80 YEARS OLD... Ma ue Bredman with her Pict table pentreplers of a Swiss flag flanked by tw to Canada from Swit- zerland in 1937. lags. Mrs. Lucy Brodman enjoys © 80th birthday party Long-time Castlegar resi- dent, Mrs, Lucy Brodman celebrated her 80th birthday June 12. The event began with tho family attending mass, fol- lowed by a family dinner at the Fireside Place and the presentation of a money tree, gifts and contratulations at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettlie Archi! the piano, an old family trad- ition. Mrs. Brodman has five children, Mrs. Lucy Bosse, Mrs. Marlees Waite, Mrs. ° Archibald an a son, Rene Brodman, all of Castlegar; and Charlie Brodman of Slo- can. She has 16 grandchil- dren and nine great-grand- children. An entertaining evening was held’ with a sing-song by Shed d d to , Panne 1 settled at Slocan City until moving to Castlegar in 1942. She has resided here ever since. Mrs, Brodman has been active in St. Rita's Catholic Church. She was one-time president of the Catholic Women's League, and still participates in singing in the church choir. " ALEX FRASER CLAIMS Civil service overpaid VICTORIA (CP) — Some people working for govern: minister inakes $60,000. “The deputy minister of has to oversee the overpaid and ‘inderworked, Transportation Minister Alex Fraser said this week, ‘This also applies to a lot of executives in the private sector, Fraser said during debate on the government's controversial restraints pro- ‘am. . There is something wrong | with the.system when em- _.ployees. make’ considerably more than their superiors, he added. Fraser said that Premier Bill Bennett makes about $80,000 a year, works 18 hours a day, seven days a week, and is responsible for the spending of $7.5 billion. “There are people in the private sector that are get- ting four times that amount and working -half as much, and that’s why I say they're overpaid and underworked.” He pointed out that some employees in the health de- livery ‘field are . getting $125,000 a year, $45,000 more than the premier makes; while in the education sector some executives are earning more than $90,000 a year when the deputy Education administration of a $2-billion budget, and he finds that people under him are getting $90,000 a year,” Fraser told the legislature. “Something is radically wrong. It's no wonder we're short of money to deliver services to people.” He said it is no wonder the province is in trouble when the Highways deputy minis- ter, who spends $700 million of taxpayers money, gets $63,000 whlie Vancouver mu- nicipal engineer Bill Curtis makes $85,000. 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If your number is identical to, and in the same order, you win the jackpot prize of $5,000. If the last three digits are the same, you’ win $26. HOMEGOODS _ FURNITURE "WAREHOUSE Tues. -Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” PRE-HOLIDAY SPECIALS Repack Wheel Bearings $9975 Most cars & light duty trucks .......eceseeee Cooling System Flush & Leak test & Partial Charge... Wheel Bearings Service HM cecccrececccscescoces Safety Inspection Pre-Vacation. 55 Points. 15% Off "GM" Parts S140" Air-Conditioning Check $9975 GUARANTEED SERVICE — GUARANTEED GM PARTS GUARANTEED PRICE For Appointment Ph. 365-2155 Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC Ltd. 1700 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. 1937 ain her Tey Cath They Chamber meets this Wednesday The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce will be holding its June general meeting, June 380 (Wednesday) at noon in the Hi-Arrow. Guest speaker will be Ger- ald Bryson, manager of the B.C. Division of Canadian Petroleum Association. Bryson joined the service of the B.C. provincial gov- ernment in 1948 becoming” commissioner of the then named social security and municipal aid tax (now social service tax), assistant deputy of finance and in 1957 was appointed deputy minister of finance. He held this post for 23 years. Upon retiring from the provincial government he joined the Canadian Petro- leum Association as the man- ager of B.C.- Division oper- ating out of Victoria. He has been in this post for two years. Steve Montgomery from the provincial Good Show || Program will also be speak- ing briefly at this meeting. College offers commerce courses Come September. students enrol in engineering and car- eers in and ofa first year arts commerce will be able to enrol in a full first year program at Selkirk College. Both programs are transfer- able to the University of B.C. Students who have com- pleted an appropriate first year of university studies at a college or university are eligible to apply for admis- sion. John Peregrym depart- ment head of Math/Physical Sciences said that students without the necessary pre- requisites may be able to complete make-up work at Selkirk College between now an bi PB for Per- | egrym said a good GPA is important. According to Peregrym, Selkirk College offers many advantages to the student. “Our class size is small compared to what you might fine at UBC. At Selkirk College enrolment will be restricted to 16 students, at UBC, class size ranges from 60 to 120. Students will get more personalized attention here,” Peregrym said. “An obvious benefit is the financial one. Fees and living expenses are very high in the need a 27° grade point average in physics, chem- istry and mathematics to lower Fees are in excess of $1,000 at UBC and about $500 at Selkirk Col- ege.” ch Tournament (Pa 9 a.m. — Kid's Fish Pond. 9.a.m. — Booths ,Jelly Contest 10:00 a.m. — Bing Games 10:00 a.m, — Craft Fair 10:00 Baking Contest Thurs., July 1 7:00 g.m.-10 a.m. — Firemen's Pan- cake Breakfast (Fire Hall) 8.a.m.-8 p.m. — Community Slow Pit- 9.a.m.-12 noon — ieiddies Races. 9:30 a.m. — Senior Citizen's Jam or 10:00 a.m. — Tittle League Ball 10:00 a.m. — Horseshoe Tournament 10:00 a.m. — Beer Garden a.m. — Senior Citizens Pie SALMO JULY Ist DAYS. Come and celebrate Canada’s birthday with us. See the July Ist parade and join in all the fun. 10:00 a.m. — Happiest, Prettiest, Fat- test Baby Contest. 10:30 a.m. — Grease Pole 11:00 a.m. — Largest Family Contest 11:00 a.m. — Crown and Anchor 12 noon — ~_spaghettt Eating Contest PARAI — Oldest Gramma Contest — Oldest Grampa Contest — Ice-Cream Eating Contest | — Grease Pole — Russian Choir — Ple-Eating Contest’ — Diaper Derby’ — Toddler Race . — Grease Pole Pin Contest 3:30 3:30 p.m, — Senior Citizen's Rolling 3:30 p.m. — Senior Citizen's Nail Hammering Contest p.m, — Bubble Gum Drop (weather permitting) 4:00 p.m, — Jello Eating Contest 4:00 p.m. — Senior Citizen's Grocery Race — Men's Diaper Derb: Sat., July 3 7.a.m, -10 a.m, — Pancake Breakfast (ire Hall) 10:00 a.m, — Cold Concession y 4:30 p.m. — Senior Citizen’s Balloon Throw 4:30 p.m. —Es9 Throw p.m, — Ki p.m. — Beef B.B.Q. p.m. — Raffle Draw at the Park p.m. — Street Dance p.m. — Pop Garden 9:30 p.m. — Fireworks 's Treasure Hunt a.m. — Firemen’s Competition a.m, — Crown and Anchor u 00 p.m. — Raft Race Vy 200 Pe m: — Decorated Bike Contest — Decorated Trike Contest 6:00 ae — Raffle Draw at Park BOOTHS: Hellium Balloons, Muppet Character, Peanut Scramble, Dunking Machine, Tacos, Slush, Corn on the °‘ Cob, Popcorn, Cold Concession and Hot Concession. 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Kootenay Savings Credit Union TRAIL® FRUITVALE ® CASTLEGAR © SALMO © SOUTH SLOCAN NAKUSP * NEW DENVER © WANETA PLAZA Soccer fans defrauded MADRID (cP) — dae football association siaatted Saturday fans were de- frauded at a World Cup soc- cer.match Friday between West Germany and Austria. Some 40,000 fans at El Molinon Stadium in Gijon were incensed by the cynical manner in whic both teams abandoned any attempt at playing an entertaining. game. Despite the mounting chorus of whistles and cat- calls, the West Germans and Austrians merely went through motions following the only goal of the game — by West German Horst Hur- besch ~- in the 11th minute. The close victory assured both teams a place in the sec- The FIFA was considering a by geria that the two West Germany and Austria had arranged the score. Sekkal d it the teams had arranged the re- sult. The West Germans, be- sieged by onlookers when they returned to their hotel, responded ‘by dropping water-filled plastic bags from their eighth-flowr windows. The crowd retaliated by hur- ling back tomatoes. “The spectators were cer- tainly defrauded,” an FIFA match as “a scandalous and immoral act.” He said he had lodged an official complaint with FIFA and demanded the expulsion of both West Ger- many and Austria from the competition, FIFA vice-president Her- mann Neuberger of West. Germany said Friday night that however the game had been played, no rules had been broken. Cc i y source said Saturday. HALTS ADVANCE The result ended Algerian hopes of becoming the first African country to advance to ‘the second round of the final and brought an angry ac- eusation from Alemi Sekkal, of the Al; ond round Monday, out Group Two rival Algeria. Football Federation. that on an Alger- jan charge the result had the remainder of the World Cup final. The competition's 12-team second round open- ing Monday features 11 seeded teams plus Northern Treland. WINNING IS VITAL In the round-robin opening stage, teams could afford to make one mistake and still qualify. In the second phase — with only one, team ad- vaneing to the semifinals topping Group Three. And Northern Ireland was not ex- pected to top Group Five ahead of Spain. Spain and Argentina now face tougher opposition than if they had led their res- pective groups according to seedings, There now are two powerful second-phase groups and two weaker sec- tions. : InGroup C, to be contested ia 1 ii from each three-t group one defeat almost certainly will spell elimination. While Northern Ireland i ahead of Yugos- been p: the dis- ciplinary source said: “It is one of those cases in which you suspect something is wrong but you cannot prove anything.” After 18 days of non-stop action the stage is set for the traditional powers to fight out lavia from Group Five was the only major upset, a num- ber of results did affect the second phase groupings, Belgium's win over de- fending champion Argentina in the tournament operner ultimately ended in Belgium Billie Jean earns victory LONDON (REUTER) — Billie Jean King of the U.S, saved three match points to earn a 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 victory over Tanya Harford of South s% Africa at the Wimbledon * tennis championships Satur- = day. i ee 4 se WEST KOOTENAY LADIES . . . Clarice McKinnon of the Castlegar Ladies Golf Club tees off on the first day of West Kootenay Ladies Open Golf Tournament at Castlegar Golf Club Saturday. About 20 ladies registered for the tourney which con- —CorNews Photo by Chery! Wishlow Littbarski a rising star. GIJON, Spain (Reuter) — West Germany can thank kindly grandparents for giving a ball to a young Pierre Littbarski, who became a rising star of the 1982 World Cup soccer finals. “TI was five years old, living at my granny’s in Berlin. opposite a football pitch,” Littbarski recalls. ‘My grandad gave me a ball, and that was the start.” Tormented defenders, duped and exasperated by his saucy skills, might’ wish he had never seen a soccer ball — but fans are entranced Littbarski, 22, has been a regular choice since his debut, though West Ger- many's opening two matches were against Algeria and Chile were only his eight and ninth full caps. He still finds it hard to believe he is playing in the World Cup. PLAYS NERVY GAME The charm of his irrepres- sible game is its sheer nerve — wrong-footing defenders on long runs, knocking the ball between their feet and sending delicate chip shots at the goal. “Franz and I A year ago seemed likely to spend the season fighting for a place in a Cologne front'line, boasting three seasoned internat- ionals. But the bow-legged little winger refused to be over- awed, won a place on the national team and scored twice in his debut against Austria last October, a victory that would clinch West Germany’s passage to Spain. were talking about how you could play the ball ‘round the linesman. Trouble is you could lose it and give away a goal. I reckon I'll try it in a friendly (exhibition).” Litt- barski says his talents are instinctive. “Every player has his strength. Mine is dribbling. It’s not training. It's some- thing I feel. When the defender goes to the right, I go past to the left. All I Practise is heading and crosses.” Littbarski looks up to three players — Dutchman Johan Cruyff, Briton Kevin Keegan and Allan Simonsen of Denmark. He admires Cruyif's skill, vision and service to his team (a quality he misses’ in Argentinian’ Diego Mara- dona), Keegan's effort and refusal to surren- der and Simonsen’s dribbling and shooting skills. Littbarski-says the atmos- phere in the West German squad is less stifling than in the past. “Germans used to be known for their iron-hard discipline, being told how to live. I don’t think that’s possible any more because everyone has his own opinion.” 3 Littbarski, bought from minor league Hertha Zehtendorf of West Berlin for $20,000 in 1978, has just signed a new $180,000-a-year contract binding him to Cologne until 1986. Everest crew equipped. : CALGARY. (CP) — Doe- tors on the Canadian Everest. expedition will be able to perform major surgery while on the world’s highest moun- tain but hope they will have to deal only with minor ail- ments. There is enough medical equipment on the climb to prepare a makeshift oper- ating room and climbers can act as blood. donors, but complicated surgery would only be used as a last-ditch effort to save a life, Dr. Stephen Bezruchka, the ex- pedition’s high-altitude doc- tor, said in an interview. Climbers have been saved by surgery under adverse mountain conditions, he said, including a case where a solutely necessary and when helicopter evacuation is im- possible or too dangerous. “With no modern facilities for diagnosis or treatment it becomes risky business,” said Bezruchka, a native of Tor- onto who now practises in Seattle. “Much of our work is being prepared for the worst and hoping we'll never have to,use it.” The 38-year-old physici: is acquainted with the lim- itations of a mountain base camp. He has more than 15 years experience, dating back to the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition in 1987 ahd recent climbs in Pakistan and China. Bezruchka’s medical par- tner will be David Jones, a used the pick of an ice axe on a companion to relieve brain pressure duc to a hemor- rhage. Calgary p on leave from a medical posting in Libya with an oil company. Jones, 60, has experience on avariety of expeditions, from Bezruchka said will only be performed if ab- on na in Nepal to the British Antarctic Survey in the late 1950s. DIE FROM FALLS There have been more than 40 deaths on Everest, most caused by falls on the steep mountain face or acci- dents on the difficult Khum- bu glacier at the base of the peak. Others have died by freezing to death or from the efforts of high- altitude ill- ness. Most of the doctors’ work will be aimed at mundane things such as coughs, sun- burns, diarrhea and a tradi- tional mountaineering nui- sance, h untiring | The 38-year-old American, 12th-seeded and winner of a record 10 Wimbeldon titles, roared back from 4-5 and 0-40 down in the second set to gain a place in the last 16 on yet another rain-hit day. The match lasted just un- der two hours’ ‘of'playing time but took five hours and 42 minutes to complete because of three interruptions by rain. The bad weather was a further setback for organi- zers trying to catch up on a schedule ‘already decimated by four previous days of rain. Officials postponed 25 dou- bles matches scheduled for Saturday but the sun was shining over Wimbledon late in the afternoon and there were good prospects for cut- ting into the singles backlog. Another seed who ad- vanced to the fourth round West German-born Bettina Bunge, now. living in Florida, who was 6-3, 2-1 ahead of jorie Blackwood of Ot- ~tawa when the’ Canadian vet" eran retired because of an in- jury. ‘TEST FOR VITAS In the men’s event, third- seeded Vitas Gerulaitis of the U.S. scored a 7-8, 6-2, 6-3 second round win over New Zealander Bruce Berlin, a qualifer. Buster Mottram of Britain, the 15th seed, eliminated American Victor Amaya 6-4, 6-7, 64, 64 avenging straight-sets defeat by Amaya at the same stage last year. The first set of the King- Harford match was inter- rupted twice by rain and the South African it after "Kitig® had” three “ points“ to~ break service in the previous game. After the third break for rain, the last two sets were played without interruption. Games went with service right through, but Harford and King in trouble in the 10th game when she reached 0-40 on the American's serve, Harford netted a forehand on the first, hit one out on the a second, then a great volley to the corner saved the third for King. “The volley was going out " but the wind brought it back in,” King said. On the next point, Harford seemed unlucky when she was ruled “not up” on a drop ‘shot from King which she seemed to have returned. Al- though she fought bravely after that, the spark was gone. Brewers nip Boston 11-10 Twins beat Blue Jays 4-3 BREWERS 11 RED SOX 10 BOSTON (AP) — Ben Og- livie homered and broke an eighth-inning tie with a two- run single, and Milwaukee Brewers held on to edge Boston Red Sox 11-10 Satur- day after squandering a six- run lead, Ogiivie's hit came after re- liever Mark Clear, 6-3, the third Boston pitcher, walked three straight batters to load the bases. Rollie Fingers, 4-5, went the final three innings for ‘the victory. The Brewers, who added a ninth-inning run on Robin Yount's sacrifice fly, have won nine of their last 10 games. The Red Sox came up with two runs off Fingers with two out in the ninth tocut the margin to a single run. Dave Stapleton sihgled and Rich Gedman followed with a ground-rule ‘double. Wade Boggs singled home both runners, but Fingers struck out Glenn Hoffman to end the game, Trailing 8-2 after 4% inn- ings, Boston tied the score with four runs in the fifth and two in the seventh, * Two-run homers’ by Dwight Evans, his sixth, and Carl Yastrzemski, No. 10, cut the Brewers’ lead to8-6 in the fifth. In the seventh, Dwight Bernard yielded walks to Bezruchka said the climb- ers will have to maintain psychological well-being dur- ing the three-month expedi- tion. The expedition, consisting of 16 climbers and five sup- port people, has already moved its tons of equipment to a village near the base of Mt. Everest. and Dave Tap- leton with none out and was_ relieved by Fingers. Gedman sacrificed, and the runners scored on a sacrifice fly by Boggs and a single by Hoff- man. . Cecil Cooper's 14th homer gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the third, but the Red Sox tied the score in the bottom of the inning when Jim Rice stroked RBI single. The Brewers got to starter John Tudor for three runs in the fourth. Oglivie belted his 18th homer, and Charlie Moore followed Ed Romero's single with his third homer to make it 4-1. In the bottom of the fourth, Hoffman's RBI double cut the lead to 4-2, but Milwaukee added four more runs in the Dodgers edge Houston Astros DODGERS 4 ASTROS 1 HOUSTON (AP) — Dave Stewart and Steve Howe combined on a five-hitter, leading Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 victory Saturday over’ Houston Astros and former teammate Don Sut- ton. Stewart, 3-4, allowed four hits over 5 2-3 innings before giving way to Howe,- who earned his sixth save. The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead off Sutton, 7-4, in the fourth when Steve Garvey singled, stole second and came home on Ron Cey's second double of the game. Los Angeles made it 3-0 in the sixth, Garvey and’Cey singled with none out, Mike Scioscia advanced the run- ners with a sacrifice and Bill Russell was intentionally walked to load the bases. Stewart drove in Garvey when he forced Russell at second. After Steve Sax drew a walk to reload the bases, Ken Landreaux's sin- gle drove in Cey. Houston got a run back in the bottom of the sixth when Terry Puhi walked and mov- ed up on a wild pitch by Stewart, then scored when Jose Cruz’ singled, chasing Stewart. The Dodgers scored their final run in the seventh. Rick Monday led off with a single and was replaced by pinch runner Ron Roenicke, who was sacrificed to second. Roenicke stole third and came home on Scioscia’s sin- gle. CARDINALS 2 CUBS 1 CHICAGO (AP) — Jim Kaat allowed four hits in six innings in his first start of the season to lead St. Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over Chicago Cubs and a sweep of their National League baseball doublehead- er. Bruce Sutter got the save in both games, giving him 17 this season. He worked one inning of hitless relief for Dave LaPoint in the opener and 1 1-3 innings of one-hit relief in the nightcap. Keith Hernandez singled in the lead run in the opener and also singled and scored in the ninth inning of a 4-1 triumph. Kaat, a 43-year-old left- hander, improved his record to 2-1 and was nicked for a run in the first on singles by Ryne Sandberg and Keith Moreland. He didn't allow another run before departing for a pinch batter in the sev- enth. fifth on Ted Simmons’ sac- rifice fly, a two-run single by Romero and a run-scoring hit by Moore. TWINS 4 BLUE JAYS 3 TORONTO (CP) — John Castino stroked a two-out single in the ninth inning to snapa tie and give Minnesota Twins a 4-3 American League baseball victory over Toronto Blue Jays Saturday. Gary Ward led off with a single, was sacrified to sec- ond and scored on Castino's single off Toronto right- hander Dave Stieb, 6-8, who scattered eight hits in going the distance. The Blue Jays nearly spoiled a superb relief per- formance by Twins left-hand- er Jack O'Connor when they tied the score 3-3 with two runs in the eighth. O'Connor, who worked seven innings, gave up his sixth hit of the game, a leadoff single by Garth Iorg, that brought on reliever Ron Davis, 2-7, the eventual winning pitcher. Davis walked pinch-hitter Hosken Powell, and Willie Upshaw followed with a bases-clearing triple. Bobby Mitchell hit a two- out, two-run triple in the fifth inning to give Toronto a 3-1 lead. Mitchell's hit scored Ward and Gary Gaetti, who had singled. O'Connor was summoned from the bullpen with none out in the first inning after starter Pete Redfern was struck on the leg by a hard smash by Rance Mulliniks. O'Connor yielded a run-scor- ing grounder to Upshaw, then held Minnesota in check until the eighth, Tim Laudner's solo homer, his third of the season, tied the score 1-1 in the Min- nesota second, champion Argentina, tourna- ment favorite Brazil and Italy. face each other. Group B-in | Madrid has Spain and West Germany against an English team riding in. nine-game win streak. The weaker-looking Group A in Barcelona features Po- land, Belgium and the Soviet Union, while Group Din Madrid includes Austria, France and Northern Ireland. Queen's Plate today By MIKE RUTSEY TORONTO (CP) — If you prefer longshots, the Queen's Plate today offers plenty of profitable probabilities: The 128rd running of the Plate with a gross purse of ~ $235,840 has one standout in Le Danseur, owned by Jean * Louis Levesque of Montreal. But Le Danseur is far from unbeatable. Not only is he handicapped by a bowed ten- don in-his right fore, he also has to” tiegotiate around or through the large field of 19° horses all in search of the $141,504 first prize. So, if Le Danseur comes up - a bit sore or runs into traffic problems, who can you look toasa possible upsetter who: will pay a nice price? How , about Akhtiar or Runaway Groom? : Akhtiar, listed in the early’ line at 15-1 is owned by Charles Baker, chairman. of the Ontario Jockey Club. The three-year-old colt -by Sev- astopol is trained by Roger Attfield and will be ridden by Lloyd Duffy. Unraced as a two-year-old, Akhtiar’s best races are ahead of him. =~ In five starts this. season, . Akhtiar has won once, fin- ished second twice and third once. One of his seconds oc- curred in the Plate trial’ where he was runner-up to Briar Wind — the probably second choice today. : Attfield, who saddled Nor- cliffe to a Plate triumph in 1976, is not really sure what to expect from his colt, who drew the No. 1 post Friday morning. “He runs different each time out,” said Attfield. “Be- cause of that and the fact he’s green, it's hard to assess what exactly we have here. “I just hope that Sunday he will suddenly reach matur- ity." The dark horse in the Plate is Runaway Groom from the United States. Owned by Alfred Coppolo of McLean, Va., Runaway Groom has two wins and two second place showing from four lifetime starts while racing in Kentucky. While at Woodbine he is under the care of Mickey Doyle and will be ridden by David Clark — the winning jockey last year on Fiddle Dancer Boy. Bred by the Gardiner Farms, Runaway Groom was purchased by Coppola for $39,000 and although he has not raced more than seven furlongs in his career, his breeding suggests that he can handle the Plate’s 1% mile mile. Second place in the Plate, which has a 4:45 p.m. post.is worth $47,504, — third $25,942.40, fourth $14,150.40 and fifth $7,075.20.