REPRESENTATIVES of the Castle; ht pay Figure Skating Club participated and West st Kootenay as well as the 9 Okangan ar 1, a, the Lower at Grand in the Forks. These local skaters met 1 challensing palate fe from the East dani and their coaches for their fine eet Storing books, short term solution for library space By JUDY WEARMOUTH A disappointed library board and staff met last week to discuss what the library should do now the complex { proposal has been rejected. f As the library’s space situation is so desperate, a ‘large. portion of ‘the older | books will have to be put into { storage. — as a short term | solution. .The board will ex- } plore the posgibility of gain- ing a dispensation to go to referendum’ for a single i | brary building in the spring. : Chairman Roy Ward : i chanked all the people’who | had worked so hard on the referendum publicity cam- paign, board members, staff and volunteers; and he in ! turn was thanked for his own { unstinting efforts. i H The librarian reported j that during Young Canada Book Week - kindergarten classes had turned out in force but representation from the other. primary grades was not as high as usual. The kindergarten classes were the only grades to enter the competition this year. Judging of the com- petition was delayed as there were a few late entries. A successful puppet show and story hour, given, by Vicki Pether, Julie Kal-' esnikoff and Sandy Donohue, month again topped 6,000. In early October, Judy Wearmouth gave a talk on + the library to the Sigma Beta Phi, outlining its history — how a city this size came to support two library branches in the first place — and list- ing the range of the library's activities and services. West Kooten: lib Castlegar children had the extra bonus of a puppet show given by Sandy Reilly and- Susie Newnham. The last ‘possible batch of new shelving has been . squeezed into the Kinnaird’ - branch and has relieved the extreme congestion on the . shelves for the time being. Toni will.participate in a recipro- cal borrowing scheme where- by people can ‘use any West ° Kootenay ‘ee in | the amply the need for more space for chil- dren's services. An Open House was held in both branches during opening hours on Nov. 7 and 8 During the month of October, 54: new members joined the library and cir- culation figures for the ' Gifts. donated: to. _ Raspberry Lodge Kinnaird Women’s Insti-' ' tute answered roll call at the November, meeting by 18 members donating Christmas conveners and officers. The _following ladies were elected to the new executive: pres- | ident - , Marge Dulsrud, — Muriel gifts fora Ch party to be held at Raspberry Lodge. Reports were given on the October visit to Castlegar of Women's Institute pro- vincial board when a potluck dinner meeting was held in the Legion Hall. Following the dinner, a question and answer | Borie took place, ds by Heagy, secretary ‘— Doris Sweeney, treasurer — Helen York, director — Marge Brownlie. - e Committee chairmen for the coming’ year are: agricul- ture and Canadian industry _- ~ M. Owens; citizenship and — E. Sherbiko; hilarious skit “Nine Stesa of Women” presented by Slocan W.I. Edith Sherbiko peperted on a fun visit to Rasp health dnd welfare — M. Brady; home economics — M. Brownlie; cultural affairs — H. Bonnaci and Molly Kal- Lodge at Halloween. Members were shown patterns and urged to make dresses and skirts for the children’s hospital. Plans were made to hold the Christmas meeting and dinner at East Gate Gardens on Dec. 10. Year-end reports were given by committee isniko; affairs and public relations — Phyllis Phipps. Roll call for the Decem- ber meeting is to be cookies for “shut ins.” Ellen Cormier won the door prize. Refreshments were served by Doris Sweeney and Phyllis Phipps. Siecle. Ski-doo Mitts & & Gloves, Heavy Wool Work. Pants, Boys’ Jackets & Ski Jackets, New Style Ski__ Jackets & Vests, Men's & Ladies’ Remember: 10° OFF For Cas _ loween ° parties, ofan annual ss West Kootenay Library card. Librarians from Nelson, Trail and Rossland came to Castlegar for a meeting with’ - va' Ruth Clarke, B.C.-Yukon co have been on ‘display i in the Kinnaird Branch during Oc- tober and November, : Sue Port attended the recent B.C. Library Trustees Association meeting in Van- “couver and reported that li- _ brary; trustees are urged to become more politically acti- ted' and to initiate more liaison-and-contact with their of the Book Festival to discuss projects for the next festival in May 198: I iolecs attending - the ‘library's story hours were treated to special Hal- and the gs The proposed budget for 1981 was discussed.- As li- brary costs have been in- flated by 17 per cent over the past year, the book budget was raised from $16,000 to. $18,000. Christmas Greetings | Assist Handicapped. | Local Christmas greetings may be exchanged through the facilities of the Castlegar News and at the same time assist the Kootenay Society. for the Handicapped. 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Genelle ‘and Trail areas,” he said in a news release. ane project impact com: : ‘is Specifically de- pate to provide a focus and a public forum for discussion _ and evaluation of local social, environmental and economic ‘cimpacts of B.C. Hydro’s '..Murphy Creek Dam prop- osal. 1 ’. Switzer said that while the committee has met seven - times there are “still a lot of unanswered questions and ~ concerns which need to be studied and resolved. There are also many people who * have a direct personal con- cern or broader questions which they would like to have considered as‘a part of the Teview and assessment of the As the ae rep- resents a cross-section of the area, “people should voice their.concerns and questions representative. to’ be sure that the problems are dealt with and are considered in the over-all assessment of the project.” Grahani Kenyon: repre- sents the city of Rossland; Bill O'Neill and Gary Johng- ton, the Beaver Valley area; Duane Logan, the Warfield area; Christine Mayer, Mont- rose area; Rick Hammond, ‘ Fruitvale area; Tom Mac- kenzie, Genelle; Ugo DeBi- city of Trail; Jim Switzer, the Riyervale-Oasle area. 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Waneta Plaza, Trail Phi’ 364-1757 tight) Gord Soloveott, Kevin ‘Somenoff, Danny Salikin, Randy Morris, Kevin _ Cheveldave, Jason Leitch, Peter Moroso, Scott Jones, Dave Kinakin. ‘Lam retiring from boxing right now’ By HAL BOCK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sugar Ray Leonard. is World Boxing Council welter- weight champion again, wresting the crown from Roberto Duran who quit the fight and boxing in the mid- dle of a remarkable rematch. “I'm tired of fighting,” said the man whose ‘fast, powerful style earned him the nickname Hands of Stone and ‘the admiration of his native-Panama and of people: throughout Latin America, Duran, who quit fighting in-the eighth round Tuesday night because of what he said were arm and stomach prob- lems, spent the, night in hos. “tion. It looked gait the chan pital,.said Luis Henrique, interpreter attached. to the Panamanian embassy. He confirmed what Angelo. Dun- “dee, Leonard's trainer, had said — ‘that Duran was OK and had merely entered the hospital for a checkup. The proud Duran walked into retirement a ring legend. Frustrated from chasing Leonard and complaining ¢f stomach cramps and: weak- ness in his arms, he quit unexpectedly with 16. sec- onds left in the eighth round he simply waved Leonard away. The judges had Duran slightly behind on- points when he turned his back on the career so uniquely suited to the man. “I was surprised,” said Leonard. “I don't know why he quit. “He just stopped throw- ing punches and walked away.” At first, ‘poth Leonard and referee Octavio Meyran imisunderstood. Duran's_ ac- was showing contempt for Leonard; saying to his op- ponent: “No, you can't hurt me.” SUGAR WAVED OFF The.referee waved the fight on and Sugar Ray erashed a right to Duran's midsection. Again the champ walked away, - shaking his “head from ‘side to side and waving Leonard off. .It was over and a stunned. crowd saw the green title belt taken away from the iman who was many things, but never be- fore a quitter. “At the end of the fifth round, I got cramps in my stomach and it kept getting < worse ‘and worse,” Duran said later, “I felt weaker and -. ‘weaker in my body. and arms.” -' ‘Then came the shocker. . “Tam retiring from box- . ing. right now,” he said., “There will be no ‘more ” fights.” And 80 one of the great tates in, tie ring ended “that even” ““Pve been with him too long not to believe there was some legilteuate ‘Feagon for it.” ‘.° Leonard was ahead on the cards of all three judges, ‘winning four of .the seven founds. But it was not ‘a one-sided fight. That's why dts sudden ending raised some. eyebrows. Officials: of the Louisiana State Athletic ‘Commission said Duran'’s $8 million purse would be with- held pending a medica! exam- ination today of the Pan- amanian, ; “I've never seen any: .thing like that before,” said Emile Bruneau, chairman of thedcommission. “The train- y-ers,,don't even know what: his seconds failed to com- ‘pletely comprehend. “I was shocked,” said-cut man Freddie Brown. “There was no indication he was in pain or getting weak.”, Ray Arcel, his 81-3 -year- old co-trainer was equally upset... Jerry. White, a member * of the’commission, said:.“We have ‘to give some. explan-_ ation.- Some. people — paid $1,000 to watch this and they don't know. what happened.” What the Superdome crowd ‘of. about 30,000 fans saw .was a lesson in ring artistry * administered - by Leonard straight out of the boxing textbook. - ““The name of the game this time was boxing and sci- entific techniques," . said Leonard, whose dancing and darting jabs drove Duran to distraction. “This ‘time, I: boxed.” WRONG MOVES’ Leonard tried to slug it out with Duran in their first meeting and lost the WBC title to his opponent on June 20 in “Montreal. “I'm ‘versatile. . He -couldn't “change tactics.. I could.” _’ Leonard set the tone for the fight :in- the: first. two rounds; He came out jabbing; “aticking Diraii with lefts.and scoring with effective “coun- champion attacked. Duran, whose swarming style has always made him a crowd favorite, kept stalking : Leonard and paying the price as Sugar Ray repeatedly tagged him coming in. Aches and pains don’t slow Babych By THE CANADIAN ‘ PRESS : Wayne Babych spent 20 minutes taping his many nagging injuries “Tuesday night after salving them with whirlpool and heat treat- ments, but it was Buffalo Sabres who left the Checker- dome bruised and battered. * ‘The St. Louis winger re- turned to the Blues’ lineup and scored two goals in a 5-3 National.Hockey League vic- tory over the Sabres. “T've got to be nuts to go through this each day for practice or. for a me,” Babych said, referring to his taping routine. Even with Babych's as- sortment of aches and pains, which include injuries to his ankle, Achilles tendon, knee, ribs and shoulder, he has missed only two games. He leads the Blues with 14 goals. Elsewhere Tuesday night, Calgary Flames finally won a game in Montreal, defeating the injury-softened Conadiens 5-4, Mhile Color- ; ado Rockies ‘stormed from a two-goal deficit to défeat the visiting ‘Edmonton * Oilers, * 43, BLUES 5 SABRES 3 With just 4:50 remain- ing, Babych broke a 3-3 tie with his second power play goal of the game.: “I was just trying to put my shot on goal,” Babych said of his 40-foot blast that went through the pads of Buffalo goaltender Beb Sauve. “I was just happy to see it go in because I really oN didn't know where it was going.” Ed Kea, Mike Crombeen and Perry Turnbull also hit for St. Louis. Buffalo goals were by captain Danny Gare, Andre Savard and Rick Dud-- ley. The Sabres trailed by a 3-1 margin after ‘the Crom- been goal eight minutes into _, the second period. ‘Savard answered that goal with a shot with just two minutes left in the period and It's been a tough week on ‘coaches, _By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. It's heen a tough week for National Hockey’ League coaches. Three of them lost their jobs; Fred Shero of New * York Rangers, by resigna- tion, the other two — Bryan Watson of Oilers “any: had been minimal, ‘HAD TO CHANGE’ “We had’ to make a change,” said, Sather, who took over as coach. “We've got to move ahead. -“It was easier to change the coach than'19 players." + The situation may seem and Ted Lindsay of Detroit ° -Red Wings — were fired, ‘At least Shero had a de- cent chance to ‘work his magic with ‘the ‘Rangers. Madison Square ‘Garden + Corp., which owns the’ club, ' gave Fred The Fee two - seasons and six weeks before forcing his resignation. ‘Wat, ‘ son and Lindsay, got ‘six | weeks. | Qilers general manager | Glen Sather had placed Wat-’. son behind the bench this season while’ Sather. concen- + trated on front-office duties. *.Edmonton had been the 16th and last team to qualify for the playoffs in his first NHL season, which had ‘to be con- sidered a success. The Oilers are off to a 5-10-5 start that included a 1-5-4 mark at home under in but it was heavenly compared with Detroit. ' The Red Wings, one of the NHL's original members, have made the playoffs twice ince the league expanded in - +1967. In 1977, following seven. , straight non-playoff seasons, ; the Wings hired former star 4 player Lindsay. as general - Manager. He signed Bobby Kromm as coach. In their first season to.” coaxed the Wings into second - place in the Norris. Division, good for a playoff berth, The team had a solid mixture of. ; youth and: veterans and.ap- :; peared to have | a bright future. - Then’ the Red’ Wings started to struggle again. Detroit finished last in the Norris division in the last two Watson. Imp Kromm was fired ‘their , gether, Lindsay and Kromm, near the end of the 1979-80 season and Lindsay took over, LINDSAY REPLACED Meanwhile, Jimmy Skin- ner replaced Lindsay as gen- eral manager and it.-was made clear,to the Hall of Famer that the team better produce on the ice — quickly. It didn’t, skating to a 3-14-3 record that included five straight losses to open the. season. WEIR SENT DOWN QUEBEC (CP) — Vet- eran forward Wally Weir was among four players sent to the minors Tuesday ‘as Quebec Nordiques trimmed National Hockey. ‘League roster to 21 players, the d under As for Shero, he was. forced to resign because he couldn't deliver to New York what he had twice brought to Philadelphia Flyers — the Stanley Cup. He came. close ‘in 1978-79, his first campaign as general manager-coach, guiding the team to the Cup finals before losing to Mon- treal. But last season, Shero withdrew. His communica- * tion with the players was weak. He left much of the Mmanagement-labor dealings > to assistant coach Mike Nyk- oluk. He acknowledged later that he had a drinking “prob- lem. He seemed to be uncon- cerned with the club's prob- lems. : .. When it was decided by Garden management that Nykoluk would not take over “league: Tules. CAPTAIN LOST ~ EAST MEADOW,.N.Y. (AP) — Winnipeg Jets cap. tain Scott Campbell, who * suffered a badly separated tight shoulder in a 4-4 Na- tional Hockey League tie Monday night with New Mork Islanders: as coach, as Shero had planned, the assistant was - bitter and left the organi- zation. Shero was stripped of his front-office duties, re- placed by Craig Patrick. Shero would coach. He lasted 20 games. The Rangers were disorganized , and often passive in building a 4-13-3 record. Dudley ‘converted a quick’ centring pass by Craig Ram- say nine minutes into the third period’ for a 3-8 tie. “There's no question we can play better,” said Blues coach Red Berenson, “but it's certainly a ‘good sign to-be “able to win when we don't . play at our best.” ° FLAMES 5 CANADIENS 4 The Flames jumped 1 toa 5-2 lead and held on to win in the Forum for the first time since Feb. 18, 1974, when the team was based in Atlanta. The victory ended an eight- game Montreal winning streak and was only the third for the Flames in 18 games against the Canadiens since’ _ entering the NHL.in-1972, Right winger Bob Mac- Millan scored a pair of sec- ond-period goals to |help Calgary improve its record to 9-7-5. Rookie Jim Peplinski, Don Lever and Guy Chou- + inard also scored for the Flames, Doug Wickenheiser and Steve Shutt each scored twice for the Canadiens, 12-8-2. Montreal outshot Cal- gary 38-25 but could not get a tying goal past goaltender Pat Riggin in a scoreless third period, ROCKIES 4 OILERS 3 Veteran Rene Robert, playing bis first game of the season, didn’t waste any time re-establishing his creden- tials with the Rockies. The early-season surprise: im- proved their record to 9-8-4 by rebounding from a 31 deficient. Walt McKechnie, * Mike, Gillis and Lanny McDonald also scored for the Rockies. Pat Price, Blair MacDonald and Don Murdoch, staked Edmonton to its 3-1 lead in the second period before Robert's power-play score started the Coleen come- back, ‘ ter’ pinches every ‘time the © In round three, ‘Duran had Leonard cornered on the ‘ropes and loaded up a right, But before he eduld deliver it, Sugar Ray had danced away, And as he did, Leonard mugged at the. champion, taunting -him at’a moment which must have been ter- - ribly frustrating -. for the ‘In the fourth and: fifth rounds, both men went to the canvas ever so briefly, ‘nei- ther on a knockdown. Duran slipped to his knees as he rushed at Leonard in the fourth. Ini the fifth, he pushed: Leonard down in the chal- ~Jenger's ‘corner. Throughout _both rounds, \f the. fight continued — Dare ‘stalking and Leonard ‘slip-, ping’ punches and scoring with counter attacks. It-was about that time that Duran began feeling the stomach cramps. Leonard knew why. “If someone: hit your body as hard as I hit his you'd have cramps, too,” Leonard said. Leonard seemed to re- gain control of the tempo in ‘ the sixth round, stinging Du- ran with a series of lefts. Then, in the seventh, the challenger did the. unthink- able. He taunted Duran, * mocked the macho champion and dared him to do some- thing about it. i It started with a swivel’ of his shoulders. Then his hips. followed and _ soon, Leonard went intoa Muham- mad Ali shuffle. Duran laughed, but Leonard knew that behind the smile, the champion was in trouble. “Next Leonard mugged at Duran, mocking him. Then he went into an exaggerated windmill windup with his right hand and tagged the champion with a left. It was the kind of trick kids pull ina schoolyard, not in a cham- pionship fight. Still, it worked, baffling Duran and frustrating the champion. . All three judges gave Leonard the seventh round and two of them gave him the sixth, as well. Bat Duran was stifl in the-hunt when the eighth round began. He trailed by two points, 68-66, on the cards of judges Mike Jacobs and Jean Deswert, and a single point, 67-66, on the card of judge James Brimmell. . Sugar Ray seized the of- fensive at the start of the round, tagging Duran with three quick left jabs in the first half minute. The men * fought on ‘fairly even terms for the remainder of the round when suddenly, Duran’ decided he'd had enough and simply walked away. He left behind a re- markable career. The toss was his first in eight years and only the second in 74. professional fights. He held the lightweight champion- ship from 1972 until 1978 when he relinquished it to move up to the welerselaht division. *‘ Woodland Par' Midget Reps visit Sweden Castlegar midget Reps hockey players are about to: embark on money-raising schemes fo * help them get to Sweden for seven or. eight tournament games Jan, 2 - 10. Coach Harry Smith said the team has been: ‘invited by Nordia:Borgmaussen, the club that was here six years ago and may return next year with two teams. Smith said team members will be holding bingos and participate, in promotions. at Esso service station by selling gasoline and keeping the proceeds. “It will cost about $1, ,200 for each boy,” ‘Smith said. The som plans to leave, Dec. 28 and return Jan. 12 oF] Smith ted there is a possibility the Reps _ will not be able to get away until Jan. 2.in™ whith case the Swedish club will be asked to postpone the first game one day. The games for 16- and 17-year-old players will be jayed ‘at Vallentuna, a community of 25,000 about 15 miles north of Stockholm. Royals barrage Earp with 56 shots CRANBROOK (CP) — Cranbrook Royals put up a §6-shot barrage at Elk Valley goalie Marc Earp en route to an 11-6 Western Interna- tional Hockey League win over the Blazers Tuesday night, Cranbrook led 3-1 at the end of the first period, but the Blazers pulled to within one goal, at 6-5, going’ into the third. . Dale McMullin and. Rod Guimont each fired three goals for the Royals:).Rob Wes George, Darrell Leahy, Gene Daum, Craig * Williamson, Rick Bolen ‘and Allan Mitchell shared in the Blazers’ scoring. Cranbrook took three of four minor penalties, and while Earp stopped 45 shots, Ray Martynuik and Leo Cartier:combined for only 19 saves at the Royals’ end. :°? Cranbrook now has 18 ‘points and is tied for second place with Kimberley Dyna- miters, two points behind ial Smoke Eaters. Elk Val- trai Neale had a pair aiid sitigles went‘ to Ron Houston, Peter Morris and George Buat. . ai Trail.. ‘Sugar Ray — jumps with joy By WILLGRIMSLEY.- NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Exit a great champion. Hail a fresh-faced young hero. The bookies in Las Vegas and. London. would have laid 100-1 odds against the bizarre finish of the Superfight in the Superdome on Tuesday night that saw Sugar Ray Leonard jumping with joy in the middle of the ring while stunned atten- dants hovered around the, beaten World Boxing Council welterweight champion, Rob- erto Duran. It was quick and merci- ful, but madly confusing, In the eighth round of a furiously-waged battle and only a few points separating the fighters, the 29-year-old Panamanian street fighter known as Hands of Stone turned and walked away. “I quit,” he said after the wave of near hysteria and disbelief had settled. He wasn't knocked down. He was apparently unhurt. He was still in a fight which all three judges had’ Leonard leading a two points or less. ‘IQ “I will never . fight again,” he said later in the hectic dressing room, “I got cramps in the stomach. My arms got tired. I started getting weak. So I quit. I will never fight again.” Asked if he was serious, the bearded Panamania snapped back through his interpreter: “Never. I have been fighting a long time. .I am tired of the sport. It is time for me to retire.” No one could ever have imagined such a docile sur- render from the, bearded, brawling ring killer from the. ghettos of Guarare who > learned his skills with street gangs, who once decked a horse with a single punch and who, as “the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound.” had battered out 72 victories against a single loss. He had ruled both the lightweight nd welterweight divisions witha reign of terror. PREDICTIONS WRONG The wise guys had pre- dicted he would demolish the 24-year-old Leonard from whom he had seized the WBC crown last June. But Leonard fought mas- terfully. Moving and sticking, he took an early toll with’ darting lefts and, as the early rounds went along, began piling up an advantage. Immediately after the fight, the Louisiana State Athletic Commission im- pounded Duran's purse, esti- mated at $8 million. The big sports arena buzzed with speculation. Was Duran really hurt bad enough to quit? Had this legendary street fighter’ taken all the punishment he could stand and decided to throw in the imaginary towel? Did he choose to take his money and run? But Leonard resented the suggestion that his vic- tory carried a taint because of the unusual way the fight ended. “Why can't people ac- cept that I beat Roberto Duran. I am versatile. I was able to change my tactics. Duran wasn’t. I outfought him and confused him. 1 beat him mentally instead of phy- sically.” THEISMANN HURT WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Redskins acti- vated Kim McQuilken as backup quarterback Tuesday because Joe Theismann is injured and can't play in Sunday's .National Football League game against At- lanta. Theismann, who rein- jured his hamstring muscle in a game against Dallas three days ago, will be replaced as starter by Mike Kruczek.