Page A8 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, December 13, 1995 Historians complete book TRENT BANCARZ Sun Editor After five years of crawling around overgrown cemeteries and trying to read faded grave- stones in other languages, a local historical group has com» pleted its mission. Castlegar and District Ceme- teries resulted fronr those efforts by the West Kootenay Family Historians. “It was our first major club project,” explains Muriel Wal- ton, chairman of the club's cemetery committee, The book catalogs who is buried at 14 area cemeteries and exactly where they are buried. The purpose behind the book is to make it easy for people to find the graves of their ances- tors, explains Walton. “Death records were not com- mon in the early days around Castlegar,” says Walton. “This will be priceless for future gen. erations as the stones get harder to read “Plus, early burials were hel ter skelter. Now we list them by lot. and plot number.” Walton says she had a person al motivation to do this project She was doing research on her grandmother and used a book such as Cemeteries to find her grandmother's grave. “I feel I've rescued my grand- mother from obscurity,” says Walton. “It's a way to find our ancestors and then is an entry point to finding out more about them.” The first known burials in the area date back to 1895. Unfortu- nately, many of the older stones were too faded and weather- NOW IN CASTLEGAR Signs & that make ring! * Neon Signs * Plywood * Magnetics * Hand Painting * Routered Signs * Decals/Banners * Graphic/Logo Design * Desktop Publishing 365- oo graphic design \ your phone * Business Cards * Brochures * Presentation Packages * Ad Layout STREET FRONT GRAPHIC 4886 beaten to be read. In the Glade cemetery, only 142 of 495 grave stones could be read, explained Walton. Another difficulty is many of the stones are engraved in Rus- sian and nobody in the club could read Russian. In addition, it was often hard to translate some of the names accurately into English A final struggle was some of the older cemeteries had been neglected and become over- grown, making some of the graves hard to find. The group will donate copies of the book to the Selkirk Col- lege archives, the Castlegar and District Public Library and pos- sibly provincial or national archives. The group still has four ceme- teries left to catalog and is hop- ing to do that within the next two years. The Historians confirmed a total of 4,629 graves in the area for the past 100 years. “LOOK AGAIN” Because many local businesses have week-end specials and events...check your Wednesday, Castlegar again before you head out on your shopping trip. A perfect way to remind you where the savings are. 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ELDS will give a discount of 14% - equivalent to the GST & PST! ad 4 " STORE HOURS From DECEMBER 11 Sat. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 310 COLUMBIA AVE., CASTLEGAR me gar RCMP said the 60 were drivers found to not be wearing seatbelts during a seatbelt cam- paign held last month. In total, there were 82 tickets “Once a person sees them, they become a believer in wearing seatbelts.” The 15 other tickets will be forwarded on to ICBC, said handed out. Drivers then had a Beach. choice of viewing a seatbelt video at the north Castlegar fire hall or paying the $75 fine. Sixty chose to see the video. Beach said he believes the graphic video had an impact on the drivers, as it was meant to. Sell it in the classifieds! ATTENTION CITY OF CASTLEGAR RESIDENTS SNOW REMOVAL ADVISORY ‘The City of Castlegar would like to advise residents of our snow removal procedures. The City has in excess of 150 kilometres of roads and lanes to maintain. Under normal snowfall conditions snow removal procedures can be concluded on all priority routes within 12 hours. For public safety City streets are maintained on a Priority basis. Established priority routes include: #1 Priority + Collector Streets (high traffic volume such as Columbia Avenue & Arrow Lakes Drive) + Access to emergency service buildings (i.e. Hospital) * School Bussing Routes * Commercial Core #2 Priority + Residential streets + Snow hauling from the Commercial Core + Street Widening #3 Priority +Lanes | + Sidewalks + City owned parking lots + Snow hauling, general Residents can greatly assist snow plowing and sanding operations by adhering to the following requests: 1, Remove all unused vehicles, boats, trailers, etc. from the streets. 2. Commercial property owners with sidewalks fronting their establishments are responsible for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalk Vehicle owners or operators are requested not to park on City streets while snow removal operations are in progress, or when snow clearing signage is posted. Refrain from shovelling or plowing snow onto the roadway from driveways, etc. Snow cleared from driveways should be stored on left side of driveway (facing house from the street). This will help reduce the quantity of snow deposited across driveways due to plowing. Snow clearing equipment travels in the direction of traffic flow. City crews are not responsible for clearing private driveways. Stay well back from sand trucks and plows, Parents should advise their children not to play on snow banks adjacent to roadways and to stay well away from approaching snow plowing equipment on the boulevards as markers. Those responsible for placing posts will be held liable for injury or damage caused by same The City Public Works Department office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m Monday to Friday and snow related enquiries or concems should be directed to this office at 365-5979 (or after hour messages at 365-3341) Thank you for your patience and anticipated cooperation. SPORTS Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579 The Castlegar Sun WEDNESDAY, Decemb 1995 A9 A perfect 10 .-.but ~ Tr % it wasn’ | pretty en + td ft Bid > 2 You never know what may be lurking behind you! In this case it happened to be a Rebel goal by Francis Bedard. Bedard was around Border Bruin goalie Gavin Lynch all day Saturday. JEFFGABERT Sun staff When things go right for the Castlegar Rebels they win hockey games. But when things go wrong for the Rebels, they still win hockey games. But if you think it’s confusing, think how it feels to the rest of the teams in the KUHL South Division. To them it’s down right frustrating. The Rebels have won their last ten games and all of them have been against South Division opposition. Some have been easy victories but in the mix have been a few close matches decided late in the third peri- od, overtime or even a shootout That was the scene in Rossland last Friday as the Rebels stood toe-to- L 23 Columbia Valley Rockies 24 “Note: Shoot-Out Wins count as Wins LAST WEEKS SCORES: sinasiewtet ol eloy’ se Base Vasey? Saws Yoley7 peters menkustccuans Grand Forks 4 at Castlegar 5 Roseland { at Grand Forks 5 N Okanagan 6 st Sicamous 7 Pe ‘Sicamous 6 at Gokien 3 SUN STAFF PHOTO ‘Jett Gabert toe with the Warriors and came out of regulation with a 6-6 tic. It was the Rebels fifth game against Rossland this season and the Warriors had No victories to their credit. And Dion Resicini made sure it stayed that way as he fired a rocket from just over the blucline after only 16 seconds of overtime to win the game. Head coach Pat Price wasn’t happy with the overall effort of his team, but was content with the outcome “Tt was a lack of focus,” said Price. “It's part of human nature. Sometimes the guys take the easy way out. It seemed like the guys were standing around waiting for the other guy to do something.” Their game the following night against second-place Grand Forks was another imp: divisi tch-up that req intense focus. The Rebels jumped out to an early lead on the Bruins with goals by Ryan Hittel and Francis Bedard. But by the end of the period, the inten- sity faded and the Bruins managed to take a 3-2 lead at the midpoint of the second period. But the line of Derek Read, Bedard and Lindsay Christianson once again responded with two goals to give the Rebels the lead going into the third period. According to Price, it was a first rate job from the Rebels fourth line Casey Grant added an insurance marker Pm with 4:27 remaining in the game and the 4 Rebels cruised to a 5-4 win Price didn't see the high intensity he wanted or the high score or the high level of aggression but he did see a lot of teamwork. And he liked it. “If our big line is having an off-game, there seems to be enough char- acter on this club that another line will take the bull by the horns and get the job done,” said Price. “And I’m really happy with that. “It’s nice to see the other boys pick up the slack.” The Rebels now have only 17 games remaining in their season and the 10-game winning streak is giving all involved a lot of confidence. “We're exactly where we want to be,” said Price. “The guys are very tight and they respect each other's abilities on and off the ice. And that’s the type of team you want. “The machine is running on all eight cylinders and it's a joy to watch.” The Rebels next game is Friday in Rossland followed by an engage- ment with Grand Forks at the Complex Saturday night. It will be the Rebels sixth meeting of the season with both clubs and REBELS WARRIORS See AIN'T PRETTY 12A Golfers vote for change at AGM JEFF GABERT Sun staff It's December and the snow is over three feet deep on your driveway. Which also means it's a perfect time to think about golf. The Castlegar Golf Club he!d it’s Annual General Meeting last Sunday and there were some important topics discussed. The Club is fondly looking forward to a new century and they want to be prepared Therefore the key words at the meeting were coordination, expansion and improvement. The coordination came in the form of a proposal that the club hire a general manag- er. Over the past few years the executive members have found the load of running the club too great for volunteers and it is thought a full-time general manager would lighten the load plus prove more efficient. “Things were getting to be too much,” said club president Wilf Sweeney. “In our it here.” the decisions. to raise funds. examination of how general managers were working at other clubs we decided we'd try The proposal passed and it will be up to the new board of directors selected at the AGM to move forward on the Ppropos- al. Sweeney estimated a person would be hired in three to four months but stressed it will be up to the directors to make all Some in the club feel there is a need for a new pro shop, a larger clubhouse and a total renovation of the lower level of the club- house, especially the ladies washroom. st January the club enlisted the ser of a Nelson architect to lay out plans and provide estimates for the expansion Since then, fundraising plans were dis cussed and an October tournament was held The clubhouse proposal dealt with the issue of the clubhouse renovation and wanted a mandate from the members to carry on further discussion and planning That mandate was given and now the task goes to the directors to decide what will be done this year. “We know we have to do some things,” said Sweeney. “The whole thing is not to spend a lot of money doing something and down the road find out we should have done something else.” After the clubhouse proposal passed the auditors report and committee reports were given. Exact figures were not released “The meeting was fairly successful said Sweeney. “They've elected a good group of directors and it'll be quite posi live for the course Sweeney said the directors will be meet ing shortly to choose a new president and form committees. Then it will be time to map out the plans for the upcoming golf season which is just around the corner at the meeting and pro shop. SIDELINES Classic Contest Over Jurisdiction Every year it’s the same ‘story. Who’s tougher and who's most feared/respected - the Castlegar RCMP detachment or the West Kootenay Hockey Officials? That question is settled annually on the ice every December as authority figures from both outfits discard their normal uniforms and darn hockey regalia for their annual charity game. This year the game will be taking place Thursday, Dec. 14 at the Complex with a start time of 7:30 p.m. All proceeds will go to the Salvation Army. At this point, there's only one question to be answered, If all the referees are on the ice playing, who'll referee the game? After all, the referees and the police know all the tricks to get- ting away with minor rule infractions. Therefore you'd need someone who knows the game and knows the tricks. I bet there's a large number of Rebel players who would be lining up to do the game It’s Winter, So.Why Not Tennis? One of the least known sports in the B.C. Winter Games is the sport of table tennis. But the lack of notoriety doesn’t mean there aren't talented players in the West Kootenay. The Winter Game playoffs were held Dec. 4 at the Morrish School in Trail with three men and one woman being selected to represent Zone One at the Games which will be in North Vancouver in February. At the head of the list is Vic Walsh of Castlegar fol- lowed by Heinz Sittig of Fruitvale and Brian Gresley-Jones of Rossland. The mens alternate is Jim King of Genelle. The lone ladies representative for Zone One is Judith Rosenberg of Nel- son. The event was sponsored by the Trail Table Tennis Club. The Search For Plentiful Powder Though the weather outside was frightful, being at the Whitewater Ski Resort is quite delightful. The Resort opened last weekend and boasted a base of 125 cm on Sun- day. However, reports Monday morning said that base increased 35 cm after the snowfall and should continue through the week. The summit side of the hill is reporting a base of over 200 cm. Last weekend was Whitewater's first weekend of operation this season. It is closed during this week but will be open for good this Saturday. The lifts start at 9 a.m. every day with the only day off between now and the end of the season being Christmas. Castle Bowl Results, Dec. 4-10 Mon. Morning Coffee Thurs. Morning Coffee L.H.S. Mable Posnikotff 258 L.H.S. Bonnic Haverland 24) L.H.T. Mable Posnikoff LAT. Annie Tarasoff 640 Mon. Golden Age Thurs. YBC Juniors L.H.S. Mabel Kinakin LHS. Stephanie VanY zerloo 163 LH.T. Molly Bonderoff L.H.T. Lisa Horst 430 M.H.S. Ed Flynn MLHSS. © Patrick Therrien 204 M.H.T. Ba Flynn M.H.T,. Patrick Therrien... 460 Mon. YBC Seniors Thurs. Mixed 7-9 L.H.S. Stacey Planidin L.H.T. Stacey Planidin M.H.S. Derek Handley M.H.T. Derek Handley Mon. Mixed 7-9 L.H.S. Cheryl Closkey LH.T. Annette Waywood M.H.S. Darrel Rourke M.H.T. Darrel Rourke Tues. Ladies Coffee LH.S. Shirley Torbic LH.T. Shirley Torbic Tues. Mixed 7-9 LH.S. Kay Hominuik LH.T. Kay Hominuik M.H.S. Don Rosler M.H.T. Bill Nazaroff Tues. Mixed 9-11 LH.S. Dana O’Brien LH.T. Lynda Wood M.H.S. Marvin Wood M.H.T. Marvin Wood Wed. Golden Age LHS. Glady Manahan LH.T. Glady Manahan L.H.S. Michelle Feeney L.H.T. Michelle Feeney M.H.S. Alfred Adshead M.H.T. Marvin Wood Fri. Mixed 7-9 L.H.S. Clara FrieSen L.H.T. Diana Sawchuk M.HS. Ray Hackett M.H.T. Ray Hackett Fri. Mixed 9-11 L.H.S. Velda Handley L.H.T. Velda Handley MLHS. Derek Handley M.H.T. Derek Handley YBC PeeWee/Smurf L.HS.. TeriGiles L.H.T. Teri Giles M.HLS. Paul Ostund M.HLT. Paul Oslund YBC Bantam L.H.S. Janice Evdokimoff L.H.T. Janice Evdokimoff M.HS. Kevin Bourque M.H.T. Kevin Bourque Sunday Classic M.S. Alex Poznikoff M.H.T. . John Kanigan Wed. Mixed 7-9 L.H.S. Marilyn Friedrich LH.T. Zoyia Moreau M.H.S. Chris Moffatt Key: MH.T. Jody Smith L.HS.- Ladies High Score Wed. Mixed 9-11 L.H.T.- Ladies High Total LHS. Blythe Elliott M.HLS.- Mens High Score LH.T. Blythe Elliott M.H.T.- Mens High Total M.H.S. Jack Swetlishoff L.H.4.- Ladies High Four M.H.T. Mike Kalesnikoff M.H.4.- Mens High Four L.H.S. Heather McDonald L.H.4, Heather McDonald M.H.S. Clayton Foard M.H.4. Clayton Foard Comment of the Week Is it p Colorado could b the first bilingual state? After all the Quebec Nordiques went there, Sylvain Lefebvre is there, Claude Lemieux is there and now Patrick Roy joins the pack. With the addition of Roy last week, the Avalanche seem to have a bonafide shot at bringing the Stanley Cup to the peaks of Colorado. Whether that happens is another thing, but you have to wonder about the people in Quebec City. They suffered a long time with the “go nowhere” Nords and the sea- son they make their exodus to the states may also turn out to be the season they finally grad the Cup. Not only that they'll probably do it with a lot of French-Canadian players who were driven from Quebec. It's a funny thing. It used to be Montreal could resurrect older players and especially those with French backgrounds and give them life in the Forum. Now it seems the Forum, along with all the hockey tradition that goes with it, has stifled those same players and they are unable to find their true potential until they leave. The list so far is long and includes names like John Leclair, Claude Lemicux, Kevin Haller and Stephane Richer. That list continues to grow daily and if Roy helps the Avalanche claim the Cup, people all over Quebec will have to stan taking a serious look at their once vaunted hockey tradition