ce ne a Bis! Saturday, March 7, 1992 @ : News photo by Ed Mills Castlegar Women’s Curling Club member Marj Culley is a part of one of the 16 local rinks entered in the Barbee Bonspiel this weekend at the Castlegar Curling Club. 32 rinks in town for Barbee News Staff Be Thirty-two rinks from curl- ing clubs across the Kootenays and into the Okanagan are at the Castlegar Curling Club this weekend for the annual Barbee Bonspiel. Hosted by the Castlegar Women’s Curling Club, the bonspiel began Friday and continues through Sunday. The finals are set for 6 p.m. Sunday. The draw includes 16 local local rinks, while clubs from Fruitvale, Rossland, Nelson Ainsworth, Summerland and Kelowna have also sent repre- sentatives. “I think it’s going to be real- ly good,” said draw chairper- son Ruth Trickey. “We have (Zone winner) April Biscaro of Trail here and Lois Cutler (of Nelson), she won it last year, is coming back.” The tourney also has over $3,500 in prizes for the top 16 rinks “It’ll be fun, but competi- tive,” Trickey said. “The girls always do an excellent job buy- ing prizes.” Meanwhile, the season is winding down in the local women’s club, with playoffs to decide the club championship are set for March 12. CASTLEGAR RINKS IN BARBEE BONSPIEL _(Identified by skip) Carol Allen Joanne Bridge Joan Command Michelle Feeney Belle Gray Belle Gray Dawn Howe Lorraine John Marilyn Johnstone Vi Krest Diony McArthur Val Mcintosh Ann Nazaroff Mary Perehudoff Marie Prokop Ruth Trickey Sharron Waldie Diony McArthur continues to lead in the Tuesday evening league while Mary Perehudoff leads in both the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening leagues. - The wind-up banquet and presentation of trophies is set for March 26. A new executive for the women’s club will be elected at the banquet. Those interested in contesting positions can contact Perehudoff. m Saturday, March 7, 1992 198 @ “The thing” seems out of place sitting there in front of Pat Haley. It’s hard to believe he really needs it. (Editor’s note: Final in three- part series, because Pat Haley’s story could not be told in 500 words.) : “You might as well be an athlete for all the work it takes to go through this.” - Pat Haley Pat Haley calls it “the thing.” Allshiny, stainless steel, bent round and formed for balance, the walker seems more of an obstruction to Pat Haley than an aid he uses for walking. It’s as if someone — someone much older, someone less alert and vigorous him and, when he stands up, he will casually push it aside and stride out of the room. Even for me, who had just met Ha- ley an hour before, it seemed hard to believe he needs “the thing” to get from point A to point B. But that’s the way it is for Pat Ha- ley in his 74th year. Once a stylish runner whose long legs carried his | skinny frame eff ly and at great than he — just misplaced it in front of worse, to the point where it was slow- ly. paralyzing him. “The doctors couldn’t figure it out and it kept getting worse. I fell down three times in one day.” The diagnosis, after several months of visiting doctors, was a slipped disk in his neck that was slowing pushing down on his spine. Haley had an operation to remove the disk last year. He’s been trying to gain his mobility back ever since. It’s a trying time in Haley’s life. As a youth growing up in Trail he took up running because he was a small, thin kid and “I ’d rather run than fight.” Running took him all over the world, gave him an education, pre- cious memories, good friends and was even the pathway that led him to his meeting with Brita, his wife of 49 years. But “the thing” is something B.C.’s best sprinter of yesteryear can’t run away from. Still, like the days when he was a world-class runner taking on and win- ning against the best competition there was to offer in North America, Haley is accepting the challenge of rid- ding himself of the unwanted com- Haley vows to walk again And his bad days are at least as frus- trating as the ones he had in his youth. “I can’t get the endurance I want, but you have to keep at it. It’s a steady job. I want to get rid of this thing ( he waves his hand in the direction of the walker) in three or four months.” Haley is optimistic about his prospects for recovery. “[ have to pick that up (the hours of walking) but it’s coming back, slowly,” Haley said. “It doesn’t look promising right now,” Brita said. “But but he keeps trying and that’s positive.” Fellow retiree John Holden, who goes walking with Haley several times a week, said his friend is maintaining the right attitude, even if progress is painfully slow at times. “He’s got the attitude that today is better than yesterday and tomorrow's going to be better than today. So he’s © holding his own and improving slight- ly,” said the one-time superintendent of schools in Castlegar. When Haley finally stands at the end of the interview and extends his speed, now a man who is fighting a daily battle just to walk without help. panion. 7 His regimen is as strict and strain- ing as any he had as an athlete. Ha- ley rides the stationary bike and tries to walk for at least three hours a day. Pat Haley hand, I realize that he is truly a giant of a man — six foot four to be exact. And I can picture him striding through the tape at the finish line in the 100-yard dash, an Olympic gold | medal hanging from his neck after- ward. But long before he ever stood up, I knew he was big man, and that it had nothing to do with his stature. Castlegar Figure Skating Club coach Elyane Monday as the younger members of the Club were i FIRST TASTE OF COMPETITION Steinemann gives some instructions to four of her pupils at the Community Complex introduced to the rigors of competition. 7heNUMBERS TRAIL SENIOR MEN'S BASKETBALL AS OF FEB. 26 w iegar Flying Steamshovel 1 SCORING LEADERS TP MacConnell, Ri 335 C. Coupland, VP 322 €. Canzian, VP 197 B. Turlock, CR 208 G. Larson, CR 154 B. Baker, Ri 164 L. Cicchetti, CR 140 J. Denison, 108 M. Lynn, VP 104 J. White, Ri 129 f March 4: Last week of regular season. Playoffs Commence March 18 — Round Robin Format. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA 1991-92 INDIVIDUAL STATS Greg Johnson Jeff McLean Dixon Ward Dane Jackson Justin Duberman Marty Schriner Brad Bombardir Chris Gotziaman Donny Riendeau Dave Hakstol Scott Kirton Kevin McKinnon Darren Bear News photo by Ed Mills CHWShWANOWO College cruises, Cowan loses in men’s basketball playoffs | i League champion Castlegar Realty gets its chance Tuesday in semi- finals at Selkirk College Ed Mills SPORTS EDITOR Just about all the players were saying the Kootenay West Men’s Basketball League playoffs wo be different from the regular season. Well, they were and they weren't different as the play- offs opened with two games at Selkirk College Tuesday. Selkirk College, the WKM- BU best team in the last half ofthe season, surprised no one by beating RHC Realty, which * has yet to win a game in 13 starts, 75-51. But RHC finally caught a break and will live to play again as the Winlaw Pistons surprised Cowan Office Sup- plies in a big way with a 91-45 win. E ~ Because Cowan got less points than RHC, Cowan is out of the playoffs and RHC plays Castlegar Realty in the semifinals at the College Tues- day. That matchup could be just a delay of the inevitable for RHC. as Castlegar won the regular season crown with an Ti-Irecord- ——— 2 Selkirk meets Winlaw in the first of the two semifinal games at 7 p.m. Mark MacConnell led Selkirk with 21 points, while Mark MacConnell KOOTENAY WEST MEN'S BASKETBALL LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS w Castlegar Realty 11 1 Selkirk College 10-2 Winlaw Pistons 5 7 Cowan Offices. 4 8 RHC Realty O51 Playoffs Quarterfinals (March 3 at Selkirk College) Winlaw 91 Cowan 45 Selkirk 75 RHC 51 Semifinals (March 10 at Selkirk College) Selkirk vs. Winlaw 7 p.m. Castlegar vs. RHC 8:45 p.m. Finals [March 17 at Selkirk Cologe Wade Forester had 19 and Greg Larson had 13. Eli Chernenko replied with 16 for RHC, while Harry Sapriken had 15. The win was Selkirk’s sixth in a row dating back to Jan. 7, when they lost to Castlegar. With leading scorer Chad Coupland out of the lineup and Jody White playing with an injury, Cowan couldn't muster any offense against Winlaw. Of the two games, the Win- law Cowan match up was ex- pected to be the closest be- cause of the teams similar placing in the league stand- ings and history of close games with each other. Walter Chernoff scored 29 points for Winlaw, while Joe Chernoff had 19 in a game were five of the team’s six players scored in double fig- ures. Garrett Turta did his best to bring up the slack for White and Coupland finishing with 18 points for Cowan, while Murray Shunter had 13. The week off allowed Castlegar players to nurse in- juries, but the club may still be without John Ritchie, who had arthroscopic knee surgery two weeks ago. Meanwhile, Castlegar Re- alty’s entry in the Trail Men’s Basketball League opens the playoffs March 18 at the Com- inco Gym. The round robin playoffs continue March 25, April 1 _ and wrap up with April 8. Castlegar finished in third place in the four-team league, while Rock Island Tape Centre came first. : f representative will be tS J paying your com- ¥ munity a visit in the |_ should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Col Brad Pascall e're out to meet you! A Federal Business Development Bank arrange an appoint- ment to discuss finan- § cing and management services (counselling, % 17| planning and next few days. Call training). @ today and a At Castlegar on March 11, 1992 Federal Business Banque fédérale Bank de preeices Canada COMMUNITY THE BREATH FREE PLAN To Stop Smoking starts Tuesday, March 17, 7-9 p.m. in the Main Conference Room in Castlegar Hospital. Reservations recommended, call 965-7332 or 365-5787. Registration/materials fee: $30.00. Meets March 17, 19, 22-26 and 31. Sponsored by the Seventh Day Adventist Church. 219 CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB Thursday, March 12, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Fireside Inn. “Interior Accents” with Jocelyn peaker: Brenda Gould. Reservati /Babysitting phone 365-3886. 2/18 CANCER SOCIETY AWARENESS PUBLIC MEETING Dr. Colin Rose of Nelson will be speaking on breast cancer and the new mammography which will be at the Castlegar hospital March 11, 12, 13 & 16th. Place Legion Hall on March 9th at 7 p.m. For more information call Ruby 365-6498. 4/16. Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 30¢ each. Boldfaced words (which must be used for headings) count as two words. There is no extra charge for a second insertion while the third consecutive insertion is half-price: and the fourth and fifth consecutive insertions are only half price for the two of them. Minimum charge is $5 (whether ad is for one, two or three times). 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