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Wédnésday, October 28, 1992

tralia.
beautiful Kootenay River.

ture for Australia.

Lavern and George Bondaroff are pleased to announce the
marriage of their son Sean to Sheree Blanch of Sydney, Aus-

The marriage took place on May 17th on the banks of the

A reception followed for family and friends at the home of
Sean’s mother on Aug. 2, prior to the happy couple’s depar-

Sean and Sheree are making their home in Whistler, B.C.

Sean Bondaroff and Sheree Blanch

The ‘biffy’

“What,” asked Tamar, my
tinted-haired, green-eyed
granddaughter of 18 years of
age, “is a biffy?” *

We were on our way back to
Castlegar from an ample
birthday dinner in Trail and
she and her friend Gelica had
indicated an urgent need to
make a pit-stop.

As a long-established suf-
ferer of colitis, I have an inti-
mate acquaintance with com-
fort stations.

“A biffy,” I said in my best
professional manner, “is what
was known in Roman times as
a ‘necessarium,’ and in the Me-
dieval days as a privy, a la-
trine, a jakes, ‘a drought’ or a

gong.
In the days of Queen Victo-
ria they came to be called a

name graced the man hole cov-

Today, on this continent, we
talk about a ‘washroom’ or a
‘restroom’ but in Britain you
ee ee evel he

_ “Tve never heard the ex-
pression biffy’ before,” contin-

just one

Reflections
and
Recollections

ued Tamar, “but on Hornby Is-
land, there are lots of out-hous-
es, I guess they are the same

“It figures,” I said.

For those not acquainted
with Hornby Island, it is one of
the loveliest of the coast is-
lands, which so far still retains
its casual rural atmosphere
against background of great
forest, magnificent sandstone
seabeaches, and oyster beds
and mud flats.

It is populated by an equal-
ly varied collection of artists,
artisans, hippies, yuppies and
intellectuals, some occupying
the same body simultaneous-
ly plus swarms of summer vis-

John CHARTERS

Winter recyclers out in force
ae

Martin Meyer ©
RECYCLING ADVISORY GROUP

Last April a very worth-
while project was started in
Castlegar.

A group of volunteers from
the Scouts sponsored a recy-
cled newspaper collection
— in the Safeway parking
lot.

A total of about 6,300
pounds of paper was collected
on that windy. and rainy Sat-
urday.

The first Saturday of the
following month volunteers
from the United Church ral-
lied to sponsor a similar event,
followed by volunteers from
the USCC in June.

Recycling
and
You

ers were collected.

However, the list has been
extended to include corrugat-
ed cardboard, paper egg car-
tons, phone books, magazines
and aluminum cans (such as

‘We’d really like to continue the tradition of
having the collection events on the first
Saturday of each month during the fall and
winter period.’

After a break for the sum-
mer the USCC Youth Council
hosted an event in September,
followed by a similar collection
day in October which was co-
ordinated by the Castlegar Ro-
tary Club.

These collection days have
become somewhat of a ritual
on the first Saturday of each
month.

Since that first one back in
April, more than 38,000
pounds of recyclable materials
have been collected. At first
only newsprint and colored fly-

U.S. beer and pop cans) and
other aluminum items. Com-
puter paper and white bond
paper will also be recycled.

We'd really like to continue
the tradition of having the col-
lection events on the first Sat-
urday of each month during
the fall and winter period.

The City of Castlegar has
kindly allowed the use of the
south works yard building
during the upcoming cold sea-
son.

It is located on 24th Street,
between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Turn off Columbia Avenue at
the junction near Ki i
Hall and go one block past the
Bob Brandson pool building.
The works yard building is
constructed of concrete blocks
and has a wire fence around it.
We appreciate that this lo-
cation is not as convenient as
the Safeway parking lot.
However, we still have an
outlet for recyclables in Castle-

gar.
Perhaps this will be some-
what of a test to see how dedi-

cated the people of Castlegar *

and area are in their recycling
efforts.

We are confident that we
still be able to make these
events a success over the win-
ter.

The next winner is sched-
uled for Saturday, Nov. 7 from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This time the recycling day
will be hosted by volunteers
from the Selkirk Weavers and
Spinner Guild.

Volunteers from the Recycle
Advisory Group will also be in
attendance to answer ques-
tions anyone may have on oth-
er recycling options in the
area.

If any service club or other
groups would like to perform
a worthwhile community ser-
vice, why not consider volun-
teering for an upcoming collec-
tion event over the winter pe-
riod?

Please contact Ann God-
deris at 365-5077 or myself at
365-2353.

part of our vanishing heritage

itors.

Anyway, this conversation
flipped me in memory back to
one of my favorite places, the
English city of Bath which
took its name from the still im-
pressive great public baths
which the Romans built al-
most 2000 years ago and
whose ruins can still be seen
today.

They had central heating,
heated floors and flush toilets
as well as gyms and refresh-
ment bars.

These disappeared in the
Dark Ages (c. 400-900 A.D.)
and did not reappear until
Elizabethan times when the
first Elizabeth who was a very
unusual, and even slightly
scandalous woman for her
times — who not only misled
on having flush toilet but on
bathing regularly, but then,
she was the queen.

Some of the Medieval castle,
I noted, when we visited
Britain, had rather unusual
structures which I initially
took to be rain spouts empty-
ing into the castle moat. It
turned out that they were the
outfalls for those afore men-
tioned castle jakes’, latrines,

droughts or privies.

They usually consisted of a
stone seat over a voiding shaft
which discharged into a pit, a
ditch of the moat outside.

Some were cut into the wall
and had a shaft above as well.

People would hang their
clothes in these upper pas-
sages, I was told, and the ris-
ing fumes of ammonia would
kill off the ever-present body-
lice to which everyone at that
time played host.

Since paper had not yet
been invented, hay was used
instead. Don't explain to me
about rough!

There were even latrine
towers in some larger castles
with suitable accommodation
for the various higher classes,
inchading a spring ensuite for
the ladies.

Some also had natural or
artificial light for private read-
the “Lise at Gregory” penta

ife at Apo)
book of the time.

When I was a child, and for
some time after I came to
Castlegar, outhouses, often
sporting a cut-in crescent
moon were prominent across

the landscape, particularly in

the rural areas.

One-holers dominated for
private dwellings, with two
and three-holers for communi-
ties.

In the Depression when pa-
per was scarce, the hard shiny
pages of the ever present
Eaton’s Catalogue was often
recycled through the biffy. But
one thing can be said in favor
of the old outdoor toilet, it kept
one close to the reality of life.

Unlike the air-conditioned,
cocooned and coddled citizens
of today, one became acutely
aware in these biffies of the
cold and biting air of winter,
the close heat and the flies and
stench (undefeated by chloride
of lime) of summer.

The slower, more relaxed
pace of ‘the good old days’ did
not apply to the house with-
the-crescent-moon. Loitering
was out.

Ah, the memories of yester-
year! An entire article alone
could be devoted to the stories
told of the part these simple
structure played on Hal-

een.

The biffy was indeed an es-
sential part of our vanishing
heritage.

Wednesday, October 28, 1992

Jonathan Green
365-7266

HEADING
SOUTH

The Mt. Sentinel
senior girls
volleyball team
paid a visit to
Spokane over
the weekend to
compete at the

_ University

Invitational

| tournament.

Though they
finished with no
wins and three
losses against
three Spokane
schools, coach
Joe Moreira
stated that
“Although we
were 0-3, we
played very well
against the large
Spokane
schools. The
Mead match was
a (two hour and
15 minute) match

5 of exceptiojnal

(volleyball).”

COURT

_REPORT_

The Kootenay
Volleyball Club

| continues to lead

the way in
Regional Super
Volley Challenge
action. KVC

“stayed

undefeated with
wins over The
Brew Shop
Border Bros.,
Selkirk Volleyball

7 Club.and Nelson

Monday night at
Selkirk College.
In other action,

The Border Bros.

upset Nelson

» and beat SVC,
who also lost to °

the Selkirk
Saints.

LocdldSPORTS

Rebels weekend good, bad and ugly

Jonathan Green
SPORTS REPORTER
Playing the kind of hockey that would have made Clint Eastwood
smile, the Castlegar Rebels were good, bad and ugly over the weekend.
The good part was when they hosted the Grand Forks Border Bruins
Saturday and came away with a 5-3 win, their fifth in six games.
“It was the best game we've played so far,’ said coach Garry Sauer.
“I thought the guys played excellent.”
j . ‘ : Riding a_ three-
| game winning streak,
the Rebels came out
skating with the visi-
tors and took the early

, lead on Todd Doyle’s
first goal of the year at 15:26.

Forechecking like they hadn't since a season opening win over Nel-
son, the Rebels spent a good part of the first period in the Bruins end but
couldn’t get anything past goalie Jim Bousfield.

Grand Forks evened things up at the 8:10 mark, and it stayed that
way until Nino Da Costa put the home team back in front at 2:12, a
lead that was shortlived as the Bruins tied it again 24 seconds later.

The second period featured a lot of end-to-end hockey, with the Rebels

reclaiming the lead on a two-man advantage at 11:56, when Bill Brew-
er one-timed a Steve Gropp pass from the slot over Bousfield to make
it 3-2.

Castlegar increased the lead to two just
over 10 minutes later on another power play,
this time on Mark Graff's sixth goal in six
games, and finished the period with a 4-2 lead.

Shutting the Bruins down at both ends of
the rink, the Rebels carried the lead well into
the third period before Grand Forks pulled to
within one at 9:04.

But the tying goal never came, and when
Jesse Oldham scored from Gropp and Da Cos-
ta at 2:47, the Rebels found themselves on the
winning end of a 5-3 decision.

Sauer said the key to the victory was
putting the Grand Forks goalies to work, a
pair that had allowed only 18 goals through
their first seven games.

“I figured ‘Take lots of shots and hope they go in,” he said, adding that
it was a team win.“It was a hell of an effort on everybody's part.”

Oldham and Da Costa each finished with a goal and two assists.

Jesse Oldham

The Rebels started their three-game weekend off in Rossland
against a Warriors team that hadn’t won in eight games, giving up
85 goals in the process.

Sauer said things were looking good
even before the game started.

“We had one of our best warmups, but
we didn’t carry it into the first period,” he
said.

Mike Hunter continued to make an
impact since joining the team for
Wednesday’s 7-6 win over Beaver Valley,
walking through the Warrior defence to
open the scoring at 15:07 of the first
period.

Lyle Feeney replied for the home team
on a two-man advantage just less than 10
a minutes later, beating Johnny Ray up high
for their only goal.

From then on, the rest of the game was all Rebels as the
Warriors offence and defence snoozed for the final 40 minutes.

Nino. Da Costa’s goal from captain Dave Dyball at 14:51 of the

second proved to be more than enough as the Rebels rolled to a 7-1
victory, a score that should have been a lot worse for Rossland.

Dyball scored his first of the year from Aaron Hackman and
Jesse Oldham just before the period.ended, and the final 20
minutes was just a formality.

Neil Schuller increased the lead to three at 14:15 before Kevin
Leiman, Ed Lehn and Mike Hunter with his second rounded out
the scoring in the
final 10 minutes.

Sauer said the
team was guilty of
playing less than a
complete game for
the third time in a row.

“It was a game where we didn’t play 60 minutes,“ he said.
“You’ve got to play 60 minutes.”

And though he’d be the first person to admit the win wasn’t the
prettiest, Sauer said he’s quite happy to take the two points and
leave it at that.

“It wasn’t the greatest game, but we did win,” he said. “As
coaches, we’ve got to be happy about that.”

As good as the Rebels looked against Grand Forks Saturday, they
looked just as bad, if not ugly in an 8-4 loss in Spokane Sunday.
Apart from a six-second flurry in the second period, the Rebels were
never much ofa threat to take the lead, never mind win the game.
Ryan Tansy scored his first of three goals to put the Braves in front
at 11:35 of the first, and it stayed that way until Shane Maitland put
the home team up by two on a power play goal at 15:33 of the second.
But with 35 min-
utes of hockey still to
play, the Rebels re-
fused to fold their
jtents and = gave
” “4 Spokane a quick scare
three minutes later.

Todd Doyle scooped up a loose puck in the neutral zone and raced
down to beat Peter Mattson to make it 2-1 at 12:33, while Mike Hunter
took a pass from Kevin Leiman on the ensuing face-off to tie it at two
six seconds later.

Tansy scored once more for the Braves to give them a 3-2 lead after
two, then earned the hat trick at 15:20 of the third to make it 4-2.

Nino Da Costa’s point shot with a two-man advantage narrowed
the gap to one two minutes later, but that was as close as the Rebels

would get as Spokane scored the next four goals en route to the win.
Sauer said the inability to check Tansy and Maitland was the dif-
ference.
“We had a chance to win,” he said, “but we
had a lot of trouble keying on (Tansy and Mait-
land).
“That hurt us.”
The loss marked the second time the Rebels
had gone down to defeat in Spokane in two
weeks, a place Sauer said the team could be
visiting more than they would like before the
year is over.
“I don’t know if it’s the rink or whatever,” |
he said, “but we might end up meeting them in
the playoffs, so we've got to prove to ourselves
nV time off to peopare for their firet
‘ith time off to prepare for their trip
east this weekend, Sauer said the loss in —, pate tn
Spokane wasn’t enough to put a damper on the success they enjoyed in
the three previous games.
“We might have been a bit tired (against Spokane),” he said, “but for
the entire week we played well.”

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