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A ducky day
for a race

Castlegar Kiwanians
Dan Moore and John
Mansbridge, together
with an eager young
race onlooker, gather
ducks at the Pass
Creek finish line.

SUN PHOTO / Gordon Tumer

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Weather perfect for Duck Race

Duck 997 swims out on his own to places unknown

The weather was wet — just
perfect for ducks. Light rain fell
as 1000 yellow ducklings floated
down Pass Creek to the pickup
spot just above the bridge. Only
the first four across the finishing
ine would be in the prizes.

Some ducklings zinged nght
al ressive as the swift

current at the bend in the creek
swept them toward the finish line.
Others bobbed down backwards
as if something upstream were
more exciting than what was
ahead. A few — not wanting to
engage — twirled off with the
eddies and sat listlessly in calm
waters. Some didn’t watch where

they were going and entangled
themselves in overhanging tree
branches or jammed onto rocks
along the shore
Eventually
their children,
and assorted
others managed
to haze all of

the Kiwanians,

FROM

1000 tickets were sold by a small
band of Kiwanians in the hot
days of July and early August
And another small group of
Kiwanians floated the ducklings
and got wet on
a cold day in
August just to

Wednesday, August 23, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

Allman Brothers in peak form

“TRAIN A COMIN’”
Steve Earle
(Stony Plain)

Steve's been M.I.A. since
“Shut up & Die Like An Aviator"
in ‘91. Thick
with rural
backroad dust,

“Train A
Comin'” is a
treat.

Since 1991
Earle has been
dumped by a
major label and
fought losing
battles with
drugs, booze and bad health. He
bottomed out, now he's back
“Train” is an acoustic album with
(mostly) songs Steve wrote
before his success...but he insists
it is NOT an ‘unplugged’ record.
“God, 1 HATE MTV” he says

“I made up most of these songs
before I was plugged in in the
first place. This is what'I used to
do every day... this ain’ part of
no unplugged nothin’.” The root-
sy acoustic vibe reaches for coun-
try and blues fans, but it has a
rock and roll swagger as well

Keys: “Mystery Train Part II”
and “Goodbye”. Steve Earle fell
from grace, and “Train A Comin’”
is his humble redemption.

“A SPANNER

IN THE WORKS”
Rod Stewart
Warner Bros.)
Stony Plain)

Rod’s first new music since 91's
“Vagabond Heart.” “Spanner” is

KEREIFF

On The Town”, Mandolins and
acoustic guitars evoke “Every Pic-
ture Tells A Story” and “Gasoline
Alley.” Stewart manages to cram
all but his ghastly disco period into
this single disc of new songs.
Keys

“Windy Town”
and “Leave
Virginia
Alone.” “A
Spanner In The
Works” is a
fine album in
the truest sense
of the word.

“AIN'T HAD
ENOUGH FUN”
Little Feat
Md

This is Little Feat’s 13th
album. This is country/cajun
blues with heaps o soul, and I’m
diggin’ it. It may be a blessing or
a handicap, but this is my first
Little Feat album and I must take
“Fun” at face value without judg-
ing it against the band's legend.

Thanks to some great slide
playing by Paul Barrere and/or
Fred Tackett as well as the force-
ful vocals of new member and
longtime friend Shaun Murphy,
“Fun” reminds me of Bonnie
Raitt...bluessy and slick, but not
oily. These grooves ooze soul,
especially when compared to
some of the dreck this gig forces
fhe to tolerate.

Keys: “Big Bang Theory”
and “Blue Jean Blues” (NOT the
ZZ Top song). “Ain’t Had
Enough Fun” tastes like beer,

Since returning to active duty in
1989, Calling “2nd Set”
jewel understates the case

“2nd Set” captures The Allman
Brothers Band on stage and in
peak form. If anyone has turned
jamming into an art form, it's
these guys.

Here, we're treated ‘to tasty
blues workouts as well as old
favorites like “Jessica” and “In
Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” It's
seldom that a disc gives me goose
bumps, but MAN!! This one felt

($)

a rare

$0 good I could've died last night
a happy man

“2nd Set” isn't an Allmans

history lesson, 4 of these 8 tracks '

Originated with last year's
“Where It All Begins”. Execut
ing their dual lead guitar/double
drummer sound with instinctual
ease, nobody can't beat these
guys at their game, no way.

Keys: “Where It All Begins”
and “Soul Shine.” I expected to
like “2nd Set”, but I didn’t count
on falling in love with it!

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COLLEGE OF

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WHERE

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downstream
and into the
comectok bags

here out there along

number 997 — like
-+ took oa a life of as
Maybe 997 saw the small
al” live ducklings that
he yellow flotilla for
— and sailed off with
Even now, possibly the
feathered” ducklings are teach-
ing the hardcase 997 to fly
One other possibility i$ that
997 was so speedy that the race
Organizers never saw am up down
the creek and out into the
Columbia River. Imagine the
startied foxes and coyotes along
the river as they strive to stalk
this bobbing plastic creature!
Picture the amazement on the
faces of residents of Trail and
as 997 flashes by on its
quest for the Pacific Ocean!
At any rate, the 1995 “duck
race” — the local Kiwanians"
major fundraiser — 1s over. All

iSIT:..

GORDON the
TURNER

another
year.
Leading at
second
rapids) wert
numbers 167
724. and 968
But at the finish line — 100
metres further on — several other
enterpnsing types were lunging
for the rope marker The first four
superb swimmers (in 1-4 order)
were none other than numbers
648. 670. 674. and 7

Para-mutue!l betting was not
considered. but had the few spec-
tators had an opportunity. to
wager, surely any number with 7
in it would have been a natural
(see numbers above)

Proud owners of winning
ducklings were Holly Gyurkovits
($1000), Barb Tallant ($300),
Mickey Tarasoff ($200), and
Kyle Roos ($100)—all of Castle-
gar fame

All owners were matched with
duckling, numbers before the
race. Only number 997 let its
owner down. That duckling —
ugly or not —seems not to have
known how the race was meant to
be swum.

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the sound of Stewart aging grace-
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1993’s “Unplugged” was
huge...as the latest in an endless
parade of hits, it informs much of
“A Spanner In The Works.”
The lush orchestral backdrops
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“2ND SET”
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Whoa!!! The Allmans’ 5th disc

Are you a rhymin' Simon?

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A literary pirate’s treasure is up
for grabs in the Third Annual Oril-
lia International Poetry Festival.

Organizers are offering
$15,000 in prizes for unpub-
lished, English language poems
and limericks in the contest.

The top three winners of the
Stephen Leacock Poetry Awards
will receive $5,000, $1,000, &
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Prizes will also be awarded.

The well-established festival
now includes the Leacock Limer-
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thousands of entries from around
the world for the past five years.

The writer of the winning lim-
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second limerick prize is worth

$500 and the third-place winner
will receive $200. «

The festival, a non- profit char-
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brainchild of businessman and
songwriter Warwick Webster,
(Man in a Raincoat) who was
looking for a unique was to cele-
brate Orillia’s literary heritage.

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