B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 5, 1981 Boating is for everyone Not everyone wants or needs a big boat. As a matter of fact, of the over one million registered boats in Canada, the biggest percentage by far are under 18 feet in length and are powered by outboard motors of less than 65 h.p. A long time ago, Canadians discovered that boating is for everyone, not just the priv- ileged few who could afford large cruisers and cruising sailboats, Small boats and motors seem to well suit the needs of most families who enjoy their leilsure-time hours on the water. They have found that portability, economy, ease of handling, and simplicity of ion and are among their many ad- vantages. And small boats can often go places where larger rigs don't dare to ven- ture for fear of getting stuck. Small boats and motors come in so many types and sizes that it's hard to give pat advice on choosing one. A good starting point, though, is to settle in your mind just what use you are going to put your boat to, and then check the load and horsepower capacity plate affixed to every new boat. Sometimes you can be puzzled by the variety of horsepower figures found on these plates, since the figures seem to bear no apparent jonship to the size of the boat. According to the Allied Boating Association of Can- ada, there is no direct, ob- vious relationship between hull length and power needed. The reason for this, of course, is that a four horsepower outboard motor can serve equally well on a 12-foot utility boat and on an 18-foot canoe. Stability, fore-and-aft bal- ance, load distribution, steer- ing and handling qualities and various other factors enter into selecting suitable power for a boat, and such things are taken into account when manufacturers deter- mine the information to be entered onto the load and horsepower capacity plate. Sometimes, small boats perform better with two per- sons aboard than with one! When all weight is in the stern, a small boat will float bow-high, stern-down, and have a lot of drag that will hinder getting onto plane. But a passenger up forward will hold the bow down and the boat will plane out more readily due vo iess drag, des- pite greater weight. So you see, there are many things to considere when buying a small boat and motor. But with the recom- mendations of an experi- enced dealer, and perhaps a few trial runs, you can choose the rig that will serve you ( Recreation News August is here and our summer programs are in full swing. With three weeks left in Funfun ‘81, we still have a large variety of programs open to the whole family. CANOE ADVENTURE Coming up for students aged 13-15 is an Arrow Lake Canoe Adventure. The out- ing is happening Aug. 10 thru 12. This two-night adventure starts at Syringa Creek with the canoes making their way up to Naramata and Deer Park. This voyageur-type outing will include outdoor cooking and camping, lots of pad- dling, swimming, fishing and fun. This canoe trip will be supervised by qualified lead- ers and will be an unique ad- venture. The fee is $25, so register now so you won't miss all the fun that is in store with this expedition. DAY HIKE Also happening for stud- ents aged 13;15 is a Day Hike up Old Glory. If you enjoy hiking, then Aug. 17 is your chance of the summer. Pack a picnic lunch and board the recreation bus for a full day of outdoor adventure. Hike with a group to the top of Old Glory and see the Kootenay Valley from amony the cl- ouds. It will be a spectacular site to see, so register now. PLAYGROUND PROGRAM Our Sunfun Playground P- rogram has been very su- RED MOUNTAIN SKI AREA ATTENTION Season pass holders, for the duration of the mail strike completed pass Spelications may be drop- ped off at the following locations: _& MOUNTAIN SPORTS HUT, Castlegar & SETH MARTIN SPORTS, Wanete Plaza & CHAMPION SPORTS, Trail & FRUITVALE PHARMACY, Fruiivate & KEN’S ACCOUNTING SERVICE, Rossland Applications for 1981-82 passes are also available at these locations. . Take advantage of substantial early season discounts that apply before Avg. 31/81. RATE INCREASE AS OF SEPT. 1/81. RED MOUNTAIN ccessful this year. We still have two weeks left in the Parks. Aug. 10 to 14 our pro- gram will be running out of Kinnaird Park. We have two sessions each day the m- orning session for children aged 4-6 and the afternoon session for children aged 7-9. The Sunfun Playground has a variety of activities including nature hikes, crafts songs and much Your children will enjoy learning new games, singing new songs, getting exercise, and most of all, ha- ving fun. End your summer with a BANG, register now and your children will have an exciting summer's end. WINDSURFING CLINIC Coming up for adults are two unique prog Hay best. The fee is $50 and includes two days of professional instruction, dryland program windsurfing rental, wet suits, dryland simulator, ete. What. better way to spend two days than by having fun on the lake. TAI CHI WEEKEND Coming up on Aug. 22 and 23 is a Tai Chi weekend. Tai Chi is sometimes called an ‘art of life” and is an unique exercise of Chinese origin. The slow, graceful move- ments are a “soft” style of 6 ting sto Helping to rebuild team By Joo Ralko REGINA (CP) — Ed Als- man can glance up from his neatly-kept desk at Taylor Field and say within seconds who is on a 14-day trial with any Canadian Football League team. A huge wall chart in the office of the director of player 1 fc eople of all ages and physical condition. Rex Eastman is a recognized instructor of Tai Chi, having studied with various Tai Chi Masters and having taught since 1975. |OCKEY SCHOOL Summer Hockey School is P- pening on Aug. 15 and 16 isa Windsurfing Clinic at Sy- ringa Creek Park. If you haven't yet tried the newest sport in the Kootenays or, if you have, but you want more instruction, then this is the weekend for you. The instruction for the clinic will be supplied by Windsurfing Kootenay West. at the C Complex the week of August 24;80. The fee for the school is $55 and includes 1-'/-hour of ice time each day and one hour of recreational activity each day. If you want your hockey players to get in shape for the hockey season then this is the ideal oppo- rtunity. Register now for Hockey School'81. © LA. Olympics will show profit By George Young From July 28 to Aug. 12, 1984, the Games of the XXIII Olympiad will be staged in Los Angeles. The Los An- geles Olympic Organizing Committee (LAOOC) is pre- dicting that for the first time since the 1948 Games in Lon- don, England, the Olympics will show a profit. LAOOC estimates that profit at a minimum of $10 million! And for the first time ever in the hisotry of the Games, the sports is being As well, there will be no public funding from the city of Los Angeles, the state of California or the government of the United States. The In- ternational Olympic Commit- tee (IOC) is depending upon this novel approach to restore economic and political stabil- ity to the Olympics. Forty-four year-old Peter Ueberroth, LAOOC president is a businessman who started his own travel agency 19 years old and built it into the d-largest organized by a private cor- poration rather than by a city. _ Castlegar Summer \HOCKEY SCHOOL Head Instructor: Ed Wyatt Coach, Castlegar Rebels Also: Steve Gozek, L.A. Kings Tim Krug, University of Alberta Golden Bears Ken Sherstobitoff Captain, Costiegar Rebels And Other Rebels. AUG. 24 - 30 ICE TIME: 7 days at 1% hours/day RECREATION ACTIVITIES: Name APPLICATION Age Parents Sig. Address PHONE No. Health No. ATOMS (9-10 years) PEE WEE (11-12 years) Return to: R (would like to enroll in (please check) BANTAM (13-14 years) MIDGET (15-16 years) (eae) P 2101-6thA Castlegar, B.C. VIN3B2 Phone: 365-3386 or Tudor Sports Bi y of its kind in the United States. When he sold it after as- suming ‘the LAOOC presi- dency, his firm employed 1,500 people in 130 offices across the country. Sporting a California tan and sun-bleached hair, Ueb- erroth' says he is very aware .of,the historical background of recent Olympic Games, . their bankruptcies and poli- tical turmoil, and adds that these are a lor Roughriders also lists the rosters by position for the nine clubs, separates Can- adians and imports and notes players drafted but not signed. Alsman is trying to help the Roughriders rebuild a team that finished the last two seasons with 2-14 won- lost records. “I researched this thor- oughly before deciding to ac- cept the job offer last Aug- ust,” said the 40-year-old na- tive of Seattle, Wash. Saskatchewan general manager Jim Spavital wooed Alsman from his job as vice- president of Sports Data of Angeles to establish an intricate scouting system. Alsman and Spavital were part of hte NFL San Fran- cisco 49ers coaching staff in the mid-1970s. “Spavital flew me up here last summer to look around,” Alsman said, leaning forward in his chair. “I discovered the same fla- vor for football in Saskat- chewan as there was in Green Bay when the Packers were a power in the National Football League.” WAS SURPRISED Alsman was surprised with the information he gathered about the Roughriders. “I discovered Saskatche- wan, which had the second- best winning record in the CFL, was going through a decline after some glorious yeers,” he said. “The club was supported Rehabilitation has helped by unique, sincere football fans. I found that a re- freshingly different attitude, considering the club's rec- ord.” Alsman believes his sys- tem of rating players — col- lege and professional — is simple. His card files have cross- references by name and po- sition on more than 2,000 athletes who have graduated from college football teams in the last three years. “We don’t want anyone to slip through our fingers and into the cracks, so to speak,” Alsman said. “If a player looks like a great prospect on paper, has good speed and size, but isn't gobbled up by an NFL team, I want to know why. Does he have the heart? Is he a drug user or whatever.” FILL DEFENCE His first major task was to help fill five of the seven front positions on defence. Alsman believes that goal has been achieved. “Vince Goldsmith (a line- backer) had all the creden- tials of being a professional, but at 6-feet-11 I knew he wouldn't make it in the NFL,” said the former back- field coach of the 1974-75 Los Angeles Rams. “We knew he could fit into our plans be- cause he's a smart athlete.” The meagrebackroll of the Roughriders is another im- portant factor Alsman must consider when looking for players. “If I was in Toronto or Montreal, I would set upt the same kind of cross-reference system,” he said. “The dif- ference is they can go out and out buy the NFL teams’ first-round draft choices.” The Alsman player analy- sis system will be punched into the Roughriders compu- ter, once it arrives. Has hopes of pro ball CALGARY (CP) — Three years ago Mark Lehmann’s mind struggled to accept the possibility of living with only his left hand — today he has dreams of playing profession- al baseball. Most of the tendons and ligaments o-his right hand were cut when the hand was crushed by a fork lift three years ago. Amputation was considered. “They wrote my hand off,’” Lehmann said in a interview. “But, the Lord healed it and blessed me.”” Doctors operated two days after the accident. Then Leh- mann spent endless hours squeezing tennis balls and doing other exercises in a Calgary rehabilitation centre. And, with the two middle fingers of his hand partly joined together, the 21-year- old catcher and designated hitter is hoping to break into i bi per- sonal challenge to him. aseball. Playing for Whitworth Col- lege in Spokane, Wash., he led college baseball’s North- west Conference with a .438 batting average, won three first-team all-star berthes, was an honorable mention all-American and most valu- able player for his team. Lehmann switched to Whit- worth from the University of Calgary after Seattle Mariner scout Norm King recommen- ded that he try U.S. SAW RAW TALENT “He saw me play Big League ball and said I had good raw talent,’’ said Lei- mann, a native of Edmonton who moved to Calgary at the age of 13. “The hand did affect me my first year at Whitworth. But I did a lot of work on it. And learning a lot about the pitchers in the league helped too.’” Lehmann broke the school record fer doubles this year. His seven home runs in 28 games moved him into sec- Junior Coaster Brake HI-Rise or Motocross $i 10 speeds, Junior & Reg. size CLEARANCE Avg. 4th, 9:30 a.m. - 31st . While Stock Lasts Raleigh Boys’ Space Riders 18X24 Reg. 1 Raleigh Boys’ Colts 18 X 26" 3 Speed Reg. Te998 Raleigh Ladi its i teeecerig bY La u-Do 1010-4th St \" Coaster Broke 64. «+ ONLY: ony 19% Transi t Sports i 365.3522 ond place on the school’s career list. Although eligible for the major league draft this year, he was bypassed. That, how- ever, hasn’t dampened his hopes of playing profession- ally. “T really wasn't expecting to be drafted. I guess they were waiting to see if I was for real. I'm really looking forward to having another good year next season.”’ Dave Vaughn, manager of the Whitworth baseball team, is ecstatic that Lehmann will return next season to work on his business management de- gree and play ball. PLEASES SCO! “Quite a few scouts like him,” said Vaughn. ‘He's an extremely good hitter, both for power and consistency. He’s quick enough and has a strong arm. “Mark is a very good ath- “ete, a coach’s dream. He al- ways has something nice to say. He’s the guy the other players look to inspire them on.”” Still, the thing that most impresses Vaughn about the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Lehmann is his recovery from the hand injury. “To come back like that showed a lot of character. His hand was a wreck a couple of years ago. He could hardly hang onto a bat and his throwing was weak. But he did a lot of work to reha- bilitate it.” To continue his improve- ment during the school’s summer break, Lehmann is playing this summer with an Athletes in Action team out of San Bernardino, Calif. Longest sport The most protracted sport- ing test, according to the Guinness Sports Record Book, was an automobile dur- ation test of 222,618 miles by Appaurchaux and others in a Ford Taunus. This was con- tested over 142 days in 1963. The distance was equivalent to 8.93 times around the equator. The most protracted non- mechanical sporting event is the Tour de France cycling race. In 1926, this was over 3,569 miles, lasting 29 days. The total damage to the French national economy due to the interest in this annual event, now reduced to 23 days, is immense, and is cur- rently estimated to be in ex- cess of $1,900,000,000. NOTICE Castlegar and District Project Soci I willbe ety MEETING at the Castlegar Arena Complex Wednesday, Rogue 9 at 7:00 p.m. \d a : TORONTO (CP) — Re- tirement has been a very painful experience for Brian Glennie. National Hockey League defence- man has found himself hurting physically and emotionally since he was forced to hang up the skates in 1979 or face a permanent disability. The bashing style that Glennie exhibited for nine seasons with Toronto Maple Leafs and 18 games with Los Angeles Kings had become a part of him in the form of stiff joints, aches, sprains and scrapes. He also had to have sur- gery five times, and it was a rptured disc in his lower back and the pain from a damaged nerve that seared down his right leg that caused him to retire. “I wanted to keep play- ing but the doctors told me it’ was stupid,” Glennie said. “I still want to play but I could do more serious damage to myself. -“The back in about 80 per cent normal now. I play a little tennis.” BODY REMINDS HIM reminds him of his 10 hard-hitting NHL seasons every time he wakes up in the morning, he often finds the emotional pain as bad. Every hockey game he goes to see now becomes a trial in masochism in see- ing others skate and play a game he can never parti- cipate in again. “It was tough to watch, and still is,” he said. “You want to get out there. “The feeling, ‘Gee, I'd like to try it,’ hits you. You dismiss it as insane of course but that doesn’t make it any easier to ac- cept you can never do it again.” - While he was playing, Glennie was never picked as an all-star or winner of \ any individual awards, but Although Glennie’s body - Ae Bi 1) Retirement painful for Brian Glennie he was a tough, consistent defender, who never had any illusions of playing like Bobby Orr — as,many de- fenceman nowadays do. So for him retirement has not meant a loss in personal glory that a superstar would have received, but instead a void in the daily routine that was involved in being a 1° First black major leaguer Show opening NEW yorx (AP) — Ra- chel Robinson smiled as she watched tryouts for the up- coming Broadway show, The First. A young actress named Barbara Presley was singing a ballad, hoping to impress director Martin Charnin enough to win the role of Rachel Robinson. “It's an exciting and rather ‘i ” hockey player. WHAT TO EXPECT Glennie found himself — asso many retired athletes before him had — not knowing what to expect or want next out of life. “The hardest part was not knowing what to do,” he said. “I had no ex- perience in the business world at all. “It was like coming out of the army. Once I even sat down and wrote things on paper that I might try to do but I really didn't _ know what to Icok for. yourself for retirement when you're playing. Men- tally and physically you have to devote yourself exclusively to your team. There's not time for any- thing else.” Glennie worked for Uni- versal Speakers Inc., — a business that produce name orators for banquets and other functions — for a short time before quitting to start a restaurant-bar just a couple of: blocks ‘south of Maple Leafs Gar- dens — his old skating ground as a pro with the Leafs and amateur with Toronto Marlboros. Several weeks ago, Glen- nie and two partners pur- chased an inn in Northern Ontario, and he says that both business are doing well. He spends most of the summer up north with his children, Rebecca, 9, and Adam, 7. “I have an island there and with the kids I can't think of anything else I'd rather do,” he said. Except maybe, to be able to touch his knees in the morning. : unusual said Robinson, deeply involved in development of the show which recounts the experi- ence she and her late hus- - band, Jackie, shared on his way to breaking baseball's racial barrier in 1947. “It's weird to see people trying to portray you.” Part of her involvement includes recommendations on casting. “T like to think of myself as a woman of strength and softness, and those are the qualities I look for in the candidates,” she said. “But often” their “impressions of you do not coincide with your self-image. “People don't always see you the way you see yourself. That can be both enlighten- ing and unnerving.” DIES OF DIABETES Robinson, whose husband died of diabetes and other ailments in 1972 at the age of 58, spoke enthusiastically about the show, scheduled to open on Nov. 12. “If I didn't think it was important, I wouldn't get in- volved,” she said. “I feel it has unusual significance, es- pecially in these times when people need a little inspir- ation. “Obviously it’s important “to me that it be an accurate portrayal of what happened at the time.” What happened changed the course of all sports in the United Sates. Robinson, an outstanding athlete at UCLA and a star infielder for Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League, was invited to a tryout on Aug. 28, 1945, by Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey, who picked Robinson to be the first black major leaguer of the modern era. On April 15, 1947, after leading the International League in hitting while play- ing for Montreal the previous year, Robinson made base- ball history by playing for the Dodgers against Boston Braves. RAN WITH FLAIR In. 10 seasons he batted .811 and ran the bases with flair, earning a berth in base- ball’s Hall of Fame for his performance. The Dodgers won, six National League pennants in Robinson’s de- cade, and in his final year, 1956, they won the World Series. Ironically, while casting was going on for actors to play baseball players, there was no baseball being played. How does Robinson feel about the strike that has dis- rupted the sport this season? “It bothers me because both the players and the owners have so much to lose,” she said. “The longer the strike goes on, the more both sides lose. “What they both have to realize is that they owe something to their fans. I know baseball is a business, but they seem to have lost sight of the fact that they’re performers who owe every- thing to their fans. Without the fans, they don’t have anything.” B3 CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 5, 1981 Boating offers freedom What is a boat? It’s a pass- port to adventure and fun, What is boating? Unlike many other recreational acti- vities, boating. provides a completely unique, satisfying lifestyle — not just periodic diversion. Boating offers freedom, solitude, and escape from the: sights and sounds of today’s hectic living. On the water, a person can feel the dynamics of wind, water and weather; and experience the relation- ship between you and the undiluted charisma of nature, There's something magical -about being on the water that includes a lasting rapture and fulfillment. You might take different routes to favorite hideaways, enjoy exploring the varieties of rivers, lakes and channels, and collect new experiences, but you will always arrive at the same ir- refutable conclusion: Boating is a lifestyle you can afford! The costs of boats range from the economical to the highly luxurious ... there’s a boat to fit every purpose, family, individual, and bud- get. In most cases, the cost of a popular, average-sized powerboat runs little more than the cost of a new, mid-size automobile. What's even better is, unlike your car, the value of a boat depreciates much less and can even appreciate in value. During the last four years, according to the Allied Boating Association of Can- ada, boats have generally ap- « preciated 12-16 per cent a year, making boat ownership a noteworthy hedge against inflation. Most current hoat owners started their boating lifestyle with small, economical boats; and, as their families grew or their personal enjoyment of boating flourished, these owners were able to trade-up to larger, more accommodat- ing boats without having to sacrifice, other personal needs or desires. Some people, who don't own a boat, may think the cost of fuel exceeds their means for deriving the full advantages and fun of boat- ing. But that isn’t necessarily true. In a given day, the typical boating family might use their boat for many hourg, but actually operate their boat for only a fraction of that time. Few boaters run their boats in the. same fashion they use their cars. A recent survey showed that the aver- age boating family uses less fuel to power their boat on a weekend than they use to drive their car to where their Boating tips Getting top performance from their fishing rig is the desire of all anglers. After all, who doesn’t want to get “more fish to the gallon?” To help you get the max- imum performance from your fishing rig — or any boat, for that matter — the Allied Boating Association of Can- ada makes the following sug- gestions in preparing a boat and motor combination to utilize all of the performance capabilities built into it. First, the boat. The area of the boat which most directly affects its performance is the bottom portion of the hull that contacts the water when the boat is running. This area of the hull should not only be clean, but should be very straight without any “hooks”, or “rockers.” To check the straightness of the hull, lay a 8$-to-5-ft.. straightedge along the hull at various positions parallel to the centerline of the hull. Before attempting. to straighten a hull, it is advis- able to contact the boat manufacturer to determine if the “hook” (concave shape) or “rocker” (convex shape) is an integral part of the hull de- sign. To straighten’ wood or fiberglass hulls, use a long, straight sanding block with a coarse sanding paper. Move the block parallel to the cen- terline of the hull and check the surface periodically with the In some cases, it may become neces- sary to fill some of the low areas to prevent excessive sanding. At this time, also sharpen ail edges and corners on the running areas of the hull, including the strakes, the chines and the bottom edge of the transom. Now, the motor. Manufac- turers do not normally rec- ommend any modifications to their motors, other than whose which they release to their dealers through service bulletins. 5 Selling 4 — \y JUSE + The highest speed reached in a non-mechanical sport is sky-diving, according to the Guinness Sports Record Book. A speed of 185 m.p.h. is attained in a head-down free-falling position in this sport, even in the lower at- mosphere. 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