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Robson River Otters began pool training this week at Robson pool under new coach oe ema ys major event, a swima- to be held in conjune- Colville, Wash. The Otters’ new coach is John Prescott of North Van- couver. Prescott is a former B.C. Summer Swimming A it of 11 John Prescott. Swim team is preparing for its first Years with the North Van- major event, a swimathon, to be held June 16. Recreation news If you have not played the game of tennis, here is an opportunity to take up this fine sport. Our tennis lessons all start from basic funda- mentals and will help build good playing habits as you continue to play throughout the summer. If you have played before, but haven't any formal les- sons, you too will benefit from some formal instruc- tion. You probably already enjoy playing the game, however, as in most acti- vities, your level of enjoy- ment increases as you be- come more and more pro- ficient. We are offering a large variety of lessons in Castle- gar, Robson and Blueberry. We have adult day and even- ing classes as well as chil- dren’s and teen classes. All our classes have a maximum of eight participants and all our instructors are experi- enced in providing top notch instruction and are anxious to serve. Register now for your first set of lessons. Bicycle Safety We are now taking regis- tration for the Kid’s Bicycle Safety Clinic that will be held at the arena complex May 12. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. All kids are urged tc attend thif worthwhile safety clinic. There will be films, a bicycle route, quiz, bike reg- istration and check. As well, each child that participates has a chance to win a variety of bicycle ac- cessories donated by the Downtown Business Associa- tion. For lunch, participants will receive a hot dog and pop donated by the Castlegar Le- gion. There is no charge for this event but pre-registration is necessary by phoning 365- 3886. This event is guar- anteed to be educational as well as fun so make sure your children attend. Children’s Programs This spring we are offering three new and exciting chil- dren's programs. Floorhoc- key on the dry floor of the arena is sure to provide an exciting way to spend an af- ternoon. If you would like to try hockey on rollerskates, come participate in a drop-in session, Wednesday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. If you are inter- ested in nature crafts why not join our friends for some fun with nature transforming leaves, snails, cones etc. into prints, cards and mobiles? For more information re- garding these programs just give us a call. Waterskiing trials at Christina Lake A strong contingent of Zone 1 waterskiers are ex- pected to bring home a rec- ord number of medals from the B.C. Summer Games which will be held July 19 to 22. in Burnaby. The Zone 1 Waterskiers will be selected at a tour- nament to be held June 10 at Christina Lake. Competitors must be a minimum of 13 years of age as of July 19, 1984 and must also be a member of the B.C. Region of the Canadian Water Ski Association. Entry deadline for the tournament is May 31. For further information contact Jim Kempston, 106 Kootenay Ave. Trail, B.C. VIR 1H4, 364-3823. Remember the good old days! 100% FINANCING Fixed rates from 12°/% up to 4-year term O.A.C. ‘re humourless, colourless, boring and stick-in-the nud, you'll 2 never own a 5 DROP IN TODA¥+ GLENMERRY, TRAIL 364-0202 DL 7336 couver, North Shore and Capilano swim teams. In addition to swimming, Pres- good fun, contact CoraLee Schuepfer at 365-6873 or Marg Harmston at 365-6849. Team members meet at the pool evenings, so if you are thinking about swimming, come up to the pool and see what is involved in summer swimming. Registrations will be taken at that time. John wins 250th game By The Associated Press Veteran left-hander Tom- my John toyed with a no- hitter through six innings Tuesday night in pitching California Angels to a 4-1 American League baseball victory over Oakland A’s and winning his 250th game. “If you had told me when I graduated high school in 1961 that I'd have 250 wins, I would have said you're silly,” said John. “I'm fortunate that the good Lord gave me a good arm and put me on good clubs.” In other American League games it was Detroit Tigers 11 Boston Red Sox 2, Bal- timore Orioles 3 Cleveland Indians 0, Chicago White Sox 7 New York Yankees 5, Kan- sas City Royals 3 Milwaukee Brewers 0, Seattle Mariners 11 Minnesota Twins 8, Tor- Atoms complete season A goal by Abbotsford in the secand overtime period dramatically brought Castle- gar Atom All-Stars’ season to an end at the Osoyoos Fiesta Atom Tournament held over the Easter weekend. In the semifinal matchup, with two victories to their credit, Castlegar advanced to the semi-finals of the A event against Abbotsford, but were edged 4-3. The tournament featured many fine teams from B.C., Alta. and the U.S. In the first game Castlegar onto Blue Jays 10 Texas Rangers 4 in the first game of a doubleheader, while Texas took the nightcap 4-1. In the National League, San Francisco Giants lost a club record ninth consecutive game, 3-2 in 11 innings to Los Angeles Dodgers at home. Steve Sax had the key hit for the Dodgers, a two-out, two- run triple in the 11th. Philadelphia Phillies beat Montreal Expos 7-4 behind Sixto Lezcano'’s two home runs and five runs-batted-in. In other games it was New York Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 1, St. Louis Cardinals 10 Pitts- burgh Pirates 5, San Diego Padres 3 Atlanta Braves 2, and Cincinnati Reds 2 Hou- never #thrown a no-hitter in his 20 years in the major leagues, was in command until Davey Lopes singled sharply to left in the seventh inning. The left-hander, who will turn 41 later this month, gave up another hit in the eighth inning before leaving the game because of a sore arch. Joe Morgan, who had led off seventh by reaching sec- ond on a two-base throwing error by first baseman Rod Carew, took third on Lopes's hit and eventually scored on Carney Lansford’s fielder’s choice grounder to erase the shutout. California scored in the fourth when, with Fred Lynn and Doug DeCinces on base, right-hander Mike Warren hit Brian Downing and Bobby Grich with pitches to force in the run. Gary Pettis walked in the fifth and stole second before scoring on Carew's single to make it 2-0. Bobby Grich’s solo homer made it 3-0 in the sixth. BLUE JAYS 10-1 RANGERS 44 Curt Wilkerson's two-run single and Gary Ward's home run rallied Texas over Tor- onto in the nightcap to give the Rangers a split of their Toronto doubleheader. In the opener, Willie Upshaw drove in two runs and the Jays capitalized on six Texas er- rors to score seven unearned runs, TIGERS 11 RED SOX 2 Barbaro Garbey drove in four runs with three hits and Chet Lemon hit two home runs to lead the Tigers over Boston in Detroit. The vie- tory improved the Tigers’ major league-leading record to 19-2. MARINERS 11 TWINS 8 Jack Perconte's seventh- inning run-scoring double broke open an 88 game as the Mariners topped Minne- sota at Seattle. Mid-Week Wrap-up A THOMAL ‘Division BASEBALL | retary = paced a team from Kamloops Shope and after 60 minutes of ex- citimg play, the home team skated off the ice with a 54 victory. The game’s Most b Valuable Player award went 4 to David Green. Vernon was Castlegar’s next opponent and after 60 minutes of exciting hockey, for the locals skated off with a 32 victory. Frank Strobel §; was awarded the MVP medal [| in the contest. Castlegar then advanced to the semifinals of the A event against Abbotsford. Castle- gar jumped into a 2-0 first- period lead. Early in the sec- ond period, Abbotsford scored, but another goal by Castlegar had the local squad up 3-1 at the end of the per- iod. In the third frame, Ab- botsford came on strong and scored two unanswered goals to tie the game 3-3. A goal at the seven-minute mark of the second overtime period end- ed Castlegar’s season. In the game, the MVP award went to Jeff Fancy. F5°S5 beeBESSSaRS Under New Management SYRINGA PARK MARINA Owners Sid & Amber Smith PARTS & SERVICE FOR ALL MARINE ENGINES AND STERN DRIVES. Phone 365-5472 wuconwoeuse® TRANSACTIONS ‘BASEBALL tation, Phillies recall pitcher Mor ty Bystrom Portland of the Pocific Coast League: ‘catcher Bo Diaz on the 1S-dey st Orieone Saints extend the con: troct of head coach Bum Phillips tor three yeors vse. Pittsburgh Moulers trode wide receiver Shown Potte, to a Specihied 1988 droft chekee. woo, va” Philodelphia Flyers si tender Dorren Jensen. ~~ oe It’s a cold_and windy but despite the weather, fisheries biologist eer Chtytas and assistant Fred Salekin brave the icy waters of Pass Creek as they enter the knee-deep creek, clad with rubber boots and trousers. After cleaning debris away from a man-made fence and trap, they scoop up their catch one at a time.with a fisherman's net. Flapping about in the net is a rainbow trout, caught while travelling up the creek to spawn. Before it completes its journey, it'll become part of important data on a study being conducted on the number of rainbow using the creek for spawning purposes. The study is being conducted for B.C. Hydro in connection with the Keenleyside generating project and the Murphy Creek dam. Construction dates for the two projects are still a few year's away, but the Crown corporation is continuing its studies on the effect of projects om the area. Several separffe studies arp presently being con ducted on how the projects witt-affect fish and other Story and Photos by Chery! Calderbank underwater species and how many will be affected. The Pass Creek study involves counting rainbow trout, as they migrate up to the creek to spawn. If the Murphy Creek project goes ahead, the water level of the dam reservoir would be backed up and the water level at the mouth of Pass Creek would be raised. “We're trying to find out how many rainbow actually use this section for spawning purposes,” says Clayton. The procedure of collecting data has been routine for the past few weeks for Clayton, of RL and L Environ mental Services of Edmonton, and assistant Salekin, of Robson. The routine begins about 9 a.m. each morning at Pass Creek when the two wade into the creek and begin cleaning off debris from a man-made wire and wood fence which prevents the fish from going up to the creek and forces them into a wooden box. Most fish will run up the deeper part of the water and run into a high fence before getting trapped in the box in the centre of the creek where there is a half-metre opening at one end which narrows to between five and six centimetres. The fish travel upstream at night. Fish caught in the trap are then scooped up with a net and immediately tossed in a tub, containing fish tranquilizer MS 222. Between two and four fish are normally caught in the trap, but the number has been as high as 33. When the tranquilizer takes affect, the fish rolls over on its side and its gill movement begins to slow down. The fish are left in the tranquilizer for a few minutes until they are lifeless and can be easily handled. “You have to leave them in for a long time before it ~ (the tranquilizer) can actually kill them (the fish),” says Clayton. During the next few minutes, the fish are weighed, measured and given identification tags with a serial number on them. Scale samples are also taken of each fish identifying the age of the fish. The only fish caught for the study are spawning rainbow trout. says Clayton. MM Ll “Kokanee trout and Dolly Vardens spawn in the fall,” And Kokanee aren't worth tagging betause they die FISH STUDY . . . Fisheries biologist Terry Clayton weighing fish and taking scale samples as part of study being conducted at Pass Creek to determine after spawning, whereas the rainbow trout has a certain spawning mortality. “A good deal will actually go out to the river and spawn again,” Clayton adds. After the necessary data is taken, each fish is placed back in the water near shore. When they become more alert they swim away, continuing their journey up to Pass Creek. Upon their return from the spawning grounds, the fish are again trapped where Clayton and Salekin will make a note of the number. If the fish hasn't been tagged, it will go through the same process as was done to fish coming up the creek. Spawning season begins in mid-April and can last until mid-May. : Clayton arrived here around April 10 and by that time some of the fish had already moved up the creek. “You always get early and late ones,” he says. As of Tuesday, the two had identified a total of 70 spawning rainbow trout, not including five through elec how many rainbow trout are using the creek for spawning purposes trofishing. Elctrofishing consists of a battery backpack which puts a small electric current through the water and stuns the fish. The two have tried electrofishing three times. Most recent estimates have given an indication of approx imately 125 fish in the river. Electrofishing is also being carried out by boat in the main river system, says Clayton The Pass Creek study began in 1980, and has also been carried out in 1981, 1983 and again this year. In 1981, there were more fish than in 1983 when only 85 were counted. “Last year we had more sand in the creek and a different trap,” Clayton explains, “which kept getting washed out. A mudslide in the area also contributed to “National fitness by. week OTTAWA (CP) — “Plug in to participate,” says Fitness Canada. “Don't just think about it — do it.” While raising the general fitness level of Canadians is the broad objective of the federal organization, the specific aim is the second na For all your poo! maintenance needs, call the experts. Filter tional physical activity week set for May 13-21. “This year we are setting our sights even higher,” says i compl line of Bio-Guard Chemicals. 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VOA IMO (604) 347-9311 Please send me turther intormation on Special the problem. As a result Clayton had to use a population Package Rates estimate. This year, Clayton expects the total will be much higher, Name Address Postal code Council to kick off challenge Castlegar Mayor Audrey Moore and city aldermen have agreed to kick off the city's participation in the Great Canadian Participac- tion Challenge on May 16. Castlegar and more than 60 other Canadian commun. ities of less than 10,000 population have been challen ged by Weyburn, Sask. to a fitness competition. The competition will gauge which city has the greatest percentage of residents par- ticipating. Judging will be on a per capita basis, and Castlegar recreation director Pat Met ge is confident this city will be near the top. Metge recently wrote to council asking if it would help initiate the day's activities with a “morning community. walk”. “We are suggesting the walk could begin at city hall and proceed to Zuckerberg Island and then back to city hall,” said Metge. The walk is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. and Metge figures it will take about a half hour to complete. Metge added that the walk will not only help publicize the challenge, “but would also give council the oppor- tunity to discuss on an informal basis with the gen- eral public any concerns they may have.” Metge noted that the rec- reation department is also organizing a number of activ ities which “will hopefully get the whole community partic- ipating and make Castlegar the leader in fitness aware- ness.” when you "83 PRICES PLUS 1% DISCOUNT Spring ‘‘Wake-up” Can be crystal clear TRUST THE PROFESSIONALS AT CRYSTAL POOL PRODUCTS Bring in the od ond receive 10' EFFECTIVE UNTH MAY 31, 1984 Phone: 365-2242 WHY TRAVEL ANYWHERE FOR THE BICYCLE NEEDS? THE ZEE-LINE PAY AS LITTLE AS $15.60 FOR A BARREL PUMP. Now you get more than just extra value when you buy Gulf os transmission fluid, gear lube, hydraulic oils and greases. You can save from $5 to $19.40 offa handy Zee-Line barre! pump! This special offer from your Gulf makes it a Letler ane than evar is ry your lubricants. 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