polities may be in

Jenkins‘s content to

and his dogs. 2 ==
Standing by the silo at-his Circle J Rancll, near his

i of Ch dj where he was born
the formér major league*pitching great expressed his
feelings about being out of the game.

“Isn't this great!,"+he exclaims. “No umpires, no eur:
veballs and no hot hitters.”

Jenkins once was the highest-paid pitcher in the
majors, “when $100,000 and $200,000 was considered
big.” he said. S

Now 40, he has just finished a‘season on the satidlots
with London Majors of the Inter-County Major Baseball
League and “found it a little different but (I) enjoyed it.”

His lack of enthusiasm stemmed from the amount of
effort required: ‘If you had to bear down all the time, you
might as well be back i the: big leagues.”

He says he feels no bitterness no major league team
has approached him since he left Chicago Cubs last year,
or that neither Montreal Expos nor Toronto Blue Jays
has tried to sign him, although he admits he'd have liked
to play for a Canadian team.

“My agent put out some feelers with the (New York)
Yankees, Milwaukee (Brewers) and Detroit (Tigers), but
as far as know he didn't get any answers.”

NOT BITTER

His ambition for 300 winning games was cut
short at 284 when he was released by Chicago last year

“It would have been nice but no, I'm not bitter,” he
said, as a puppy played around his feet. “It's inevitable. It
has to happen to everyone. Cubs are getting good
pitching.”

His record in the big leagues includes seven 2-game
winning seasons and the Cy Young award in 1971. He
established a modern record for most putouts by a
pitcher, 363.

While his 80-hectare ranch requires most of his
attention, he still talks baseball at the drop of a cow flap.

“It's pitching that wins balf games, not hitting” he
said. “You've got to have pitching, there's just no sub-
stitute.”

Right now his ranch and his more than 100 head of

y, threé Gaughters, Kelly, 14,
Delores, 18, and Kimberley, 7. His 78-year-old father also
lives with him but his mother, who became blind at
Fergie's birth, died years ago. c

Thereis one baseball item very much a possibility in
his future — the Hall of Fame.

Will his but absoly! in 1980 on
acharge of possession of cocaine while he was with Texas
Rangers hurt his chances? He doesn't think so.

“If what happens off the field kept you out of the Hall
of Fame, then Babe Ruth wouldn't be there,” he said with
a smile. Ruth had quite a reputation for raucous rec
reation off the field.

Jenkins was arrested in Toronto when a small
amount of the drug was found in his suitease at the
air

‘port.

‘The affair caused embarrassment for his family, he
said, because it was played up by the local media. He
emphasized that he has never had a problem as serious as
some players who have had to go to rehabilitation drug
centres and he has done television and radio commercials
about the dangers of drugs.

“1 do think having a problem and having something
found in your suitcase are different,” he said.

Now he’s anxiously waiting the hockey season.
Always a keen player, he plays right wing for an indus-
trial league team in Chatham.

He remembers the winter of 1975 when he was with
Chicago the first time and got into a hockey fight in which
he broke every bone in his hand.

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Castlegar Tennis Club is
holding the Castlegar closed
tennis tournament next
weekend at the Castlegar
Tennis Club courts.

The event gets underway
at 8 am. Saturday, Aug. 8
and continues Sunday, Aug.
9.

‘Fhe tournament is open to
all persons ‘within the Castle.

gar voting district.
Events include ladies’ sin-

gles, men’s singles, ladies’
doubles, men’s doubles, un-
der 12, under 14, under 16,
and under 18 as well as a
seniors category. A new
event this year is the open
doubles.

If there are less than three
entries in any one event, that
event will be cancelled.

ine---for- entries is
‘Thursday. For more informa
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Sept. 24
Both Sexes — Ages ® & Up

Castlegar youth
captures event

First seed Keith Klim
chuck of Castlegar easily de
feated Rollen Raposo 6-1, 6-2

. last weekend to win'the boys

16 and under singles event at
the West Kootenay Junior
Tennis Classic held in Castle

gar.

The event drew the largest
number of entries of any age
category in the Classic. A
total of nine athletes com
peted in the event.

The event saw Raposo up-
set second seed Mike Fraser
in a hard-fought three-setter
4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the final

In the 18 and under singles
event, defending champion
Brent Beattie of Montrose
defeated doubles partner
Regan Crema of Warfield 7-6,

‘6-4 in the final.

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before succumbing to Beat
tie’s aggressive style of play

Crema and Beattie teamed
up to win the doubles event
without. losing a set through
the round robin event. None
of the teams entered posed
any serious threat to the gold
medal winners of the Jr

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event attracted five entries
and was run as round robin
format. Ryan Reber, an 11
year-old from Kamloops won
the event, along with the
under 12 singles title.

Reber’s younger brother,
Paul, a 10-year-old was run.
ner-up in the under 12 cat
egory

Crema and Mike Fraser of
Trail won the 14 and under
doubles title defeating Tim
Horcoff and Paul Reber in a
three-set final.

Tanya Jones of Kimberley
won the girls singles event
quite easily. Jones teamed up
with Castlegar’s -Karen
Miller-Tait to win the girls
under 14 doubles event over
Rita Szekely and D. Jenkins
of Rossland 63, 46, 61
Miller-tait also played well in
the singles event giving
Jones her toughest
challenge.

In the consolation single
Brent Better took the,under
18 singles and Mike Fraser
won the under 16's.

Total entries were down
from last year’s tournament
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‘LaFreniere win
MVP award
in KISBL

Gene LaFreniere of the
Beaver Valley Blazers is the
1984 recipient of the Gerry
Long Memorial Trophy
whieh is presented annually
to the Moat Vi ,, ‘
in the iat Interna-
tional Senior Baseball

‘League.

The KISBL’s first ever
triple crown winner this year
(League leader in home runs,
runs batted in and batting
average) comfortably out-
pointed Kelowna’s Rick
Patterson in voting by the
League's managers and
coaches.

The “Pitcher Of The Year”
for 1964 is Rick Patt.
erson the Kelowna
Prime Choice. Kelowna’s
hard throwing right hander

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annual award which is

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Patterson narrowly edged
Beaver Valley's Gene La.
freniere in voting hy the
League's manager's and
coaches. Also receiving votes
were the Orioles’ Rick Finlay
and Republic's John Gianu
kakis.

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Day 6: The Hebrides

My. journal reads: © * ‘

Took steamer from Maillag over-the Souhd of Sleat
of Armadale — a short trip of 20 minutes — thought it
took longer than that to get the vehicles tucked into the
ship. Stopped at a guest house at the Isle of Orsay (which,
incidentally, is not an island — one gets used to these
things) for coffee and on to Kilmuir to a folk museum
in one of the “black” houses, home for.® i
a few years ago. They are called “black horses” because
they had.only a couple of windows, since windows used to
be taxed, and because the péat smoke from the fireplace’
darkened things further, as well as blinded one's eyes.

Peat is widely used throughout the Hebrides as it is
readily available, cheap, burns surprisingly well and has a

houses with full

monument — a replica actually,

five-metre stone Celtic cross was Carried off fragment by
fragment by souvenir hunters. It dominates the almost
empty landscape, Loch Snizart and the etherial sunsets
which are so characteristic of this magic isle.

Half an hour later we were at the very end of Skye
preparing to spend the night at the most attractive
Duntulin Guest House,. originally the home of some
landed gentleman. Duntulin Castle, had been the
hereditary seat of the MacDonald's of Skye and is now a
picturesque ruin which sits perched on a high hill on the
edge of a precipitous sea cliff. It was abandoned many
years ago when a butter-fingured nursemaid dropped the
hereditary chief — then a babe in arms — onto the rocks
below the castle. Nothing is said of the fate of the
butter-fingered nursemaid but considering the temper of
the times, she probably suffered a similar fate.

In any case, the excellent guest house is run by
another MacDonald. In fact, it would be very difficult to
throw a stone in any direction in these parts and not hit a
MacDonald. Bunny — also a MacDonald — was naturally
in her glory

The next morning was full of light and promise which
set off the castle, the black-faced sheep below it grazing
on the steep slopes, the narrow path winding upwards
from. the rocky shore and restless glinting sea, in a
manger such as to delight any painter. He would have had
to work fast though, for within minutes — seconds almost

- the whole scene had vanished into mist like the
mythical vanishing village in the musical Brigadoon
There is 4 quality about this entire island which makes
enchantment commonplace and magic a reality.

Nothing commonplace about the local single malt
Scoteh whiskey though. It's called Talasker and it's
beautiful. Little is exported, however, for it is as
transient and variable as the isle of its birth.

(Editor's note: Talasker is available, from the speci
ally liquor stores in Vancouver for anyone who wants a
‘taste’ of Skye.)

TARBERT ON THE ISLE OF HARRIS
{Where the tweed comes from}

Tarbert is a poor, small town with poor, small shops
and houses lining the winding littered street and clinging
to the steep hillside along the rocky bay. The shops are
poorly lighted and the smell of peat strong in the evening
air. We are stopping at the Harris Hotel — an extensive,
three-storey white building (white is a favorite color
here) with clean, attractive rooms, plainly but adequately
furnished. There is, of course, a fine bar, a cosy sitting
room and a large dining room with the usual fresh white
table cloths, ranks of flatware, excellent food and
pleasant uniformed staff. One could become very spoiled
in this part of Scotland.

The darker side appears in the form of the
omnipresent Celtie cross war memorial with its long list
of names from every branch of the services, particularly
the navy, and again I wonder at the effect of these
catastrophic losses on such a little place

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I was a little surprised also when we were walking
along the narrow twisting road to see a carload of shout-
ing teenage (or older) lads come roaring up the hill above

the town in an open car — radio on full blast — obviously -

for the benefit of a group of giggling girls who returned
their waves with noticeable satisfaction. Things are not
quite so different here as they first appear.

During our two-day stay on the island we visited the
very ancient St. Clement's church, one of the most
important architectural monuments in the Western Isles.
It is cruciform (cross-shaped) and some of its masonry is
free-stone and apparently came from the same quarry as
the stones of the abbey at Iona. There are three tombs in
the historic church, one of them that of Alexander
McLeod of Dunvegan, ancestral home of the McLeods.

Custom demanded that the standard bearers of the
McLeods be buried in the chancel of the church. Thus.
their tomb has an iron grating at the bottom so that the
bones of the previous occupant will drop through and

everything they wove

MONUMENT .. . The
Flora Macdonald
monument at Kilmuir on
the Isle of Skye
overlooking the far
Hebrides. Columnist
says it's difficult to
throw a stone in any
direction on Skye and
not hit a Macdonald.

It was here, I was happy to realize another ambition
and purchased a length of Harris tweed to make a jacket.

Now to find a tailor

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Outside the huge weathered grave stones in the
overgrown church yard are shaded by dense masses of
red fuchia blossom, with stems so old they are as thick as
my arm; even the nearby Rodel Hotel from which we got
the key to the church itself goes back at least 300 years.

Before we left, we visited, courtesy of the faithful
bus “Janice,” a couple of women weavers, craftswomen
who from the flourishing cottage industry in Harris. It
was an experience which would have gladdened the
hearts of the Selkirk Weavers Guild. One weaver used
the traditional loom with the hand thrown shuttle while
the other used a mechanical shuttle, but both were
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A. Secondary Schools

Tuesday, September 4 is an “In Service Day” for secondary teachers only, Ball, a beard contest, the
Humphries Secondary
4nd grades 7 to 8 at Kinnaird Junior Secondary will NOT attend classes on
Tuesday. However, students in grades 7 to 12 who are NEW to the District
should register at the appropriate secondary school on Tu:
cards from the last school attended should be presented at this time

so students enrolled in grades 9 to 12 at Stank

B. Elementary Schools

All elementary schools in the District will be in operation on Tuesday,

rvice Day” for
teachers, Morning bus runs will operate at the same time os last yeor.
home earlier thon usual in the after-
noon, so they are advised to sfill bring lunches if they normally eat lunch

September 4. This day is NOT an “In Se
However, students will be returnii

at school.

Wednesday, September 5 is a FULL DAY for all School District No. 9
students. Buses will be operating on their regular schedules, both in the

morning and afternoon

Cc. Kindergarten
Parents or guardians who have pre-ri
Kingergarten have been of will be notit
assignments, etc

istered

Porents or guardians of kindergarten students who

their child(ren} are advised to do so at their nei

ghbou:
telephone the School Boart Office (365-7731) for further information.

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Golden
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Rossland Goldefi City Days
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Sept. 6, 7, 8 and 9 this year.

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City Days
Firemen’s Ball takes place at
the Rossland Secondary
School at 9 p.m. Friday
Dréss from the 1900s is op-
tional.

jementary

The Outhouse Challenge
Race takes place at 1 p.m
Seturday at 2nd Ave. and
Queen St.

The Oddfellows Pancake
Breakfast is schedvled for
Sunaay at the IOOF Hall,

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