; | } Se ee LOCAL NEWS New assistance program helps disabled find work The Castlegar Rotary Club was in- troduced last week to the newest assistance program in town — the Career Development Service — by its local counsellors, Christine Leaman and Bev Derby. Career Development Service is a coaches and councils them for a Smooth transition into the work place. Subsidies are also available if special equipment, such as a wheelchair ramp, is required for the employee. Training for the staff at the workplace is also offered to federally funded agen- cy, for the employable disabled, Leaman said. It was started in Nelson three years ago and has proved so successful that it was decided to open an office in Castlegar. There are a number of people who have the skills and potential for gainful employment but who need some extra help and initial support to get started and this is where the. Career Development Ser- vice comes in. There is no cost to the prospective employer, Derby said. The service scouts for employment possibilities, screens candidates, makes every ef- fort for a suitable job match, and je an easier Success is not measured in getting @ person into a job but in continued employment, Derby said. For can- didates, the service operates on a fir- st-come, first-served basis. Their new office is at 1444 Columbia (the same building as the Castlegar Develop- ment Board). Other business. at the meeting-in- cluded a pre-departure report by Bert Rourke, team leader for the Rotary District 508 Group Study Exchange team to Japan. This project is a part of the Rotary International objective to increase international understan- ding and world peace and to give i and r men and women an opportunity to meet their opposite numbers in other countries and to expand their field of expertise and international contacts. The team leader is always a Rotarian; the team members are non-Rotarian young adults. The team will train for one week in Los ‘Angeles, Rourke said, and then spend two months in two provinces of northern Japan, Dr. Dave Williams, chairman of the service award committee, issued a final request for service nominees. This much-coveted award is presen- ted each year to a person working in the service industries in the Castlegar area and is aimed at giving recognition to service whi reflects. well on the quality of service in this y. The did is hosted at a presentation dinner and awarded with a suitable plaque whilé his or her name is preserved on a larger fascimile. Slocan Dance for Heart: raise money and have fun Who accepts donations for a great cause and has a heart rate of 4,500 beats per minute? It’s 30 people doing aerobics as they raise donations for the B.C. Heart and Stroke Foundation. On March 23, the Slocan Valley Recreation Commission sponsors a Dance for Heart at the Mount Sen- tinel school gym. Part of a nation- wide fundraising event, the idea is to Promote cardiovascular fitness through aerobic dance exercise. The event runs from 10 a.m. to°l p.m., with all proceeds going towards fighting heart disease and strokes ‘We're encouraging everyone, male and female, to get involved in this fun day,”’ says Stephany Dean, aerobics instructor in the Slocan Valley. ‘‘We're asking people to pick up pledge sheets from myself or the recreation office in advance and get their friends and relatives to sponsor them. The whole idea is to get people out for a half day of exercise, and at the same i¢ raise money for a good cause. Mark Ritchie, coordinator for the Slocan Valley Recreation Com- mission, said there will be lots of variety to keep everyone occupied. “*Besides having moderate and low-impact aerobics workouts, we'll also have some dancing, and if the weather cooperates, maybe even a game of soccer or softball. But no matter what we do, the focus will be on fun and participation.”” Participants will be able to win various prizes donated by local mer> chants. These will be drawn ran- domly throughout the day. One special prize will be won by the per- son who collects the most pledges. And to keep the energy levels high, there will be free thirst-quenching, nutritious refreshments for par- ticipants Approach creative Phil Foster from the Ministry of Education's intermediate team was the guest speaker at a _ recent workshop for parents held at the Ootischenia school. intermediate program, such as cooperative learning, small groupings, thinking skills, self ex- pression, hands-on learning and learner-focused themes, the LDA said in a news release. ‘ A The workshop was by the Castlegar school district parent advisory councils and the Castlegar Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association of B.C. 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From the time I first got here about a year and a half ago, | always wondered why locals put down their own town. I thought then, and I do now, that Castlegar is a great place to live, Coming from a big city — Calgary — it always amazed me that you could walk down the Street here and people would look you in the eye and say hello. Yes, Castlegar has _ its Problems, among them small: town attitudes when it comes to dealing with people’s differences and a similar attitude against growth and development, malicious - gossiping that ° hurts more people than is known and, of course, there’s that pungent aroma on some days, But people who complain about this place — mostly the young but also some adults who should really -know better — Should leave it for a while. They’d probably realize, as I d that they live in one of B.C.’s best-kept secrets, and a lot of big-city dwellers would gladly take their place here if they could. My experierice away also taught me the real meaning of another old saying, the one that goes along the lines of ‘I spent a year in a place one week.” In case you were wondering, I Midgets provincia After _ beating Nelson By ED MILLS Staff Writer Castlegar Midget, Reps coach Paul Phipps has been trying to tell people about his team all year long. Last night at the Community Complex, actions ‘spoke louder than words. In what had to be one of the best hockey games a Complex crowd has seen in some time, the Castlegar Reps beat the Nelson,.Reps in a 2-1 barnburner to win the West Kootenay Minor Hockey League championship. Castlegar won the best-of-three Series two games to one and advan- ces to the provincial championships March 31 to April 17 in Nelson, “I’ve been trying to say all year that our boys play an exciting brand of hockey,’’ said a smiling Phipps outside the team’s dressing room. With the game tied at one in the third period, Castlegar centre Nino DaCosta picked up the puck from a Scramble in front of the net and shovelled a backhand shot in for the winner with just under 10 minutes remaining. ‘ Jeff Evdokimoff and Mike Hunter got assists on the goal which sent the fans and the Castlegar bench into hysterics. DaCosta said his teammates’ hap- Piness quickly died down when they realized there was still a lot of time left on the clock. “We were all happy, then panicking, telling each other to take our man and do our job, run as much time of the clock as possible. “It (the last 10 minutes) seemed like an hour, Every time we looked up it seemed like it was the same 10 minutes on the clock.” For the fans, about 200, half of which were from Nelson, those last 10 minutes were worth the price of admission as they “‘oohed” and “‘aahed’’ their way through close calls and crushing bodychecks at both ends. To put a little more edge on the game, both teams put on intense Pressure during separate two-man advantage situations, though neither team scored. Jarrod Beck scored to give Castlegar the lead in the first period. Nelson tied it in the second then were shut down by strong defence and Vaughn Welychko’s outstariding goaltending. Welychko got his second win of the series in the nets for Castlegar and Phipps wasn’t sparse with the praise for his young goaltender. “*Welychko was tremendous. What can you say about him? He certainly came up big for us several times tonight.’’ Phipps said the Midget Rep team, which he and co-coach Rick Welychko organized from scratch af- ter no one expressed interest in run- ning the team this year, has done everything it wanted to do this season. The team’s first goal was to play in the B.C. Winter Games, which it eps goaltender Vaughn Community Complex. The win means Welychko was sparkling last night in the Reps 2-1 win Castlegar adv to the i to be held over the Easter break in Nelson. — con... photo by Ed Mills, did last month. “‘Our second goal was to play in the provincials and tonight we reached our second goal. Now we're looking forward to the provincials. After our experience at the Winter Games (where the Reps came second) we think we have a pretty good chance of doing well.”” Nelson, which gets a berth into the Provincials by virtue of being host of Bad breakfast, bad play gives team indigestion By ED MILLS Staff Writer As it turns out, it wasn’t the opposition that was the biggest ob- stacle the Selkirk College Saints men’s volleyball team overcame to win its third straight provincial chi i ip — it was spent three long and months working for a daily Newspaper in the Okanagan — Vernon to be precise. It took me about a week after getting there to realize 1 had made an error of epic Propor- tions. It took my bosses in Vernon a little while longer to figure out they made the same error. So we parted company, not amicably I might add, but it was for the best. A bad and abusive marriage it was indeed and divor- ce was the only solution. I still hope someday we can be friends, and at least neither of us has to pay alimony. As good fortune would have it, just as I was being un- ceremoniously booted out of Vernon, the Castlegar News developed a vacancy of its own. When Mr. Birch (it’s always good practise to address the boss with a salutary Mr.) offered me my old job, it w: hard decision. Of course, not everybody was thrilled to see me and, as usual, that’s due to my shortcomings. In my second go round, I hope to rebuild bridges | burned and Strengthen the ties with those people I consider my friends in this town. : And just 86 you know where I'm coming from, 1 don’t care what anybody says, Castlegar is by far the best town, people, ac- tivity and scenery wise, I’ve ever been to in the Kootenays — sorry about that Nelson and Trail. And now, with the pulp mill expansion underway and the con- comitant already occurring, the city appears headed towards its long-awaited sped as the true Crossroads of (if you've got a story on a team, athlete or sports- event, call me at the News The Saints did win the title in the four-team tournament at Trinity Western University in Langley last weekend, beating the host team in three straight games in the final. On the court, the club had all the right moves. It was off the court where they made their worst move of the weekend. Tad Lake, who was named the tournament’s most valuable player and all-star, explains: “*We were on our way to our (first) game against BCIT from our hotel (Saturday) and what happened is, we had a Picked out and everything, but it was closed. So we had to make a snap decision on whether to get some food in us or skip it. “*We ended up at (a familiar fast- food restaurant) — it wasn’t a good decision. I don’t know about the other guys, but I was feeling bad,”” said Lake. Apparently the rest of the team felt similar as the Saints barely sur- vived their match, coming within one game of losing to™BCIT and wat- ching their national championship hopes go down the drain. With the Saints losing two games to one, coach Gerry Fraser, suffering from a little indigestion of his own, had seen enough, and step- ped in to become the team’s antacid. “Gerry took us aside and told us to calm down, because we were all over the place and we were Starting to bicker at each other,” said Lake. “He just told us to calm down, told us where their weak spots were and how we could use them.”” Fraser said he thinks it was a little less what was in his players’ stomachs and more what was on their minds that was the problem. Fraser's bubbly pep talk did the trick as the Saints responded, win- ning game four 15-13 then taking the match with a 15-12 victory. The win put the Saints into the gold-medal game against the host team from Trinity Western Univer- sity, who beat Douglas College in the other semi-final. Dining arrangements weren't a factor as the Saints had a leisurely lunch then went out and beat TWU three straight, 17-15, 15-4 and 16-14, to win the championship. Saints believe in miracles to come championships in the last two years but there are a couple of Saints who have. Are the Selkirk College Saints men’s volleyball team national title material? Players and coach will find out in two weeks when Quebec to play in nships. they travel to College De Limoilou in the national college volleyball champior It'll be the third time in as many years the Saints will present themselves on the national they missed the medals by one placing, The year before they finished sixth. This time, they say, it’s the medals, And if they may be so bold, a gold. “*We are going after a national championshi Saints rookie coach Gerry Fraser. coached the team in its last two national appearances.) “I’m not going down there to say “Gee, it'd be nice to get fourth or fifth.” We're going down there to get a medal and we're going down there to get a gold medal. That's our:goal and I really believe we have a shot at h it,” said Fraser, who won a national finishing fourth. voice. last year. scene. Last year And from one of those players comes a dissenting Al Tenta’s seen the calibre of competition at nationals when he was in Oshawa, Ont., with the Saints Yes, Tenta said, the Saints have a chance at the medals. But the gold, well . . . “Maybe I'll get in trouble for this, but 1 honestly don’t think we have a chance of winning it all. Some of the bigger cities are pretty incredible to watch. They've got some pretty strong talent. Imagine the choice of talent they have compared to Castlegar,"’ Tenta said. The thing about Fraser is that he’s been hearing dissenting voices all season long — the team’s not good enough, they said. rookie coach, they said, But he’s refused to listen. He said this team's best is yet to come. “We played our best match of the year (last It’s a rebuilding year and you're a university football player. Even unassuming Tad Lake — if you can call’ guy who's six-foot-one and one of the most feared, power hitters in the country unassuming — is spewing con- fidence on the question of a national crown, **Well, right now I believe yes. The way we played on the weekend (when the Saints won the provincial in Langley), if we can maintain that, then yes. It’s looking good right now,”’ said Lake, an all- Canadian selection who's been the force behind the related Mt 365-3517 or fax 365-3334.) Same Saints game all season. yy, Neither Lake nor Fraser have been at the national Rem Peng eo ) in the « we've peaked yet." . As for a game plan, Fraser said his team had been Successful with its power formula so far, so he’s not going to change a thing. “You can’t win in the long run at this level unless you're willing to take chances final and 1 don’t think wo and nothing to lose. the event, would dearly love another shot at Castlegar. “We'll always be looking for a lit- tle revenge,’ said Nelson co-coach Rob Wright. The teams split the first two games of the series with Castlegar winning 6-2 here Saturday then losing by the same score Sunday in Nelson. DaCosta scored once and added | finals two assists to lead Castlegar in the win Saturday. Beck, Derek Kazakoff, Derek Lalonde, Hunter and Ryan Jolly scored Castlegar’s other goals while Tom Phipps added two assists. DaCosta was in on both goais in the loss as he scored the first one then assisted on the other by Johnny Strilaeff. Castlegar goalie Joel Audet took the loss in Nelson. It might not be warm enough outside to start slo-pitch but Kevin junio: di Short and his buddies at Kinnaird r ¥ got a jump on the evi season Monday with an indoor versions of the game. CasNews photo by Ed Mille Top two emerge in CRHL playoffs By CasNews Staff Who would have thought? Who would have thought San- dman Inn and Hi Arrow Arms would be the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League’s playoff kingpins? The same Sandman Inn, which finished the regular season dead last, 11 points behind Hi Arrow in third, or second last if you prefer. But that’s the way it is as those two teams will meet at the Com- munity Complex tomorrow night in a one-game, winner-take-all playoff for the CRHL title, Obviously the league's top two regular-season teams, Banjo's Pub and Woodland Park Shell, didn’i think about not being in the final un- til it was too late in the six-game round-robin playoffs. Both Shell and Banjo’s finished the playoffs with @ measly two wins and four losses while Sandman and Hi Arrow advanced with 4-2 records. Hi Arrow and. Sandman solidified their spots in the championship by each winning one of two games they ys. jo’s, which lost its wf four Playoff games, won its lst two, beating Sandman 9-4 in a meaningless game at the Complex last night and edging Shell 3-2 in a game played Friday night. Hi Arrow clinched its playoff spot and knocked Shell out of contention at the same time with a 7-6 win Monday night at the Complex. In a preview of the championship game; Sandman beat Hi Arrow 7-5 iim_ the other game played Friday night. Thursday's matchup should see