as April 3, 1901 LOCA Rainsville wins service award service award president Don well. By JOHN CHARTERS Barbara Rainsville, of Castlegar is the 1991 winner of the Rotary Club’s Service Award. " Presented annually to a person in the’ service field in Castlegar and district, this coveted award is given both in r of ) Is p wards chairman Dave Williams (left) and d with the 1991 Rotary Club nominations this year, Barbara's name came up’so often that we had no difficulty in making the selegé tion"? 4 She got only met all of the requirements for the service award but ‘‘she does an outstanding job on educating the public in the proper courtesy, exemplary standards and efficiency, and with a view to setting high examples to others in the service industry in the area. The presentation was made March 26 at a ladies’ night dinner at the Sandman Inn in the presence of a large number of Rotary Anns, Rotary exchange students, Rotarians, including Rainville’s husband, Claude, and visitors. In making the presentation, awar- ds chairman Dave Williams said that “‘while there were quite a number of Writer visits college Acclaimed Canadian author Joy Kogawa is spending a week -at Selkirk College’s Castlegar campus as writer-in-residence from April 9 to This important occasion will be of benefit to the local writing com- munity as well as to college students and faculty since time has been allotted for Kogawa to meet privately with anyone interested in discussing his or her writing with this award- winning author, the college said in a news release. Kogawa has publ volumes of use of drugs,”’ Williams said. He noted that there are more than 2,000 deaths annually in North America directly related to the im- Proper use of prescription drugs. The first of the service awards was presented five years ago to Scottie Tait of Scottie’s Marina, followed by Linda Swanson of the Castlegar Safeway store, Marcia Palmer of Mitchell's Hardware and Kay Mealing of the Castlegar Library. Each recipient has his or her name inscribed on a shield which is kept for one year, plus a personal plaque. College, Kogawa will meet with a Canadian Literature class April 9 at 10 a.m. in Room L-12. The public is invited to attend this class. Later, at 7 p.m., she will read from her work in the staff lounge. This reading is also open to the public On the mornings of April 10, 11 and 12, Kogawa will have open of- fice hours to meet with local writers at the Castlegar campus. She will read at Mount Sentinel secondary school in South Slocan, the afternoon of April 9. poetry and childrens stories and novels, but her most famous work is the novel Obasan, the fictional story of Japanese-Canadian internment set in the Slocan Valley during the Second World War. For Obasan, Kogawa was awarded the Books in Canada First Novel award and the Canadian Authors Association Book of the Year award. Obasan was called a “‘tour de force, a deeply felt novel, brilliantly poetic in its sen- sibility,” by the New York Times Book Review. During her week at Selkirk FOR THE RECORD An article in the Castlegar News special Update '91 editior under the headline ‘Golf club focuses on quality,’’ the Castlegar and District Golf Club appears to be owned by Brian and Myra Stevens. The article should have read that Brian and Myra Stevens operate the club house under a seasonal contract awarded annually Dental THE DENTAL April is .. baby your teeth. Health . 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You can tell if an organization is media-wise by how many times they or their events ‘appear in the Paper, Most don’t follow it as closely as 1 do, but in the winter it's the Castlegar Figure Skating Club and local rep hockey teams who most often get the ink. During the summer the runaway winner, is the Robson River Ot- ters swim club whose every. move is covered in the News. The peachy thing about being used properly is, for the most part, I really don’t havé to do a thing. It’s great, keeps my over- time way down, the boss thinks I’m a star, and I have more time to pursue dubious after-hours ac- tivities. On the other hand, what I'm often obliged to do is field com- plaints from other groups won- dering why their activities aren’t covered with such amazing regularity I cover the sports events and teams I think most people are interested in, or that inherently] have the greatest news value — like the Midget AA hockey Pprovincials in Nelson this week which falls into both the interesting and inherently valuable categories. OK, I'm not a teacher, but just so it’s on the record, (and so I can make photocopies of this column and hand them out to people who gripe), I'll run through media manipulation in point form so everyone can do it if they want. Maybe, and let's keep this between me and you, I can cover everything that’s happening in the city and never leave my posh executive office. Point one: Obviously you have to have a local team, event or athlete who's going to or has already participated in some event. Point two: Get a pad, a piece of paper, a match pack, a friend’s back, and write down (accurately please) what hap- pened —..who, what, when and where, (why, if you want but it’s not necessary) — and hey! you're a journalist. Point three: Bring your written masterpiece - to my posh executive office, (if you've seen my office, or rather my space, you know -this is a joke) hand it over, then hang around so I can ask questions. Or just put your phone number on the infor- mation so I can get back to you if I need to. Bonus point: Photos are a big bonus. Just take a look at the summer issue of the Castlegar News and watch Kathy Verigin’s photos of swimming which usually appear once a week. If you can take good photos (we have a camera you can use), the chances increase immensely that your story will get better play. More bonus points: Reach out and touch me — give me’a call and tell me the five W's and’ I’ll probably cover whatever it is you have in mind. Yes, 1 will edit most. written material. No, not just because I'm egotistical (but I am, so about media — and if you don’t know you probably won't do it. sense to me. Midgets moving closer DaCosta leading the way By ED MILLS Staff Writer After a opening game scare, the Castlegar Midget Reps have settled nicely into their role as one of the favorites at the 11-team Midget AA provincial hockey championships in Nelson. The Reps are unbeaten in three games in the sound robin portion of the tour ent and can clinch a berth into Thursday’s semi-finals by winning either of their last two games. “I’m not sure that we're tournament favorites -yet,’’ said Castlegar co-coach Paul Phipps Tuesday night, ‘‘but we're certainly representing the West Kootenay well.”* Since coming from behind to beat Fernie 7-6 in their opener Sunday at the Nelson Civic Centre — where all the games are played — the Reps have turned it into high gear and taken control of their six team division. The Reps beat 100 Mile House 5-2 Monday then hammered Port McNeil — the North Island representatives — 8-3 yesterday. Castlegar played Salmon Arm, which is also undefeated, today at 12:30 p.m. Results were not available at press time. The Reps conlude the round robin against Whitehorse tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. With a hat trick in Castlegar’s first two games and 14 points in three games, centreman Nino DaCosta has proVided the power that is driving the reps. DaCosta had six Assists, i the third period, in the win over Port McNeil. Johnny Strilaeff, who plays on a line with DaCosta and Hunter, also assisted on Hunter’s four in a row and scored one himself. Jarrod Beck, Derek Lalonde and Derek Kazakoff got Castlegar’s other goals against Port McNeil. DaCosta was the story again Monday afternoon as he got his second hat trick in as many games and virtually broke the back of 100 Mile House by scoring two short- handed goals while killing the same two minute penalty ‘in the second period. Beck and Kazakoff got Castlegar’s other goals in that game. In their opener Sunday the Reps blew a 3-0 first period lead and were 1g 5-4 in the third period before coming back to beat Fernie. Hunter scored once and set up three goals for Castlegar, including the winner by Chris Babakaiff, while Beck had two goals and assist. “The whole team’s just playing excellent right now,” said Hunter, who plays on DaCosta’s right side. “Goalies, defence forwards, it’s all just clicking. “We expect to go all the way, if we don’t blow it,”” he said. So far, Phipps has been rotating goaltenders in the provincials with Vaughn Welychko playing game one and three and Joel Audet starting game two. Phipps says as long as the team continues to skate like it has been, the goals will follow. *That’s the reason they are able to do the scoring, everyone on the team is skating and doing their job, setting it up for those people to score,” said Phipps. Castlegar’s chief rivals at the tourney, the Nelson Midget Reps and the Vancouver representative from four in row as Mike Hunter scored four times in a 2:53 second span of Hastings, are ed to be the two teams that advance out of the tournament's other division. Rep pleyers Nino DaCosta (far left) and Johnny Striloett (far - pry loose he puck from a 100 Mile House player in their second game of the pane championships Monday night at the Nelson Civic Centre. C CosNews photo by Ed Mills ‘astlegar won Pair learn truth of cliches Paying dues in JuniorA By ED MILLS Staff Writer . Paying your-dues-and-the-numbers game may be sports cliches, but David Vecchio and Kevin Rilcof now know what they really mean. Both Castlegar natives have lived through those cliches in their debut season in Junior A hockey with the Vernon Lakers of the B.C. Junior Hockey League. If anything, Vecchio and Rilcof, who played together on the Junior B Castlegar Rebels last season, have discovered that the jump to Junior A is really a jump, not a hop. The best thing, and worst thing as it turns out, is that the two play fora pretty good team. On the up side, the defending Tier Two Junior A hockey champions finished knocking off Powell River last night to win the BCJHL crown and will now meet Prince George for the provincial junior hockey title. If they beat Prince George as expected, the team will be just a step away from going back to the Bozek VANCOUVER (CP) — In the kingdom of upsets and near upsets. Vancouver Canucks winger and Castlegar native Steve Bozek is a ¢rown prince. Bozek has played on the winning | li ite rfl “li a | i i il DAVID VECCHIO +++ ponders Princeton Centennial Cup whic] Sudbury, Ont. early ; On the down sjde, playing for a successful té especially when you're the two youngest players on that team, means success can be a black-shrouded blessing. Which is the way it’s been for both Rilcof and Vecchio, but especially Rilcof, who has seen limited ice time over the last half of the season and in the playoffs. “It was kind of a frustrating year for me,’’ said Rilcof from the home of his billets in Vernon, where Vecchio also boards. knows it to the Oilers on Steve Smith's infamous blooper goal. The Flames finished 30 points behind Edmonton, that differential representing the league’s fourth biggest surprise. “I started out playing a regular shift quite often, a lot of ice time and stuff. Things were going OK and they were really good with me when I was struggling,’’ said Rilcof, who turned 18 last month. “I played quite a bit for a couple of months, then we got a new defenceman in so he took over my spot basically. Since then I’ve got limited action, as a fourth line right winger or left winger. It’s been a similar experience, but to a lesser degree, for Vecchio, who will turn 19 this year, Vecchio said he couldn’t have asked for anything more when he first got to the Lakers. “Actually the jump is pretty big but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. (Lakers coach) Eddie Johnston threw me out on the first line with these two incredible hockey players (Jason Elders and Terry Klapstein) and that made my jump a lot easier. “| played there (on that line) for the first 25 games or so, I was getting some points and I thought, playing well. thought I was going to have a really excellent season. “Then they made a couple of trades. We had a young team at the beginning of the year, now we have at least 10 20-year-olds, so you kind of get moved down. The difference in Rilcof’s and Vecchio’s experience with the Lakers is reflected in their stats. In 55 regular season games Vecchio scored 14 goals and had 23 assists. Rilcof had no goals and eight assists in 54 games. Vecchio has a goal and an assist in 12 playoff games while Rilcof’s played in nine games and has one goal. Vecchio says he’d be happy to play for the Lakers next year, but would prefer to make the move to college hockey as soon as possible. He’s currently awaiting word on a scholarship from Princeton University. Rilcof is definitely planning on making his mark in Vernon, though he too is looking for a U.S. scholarship down the road Lakers general manager Mel, Lis, who made several trades this season to bolster his struggling hockey club into Centennial Cup contenders, said Rilcof and Vecchio both have a place with the Lakers next season if they want it “They got caught in a numbers game, yeah, but they’ve paid their dues and next year they’re going to be stronger, bigger and they'll know what to expect from the league. It’s a learning process for them but they’re great kids,”’ said Lis. about upsets that has to happen is the underdog has to win early. In the three: series we've talked about, our team won the first game in the other team's building. ““All of the sudden, they're putting $0 much emphasis on that second game, they might get pulled out of ‘The Canucks this year finished 37 points behind Los Angeles in .the Division. feels they can beat the our total focus is on the ound, But for them, it might be In Bozek's rose-colored scenario, the Canucks will rally around their underdog status while-the Kings will somehow become flustered and fall apart “Who knows?’’ suggested Bozic. “‘Maybe if the going gets tough, everybody on their team will start looking to Gretzky to pall it out by himself. viously if they’re playing at their » they're better than our best. But if we can get thet playing like a group of individuals While we have everybody going, everybody playing desperate hockey, evetybody jelling into a real team, I think we can beat them."" Response boggles Rebels By ED MILLS Staff Writer Applications have .come in from every province and from as far away as New York for the vacant-coaching-position—on_the Castlegar Rebels Junior B hockey team President of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League team Russ Rilcof says he can’t believe the response. “I've got calls from every Province, two from Montreal two from Toronto, one from Nova Scotia, even New York, it’s mind boggling,”’ he said. “T've got guys citing references like (Buffalo Sabres coach) Rick Dudley and (former Toronto Maple Leafs coach) John Brophy, it’s incredibie,"* Prospective coaches have included one who’s worked with Canada’s national hockey team and another who’s done his apprenticeship as the assistant coach for the hockey team at the University of Lethbridge. All told, Rilcof said Monday that he’s received four written applications for the job and about 16 phone calls, and more come in daily. The coach’s job became open when Ed Cooper, who coached the team for the last two years, resigned at the end of this season citing personal reasons. The Rebels missed the playoffs for the third straight year this season. Rilcof attributes the national out,” sid Rilcof, who is going into his second year as team president.