The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, October 4, 1995 pPage Al2 WEDNESDAY, October 4, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page B1 Pounding the Mt. Sentinel spike Kootenay Volleyball Classic featured entertaining v-ball SUN SPORTS STAFF When it comes to volleyball, Mt. Sentinel’High School is a lot like the mountains closely surrounding it in the Slocan Valley. Namely rock solid Joe Moreira had coached senior girls volleyball at the school for 20 years now and has seen a lot of good talent pass through the doors. Right now he is faced with a young team with little experience, but that changed a little, last week- end as the school hosted the 16th Annual Kootenay Volley- ball Classic The Classic is designed to give area teams a chance to play against competition from outside the Kootenays. Teams from Stanley Humphries, J.L Crowe (Trail), Prince Charles (Creston) and Mt. Sentinel were up against some stiff competition from George Pringle (Westbank) and a high- powered Penticton team. The round-robin portion of the tournament began Friday with Penticton jumping out to an early lead in the standings They carried their strong play into Saturday and finished in first place with a 5-0 record There was a three-way tie for second spot between Stanley Humphries, George Pringle and Mt. Sentine! who all finished with a record of 3-2 The first semi-final game saw George Pringle take on Pentic ton who easily dispatched the Westbank team by scores of 15- 8 and 15-10. In the other semi- final match, Stanley Humphries managed to defeat Mt. Sentinel in three games by scores of 1S- 11, 10-15 and 15-1 That set up the final Saturday night between Stanley Humphries and Penticton. Once again Penticton showed their strength and won the game in two matches by scores of 15-11 and 15-10. Despite the losses, Moreira said SHSS looks like a very good team “Stanley Humphries has shown the talent that could lead to a great team,” said Moreira “They're led by Tammy Sherbinin who was on the provincial team and she is known as a very heavy hitter.” Although it seemed Pentic ton's victory was a walk in the park, Moreira also said the tour nament was relatively close “Although there were only six teams, it was a very compet itive tournament,” said Moreira “In fact five of the six teams certainly had their moments,” As an example of the compet- itiveness Moreira pointed to how late the play went on Fri- day night. Because most of the games went to three matches, the tournament went two hours over the scheduled time and they were still playing volley- ball at 11:30 p.m.. i After their good showing a the tournament, the Mt. Sen- tinel team is currently ranked third in the province in the ‘A’ Division. Moreira has seen his team ranked in the top three the past few years and hopes to see that continue “We have an exceptionally young team of Grade 10 and 11 players,” said Moreira. “I think we're a little younger than Stan- ley Humphries so our season is going to be a little rougher, but we'll be putting-on some enter- taining volleyball all the same.” a ee el AEROBIC SCHEDULE MON. 9 am & 6:15 pm TUES. 7am & 7:15 pm WED. 7 am, 9am & 6:15 pm THUR. 7 am, 9am & 7:15 pm FRI. 5:45 pm & PUNCH Bs PASS ard 10 Classes -$30 Drop-in $3.50 TANNING 300 Min. $39 199 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. 365-6161 EXPIRES OCT. 14/95 CUTTHIS& SAVE L. x Stanley Humphries is in the \A’ Division in the province and has yet to crack the top ten Moreira expects them to get better as the season progresses and challenge for the Kootenay litle. ¢ “Stanley Humphries is cur- rently the team to beat in the West Kootenay and with, Tammy Sherbinin's potential they have the ability to crack the top ten in the province.” Running in conjunction with the Kootenay Volleyball Classic on the weekend was the 13th Annual Mt. Sentinel Junior Invitational Tournament that featured five boys and five girls teams from across the province. Teams included Immaculata (Kelowna), Maillard (Coquit- lam), George Perkes (Port Coquitlam) and McNicholl Park (Penticton) as well as many local teams. Maillard proved to be unstop- pable in both the boys and girls divisions as they ran away with both titles. The Mt. Sentinel volleyball tradition will continue in two weeks time as the school pre- pares to host the 13th Annual Mt. Sentinel Cup October 13 and 14. The Cup will feature ten senior boys teams and ten senior girls teams from all over the province including teams from the Okanagan and Lower Mainland. 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Excellence of achievement, plus a little more, determined class goals for her pupils and herself. In her home she was the poised and gra- cious hostess. t We visited her, and her sister, Clissie, by Royal Command ~—“~r=\] several years ago, in Weymouth, England, shortly before her death from cancer. A lit- \ tle older and a little slimmer, she was still the indomitable lady, the gracious hostess, the warm friend. And I still addressed her as “Miss Buxton.” t Miss Buxton was my French teacher at North Burnaby High for five. years before the war, and my friend and mentor for a lifetitne Small, plump, precise, scholarly and imperious, but always the lady, she d her c like a b dicta- ui Teaching can be a memorable’experience, and good teachers have long arms. \ John Charters (Castlegar resident, author, Sun columnist There are two instatices that come to mind as I tary school, grade 5 to be exact, when Bill Oleski was teacher. school fun and taught a shy kid not to be afraid to express himself. The other was in Grade 12 when Frank Perehud- off virtually led me by the hand though math, thus enabling me to get through the Provincial exam and ‘These events allowed me to be able to attend uni- versity and feel self assured enough to excel. To both of these teachers I am eternally grateful. House for Rent Executive 5 bedroom home on private lot in town. 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The house was quite warm, however it was not the case at the other end of my trip. Thinking I would correct the problem, I found a wooden box to build a “woodstove”. I set this box in the woodshed, right next to the hay where our ducks lived. I then proceeded to build a fire in my “woodstove” to keep warm. I was so proud of how rapidly my fire got started as things began to warm up. Quickly however, pride turned to absolute horror as as my woodstove also burned and ignited the hay as well. Smoke billowed from the wood shed as I threw snowball after snowball on the fire trying in desperation to extinguish it before anyone noticed. Too late. My mother noticed the smoke from the kitchen window and ran out to also fight the fire. Of course there was no fire department in Renata so any fires had to be dealt with on our own. We did manage to extinguish it before a great, deal of damage was done, but this wasn't the end for me. I went to bed that night with onc sore behind only to go to school the next moming and receive another session from Miss Ni reminded me this was my second offence that year as I had previously “borrowed” two stalks of rhubarb from a neighbor during a school walk. After a very strong lecture in front of the entire class and writing a hundred lines on the blackboard, ] swore I would never again “borrow” anything that was not mine and I vowed to the whole world that day I would never again play with fire Kenworthy (now Mrs. Halc). She also Ed Conroy, MLA Rossland/Trail My most memorable teacher was my kindergarten teacher, Miss Leitch. For many children their first teacher is the most memorable—there was no pre- school in my day—and I was no exception. I could not wait to get to school and I saw Miss Leitch as the one who would enable me to unlock the mysteries of the larger world and above all, teach me to read! Miss Leitch made school a warm and excit- ing place to be 1 remember running up to her in great delight because I had finally’ figured out how to tie a bow. I being the 2g) tree in the Chri play. I the let- ter she wrote inviting us to bring our favorite toy with us when we came on the first day and how welcome that made me feel as I walked in with my doll, Susan under my arm. But most of all I remember that Miss Leitch got married in the Christmas holidays. I wasn't at all sure what that was about but I knew that when she came back to school she would no longer be Miss Leitch. She would be Mrs. Speck. I was quite worried about this—mot because I was afraid I would call her by the wrong name but because I feared she would have changed. Surely, a different name meant she would look and act differently, too. Much to my surprise, and relief, she came back in January the same warm and encourag- Gerry Rempel, Fire Chief Castlegar Fire Department Like so many British Columbians, I've had some terrific teachers over the years. One who influenced me early on was Mrs. Allen, a kind and gentle It is well over 50 years that I was attending Anglican Boarding School on the south coast of Devon- shire, England. I can hardly remember the ing person she had been before. And so all my kindergarten year was fun and put me on the path to enjoying many more years of school. Rev. Ann E, Pollock Castlegar person. She was my grade 2 teacher, and one day she gave us kids some advice I'll always remember. First she said, “dream good dreams”. And sec- ond, “hitch your wagon to a star”. When I got home from school I shared the advice with my mother who asked what my dream was going to be. I confidently replied, “I’m going to be the Prime Minister of Canada.” As I got older, I realized that meant I'd have to live in Ottawa, so instead I decided to become Pre- mier of B.C. Again, congratulations to everyone celebrating World Teachers’ Day on October 5. It's an ideal opportunity to reflect and say thanks to the teachers in our lives. 4.3 Lt. V/6 engine, 5 speed manual, 6100 LBS GVW, cassette stereo rear step bumper, Cloth interior trim 8 MORE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY CABS 454 cu. in. V/8, heavy IN STOCK galore rear axle, 10,000 LBS GVW, AND engine oil & transmission coolers, trailer towing pkg., A/C, top line SLE package, fully loaded teachers that taught me science, art and music. But—I do remem- ber well one particular teacher, Miss Lucas, who influenced my life. She taught Divinity (Reli- gious Studies). It was not so much the subject matter that Miss Lucas offered us, but rather who she was as a person NI! that made an impact on me. 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