yen ee in eel m . John Chorfene te RITE > Castlegar & District Minor Hockey Is now accepting Rep Coach ap- | plications for 1984/85 season. APPLICATIONS — DUNEDIN, FLA. (CP) — Alfredo'Griffin is the first hitting flaws. Grifin, however, would ‘Phe 27-year-old shortstop for Toronto Blue Jays says he doesn't pick up the rotation, doesn't watch the ball properly, has the wrong*type of stroke and, if that’s not enough, doesn’t get any respect from the umpires. with me to try and pick ap the ball when “T know I'm too eager,” he said. “Every time the ; i fl . ) i pitcher raises the ball, I'm swinging. 3 | ! “Tm anxious to hit, that's the-way-I am. Damo (Garéia) swings the same but he hits .800, 20 nobody complains. If. hit .800, nobody would say anything about REC OFFICE COMPLEX Deadline — April 1, 1984 knitting a sweater, If one knits steadily ruption the job is done and there ia no problem, But if one , ball.’ ie shows infinite patience with the diminutive stands five-foot-ll ‘and weights 165 it.” who is doing half-a-dozen things at the same time, one may k Last season Griffin batted .260 for the American _ releases it,” said Griffin. “I haves problem in : on’t let him change. He e® CASTLEGAR MEN'S , But, he claims, the umpires w’ easily turn up a stray thread which if pulled to lorate its League's Jays, one point below his five-year major league _of looking at the release point, I look at the pitcher and lack of discipline, - COMMERCIAL FAST average, collecting 182 hits in 628 at bats. He scored 62 has become a vietim of his own origin will result in the unravelling of half the sweater. BALL runs, hit four homers and drove in 47 runs. Who cares, says Bobby Cox, the Jays manager. “Whatever he hits is what we want, because he's so good defensively,” Cox said Saturday prior exhibition game against Philadelphia Phillies. “Whatever he hits is just gravy for this club. to Toronto's behind the cage and concentrate on the area where the piteher is going to release the ball.” CHANGES SWING ‘ He is also working on changing his stroke from an upward cut to a downward slash, walks, But tha: change. the plate. Last year in 628 at bats, he produced just 27 one part of his game he's not about to “The umpires know I'm that's close, they call it a strike on me because they probably figure that I don't know the strike sone, I don't think they have any réspect for me. They know I've been swinging at everything for five years so they think I don't know what I'fn doing.” a free swinger so anything Paopao VANCOUVER (CP) — Sas- katchewan Roughriders ap- pear to be the leading con. tender for the services of Joe Paopao, the former British Columbia Lions’ quarterback who became a free agent March 1. Paopao said Friday that three Canadian Football League teams and one from the National Football League a Rider? “There were about nine teams that expressed inter- est in me,” Paopao said from his off-season home in Ocean- side, Calif. “We contacted them to see whether they were interested in me as a starting quarterback or a backup. “I. would like to go to a team where I would have a shot at starting, where I would be competing for the are still in the running. Tu-Dor B Sports Castlegar p.m., channel 13. No. 1 jot SUNDAY FOOTBALL — USFL: 11:300.m., channel 4 WEDNESDAY ». FIGURE SKATING — WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: from Ottawa, 10 Cu-Dor Sports Castlegar WE WILL SELL YOU Only the Bike for YOUR SIZE AND YOUR NEEDS. UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL Vikings win fifth straight title HALIFAX (CP) — Victoria Vikings won an unprecedent- ed fifth consecutive Canadian university men's basketball championship Saturday with a 70-62 win over Brandon Bobcats. Victoria had the jitters in the opening minutes and Brandon capitalized on its first two offensive drives for an early 4-0 lead. But the Thirty one stakes event. will be offered during a rec- ord-long 104 days of racing at Spokane’s Playfair Race Course in 1984, from April 6 through Oct. 8. That's six more days than the longest previous season, the 98-day 1983 meet. The $3,500 Inaugural Han- dicap at four furlongs will MARCH 18 — Public Skating 7:30 -9 p.m. MARCH 22 — Public skating & Marg Price 7:30 MARCH epril 6 & 7 — Making Connect Suggestions for the 365-3386. COMMISSIO Hockey : MARCH 27 — Fitness Demonstration given by Denise Sy! REGIONAL EATION =~ 2:15 - 4:00. Fitness classes are 2 of Aerobic Fitness Modern Dance & Men's Fitness. 8 , $20. MARCH 20 — Public Skating. 1:00 - 2:30. Recreation Skate Progrom ot New . MARCH 21 — Spring Break Ice-A-Rama 1 - 2:30. Complex . Dog Obedience Classes: Start 1 - 2:30. Rec Skate Program ot New Arena. MARCH 23 — Public Skating 10:30 - 12. Lost Day Lunch Hour 12-1 st p.m. Complex Hall. Ex: session to follow - no charge. 31 — B.C. Sports Aid Progam, 11 a.m. Complex ions Family Festival, Castlegar Spring Program — call Verona 2601-6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 hlight opening-night ac- tion Friday, April 6, with the |.$6,000 Au Revoir Handicap at a mile and 70 yards on the fina] day of racing Monday. Oct. 8. The record stakes budget is nearly $230,000, up from a previous high of $213,500 in 1983. Three of the richest events will be offered for two-year- olds, topped by the 39th run- ning of the $15,000-added Spokane Futurity at a mile and 70 yards on Sunday, Sept. 23. The Futurity, for Washington-bred juveniles only, will have an estimated gross purse of more than $61,000, highest purse since the track opened in 1935. The Juvenile Mile, a Play- fair fixture for two-year-olds since 1955, will have two divisions this year, each div- ision with a $10,000-added purse and a gross purse of oieees WELSON We've Cat, Stacked and Bared SANTO SATURDAY) ELECTRIC'S =| Prices te Offer Some Gutstanding| MARCH 24 Savings on Majer @ Appliances,| [ALL ITEMS LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND Lighting Fixtures, Gleeks and ame | Heasehoid Appliances. GENERAL @® ELECTRIC Vikings regrouped, tied it by the four-minute mark and never looked back before a crowd of 5,500 at the Metro Centre. Veteran guard Eli Pas- quale of Victoria scored 20 points and was named the game's most valuable player. Greg Wiltjer, a six-foot-11 centre, was selected the tournament's most valuable Playfair opens $25,000 or more. Open to all comers, the Juvenile Mile- hers, for fillies, is scheduled Saturday, Sept. 8. The Juv- enile Mile-His, for colts and geldings, will be held Sun- day, Sept. 9. - A special day of racing is planned for Mile Day Sun- day, Sept. 30, with the 39th running of the $15,000-added Playfair Mile and the third Matchmaker Stakes at 11/16 miles. The Playfair Mile is trad- itionally the classic handicap race for three-year-old and older thoroughbreds, while the $7,000-added Matchma- ker, for three-year-old ant older fillies and mares, also includes a breeding season to a-designated stallion for the Stingers player, along with being named to the all-Canadian first team all-stars Friday. He scored 18 and had 14 re- bounds. Dave Sheenan also scored 18 for the Vikings. Earl Roberts, a six-foot guard, had 18 points for Brandon, 14 in the second half. John Carson, another al) Canadian first-team all-star, April 6 top three finishers. All racers will be at a mile or longer that day. Another classic thorough- bred racing event is the 7th running of the $15,000-added Sokane Derby Sunday, Sept. 16, with three-year-olds ra- cing 1 1/8 miles. First post times are 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and most Saturdays, with a 1:30 p.m. first post time on Sun- days and holidays. Television scored 15 and Jan Bujan added 12. The victory was a fitting end to Pasquale's illustrious college career. It was the Sudbury, Ont., native's fifth championship. WINS AWARD Pasquale, who won the Mike Moser Memorial Award for being named outstanding male basketball player for 1983-84, joined Wiltjer and Carson on the all-star team. “I am gratified with play- ing my last basketball game and going out a winner,” said Pasquale. “I think that is very nice.” While Victoria didn’t miss many good scoring chances, Brandon played in spurts and at one point went four min- utes without scoring. The smaller Bobcats could not penetrate Victoria's tall two- three zone defence. Richardson heads Castlegar Minor Soccer held its annual meeting on Tuesday night. Although a disappinting turnout was the result, a new executive was formed. Brian Hunter step- ped down as president, but will still be coaching and of- fering assistance to the new ge and gon three’ Triplé\Crowh ' events are planned for three Sat- urday afternoon programs that will be moved up to a 1:30 p.m. starting time — the Kentucky Derby May 5, the Preakness May 19 and the Belmont June 9. . advance to hockey final TROIS-RIVIERES, QUE. (CP) — Mark Kosturik scored the winning goal at 4:15 of overtime to lift Concordia Stingers to-a 5-3 semifinal victory Saturday over Al- berta Golden Bears and into the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union hockey final for the second straight year. Kosturik intercepted a pass just inside his own blueline and sped in on Gol- den Bears goaltender Ken Hodge while defenceman Colin Chisholm chased him. Chisholm bothered Kos- turik enough to prevent him from taking a shot, but the puck eluded Hodge. Brent Kater added a goal at 9:18 of the 10-minute overtime per- iod. The Stingers play the win- ner of the other semifinal series between Toronto Var- sity Blues and the host Trois- Rivieres Patrotes. “Here we go again,” said Stingers coach Paul Arsen- ault, who helped Concordia to the national final last year. Concordia lost against Sas- katchewan Huskies. Taking over as president this season is Randy Rich- ardson. Assisting him as vice-president is Terry Gar- rett. The new secretary is Dale Nielsen. The Treasurer for the 1984 season is Don Jones. The responsibility of the equipment will be man- aged by Norm Austin. Divi- sion manager for the 11 to 13-year-old age group is Tim Wulowka. For the 9 to 10-year-olds, the Division manager is Colin Philips. The under eight age bracket is Wrestling returns All-Star Wrestling returns to Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School gynmasium at 8 p.m. Monday, March 26. Four bouts will be held. They include pro wrestlers Snake Williams, Master Sar- gent Tomko, Rick Patterson and The Warrior. 7th Annual Sale Of CROSS COUNTRY . soccer open for anyone wishing to volunteer. The new season will com- mence April 30. Those play- ers who are interested in playing soccer this year are requested to register at the Recreation Complex on Sat- urday March 31 or the following Saturday April 7. Hours of registration for both boys and girls will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Also on these days there will be a soccer DeBiasio wins yet again Brian DeBiasio, playing coach for the Nelson Maple Leafs, has been named the winner of the Howard An- derson Memorial Trophy for the most sportsmanlike play- er in the Western Interna- tional Hockey League this season. This is the sixth year that DeBiasio has won the trophy. The first time was in 1977-78 while he was a centre for the Trail Smoke Eaters; then in 1979-80 and every year since as either team captain or playing coach for the Nelson Maple Leafs. Selection of the winner is made by the WIHL exceu- tive, based on overall per- formance and demonstrated sportsmanship during the regular league season. De- Biasio's selection makes him the most frequent winner of . the award ahead of Ron Hus- ton of the Spokane Jets/ Flyers, a five-time winner; DeBiasio, 31, was born and raised in Trail and played all his minor hockey there befor boot swap at the Complex. The new executive is look- ing forward to this year's season, however to ensure a successful season more vol- unteers are needed. If any- one requires further infor- mation please phone Randy Richardson at 365-5405 after 6 p.m. g at the Uni of British Columbia in the facul- ty of Physical Education. While at UBC,- DeBiasio played with the UBC Thun- derbirds for five years before returning to Trail, where he played two seasons with the Trail Smoke Eaters before joining the Nelson Maple Leafs in 1979. 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CURLING Readers with excellent memories may recall that the, first Mare DuMont, the founder of the Canadian Dumont family line, came to North America around the Horn about 1863 and landed in what was then “Gastown,” now Vancouver, in search of gold in the B.C. goldfields; that he went south from there and joined the American forces as a volunteer to fight against the Indians in what is des- cribed as the “Walla Walla Uprising” of about 1866. He was wounded by an arrow in the fighting and took out American citizenship, but then returned to Europe where he married and raised five sons who all came to B.C. where they became much respected and successful pioneer citizens, The “loose thread” in this case was the reference to “the Walla Walla Indian Uprising” of about 1866. In spite of our condescending remarks about history studies in American schools stopping south of the 49th parallel, I suspect that our knowledge of our neighbor's history doesn't go much past the “Boston tea party” and the “Battle of Bunker Hill.” In any case, after considerable difficulty we obtained a book which had some information on the history of the American Northwest (Washington and Oregon). It is entitled The Great Northwest — The Story of a Land and Its People, by the Northwest Publishing Company. It is well and interestingly written, but unfortunately a little slim on dates. The chapter entitled “Treaties and Misunderstand- ings” opens with the words: “Ameritans came west to rule. Their faith in Manifest Destiny boiled down to belief in Progress and the White Protestant . . . (but) there was an di in the way to progress, a threat to enjoy- ment. “The red man lived with the land and loved it as a son, not a master. As one Indian said in honor when shown a plough and how to use it, ‘Does a man tear the breast of his mother?’ or a chief, who remarked sadly while putting his mark to a treaty turning over his tribal lands to the whites, ‘The very dust under your feet responds more lovingly to our footsteps than yours. It is the ashes of our ancestors.” In the 1840s missionaries came to the Oregon Ter- ritories — Protestants under Marcus Whitman and Roman Catholics led by Father De Smet. The priests, without families and interested in only the souls of the Indians, co-operated with the Hudson Bay Company traders and acted as a softening buffer between the Indians and the white culture. The Protestants, less tolerant of the Indian culture and more settlement-oriented, were shocked by the “immorality” such as polygamy and shamanism. They whipped their Indians for theft — a punishment that the Indians saw as cruel and unusual. Worse was smallpox, a disease which could be cured among the whites but was deadly to the non-immune Indians, par- ticularly the children. This eventually led to the “Whit. man Massacre” and the end of the missionary era. Moreover, the settlers accused the priests of icity in the and their infl waned, particularly when the Hudson Bay Company moved north to the 49th parallel. However, while the Protestants had ee Wy by irtoonist of the day's acid commentary on usurption of Indian lands. failed as missionaries, they, as agents of the Manifest Destiny, paved the way for increased white settlement and the eventual destruction of the Indian way of life. Thus, from the time of the massacre, and for 25 years thereafter, there were a series of skirmishes, uprisings and fragile treaties by which the Indians were gradually deprived of their land. In 1854 the supremely confident Isaac Stevens — governor, surveyor, and Indian agent — met with 5,000 Indian braves from the Nez Perce, Walla Wall, Yakima, Cayuse, Spokane and Umatella tribes. After considerable pressure and many promises — for the most part not kept — the Indians signed a treaty in the name of the Great White Father, which a later distinguished American judge branded as “unfair, unjust, ungenerous and illegal.” It was the beginning of the end for the Indians. “The Americans were violating the terms of the treaty before the Great White Father had eyen read it.” The California Gold Rush and generous land grants for settlers (particularly those with families) brought increasing numbers of whites to the Territories. When gold was discovered at Colville and on Indian reser- vations, when new techniques were invented for tilling hitherto worthless land, and when the development of the canning process made salmon runs commercially exploit- able, new interpretations — even more favorable to the whites — were made on the treaties. As the pressure increased so did outrage. Several Indian women were raped by white settlers and were killed in revenge by the braves; volunteers under one Lieut. James Kelley took Peopeo Moxmox of the Walla Walla prisoner while he was negotiating under a flag of truce. When a skirmish started they killed him, scalped him and took his fingers and ears as mementos. Indians were killed with no more concern. by the settlers than they would give to shooting a crow. Even- tually it came the turn of the Nez Perce, “the Americans’ favorite Indians.” With good farmland becoming scarce and the tribe in possession of the rich Wallowa meadows, one Oregon weekly made the suggestion (used earlier on the Coast Indians): “If some Christian gentleman will furnish a few blankets from a hospital well i we will be distributing agents and see that no Indian is without a blanket. This kind of peace is better than treaties.” The Nez Perce, led by Indian hero, statesman, and victim; Chief Joseph, fought the volunteers and the regulars to a standstill and then carried on a four-month rearguard action in an effort to reach Canada where Chief Sitting Bull had found sanctuary. It is described as one of the most remarkable marches in history, but 40 miles from the border they were cut off without horses or supplies and forced to surrender. I found no mention of a Walla Walla uprising about 1866 in the text. Perhaps it was the Nez Perce. Mare Dumont’s arrow wound was real enough. In any case, DuMont left his American citizenship and went back to Europe to raise his five sons, all of whom became Can- adians. There is no indication as to why he decided to return, but one likes to think that a man of his character might have found the situation at that time in Oregon morally intolerable and that quite possibly he would have agreed with Chief Joseph, who. in his last speech said: “All men were made by the sathe Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people have equal rights upon it. “You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.” So much for the thread. Next week back to the Dumont Subdivision. My thanks to Bunny for valued assistance. GENERAL MEETING Monday, March 26 7:00 P.M. Recreation Complex The attendance of all interested players and teams is mandatory to insure the continuation o| Commercial Fastball in Castlegar WHY TRAVEL ANYWHERE OR THE BICYCLE NEEDS? THE BEST DEALS ARE HERE... > Girls 6 - 17 years REGISTER BY SAT., MARCH 31 Registration forms available at schools & Recreation Complex Fees $15/$12/$10 Level 1 Softball Coaching Clinic April 28/29 — $20 Contact — Gord Gibson 365-5381 Bridge Results Eight-and-a-half tables of bridge players competed March 13 at a meeting of the Joy Keillor Bridge Club. The winners for North- South were: Joy Ramsden and Judy Sheppard with 94’, Hubert Hunchak and Lori McWatters with 931, Jean Fischer and Phyllis Matteucci with 89, and Don Ellison and Rob Troubridge with 87'/2. East-West winners were: Dr. Ron Perrier and Bill Gor- koff with 116%, Hugh Auld and Gwen Krueger with 104, Etuka Cameron and Clara Johnson with 100", and Jim and Bev Swain with 92%. On March 5 eight-and-a- half tables played. North-South Average was 94% with Agnes Chariton and Bev _ Swain first with 108%, Dor- G FOR WOMEN CONFERENCE “A conference designed to meet the challenge of t March 30, 31 and April 1, 1984 Selkirk College - Castlegar Campus Day care provided. Keynote address by Margaret Mitchell Member of Parliament, on the economic status of women in Canada. othy Cameron and Bette Miller second with 99'2, Rob Troubridge and Sandy Broon third with 99, East-West Average was 84. Hugh Auld and Myrna Baulne were first with 9812, Phyllis Mat- teucci and Jean Fischer sec- ond with 98, Helen Batchelor and Mary Stewart third with 97, and Mollie Palmason and Emile Gobat fourth with 93. 80s" PUBLIC IN INL PLA The Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing is preparing a Crown Foreshore Plan for the West Arm of Kootenay Lake with the of other go’ 9! The plan area includes the aquatic Crown lands (land below the high water including the bed of the lake) stretching from Grohman Narrows eastwards to Gusens Bay and McEwan Point but excluding the Nelson water- ront. The purpose of the plan is to provide balanced opportunities for public recreation, private and commercial development and in- dustrial uses while p ing important envir | assets of the West Arm. 5 Members of the public are invited to provide input. Two Open Houses will be held at the times and place indicated below to present the inventory, analysis and several conceptual planning op- tions and to solicit opinions, concerns and further suggestions. H. 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NVI S aw oe Education. ° PLACE: VISITOR CENTRE, KOKANEE CREEK PROVINCIAL PARK on or TS. ucrrenimaa cage ioebeass S \| | C lle ~\) 7 Fedeto. su 34 4 9e Front contr irom, Philadelphia Eogies @ Ir K O (“a Copies of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake Crown Foreshore Plan AeA : Mewercho pe BSS tering ik (draft) are available for review at the following locations. Public In- ~ ) E 7 f M — = a CASTLEGAR CAMPUS formation brochures are also available. , tn ere dereey Generate cut punter Tim Cut Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 331 — 365-7292 Within the Study Area Neight ring Areas Fredricton mE ee Fito 7 release centre Mark Forest Service District Office Nelson Public Library mF Sale Begins : 719 Vernon Street (4 Sas, x : Duhemel Store Tish end wotaiite Branch 2 9:30 MON., Mar. 19 YOU ARE INVITED ance om Benq, - a.m. bt J ar. 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