SFEIEF HEE Tournament. Which of these games was more indicative of the rela- adds, “Most of the girls have worked very hard to improve their individual and team skilla this season. This is a very fine team. I think the girls will be concerning them- selves with giving a good in- dividual and team effort.” In the preliminary game at §:30, Kinnaird Cobras will battle Trafalgar for the West Kootenay Grade 8 girls cham- pionship. Kaat begins training at 45 BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) — Jim Kaat, who began pitching in baseball's major leagues when Eisenhower was American president, is back at spring training at 45, an age when even Satchel Paige was starting to slow down, Kaat was released in the middle of last season by St. Louis. Cardinals and it ap- peared to be the end of a major league career that be- gan in 1969 and spanned 25 seaséns, the longest pitching career in big league history. But when Pittsburgh Pir- ates’ pitchers and catchers to training camp Feb. 18, there was Kast, pulling on yet another sweat- shirt and jersey No. 89. “I wish that was my age instead of my number,” Kaat said with a laugh. “Maybe then I'd have a better chance of making the club.” o— SPRING. - IS COMING SPECIALS SPECIAL NOTE 15% Off PARTS ON THESE SPECIALS SPECIAL Lube, Oil Filter $24.95 incl. tax MOST CARS & LIGHT TRUCKS ‘NO DIESELS CREDIT AVAILABLE It's not an act of desper- ation — Kaat runs a couple of successful businesses and had a chance to broadcast Minnesota Twins games. It's simply that he likes to pitch. “T still think I can get bat- ters out,” he says. “If I didn't I wouldn't be here. “T've been able to keep ad- justing and changing,” he added. “Last season, when the Cardinals let me go, I called some teams but I couldn't get anybody interested, because of my age. But when I was at the World Series, working on Good Morning America for ABC, I happened to run into (executive vice-president) Pete Peterson of the Pirates. He asked me if there was any possibility of me playing this year and invited me to come and work out.” Kaat, 17 victories shy of 300 career victories, would appear to have little chance fea i it with the National gue's Pirates, who have nine other left-handers in camp. But manager Chuck Tan- ner, who has said “the staff is set,” thinks a lot of Kaat. “I remember when Min nesota let him go over 10 years ago and he came with us to the White Sox and won 20 games for me,” Tanner said. “He wasn't afraid to try something different then. “Jim Kaat will work as hard as anybody.” A fastball-curveball _pit- cher when he broke into the majors, Kaat tried a no- windup delivery suggested by Sox pitching coach Johnny Sain in 1973 and wound up extending his career by a decade. “If I hadn't been pitching well last year when I was let go, I wouldn't have come here,” Kaat said. “It wasn't because of a lack of stuff or control, but when you get in my age bracket all they care about is speed. They'll al- ways take the younger kid who can throw hard.” ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Castlegar & District Curling Club WED., APRIL 4 7:30 p.m. Curling Club Lounge Please attend and make your club what you want it to be. ca ‘SKI WINNERS . Shannon Carter, Kicia D ide: Ringheim, M. Ringheim, Chris Bullock, Yvonne Trembley, Shen . . pictured are the local winners of the Kootenay Cup Cross-Country ski race held i Rossland over the weekend: it row, left side: Dana Fenwick, Alex Hartman, Rolf Hartman (0 usseault. Back row, left s Hamilton, Mark Dascher, John Walton, Darren Tamelin, Dan O'Connell; Kari Hartman, Denise Eudok Phil Carling wins 4-3 | By CasNews Staff Carling O'Keefe nipped Williams Moving 4-8 Sunday night to even the Castlegar Commercial Hockey League playoff series at one game apiece. In the other playoff series between Mountain Sports and Green Machine, Moun- tain Sports leads 2-0 after a 1-8 victory Sunday afternoon. Mountain Sports and Green Machine play the third game in the series at 10 p.m. Thursday night in the arena complex. CALGARY (CP) — Des- pite some deep snags re- maining before the signing of an agreement for $200 million in federal money for the 1988 Winter Olympics, Mayor Ralph Klein said Tuesday that federal Sports Minister Jacques Olivier is coming around. After emerging from a two-hour meeting with Oli- vier, Klein said the federal minister had softened his stand. Now, said the mayor, a final agreement of the federal contribution of $200 million toward the 1988 Games could be as close as a month away. In their second game, Wil- liams Moying took a 2-0 lead after the first-period on goals by Mike Schmitt and Rod MacKenzie. Mackenzie, Al Akselson and Frank Costa collected assists. The second period was scoreless. In the third period, Williams scored at 13:56. Schmitt got the goal, assisted by Ken Carlson. Two minutes later, John Horcoff scored O’Keefe's first goal. A second goal was scored at 21 minutes, fol- lowed by a third by Horeoff, In the meantime, Olivier “is offering a contribution” of $1 million as an advance for engineering and design work on the $36-million speed- skating oval at the Univer- sity of Calgary, said Klein. Olivier’s visit to Calgary was set up to try to work out possible solutions to the fund- ing problems that have led to ickering, including some in public and in Sarajevo, be- tween the key groups. Olivier was unavailable for comment Tuesday to respond to what Klein said about cur- rent negotiations. But he has scheduled a news conference today at the Calgary Inter- SPORTS assisted hy Bill Ch and Mike N h: with Rae Carter, Tauno Syria, Ben Thorlarsen, Muriel Walton, Pauline Orr, Garol Morris. Sno-fun day and Steve Sanders. With 18,seconds left in the game, Cheveldave seored the winning ‘goal, assisted by Horcoff, to complete the scoring. In the other game, Moun- tain Sports took a 2-1 lead af- ter the first period and never looked back, making the score 4-2 in the second for a final of 7-3. Scoring Mountain Sport's goals were: Perry Klit and Dan Walker with two each, Joe Antignani, Al Isackson national Airport before he returns to Ottawa. Despite Klein's optimism, there are still some major disagreements between Oli- vier and the organizing com- mittee. Among those are the ques- tion of who handles any sur- plus after the Games, a kitty Klein estimates will be at least $50 million. As well, the federal gov- ernment has said it may hold back some of its promised $45 million for the critical start up costs as a guarantee against overruns at the $62- million Canada Olympic Park SHORTS one each. Joe Antignani, Bruce Mc- Pherson, Walker and Klit had two assists each, while Dan Markin, Isackson, Aaron Stoushnow, Nevakshonoff, Brian Verigin, Steve Sim- onen and Joe Antignani had one each. Tony Nazaroff, Terry Strelioff and Randy Renz scored the goals for Green Machine. Setting up the goals were Bill Nazaroff, Brian Ed- wards, Warren Kalyn and Strelioff. +988 Olympic negotiations at Paskapoo, just outside Calgary. Ottawa wanted control over any Games’ surplus to ensure athletes across Can- ada benefitted from the funds. But there were res- ervations on the other side that the money would be dis- tributed along the political lines of the current Liberal government. Klein said Olivier is inter. ested in his proposal for a compromise that would es- tablish the Olympic organ- izing committee as a trust group after the Games to handle the funds on behalf of Canadian amateur athletes. Ogrodnick out — breaks wrist DETROIT (AP) — Left winger John Ogrodnick, De- troit Red Wings’ leading scorer this season, will be out for the zest of the National Hockey League regular cam- paign because of a broken left wrist, a team spokesman said y- Ogrodnick could, however, return in six weeks and be available if Detroit makes the playoffs, the spokesman added Ogrodnick broke the wrist Sunday during Detroit's 4-2 vietory over Chicago Black Hawks. QOgrodnick, who has heed missed a game since the team Jan. 12, 1980, has collected 78 points this sea- son, including a career-high *” FRASER VALLEY * VIDEO vA YING N= —— Ve New Sun. — Wed., 12 noon -7 p.m. Thor, — Fr. 2 noon -9 pam. Seturdey, ALSO AVAMABLE — cima enemas 1438 Columbia Ave,, Castieger (neor Gabriel's) 365-3777 Rentals Available 400) 42 goals, most by a Red Wings’ player since Danny Grant's 50 in the 1974-1975 season. LA€ BEAUPORT, QUE. (CP) © The skiing Lacasse sisters}\Jogee and Lynn of Brossard, Que., finished one- two in Tuesday's extra slal- om in a North American cir- cuit race. Cu-Dor Sports Castlegar HOCKEY — Crowe, 5 p.m. (boys); L gomes at Selkirk College. 13. THURSDAY COMMERCIAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Green Machine vs. Mountain Sports Hut, 10 p.m., arena complex. BASKETBALL — KOOTENAY AA PLAYOFFS: |. V. Rogers vs. J. L. . V. Rogers vs. J. L. Crowe, 6:45 p.m. (girls); Stanley Humphries vs. Mt. Baker, 8:30 p.m. (boys). All FRIDAY BASKETBALL — KOOTENAY AA PLAYOFFS: Gomes at 5 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 8:30 p.m., Selkirk Gym. SATURDAY BASKETBALL — KOOTENAY AA PLAYOFFS: Boys ploy 1:45 p.m, 8:30 p.m. .Giete ploy anon apd 6248 p.m. it necessary. KIJHL WEST DIVISION PLAYOFFS: Castiegor Rebels ve. Spokane Flomes, 7 p.m., arena complex. NOL: New York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leats, 5 p.m., channel 9. 8.C. WINTER GAMES: Highlights trom Fort $1. John, 6:30 p.m., channel Josee finished two runs over the 190-metre-drop course at the nearby Le Re- lais ski centre with a com- bined time of one minute, 87.04 seconds. Lynn was right on her heels with a time of 1:37.38 for her two runs. The early finishers had the advantage of competing in reasonably calm weather, but CROSS COUNTRY SKI RENTALS BY DAY OR WEEK SKATES SHARPENED TO YOUR NEEDS the late finishers were sub- ject to the first winds of a blizzard moving east across the province. Nancy Gee of Niagara Falls, Ont., finished third in 1:40.61, while! Lund Bergliot of Surrey, and Ann Taciuk of Calgary finished neck and neck — fourth and fifth — with times of 1:41.14 and 1:41.15. Dam Inn beats Hi Arrow Dam Inn Diddlers beat Hi Arrow Arms Thursday night in Castlegar Dart Club play, after a six-week losing streak. Dam Inn recorded 20' wins, Hi Arrow had 16. Mark Earle. and Frank Wieler of the Hi Arrow lead teams standings with 79 wins, Nick Smith and John Wilson of the Hi Arrow fol- low with 66. Neil Denisoff and Fred Markin of the Dam Inn are third with 62. Cast Nordic Ski Tour- ing Club is planning a Sno Fun Day between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday at the Nordic cabin. There will be races for youngsters and medals from the Sons of Norway Lodge, as well as momentos -for irst-time kids to the hut. able skiers are chal- lenged to earn their 15, 30 or 45-km certificates. Each Mud Lake to the cabin trek via the Winterberry or Paulson and return by the Pine Trail counts for 15 km. A shorter and easier three- . km route to the cabin is to park at the Glenmarry Log- ging Road, but parking space is limited, so carpooling is recommended. For more information about this event, phone 365- 2577. Davis in a statement issued through executive assistant Al LoCasale. “Throughout this. litiga- tion, we knew we were right, that the National Football League operated in bad faith and unfair dealing as well as in violation of the antitrust laws. “In fact, they have con- tinued to act in bad faith, trying to drain us economi- cally. The NFL hs tried to maintain a cloud of uncer- tainty over our fans, which has hurt ticket sales and killed the building of luxury suites at the Los Angeles Coliseum.” “The NFL continues to be- lieve it should have the right to decide where it does bus- ines,” said a statement issued also believes it should be able, in making such deci- sions, to respect the royalty of fans and communities that supported its franchises’ as well as Oakland did.” Rozelle’s statement said the 2-1 split “emphasized the need for Supreme Court clarification on the funda- mental question of how the antitrust laws should be ap- plied to sports The ruling did not address the $48 million in damages a Les Angeles jury awarded the Raiders’ and the Los An- geles Coliseum. The court said it would rule on that later. 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Thom Cy Edmonton Eskimos sign linebacker Toronto Argonouts sign linebocker Dorrell Nicholson to multt-year contract BERES SEBSy | SREBS a | szessgs SSRRS SERER eesss sases 3 s 3 4 23 1: mB i 28 4 1: Piteburgh Maviers cut hicher Mick Bonita: ot cha ery toe ad MAKING PLANS . . . Bill Sloan and members of the Heritage Advisory Committee inside the Russian Or- thodox Chapel house. John Charters (below), chair- Bridge needed for island “The proposed suspension footbridge to Zuckerberg Island Park is not only an essential safety factor and access route for firemen, restoration workers, Katimavik personnel and Phase 2 Rotary project student workers, it will make one of the finest beauty spots of the West Kootenays avail- able to visitors throughout the year,” according to one John Charters, chairman of the Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee. John and Bunny Charters Saturday were guests at a formal mess dinner of the officers of the 44th Field Engin- eering Squadron of Trail and their ladies. As guest speaker and chairman of the Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee, Charters set out to acquaint his hosts with the history and beauties of the area in which the engineers are planning to carry out their bridge building exercise on May 19 through 21. He opened his address with a brief sketch of the island “daughter of two rivers,” its Indian pithouse sites and of Alexander Zuckerberg, the creator of the unique Russian Orthodox Chapel house. He followed up with a slide presentation of the Rotary Club Zucerkberg Island Park project and the island in all its seasonal moods. Finally, he spoke of the successful opening ceremonies of the park last September and of the great support given to the project by the City of Castlegar, the Castlegar News, radio stations CKQR and CJAT, Cable 10 TV, business organizations and many private citizens. “This is a high-profile operation, Charters said, which will both benefit and reflect greatly to the credit of all concerned.” The Katimaviks, under the direction of Alex Lutz, have almost completed a three dimensional model of the island which will be used initially at the Rotary District Conference on May 3 to 6. And I trust, he said, that the host Trail club will make the island project itself a major item of interest on both sides of the line. Major George Perkin, the Officer Commanding for the 44th Field Engineers told the company that the bridge span would be 300 feet long and three feet wide with 72-foot approaches at each end. The 2,000 feet of main cable has already been donated by Cominco, he said, and he hoped that other firms, organizations and individuals would also assist with a major supplies so that the bridge would be a community project. In the meantime, while materials and stores are being assembled, the engineers are constructing a practice 50-foot model bridge in the armories, Charters said. man of the Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee, speaks on Castlegar history Doctor given boot VANCOUVER (CP) — A Vancouver gynecologist has been suspended from prac. tising medicine in British Columbia after four patients complained of his behavior. The name of Dr. John Wakeford was removed from the register of the B.C. Col- lege of Physicians and Sur- geons Feb. 17 following an in- vestigation by a college board of inquiry. Dr. Craig Arnold, deputy registrar of the college, re- fused to disclose details of the investigation. AYS ECON YH ED * Nicolson slams Socreds VICTORIA — Lorne Nie. hand. Revenues tended to have spent, by the end of this Nicolson concluded, “This olson, NDP MLA (Nelson/ come in ahead of expendi fiscal year, $1.3 billion more government is waging a war Creston) speaking during the tures,” Nicolson pointed out. than is collected in revenue. on prosperity and as in most budget debate, charged the “It was a very sorry turn For the fiscal year we are not wars it is being waged at the provincial government with after the fiscal year 1979-80. starting to debate, there isa expense of the lives of the “waging a war on prdsper- wy projection of $671 million young. ity.” € “In his Tirst fiseal year, the Fiore leaving us in debt present minister of finance itlion. § “In this province we have $1.4359 billion. Since 1979-80, actually spent $256.7 million there has been an excess of %D0Ut 13 per cent unemploy more than he collected in : ment, but more frightening, “By their fiscal policies, they are taking ‘away ‘oppor expenditure over revenue of tunities and drying up con- revenue in the fiscal year of is the over 26 per cent un- . $3.396 billion sumer confidence. 1980-81. The next year he i : hat the employment among the 7 t more than he callested Nicolson stated that the ois hs who have waver ‘ ‘Both the previous Social $P°" government should have YOUn8 Peop’ in revenue by $184 million,” Nicolson said. purpose funds rather than PSF’ 'n “From the last budget pro- spending it in good economic * 4>- CHECK OUT OUR LEASE TO PURCHASE PRICES TODAY had the opportunity to take part in the economy, to have Credit government of WAC Bennett, and the NDP gov ernment, acquired assets, and also had cash balances on been building up more special Catholic Women's League holds February meeting Saint Joseph's Catholic Women's League held its | February meeting at the Catholic Centre recently with Bessie Schiavon in the chair. Following the opening prayers by Father Michael Guinan, secretary Leona Bozek read the minutes. Joan Muller gave the treasurers report. A spiritual report was given by Breta Haley who also asked for a spiritual bouquet for the Holy Father. Mila Richards gave a talk on peace and the poor in the world. Plans to arrange a party for the Rota Villa in March were made with Brita Haley to convene the event. World Day of Prayer is March 2 at 11 a.m. at the Apostolic Church. A bake sale will be held for the Bishop's Fund for Life. Diana Pilla notified the ladies of some catering jobs coming up. It was agreed to buy a new coffee urn for the hall. Convenor reports were given out, and were asked to be returned by March 10 to Margaret Kaufman. The Diocesan convention to be held in Trail on May 8, 9 and 10. Father Guinan spoke on a _ Following closing prayers, meeting to be held at the Brita Haley introduced Mrs. Baptist Church March 4 at Lucy Eaton who read some of 7:30 p.m. The theme is their poems and later gave a “openness.” talk on her life. 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