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"NEWS From the Fringe

By BARBARA TANDORY

Sun staff writer

see anything,” said Strainic, a
MUFON (Mutual UFO Network)

“They travel in aluminum-like
Saucers or other pic-plate désign

» and sometimes l¢ave circles
on the gronad. But what would
they need with apples?

». Vancouver UFO investigator
Michael Strainic has received
enough credible reports in his
twenty years in the field to give
serious thought to things stranger
than visits on earth by space
ships, but even he is bewildered
by a strange aftermath to a Labor
Day weekend UFO activity at
Williams

Lake.

» First 'a circle appeared in the
yard of a Williams Lake couple's
home on Sept. 1 around 7 p.m. It
happened in broad daylight, says
‘Strainic, noting the lady of the
house, Marian Marcotte, was
‘Standing in the window most of
the time, washing dishes.

| Then, during the night, she and

her husband saw “a huge cone of

* light over an'apple tree” at around
4am. of Sept. 2.

“Tt was so bright they couldn’t

gating the case.

The couple didn’t venture outside
out of fear,

The couple also observed “ a

strange, reddish glow” in the night

“The next morning all the
apples were gone from the apple
tree..“No twigs were broken, no
leaves disturbed, but all the apples
were gone,” said Strainic.

There were about a hundred
apples on the tree the night before,
he noted.

While the bizarre twist to the
event excites their imagination,
Strainic and fellow investigators
are more fascinated by the
appearance this fall of the
mysterious circles, which until

Rings and circles

in that they were impressed in the
hard ground surface.

Both circles in B.C. have
appeared in someone's back yard.
In the Dawson Creek area a retired
farmer, Ralph Thomsen, found a
10-metre diameter circle on his
Yawn on that October moming.

The Williams Lake circle was
12 metres in diametér and 15. cm

wide,

The difference in B.C, is that
the circles are not really circles but
rings, says Strainic, And unlike the
crop circles in England, for which
natural explanations have been
proposed, they appear to be
unmistakably caused “from
above,” he notes,

At Williams Lake, “something
considerably heavy” appears to
have come down and left a mark as
if“a buge drinking ” had been
pressed into the ground, he
su;

ggested. .
“At Williams Lake we have a
ite UFO ion,” said

now have been mostly app
in the south of England, and
mostly in wheatfields,

“It’s not exactly crop circles,”
says Strainic. The two known
circles in B.C, — at Williams
Lake and one which appeared
near Dawson Creek on Oct. 16 —
are different from those overseas

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Strainic,

The investigator notes that the
couple’s dog would not go near the
circle for two days afterwards.

‘There was a close encounter in
Williams Lake just a year ago, he
added.

And whatever force or agency it
was, it seems to have been busy
over the Labor Day weekend.

The long weekend has been a
traditional time for UFO
gatherings, such as the JORPA
UFO conference in Seattle.

In the Castlegar area, a woman
who had a close encounter on
Labor Day Monday with a strange
light was so disoriented that at first
she didn’t know either her dog or
her husband.

Angae Paetkau was standing on
a patio of her home in Thrums —
the location of previously reported
sightings, including one by her son
in October — when, she said, a
very bright ball of light came out
of the night sky and she was on a
collision course with it.

“I saw that thing coming at
me,” said Pactkau. She says she
understood the meaning of the
saying about “being scared out of
your skin” and thought she was hit

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With social unrest in the
republics of the Soviet Union,
what is today one of the largest
nations on earth may not be quite
as large tomorrow. Joan

by lighting. |. '

“Ljust lit up Uke a Christmas
tree,” she related, “I lit right up
like a light bulb.”

But whatever it was, it came
out of “clear, starry sky,” she said,

“T tried running, “ she said, “I
saw myself running but I never
moved from the spot,”

Paetkau says her dog beside her
on the patio seemed a strange dog
to her. :

She only assumed the house
must be her house as she entered it
uncertainly after the incident at
around 10:30 p.m., and where she °
met a strange man, her husband.

“T didn't even know my name
for a little while,” she said.

Pactkau reported her sighting
locally on Sept. 11, and it may be
of special interest to UFO
investigators because the woman,
a previous UFO witness, has
mentioned “rings and circles” in
her report made weeks before the
news of the first circle
phenomenon was made public in
late October.

“Ie was very bright,” the
witness described. “It looked like
it bad a circle around it. It had a
ring around it.”

‘As the light hit ber, “it was like
I went into slow motion,” she said.
“This thing really zapped me.”

The circles phenomenon might
have even made its. first

pearance in the Castlegar area.

According to Pass Creek
resident Stan Ozeroff, a circle
appeared in a field on his family’s
land a number years ago, after 2
relative — then a child but now a
young woman — reported a UFO
sighting,

It appeared like a landing mark,
said Ozeroff. And it showed in the
spring and summer as a circle of
“very green grass.” It has since
faded out.

But new reports keep coming
in. A woman in Winlaw said last
week she had circles in her front
yard all this past spring and
summer, until they disapppeared
under the snow that falls early in
the cold Slocan Valley.

Ruth Young said the circles
show “as a patch where the grass

the Trans-Siberian Railroad and
flew to a number of other
destinations in the country. The
photographs she took depict the
faces and places she saw, a

Plummer’s ph hic exhibit

ful: cultural patchwork that

“Across the U.S.S.R.” — on
display from Dec. 6 to Dec. 23 —
offers us a panorama of this vast
nation which is now in a rather
unpredictable process of change.
In the fall of 1988, Vancouver
ph pb Joan
crossed the Soviet Union twice on

has no like in the West.
“Architecture has a great appeal
for me,” says Plummer, “but the
real challenge is in trying to

and

‘ ° ® ji if
Wednesday, December 5,.1990,

missing.

Alien face? Passmore artist Allan Bosma found this
provocative likeness as a mirror image in the burl of a
bird's eye maple and used it as a decorative motifi on a
Jewelry box. In a poem he wrote, "If 1am the finder of
the face In the rings of a tree, then | am also the finder
that there be many, and we are not alone.” Serious UFO
researchers noted the remarkable resemblance
between the classical alien face and the face of a
human fetus. Some have suggested that people

reporting alien encounters may be seeing the emerging

face of a new human race.

is exceptionally green.”
The biggest one is about 7 ft
across, she said.
A fungus has been suggested as
ibl 1 i but no

on site visit by a .field UFO
investigator from Nelson who will

take soil samples. .
‘The Vancouver investigator
inic. feels the circles are a

ap ‘P
testing has been done so far.

“There's a whole bunch of
them," said Young. They’re
located between the driveway and
the flower bed.

They are “perfect circles,” she
said.

And the circles have rings.
Young said the rings are about 5
inches thick. D

Young has agreed to allow an

was travelling with that they were
hardly curious, really,” Plummer
says. “Many people there seemed
to be bappy to be photographed,
though. In a few places there
were some who would see me
taking a picture, and they'd say,
‘me too, me too!’.””

Plummer learned ~—iher

mystery no matter how much
more often they might be
cropping up.

And his advice is to also watch
out for circles in the snow.

“We always get reports of
circles in the snow, but how
they’re related (to circles in grass
and grain fields) is anybody’s
guess,” he said.

since worked as a photographer
for a couple of Vancouver
publications. She's also taken
training in Nevada, New Mexico,
Florida nd Florence, Italy.

‘The colour photographic prints
to be displayed at the NEC range
from beautifully composed
studies of exotic architecture to

‘its of some of the numerous

ph phic skills h

capture the intrinsic of
people.”

“Everywhere, people were so
accepting of me and the people I

and p ional
experience in Vancouver and
elsewhere. She studied at the
Emily Carr College of Art and has

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Soviet ethnic groups. While the
show most certainly reflects the

of the U.S.S.R. (particulary its
onion-domed churches), it. is
perhaps the depiction of the
Soviet peoples that many NEC
visitors will find most interesting -
in light of current events.

, Plummer says that in ‘88 she
saw no signs of any of the
struggle for independence within
the Soviet Union that the news
media now report. were
peaceful then,” she says.. The
‘Vancouver photographer now

inks she might like to retum to
take another look at this nation in
transition.

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isted and the final goal was

i By FRANK DERBY
4 ‘Sun steff writor

scored ‘on a similar play with
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On Friday night in Fruitvale
one of Castlegar’s best efforts fell
short as Beaver Valley put away
the game with only 19 seconds

‘left, winning it 4-3. The same
thing happened a week earlier
when the Rebels lost 5-4 to Grand
Forks with just 31 seconds left in
overtime. Is there a pattern
happening bere?

The Rebels came out flying in
the first period and applied the
pressure early. Using a dump and
forecheck offence they kept the
Nite Hawks in their own end but
didn’t get many good scoring
chances. By the end of the first
Beaver Vallcy had set the
tone,outshooting the Rebels 14-7,
Thanks to Lorin Healy who

: played another strong game, it
remained scoreless going into the
second.

Remi Lavallee, continuing on
his hot streak, opened the scoring
at 4:23 of the second period. The
Nite Hawks responded quickly
when Dave Cammock and Chris
Postnikoff took penalties within
30 seconds of each other. Adam
Deadmarsh wasted no time in
scoring two of his eventual three
goals on the resulting power
plays. Cammock redeemed
himself and Dwayne Dergousoff
gave the Rebels the lead back
when they scored two quick ones,
also on power plays, around the
12 minute mark to close out the
period with the score 3-2.

Castlegar Rebel center David Green celebrates Dwayne Dergousoff's power play
goat during second period of the Rebel's game against Beaver Valley. The e Rebels
took on the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks at the Fruitvale arena Friday evaning.

Tight king and heavy
hitting characterized the third
period and Castlegar’s thin bench
strength began to show. With only
11 skaters, physical and mental
errors became a factor as
Deadmarsh took advantage of a
giveaway to complete his battrick

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Frank Derby

Rep powerhouses keep

on roiling with

By FRANK DERBY
‘Sun staff writer

Castlegar’s PeeWee team
continued their winning ways
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and
2

At the Pioneer Arena on
Saturday they faced the team from
Spokane and thrashed them 12-3.
The Spokane squad was at a

i ge before the openii
faceoff as they only fielded eight
skaters. The score was 4-0 after the

In spite of the lopsided score,
coach John Horcoff was not
pleased with the teams effort
calling it one of the worst games
of the year, especially in the
third.”"We were getting sloppy
and picking up bad habits."said
Horcoff. “Spokane actually
outplayed us in the third as the
guys stood around and
watched.”

On Sunday the team got a
good test and a bit of a scare in

wins at home

dominated by close checking and
stellar goaltending by both clubs,
Castlegar led 1-0 after Darren
Pottle scored the only goal in the
second period. In the third
Cranbrook jumped back into the
game with two quick goals around
the five minute mark to take the
lead but shortly after Craig
Swanson tied the score with an
assist going to Kent Fauth. Ted
Hunter and Wade A
added two more a minute and a

had this year,” said Horcoff “Even
better than our oply loss against
Trail. The kids were skating hard
and passing well.”

The Midget team also played a
doubleheader Saturday and
Sunday with games against Beaver
Valley and Nelson, remaining
undefeated as the won by scores of
15-4 and 5-2 respectively.

In Fridays game against Beaver
Valley ry got on the scoring
bandwagon as Nino Dacosta

ly seconds away.

Kevin Kobatoff who recently
joined — the team as
trainor/assistant ‘coach was
pleased with the teams'
performance.

* “Last time we were in bere we
lost 9-0." said Kobatsoff. “Four of
our guys couldn’t make it from
Kelowna and the guys who
played. tonight showed a lot of
heart. They were hitting,
backchecking and dropping in
front of shots- playing the game
asa team.”

“We're looking for a way to
solve this travel problem,” added

G.M. Don Joice. “we're currently

looking for families who are
willing to billet these players.”
Beyond the Blue Line... Jason
Picklyk has quit the team and is
headed for the Kelowna Spartans.
Coming the other way is Dean
Graves, a hardrock who will
bring his hard hitting style to the
Rebels at a time when they are
beginning to develop team
character and stress two way
play. ;
Rob Macleod went down in
the third period with a shoulder
injury and Chad Alderson took
stitches to close a gash over his
left eye. Lorin Healy faced 43
shots and kept the Rebels in the
game with his acrobatics and
quick glove hand.

half apart with only two minutes

notched the hattrick while Shane

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an exhibition match against
AAA Cranbrook but bung on
for a 4-3 win. In a tight game

first period, 10-1 after the second,
and both teams scored twice in

Frank Derby

‘The Best kept secret in Castlegar is the Aquatic Centre - Rob says 50
right there on page 2A of our first edition as our Face in tbe Sun If this
is the case, then the best kept secret. [though not intentional] at the
Aquatic Centre is that you can swim for free. .

‘That's right - FREE! They bave this special program there called the
Kilometer Club and it works like this... If you like to go to the pool and
you just let the lifeguard know how many you swam. The
laps are converted to kilometers and recorde in the club binder and
when you've goue the equivilant of fRcen km, you get 2 fee pass.

. Aba, you say, you knew there was acatch. Well yes there is but it’s
the Centre’s way of rewarding you for getting into fitness. And if
you're a Senior over 55, you get two passes. Over 65 and you get three

‘Actually there are over 250 people involved in the program so it
can't really be that big a secret can it? For some reason though the folks
at the Aquatic Centre thought mere people should know. 3

§ ing of fitness, Castlegar’s own fitness guru, Susan Campbell
bas offered to write a column on the subject.'Susan is recreation

fitness is more than an area of expertise for ber - as with most
the industry it is a mission - the Gospel of good health - the creed of
Participaction. Couch potatoes need not read her article. Come to think
of it, most couch potatoes prefer the boob tube to reading anyway.
Just one more little note. I mentioned last week that a lot of folks
have been helping me get into the swing of things. One fellow in
cular I: would like to mention is a young rink rat by the name of
Devon Cheveldacff.-Devon would probably be. playing minor hockey
himself if someone hadn't stolen his goalie equipment before he left the
doesn’t matter, be seems to be ‘at all of them. He is big on statistics,

coordinator at the Castlegar.and District Community Complex and. ;

‘Atom; PeeWee, Bantom or Midget, it |:

left to make. it 4-2. Cranbrook got
the final tally with 10 seconds left.

“Thai was the best iest we'vs

See HOCKEY

David Green
#17

Age: 17 - 2nd in scoring with 45 points

Position: center

Coach's Comments: David is a team leader.
He works hard and never gives up. He's good on his
skates and has good hands but the guys follow his
example because he plays with heart. You never
have to tell him something twice.

David Says : | played in Rossland last year and
made the All Star team, finishing with 58 points.
Next year I'd "ke tc move up to Varnon or Penticton.
Mayce I'll go for a College scholarship when 1 finish
at Stanley Humphries.

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