“WHA A foundels are hap i Eee, The Associated Pres: ‘The World Hockey Association has ‘finally arrived, four: years after it folded. And its founders couldn't be happier that Edmonton Oilers have become the first survivor from the WHA to appear in a Stanley Cup final. Bill Hunter,’ Gary Davidson, Dennis Murphy and” Howard Baldwin were most responsible for breathing life into the WHA, which saw four of its charter members join the National Hockey League in 1979 when the maverick league: ceased and the a d circuit : BALDWIN HAPPY Baldwin, was equally ecstatic about the "Edmopton succe: “Ta bea Vier ‘it I didn't say I get'a great. deal ‘of satisfaction when a former WHA team does well,” said Baldwin; “But what really gives me a lot of satisfaction is to see how well Edmonton as a franchise has done,- * “Their gross dollars are among the highest in the league. and they've made.a real positive contribution to the sport.” Baldwin .has been with the Whalers since their expanded for the fifth time. Several people involved in the WHA admitted a merger was what most of the owners wanted all along. The other three teams to join the NHL were Hartford Whalers, the WHA's first champion, Winnipeg Jets, the league's last and Quebec whose first’ coach was Maurice (Rocket) Richard, ae of the NaEs biggest stars, . Richard quit after two games because of nerves. Davidson, Murphy, Baldwin and Hunter, the Oilers’ first president, all are pulling for Edmonton to dethrone the three-time Stanley Cup defending champions, New York Islanders, an NHL expansion team from 1972, the same season:as the Oilers and the WHA. “I'm proud of them,” said Murphy, who became WHA president in 1978 after a season as general manager of Los Angeles Sharks. “I just think it’s great. “Peter Pocklington (the Oilers’ owner) and the guys up in have done a ic job. When they got a player like Wayne Gretzky to build around, it was just a matter of time. They got there a lot sooner than I thought.” The Oilers made their mark on the WHA Itorally ' from - beginning to the. league's demise. They beat Ottawa Nationals 7-4 in the WHA’s first regular. season game Oct. 11, 1972, and defeated the Jets had in! the Inst one, April 18, 1979. Edmonton's Ron Anderson scored the WHA’s first regular-season goal and another Oiler, Ron Chipperfield, had the last. . : The Oilers had the second-best record in the NHL last season before losing to Los Angeles Kings in the opening round of the playoffs, This year, the Oilers surpassed their own NHL record with 424 goals during the season. They captured the Smythe Division title-with 106 points to tie Philadelphia Flyers for the second-best regular-season record in the league, then glided past the Jets, Calgary Flames and Chieago Black Hawks to reach the ‘final. The only playoff game they lost going into the championship round was 6-5 to Calgary in the fourth game of their Smythe Division final, “I was pleased to see them do as-well as they have,” said Finding your limitations is the key By CHERYL WISHLOW Staff Writer “I had a little trouble at a bad or negative experience says coach clubs full-time for three Vince Mikusa believes coaches should encourage competitive swimmers to find out their own level of excellence, so that they may discover their limitations through exploration. “If a kid attempts to achieve a goal and finds out that goal is too high, then | he first with stroke mechanics, but now I find that I don't have any weak areas. I have talked to kids who have raced and I have a varied sports background and I know what it's like,” he says. Mikuska has played com- petitive basketball, football Be apd some hockey. re, rather than say- ing, ‘T-can't.do.that? and not strive for it in the first place,” said Mikuska, the Castlegar Aquanauts head coach for this season. Mikuska, 27, has never swam competitively, but has coached winter swimming clubs for four years in Ver- non, Winnipeg and Edmon- ton. He says he doesn't feel he has had any problems coach- ing, not having been a com- petitor. Cu-Do Sp orts—_ Castlegar FOOTBALL — USFL: games begin 6 SUNDAY SASKETBALL — NBA Conference Final: ioe a.m., channel 7, 10:30 a.m., channel 4. MO! FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Labatt's vs. Hi Arrow Arms, Inland field; glortinwstt Homes vs. Thrums, Kinnaird Park, pm, TUESDAY HOCKEY — Nits Stanley Cup final. S p.m., channal 9 His coaching philosophy takes some of the emphasis off winning. “It's not that there's no emphasis on winning,” he says. “It's just that there can only be one winner. “You have to have a reward for the other kids as well. This way you get the greatest possible experience for the greatest number of children involved. “They drop out if they are *not rewarded, and it becomes vs. Northwest FASTBAI! Thrums field. Sports Castlegar eal Inland Park; Carling O'1 Keele vs. Hi Arrow Arms, games ESDAY LL — COMMERCIAL LE Teague Thrums vs. bebtt' 's 6 p.m. WE WILL SELL YOU Only the Bike for roaapyy YOUR SIZE AND CAeed YOUR NEEDS! , Eclectic. Tournament REGIONAL RECREATION COMMISSION#1 week. 15 to May 21 — National Physical Activity Pay 15 — Minor f Hockey, Annual Meeting, Rm. 109, Complex, 7 May 16 — La fs “Aquabics, 1 to 2 p.m., Rob- son Fool, Aah .00 drop-in. e17 _- Peeking National Acrobatics, May 16 IR, c ion Mont! Ny Meeting, Complex. May 19 — Celebrity Relay Race, Kinsmen Park, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. May 20 — Roller Skating, 10:30 p.m., Complex. Ai rentals $1.50. May 28 — Placer Mining — geld panning workshop, field experience. Fee: $20. complex: 8 Sp.m 7 to 8:30 p.m., 9 to mission $1.00; skate 2601 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 rather. than a_ potentially positive one,” he adds. Personal coaching success- es include seeing his Vernon team move to 10th spot in the B.C, Winter Provincials from 27th place the previous year. In spite of the fact that he was coaxed into coaching by a friend, Mikuska says he en- , joys coaching and working children. “really enjoy. ‘working with kids,” he says. “It’s a fresh challenge every time I come down to the pool.” _ Mikuska has begun dry- land training with the 110 local swimmers in prepara- tion for the busy season which sees swim meets al- most every weekend begin- ning June 25 in Nelson and ending with the provincials Aug. 19-21. The club is paying to have the pool opened May 24 es- pecially for Aquanauts’ use. “At this point it is un- fortunate that we have to spend two weeks dryland training,” he says. “Other clubs have been swimming four hours a day. It’s difficult. when you want to compete with those people.” After coaching winter adds... « years,‘ Mikuska says he's glad to have a summer coaching job. “It (winter coaching) kind of cuts you off from every- thing else in the world,” he says. “I can remember going a couple of months in a row without a weekend off,” he “when you. are .fealing with the same num, ber of kids four hours. 10/or 11 months @ year Presently, Mikuska is sa’ ing his money to attend the | University of Manitoba in the fall, where he-will major in art. . “IT was going to attempt to get a BA with a major in art history, but I decided I would rather be an artist than an intellectual,” he says. - In the past two years,‘ Mikuska has been doing a lot of painting. He had .a one-man show last June and was involved in other shows in the fall. Mikuska. paints abstract paintings, which measure. over two square metres. But don't be surprised if you see him painting local landscapes with his watercolors, which he says he may be doing on his time away from the pool. Ladies Golf. Castlegar Ladies Golf Club is holding the second round of: * its pin -round Pat .Gordon day morning. 4 _ Gienes! thar, M. 9:42 E, Weotiis "ae The leaders tied after:the ~Kel first round are Clarice Me- .. Kinnon and Peggy Noclar.- Tee times are as follows: 9 am. R. Trickey, M. Makaroff, M. Sherstobitoff; 9:9:35:M. Cooper, H. Clay, L. .K. Hominuk, C. Lyons; 9:28: D. Martini, L. Makortoff, L. Ferworn; 10:03: A. Shutek, P. Melnik, J. Fitzpatrick. a 48, ‘ihe WHa's first president, He and’ ‘sarong the WHA and the “American 8: Tike: ‘having a child andjeventually the child gets ‘ or docter's ch ae “Tm happy for sin Hunter because ‘he he with ‘getting that: club into Edmonton.” 2) ‘BUYING THE BLUES ; Hunter is still active and hopes.to get permission from the NHL board of governors. at a meeting’ in’ Uniondale, N.Y., on May:18 to move St. Louis Blues to for Bench CINCINNATI (AP( — Baseball is a blessing for J ehiny: Bench — a sanctuary. 4 desert island where, for’ aéveral hours a day, he can escape the murky waters, dampening, his. bl in recent years would try men. “I feel. wonderful,” said Hunter, who sold the Oilers. - before the merger. “I'm very. ‘excited for. them’ (Edmonton) and very proud, If we had Gretzky from’ the 9 beginning, we'd still own. the Oilers.” y i While Baldwin and Davidson aaa they are pleased with ‘the Oilers’ success, they. said they. still would rather’ have seen another of the WHA’s teams make it to the final ahoad of Edmonton. ; “The jonly thing that would be aignificant tome ois ifour team were inthe finals,” sald Baldwin, president of the WHA from 1976 through 1979 and also: a. key. figure in the . merger.’ ~: “Lwas kind of hoping it would [be Quebec, because that's the team I used to own.” But ‘his ownership was brief: ‘He sold out’ to a Quebec =f of'a 16-year career that began in 1967, when he came up to group | ‘before the first blue WHA: puck: was droppd. :; Baldwin's company later owned minority. stock ‘In ‘the Sharks,: with whom’ Davidson’ served . as executive - vice-president. He is living in’ Newport Beach, Calif; and is entirely out. of sports these days, “ “except for my tennis game.” The. WHA. was conceived in January, 1971, when Murphy approached Davidson with the idea of challenging the established NHL for. a sizable chunk of.the market. Hunter joined them six months later... ° Their. 12-team lédgue immediately raided the NHL for ~ many. ofits top ‘stars, The multiyear, * ‘multimillion-dollar contract they gaye Chicago superstar Bobby Hull to play for Winnipeg touched. off.a bidding war that would financially and artistically cripple several of the NHL's best teams. HIT-THE HARDEST. The 1972 Stanley, Cup champions,-Boston Bruins, were hit. the hardest, with four players’: defecting — Dereki Sanderson, Gerry Cheevers, Ted Green and Johnny McKen- dle. 4.8) eta te Other stars spirited away were Bernie Parent, J.C. Tremblay and Ernie Wakely. Wayne -Connelly of the defunct California Golden Seals was the first player to jump leagues when he signed with Minnestoa Fighting Saints. The WHA: struggled Yor seven seasons, Thirty-two teams and 803 skaters came and went. Its overall losses amounted to $50 million and in.1979, the-end came. The merger took place six years after it should have, fibre. But at 95 he continues, to pull. his arama uniform and hit enough line drives that, tied together, will stretch one day to the Hall.of Fame. And, he doesn’t whine about his off-field misfortunes. F “ “phere have been a lot of emotional strains anda lot of ’ difficulties that go along with the toughness of playing this game, which you need all of your mental facilities to do,” Bench said referring toa fire last Feb. 24 that took the life of his sister-in-law in Fort Wayne, Ind. “You try to be (determined on the field),” ‘he said. “Pm strong enough to do a lot of things. “Some things affect you. and you don’t think they do. Nou think’you're above it all, but you're not, to! Bench's inner strength has led to one of the best starts the Reds for 26 games and hit the first of $24 home runs — the most ever ty a major league catcher. The following season he hit .275 with 16-homers and edged out Jerry Koosman by a half-point for National League rookie of the year honors. POWER HITTER eat Bench, one of the main pistons in the Big Red Machine of the early and mid-1970s, has quietly become again one of Cincinnati's most potent offensive weapons. He is hitting .843 and is among the-top six in the National League in batting average, hits, doubles and runs batted in. His three home runs puts him in 22nd place on the alltime list with 380, two behind Frank Howard. Last year was Bench’s worst season for homers (19) and RBI (88). He admitted he isn't the power-hitting Johnny Bench of the "70s, but pointed out that his run production has © remained constant. He has 23 RBI over the first 28 games. Of his 87 hits, eight are doubles and 25 singles. Earlier this month he passed the 2,000 mark in career hits. “The RBIs are there,” he said. “No matter whether the -singles drove them in or the home runs.” Bench says he is glad to be playing at all, after ing surgery in D ber, 1972, to have a-benighn legion removed from the outside of his right lung. He had to go under the knife again after the 1975 season to, remove cartilage from his shoulder. While baseball is keeping him going mentally, the switch to third base last year is what keeps him going ically. When hi d after the 1981 season that he || fy = E = = E said Murphy, who lives in Fullerton, Calif., and is s president firm based of DAM Professional epee ‘a sparta 6 in Los Angeles. , Minor Soccer sees draws By CasNews Staff Fifteen games were played in the Castlegar Minor Soc- cer League this week. : Thursday night, Maloney Pontiac played Mountain Sports Hut, resulting in a scoreless draw. Thursday night in division eight, Maloney Pontiac played Mouniaip Sports Hut, draw Division eight, while Cohoe Insurance downed Mountain Sports Hut 1-0... In. division seven, the Castle ' Theatre-Rossland game was cancelled. Division six saw Rossland edge West's 2-1, while another Rossland team beat Tudor 43. On Friday, May 6 Castle- d West Trail 6-1 while . Dairy Queen beat Cohoe Insurance 1-0, gar in‘the bantam division. In division seven. Castle Theatre and Bartle and Gib- son ended their game 0-0. Division six saw Rossland beat the Rangers 2-1, while West's defeated Rossland 6-1. ‘Locals compete Four local grienteera from saw Ci the .Koot Savings blank Rossland 4-0 in Division seven, while in divi- sion six Tudor-beat Celtics 6-2. In the bantam division, the Castl Rossland game Club competed in an‘A event at. Banff May 7-8. Accom- patiying them was the map- ping professional from the was cancelled. On Tuesday Castlegar Sa- . vings tied ‘Bartle and Gibson 1-1 in division seven, and Rangers beat Celtics 4-1 in division six. Monday. Dairy Queen de- feated Maloney Pontiac 2-0 in Auto Body defeats Elks By CasNews Staff Trail Auto Body defeated, Elk’s Lodge No. 50 9-4 in junior play of Little Lassies Softball Thursday night. In other games, Castlegar Fur- niture Village topped Blue- berry C.B. Club 16-11 and .Salmo Speedway Auto Sal- vage clipped Wool Wagon Arlington Hotel 19-14. _ In intermediate play Adco Floors beat Mike's Mobile Homes 21-5. Wednesday night in inter- mediate action, Dixie Lee edge Cohoe Insurance 9-8, Tudor Sports tied Elk's Lodge No. 50 13-18, Pass Creek topped Castlegar Sav- ings Credit Union 10-9, Castlegar Savings Credit Union (Tarry’s) scored 20-7 over Woodland Park Blue Jays, while Maloney Pontiac slipped by Valley Maid 18-12. In junior play Ivan's Car- pets outscored Tak’s Furni- ture Village 113° and in senior play it was Salmo 4 Cohoe Insurance 27. Junior games Tuesday night saw Castlegar Furni- ture Village trounce Elk's Lodge No. 50 18-4, while Wool Wagon Arlington Hotel downed Blueberry C.B. Club 9-5. In other games, Trail Auto Body tied Ivan's Carpets 17-17, and Robson General Store silenced Salmo Speedway Auto Salvage with an 11-7 victory. - In intermediate play Tudor Sports beat Valley Maid 21-12, Dixie Lee got by Adco Floors, 18-16, Maloney Pon- tiac defeated Woodland Park Blue Jays 17-8. In senior play Elk’s Lodge No. 50 scored a 82-18 victory over Pass Creek. On Monday night in the in- termediate division, Dave's Trucking beat Pass Creek 18-10, Elk’s Lodge No. 50 recorded a 16-18°win over Mike's Mobile Homes, while Castlegar Savings (Tarry’s) defeated Castlegar Savings 11-5. ; In. senior action Beaver Falls Esso edged D.J.'s Cab- aret 19-18 and Cohoe Insur- ance handed Maloney Pontiac a 35-18 loss. Re Ross Burnett, who is creating maps for the local club to use. On day 1 Shirley and Scott Donald = of’ Rossland ran orange and red courses (hard and harder complexity lev- els) at the.senior level, while Colin Hamilton of Castlegar and Robin Abbey. of Rossland ran orange and red at the junior level. Ross Burnett ran: a blue course (hardest) and.won the event, covering eight km in 58: minutes while: using map and compass to find 14 flags placed in the’ bush. During the run he climbed more than 125 metres. The local mem- bers were able to come up with many creative reasons why they didn't do nearly as well in their events. — The second day was oc- cupied with a training event, where the top level ori wouldn't punish himself behind the plate anymore, the Reds = of put him at third base, where he’ handed as much criticism as: ground balls. His fielding average was .917 and his ‘ating average dipped to .258, MISSES THE ACTION Bench, who caught 100 or more games for 13 consecutive seasons, caught only one game last year. He - doesn’t miss the squatting behind the plate. But he does miss the catcher's constant involvement in a game, handling the pitcher and postioning the defence. “There's nothing that even compares with being in the game as far as catching,” said Bench, who won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves from 1968 through 1977. “Five games at another position is like catching one game... “Nobody knows how much thinking goes into it. They'd have to catch for a week or a month to find out just how difficult it is.” Weekend be. BEBEREE bi Prt bbs 3 BERBES yb ‘Te Philadel) | Milwovkee (Philodetgh 1 re Phigdelphialo Micaken Milwoukee at Philedelphla, N, tne. Philedatphie erie Milwaukee at Philadelphia, H neccessary 1. Mary Philodelphia 111 Milwaukee 109 {01 pe i U ‘on Philodetphia 87 Milwoukee B1 n bt 08, N, Ifnec. - clobber Nelson By CasNews Staff Castlegar Colts defeated Nelson 12-3 Wednesday in Sentinel Minor Baseball As- sociation play this week. The winning pitcher was Shawn Smith. In Tadpole play Wednes- day the Wipeouts scored a 15-12 victory over the Yan- kees. The best hitter was lsc Anpetonen, ten Attest Angel zi Los Angeles 118 San antonio 100 (Los Angeles leads best-of-seven lina! 2-1 4) Los Angeles at Son bhay 18 168,N i nee, Los Angeles of San Antonio, N, if nec. _ Sendey, Mey 22 Son Antonie ot Los Angeles, necessary Los Angeles 119 Son Antonio 107 Son Antonis tatise Angeles na CASTLEGAR MENTS Son Antenio at Los. Stendir HI Arrow Arms from the Banff club pointed out mistakes made, and where improvements could be made by the local runners. A long soak in the Radium Hot Springs on the way home anda feed of home-m-dp chili at Wasa Lake rounded off the . weekend, Brent Greg Young was the best hitter ina game that saw the Pirates defeat the Expos 19-12. Tuesday the Wipeouts beat the Pirates 20-14. with Andy Gretchin the best hit- ter. The Yankees beat the Expos 10-6 with Mitan Lori- der as best hitter. Northorest Homes throm sndions Kalesal ry | Carling - tesmakolt ASTERACEAE SLSTUITSTOTANNEUEEOSOSENNELFEESEPEREEOUVOTSTOTOEEENOOGUONOLUETUOGOOTOVENREROGEECOCHITI SxjrsnETUAGUEN AEE ureter peaenaslga ile es Toren eaton re at Pt see itera ene nee eeeese ere “NIELSEN AND WESTINGHOUSE | “T was very nervous and very excited,” says pilot Dale Nielsen in describing his first solo flight. "I was 20. It's hard to describe... There's a feeling of elation that comes with it. The weather was coming down rapidly, . That was one of the’ reasons I was so nervous.” He continues, “You will probably never be so alone in all your life. In a car you can pull over to the side of the road. “It was Aug. 19, 1964," says George Westinghouse, “I was 18 years old. My experience was similar to Dale's. There is a tremendous satisfaction to actually be by yourself. You discover all sorts‘of noises in the airplane, that you never heard before.” He continues smiling, “After you take off you suddenly realize that you're going to have to land the thing!” Sitting behind the controls of an airplane has been a childhood.dream of both Dale and George, ‘and now bosses in their own business, Adastra, it’s a dream come true. Dale grew up in central Alberta near Edmonton and remembers very well the first time he rode in a small plane. - ‘There's a feeling of elation that comes with it... you will probably never be so alone’ “I was 10 years old. I had an uncle take me up one summer, I was very impressed!” So impressed was he _that when he was 14 he joined Air Cadets. For two years - he was on their precision drill team and travelled to com- petitions i in Alberta. He recalls coming in “usually second or third. During his first year at the University of Alberta, Dale joined | ie ROTP (Regular Officers Training it through that pases . He finished university with a BA in psychology. Why psychology, I asked? “I don't know. I guess I was always interested in it.” I asked if his knowledge of psychology has been an asset in his work. “Well,” and he: laughed, “you can always use it when “you's Te in management,” . ed $_ suMMe] the military), ‘first in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba for administrative training, then during the second summer he went to Summerside, P.E.L. with the Argus Crew on submarine patrol aircraft. ‘After university Dale travelled around the country with the military until he came to Castlegar two, years ago. His reasons for making the change are many. He wanted to be in his own business and with ‘a growing family. he definitely wanted to put down a few roots. “This is the ninth province I have lived in. I think E was just getting tired of travelling. Twas often away from “home six months of the year.” Dale and his wife Helen — also a partner in the business — have two children, Kimberly, 10, and Jeffrey, 7. George was born into a “flying” family in Victoria. His father and uncles flew small planes. George was constantly surrounded by planes and talk of small planes. “I must have been three or four when I went up for the first time.” Like Dale, he. joined ‘air cadets, but unlike Dale, George actually learned to fly through ‘their He the L of Victoria, earned a BA in math and French, then he joined the U.S. Air Force and “erided‘up in Vietnam.” Why the U.S., I wondered? “When I got out‘of college I had my choice. At that time the Canadian military was in the process of amalgamating and nobody knew what was going to happen, and the U.S. forces were hiring anybody. It seemed the best way to go.” So in 1969 George went down to Georgia for their flight training program and after two years in New LINDA HAL- Getting to Know Your Neighbor CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 15, 1983 ‘FIRE SAFETY TIPS... Joke the foll > Buy Tent node of flamerretordoot febric. A paraflin coated cotton tent can burn up in a few minutes with someone trapped insides! 1 poettle.e pul of eat with two exits — or witha if te idea to havea shore Instrument | in the tent, In co: the only ox. it can be used to cut out an ex Never use candles or matches in or near a FLYING HIGH «+. For George Westinghouse (lett) and Dale Nielsen, flying is a dream come true.” Hampshire, he was off to Southeast Asia and flew Search and Rescue over Vietnam. In 1974 he left the military “for much the same reasons as Dale.” He continues, “Wartime military is a very interesting place to be, but peacetime military is a lot of politics.” After leaving the military he moved ‘to Calgary where he instructed flight for three years then flew with a charter company. He frequented the Castlegar airport many times in those years and got’to know these mountains inside and out. When 'the' possibility came up to go in with Dale and Helen to be their “chief pilot,” he went for it. Dale and George agreed that the thing they like most about Adastra is being their own bosses, and the thing they dislike about it is the fact that along with being their own bosses there's the long hours that go with it. “Like yesterday,” comments George, “I was here at 5:80 and didn't get home until 6:45, but that not a typical day, really,”. he added. ‘After you take off you. suddenly realize. “that you're going to"” have to land the thing’ A “typical” day would be filled with flying lessons, people inquiring about flying lessons, or flying off for this or that charter flight. Dale and George currently have 15 students in various stages of completing the requirements for their private pilot's license. “A lot of our students,” states Dale, “go on to the college to take the flying program. You must have a private license before you can enter the Selkirk College program.” Though a lot of the students are college age, they have graduated a number of men and women who are quite a bit older. If you're one of these who sees flying lessons in his or her future there are certain requirments that must be , met before you sign up at any flight school. First you , Must be at least 16 years old. The second thing you need to do is to get a complete and thorough medical check-up by an approved flight doctor. When you are deemed fit enough to fly, then you call an approved flight training school and set up your lessons, From there you proceed as quickly or as slowly as your time and/or finances permit, Although many would-be pilots who come to George or Dale have spent many hours up in small planes with a relative or friend, “a lot of our students have had very little time in a light aircraft,” says Dale. . If I signed up for lessons, when would I actually begin to fly the plane,‘I asked? “Other than the take-off _ and landing, you do all the flying!” The planes that you would fly, of course, all have dual controls, George and Dale have two Cessna 150s, two Cessna 172s, and a Piper Aztec Twin Engine, To finally get younzown license you must put in the required 35 hours of {Teht “but the average person takes almest 50 hours,” suys"Dale. You would also take 98 hours of “ground school” which included theory of. flight, aircraft, airframes and engines, and ys Most flight ‘training achools-offer upgrading and’ “endorsements” and according to George “we can give . any rating or endorsement that anyone wants.” Among these are the “night endorsement” which allows you to fly at night,.a “commercial” pilots license, which allows you to fly charters for pay, multi-engine ratings, instrument ratings, the ATR (Airline Transport Rating), a class-three instructors rating which would allow you to teach flight: Both pilots hold all of these ratings, plus the ATR, and to keep current, must take an instructors Z upgrading test every two years. “A big part of their work is charter flights and T'asked them what kind of a person charters a plane: “Mainly business people having to get toa. certain Place: ata certain time," George said, “Yesterday Iwas up in Golden and I had to pick up people in Nakusp and Revelstoke and take them toa meeting in Golden. Basically we go where. the commercial airlines don’t. We've done a lot of feeder : flights to Cranbrook and Penticton.” G Their flights are mainly flights off the beaten track’ ‘of PWA, and emergency medical flights to Vancouver, although in this capacity they are limited because they do not have as yet a pressurized airplane with full ambulance facilities including oxygen. ” In his time off George likes to read-and write — mostly aviation articles — but he also has had a novel in the works for a while. “In various times in-the past I've been interested in antique cars, cars from the 20s and 30s, and'I like to carry that over into antique aircraft.” George's dream is to rebuild an antique airplane. “That's always intrigued me.” Dale and his family enjoy all kinds of sports from cross-country skiing in the winter to hiking, bicycling and canoeing in the summer. He also “plays around with the electric organ” at home. He reads too, “lots of Canadiana, particularly short stories.” But a lot of their time is spent in the skies around Castlegar keeping company with the clouds; and pulling out ‘snapshot after snapshot he's taken of mountains, cloud formations and sunsets, George leaned back and said, “There's nothing like it!” i COHOE INSURANCE AGENCY LTD. 269ColumbiaAve, 365-3301 Costlegar . BONNETT'S Boy's & Men's Wear 365-6761 WE OFFER XQ ot 10 % or aticasn PURCHASES. 233 Columbia Ave., Castlegar . ‘VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND OFFICE HOURS" Castlegar, Waneta Plaza 10-6 10-3 CLOSED CLOSED 10-5 Fri., May 20 Sat., May 21 Sun., May 22 Mon., May 23 Tues., May 24 South Slocan 10-5 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10-5 ‘Trail, Fruitvale, . Salmo, Now Denver 10-6 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10-5 Nokusp 10-6 CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 10-5 Kootenay Savings Credit Union Limited Time Only! 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