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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 20, 1978

“Well-Known Youth
To Coach Aquanauts

By CHRIS HRYTZAK
* Dan Obedkoff, well-known

the coach of the Castlegar
Aguanaut Speed Swim Club,

3: Dan is a graduate of
Sfanley Humphries Secondary
Sthool and was prime minis:
tdr: of the students’ council
for 1976-1977. He was awarded
the Stanley Humphries Trophy
for his achievements as best

eli student in the 1977
duation class,

ss; He has been active in

i nilnor hockey, soccer and base-

bell and played for the Castle-

a Rebels in 1976-1977 and for

fe Selkirk Saints in 1977-1978,
He has also been an active
member of the Aquanaut Speed
Sin Club since 1974,

; For the past three years,
rs has been employed by
"Regional Recreation Commis-
‘lon No. 1, where he has beena
en anda Red Cross swim
Igstructor at the Bob Brandson
Memorial F Pool. As a lifeguard

a acquired ie Award

DAN OBEDKOFF
++» Swim Coach

At present Dan is a
student at Selkirk College and
we wish him great success as
coach of the Castlegar Aqua-
naut Speed Swim Club. :

Recreation News (=)

With Director PAT METGE Ns

Still Taking Registrations
The Recreation Office is
still taking registrations for the
varlous sports organizations
who will be opening thelr
season in the near fulure. If
interested in Selkirk Valley
Softball, Sentinel Baseball or
Minor Soccer, make your regis-
tration Monday to Friday be-
tween 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Also during this time,
persons may register for the
T-League and Sandlot Softball
Program which is sponsored by
The

We are presently attempt-
ing lo organize a spring hunter
training program, This pro-
gram should be of interest to
any persons who will be con-
sidering applying for o B.C,
hunting license for this fall, If
interested in a six-week pro-
gram which would run for two
nightsa week, leave your name
and phone number with the
Recreation Office.

Tennis Lessons

The .schedule for spring -

tennis lessons has now been

T-League ‘program fs open to
boys and girls between the ages
of 6 - 8, while the Sandlot
program is open to boys and
girls between the ages of 9 - 12,

The T-League and the girls
Sandlot program will be con
ducted in Tarrys, Robson,
Shoreacres, Pass Creek, Ooti-
schenia and Twin Rivers, The
boys Sandlot program is slight-
ly different, with teams par-
ticipating in the Tarrys, Rob-
son,’ Shoreacres, Pass Creek

Speed Swimmers Prepare
For Action-Packed Summer

By DAN OBEDKOFF
It’s that time of year when
the winter cold is gone and the
people of this area are looking
th the warm spring and sum-
ther months—a time of year
when the swimmers, parents,
jad executive of the Castlegar
quanauts start to prepare for
ret another swim season.

$ . By all indications, the club
will start training in the Bob
Brandson Pool on May 8, which
will be earliest-ever start for
the clubs 5. .

% The Castlegar Aquanauts
gre part of the British Columbia
Summer Swimming Associa-
ton and compete during the
gummer against other clubs
from the Kootenay Region. The
season begins with a week of
dry! -land training to work out
gome of the winter kinks and to
belp prevent cramps and mus-
gle soreness that are common in
garly season ‘swimming.

3 After dry-land training,

the team begins training in
éarnest in the water with the
goal of getting into top con-
dition for the swim meets which
fake place on the weekends of
duly and August.

; Many youngsters often
wish to join the Aquanauts but
feel that they are not proficient
enough in their swimming
kills, and therefore, deny
themselves a summer of clean
healthy fun. The swim club

sane reraret el

any it who
wishes to join, regardless of
Swimming ability.
i In the past, youngsters
barely able to swim a length of
the pool have joined the club
and have benefitted immensely
from the large amount of
Bractice time in the water. It is

the club's desire to promote
competitive swimming in the
area to as many children as
possible.

Children who do not have
natural swimming ability will
soon learn that it only takes
desire and a good attitude to be
a member of the team. They
also realize that they do not
have to be the fastest swimmer
to enjoy the many benefits of
speed swimming.

The regular training of
speed swimming helps the
swimmer to grow both men-
tally and physically, and it
provides the youngsters with
the opportunity to meet other
swimmers who share the same
common interests.

At the swim meets, the
swimmers are placed into age
groups where they compete
against swimmers their own
age. The age groups. for. both
boys and girls include ages
eight and under, nine and 10, 11

Summer Agenda

Blueberry

Tennis lessons, a summer
program for children and the
hiring of a park worker were
among the subjects of dis-
cussion at a recent meeting of
the Blueberry Creek Recrea-
tion Commission.

Tennis lessons for all ages
and types of players will be
organized in Blueberry in early
June. The new courts have
sparked interest in the sport
and many residents are looking
forward to improving their
game,

A summer program for
young people in Blueberry was

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and 12,°13 and 14, 15 and 16,
and 17 and over. As you can
see, there is practically no age
limit.
Lasi year it was the «
hi d

d and classes will
begin on May 8th. The classes
have been designed to give 10
hours of instruction over a two-
week period, Monday to Fri-
day. With classes being limited
to eight jion, par-

Squadron Re-elects
Commander Prime

Jim Prime of Rossland was
elected to a second term of
office as commander of the
Castlegar Power Squadron,

AL the 12th annuat general
meeting held recently in the
Arrow Yacht Clubhouse, Prime
thanked the officers'‘and mem-
bers whose efforts and co-
operation have helped to make
a success of the past year. It
had been an active year of
cruises, social events and a
first-rate training program.

The squadron offices were
* completed with the election of
executive officer Ron Sawyer of
Nelson; secretary Ab Culley of
Castlegar; and treasurer Gerry
Archibald of Castlegar, who has
handled the squadron finances
ever since the inauguration of
the group in 1966,

ticipants should gain maximum
advantage from this program,
To all interest-

lected as training offi-
cer, George Kelleher of Mont-
rose, reported a boating class

ed persons, classes will be held
in the mornings at 10 and 11
a.m, in the afternoons at 1
p.m; and in the evenings at
7:30 p.m. For school-age chil-
dren, there will be two sessions
to choose from —elther 8:80 or
4:30 pm.

If interested in any of
these lessons, register early at
the Recreation Office.

Also at the Recreation
Office, persons may. obtain
their 1978 pass for the Castle-
gar Tennis Club. Once again
persons may purchase a daily,
weekly, monthly or seasonal
pass with the seasonal passes
being available in junior, adult
or, family form,

younger swimmers
the club to its string of i
pressive victories, and this year
I'm hoping that more girls and
boys 13 years and older will join
the club to compliment our fine
crop of younger swimmers. .
This is my first of many
articles that I will be writing as
coach of the Castlegar Aqua-
nauts and I would liké to say
that I'am very pleased to be
coaching the team this year.
The Aquanauts’ have a
history of success and1 am sure
that we will all work together
very hard this year to bring
about another successful and
rewarding season. .

With the termination of
Terry's Catering’ Service at the
Community Complex as of June
80th, the complex commission
wishes to inform patrons and
interested patrons of the faci-
lity, that catering services will
be available as normal.

‘Trade Fair

This weekend is.. Trade
Fair 78 .at the Community
Complex. Sponsored by the
Lions Club, this event once
again promises to be enter-
taining, educational and un-
usual. We hope to see you there
either viewing one of the ‘many
exhibits or participating in the

on April 29 at the spent
Recreation :Complex and new ,
- swimmers are asked to bring a”
copy of their birth certificate.

Recreation

discussed and the ideas will be
communicated ‘to Recreation
Commission No. 1 staff who is
sponsoring the sessions both in
Castlegar and outlying areas.
A park maintenance work-
er will be hired as of May Ist to
look after the Blueberry Creek
park, This appointment will -

fine enter events that
they will be featuring.
Remember—doors open
‘Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. and
the-trade runs until 10 p.m.
Friday night. On Saturday,
persons may view the exhibits
from.10 a.m, ti] 10 p.m.; when

+ the doors close.

Minor Baseball

The Minor Baseball Asso-
ciation is hosting an umpires
clinic on April 29th. With top
calibre resource people coming
in from Vancouver, this should
be of interest to any person
who wishes to become involved
in the local ball scene as an
umpire. Persons interested in
for this clinic may

relieve
from some of the routine work
and will help tokeep the park in
good condition for those who
use it,

Money for a patrol box

do so by contacting Ken Morris
at 365-7493,
Ladies Softball
The ladies’ softball team is
starting up for the season and

camping

for the Cubs and Beavers in
Blueberry was donated by the
recreation commission. The box
will be available to other,
organized groups in the com-
munity when the Cubs and
Beavers are not using it.

A flea market, hamburger
barbecue and bingo day in the
park is in the planning stages
for June 4th.

The next recreation com-
mission meeting will be on May
11 at Blanche Michelson’s resi-
dence.

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any persons who are
interested in competitive soft-
ball. Practices are now being
held at Kinsmen Park on Wed-
‘nesdays at.6 p.m, and at the
Kinnaird Junior Secondary
School gymnasium on Thurs-
days from 7 to 9 p.m.

As well, the ladies are in
need of a coach. If i

of 69 students from
the three winter classes, with
a high percentage of passes.
Final tabulation willbe avail-
able later, after further exams
have been written for both the
boating and advanced courses.

Generally, the advanced
and elective courses have been
handled on an individual, or
informal group, basis, but Kel-
leher hopes to organize classes
for this next year, so as to help
the students cover the material
more quickly.

Marine ig officer

crease this even more for 1978,
and ask the boating public to
keep checking the marine
charts against existing condi-
tons on walerways, Any dis-
crepancy can be reported to
any C.P.S. member, who will
pass it on to a MAREP officer.

Robinson has sent in over
40 reports, mostly about the
Arrow Lakes, where there are
abandoned pilings and log
dumps, and navigation aids that
need to be cleared of brush and
re-painted. ‘

He was grateful tothe local
citizen who told the squadron
about the light on Pilot Bay
Kootenay Lake, that has been
out for six or eight weeks; a
situation that has made it
difficult for boaters to enter the
bay for safe anchorage at night.

Further officers for the
1978 year ‘include Dorothy
Mitchell of Fruitvale, public
relations; Ken Mitchell of Fruit-
vale, cruise master Arrow
Lakes; Ed Botterill of Nelson,
cruise master Kootenay Lake;
and Joanne English of Nelson,
entertainment officer.

The new watch will be
sworn into office by district
commander Bob Mould of: Ed-
monton,. during the annual
banquet which is to be held at
the Hi Arrow Arms Motor
Hotel May 13.

P.R.O. for the B.C.-Interior.
District, Bill Turner of Nelson,

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Ken: Robinson’! of Trail, also
re-elected, stated that during
1977, over 840 MAREP reports
had ‘been sent in from across
Canada to the federal hydro-
graphic service,

C.P.S, would like to in-

Annual Charity
Golf Tourney

Sunday, May 28, 1978
marks the date of one of the
most enjoyable golfing dates on
this year's golfing calendar in
the East Kootenay.

That's when the EK Radio/
Taks Home Furnishers Third
Annual Charity Golf Tourna-
ment gets underway at the
Cranbrook Golf and Country
Club,

Ron Toyota of Taks Home
Furnishers and Lioyd Hoole of

EK:*Radio. announce: cthat “the ©

proceeds from this year’s tour-
nament will be donated’ to the
Boy Scouts, an organization

about prepara-
tions for the B.C.LD. spring
conference, to be held May 26
to 28 in Castlegar.

Chief commander C. F.’
Mike Dumaresq and his wife
Muriel of Toronto will be wel-
comed here to western Canada
for the first time, and the
hard-working national MAREP
officer R/C E. W. Harding anc
his wife Bernice of Nanaimo
will be here, also, for a first
visit to the Interior.

Administration officer V/C
Oliver Summers and his wife
Gladys of Victoria will be back,
never having missed a B.C.LD.
conference—"it’s one he really
enjoys!"

Turner urged _ squadron
members to attend’ the Satur-
day morning seminar, which
will feature many people from
the national and district level.
an afternoon program is plan.

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In addition to the many
valuable prizes and trophies
available, Sunshine Pontiac
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score a hole-in-one on the par
three fourth hole.

This is open to

Burnham of hal an be sworn -

in as the new district com-
mander during the change of
watch for the district. The
squadron is proud of this. hard-
working member!

Another event for the
evening will be the presenta-
tion of a charter to the Koote-
nay Squadron, newly-formed in
the Creston area.

There is to be a pre-
conference cruise on the Koote-
nay Lake, as a number of
delegates and members will be
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Player of the Week
To be Chosen Again |

Kootenay International Se-
nior Baseball League has an-
nounced that the Grand Forks
District Savings Credit Union
will once again introduce the
“Player of the Week" program
for the 1978 regular season
schedule.

The league office shall
make the for 18

This promotion proved to

be popular last year, as it
provided’ the players with in-
centive throughout the 1977
campaign.

“Player ofthe Week” win-

ners for 1977 were: Robert
Cast Keith

consecutive weeks throughout
the regular season and the
player chosen each week will
receive a $10 cash award,
compliments of the Grand-
Forks District Savings Credit
Union.

Elledge, Colville; John Clark,
Republic; Rory Rickard, Re-
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