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If you don’t “Real ¢Fstate WITH BARRY BROWN SENIORS' HOUSING there will be 3.8 market as it translates to construc: the yeor 2001 tion/supply and marketing. 8 million Conadione ‘etirement a of “middle-age Toenore” The study concluded that: “Local civic ticular officials. working in concert with entertaining than it’s ever been, without sacrificing our existing role as the community’s most authoritative and informative source of local news. We're going to build on our strength asa I reliable source of notice much imp: —or any embarrassing goof-ups — in the short term, we’re probably on schedule. The revolution comes later. By the end of this year, you will most definitely be aware of dra- matic improvements in the Castlegar News. We're going to make it more lively and more advertising information. And we're going to present all this information in a more attractive package ... one you'll find easier and more fun to read. If this sounds like a pretty ambitious plan, good. That’s exactly what it is. I admit there are times when I wonder whether we can bring it off. We can, of course. That’s been obvious to me during the past week, when I’ve watched the staff here embrace new technology and the upheaval that goes with it. And it was especially obvious that Thursday evening last month when we sat down group and dedicated ourselves to a hew vision. Just exactly how that new vision will take shape hasn’t been decided yet, but one thing is certain: your input will help to determine it. If you have any ideas about how The News can better serve Castlegar, I want to know about them: Call me at 365-7266, or drop me a line at P.O. Box 3007, VIN 3H4. My promise is that I'll listen closely, and do everything I can to ensure that The News is a welcome guest in your home twice every week. Here at The News, we've agreed on two things: we live in a@ great community, and you deserve a great . 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Limit one entry per person. TimeAir Arse. pe pee Comeest all reasdenes 18 Ange ot mecessary 0 shill esting tent peso ed mb pn vse Ts ant lb ne smo Ts ono en Jone 3 Poll KRISTEL PIPKE A swimmer for the Rob- son River Otters swim club and a basketball player at Robson elementary school, Kristel’s strong point is her strong sense of sportsman- ship and dedication to any activity she pursues. BASEBALL Two Ontario-born pitch- ers started for their respec- tive teams in an American League basebal} game in California last week that, ironically, helped the for- tunes of the Toronto Blue Jays. Kapuskasing got the win and Sai Mike Gardner took the loss as the Califor- nia Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 7-2. The loss moved the Blue Jays a game and a half up on the Red Sox in the American League's East Division. BASKETBALL The Chicago Bulls set an NBA finals record by mak- ing 50 of 81 shots in a 107- 86 rout Wednesday of the Los les Lakers in Game 2 in Chicago. The 61.7 pane eae the old record of 61.5 set by, you guessed it, the Lakers against the Boston Celtics in 1987. Kirk McCaskill of | it Tennis But end up" unsatisfied with result By CasNews Staff A team that had been starv- ing for competition all season long got its wish last weekend in loops. And though the Stanley Humphries tennis team had a pretty good pig-out Friday and Saturday at the Interior Pre ial tennis ch i — players weren’t satisfied, SHSS finished second in the six-school championship, losing to hometown Kamloops sec- ondary seven games to four. The final included three games that were decided in tiebreakers. “We're proud of what we did, but when you get that close to winning something like that, it’s always going to be a disappoint- ment,” said Clint Dolgopol, who plays on the boys doubles A team. It was Dolgopol and partner David Green, along with the A and B girls doubles teams, who dominated the tourney for SS. The girls A team of Trisha Merriman and Carilyn Briscoe went undefeated in 11 matches while Dolgopol and and Green were 12-2, losing the final two ~ in a tiebreaker, both to the mloops team. The B girls doubles team of Maite Bilbao and Amanda Romney was also the class of its field winning 10 of 11 matches. SHSS beat Okanagan Mission of Kelowna 8-3 in the team pigs out CaaNews flews photo SHSS tennis team boys doubles team (eft) David Green and Clint Dolgopol were singled out by coach Barry De Paoli for their play at provincials last weekend. semifinal. Amanda Fayant in singles girls and Klaus Rentsch in sin- gles boys, Jeff Evdokimoff, Mitch Stooshnoff and Ryan Vatkin in boys B doubles, and Christina Evdokimoff and Jaclyn Kalesnikoff in C girls doubles, made up the rest of the SHSS squad. Each component of-the team plays its ‘counterpart on the opposing team to determine the winner of the said the lack of game experience hurt at the Provincials. “Probably when you look at our season, it was so difficult to play matches, so it was really a factor in the team’s play in Kamloops,” he said. “You need practise when get to that level of competition, there’s no doubt about it.” Still, De Paoli isn’t complain- ing about second place, or the play of “anybody on the team — The SHSS team, which didn’t have any West Kootenay schools to play during the sea- son, tried to keep at game readi- ness through regular practices and the occasional tournament. But coach Barry De Paoli ly not Dol; I, Green, Merriman and Briscoe, whom he singled out as the backbone of the team all year. “Overall the team played really well, it’s difficult to single out people, but those guys you have to,” he said. Track coach gets: what he asks for field coach John Ritchie asked for top 10s, he got top 10s. All four of Ritchie’s athletes on the Stanley Humphries team cracked the magic top 10 at the B.C. High School track and field championships at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver last weekend. Shot putters Alex Fasthuber and Rhonda Dawes led the team with sevenths in their respective events. Dawes was a two-time top tenner with a ninth in discus. Fasthuber, the only SHSS senior to make the Provincials (or Regionals for that matter), threw a personal best of 13.13 metres. High jumper Roy? Perrier also had an eighth in that event. Wendy Closkey, who won a bronze medal in racewalking at the Provincials last year, placed eighth this time. Ritchie said Closkey has seen what the future holds for her in racewalking. “There were five kids under eight minutes. The winning time was 7:49 and she was in a field of senior kids who were really fast,” said Ritchie, who co-coaches the team along with Colette Pilloud. Those times are “something she has to think about for the future.” “Then again, she’s only in Grade 10, so she has a couple of years to go,” Ritchie said. RHONDA DAWES «two time top 10 Considering the competition, the relative size of the student population at SHSS and the short season for his team, s satisfied with the “Top five in the province would have been nice,” he said. “But every event had at least 30 participants so to have everyone do top 10s in the province is pretty impressive. “It (improving results) all depends on how much work they want to put into it. That's why the Vancouver schools are so dominant, even (J.L. Crowe in) Trail because they have their own track clubs and train year-round.” Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth high school won the meet for the fourth straight ” year with 152 points. Burnaby Central was second at 114 and ‘West Vancouver third at 98. Merchants eye the big payoff Team on move in Castlegar Men's Fastball League By CasNews Staff Banjo’s bubble has burst, Nelson is nosediving, Salmo’s shot and Labatt’s is losing. Which leaves the upstart shown some spark with two straight wins, including an 11- 10 win Monday over the Merchants, provided the Merchants with three players that they probably couldn’t afford to lose - Deane Horning, Tim Horkoff and Kelly Keraiff. Horning is currently batting .375 and has an abundance of speed while Horkoff can hit and Keraiff is solid on offence and as the hottest team in the Castlegar Men’s Fastball Le ague. And a team that is emerging RECORD BOOK Ray Bourque, who won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman for the fourth time in five years last week, was selected eighth overall in the 1979 entry draft by the Boston Bruins. Name any of the seven players selected before him. Hint: Vancouver had the fifth pick. Answer at the bottom of page B2. NHL Award winners announced Wednesday night at the banquet in Toronto: Ed Belfour — Vezina and Calder (goaltender and rook- ie) Brett Hull — Hart (most valuable) Wayne Gretzky ~ Lady ‘Byng (gentlemanly play) Ray Bourque — Norris (defenceman) Dirk Graham ~ Selke (defensive forward) Dave Taylor — Masterton and Clancy (dedication and humanitarian) Brian Sutter - Adams ) The Numbers, B2 as a legitimate contender in its first season. The Merchants have won three of their last four games, including wins over league-lead- ing Banjo’s Pub and second- place Nelson Athletics, and are currently tied for second with the A's with a 5-6 record in the five-team . And all this from a team that was thrown together before the start of the season. But as their play at the mid- way point of the season indi- cates, this is no patchwork bunch of players just here for the beer. Unlike the National Hockey League's expansion San Jose Sharks, the Merchants stocked their team with considerable tal- ent for their inaugural season. Players like last year’s rookie of the year and league batting champion Adrian Markin, who helped Banjo’s win the league and playoff ip a sea- “gon ago. A generous Banjo’s also pro- vided the Merchants’ battery in pitcher Greg Bergeron and catcher Adzian Strelaeff. 4-1 record makes him statistically the second -pitcher in the league and it appears, like the Hig Sd of the team, he's The Merchants reed Banjo’s SS ae the team its second loss of the season & 6-4 score. defe Salmo, hile, got off to an 0-8 start. Complementing that six-play- er nucleus is a cast of players who had been biding their time in local slo-pitch leagues. Players like Clay Martini, who went 3-for-3 in the win over Banjo’s, and Dwayne Weir who is also batting .375. Keraiff said the Merchants have an “outside chance” of win- ning it all in their first season. “Yeah we may be contenders, but there’s a lot of good teams in this league. Our pitching right now is really good and we're get- po a. jitting, that’s what we Keraiff. dent Terry wn thoughts on whether the Merchants have any shot at it at all. “Definitely. They've got pitching, good hitting and they’re starting to field a lot bet- ter ,” said Taranoff, who is also player-coach for Banjo’s. “got a good team. It’s just a matter of time for them to come together,” he said. Banjo’s remains comfortably in first with 18 points while Labatt’s, which lost 4-3 Thursday to Salmo, is just two points behind the Merchants and A's. Regardless of the regular sea- son standings, every team makes the playoffs so the Merchants don’t have to make a big deal of winning until then but, like all rookies, the team apparently has something to INTENSITY CITY (CasNews photo by Ed Mille Now thatthe big Sunfost Sto-pitch tourney te tn the books, toca! players tke Niki round the cty wnat the great wind up vournement July 5.7. at parks