A6 CASTLEGAR NEWS, August 3, 1983 {ON THE STREET 1 QUESTION: The city of Castlegar plans to hold a referendum which will ask residents if B.C. yao should pay hospital taxes like other corporate citizens. Do you thin! * Ana Macedo Sure they should. If every- one else pays taxes, why should they be exempt? Peter Popoff Yes, well there's no reason they shouldn't pay, they're using quite a bit of land. B.C. Hydro Id pay h Ed Hawthorne I think they should. They # have property here and why shouldn't they pay if everyone else does? Donna Zurwick No, I don't think they should. I feel that it is very difficult for them to make a profit in these economic times. If they had ‘that extra burden it would be even harder and it affects everyone else as well in the long run. Wilfred Borgstede bi Well, I think that they -# should as any good citizen; they should be obliged to pay their fair share of social costs. 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His second seven-year term was due to expire Aug. 12. “I advised (Milwaukee Brewers owner) Bud Selig, as of the search that I was withdrawing my name from further consideration,” Kuhn told a news converence. “My decision is final, irrevocable and emphatic. “T will not review it.” Kuhn opened these meetings with his statement of resignation to the owners and Selig then asked that the 26 clubs vote unanimously that Kuhn's term be until and Selig’s committee has been seeking a Last Nov. 1, when he was up for re-election, however, Kuhn said he would force a vote rather than resign. But he failed to gain the 75-per-cent majority necessary for re-election ever Aug. 12 deadline for the end of Kuhn's term, the action gave the search committee more time, while providing for a smooth transition of Bower: Th “I have always labored to serve the best interests of the game,” Kuhn said, reading from his statement to the owners. “I have concluded now that I can serve their best interests by withdrawing by name.” Kuhn said this would clear the way for baseball's owners to find a commissioner “whom all can support and who has the potential to rally baseball together.” “This decision was not easy. for me. I am proud of the next year or until Selig’s committee can find a new commis- sioner. The move required that all owners vote affirmative. MANAGES TO JOKE Kuhn said he had considered resigning for some time. of p baseball during my time as commissioner. “But I make this decision without malice or rancor.” ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ At that point, Kuhn said he told the owners: “My love and affection for all of you will never change.” Tuesday that Kuhn had spoken with the execalive council about several possibilities. One was that he would conti in the National League — two more than necessary to block his re-election. Those opposed to Kuhn in the NL were New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds. While the search committee has kept its recom- the game under the council's auspices, while abdicating the title of commissioner. Another was to allow the council itself to rule baseball in the absence of a commissioner. The plan to have Kuhn i as secret, several names have been rumored as Kuhn's successor. The first was that of William Simon, former U.S. treasury secretary and now head of the U.S. Olympic however, drew an angry response from some of the anti-Kuhn owners, including the threat of legal action. “It's subterfuge of the highest order,” one of Kuhn's opponents told the New York Times. “An action of that nature (allowing Kuhn to stay in control) would have to go to court. “The executive council can be charged with dereliction of duty.” HAD AMERICAN SUPPORT Last Kuhn's decision opened the way for Selig’s Kuhn won the support of enough The others are Peter Ueberroth, president of o Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee; Jack Valenti, former baseball TV executive who now is president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Dr. A. Bartlett of Yale U All four, however, are reported to have said they are not interested in the job. “To me, baseball is so important to the American public that if they don't keep Kuhn, they should come up with a man inside baseball who knows baseball,” said Calvin Griffith, owner of the Tains and a staunch Kuhn supporter. with bosement. Will trade for smaller home. priced. Roomy, 100° x 150° tuliy londecoped ot, th Coatlogor tn the 840 I bedroom with mether-in-law suite, tdttttilie view of the Columbia River. viet deod-end 5 eae Farol la pertect By CORALEE SCHEUPFER Twenty-one Robson River Otters travelled north to Kimberley over the week- end, to participate in their most successful meet’ of the season. Novice swimmers Darcy Burlingame and Chris Miller placed first in' both their free and back to bring home their first ever gold Girls’ aggregates. Lora-Lynn Harmston, Chris Jason Schuepfer, Sherri ind Jeff Schuepfer each earned perfect scores to bring home an additional five gold aggregates with Ken bringing home the silver aggregate. Congrat- ulations to first time aggre- gate winners Arie] McDowell camp being held The third annual West Kootenay field hockey camp is being- held. at Stanley. ~ Humphries Secondary | Sehool on Aug. 9. Jenny John, B.C. Develop- ment Coordinator for field hockey will head the list of guest clinicians. John, former Canadian player/coach will instruct the senior division. Any girls en- rolled in grades 10 thru 12 are welcome to attend the sessions. The Intermediate division is open to all West Kootenay girls who are enrolled in grades 8 and 9. Guest in- structors are Carla Corbett, former Stanley Humphries field hockey player at L.V. Rogers Secondary School. Savarin received the Uni- versity of Alberta award as duct the elementary division. The division is open to girls enrolled in grades 8 thru 7. cl is well-k: in the continue the search for a And by the Otters have success who brought home a silver medal in spite of a bad ankle ~ and to Bruce Shingler who returned with the bronze medal. Team results were not available. Putting their techniques to work and bringing in ex-_ cellent performances were Jennifer Stroes in her free- style and breaststroke. Im- proving her dives, strong flips and pulls to improve her time was Risha McDowell. Tammy Yanagisawa sur- prised everyone with her second place finish in free- style in the finals from a fifth place finish in the morning’s event. Alana Miller and Rob. gave strong performances in freestyle, Curtis coming in with a second place finish in the 50 free and he also gave a strong, performance in his backstroke. Jason Ready and Peter Stroes also improved in their freestyles. Although everyone did very well, al mention goes to ‘Swimmers of the Week’ Jennifer Stroes, Risha McDowell, Rob McGregor and Curtis Ready for their hard work and resulting im- provements. Congratulations to the good sporting parents who participated in the Rockets food relays. That McGregor their -times in strokes and kicks in freestyle. and .- backstroke. Rob also hag improved his fly. 10fold witha ‘third place finish. Trevor Seville im- proved on. his breathing bringing ins a faster time in West Kootenay area for her enthusiasm in promoting field hockey in the elem- entary schools. Camp hours are from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 8 p.m. each afternoon. Regis- tration fee is $10 and may be paid at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday at the Stanley Humphries gym- nasium. For further information contact Verna Chernoff at 365-6836 or Patty Johnson at 352-7677. Swan cgming out of NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly four months without a victory, Craig Swan had ser- ious doubts about his future. “You keep thinking that you've lost it, that you're finished, that your career's over,” said the right-handed pitcher of New York Mets. “That's exactly what you shouldn't do. You have to keep positive during a streak like mine.” Swan, who combined with reliever Jesse Orosco for a six-hit, 5-2 National League baseball victory Tuesday night over Montreal Expos, threw 88 pitches-en route to his first victory since April 7. “I kept telling myself I was in a prolonged slump,” said Swan, 2-5, who allowed five hits and both runs in seven innings. “But how long can you keep telling yourself that? “After a while, the doubts begin to pile up. I was trying to be patient, but it was taking too long.” The Mets supported Swan with a three-run second inn- ing, highlighted by Bob Bail- or’s winning, two-run single off starter and loser Steve Rogers, 18-6. Roger hadn't lost to the Mets since Sept. 27, 1981. Montreal got two runs back in the fourth inning when Gary Carter followed slump Al Oliver's single by hitting Swan's 8-2 slider over the left-field fence for his 11th homer of the year and first since July 4. Carter also had a single and double off Swan. “He hit a good pitch,” Swan said of Carter's smash. “I tried setting him up, get- ding the ball down and away. He just beat me.” In the seventh, Swan pit- ched his way out of trouble with runners on first and second and one out by retiring pinch hitters Mike Stenhouse and Terry Crow- ley. “He got the outs when he needed them,” Expos man- ager Bill Virdon said of Swan. In his eight-year career, Swan has suffered numerous arm problems, including a slight tear of the rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder three years ago. But, te said, “I can’t blame it on the arm. I'm healthy now. “T've just pitched bad. I've been too tense, too tight. The ball's been drifting up in the strike zone,” he said. “I'm trying to muscle the ball up to the plate, like I used to. I can't do that; I don't have what it takes anymore.” Swam said he learned a lesson in Tuesday night’s game: ‘I won with my body and head this time.” Wil- low pers and Curtis Ready have been off most of the competitive season both Se suas Heston of Don a Panel ok and as oe tain of*Alex Ready, Carol Miller,, Dar McDowell and Gayle Burlingame brought in a-great time of 1,82. For relay Week Wrap-Up, page B2. Yankees suffer against Blue Jays By MIKE RUTSEY TORONTO (CP) — Pitch- ing has been the heart of New York Yankees’ success in the club's illustrious his- tory, but in a doubleheader Tuesday night against Tor- onto Blue Jays it suffered a collective cardiac arrest. The Yankees paraded four pitchers in the opening game of the American League bas- eball twinbill and three in the nightcap — none of whom proved effective — as Tor- onto pounded out a total of 28 hits in its 10-9 and 18-6 sweep before a record 45,102 deliri- ous fans. The wins, coupled with Baltimore Orioles’ double- header loss to Cleveland In- dians and Detroit Tigers’ loss to Chicago White Sox, put the Jays one game behind the Orioles and Tigers in the AL East. The Jays didn't let up on any of the six New York pit- chers they faced. — Matt Keough, George Frazier, Rich Gossage and Dale Mur- ray in the opener and Bob Shirley, Murray and Jay Howell in the nightcap. “This was a rare thing to- night,” said the Jays’ Rance Mulliniks, who collected two hits and a run in the opener and two hits and four funs batted in the second game. “Usually the Yankees have good pitching and usually you have to scratch and claw to score runs off of them. “But anybody can have a bad night, an off night, and maybe that’s what happened tonight.” The opener ran the gamut of emotions for both clubs, with the Jays jumping into a 2-0 lead on homers by Lloyd Moseby and Willie Upshaw and then falling behind 6-2 on solo homers by Roy Smalley, Don Mattingly, Graig Nettles and a three-run shot by Steve Kemp. The Jays clawed into a 7-6 lead in the sixth thanks to a two-run double by Garth Torg, but promptly lost it in the seventh on run- singles by Dave Winfield and Ken Griffey. Smalley’s sec- ond homer in the eighth padded the New York lead to 9-7, but the Jays added a run in the eighth on Buck Mar- tinez’s sacrifice fly and tied it 9-9 in the ninth against Gossage on another sacrifice fly by Ernie Whitt. Toronto won it in the 10th and ran Roy Lee Jackson's record to 8-1 on a single to ‘right by Dave Collins which scored Iorg from second. Iorg raced through third-base coach Jimy Williams's stop sign for the winning run. The beneficiary in the nighteap was rookie Matt Williams, who went five inn- ings to get the win, serving up five runs on five hits, including three homers, walking four and striking out two. The Jays broke the game open with five runs in the fifth to make it 11-6 when they sent 10 batters to the plate. Their first run came on a bases-loaded walk to Al- fredo Griffin and Damaso Garcia followed with a two- run single. After another walk, Mulliniks drove in two with a single to certre. Mul- links added a two-run double in the seventh. The four-game series con- tinues tonight with left- hander Ron Guidry, 126, going against Toronto right- hander Jim Clancy, 11-46. results, see Mid- League owners but came up with five “no” votes “That's going to be awfully hard to do.” orn gret ore ne rs STRETCH A POINT... Castlegar skaters Sarah and Allison Zanet during the C Figure Skating Club summer camp. The month-long camp will see these young skaters practice five hours a day, five days a week. - —CesNews Photo Western Games B.C. threatened By JOHN KOROBANIK CALGARY (CP) — With a strong showing in synchron- ized swimming and s1 ing victories in basketball Tuesday, Alberta continues to threaten defending cham- pion British Columbia for the overall championship at the Western Canada Games. Alberta captured four sports Tuesday to finish the day with 34 points, one more than B.C Manitoba had 20.5 points and Saskatchewan 12.5 Points are awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the province winning each of the 23 Olym- pic-style sports. In individual competitions, B.C. won 82 awards of ex- cellence, presented in place of gold medals, compared with 28 for Alberta, 18 for Manitoba, 12 for Saskat- chewan and two for the Yu- kon. The Yukon does not compete in the team points competition. Susan Clarke tory over the heavily-favored B.C. team and Karch con- tributed: 16 points to spark the women to a 66-47 win. TAKES TRACK But while Alberta shocked B.C. in basketball compe- tition, B.C. won the track and field championship, taking seven of the final 16 events to take 14 of the 40 individual awards of excellence. Saskatoon athletes had a good day in track, winning six individual events, includ- ing the women's long jump won by veteran Diane Jones- Konihowski. B.C.’s performance gave it the track team title and put it into the lead in points head- ing into the team finals Tues- day night. But Alberta beat B.C. in head-to-head compe- tition in the finals of the men’s and women's basket- ball and men’s field hockey. In field hockey, Alberta needed a late goal by Abner Calgarians and Wendy Barber the Alberta team that swept all the synchronized swim- ming events, including solo, duet and team, to give the province four points in the overall standings. Then the host province got a bonus when Karl Tilleman and Karla Karch, both of Calgary, provided the spark that led to victories over B.C. in the men’s and women's basketball finals. Tilleman scored 35 points before a capacity crowd of 2,300 in Alberta's 107-95 vic- of to tie B.C. 2-2 in regulation time. A 16-minute overtime failed to settle the outcome and three five-shot shootouts were required before Alberta emerged with a 14-13 victory. And, on the day John Cur- rie, president of the games society, announced the four Western sports ministers had agreed to continue the games in 1987, Alberta added victories in the women's water polo and team hand- ball, beating Manitoba in both finals. Trail loses to Whalley VANCOUVER (CP) — Wally Wolksky struck out 13 Trail batters to lead Whalley, to a 6&2 victory over Trail, and Prince George East ed- ged out Victoria Gordon Head 2-1 at the B.C. Little League baseball champion- ship Tuesday. Whalley got off to a quick start in the first game with a three-run homer from Rich- ard Bailey. Trail scored its first run in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Darren Dem- chuk. In the other game, Prince George took a one-run lead in the bottom of the third when Jason Trentini walked and then advanced on a double by Tony Beetlestome. Victoria tied the game in the fifth, but Prince George got the winning run in the same inning when David Swan scored on an infield grounder by Scott Currie that was mishandled by the shortstop. : The tournament continues until Aug. 10, with the win- ner advancing to the Cana- dian championship in St. John, N.B., Aug. 18 to 20. Team hoping for sellout crowd VANCOUVER (CP) — Vancouver Canadians are hoping to have a sellout crowd for next week's Pacific Coast League baseball game at B.C. Place domed stadium in an attempt to attract major league baseball to the city. The first indoor baseball game in Canada is scheduled for Aug. 12 between the Triple-A Canadians and Phoenix Giants. The Canadians are aiming at breaking the PCL at- tendance record of 33,905 fans, set in Hawaii on July 4, 1977. A sellout crowd in the B.C. Place stadium, which seats 66,259 for baseball, would break that record. “It would really cement Vancouver Jim Pattison and Hector MacDon. Molson’s Brewery and as- sorted politicians have been lobbying for a major league franchise at numerous base- ball events. Quinn said the construc- tion of the downtown sta- dium being on time and on budget also is in Vancouver's favor. In addition to the PCL game Aug. 12, there will be the old-timers game which will include Hank Aaron, Whitey Ford, Moose Skow- ran, and George Bamberger.