Record ‘Rainbow Run
‘Observed at Gerrard

Tkootenay Lake's famous
trophy-sized rainbow trout
have. returned to their spawn-
ing-grounds at Gerrard in
reegrd numbers.

ach year, for the last 21
yests, fisheries management
personnel count the numbers of
Tish: which can be readily
rved at Gerrard.
‘he peak count this year
was: 64 and it represents a
major increase over the pre-
vioys record run of 377 record-
ed>ti 1964, In spite of a large
of these trout in Koote-
sLake during 1977/1978 the
1 run represents the biggest
refitn to Gerrard in 21 years,
egional fisheries biologist
Hargey Andrusak believes the
a30n for the record run is due

increase in the Gerrard run
over the past few years plus the
effect of introducing yearly-
sized Duncan River rainbow
into Kootenay Lake.

In 1971 and 1972 Duncan
stock rainbow trout were re-
leased into the Lower Duncan
River and Meadow. Creek.
These fish have subsequently

* grown very well in Kootenay

Lake and many of them have
been caught in the sport
fishery. Andrusak. believes
these fish have now matured

and homed back to Gerrard,
The large return of Ger-
rard rainbows this year does
cause some problems. With so
many trout spawning in such a
restricted area there is a
tendency for some eggs to ibe
by other sp; 4

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trout.

Consequently, fisheries
staff last week captured and
stripped four large females
from Gerrard, fertilized the
eggs from four males and then
.transferred the fertilized eggs
(about 20,000) to the Meadow
Creek spawning channel for
hatching purposes.

The young trout will be
raised at Meadow Creek then
released in late fall of this year

: so that they may swim down-

stream and grow to 15-20 lb.
trout in Kootenay Lake.

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Many parents coach teams
involved in one sport or another
at the minor level. Others are
involved as officials, while by
far the greatest number are
mothers and fathers involved
as interested spectators,

This letter is about base-
ball, but the message is the
same whether the sport be
hockey, soccer, lacrosse or
whatever. It could probably
also be applied to phases of our
everyday adult life.

Letter From An Umpire

Donald Jensen was struck
in the head by a thrown bat
white umpiring a Little League
game this spring in Terre
Haute, Ind.

He continued to work the
game. But later than evening
he was placed in the hospital by
a doctor. While being kept
overnight for observation, Jen-
sen wrote this letter:

Dear parent of a little leaguer:

Tam an umpire. I don't do
it for a living, buy only on
Saturdays and Sundays for fun.

Ive. played the game,
coached it, and watched it. But
somehow, nothing takes the
place of umpiring. Maybe it's
because I feel that deep down
I'm providing a fair chance for
all the kids.to play the game
without disagreements or argu-
ments,
With all the fun I've had,
there is still something that
bothers me about my job...
some of you folks don’t under-
stand why I'm there. Some of
you feel I'm there to exert
authority over your son. For
that reason you often yell at me
when I make~a mistake, or
encourage your son to say
things that hurt my feelings.

How many of you really
understand that I try’ to be
perfect. I try not to make a
mistake. I don't want your son
to feel he got a bad deal from an
umpire.

Yet no matter how hard I
try, I can’t be perfect. I counted
the number of calls I made ina
six-inning game today. The
total number of decisions,
whether on balls or strikes, or
safes and outs, was 146,

I tried my best to get them
all right, but I'm sure I missed
some. When’ figured out my
percentage on paper, I could

have missed eight calls today ;

and still got about 95 per cent of
the calls right . . . in most
occupations that percentage

Swim Instructors
Course to be
Offered in Trail

Experienced Red Cross
swimmers who would like to
become instructors are invited
to register for a Red Cross and
Royal Life Saving Society in-
structor school which starts on
June 16 in Trail.

The six-day course will be

Message Applies to All Sports

Open Letter From an Umpire

would be considered excellent.
If I were in school that grade
would receive an “A” for sure,

But your demands - are
higher than thai. Let me tell
you more ‘about my game
today.

There was one real close
call that ended the game... a
runner from the home team
was trying to steal home plate
on a passed ball, The catcher
chased the ball down and threw
to the pitcher covering the
plate. The pitcher made the tag
and I called the runner out,

AsI was getting my equip-
ment to leave I overheard one
of the parents’ comment: “It's
too bad the kids have to lose
games because of rotten um-
pires. That was one of the
lousiest calls I've ever seen.”

Later, at the x

watched this, When the kid
returned:to the dugout to bat in
the top of the third, the
manager called him aside.

@ s Ja loud enough voice that I

600 Attend
Recreation.

Conference

The British Columbia Pro-
vinclal Parks and Recreation
Conference held at the Vernon
Lodge Hotel from April 27
through April 30, was attended
by over 600 delegates through-
out the province.

The resource'team headed
by keynote speaker Dr. Gordon

,Shrum, covered some 35 sub-

jects, all related to parks and

stand, a couple of the kids were
telling their friends, “Boy, the
umpires were lousy today.
They lost the game for us.”

I felt just terrible when I
got home. Here was a group of
kids who had made a lot of
mistakes, which had cost them
a number of runs,

The purpose of Little Lea-
gue is to teach baseball skills to
young men. Obviously, * a team
which does net play well in a
given game, yet is given the
opportunity to blame that loss
on an umpire for one call or
two, is being given the chance
to take all responsibility for the
loss from their shoulders.

: A parent or adult leader
who permits the younger play-
er to blame his failures on an
umpire, regardless of the qual-
ity of that umpire, is doing the
worst kind of injustice to that
youngster. Rather than learn-
ing responsibility, such an atti-
tude is fostering an improper
outlook toward the ideals of the

Former Regional Reerca-
tion No, 1 director, Jack Alouf
of Salmon Arm, was elected as

,a director for a two-year term

at the annual general meeting
of the B.C. Recreation Associa-
tion. x
At the provincial banquet,
all past presidents of the
association were honored and
presented with the president's
shield. Ray Gould of Trail,
association president in 1959,
was among the recipients.

was ‘able to overhear, the
lecture went like this: “Listen,
son, it is time you make a
decision. You can be a umpire,
an actor, or a pitcher. But you
can only be one at a time when
you are playing for me. Right
now it is your job to pitch. And,
you are basically doing a lousy
job.

“Leave the acting to the
actors, the umpiring to the
umpires, or you won't do any
pitching here. Now what is it
going to be?”

Needless to say, the kid
close the pitching route and
went on to win the game. When
the game was over the kid
followed me to my car. Fighting
his hardest to keep back the
tears, he apologized for his
actions and thanked me for
umpiring the game. He said he
had learned a lesson that he
would never forget.

Tcan’t help but wonder...
how many more fine young men
are missing their chance to
develop into outstanding ball
players because their parents
encourage them to spend time
umpiring, rather than working
hard to play the game as it
should be played? i

‘The following morning
Donald Jensen died of a brain
concussion,

Recreation News
With Director PAT METGE ey Dt

George Hamilton IV

Once again, we wish to
remind you of the George
Hamilton IV concert which will
be taking place at the Com-
munity Complex on Tuesday.
This top who has

game itself. This
lity is bound to carry over to
future years.

As I sit here writing this
letter 1am no longer as upset as
1 was this afternoon. I wanted
to quit umpiring. But, fortu-
nately, my wife reminded me of
another situation that occurred
last week.

I was umpiring behind the
plate for a pitcher who pan-
tomimed his displeasure at any
call on a borderline pitch that
was not in his team's favor. One
could sense that he wanted the
crowd to realize that he was a
fine, talented player who was
doing his best to get-along, but
that I was a black-hearted
villain. who was working
against him.

This kid continued for two
innings while at the same time
yelling at his own players who
dared to make a mistake. For
two innings, the manager

held at the Warfield Ci

* Pool, June 16, 17 and 18 and 23,

24 and 25.

Successful candidates will
be certified as instructors for
both the Royal Life Saving
Society and the Red Cross
Water Safety Service, and will
be qualified to teach in their
community's aquatic program.

Candidates must be at
least 17 years of age and must
hold the Red Cross Water
Safety leader award. Candi-
dates over 20 years of age who
do not hold the leader award
may apply as mature students
if they hold a current bronze
medallion.

All candidates must pre-
register. Forms are available
by calling or writing Red Cross
Water Safety Service, 4750 Oak’
St., Vancouver, B.C. V6H 2N9;
or by contacting Jeri Griffiths,

Recreation Co-ordinator, 555

Shoefield Highway in Trail.

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a thing fish don’t
mind tellin; ae Actu-
ave: little choice,

how old it is, how fast it grew,
and more.

tition there is for it,

Almost all fish grow as lon,
as they live. eir rate o}
growth depends upon food
supply, water temperature,
and the number of other fi oe
In warm climates, fish will
grow faster because
supply is available for longer
periods, Fish in cold climates
slow their body functions
during winter, take in less
food, and grow slower,

One. of the oldest fish known
was ue fish in Mis-
souri that lived for 0 years.
There are reco! f perch
Ae 10 years, bass Seach

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made such hits as ‘Abilene’,

‘Canadian Pacific’ and ‘Early

Morning Rain’, will be the first
major performer to appear at
the complex.

Through your support, it is
hoped that this performance is
only the first of many more to
come,

Advance tickets are avail-
able at Castlegar Drug, Carl's
Drugs, Red and White Stores in
Glade, Shoreacres- Turbo and
Slocan Park Co-Op.

Shrine Circus
the

Tennis

For. the tennis buffs, we
wish to remind you of the
additional lessons which are
upcoming at the end of this
month,

Classes in instruction will
be held Monday to Friday at 10
a.m. 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. These
classes will be held at the
Castlegar courts and will run
for two weeks from May 29 to
June 9. Persons interested in
enrolling may do so by calling
by the Recreation Office. by

Community Arts Evente

A reminder of upcoming
Community, Arts events:

From May 27 - 31, the
annual community art exhibit is
scheduled for the National Ex. -
hibitton Centre. This event ;
featuges. only works of local

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of George Hamilton IV, the
next major attraction will be
the Shrine Circus, Last year
was a first for Castlegar with
the appearance of the circus
and now, hopefully, this family-
style entertainment package
will become a yearly event. For
a most interesting afternoon or
evening, keep June 26 in mind.
School District Track Meet

Tomorrow, School District
No. 9 will be holding its annual
elementary school track meet.

» This event will be taking place

from approximately 9:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. at the Kinnaird
Park,

Swimming

Well, this week sees the
Bob Brandson Poo! swing into
action with a full compliment of
activities. Public swimming is
presently taking place with
sessions being held from 3:30 -
5 ‘p.m., Monday to Friday.

On the weekends, pool
times are from 2:30 - 5 p.m. and
from 6:30 = 8 p:m. These times
apply to both Saturday and
Sunday.

For your convenience, we
have strip tickets which are on
sale either at the pool or the
Recreation Office.

Evening public swimming
on week nights begins on May
29 and will be as follows:
Monday—family night; Tues-
day—general swim; Wednes-
day—adult night; Thursday—
flipper and equipment night;
Friday—general swim.

The first set of lessons has
been scheduled, as well, and
they will begin on May 22 and
run until June 2.

The lessons include ladies’
classes from 2 - 8 p.m.; pre-
schoolers 3 - 3:80. p.m. and
bronze medallion from 8 - 10
p.m.

Other upcoming events at
the pool beginning in June will

be adult swims, adult jog and /

swim, adult lessons, slimnastics
and scuba diving.

artists and 3
your participation either as a
participant or as a viewer.

On May 29 the Castlegar
and District Arts Council will
be holding its annual general
meeting.

With the Bob Brandson
Poo! now open for the season,
we hope you will participate in
either the public swim sessions
or one of the many instructional
classes which are to be offered.

If you require any further
information on pool! activites,
either call the Recreation Office
or the pool at 365-6424.

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Saturday & Sunday
Saturday & Sunday

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Ladies’ Lessons
Pre-Schoolers

Ladies’ Slimnastics
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7:00 .
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GROUP | May 22 - Jone 1
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8:00 -

p.m. $7
:00 p.m... $10

GROUP.I! June 5 - 16

Adult Jog & Swim
Pre-Schoolers

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

GROUP III June 19 - 30

2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
3:00 -.3:30 p.m.
8:15 - 9:15 p.m.

Book of 25 Tickets

Students $10.50 Adults

FI pper

& Equipment Night

does not include other
materials necessary
for course

PUBLIC SWIMMING WILL BE CANCELLED MAY 20 & 21

A Scuba Diving Course will be held Juno 25 16 from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. For further
A contact the Pool.

REGISTRATION FOR ALL CLASSES WiLL BE AT THE RECREATION OFFICE.
FEES MUST BE PAID AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.

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