RN tte yy me ny vt toe yn bn Si Mea aR RRs ay 8 A ME ey ERO tor ny abe ne Br Herrman 7) a JIM ZEEBEN In a predictable! move. the) , x-Rebel no Rebels will have in camp—partic- ularly the Midget Rep team that finished second in the province last year, ‘For the past three sen- sons Ch hed the Castlegar Rebels have : their head coach for next season. ' Kevin Cheveldave, an ex- Rebel who has been coaching i in. Salmon Arm for-the'past'six years, will replace Ed Cooper who quit the jo nt the end of last: . season, Cheveldave says he likes’ the crop. of young hockey players the rey SPLASH DYED & IRRIDESCENT ARE INI “Salmon Arm Midget Reps who finished fourth in B.C. last year, including a loss to Castlegar at the vincinls,. “They're good,” he says of the Castlegar Midgets. “They have a . number of players I hope will be . playing for the Rebels.” Cheveldave | was. first approached about the job two and a half months ago, as one of three candidates, The others were’ ; er and Ben Dubinsky, a. Vancouver teacher who decided to. return to his roots in' Ontario and pursue a job as a High School coach, several university players,” + Cheveldave will also have the distinction of being the first paid coach in Rebels’ history. | But the pay won't:be great. “In fact it will hardly scratch the new coach's living expenses and But, 1g to i. { General Manager Don Jolce,” Cheveldave has been the pr ferred choice all along. * “Kevin played all his minor: hockey here, and half of a season with the Rebels,” says Joive who also hopes that Cheveldave’s hockey may pay off for _ ALL SPORTS “TEAMS Now Available from “LOCAL SALES REPS TEAM JACKETS & CAPS Phone for Team Quotes Ba leaving Castlegar (to go Cleara Z Dory nee Sale 9.9 H.P. Similar Sai vings On Models Up To 150 H.P. PRE-OWNED ENGINES 45 h.p. JOHNSON 85 h.p. JOHNSON 60 H.p. JOHNSON 70 h.p. 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He says he'll be looking for local employment that provides consistent hours which won't ) surprise as new head interfere'with coaching, | “I'm going to Castlegar to ‘ coach,” says Cheveldave' who dreams’ of taking his coaching career as far as he can, “It's really too carly to’ say, but every kid who plays street hockey ‘wants'to play in the NHL,"‘says Chevel- ‘ dave, “I'd be lying to you: if I’ didn’t say ] I twanted to coach i in the NHL.” And he betioves Castlegar is a good place to start. “I plan'on coaching“a few years in the Kootenays,” he says, ee Cheveldave ‘admits he hasn’t»\” hocke: followed the KIHL too closely coach league. : “Tel'm He to coach Junior By I'll be in line to'coach Junio A al he says, 4 Next year's’ : Rebels wil be: a . tugged: buti capable: bunch: if “ Cheveldave'géts his way. ‘‘Tough-: . ** ness and skill are the most enter- taining to watch," he-says> 91": - Players like Cam Neely of the Boston Bruins, who can score but also tend to rack up a few penalty minutes, are the'types he'll. be, looking for to help: sell tickets, “Fans just want to see > entertaining. y. Joice' Lagrees. Q ‘d like to bring back the tradition of the game,” ’ but he believes it’s not to think ‘the: ‘Rebels might eventu-’ ally follow Trail into the Junior A he says, “I don’t like the idea of it becoming a Pussy-foot game.” Rebels won’t be hurt by Smokies jump to Juni or A JiM ZEEBEN Sun staff With the announcement last week of an executive committee and an operating outline, the ‘Trail Smoke Eaters transition from Junior B to Junior A Tier 2, has gotten a little closer to reality. But, according to both Smokie and Rebel officials, the jump won't hurt the Castlegar team. “We'll be working in the best interest of each other,” says Trail coach Dan Bradford who, it was announced, will continue at his position in the new Rocky Moun- tain Junior Hockey League. “It will be really good for the Rebels,” he says. “A lot of kids that won't make a Junior A team will go to Castlegar.” “It will be really good for the Rebels...” — Dan Bradford Trail coach Bradford says that with the © cities so close together the Smoke ~ Eaters are counting on fans from this area to attend games in Trail but not by taking them away from bels games. “It's nice to have two brands of hockey,” he says. “Our games won't be on the same nights so fans can attend both games.” ‘Rebel’s General Manager Don Joice is confident that fans will ‘maintain a loyalty with their hometown team. _ “I don’t believe we'll have much of a problem with people see Trail games instead),” he says. “We'll have the two ingredients that m bring the crowds in: players the fans know, and well presented t| hockey.” Joice says the Rebels are work- q ing on becoming affiliated with a Ba number of teams including Trail, the Penticton Knights and the Tier 1 Portland Winter Hawks. BUDDY CT Gerick’ 's Cycle & Sports He says that with Trail in Tier 2 now, the options have opened up for Castlegar. “If I wanted to affiliate, Pentic- ton would be as good as any- body,” says Joice. Penticton used to affiliate with Trail but now that the two teams are in the same league the Knights will need to find a new team. Joice also believes Tier | teams such as the Winter Hawks may even see an advantage in sending players to Junior B overa trip to a Junior A Tier 2 team, “The only difference between this league (KIJHL) and that league (RMJHL), is that their players will get more ice time here,” he says. According to Joice, no players have a guaranteed spot on the Rebels roster yet. But he believes Castlegar will be knee-deep in tal- ent. The Smoke Eaters have signed one player so far, 18-year-old Mike Szmata who played defense for Trail last year, will captain the team into their new league. Both the Rebels and the Smok- ies will be taking a close look at ;_ last year’s Castlegar Midget team , that finished second in’ the * province. Both Bradford and Joice feel that a number of players on that team have a legitimate shot at making their respective clubs. “TI can respect Dan for wanting guys from Castlegar,” says Joice. “If Iwas Dan over there, I'd _ invite half the midgets to try-out; they are affordable for his icum,” he says. “He wouldn't have to worry about room and board for the players—only gas allowance.” The Smoke Eaters budget for the upcoming season is supposed to be about $100,000 however Joice is a little skeptical of that amount. “They really have to do their job over there,” he says adding that the Rebels have not ruled out following Trail into the Rocky Mountain league one day. “If we can raise the money,” he says. “T'd like to raise at least $250,000 before we go to Tier 2." SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeeben Smoke Eaters coach Dan Bradford will continue with the team as it attempts to make the move from Junior B to Junior A Tier 2. Trail's first player is: captain Mike Szamata, 18, who played on the blueline for last year's: Provincial Champlepehie Junior B Smokies. Time for a New Bike? Come In During FITNESS PROMOTION | On Now Bring i ina friend or relative, buy 2 bikesand.. ; SAVE BIG $$$. Come in now while selection is best, and talk to the experts. : No Hotalers 5 ISO te 'Petiance for horse loving chitdr “16; who | want to - develop strength skills, “of-doors and have funt Feeding, grooming, stall & tack’ cleaniag? '@ part of the dally. program. Beginner and~ advanced riders. One horse assigned. to: each ‘camper. or : arrangements: can’ be’ _made to bring your own. 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At the mid-way point of the men's fastball season the Mer- chante, have emerged out of the lower end of the standings to find themselves in second place.) Banjo’s, backed by the pitch- ing of Eli Soukeroff and a well- rounded batting order, have dominated the Weaguc and led the Merchants by 1 2 points going into the game. Six innings later they would lead by 14 as Banjo’s went on to skunk the Merchants 7-9. The game was closer than the shutout indicates however, as both teams remained scoreless until the bottom. of the fourth when Banjo’s exploded for six runs, They then held the Mer- chants off the board to end the inning, and in the bottom of the fifth Banjo’s got their seventh run to win the game in a blowout. Soukeroff now has 11 wins aud one loss while his team goes to “I was moving the ball around well,” says Soukeroff who pitched the shutout despite being bothered by a sore back. loss di his record to 5-2, “I couldn't throw the inside drop ball tonight,” he said. “I was looking forward to the game and it was going really well,” said Bergeron referring to the scoreless three innings. “Then they got a couple of hits and we . couldn't get ourselves back together.” ‘The merchants were missing four players from their line-up and Bergeron says that might have contributed to the unorga- nized play of the fourth inning—a quick succession of ground balls eluded the Merchants’ infield and resulted in the lopsided score. And it might have been sour grapes but the losing squad was vocal about what they considered unfair r4 ; “We were trying to play disci- Plined ball and let the umping pass,” says Bergeron who con- tributes a change in attitude to his teams improvement. “But tonight we let it get to us.” Banjo’s next game is tonight in Nelson against the third Place hletics while the N ten cellar-dwelling Salmo on Thursday. As well the Merchants travel to Kelowna this weekend to take part in a big Intermediate C tour- nament. Soukeroff and Banjo’ 's catcher Jim Nazaroff will join the Castlegar team for the toumey. Ladies Open a success despite stormy weather 3M ZEEBEN Sun staff one person died from being struck by lightning and several others were injured at the Min- nesota Cherie Baker, an assi: at the Creston golf course, fired a 170 overall gross to win the 1991 Castlegar:Savings Credit Union Ladies Open on June 15 and 16. Baker finished ahead of all 128 women in the nine flights at the tournament held at the Castle- gar course, The event, organized by Les- Jey Johanson and Diane McAfee, was dominated by local golfers— five out of tho nine flights were won by Castlegar women. “Tt was a great turnout,” said McAfee who finished runner-up in over-all low gross with a 173. But, she added, “Great—other than the few holes where it ined.” Storm wamings threatened the second day of the tourney and many golfers felt a little wary of staying on the course after watch- ing or hearing about last Friday’s tragedy at the U.S Open. Clubhouses across the conti- nent have experienced an increased awareness of the dan- gers of playing in a storm after Major League holds camp in Trail The Atlanta Braves of the National Baseball League will be holding a tryout camp at Butler Park in Trail on July 2. According to 2 press release issued by Atlanta’ of “That incident has been very much on the minds of every . golfer,” said McAfee. She thought of the incident after hearing thunder roll across the course during the early part of the tournament. “We played the back-nine first and at about num- ber 4, we heard a tremendous boom,” she said. “I thought ‘we're not going to have the same thing happen here that hap- pened at the U.S. Open.’ We had to clear the field but fortunately it just rained on us.” Dianne McCulloch finished with the over-all low net.-She scored a 147, ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zooben Banjo's pitching ace, Eli Soukeroff, upped his record to 11- 1 after he and his teammates trounced the Merchants 7-0. ‘Miinor soccer. action Minor soccer action during the past week included the under-12 division Castlegar Kickers playing to a 2-1 victory over their in town rivals, the Tomado, on Wednesday June 12. Ryan Fontes and Ryan Wenger each scored once for the Kickers while Ryan Leckie put in the sin- gle Tomado goal. On June 13 the under 14 divi- sion Castlegar X-Men were defeated 2-1 by the Warfield Lions with Tony Ponte scoring for fered an 80 loss to the East ‘Trail Raiders while the X-Men played a very close game but were beaten 3-2 by the Beaver Valley Hustlers. Fred Jack scored for the X-Men on a penalty kick while Shawn Horkoff put in the second. ant CEDAR BASKETS *25.00 EACH ik Hisgerreas Lawn & Garden | Fertilizer 20% off }| CHANG'S NURSERY & | FLORISTS LTD. 2601 - Sth ee Castlegar 365-7312 . B.C. ACCESS Public Notice ‘The Government Agent's office has relocated to the CENTRE TRAIL 1050 Eldorado Street 1991 Rural Property taxes may be paid at this location Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to.4:30 pm Avoid the Rush! Post-dated cheques are accepted. ee Ministry of Development, Trade and Tourism Honourable Howard Dirks, Minister Elections British Columbia. RID the X-Men, On June 17 the Kickers suf- TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANGES Please and i components of safe driving. The changes on Columbia Avenue will be completed June 21,1 1991. This will include a two-way left tum lane and are important of the foll when using the lane. Columbla Avenue between 6th and 20th Streets will soon have a new two- way left turn lane. It’s designed to help you reach your destination with ease and safety. Included in the changes is the Canadian Scouts, | the camp will be under the supervision of Bill Clark, the club’s Midwest Scout- sevepiog ees Coie tier teeta Gow of traffic and ing Supervisor, from C Missouri. Lou DeRosa, a Braves’ scout originally from Trail will help Clark with the tryouts. The camp commences at 9 €.m. and’runs until 4 p.m., and, notes the release, there will be no break for fanch: Hopeful ballplayers should be between 16 and 22 years of age, As well the scouts ask participants to preferably playing uniform. TheBraves will supply all other and. must supply their own 4 expenses responsibility of the - ‘Participant’ unless the player is igen to" a” contract’ by’ the xy pocial ere itaoted ets away. A ‘What is a two-way left turn lane? + © Ik isa centre third lane that is! shared with oncoming traffic. Drivers from both directions use it to make left turns, IT IS NOT - A PASSING LANE. x How does it work? 1, Before moving to the centre lane. signal and reduce speed. 2. Enter the centre lane (no more |” than five car lengthsi-before the intended left turn. 3. Check for oncoming traffic. 4. Cross the through-tratfic Jane when it is clea _ Designated left tum lanes: © Atimain intersections and those controlled by. tratfic lights.-a lett turn lane Is Provided for each direction ut travel, E “On Columbia Avenue, one good turn deserves another!” Be sure you are Registered. Do you have this card? This card means that you are on the Provincial Voters List. You must be a registered voter to vote. 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