ee aE OTTAWA (CP) — arbeis! Stokes has. heard them all’— gin and ‘garlic, bee venom, .: aitting on the lip of a dead, whale, carrying» a. horse chestnut in'a pocket. If the plight: of: arthritis sufferers wasn't'so serious, the quack remedies to relieve ‘pain would be almost amus- ing. “It's absolutely mind-bog- gling some of the cures we hear,” said Stokes, senior physiotherapist | for the Ot- tawa Arthritis Society. The list is endless, from extract from a New Zealand green-lipped mussel to sleep- Light is near PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — Hard Work, a commitment to quality, and some new ideas have’ helped “turn things around at Old Fort’ Brewing and the company, is on the yeree of success, its. owners Production is ‘lightly’ be- low the break-even: point’ of 180,000 gallons a month: and ing, with a magnet under ite mattress,’ js véald: if, ‘this ‘money. was chan ‘Ono ‘of. the; wildest rem. edies was told:to Stokes sev-| eral years ago by a man who claimed the best relief: came , from lying in the trunk of his car_while his nephew drove ‘ along; bumpy roads.) / “And of course there! are hundreds of diets,” ‘she said. “One: says people \ shouldn't. eat red meat while the next one says eat only'red ‘meat. “People will try anything.” SPEND MILLIONS | In their, desperate search for relief, Canadian arthritis victims spend $60,'million a year on quack cures. Stokes Sharpe said’ the company’s agents it Victoria and’ Nan- aimo b we been doing s an‘ex- Fort’s market share than one per cent, but that’ ‘gtill. much better’ "than | last year, ‘said© Ron. ‘Hodgson chairman of the board.*. “we expect to see the light at the end ofthe tunnel’in'the next three months,” company. president Bill Sharpe said in an interview. >: Sales shot up a month ago after the company reduced the price of Pacific Gold by $1 a case and received approval from the government to put | price labels on cases. “That proved to us there's demand for >a lower-priced brand as consumers try. to cope with inflation and -a” slack economy,” hé said... On Vancouver, Island, ‘the company’s share of the'n mar- sponsoring sports ‘events to. increase ppblic awareness of - Old Fort's products .in the city and tours arranged .by gin Sept. Overall, staff has increased to 72 from 28 last year and been around so long that al- niost everybody has a: home- - grown curo tried anil tested by a: grandmother. Moet familiar 2 the copper bracelet.” . “That doesn't’ doa think for Old Fort : : cause they wanted a business that would be rewarding and challenging. : ‘When they. purchased the. operation ‘last. June ‘from Nelson’ Skalbania, they felt: the opportunity was there for ' ittage-type brewery in oe ‘ province. . After. buying the brewery, °uet.: "They shut: down. the plant. for: two months and: peopl dumped 90,000 litres of beer ‘because they felt quality was unsatisfactory. : Lnatees The. ‘production depart- bape ment was changed, new.: ‘equipment’ was. brought’ in). ‘and offices and the ‘exterior ’ Jof the building have been re- lion“ a year to. ‘the: city’s economy in wages and mater-. ials. It also provides employ- ment to trucking firms and machine shops. |: Hodgson and Sharpe said ‘they bought the brewery be- painted ‘or remodelled. Sharpe went'to an adver- tising agency to have packag- ‘ing and labelling redesigned. Old Fort’s first big break in. flat and the major. breweries sales came. last November. have been trying to maintain when U.S. beer. distributors their. market mete, he sald: ‘Bite MEMBER MLS _ ” CASTLEGAR, B.C. ENCIES (1979) LTD. CASTLEAIRD PLAZA — 365-3347 - NAME YOUR OWN DOWN, PAYMENT PRINCE GEORGE ailable, Do you have a house in this Four l-ocre servi ; are the best part of the camp, grad -Leigh | Halisheff, “eight student: at KISS, - guard on the senfor KJ Cobra team '‘and has: been ‘playing ‘basketball: for’ three ':years. ' :'For her; the ‘purpose of; at- * tending the camp Is to “stay. ‘this year as she is going into my Grade 10 at Blaney Hum; hrles. : ‘through ‘further * necessary. “at Paiement on the: mouth ‘to keep from’ babi ch ‘The verdict was returned shi tho. nt's lawyer, d aida't accept (Paiement’s)’ HAPPIER. Despite-his pleasure with the verdict, t Polonich said he pened. ““Pesaibly’ if it never happened, Td still be ith the Red Wings,” he said. Paiement t now plays for. Quebec N rages of the NHL, lots now av Your choice. Vendor will consider finan: cing ot low interes! rate. Grescent Valley Estates. To view phone Nor NEW LISTING Priced to sell, Spotleas ¢-bden -bdem., 5 yr, old home located close to schools in North Castlegar. Gualiied “tor both Prov. & Fed. grant. Asking $69,000. 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TAMERLANE SUBDIVISION ta nara Fe y ‘Woodland Park “We ‘now. have information Jon. t Homeownership Stimulation Plan; .in: “addition::to. the B.C. Firs ‘Home Grant of $2,500. This is an, excellent Wopperiuntty for. firs home purchaser’: PORTLAND, ORE: “(AP) = Mark Lee, a pltehes for the minor-league | baseball. Port- land Beavers, who was, told \ he.was no longer wanted; got back at..his bosses. Monday ° before they. got: oes of ‘him. After striking*:out-: Bob Skube ‘of Vancouver Cana- dians in a Pacific’ Coast League game ‘in which Port- land’s '8-8 “victory: was'-as- the ‘ninth inning,” ‘allowing! pitchers Lee -Tunnell © and Dennis ‘Misefk.:Portland led _ by five runs. Lee retired the - first man he faced on a'fly to right field. Next came Skube. Then came. retirement, :“T’ve always been known to: do: some‘ crazy: things,” Lee. said. “For so" long. in ‘this - game Tye, been’ told what. I ‘In. testimony. "Monday. Paiement ' called lonich’ a 1 only trying to. “aye was instinct Feaction to ia ‘him i away. iia me, ‘to: make ure, Dennis: didn't hit ‘me. again,” Paiement said. F ‘Pelonich; kd too eet ne nt rallied ‘of the incident,‘ but that it’ had‘ left him’ with physical and psy- choltgneal seers: He testified that people’ sometimes mock his B ich is disfigured from -the'scuffle. eal, aiplastic surgeon from ‘Ana ‘ARbor,; reen $2,000 and $8,000 to repair ‘Ho (Paiement) took’a'stand like'a baseball player, and” used his stick like a baseball bat and swung at him (Polonich) like’a baseball," said Chuck Robertson, ‘who ‘was’ sitting behind ‘the ‘glass directly in ‘front of the action: * >*. “From what I'saw, it looked ‘like ‘his (Polonich’s) nose went from the cent Stern the nen ee iaage tell y you that’ go home to o Amarillo (Texas) oa become a human being ‘Tcan always «play. Seo ¢ never told anyone I was husband and: father. for the golhg’ Butch Cane Butch Edge) next 60 years. : ‘to get ready.in the bullpen.I’ “I still think I could get a +: wouldn't, have done it in a job. playing somewhere. : But: close: game. ibut .we had it. the, handwriting. son: the won, wall.: I've .been. as good. a ‘ : ‘reliever as there is in this “Now. the worst thing that league for four years. But 2 cen happen terme hat hee this is:a game of polities.” © ‘sured, Lee’ called manager. Tom ; orn ste the fiscal pois Ss : Moments later, he ‘walked from the mound toward the Portland Civie’ Stadium exit down the right field: lines! First he’ threw: the ball back to the infield. ~ + Then he threw-his cap.”: ortland! ‘cessful reliever since Manny: = Sarmieto .was, called to: the parent Pittsburgh Pirates of | ‘the season, “4s a former, San Diego Padre’ major ‘leaguer. , He led the Beavers in’ saves last seaso: 3 However, ‘he bad, been told, wna ‘ne:was being. designated for ‘reassignment, which meant, critically, The five: "people |! in'the other car, all mem- 1 Vikings first team MORTGAGE DUE? OUR CURRENT RATE is oe it 7.72 eee TRAIL? FRUITVALE ® CASTLEGAR ® SAUMO © ‘sour SLOCAN - * NAKUSP PLAZA NEW DENVER ©. WANETA + TBF “Senior DEFENCE anley “\Schoolvis Roldan Bask: ketball Camp th nual’ Rockettes Soman c to help @lementary and. {untor gl skills. -“@ot Chief Noc-A-Homa to put ** his teepee up again at At- lanta Stadium in -hopes of | changing the team's bad | luck of late. It didn't help. The staggering National League team continued to fumble away baseball gamies left ‘and right, dropping a° doubleheader to the Mon- treal Expos, 13-7 and 8-2 in 10 innings Tuesday night. That spelled their 18th loss in their ~ last 20 games and dropped them 2% games behind the * NL ‘Westleading Toe, ‘Ange- les Dodgers. “ “Sure, you get 1 Gaearned* said Atlanta manager Joe: Torre. “It gets more frustrat- ing. But I wasn't brought- “UP quitting and I won't now.” In other ‘action, it’ was Houston ‘Astros 2, Philadel- phia: Phillies 0; St. Louls ‘Cardinals, 3, San Diego Pad- res 2; Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Francisco Giants 1 and Cincinnati Reds 9, New. York Mets2. Les oe Angeles played a ‘In the ‘American League it was ‘Texas Rangers: 4, Chi- cago White Sox 8, Cleveland Indians over Toronto Blue Jays twice, 6-6 and 9-5,:Cali- fornia Angels 10, Boston Red “Sox 2; Oakland A’s 10, Mil- waukee Brewers 6; Kansas City. Royals: 8; New. York ° Yankees 4; Baltimore Orioles 8, Minnesota Twins 4 and Se- attle Mariners splitting with Detroit Tigers, winning the -opener'§-4 and dropping the second game. 3-2. DODGERS 2 CUBS 1 ' 'The.Cubs had a chance to break the tie with Los An- geles in the bottom of. the eighth.’ Larry Bowa. singled and one out, later Leon: Dur- ham doubled. off-the ‘right-: field ‘wall, but “Bowa was. nailed ‘trying to. score ona: relay. throw © from’: Pedro Guerrero to secord baseman Steve Sax to catcher; Mike Scioscia. The game was to be resumed today before ithe requlertrs -seheduled contest, pitter ‘and Tony’ Scott ‘and Prat Ray. Knight each drove in a run to lead Houston past. Philadelphia. Ruble, 7-8, struck out four. and, walked none. The Phillies were hand- cuffed: by Ruhle’s perfor- mance. Ruhle, 7-8, has.a 4-0~- record against the Phillies this year and ‘has allowed only one earned run in 21 2-3 innings. ‘CARDINALS 3 PADRES 2 Keith Hernandez said he was in no mood to be choosy while at bat with the bases loaded in the ninth inning for St. Louis. “I was just looking for the ball,” said Hernandez, who singled on the first pitch _to give-the Cadinals the vic- “tory. “In a tight game like that, I wasn't going to be falling: behind.” Hernandez’s hit'raised his batted-i was helped in the fourth ° inniig’ when’ Giants’ “first baseman Reggie Smith con > mitted ‘two errors’ and :al- lowed one run to:score.” - Rhoden, 7-11, held the Gi. 0, ants hitless until two ‘were out in the sixth when Chili : Davis hit a line-drive double” to left-centre field. The ball. - dribbled by Lee Lacy,, al- lowing Davis to go to third on ‘ the error. Joe Morgan fol- «°° lowed ‘with a single to. right i for the Giants’ only run. ‘ REDS 9 METS2 i Mario Soto extendéd his: °. season strikeout total ta 209 °° ~ with a career-high- -tying total: total for the season to 72, including 17 game-winners. The triumph gave the Cards a two-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East. PIRATES 4GIANTS 1 Jason peoneeen belted a of 16 as Ci a ered New York. “He ‘would’ have beaten any team | in - “I knew about his fast ball, but I really didn’t realize how good his changeup is.” ae out of playoffs - By. BOB BEYNON i The first division Castlegar Vikings soccer. team was de- feated : 1-0in Nelson Saturday :in/-a . play-off © elimination : round. ‘The loss means that both Vikings teams are elim- ‘inated from. future league ‘ games this season. °. Nelson's “goal, was. scored Mabe, ‘on a penalty kick in the first ‘ half of overtime. The validity <4. of the call’ and whether the alleged foul ‘occured within \ the penalty area are disputed by some: Vikings players. ‘As the, elimin game © into overtime. The game was tight and badly desired , by 3 begavecers aa extra half, hour of playing time, Castlegar did not score, though they. con-;: trolled:. much of the game.) Scoring goals was a problem for. both teams this year. Centre fullback Dave Mur- _ doch’ played. a strong game, like. an. anvil beneath the hammer. Winger Jobn Gary hustled quickly. Both. team's . seasons , be- ging at a close, they are al- 3] train- ‘was. scoreless at the end. of regulation time, tt Proceeded ready ing and strategy ‘for.’ next year. F inal race Saturday < Wind: Bar ‘Weat will be ding the final race of the Kootenay..Cup ‘Tour together, with the B.C. Open ~ Class. Championships ‘this: weekend: at .Kokanee Creek: Park.: | This two-day.event, which: ‘begins Saturday, will be at-: from all level. of competition: is. ex- Pected as upwards of 60. peo ple will be “By EATON HOWIIT. TORONTO (CP) — The National Hockey League and ita players have signed a five-year agreement that Tony Esposito calls “not.a deal, but a fair deal.” Esposito, president of the NHL Players’ Association, executive director Alan Eagleson and league president ; dohn Ziegler were all smiles at a news conference after a "= players’ meeting Tuesday. ‘The association and the league both hold an option to terminate the agreement at the end of the fourth year. 1 -s,Bagleson said with the National Football League also vin negotiations, there are many who will feel both the : players and the owners gave too much. .-+He- stressed one. of the main. concerns of the association was the weaker teams in the league, such as Washington Capitals, “You ‘might say all this is a catalyst to assist things in the agreement with which he doesn’t agree. We "ve done a lot for the average player, not for the stars or su) hog The key to the months of wrangling ending Tuesday was the She question of equalization. of the show ply in the present system, total free agency in many more’ situations,’ the eliminations of a great deal of f ‘in the system and a two-thirds guarantee for ‘The 'racing site will be ‘off of Sapspit Beach at Kokanee Creek’; Provincial ; Park, -12 tiles east of Nelson highway 3A. wiles be moat contracts,” erie said in a statement released after the meeting. :.:)<. MAYB E OVERTIME a si There are ro other items to the settled, but it {s possible : Washington,” said Eagleson, who added there are many | NHL players sign there will be overtime in the league this season. | | | Both Eagleson and Espoelte said players have : if agreed to waive other items such as piano meal money and tag : camp expenses can be-reached. Highlights of the new contract: = Ita player'58 years old or older changes teams as a : free agent, no but his elub has the right of first reat under which it can retain the player if-it matches the offer of the new club.” — Current equalization applies until a player comes off a contract-that terminates at the earlier of either five years’ professional service or the player reaching age 24. — Players who now are free agents, such as Denis Potvin of New York Islanders, must be offered a contract by Aug. 25 and have until Aug. 28 to accept or reject it. If the player rejects the contract and changes teams, the compensation rules from the old agreement’ will | apply. — The and quired when a free agent changes teams: up to $85,000 no compen- sation; $85,000 to $99,999, a third-round entry-draft choice; $100,100 to $124,999, a second: and a third-round draft choice; $126,000 to $149,999, a first-round draft choice or player from the new club, which will protect eight players, including. the free agent; $160,000 to $199,999, first- and second-round picks or first-round and ‘a player.from new club with new club having protected.” list ofsix, including player signed; $200,000 and over, first two round picks or first-round and player from new club with new club having Projected list of four, caiaead player signed.