B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, September 13, 198! Terry Fox marathon Set pace for runners MONTREAL (CP) — Mon- trealiers set the pace for Terry Fox marathon runners across Canada with an eight- kilometre run Saturday on the slopes of Mount Royal. About 2,000 participants — lean marathon runners, over- ‘weight office workers, kids with dogs andpensioners — assembled at the foot of the mountain park in the heart of the city to follow a joggers’ trail winding through the woods to Beaver Lake near the summit. ! They ran if they could, or they jogged laboriously, or they just walked. Partici- pation was the important thing. Today is Terry Fox Day, and Canadian Cancer Society officials were predicting three million people across the country would take part in about more than’ 500 mini-marathon events to honor the one-legged runner from Port Coquitlam, B.C. who tried to run across Can- ada to raise, funds to fight cancer, Fox died June 28 after the cancer which had claimed his leg spread to his lungs. Montreal is the scene of an internationa marathon race today, so organizers pushed ahead the Terry Fox run by a day to avoid conflict. Among the Montrealers who turned out was an un- named 80-year-old lady who turned over her medications to first-aid workers before she started out. A concerned organizer offered to drive the woman along the route. “I'll walk if it takes all day,” she informed him. And she did. Sharon Kastak of Tsaw- wassen, B.C., a political sci- ence student at McGill Uni- versity, ran the route up and down the mountain with sev- eral of her fraternity sisters, “I'm from Vancouver and because that's where Terry Fox was from, it was very iraportent to me,” she said. Tony All proceeds from the national events will be added to the $23.7-million Terry Fox Fund for cancer re- search, Today races are planned in every province, as well as in England, the United States, Tiger-Cats move record up By Scott Abbott MONTREAL (CP) — Quar- terback Tom Clements threw touchdown passes to Keith Baker and Rocky DiPietro as Hamilton Tiger-Cats de- feated Montreal Alouettes 26-10 Saturday in Canadian Football League action. The first-place Tiger-Cats moved their won-lost-tied record to 7-2-1 for 15 points in the Eastern Division. The Al ake was helping to ‘collect pledge sheets as the mara- thoners finished, said it would be mid-October before it ws know how much the run earned for eancer research. “Several people have pledges up to $600 or $700,” he said. “We're happy’ with the turnout but there were splin- ter groups running all ove the city,” he said. Organizers had been hoping for more runners on the mountain, and Tacovaccio said next year the marathon would be set up differently to centralize the event. Austraia, 8 d and West Germany. In the northernmost race, the Polar Pacers running club of Nanisivik, Baffin Is- land, 750 kilometres north of the Arctic circle, are com- peting in below-freezing wea- ther, while about 50 Bell Canada employees are sweat- ing out the kilometres in Saudi Arabia. The runs are being spon- sored by the Canadian Can- cer Society, the Canadian Track and Field Association, Fitness and Amateur Sport and Four Seasons Hotels. Lions to present proposals VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Lions will present a package of new playoff prop- osals to the rest of the Can- adian Football League at this year's Grey Cup meetings in Montreal. Club president Paul Hig- gins said the proposals are aimed at eliminating the cur- rent inequity which allows an East Division team to make the playoffs with a much poorer record than teams in the West. The issue got off the ground last year when the Lions finished fourth and out of the playoffs in the West with the same regular-season record, 8-7-1, as Hamilton Tiger-Cats who finished first in the East. And the di: West have winning records and under the current format two would miss the playoffs. In the East, if the season were to end today, Montreal Alouettes would gain a play- off spot with a 1-8 record. In the interlocking series, the West holds a whopping 19-4-1 lead over the East. WANT TWO BEST “I want to present my plan to my own club board of dir- ectors as a matter of courtesy before it goes to the league,” Higgins said last week. “My feeling is that the CFL fans want to see the two best teams in the country meeting in the Grey Cup and that it doesn't matter if they both happen to come from either the East or West.” the CFL's two has One prop is that divi- been magnified this season under the first year of the league’s full interlocking schedule. Heading into weekend play, all five teams in the sional be scapped and the nine teams ranked in order of their win-loss rec- ords. Post-season ‘competi- tion could then be structured on a basis of either a four, five or six-team playoff. Boxers will be LAS VEGAS, NEV. (AP) — Both Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns will walk away from their welter- weight title fight Wednesday millions of dollars richer re- gardless of the outcome. But the biggest winner will prob- ably be Caesars Palace which, once again, will add to its bankrull and its repu- tation as the boxing centre of the world by hosting the ex- travaganza. “This is something that at- tracts the world,” says Cae- sars president Harry Wald. “We're always looking for new high-rofile events that will attract people to Las Vegas. - “And you can’t buy the type of publicity we and the town will get out of this.” Not to mention the money. When Larry Holmes met Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight ttle at Caesars last October, the resort's casino operation had its big- Can't By The Associated Press Head coach Don Coryell and his assistants with the San Diego Chargers can't get over Detroit's Billy Sims. “He could be one of the all-time greats,” Coryell said of the Lions’ second-year running back. “He's like Walter Payton,” said assistant coach Jack Pardee, co-ordinator of the Chargers’ defence. “He has the ability to make some- thing out of nothing.” While Coryell and Pardee were waxing eloquent about Sims, who coupled 59 yards rushing with 66 yards re- ceiving and a touchdown each way in the Lions’ 24-17 vic- tory over San Francisco last Sunday, they were not say- ing all that much about their own Chuck Muncie, who rushed for 161 yards, equal- ling his career high, and a gest month ever, winning more than $25 million from frustrated gamblers. For Leonard-Hearns, Wald ex- pects even a bigger take. “We feel this fight will do even better because of the tremendous interest that has been generated,” he said. “Of course, it all depends on how lucky and fortunate the ta- bles are.” To land the fight, Caesars spent millions of dollars (Wald won't say exactly how much; for the site and live gate rights and another $1.5 million constructing a 25,000- seat temporary outdoor arena where the hotel's ten- nis courts once stood. The hotel will keep the live gate, which with tickets priced from $50 to $500 should amount to about $6 million, but that won't even come close to covering ex- penses. MAKES REAL MONEY Where the real money will A second proposal would see divisions kept intact, with the top two teams in each division making the playoffs along with the two others with the next best records, regardless of divi- sion. “ Commissioner Jake Gau- daur said from Toronto that he favors keeping the play- offs the way they are now. “My own feeling is that the East vs. West format for the Grey Cup is a very important part of the CFL,” he said. “Just for example, what if you got a situation where the ’83 Grey Cup was in Van- couver in the new stadium and you had Toronto and Hamilton in the final? SLIM SUPPORT “They: (the Lions) are within their rights to bring the issue forward at the Grey Cup meetings. But I don’t think they are anywhere close to getting the support required.” One club the Lions can count on to line up behind the on this issue is Calgary Stampeders. “Td sure like to see the playoffs changed,” Stampe- der general manager Jack Gotta said last week. “I just don't believe an East: vs. West confrontation is neces- sary to sell the Grey Cup. I'd like to see the two best football teams meet in the final. “I just happened to be talking with my friend (Ot- tawa head coach) George Brancato and he tells me he's just about got home field ad- vantage for the Eastern semi-final wrapped up. He's only won three games. That's just ridiculous. “It’s just not fair to the players the way it is now. Teams with deserving play- ers are missing out on the chance for the $15,000 or so that goes to the Grey Cup winners because of an unfair © playoff structure.” millions righer be made is in the casino where Caesars hopes enough high-rollers {it has invited about 1,000 ofits top players) will drop their- bankrolls to offset the fight expenses and make the resort a tidy profit in additon to the bonanza of publicity it will receive. “But it’s not only Caesars that will get the publicity,” Wald said. “All the hotels in Las Vegas will benefit from this.” Wald said the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority estimated the Holmes-Ali fight last year pumped a total of $125 mil- lion into the local economy. Many hotels bought blocks of tickets to the fight and are inviting high-rollers to come to town and enjoy the event. But even Leonard-Hearns may be outshadowed hy two upcoming Caesars promo- tions — a Formula One Grand Prix race set for next month and the HolmesGerry Cooney get over Sims touchdown in the Chargers’ 44-14 rout over Cleveland Browns on Monday night. But that is ‘the style of most coaches — don't ruffle the feathers of your next opponent, which is what the Lions are to the Chargers. They visit San Diego today for the Chargers’ home open- er. Other National Football League games today see At- lanta at Green Bay, Houston at Cleveland, Los Angeles at New Orleans, Buffalo at Bal- timore, New England at Philadelphia, New York Gi- ants at Washington, Tampa Bay at Kansas City, Chicago at San Francisco, Cincinnati at New York Jets, Denver at Seattle and St. Louis at Dal- las. Monday night, it's Oak- land at Minnesota. Miami beat Pittsburgh 30-10 Thurs- day night. Green Bay has won its first two games in a season only once in the last 11 years — 1978, when the Packers fin- ished 8-7-1 for their only winning season since 1969. But Green Bay has beaten the Falcons in each of their three previous visits. If At- lanta wins, it will be coach Leeman Bennett's 36th vic- tory with the Falcons, tying Norm Van Brocklin’s record. heavyweight battle tenative- ly set for next h. At a cost of some $5 million, Caesars is building the Grand Prix track in its parking lot along with bleach- ers that will hold 45,000 fans. For Cooney-Holmes, another temporary outdoor arene will be built just for the bout. “We're always looking for new high-probile events that will attract people,” said Wald. “We're even looking at the possibility of holding World Cup soccer here. “People enjoy coming to Las Vegas and they want to be entertained. We're giving them another reason to come.” Second round of tournament. on Wednesday Wednesday will be the second round of the Celgar pin round tournament. Tee off time is 8:30 a.m. Thursday, the senior men are hosting the ladies. Tee off time is 9:30 a.m. A lunch will be served after the nine holes are played. MINOR SPORTS Sure we're interested. Phone the Castlegar News for details on how to get reports of your organization onto the sports pages. 365-3517 HELP WANTED Hockey enthusiast with writing ability, wanted to report Rebel Hockey Games CONTACT: Lois Hughes, Editor, Castlegar News 365-3517 Days tt who suffered their eighth conse- cutive loss, are 1-9-0 in third place. Bernie Ruoff converted drive directed by Ferragamo from the Montreal 85-yard line. But Ferragamo, the former free agent from Los Angeles Rams of the National Foot- ball League, threw interce- tions on two consecutive pass attempts early in the final quarter, and the Ticats capi- talized on the second when Clements hit Di Pietro with a three-yard scoring strike at 8:59. The highly-touted Ferrag- amo, who signed with Mon- treal for a reported $400,000 a year and now has seen kicked 27-, 16- and 89-yard field goals and added three single points of 52, 55 and 37 yards on missed field goal attempts. Placekicker Don Sweet ac- counted for all Montreal's scoring, as starting quarter- back Gerry Dattilio and sec- ond-half reliever Vince Fer- ragamo were unable to take the team into the end zone. Sweet kicked three field goals, from 40, 81 and 32 yards, and had a 60-yard single on a missed field goal try before 27,720 at Olympic Stadium. The Ticats, leading by five points at halftime, took a 13-7 lead at 6:10 of the third quarter on Ruoff's 87-yard single before Montreal cut the margin to three points with Sweet's Si-yarder. It came after a penalty-assisted born Dattilio start two consecutive games, has thrown a league-high 21 in- terceptions and only six touchdown passes. Ruoff's 16-yard field goal at 8:18 and the 39-yarder at 14:41 completed the scoring for the Tiger-Cats, who de- feated the Alouettes 16-11 at Hamilton on Aug. 29 in the teams’ only other meeting of the regular season. The Alouettes moved to Sweet's first field goal at 5:61 of the opening quarter for a 3-0 lead after Dave Dumars had intercepted a Clements pass and returned it to the Hamilton 48-yard line. Running back David Over- street gained 19 yards before Dattilio threw incomplete and then was hit for a four-yard loss by linebacker Ben Zambiasi. Sweet came on to kick the 40-yarder. The Tiger-Cats, taking the ball on their 35, were forced to punt; but Overstreet fum- bled the return, and Ecomet Burley recovered for Hamil- ton at the Alouettes 22. Clements hit Rocky DiPetro with a pass for 11 yards be- fore Rufus Crawford ran for three and Clements wass sacked for a seven-yard loss by defensive end James Zachery. After a delay-of- game penalty, the Ticats settled for Ruoffs 82-yard Sweet connected for his 81-yarder and a 6-3 Montreal lead at 12:46. The biggest gain on the drive from the Alouettes 35 was a 30-yard pass interference penalty called on a toss intended for Peter Dalla Riva. Hamilton cut the deficit to 6-4 with Ruoff's 62-yard sin- gle at 1:27 of the second quarter, and the Alouettes came back with Sweet's 60-yarder at 11:85 to regain a three-point lead. A Ruoff field goal was wiped out by a penalty for having too many men on the field, and the Ticats ended up with a 56-yard single on a second field goal attempt at 18:49, David Shaw returned a Chuck McMann fumble 16 yards to the centre-field stripe on the second down of Montreal's succeeding pos- session, and Clements worked the clock for the touchdown to Baker with one second left in the half, giving Hamilton a 12-7 lead. Crawford had a 18-yard gain on a pass, and Steve Stapler hauled in a 16-yarder on the drive. Clements then threw an incomplete pass be- fore hitting Baker, who was open in the end zone and went to the ground to catch the TD toss. Clements completed 26 of 40 pass attempts for 340 yards with two interceptions as well as the two TD passes in going all the way at quarterback for the Ticats. Stapler was his favorite receiver, totalling seven cat- ches for 127 yards, while Clements gained 39 yards on five carries as Hamilton's leading rusher. Crawford had 84 yards on 15 carries. Dattilio completed nine of 14 pass attempts for 187 yards, and Ferragamo hit on eight of 18 attempts for 83 yards. Overstreet caught seven passes for 66 yards for the Alouettes, and Billy (White Shoes) Johnson had five for 52 yards. Overstreet gained 29 yards rushing on 12 carries as Montreal was held to 89 yards rushing, 220 passing and a net offence of 250. Hamilton gained 95 yards rushing, 340 through the air and 413 net. B.C. to challenge Edmonton By John Korobanik The Canadian Press Intensity is that quality of being eager, of strong emo- tion. Intensity, for British Columbia Lions, often means mistakes, penalties and, when playing Edmonton Es- kimos, defeat. The Lions have never suf- fered from a lack of emotion when playing their Canadian Football League Western Division rivals. The problem is usually too much intensity. “In the past we may have gotten a little too intense,” said B.C. coach Vie Rapp. “Players have been too in- tense when we went there and we've made mistakes ... . which you can't do against Edmonton.” Rapp has been working with the Lions in practice this week trying to keep down the intensity, trying to eliminate the high number of costly penalties his club has been taking and trying to re- group’ his offence before Sunday’s game in Edmonton. A B.C. victory would put them in first place, one point ahead of the Eskimos. But a loss would drop them three points back and into the dogfight now going on for the final playoff berth among Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and Calgary. In an Eastern Division game Sunday, Ottawa Rough Riders visit the winless Tor- onto Argonauts. Today, Hamilton Tiger-Cats are in Montreal to play the Alou- ettes and in the West, Sas- katchewan meets the Blue Bombers in Winnipeg. The Eskimos, seeking a record-breaking fourth con- -secutive Grey Cup. victory, recognize the attitude of the Lions and offensive coach Cal Murphy says it can be ex- ploited. “They do get intense for us,” Murphy said. “But if you hit them quick and get ahead it changes their game plan. They like to establish their running but if you get ahead they pass more. And our pass rush is ‘pretty good.” Both B.C. and Edmonton have good pass rushes but the Lions have lost one of their key attackers, tackle Rick Goltz, who suffered a knee injury in the Lions’ loss to Ottawa last. week.» a] “It's going to hurt us admitted Rapp. “For us, losing Rick is like Edmonton losing Dave Fennell.” THE FINAL COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED ONLY 12 DAYS LEFT NELSON FAMILY SPORTS is having a CLOSE- OUT SALE with SUPER SPECIALS ON: * Skis Boots Poles - Clothes * * * * * a ; FAMILY ¢ SPORTS 616 Baker St. Bindings Store Fixtures nd much much more. CASTLEGAR NEWS, Sepiember 13, 1981 BS Leona Sorenson... Miss Castlegar 1981 “I was shocked, totally shocked!" Those were the feelings of Leona Sorenson when she found out that she was the new Miss Castlegar for 1981. “There are no words to describe how I felt at that moment. All my life I've been in sports. I've never done anything like this before.” “It was like, a dream,” recalls her mother Lidia Sor- enson, who, with the rest of the family, sat in the audi- ence that hot July night when Leona, in a. pale gown with sheer long sleeves, stepped out to receive her crown and flowers. During the pageant, each of the Miss Castlegar can- didates gave a speech on a topic of their choice, dis- played a bit of their talent, answered an impromptu question and, of course, mod- elled a variety of fashionable LINDA HALL Getting to Know Your-Neighbor Although her speech came . across well and was easily understood Leona told me with a sigh, “Yes I was nervous; I was so nervous and it was so hot in there.” Our response in this Inter- national Year of the Disabled was the core of her speech. “I have a special interest in the disabled,” says Leona, who has given swimming lessons to classes of disabled chil- dren. “Getting around for them is easier in the water. It's a different medium, it holds them up.” For her talent entry Leona did a dance routine. “It's one of my hobbies — dancing. I'm more relaxed when I dance.” Although being a Miss Castlegar candidate has been a lot of work and has taken up a lot of time, Leona says “it was all fun!” Classes on makeup tech- niques were taught the girls by Madeline Plante, a Mary Kay beauty consultant. “That was funny,” laughs Leona, “cause I never | used to wear makeup, ever.” Sessions on walking, speaking and just plain re- laxing were given by Virginia Swetlishoff and Glenda Frisk. “I learned a lot. I. enjoyed meeting so many people.” - Leona Sorenson tests water at Bob Brandson Memorial Pool Arranged marriages VANCOUVER (CP) — A strong sense of tradition and a respect for their elders were the reasons why Har- gurpreet Singh and Jugmo- han Kaur Arora agreed to an es approval is forth- comin; Gill aid approval is based ona Vancouver area maybe half still abide by the matrimonial code of arranged marriages. Orthodox Jews still con- of the proposed partner's familial, economic, cultural, sider it an “It's been an excellent experience for Leona,” says her mother. “Whenever Le- ona goes into something she gives 100 per cent. She's learned something. She ‘has more self-confidence.” * Two weekends ago, Leona had the honor of becoming -second runner-up at the Miss Interior pageant held in Cranbrook. She would like to thank local resident Margar- et Holuboff who “helped mea great deal” in the Cranbrook presentation. “Cranbrook was quite a thrill,” says Leona’s mother, who, along with her father Robert and sister Kim, 14, went along. Leona has lived all of her life iri Castlegar and just completed one year at Sel- kirk College. This week she starts at the of For right now, however, Leona spends her summers teaching swimming at the Bob Brandson Pool to all ages from babies to adults. She finds the little who accompanied Leona to Cranbrook, she has a sister, Pam who is an X-ray techni- cian in Rossland and a brother Glen, a professional hotkey player with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs. Leona has been into sports ever since she was little. “I was a tomboy, one of those girl bullies who are always beating up on guys.” Did you ever think then that you might become Miss Casti day? “It. re- freshing and easy to, teach “because they haven't exper- ienced any fear of the water yet.” Some of her adult ‘classes, however, have been her “biggest challenge. We get a lot of adults who have had bad experiences with water, some who have almost drowned.” It’s rewarding for Leona to get this kind of peorle over their fear of water and on to an enjoy- ment of swimming. Leona is ‘also never crossed my mind|” she laughed. Through the years Leona has played field hockey and last year travelled to the B.C. Summer Games with team. She also plays basket- ball and helped coach track. She does “the three kinds of skiing.” She also plays the flute and enjoyed being a part of the Stanley Hum- phries senior band. ‘ Any other hobbies? I asked. “Food!” was her en- h “I like for a lot of the pool mana- Edmonton where she will be majoring in Physical Edu- cation on a secondary level. Her future plans include becoming a P.E. teacher as well as a high school coun- selor “because that's the time parents and teachers say you've got to get somewhere and your peers say don't listen to your parents. I'd like to help if I could.” come up, I get them.” There's a lot to running a pool I learned. Leona or one of the other staff members must test the water four or five times each day to make sure the chlorine and Ph are kept in balance. Too much of one or the other “and every- one starts complaining of stinging eyes.” Besides her younger sister, Old feelings are revived _. I was born where each evening one looked down the long reach of inlet where the sun sank into the sea, which then shone and shimmered in molten red and gold and the whole western sky reflected its glory. ‘T' Was’ ‘born’ with’ the salt” tang in my nostrils, the sound of waves and sea gulls in my ears, and the tides of ocean have never left my veins. There are few boat land- ings along these narrow in- lets for the green and gray hills drop abruptly into the sea and only the red arbutus ,crowd the shore edge and lean far over the cold depths. And the variety and savor of the things — salmon, cod, sole, halibut, crab, clams, oysters, shrimp — _ which paraded out of these depths and across my table have a revered place in memory. Then, also, there were the twice-daily tides which. so changed. the integral part of their culture. It wasn't until last Sep- tember that they were able to exchange anything more than a hello. Today the Aro- ras are planning celebrations , for their first wedding anni- versary next month. But the families of Har- gurpreet and Jugmohan have been close friends over three generations. It was Hargurpreet’s uncle who suggested last year that the couple might be suited to one another. Jugmohan's family agreed and by Sep- tember, Hargurpreet was on his way to Canada. . A strong sense of family is a tradition that dies hard within Vancouver's 50,000- member Sikh community and it was because of a respect for their elders that the Aroras bowed to the idea of an arranged marriage. jane only reason we had iage was to 1 and religious his- tory dating back through parents, grandparents and But si ly a small portion of the city’s 16,000 Jews ad- here to the orthodox tenets, even great However, he said, Sikh families will nevet circum- vent the final wishes of feels children. “Until about 50 years ‘a0: children had no say in their own marriages,” he said. “But that is no longer the case.” The reason for arranged marriages is based on a belief that with the parents’ age and experience comes a wis- dom by which their children should profit. BOND LASTS FOREVER “Marriage over here in western countries where .there is no arranged mar- riage brings with it many divorces,” said Gill. “And the reason for that is that when a boy and girl marry they don't know enough about their ae the consent from the families,” said §Jugmohan. “You get the parents’ bless- ings and it’s much happier Sarjit Singh Gill, secretary of Vancouver's Khalsa Diwan Society, said it is rare, even in Canada, that two Sikh children will contemplate marriage without first seek- Bess the consent of their par- ts he said, caer will begin searching for a spouse for their child without any input from that child. If the their families and so on. In Sikhism, mar- riage is forever.” Biswanath and Ruby Sen saw each othor once before their wedding day. They - spent four hours sipping tea and talking at an afternoon garden party arranged by their parents. Four months later they were married. That was 28 - years, two children and a trip across the Pacific ago. Dr. Satyendra Banerjee, a priest, said the concept of arranged marriages for Hin- dus came more out of the need to preserve the purity of Hindu culture and prevent ixed' child has found a p' mate on his own, the mar- _ riage may take place only if The Sens esti that of for a” spouse for a child in Van- couver is much more difficult than it would be in Montreal or New York. As a result, many parents here will send their children toa Yeshiva university in a city with a large Jewish population. However, Rabbi Yakov Fellig said, final approval for a Jewish marriage rests with the children ‘alone. landscape — at one time-an endless waste of water on which one could ride one’s boat into the most. inac- cessible nooks and crannies — a great sense of srrgics power. Six hours later, the entire aspect would have changed — a vast water-drenched desert of sand and barnacled rock dotted with a debris of starfish, white clam and oys- ter shells, green and brown seaweek and a scattering of boats lying tethered and stranded on the shingle-like _ beached whales. It was a mecca for the amateur heomb for cooking it, eating it; any kind Tl eat itt” This coming year holds much for Leona. Besides liv- ing away from home for the first time, as Miss Castlegar she will be attending func- tions throughout the year when she is home., Next summer she'll travel to Nelson, Salmo and other locales to represent our city in this rewarding and chal- lenging year as Miss Castle- . gar 1981. the_ JOHN CHARTERS’ Reflections & Recollections one never knew what trea- . sure one might find amidst the rocks and saltwater pud- dles where scurrying small crabs and flocks of seabirds sought their own aclusive treasures. °'* And, last but. no least, there were the coast rain forests I knew so well — the cathedral-like groves of Douglas fir, the long aisles of dagger fern, swamps with beautiful but rank-smelling skunk-cabbage and the al- ways-dangerous devil's club. I thought that civilization had overtaken most of these memories, but last week on the lush coastal island called Hornby, they all came alive again. The glorious sunsets, the rock and sand beaches, the early morning sea mist, the salt tang of sea sir — they were all there. I gorged on fresh salmon, ate a half-a-bucket of oysters, fresh-shucked and fried; walked along the streaming beach and sea-sculpted sand- stone rocks by the waves; walked for miles through the aii forest end sailed gently on the evening high tide in a Realy desigted evidentally untippable, sail- boat — Jacger 15 — and met many interesting people. Dear Karel, Tatiana, Tam- ara, Winnie and Tazzie, Dave and Janet-and,all of thé fine folk that I met in my brief visit to Hornby — th: you. — you have restor my dream and Thalidomide . . “ TORONTO (CP) — Almost 20 years after the world learned of the horrendous ef- fects of thalidomide on thou- sands of babies, the victims and their families still reflect on the changes in their lives caused by the drug. For some, like Giselle Cole of Mississauga, Ont., it is a “story of victory over adver- sity. For others, the trauma sontinues, to expectant mothers as a re- laxant. Cole, born 19 years ago in Trinidad, has _ flipper-like arms with three slender fingers attached to each. After her family moved to Canada, she entered the public school system, the first thalidomide baby to do so, and was accepted by her oped in West Germany .in the 19508 by Chemie Gr was i young wom- an is a second-year student at the Uni of Toronto sold under various trade names in Canada, Britain and other countries, although it was kept out of the United States by Canadian-born Dr. Frances Kelsey, who felt there were inadequacies in test data. An estimated 6,000 babies worldwide were born with that were 5,000 Hindus living in the later linked to the drug given who is studying to become a lawyer. She is a first-rate athlete and a regular com- petitor in the Canadian Games for the Physicall Dis- abled, as well as other inter- national events. “I couldn't picture the future,” says her mother, Ira. “(But) it went so smoothly. After a while, I guess I learned to stop worrying and just take it as it came.” However, the future for Kerstin Schnickwalk, 18, i not as bright. Unlike most 20 years later with four fingers growing out of each shoulder and tiny feet growing from his hips. But he learned to walk, using ingen- fous cleviees invented by doc- tors ant at the babies, she is deformed and retarded. She can attend classes for retarded children at a Tor- onto high school until she is 21. After that, her mother, is di to find a Ontario » eoaplsa Children’s Centre in Toronto. Case remembers how mar- vellous it seemed to buy shoes for Robbie, shoes to fit on the artificial legs the had Irina, job for her daughter, perhaps something they could do as a team. “When I am gone, I don't know,” says Irina quietly. She lives alone with her daughter and has no close relatives. For Dan Case, the torment of his son's birth defects stays with him long after the child's death. GROWING FROM HIPS Robbie Lee Case was born In 1968, six-year-old Rob- bie proudly marched outside to take the bus to school. Two weeks later, hé was dead, a victim of tuberculosis no one even knew he had. “I often wonder what he would have become, because he was so smart,” says his father. “The he ac- complished, I couldn't have done it. He would just keep trying and trying.” The hurt remains for countless other victims. And ‘so do the effects of the furor that resulted when the drug was conclusively linked to the defects. USED FOR LEPROSY Doctors. wanting to use thalidomide as a treatment for leprosy face rigorous in- quiries before use is ap- proved. Dr. JS Keystone, a trop- ical and ex- “That bothers me a -lot,” Keystone says. “It makes no: sense.” He argues that the thali-- domide experience, was so traumatic, the health pro-: tection branch of Health and. Welfare Canada now is over-: ly cautious and afraid to be caught in a similar situation. For other new drugs, Health and Welfare Canada: pert at Toronto General Hos- pital, says thalidomide is a “superb drug” for leprosy patients who suffer reactions to other drugs used to fight the disease. Health authorities must be convinced there is no alter- native. before’ the drug is supplied. They also must be assured that, if a female patient is of child-bearing age, she will be protected by two kinds of contraception. require enough: animal tests before approval: is given to run clinical tests on humans. Just to get ap- proval of clinical tests may require the submission of hundreds of volumes of data. Gordon Postlewaite of the Pharmaceutical Manufactur- ers’ Association of Canada says companies hoping to market a new drug could face a regulatory process of up to 16 years and a cost of $70 millfon.