Page 6A 7 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, April 14, 1993 = Lette ~ to the editor business. Reader's rudene Dear Editor: In regards.to Mr Nesteroff's letter to the editor of the April 7 edition of The Castlegar Sun lam dismayed and Slightly troubled by Mr. Nesteroff's letter for Starters, I realize that this is a free country and freedom of expression is a common and, acceptable phenomenon. | strongly feel that personal expression should be tempered and is balanced with long standing morals, that our country and town are comforable with, That is to Say, if you meet someone for the first time, do you remark rudely on their Life has many choices; this may be the most important one you make! If you are single and tired.of the dating scene, fill out the survey below and return it to Box 5683, c/o Castlegar s Ave., Castlegar, B.C. VIN 1G8 by April 30 OR drop off at the Trade Fair booth April 23, 24, or 25 1. Would you agree that quality singles are hard to find? Yes NoQ 2. Would you be willing to meet that special person who is ready to meet with you? ew OQ Nol 3. How far would you be willing to travel? 100 km Q 200 km QO 4. What age category are you? $0 36-45 46-590 5. How soon would you use this service? QO up to. 50 km distance no problem Q 60+0 How many other singles do you know who would use this service? Log scaling and Grading: Students receive training that is appropriate to the vocation as well-as to provide them with the kills to perform the jobs and challenge the examination. Mon. - Pri., April 19-30, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m $400 Instructor: Bill Quinn’ Castlegar Campus, fieldwork location TBA. Traffic Control Flagging: Sat., April 24, 9 am. - 3 p-m., $39. Instructor: Patty Johnson. Please wear appropriate clothing for outdoors. Composting: Leam the basics of both outdoor composting and indoor worm bins. Instruction on how to make a good compost pile (ingredients and technique) and possible problems that could be encountered and how to correct them. Instructor: Susan Smith. April 22, 7-9 p.m. $5.35 Moms and Babes: The Castlegar Prenaial Advisory Committee and Kootenay Columbia Childcare Society are sponsoring a 6 week informal meeting series for mothers of newborn to 12 month old babies. Lear, talk and get to know other new moms. For more information and to register call Kathryn Jostafow at 365-3561. CASTLEGAR CAMPUS 365-1208 appearance, or do you save these thc oughts for yourself? Most of us would agree that being rude is not cool. Now, Mr. Nes- Sign prankster wasn't far off the mark Dear Editor: I found the photo of the modi fied highway signs near the Rob- son/Castlegar bridge to be both humorous and accurate. In fact the “prankster” may or may not have realized the truth in her/his Statement The concept of a bridge is not new. It was proposed to the Min istry of Highways as early as 1954. When the Robson Ferry was closed in 1988 the ad hoc committee reconsidered the bridge, and three Socred volun teers met with Howard Dirks to Present the concept. The rest is history. I would be the last person to credit good ol’ Walk-n-Chew Howard. But, as the saying goes. you have to give the devil his due. Only please Lord, don’t let them name the bridge after him! George Stein Selkirk, College $1,000 worTH oF POWER SMART PRODUCTs. Inspector Socket has just solved his toughest case yet — the Case of the Lost Power. If you’d like to know how he did it, you can find out at your Participating retailer. He’ll show you how to detect energy waste around your home Also, visit your retailer to find out how you could win $1,000 worth of energy-efficient products or one of 10 conservation kits. Remember, being Power Smart saves a lot more than money. For retailers near you, please call 1-800-663-7799, 2 AWeR SMELT And Your Municipal Utility TOBACCO ISA DRUG. ss resented teroff decides he will feel free to grossly insult Mrs. Kerkhoff on hes appearance. My question to you, Greg, is why don’t you go down {0 The Sun and spend half an hour with Mrs. Kerkhoff? I'm sure you'll find that she is a warm, kind, and intelli ent human being, despite whatever label you put on her appearance, It's quite obvious you never went to high school, and if you did, you had no friends because of your unspeakable rudeness D. Kerkhoff PS. I think you were in therapy long before you Easter Sunday celebration at JOHN CHARTERS For The Sun The Shofar sounded again on Easter Sunday on Zuckerberg Island, the first of several tradi- tional activities beginning to take shape with the passing of time on the Heritage Park. These included an Easter sunrise service with a difference, an annual Easter-egg hunt for the children and a special early visitors’ day Easter week- end opening of the Chapel House The sunrise service began early in the moming when Reverend Rankin McGougirt and members of the New Life Assembly gath- ered in front of the Chapel House, opened for warmth and coffee, before six a.m. for hymns, prayers and a brief sermon. One of their number, Felix Kutzner, carried a shofar, an ancient curled Jewish trumpet made of an eighteen-inch long, highly-polished ram’s horn, once used to summon the people in pe. and war but now a cen- tral part of Israeli religious cere- monials. At 6:06 a.m.. the trumpeter raised the shofar to hig lips and sounded a call to the four cardinal points of the compass - North, South, East and West. The baritone notes of the horn could te € Tigre ¢ oom & ; iy 9 / saw my mother’s picture, be heard for at least a half mile in each direction>~Easter had dawned. Another single call marked the end of the service at 6:30 am. At 10 am. the Easter-egg hunt began. Organized by Castlegar and District Heritage Society co- ordinator Debbie McIntosh, and assistants Carolee Fits-Gerald the Easter Bunny, Brenda Terhune, Natalie McIntosh, Martha Kozen, Stacey Kazikoff, Haley Harfman, and John and Bunny Charters. The generous donations of two gross of eggs (boiled and coloured) and a variety of prizes from SuperValu, Safeway, Castle- gar Foods, IGA and Pharmasave stores and the Castle Theatre pro- vided the materials for a merry moming More than 150 parents and children gathered at the Chapel House for instruction - “six-year old and younger children search around the house area, older chil- dren in the near-by forest limit four coloured eggs per child There is a gold egg for a special prize. Get your name on the tick- ets for the prize draw”, bellowed the announcer. With this number of people all talking excitedly, a bull-horn would be a definite SPECIALISTS IN ~ * RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CARPETS + * LINOLEUMS * WINDOWS COVERINGS + HARDWOODS & + CERAMIC TILE + Largest Selection of in-stock lino & carpets in the Kootenays! 4370 MINTO RD., CASTLEGAR (INDUSTRIAL PARK) 365-2265 Zuckerberg advantage. Coffee and hot choco- late was available in the Chapet House: Eggs were gathered (with the assistance of the Easter Bunny for some of the very small ones), tickets were drawn, prizes awards ed and pictures taken, while an enterprising hot-dog}salesman led a brisk business at the side. The Castlegar and District Heritage Society would like therefore to thank all of those who took part and particularly the local mer chants for contributing to the suc- cess of the event The third tradition is the open- ing of the Chapel House for the Easter Weekend and a Steady Stream Of visitors paced across the bridge and causeway all day. An early Monday morning check of the visitor's book for Easter Sunday revealed that throughout the three days 214 people from out of town alone, including visi- tors from Japan, Thailand, Que- bec, Ontario and the U.S.A visited the Island. (Castlegar visi- tors are at least equal in numbers but do not ordinarily sign-in). The Chapel House was also open to a continuing stream of visitors on Monday despite the intermittent rain. A busy Easter-for all Photo sutenitt atm, POKER FT pr Sun., Tues. ; Thurs., Fri. 365-3752 230 Pp: Castlegar Re ° Election of ¢ Everyone Welcome « CASTLEGAR MINOR HOCKEY wesneraay. April 21, 1993 m. Offi c Centre icers e | SPORTS Sports Dept. John Van Putten 365-5579 e Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, April 14, 1993 Special Olym JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports A group of people in Castle glir has set out to achieve a goal, and they need your help tovreach it The goal is to start a Castle gar chapter of the British Cglumbia Special Olympics, and in order get the first step accomplished five volunteers age needed to form the execu- tive in Castlegar. “The goal is to get the B.C. Special Olympics started in Golf for JOHN VAN PUTTEN Suh Sports Are you planning to spend some time soaking up the sun and playing some golf this summer? How would you like to'meet some big name sports stars in the process? Well, you can do just that atid help raise money for the Red Cross at the Castlegar. We are trying to get an executive together of at least five people, although more would be better,” said Mike Rodgers, a member of the Ad Hoc Committee who is spear- heading the drive to get the local chapter started “As I got to know more about the Special Olympics I became more interested and decided to try and start it in Castlegar,” Rodgers said. While there is a Special Olympics committee in place in Nelson, there hasn't been charity of one celebrity and four local golfers playing a best-ball for- mat. That arrangement keeps the game moving at a quick pace and the overall team scores low. Each player takes a shot and the best shot is the one that counts, each person then moves up to that position for their next shot. There is onl one score kept, that is for the entire team. 6th Annual Jim Young Golf Tournament which is coming to the Castlegar and District Golf course July lt is your chance to tee off with some pro- fessional athletes and teach them a thing or two about how we play golf here in ‘Everyone has a good time. Thé touma- ment accomplishes its purpose (raising 15, money for the Red Cross). The celebri- ties want to come back every year’ — JIM YOUNG Former B.C. Lions player and “The best- ball concept is increasing in popularity because it makes for a fun, fast paced game,” Young said. The tourna- ment brings golfers from all areas of B.C. including Kelowna, Cranbrook and the Kootenays. fSome of the expected c@lebrity names coming to town for the tourney accord- ing to Jim Young are: John amis. Al Wilson, Paul Girody (all ex-B.C. Lions players); Steve Tambellini (Canucks); Felix Belyczyk (Castlegar Skier); and John Busic (Boston Bruins) “Everyone has a good-time The tournament accomplishes its purpose (raising money for the Red Cross). The celebrities want to come back every year,” said Jim Young during a brief visit to Castlegar. ‘The number of teams is being limited to 27 to keep the pace of the tourney flowing afong at a fast pace, Young said. Each team will be made up Kelowna Binspons The under 16 Midget British lumbia Volleyball Champi- ships were held at Selkirk liege this past weekend Seven teams from all areas of B.C. participated in the (Burney, including our local t@am which was made up of Players from Mt. Sentinel Junior Secondary School and W..E Graham Junior. Sec- ondary. Competition was intense and the local team was eliminated in the quarter finals by the Sunday, April 18 * 1-3 pm tourney namesake UGHT UP YOUR LIFE - with this bright and cheery family home. 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms provide room for every one. Decorated in neutral colours some of the features include vertical blinds thru-out, vaulted callings and a double car garage. Located on a nicely landscaped lot in a great neighbourhood, this immaculate home is a must see. $148,500 1315 Grosvenor Place, HOSTED BY Greg Marken NATIONAL REAL ESTATE SERVICE MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES 1695 Cohumbia Ave, Castlegar - 365-2111 the Castlegar area. The economic benefits to Castlegar will be numerous, but ‘the Red Cross reaps the biggest benefit, the fundraising money. “The tourney brings lots of new money and people into the area,” Young said In the past five years the tourney has raised over $70,000. “If you compare our size to Vancouver's that would translate into $7 million,” Young said The entry fee for this year's event will be $65 which includes the green fee, lunch and the banquet The tourney is sponsored by the Red Cross, Sandman Inn, Celgar and Air BC. For more information contact the local Red Cross office cleans up tournaments eventual winner, the Kelowna Volleyball Club. “We lost to some very good teams, the Kelowna team was pretty good,” said Mike Perra, coach of the local Midget team. The Penticton Volleyball Club took second place in the weekend tournament, while the Golden Spike Volleyball Club were third place finishers. Other teams at this tourney were from Prince George, Van- couver, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan anything in Castlegar, yet, this is something Rodgers plans on seeing changed “It has never got off the ground in Castlegar, my goal is to get things started here,” Rodgets said. Now is the time to “get the ball rolling” here in Castlegar. The Special Olympics pro- vides the opportunity for dis- abled athletes to participate in Sporting events and experience the competitive spirit that is alive in everyone. Once the executive is formed, there will be a need for volunteer coaches for the vari; ous sports “We already have coaches for swimming and bowling, we are certainly looking for coach es for the other areas.” The Special Olympics has different events covering both summer and winter sports. Some sporis in the Special Olympics include; skiing, both cross-country and downhill, floor hockey, power lifting, swimming and bowling Your presence at their meet- with celebrities Pics need you ing will provide information and let current planners know the interest in developing this program here in Castlegar. Plan on attending, Tuesday, April 20, 7 p.m. at the Kinnaird Ele- mentary School Library. For more information con- tact Mike Rodgers at 365-0295 Pirnst Avenue Financial Services Complete accounting and bookkeeping services for small and medium size business PERSONAL TAX RETURNS 365-3225 Sun Classifieds Sell Jim Young, former team member of the B.C. Lions, is look- ing forward to seeing you on the course for the 6 th Annual Jim Young Golf Tournament. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten April 20 ¢ 5-7 pm April 22 * 5-7 pm Castlegar Recreation Complex 1st Time Swimmers $50.00 (bring copy of birth certificate) Returning Swimmers $70.00 For more information call: Sherri Blackwell 365-3507 ‘SPECIAL THANKS To our coaches Bob Watt and Rich Davis. Thanks to both of you for all your guidance and support. We would like to say a special thank you to our manager Dayna Bell for all his time and all the memories he gave us this year. We had the greatest year any hockey players could ask for. Thank you all again. 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