AP¢ ae # Ss .. ow 7 Sports Dept. Jason Keenan 365-5579 OPINION editorial comment My Canada includes Quebec If you are at all like me, I'm sure you are tired of all this talk about what Canada is, and what Canada is not. But when a group of concerned Canadians rolled into town with their "My Canada Includes Quebec" billboard petition, Thad to take one more kick at the can. Yes, my Canada includes Quebec. Despite my self-doubts, I signed the petition, with a certain thought in mind. My Canada also includes B.C., and Alberta, and Newfoundland, and Manitoba, and PEI, and Saskatchewan. (Actually, the only place I have trou- Summer is the seaso It is not only in Canada that summer can often be the silly sea- son. There are many, too many, other areas in which warmer weather seems to relax wise sec- ond thought. So I should not be surprised that so many of our local bicyclists continue to disdain the wearing of safety helmets. Well, not afl our local bicyclists. There have been one or two young women I have spotted recently with the proper, approved helmets, which appear to be light in con- Struction, airy and yet strong enough to withstand a serious tumble. Wouldn't you know it would be the women, wiser than their counterparts, who would be the first to consider their personal safety while riding their bikes. Women, in wise households, are taught to consider their person- al safety at all time. Our society still does not permit women to venture alone into many places where men might feel Perfectly safe and carefree. I am not sug- gesting that a bicycle helmet will render you safe in a remote dark park, but I am suggesting that the concept for personal safety has a ride-over effect into other areas of your life. So why do I not see more Caution, this story is JIM NIELSEN The wonders of the new wave P a are nd to behold. I was told the other day a dek ion wanting an audi in ble with is Ontario, but I'll keep that th ight to myself.) To do my rah-rah Canada 125 bit, all Canadians are . Quebeckers are great people, as are British Columbi and Manitot and Nova Sco- tians. The only thing I don't like about Canadians is the people they keep electing. Robert Bourassa, John Crosbie, Joe Clark, and lyin' Brian. If any average person from Quebec were to sit down at the table with your average British Columbian, we would have had the so-called consti- tutional crisis solved yesterday and be working on more pressi lems, like the collapsing infras- tructure of this nation. Hell, I could do it in the moming, and take the after- bn Victoria was ignored because the make-up of those wishing to attend the meeting was not gender-bal- anced. When it was pointed out there were no female owners within the association, therefore no female representation in the delegation, that didn’t seem to make any differ- ence. I hope the person who told me that story was not telling the truth. The world is a little kooky right now. As we, as a society, adjust to the new trends and little details which have been introduced, it seems to take a moment or two for your head to clear and the fuzziness noon off to think up ways to cut go iP ig. I was watching Imprint, a show about writing, on the Knowledge Network the other day, and I was deeply bothered by what I saw. A panel was gathered to discuss Mordecai Rich- let's Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! and its impact on the current constitutional debate. What stunned me was the E lish Canadian pan- to stab into focus. Then you Plunge ahead as best you can, hop- ing at some time you will make Actor's unions, gender bending, CBC h WALTER BLOCK _ The Fraser Institute elists who said they PP They argued that the only thing that defined Canada as a nation is that very same nationalism, and French Canadian culture. part 5 My Canada iricludes a Quebec that is an equal member of confederation. Sure they are distinct from English Canada. Castlegar is distinct from Trail. If they want that special status, I want an equal, elected and 4 So my Canada includes Quebec. But I really could live with out Ottawa. —JAK Cans By Don Addis Strange things have been hap- pening on the Canadian airwaves in recent times. Actor’s Unions. Unions in this country have become so powerful and entrenched that we all shrug off as just “one of those things” a situation which would otherwise have gotten our danders up. The latest outrage to come to light emanating from this sector of the economy is that scientists are not allowed to play themselves in TV commercials. Specifically, three nuclear scientists — Dr. T.D. Crad- duck, chairman of Nuclear Medicine at Victoria Hospital in London, Ontario; Dr. D. Gagnon, a biomedical engineer at Montre- al’s Institute of Cardiology and Pierre Amiot, chairman of the physics department at the Univer- sity of Laval — were prohibited by organized labour from appearing as themselves in a series of Cana- dian Nuclear Association com- mercials. Instead, they had to be young men wearing bicycle hel- mets? Is being “macho” so a tant that young men feel they can court a date with the Sports competitors. I believe the idea was that you were too skilled to take a tumble or suffer an acci- ward attendants? And, if being macho is paramount in their con- cepts of what is “manly”, as is “real men don’t wear safety pro- tection”, in the present day of readily transmittable diseased, this attitude can have some pretty dev- astating ramifications! I think it is time we reached the minds of our young people about personal safe- ty. After recent publication of evi- dence of some rather irresponsible parenting, at graduation time, it is obvious some adults need more education as well. I can remember a time, and not So very long ago, when it was con- sidered silly to wear life vests or jackets when water skiing, power boating or sailing, or, indeed, many sports. Safety protective devices were rarely seen on any workers or contact with a person, any person, who retains an element of common sense. It seems to me there is an advan- tage to calling something as it is or at least identify whatever the sub- ject may be by using words or names most of us would know the meaning of. Very annoying when you feel you are discussing an issue with someone who is speaking in code or a fractured language form for which there are no known rules. On the air the other day when one of the panelists suggested he was uncomfortable with others who have deeper voices. He said, “We who are nasally challenged...” Love that expression — “Chal- lenged”. Gone are the days when a short person is short, a thin person is thin, a left-handed person is left- handed, a retarded person is retard- ed, a tall person is tall...now everyone is challenged. Makes you being completely disingenuous, or he ought to come out of his labora- tory for a few minutes to sniff the politically correct air that has been circulating out here in the real world of Canadian femini for NOT dent and, therefore, would have no need for safety protection. Since then, our experi- ences with many tragedies that could have been prevented through the use of proper gear, we have accepted not only life vests and helmets, but padding and pro- tection for all sports and work Practices, and, of course, the vehi- cle safety harness. These changes did not come about by selection, or preference or good intention, or wise thought. They came about through enforcement. It was not until safety protection was enforced that it became universal- ly acceptable, simply because it was universal and everyone got used to it. It was, after all, the law. I know. I know. There are still some die-hards out there who adamantly refuse to accept the inevitable. Is it not strange that these same fool-hardy individuals never seem to suffer the conse- quences of their foolish insis- tence? We have a family member, who shall remain anonymous, who will wear his safety belt if setting off on a long trip but flatly refuses to wear his seat belt when, for feel all warm inside. Should you refuse to think; you are intellectually challenged. If you would rather not work; you are vocationally challenged. Prefer not to take care of personal hygiene; you are, of course, odoriferously challenged and if you lack in any other way it is just because you have not overcome the challenges facing you in life. Sure explains a lot of problems, doesn't it? Await the backlash. Many of these trite expressions are going to bring about their own demise when they lose currency because of their overabundance. It will be back to the straight-laced, grammatically correct use of the language rather than the take-it-as-it-is, trust-me- that-this-is correct, brutalization of English as it has been known and used for some time. The simulated language editors will no longer be in vogue. is, eg, with mainly firemen, not “firefighters” putting out the flames, but as they would like it to become. As_ Marshall McCluhan stated, “The medium is the last few decades. We all know, even if he doesn't, why the ge.” Truth must take a back seat to the Brave New World of femini litical c, not actors, were used to stand in for the three scientists. The explanation of his col- league Pierre Amiot is a little clos- er to the truth: “This is a male-dominated industry; I sus- pect they wanted to give the ads more balance credibility and prob- ably couldn't find enough women specialists.” But the real reason, as every Canadian school child knows by this time, is that the media, aca- demic and theological leaders of this country — CBC prominent, if not foremost among them — has decided to depict reality not as it But what of the view of Marc Perrault, director of client services for the Everest Group of Montreal, n for safety example, just driving to the local garbage dump, a few kilometres from home. His argument is that he is “just going a few blocks”. He sticks to this argument in spite of the many times we have pointed out the statistics show many vehi- cle accidents happen within a short distance from home! No, I don’t live with this individual, but when I do visit him we inevitable get into the same old discussion, and he persists. Some of his gener- ation just cannot accept good advice! T have taken on a personal cru- sade. Whenever I see a cyclist who is not wearing a helmet, I shall simply ask “Where's your helmet?” Sooner or later, the mes- sage has to sink in. In the mean- time, how about the enforcement? The current raging discussion over topless women demonstrates the silliness of some of our laws, while indicating the lack of others. Don’t blame the police. Politicians enact laws; the police enforce them. Is it not time to stop accept- ing the inevitability of devastating head injuries and become more strict about helmets? If you care about your kids on their bike, this is the season to think about their safety. politically correct! Meanwhile it is time for all of you who prefer to deal with reality in a manner which makes some sense, to begin wondering how much latitude you will permit those in office to modify society as they would see it, before you decided to do something about it. Please don't permit govern- ments, at any level, to separate from the larger group and live a life of their own. They are capable of doing that. While many would be happy to have nothing to do with government, remember these elect- ed and appointed people have the keys to the car, the access code to the treasury and the authority to write law and levy taxes. As has been said many times before, government and that which ge can do is too i to leave in the hands of the politi- cians. After all we power-chal- lenged people cannot be ignored. ypocrisy and other perversions The reason this is so unlikely is that the Canadian Broadcasting Association has recently re-dedi- cated itself to the philosophy of feminism. Rule books for politi- cally correct language have been circulating, and woe betide anyone who runs afoul of them. But what could be more “appro- priate” than to depict male scien- tists as females? Are not too many CNA's r pany. Said this worthy gentleman, the substi- tution of the actresses for the male scientists was made “for artistic and creative reasons”. Sure. CBC Hypocrisy. This phrase — almost a redundancy in the mod- em era — can now be employed in the present case. For the Mother Company has spiked these adver- tisements! They have done so on the grounds — you had better be sitting down while you read this — that real experts were not used. bers of this profe of the wrong gender? Do not little girls (small women?) need “proper” role models if they are to escape the pink collar ghettos? How bet- ter to promote these goals than with ads of this sort? CBC had better rethink its can- cellation of these ads, before the harridans of the left take out on the warpath (a thousand pardons, we wouldn't want to offend any ten- der sensibilities) against them. eee After 20 years in ball, no one was more deserving of this years most dedicated player award than Terry Taranoff A's win second title JASON KEENAN Sun Sports story and Photos The weather smiled down on the Castlegar Men’s Fastball League this weekend. Sunny and warm, not too hot. A light breeze. Perfect ball weather. And the Nelson A's took advan- tage of the elements to win their second title in a row with a 9-3 vic- tory over the upstart Valley Royals. “Ah, it’s nice,” said A’s coach Bob Marsh. “Three-pete. Next year were going to do it again.” It was almost the same team that won the title last year, only having lost one player from the roster. It was a matter of everything coming together for the team. “We had a hot first half, and a slow second. Once we got our full team together, we couldn't be stopped.” And there was a bit of vengeance in the victory. The A's and the Royals had met in a three=game tourney to decide who would be going to the Provincials, and the Royals came away victorious. “It was nice to beat them after a couple of weeks ago,” added Marsh. In the modified double- knockout tourney the secret of the A’s success was their never say die attitude. “We got behind but we always came back.” In their victory against Banjo’s, Tony Kabatoff (who won best pitcher title for the playoffs) only gave up one hit Cal Sookro welcomes Bill home run in the final game. ly Tarasoff (15) home after he helped clinch the victory with a The Champs gather around coach Bob Marsh 3 victory over the Valley Royals Marsh said that Kabatoff's per- formance in the playoffs, like during the regular season, was a main ingredient in the team’s suc- cess. It played a major role in Biving the team depth. “We had a strong team coming in to the season, contrary to everyone's beliefs. The keys were solid defense, four or five Suys hitting in the top 10, and good pitching.” Marsh tipped his cap to Bill Tarasoff, who had only Played 16 games this season. “Billy came up in the playoffs and hit close to .300, and had a couple of home runs.” It was a tough loss for the Royals. “T think it feels a little disap- pointing, but gratifying for the guys,” said Valley coach Kevin Sutherland. Their Sunday started at 8 a.m., and the had to play four games in a row to get to the finals. “That's an accomplishment in itself,” he added. They just ran out of steam in the finals, and couldn’t go any further. But they will be representing the area at the provincials in mid-August Sutherland said the biggest problem for the team was playing five in a row, and the tiredness and hunger began to add up. By the finals, the players concentration began to slip, and mental mistakes began to foul their chances. But looking back on the sea- son, it was a gratifying year for the Royals. They finished in the middle of the pack, and came on strong at the end. “The last three weeks is when the (centre) after clinching the title with a 9- boys played their best ball,” said See FASTBALL KIMBERLEY SEAHORSE SWIM MEET TEAM POINTS: Colville Valley Swim Club Nelson Neptunes CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS Trail-Warfield Stingrays Kimberley Seahorses ROBSON RIVER OTTERS CASTLEGAR MEN'S FASTBALL FINAL LEAGUE STATS Name GP HP WK SAC SG DB TR HR TR TEAM Nelson A's Banjo's Castlegar Merchants Valley Royals Big 'O' Tires Top Ten Batters: min 40 at bat Mike Nelson Jim Nazaroft Rob Gretchen Bob Marsh Clay Liber Darwin Anderson Ken Soukerott Cal Sookro Joe Chernoft Barry Marsh K. Soukeroff 18 M. Sherstobitoff 17 Soukeroff 19 DO90000+004404004 D. Horning R. 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