As Services for Gevatkoff Vivian Gevatkoff, beloved wife of John \Gevatkoff of Castlegar, passed away July 8 at the age of 52. Funeral service for the late Mrs, Gevatkoff will begin Tues- day, July 12 at 7 p.m. at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel and continue Wednesday by Passmore Russian Hall at 10 a.m., with burial at 1 p.m. in Slocan Park Cemetery. Mrs. Gevatkoff was born Jan. 1, 1981 at Glade, where she grew up and married John Gevatkoff in 1951. In 1958 the family moved to Vallican where they lived until 1980 when they moved to South Slocan. She was an active member of the USCC and enjoyed gardening and craft work. Mrs. Gevatkoff is survived by her husband John; four : daughters, Mrs. William (Vera) Stooshnoff, Mrs. Eli (Gail) Soukeroff, Mrs. Har- vey (Laverne) Kabatoff, all of Winlaw, and Mrs. Frank (Sharon) Tassone of Castle- gar; five grandchildren; and three brothers, Pete, Joe and Fred Perepolkin all of Thrums. Funeral arrangements un- der the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Funeral set for Monday Tina Overennay of Castle- gar passed away July 8 at the age of 74, She was born Jan. 2, 1909 in Kamsack, Sask. and came to B.C. in 1912 settling in Glade. After her marriage to Edward Overennay she moved to Ootischenia where she resided. She was an ac- tive member of the USCC and an avid gardener. She is survived by:one son, John and daughter-in-law Linda of Ootischenia; one daughter, Mrs. Lorne (Ver- na) Rugg of Cranbrook; seven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and one brother, Mike M. Markin of Ootischenia. She is prede- ceased by husband Edward, one son, Bill, and one sister, Lucy Popoff. Funeral services begin Monday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at the Ootischenia Russian Hall and continue on Tuesday, July 12 at 10 a.m. with burial at 1 p.m. at the Brilliant Cemetery. Funeral arrangements un- der the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. CASTLEGAR NEWS, July, 10, 1983 chestra Th ap 9! PI continue this Thursday, July 14 with fobr fairy tales from four d by the Bogus Towne Players : —CosNews Photo Accident mars parade CALGARY (CP) — Three people injured when a bleach- er lining the route collapsed marred the 71st Calgary Stampede parade Friday. City inspector Radju Paul blamed the accident, which occured when a handrail gave way as a man tried to climb to the bleacher’s top, on crowd control problems. Michael Laxter, 12, of Ot- tawa and two Calgary women, Ida Falk and Mar- lene Topley who fell back- ward off the bleacher, were taken to a city hospital for treatment. ‘ 2 Police said Laxter suffered back injuries, Falk head lac- erations and Topley a frac- tured shoulder blade. City inspectors . spot- checked the bleachers Thurs- day night and Friday morn- ing, “but it would be pretty hard to check all of it,” Paul said. The parade, televised live across Canada, started in fine style as threatening rain stowed way 75 kil and plastic hat coverings as a rainbow arched overhead. ‘IT NEVER RAINS’ “It never rains on the Stampede Parade,” said vet- eran parade marshal Lionel Gudry-White as he looked skyward. Mickey and Minnie, as Grand Parade Marshalls for clouds parted and a two-h: downpour stopped in time to welcome Grand Parade Mar- shals Mickey and Minnie Mouse in their second public appearance outside of Dis- neyland. Under sunny skies, thou- sands of local and out-of-city Krestova man passes away Alex Pete Poznikoff of Krestova passed away July 7, aged 76. Mr. Poznikoff was born Sept. 7, 1905 at Arran, Sask., and came to B.C. in 1912, setting in Glade. He married Mary Popoff in 1935 at Krestova and lived .there all his life. He worked mainly in the sawmill in- dustry, retiring in 1978, and enjoyed gardening. Mr. Poznikoff is survived Creek and Mrs. Mabel Gret- chin of Krestova; five grand- children; and one brother, Bill Poznikoff of Grand Forks. And he is predeceased by his wife, Mary, in 1978. Funeral services will begin today (Sunday) starting at 7 p.m. at the Krestova Russian Hall and continue Monday at 10 a.m. at the Krestova Hall with ‘burial at 1 p.m. in the Krestova Cemetery. Funeral services under the 4 Cast) by two daugh Mrs. Phil (Ann) Plotnikoff of Pass of Funeral Chapel. the two-h P joined Willie de Wit, world amateur heavyweight boxing champion and Calgary hockey star Lanny McDon- ald, both former grand mar- shals. The parade included a float honoring the 16th World Scout Jamboree, now under the city with 16,000 scouts and leaders attending from 106 countries. Lord Baden-Powell, grand- son of the founder of scout- ing, led a trio of scout rep- resentatives who joined the parade to mark the Project correction west of An article and caption in the July 6 Castlegar News identified one of the four stu- dents working on the Rotary Zuckerberg Island Park proj- ect as Teresa Lauriente. It should have read Teresa Perepolkin. - Stadium finally gets a VANCOUVER (CP) — The new 60,000-seat domed sta- dium here finally has a name, nearly three weeks after its official opening. The board of directors of B.C. Place Corp. announced Friday that it will be called B.C. Place Stadium. Corporation president Gil Hardman said the board ac-, cepted the report of a special subcommittee composed of Stephen Rogers, the minister responsible for B.C. Place, name name. He noted that 91 per cent of the name ideas were for non-personalities, making it clear that many people did not want it named after any particular person. . There was a virtual tie be- tween people wanting the building named B.C. Place Stadium or a name hinging on Marathon of Hope runner Terry Fox. Each received 11 per cent of the letters. The B.C. Medical Associ- ation had d a peti- and i dent Paul Manning. The subcommittee was “struck by the board in late May because of the volume of entries received in a name- the-stadium contest an- nounced in April. Hardman said 7,446 people wrote in with 957 different suggestions for the stadium tion with 15,000 names in support of naming the sta- dium after Fox. But Hardman said the board felt B.C. Place has paid tribute to Fox through the special memorial plaza named in his honor at the main’ entrance to the sta- dium. Geothermal Heat Pump on Market Bojey Electric of Winlaw has been awarded the deal- ership for WaterFurnace, a geothermal heat pump dis- tributed in Canada by Earth Systems Ltd. of Leaming- ton, Ont. Like the conventional air- toair heat pump, Water- Furnace uses the principles of refrigeration tok a furnace in winter a ohn tral air conditioner. ih sum- mer. w u shag’ been and simultaneous 75th anni- versary of the movement, The list of distinguished guests also included Jose De Oteyza — Mexican ambas- sador to Canada — Calgary Mayor Ralph Klein, profes- sional golfer Jim Nelford and world-class skiers Ken Reid, Sharon Firth, Kerry Smith_ and Steve Podborsky. PUBLIC event of Apol to those CITY OF CASTLEGAR Emergency Exercise -The City Council and Red Warner, M.E.P. Co- -. ordinator, wish to extend appreciation to the Casualties, Hospital, RCMP, Fire Departments, Ambulance, Red Cross, Search Rescue, School District personnel who participated in the Simu- lated Air crash Exercise June 29, 1983. The results of the exercise were beneficial to the City's Emergency Services Program in the a “Real Emergency’. NOTICE d by the exercise. PARKING: Citizens are advised that violations will be issued at the Castlegar Plaza Parking Lot to Offenders Parking in Fire Lanes as marked. CITY OF CASTLEGAR Inland N Gas Co. Ltd. Mr. Ronald L. Cliff, Chairman of * the Board of Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert E. Kadlec as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Kadlec was. appointed President October 26, 1972 and has served on the Com- pany e Board of Directors since Mr. Kadlec is a Director of Colum- bla Natural Gas Limited, Ts ra jas Associa- tion. He is past Chairman of th Canadian Gas Association. Mr. Kadlec is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto. fs d since 1956 by Command-Aire Cotp. of Waco, Texas. Built in a myr- iad of sizes and shapes rang- . ing from one to 100 tonnes, the furnace has been used commercially and residen- tially. © ly. Earth Systems has open- ed 12 dealerships in Ontario so far, and eventually will expand nationally. British Columbia dealer Alex Bojey and: Earth Sys- tems president David Hath- erton of Leamington say the cost of installation of a WaterFurnace ina suburban home is about $6,000, includ- ing about $3,100 for the fur- nace. They claim, however, that heating costs are cut by as much as 80 per cent. “We keep hearing about the oil crisis,” Hatherton comments. “We don't have an oil cri- sis — we can use the heat from the earth. The frost in- sulates the earth so you can pull heat from it.” Adds Bojey, “There's no waste.” “This furnace has no chim- ney,” says Hatherton, 30. “There's no combustion. And it may help lower insurance rates. “People get excited when they look at the furnace. The time is right.. People are thinking about conserva- :tion.” Here's how the Water- Furnace works: Water, cir- the frostline stays at a con- stant 40 to 65 degrees Fahr- enheit (4° - 18°C.) Thus, Hatherton and Bojey say, the geothermal system is considerably more efficient than air-to-air heat pumps. Hatherton says Water- Furnaces, which also can be used} to heat household water, can operate without backup. (In most instances, Ontario residents who own ‘air-to-air heat pumps also rely on conventional fur- naces.) Nonetheless, a duct- heater can be installed in the geothermal unit. The Earth Systems presi- dent says the WaterFurnace uses as little as 1's times the amount of electricity to pro- duce the same amount of heat as a standard electric furnace. And unlike the air-to-air heat pump, the furnace is located indoors, thus eliminating the clutter and noise of outdoor mech- anical hardware. eee WHAT'S THEIR SECRET? | : ye Jays this year's surprise By MIKE RUTSEY i TORONTO (CP) — As baseball marked its mid-way point in the season, the Toronto Blue Jays are two games in front in the East Division of the American League. “It feels great to be leading the league at the half-way point,” said Toronto manager Bobby Cox. “But it doesn't surprise me.” $ Surprise, thoug! th, is the In the last few weeks, to the baseball aficionado, the ‘The backbone of the club the last two years is pitching and 1983 is no different. SOLID STAFF | Led by Stieb and backed ably by starters Jim Clancy, 1-5, 3.68 ERA, Luis Leal, 8-6 8.66 ERA, and Jim Gott, 6-7, 4.60 ERA, the Jays are recession proof when it comes to losing streaks. Each of their starters is a stopper. In the bullpen, a healthy and recycled Randy Moffitt “A DAILY INTEREST ACCOUNT THAT HAS IT ALL” Kootenay Savings Credit Union 1016 - 4th Street, across from the Post Office. daily standings produced a mixture of wry amusement and heresy. Where New York, Baltimore, Boston or Milwaukee used to stand, Toronto has inserted:iteelf. Just what were the boys of the basement doing atop the league? t Each day in other centres, while eyebrows were being raised, the Jays, the morning tabloids proved, kept on winning. i Although only right-handed pitcher Dave Stieb, 10-7, 2.54 ERA, was the Toronto representative at the all-star game in Chicago, the Jays have produced their share of all-star performances in the first half while they.compiled the second-best’ record inthe American ‘League at 43-83. Last year at the break, the Jays were-87-47 and last in the East Division, 111 games back of Milwaukee Brewers. There is an obvious answer — Cliff Johnsol Johnson, a 10-year veteran, was acquired by Toronto in a lightly-publicized deal last November from Oakland A’s for outfielder ‘Al Woods. Whilc Woods is no longer in the majors, Johnson has become one of the leaders of the Jays — both in the clubhouse and on the field. A YOUNG COLT The 35-year-old designated hitter has found a fountain of youth north of the border. After 67 games and 194 at bats, Johnson has a .278 batting average with 14 home runs and 45 runs batted in. ; 3 wep Johnson also has contributed eight game-winning RBIs and leads the club in walks (88), on-base percentage (.402) and slugging percentage (.567). sire slotted as the ‘DH. against ‘left-handed pitching, Johnson, a right-handed hitter, is working his way more and more into the lineup on an every-day level. -ororAlso at the DH and spotted in sight field-is Jorgo:Orta, who overcanie a slow start to compile a .291 average with four homers and 12 RBIs. - | \ Contrast to 1982 when the Jays’ DHs trailed the league with a .288 average with just eight homers and 56 RBIs for the season. g : While Johnson and Orta are contributing 18 homers, the surge in power has moved the Jays into fourth spot in home runs with 79. Last season at the all-star break they had 55. But Johnson and Orta are parts of the improving picture in the development of a team that finished 53-109 in 1979 and 78-84 for its best finish ever last year. * “We deserve to be in first place with the consistency we've shown,” said Cox. “If we just keep playing the way we have been, we have a good chance of finishing at or very “LET THE GROUND YOU WALK ON HEAT YOUR HOME” we are d ling with ground temperatures, the WaterFurnace= system is extremely advantageous and realizes huge energy savings.” The safest, most energy efficient, WYlater lial SYSTEMS free system available today. and 1g pumps this gas through the coil at approximately 87°C - 93°C : (190° F - 200°F). Air is forced through the coil by the blower and the subsequent warm air is distributed to the rooms by the ductwork. In the summer, the system reverses the process, extracting heat from inside ging it to the the ig and ground loop where the cooling cycle begins. 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Doyle Alexander, a gamble acquisition from New York Yankees’ jh recent placed a di Mike Morgan, sore shoulder and 0-8 record, on the staff. But all are. right-handers with the seldom-used Dave +Geisel as the lone lefty — perhaps an Achilles heel if the Jays remain in contention through ‘the final months. . BIG SWING . . . Northwest Homes’ Clay liber puts everything he has into swing during Castlegar Men's C Fastball League game Thursday. But the turnaround is not just power and +“We have d is and eliminated giving ball games to the other team,” said catcher Buck Martinez who platoons with left-handed hitting Ernie Whitt. “We haven't made the bad fielding plays, the mental mistakes in the field.” Traditionally one of the poorer fielding teams, the Jays ~have tigh and are. fourth in fielding percentage. LOAD Offensively it just isn’t the DH duo of Johnson and Orta that is carrying the team. Centre fielder Lloyd Moseby, who last year was batting .219 with six homers and 24 RBIs last year at the break, has finally blossomed and is hitting .286 with nine homers and 84 RBIs. t "We're all a little more patient at the plate, swinging at good pitches,” said Martinez, who has contributed four homers and 19 RBIs to Whitt’s eight home runs and 27 RBIs, “We're getting more power, not only from Cliff who adds a lot.to.it, but;Willie-has increased production because of his- year’s experiénce and his confidence. : “He belongs in the major leagues. ;And Moseby has improved tremendously. But the biggest thing is Bobby Cox gives us a lot of confidence because he believes in us and that passes on to the players.” To the keen observer, the signs of a revitalized Toronto franchise, one that has finished in the basement in each of its six years of existence, were flashed last year. By the all-star break in 1982, the club had lost 19 games by a single run. This year, with Baltimore's winning formula of pitching, power and defence, they are turning ona city that is eager to taste a winner. But unlike other years, it is up to the Jays themselves to . see if they burst the bubble. Blue Jays win again! TORONTO (CP) — Barry Bonnell stroked a two-run. home run in Toronto's three- run fourth inning to lead the Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory over. Texas on Saturday af- ternoon and hand the Rang- ers their third loss in a row. Luis-Leal, relieved by Roy Lee Jackson in the eighth, ‘seattered eight hits as he lifted his record to 9-6. Toronto moved into a 3-1 lead in the fourth, helped by a throwing error by short- stop Bucky Dent. With one out, Lloyd Mose- by and Ernie Whitt walked and Dave Collins followed with a grounder to second. Dent made the force at sec- ond but his hurried relay to first bounded wide, allowing Moseby to score. After Col- lins stole second, Bonnell worked the count against Charlie Hough, 7-7, to 3-2 be- fore hitting his fifth homer of the season. The Jays added two runs in the seventh. Collins led off with a single and moved to third on Bonnell's bloop dou- ble to right. Alfredo Griffin scored Collins with a sacrifice fly to right and Bonnell, who moved to third on the play, scored ona single by Damaso Garcia. George Wright, who made a brilliant running run-saving catch off a drive by Rance Mulliniks in the first inning, put the Rangers up 1-0 witha solo homer in the fourth, his eighth of the season. The Jays squandered a bases-loaded, one-out situa- tion in the first inning. Damaso Garcia led off with a walk and one out later Willie Upshaw singled. After Cliff Johnson walked to load the bases, Hough got Lloyd Moseby to hit a one-hopper back to the mound and Ernie Whitt -to hit a routine fly ‘to right. Garcia, who extended _his hitting streak to. 14 games, had a rough day on the bases as he was twice picked off first by Hough. CHICAGO 8 BREWERS3 CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Ron Kittle hit a’ two-run homer and Greg Luzinski had three hits and drove in two runs Saturday to lead Chi- cago White Sox ‘to an 8-3 American League baseball victory over Milwaukee Brewers. Kittle’s 19th homer, a 426- foot blast after Luzinski dou- bled in the fourth inning, erased a 2-1 Milwaukee lead. The White Sox. scored three more in the fifth off loser Don Sutton, 6-5. Jerry Dybzinski reached on an er- ror and Rudy Law doubled. Julio :Cruz singled in Dyb- zinski and after Cruz stole second, Luzinski singled home both runners. BOSTON 10 ANGELS 3 BOSTON (AP) — Carl Yastrzemski drove in five runs with a two-run homer and a bases-loaded double, Dave Stapleton added a solo homer and Glenn Hoffman went 4-for-4 as Boston Red Sox crushed California An- gels 10-3 in an American League baseball game Satur- day. Yastrzemski followed a second-inning walk to Dwight Evans with his‘ sec- ond tworun homer in as many games to give Boston a 2-1 lead. It’ was his fourth homer of the year and 446th of his career. The 43-year-old designated hitter then capped a six-run fifth inning with his towering three-run double to make it 8-2. : CUBS 4 GIANTS 2 > SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ron Cey lined a two-run homer during a four-run sixth inning and four Chicago pitchers combined on a four- hitter as the Cubs downed San Francisco Giants 4-2 in a game Saturday. Giants rookie Mark Davis, 0-3, had a one-hit shutout through five innings before getting into trouble by walk- ing winning pitcher Chuck Rainey, 9-7, to start the six- th. Gary Woods and Ryne Sandberg then singled to load the bases with no outs. Rainey scored as Bill Buck- ner’s grounder forced Sand- berg at second and Woods Hi Arrow clinches title By CasNews Staff Hi Arrow Arms clinched first place in the Castlegar Men's Commercial Fastball League this week with three straight wins. The victories gave Hi Arrow 43 points in 24 games. They boast a record of 21 wins, two losses and a tie. ‘ Carling O'Keefe — the only team within striking distance of the hotel squad at the beginning of the week — split its two games this week and cannot catch Hi Arrow. O'Keefe has 80 points on 16 wins and nine losses. Northwest Homes remains only fopr points back in third - Spot, with 26 points on 18. wins an 11: losses. Labatts is in fourth place with 28 points on 11 wins, 18 losses and a tie, while Thrums is in fifth place with 18 points on nine wins and 16 losses. Kalesnikoff — which picked up its third victory of the year this week — has. six points in 24 games. In league batting, O'Keefe’s Terry Taranoff is making a.run at the batting title. Taranoff — who until a month ago wasn't even in the top 10 — now has a .418 average. That's just .006 back of league leadér Pat Fenrick of Hi Arrow. Both Fenrick and Taranoff have 28 hits on the year, but Taranoff has two more appearances at the plate. Hi Arrow's Terry Halisheff rounds out the top three ‘hitters with a .389 average. For the league standings and top 10 hitters see the Weekend Wrap-up, page B2. In action this week, defence was the key to Hi Arrow's success. The hotel crew allowed just two runs in three games, blanking Kalesnikoff 4-0 Monday, tripping up Thrums 3-1 Tuesday and then edging Northwest 2-1" Thursday. In the Kalesnikoff encounter, George Plotnikoff picked up the shutout, throwing a sparkling one-hitter. Plotnikoff had a no-hitter heading into the seventh and last inning when Dave Ward's single ruined his no-hit bid. He allowed just two bases on balls, as only three batters reached base in the game. ‘ Gary Konkin went two for two for Hi Arrow, Plotnikoff went two for three and Dave Kirby collected three hits off Kalesnikoff's Gerry Trubetskoff. In the Thrums game, Lawrence Halisheff and Plotni- koff shared the. mound duties allowing only one run. Wayne Kuzyk had the hot bat for Thrums, getting three hits, while John Moran picked up a pair. Terry Halisheff went three for three to spark the Hi Arrow offence. Joe Tarasoff was on the mound for Thrums. “ the sawmill crew. Labatts held a 6-3 lead until the sixth Northwest lost 2-1 to league champion Hi Arrow Arms. —CasNews Photo by Chris Grathom Finally, Lawrence Halisheff started and Plotnikoff came on in relief in the Northwest game. Both teams scored their first.runs in the opening inning, but Northwest was shut down from there on in. Hi Arrow pushed across the winning run in the second inning. The hotel crew managed only four hits off Northwest's Bob Hutchinson — two of those by Terry Halisheff. Northwest also had only four hits in the game, two by Ron Hutchinson. Northwest picked up a win earlier in the week by beating O'Keefe 4-1. Bob Hutchinson was credited with the ‘victory with Wayne Abietkoff helping in relief. — Together they allowed only three hits — two of those to O’Keefe's Terry Taranoff. 4 O’Keefe’s Grant Sookro took the loss, allowing five hits. O'Keefe managed to split its games with a 12-5 of Thrums W Sookro collected the win for O'Keefe, while Ron Drazdoff suffered the loss. Sookro held Thrums to five hits — two of those to John Moran. O'Keefe pounded out 11 hits, including two apiece by Ron Norman, Taranoff and Bob Gretchen. The game was knotted at four apiece heading into the sixth inning when O'Keefe exploded for seven runs to break the game open. Meanwhile, Thrums also lost to Labatts this week by a 4-2 count. Pete Evdokimoff went the distance for the victory, while Drazdoff was hit with the loss. Labatts smashed eight hits — three going to Ken Keraiff, and two apiece by Norm Deverney and Marcel Apels. Al Waterstreet’s single hit of the night counted big though — it was a two-run homer in the second inning. Wayne Kuzyk picked up three of the six Thrums hits. : 2 Finally, Kalesnikoff crushed Labatts’ hopes for two wins this week by nipping the brewery club 7-6 Thursday. Roger Essery started for Kalesnikoff and Dave Ward came on in relief to pick up the victory. Together, they held Labatts to nine hits. Rich Percival went three for three for Labatts and Mike Byrne added a pair. Bill Nazaroff and Dan Markin each had two hits for when Kalesnikoff rallied for four runs and the victory. Pete Tarasoff suffered the loss and Al Potapoff came on in relief. came home when shortstop John LeMaster threw wildly to first trying to double up Buckner. Cey then hit his 10th home run of the season and his 20th career homer at Small crowds worry Bombers Candlestick Park to give Chicago a 4-1 lead. ‘ National League baseball Dan Lovett, an ABC sports reporter in Wash- ington, has.made some en- emies in the Great White North. Lovett moaned in a broadcast recently that the baseball success of Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos — leading their res- pective divisions at the All- Star break — might result in an all-Canadian World Series. “It's more than a joking matter, it’s possible,” said (terett who suggested f Expos-Blue Jays _ Series no joke baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn would have to wear a ski mask during games in a Canadian Octo- ber and the winner of a Montreal-Toronto series should be awarded a “tot- em'pole award” instead of the World Series trophy. Lovett, probably _ still sore about the demise of the WINNIPEG (CP) — It was hot and sticky at Winnipeg Stadium, and there was row on row of empty seats. Across town, the bar at the Pembina Hotel was crowded with people watching football on a king-sized TV screen. Therein lies a big problem for Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League — at least, that's the way football club sees ‘it, There are those who view things quite differently and one of them is George Drux- man, the Pembina Hotel's owner, a former standout of- fensive centre with the Bom- bers and still a big booster of the team. Against a‘ controversial centred on tele- said later his comments were tongue-in-cheek and many friends in Canada. Don't count on it, Dan. assured listners he has j vised football via satellite dishes, the Blue Bombers opened their 1988 season Friday night, losing 26-25 to Ottawa Rough Riders. But the big worry for the team was the size of the crowd. A mere 18,995 fans turned out — the ballpark has a seating capacity of 32,965 — and club officials think it was more than the 80-degree heat at game time that kept people away. They put a big part of the blame for the smallest crowd in anyone's memory for a Blue Bombers’ opener on bars like the Pembina which offer Winnipeg’s home foot- ball games on large television screens along with air con- ditioning and beer. Beer is available at the stadium, too — fans can guz- zle in the stands from plastic cups but to keep supplied they have to trek back and forth to downstairs conces- sions, CLUB LOSES MONEY The Bombers, who lost all four of their. pre-season games before meeting Ot- tawa, piled up an operating deficit of $400,000 last year and are hoping for better at- tendance in 1983 to balance the books, - Clearly disheartened by the opening-game turnout, Graham and other club offi- cials would like to sit down soon with the Manitoba Hotel Association to talk matters over. The team feels it's losing between 5,000 and 10,000 paying customers for each home game because of the telecasts pulled into the bars from a U.S. sports network. Druxman, who played with the Bombers in Yhe late 1960s and early 1960s and was a member of four Winnipeg Grey Cup teams, says he has seen good crowds turn out for home games when both the Bombers and the visiting team are hot — and the bars: are open. But he says that even ona Sunday, when the bars are closed, the club may play be- fore a half-empty stadium when the opposition is so so. Weather, other attractions and a high awareness among many people today to get out and participate rather than sit in the stands are also involved, he said. And he sees one other matter hurting the Blue Bambers — the return of tal- ented but reluctant quarter- back Dieter Brock. Brock, who Druxman says “has made it clear he thinks Winnipeg is a hick town,” flew in from his Alabama home 48 hours before the Bombers’ opener, admitting he was back only because by doing so he might get out from under contractual com- mitments to the Bombers. He watched the Ottawa game from the sidelines, and drew a hearty round of boos from the sparse crowd.