Bears rained out By CasNews Staff The Castlegar-Nelson A&W Bears’ doubleheader Sunday in Nelson was rained out The first game, against Shoppers Drug Mart in Trail, was called after 1' innings because of the wet weather “while the second game against Fruitvale was also cancelled. In the 1% innings of the first West Kootenay Senior Babe Ruth game, Doug Ber- ryman led off for Shoppers Drug Mart with a single in the first inning. In the top of the second, Corey Ross of Shoppers got a double. Jody Burk got a single for the Bears in the bottom of the first inning and Adrian Stre- laeoff led off the bottom of the second with a double before the game was called. Next game for the Bears is Thursday at Salmo. In week. end play, the Bears play Salmo Saturday at Lakeside Park in Nelson, followed by a doubleheader with East Trail on Sunday. "86 ACADIAN Reclining bucket seats, rear detroster, 1.6 litre 4 155/80 RX13 radio, under 7690 Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC SPORTS GOING FOR SECOND double in the bottom of day. . . . Adrian Strelaeott slides into second base on a leadoff the second inning in the Bears’ game against Nelson Sun- Roy touted as Conn Smythe candidate By ALAN ADAMS MONTREAL (CP) — Pat- rick Roy can't help it if some people conclude he’s.a mite flakey. So what if the 20-year-old goaltender talks to goal posts before and during a game? So what if the night before playing, he dreams about what is going to happen? Look at the results. Without the Quebec City native, Montreal Canadiens probably would not be wait ing to see who they will hall in the Stanley Cup ADVERTISING CORRECTION GIGANTIC HOLIDAY SALE Sale Dates: May 14-17 The following items may Potted Rose, Flowering Baskets. Page 13: Mini-blinds. Coleman Liquid Gas. INSERT Page 1: Cordiess Drill Page 2: Bench Vise Page 3-17: Drawer Foldaway Apron. imple Green Cleaner, Zip Wax, STP Oil Treatment, STP Gas Treatment, Turtle Wax, Gas Can. Page 7: Mini-Hand Puller, Torque Wrench, Lug Wrench, Deluxe Hand : Paints final. The Canadiens will make their 27th Stanley Cup final appearance in search of their 23rd championship against either Calgary Flames or St. Louis Blues, who decide the Campbell Conference cham. pionship tonight in Calgary Roy has sparkled for Mon treal throughout the playoffs and has emerged as a leading candidate for the Conn Smythe Trophy awarded to the most valuable player in the NHL playoffs. Roy, who has posted a 1.77 goals-against average in 15 playoff games, said he plays better under pressure — and the more the better. APPEARS IN 47 GAMES “If somebody else makes a mistake, another player can cover for him,” said Roy, who appeared in 47 regular season games. “If I give up a goal, I don’t let it bother me. I know my forwards will get it back for me.” Before the start of each game, Roy skates towards his blueline, and abruptly turns to face his net, followed CAS UREGAR SORTS R WaNTRE Sports Calendar p.m., Kinnaird Pork THURSDAY FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Checkers vs. Hi Arrow, 6 FRIDAY HOCKEY — STANLEY CUP FINALS: Montreal Conadiens vs Calgary Flames or Si. Louis Blues, 5 p.m channel 13 (storting time tentative) BASKETBALL — NBA: Playolf game, 11:30 p.m., channel 7 SATURDAY BASEBALL — MAJOR LEAGUE: Regional coverage of Konses City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox or California Angels vs. Detroit HOCKEY — final from Portiand, Ore Tigers, 10 a.m., channel Louis Cordinals vs. Atlanta Braves. | p.m., channel 6 MEMORIAL CUP: Four-team round robin tournament 6; N.Y. Mets vs. L.A. 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Roy performed several mi. nor miracles, stopping 13 shots, before Montreal winger Claude Lemieux won the game with his second overtime goal of the playoffs at 9:41 Pee Wees enter tourney Castlegar Girls Pee Wee softball team will be travell ing to the Okanagan this weekend to participate in Kelowna’s annual Spring Softball tournament. According to team officials, the tournament combines high calibre competition with provincial standard officiat. ing, and should prove ex cellent training for the girls who hope to oust Golden later this month for the right to attend provincials. PICK UP A $500 “TRAVEL CANADA" BONUS* WITH YOUR 1986 PONY GL 1400! Offer expires May 31, 1986, or while quantities last. Save $500 when you buy a 1400cc Hyundai Pony GL 5 door hatchback and use it to explore Canada this summer! Goa CASTLEGAR HYUNDAI SALES | 713-17th Street, Castlegar — 365-7241 or Toll Free 1-800-332-7087 DI. 7956 STIEB STRUGGLES By MARK HARDIN TORONTO (CP) — Tomorrow: I'll be Perfect. That's the proposed title of a book on the life and times of Dave Stieb that's expected to be on the shelves this summer. One of these days, the Toronto Blue Jays right-hander will win his first game of 1986. He's been perfectly nothing, as in 0-8, in five starts this year, but wait There are signs of life in that 28-year-old arm and body and, who knows, maybe yet a 20-win season to go along with his 2.48 earned-run average coup of 1985. But until he dredges up some vintage, sparkling Stieb of 1984, when he was 16-8 with a 2.83 ERA, or 1983, when he was 17-12 and 3.04, the 1986 bottle of Chateau David Andrew will leave a bad taste. His winless opening act in April was the first of his career. Last’ year wasn't great at 1-2, but the ERA was at 2.93 and not 6.75 as it stands on the eve of his first May start and his sixth whack at perfection. Even something close to that will suffice. “T've definitely got to put this (month) behind me,” Stieb said with conviction after his latest outing against California, when the Angels led the American League in the batting average department at a not-too-shabby .274 and boasted a league-best 31 home runs. LOST LEAD His teammates accorded him a two-run lead in the third inning of that game — something he hasn't experienced frequently in '86 — but he left the game after six-plus innings with the score tied 3-3. THROUGH APRIL “1 just can't be pitching like that,” Stieb said with a somewhat befuddled look. “Nothing looks worse than getting a lead and relinquishing it.” ‘As a three-time winner of the club's most valuable player award voted on by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, he may be the single most valuable commodity the team has. But when it will all come together; when everything meshes to produce that career season, no one knows. All Stieb knows is that he has to keep striving. “It’s been a slow start,” he said with tongue placed firmly in cheek. “But I do feel it’s all starting to come ther. “ KEY TO TEAM There's support for the argument that as Stieb goes, so go the Blue Jays. His poor showing in April contributed to the team's overall record of nine wins and 11 losses — bad enough for last place and the first time in three years the Jays haven't had a winning record in their first month of the season. At this time last year, Stieb had pitched 10 more innings and given up two fewer hits (27) than this season. He'd also only given up 10 earned runs, compared with 18 in 1986. Strangely enough he's only 5-12 since the all-star break of last year with a 3.89 ERA. While it may look to fans in the stands and observers along media row as though he's mired in a winless rut, don’t try to persuade opposing batsmen of that. “Everybody struggles over the course of a season,” said veteran slugger Larry Parish of Texas Rangers. “He might be struggling a bit now, but he's as fierce a competitor as he ever was.” LIFEGUARDING COMPETITION SFU hosts Rescue 86 What do Simon Fraser University’s aquatic coordin. ator Larry Plotnikoff of Castlegar, Dr. Igor Mekjavic, of SFU's department of kine- siology, and former crimin- ology student Dan Moon have in common? Each is involved with Res- cue 86, the first-ever inter- national lifeguarding compe. tition and aquatic conference, in Vancouver, May 12-17. Plotnikoff joins Mike Rey- nolds, Steve Stone, Ward Baker, Anita McEachern, Carla Boekwyt, Chris Bar. ker, all of SFU, and Jim Crofts, from Burnaby Parks and Recreation, to make up Simon Fraser's entry in the competitions. They are meeting teams from Japan, Australia, U.S., Great Britain, China and other parts of Canada, in 15 different life-saving events covering beach, surf and pool venues. Mekjavic is one of 62 world experts addressing the more than 800 international del egates. N His talk, Hot Water and Alcohol-induced Vasodila tion, is presented in the Drowning and Trauma sec tion of the symposium. Other themes are aquatic manage ment, world of aquatics, and ocean and fresh water res cue. Moon, a lawyer who now practices in Coquitlam, is chairman of Rescue 86. He sees the aquatic competition and symposium as a pace- ‘setter for future interna- tional hi of ideas, ultaneous emergencies in the pool and deck area. “The lifeguards must as- sess and prioritize What is techniques and research at the practitioner level. Meanwhile, back at the pool, Plotnikoff and his co- horts are serious in their training for the event — and so they should be. Among the other Canadian contenders will be a team captained by Olympic double gold medalist Alex Baumann. “We're really looking for ward to it,” Plotnikoff says. “Some of the teams, like the Australians, are very strong in surf events and beach. front lifeguarding, but others are better trained in pool sit- uations. “There will probably be some simulations as well, but you never know what they might be.” In Canadian competitions, problems are sometimes pre- sented in the form of rea listically staged emergency situations in and around the pool. These events can be punctuated by “emergencies” ranging from accidents in the dressing room to spectators simulating heart attacks while watching the events. Plotnikoff says the format for Rescue 86 poo! events will likely not involve spectators but may include up to 15 sim Ferris family runs Castlegar runners fared well in the Trail Nooners Silver City 10k and 5k run held Sunday at Trail's Gyro Park. Michelle Ferris won first place in the under 10-year-old category in the five-kilome- tre race while Sheila Ferris was third in the over 40 age group in the same race. In the 10-kilometre race, Jason Ferris placed third in the 14-16 age group with a time of 39 minutes eight sec onds. A total of 185 runners braved the cold spring wea ther conditions. REGISTRATION FOR | er NRE NOTICE — RED CROSS SWIM LESSONS Clark's Pool — 750-10th Ave., Castlegar REGISTRATION FOR FIRST SESSIONS JUNE 18 — 9 A.M.-12NOON Adults — July 7-11 (evenings) 2nd SESSION IF NECESSARY MONDAY, JULY 21 — 9 A.M. - 12 NOON Second Session, oll Levels ond Tiny Tot — July 22- August 1 Mom & Tot — Aug.5-8 INSTRUCTORS: PATTY & RICK TURNER Phone 365-5106 for information. well Overall winner in the 10k run was Nelson's Brent Gallie who recorded a time of 32:38. Gerry Greenman of Colville was second in 33:24, third was Barry Martin of Cran- brook at 33:44 and fourth was Gerald Klassen of Trail in 34:02. The first woman to finish was Rossland’s Kris- tine Tudor who ended with a time of 43:30. In the 5k, Ken Simonen of Trail was first in 16:57, while Tom Lucht of Fruitvale was second in 17:13. Mike Rorick of Salmo was third at 17:17. The first woman to finish was Sarah Lidstone at 19:57. and make split second decisions in their res- ponses. “Lifeguards are expected not only to patrol and deal with situations arising in the water, but to be aware of the surrounding area as well,” Plotnikoff says. “Committees setting the problems in other competitions have taken full advantage of their collective imaginations to dream up some very realistic and diffi- cult situations.” The Simon Fraser competi- tors, co-sponsored by Primo Pasta, the Keg Caesar and Bev Boys Sports, work out twice weekly as a team, and hone individual skills guring their pool-side shifts, as well as updating information on the latest theories and prac- tices in lifeguarding and life- saving. “Jumping into the pool to make a rescue is dramatic,” said one Royal Life Saving Society member, “but know- ing how to prevent those sorts of situations from de- veloping is just as impor- tant.” Gretzky named player of year ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ed- magazine's first all-star team monton Oilers centre Wayne are left winger Michel Goulet Gretzky has been named of Quebec Nordiques, right player of the year in the Na- tional Hockey League by the Sporting News magazine for the sixth consecutive year. Gretzky scored 52 goals and added 163 assists for 215 points to lead the NHL in scoring, surpassing his pre- vious single-season record of 212 points, established in the 1981-1982 season. Joining the 25-year-old from Brantford, Ont., on the winger Mike Bossy of New York Islanders, goaltender John Vanbiesbrouk of New York Rangers and defence men Paul Coffey of the Oilers and Mark Howe of Philad elphia Flyers. Left winger Wendel Clark of Toronto Maple Leafs, who had 34 goals and 11 assists in his first season, was named TSN'’s rookie of the year Mid-Week Wrap-up 2ee6e? sshbabbebee? Beeeses ge TRANSACTIONS ated fated tT i CASTLEGAR HYUNDAI SALES COMMUNITY NEWS Contibonte at Ragogration Caeciagar NICE TO BE NOTICED . . . Mary Wade Anderson (left), chairman of the Castlegar Ex- po Committee, and Mayor Audrey Moore show off a “Certificate of Recognition’ trom the provincial government to the people of Castlegar “for their invaluable con- tribution to the success of Expo 86.” CosNewsPhoro Workshop planned Michelle Droettboom, a speech/ language pathologist from the Vancouver area, will present a workshop entitled It Takes Two to Talk at the Castlegar United Church May 31. This one-day workshop, sponsored by the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society, will be of interest to parents of young children, especially those who have language delays, and to professionals who work directly with children _ Lottery. - numbers The $1-million winning numbers in Sunday's Super Loto draw were 2002571 and 2365249. There are subsidiary prizes of $100,000, $5,000, $250, $50 and $10 for match. ing the last six, five, four, three and two digits respec tively Joy Ramsden Bridge Eleven pairs of duplicate bridge players competed May 5 in the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club. The average score was 54 with the follow ing winners: Joy Ramsden and Phyllis Metteucci, first with 70; Bill Gorkoff and Hubert Hunchak with 64 tied for second with Wayne Weaver and Ian Glo ver; Myrna Baulne and Hugh Auld, fourth with 61'2; Jean Fischer and Agnes Chariton, fifth with 58. The workshop is based on the Hanen Early Language Parent Program and_ will focus on the child's current attempts to communicate. Strategies for developing dialogue will be identified. These include following the child's lead, responding in ways which enhance the child's learning, and prompt ing the child to improve his/her quality of turn-taking when engaging in conver. sation. 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