18, 1991 @

Hands on learning: SHSS physical education teacher John Ritchie gives Matt McCarthy some
tips on ball handling Sunday as the Castlegar Mini-Basketball League kicked of its season with

skills practice and games at SHSS.

Kids hit the court

basketball players hit ba
court Sunday as the Mini-Bas-
ketball League kicked off its
season at Stanley Humphries
secondary school.

About 45 players in grades
4, 5 and 6 signed up for the
league, which runs an hour of
skills practice and 45 minutes
of games.

Jennifer Datchkoff was the
game star for the Dream Team
which won both its games,
while Connor McCarthy was
the coaches’ pick as game star
for the Pistons which went 0-2.

Nicole Binnie got the nod
from the coaches as game star
for the Bruisers who also won
both their games while Brad
Sicotte was the star for the Ju-
nior Jordans in a pair of losses.

SHSS physical education
teacher John Ritchie, who be-
gan the league with school
athletic director Doug Hickey,
said the teams were made up
by dividing players based on
experience and will be further
fine tuned in coming weeks
based on individual ability.

The league runs every Sun-
day from noon to 2 p.m. at
SHSS.

COMMUNITY

Castlegar team wins
Valley slo-pitch title

MiLast minute decision
sx off in tourney win

or Williams Moving and
Storage team

News Staff

A tournament victory and
$400 in prize money last week-
end has made players on one
Castlegar slo-pitch team be-
lievers in last-minute deci-
sions.

Contacted late in the week
and asked whether they could
play, Williams Moving and
Storage team representatives
decided to throw together
whatever players they could,
put up the entry fee and enter
the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks
mixed slo-pitch tournament in
Fruitvale.

Apparently they put to-
gether quite a team and virtu-

ally cruised to the final in the
17-team tournament.

A three-game total runs
round-robin Saturday was a
walk for the Williams team
which ended up plus-49 head-
ing into Sunday’s final round.

The score-fest continued in
the semifinal as Williams beat
the Salmo Rurals 29-18.

It was a relatively cengire
battle in the final as Wi
had to settle for just 15 runs in
a 15-11 win over Dean’s
Dudes, a team made up of
players from Castlegar and
Trail. «

Williams included Randy
Martin, Colin McLean; Shelly
Stoushnow, Linus Pakula,
Barry Brown, Lori Brown,
Dan Pelletier, Jeanette Paku-
la, Joanne Ambrosio and De-

i Olson.

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18, 1991

@ Purple loosestrife a
threat to other plants
on which wildlife
depend for food

Donna Bertrand
NEWS REPORTER

A killer plant recently
found along the West Arm of
Kootenay Lake and west of
the Blaylock Estate along
the North Shore could invade
the Castlegar area, warns a
local biologist.

“It’s possible — some peo-
ple have it in their gardens
so it’s also possible it’s al-

Killer plant puts
down roots in
‘West Kootenay

Wildlife Federation says in a

ure.

“The loss of wildlife habi-
tat caused by this plant
scourge is enormous.”

The plant was accidental-
ly introduced to North Amer-
ica from Europe in the 1800s.
Following a “relentless inva-
sion” of Eastern Canada,
purple loosestrife has spread
“at an alarming rate” to all
parts of Canada, the federa-
tion says.

“I'm quite concerned,”
Woods said. “Our valleys and
rivers aren't as susceptible as
the wetlands in the east, but
there are some areas that

ready spread throug!
Castlegar,” Guy Woods, a
wildlife biologist with the
Ministry of Environment in
Nelson, said.

Purple loosestrife can be
found growing wild in damp

competitive plant, it germi-
nates quicker and grows
faster than just about any
other Canadian wetland
species.

With no insects, birds, an-
imals or fish depending on it
for food, it quickly spreads
and chokes out all other
plants that provide food for
wildlife, the Canadian

could be affected quite seri-
ously. It’s already had a fair
impact on beaches along the
West Arm.”

A local Environment
Youth Corps crew has re-
moved some plants, but a for-
mal program to entirely wipe
out the purple loosestrife in
the area is not in place.

Woods is urging residents
to carefully dig up any plants
they have or find, get as
much of the root as possible,
dry them where seeds can’t
escape and then burn them
completely.

“People should be aware
and looking for the plant,” he
said.

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der near Brilliant and rolled
into the ditch.
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A vehicle sustained about
$8,000 damage Saturday
when its driver, a 20-year-old
Ontario man, swerved to miss
a deer about 32 kilometres
west of Castlegar on Highway
3, RCMP said.
eee
A 20-year-old Castlegar
woman was taken to hospital
day with und mined

injuries resulting from an ac-

ae charges were laid, RCMP

A two-vehicle accident Fri-
day resulted in about $2,500
damage. Janice L. Hitch of
Nelson was charged with fail-
ing to yield when she collided
with another vehicle on the
Highway 22 exit ramp east-
bound to Highway 3. There
were no injuries, RCMP said.

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Attempts to steal two vehi-
cles Friday, one parked at the
Scotsman Inn and one at the

a third vehicle at the same
time, but the second passing

Sand. Inn, failed but police
suspect the attempts are re-
lated to a car theft and theft
attempt made last week.
There are no suspects.

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