Page 10A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, July 22, 1992 Getting out the water safety message «= JASON KEENAN un ts We will fight them on the |. beaches, and we will never sur- render. 4 With apologies to Winston * Churchill, the Red Cross is pur- suing a beach head attack upon needless drownings. “We're trying to get to the peo- ple in the field, where they're drowning,” said Jenny Thorpe, small craft safety consultant tour ing the Kootenay region with the British Columbia - Yukon divi sion of the Red Cross Thorpe, along with local water MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL WY The Eastiggar Sun Cis PRESENTS THE ~ Ist ANNUAL ? ~ 2 « HILL CLIMB = TRIALS Sanctioned by the Bicycling Association British N Columbia = CROSS COUNTRY = CRITERIUM VETERAN - EXPERTS SPORTSMEN JUNIOR - NOVICE 31300 In Cash & Prizes Castlegar 365- 5044 HOSTED BY: , BICYCLE & SPORT shop JW 7 For entry forms and info. contact the Bike Shop Hosts SPONSORS * Canada Safeway ¢ Castlegar Foods * Castlegar Mazda ° Castlegar Rec. Centre Fireside Dining Room « Partys R Us « Pete's TV 365-5588 GUGUST 29 & 30 CASTLEGAR, B.C. i safety consultant Kerry Broome, hosted a day of water safety events out at Champion Lakes last Wednesday. The events included water safety games for the kids, a small craft safety course for local water safety instructors, and an evening water safety class for adults. The kids presentation is an interactive learning experience where they take part in a skit and parachute games to learn water and boating safety rules. With the active involvement, it’s a lot less like school, and the kids are more likely to absorb the material. “We're hoping the kids will go home with the message,” said Broome. When they go out ina boat with a parent who is not wearing a life jacket, the Red Cross want the Children to tell mom or dad to put it on. The emphasis of the skit is the five safety items that are required, by law, to be carried on a small craft like a canoe, alu- minum boat, or any craft under 5.5 metres. Those items are a whistle or signal, a personal flota- tion device (PFD) or life jacket, a flashlight or flares, paddles or an extra paddle (depending on the craft), and a bailing bucket. PFDs are emphasized in the parachute games for a simple rea- son. Last year, in 94 per cent of the drownings involving boats, people were either not wearing life jackets, or wearing them improperly. B.C. has twice the national average of drownings every year. This point is graphically illus- trated in the game. Mr. Safety Bunny and Grover, two distin- guished and boating plush toys, are put on to the parachute and tossed into the air, simulating what would happen if their small craft encountered a storm. The water-wise Safety bunny, who is wearing a PFD in the cor- rect way, can be tossed without loosing the jacket, and remains safe. The not-so-wise Grover does not wear his life jacket prop- erly, and his quick loss of a safety jacket proves to the kids the importance of wearing the PFD. I was talking to Broome and Thorpe on a knoll overlooking the beach, and they were both alarmed at what they saw on the beach. Children were swimming and playing in the water while many parents were reading, or had their backs to the water. “You need ACTIVE parent supervision - just look down the beach now,” said Broome. That is one of the messages stressed in the more formal amphitheater presentation to the parents. At this presentation, the emphasis is on factual information and alarm- ing drowning statistics. And there’s a lot dealing with drinking and boating. “Drinking in a boat carries the same fine as drinking and driv- ing,” said Broome. That means, if caught, a drinking boater faces a loss of their driver's license, a $2,000 fine, and a jail term Alcohol is involved in 53 per cent of all small boat drownings in B.C.. “We're out here to increase public awareness and decrease public drowning.” We want to play ball Two readers question slo-pitch standings Dear Editor: In reference to your slow pitch final stats July 15, 1992 issue, some concerns have come to our attention. we feel that there has been a plot to oppress “The Expe- rience” ball club. If you take note of the number of games played by the top eight teams and our Wola SS Super Valu Your satisfaction is our main concern Enter To Win $500 Shopping Spree Every Sunday In July 3 miles East of Trail on Hwy. 3B club you will notice that they have all played 21+ games during the regular season. Whereas the much improving Experience ball ‘Is this the Soviet Union?’ club had a mere 18 games in our schedule. Had we the chance to play 21+ games who knows where this juggernaut club cold have placed. Granted there were a few games in which our team did not mesh with precision but late- ly we could have been described as poetry in motion. Had we been given a chance to play the same amount of games as the alleged champions our fourteenth place finish would have been a mirage. Red Cross small craft safety consultant Jenny Thorpe leads kids at Champion Lakes in an interactive skit to teach them how to be safe in a small boat or canoe. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan — SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK — Dustin Heagy (I) and Kristy Verigin are this weeks River Otters of the week. The Aquanauts of the week, Shelby Miller and Clayton Bonin were not available for photos. » fs In closing, I ask two q 1) Is this the Soviet Union? 2) What happened to our free- dom to play ball? Yours sincerely, Paul “Please call me Skipper” Lewis — Coach “The Experi- ence” John Voykin — Road Manager “The Experience” Quality Care Dry Cleaners (Nelson) Drop-off Depot Bonnett’s Men’s Wear Third annual tourney to raise money for Cancer Society Sun Staff The third annual Dan Markin — Mark Lightle Memorial Golf Tournament will be held August 2 at the Castlegar golf course. The tourney was first orga- nized by Lightle to commemo- rate his friend who died of Cancer in 1989. Two weeks after the first tourney in 1990, Lightle passed away. “Dan was a very avid golfer,” said his mother Kay Markin. “He was a fanatic about golf.” She said the tourney was a way of keeping the friends’ memory alive, while raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Ten dollars from every entry fee is donated to the soci- ety, and also includes a lunch. She hopes to top last year’s total of $800. “Hopefully, one day they'll find a cure,” she added. There are prizes for all golfers, generously donated by Castlegar merchants. And, once again, the Lightle family has donated a three-day golf and fishing trip to Vancouver Island as a prize. “The merchants in town have been super, and supported us since the beginning.” She said that they have opened up with out er him hits rec Coach Ron Bartsoff, Cristina Steet, Paula Bartsoff, Jan Holden, Sannnon Gienger, Cyrihia Bartaof, Lisa Datchhofl, Susan Roosa, Coach Dave Roosa, FRONT ROW: Carie Plamondon, Shawna Harshenin, isa Fomenoff, Eiysia Samarccin, Karen Akselson, Stephanie Rezansoft. Missing: Takaia Casler The industial Equipment Bantam gits Fastball team would ke to say THANK YOU to the folowing for your contributions and goood wishes during ow 1992 season and our tip to the Provincials in Squamish Co. Lid. And to our parents for their constant support and encouragement. any p! , despite the tough economic times in Castlegar. The five-person scramble starts at 6:30 am on August 2, with a shot gun start. Registra- tion deadline is July 27, and can be done at either the golf course, or by phoning 365-7099 and leaving your name and number. The cost is $40 for non-mem- bers, and $20 for Castlegar course members. Perse buenue Financial Services Complete accounting and bookkeeping services for small and medium size businesses 365-3225 | \ Wednesday, July 22, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Aquanauts swim meet makes a bi JASON KEENAN Sun Sports They came from far and wide to swim at the Castlegar Aqua- naut Invitational Swim meet last weekend. Swimmers from Whitehorse, Creston, Edmonton, Langley and sunny Robson descended upon the home ‘turf’ of the Aquanauts for two days of swimming, and fun. “I just think that the whole meet was well run and was great,” said Edmonton Huma Swim Club coach Floyd Campbell. “They (the Edmonton swim team) are not used to meets being so fun,” he added. The clubs, parents and officials make the Castlegar meet a joy to attend. The attitude of the officials is refreshing coming from a place where the meets and judges can be stressful. He said that the spirit that all of the teams from the area show is a great thing not often seen in his area. “It’s more of a social event than a swim meet. That's just great.” He was glad that Aqua- nauts coach Tom Carew, who he meet in Edmonton (where Carew goes to University), invited him to the meet. Incorporating novice swim- mers into the meet is something else he liked about the meet. “Watching people two-and-a- half feet tall trying to swim is cool.” On the swimming level, the meet is the last really big meet for the two local teams before they head off to the Regionals, this year to be held August 8 and 9 in Colville. The-Castlegar meet is a great chance for the coaches to see where that final bit of fine tuning has to occur. All swim- mers who have competed in at least one race this season are eli- gible to go to regionals. Those who finish in the top three in an event, or beat the set qualifying time, are then eligible to attend this year's provincials in Abbots- ford at the end of August. CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS “It's a little more serious a meet, we like to win our own,” said coach Carew. The Aqua- nauts did just that, winning by over 160 team points. “They were just wired for the meet.” Team members had put up a few inspirational signs at the pool, and were in great spirits. Carew added that a lot of cred- it also had to go to all of the par- ents and volunteers who worked at the meet. “Because of them, the meet fan smoothly, without any hitch- es.” With no delays between heats, everything moves like clock work, and the swimmers are able to.give their best. “Tt makes everything easier.” Carew said that the team is continuing to impress him as the regionals are rapidly approaching. “We're swimming really well, and we're getting quite a few Personal best times.” Clipping time off of previous best is quite a feat in the latter part of the sea- son with all of the hard training going on between meets. That training will continue for the next couple of weeks, with an emphasis on speed work, and polishing up details like turns and starts. “We won't be making any major changes.” Although Carew said that all of his swimmers did well, he did single out a few outstanding per- formances. “Adam Rodgers in the hun- dred breaststroke - he’s starting to get his hundred where he could be a provincial finalist.” Carew also said that Teddy Hunter is really coming on Strong, with solid performances in the 100-metre breaststroke and freestyle. The club beat a few meet records this weekend: in division one boys Adam Kristian set two with times of 37.4 seconds in the 50 freestyle, and 45.28 seconds in the 50 butterfly; the division five boys relay team of Brad Kristian, Grant Mosby, Chris Cheroff, and Adam Rodgers did the same in the 4 X 50 free and.4 X 50 medley relays with times of 1:59.26 and 2:17.06, respective- ly; Justin Phillips, with a time of 1:16.05 set the record in division seven boys 100 breaststroke. ROBSON RIVER OTTERS Otters’ coach Marie Seghers was pleasantly surprised with her teams performance. “I wasn't expecting what we got in terms of performance and times.” The River Otters are also in their hard training phase, and big improvements just are not expected. “Almost everybody improved times, and after a hard training week like we had, that’s amaz- ing.” The kids are doing harder Sets, more sprints where they shoot for race pace times at prac- tice, and less rest time between those sprints to gear up for regionals. She said the hard training real- ly paid off on a psychological level for the kids. “They're starting to see where they're heading. They're Starting to see it’s worth it.” She said the excitement about regionals is really starting to kick in. Seghers was really impressed with silver medalist Kristy Veri- gin. “She had some fast races, and some really good personal best times.” The team will spend the next couple of weeks pulling their stuff together. They will be work- ing on the mental aspects of the Taces, as well as some final fine tuning. That's all, said Seghers, since it’s too late to start over- ok The Aquanauts took first place on home turf, winning 11 medals, while the River Otters took three medal back across the river. Both teams will compete this coming weekend in Kimberley, and in three weeks time at the Regional championships in C olville. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Brendan Halper FIND IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS = Principle Continued from 7A passed and we now have 5,000 M.D.’s unwilling to trust this party and its direction or princi- ples. I don’t think in the long term, you will find this Bill worth the consequences. A large num- ber of physicians are waiting to opt out because they are that frustrated with the process taken by you and your party. We will see frequent office closures in order to ration care before the money runs out, then there will be no physician services. Jon Van Vliet B.A., M.D. Castlegar. 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