BUSINESS June 7, 1987 SUNFEST WINNERS . . . Canadian Bank of Commer- ce staff pose with awards after taking first place in By CasNews Staff The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in the Castleaird Plaza captured first place in the inaugural Sunfest commercial theme display contest. Pete's TV took second spot and Tulips Floral Co. was third. A total of 14 displays were judged and more than 30 businesses took part in the event. Points were given for originality, application of the Sunfest theme of “Rainbows and Roses”, use of material, 4 if the Suntest commercial theme display contest. CasNews Photo Bank captures first place use of space, and atmosphere. Other stores which took part in the event included: Pharmasave Drugs, La Maison, Vogue Studios and Portraits, Ely’s Boutique, Moroso, Markin and Blain, A Taste of Art, West's Department Store, Castlegar Hair Annex, Robinson's, Klothes Kloset, Bob's Pay 'n Takit, Karnie's Ladies Wear, Castle Bowl, Rose's Boutique, Trowelex, Bosse’s Jewellery, Carl's Drugs and Castlegar Savings Credit Union. Sony head says buy domestic WINNIPEG (CP) — country while the Japanese United States residents can yen is at an all time high. help lower their trade deficit “America has such a big by buying domestic goods in- advantage,” he said. “This is stead of cheaper imports, the the time for America to come chief executive officer of to Japan to do business.” Tokyo-based Sony Corp. said. He said with the exchange Akio Morita said this rate of 140 yen to the U.S. would revitalize an industrial dollar (110 for the Canadian base that has seen American dollar), Japanese currency manufacturers leave the has appreciated by about 60 United States to produce per cent over the past two their goods more cheaply in years. foreign countries. “It’s difficult for the Jap. Recalling his first visits to anese to compete (in their North America in the early own country).” 1950s, Morita, 66, said he Morita said Sony has adop- used to take many American. ted a wait-and-see attitude made products. about exporting its newest “Now, Japanese-made skis, product, Digital Audio Tape, outboard motors and snow- said to possess the same mobiles are being bought in sound quality of compact the States,” he said. “Don’t discs. blame Japan inthe balance of | There is no legal block trade. Americans should buy preventing Sony from ex their own products instead.” porting the product, but Morita was here to receive Morita said the company the University of Manitoba wants to conduct further International Distinguished tests in Japan first. Entrepeneur Award. It was WON'T BE OBSOLETE he and fellow physicist Mas: He dismissed statements aru Ibuka who started Sony that the new tapes could in 1946 with only $500 render compact discs obsol: capital. Now acknowledged ete since buyers will be able as one of the world leaders in to record on the tapes, unlike consumer electronic prod- the discs. ucts, Sony's international “It's funny,” he said. sales in 1936 were more than “Whenever a new product $11 billion. comes out people always In an interview, Morita think that. When TV came also said American compan: out, people thought radio ies should strike quickly to would disappear. Now increase their sales in his they're both big business.” PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 FOURTH AVENUE | castteGaR 8 © vIn 2ST Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikoft ADVERTISING SALES AR NEWS 7 INvVyvvv, N my 2 nor cal we we ASTL EC OFFICE 365-5210 Couple promotes calendar WINNIPEG (CP) — If Maurice and Molly Freedman had their way, there would be an extra five days before Christmas and New Year's, and Leap Year would be Dec. 86 instead of Feb. The Freedmans, a retired Canadian couple living in New York, stopped in Win- nipeg recently to promote their Tranquillity calendar, which they invented more than a decade ago. The calendar, named after the spot where the U.S. astronauats landed on the moon, Tranquillity Base, is designed to promote unity, the couple said. Every Tranquillity calen- dar month has 30 days except December, which gets The week begins Monday and ends Sunday so the two weekend days are not split between the end of one week and the beginning of the next. 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The next group is arriving July 19, 1987 for a short stay. * Do you have a spare room in your home? * Would you enjoy the cultural exchange with students from another country? ® Does the prospect of $12/day or $350/month ($375/month beginning in September) i you? Sign up today by calling Lola at local 346 or Rajesh at local 343. CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3/1 365-7292 PO inlet inte ive EGAN Me a a June 7, 1967 Ll Open a convenient U.S. Dollar Account. Barfield hits three-run homer TORONTO (CP) — Jesse Barfield hit a three-run homer with two out in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for an 8-5 American League baseball vietory over the Baltimore Orioles Saturday. Tony Fernandez tripled t® centre with two out, and, after Lloyd Moseby was walked intentionally, Barfield drove a3-1 pitch from Ken Dixon, 3-5, deep into the left-field seats toend the game which lasted four hours and seven minutes. It was Barfield’s 14th homer of the season. The loss was the seventh in the last eight games for Baltimore, which squandered a 16-hit attack and stranded 15 baserunners, including six in the final three innings. Jeff Musselman, 4-1, pitched the final 1'/s innings for the vietory. Toronto, trailing 5-3 in the eighth, tied the score with two out when Garth Iorg singled and Charlie Moore homered to left off Dixon. Moore, the veteran catcher, signed as a free agent on Friday. He doubled in his first at-bat as a Blue Jay when he pinch hit for Ernie Whitt in the seventh inning. Larry Sheet's two-run single highlighted the Orioles’ three-run fifth, giving Baltimore a 6-1 lead. The Orioles loaded the bases with one out against reliever John Cerutti on two singles and a walk. Mark Eichhorn came in to get Ray Knight to pop up, but Terry Kennedys infield single scored one run and Sheets followed up with his two-run single. OAKLAND 6 CLEVELAND 4 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Reliever Dennis Eckersley pitched six perfect innings and Ron Cey’s two-run homer broke an eighth-inning tie Saturday, leading the Oakland Ahtletics past the Cleveland Indians 6-4 in au American League game. The Athletics, who trailed 4-0 after three innings, took the lead on Ceys third home run of the season. Jose Canseco, who hit a three-run homer in a four-run fifth, led off the eighth with a walk from Greg Swindell, 3-6. One out later, Cey homered into the left-field bleachers. ANGELS 2 WHITE SOX 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ruppert Jones led off the 10th inning with a home run to lift the California Angels over the Chicago White Sox 2-1 Saturday in American League baseball action. Jones hit reliever Bob Jamesk second pitch over the right-field fence for his fourth homer for the season. James, 2-3, took over after starter Rich Dotson had pitched five-hit ball through nine innings, striking out eight. METS 4 PIRATES 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Pinch-hitter Darryl Strawberry, scratched from the starting lineup because of the flu, hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in National League baseball action Saturday. Strawberry batted for starting pitcher Sid Fernandez, 7-2. The left-hander allowed two runs and seven hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking two. Roger McDowell pitched the last two innings for his sixth save. REDS 5 DODGERS 2 CINCINNATI (AP) — Ted Power pitched a three-hitter and Barry Larking and Nick Easaky hit two-run doubles as the Cinci i Reds def d Fernando V and the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-2 in National League baseball play Saturday. The double came in a five-run third inning that carried the Reds to their fourth straight victory. The Dodgers have lost 14 of their last 20 games. xo ‘6 gl PERFECT PUTT... Castlegar Golf Course was filled with people yesterday for the Sunflower tournament. Action continues today. CanNews Photo by Sur Ratton By CasNews Staff A Trail golfer leads the Sunflower Open tournament going into the final found today at the Castlegar Golf Course. Steve Johnson leads the pack with a 67 low gross score. He's followed by Nelson's Brian DeBiaso with a 70. Bill Perehudoff of Castlegar has a 72 and Trail's Scott Johnson has a 74. Following are respective flights: First flight — Bruce Ellingham of Vancouver net 69; second flight — Ron Belton of Castlegar net 67; third flight — Peter Johnstone of Castlegar net 69; fourth flight — P. Perrin and B. Smithson tied with net 69. leaders in their comeback The saga of the Castlegar Stars continues, only this week it seems the saga has taken a turn for the better. If you recall, in writing about the Stars of the Kootenay Soccer League in this column last week, it appeared there was a very good chance the Stars would be forced to fold due to lack of participation from team players. Last week Stars’ coach Carlos Amaral was frustrated with the team. He had called two team meetings to try and iron out why many players were not showing up for games and practices. However, hardly any players turned out for the two meetings. The Stars were supposed to play a game against the Trail Spurs on May 27 but had to cancel and forfeit the two points to Trail after not enough players showed up to field a team. “I didn't know what to do. I don't know if we're going to fold,” were the comments Amaral was was making this time last week. Until this point it seemed like the Castlegar Stars of 1987 were a far contrast from the Castlegar Stars of 1986. Last year the Stars kicked a er, rather the Stars kicked a lot of soccer balls into their opponents’ nets. Surj Rattan They ended up ning the Portuguese Cup and eat every team but one in the Creston Blossom Festival. But in conversations with Amaral this week it appears the players were starting to commit themselves to the team and the Stars are once again becoming a team to be contended with in the KSL. “It looks like we're alive again and in good health again,” Amaral said this week after they handed Creston a pair of losses in Kootenay Cup action. The Stars had to win both games against Creston in order to stay alive for Kootenay Cup playoff rounds. Then on Thursday morning it was a very happy Amaral on the phone telling me all about the team's win against F.C. Savoy in Nelson the night before. “Things look real good. Our team is as healthy as it’s ever been. We played in Nelson and beat them 4-0. At this point in time I'm really happy with the team’s perfor. mance,” said Amaral. I'm glad things are starting to work out for the Stars because it would be a pretty big loss to Castlegar if the Stars did fold. The team has talent, there's no doubt about that. And the team is in good financial shape so it would make no sense at all if they had to fold because of a lack of team spirit. The Stars are in Creston this weekend taking part in Kootenay Cup playoff action. Yesterday the Stars were scheduled to take to the field against Kimberley. If they beat Kimberley then they'll have another game against one of the other teams today. The team who walks away with the Kootenay Cup will be going to Delta to take part in the B.C. Summer Games next month. “Hopefully, it will be us. There's a good spirit on the team,” said Amaral. Let's hope it stays that way. + 8 Can you imagine the Edmonton Oilers without Wayne Gretzky? For that matter can you imagine the game of hockey without Wayne Gretzky? Well, start imaginir, it because Gretzky's retiremen may come sooner than you think. The 26-year-old hockey sensation says he’s tired and doesn't know how much longer he can continue to play the game. “It's not 100 per cent I'll be back here next year,” says Gretzky. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? MEN'S FASTBALL Checkers pub takes nine point lead By CasNews Staff Checkers Pub opened up a nine-point lead atop the Castlegar Men's Fastball League with two more victories this week. Checkers boasts a record of nine wins, a loss and a tie in 11 games for 19 points. Labatts is a distant second with just 10 points on five wins amd four losses. However, the brewery boys have two games in hand on Checkers. Hi Arrow holds down third spot with nine points in eight games. K&A Tire is in the cellar with two points, on one win and nine losses. However, Hi Arrow batters dom- inate the hitting race-with the-top five batters and six of the top nine. George Plotnikoff leads everyone with a .474 average. He has nine hits in 19 at bats. Ron Bartsoff is second with a .455 average and 10 hits in 22 plate appearances. Lee Belanger is third with a .448 average and 13 hits in 29 at bats. Eli Soukeroff continues his torrid winning streak on the mound. The Checkers’ hurler has a record of nine wins, a loss and a tie. Hi Arrow’s George Plotnikoff is next with four wins, two losses and a tie. Bet Twice wins Belmont NEW YORK (AP) — Bet Twice, who chased Alysheba to the threshold of the Triple Crown, took it away from him Saturday. Ne stole the pot of gold, too, by winning the Belmont Stakes. And just for good measure, Bet Twice snapped trainer Woody Steph en's string of Belmont victories at five. “He was second in two fighting finishes and he deserved to win,” jockey Craig Perret said, recalling Bet Twice's loss by three-quarters of a length in the Kentucky Derby and his half-length defeat in the Preakness. Jack Van Berg, Alysheba's trainer, and Stephens, both members of racing’s Hall of Fame, took their defeats in stride. “I've had two tremdendous Satur days, and Ihave to take it with a smile,” said Van Berg. “[ve already got five.” Stephens said. “No way I'm going to worry about six. This, the five, will stand as long as Belmont Park stands."$ Stephens saddled Gone West, who finished sixth. By winning, Bet Twice gained a $1 million bonus offered to the colt who gained the most points in the three races, based on five for a win, three for a second and one for a third. He edged Alysheba 11-10. The race wasn't as close as that. Bet Twice’s winning margin was 14 lengths as he refused to play Alydar. Alydar, Alysheba’'s sire, is th eonly horse to finish second in all three Triple Crown races. He chased Affirmed to the 11th and last Triple Crown cham pionship in 1978. Second went to Cryptoclearance while Gulch finished third in the nine- horse field. Van Berg said jockey Chris McCar ron might have had Alysheba back too far. Labatts’ Joe Tarasoff has a record of three wins and two losses. For complete statistics, see Week end Wrap-up, page B2. In games this week Checkers edged Arrow 1-0 behind the three-hit hing ‘of Soukeroff. Lee Belanger was the only Hi Arrow batter to solve Soukeroff, going two for three. Soukeroff struck out 12 en route to the win. Plotnikoff took the loss, also giving up only three hits. Checkers scored the lone run of the game in the third inning Dave Ba when Cal Sookachoff singled, D. Wah sacrificed him to second and Térry Taranoff drove him home. Soukeroff also picked up the win in Checkers’ 3-0 triumph over K&A Tire. He again hurled a three-hitter and this time struck out 11. Wayne Abietkoff suffered the loss on the mound for K&A. He surrendered five hits. Checkers scored its runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Scores for the Labatts versus K&A game and Labatts versus Hi Arrow contest were unavailable. rr shoots day’s best POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Dave Barr of Richmond, B.C. shot the best round of the day, a 5-under-par 66 to move into contention after the third round of the $700,000 U.S. Kemper Open golf tournament on Saturday. Barr is five strokes behind leader Tom Kite, who shot a 3-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead over Chris Perry. Kite, who started the round in second place, one shot behind Perry, was at 12-under-par 201 after 54 holes. Kite had seven birdies in his third consecutive sub-par round at the 6,864-yard Tournament Players Club at Avenel Course. Barr began the tournament with a pair of 70s before moving out of the middle of the pack and into a tie for sixth place Saturday. Jim Nelford of Burnaby, B.C., the only other Canadian to survive the cut, shot a 78 Saturday for a two-round total of 221. Ray Stewart of Vancouver, Dan Halldorson of Brandon, Man. and Richard Zokol of North Vancouver missed the cut after the rain-interrup- ted second round was completed Saturday morning. Perry, the son of former major. league pitcher Jim Perry, shot a 70 to remain in contention for his first title in three years on the PGA Tour. Perry trailed Kite by only one strike after the eighth hole, but fell three back when Kite birdied the ninth hold and Perry followed with a bogey. Kite improved his lead to four strokes after the 14th hole, but Perry Moved into a tie with one hole to play after Kite made three straight bogeys. Graf becomes youngest winner PARIS (AP) — Steady Steffi Graf capped six unbelievable months Satur- day, capitalizing on a crucial mistake to beat Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6 and become the youngest women's champion of the French Open tennis tournament. Graf won't celebrate her 18th birthday for another week. But on a wind-blown Centre Court at Roland Garros Stadium she displayed an iron nerve and shots to match to gain her first Grand Slam crown,and make the top-seeded American a runner-up for the third consecutive year. Match point came on the sixth double-fault by Navratilova, normally one of the sport's best servers. In the men’s doubles championship, Anders Jarryd of Sweden and Ameri. can Robert Seguso defeated Guy Forget and Yannick Noah of France in a hard-fought battle, 6-7, (5-7), 6-7, (2-7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. In mixed doubles, Pam Shriver of the United States and Spaniard Emilio Sanchez won the championship by defeating the American team of Lori McNeil and Sherwood Stewart, 6-3, 7-6, (7-4). TWO TITLES? Shriver and Graf have a chance to be the tournament’s only double champion when the women's doubles is played Sunday. Shriver and Navratilova play »Graf and Gabriela Sabatini of Argen tina for the title. Grafs victory was her 39th in a row and the tournament championship her seventh straight in 1987. It also kept Navratilova, the last person to beat the West German, last November in New York, searching for her first tour nament title of the year. “So far, I've had six unbelievable months,” Graf said. “Every tour nament I've played, I've won. “I didn't think I would do this.” The men’s singles final today will pit defending cham Czechoslovakia against fourth-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden, a two-time French Open champion. SERVED FOR MATCH Navratilova made a major contribu tion to her latest loss, serving for the championship and getting the first point before twice double-faulting and allowing Graf for a 5-5 tie in the third set. “Here it is again, another heart wrenching loss,” Navratilova said “She played a very good game, but I was serving for the match.” But Graf didn't have the champion ship handed to her. She used her sledgehammer fore hand and stinging backhand to pass Navratilova repeatedly at the net. And every time Navratilova looked ready to break through and win her 16th Grand Slam Singles title, Graf held firm The victory was worth $180,000 U.S. for Graf, her biggest paycheque Navratilova won $90,000, pushing her career earnings past $12 million.