a“ « ¥ @& SiiperVelu July 19, 1987 Celgar Pulp Company Mh. Westar limber Southern Wood Products Return to... or 2a: SAFEWAY CANAOA SAFEWAY LIMITED STAY IN SCHOOL Young people today are being greatly challenged: An ever-enlarging technological world is increasing its demand for greater and greater skills and knowledge. This means that today’s students MUST have some form of education beyond the basics. Recognizing this, the following institutions School District No. 9 ode ite sie tb dace FINANCIAL PLANNING KSI THAT MAKES YOUR MONEY WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO Rs, Ay REN CBP TAM CORNER KICK .. . Nelson player kicks ball out towards oncoming Castlegar Stars squad in a Wednesday Kootenay Soccer League game at the Kiwanis field. Stars dropped a close 3-2 decision to Nelson. Nelson's Kevin Hearn managed two goals. Stars next game is at home on Wednesday against Trail. CosNews Photo by Suri Rattan TOM BURGESS Jackson headed to Czechoslovakia By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Former Castlegar Rebel centreman Dane Jackson is headed for Czechos- lovakia next month to train with and play against some of that country's top hockey players. Jackson, 17 years old, is only one of 22 players chosen from B.C. and Al- berta to play for the Pacific Under 18 team. The Canadian squad leaves for Czechoslovakia on Aug. 15 and returns home on Aug. 31. They'll play against the Under 17 and Under 18 Czechos- lovakian National teams. “Mainly in the first week we'll be training and practicing with them. Then in the second week we'll be playing six exhibition games against them,” Jackson told the Castlegar News. He added that while the players in Alberta were chosen after attending a hockey camp, the B.C. players were picked by being scouted. Jackson said officials from the Pacific Under 18 or- ganization watched B.C. junior players “all last season” and made their de- cision on the individual performances they saw. Jackson is the only player from the Kootenays to play on the Pacific Under 18 team although Castlegar native Travis Green was also extended an in- vitation. Green, now playing for the Spokane Chiefs, declined the offer because it would conflict with his training camp with the Chiefs. Jackson said it will be interesting to train with the Czechoslovakians. “T'm really looking forward to it. Not only will we be playing hockey but it will give us an opportunity to see the country,” said Jackson. “I'm also look- ing forward to training with them.” Jackson added that the Canadian squad will have to play the best hockey they can in order to keep up with the Czechs. Although the Czechs do not play a hard hitting game, Jackson cau- tioned that “they're just really quick.” Jackson, who was one of the leading scorers with the Castlegar Rebels last season, will not be returning to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League team this fall. Instead he said he will either be playing in the United States or possibly Vernon. “Tl either be ‘going to Seattle or Vernon or some other B.C. Junior Hockey League team,” said Jackson. DANE JACKSON . bound for Czechoslovakia Jackson began playing hockey while crowing up in Manitoba. 'I started skating when I was three or four and began playing hockey when I was five while I was growing up in Winnipeg and — you know — skating on the frozen ponds. Then we moved to Edmonton,” said Jackson. ‘You're out’, she says (Castlegar) Regional Colleges — Vocational Schools Universities — Technological Institutions and Industries Offering Apprenticeships are providing programs designed to properly prepare young and mature students for today’s changing world. Counselling avenues are available (such as the Career Centre at Stanley Humphries Secondary School and Selkirk College’s Community Education Offices), and from such agencies as the provincial Ministry of Labor's Apprenticeship Training and Program Branch. TRAIL (/ FRUITVALE CASTELGAR /) SALMO SOUTH SLOCAN ¢ NAKUSP Kootenay Savings NEW DENVER Where You Belong WANETA PLAZA KASLO kirk &% lege field you choose. Big Enough to Help. . . Small Enough to Care UVic offerings include: Arts, Selkirk College is a multicampus community college with campuses located in Nelson, Castlegar and Trail. In addition to offering a wide range of educational opportunities and job training programs, the college provides services in career planning, personal than a dozen disciplines growth counselling, testing, as well as financial counselling. NaN :@: GOZEN CISCIPIMIES:. For more information contact: ADMISSION SERVICES University of Victoria Box 1700, Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2 721-8118 or 1-800-742-UVIC (toll free) Selkirk College coordinates the delivery of a full range of Continuing Education and Home Study services in communities such as Midway, Grand Forks, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, New Denver, Nakusp, Slocan Valley and Kaslo. At each Selkirk College Adult Learning Centre, vocational upgrading, self-improvement and credit courses are offered Get acquainted with UVeL Rough OTTAWA (CP) — A week ago it was Gilbert Renfroe returning to haunt the_ Ottawa Rough Riders. This week it's” Tom Burgess. Along with Todd Dillon, Renfroe and Burgess made up last year's corps of three rookie quarterbacks at the Canadian Football League club. Dillon stayed in Ottawa, the others didn't. Burgess was dealt to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for veteran quarterback Joe Paopao. Renfroe went to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for veteran running back Cedric Minter. So far, Dillon has led Ottawa to a pair of wins and one loss this season. Renfroe came back last week in Argo double-blue but came away empty. handed in a 34-27 loss to the Riders. Burgess comes back today as the starter for Saskatchewan, leading the team to a 33-33 tie against the Argos two weeks ago in Regina. He gave a brilliant performance in that game against Toronto, appearing a relief of Bentrim late in the third quarter and completing 17 of 22 passes for 248 yards. Dillon will start for Ottawa in the 4 Riders haunted p-m. game to be broadcast a make-shift network of stations. He has completed ‘BO of 88 passes this season for 747 yards with four touchdowns and only otie interception. LIKES BURGESS Ottawa head coach Fred Glick liked Burgess and knew “there was a hidden quality in Tom as a leader,” even though he and his assistants didn't think he was as good a passer as Renfroe and Dillon. But the main thing was that Saskat- chewan asked for him and “we had a chance of getting an experienced quarterback.” But Dillon's _ perfor- mance has won him the starring role over Paopao. Saskatchewan head coach John Gregory says Burgess and Bentrim represent the future of the western Riders. “Both have played better than ex- pected but they inconsistent because they're inexperienced,” he says. “I knew when I took over here that we couldn't develop a dominant team overnight. But we're progressing.” The Roughriders remain at the bot- tom of the western division standings with only the Toronto tie to show for three games. Ottawa is second in the East behind the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who reg- istered their third win in three games Friday by beating the Stampeders 21-14 in Calgary. Glick has only two concerns about the lineup for Sunday's match. Import free safety Will Lewis pulled a ham- string against Toronto and is in doubt- ful condition. Canadian offensive guard Nick Benjamin sat out some midweek practices after twisting his right knee, which was operated on last season. Gregory, who will have defensive and James Curry in aciton while his one-game suspension is under appeal, will play Al Johns in place of defensive tackle Rick Goltz, who is down with a sprained ankle. Walter Bender takes over for Tim McCray at running back in the Saskat- chewan lineup and former Montreal Alouettes rookie Terry Baker is the new punter. Veteran Mike McTague was released after establishing only a 35-yard average this season. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As she continues to dream of being major-league baseball's first female umpire, Pam Postema fights a numbers game and tradition. One of almost 200 minor-league umpires seeking major-league positions that open with great infrequency, Postema, professional baseball's only female umpire, speaks cautiously about her experiences as a baseball pioneer. “I seem to get along fine,” said Postema, working her first season in the Class AAA American Association after four Class AAA seasons in the Pacific Coast League. “It's just like any other umpire. Some are with me and some are against me.” For the most part, players and managers, as well as the professional evaluators, appear satisfied with her work. Most, however, are hesitant to publicly criticize her. An @xception was Oklahoma City 89ers manager Toby Harrah, who, after Postema threw him out of a game, called her “a joke” and “a lousy umpire” who “belongs in Class A ball.” BACKS OFF Harrah subsequently backed off, however, saying, “at one time or another, I've probably said every umpire should go back to A ball.” Yet, former major-league pitcher Tim Lollar, now with the Louisville Redbirds, said, “She's as good as all the umps in this league.” Louisville outfielder Jack Ayer may have paid her the ultimate compliment when he said: “Tell you the truth, I don’t really recognize that she’s a woman. I don't have time for that.” Barney Deary, administrator of major-league baseball's Umpire Development Program; aid there are “very little complaints with her plate work,” but her weakness is on the bases where, he said, Postema is occasionally a step out of position. “She worked on it very diligently in the past couple of years and from what I've seen, she's improved,” he said. . But more than anything else, numbers — both the limited number of major-league jobs and her age — may be against Postema, a 33-year-old Ohio native. LIMITED OPENINGS Marty Spri , a former A i Lea, umpire who now is the league's chief supervisor of umpires, noted the league has 82 umpires and two backups. There are 28 National League umpires with four in reserve, said a league spokesman. With about 180 umpires toiling in the minor leagues, Springstead said, “it's a very competitive field and you always have new people coming into it.” Once at the top, umpires aren't likely to leave, he added. “We just don't have any room for anybody. I don't want to string anybody along.” Postema, who progressed in six years from Rookie League to Class A to Class AA before being assigned to her current status one step from the majors, has no delusions. “Once you get to Triple A, you've got to be kind of lucky and in the right place at the right time,” she said. “There's not that many openings and they're very selective. We're all taking a chance down here.” UVic ‘Thinking of university? Then consider the University of Victoria. 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With the 1987 competition eight days away, assistant coach Marjorie Blackwood is trying to instill some much-needed confidence in the host nation players. Canada will meet the Netherlands in the first round of the main draw in a rematch of last year's competition in Prague when the Canadians struggled before eliminating the Dutch in the opening round. “We should beat them because we're a better team,” Blackwood said emphatically after the official draw. “It should be 2-0 in singles this time because our singles players are better.” The defending champion United States, seeded No. 1 by the International Tennis Federation, will meet unseeded Japan in the first round on the basis of having the top-ranked player in the world, Martina Navratilova, plus third-ranked Chris Evert. Second-seeded Czechoslovakia, led by Hana Mandlik ova, will meet Sweden in the first round, while third-seeded West Germany and star attraction Steffi Graf drew Hong Kong. Fourth-seeded Bulgaria meets Greece. GETTING BIGGER “We've come a long way since the first Federation Cup in 1963 with 16 nations respresented at London,” said Barbara Wancke, the executive director of the ITF in charge of the Federation Cup. “And now the Federation Cup will be used as a qualification for the Olympics, which is a significant breakthrough.” There will be a record 42 nations competing in Federation Cup this year at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver from July 26 to Aug. 2. It's the first time th eevent has been staged in Canada. The draw resulted in the U.S. being placed in the top half and West Germany in the bottom half, paving the way for a possible rematch of 1987 Wimbledon finalists Navratilova and Graf. The West German is the No. 2-ranked player in the world and winner of the 1987 French Open. Navratilova won her eighth Wimbledon title and sixth straight championship in the London event July 4 with a straight-sets victory over Graf, ending a 45-match unbeaten record for Graf which stretched over-seven months The U.S. won the Federation Cup for the 12th time last year in Prague when Navratilova made an emotional return to her native country. Australia is second with seven Cup championships. DOUBLES DECISIVE Canada won 2-1 last year over the Netherlands when the doubles team of Carling Bassett of Toronto and Jill Heatherington of Peterborough, Ont., triumphed in three sets to break a deadlock. Helen Kelesi of Toronto, who won the Canadian singles championship last weekend in Toronto, lost in singles last year, while Bassett won her match. Jane Young of Waterloo, Ont., will be the fourth member of the Canadian Federation Cup team coached by Wendy Pattenden and Blackwood. Kelesi, the youngest Canadian player at 17, said from Toronto that she's not concerned with Canada being ranked outside (ninth) the top seeds. “It's okay because we're not playing the Americans or Germans in the first round,” Kelesi said. “We have a good chance of winning (in the early rounds) because we're playing on hardcourt this time instead of the clay surface last year in Prague.” After beating The Netherlands in 1986, Canada was eliminated in the second round by Austria. TENNIS ANYONE? . . . Jim Muller gives it his all as he K tennis tournament held at the Community Complex sends a ball flying across the court ina y . Tournament today CosNews Photo by Mike Kalmar.