A6 Castlegar News August 3, 1991 Shapcott_ continued from page A4 would ensure survival. “Just the name ‘Valhallas’ inspires dreams,” says Roy. “Each season the changes are so spectacular.” Well into summer, Roy and Karen are still dreaming, won- dering if they can realize the message of Field of Dreams: If you build something, people will come. The boats are waiting, along with Roy and Karen — who met four years ago as whitewater rafting guides on the Chilliwack River — but the clientele hasn't arrived. They figure the local population is too small to sup- port what they want to do, and arga residents have neither the interest nor the means to buy ‘boats, lessons or trips. “The people of Silverton and New Denver have been friendly, supportive, and “enthusiastic about new ideas,” says Roy, but scarce dollars dictate practices which are economically creative for everyone except entrepreneurs, Roy cites as an example a boat which was sold to one per- son who loaned it to 20 others. “There’s really a network. If you sell locally, everybody trades, It’s such a small commu- nity, that can happen.” Karens offers another expla- nation: “It’s hard to start a busi- ness here because it’s a‘ retire- ment centre.” Roy agrees. “Everything moves in slow motion, and it takes a while to get people to trust you. We real- ly haven’t made any money at all this summer.” In addition to their sport and adventure business, they have also attempted to sell items from their home (at 320, Victoria Street in Silverton), which are locally expensive and unavail- able: organic herbs and spices, teas and coffees, ginseng prod- ucts, olive oi] and West Coast art. Karen is also selling mohair, her own hand-painted T-shirts and makes desserts for the Ren- dez-vous restaurant in Silverton. Rey-offers transportation and é TIDE 4L. Limit 1 CasNews photo by Catherine Shapcott Roy Throssell and partner Karen Rose. Throssell is wearing one of Rose’s hand-painted T-shirts depicting a pictograph located south of Slocan at the bottom of Beatrice Creek. shipping services, and sells Solex sunglasses in Nelson. Although he believes the com- munity should be able to sustain its own economy, allowing local people to make a living where they live, that may also be a dream. “The potential for economic success is small and becoming less. You can live off your sav- ings, but you can’t project your whole life to make something for the future based on what you made in the past. People are los- ing. “The future for alternative lifestyles is a dream because of our social structure. Our econo- my is going more global and international. Transportation is ESDA expensive. You can also import things more cheaply than pro- duce them.” Roy and Karen will probably take their dream on the road next year, hoping to interest people in larger centres of the province in outdoor adventure tours. i It isn’t impossible to make a living in the Slocan Valley, but one must adjust traditional ideas about work. “The people who make it are very creative and motivated,” says Karen. “You can’t just get a 9 to 5 job. You have to create your own work and lifestyle.” Roy still hopes to guide people to the natural treasures in the back of the beyond across the lake: the dozen pictographs sites between Enterprise and Nemo creeks, the trailheads, water- falls, cabins and beaches. “It’s one of the better quality areas in B.C.,” he says. Roy should know — he want- ed to be “a naturalist in the mountains” since the time he was five years old, and spent much of his life hiking and fish- ing in the province. More important than his busi- ness, Roy stresses, is that people are “aware of the value of the lake and respect it. The Koote- nays are a really hard place to make a living, and anyone who lives there should appreciate being there, the beauty, and the sacrifices needed to preserve it.” $ RESTAURANTS) 713-17th St OL MAZDA— IT JUST FEELS RIGHT! 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NEON. BINDER Hilroy 1° 3.44 Prices include the GST PHOTO ENLARGEMENTS Wolo oe CHAHKO-MIKA MALL NELSON, B.C East ‘race’ remains a turtle derby By DOUG SMITH The Canadian Press hat if they gave a pennant race and nobody came? Welcome to the wacky world of baseball’s Ameri- can League East, where the leaders are in a free fall:and nobody seems capable of halting the descent. The Toronto Blue Jays had lost four in a row and eight of 10 and were 8-10 since the all-star break before takirig two from Cleveland last week. But somehow they’ve managed to maintain a comfort- able lead atop the division standings — six games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, 9- 1/2 up on the New York Yankees and 10 in front of the Boston Red Sox as of Friday. Toronto has just finished a 31-game stretch against West Divi- sion foes and is currently playing a string of 38 games strictly against teams from the East. And the way the East has been playing, don’t expect anyone to make a big move as the dog days of August lead into the pennant drive of ib If baseball all d ties, whoAcnows what would happen. In the time the Jays were going 2-8, Detroit was an undérwhelming 2-9, New York 3-7 and Boston 2-9. : The reason behind the Jays’ recent demise is simple. They haven’t been getting solid pitching and they haven't been hitting — at least when it counts. But it could be worse. “We've been dodging bullets all the way along,” Toronto manager Cito Gaston said earli- er this week. “We've been losing but the other teams have been losing as well. “But you know that’s not going to last forey- er.” Someone is going to have to win now that it's East-versus-East for the next five weeks. While the Jays did find some semblance of offence Tuesday, rebounding from a 5-0 deficit before losing 8-7 to the Chicago White Sox, and winning the \ pair from the Indians, it’s been the pitch- ing problems that have caused the most concern, Some 80- calléd experts think the Jays have the best staff in base- ball. With starters like Jimmy _ Key, David Wells, Todd Stottle- myre, the newly acquired Tom Candiotti and a deep bullpeh PAT BORDERS staff anchored ... need good pitching by closers Duane Ward and Tom Henke, there’s no way the team can go into a prolonged slump, they argue. Having said that, Toronto pitchers had given up 30 runs in three games prior to Wednesday and 47 runs in six. Any way you decipher it, that’s way too many for any serious World Series contender. “We've got too good a pitching staff to keep giving up this many runs,” said Toronto catcher Pat Borders. He may be right, but for a team that once thought all its starters would finish the season with earned-run averages under 3.00, those numbers spell trouble. While Gaston says he’s not contemplating any drastic lineup changes, he also knows some- thing’s got to give. Kelly Gruber, suffering a lin- gering hand injury, has had a brutal year. John Olerud, handed the first baseman’s job with the trade of McGriff, has been ordinary. Pat Bor- ders, who looked like an up-and-coming young star last year, went 143 at-bats before getting his first home run of the season. Mookie Wilson has lost a bit as age catches up with him. “Hopefully, this was a.good sign,” Gaston said after Toronto’s wasted rally Tuesday. “Maybe what we need to snap ourselves out of 8. The next 38 games will make or break the Toronto season. The Jays September as the “swing” team, playing the AL West while the six other east teams beat each other up. If they can extend their lead while playing head-to-head with Detroit, New York and Boston, it could be a comfortable September. And given the I's pace with which the contenders are chasing, it won't take much for PRACTICE MAKES PROVINCIALS Marle Seghers (above, centre), coach of the Robson River Otters, keeps time while Aaron Donohue (left) and Megan Sutherland check their puise dur! Kristy Verigin (le! swimmers wilt be competing —at the a prectce Thursday at Coralea Schuepfer Pool. photo) dives In for some practice laps. The three today and Sunday — along with members Aquatic Centre. The top three swim- mers in each event and the top two relay teams q clal championships later this month in Coquitlam. In sand METULLA, Israel (CP) — It seems somewhat incongru- ous to find a hockey rink in a country where they don’t even serve ice in cold drinks. Yet little more than a slapshot away from the Lebanese border, in Israel’s northernmost city, sits the Canadian Sports Centre, built with money provided by the United Israel Appeal of Canada. “It’s a real nice facility. I love it,” says Tim Renner of Moose Jaw, Sask. Renner and about a dozen other Canadian members of the United Nations peace- keeping force in the nearby Golan Heights are in Metulla for a friendly hockey show- down with the Israeli nation- al team — a squad consisting of roughly equal numbers of Canadian and Soviet immi- grants. The players, a ragtag bunch in surplus gear, hope to teach the peacekeepers a lesson and also get in some practice before next year’s Group C international com- petition in Greece. Israel has never competed internation- ally in hockey. “Our. equipment is pretty makeshift,” says Israeli defenceman Michael Blum- berg, 37, of Winnipeg. “As you can sée, I’m using a bicy- cle helmet.” Blumberg’s skates are First World War vintage and his pads are secured by wads of brown plastic packing tape, probably left over from the Gulf War when Israelis bought tons of the stuff to segl rooms against the Iraqi tournout at the Castlegar Golf Course. Golf tournament proceeds to benefit Cancer Society By CasNews Staff Golfers can enjoy a day on the links Sunday and at the same time contribute to the fight against cancer in the sec- ond annual Dan Markin-Mark Lightle memorial golf tourna- ment at the Castlegar Golf Course. Out of every $40 entry fee — $20 for club members — $10 will go to the Cancer Society, said Kay Markin, Dan's mother. This year’s tournament has special significance, she said. Lightle had organized the first tournament last year in memory of Dan Markin, who died of cancer. . Shortly after, on Aug. 22, 1990, Lightle was beaten to death in a fight on a downtown Calgary street. Kay Markin said friends of the two men thought it would be a nice gesture to include Lightle’s name in the tourna- ment’s title this year. She said the tournament drew about 30 golfers for the tourney last year. “I’m expecting that many or maybe more” this year, she said. Men and women of all ages are welcome. Tee-off time for the five-player scramble is 9 Organizers of the Dan Markin-Mark Lightle memorial golf tournament hope for a good a.m. and registrations will be event gets underway Sunday at 9 a.m. accepted up until tee off. By CasNews Staff Almost time to lace up the skates are available at the Community Com- will be 90 minutes and all games will plex. be played at the Complex arena. You can hear the groans of wives and girlfriends from P. to Yes, it’s almost time for summer hockey in ¥ Registration deadline is Aug. 45 with play set to start about a week ‘Toronto to run away and hide. later. Regi fee is $45. Forms Castl E ion Department There will be a maximum of 15 play- staff are scheduled to begin putting ers per team, including a goaltender. the ice in the Community Complex Full hockey i is di “courtesy of the taxpayers Il attacks that never came. In contrast, the Canadians sport matching uniforms, back home. Renner voices concern about the size of the rink, about one-third the size of a ‘| take two strides and | gotta turn around and come back.’ — Dan Dupuis, a 6-4, 230-pound defenceman, on the size of the rink standard ice surface. Only four men, plus goalies, are allowed on the ice at one time, something he says favors the wily Israelis. “It’s going to be a chal- lenge for our guys,” he pre- dicts, gazing at the figure skaters through the smoke emanating from the cigarette wedged in his mouth. “There’s not as much room to make the plays as we're used to. And the goalie has to be more alert than normal.” Minutes before the open- ing faceoff, the peacekeepers turn to psychological warfare in the form of 6-4, 230-pound Dan Dupuis, a 34-year-old Brantford, Ont., native sta- tioned at CFB Comox in British Columbia. “I take two strides and I gotta turn around and come back,” he says of the puny rink. Flexing a few biceps near the Israeli team, he discusses the peacekeepers’ strategy: “Go out and have fun.” The game ends in a 9-8 victory for the Israelis when Soviet immigrant Sasha Stoller fires a controversial arena this weekend, recreation coordi- ry with eye and face protection strong- d. Te: — technically illegal on the small rink — into the ke nator Verona Walker said T d ly d am will Plans call for the usual two teams be provided. Medical check are and a 12-game schedule. Each game recommended for players over age 35. USS a rae ae ge s’ net d before the expiration of time.