At Castlegar News March 20, 1991 LOCAL NEWS League helps kidney patients The monthly meeting of St. Joseph's Catholic Women's League was held in the parish center with 20 members in attendance, Plans are organized for the provincial kidney canvassing with Joan Muller in charge. For the past six years, CWL members, with the assistance of interested local citizens, have spearheaded this project. Kid- ney patients and their n¢eds are not as well known as are those for heart of cancer. Kidney assistance is given through the local Trail facility as well as transplanting in the Vancouver centre, Local patients are helped by ad- vanced medical knowledge so the CWL asks residents to be generous when canvassers call. Wendy Rowsell planned to con- vene the St. Pat's pie sale for the Right to Life fund. Pies were to be sold after all St. Patrick's day masses. Josephine Fornelli and Bessie Schiavon made final plans for the catering to be done following the an nual meeting of the Castlegar Credit Union this month Library to host retired bush pilot By JUDY WEARMOUTH Head Librarian Castlegar Public Library If you like wartime flying stories, fables about bush pilots in the wilderness and tales of native «In- dians, the library has got a treat for you! Stewart Dickson, retired airforce colonel, bush pilot and outdoor- sman, is coming to give a reading in the Castlegar Library on March 26 at 7:30 p.m. He’s in the area on a CABLE 10 SHAW CABLE 10 SCHEDULE March 18-26. 1991 (Wed) 9.00. (Frid S p.m. (Sun) West This weekly program Cable schedule (Feb 5:30 p.m. (Sen) the guest on March 18 and answered questions from the public and w Cable staff 2 pm. Frt) Renda Winter Coraiva W exciting time in Rossland during the 199) carnival. See the pie-eating contest, bobsled races, hockey and curing. Produced by the Rossland had kidney diseases and how it has affected their lives ’ (Wed) 1 p.m, eh 9 pm (Sea t Parents Should A retele of the lve program thet was televised lve 19. Produced by SHSS Parent Group. p.m. (Wed) 2:30 p.m. (Fei) 10:30 p.m. — Sign Off. NOTE: This schedule is repeated on Friday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 5 p. Calvary Baptist Church Invites you to attend the Easter Musical presentation of “GOING HOME” 6:30 p.m. Sun., March 24 ( ACTIVITY ~) PROGRAM FOR 3-5 YEAR OLDS Early Childhood Education students have planned an ex- citing play group program For March 25, April 8, 15 & 22 From 2-4 p.m. and for April 2 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Selkirk College, Castiegar Compus is required before 20. Call Madelyn MacKay ot 365-7292 ext. 315. — ensue. 1700, Costlogor BC "VIN DDI 365 999; y, LEGION BRANCH 170 Mamie to Thursday WEEKLY MEAT DRAWS EVERY SATURDAY AT tic. No. 3:00 p 365-7017 —ic,ite Promotional tour for his novel Broken Wing (about Bill, a retired airforce pilot, turned bush pilot, who moves to Northern B.C cabin in the woods autobiographical, doesn’t it?) The book follows Bill’s new career, his crash in the wilderness and his rescue ,by Indian trappers and is full of “fascinating details about flying, wilderness survival and Northern Indian customs. It's also a moving personal story about the wife and children who refuse to believe Bill is dead, of the friends who per- in searching for him and the In- dians who care for him Be sure to mark your calendar and come along on Tuesday for an enter taining evening to live ina Sounds Guitarist Don Brown of C Christian Women's Club luncheon. 1s at a recent C Spring introduced Springtime in The Kootenays was the theme of the Castlegar Christian Women's Club luncheon meeting held last Thursday at (he Sandman Inn. Lloyd Grouta naturalist, used a slide presentation to introduce the women to Spring on The Wild Side of Castlegar and the surrounding areas. His light-hearted presentation inspired all present to begin exploring the flora and fauna of the area. Guest soloist was Don Brown of Castlegar who accompanied himself on the guitar and also provided background music Special inspirational speaker was Olga Bergen from Kelowna. ¢ The theme for next month's meeting will be ‘‘Graduatirig Jewels” when the club will pay its annual tribute to graduating senior high girls. It will be in the form of a dessert eveing at the Sandman Inn on April 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Answer to Sunday Crossword Puzzle No. 461 = > almol> rjo|>/o | >| Z| Dim)-jmi OO} — mol >>| a} —sJolm|o im >| 3] — >a] /0) -|mlx|mia Dm al >a zimici>lo) ESE Olm! via! Brian Findlow of Jewellery and Gifts in Trail will present the special feature, A Girl's Best Friend, and Kirsten Mason, graduating senior, will be the featured soloist. 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RIVER OTTERS ROBSON Soturdey, March 23, Castlegar Complex Everyone welcome GASTLEGAR FIGURE SKATING CLUB Cornival “Broadway” Sturdy, March 23, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets at door RNABC MEETING Hospital, Tuesday, March 26, 1900 3/22 NITY Board # speaker: Dr. Scotland of Trail ening. Refreshmen. 2 2 BINGO Early Bird 6 p.m. Regular 7 p.m 22 618 Coming events of Castlegar and District non-profit organizations may be listed edditional me ore WOt each. Boldiaced here. The first 15 words are $5 and words (which mus! be used for headings. Monday tor W. News at 197 Columbia Ai int as two words. Thi Findlows * tte. SU-CHONG LIM Entertainer/Songwriter GOLDEN MOUNTAIN: THE SHOW Thurs., Mar. 21 7 p.m. Brilliant Cultural Centre TICKE Lf eronont IE DOOR: Adults Seniors & Students Children 12 & Under Everyone Welcome! CO-SPONSORED BY: THE CASTLEGAR ARTS COUNCIL AND MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY aig ze hy Iigaeeiligzey se aligzen! roy] aycndig GEST DIRECTOR OEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR — KEVIN COSTNER ‘one magpprats arsenate name a Enter to WIN Your Very Own QR EASTER BUNNY! Mills Something quite strange and disturbing happened. to me last week. I saw someone get punished for being honest. Punished, for doing the right thing. And I was indirectly respon- sible. It happened like this: 1 was doing a story on the Selkirk Saints men’s SHS Sénior girls, Closkey get Ist ever medals By CasNews Staff There's 11 girls and a coach at Stanley Humphries secondary school who've got plenty of reasons to feel good this week. Not the least of which is that they won the bronze medal Saturday at team, The Saints were preparing to go to the national champion- ships (they left Monday) and I wanted to know if players and coach thought they had a chance of winning the whole thing. One player I interviewed, Al Tenta, said to me, and I quot **I honestly don’t think we have a chance of winning it all.”” I asked Al the question and he answered honestly, and gave solid reasons to back up his statement. The story appeared Wednesday and the Saints had a practice’l at- tended at the College the next day. Before the practice, Saints coach Gerry Fraser told me he wasn’t happy with what Tenta had said and was going to have a ‘special surprise’’ for him. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I wish I had. Tenta’s surprise at practice that night was dive lines — a par- ticularly gruelling workout in which players run back and forth between the lines painted on the gym floor, diving when they reach each one. Fraser asked Tenta how many dive line routines he thought he could do. Al, a guy who’s in great shape and strong as an ox, said he could probably do four at the most. “Then you're going five,”’ said Fraser. What Fraser was trying to show Tenta was that with hard work and faith, you can do anything you want. At that point, I left. Not just because Al Tenta is about twice my size and lifts more weight in a day than I ever have in my life. Really, I just had to leave. 1 was just about to get in my car (Company car actually), when it hit me. Al Tenta, 1 thought, is being punished because he told me the truth, as he saw it. Logically, the next time I talk to Al, will he answer honestly? Or will he tell me what he thinks his coach and teammates want to hear? Is that the kind of precedent I want to set with Al, his team- mates, or any of my sources? No way So with this realization, I went back into the gym and tried to explain to Gerry that something was wrong. But it was too late to make my case. Al was already fulfilling the terms of his punishment, with Fraser talking to him all the time about believing in yourself and surpassing goals. I don’t blame Gerry Fraser for what happened. He’s a great guy, @ great coach and he really doesn’t deserve blame. His job is to produce a winning volleyball program and his methods are neither harsh nor unjust towards that goal. to -do the AA Girls championships in Armstrong. The smiles get wider when they reflect on the fact that it’s the first time a SHSS senior girls basketball team has ever won a medal in the provincials in seven tries. But their faces positively crack when they think that they said they were going to get that medal some time ago. “I think that was significant, that we set a goal at the beginning of the year, a goal to get-a medal of some kind and we achieved that goal," said SHSS senior girls coach Jack Closkey. ‘‘Every time you achieve the goal you set it makes you feel good And given the opportunity, as they were in their final game against Win- field's George Eliot secondary, they made no mistake. “It’s important to the program that we made the best of that oppor- tunity. Because the opportunity to get in the medals doesn’t come by every day,’’ Closkey said. No one knows that better than Closkey, who’s coached the senior girls at SHSS since 1969. The Rockettes, who, were ranked fifth in the province going into the provincials, beat the 10th-ranked Winfield team 83-68 Saturday to place third in the 16-team tourney. No. t-ranked Lambrick Park of Victoria, which beat the Rockettes 78-46 in the semifinals, won the provincial championship for the fourth straight year after beating third-ranked D.W. Poppy of Langley 65-52 Saturday. Medals weren’t the only things SHSS players picked up at the incials as five-foot-el team has reason to smile Tourney Stats, All-Stars Page B2 KJSS Girls win 3 B-Ball Titles Page 82 “1 think all the Grade 12s felt that way. We all knew it was the dif- ference between a bronze medal or not.’ For the second time in four games, Laurel Closkey was voted the best for- ward Carilyn Briscoe was named a first-team all-star. Briscoe led the Rockettes in the bronze medal game with 31 points and was named the team’s offensive player of the game. She got that same honor in three of the Rockettes four games in Armstrong. “She played absolutely spec- tacularly in the last game,” said Closkey. Briscoe said she wanted to go out in style. “I knew it was my last game (in high school ball) and I just wanted to make the most of it,’’ said Briscoe. player for the Guard Kristy Lees won the other two defensive awards and the other offensive award. Lees got an honorable mention for the tournament all-star team. She was another Grade 12 student who wanted that medal a lot, and played like it, said Closkey. “It. was obviously important for the Grade 12s, Kids like Briscoe, Kristy, and Makorts (Sherrie Makor- toff). But they all wanted to win,” he said. It was no less Closkey, said Briscoe. “He was proud. You could just important for tell. He wasn’t crying or anything, but we could tell, he was emotional,"’ she said. The Rockettes beat St. Patrick's of Vancouver 58-55 in their first game then advanced against Lambric! Park with a 67-59 win over Fernie. Meanwhile, Closkey’s smile will stay on his face all weekend after learning he was selected to coach the provincial all-star team in the all-star game at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver this Saturday. “It’s an honor and it’s great to be able to go,”’ said Closkey. He was selected to coach the team by the B.C. Secondary Schools Girls Basketball Association. Closkey will lead the team made up of girls from B.C. Interior schools who will meet a team made up of girls from Vancouver and area schools. Ps Devlin wins bonspiel again By ED MILLS Staff Writer In case they had forgotten; local rinks found out again what it's like to curl against a guy who’s been to the Labatt Brier. It’s like you lose. For the second straight year, Fruitvale’s Paul Devlin won the 23- team Castlegar Mixed Sunflower event at the Castlegar Curling Club last weekend. Devlin scored one with his last rock in the 10th end Sunday to beat John Horcoff of Castlegar 9-8 in the A event final. Devlin has been to the Brier twice, with an Alberta rink in 1979 and representing B.C. in 1985. His rinks came third and fourth respectivelv. At the Sunflower, his rink was made up of his wife, Marnie, and friends Ron and Bev Piccolo. “It was really neat to play with him,”’ said Horcoff, who teamed up with lead Bruna Horcoff (his wife), second Laurie Moore and third Ivonne Moore. ¢ “He'd always commend you on your good shots or say that one must have got away. He’s a real nice man, a real gentieman.”’ As for the game, Horcoff said Devlin made the shot he had to to win it. “We were tied coming home but he had the hammer (last rock), he came in and bumped me out and was sitting one to win. “It was a really good game, we just came up a little short,’” Horcoff said, Brenda Turner's Castlegar rink won the B event beating Duff Mc- Donald. Pete Young of Trail, who won the Sunflower two years ago, won the C event while Jan Kambick of Spar- wood beat Brian Brown of Castlegar to win the D event. Dr Dale said a Also, it is an tule in the macho sports world that you have to say you believe in the team, even if you don’t really. It’s chemistry and all that stuff. And, I admit, if 1 were a coach of a team heading to a national championship, I'd be peeved if one of my players said we didn’t have the right stuff to win it all, 1 think that’s the wrong attitude to have. But what happened to Al was also wrong, and unfair, Maybe they should revamp the unwritten rule. Maybe chemistry could stand up to honesty., Wrong attitude or right, not many athletes will be as for- thright as Al Tenta was with me in that situation, [ respect him for that. But I did feel badly about what happened and I just want to say 1 owe you one Al. Thanks for taking the heat to be honest. . skip as recoghizable as Devlin comes to the Sunflower simply because he likes it herd roms Englesby offers a heartfelt ionships which start tomorrow. eee ne eee ee estat conker Ch ant aan the rest of the Selkirk Saints men's volleyball team A GOLD MEDAL GOOD LUCK SMOOCH Rays hile pd Tenta CosNews photo by mpage Hockey heroes, free tickets: What more could a kid ask for? By CasNews Staff Eight year old Mike Read had the hockey adventure of his young life in Vancouver last weekend. Among other things, he got to sit on the Vancouver Canucks bench at the Pacific Coliseum, then got to skate on the same ice as his hockey heroes. Later that day, he got to hang around the Canucks dressing room as they prepared for their meeting with the New York Islanders that night. He was given free tickets to the game and wore his nifty new hockey jersey which was also part of the package. Mike joined about 130 other youngsters ages seven to 15 from around the province who entered the draw and won the trip to attend the Coca-Cola Classic/NHL Future Stars Skills Competition. Mike, who plays a number of Positions for the Trail Autobody Junior Novices in the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association, said he thought the whole thing was just “+great.”” The best part, he said, was the hockey game. Mike and father Mickey left last Friday for Vancouver where Mike competed in the skills competition Saturday, and took in an NHL hockey game with his dad and gran- dfather that night. ‘There was also a banquet Saturday where the kids got a pep talk from former NHLer Steve Tambellini, now in public relations with the Canucks. Kids were given plaques for win- ning events in the skills competition which focused on basic hockey skills — shooting, stick handling and skating. Referee defends decision LAS VEGAS (AP) — Donovan (Razor) Ruddock still thinks he was robbed. Richard Steele still insists he was right. Mike Tyson is ignoring the whole thing. A-day after referee St stopped their heavyweight fight Mf the a round with Ruddock sti in possession of Fg Sg boxing’s latest controversy continued to rage. It raged without Tyson, who skip- ped Tuesday’s news conference. “When you go into the ring, you know you're going ot get hit,” Rud- dock argued. ‘Wasn't he in trouble? Wasn't he wobbling in the sixth round?"* Tyson indeed had taken damage in the sixth round, but it was the only round Ruddock won and Tyson moved quickly in the seventh to re- establish dominance. After a left-right combination to Ruddock"s head, he fired a barrage of punches that sent Ruddock back- ward into the ropes. With the fighters separated by almost half. the ting, Steele signalled the fight over, at 2:22 of the seventh hi “Tyson was a mile away from mé in she GI Sen sine.” said Rud- the Jamaican-born fighter Toronto. *‘He wasn't moving and coming on like a dock, from fast Steele, an sociate Baptist minister and casino blackjack pit boss when not working fights, refused to accept Ruddock’s criticism. “What makes me happy,” he said, “*is that the young man over there is %.. “My job is to help a fighter when ‘he's in need,” Steele said “When 1 stopped the fight, Razor Shurt and helpless against the I stopped the fight to save him (the punishment."’ And all the participants. were en- tered in a draw for the grand prize of a trip to Toronto this summer for Wayne Gretzky's hockey camp. Mike was not one of two boys who won the grand prize and was edged out in the skills competition by a few nine-year-olds, but he's not complaining. So hey Mike, what do you want to be when you grow up? ‘ “*A hockey player.”” os y