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Reflections
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DAVID JONES

WILL NOT BE
FORGOTTEN

Eulogy in memoriam for David Leslie Russell
Jones 1911-1988 given at the Sacred Heart Church in
Rossland on June 7.

Russell Jones was a very special *person
special as a Rossland pioneer, honored by his
community, honored and respected in his club, in his
church, in the hearts and lives of his friends and
above all in the hearts and lives of his extensive,
close-knit and loving family. I am doubly honored in
being able to speak, albeit inadequately, on behalf of
those who loved and cherished him both for the man
that he was and for the rich legacy that he has left all
of us.

I first met Russell at the Rossland Rotary Club
and at that meeting I got several impressions of the
man.
I was reminded then of the big, round loaves of
whole wheat bread that my mother used to make in
her faithful old coal and wood stove. Those loaves
were special — made from a minimum of the purest
ingredients and whole grain flour, much hard work
and & good fire. They were fragrant in the baking,

was ill and dying in hospital. In the course of our
brief conversation she raised for me one corner of the
love story between the Jones grandchildren and
their grandparents. That same evening Bunny,
Bruce and I went to see Russell.

Despite his shrunken condition, his labored
breathing and his weakness he greeted us
courteously as always, but with no hint of self pity. It
was evident that he had accepted death with, as one
friend described it, “the same childlike and simple
faith in which he had accepted his life.” We left after
a short visit, more I suspect to save ourselves than to
save his strength, for ours’ was the lesser courage,

The notice of his passing two weeks later came,
as little surprise, but with a sharp pang of-loss and a
sense of relief such as that expressed in the last of
the Seven Last Words on the Cross, “I is finished.”

I phoned Wanda at once and offered to speak of
him on behalf of the host of those of us who loved and
honored him. A presumption, I realize, since there
are many who knew him better. Happity, I received
much help from both family and friends and speak
now through them, in attempting to answer the
question: “how do you remember him?”

First, of course, there was Wanda, who with a
houseful of guests and a score of distractions, said
fervently: “I remember almost 52 years of a really
good marriage, a wonderful husband, father to a
loving family, and dear, dear friend to me and to our
sons and daughters, to 22 grandchildren and to six

firm and substantial to the touch, s in
flavor and nourishing to body and soul. Such a
whole-grained person was Russell and I have never
had reason to question that first impression.

Then I looked at his eyes simultaneously
young and old, wise and humorous. This, I concluded
isa without guile, a man to be trusted, but with
a mischievous gleam which warned — watch out for
his wit. And again I wasn't misled. Russell's puckish
sense of humor and his tales of other days and a
thousand misadventures, told with that small smile
and diffident manner meant, when he was the
speaker, an evening of unrestrained sometimes
helpless, laughter.

Later, when I met Wanda, a new dimension
became evident — for the sense of affection and pride
in one another lit him up like a neon sign and I said,
“fortunate man indeed.”

A couple of weeks ago when I was flying home
from my teaching session at Westminster Abbey, the
Benedictine monastery at Mission, I met an
attractive young woman whose name I soon learned
was Darilynn Jones. She was, on her way back to
Rossland to see her grandfather Russell Sones who

great-grandchildren. I r the 10 good years
of retirement, the trips and the golden years of
comfort and contentment.”

Then, a young man, the son of an old friend of
the family who had worked as a teenager in the
lumber mill at Patterson, said: “Russell Jones gave a
sense of importance and meaning to my life.” It is a
tribute which could be repeated hundreds of times in
his family and among those other lives which touched
his.

Last Sunday evening we were invited by Janice
(Jones) Turner for a chat with her and the other
brothers and sisters. Again I asked the question:
“how do you remember your father?”

It was a unique response — rich in anecdote and
memory; a glimpse of the fantastic heritage that
Russell has left behind him, as well as an indication
that his skills as a teller of tales has found fertile soil.

“Dad was the epitome of the Christian person,”
Janice began.” He picked people up from all over the
place, took them home, fed them and sheltered them,
then gave them money or bus fare and saw them
safely on their way.”

Continued next week

Ida Hopp
passes on

Ida (Giraud) Hopp of Nakusp died
at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital
‘on May 20 at the age of 96.

Mrs. Hopp was born in Doesburg,
Holland in 1891 and emigrated with

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Jackson, Hurd go in NHL draft

DANE JACKSON

++. to Canucks

By BRENDAN NAGLE
. Staff Writer

Two Castlegar youths were selected in the NHL
amateur draft yesterday in Montreal.

Dane Jackson, who plays right wing, was chosen by
the Vancouver Canucks in the third round — 44th
overall. Kelly Hurd was selected by the Detroit Red
Wings in the seventh round — 143rd overall. Hurd is
also a right winger and played for Michigan Tech this
season,

Jacksonsaid he's happy to have been selected by
the Vancouver franchise.

“I'm really excited about it,” Jackson told the
Castlegar News Saturday from his home. “I'm really
looking forward to playing in front of home-town and
home-provinee fans.”

Jackson got the call from Canuck representatives
in Montreal Saturday. morning just after the Canucks
selected the 18-year-old Castlegar native. He played
with the Castlegar Rebels for two seasons — 1985-86
and 1986-87 — before joining the BCJHL Vernon Lakers
last season,

Jackson has also” accepted a four-year hockey
scholarship at the University of North Dakota and he
will not be able to use that scholarship if he attends the
Canuck training camp this season. But it isn't a problem,
he said, because the Canucks are willing to let him
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years.

“They know I'm going to university and they're
(the Canucks) happy with that,” he said. “I can work on
my hockey skills while I'm down there.”

However, Jackson's scholarship at the university is

for four years and that will expire the minute he decides
to go to the Canucks. But Jackson said he's willing to cut
the scholarship short to play in Vancouver

“I'd go for it (playing for the Canucks) before my
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in the NHL.” a

Jackson said the organization will fly him down to
Vancouver sometime this summer to introduce him to
the players and the club.

Jackson said the Canucks will probably call on him
after his second year of university is finished. He also
said he's really looking forward to playing on the team

“They figure after two years I'll have a bit of a
chance I think,” he said. “It's going to be good to play on
a team that’s building right now.”

Kelly Hurd, another former Rebel, was unavailable
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MONTREAL (CP) — Mike Modano, a rangy,
swift-skating centre from the Prince Albert Raiders of
the Western Hockey League became the second United
States-born player to be a No. 1 pick in the National
Hockey League amateur draft when he was chosen first
by the Minnesota North Stars on Saturday.

A 47-goal scorer with the Raiders, Modano, 18, is
regarded as a superb puckhandler and an outstanding
skater, although some scouts have expressed some
reservations about his lack of aggressiveness.

The Vancouver Canucks, with the No. 2 choice,
quickly followed by claiming Trevor Linden, a
six-foot-three, 185-pound right winger regarded by
many as the'most complete player in the draft.

A 46-goal scorer with the Medicine Hat Tigers of
the WesterntHockey League, Linden, 18, was closely
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The Quebec Nordiques, in need of help for an aging
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Saskatoon Blades. A 205-pounder, Leschyshyn, a steady
player who controls the game well, missed being eligible
for last year’s draft by six days.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, with new general
manager Tony Esposito conducting his first draft,
grabbed left-winger Darrin Shannon with the fourth
selection. Shannon, a 33-goal performer with the
Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, has
been likened by some scouts to Joe Nieuwendyk, who
had 51 goals ‘in his rookie season with the Calgary
Flames last year.

HAD FIFTH

The Nordiques, who also had the fifth pick — a
right they acquired from the Rangers after they allowed
Michel Bergeron to join New York as a coach last
summer — used the choice to take hulking right-winger
Daniel Dore, one of the tougher forwards in the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League.

Gord Stellick, the new Toronto Maple Leafs
general manager, then made his first draft selection,
tabbing forward Scott Pearson from the Kingston
Canadians of the OHL. Scouts were undecided about
Pearson's true abilities because he was hampered by
shoulder and hand injuries last season. He had 26 goals
in 46 games.

The seventh choice in the opening round was
another QMJHL forward — Martin Gelinas, a
strong-skating left winger who practises a grinding
style, but is a prolific scorer. Gelinas scored 63 goals in
65. games with the Hull Olympiques.

The Chicago Black Hawks, selecting eighth, dipped
into the pool of American high-school players by
selecting centre Jeremy Roenick. A product of Thayer
Academy, near Boston, Roenick fired 34 goals in 24
games.

Rod Brind’Amour, a centre with the Notre Dame
Hounds, based in Wilcox, Sask., went ninth. With the
Hounds, a Tier II team, he scored 46 goals and played
impressively on the Canadian squad that won the gold
medal at the Spengler Cup last .winter.

The Winnipeg Jets then made forward Teemu
Selanne the first Finnish-born player to be selected in
an opening round. Selanne, who can play all three
forward positions, is regarded by certain scouts as the
top Finnish player ever.

Left winger Chris Govedaris was the choice of the
Hartford Whalers. Govedaris, a 42-goal scorer with a
weak Toronto Marlboros squad in the OHL, isn’t overly
physical but scouts had a hard time judging his ability
because he played with a mediocre junior team.

Defenceman Corey Foster, generally rated to have
the hardest shot of any player available, went to the
New Jersey Devils, drafting 12th. Foster's blue-line

blasts-have been compared to those of Al MacInnis of”

the Flames.

Joel Savage, expected by some to go later in the
opening round, was taken 13th by the Buffalo Sabres.
Recognized as a hard worker, his skating requires
improvement, scouts say.

The Philadelphia Flyers opted for left winger
Claude Boivin from the Drummondville Voltigeurs of
the QMJHL. He is considered to be a role player on a
physical, grinding team.

Reg Savage, a centre, also from the QMJHL, went
to the Washington Capitals. Ranked 80th by the
league’s Central Scouting Bureau at mid-season,
Savage, who is black, made tremendous progress. He
scored 68 goals in 687 games. At five foot nine, 177
pounds, there is some question about his size.

Who's best
Gretzky or
Lemieux?

Well the awards have been handed out and
SURPRISE! Wayne Gretzky didn't take home a
single bauble to show for his efforts over the regular
season

“Marvellous Mario” Lemieux stripped the
“Great One” of the silverware this year by bagging
both the Hart Trophy for the most valuable player in
the NHL and the Art Ross Trophy for scoring the
most points in the regular season.

Gretzky practically owned those trophies — he
won the Hart eight years running and the Art Ross
seven — but he'll have to get used to the empty space
on the mantlepiece because Lemieux has spirited
them away.

The latest developments in the NHL awards
have brought new life to the league, which was
dominated by the “Great One” and his teammates.

Even still, Lemieux insists he won both awards
because Gretzky was injured this season. Gretzky
played just 64 regular season games this year.
Lemieux contributed to his season winning totals in
77 games.

Gretzky still managed to score 149 points in
64 games compared with Mario's 168 in 77. Those 13
games gave Lemieux the space he needed to beat
Gretzky by 19 points.

I can't say whether Gretzky could have scored
19 points in the 13 games he missed but I have a
pretty good idea that he probably would have scored
more than that — a sentiment echoed by Lemieux as
he clutched the trophies at the awards ceremonies.

But who is the better player? I mean, Lemieux
isn't teamed with the same kind of firepower
Gretzky is. And, ironically, Pittsburgh let Mario's
best triggerman — Craig Simpson — go to the Oilers
in the deal that brought Paui Coffey to the Penguins.

An individual player's abilities to rack up points
will be decided not only by his own skills but by the
abilities of the players he's teamed with. I feel that

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By Brendan Nagle

Gretzky will find it easier to pad the assists column
on the stats sheet when Messier, Kurri, Anderson
and Simpson are on the other end of his passes.

While Cunneyworth and Simmer can finish
plays, they just can’t match the firepower of
Gretzky's teammates. So Lemieux has to work even
harder to keep up with the “Great One.”

But Lemieux is constanly compared with
Gretzky. They are both excellent playmaking
centres whose mercurial stick-handling abilities
dominate the game. When people are talking about
the best players in the NHL the names of both
players are mentioned in the same breath. But
Lemieux deserves more than a mere comparison
with Gretzky, even though Mario attributes his
success ‘to watching the “Great One” play.

Iremember a couple of instances when Lemieux
was teamed with good snipers. And both times he
out-glimmered Gretzky.

In last summer's Canada Cup Lemieux out
scored Gretzky while playing on his line. It was
Gretzky who fed Lemieux the game-winning pass in
the third and deciding game in the final series
against the Soviets.

In another instance Lemieux played against
Gretzky in the NHL All-Star game and skated away
with the game's most valuable player honors after
dominating the ice.

Which leads me to believe Lemieux deserved
both awards he received Wednesday, even though
Gretzky missed as many games as he did. I figure the
“Great One's” absence from the game just about
evened the odds in the regular season scoring race
when you compare teammates.

But to really decide who is the most valuable
player there is a simple question you can ask
yourself.

If you were putting a team together and had
your choice between “Marvellous Mario” or the
“Great Gretzky,” who would you choose?

AWARD WINNERS . . . (From left) Scott
Bolechowsky, Lori Kinakin and Colin Fitchett
received top athletic honors at the Stanley

Athletes

By CHERYL CALDERBANK
Athletes from Stanley Humphries secondary
school were honored at an awards banquet Thursday
night at the Hi Arrow hotel.

Scott Bolechowsky was named best all round
senior boy athlete for the year. Lori Kinakin was the
best senior girl, Clint Dolgopol and Colin Fitchett
were the best junior boys while Denise Pottle was
the top junior girl for the year.

Bolechowsky participated in four sports during
the year — soccer, volleyball, basketball and golf. He
was the most valuable player on the volleyball anu
basietball teams. Bolechowsky participated in the
golf provincials and is planning to go onto college in
Alberta as a starting basketball player.

Kinakin participated in three sports, volleyball,
basketball and tennis and was a starter on all
three teams. She also participated in basketball and
tennis provincials. She was also the most dedicated
female athlete.

Dolgopol also took part in three sports —
volleyball, basketball and tennis. He also competed
in the tennis provincials.

Fitchett was a member of the senior boys
volleyball team as well as being MVP on the junior
boys basketball team.

Pottle played volleyball, basketball and golf. She
was the first female member of the SHSS golf team.

Wayne Naka, coach of the Victoria Cougars of
the Western Hockey League, was the guest speaker
at the banquet. Naka, a Nelson native, has just been
named assistant coach of the national under 18
hockey team. Naka spoke to the 100 athletes in
attendance about the benefits of being involved in
sports.

In other awards, the leadership award went to
Cathy Pazsty for her behind-the-scenes work in
sports at Stanley Humphries.

Dale Fitchett and Kinakin were co-winners of
the Most Dedicated Athlete award.

Outstanding Athletic Performance award went
to Jaret Clay, who excelled in racewalking.

Students were also honored for their perfor
mances in a number of sports.

In field hockey, Sandra Renwick was the most
improved player, Pamela Braun was the most
outstanding athlete.

Michael Strobel was the most improved soccer
player, Dale Fitchett got the MVP award.

In volleyball, Sunny Baker was the most
improved member of the junior girls team, Sherry
Makortoff was the MVP; junior boys, Myles
Makortoff, most improved, Dunstin Johnson, MVP;
senior girls, Vicki Gritchen, most improved, Jenny
Rezansoff, most outstanding; senior boys, Harold
Russell and Dan Davidoff, most improved, Scott
Bolechowsky, best player.

Sarah Byers was the most improved junior girls

Humphries secondary school athletic awards
banquet this week

honored

basketball player,
outstanding.

In junior boys basketball, Danny Austin_was:
most improved, Colin Fitchett was most outstand.
ing; senior girls, Lori Kinakin, most improved,
Pamela Braun and Jenny Rezansoff, most outstand-
ing players; senior boys, Vern Markin, most im
proved, Dale Fitchett and Scott Bolechowsky, most
outstanding.

In curling, Devin Turner was the most improved
player while Wade Schatz was most outstanding.

Michelle Coyle was the most improved female
tennis player while Jane Fleet was the MVP. Dave
Kravski was the most improved male and Trent
Dolgopol was MVP.

In golf, John Jenner was most improved and
Lorne Kanigan was most outstanding

Darrel Furey and Dan Jory were the most
improved cross-country runners while Stephanie
Harmston and Greg Roberts were most outstanding.

In track and field, Dale Fitchett was the most
improved team member, Jaret Clay was most
outstanding.

Link Lampman was the most

i , Jason was most out

A number of participation awards were also
awarded to athletes.

Three students — Scott Bolechowsky, Lori
Kinakin and Dale Fitchett — were presented with
trophies for accumulating more than 16 points.
Points are calculated at the start of a student's junior
career in high school. Students receive one point for
every team they play on. In their senior years, they
receive two points for every team they are on as an
athlete or manage.

Large block letters went to students who
received between 11 and 16 points. The honored
students were: Pamela Braun, Jaret Clay, Judi
Closkey, Dan Davidoff, Stephanie Harmston, Kerry
Harshenin, David Kravski, Teresa Lamb and Shelly
Pakula.

Small block pins, awarded to students accumu.
lating between seven and 10 points, went to: Derek
Ball, Shane Bohnet, Carrie-Lynn Brown, Michelle
Coyle, Trent Dolgopol, Andrei Evdokimoff, Jason
Ferris, Arla Goolieff, Carrie Gorkoff, Vicki Gritchen,
Tim Horcoff, Maya Kalmakov, Kim Lees, Karen
Miller-Tait, Tami O'Connor, Sherri Popoff, Jenny
Rezansoff, Gregory Roberts, Harold Russell, Wade
Schatz, Jason Schuepfer, Jennifer Small and
Brennan Turner.

Coach Doug Pilatzke was presented with a
plaque in recognition of his contribution to the junior.
basketball program at Stanley Humphries. Pilatzke
is leaving SHSS this year to teach at South
Okanagan. Secondary school in Oliver.

Pilatzke has been coaching at Stanley Humph
ries for the past 14 years and has organized summer
junior girls basketball camps for the past 10 years.

CosNiews photo by Chery! Calderbonk

Brandy Howard was most

improved