Page 8A Lion' Ss bus finally rolls The Castlegar Sun into Castlegar 17, 1992 Sun staff ‘The parking lot at Castlegar's Lod; Care Ward was Sbuzz with excitement last week. The Castlegar Lions Club handed over the new disabled- accessible bus on June 9 to the The Lions spent a year and a half raising the funds to cover the $73,000 purchase price. While $24,780 came from the provincial government, the rest of the money came from within the community. 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Qreat fuel economy WAS $7,995 1990 FORD ECONOLINE CARGO VAN © White © V8 engine © auto. trans. © radio LOCAL CONTRACTORS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE! WAS $13,995 The West Kootenay Kare nel Club held a sanction match in Castlegar on June 7. Monique Porter of Castlegar shows off the third place ribbon she received in her division of the Jr. Handlers Class. Monique recently com- pleted a Junior Handlers Course offered by the West Kootenay Kennel Club and the Castlegar Recreation Centre. Photo submitted Patrol bikes offer police new crime fighting tool BRENDAN HALPER __ Sun staff Burglars beware...there is a new kind of threat to your devi- Ous activities. The Castlegar detachment of the RCMP now has two moun- tain bikes for the purpose of in- town night patrols and events like Sunfest. Constables Russel Sangster and Larry Oster were responsible for initiating the idea and taking it to city hall for the approval of funding. City council agreed to pay the cost of leasing the bicycles at $181 per year. The bikes, Cana- dian made Rocky Mountain Hammers, were leased locally from Castlegar Bicycle and Sport Shop. The Rocky Mountain Hammer is the official RCMP bicycle for British Columbia. Both Sangster and Oster tried night patrols with their own bikes last year and found it to be Se oR e SS Sports Dept. Jason Keenan 365-5579 Glance Metaline Sio-pitch The T-Birds slo-pitch team, on top of the competi- tive division in town, went nament, the took the finals 16- 15 against the Hosers from Metaline. Down one run in the fourth, the Birds rallied back and crossed the plate four times in the fifth inning. The finals were a back-and-forth battle. The same teams met in the semis, and the Birds took it 12- 11. Everyone on the team played really well together, and it was a team effort. Congratu- lations T-Birds! Junior Golf In Zone One - West Koote- nay junior golf tourney held at Birchbank, Castlegar took the three-player team event. Jody Carew and Todd Arch Cocoons get ready for Senior Games Sun Sports There'll be no resting on their collective laurels for the Cocoons seniors’ swim team this summer. They're heading out to defend their 53-medal performance at the B.C. Senior Games. “We hope to do the same thing we did last year,” said team organizer Bill Van Yzer- loo. He said that the competition may be getting tougher, but so are the Cocoons. “We've been training up to now since last year,” he added. The team started practicing for this summer’s games back both shot 76, while Mike Myrha shot an 83. Way to go guys. Bring me a shrubbery The local Rotary Club have added to the improvement work on the patio just outside the pool at the complex. This year, they added two gas barbecues, tables with umbrellas and chairs, and two lounge chairs. They also donat- ed 40 cedar shrubs, and put a coat of stain on the patio deck. They built the deck last year as a service project. Groups can rent the patio for events for only $10, which the propane for the dou- ble-burner barbecues. All you have to supply is the food and the appetites. Groups can also rent the pool for $100 per hour. “It is an inexpensive way to have a staff appreciation or slo-pitch team wind-up,” said the complex's Verona Walker Boating safety The Red Cross will be hold- ing boating safety courses this summer up at Syringa Creek Provincial Park. The courses will run at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on July 17 and August 15. For those who are older than 16 and have their water safety instruction level one, there will be a small craft safety course held at Champion Lakes from 2pm. to 6 p.m. on July 15. For further i con- in September, with two-h: long Wednesday practices. Training kicks into high gear on July 1, when the team will hit the pool for two hours every Tuesday and Thursday. The team's grown in two years. When it started there were only two or three mem- bers. The current figure is clos- er to 20. And some of the newer members are shooting for next years game, rather than push it for this year. “They're a real, good, com- petitive bunch,” said Van Yzer- loo. “It’s fun coming out this morning for a three-hour work- out.” At the try-outs for the games- bound team last Sunday, 14 Cocoons were chose to head up to Dawson Creek at the end of the summer. The team, by age category, is: ladies; 55-59 - Barb Roberts (Rossland) and Marion Robert Young (Win- law); 60-64 - Adele Yule and Dorothy Martini (both Castle- gar); 65-69 - Alice Papp, Marg Van Yzerloo (both Cast: Ds The Cocoons seniors swim team shows off the pace sciluock theybought for the castlegar Aquacentre with funds from the B.C. Seniors lottery. The clocks will benefit all of the swimming clubs who use the pool. Moulyn (Nelson); 65-69 - Bill Van Yzerloo (Castlegar), Bill De Klerk (Nelson), and Gerry Brussels (Grand Forks); 75-79 - Chuck Wools. (Fruitvale) and ) and Betty Brussels (Grand Forks); mens; 60-64 - Art Toews (Castlegar) and Dick Sed na tact Karrie Brim at 365-3385. Phone 365-5579 with your sport brief The Castlegar Hi-Arrow Devils hit the field tonight in a match against Nakusp. The game goes at 7 p.m. at Kiwana's Park next to the complex. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper Gus Ci The team is eran to have a bit of help measuring their suc- cess. The B.C. Senior Lottery kicked in $996 to buy two swim- ming pace clocks for the team. “We asked for them so we can train with them, and see how we are doing,” said Van Yzerloo. “It is going to help us in training for the games.” One clock will be mounted ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jason Keenan on the side wall, while the other portable clock will be posi- tioned at the end of the pool on and other swimmers, will be able to benefit from the clocks. Rebels get set for season JASON KEENAN Sun Sports its resulting continuity has gone by the way side, he ins optimistic about the It’s finally settled. The Rebels will skate next season. “There were so many people interested in keeping the team going that we couldn’t take a year’s leave of absence,” said Rus Rilcof, past-president of the team. The club had to decide the issue once and for all by the Kootenay International Junior Hockey Leagues annual general meeting held June 5 and 6. “Fite tack of a president to succeed Rilcof was the main reason why the team was con- sidering taking the year off. The Rebels have found their man, but Rilcof does not want the name released until the pos- sible appointee can give a firm commitment. That is expected to happen later this week. The position of vice-president is yet to be named as well. Rilcof also said that Gordie Walker will be returning as head coach, and that Maynard Fauth will be the club’s manager. Though Rilcof’s dream of a smooth executive transition and coming season. RUS RILCOF “There are a lot of really good things in place,” he said. The team is currently working to overcome the problem of recruiting new players so late in the game. Rilcof had said that the best teams in the league were recruiting back in April. “We are working to over- come that right now,” he said. “Gordie is talking to a lot of players all over through his connections in major junior hockey. At the KUHL meeting, the mechanics of the league were set up for the coming year. There will be nine teams in the league, six in the west and three in the east. The Rebels will skate against Nelson. Castlegar, Grand Forks, Ross- land, Beaver Valley, and Spokane in the west. In the eastern divison, ,Columbia Valley, Golden, and Elk Valley will skate in the east. The teams will play a 42- game unbalanced schedule, where the eastern teams will see more of each other than the western teams will see of their divisional mates. Come play-offs, four teams from the west will go into a tra- ditional best-of-four series, while the eastern season will count for nought, as all teams will play a round-robin tourna- ment for the right to go to the league finals. 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