Failing to see the positive . Dear Editor * [am sorry our Reform Party Candidate was only able to see negative aspects in our Paglia vent Buildings when he was in Ottawa I-too have been to Otawa and was impressed with the architecture, heritage and beauty of our Capital buildings It is there, in those stone build ings, that our democratic process practised. True, the practices 1 the last several years have not been in the best interests of Canadians but it is in those same buildings that previous Liberal Governments have brought to NEW ALL-DAY BREAKFAST MENU Lower Prices Open 6 am - 3 pm 1004. 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MacMillan Bloede! shares by the BC govern- ment prior to the decision on logging in Clayoquot Sound is now The investment decision not only angered environmentalists and ordinary citizens interested in good government, but was the first news that most citizens had that the government even made any investments, We thought that th and spent the money in the public What then, we want to know, is the government doing when it The Green Party demands that: the Provincial and Federal Govern- ments make regular and complete reports available to the Public on its investment, investments; and a citizen's ¢ established to assure that 75% or more of all investments be in Ethical Investment Punds, following the lead of several credit unions and citi zen's groups that have established criteria and practices for ethical with broad rep be Investment behind closed doors must end. The public has a right to know that investments not only do not influence environmental deci- just took our taxes, lots of them, — sions, but also Support companies with good practices regarding terest. Now we know. human rights, equal pay for women, non-discrimination regarding race, physical disabilities and sexual orientation, and which have good labour practices. Jack Ross Green Party Candidate Organizers of Kootenay Cruise riding on success Editor The organizers of the Koote nay Cruise would like to extend a sincere thank-you to all business. es who donated a prize and/or plaque. Also thanks to all the helping hands” We are especially grateful to The Castlegar Sun for providing editorial and photographic sup- port. You all helped make the First Annual Kootenay Cruise a success and we look forward to an even better “Second Annual” Kootenay Cruisers TOBACCO ISA RUG. Protect your children. DINING LOUNGE Open 4 p.m. Daily 365-3294 Located 1 mile South of Weigh Scales, Ootischenia. Celgar, Westar and Cominco vouchers accepted Armstrong 12' Linoleum 99 sq. yd. IN STOCK Livingroom. Carpet Sculpture/Textured From 1 ted sq. yd. We Are A Richmond Club Dealer We Show A Full Line of —Plush Saxonies —Textured Saxonies —Sculpture Pile —Berbers —Rubber Back Rugs Time to remove the ‘Iron Curtain’ Dear Editor: What a sad state of affairs we now have on the once beautiful free-flowing Columbia River - now condemned to a life of Slavery, serving as a system of vast kitchen sinks, filling and emptying on demand, according to the whims of Uncle Sam. And the residents of the 400-mile-long Columbia Valley now seem .like hapless insects desperately clinging to the sides of the wildly fluctuating reservoirs try. ing to avoid being flushed down the drain. It is hard to believe the change that has occurred since those early days at the tum of the century, when the valley was alive with stately sternwheel- ers, prosperous fruit farms, thriving communities and tall stands of virgin timber that loggers only dream of now. Instead we have something that resembles a rubble-strewn “bathtub” with mud and tree stumps along the shoreline for much of the year. What kind of stewardship is this? That was the question that came out loud and clear from the delegates at the recent Castlegar symposium on the future of the Columbia-Kootenay region (June 18- 20). These concerned people came from all throughout the Canadian portion of the Columbia (and Kootenay) valleys—all the way from’ the City of Trail to Canal Flats, where the great river has its pristine beginnings The voice of annoyance and alarm was universal - from denunciation of the state of affairs at the Koocanusa reservoir where boat-launching wharves were then twenty feet out of the water (the Koote- nay); to the distressing reports of the 120 foot draw- down at Valemont, thus creating an annual dust bow! for dozens of miles on either side; to our Castlegar mayor's astute observation that the Columbia River Treaty “placed British Columbia in the unenviable Position of being hewers of wood and drawers of water” (for Uncle Sam). In an accurate reflection of the mood of the meeting Mayor Moore said: “In my view, Our provincial government must insist on rea sonable stabilization of water levels in the various reservoirs in order to reduce the environmental, social and economic impacts throughout this basin - for we are not just ‘people in the way’ but people to be reckoned with.” Jim Robertson of Burton laments that he had “waited 25 years to be heard” In 1929 my father (then 21) was driving a team of horses at the big Arrow Park logging camp run by George Walton - legendary logging foreman for Wm. Waldie and Sons (the well-known Castle- gar mill) To get home on weekends he travelled aboard the faithful stemwheeler Minto (and sometimes on the more luxurious Bonnington - sister of the beautiful Nasookin of Kootenay Lake fame). Boarding the boat on Sunday evening he would get an overnight berth for his return upriver to work on Monday morning. After a plentious supper in the steamer’s luxurious dining salon, probably followed by an hour or so of popular musical renditions on his accordion (with someone at the ship's piano) he would then “tur in” and was quickly lulled asleep by the steady rhythmic sounds of the steamer’s faithful engine, as it made its way upriver. Eighty miles later the early morning wake-up call and hearty breakfast before landing - and off he went to the tall timber again. Many other valley residents could tell similar tales of this romantic exa. What happened to that idyllic life-style on the Columbia? Everyone knows that some change is inevitable - but the present unhappy scenario is just not good enough. It is time to repatriate and rehabili- tate the Columbia River Valley. Time to re-establish access to the good remaining lands that were so thoughtlessly cut off when roads were drowned Time to push aside that iron curtain mentality ‘so heartlessly imposed when those 2,300 people were exiled from the valley - many against their will Thanks to recent positive initiatives by five regional districts and one Native band council along with a listening ear from both the ‘provincial government and the staff of B.C. Hydro - it appears the partial rehabilitation, re-occupation and revital ization of this great river valley may be about to begin. Judging by the mood of the more than 100 self-paying delegates at the 3-day symposium, the people of the Columbia-Kootenay region will accept nothing less. Most of all they want a say in controlling the erratic water levels. H.-F. Killough Castlegar Letters Policy Letters to the Editor are welcome on any topic of local or general interest. 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John Van Putten 365-5579 Castlegar Su WEDNESDAY, June 10, 1993 9A Everyone involved is a winner Red Cross raises over $22,000 in 6th annual Jim Young Celebrity Classic JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports This year's edition of the Jim Young Celebrity Classic is anoth. er page in the history books of the Canadian Red Cross Society—a very thick and profitable page The tourney added over $22,000 to the Red Cross bank account in this, the sixth annual golf tourney held at the Castle gar and District Golf Club, last Thursday. “We were hoping to reach $20,000; that we raised $22,000 is just fantastic,” said Harry Grossmith, co-ordinator for the Red Cross, Kootenay Region. According to Grossmith close to 150 golfers took part this year and their contributions helped bring the six-year total for the Jim Young Classic to over $100,000. “This event has been a sellout every year and I am planning on the seventh annual. It gives me a great excuse to get back to Castlegar,” said Jim Young fol lowing his round of golf Raising this kind of money in a community the size of Castlegar is “amazing” accord- ing to Grossmith The auction abilities of BCTV’s John McKeachie helped put the Red Cross over the top. ‘He helped raise over $5,000 at the dinner, and that is what put us over the top,” Grossmith said. During the dinner at the Sandman Inn, McKeachie was auctioning donated sports mem- orabilia. Tim Hunter donated a hockey jersey, Jim Young put a football autographed by the B.C, Lions on the table, Danny Gare donated a framed auto graphed poster of Phil and Tony Esposito and among other donated articles, Steve Tamelli- ni, (Public Relations for thé Vancouver Canucks) put a V.LP. pass for a box seat up for the charity fundraising For Grossmith the real surprise came when McKeachie started auctioning off the dinner, for those who wanted to eat they had to bid to be allowed to leave their tables for food. He even had peo: ple bidding to have him not eat his dinner. It was successful, the money went to the Red Cross and McKeachie ate nothing Although the methods may have been unusual the outcome was for a good cause. The Red Cross who will be putting the money to great use In addition to raising the money for the Red Cross, partic- ipants played a round of golf, under the Texas Scramble format which ended up in a three way tie at 62 (ten under par) between Castlegar's Travis Green group made up of Scott Bolechowsky, Stosh Uchida, Brian Loewen and Ken Ducshere; John Bucyk’s group including Ron Konkin, Tom Leckie, Tim Green and Randy Mah; and the final team of golfers in the tie was the Pat Price squad including Wayne Strong, Randy Morris, Chris Rhodes and Larry Plotnikoff. Travis Green's group won the coin toss used to decide the winner. BCTV’'s John McKeachie and three of the four members of his team react to his putt that just missed the hole SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten + Left: While some putts miss, others do drop in the hole. Here two of the golfers that helped the Red Cross raise over $22,000 con- gratulate each other for a well placed shot. - Above: Kent Gilchrist (far right) takes a look down the line only to watch the shot miss the cup. + Right: Felix Belcyck Castilegar’s world class skier, shows how sinking this putt made him feel Photos by John Van Putten Casltegar All-Stars bumped from Trail tourney JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports turned upside down and just when the game was close, (12-10 for Windermere It was one inning in each of their two games that proved to be too big of an obsta cle for Castlegar’s All-Star team at the Dis- trict Eight Major Little League Tournament in Trail Castlegar opened the tourney Saturday with a 15-7 loss to the Valley) their opponents exploded to earn nine runs in one inning to jump out to a commanding 21-10 lead According to Gordon, one of the high lights of Sunday’s game was the tourna ment’s first Grand Slam by Castlegar’s Bryce Phillips in the second inning The wind may have Kimberley All-Stars. They were eliminated from the double knockout tourney Sunday by Windermere Valley when the comeback effort ran out of steam hav- , climb’ ing them on the wrong end of a 22-17 final score This (fighting back after giving up runs in the two bad innings) was the biggest mountain we had to climb during the tourna- ment,” said Robert Gordon, Manager of the Castlegar All-Star squad made up of players ages Il and 12 In each game the Castlegar players fell victim to a batting streak by the other team. Game one against Kimberley saw the East Kootenay team jump to an 8-3 before the third inning. From that point it was an ‘This was the biggest mountain we had to — ROBERT GORDON Team Manager commenting on his teams ‘habbit’ of giving up one bad inning each game been blown out of their sails, but— Castlegar changed course and found a strong breeze to help them mount a return to the scoreboard “We started our come back during the fifth and sixth innings and earned seven runs,’ Gordon said Time was running out for Castlegar as they could have found a use for a few more innings to keep their com back on the fly. Windermere Valley added one last run to bring the gam to its final score “It was a batter's game, both teams were hitting the ball really well Considering this was only th Gordon said vear Castlegar was involved in th | Aquanauts dominate at ‘their’ swim meet It was the Castlegar Aquanauts turn to host the weekend swim meet in the busy summer-long swim meet schedule They were courteous and welcoming hosts in every aspect except when it came to the racing. In racking up team points the Aquanauts stroked their way to first place overall with 925.5 points, their closest competition came from the Nelson Neptunes Swim Club, in second with 524.5 points. In total, ten swim clubs attended the weekend-long meet. Aquanaut swimmers landing themselves in top spot with gold medal performances include Justin Kanigan, Brian Preston, Selena Fodor, Jodi Young and Neil Jones. Silver performances were turned in by Andy Angrignon, Adam Rogers, Aumee Guido, Wendy Pilla and Robin Robertson. Castle uv Swimmers earning bronze medals were Sandra Ellis, Adam Kristian uphill fight for the Castlegar team. They their performance showed they ar Elizabeth St John, Shelby Miller, Justin Phillips and Donatd Ellis. From the Robson River Otters, Mario Fenrenberg earned a silver, Kathleen Yetman, a bronze and Emily Watson was a runner-up The Trail Warfield Stingrays closed out the top three finishers with 487.5 points. Other clubs finished in this order: Colville Valley Swim Club. Grand Forks Piranfias; Robson River Otters; Creston Swim Chub: Kimberley Seahorses: Langley Swim Club, and the Greenwood Gators. The busy summer schedule will take the local swim clubs to Kimber- used the next two innings to close the gap to within one run. Now, with Castiegar close on their heels, the Kimberley players let their bats do the talking, scoring seven more runs in the next two innings to take the game 15-7 on quickly and will be a torce next season I think all the boys came out and played ball to the best of their ability, they all 110 per cent,” Gordon said In total eight teams took part in th ney which ts scheduled to wind 1 day night, 6 p.m. at Andy Bilesk The tables were Trail oe Located halfway between Trail & Castlegar Open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday VISA <—~ HOME Goons AG co ee Genelle FS PHARMASAVE 1128 - 3rd St. (Downtown) Castlegar 365-7813 Once again, Sunday's game proved to be Castlegar player makes--his way back to another hitters match mnone 693-2227 the plate after a brush by a pitch, Saturday. mm yee ee ee