4 AUTO RACING — INDY 600: 68th running of world’s most prestigious.race, 12:30p.m., channel 13; 9 p.m., channel 4. MONDAY NBA: Reguior may be pre-empted for coverage of NBA championships, 11:59 .a.m., channel 7 GASEBALL—WWNOR BALL: Bronco, Anderson Insuronce vs Maloney Pontiac, 6 p.m., Kinnaird Park; Crescent Valley vs. Seth Martin, at Mi. Sentinel, Kootenay Savings vs. Klothes Kloset, Kinnaird Park, games begin 6:15 p.m. LEAGUE: Carling Okeete vs. Royals. Kinnaird Pork; Lobatts vs. Sandman inn, inland Park, games begin 6 p.m. TUESDAY FASTBALL—COMMERCIAL LEAGUE; Sandman Inn vs. Hi Arrow, 6 p.m., Kinnaird Pork. GOLF—LADIES GOLF: Two club event, 8:30 o.m., Castlegar Golt Club. ‘BASEBALL—MINOR BALL: Mosquito, Klothes Kloset vs. Crescent Valley, 6:15 p.m., Kinnaird Park, Pony, Castlegor High vs. Castlegor Sentinels, 6 p.m., Kinnaird Park A BASEBALL—MINOR BALL: Mosquito division, Seth Martin vs Ogiow Building. 6:15 p.m., Kinnaird Park: Bronco, Legion vs Kootenay Savings Credit Union, 6 p.m., Inland Park COMMERCIAL LEAGUE FASTBALL. 2 Thrums vs. Labatts, 6 p.m. Thrums field. WE WILL SELL YOU Only the Bike for YOUR SIZE AND YOUR NEEDS. REGIONAL RECREATION COMMISSION#.1 May 27 — Public Swim. Brandson Pool 1-4 p.m. Children 75¢. Students $1.00. Adults $1.25. MAY 28 — Drop in Aerobic Fitness 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Com- is Dance 6 p.m. Parent & Tot Swim, $6.00. Yellow Level 5 years, 3 p.m. $12.00. MAY 29 — Noon hour swim 12 - 1. Master Swim, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Fitness 7 p.m. Robson School. MAY 30 — Aerobic Fitness 9 a.m. Complex. Public Swim 3:30 “5: Pool -lp.m. JUNE 1 — Aerobic Fitness 9 a.m. Complex. Roller Skating 7:30 - 9:30 Arena Complex. JUNE 2 — Aerobic Fitness 9 a.m. Complex. Public Swimming 1-4 p.m. Brandson Pool JUNE 8 — Special Fitness Evening. Lecture — Practical. Fit- ness a Pi ~ $3.00. _ © Drop in Fitness classes ore $2 © class or you may purchase o ™ fitness pass for $20. 2601-6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 @ Priority . Shirley Main. Selkirk College 7 p.m. danger. “It's up to us how safe this race is,” said defending champion Tom Sneva, who helped break, all the qualifying records for this year’s race by winn'ng the pole with ‘an Raw speed and competitive balance. It adds up to average speed of 210.029 m.p.h. “There are more guys in this field with a chance to win than I can ever remember.” Practice and qualifying for the race were marked by spectacular crashes, the most serious involving Michael Chandler. The son of Times-Mirror editor-in-chief Otis Chandler was in a coma for 2%: days after a piece of his car's suspension shattered his helmet's face shield. He was released Friday night from hospital and returned to his home in Dana Point, Calif. Many of the drivers in the 83-car field — including 32 June 3 to 9 is Red Cross Water and Boating Safety Week and the Bob Brandson Pool is sponsoring a Water and Boating Safety poster contest. The poster must re- late to water and/or boating safety. There will be prizes award- ed in each of the following age categories: seven and under, eight to 10 years and 11 - 13 years. There will be demonstra- tions at the Bob Brandson Pool during June 3 - 9, Water and Boating Safety week, during the evening public swimming sessions, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekends and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays. Bring your lifejackets and personal flotation devices to get them tested by the train- ed staff at the pool, and when you bring in your lifejacket or PFD to public swimming during June 3 to 9, your life-.- jacket goes in for free while. you go in for half price. There will be booklets and pamphlets available on boat ing safety and boating guides at the Bob Brandson Pool. COME IN AND CHECK OUT OUR NEW “SERVICE POLICY" With your purchase of any set of 4 new quality tires from K&A Tires receive FREE fo Alignment Check Valued at $20. Tire Rotation Valued at $12. Tire Repairs valued at $7.50 each. Tire Balancing every 20,000 miles valued at $6.50 each. S.B.R. STEEL BELTED RADIAL WHITEWALL $59.95 P215/75R14 - $63.95 P205/75R15 $65.95 P215/75R15 $68.95 P225/75R15 - $72.95 P235/75R15 P195/75R14 .. P205/75R14.... - $75.95 K & A TIRE LTD. 157 Columbia Av Castlegar Ph. 365-2955 TOP SCHOOL - Bethel Christian A: school sports day championship Friday. Student Vanessa Pierce and Pri foreign flavor seven former winners. But Andretti actually was the fastest in practice this month, the 1969 Indy winner’ hitting several laps over 212 m.p.h. Andretti, 44, heads into the race as the co-favorite with Sneva, 36, and Mears, 32. FFL } Hit E 23 last week in his backup car. His car, the slowest of the original qualifiers at 200.018 m.p.h., was withdrawn from the lineup and replaced by the car of Chris Kneifel, who originally qualified 84th at 199.831. PFITZINGER RAN RACE OF NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. (AP) — Lghtly regarded Pete Pfitzinger ran the race of his career Saturday to win the U.8. Olympic men’s mara- thon trial in two hours 11 minutes 42 seconds, beating a talented field of about 175 runners, including Alberto Salazar, holder of the world’s best marathon time. Pfitzinger, 26, a graduate of Cornell University, surged into the lead between the 21- and 23-kilometre marks, opened a gap of about 100 metres by the 23-km point and at one stage led by as much of 150 metres. But in the closing stages of the 42.195-km race, which began in Buffalo, N.Y., the pace slowed and Salazar and John Tuttle passed him with about one kilometre to go. With less than one kilo metre ini Salazar cademy of Nelson captured the inter-Christian incipal Jim Lockwood accept cup from Sally Crandall, principal of the Castlegar Christian Academy which hosted the sports day. Story to follow Wednesday. Lions’ backfield KELOWNA (CP) — As of- fensive line coach of the B.C. Lions, Ron Smeltzer believes the offensive unit of his Canadian Football League club is right where he wants it to be. “So many of these guys have been here for years that you don’t have to waste time in practice,” Smeltzer said at hegter, motor, pum) and installations. line of Bio-Guord Chemicals. Call Gary Hyson at 365-7389 NOTE: No Guns, Show Skis or Kummage. RED MOUNTAIN RACERS SUMMER SPORTS EQUIPMENT SWAP Saturday, June 2 CHECK-IN — 8:30 to 12:30 SELLING 12:45 to 4 p.m. at Kinnaird Hall, Columbia Ave. SELLERS: 15% fee for selling less tagging fee. Tagging tee $1 per item. Racers accept no respon- sibility tor stolen articles. Price your goods to sell. Buyers want bargains. BUYERS: Goods are used and carry no guarantees. Purchases final — no refunds or exchanges. @ KAYAKS @ LAWN FURNITURE @ WETSUITS @ WATER SKIS @ BOATS & MOTORS @ TRICYCLES @ LIFE JACKETS @ GOLF CLUBS @ HIKING & CLIMBING EQUIP. © TENNIS RACKETS @ CANOES @ TACHE @ FISHING RODS @ BACK PACKS @ BICYCLES @ WINDSURFERS \ Get Ready for Summer Sports has more speed the club's training camp in this Okanagan city. “The whole organization is such high quality that the players want to stay year after year.” Special teams and running back coach Roy Shivers, meantime, said the team's experience is evident in terms of execution. “We've got close to 80 per cent of our offence in already. Even when we put in new plays it works well.” Shivers, who's in his sec- ond full year, said the club's special team work won't begin until next week, prior to the Lions’ first exhibition games against Calgary. Of the new backs at camp, Shivers said “there is more speed this year but things still need a bit more polish. But that’s what training camp is all about.” Offensive co-ordinator Adam Rita, who's been work- ing closely with Shivers, said he is particularly pleased with the physical condition of the players. “It's the best I've seen in years.’ IMPRESSING COACHES With receiver hopeful Jim Sandusky still on the side- lines with the flu, Ned Ar- mour has been impressing the coaches with his ability to catch the ball. “He has as good speed as looked like the winner, but as the three front-runners near- ed the finish line, Pftizinger summoned a final burst of CAREER energy and swept past Sal- azar. Salazar finished in 2:11:44 and Tuttle was third in 2:11:60. Pfitsinger’s time was. the fastest of his career. The American record-holder at 32 km had run his best mar- athon last year with a time of 2:12:84 in the Montreal In- ternational. He also won the 1968 San Francisco Mara- thon. But he was given little chance Saturday. Going into the race, Sal- azar, who ran a world’s best 2:08:18 in the 1981 New York City Marathon, was the fa- vorite, despite recent illness and injury. Salazar remained with the pack behind Pfitzinger after the West Newton, Mass., resident had taken the lead is to compete in the Olympic Marathon on Aug. 12 at Los Angeles. Weekend Wrap-up Peover Valley a7 Trail Orioles 72 Trail Cordinale om TEAR PITCH. K 0.70 Troil Orioles 1.09 Beaver Volley 374 Republic 430 Tro Cardinale on Forks 24 L. Millertoin, R. Raposo. 6 R. Crema, C. Bhanchi 4 Roposo 6 as ‘Ss ‘= = ry og er bere, tt as ieee 6b ft eae : tena 88: S ieee ATR Hp monte 124 (3 iene i t Fe “6. Latreniers, 2 8. Reid, 8.V. 4 00 L. Germaine, 8.V. 2 se 8. Montage, Or “73 L Reid, 8 res) 5. Freschi, 8.V. 7 ‘309 G. Hollet, est A. Huston, . © 7 D. Soukoratf, 3 387 GS. Owern, 6 3 Runs scored: 5; 8. eid BY aL. . Ruas batted bn: 8. 5 5 @. Latreniere, 13, Bory ve & * Sokloe: ployess ted with 2 each. 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He i H tr A Sunday, May 30, 1964 — 30 years ago this Sunday — marked one of the public gatherings Castlegar has ever seen and is'& major milestone in the development of the city. What happened on that date? The Castle News of the day announced the event in “modest” half-inch high print and 90 column inches of type: “15,000 Kootenay residents jam airport opening and airshow.” ’ = the dovelopinent ‘of a jproject’ which Taw puns contribute « great deal to the development of the’ area,’ the wire concluded. “The airport was officially opened by. the late H. W- Herridge, MP for Kootenay West, who expressed deep regret that Mr. Chevrier was unable ta be present. “He said the airport opening represents the closing of one era and the commehcement of another in the transportation history of the Kootenays, which he briefly recalled. “This,” airport,” he declared, ‘is the result of It was 30 years ago that the C: airport opened its doors. To put it in perspective, in the same issue of the Castle News, School District No. 9 got a 3/16-inch headline and -about five column inches announcing referendum No. 1 for $800,000 — part of the $616,000 ‘y school in Casth Kinnaird and Robson. It was ever thus, sometimes you just can't get anyone to notice you and then there are other times. . . To put the opening into a different perspective, the villages of Castlegar and Kinnaird at that time had a population of 2,700. prog: to wait ina for two miles’ ‘Drivers were for line that stretc! deter and coop: It is the finest illustration of worthwhile cooperation between, all levels of government — federal, provincial and’ i ehairman of the local Chamber's Aviation Committe, Who thanked the people of the West Koatenays ‘for attending “in massive numbers that have’ completely floored me.” While a number of people, including Mrs; R.A.D. West, Miss Joyce Killough, Mrs. M.L. Aberdeen Ralph West's head teller, air cadets and local businessmen were given short free rides over the area in the new Convair-Liner aircraft, who local lads did not. They had stowed away in a corner of the eabin but were spotted while the plane was taxiing down the runway for Vancouver and never did get into the air. Good try though. — and the people themselves.” “(The late) Archdeacon B. A. Resker and Rev. L. C. Johnston of Castlegar, then invoked the Divine Blessing on the field, following which Mr. Byrne extended the personal congratulations of the Hon. Chevrier on the historic occasion, Recalling the history of the airport and the steps whereby GPA was granted the charter for an interior airline, Mr. Byrne extended the minister's “very best wishes for the economy of the whole area which this grand airport exemplifies.” B.C. GOV'T. PROUD AND DELIGHTED “Congratulations and best wishes from the B.C. government, were voiced by the Hon. R.E. Sommers, R d-Trail MLA who said the airport is the result of With only the Castlegar ferry to get across the Columbia River and to the airport, drivers were forced to wait in a line that stretched for two miles — as far as the Blue Top Burger. The ferry was glutted with visiting motorists and the police, while cadets and scouts directed an estimated 5,000 vehicles to the airport area and the hillside east of the field. Another story states that the sponsoring Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce was taken by surprise by the huge turnout. Some Castlegar citizens, despairing of the long wait on the return trip, left their cars on Waldie's Flats by the Pass Creek bridge, walked over the railway bridge home, then walked back again 4‘ hours later when the ferry traffic had almost returned to normal to pick them up. Others coming in from Trail never got near the ferry and turned back, disappointed. Still others, rather than wait for the ferry went via Nelson, Salmo and Trail to get home. The official program for the day indicates that the ceremonies opened at.10 a.m. at the airport with the releasing of the large meteorlogical balloons, an “intensive, cooperative effort and the public spirit and aggressiveness of the people in this area.” He said the provincial government is “proud and delighted” to be associated with such a project. 1SYMBOL OF UNITY “Announcement of the airport's new name, was made by Mayor Jos. B. Kary of Nelson, speaking on behalf of the three owner communities, Nelson, Castlegar and Kinnaird. “This magnificent airfield is now added to those strong threads that bind this nation together,” Mayor Kary said. “As such it can be considered a contributor to our unity. I believe that in the Kootenay, this. particular project has a special significance as an emblem of unity. I believe that it emphasizes once again that the Kootenay is an entity, and that the greatest benefit for all is achieved when we act in concert and not just on the basis of localized interest.” ‘The facility grew from a cow pasture and dust bowl toa modern airport.’ at an official luncheon and followed with a cavalcade to the airport led by the Castlegar Legion Band under the direction of bandmaster Gus Leitner. The official ribbon-cutting was executed by a C.P.A. Convair, ar.as.the.Castle News -story tells it: “At the opening ceremonies, various government, CPA, Dept. of Transport and Civic representatives lauded the close cooperation between West Kootenay communities and all levels of government, and the ight, vision, det ination and dynamic hi of the Castlegar Airport Committee, headed by the late R.A.D. West, in the development of the airstrip to its present, first class condition. “Including an airshow in which RCAF planes and personnel, CPA craft, U.S. Airforce jets, Dept. of Transport planes and private flying aircraft participated, the day was among the biggest the West Kootenay has ever seen although the airshow events were greatly curtailed by high winds, which stirred up clouds of dust. “After a luncheon for official guests at the Castlegar Hotel, sponsored by the Castle News, the Castlegar No. Two Fire Truck led by a 40 car cavalcade to the field where shortly fefore 2:00 p.m. the CPA's new 40 passenger Convair-Liner landed. “The trim, streamlined plane, which began regular service on the Vancouver-Castlegar-Calgary run the next day, broke a ribbon across the taxi strip, as it taxied in from the runway, to begin the opening ceremonies. “N. T. Oglow, MC for the afternoon's events, and president of the Castlegar and District Chamber of “Mayor Kary said it would be impossible to name all who have had a hand in “bringing this great benefit to the Kootenay,” but the guiding light throughout has been R. A. D. West of Castlegar. “Who knows how much time, energy, worry and ingenuity this man has put forth to give the West Kootenay an airfield?” he asked. “I would not attempt to list it. Let me say however that it has been so much, so effective and so unselfish that the three owner communities of Castlegar, Kinnaird and Nelson, have out of gratitude, decided today to name this the Ralph West Airfield.” “I now so dedicate it with the solemn wish that it may grow on in stature and importance as a monument to good citizenship.” COW PASTURE TO AIRPORT “Mr. West was the final speaker of the opening ies. He exp: surprise at Mayor Kary's announcement and said credit for the past seven years in which “we have watched this airport grow from a cow pasture and dust bowl to the modern airport we opened today,” must be given to many men. “He cited the contributions of the Castlegar Board of Trade, the communities of Nelson, Castlegar and Kinnaird, H. W. Herridge; Minister of Transport Mr. Chevrier; Dept. of Transport personnel and Canadian Pacific Airlines in the field's development. ® e remainder of the afternoon was devoted to the airshow which was delayed for several minutes until part of the huge crowd had been cleared, with police , who sp the day, wel d everyone. “Bert Morice of Kinnaird then read a telegram from the Hon. Lionel Chevrier, Minister of Transport, who was unable to attend but was personally represented by James Byrne, MP for Kootenay East. WIRE FROM CHEVRIER “The minister's wife congratulated the Airport Committee and the owner municipalities of Nelson, Kinnaird and Castlegar on the opening of-the field. ‘The Department of Transport is pleased to have had a hand in from the taxi strip and runway. AIR CADETS PARADE “Another feature of the afternoon, was a parade by over 100 Air Cadets of Nelson; ‘Trail and Castlegar, to music by the Balmoral Pipe Band from Trail, in full Highland regalia. The cadets were highly complimented by the inspecting officer, Wing Commander Robert Brooks, CO of No. One RCAF Base, Vancouver, who took the salute. , “Closing address was given by the late Mike Dalton, IT’S GETTING _ THE SUZUKI SI Economical .. . ei >} Va EG al EF tery See us in Glerimérry, Trail 364.0202. Nith your purchase ¢ Job openings Local residents were given short free rides over the area in the new Convair-Liner aircraft.’ The airport is now operated by the federal government has a 1,630-metre long landing strip which takes Boeing 707's and boasts a control tower to handle its 27,000 annual takeoffs and landings. But it is still “the finest illustration of worthwhile cooperation between alt levels of government” and we wish it a happy 30th birthday This particular “birthday greeting” should stir up a considerable number of rememberings and additions and I would like to thank Betty Price at city hall for her assistance and Axel Nielsen for the memory’ that someone was thoughtful enough at that time to get him a special invitiation to the opening as the airport's first landscape gardener. Details of these and other job Has the fo Medical clinic in Trail requires @ licenced medical labo iat for a period of 4 months commencing Aug. | 1984. 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