ee As _ Castlegar News July 28, 1990 LOCAL NEWS SERIES WRAPS UP The final concert in this season's Concert in the Park series featured (from left) Louise Warthe and F jeooy Lewis and Bill Novian). ‘or only the third time in the 32 concerts held during the ast eight years, the concert to be held in the Legion Hall because of rain: weather. Entitled Lifeline, the nes ixed jointly sponsored by Castlegar Arts Council, the Castlegar News and CKQR radio with the cooperation of the City of Castlegar and the local Legion. Financial assistance so provided by vincial Ministry of - Tourism, Recreation and Culture, B.C. Tel, West's Department Store, Cohoe Arts council spokesman and concert co-ordinator Eleanor Elstone back again next year... this is now a firmly entrenched summer tradition in Castlegar. — cosnews proto REMEMBER WHEN 40 YEARS AGO From the Aug. 3, 1950 Castle News A long line of mourners were on the steps of the Parliament buildings to file past the casket of Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King and pay their last respects to the former Prime Minister. Nearly 500 persons were waiting when the RCMP opened the doors leading to the Hall of Fame where the casket lay. * . Mr. V. Jenks and Mr. N. Ogiow at- tended the joint meeting of the Roads and Bridges Committee held in Trail on Tuesday night. Members of the Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Fruitvale and Salmo Boards of Trade were Present to discuss the conditions of the roads in this section of the Kootenays. a The Village Commissioners held two special meetings in the past week to pass on several bylaws which are necessary in order that they may have legal right to lay pipe line across private property. At this meeting other items of business were dealt with including several letters ordering the removal of offensive outdoor toilets and placing of garbage in properly designed and covered garbage containers. 25 YEARS AGO From the July 29, 1965 Castlegar News A freak storm that lashed West Kootenay early Monday night created widespread damage and destruction at the Castlegar airport where every plane on the field but one was exten- sively damaged or totally wrecked. 8 6 Two Victoria speleologists last week re-discovered old original sec- tions of Ainsworth’s famous Cody Caves while conducting scientific in- vestigations on the life forms they contain. They also discovered a new source for Cody Creek within the caves. . . . Reports of recent acts of rowdyism in provincial campsites resulted in the announcement today by the Hon W.K. Kiernan, minister of recreation and conservation, that his department “‘will take every legitimate means to Prevent acts of hoodlumism in the parks.” * 6 . The Village of Castlegar has asked the West Kootenay Health Unit to check the household water supply in the district to determine where the various smells and tastes in the water are coming from. 15 YEARS AGO From the July 31, 1975 Castlegar News The strike by the Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada entered its 16th day at CanCel’s pulp division this morning. . 8 One hang glider smashed into a tall tree at the edge of Pass Creek on Sun- day when his kite stalled and the wind blew him into the top of the tree. . 8 6 A man whose name is emblazoned by vandals on the wall of a number of Castlegar business places — Con- stable D. Lee Danchuk — takes up new duties today at Creston, where he has “been transferred after two years of service here. . 6 There have been five break and en- ters and one unsuccessful attempt during recent days. Tri-X Auto Body, Castlegar Tire and Central Food Mart were all discovered broken into on Sunday. * 8 «@ Area residents interested in viewing the Kobayashi-Berger-Milton comet can do so tomorrow night at 10 p.m. at Selkirk College. 5 YEARS AGO From the July 28, 1985 Castlegar News The Central Kootenay Regional District board agreed Saturday to Prepare a plan that will pave the way for development in Ootischenia. . . . The City of Castlegar is interested in a federal government proposal to have local authorities manage and CASTLEGAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1995-6th Ave. Castlegar, B. Vv INFORMATION market federal airports, as long as it won't cost the city anything. oe 6 Castlegar will play host to a con- ference in August on the most impor- tant issues facing the world today — arms control and disarmament, and conference organizers are hoping for a large turnout. . 8 . 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Kurri scored 474 goals and 1,043 points in 10 NHL seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, primarily as Wayne Gretzky's trigger man from the faceoff cir- cle. He also has 92 playoff goals, the most in NHL history. - JARI KURRI - «+ Off to Italy The 30-year-old free agent said the Oilers offered him ‘‘more than he ever got before,” but not enough to sway him from a desire to return to Europe. He said he hopes a news con- ference can be held next week to announce a deal with the Milan Devils. He has already purchased a house in the Italian city. “I spent 10 years of my life in Edmonton,”” Kurri said Thur- sday. ‘That's a long time. I came when I was only 20 years old. ‘‘I remember thinking I would stay one year and go back to Finland.”’ Kurri said he cherished his time alongside Gretzky, who was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. “You can’t have a better teacher than him.”” Even though he had tough con- tract talks with Oilers’ general manager Glen Sather he said there were no—hard feelings between them. Kurri realizes his hockey career will be different now. He'll play before 5,000 fans, not 17,000. He’ll play two games a week in- stead of four. “I know those things will hit me in September when I’m not (in Edmonton),’’ he said. ‘‘In many ways it’s not a tough decision. The timing is good for me."” He left open the question of whether he will ever return to the NHL. He said he can play four or five more years and some have speculated he will go to L.A. and be re-united with Gretzky. “*Maybe I'll come back when I'm 32,” he said, knowing he is 26 goals shy of the 500-mark in the NHL. “‘It would be nice to have it, but there’s always something missing. “The 92-playoff goals . . . that’s one of the biggest things for me. Playoff goals are harder to get."” Agassi gets ugly with his critics By TOM MALONEY The Canadian Press Andre Agassi likes to: draw atten- tion to himself by wearing establish- ment-flouting pink neon cycling tights under faded black denim shorts on the tennis court, but he doesn’t like being the focus of criticism for skip- ping Wimbledon. Martina Navratilova criticized the world’s No. 4 player for missing the grass-court Grand Slam event, which enforces a dress code of traditional whites. “If | remember correctly, Martina skipped the French Open, didn’t she?’’ said Agassi, following a second-round win in the Player’s In- ternational Canadian Open on Wed- nesday. ‘‘She should think before she speaks.’” A self-proclaimed ‘‘proud American,’’ Agassi believes the U.S. Open is far the more important title. He missed Wimbledon to better prepare for the hard courts at Flushing Meadow, N.Y., part of a Strength and conditioning program that has added at least 12 pounds of bulk to his five-foot-11 frame. “I’m just 20 and I’ve got time on my side,”’ said Agassi, his long blond hair sprung loose by removing the pink-and-black, color-co-ordinated neon headband he wore while defeating Michael Stich of West Ger- many on centre court. “I need time to get my strength to the point where I’m on an equal footing with Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Andres Gomez,’’ added Agassi, the French Open finalist. ‘‘What you’re seeing now is a lot of talent and a little strength. “I’ve got a long way to go. But this might not be my excuse next year (for missing Wimbledon) — my dog might have puppies or something. I just can’ believe how big an issue this has become. Several peers, most recently coun- tryman David Wheaton, have Suggested that tennis players can’t be considered great until they've proven themselves on clay, grass and hard courts. “You're not considered a great tennis player when you're not in the top five, either,’’ retorted Agassi. Agassi said his distaste for travel also made it easier to return home following the French Open. “Also, every time I think about going to Wimbledon, | think about having to wear white clothes and that really discourages me,”’ he said. Not surprisingly, Agassi has become popular with teenagers who are more rebellious than the corporate types in the boxes around centre court. Many young women attended the match Wednesday, then formed part of a six-deep line outside the court. A group sigh was issued as Agassi passed by, surrounded by his burly entourage. “I don’t know if I've changed ten- nis,’’ Agassi said. “I think I’ve added something with the color. It's something different “People should lighten up a little bit.” Agassi has come in for his share of criticism. Even John McEnroe, no Stranger to negative public comment, has criticized the Las Vegas resident for being immature. “‘He’s always got something to say, doesn’t he?’’ said Agassi, who comes across as very personable. ‘I know people like what I wear, I enjoy it and it’s good for the game."’ The fashion controversy over- shadows his tennis game, which he Provincials tough on softball team By ED MIL Staff Writer Pitcher Sherrie Makortoff summed up her team’s performance at the Midget Girls Fastball championships in three easy words. “*Not too good."" Which means the Castlegar rep team won its first game but then lost three straight and was eliminated from the 16-team, A calibre tour- nament July 20-22 in Surrey. And she had more to say “Well, they put us in one of the hardest draws. I mean every team we played, except the first one, made it to the final round.”” In fact, the team from White Rock, which beat Castlegar 7-0, went on to win the tournament. A North Delta squad, which also beat the locals 7-0, came third in the tourney. But Castlegar had more than the drawmaker to blame for its woes at the tourney, said Makortoff. “We also made a lot of pretty stupid errors. That didn’t help for sure,"’ she said. Then there was the pitching, which Makortoff said was the best she’s seen all year, which goes a long way towards i the goose eggs Castlegar posted in two of its four games. The team had just two hits in the loss to White Rock “The pitching there was exceljent There wasn’t a weak pitcher of any team,”’ she said The midgets (under 17-yefrMold) a rep team made up of four girls from Trail, one from Grand Forks and the rest from here, started things off on a winning note beating Vernon 6-2. But that was to be no omen as Castlegar met White Rock next, then North Delta, and closed out the tour- nament with 10-3 loss to Ladner. Assistant coach Richard Rhodes said the girls made a pretty good showing in Surrey considering the competition “There were some wild scores down there. Teams were being beaten 19-0 and stuff like that, so.we didn’t do all that badly. It was definitely a good experience for them,” said Rhodes While the provincials weren’t exac- tly a story book ending to the team’s season, it is tempered by the fact that Castlegar won the league champion- ship for the second year in a row just a week prior to the tournament Alabama mayor tries to quell racial controversy BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Mayor Richard Arrington, trying to quell the controversy over the PGA championship, said Thursday that Shoal Creek Country Club has assured him it will begin considering blacks for memtbership. The new policy probably won't deter from picketi The controversy began last month when Shoal Creek's founder, Hall Thompson, said the club would not be pressured into accepting black members — a statement for which he later apologized. Arrington, serving his third term as the city’s first black chief executive, a clarification of Shoal the tournament Aug. 9-12, when professional golf brings one of its four major events to the all-white club. Three major sponsors — IBM, Toyota and Anheuser-Busch — are Creek’s bylaws and a letter from “‘something more than on paper’’ before he calls off the protests. In Atlanta, a senior civil-rights leader said the PGA protest could ex- tend to the Masters, the most Prestigious of B.C. tournaments. “The PGA and golf are eons behind other sports,”’ said Rev Joseph Lowery, president of the S Christian L Con- both said no member would be turned down because of race. The mayor said he was con- fident, ‘‘based on these good-faith i that Shoal Creek's pping their adverti during ABC and ESPN telecasts because of Shoal Creek’s membership policy. On Thursday, Delta Airlines, the official airline of the PGA, was also said to be reducing its level of par- ticipation. “The entire matter is an em- barrassment to the city,’’ said Arrington, who is black. membership will include blacks within the next year."’ He added: ‘‘The proposed demon- strations at the PGA will not be necessary to achieve this end."’ However, Rev. Abraham Woods, a local Southern Christian Leadership Conference official who has been organizing demonstrations, wants ference. “At a time when this nation has hailed and welcomed Nelson Man- dela, it is absolutely hypocritical when we look at the fact that country clubs which represent the elite . . . continue to operate under white-supremacy Philosophies and policies."’ The PGA, meantime, repeated that it has ‘‘initiated a detailed review, in concert with our co-sponsors, to determine all pertinent information concerning the membership policies of these private clubs."’ put on display Wednesday. Mixing powerful ground strokes with finesse drop shots, he had Stich running 10- victory. yard sprints from sideline to sideline and baseline to net during a three-set At one point, Stich threw his racket along the ground toward the bench — more in exasperation than anger Park tonight. —cosnews photo by Ed Mills but not on the run By CasNews Staff The team won the league championship in the Castlegar Men’s Fastball League. It has arguably the best pitcher in the league in Eli Soukeroff who led the league in wins with 10. It won a money tournament irf Salmo and came close to doing it here. And it has to be considered the ‘axorite to win the whole show when the playoffs begin tonight at Kin- naird Park. So why is the team acting like it has to spend a MEN'S FASTBALL night in a closet with Jason the killer from the Friday the 13th movies? Let’s just say prosperity scares the heck out of them. Especially come playoff time. “Well, every team scares us because it’s really even. All the teams are so close in this league, that’s the thing,’ says Banjo’s player-manager Terry Taranoff. Banjo’s isn’t just scared, but a little paranoid too. “Sure they're gunning for us,’’ says Taranoff. “‘Everyone’s going to be gunning for the number one “(Trainor The everyone Taranoff is talking about are the other three teams in the league — Trainor Mechanical Terry Taranoff hit at a .423 clip for the season. The. batting title will likely assure 'Markin first dibs on rookie of the year honors in the league. Banjo’s had already clinched first place in the league earlier in the week so an 8-6 win over Salmo By CasNews Staff The game may have been meaningless as far as the league standings go, but it meant a lot to Adrian Markin That’s because the Banjo’s Pub rookie fielder had to wait for the last game of the season Thursday to win the batting championship Hotel at Kinnaird Park just pad- in the Castlegar’s Men's Fastball ded the team’s season-ending League. Stats. And that’s what he did. That it was a mean-nothing With a .447 average, Markin game was obvious by looking at edged out Labatt’s Ron Gretchen the starting pitchers. Banjo's — who led most of the season rested ace Eli Soukeroff in favor Gretchen finished with a .444 of Gary Fleming and Salmo gave mark, and teammate Markin's the night off to its top hurler, George Plotnikoff, who was replaced by John Obetkoff. Soukeroff, with 10 wins and four losses, will take best pitcher honors over Trainor Mechanical’s Cam Sookro who finished at 8-5. Plotnikoff was 4-4 As Banjo’s player coach Taranoff explained, neither team wanted to show the other anything Prior to their first-round meeting in the playoffs which begin at 6 p.m. tonight at Kinnaird Park. You're not going to see too much tonight (Thursday). We're going to give some guys a chance to play elsewhere. We'll make it a fun game,"’ said Taranoff. Which is the reason Taranoff, who usually plays shortstop, took over pitching duties from Fleming in the fourth inning and went on to record his first win of the season as a pitcher. Taranoff also went 4-for-4 at CASTLEGAR MEN'S FASTBALL LEAGUE Final Regulor Season Stats w Banjo’s Pub Trainor Mechonical Lobatts Salmo Hotel Top 10 Hitters A. Markin, Banjo's R. Gretchen, Labotts T. Toranott, Banjo’s b. McMillon, Labatts M. Nelson, Trainor J. Obetkoff, Salmo Gary Fleming, Borjo's G. Cain, Salmo 51 E. Chernenkov, Trainor K. Keraiff, Solmo 39 Pitchers E. Soukeroft, Banjo's C. Sookre, Trainor G. Plotnikol#, Salmo Ova-vunaeds NeuU-ounaua, Banjo’s Pub is one scared fastball team. But why? title), defending Sk, ¥ 5 yoke Banjo's Pub third baseman Phil Angrinon gobbles one up during the last regular season game of the year against Salmo Hotel at Kinnaird Park Thursday. Playoffs begin at Kinnaird Fastballers frightened, (who Banjo’s beat by three points to win the league league and playoff champions, Labatt’s, and the dark-horse team, Salmo Hotel, which finished in last place in the regular season. If Banjo’s does make it to Sunday’s one-game championship, the team Taranoff says he’s least like to meet, the team that perhaps sends a little extra chill down his spine, is Trainor. pitcher) Tony Kabatoff it really throwing well right now, and they’re hitting well, and that’s always scary,’’ says Taranoff probably give us the most trouble First of all though, Banjo’s has to worry about getting past the round-robin portion of the tour- nament which opens today at 6 p.m. with Banjo’s playing Salmo and Labatt’s meeting Trainor One team is eliminated after the round robin while the top team in the round robin automatically advan- ces to the final. The two teams left play a one-game semifinal to decide the other finalist Taranoff says there’s no favorite and there’s no star player who can carry his team to victory — though some of the pitchers might argue that point “You just can’t take anybody for granted. It’s just too close in this league, anything can happen."" team.”* Tomorrow's action begins at 9 a.m. with the final slated for 3 p.m. A concession and beer garden will be operating and admission to the park is free “They'd Rookie wins batting title the plate and had two RBIs as Banjo’s scored three runs in the. first inning and added another four in the fifth to hand Obetkoff his ninth loss of the year. Both teams had eight hits Obetkoff, who was sixth in the league batting title race with a 358 average, went 3-for-3 with two singles and a triple. He also scored a run and had an RBI to lead Salmo offensively. The loss drops Salmo’s record to 7-13-1, last place in the four-team league. But every team makes the playof- fs. ADRIAN MARKIN + + «first year sensation