July 13, 1986 Water Safety Tips Shape Up for an Accident-Free Summer by Reading & Applying these Water Safety Rules: Rules For Safe Swimming DON'T swim alone. DON'T swim at unsupervised swimming places. DON'T dive into unknown water. Rocks and branches may be hidden. DON'T swim after eating. Wait at least two hours. DON'T swim when overheated. Cool off gradually first. DON'T swim when overtired. DON'T swim too far from shore. Swim parallel to the shore. DON'T swim until you become exhausted, particularly if the water is cold. DON'T swim after dark unless thoroughly familiar with the swimming area. Know it is sate and are accompanied by a “buddy”. Stay close to shore. DON'T panic if you should get into difficulties. You must think clearly if you are to do the right thing. DON'T “duck” or push bathers into water. Playfulness may costa life. YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOU MUST: YOu MUST: Safety Tips For Boat Users Check your boat thoroughly and never leave your mooring until you have done so. Never overload your boat. At all times be especially careful about non-swimmers and children. Carry life preservers for every person on board. Be sure they are worn in rough weather. Carry filled fire extinguishers, lights, signal apparatus and ground tackle according to the law. Keep to the right when meeting another boat and give the right-of- way to vessels approaching on the starboard (right) side. The boat on your right always has the right-of-way. Always be courteous, careful and competent. Keep away from large vessels, which are not manoeuvreable as small craft. Keep away from sSyboots — small ones may be swamped by the wash from a powe' t. Keep away from swimming areas. Never take a turn at high speed. Small craft can easily be, and have been swamped by their own wash. Approach docks or mooring against the wind or current, whichever is stronger. Safety Tips For Water Skiers — BOAT must be fully equipped and safety checked. BOAT OPERATOR must watch for swimmers. SKIER should be a strong swimmer and must wear a life-jacket. ONE BOAT OPERATOR PLUS ANOTHER RESPONSIBLE PERSON as lookour are required by law. Safety Tips For Divers NEVER dive alone. NEVER mix drinking and diving. ATTENTION BOATERS: When You See This Red Flag| flying from any floating object it means Divers are in the Water. When you see this red flag, proceed with extreme caution at greatly reduced speed and keep u sharp lookout for air bubbles or = any sign of activity. Safety Tips For Hunters & Fishermen HEAVY BOOTS and WINDBREAKERS should not be worn in a boat unless they can be removed easily. WADERS and HIP BOOTS are dangerous when filled with water. Don't wear them in a boat. Put them on when you land. If fastened to your belt or over the shoulder make the fastening easily un- done. DON'T OVERLOAD YOUR BOAT — Use two instead. DON'T DRINK WHILE BOATING — One drunk can endanger the lives of everyone. 11 Water Safety Rules For Parents How to Play Safely Near the Water Watch your children when- ever they are near the water . and prevent a dreadtul tragedy lite Children are poor swim mers or non swimmers they must wear life jackets You know, young children move quickly watch them carefully learn Watch children playing with plastic toys. They are fun on the beach but HAZARDOUS in the water. The slightest breeze will corry them out of reach into deep water. 4. Don't use inner tubes, water wings, if you can't 8. Don't swim in the dark swim. The false confidence they build may cost your 9. Know and teach small children to swim, VIGILANT SUPERVISION must be con- arm, a tinued Do not permit swimming in unknown waters responsible adult check a new area currents Even after for water purity and for sate, firm bottoms. 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We also carry a oe vy full line of chemicals cou Gary 365-7389 Valkyr Aquatics Electro Dohmen Ent. Ltd. 4190 Minto Rd. Cost tlegor Call 365-3214 Motor & Pump Repairs or 365- 197 Columbia Ave. Office/ Circulation Classified Ads Display Advertising News Room .. 365-7266 - 365-2212 365-5210 . 365-3517 This Message Sponsored By The Above Community Minded Businesses. By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar Rebels are hoping for some coaching stability with the naming of a new coach. Bill Johnson, a former Kelowna resident who has lived in Castlegar for 1'/ years, has been selected to coach the junior B hockey team. Johnson takes over from Joe Hanik of Trail and Rod Zavaduk of Castlegar. Hanik is unable to coach the team this season because of work commitments and Zavaduk did not want to continue coaching. Johnson is described by the club as “highly qualified and very eager.” He has had experience in both the playing and coaching ranks. Johnson played minor hockey and went as far as Tier I hockey in Saskatoon. He has coached minor hockey for eight years, making four trips to the provinci: one year as i He has coached senior men's teams. He was also assistant coach of Vernon Lakers under Murray Lawrence for a year. Johnson took a year off from coaching last year when he moved to Castlegar. He works for Homegoods Furniture Warehouse. He says he's “pretty enthusiastic” about coaching the Rebels this year. He watched a few Rebels games last year and says “the talent and calibre of hockey is there.” Johnson said he expects he can provide the coaching stability the club is looking for. “This is my home now,” he says of Castlegar. The club wants to get some stability so the team is with a new coach every year. The Rebels have had six sets of coaches in the last five years. In 1981/82, Ed Wyatt coached the team until Mal Stelck took over in mid-season. In 1982-83, Ken Swetlishoff coached the Rebels before co-coaches Ron Rebelato and Wayne Kinakin replaced him halfway through the season. Ralph and Bruno Tassone guided the team in 1983/84 and 1984/85 while Hanik and Zavaduk led the Rebels in 1985/86. Johnson will be assisted by Terry Jacobson. Jacobson coached the Castlegar Midget Reps the last two years. The former Nelson resident who works for West Kootenay Power and Light Co. also played for three Junior A teams. Meanwhile, Johnson says it's nice coming into a team Rebels look for stability “cold” because “you are just going on the talent that you see. “Anybody who plays for the team is goitlg to have to make it on the basis,” he said. He adds that it's different for a coach who has lived in the area for a number of years and has watched the players come up through the minor hockey ranks. Johnson says he will be grading the players on speed, agility and strength, not on a player's performance last year. “If you've got speed and condition, you can do just about anything in hockey,” he says. Johnson says there is a nucleus for a good team next year. He is hoping some local players who have returned to the area will try out for the team, in addition to some players who are capable of playing in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, but who haven't bothered to try out. The coach won't know until training camp begins Sept. 9 what veterans will be back with the team but said there were some “pretty stand-out kids” last year. Johnson agrees it would be nice to go with all local talent but says there probably will be some out-of-town players. Kinakin captures gold By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s Walter Kinakin captured the gold medal Saturday in the men's A class in horsehoe pitching at the B.C. Summer Games in Cram brook. \ Other West Kootenay pit- chers who came away with medals included Ann Rayner of Robson who took the gold in the women's D class; Garry Rayner of Robson, who grabbed a silver in the men's B class; Michelle Fe- eney of Castlegar, who won a bronze on the women's B class; and Lionel Regnier of Trail, who captured the gold in the men's D class. In B.C. Summer Swimming Association boys 200 metre individual medley, Trevor Seville of Robson captured a silver medal Jason Cross of Trail took the gold in the boys 100 metre individual medley, while Chuck Woolls of Fruit vale came home with the gold in the men's 200-metre free style Other winners Saturday included Nancy Schoonhoven of Nelson who won the silver in the 100-metre backstroke and Melissa Petsinis of Nel son who took the gold in the 200-metre individual medley A number of West Koote nay athletes won medals Fri day In British Columbia Sum mer Swimming Association HI ARROW CATCHES CHECKERS By RON NORMAN Editor Hi Arrow Arms moved into a first-place tie with Checkers Pub this week in the Castlegar Commercial Fastball League Both teams have 30 points. However, Checkers gets the nod because it has played two fewer games than the hotel club. Labatts is two points back of the leaders with 14 wins and seven losses for 28 points. The Valley Juniors are fourth with eight points, while Salmo picked up its second and third victories of the year this week to move to within two points of the Juniors. Salmo has won three of 20 games and holds a game in hand on the Juniors. This week also saw a new batting leader. Checkers’ Clay Liber took over top spot with a .486 average (17 for 35). Last week's leader, Guiseppe Muto of Salmo, fell to second. He has 24 hits in 50 plate appearances for a .480 average Hi Arrow's Lee Belanger continues to hold down third spot with a .426 average (29 for 68). Meanwhile, Rob Gretchen of Checkers suffered his first loss of the year this week to Salmo. Gretchen now boasts a seven-win, one-loss record Lawrence Halisheff of Hi Arrow has six wins and one loss, while Labatts’ Pete Evdokimoff has 10 wins in 14 decisions. For complete statistics, see Weekend Wrap-up, page B2. The big story this week was Salmo’s two victories one over first-place Checkers and the other over third-place Labatts. Al Potapoff went the distance on the mound for Salmo in a 62 win over Checkers. Potapoff held the hard-hitting pub boys to just two singles. Rob Gretchen took the loss, giving up seven-hits, one of them a solo home run to Muto in the third inning. Greg Cain led Salmo with two hits in four at bats, including a two-run scoring triple in the first inning. Potapoff was also the winning pitcher in Salmo's 100 whitewashing of Labatts. Salmo hitters teed off for 13 hits on losing hurler Evdokimoff. Muto went three for three, with one home run. Al Waterstreet, Potapoff, Cain and Graham Myers each knocked out a pair of hits. Waterstreet and Cain also added home runs in the 4% inning contest. Potapoff scattered two Labatts hits. Labatts got back on the winning track later in the week with a 5-1 win over the Valley Juniors. Perry Hyson grabbed the victory, throwing a five-hitter. Tony Kabatoff took the loss, allowing seven Labatts hits. Don Deschene and Bob Essaunce led the Labatts attack with two hits apiece. Kabatoff and Bob Markouk sparked the Juniors’ offence with two hits each. Labatts scored one run in the first inning, went up 3-0 after two innings and 4-0 after three innings. The Juniors scored their lone run in the fourth before Labatts regained a four-run lead with a run in the fifth inning. And in one of the longest games-ef the year, Hi Arrow edged the Juniors 10-9 in nine innings. Dennis Boisvert scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth when he was singled home by Lee Belanger. John Obetkoff started on the mound for Hi Arrow, but gave way to George Plotnikoff in the sixth inning. Cam Sookro started for the Juniors before Kabatoff came on in relief. Hi Arrow smashed 14 hits, including three apiece by Belanger, Chief Mercer and Ron Bartsoff. Boisvert had two hits. The Juniors had 15 hits, including four by Kabatoff. Eli Chernenkov went three for six, while Mike Nelson and Brad Turner each had a pair of hits. The Juniors jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning, but the hotel crew came back with six runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. The Juniors tied it in the second with three more runs and went ahead 8-7 after three innings. Hi Arrow went back on top 9-8 at the end of the fourth inning, but the Juniors sent the game into extra innings with a single run in the top of the sixth The game between Checkers and Hi Arrow scheduled for Thursday evening was cancelled because the Hi Arrow team is at the B.C. Summer Games in Cranbrook men's swimming, Trevor Se ville of Robson won a silver RAINY DAY GOLF . . . Downpour of rain Friday evening didn't stop Dale Johnson medal in the freestyle. Melissa Petsinsi of 100 metre {rom teeing off in SunFest Mixed Scramble tournament at Castlegar Golf Club Seventeen couples competed in the event antens rote & 4 o Nelson was second in the women's 10)-metre freestyle and fellow Nelsonite Nancy Schoonhoven won a bronze medal in the 100-metre in dividual medley In Canadian Amateur Swimming Association mas ters men 50-metre freestyle. Chuck Woolls of Fruitvale OVIEDO, Spain (CP) won two gold medals, one in The Canadian men's basket the 50-metre freestyle and ball team meets Italy today Canada meets Italy in semifinal round lost 86 64 to the U.S. in their other two teams that ad final preliminary round game vanced from Group D games in Malaga played at Tenerife, Canary the other in the 100-metre individual medley Girls 13 and under water skiing had Laura Zinio of Trail in first place in tricks and third in slalom. Bruce McFarlane of Trail won silver in boys 14-17 tricks while Darrell Fantin of Trail was first in men’s 18-25 tricks. In baseball, A & W Bears, the zone 1 representatives, beat North Dealt 80 and were defeated 4-3 by Merritt In cricket, Vancouver beat Trail 94-38. In ladies field hockey, the Kootenay team beat North east B.C. 8-0 but lost 3-2 to the Okanagan and played to a scoreless draw with Fraser Valley Richmond shutout Castle gar 1-0 and Vancouver beat the local team 51 in men's field hockey. at the world championships, beginning a semifinal round that includes a showdown with an undefeated United States team Monday night Competition has been pared down to 12 teams from the original 24, with six playing in this city in north ern Spain En route to the world championships, Canada de feated the Italians on their own turf, at a tournament in Verona “We had a good game.” said coach Jack Donohue “They're better now than they were then, but so are we.” Walter Magnifico has been Italy's top performer, with 77 points and 32 rebounds in the first five games. Italy had little trouble ad vancing to the semifinals, but Canada meets China in its third semifinal match. The Chinese team qualified des. pite a losing 2-3 record in the first round. Although the Americans emerged from the opening series with a clean slate, they had some trouble with un. heralded Puerto Rico, 73-72. “I think the problem they have is that their players have not got the experience in international basketball,” said Donohue. “It's all foreign to them the travel, the games.” The U.S. team includes Navy star David Robinson, who last season led the NCAA in rebounds, aver aging 13 a game, and in blocked shots, with six a game. The Canadian team enters the semifinals 1-1 against the Islands. They lost to Yugo slavia and defeated Argen tina. “If we beat a team by more than three points and they lose to Yugoslavia, then we're going to be sitting alright,” said captain Jay Triano of Niagara Falls, Ont referring to Canada’s three point loss to the Yugo slavians in the round In Barcelona. the Soviet opening Union is the heavy favourite in games against Spain and Brazil. Israel and Cuba are the two other teams im the round, having ad vanced from Ferrol with the Soviets. After the semifinals, all 12 teams travel to Madrid where competition July 17 to 20 will decide the medallists and places four through 12 Greece Pitching showdown looms HOUSTON (AP) Dwight Gooden versus Roger Clemens all-star game here Tuesday night But it could be a real high-scoring affair Gooden, 21-year-old 1985 Cy Young winner in the National League, likely will be the fourth New York Mets player chosen to start Tuesday's game. Outfielder Darryl Strawberry, eateher Gary Carter and first baseman Keith Hernandez were elected by fans, while Gooden was expected to be named the starting NL pi:cher by manager Whitey Herzog of St. Louis Cardinals Clemens, 23, who came within one victory of the American League record — Toronto Blue Jays ended the streak — by winning his first 14 third baseman Wade Boggs will likely be the only members of the American League East leading Boston Red Sox on the A pitching showdown looms in baseball's 57th sions of the season, and starting team. AL manager Dick Howser of Kansas City Royals had said privately he would start Clemens even knowing the Red Sox intended to start him Saturday, three days before the all-star game Herzog and Howser are scheduled to announce their starting pitehers in Houston on Monday But what once would have been considered a dream matchup of overpowering strikeout pitchers might not be at all. Beth men have been struggling of late Gooden isn't even listed among the league strikeout leaders after leading the NI. last year. He has split his last four decisions, dropping to 10-4 after an 8-2 start, and he has seen his earned-run average balloon from 1.04 in early June to 2.77 after losing 111 to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night Gooden lasted only four innnings in the loss, giving up four earned runs on seven hits in his shortest outing since Aug. 1, 1984, when he was a rookie Although selected to the team, Gooden did not pitch in the 1985 all-star game because he had worked nine innings the previous Sunday. He worked (wo innings in 1984 when. at age 19, he became the youngest player ever selected (« the all-star team Clemens leads the American League in strikeouts, but has lost two straight games. In one of those outings, he lasted only five innings in a 6-4 loss to Oakland, giving up five earned runs on seven hits, including consecutive homers to Jose Canseco and Dave Kingman Clemens sat out much of last season and then underwent shoulder surgery Aug. 30 Red Sox Manager John McNamara had expected all along Clemens would start the all-star game, despite his scheduled start Saturday against California ‘HE DESERVES IT" “He aeserves it,” McNamara said. “I don't expect any problem with him being able to pitch three innings.” The top vote getter on either team this year was Strawberry. picked on 1.619.511 ballots The rest of the NL starters were second baseman Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs, third baseman Mike Schmidt of Philadelphia, shortstop Ozzie Smith of St. Louis and outfielders Dale Murphy of Atlanta and Tony Gwynn of San Diego. outfielder Tim Raines, shortstop Hubie Brooks and relief ace Jeff Reardon to fill out the lineup. Herzog selected three Montreal Expos The top vote-getter in the AL was shortstop Cal Ripken of Baltimore with 1.486.806. Third baseman George Brett of Kansas City was next with 1,257,432 votes. The other AL starters will be catcher Lance Parrish of Detroit first basemar Wally Joyner of California. second baseman Lou Whitaker of Detroit and outfielders Rickey Henderson and Dave Winfield of the New York Yankees and Kirby Puckett of Minnesota Brett, however. will not play in the all-star game because of a shoulder injury. Boggs. who entered the weekend baiting .370 and has selected as a reserve, will take his spot Outfielders Jesse Barfield and Lioyd Moseby along with shoristop Tony Fernandez were chosen to bolster the American League lineup.