ns Casthagar News Jviy 0.1987 Ala ls July 8, 1987 BI Explosion kills 13 HERBORN, WEST GERMANY (AP) — A tanker truck joaded with gasoline crashed into an ice cream parlor and blew up Tuesday night, triggering a series of explosions and raging fires that killed 13 people and injured 35, authorities said. Boekel said that in 1983, three people were killed when a truck sped down the incline and crashed into a car waiting at a light at the same corner where the ice cream parlor is located. 4 Officials considered at the time whether to divert truck Authorities had estimated earlier today that up to 24 traffic, but concluded it wasn’t possible because of the way people had been killed. And police had said Tuesday night the town is laid out. they feared 30 to 50.had died. * Explosions from the truck and a severed gas main levelled three buildings and flames burned through another nine. The downtown area was evacuated and efforts to recover the bodies of victims continued in extreme heat. “Everything just blew up, like a car was starting,” Joerg Kessler, 23, of Herborn, an ice cream parlor customer, told reporters. Kessler managed to escape with only bruises. ‘The bodies of two vietims, two young women aged 18 IAL PLANNING 2d ‘THAT MAKES YOUR MONEY WORK AS HARD AS YOU DO Lemon Creek resident Robert Bjerg was fined $560 _ June 17 for illegally snagging f trout and exceeding the pos- Spilled gasoline carried the blaze briefly into the town's session limit, according to the water main and sewer, and flames leaped from a small river, Castlegar Conservation of. About 600 firemen who rushed to the town from nearby ficer Service. areas took five hours to the flames under control. Bjerg, 41, was charged Herborn, with 21,600 people, is 66 kilometres northwest March 4 when he was caught of Frankfurt. with five large Dolly Varden” snagged frém “The fuel was flowing in the street like a river,” said char he had Carsten Hutch, 21, an injured survivor. “Flames were and 20, were pulled from the rubble. A third woman, also 18, died today of burns at a clinic in nearby Wetzlar. * BELIEVED DEAD Ten other people were missing and believed dead, Gerhard Boekel, a town told a news . Earlier in the day, Boekel had said more than 20 people were missing. But some were young people who spent the night with friends and reported to family or police during the day, he said. Of the 35 injured, 25 remained in hospital, and the other 10 were treated and released, Boekel said. Authorities had earlier reported 39 people were injured. Central Kootenay unchanged in census rating | By CasNews Staff The census, designated An annually revised fed- under the Industrial and Re- eral census that rates Can- gional Development Program shooting up from the street.” Charred debris covered the streets today, and the truck's blackened hull rested on its side. Dozens of cars were burned. The truck sheared off the front of the ice cream parlor, the Rialto, spraying those inside with gasoline before the explosions started, said several survivors. The survivors said they fled the parlor after the crash, before the building was engulfed in flames. They said up toa minute elapsed between the truck's hitting the store and the start of the explosions. have the country's d includ ig i such beneath the Slocan City bridge. Two of the five char were still alive at the time and were released in the river. The Ministry of Environ- ment, which was tipped off about the incident by an an- onymous caller, said the case was its most serious fishing infringement this year. Declines comment WASHINGTON (AP) — Safeway Stores Inc. declined comment Tuesday on a re- port that the Securities and C abe economic performance, while areas as adian regions according to economic performance has once again left Central Koot enay unmoved this year from Tier 3, just one position away from the country’s worst economic rating. is updated every year, as- signing each of the 260 cen- sus divisions across Canada to one of the four tier groups. Tier 1 areas receive the lowest level of assistance from the program since they Castlegar man passes away Philip Harshenin of Castlegar passed away Sat: urday, July 4 at the age of 36. Funeral service was held Tuesday and today at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with cremation and ash inter ment in the Park Memorial Cemetery Mr. Harshenin was born in Trail and grew up and at tended schools in Castlegar, aduating from Stanley Humphries secondary school He worked as a cook in the oil camps in the Edmonton area and returned to Castlegar in 1982. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and hiking. Mr. Harshenin is survived by his parents, Mike and Mary Harshenin of Castle- gar; sister, Dolores Soobotin of Blueberry Creek; and ni. eces and nephews. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chap- el. Dirks opens Expo 86 park A cheque for $22,631, the second instalment on a $67,893 Expo Legacy fund Wong funeral held Ngan Hung Wong of Castlegar died in the Castle gar and District Hospital Saturday at the age of 86 Born in China, she came to Nelson in 1955, and then to Castlegar in 1979, where she has since resided She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, George and Pauline of Castlegar, a daughter in-law, Pan On Chow of Trail; four grand children; three great grand children; and a sister, Ngan Hong of Castlegar. She was predeceased by her husband, Soon Wong in 1962; and a son, Yuen CORRECTION “Summer Stock Up Sale’ Flyer Wed. July 8 Sat July 11 These items are not available Page 1: 493 Cooler Page 2: Oscar Cooler Super Oscar Cooler Spincast Fishing Kit Kid's Life Jacket Pe 6: Rubbermaid Starter Kit Pege 7 Cabinet Pege 12: Maple Leaf Cooked Ham, 4 L Picnic Jug. Propane Fuel Cylinder We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers 25 Drawer commitment made by the provincial government, was presented July 1 by Nelson Creston MLA Howard Dirks at the official opening of Slocan's Expo 86 Park Dirks made the presenta tion on behalf of Provincial Secretary Elwood Veitch, minister responsible for the fund. The park, which offers new or expanded facilities for a variety of activities, is a project of the Village of Slo can “This is a marvellous facil ity that will meet the needs of this community for many vears to come,” said Dirks, wi dit during a rib bon-cutting ceremony Tier 4 areas, with five per cent of the population, are the most disadvantaged and eligible for the highest level of assistance for the broadest range of projects. This year, 33 census divi sions have changed from last year, with 23 moving into a higher tier rating and 10 into a lower designation. All seven of the divisions in B.C. to have changed over last year moved one tier deeper as an economically depressed area. Valley, North Okanagan and Central Kootenay are rated at 3. No areas in B.C. have yet to hit the Tier 4 position. By comparison, many of the, Atlantic province div- isions have either a Tier 3 or 4 rating and few of the Que- bec divisions fell below the Tier 3 rating. as part of its insider trading in- vestigation, has asked for details about attempts to take over the giant super- Travel Size. Now Only market chain. Felicia Del- campo, a spokesman for the California-based chain, said Safeway would make no comment regarding the SEC investigation, reported Tues- day in the Washington Post. quer fight 13s Out of a total of 29 census divisions in B.C., only Great. er Vancouver has a top Tier 1 rating. Some 14 areas, in. cluding East Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary have a Tier 2 rating while the Poco Motor Inn wn tre 1545 Lougresd Heey.( 7) Canada (| Port Cogsitian S.C... VIB WS (UA Cosmetic BAGS ists... 328° Coquitlam, B.C. | VK 163 000 268-0993 (000)528-1234 NOTICE Effective Monday, June 22, the Pedestrian Walkway attached to C.P. Rail Bridge 25.4 Boundary Sub. at Castlegar will be CLOSED to the Public 08:00 to 15:00 Monday to Friday until fur- ther notice. CP Rail K< P.D. GILMORE i} LOAN-OUT CAMERA The Castlegar News has two simple- to-operate loan-out cameras (complete with film) which it is pleased to allow groups to use for taking pictures for use by the Castlegar News. Arrangements for the use of these cameras should be made through our News Department at 365-3517. Castlégar News 402 Baker Street Oren Nelson * 362-2272 DAY In the Nelson 1Ee Trading Company aUp PS PHARMASAVE In the Heart of Downtown Castlega OPEN THIS SUNDAY. 365-7813 Store Locations: * Downtown + Castleaird Plaza *SuperValu will double the face value of any manufacturers coupon when applied to the purchase price of the coupon item available in our store. This offer is limited to one coupon per purchased item. Offer does not apply to mail-in coupon offers or free merchandise coupon offers. This offer does not include coupons offered by other stores. (Not to exceed total item's value). Williams Lake pitcher fires ball di home plate Sunday in an attempt Alberni batter during final game of the 1987 B.C. Ban- 1 Ch ‘a softball ty ‘Casti to strike out Fort BANTAM TOURNAMENT held last Lake defeated Port Alberbi 10-3. See story below. = Cashews Photo by Sun Retton Fourth for Castlegar By CasNews Staff Williams Lake easily defeated Port Alberni 10-3 to capture the 1987 B.C. Bantam Intermediate Provincial Cham- pionship softball tournament held in Castlegar over the weekend. ... Out of 12 teams, Castlegar came in fourth and was one of four teams that managed to make it to the double knockout championship round. Castlegar played a total of six games, including two in the double knockout round on Sunday. In their first game on Friday Castle gar hammered Squamish 12-3 but then lost at the hands of Port Alberni 17-7. On Saturday Castlegar easily defeated Terrace 15-2 and then stopped Surrey 9-7. That win gave Castlegar fourth spot in the double knockout. Castlegar played Williams Lake and Merritt in the double knockout but were eliminated from tournament play after losing to jams Lake in the first game of the double knockout round and then dropping 4 close 14-13 ‘game to Merritt. Kootenay softball was appointed host of the tournament by Softball B.C. Kootenay softball president Gordon Bos said he was pleased with the tournament. “It was excellent . . . exceptional. Despite the rain we still managed to get all the games in. A lot of planning and preparation went into this tourna- ment,” Bos told the Castlegar News. He added that most people seemed to enjoy the tournament, which attrac- ted 12 visiting teams from across B.C. “The game of softball should be dealt on a positive level . . . there's no room for negatives,” said Bos. “The players have to be commended for their at- titude and maturity.” Bos added~ that the parents who travelled with the teams were sup- portive of all the teams in the tourna ment. “We had a lot of positive comments about Kinnaird Park andthe layout of it.” Williams Lake and Port Alberni had two back-to-back games. In the first game Williams Lake trounced Port Al- bernia 11-1 before defeating Port Alberni 10-3 in the final game. Castlegar coach George Southwell said he was pleased with the tourna ment and the play of his squad. A total of 31 games were played over the three-day tournament with all of the games held at Kinnaird Park. Fifteen teams were scheduled to take part but three, Grand Forks, Campbell River and Richmond dropped out due to travelling problems. Clancy uses his slider to post Toronto win over Texas By TOM MALONEY TORONTO (CP) — In the Toronto Blue Jays’ dressing room, pitcher Jim Clancy delayed the customary post- game hand of cribbage to talk about the vicious slider that contributed to a 6-2 baseball victory over the Texas Ran- gers on Tuesday night. “I had control with the fastball and the slider was working real good,” said Clancy, who lasted 72-3 innings for his third victory against Texas this season before Tom Henke entered the game to collect his 15th save. “I was able to change speeds on the slider. Basically the way I pitched these guys is to keep it in on the fists of the power hitters and throw a few sliders away from them.” Clancy, 9-6, had lost four of his last five decisions and won only one in his previous eight starts. He had not won at Exhibition Stadium since beating the Texas Rangers on May 3. The Blue Jays remained in second place in the American League East, four games behind the New York Yan- kees. It was Toronto's second win after eight straight losses and their eighth consecutive victory against the Ran gers at Exhibition Stadium. The Blue Jays have an opportunity to sweep their seventh series of the season tonight with John Cerutti, 5-2, scheduled to face Bobby Witt, 4-3. LOWERS AVERAGE Clancy, who lowered his earned-run average to 2.96, allowed six hits including solo homers by Darrell Porter, his fourth, and Oddibe Me- Dowell’s 10th. He set down seven con- secutive Rangers between the second and fifth and retired 10 in a row be- tween the fifth and eighth. Clancy got a solid defence but Texas starter Mike Loyne, 1-5, did not. A botched double play led to a three-run fifth inning as the Blue Jays snapped a 1-1 tie. After Fred McGriff led off with a single and moved to third on a single by Rick Leach, Garth Iorg grounded to third baseman Larry Parrish for a pot entia] double play. Parrish threw to second baseman Curtis Wilkerson for the first out but when Wilkerson saw McGriff leaning off third, he ran him back to the bag. McGriff beat his throw and org ran to second when he saw it uncovered. “In that situation you go up as & hitter and the only thing you don't want is a ground ball to first or third,” lorg said. “I was running hard for first and I just saw the commotion and went to second.” SCORES BOTH Tony Fernandez followed with a ground-rule double to score both run- ners, moved to third on a ground out and then scored on a third-strike wild pitch to Jegse Barfield, who went to first on the play. Loynd.lasted 42-3 innings and was charged with four runs on six hits. Gearge Bell.then extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a line drive that fell out of Parrish’s glove. Supporting Clancy, lorg, Fernandez and Bell made outs ‘on balls that appeared to be Ranger hits. Toronto added to the lead in the gixth when Leach doubled and scored on Iorg’s single. In the seventh, Ernie Whitt doubled off Mtch Williams, the ’ fourth pitcher, to drive in Kelly Gruber. Wilkerson singled and Ruben Sierra doubled before Henke ended the eighth inning by getting Scott Fletcher on a ground out. Rance Mulliniks hit a solo homer, his fourth of the year, in the Toronto first. Castlegar midgets off to provincial By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s midget ‘boys softball team will ‘travel to Surrey this weekend for a provincial B division tourna! ment, Coach Alex Chernenkoff said many of the under 18 players were on the bantam team that won a provincial championship last year. He said he’s not sure how his tournament 12-member squad will do because he hasn't seen many of the other teams play. “I honestly couldn't tell you about how we'll do. We'll just go down and see what ¢alibre of ball they play,” Chernenkoff told the Castlegar News today. Castlegar will play three games on Friday and one late Saturday. SHSS awards By KAREN POPOFF This year, the 1986-87 Stanley Humphries secondary school Athletic Awards were presented at the end of the year ceremonies and awards day on June 26. Various student participation awards were given out to athletes depending on the number of sports that they participated in. The winners of the Stanley Humphries Pins are as follows: Jody Audet, Sherry Bouthillier, Pamela Braun, Carrie Brown, Rod Gritchen, Stephanie Harmston, Kerry Harshenin, Tim Horcoff, David Kravski, Teresa Lamb, Glen LeFurgey, Dan O'Connell, Shelly Pakula, Wendy Pilla, Erie Sather, Wade Schatz and John Walton. The winners of the Stanley Humphries Blocks are as follows: Geoff Ball, Scott Bole, Jaret Clay, Louis Costa, Dale Fitchett, Lori Kinakin, Lorne Leverington, Evano Masini, Helaine Oleski, Pauline Orr, Karen Popoff, Karen Stoopnikoff, Lynnette Swanson and Kim Tarasoff. The winners of the Rocky Awards are as follows: Leigh Halisheff and Lisa Uchida. Wendy Pilla won the award for the most outstanding performance. The most dedicated athlete award went to Geoff Ball while leadership awards were shared by Karen Popoff and Herb Amaral. The best all around athlete winners were Brandy Howard for the Jr. girls, Leigh Halisheff for the Sr. girls, David Kravski for the Jr. boys and Dale Fitchett for the Sr. boys. Individual award winners for team sports were ag follows. In cross country running Geoff Ball captured the most outstanding player award while Derek Ball and Jennifer Small each received most improved awards. In swimming Wendy Pilla won the most outstanding player award while Jeff Schuepfer was the most improved swimmer. In soccer Fernando Amaral was the most outstand- ing player while Dale Fitchett was the most improved player. . In sr. field hockey, Karen Stoopnikoff was the most outstanding player while Carrie Brown was the most improved player. In jr. field hockey, Dorothy Chaves won the most outstanding player award while Maya Kanigan was the most improved player. In jr. girls volleyball, Jenny Rezansoff was the most outstanding player while the most improved award went to Kim Walsh. In sr. girls volleyball Lynnette Swanson and Kim Tarasoff each shared the most outstanding player award while Lori Kinakin was the most improved player. In sr. boys volleyball David Kravski won the most outstanding player award while Tony Silva was named most improved player. In jr. girls basketball Brandy Howard was the most outstanding player while the most improved player was Lucy Cardoso. In sr. girls basketball Karen Popoff was named the most outstanding player while the most improved player award went to Lynnette Swanson. In jr. boys basketball Garrett Turta was picked as the most outstanding player while Dean Osachoff was named the most improved player. In sr. boys basketball it was Eric Dillon as the most outstanding player while the most improved player award went to David Kravski. In curling Patrick Johnstone was the most outstanding player while Brennan Turner was the most improved player. Expos blank Astros HOUSTON (AP) — Montreal Expos _pitcher-Bob Sebra says he has turned his season around and the Houston As- tros probably hope they don't have to see him again this season. He allowed only five hits Tuesday night while pitching the Expos to a 2-0 National League baseball victory over the Astros. Sebra, 69, also had the game- winning RBI when he singled home Montreal's first run in the second inning for his first RBI in 58 at-bats spanning two years in the major leagues. The right-hander has allowed only two earned runs in 23 innings against the Astros this year. It was his first shutout of the season. “After we had a 1-0 lead, it was weird,” Sebra said. “I was very confi dent. I knew I could hold the lead.” After allowing five base runners in the first three innings on five hits, Sebra retired the last 18 batters. “Since I was 3-8, I've taken it as a new season,” Sebra said. “I don't think I have anything to prove.” Montreal manager Buck Rodgers praised the work of Sebra, 265. PITCHES GAME “He pitched his third outstanding game in a row after getting off to a slow start,” Rodgers said, “This was a fine game, and he pitched it when we needed it. We need a stopper-type guy like him. He only threw 121 pitches tonight.” . Houston's second baseman Bill Doran just gave Sebra credit for a job well done. “I'd be willing to bet if we took the top five games against us he had three of them,” Doran said. “He has a great Pee Wees place first on Island By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Karnies Ladies Wear Rep team captured the Provincial Pee Wee Girls Softball championship held in Campbell River last weekend Team players, include Carolyn Cher noff, Christi Stefoniuk, Sherry Makor toff, Jennifer Sallis, Shauna Zaytsoff, Sherri Finch, Kim Chernenkoff, Lisa Baker, Wendy Sookachoff, Venie Voy kin, Kim Abeitkoff and Suzanne Ding wall. Team coaches are Ken Makortoff and Dennis Chernenkoff. Full details of the team's champion. ship win were not available at press time, but will be published as they are known. curve ball, and it’s a credit to him that he stopped our lineup.” Loser Bob Knepper, 3-9, has lost seven of the last eight decisions, but he pitched well in eight innings of work. “I was not too confident and ag gressive coming in,” Knepper said. “Later I got a little fired up and more comfortable going after batters with my curve and fast ball.” Knepper and Sebra had duelled earlier in a 1-0 game won by the Astros on April 12. “Knepper pitched a great game against me and this time I got the win,” Sebra said. “I felt like I was in control all the way.” Aquanauts manage second place finish By MARY HUNTER The Castlegar Aquanauts swim club was divided this weekend with some members travelling to Kelowna and the remaining members crossing the river to the annual Robson River Otters meet. Approximately 45 aquanauts chalked up a second place finish over all out of eight clubs entered, close behind first place Nelson Neptunes. Despite inclement weather all day Sunday, everyone participating in the meet put in respectable place show ings. Aggregate awards were won by eight members of the team. Picking up a gold medal was Mike Hunter, Div. 4 boys. Silver medals went to Craig Haw kins, Div. 1 boys, Krista Bentley, Div. 3 girls, and Ian Dudley, Div. 4 boys. Winners of a bronze medal each were Steven Brown, Div. 8 boys, Justin Phillips, Div. 4 boys, Sharon Wilson, Div. 5 girls and Mario Fehrenberg, Div. 5 boys. Robson River Otters are to be con gratulated on thier third place finish and on a well run, always friendly swim meet. Meanwhile in Kelowna, a small con tingent of 13 aquanauts faced tough competition from the Okanagan and Lower Mainland. Outstanding performances were put in by Stephen Junker who set two poo! records in the Boy's Division 6 free style events and won a silver ag gregate medal, and by Aimie Chernoff who also won a silver aggregate Other aquanauts who qualified in finals were Chris Chernoff, Wendy Gouk, Alex Hartman and Jodi Young The Castlegar Aquanauts will par ticipate in thy Trail swim meet this weekend. The members picked as “swimmers of the week” last week in training were Amy Morin and Rac Carter. Padres, Cubs engage in bench-clearer CHICAGO (AP) — Andre Dawson and Benito Santiago were hit by pitches in a beanball exchange during a National League baseball game Tues day between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs. Five Cubs players, manager Gene Michael and coach Johnny Oates were ejected from the game, which Chicago won 7-5. Dawson was hit in the face by a pitch from the Padres’ Eric Show in the third inning, touching off a bench-clearing melee. Dawson suffered a lacerated lip and a contusion of the left cheekbone .but the report from the hospital said there was no fracture. In the fourth inning, with two out and nobody on, Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux hit Santiago with a pitch. Both Maddux and Michael were ejected. Dawson, who had hit two home runs Monday, homered in the first inning and. after Paul Noce homered in the third, Show hit Dawson in the mouth on a 1-1 pitch. As Dawson stayed on the ground face down, Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe dashed out of the Cubs dugout and went after Show. Order was restored until Dawson, bleeding from the lip, went after Show and teams resumed fighting in front of the Padres dugout Umpire Charlie Williams grabbed Show and ushered him off the field Once order was again restored, Sut- cliffe and Dawson were ejected trom the game Show was given a warning but was removed-from the game because of * foot injury suffered during the fight