February 16, 1991 82 _ Castlegar News February 16, 1901 LOCAL NEWS WINTER GAMES BOUND Oates ha ppy Cas B.C. Winter Games. In and alpine skiing, weightlifting. Midget Rep: rs are among the 41 athletes from the ci heetieg te Ceeen next week for the ee Sddition to hock wd the c! @) will figure pt Tha and basketball. The games get se bbe Thursday. — ics pth Lafleur hits road for last time CHICAGO (CP) — Guy Lafleur, the National Hockey League’s premier star a decade ago, says he will make one last road trip for the Quebec Nordiques before retiring for Lafleur, 39, was to have played only home games for the rest of this season, but injuries forced the Nor- diques to take the right winger along on a six-game western road trip that began Thursday night in Chicago. “I owe it the many fans in Western Canada who supported me throughout my career,”’ said Lafleur, who will make stops in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Calgary and Edmonton. “I had assumed I wouldn’t be travelling any more,’’ Lafleur said. “So did my wife. “She was counting on me to help finish_ moving in to our new house. So I told her the work had better be done by the time I get back.” Lafleur, who scored 50 or more goals in six consecutive seasons for the Montreal Canadiens, said he has fond memories from each of the arenas he will visit. 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I’ve felt that way for a year now.”” Lafleur is to move a front of- fice job with the Nordiques that he insists will not be full-time public relations. “T'll supervise special projects and serve as a .liaison between management and players,’ Lafleur said, ‘‘The Nordiques have a lot of projects in mind so I'll do very little public relations."’ playing second fiddle to Hull One of the ironies of the recent NHL all-star game was that Adam Oates got to play only because Brett Hull, the man he has helped make famous, couldn't. Hull, the NHL's top goal-scorer, was injured so Oates, his centre with the St. Louis Blues, was named as his replacement. All Oates did was set up five goals in the mid-season showcase. When league play resumed, he collected 12 assists in three games and was named NHL player of the week. Had Hull not been injured, Oates wouldn’t have been able to strut his stuff with the all-stars. Life’s like that for Oates, who performs =f conference sporting such domina! centres as Wayne Gretzky, Steve Yzerman and Mark Messier. Even on his own team he plays second fiddle, to Hull. After scoring 72 goals last year, Hull had 59 in his first 56 games this season. Oates helped to set up 25 of them. On most other teams, Oates would get top billing. But the 28-year-old from Toronto doesn’t mind the at- tention lavished on the Golden Brett. “1 don’t have any problems at all with that,”’ says Oates, who took a 10-game scoring streak — good for 29 points — into Thursday’s game in Vancouver. ‘‘I’m very close. with Brett, and he’s a legitimate star."’ A straight-faced sort, Oates doesn’t go looking for accolades. Last season, his first with St. Louis after four in Detroit, Oates set up 23 of Hull’s goals, mostly on the power play since they played on different lines. Oates finished with 23 goals and 79 assists for 102 points in 80 games. This year, he’s missed 19 games — 18 of them with a ‘aa stomach muscle — which makes his perfor- mance this season all that more in- credible. He has 15 goals and 57 assists in just 38 games and is second only to Gretzky in average points per game. Oates is developing into one of the league’s best set-up men, and the wide disparity between his goal and assist totals attests to that. For Oates, it has always been that way. In Tier 2 junior, he helped Steve Thomas, now with the Chicago Blackhawks, score 51 goals. In college, his playmaking boosted John Carter, now with the Boston Bruins, to 43 goals. Playing on the second line behind Yzerman in Detroit, Oates provided most of the passes as Petr Klima and Dave Barr had career goal-scoring seasons. “‘Wher you have a set-up man, you've got to have a guy who can put the puck in the net,” Oates says. “But we're not one-dimensional. Hully can pass the puck, too. “I think I can score goals, too, but we go to our strengths.’’ For Oates, who considered joining Edmonton before signing as a free agent with Detroit in 1985, his strength is passing — and it comes naturally. “I’ve always preferred to make a pass than score. Obviously Hully’s a great goal-scorer and we all have our roles, so we both like to make the right decision.” Hull calls Oates one of the three best centres in the NHL and says his linemate doesn’t get the credit he deserves. “I've been over that a million times,’’ Hull says. ‘‘Him and (Blues defenceman Paul) Cavallini are the most under-rated players in the NHL. They're the key to our suc- cess.’” hockey to come out on top 6-3. Lalonde to end the first 1-1. Aaron Voykin earned the assists. Castlegar Midget Reps topped Fernie in an exhibition game Friday evening, and played good Fernie started the scoring early in the first period but Castlegar came back with a goal by Derek lino Da Costa and In the second period, Castlegar started off the scoring with a goal by Johnny Strilaeff, assisted by Jeff Evdokimoff and Voykin. Fernie came back with one to end the second period tied 2-2. Scoring in the third for Castlegar were Voykin REGISTRATION 7 DAYS/WEEK RED CROSS, PRESCHOOL & ADULT SWIM LESSONS — begin Mon.. = is still room in most classes. SENIORS APPRECIATION DAY — Wed., Feb. 20 25% off 1:20-9:00 p.m. Join us for rfreshments, games and fun. KIDS WET, WILD & WACKY SWIM — Will be held Friday, Feb. 22. Colin ‘all kids 7-15 yrs. for fun, special water and other wacky activities. 5-6:30 p. MOVIE NIGHT (12-15 YRS.) — Fri., Feb. 22 from 8:30-10:00 p.m. FREE at the complex. T-SHIRT PAINTING — Thursday, Feb. 21, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $5.00. Regi: Phone 365-3386 — 2101-6th Ave., today! iinaetane note School Ski with top instructors every Wednesday in a format thot allows you to relax while being challenged. Includes wine and cheese reception and 2°hours of instruction each week, with Lift Tickets: Add four or more ladies per group. Nat 45 Rental Equipment: Add $14/Day Sponsored by SuperValu & Brights Wine valida armor iiptes-soemup binitharha heme Haye yeas. the Red KinderCare is 4 consecutive W. of daycare for the Price of 3. Hours: 12:30-4:00 p.m. Cost: $31.50 Dates: Feb. 20, 27 & March 6813 SPRING SESSION Feb. 20, 27 & March 6 & 13 Time: Meaamgey 1-3 p.m. LADIES: Come out and ski in a fun & friendly environment! history. “I can take care of my family, be happy and enjoy myself,” McGriff said in a conference call with repor- ters from his home in Tampa, Fla. The deal is worth $15.25 million over four years, including a $1 million signing bonus. The contract has an option for 1995 that could make the package worth $19 million. McGriff, who made $1.45 million last year with the Toronto Blue Jays, the netminding. Games Feb. 21-24. assisted by Da Costa and Strilaeff. Mike Hunter, from Dustin Rilcof and Jarrod Beck, scored Castlegar’s fourth goal followed by Strilaeff, with his second of the game, assisted by Voykin and Da Costa. The final goal of the game came from Jarrod Beck, assisted by Derek Kazakoff and Griffin Augustin. Joel Audet and Vaughn Welychko shared Castlegar’s next home game is Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. against Trail at the Community Complex. The team heads to Duncan to participate in the B.C. Winter Midget Reps double Fernie in exhibition ATOM ALL-STARS shutout. and Eric Perrier. The Castlegar Atom All-stars put in a solid team effort Feb. 9 shutting out Beaver Valley Atoms 8-0. It was the fifth straight game without a loss for Castlegar. David Evdokimoff got credit for the The line of Brian McCormack, Brad Bartsoff and Brad Abietkoff combined for nine points. McCormach had four goals while Bartsoff added four assists and Abietkoff one goal. Reed Byers and Jay Antignani each had a goal and an assist. Ryan Davis rounded out the goal scoring. David Bell had two assists with single assists going to Ryan Biller, Scotty Carlson, Ryan Leckie The defence of Cory Quiding, Wayne Markin, Biller and Carlson played a solid game in helping preserve the shutout. The referee called 17 penalties in the game, 14 of them to Beaver Valley. ‘The All-stars travel to Beaver Valley on Saturday to take on a pee wee house team at 12:45 p.m. Lucy Ellen Eaton, who at 85 years of age and with 11 volumes of prose and poetry to her credit, plus a 12th (of poetry), The Greatest of These, just completed, must be one of Castlegar’s most prolific and senior writers. The following anecdote, edited to meet the limits of column ‘space, is a recently written look at an earlier and more difficult time, familiar to a number of older citizens everyw! “ She calls it The Case of the Missing Farm. ‘The Case of the Missing Farm by Lucy Ellen Eaton Case tractor display stirs up memories of ‘Dirty 30's' hardships Reflections and ecollections By John Charters A well-polished Case tractor of the De era caught my eye as I sat down on a bench in an Abbotsford Mall. It was on display as a reminder of days gone by. Not that this machine was my reason for sitting there; 1 merely wished to rest my feet and parcels while my daughter-in-law finished her shopping. Then I noticed a man who appeared to be in his 80s sitting on the other end of the bench. He was leaning forward, elbows on knees, his eyes fixed upon the machine in a rapt gaze. Perhaps it brought back memories of a long-gone day when he had manned just such a machine, plowing his farm or reaping the crop. Suddenly, I, too, had a rush of memory back to the ‘‘Dirty 30s’’ over a half century ago . . . those years of drought, dust storms, grasshoppers, hail and even a tornado. | found myself speaking aloud: “‘A Case tractor cost us our farm!"’ The elderly man turned and transferred his gaze to me. “How was that?"’ he asked, his curiosity aroused. “Well, it’s a long story,” I paused. “I'd be interested,’’ he encouraged me, so I My husband, Howard, bought a Case tractor in 1930; that is, he had put a down payment on it. At the same time he put a down-payment on a new car. He felt it to be necessary, since his younger brother, Leslie and his sister Eva were both planning to be married in October at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, some one hundred miles north, but neither of them owned a car. With this new big car, he could chauffeur them there, then be best man as well. A close friend, Pastor Brown, and his wife, volunteered to furnish the wedding feast and to conduct the marriage ceremony for this double wedding, with the help and consent of their generous and enthusiastic congregation. My sister Grace, who was engaged to Leslie, had worked earlier in Yorkton as a telephone operator, as had many friends there. The ceremony was to take place in a church in Carlyle which Pastor Brown had started and helped build in 1928. He and Mrs. Brown had lived at the Eaton ‘‘home farm” during the construction and they wished to return the hospitality as there were strong bonds of affection between these families. All this had happened, me before I met Howard. Two kaneld earlier, Thad left Carlyle and found Cc i As soon as I learned of Grace's approaching marriage, I immediately gave a month’s notice, and though this wouldn’t bring me there in time for the wedding, I did want to go homé, at least for a visit. I reached Carlyle in November. _ years, drought, hail, duststorms, and swarms of The very first evening | was home, Howard brought Grace and Leslie in to town to visit me . . . and though I didn’t know it then, to meet my future husband! From then on he was a frequent visitor. After a whirlwind courtship, we were married in March. ‘Although Howard’s mother had offered us the use of the two upstairs rooms to live in, I wanted to be alone with my husband, so he made us a two- room home of two new granaries. Papa built cupboards, we fixed it up quite cozily, and lived in it until October, when we moved on to a quarter section farm of his own. Here he dug a well and a basement for a small two-storey house that he had traded for two granaries and a team of horses. He also made a barn and a chicken house out of straw bales. The crop that year was meagre. The grain sufficed only to make flour, grits for porridge, seed for spring and feed for the stock. Therefore, when the implement dealer came to collect his fall payment on the Case tractor, Howard could only give him a lien on one of his other implements. With no Prospects of a crop, he had let the new car go back earlier. , This sad state of affairs only grew worse, for though our crops, garden and windbreaks were diligently and hopefully planted over the next nine grasshoppers took everything. Finally, by 1939, Howard had given liens on every bit of machinery, including his threshing outfit. Then, the dealer moved it all on to his lot in Carlyle and we had nothing left to farm with! My father found a house for us in Carlyle that was up for taxes and which could be bought with a $200 down payment. Our winter vehicle, a sled, a wagon and the little stock we had left, together didn’t quite make up this amount, so I had to sell my two wedding presents — the china cabinet and Singer sewing machine — to make up the deficit. And to climax our losses, our farm was immediately sold for taxes. So you see how it was that a Case tractor cost us a farm — and a whole lot more! Although I have never regretted the course that our lives took, either at that time or the following years of struggle, because of my dee and comforting belief that God is in control, and He orders the steps of those who put their trust in Him . . . I can’t help feeling a pang whenever I go past the old farm on which I spent those “Dirty 30s"" and see those oil wells pumping away! How different things might have been if they had drilled for oil while we were still living there! will get $2.5 million in 1991, $3.75 million in 1992, $4 million in 1993 and $3.5 million in 1994. The Padres have a $4.25-million option for 1995 with a $500,000 buyout. In a blockbuster deal during the THE NUMBERS winter meetings, McGriff was traded by Toronto to San Diego with shor- tstop Tony for Joe Carter and second baseman Roberto Alomar. McGriff became the 37th player to agree to a contract worth $3 million a year or more. sseepe BSlFo~ SENTINAL MINOR BASEBALL 1991 © 1 MA Tues., Feb. 26 ae B282s LS3sE- wSuen eSuan BzEss ogss> Ssese PRBS Sens S86 eeess ress Come in and see our complete line of . OMNI CHEMICALS! 368-5606 "SERVICE IS OUR FIRST CONCERN!” SSRIsoueVsesssrasrsszz> suze | i 5Ss2e: devsee ne Hf i =B2e BBR ads Seve SSoT=STOSSLS™ ~: i i i I 5 if ra i i H Sy3 Sze i PULPIT & PEW By Pastor BARRY WERNER Fall Gospel Fellowship Did you ever wonder what you are doing, living in Castlegar? Why am I here? What should I be doing? Well, I believe God has a destiny for every one of our lives. If you are a Christian believer, God has placed you in Castlegar to make a differen- ce. God delights in_using very —or- dinary people to change their en- vironment. Photos complete history By JOHN CHARTERS There’s more to genealogical research than researching the names of ancestors. Sandy Sherwood, professional photo retoucher for Camera Crafts in Trail, discussed the secrets of her craft Monday night with some two dozen members of the West Kootenay Family Historians Society in the Castlegar Public Library. “You can take parts out and put them in and, in fact, change anything in a photograph including wrinkles and missing features,”’ she said. She then told of an elderly patron who wished to send a photograph of herself to her young grandchildren but was embarrassed to do so because of her wrinkles. “‘We took the picture, removed a few wrinkles and then showed it to her,” * Sherwood said. ‘‘She wept for joy.” vhoira:cond and pictures are an invaluable part of a family history, but they require special handling, especially if they are old, worn or fragile, she said. In the first place, nothing is done to the original. It is photographed and then stored in an - acid-free, darkened place. Light is very destructive. The initial retouching is done only on the negative and that in turn is photographed for the client. It can require @ lot of exactirig hand work and time but the results are worth the expense, Sherwood assured her audience. She had a couple of warnings, however. Never attempt to remove a photograph which has become dampened and stuck to the glass, and never, never write on the back of a photograph — the writing comes through the pic- ture. Leave it to a professional. in the second and longer part of the meeting there was extensive discussion of plans for a group visit to the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) in Salt Lake City PLEASE NOTE: from May 6 to 12. Since the Mormon library contains a world-class genealogical facility and since there may be others in the West Kootenay area who would like to take advantage of the oppor- tunity, the Family Historians are issuing an invitation to those people to join the expedition. Some people will be flying to Salt Lake City, some will drive, but anyone wishing to take part at any Stage is advised to call ‘president Muriel Walton (Mrs. John Walton) of Casflegar at once for further in- formation. TRAVEL INSURANCE CASTLEGAR 601-18th St. 365-3368 . CASTLEGAR SAVINGS INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. SLOCAN PARK Hwy. 6, Slocan Park 226-7216 “Never Leave Home Without It!" % nominated again. Who will be Castlegar and District's Citizen of the Year? Nominations should be made in writing, with all possible detail. Your reasons for nominating a person as Good Citizen of the Year need not be confined to the current year .”. . extend as far back as you consider relevant. People who were nominated previously but who were not chosen may be Organizations and individuals should forward nominee's nome and reasons for nominations to Good Citizen of the Year c vin sw. Deadline: Friday, March 18, 1991 1990 they may Club, Box 3665, Castlegar, B.C. Copy changes taken once per month only. Deadline is the last Wednesday of each month, for the following month. We read of ii history who changed the course of see PULPIT pege B6 By the Recycle Advisory Group In recent years, many stores have started to sell pop in plastic bottles rather than in the traditional glass bottles. Many consumers did not pay a lot of attention to this because the Plastic bottles are “‘refundable”’ the same as the glass ones. However, were you aware that after you receive your refund many of the plastic bottles are slit open and then thrown into the dump? Just think of the thousands of them that are already buried in our community landfill, helping Many other products which have in the past been available in Recyclers prefer glass bottles over plastic Front St., is open Tuesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In Trail, 562 glass are now in plastic. include liquor bottles and numerous items at the grocery store. In many cases, you still have a choice — you can decide whether to purchase either glass or plastic. ‘We recommend that you avoid the plastic containers and buy glass instead. All glass containers are recyclable and need not end up in the dump. We even have depots in Nelson and Trail where Ave., is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone first if you need more in- formation. We, as consumers, have a lot to say about how our environ- ment is treated. 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