A6 Castlegar News July 27, 1991 id Russia, by Ci CssNews photo by Koozma J. Tarasol! The Doukhobor burning of firearms June 28-29, 1895 In Transcaucasia, artist Bill Doukhobor persecution fuels movement By KOOZMA J. TARASOFF Special to the CasNews The summer of 1995 could well serve as a milestone for the people who have fought to abol- ish war. That year will bring to mind such people as George Fox (1624-1691), founder of the Soci- ety of Friends, who spoke of the “inward light” within each indi- vidual and argued for love in human relations at home and abroad; American prophet William Lloyd Garrison (1805- 1910) who coined the philosophy “Our country is the world — our countrymen are all mankind”; Russian writer and h itari- way, so as to provide viable mod- els of behavior for future genera tions. The question of how to recre- ate the motivation that brought about the values of these Spirit Wrestlers is the task at hand. The following are some sug gestions that are being thought about or planned. « Recreate the burning of firearms event in both North America and the USSR with each nation contributing a sym- bolic weapon. * The Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa has begun preliminary preparations for a ional exhibition begin- an Lev N. Tolstoy (1828-1910) who spoke not only of nonvio- lence, but the spirit of humility, patience and love for humankind; and’ the Doukhobors or “Spirit Wrestlers” who at midnight of June 28-29, 1895, on the plateaus of Trans-Caucasia burned their firearms in a public demonstration to the world that wars must cease as a diabolical institution. Some 7,000 Doukhobors par- ticipated in that historic effort to abolish war, in three different settlements. As a result, 7,500 of the more persecuted group exiled to Canada in 1899. Some 20,000 Doukhobors - the less-persecuted group — stayed behind in Russia. Today, those descendants (30,000 most- ly in Western Canada, 500 in the USA, and 20,000 in the Sovi- et Union) are preparing to cele- brate their past. But at the same time they are anxious to look at the future, especially towards the year 2000 when leaders-of the world — such as Mikhail Gorbachev who in 1986 proposed an end to nuclear weapons by the millen- nium — ought to take lessons to heart of the 150 million men, women and children who have been killed in the 20th century mostly by man-made wars. That is the time to have the vision and the political will to literally’convert swords into ploughShares. That is the time -for concerned citizens to follow a new vision, a new path — one more)in keeping with the notion of “civilization.” For the Doukhobors, the year 1995 will be a time for reflecti ning in the summer of 1995 Tentatively titled Spirit Wrestlers — The Wave of the Future, active work is expected to begin next year. Being considered are a dis- play of cultural artifacts; feature and documentary films; a dis- play of books and documents from the Soviet Union and Canada; choral presentations, samplings of Doukhobor food; and art and craft displays. * Doukhobors in Sask- atchewan are considering an Earth festival at the end of June, 1995 in the historic Doukhobor village of Verigin, Sask. * Recreate the trek of Doukhobor migrants from Batoum, Russia to Halifax, then by train across Canada to Win- nipeg, and by train and foot to the first settlements on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. In order to facilitate Soviet- West understanding, there is interest in promoting. an active tourism program with special historic tours, and home visit components in each country. In Canada, of special interest are the Doukhobor museums in Verigin, Castlegar and Grand Forks. 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Of more significance these days is the body count which, more often than not, has a famil- iar face missing by the end of the day. General manager David Dombrowski insists the Expos aren’t conducting a fire sale, but they sure are having one gigantic clear- ance of hard-t handi: replacing it with a less expensive line which may or may not ever live up to its promise. Reliever Tim Burke was the first to be liquidated, along with the $3 million US salary the Expos would have had to pay him through the end of 1992. Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd was moved Sunday, reducing the payroll through the remainder of the season by about $700,000. Ron Darling and the $1.9 million contract the Expos inherited when they. obtained the pitcher from the New York Mets last week, will almost surely be part of the clearance. And somewhere in the bargain bin you'll find shortstop Spike Owen, catcher Ron Has- -sey and possibly even first baseman Andres Galarraga, whose $2 million salary this sea- son and next is not commensurate with some- - one who, with just 12 RBIs, has driven in only one more run than shortstop Tom Foley and catcher Mike Fitzgerald, both part-time play- ers. The exodus of Expos in the last week has created some gallows humor among the play- ers. Before the Burke trade last week, as reporters waited to learn the identity of the player who was leaving, the Expos emerged, one by one, from the tunnel leading to the field. As each player appeared, Foley formally introduced his teammates to onlookers. “But I don't see Eli,” joked Foley, referring to Tim Wallach, the third baseman and team captain who is as untouch- able as they come in Montreal. “I’m still here,” piped up Owen. “I checked the lineup before I came out.” Hassey, mutter- ing through a chaw of tobacco, said, “Nobody tells me bleep around here.” Owen, for one, isn’t distracted by the Expos finan- cially motivated manoeuvrings. “I haven’t lost any sleep over whether I’m going to be traded,” he said. “I know that they’ve been grooming Wilfredo Cordero to take over at shortstop, but I don’t look to see how he’S doing in the minors. “I just go about my business because, if I'm traded, I know I can play regular for another team. I’ve been on a championship club (the Boston Red Sox) before, so I think I could help in that regard.”: A delicate balancing act is in store for Dom- browski as he goes about paring the payroll for a budget-conscious new ownership group. Dombrowski must restore the Expos to con- tending status without creating the perception the franchise is again in one if its rebuilding phases. « An aggressive, hustling, low-priced ball club might cut it in another North American city, but winning — soon — is probably the only thing that can save a franchise which is unable to draw 20,000 when ticket prices are reduced 6n a gorgeous Sunday afternoon. The fact remains that young ball players take time to develop, as is the case with Deli- no DeShjelds, Marq Grissom and Larry Walkef — all promising roo! There are plenty of growing pains along the way. “Everything’s going to work out fine here,” Boyd said as he prepared to join the Texas Rangers. “They (the Expos) have got a lot of good young players and they're adding more. “Trading me is just baseball.” Not quite. For the Expos, and several other have-not big-league teams, it’s a wave of the future — the summer clearance by non-con- tenders. SPIKE OWEN ... Checked the lineup OTTAWA (CP) — In years past, the Canada) Cup lineup for Team USA read more like u Who’s That than a Who's Who of hockey talent. But the U.S. squad’s prospective lineup this year resembles an NHL dream team. The names of veteran stars such as Chris Chelios, Joe Mullen, Pat LaFontaine, John Vanbiesbrouck and Gary Suter pop out of the team’s prospective roster. And its contingent of young tulent — including Brett Hull, Jeremy ‘CasNews photo by Simon Birch Jim Nazarof of Banjo’s Pub keeps a close eye 6n the bait during the final regular season game against the Nelson A's in the Castlegar Men's Fastball League on Thursday at Kinnaird Park. Nazaroft hit a single to drive in Clay Liber for the first run of the game but Nelson came back to beat Banjo's 3-2. League playoffs get underway today at 6 p.m. at Kinnaird Park. Fastball final Sun. at Kinnaird Barry Marsh wins league batting crown By CasNews Staff Banjo’s Pub, runaway winners of the regular season crown in the Castlegar Men’s Fastball League, took one on the chin Thursday losing 3-2 to the Nelson A’s at Kinnaird Park in the season finale. Playoffs begin today at 6 p.m. at Kinnaird Park with Banjo’s taking on the d-place Castl h and Labatt’s going toe-to-toe with the A’s. Labatt’s and the A’s tied for third during the regular season. Last-place from the Castleg: Salmo Hotel gets a bye and will play the winner of the Banjo’s-Castlegar contest in one of two games Sunday at 9 a.m, The two losing teams from Sat- urday play each other, also at 9 a.m. Sunday in the double-knockout tour- nament. The semifinal get underway at 1 p.m. with the final slated for 3 p.m. All games ate at Kinnaird Park with the semifinal and final at the main field. Barry Marsh of the A’s clinched the league batting crown, going 23-for-54 on the season — a .460 average. Clay Martini of the Castlegar Merchants was the runner-up with a 30-for-69 season and a .436 average. Eli Soukeroff of Banjo’s took top pitching honors with a record of 15 wins and two losses. BARRY MARSH ... batting champion ‘CasNews photo and Robson River Otters swim clubs are gearing up for the Kootenay regional Aug. 3 and 4. The top three finishers in each event qualify for the provincial champl- Cc 9 onships Aug. 16-18 in Coquitlam. Members of both clubs are at a meet in Kimberley this weekend. Aquanauts, Otters gear up for provincial championships By SIMO IRCH It’s almost time for some really serious swimming. On Aug. 3 and 4, the Castlegar A host the Ki gional swimming championships for the first time. It’s the qualifying event for the provincial championships Aug. 16-18 in Coquitlam and coaches of the two local swim clubs say they have a bevy of swimmers they hope and expect to do well. Aquanauts coach Tom Carew said he hopes more than the usual 25 or so of his swimmers finish in the top three at the regional meet — thus qualifying for the provincials — and make the road trip to the coast. “We'll be shooting to qualify a few more than that,” Carew told the Castlegar News. Once in Coquitlam, Carew has his eyes on gold for some of his swim- mers. Aimie Chernoff in the 100-metre butterfly “has a really good shot” at a gold medal, he said. And M Fehrenberg in the 100-metre back- stroke also has a shot at top spot in B.C., Carew added. “He could do really well — top three at least. I think those two have the best shot at medals.” Some of the i Fodor and the brother-sister combina- tion of Heather and Chris Cook as “swimming really well” right now. Nancy Wolfe, assistant coach of the Robson River Otters, is also optimistic there'll be several Otters heading to Coquitlam. “We've got some swimmers that are provincial material,” Wolfe said Fri- day. She listed Kristy and Kim Verigin, Dave and Karen Shingler, Sean Pinkerton, Jan Holden, Lisa Woykin, Emily Watson and Torrié LaHue as > 1 bil 5 on the club could also make the finals, Carew said. “Justin Kanigan in division 1 boys — he could do really well. He could place in the final.” Carew also singled out Selena ‘ P “We expect them to have really good performances ‘and be possible Provincial candidates,” she said. The Aquanauts and Otters are competing this weekend at a swim meet in Kimberley. Roenick, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter and Mike Modano — would make any general man- ager drool. Tournament chairman Alan Eagleson admits on paper the U.S. team has a defence and goaltender roster % trong or stronger than Canada.” Even though proven Ca: dian veterans like Mario Lemieux, Paul Coffey and Mark Messier could be side- lined because of injuries, and others like Ray Bourque have ‘The Canada-U.S.A. match, instead of Canada-Russia, might be the most important game.’ — toumament chairman Alan Eagleson already declined to play for the squad, Eagleson says he isn’t worried about Team Canada. “We've got Gretzky,” he said at a news conference pro- moting a warm-up game here for the tournament, which opens in Saskatoon, Sask., on Aug. 31. The U.S. lineup for the tournament reflects how far Americans have progressed in the NHL. In the last Canada Cup, in 1987, the U.S. team finished in fifth place and Canada beat the Soviets in the final. In 1967, only two per cent of the league’s players came from south of the border. In 1980, that figure had risen to 11.2 per cent and last year the percentage was 16.1 — or 89 of the league's 553 players. “The Canada-U.S.A. match, instead of Canada- Russia, might be the most important game,” Eagleson said. But he said the Americans and Canadians will still face tough competition from the Soviet team. “I think it’s going to be a three-horse race. I fully expect the Soviets will comer here loaded for bear.” The Canada Cup has become the unofficial world cup of hockey — the only tournament that includes all the world’s best professional players. Even though the infusion of Europeans into the NHL seems to have deadened the North American appetite for us-versus-them hockey show- downs, Eagleson says fans are scrambling to buy Canada Cup tickets. Sales have already topped $1 million in Montreal and Toronto and Eagleson says they’re going well in.the seven other U.S. and Canadian cities where warm-up and tournament games are to be played. There are 12 pre-tourna- ment games scheduled as well as the 15 preliminary match- es, two semifinal games and the best-of-three final. Eagleson says there will be no repeat of the 1987 Canada Cup, when a few preliminary games had to be moved because of slow ticket sales in the planned venues.