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A season for visitors 7

Visitors to the Kootenays are
often surprised to learn that we
enjoy one of the best climates,
scenery and lifestyles in British
Columbia and, perhaps, in Canada.

The West Kootenays may appear
on a map as remote, isolated from
any large centres of population.
There have been incidents in the
past which do not reflect well on
some residents, yet most are well
content to live and let live. The
warm welcome and easy friend-
ships extended to newcomers are
very much appreciated in an alien-
ated world that seems to be going
quickly quite mad. Many may not
realize the affects of living in prox-
imity to large mountain ranges. As
someone more familiar with the
rolling hills of the Laurentian
Shield, ] am constantly amazed by

editorial comment

Dam

whiners

As they hammer away at the constitution, our politicians
haven't told you about the secret agreement they have
reached.

You may have great difficulty in believing this, but all 10

premiers, plus the federal government,
they agree on.

have found an area

No matter what, the Yankee principle will be enshrined

as Section 1236 of the new Canada Act.

Residents of the entire Columbia River Valley have been
complaining about low water levels on the Arrow Lakes.
When residents of Revelstoke heard that there was a laser-

light show that involved spilling water
Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State.
And the CBC had a story.

over the top of the

. they became livid.

First, no one asked how much water is used during: the

37-minute long show.

Two inches of water spills over the top in the show.
‘That's two inches, for 37 minutes, every night for the entire

summer. Care to guess how much water

that is?

Approximately 0.0001 per cent of the entire amount of
water that flows through the Grand Coulee dam in an entire

year.

If you took all of that water, and shipped it back up to the
Arrow Lakes, the water level would rise one or two inches.

That's not even a measurable quantity.

That water would do nothing to restore eroded recreation

values up here in Canada. But that's not
It's American water, and they can do
with it.

the point.
whatever they want

Why does Revelstoke and the CBC have such problems
with the Americans using something that belongs to them
to educate and entertain their own population?

As Canadians, we really must stop

complaining about

the non-issues which we have no moral or legal control

over.

If we really want to see the water levels change, why
donjt we get our elected officials to renegotiate the

Columbia Water Treaty.

GES CAREMES

By Don Addis

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the ins, their craggy out-
croppings and their changing tex-
tures and colours. I am happy in
these mountains, though my friends
from Saskatchewan are not.

I remember another summer
some years ago, in another neigh-
bouring range of mountains to the
east. We were a happy group, get-
ting along well at work with an
easy camaraderie and a fondness
for riding, fishing and the outdoors.
The idea came about gradually,
growing in detail as we enthusiasti-
cally made plans. A half dozen

Has politics left a bad

JIM NIELSEN

The poor: politicians have taken
it on the chin again. Eleven per cent
told the Gallop polling company
that they beli their of

couples decided to make a four-day
foray into the mountains, riding
well up into the passes, with sup-
plies transported by FWD. We
Spent several weeks making plans,
organizing horses and saddles, tents
and camping gear, food, and, of

course, refreshments. We were for-
tunate, in that one couple were
locals, who had access to the hors-
es and gear, and knew the local
well. We decided we
would trade off some ranch assis-
tance for the use of their expertise.
A machinery shed was needed.
The ground was hardpan and
resistant to a pick and shovel.
After a good deal of reading and
research, we were able to produce
an acceptable design that called
for concrete post blocks. One
sunny Saturday, we all gathered at
the ranch to do the groundwork.
We thus discovered that you can
make a square cut into sod, drill a
hole in the centre, insert a small
dynamite charge in the hole, set it

names please. Obviously the action,
or inaction, of some elected mem-
bers has created a belief which has
spread across the land, and now
these members of the House of
Cc are held in disregard by

Parliament have high ethical stan-
dards. There has been no survey
published I have seen which asks
the same question of our provincial
members of the legislature but I
wonder what such results would be

Quite likely our provincial peo-
ple would score higher than those
who serve us in the nation’s capitol.
Still, 11 per cent is a miserable
response to such an important part
of our system. We should be able to
trust those we elect and we ‘should
believe them to be honorable and
ethical. Most of those I know per-
sonally, are.

There have been exceptions, and
I know some of them too but no

Fashions

We hear much today about glob-
al warming and the likelihood of
environmental disaster, which is a
common justification for regula-
tions that will over the years, vastly
alter the way we live. (Electric cars
is going to be the beginning, not
the end.)

This is a relatively recent pre-
occupation though. Who recalls the
trenchant warnings issued in the

Slings
and
arrows

Nigel
Hannaford

Syndicated
Columnist

1970's about the very opposite
effect, global cooling?

The following was recently
brought to my attention.

“Glaciers which had been
retreating until 1940 have begun to
advance. The North Atlantic is
cooling down about as fast as an
ocean.can cool. The growing sea-
sons in England and Scandinavia
are getting shorter.” David Salis-
bury, in ‘The Christian Science
Monitor’, 1974.

Or this from Peter Gwynne, in
Newsweek, 1975

“There are ominous signs that
the earth's weather patterns have
begun to change dramatically and
that these changes may portend a
drastic decline in food production
The central fact is that after three-
quarters of extraordinarily mild
conditions, the earth's climate
seems to be cooling down.”

the people who sent them there.
Does it really matter? I hope it

off, and you get ready-made
square post holes. Eureka! Our
friends had the beginning of their
machinery shed and we had
learned a lesson in ingenuity.

On the planned weekend, the
first day dawned sunny and flaw-
less.

We assembled with all the gear
at the ranch, organized who was
riding which horse, with what gear,
and were soon up the first ridge
and on our way, upward and
upward. It grew warmer, then hot
as the sun ascended toward a noon
sky. The horses began to protest.
By the time we stopped for lunch
on the banks of a cold, fast-moving
stream, most of us were stripped
down to the bare essentials of
clothing. All afternoon we rode,
higher and higher, until the valley
became remote and tiny below us.

dies and enjoying anticipation of
dinner.

It continued to rain. It rained all
weekend. One tent leaked so we all
ended up in the other, We rode in
the rain. Keeping the saddles dry
became a challenge. We fished in
the rain. We ate in the rain. We dis-
covered why cowboys wear hats
with peaked brims! But when you
tip your head down to eat, you get
fresh water in your scrambled eggs
and bacon! We kept our spirits
buoyant and refused to be put) off
by the rain. We struck camp Mon-

, in the rain, and start-
ed our long ride down the
mountain. As we dropped down
closer to the valley floor the mists
cleared, the rain stopped, the sun
came out, and we sweltered. By the
time we arrived back at the ranch
in the late afternoon, we were

As clouds app and thre.

the mists descended and then it
began to rain, gently at first but
crescendoing into a steady down-

pour.

We donned rain gear but by the
time we arrived at the chosen
campsite, on the shores of a small
lake, we were all very sodden and
sore. The camp site was a welcome
sight. The 4WD crew had erected
the tents, set up the facilities and
had a campfire blazing, bless them!
Soon we were all nursing hot tod-

di h this time with perspira-
tion. It was a happy but tired group
that appreciated the wonderful
showers, dry clothing and comfort-
able beds of home. The next
evening, as I went to get place mats
from the kitchen drawer, I noticed
traces of straw and bits of plastic
and linen. Then I saw that the
whole stack of place mats had been
gnawed down one whole edge. We
had brought home our own little
visiting mouse from the Moun-
tains!

taste in your mouth?

dards. Perhaps, two hands. When
you consider the number of mem-
bers who sit in Ottawa and the
provincial capitols, a dozen or so
scoundrels should not poison our
system when nine out of 10 citizens
have lost faith in them.

It would appear it may be the

does. Px are not a

of rather

evil. There should be no evil sug-
gested about those who offer them-
selves for this public service and
should be representing us with our
best interests at heart. But this part
of the system has failed, hasn’t it.
Blame it on TV. The boob-tube has
fleshed out legislators and exposed
them for what they are and we, as
Canadians, have not been pleased.

I know many politicians from
now and before and I'can count on
one hand those of them whom I
would consider to be untrust-wor-
thy or without high ethical stan-

in science

Nigel Calder, former editor of
“New Scientist’, wrote in ‘The
Weather Machine’, 1976;

“The onset could still be gradual,
giving plenty of time for human
Populations to adapt to, or combat
the changes, or it could be disas-
trously rapid. The evidence
favours a catastrophic view of the
threat of ice.”

No doubt many scientists review
the data, make their best guess and
are sometimes wrong. This could
well be the case for the global cool-
ing boys of the 1970s.

On the other hand, it might well
be the case for the global warming
boys of the 1990s. According to
the Encyclopedia Britannica Year-
book of Science and the Future,
1991, “more than 3,000 scientists
have published books or articles
that raise questions about the

P g
than individual elected members’
performances which has left us with
a rather bad taste in the mouth.
Governments today seem to be in
everybody's bad books. That is why
some politicians are campaigning as
the anti-government candidate. This
style Often works well even though
it is, upon examination, contradicto-
ry in substance. Don’t trust govern-
ment but elect me and my party,
then we will govern.

Well, if the heat is too intense
for those seeking public office —
and since once elected you are in

the doghouse — perhaps a second
thought might be in order for
those who would serve. Back to
the Gallop poll. If you want to be
popular, try your hand at
medicine. I know it takes much
longer to train, but our docs are
loved. The Gallop poll found them
on top with 64 per cent approval.
Please note, Elizabeth Cull.

If the thought of all those years
in medical school is out of the
question, then with a shorter train-
ing period you can become a police
officer, sitting in there with a 53 per
cent appreciation rating. The uni-
versity teachers seem to be well
thought of, at least by 51 percent
Advertising executives even edged
out the politicians, with a whopping
13 per cent of those polled.

Doesn't say much for the way
things are going in the country right
now.

design or interpretation of the
(global) warming models or about

number of traumatic events.
Indeed, conventional wisdom is
that the di S$ were extin-

the facts ig or the int
tation of the climate record.”

Time will tell of course. Leaving
aside those science popularisers
and eco-freaks who require an
imminent catastrophe to advance
their almost spiritual ‘care for the
planet’ agenda, most scientists will
quickly abandon a theory which
flies in the face of the facts. The
mistake that all of us seem to make
though, is to assume that things
were always as they are now, that
whatever was the case in 1940, or
1960, or 1980, represents some
standard set of conditions from
which we deviate at our peril.
We've all been taught that the Earth
has already been through several
ice ages and that in more distant
times, it has been subjected to a

“SOM asi

guished as a result of an asteroid
strike, a repeatable event which
must rate high on anybody's list of
environmental catastrophes.

Meanwhile, an examination of
diffe rocks in the igraphi
record show eras when the Earth
was apparently hot and dry, like the
Permian, or else like the Amazon
on a hot day, such as the Carbonif-
erous.

Clearly, this old rock has been
through some dramatic swings in
its time and one wonders whether
we do not exaggerate our ability to
influence matters.

At any rate, going by the docu
ments of the 1970s, we certainly
seem to exaggerate our ability to
predict the:

a Se ar & &. Sports Editor Jason Keenan 365-5579 WEDNESDAY, August 19, 1992 7A

Barcelona Bound

JASON KEENAN

os __,._,
Sun Sports Editor

Now is the time that the real
Olympics begin.

Forget about the big money
and big business of the 25th
Olympiad. That was just the
warm up.

The 1992 Paralimpics are set
to begin Sept. 14 at the Olympic
site in Barcelona, Spain. And

coaching her from across the

“I monitor her with reports
and training camps and videos of
her performances.”

Bow is one of Canada’s pre-
miere athletes. She has won the
gold in shot put, discus, and
javelin, and holds the world
record in all three events. She
was runner-up Canadian athlete

separation, and have the two
games joined into one.

For that to happen, he said the
level of competition has to rise
even further than it has in the last
eight years.

“The Games, at one time, were
just for recreation. The competi-
tion aspect has really increased in
the last eight years.” Like the
able-bodied Games, it’s not good

7
coach John Ritchie is headed“

there Aug. 28 as coach to three of
the field athletes from the Cana-
dian team.

“I don’t think there’s a drug in
the world that can compare to the
high of walking into a stadium
with 100,000 people in it,” said
Ritchie. :

“And I'm just a coach, and not

| Participating.”

Ritchie said you can feel the
electricity in, the air when you
walk into a situation like that.

This is Ritchie's third trip to the
Games, his first was eight years
ago in New York, and then four

coaches are all in the Southern
Ontario Region. He's been
Bow

trust that built up between them
when he worked with her back
east help ease the difficulty of

‘Competition has done more than any
physiotherapy or any drugs have ever done’

— JOHN RITCHIE

Canadian Paralimpics fiéid team coach

of the year a few years ago.

“Our goal is to now beat her
The other two athletes coached
by Ritchie are thrower Rick
Gronman, and long-jumper Frank
Bruno.

The Paralimpics began back in
1948 in London, England, when a
competition for people with
spinal injuries was held in con-
junction with the Olympics.

Starting with the 1960 Games
in Rome, the Paralimpics have
been held every four years, on
the same year, and in the same
country as the able-bodied
Games.

The ultimate goal is to end the

enough to be the best in your
country.

“If you don’t make the Par-
alimpics standard, you don’t go.”
Canada will be sending about 220
athletes to the Games. Over 5,000
competitors from across the
world will be in Barcelona.

Ritchie said that competition is
a great therapy for his physically-
disabled athletes.

“Competition has done more
than any physiotherapy or any
drugs have ever done.” Ritchie
said that people who think that
competition is bad are making a
mistake.

“Maybe they should come out
and watch the Paralimpics.”

Valley Royals take third

Sun Sports

The Valley Royals have come
a long way baby.

Castlegar fastball’s New Kids
on the Block took third at the
provincials tourney in Kelowna

last weekend.

“I thought the team played
very well,” said coach Kevin
Sutherland.

“Our pitching was great, the
defense was strong, and the bat:
ting was spread out.” There was
no single batter who carried the

———
Castlegar fastball's Valley Royals took the bronze

medal at the provincials in Kelowna.

team. Instead, one of two differ-
ent players would come up with
the clutch hit in each game.

In their first game against the
Kelowna White Sox, Mark Sher-
stobitoff had a couple of homers
in the 11-3 victory. In the Royals
8-0 shellacking of the Nanaimo,
Stan Soukeroff popped a two-run
homer.

The third game was a heart”
breaking 5-4 eighth-inning loss
to the eventual tourney champs,
the Vancouver Meralomas. In the
loss, Darwin Anderson went two-
for-three with a couple of triples
The Royals let a 4-1 lead evapo-
rate in the Okanagan heat. But, to
their credit, they came back the
next day resolved to play.

The Royals beat Fort St. John
6-3 in their 8 am. game Sunday,
and at 10 am. they clinched the
bronze with a 7-4 victory against
the Kelowna Canadians.

By the time the b-side finals

Stanley Humphries basketball coach John Ritchie will
in Barcelona, Spain as coach of three Canadian field at

rolled around at noon, the ther-
mometer had shot up to over 40
degrees C.

“We got clobbered.”

Up against the Meralomas for
the second time, they lost 14-2.
The Vancouver team had the
advantage of a two-hour break
before the b-side finals.

The weather wasn’t pleasant
any more, in fact it was down-
right awful

“I don't think it would be
enjoyable at the beach, unless
you were in the water.”

Sutherland, looking back at the
season, said the bronze medal
was a fitting end to the season.

“It's just a team coming of
age,” said Sutherland. Learning
to leave yesterday's loss behind is
what makes good teams better,
and can make a young team a vet-
eran squad. Most of the Royals
are between 19- and 25-years old,
with a few 30-plus players sprin-
kled in to the mix.

Dealing with pressure is the
true measure of a teams maturity.

“You either feed off of it and

be heading to the Paralimpics
hletes. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan

excel with it, or you give into it.”

Sutherland said this year’s
switch from the Slocan Valley to
the Castlegar fastball league
helped the team gel and mature
quickly. The Royals were used to
tight games, and pressure, after
playing in a tight league

“Everyone in the league is
quite even, and everyone can
knock each other off.” And a
team learns how to deal with
pressure .

“After playing with it all sea-
son, they enjoyed it.”

KOOTENAY REGIONAL SWIM MEET

IMDIVIDUAL RESULTS:

DIV. 2 GIRLS: Emily Watson
DNV. 2 BOYS:

th, SOBK - 10th

DIV. 1 BOYS: Adam Kristian
Kevin

DIV. 5 BOYS: Adam

The Sun Standings = papleaney

DIV. 7 BOYS: Marlo Fehrenberg 1008K - 198, 100FR . tet. Justin Phill

(AN marked in boki were medal
ROBSON | RIVER OTTERS:
DIV. 1 GIRLS: Ter Todd SOFR - 6th,

100FR - 4th
DIV. 1 BOYS: Paul Shingler 100%M4 -tat SOFR - ard,
100 FR - ard: Jerred Moberg 50FR - 5th, 5OFL - 5th, 50BR - 4th, 100FR - 6th.

6OFL-

~ Gth, SOBK - 7th; Heather Cook

1. Grant Mosby
DIV. 6 GIRLS: Jil inde SOR - Srd, SOF. - Gth, 100FR -

August 8 & 9, 1992

TEAM POINTS:
Colville Valley Swim Club
CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS
Nelson Neptunes
Trail-Warfield Stingrays

Grand Forks Aquatics Club
Ss

ROBSON RIVER OTTER:
Kimberley Seahorses
Creston Swim Club
Greenwood Gators

CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS {top 8) (NR=New Regional Record)

sen. int Nh, SOF. - tat (Ni

SOFL - 6th, SOBK - tet, 50BR
SOFR- 7th,

| winners. Those underlined are attending provincials {including alternates).)

: Justin Sutherland 100iM - 6th, SOFR - 2nd. SOMR - ard.

= Sih. = 4th, 1907 - tat: Megan Sutherland 100M - 6th, SOBK - 4th. 50FR
- 10th, SOFL -Oth; Megan Grant 100M -17th, SOFR - 19th, 50BR - 14th, 100FR - 14th; Alyssa Watson SOFR - 6th S0BR ath, 100FR -

IR), SOMR - 1et 100FR - tat; David Gallo 100iM - 4th, SOFL - 4th,
- 5th

SOFL - 4th, SOBR - 4th: Sandra Bilis 100!M - 8th, SOFL - 5th, SOBK - 4th, SBR
s0sK : - 8th

‘S08R - 4th; lan Mosby 100IM - Sth. 5OFL - 7th, 508K - 4th, SOBR - 5th;
Kristian : = SO8R - ard
~ 6th, SOPL - Brel, 100FR - 6th; Chery! Ellis 200iM - 7th,
=4th. SOF. - 4th, 1OOBKK - sth,

= Tih, 1008 - 8h: Angela
c = 4th; Usa Blackwell SOFR -
+ 2nd, BOFL - and, 100BK -

: corn
008K - Sth, 100FR - 7th: Mark Robertson 201M - 5th. 1008K - 7th,

1Q08R - 7th;
OW. 5 GIRLS: Selena Fodor SOFR - 4th, 100BK - Sth, SOFL - 5th, 100FR - 2nd; Shelby Miller 200/M - Sth, 100BK - 8th, 1008R - 6th.
100FR - 6th; Jaciyn Robertson 200IM - 6th.

AQOFI. ard. SOF. - 6th, 100% » 2nd: Brad Kristian BOFR - 2nd. 1OOFL - Sth.
100A - ath, .

. OF» ard,
7ity; Aimee Guido BOFR - Sth, 100FL - 4th, SOFL - 5th, 100FR - 6th; Alesha

Teddy Hunter BOUT - ard. SOFL - ord.

Roll Hartman 100BK - 4th, SOFL - 8th, 1008R
ips SOFA - tet, SOFL - int. 1008R - ist. 100FR-
. 19981, - Lat (NR

|. 1008 - net

SOF1. - tat (NR)
on

Ken Kinakin 190K - at (NR), BOFL - 2nd.

GREENWOOD GATORS SWIM MEET

AGGREGATE WINNERS:

ROBSON RIVER OTTERS.

Div 1 girls Terri Todd - GOLD

Div 2 boys Scooter Corkle ~ SILVER
Div 4 boys ‘Aaron Donohue
Div 5 girls Lisa Woykin — BRONZE
Div 5 boys Devin La Hue — SILVER

Torrie La Hue — GO!
Janice Hawley - SILVER

Div 6 girls

CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS.
Div 2 girls Mandy Parks - BRONZE
Div 5 girls Shelby Miller — SILVER

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
ROBSON RIVER OTTERS.
NOVICE GIRLS: Michelle Todd 25BK - 3rd

SILVER

Seamus Donohue - BRONZE
LD

August 15, 1992

NOVICE BOYS: Julian Harrison 25FR - 4th, 25BK - 5th
OIV. 1 GIRLS: Teri Todd SOFL - 1st, SOFR - 1st, 5OBK - 2nd, SOBR - 6th, 100FR - tst
DIV. 2 BOYS: Scooter Corkle SOFR - 2nd, SOFL - 2nd, SOBK - 1st, SOBR - 2nd, 100FR - 2nd; Dana Harrison 5OFR - Sth, 50FL - 7th, 50BK - 6th,

SOBR - 3rd, 100FR - 4th

OIV. 3 GIRLS: Megan Grant SOFR - 2nd, SOFL - 6th, SOBK - 6th, SOBR - 4th, 100FR - 3rd; Karen Walker 5OFR - 8th, SOFL - 14th, SOBK - 14th,
SOBR - 14th, 100FR - 9th; Nicole Virgin SOFR - 9th, SOFL - 8th, SOBK - 12th, 5OBR - 10th, 100FR - 10th

OV. 4 GIRLS: Kerry Anderson 50FR - 5th, SOFL - 4th, SOBK - 6th, SOBR - 4th, 100FR - 2nd
DIV. 4 BOYS: Aaron Donohue SOFR - 2nd, 5OFL - 2nd, 5OBK - 1st, SOBR - 2nd, 100FR - 2nd
DIV 5 GIRLS: Lisa Woykin SOFR - 3rd, SOBK - 3rd, SOBR - 2nd, 100FR - 3rd; Carri Plomandon SOFR - 5th, SOBR - 6th; Tanya Todd - 5OFL - 6th
DIV. 5 BOYS: Seamus Donohue SOFR - 2nd, 5OBK - 2nd, SOFL - 1st, SOBR - 4th, 100FR - 2nd; Devin la Hue 5OFR - 3rd, SOBK - 1st, SOFL
2nd, SOBR - 2nd, 100FR - 3rd; Rob Walker SOFR 4th, 5OBR - 4th, SOFL - 4th, SOBR - 3rd, 100FR - 4th

ON. 6 GIRLS: Torrie La Hue SOFR
SOBR - 2nd, 100FR - 2nd
DIV. 7 GIRLS: Tara Paulhus 100FR - 1st

1st, SOBK - 1st, SOFL - Ist, SOBR - 1st, 100FR - 1st; Janice Hawley SOFR - 2nd, 50BK - 2nd, SOFL - 2nd,

GOOD LUCK AT PROVINCIALS
RIVER OTTERS

and

AQUANAUTS