sion No. 8 at Appledale Hall showed off the fine talents of Monica Carpendale, Tom Hopkins, Joseph Cash, Judy Laret, Carol Gaskin, Julie Anderson, Elaine Hoffman, Sally and Barry Lamare, Jim Patterson, Rick Foulger, Pete Milton, Sheila Griffiths, Brenda Elder, Susan Mac- Intosh, Laura Tiberti and Threads Guild members, Judy Bradford, Bumps and Looney. A special thanks to organizers of this event, Laura Tiberti and Rick Foul Fireworks at the cultural festival drew many thrilled exclamations from a pleased audience. Susan Eyre and Bob Ploss, licenced fireworks Kabatoff, Chuck Kerfoot, Ken Laren, Joanne Cham- berlan and Jeanette Cham- berlan. Castlegar came in third. Most Sportsmanlike Player was Andy Makortoff (Cres- cent Valley) and honorable mention went to Joey Cap riglione and Stacey Essery (Slocan Park). Thanks to um- pires Glen Harper, Norm Es sery, Mickey Padowinikoff, John Zarikoff and Jim Postni. koff. Volleyball Endurance The heat made last Sat urday’s outdoor volleyball tournament at Appledale Park an extra challenge for Relay Race What is the Slocan Valley Relay Race? This is a team course event combining a runner, two canoeists, a swimmer and @ cyclist: Win- ners this year were from far away Salmo. Team members were Michael Rorick (runner) Sharon Taylor (swimmer), Donna and John Bishop (canoeists) and Rick Klassen (cyclist). The Slocan Striders, Doug Hicks (cyclist), Ben Hird and Roy Hicks (canoe), Pete Hicks (swimmer) and Scott Abbott-Brown (runner) came in second. Best time for a runner was seven minutes, 59 seconds for 1.5 miles done by Michael Roriek. THREE DAY COMPETITION Bingo, the perennial] favor- ite, was run by Nick Verigin helped with the music. Gail Knudson, Red. Cross area consultant kindly donated her time to show the children first aid. An informational talk and demonstration on self-defense was given. Orienteering at Summer Games Nine members of the Koot- enay Orienteering Club rep- resented Zone 1 at the B.C. Summer Games held recently in Burnaby. There were three days of competition: a three person mixed relay event on day one, and an individual, two day, total time event held on days two and three. 4 The_ club. put together three “relay teams: Team (Castlegar, M13 to 18), and Carol Scott (Rossland, W365 plus) had the fourth fastest time of 117 minutes against the winning time of 1092 minutes for Zone 6 (Vancou ver Island). Team Two; Shirley Donald (Rossland, W35 plus), Mac Lamb (Castlegar, M18 to 18), and Terry Coombs (Fruit- vale, M365 plus) placed eighth (147 minutes). Marley Barnes (Nelson, M13 to 18), Justin Pelant (Nelson, M18 to 18), and Chris Poulin (Nelson, Mi3 to 18) formed a third team and entered the event just for the experience. In the individual cham- pionships Carol Scott of the KOC had an excellent time on day three and overcame the four-minute lead held by Mary Rosendahl of Zone 6. Seott collected her gold medal in the W35 plus cate- gory on course 2 by finding 20 controls distributed over 5.9 kilometres in 92 minutes. Colin Hamilton, who won the Canadian Championship in the M16 to 16 age category the week before, was-re- quired by the Summer Games rules tg run in the MI9 to 34 age category on course 3. It is a measure of his skill that he was able to claim seventh place against some very stiff competition. The course required him to find 27 controls over 6.2 kilometres and he did this in Blazers win ti The Beaver Valley Blazers earved a 13-3 win over Kel owna Prime Choice recently and as a result captured the 1984 Kootenay Internationa! Senior Baseball League title for the third consecutive year. The Blazers stopped Kel owna three games to one in the best of five championship series, winning the first two at home and then earning an Okanagan split Behind the pitching of Rick Patterson and the hitting of Al Knutsen, the expansion Prime Choice prolonged the series with a convincing 7-3 opening game win. However, Lloyd Germaine tamed the Kelowna bats in the nightcap and with Roger Huston sparking the offense, the Blazers coasted to the series win. With the KISBL Cham Pendleton: The Natural ST. LOUIS (AP) — A few weeks ago, very few had heard of rookie Terry Pendle ton. He's quickly making a name for himself. The squat third baseman, recalled from the minors July 18, has become an overnight sensation with St. Louis Car. dinals, where teammates call him The Natural. The nick- name is the same as that of the recent movie hero who made major league baseball hitting look easy. So far, Pendleton has done the same. In 64 at-bats this season, he had 28 hits for a 438 average through Friday. Pendleton, 24, whose phy. sique resembles a fireplug, is taking his suceess — along with his base hits — in stride. “I don't want all those ‘Natural things,” he said. “They can keep that. “Tve got enough on my mind. Really, getting here was the hardest part. Once I go here, I made up my mind just to try to relax. I may fail, but I'm not going to worry about it. This is my chance. Whatever happens, hap pens. His fast start has exceeded the hopes of those who sum. moned him from Louisville Redbirds of the American Association, where he was batting .297. “You might? see him for the next 10 years,” St. Louis manager Whitey Herzog said of the five-foot-nine new- comer'’s start. “He has a good, short batting stroke.” At bat, Pendleton seems to resemble 9 slashing, switch- hitfing version of four-time National League batting king Bill Madlock of Pittsburgh Pirates. Seldom through his first 15 games was he fooled. On only three occasions did he strike out. This in spite of facing an array of strikeout pitchers ranging from Fernando Val ensuela of Los Angeles Dod gers to rookie sensation Dwight Gooden of the Mets. Pendleton was promoted to the majors this season after St. Louis traded away third baseman Ken Oberkfell and a rash of injuries hit the Cardinals. While the possibility of levelling off has oecurred to Pendleton, he’s not worrying about it “Actually, it hasn't seemed as difficult, as I thought it would be — at least not yet,” said Pendleton. “maybe the better pitehing is actually what's helped. “These guys don't make as many mistakes. But then I can't afford to, either.” Gwynne gives his gold medal TORONTO (CP) — With several Canadian boxers still in the medal hunt at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles this week, the man who won Canada’s last Olympie boxing gold is giving his prizes possession to a provincial exhibit honoring Ontario's amateur athletes. Herace (Lefty) Gwynne, 7% of Midland, Ont., will make the formal presentation of his 1982 Olympic gold medal to the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation on Aug. 7 Gwynne, who won the bantamweight category, will take part in the ceremonies before leaving for Los An- geles to take in the later stages of the Olympic boxing tournament. He was one of two Can- adian gold medallists at the 1932 Games, also in Los An- geles. Duncan McNaughton won the men’s high jump. 115 minutes. The winner was Stephen Jones of Zone 6 (Vietoria) with a time of 86 minutes. On course 1, Mac Lamb and Marley Barnes competed in the age category M13 to 18; Mae" got ninth with 89 minutes, and Marley placed 13th with a time of 119 min- utes. This was their third comtpetition. Mike Wellwood of Zone 6 (Duncan) won with 65 minutes. The team's coach, Udo Grady, of Cranbrook, gained more experience in Canadian style orienteering by running as a non-competitor on all three days. tle pionship secured, the Blazers have néw earned tickets to three major tournaments in August: ‘The British Col umbia Senior Baseball Cham. pionships at Prince George; the Casey Stengel State Championships at Brewster, Wash.; the Grand Forks Credit Union International Labor Day tourney at Grand Forks. To bolster their line-up for the B.C. finals, the Blazers are expected to add pitchers Rick Patterson and Lou Wilde from Kelowena and Tom Nedelec from the Trail Orioles with Lou Cicchetti from the Orioles also added to inject even more sock to an already potent offensive at tack. The Provincial tourna ment draw is enclosed. For Kelowna, meanwhile, the season is not yet over as well, as the Prime Choice will also participate in the State Championships at Brewster in late August. Tu-Dor Sports Castlegar p.m OLYMPICS: 9 p.m 10 p.m.. channel 13 OLYMPIC GAMES: 9 p.m. highlights 10 p.m., channel 13. She said she was “glad to hear that Guelph feels some allegiance too, but they're a little Johnny-come- lately. Where were they at his send-off?” “Vietor Davis is 2 Guelph-born native,” retorted brother and friend Dean ceiling as about 16 friends celebrated the gold-medal per- formance. Friends and teammates from the Waterloo swim elub huddled around a television set and let out whoops of joy when Davis finessed his way to the world-record vietory. Born and raised in Guelph, Davis moved to Waterloo in 1980 after Clifford Barry, Guelph Marlins swim club to the switched from the Guelph region of Waterloo swim club. coach and mentor, Home base for the élub is ~ . wP we Fu -. 4 NEW BUILDING . new Century 71 by afin eng ¥ J iputidin gto be bul cr 1098 Col for the representative Steve Harshentiin, acting mayor Marilyn Jary. “We'll be having a Victor Davis day shortly after he returns and has a chance to rest up after his Los Angeles victories.” qurr SLUGGING Wilfrid Laurier University. The swimmier grabbed global attention when he kicked over a chair in disgust in front of the Queen after the Canadian 4x100-metre relay team was disqualified at From left are Peter Black- nderson, carpenter's union Ave. was held well, Glen a Ma , Ray By Aage Brattebo, and Dave Daniel After some discussion, however, the two mayors the 1982 C th Games in SUNDAY OLYMPIC GAMES: 4 p.m. channel 4, 8:15 p.m., channel 9; 9:30 p.m., channel 4; highlights 10 p.m., channel 13. ough Ridess vs. Toronto Argonauts. 2 MONDAY OLYMPIC GAMES: 9:30 p.m., thannel 4; 9 p.m.. channel 9; 9:30 channel 4; highlights, 10 p.m., channel 13. TUESDAY chonnel 9; 9:30 p.m., channel 4: highlights. v channel 9; 9:30 p.m., channel 4; Changes in crossbow Despite its ancient lineage, there is something new today about the crossbow, and British Columbia's hunting regulations have been ad- justed this year to accom- modate the change and wea- pon has undergone. continues The Fisheries Branch of Ministry of Environment says the second phase of a three-part plan to upgrade the Meadow Creek spawning channel has now been com- pleted. Initial renovation work wag completed in 1983. This work included counting fence reconstruction and new set. tling ponds. Some 8,000 yards of select spawning gravel was processed for placement this summer. “Contract work for place- ment of the gravel has just been completed and on time In a traditional crossbow there is a direct relationship between the power trans- mitted to the released bolt and the pull the bowman must exert to load the wea- pon. The short, stiff bow of a crossbow is notoriously diffi- cult to pull, but in order to ensure that hunting cross- bows will have sufficient power to kill humanely, Brit- ish Columbia's hunting reg- ulations stipulate a minimum poll of 68 kg (15 lbs.) for crossbows used in hunting big game animals larger than deer, and a pull of at least 55 kg (120) for taking deer or smaller game. In contrast, conventional long bows used for hunting are required to have a pull of only 18 kg (40 Ibs.), The long arrow used travels much far- ther before it leaves the bowstring than the stubby crossbow bolt, gaining ener gy as it travels ahead. Recently modern technol- ogy has eased the crossbow hunter's loading problems. A compound crossbow has been developed, using pulley sys- tems to give the bowman a mechanical advantage — much jess power is required in the pull to give equal power to the released bolt. To keep pace with the new technology, B.C. will permit use of a compound crossbow for hunting having a pull of only 45 kg (100 Ibs.). Bowmen using regular crossbows will still have to use the hard pulling 68 kg and 55 kg wea pons. About 3,000 hunters in British Columbia take their game with archers’ weapons, either crossbows or long bows. A sifvey of hunters who purchased the special archery hunting licence for the 1982/88 season showed that 78 per cent actually hunted with a long bow (or modern variations) and 10 per cent with a crossbow. There are few purists in spite of the fondness for these ancient weapons; 86 per cent also hunted with a firearm. Of those who used fire- arms, almost two thirds of their hunting time involved guns rather than archery equipment. Nearly three quarters hunted in special bow seasons, and nearly all (95 per cent) favored more such seasons. More bow licencees re- ported comparatively short experience as archery hunt. ers — 78 per cent had hunted with a bow for five years or less. Their performance com- pared favorably with that of conventional hunters, how- ever. Of the 1,289 who tes- ponded to the survey, 325 had bagged some kind of game with a bow. Weekend Wrap-up for this fall's spawning run” said H. Andrusak, regional compacted with fines and silt that it was little wonder that production in recent years had so much. The new gravel has been placed in the upper two-thirds of the channel and this, combined with a vastly improved flow control strueturé, should re sult in a 30 to 40 per cent egg/try survival rate. In re cent years the survival rate has been as low as 10 to 15 per cent.” Funding for the renovation of Meadow Creek was made available through the Habitat Conservation Fund which operates on the basis of the $3 surcharge on all fishing and hunting licences. “We are very fortunate that this Fund has been es tablished — particularly dur. ing this time of restraint,” said Andrusak. “Fishermen in this area are certainly getting their value the surcharge. 3 y°0000000000---------weusuce Venenveto (US. eworded double gold mede! errsts routes foceeaes cescses sesesee essers: ybeseetaer pudasanssit aseususecs i 27, attingly, New York, iaestay jerome 3,” Cottine Leet, forente, 12.2 124, 780. 2.37 setess: est3 = = ena 45, Oronco, New ¥ 1 Gooden, Mew York 165 17 Loe ‘Suner, $f Love, 28. Holland 2B FOOTBALL “eoEged FASTBALL =Nsuresee Basrrusceserr@rnecarrsss “ENS——NUSB ere BsSseUeLewsseNsecoaerysres resss o-e~ggeetsrrsss Executives swap jobs WINNIPEG (CP) — When an elderly lady compliment. ed a ticket examiner recently at a Montreal train station, she had no way of knowing it was Via Rail president Pierre Franche. The woman, a regular traveller familiar with the station, asked him if he was a new employee and then remarked he go would far in Via Rail if he kept up the good work! This no doubt raised a smile in Franche, who was spending the day as a ticket examiner as part of a Via Rail program to aquaint upper level management with the day-today workings of the rail service. Known as Project Front Line, the plan compels execu tives to swap their suits and ties for the uniforms of BCRIC down by $900,000 Higher interest rates and weak lumber prices contri- buted to a $900,000 loss for the B.C. Resources Invest- ment Corporation in the sec- ond quarter of 1984. The company reported a loss for the first six months of $5.6 million or a loss of nine cents per share. This com pares to net earnings of $5.7 million or three cents per share for the first six months of 1983. Revenues for the first half of 1984 increased by 21 per cent ot $479.8 million from $396.7 for the same period last year. “We expect improved re sults for the last half of 1984, despite higher interest rates,” said Bruce Howe, president and chief executive officer. “Westar Mining’s increas ed marketing efforts, parti cularly in Europe, will bring higher revenues in the sec ond half. Cost reduction ef. forts at Westar Timber will be aided by a strong pulp market,” Howe said. “The re-opening of our ‘B’ Mill at Prince Rupert is bringing 100 people back to work and increasing our pulp production from the current 1,850 tonnes to 1,700 tonnes per day,” he said. Pulp is now selling at US $540 per tonne. “The improved pulp picture has allowed Westar Timber to break even in June and it should be profitable for the balance of the year,” Howe added. Westar Mining. a 67 per cent-owned subsidiary, had total earnings contributions of $4.6 million down from $9.5 million in the second quarter of 1983. This was made up of $1.7 million from coal earn- ings and $2.9 million from Westar's 7.7 per cent interest in the South Brae oil field. Increased sales from Wes- tar's new Greenhills Mine and greater earnings from the expanded Westshore Terminals, were offset by higher interest costs now being charged against com pleted projects, and lower prices for Balmer metallur- gical coal. There was no Brae Field revenue until the sec ond half of 1963. Six month earnings contributions for coal and South Brae total $8.7 million. The company’s forest prod. ucts subsidiary, Westar Tim. ber, reported a second quar- ter loss of $1.7 million, down from earnings of $800,000 for the same period in 1963. Ex. tremely low prices for lum. ber caused the timber com- pany to close five of its six lumber mills late in the sec- ond quarter, Six month losses total $8.0 million, com- pared to $6.0 million in 1963. The Company’s Canadian oil and gas subsidiary, Wes- tar Petroleum reported earn- ings of $1.0 million for the quarter, up from a loss of $100,000 in 1963. Westar Petroleum's total oil produc- tion for the first half of 1983 was 623,000 barrels, an in- crease of 14 per cent over the company record set in 1983. fe rings REGIONAL RECREATION —— COMMISSION# 1 reation office closed. STAT holiday # "Dance Ratiol 7 p.m Audrey Summer. Dance classes. iasion 50 9 — Tennis to tunes sose 713 Kokanee Glacier, 10 years and up. Per Detensive Driving courses, August 2! & 23. Register now 2601-6th Ave., Cast?! Phone 365-3386 12 years, fee $10. 7th 18. Rotary Courts. customer service jobs such as porters, redcaps, waiters, s 3 ani hone and ticket agents. ‘They also mingle with employees who perform those tasks daily to obtain an insight into their jobs. ACHIEVE GOALS Project Front Line ‘is part of an overall training program in customer service for almost all of the Crown cor- poration's 3,500 employees. “It's a massive undertaking,” said Gordon Peck, Western Canada co-ordinator for the program. “The idea is to get everyone in Via Rail talking with each other and doing their part ot achieve major corporate objective: ‘The project, launched in March, has already resulted in some changes. For example, escalators are being installed in Via's Toronto station after executives working as redcaps — railway bellhops —experienced how hard it was for the aged andhandicapped to lug baggage up and down stairs. And ticket counter agents, who now must fill out an impossibly complex form for daily sales reports, will soon be supplied with a more simplified version. As well, a campaign to move Via Rail’s Calgary station to larger quarters is gaining momentum after Harold Murray, vice-president of Via Rail in Western Canada, spent a day as a redcap last month and found out how hard it was to manoeuvre baggage through crowds and up stairs. NEED SKILLS Peck said the need for a training program to equip employees with skills in dealing with customer both on a day-to-day basis and in emergencies was clearly seen last July when torrential rains washed out tracks at Revelstoke. Employees were involved in a massive job of efficiently getting more than 600 stranded passengers to their destin. ations by plane, bus and helicopter. “And we dealt with hundreds of individual problems,” said Peck, noting that many rural families had to be notified of re-scheduled late-night arrivals of relatives they were to meet in small towns far from their farms. As well, workers had to dig out luggage ini ication for p g with health problems. “We want our customers to feel cared for,” said Peck. The car is still the No. 1 method of transportation for 90 per cent of travellers in Western Canada, with planes, buses and trains sharing the rest, he said. “We want to get people out of their cars and on to trains by showing that rail travel can be fun, safe and comfortable.” remained steady at $2.70 and Datel Industries VSE index jumped nearly 25 points from Thursday's close, finishing the day at 955.22. B.C. Resources was the most active issue in the in- dustrials, gaining .15 at $3.15 on 24,565 shares. Computrex Centres was up .01 to 36 on 12,000, International Medical gained .05 at $1.35 on 11,500 and El Dorado Systems gain ed .10 ‘at $1.20 on 10,900. at $2.10. i} j . ii} DR. DAVID 4. dto< “Fol 31 no wal be uc eemice ot DR. R.H. BRISCO AMS . 625 bia Ave., Ci gaiped 51 at .96 on 173,800. Zenco Resources gained .04 at .59 on 148,000, New Be- ginnings warrants remained steady at .11 on 134,000 and Goldbelt Mines was up .07 at $1.41 on 124,568. Interna- tional Rhodes warrants gain- ed .01 at .11 and Interlake Development dropped .10 at Futurtek Communications was the most active issue on the development board, gain- ing .17 at .50 on 257,000. Oil production cut in Alberta FDMONTON (CP) — An unexpected drop in demand may force Alberta oilmen to cut production by 75,000 to 100,000 barrels a day in August. The final figure has not been set, but the Energy Resources Conservation Board has notified producers and pipiline operators to be prepared. “The main reason for this is we were originally looking for exports of about 80,000 barrels per day in August,” says John Newton, assistant manager of economics with the board. “Only 10,000 bar- rels per day has firmed up.” Production figures in Al berta are adjusted month by month, but apart from a slight shut-in problem in the spring, supply and demand have generally been bal. anced. The latest problem came out of nowhere, say officials of the National Energy Board. A number of factors eombined to undermine de- mand. Rob Stevens, assistant director of operations in the oil branch of the board, said some Canadian refineries have reduced crude oil re- quirements because of a drop in demand for refined prod ucts. At the same time, a fire in a major Chicago refinery served to reduce export de- mand for light and medium crude oil. “This is sort of an unusual month’,’ Stevens said. “Two weeks ago, we were looking at a balanced situation for August.” He said some officials are eoncerned about a continuing count on us... Kootenay Savings Insurance Services .-- FOR THE BEST RESIDENTIAL PROTECTION AVAILABLE IN THE KOOTENAYS! “Endorsed by the membership of Steelworker's Locals 480 & 9705 and a great deal more! And now price. Well, that’s the best part! You just can't afford to go without this protection. 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