July 12, 1987 SPORTS 2 _ Cast News Aase out for season By GEOFF FRASER ‘The Canadian Press BALTIMORE reliever Don Aase is out for the rest of the season. Doctors have found a tear in the connective tissue near the:rotator cuff in his right shoulder and he will have surgery. Aase, 32, was the Orioles’ leading reliever last season, saving a club-record 34 games. He appeared in just seven games this season. SINCE THEIR club-record 11-game winning streak in June, the Toronto Blue Jays are 10-15 — a 21-15 record in their last 36 games. During that span, the Yankees and CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMENT duly Vive: Retnén Men Marker - Les Robson Hall, Rublic Swimming. Sob Granceon Fes + 3:30 ond 6:30 - 8; Rob- son Pool, 2-4 and 6:30 - wuLy 13 — hecaten of fed Cross ond Royal Lite Swim Leseone start. There are still a few openings so call the offic re. JULY 14 — sly tly 1 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Rotary Tennis Courts ad- jocent to the Complex are open and tree to the public Ener @ tennis game. 18 — Aerobic Fitness, 9 - 10 a.m. Complex. $2. 09. “public Swimming. ag Brandson Poo! 3:30 Robson Pool, 4 p.m. Admi on Asn $125: Saitent $1.00; chien 75¢. Aqua Fit 8 - 9 p.m jor Kootenay Hockey College. Fit reps .m., Aerobic Fitness 7 p.m. $2.00 ublic Swimming Bob Brandson Pool, | Tennis Tourney — Rotary rts JULY 20 — Registration deadline for Gentleman's Summer Hockey League. 2101-6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 Kootenay Honda (across from Waneta Plaza) 368-3377 Dealer No. 7724 CASTLE TIRE (1977) LTD. SALES & SERVICE 365-7145 1050 Columbia, Castlegar Tigers are both 22-14. The Orioles are a miserable 6-30. HOUSTON pitchers lead the majors with 636 strikeouts through Thursday, putting them on a pace that would break their own major-league record of 1,221 set in 1969. IN EACH year that the Yankees have held a lead of five games or more any time after July 5, they have gone on to win the pennant or division title. The Yankees led Toronto by five games on July 5. MONTREAL has been considering recalling right- hander Pascual Perez from Class AAA Indianapolis, contingent on a go-ahead from Perez's drug counsellors. After an 0-3, 8.55 ERA start at Indianapolis, Perez has gone 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA. DETROIT pitcher Jack Morris was 7-6 in the first half of last season. Since then, the Tigers’ ace right-hander has compiled a 26-6 record. MONTREAL left fielder Tim Raines is experiencing his first slump since joining the club May 2, going 6-for-36 (.167). PHILADELPHIA has won 10 of its last 13 games and are 12-10 under new manager Lee Elia. TIGERS first baseman Darrell Evans has become only the second player in the major leagues to hit 100 or more home runs with each of three major-league teams. He has hit 104 for Detroit, 120 for Atlanta and 142 for San Francisco. WHEN CLEVELAND third baseman Brook Jacoby hit three homer runs last Friday, the Indians became the first team in AL history to have three different players hit three homers in a game in the same season. Joe Carter and Cory Snyder had three-homer games earlier this season. PITTSBURGH, 13-17 in June, haven't had a winning month since September 1983. IT WAS 46 years ago Friday that Indians Al Smith and Jim Bagby combined to bring Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak to an end before 67,000 spectators in Cleveland. PROSPECTS in the minors for Toronto — left fielder Germonimo Berrora at Class AA Knoxville with 22 homers and 65 RBIs; right-hander Hugh Brinson at Class A Dunedin with a 9-2 record and a 2.21 ERA; outfielder DH Barry Shifflett at Class A St. Catharines with a .371 average. OAKLAND first baseman Mark McGwire, who leads the majors with 31 homers, has hit in 12 of his last 15 games with nine home runs, 18 RBIs and 18 runs scored. IN HIS last three starts, Montreal right-hander Bob Sebra has pitched three complete games, going 2-1 and striking out 30 while walking one in 27 innings. Contract clause boosts income SCHOOL FOR WRESTLERS POPULAR By GERALD WESEEN Press Canadian HALIFAX — Some of the young men who have signed up for Ron Bartlett's wrestling school dream of becoming stars like Hulk Hogan. In a small arena in Lantz, north of Halifax, the students will learn the fundamentals of = survival in the murky world of professional “They'll be taught the basics,” Bartlett said in an interview. “We'll start with the amateur style — Greco-Roman wrestling — and work up to professional.” The school — $1,000 for at least six weekends of instruction — will start later this month. The teacher is Chris Pepper, a 20-year veteran of the Canadian pro scene. “We've said six weeks, but there's really no time limit,” said Bartlett. “Some definitely will take longer; some will take less.” LEARN BASICS Bartlett said the graduates will be ready for the lower rungs of the pro wrestling hierarchy, armed with a basic repertoire of drop kicks and body slams. Considering the strain, the pay for up-and-comers is not tantalizing. “Usually the younger guys starts off at $50 to $60 a night,” said Bartlett. K & A TIRES LTD. We Specialize in Brakes & Shocks (SERVICE & SALES) Larry Chernenkoff, Owner 1507 Columbia Ave. SMIDGESTONE con 365-2955 By The Associated Press George Brett earned an extra $50,000 US when he was named to the American League allstar team. He doubts he deserves Brett, who is hitting .320 with 7 homers and 30 runs batted in for the Kansas City Royals, was named as a re serve third baseman. Because of an injured shoulder, Brett has missed- about half of Kansas City's games and, since his return, he has played first base. By making the all-star team, he earned $50,000 because of a clause in his contract. Andre Dawson of the Chi cago Cubs has a similar con tract clause, and his election by the fans to the National Would like to introduce . _KARL BOWOLIN Ker} bri us his 16 yeors experience in re ond FRONT. END ALIGNMENT the TIRE a: * Business. “Metallic Pads add $15 MONROE GAS s SHOCKS. FROM GROUP 24 BATTERY 3yr. Warranty SPECIAL LT 235/75R15 BF Goodrich Trail Edge 6 ply Radial °992° TIRE 2141 Columbia A Bee, oe] ve. Castlegar 365-3311 League starting team also earned him $50,000. Brett, who had started in 11. consecutive all-star games, was surprised. “I already wrote myself off the team; I thought there was no way I would make it,” Brett said after he was added to the team Thursday by American League manager John McNamara and league president Bobby Brown. “I haven't played third base since May 15 and I don't think that’s right. I made it by playing only 10 games at third base in front of guys who played 80.” BONUSES AWARDED Of the 56 players who will participate in next Tuesday's game in Oakland, Calif., 25 will get bonuses for being selected. They range from $5,000 for Milwaukee relie- ver Dan Plesac to $50,000 for Brett and Dawson. But their gain is nothing compared to the $300,000 pitcher Roger Clemens of’the Boston Red Sox lost by failing to make the team — $150,000 this year and $150,000 in his contract for next season. APPLICATION FOR A WATER LICENCE WATER ACT (Section 8) 1, Mary Padowinikotf and Winnie Poznikoff of Silver Kifg Rd.. Group Box 7, Nelson, B.C. VIL 1C9 hereby apply to the Comptroller of Water Rights for a licence to divert and use water out of Norns Creek which flows south ond discharges into Columbia River and give notice of my application to all persons affected The point of diversion will be locoted ot approximately 1 mile N.W. of Pass Creek Road. The quantity of water to be diverted of stored is 500 fallons per doy and per acre foot The purpose for which the water will be used is domestic and irrigation The land or mine on which the water will be used is Lot 29, District Lot 8640, Kootenay District, Plan 4923 A copy of this application was posted on the 10, May, 1987 at ‘0 copies will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Nelson, B.C Objections to this application may be filed with the said Woter Recorder, the Com- ptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Vic- toria, B or with the Regional Water Manager, 310 Ward Street, Nelson, B.C. VIL 5$4 within thirty days of the date of the first publication of the application The dote of the first publication was July 5, 1987 Most wrestlers work six or seven nights a week. Bartlett took his own tropue of wrestlers — he calls them “rasslers” — on tour in Nova Seotia in May. The tour, known as the Eastern Canadian Wrestling Federation, lasted only a week. He said the tour would have lasted longer with a bit more money behind it and with larger crowds. The few cards each drew less than 200 people. “Had we kept going, within a epee we would have been up to 400 or 500 people in small-town arenas, and that's enough.” Bartlett said he might consider reviving his tour next year unless the school takes off. Judging from early interest, that's a possibility. More than 20 people have answered an advertise- ment Bartlett placed in a Halifax newspaper. Three men are committed to attend the school, and four others have indicated they will sign up — enough for the first class, Bartlett said. FIND A PLACE “T'll have to talk with some promovers and if we can find these fellows a place to go, we could keep the school going. I might just stick with the school.” There is no way to know whether any of the students who will attend Bartlett's school have what it takes to make the big time, where top names pocket $5,000 a night. . “They've got a lot ot do on their own even when they've been trained here,” Bartlett said. “They're taught the basics here, but wrestlers are businessmen. They're really self-employed. “They're paid nightly. Their costume and characteri- zation is their own responsibility, and that's going to make or break them along the road.” GRAPHITE BAT Space-age alternative NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) — The “ping” is gone, the “crack” is back. Jess Heald has a space-age alternative to the aluminum bat. Heald, president of Worth Sports Co. of Tullahoma, Tenn., is marketing a graphite bat which combines the dur- ability of aluminum with the satisfying feel and sound of wood. “We see the graphite bat as one pos- sible solution to the growing problem of providing wooden bats of a major- league calibre,” Heald said. There is plenty of wood for making baseball bats, but only one per cent is considered to be of the quality re- quired for major-league bats. And 25-30 bats each. economical, players go through a season average of But with the introduction of alum- inum bats in 1971, about 75 per cent of the market for lesser-grade wood bats is gone. And that makes it more ex- pensive to produce top-of-the-line bats. The major leagues, like colleges, could have adopted the aluminum bat, but purists hated the “ping” sound of metal hitting ball. “Unlike an aluminum bat, the gra- phite bat duplicates the traditional cracking sound wood makes when striking a baseball,” Heald said. And the graphite bat would also be he added. Most major leaguers would go through only three a season. Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Lloyd Moseby, the first major leaguer to test the graphite bat for Worth, enjoyed the “realistic sound,” which he called “important mentally. Boston Red Sox outfielders Dwight Evans and Jim Rice said the ball “jumped off the bat quicker,” while Boston teammate and _ three-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs said he believed he could hit the ball farther with a wooden bat. The graphite bat is made of a carbon fibre compound similar to that used in football helmets. Dodgers approach Gillick TORONTO (CP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have approached vice-president Pat Gillick of the Toronto Blue Jays with an offer to take over running that Na- tional League team’s baseball operations in 1988, the Tor- Tennis tourney set The third annual Kootenay Junior Classic Tennis Tournament will be held July 18 and 19. The tournament is open to all junior players throughout the East and West Kootenay area. The events in this year’s “Classic” include boys and girls singles and doubles in 18 and under, 14 and under, and 12 and under age categories. The tournament will be held at the Castlegar Recreation Complex tennis courts beginning at 8 a.m. July 18. Registrations must be phoned in no later than July 16 at 8 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to winners in all events. Prizes will be presented to runners-up in singles events. onto Globe and Mail says. “He's had offers before and he’s always turned them down,” an unidentified for- mer major league executive is quoted as saying of Gillick. “But the Dodgers are the Weekend best or in baseball. “They're No. 1, but right now they're in trouble, and they need someone like Pat.” Gillick, who has been with checkers Pub the Jays since 1976, a year * before the team began play in the American League, would neither confirm nor deny the report. § “J just have no comment at this time,” he said. “There is nothing I can say.” Dodger spokesman Steve Brenner echoed Gillick’s denial. Seoroe “I talked with (Dodger president) Peter (O'Malley) and he said it’s a bad rumor.” FASTBALL CASTLEGAR MEN'S FASTBALL LEAGUE wir TOP HITTERS John Oberkolt. Hi cK t TOP PITCHERS Eli Soukerott George Plarnikott. Hi rasol, LA FOOTBALL gees eos, Winnipeg Ottewe Toronto Hamilton Edmonton 8 Seigory Winnipeg 38 Colgory 22 TENDER NOTICE West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. South Slocan Office version x0 couw-coceuest Project No. 1127 Tenders will be received up to 3:00 p.m. local time, July 23, 1987 at the offices of W.K.P B.C. for wroovonsooo0d Trail the noted project Interested General Contrae- nde: 477 Leon Ave. K Phone: 762-5047 Drawings may also be viewed at the following locations: SICA Kelowna SICA Penticton SICA Vernon SICA Castlegar ACA Vancouver CPS Burnaby WKP Trail Office, Purchasing Department Office of the Architect ron Baltimore Cleveland The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, WOOOWORTH ULRICH FRIE Mattingly, NY Rune batted In — Bell, Toronto, 76 Joyner, Caltornia, 72 = Roger, Gorton, 123; Pucker, Min oe — McGwire, Ooklond, 31 Bell Toronto. 29 Reynolds, Seattle, 31 ons) — Guettermon. gen. Kansas Langston, Seattle, 147 3, Milwaukee, 128. Plesoc, Milwaukee, 17; Reardon. Minnesota, 17. Righetti, New York. 17. Pittsburgh Cincinnati 2 1% s% Thomon, Viel 73.79°70:70 308 TRANSACTIONS DASEBALL A wove Bottimare Orioles releare second National League Cub trade outielder Gory Mot jor tyture con ‘St. Louis Cardinals ploce pitcher Donny Coxon the 21-doy disabled Ist recall ov! Jom Louisville of the 339 Dovie, Cincinnati. 75, Clark, Sit Rune batted in — Clork. $1. Louis. 85. Dowson, Chicogo, 73 wynn, San Diego dleton, $1. Louis. 102 Golorrago, Montreal, 27 Wallach, Montreal. 25 Triples — Gwrynn, Sen Diego. 7, Thom pron’ Philadelphio. 7 ‘Home runs — Davis, Cincinnati. 27, Clock 116, Pen St.Louis, 26 Stolen Coleman. $1. Lous, 52 Dovis, Cincinnati, 33. Hatcher, Houston, 33. (6 decisions) — Leach, New York, 8-0, 1.000, 2.08. Magrane. St.Louis, 5 1.633, 3.29, Meods, Houston. 5-1. 633. 5.68 non-import ful — Scott, Houston, 148 Ryan, Houston. 143 Bedrosion, Philedelphic. 24 oy 010 North Stars nome Cor! Wetzel LeSmith, Chicago. 22 lenders oneratont coach lor goal yy. July 12, 1967 Castlegar News Bs Brisco worried ab soil erosion Srauied'| By CasNews Staff Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco, citing an increase in soil erosion in Canada, has called on the federa! government to take immediate steps to correct the problem. In a recent speech in the House of Commons, Brisco said Canada’s soil has become eroded due to such things as ing and said needs to be done to correct “a ‘very serious issue.” “Today we have the addition of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, the overcropping of soil and so on. Land degradation is purely and simply the destruction of our resource base,” said Brisco. “It occurs all across Canada and impacts upon agriculture, forestry, wildlife, recreation and a host of other ivities, In fact land di dation affects every Canadian.” Brisco added that the importance of the environment to the Canadian economy may not be fully realized by some people. He said more than 40 per cent of Canada’s gross product, 33 per cent of the labor force and 52 per cent of Canadian exports are directly related to economic activities which are dependent on the environment. In addition, Brisco said Canadian forests provide wood products valued at $29 billion, $13 billion in exports and 265,009 direct jobs. Brisco added that wetlands support economic activities valued at more than $4.6 billion per year. “Yet, we see our wetlands diminishing and intrusions into our forests by good management and by bad smanagement. It is not difficult on site to tell the difference between good and bad forest management practices,” said Brisco. He said the agri-food industry contributes $8.4 billion to the gross domestic product, employs more than one million Canadians and shows a trade surplus of $4 billion. “Nevertheless, there are clear signs that we have been harming the physical base of all these activities. In agriculture the signs are obvious. For example, some estimates indicated that at least one-third of New Brunswick's potato land is severely affected by erosion and up to 12 centimetres of topsoil have been lost from fields in the past 20 years,” said Brisco. He added that what Canada loses through “our own folly” would be a loss that would take anywhere from 100 years to 1,000 years to replace. Brisco said wind erosion is a serious problem in the prairies and added that the windblown soil loss from one storm in southern Manitoba was calculated at 160 tonnes per hectare “which is 14 times the annual soil loss considered tolerable by soil conservationalists.” “What future is there for land that has been degradated in that fashion? Taken collectively, wind and water erosion, salinization, acidfication, compaction, nutrient loss and the contamination of farm lands in Canada costs our farmers $1 billion annually in lost revenue,” said Brisco. He added that Canada has to start to think about what it is going to do with the future. He referred to a recent poll that suggested 70 per cent of Canadians think that the problem of pollution is increasing. BOB BRISCO . worried about soil erosion Brisco said a second survey found that two-thirds of respondents rank protection of the natural environment as a first or second priority. “Through the voices of individual citizens, lobby groups, professional organizations and NGO's, Canadians are concerned about the maintenance and enhancement of their environment,” said Brisco. He added that most Canadians feel the federal government and industry are responsible for the issues of pollution and environment degradation. “Therefore they are looking to the senior level’ of government for leadership in combating these problems,” said Brisco. ‘Job openings Details of these and other job opportunities are available at: Trail Canada Employment Centre 835 Spokane Street Phone: 368-5566 The Canada Employment Cen tre for students is located on the 3rd floor of the federal building per hour, (252) A regis jetered nurse for casual position in Castlegar. (262) Strawberry pickers are urgen- tly required in the Grand Forks area. Phone 442-3049. An auto is required and are encouraged to hire students for an hour, a day, a week. July 13-22 ts “odd job week" with a competition between all B.C. of fices. Help Trail be the best Hire a Student for at least | hour. Call 368-9126 Hairdressers are required in the Trail ‘oreo (134 ( 250) Certitied pre-school program co-ordinator required in Trail (128) Appliance repairer required in Castlegar, wage is up to $13.00 Students capture a Denis Peregrym captured the top academic award in Grade 12 at Stanley Hum. phries secondary school's re- cent awards ceremony. James Skwarok took the award in Grade 11, while Darryl Furey won it in Grade 10. David Vecchio was the Grade 9 winner. Each student received a large school scholarship pla que. The award is based on achievement during the school year. Scholarship Pin Winners The top academic students in each grade received schol arship pins in recognition of their achievement during the year. The winners for 1986-87 are: Grade 12 — Denis Pere- grym and Gary Kooznetsoff. Grade 11 — James Sk- warok, Paul Andersen, Jane Fleet, Laura Geotting, Ter- esa Lamb. Grade 10 — Darryl Furey, Athena Chan, Brent Pinck- ney, Sheri Chernenkoff. Grade 9 — David Vecchio and Suzanne Orr. The following students placed on the fourth and final term Honor Roll for the 1986-87 school year. First Class Grade 12: Eric Dillon, Erin Finney, Mary Joy Bowman, Colin Carew, Gary Kooznet soff, Hedda Breckenridge, Robert Schulz, Michael Cheveldave, Melanie Plotni koff, Craig Luker, Chris Su set, Karen Popoff, Kim Tar asoff, Denis Peregrym. Grade 11: James Skwarok, Paul Andersen, Jane Fleet, Laura Goetting, Teresa Lamb, Carrie Lynn Brown, Tami O'Connor, Dina Pooha- choff, Brian Perehudoff, Tammy Tchir, Monica Tymo- fievich, Laurel Westing house. Grade 10: Andrew Port, Candace Carter, Greg Pere- grym, Athena Chan, Darryl Furey, Allan Phipps, Brent Pickney, Sheri Chernenkoff. Grade 9: Cheryl Duck work, Suzanne Orr, Kecia Dusseault, Walter Hadikin, Adrianne Wilson, Ken Hal isheff, Vecchio. Second Class Grade 12: Sherry Bouthill ier, Daniel O'Connell, Susan Ross, Debbie Cheveldave, Jeff Schuepfer, Geoff Ball, Eric Ommundsen, Lori Ann Pettigrew, Ed Pruss, Amelia Resendes, John Walton, Cynamon Carter, Jay Fitz Gerald, Alun Miskell, Kelly Southwell, Carrie Bristow, ‘Brenda Grewcock, Theresa Gritchen, Andrea Robertson, Rick Sherstobitoff, Eduarda Jardim, Janine McAlpine, Darcy Martini, Greg Plotni koff, Jesslyn Robinson, Tami Sorenson, Suzette Bouchard, Jeanette Chan, Rob McGre. gor, Pauline Orr, Sheryl! Poz nekoff. Grade 11: Jennifer Breck enridge, Nicola Bullock, Kari Hartman, Kanny Chow, Maya Kalmakov, Paige Sloan, Christine Peterson, Byron Crossley, Shelly Pak ula, Jennifer Rezansoff, Lori Kinakin, Tana Robinson, Heath Clement, Derek Ball, Michael Strobel Grade 10: Roger Briscoe, Marian Kooznetsoff, Jeff Beck, David Bristow, David Kravski, Angela Smee, Lau rene Brown, Dorothy Chaves, Mike Gerrand, Car rie Gorkoff, Tyler Loo, Lisa Verigin, Denny Popoff, Scott Nelson, Stacey Polonicoff, Chris Sharp, Allison Zanet Ian Moore, David Grade 9: Catherine Maida, Karen Voykin, Jemal Austin, Alex Hartman, Darren Tam elin, Sunny Baker, Ellen Crossley, Roger Carlson Kim Southwell, Clayton Castle, Christine Fishwick, Jennifer Jones, Tracy Carr, Ken Chernoff, Warren Gouk, Maya Kanigan This year, an Honor Roll was posted at the end of each term following the cards. As well, a very select group of students made the Year-End Honor Roll. To be selected for this award, the student had to be posted on the Honor Roll for all four terms of the year Grade 12: Eric Dillon, Dan report O'Connell, Mary Joy Bow- Debbie Cheveldave, Gary Kooznetsoff, Geoff Ball, Hedda Breckenridge, Amelia Resendes,Carrie Bristow, Michael Cheveldave, Brenda Grewcock, Theresa Gritchen, Craig Luker, Jesslyn Robin- Tami Sorenson, Kim Tarasoff, Pauline Orr, Denis Peregrym, Sheryl Poznekoff. Grade 11: James Skwarok, Paul Andersen, Jane Fleet, Laura Goetting, Teresa Lamb, Carrie Lynn Brown, Tami O'Connor, Monica Ty- mofievich, Jennifer Brecken- ridge, Nicola Bullock, Kanny Chow, Michael Strobel, Jen nifer Rezansoff, Tammi Tehir Grade 10: Andrew Port, Candance Carter, Greg Peregrym, Athena Chan, Darryl Furey, Allan Phipps, Carrie Gorkoff, Brent Pin ckney, Sheri Chernenkoff, man, son, ODD JOBS in Castlegar. Postion is part time on call. Wage is $13.00 per hour. (267) A _vinyt siding applicator is needed for the Trail area. Wage is on commission but will be at least $10.00 per hour. (271) People with cooking experien- coin a small Multmenu restaurant should call our office. (1003) Foodservers required in Castlegar. (272) wards Allison Zanet. Grade 9: Cheryl Duck- worth, Catherine worth, Catherine Maida, Karen Voykin, Jemal Austin, Suzanne Orr, Kecia Dus- seault, Darren Tamelin, Sun- ny Baker, Walter Hadikin, Adrienne Wilson, Roger Carlson, Kim Southwell, Clayton Castle, Christine Fishwick, Kim Halisheff, Tracy Carr, Ken Chernoff, Warren Gouk, Maya Kani- gan, Ian Moore, David Vee- chio. The following students ex- hibited perfect attendance for the 1986-87 year: Grade 12 — Shelldon Knutson, Debbie Cheveldave, Sheryl Poznekoff, Steve Soares; Grade 11 — Shaun Crossley; Grade 10 — David Cherring- ton; Grade 9 — Elmer Guin- don, Rena Makortoff, Rena Kyle, Coraline Cheveldave. Students could help clean up houses = WEST Look around your yard and office. What needs doing? You probably cannot find time to weed the garden, chop firewood for winter, and keep up with all the fruit that needs canning. Why don't you hire a student to help you get these odd jobs caught up? Stop! house, next That is exactly what Odd Job Week is for, and next week is it. July 13-22 is the Odd Job Competition across B.C, It is a week when Can ada Employment Centres for Students try even harder to place as many students as possible in jobs. The compe: tition is based on the number of job placements per house- holds An “odd job” is any job of a duration less than five days. You can hire a student hour, a even for just one morning, afternoon or a day. It will not cost you any- thing to call the centre and get a student matched to your job, but it will save you the hassle of finding someone on your own. While the minimum wage to be paid students is $3.65 an hour for anyone under 18 and $4 for 18 and over, often a higher hourly rate is paid in recog- nition of a job well done which helps the student pay tuition costs. It is easy for you to hire a student to do whatever job you need done. Just call the Student Employment Centre and Catherine Merlo or my self can find you a student to the do the job. Drop by the office above the post office in Trail or phone 368-9126 collect from Castlegar. Help students in the Trail/Castlegar area to win the B.C. competition. GOOD FRIENDS... Rotary exchange student Rishia McDowell (centre) shares a smile with her host family members Kimiko Mitobe (left) and Masaru Yanagawa. John Charters .. . Reflections & recollections RISHIA WRITES TO CHARTERS Time for one last Rotary Exchange student letter for the summer; this one from Rishia McDowell, who is just finishing a year’s stay in Japan and is on her way home. The letters from these young people never cease to fascinate me for they provide a view of other cultures through young and different eyes and the opportunity to watch education working at its very best. It is difficult to realize what an intensive educational experience these young people receive in one year’s experience, how profoundly changed they are, and at the same time what a responsibility as ambassadors for their own country has, been placed on their shoulders. In this brief, serio-comic letter I think Rishia manages to give us some insight into the experiences of being an “exchange student, particularly in an entirely different culture. It reminds me of the poem by Thomas Hardy which begins: “When I set out for Lyonnesse, A hundred miles away” and ends with: “When I came back from Lyonnesse/With magic in my eyes.” Dear family and friends, Sorry for the long interval between letters; but as you must know, I've been busy trying to see everyone one more time before I leave Tokyo. I'm with my third host family now. They are wonderful. My new dad is great fun. We practise his English until quite late at night. My host mom is not a typical Japanese lady. She had an oven installed the other day, and the little guy who came to put it in couldn't get it to work. She muscled it around a bit, then pounded it once, and the thing worked. She's wonderful. My host brother is 21. He's studying psychology at one of the top universities here — Waseda. He's letting me use his room while I'm here. He sleeps in the living room! I've asked him a million times to change; but he insists that since his studies prevent him from sleeping too much, he doesn't need his own bed. Needless to say, I'm being really nice to him. My host sister is 25. She’s getting married at the end of this year, so her boyfriend comes over often. It’s so funny — he uses such bad grammar in Japanese (Yes, I can pick that up.) When my host dad is around, he always cofrects himself and atonitios over his tongue. Quite humorous, really. gave my presentation today — 37 minutes of it! minced for 10, showed slides for 20, and answered questions until the end. I did a good job. Made nanaimo bars, cornmeal muffins, and carrot cake (in my mom's new oven) and passed those around to my host Rotarians. T hung the Canadian flag behind me and off to one side, I put a table with all the little flags, some Canadian coins, pamphlets, and pins on it. On the other side of the podium, I posted a big map of Canada outlined in red and handed out copies of a smaller one. I said my speech in Japanese, showed the slides, and then let everyone come up and take whatever goody he wanted. Basically, it was a hit. No one fell asleep. I'm glad to have that over with. Ambassadors must work hard. I'm trying to get enough Kendo (Japanese fencing) practise in so that I can get my kindergarten level before I get home. My test is June 26. After Rotary today, I spent some time with Otosan (father) Ino (first host father). I miss him. He's a genuine that one. He keeps telling me to bring you all to Japan. He says Arial can go to the American school until she learns to speak Japanese and Mom can sell her weavings to all the Rotarians in Tokyo. Don, I'm not sure what you've supposed to do. But if you cooked a meal and then cleaned up afterward, they'd certainly get a kick out of that! I haven't really drawn any conclusions about Japan- ese families from this experience. They're just like Canadians in that they're all different. You'll probably get one more letter from me with my flight schedule confirmed. At this point, I'm looking back on my year here and realizing what a full one it’s been. Don't expect me to describe it to you when I get back! That would take a year! Well, I've had fun — but it’s time to settle down, finish school, and get on with my life. I thought I might get a little more insight into what I want to do with the rest of my life; but basically, my goals haven't changed — I still want to be a “human bean.” I just haven't decided what kind of “bean” to become. Ah well, I think I'd better germinate first, and see what I turn out like. It’s no good trying to be a pole bean if I'm supposed to be a broad bean, is it? Speaking of dietying and heavy things like that, I'll move on to the subject of school. Here are the courses I want to take. 1. English 12 (I need more practice! (C? S?) 2. English Literature (A little culture never hurt anyone.) 8. Geography — (Plotting my next great adventure). 4. Geology (I hear there's a field trip involved . . . ) 5. P.E. (Brings us back to Broad Beans and doing something about it.) Biology. 7. French. 8. Creative Writing (if the Vander Zalm generation hasn't serapped it.) Looking forward to seeing you at long last. Love Your foreign daughter, Rishia Transportation needed Elderly people in small B.C. communities are suffering because of poor transportation in their home towns, according to a study by Dr. Gerald Hodge of UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning. Hodge surveyed 150 seniors this summer to identify the needs of the elderly in small B.C. communities and to examine how well they are being met by government and service agencies. “The need for transportation is overwhelming because it's linked to so many other activiti " he says. “In 98 per cent of B.C.’s small towns no public transportation or taxi services exist. When the nearest doctor is in the next town and food stores are located miles away, this becomes a serious problem for many elderly citizens. At least one quarter of the seniors we surveyed don't drive.” Other major concerns for seniors are access to health care, help with home maintenance and repairs, and compan ionship. “Most small towns have very high proportions of elderly citizens, in some cases up to 40 per cent of the population,” says Hodge. “Yet often the needs and concerns of seniors go unheard in the province.” Hodge and his research assistants Aileen Murphy and Lynn Guilbault surveyed and interviewed seniors in small towns in the Okanagan, the East Kootenays, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island. The team also interviewed municipal officers and principal caregivers such as homemakers and volunteer drivers to determine what services were available for the elderly in each community. The study was funded by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs in Victoria, and was carried out through UBC's Centre for Human Settlements, where Hodge is a scholar-in-residence. “Although there are exceptions, we found that the needs of the elderly are not being met very effectively in most small communities,” says Hodge. “Little communic ation exists between the local government and community groups who provide services for the elderly, and in most small towns resources for seniors programs are very limited.” He points to Creston, Comox, Rossland, Gibsons and Parksville as examples of B.C. towns where the government and community have developed good services for the elderly. “These communities have coordinated government and community services, involved seniors in the planning of programs and have come up with imaginative ways to make use of their limited resources.” For example. says Hodge, some communities provide transportation for the elderly using school buses which would otherwise sit empty for six hours each day In oneaet to this summer's in-depth study, Hodge is ical database from all 140 icipalities in B.C. The “formation will be used to study trends of elderly citizens in small towns from 1961-81