help judge, coach and referee. ‘Yong was born in Korea, and grew up in the capital city of Seoul. “In Grade 9 he moved out of his family home and earned his own money for school doing odd jobs. “After I finished Grade 12 I got a good job in the Korean arsenal.” An interest in engineering spurred him on to attend the University in Pusan, Korea for three years. Following this, Yong was offered a good position with the c lant in West where he worked for 5%: years. “I wanted to say in West Germany but I had to get out because my contract was finished. A friend of mine was in Canada and said that I should come to Canada. So 1 applied at the Canadian Consulate and waited one year.” Papers were granted and Yong arrived in Canada and found work up north in Uranium City, Sask. where he worked at the hydro-electric plant and the machine shop there. Then he was off to Edmonton where he had a commercial cleaning business. When he came to Castlegar about three years ago he immediately decided Teer ry nice country . . clean air, lots of treés! But’ Yong also misses the family he left behind in Korea. “T like it here. It’s very nice country, clean air, lots of trees; quite different from Edmonton.” Yong applied to Cominco and was taken on in the machine shop, but then a year ago January he was laid off and has been looking for work every since. “I have sent so many letters up north and all over,” he told me, “but it’s very hard to find a job.” And just teaching Tae Kwon Do every evening is really not enough to pay his bills. Yong has been back to Korea a few times and admits that he misses the family he left behind. He also misses traditional Korean food, but like any other bachelor, he doesn't have the time or patience to whip up the Korean rice dishes for himself. “Usually I just open a can.” Even though he is the only member of his family here, Yong gets together on a regular basis with the two other Korean families who live in this area. Just a week ago, he told me, a new Korean family moved to Castlegar and it was Yong who took them around, helped them shop, buy a car, and fill out all the insurance forms. Besides practicing his Tae Kwon Do, Yong enjoys carving and drawit and has diagrams of the different movements in the Tae Kwon Do patterns. Wherever Yong has lived, from Korea to West Germany to Uranium City to Castlegar, he has not failed to have a daily session in Tae Kwon Do and to join a club when he could. “Some people don't think about their bodies,” says Yong... “They're out of shape and can’t climb up : mountains. In Korea the people are in better shape. Not so many people get thick like the western people. People 50, 60, 70 walk like young people.” GRTUIUUEEUAELUATANESERAUOGOCUUEEELEALAUEUCOCASEAGEEEOEGTEU valley to the Cariboo in British Columbia with numerous stops on the way throughout the American and Canadian West. Archibald MacDonald was a prospector who followed the path of mineral from Mexico to the Yukon always looking - for that one big strike, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In many ways this first section of the book, dealing with his father's early years, is the weakest part because the author is working with other People’ 's stories about his father and not his own memories. This early section of the book also gives you a renewed understanding of how physically hard life was in the last century and how much tougher people were then. This is best illustrated by an incident that happened to Archibald MacDonald in 1886, In order to finance their prospecting ventures MacDonald and his partner had been buying cattle cheaply in Montana and driving them north to Revelstoke to sell them dearly to the CPR contractors building the new rai : On his second gquch trip Archie was injured while fording a river with a particularly difficult steer. His legs were broken in several places, several ribs were broken, and he had numerous open abdominal wounds. Everyone agreed his condition was grave and that he required a doctor's attention. The problem was that the nearest doctor was in Fort Colville nearly 200 miles away. Certainly such a journey by wagon would kill him before he arrived, so it was decided that they would raft him down the Arrow Lakes and Columbia river to Kettle Falls. This trip took Archie and his companions 18 days, in this time the bones in his legs had already begun to knit together so that when he finally did see a doctor his legs had to be re-broken and reset. As I look out my living room window at the Columbia flowing past I often think of Archibald MacDonald having floated past on his raft, broken and delirious with pain, stubbornly clinging to life, and I wonder if I could do as much. Some good comes out of every disaster and Archie MacDonald's terrible accident was no exception. During his long and protracted convalescence he met and married Mary Prouty: Thus ended his wandering days as he settled down tother of farming, and family. It is at this point that the author begins to tell the story of the MacDonald family from his own memory, spiced by his gift for almost total recall, and the book gets better and better. With the death of his wife, whatever love he had for the Colville area was quickly soured for Archie MacDonald by painful memories, Once again he began chasing the rainbow, “looking for that one golden strike at its end. This time the trail led him to try homesteading on the Alberta prairie near Strome. By this time his family consisted of his three teenaged sons, his eldest daughter having married. After two very hard but fairly successful years farming it became increasingly clear that the prairie country was not for the MacDonalds. In March of 1907 Archie came to the breakfast table looking strangely different. “Boys,” he said at last, “I had a dream last night and init I saw the nicest layout for a ranch that you could ever hope to find. It was on a beautiful lake, with open fields sloping down to the shore. I have a hunch that we should go and look for it!” It certainly did not sound like any land we had seen in wut Alberta so far, but it sounded good to us. “Where would we look, father?” asked Angus. “The Cariboo of British Columbia!” At this time Archie MacDonald was 67 years old and his sons were 17, 16 and 14. He was at a time in his life when most men think of settling back and enjoying what they have, but the lure of the rainbow was too strong. Once again Archie MacDonald picked up traps and went chasing his dream. The account: of their journey on horseback from Edmonton over the Rockies, through the Yellowhead pass and to the Cariboo country near 70 Mile House is one of the most exciting pieces of travel writing I have ever read. Ata time when every river was an obstacle that necessitated building a raft to ferry the supplies across while the horses swam it, such a journey was no easy matter. Time and time again the MacDonalds acquitted themselves well in the eyes of more experienced woodsmen. In the end they found their pot of gold, a ranch near Bridge Lake in the Cariboo. But the story does not end happily ever after with them getting their ranch. Homesteading was not for the faint of heart or for weaklings. Hard work; and more hard work is what h ding is about, d by anxiety about the weather, and isolation, and loneliness. Ervin Austin MacDonald tells about it, the joys, the pain and exhaustion, all with his remarkable recall for the most minute details. This is an extraordinary book about people who accepted extraordinary challenges and made them look perfectly ordinary. The Rainbow Chasers is also available in the collection of the Castlegar and District Public Library.