os ala 2 Contlogas News February 13, 1901 Publisher turns clock back at Rotary meeting By JOHN CHARTERS What is it like to be the publisher of a hometown newspaper which has grown up with its community? Burt Campbell, publisher of the Castlegar News, was the guest speaker at the Castlegar Rotary club weekly meeting last week and revealed an almost forgotten page of both the club’s and paper's history, fielded a number of questions about the present and also speculated a little on the future, all within the framework and banter of a long-established and friendly relationship. The paper had first seen the light of day, he said, in the bowels of the Castle Theatre basement on Aug. 7, 1947. It was an 8%-inch, by 14-inch five-page weekly printed on a gestetner by theatre owner and editor- publisher the late L.V. (Les) Campbell, Burt's father The paper was free. Since that time it has changed its name to the Castlegar News and has grown to a 14-inch by 22-inch, 40-page. twice-weekly newspaper sold throughout the West Kootenay area. It entered a new phase when it was sold last November after lengthy negotiations to Trinity (North America) Inc., a sub- sidiary of a British-based group of newspapers with extensive in- BURT CAMPBELL . +. shares history Workshop helps plan If you are involved in planning or organizing any type of event = from a banquet to a conference or a weekend-long festival — then plan to attend the Event and Conference Management course Feb. 22 and 23 at the Fireside Motor Inn in Castlegar. Sponsored by Selkirk College, Castlegar Festivals Society, Kootenay Region Tourism Committee and the Castlegar and Dis Recreation Department, the Friday workshop is geared to professionals and people who organize any event from sales Presentations to conferehces, course organizers said in a news release. The, Program includes information on contract negotiations, sponsorship and fundraising, food and beverage planning, as well as event develop- ment and planning. Saturday's workshop is geared to the staff and volunteers who organize events, tournaments and festivals. Saturday’s topics include budgets, sponsors, fundraising, marketing, promotions and public relations as well as an overview on the special events industry. Lori McCombe, who has worked in Vancouver in marketing and public relations for the last 10 years, and Ken Smith, who has extensive experience in various phases of management and adminstration and has been involved in tourism, are the workshop facilitators. For more brochure, contact Denise Chernoff at Selkirk College continuing ion in Castlegar. Deadline for registration is Feb. 18. 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Consequently, ‘operations history of Castlegar. are going to continue essentially His father had been one of the the same, with some innovations, organizers and charter members as long as | om sitting in the of the club and had served as publisher’s chair. Rotary’s first president in 1953. In the course of his presen- Burt took his degree in jour- tation Campbell happily engaged nalism at Ryersen Polytechnical in. quips and recollections with Institute in Toronto, and joined Rotary charter members Ed the Castlegar News in 1959. McGauley and Jim Lamont and Then, in 1962, Burt won a_ spoke of early associations with Rotary Overseas Travel award President Don McDowell’s father which took him on a six-week who was a typewriter supplies study trip to England and salesman in the San Francisco Scotland. area. He worked as editor on It didn’t matter if Ed made a the paper and served as MLA for sale or not, Campbell said. The Revelstoke-Slocan in the early senior McDowell would always 1970s in the last W.A.C. Bennett change the ribbons on the government typewriters for the office typists. When his father died suddenly “*He was very popular, the job in 1977, Burt continued as was properly done, the girls were publisher of the paper, a position saved a messy job, and they he had taken over a few years didn't forget him when it was before and which he continues to time to order. He was a darn hold good salesman.”” It is a job with many satisfac- The. speaker was introduced by tions, he said, but in a paper of John Charters, a former teacher this size, there are ‘problems, of Campbell's who started stresses and long hours as well.” writing a column, Just Looking, Fortunately, “both Judy (his Thank You, as a public service in wife) and I, have many comit- 1951 under the pen name EGO, then continued after Les Cam- pbell’s death with the column Reflections and Recollections. Campbell was thanked by Bill Furey who felt that the club had learned a lot from his address, Freputation—for—producing——a——_not only of its own _history—but quality product, as well as a han- the place of a local newspaper in ds-off stand on editorial policy, that history and in the com- while its broad financial base munity ments which gives a balance to our careers,”” he said. In the course of the question period, Campbell said the com- pany, ‘“‘though concerned about the bottom line,"’ has a “Quick! an RRSP Loan!" INSTANT LOANS FOR AS LOW AS PRIME If you need to borrow to take full advantage of your 1990 RRSP contribution, Bank of Montreal makes it easy with instant loans. Just ask one of our RRSP Specialists for details. A Bank of Montreal SERVING YOU WELL IN THE KOOTENAYS! CASTLEGAR — 365-8133 the S.S. 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Img mp8 Brian Lizee sweeps in CosNews photo by Simon Birch Ten rinks participated in the sixth annual Heart Fund Curl-a- thon Sunday at the Castlegar Curling Club and raised $3,492 for heart research and education. The award to the rink with the highest pledges went to the four- some representing Banjo’s Pub. Mike Bann, Vicki Hill, Evelyn Gallo and Rich Shypitka. They gathered pledges in excess of CURLING FOR HEART tone during the sixth annual Heart Fund Curl-a-thon Sunda Uzee's rink won the A event at the Curl-a-thon which raised $3,492 for heart research and education. $1,600 and were rewarded for their efforts. Dave Mcintosh gathered $340 and was the individual with the most pledges. ‘The~-Rob ‘MacPherson rink garnered the second-highest total pledges with $693. The team con- sisted of Rob and Chris Mac- Pherson, Wally Gleboff and Jackie White. Curl-a-thon raises $3,492 Brian Lizee’s group of Arlene Lizee, Betsy Goolieff and An- drew Green swept the A event, while B event winners were Keith and Sharon Waldie, Verna Dawson ‘and Flo Ferguson. The C event was won by the Kiwanis Club represented by Nick Oglow, Shirley Hunter- Oglow, Andy anttAlice Shutek. Bonspiel chairman Rob Mac- y at the Castlegar Curling Club. Pherson said the Curl-a-thon was again a successful day for all par- ticipants, with the Heart Fund reaping the benefits. He said community and business support is growing and publicly thanked all involved. The turkey shoot was handled by Mel Dawson. The winners were Brian Lizee and Harold Baker. Shell closes gap on Banjo's By CasNews Staff Back-to-back wins Monday and Tuesday moved Woodland Park Shell to within one point of first- place Banjo’s Pub in the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League. Shell beat Hi Arrow 11-6 Tuesday and outscored Sandman Inn 8-6 Monday. Both games were at the Community Complex. The wins give Shell 36 points. Ban- jo’s has 37 but has three games in hand, Sandman and Hi Arrow battled to a 9-9 tie Friday at Pioneer Arena. Hi Arrow remains in third with 31 poin- ts. Sandman is last with 22. John Obetkoff ted Shell to the win Tuesday scoring four goals and ad- ding three assists. Dan Walker-and Bruno Tassone were close behind, each with three goals and three assists. Tony Rego led Hi Arrow’s scoring with two goals- Obetkoff opened the scoring for Shell early in the first period. Rod Zavaduk tied the game for Hi Arrow just over a minyte later but less than a minute after that, Obetkoff again beat Hi Arrow goalie Barry Grunerud. The score stayed 2-1 until Rego tied the game with 9:55 left in the period. Three-straight goals, by Obetkoff, Walker and Tassone, gave Shell a 5-2 lead heading into the second period. Rego’s second early in the period made-it-5-3- but -Obetkoff, with his fourth and Bob Larsh padded Shell's lead before Tom Frauley and Mitch Quaedvlieg beat Shell goalie Dan Wallace late in the period to make the score 7-5. But any hopes by Hi Arrow of pulling out at least a tie were buried by four straight Shell goals in the third. Walker, two in a row by Tassone and-—-Waiker—again- completed the seoring for Shell. Kelly Keraiff scored for Hi Arrow with 1:32 left, Shell jumped out to a 2-0 lead af- ter one period Monday on goals by Obetkoff and Grant Pilla. Sandman bounced back to tie the score in the Second on a pair of goals by Cory Day. Walker and Sandman’s Bill Nazaroff traded goals before Obetkoff and Pilla beat Sandman goalie Tim Swanson to give their team a 5-3 lead with 5:23 left in the second. But Don Soroke and Wayne Salekin pulled Sandman back into a tie with two late goals and the teams Switched ends for the third tied at 5- 35 Larsh put Shell back into the lead early in the third and Ross Berkey scored the winner with 16:49 left. Nazaroff brought Sandman back to within One just over a minute later but Shell goalie Rick Rogers shut the door the rest of the way. Walker’s insurance goal with 3:14 left iced the game for Shell. On Friday, Sandman built up.a 2-0 Pub lead on goals by Soroke and Darwin Anderson. Gary Sauer, Jeff Town- send and George Roberts gave Hi Arrow a 3-2 lead before Salekin replied for Sandman. Tied 3-3 going into the second, the teams erupted for nine goals in the second with Hi Arrow emerging on top 8-7. Frank Costa, Keraiff, Roberts, Steve Simonen and Zavaduk scored for Hi Arrow. Soroke, Lyle Stoushnow, Wayne Batchelor and Soroke again beat Grunerud in the Hi Arrow nét. Costa gave Hi Arrow a 9-7 lead with 16:05 left in the game but San- dman battled back to tie the game on goals by Batchelor and Salekin. Jays sign Gruber TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto Blue Jays have made sure their best Player of 1990 will be around for at least three more seasons. The American League team signed third baseman Kelly Gruber to a three-year contract worth $11 million US on Tuesday, making him the Blue Jays’ highest-paid player. The deal, which gives Gruber a $1 million signing bonus and $2.7 million, $3.3 million and $4 million over the next three seasons. Trail smokes Rebels By SIMON BIRCH Editor The good news is the Castlegar Rebels scored five. times. Saturday night against the Trail Junior Smoke Eaters, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s top West Division team. The bad news is the Smokies scored 11 against the Rebels, **We're a last-place club, they're a first-place -club,’" Rebels manager Don Joice said simply in ‘explaining the loss. Dale Bonderud and Mike Hunter, one of five Castlegar Midget Rep players called up for the game, scored for the Rebels in the first period. Corey Ross and Dave Healey assisted on Bonderud’s goal. Bon- derud and Remi Lavallee set up, Hunter. Peter Geronazzo, with his first of three, former Rebel Keith Semenoff, Cory Neil and lan Edwards scored for the Smokies who led 4-2 after one. Trail unholstered its guns in the second and blasted four goals by Rebels netminder Lorin Healy who faced 66 shots in the game, including 31 in the second period alone. Geronazzo, with two more goals to earn his hat trick, Jason Milne and Mike Tavaroli did the damage for the Smokies. Dave Cammock, assisted by Jeremy Thompson and Healey, was the only Rebel to beat Trail goalie Brent Bradford in the period. Darcy Kaban, Mike Szmata and Ryan Esselmont upped Trail’s lead to 11-3 before Ross, from Derek Lalonde — one of the Midget Reps DALE BONDERUD ++. one goal, one assist — and Rob Musselman, and Healey, assisted by Lavallee and Rick Crowe, scored two late goals for the Rebels. Jarrod Beck, Derek Kazakoff and Chris Babakaiff were the other Midget Reps called up for the game. Joice said all five midget-age players will try out for the Rebels this September when the players will be ineligible to return to the midget team. NOTES: Lorin Healy left Monday morning to play for the Portland Winter Hawks of the Western Hockey League where Joice said he will be a starter. Friday night’s home game against the Spokane Braves is awards night. Rockettes face best at coast By CasNews Staff A strike by teachers in Victoria forced the cancellation of a major provincial high school basketball tournament last week but it didn’t stop the Stanley Humphries Rocket- tes from lining up three exhibition games against two of the top AAA girls’ basketball teams in B.C. and the No. | AA team in Vancouver. Richmond, the top-ranked AAA girls’ team in the province, slam dunked the Rockettes 84-47 while Maple Ridge, the No. 4 AAA. girls’ team, beat Stanley Humphries 64-35, But the Rockettes proved they can compete with the best AA team in Vancouver when they upended Sen- tinel 65-58. “It tells us that we're right on track,” Rockettes coach Jack Closkey said. ‘‘We’re now going to move up in the rankings to fifth. We're better than a top team in Van- couver in double A. And against the No. | triple A team, ‘Richmond, we played them dead even for the first half.”” Closkey said Richmond is a for- midable opponent. “They start 6-2,-6-2, 6-1 across the front. They're an incredible team, a most amazing team. They just wore us out, JACK CLOSKEY ++. ‘right on track’ “We've been looking for the tough competition and we -got it, that’s for sure. It was really a wor- thwhile trip.’” Next up for the Rockettes is Creston today at 6 p.m. On Satur- day, Mt. Baker at 6 p.m. On Satur- day, Mt. Baker of Cranbrook, the No, 9-ranked AAA girls’ team in B.C., visits Stanley Humphries for an afternoon contest. Game time is 2 p.m. EMPLOYMENT. PLUS “rat BC : For lis and a Program Deta Contact Your Check the Biue Pages of Your Phone Book. The Employment Plus group of programs is a continuing commitment from your rowinesal gene nitahive under egrgement, and pert of a §28-mithon nals inital Je 4 teamne coeigunice recbiaree become independent By TERRY SCOTT The Canadian Press other's hair. Hundreds of penalty minu Mayhem on Two weeks after its all-star game, the National Hockey League put on its all-shame show, a presentation of mayhem that erupts periodically like the World Wrestling Federation's Main Event. You may haxe caught a glimpse of it on your evening sportscast — the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers grappling on ice. Goaltenders leovins nei crease to tue each Washington fans trying to get at A somos Philadelph audience. It started Friday night with, of all people, Mario the game. Lemieux wrestling with a Winnipeg enforcer named Bryan Marchment after the Jets rookie had elbow- smashed Paul Coffey — a la Roller Derby — out of Fast-forward to of from St. Louis, he has 24 penalty minutes and no points. “*The fans in Quebec are going to love Tony Twist,”’ Jacques Demers, the Nordiques broadcaster, said before Twist’s Quebec debut. A few minutes tater, ‘Twist drew a rousing response with a esting ists wh Caan attecoees 3. J. Daigneault and the Rangers’ Bernie Nicholls. On to Sunday and another stick feature involving Quebec's NHL's dark side — @ striking contrast to the image the league likes to portray for the all-star-game Tony Twist and Boston rookie Shayne Stevenson. Finally to the Capitals-Plyers tour de force In seven games since ired him trom Toronto, Kordl ha ites bites wah a “in tree gotoe sien, Noridques got Twist of tough guy Todd Ewen. Hard-rock players like Bob Probert in Detroit, Marty McSorley of the Kings and Troy Crowder in New Jersey make a legitimate offensive and defensive contribution along with their imposing presence: What hurts the NHL is having its goons Tie Domai of the Rangers instigates a fight, dares people to knock the chip off his shoulder and § Brad Lauer of the Islanders into a seore three goals while Lauer is off ‘shows are filled with admiration for ice shows pro hockey's dark side Domi. In 15 games this season, Domi has no goals, no assists and 100 penalty minutes. In Chicago, Mike Peluso, Bob McGill and Stu Grimson collectively seored six goals and penalty minutes. But the strategy ‘Maybe it’s time for the NHL job. ‘The NHL has made strides in cleaning up its act. Mayhem like Sunday's no longer occurs as often as it once did, largely because a number of bad actors ceased to find employment. seems to be gaining momentum again. And the matching of goon against goon destroys not only the flow of the game but hockey’s credibility as a contest of skill. Professional golf, where a bad early round means you -taiss the cut: rack up 100 penalty minutes, registering at least 10 points and you don’t qualify have appeared in 115 games, assisted on three, and earned 419 of hiring specialist enforcers the NHL borrowed from ne nt gee ddimtinitameldhton ce oracor ee