as: Castlega ir News August 13, 1986 ee hernobyl cloud hangs over Kiev By ALISON SMALE Associated Press KIEV, U.S.S.R. — As intangible as radiation itself, the specter of Chernobyl hangs heavily over this beauti- ful city splashed in summer green. On the highway from the airport to the center of town, as on all roads into Kiev, every vehicle mest make a slow pass through a radiation-measuring device. Those registering suspect levels are flagged down by men in white or blue-gray overalls for a closer look. The vehicle check is one of the more visible signs that this city of 2.5 million lies just 120 kilometres south of the Chernobyl! No. 4 reactor that caught fire and blew up in the early hours of Saturday, April 26. But 15 weeks after the accident, many other reminders exist, of the disaster that spread a cloud of radiation and is believed to have caused 31 deaths. The official death toll as of July 29 was 28, but three new graves have been found since then in a section of a cemetery near Moscow reserved for Chernobyl victims. As many as 2,000 people were initially sereened for radiation exposure, and about 300 of those were hospitalized. Now, water trucks rumble along the Kreshchatik, Kiev's tree-lined main avenue, spraying to remove dust that might contain radioactivity In the central department store, rubber-booted old women sprinkle water on the floor with straw brooms. Anyone entering @ public building steps on cloths soaked in water to get dust off their shoes. si se emcee seca ae At the market, peasant women wearing scarves and men in cloth caps get their farm produce tested every morning at special laboratories. They must show documents proving that their produce is radiation-free before their fruits and vegetables can be sold in the market hall. Following special yellow signs directing them to Chernobyl, dozens of trucks traverse Kiev laden with building materials, evidence of a massive construction program the official news media says involves 50,000 workers. In. conversations, Kiev residents sometimes talk freely of such taboo topics as the war in Afghanistan or old Stalinist purges. But when a visitor mentions Cher- nobyl, people fall silent Some of the defensive attitude seems rooted in embarrassment that the accident happened near Kiev, where residents are eager to show off their attractive city, and in the Ukraine, whose people take pride in being resilient. “No people like to discuss their shame,” said one Kiev man. Traditional Soviet secrecy and caution in discussing domestic failures add to the defensiveness. ‘A man who said he had been in Chernobyl! two weeks ago, a few kilometres from the reactor, refused to give any details to a foreigner “Look at me, I'm still alive,” he said. Soviet officials would not help The Associated Press arrange meetings with some of the 100,000 evacuees from eR the nuclear disaster or a trip to a new settlement being built for those who will work at the Chernoby! plant. A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official said there wasn't enough time to organize meetings, and that evacuees were beginning to tire of such sessions. He declined to be interviewed about cleanup operations, pleading a busy schedule. Residents were cautious about going beyond the dominant picture painted by the state-run media of calm in the face of disaster. feré was no panic, but there was concern,” one man, recalling early May when many parent} scrambled to get their children out of Kiev. He sent his 10-year-old daughter alone on a plane to her grandmother in Siberia. “It looked like a flight for a children’s home,” he said. “One adult for six or seven children.” Besides the children sent out of town, vacations were organized hastily for about 200,000 youngsters from Kiev and other parts of the northern Ukraine and for many thousands of mothers with young children. They went to summer camps on the Black Sea, nearly 480 kilometres to the south, and elsewhere. The children will return around Aug. 21, ready for the school year beginning Sept. 1. Many are back already, playing on the sandy banks of the Dnieper River, swimming in its waters, lining up with their mothers for peaches, eggplants and tomatoes on sale in the streeets; drinking juice, and eating ices at street cafes that closed briefly after the accident. The contented outward picture contrasts with some residents’ lingering doubts about the safety of children in Kiev. Western tourists have avoided the city, but residents draw comfort from the knowledge that U.S. bone marrow specialist Robert P. Gale, who helped treat some Chernoby! victims, brought his children to Kiev during a visit a week ago. Uncertainty and some lack of public knowledge about what is going on in the cleanup zone have bred the inevitable rumors, none substantiated. 8 SE EE ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Walter Janicki are happy to e the g°g t of their only daughter Helen Marie to Donald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Secco, Warfield, B.C. The wedding to bes place on September 13, 1986 in Castlegar Kas WANTED CLEAN COTTON RAGS Re Castlegar News 197 Columbia Ave., Castlegar FUEL FOR THOUGHT From the time humans first learned to walk, we have constantly been looking for new and better means of mobility — and new sources of energy to make our mobility even more efficient. For example, at Expo 86 in Vancouver this year, you can see Canada’s first magnetically powered rapid transit system. 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It pays to be informed. ‘MasterPian NHL players accept new five-year deal TORONTO (CP) — Na- tional Hockey League play- ers have overwhelmingly ac- cepted a new i Although the contract, ap- proved earlier by the 21 NHL owners and effective im- di d to agreement — even though it falls well short of their union's original goal of total free agency . was be passed — turning it down would have meant a strike — some agents had urged their star players to reject it be- cause the i didn't Alan director of the NHL Players Association, announced Tues- day that 98 per cent of the returned ballots — about 20 per cent have yet to be re ceived — are in favor of the new five-year deal, reached July 24 after four consecutive days of bargaining. The new contract greatly improves pension benefits for players and gives more free- dom to veterans looking to sign with the team of their choice, but the association wasn't able to negotiate a free-agent deal like the one in baseball. achieve total free agency. y Eagleson said Tuesday the margin of “es- — wifi recieve a lump-sum payment of $250,000 once he players must be compen- sated, sometimes in the form of a first-round draft choice — was changed slightly in the new deal. Cc i to teams tablishes clearly that players, not agents, run the NHLPA.” PLAYERS REALISTIC “The players were very realistic,” Sam Simpson, di- rector of operations for the association, said in explaining the high approval rate. Players will get more money for playoffs and awards, and pension benefits will be doubled. As well, anyone who has played at least five full years — in- cluding last season and part of the forthcoming campaign losing free agents was al- tered so that those teams now will receive draft picks or cash. Previously, a team signing a free agent had to compensate the player's for- mer team with draft picks and-or players. As well, the age has been dropped to 31 from 33 at which a free agent can switch teams without set the help of an arbitrator if The previous agreement allowed teams to retain free agents over the age of 33 simply by matching an offer training camps, which means games, and tion. Under the new agree- ment, a veteran player can either give his old team the right to match any opposing there is a drug problem in the NHL. ‘One more try for Carlton By The Associated Press It will be one more try — at least — for Steve Carlton, who cares too much for the sport he has often held at arm's length. “I love the game, it's as simple as that,” said Carlton, now of the Chicago White Sox, after suffering a three- inning, six-run beating from the Detroit Tigers, who beat Carlton and the White 7-3 in their American League base- ball game. “The two times I was out, I learned I missed the beauty of this game,” Carlton said. “You don't realize how much I miss it.” Carlton was signed Tues- day afternoon and a few hours later — wearing No. 37 — he was on the mound at Tiger Stadium after a one week retirement. It wasn't pretty. Mike Heath and Chet Lemon homered, Detroit had seven hits and Carlton left after three innings trailing 6-0. In other American League action, the Boston Red Sox lost a doubleheader to the Kansas City Royals, 5-1 and 6-5. New York beat Cleve- beat Texas 7-2, Oakland beat Seattle 3-2 in 10 innings, and California beat Minnesota 5-4 in 12 innings. Carlton entered the game with 4,000 strikeouts. He ended the first inning by making Darnell Coles No. 4,001 and struck out four batters in his three innings. Royals 5-6 Red Sex 1-5 Frank White's three-run double and Darryl Motley’s two-run double won the opener, then Jorge Orta hit a two-run homer in a three-run sixth inning that won the nighteap. Yankees 6 Indians 4 Solo homers by Rickey Henderson, Don Mattingly and Mike Easler powered the Yankees to within 3 ‘2 games of Boston with a win over Cleveland. Blue Jays 3, Orioles 0 Jesse Barfield hit his league-leading 29th homer and drove in all three runs. Jim Clancy, 13-6, pitched a four-hitter and did not walk a Baltimore batter. over a five-man infield with the bases loaded in the 12th land 6-4, Toronto blanked inning to lift the Angels over Baltimore 3-0, i kc i An de Aquanauts top regional meet By GORD GIBSON Cas‘ legar Aquanauts swim team collected 895 points and the Kootenay Regional Championship on the week- end Swimming at Trail's Wright pool against eight other teams, it was Castlegar's seventh straight victory of the summer swimming season. The Nelson Neptunes finished in second place with 626 points while the Robson River Otters were third with 645. Fourth place went to Trail with 508 followed by Kimberley 297, Colville 269, Beaver Valley 173, Creston 74, and Greenwood with 13. Four swimmers went undefeated through the two-day meet, each collecting 36 aggregate points: Castiegar’s Aimie Chernoff, Colville’s Sarah Ewan and Robson's Ariel McDowell and Elaine Prescott. The Aquanaut's Chernoff has lost only four times this season, finishing a close second each of these times. Aggregate awards are given to top finishers in each age group. Aquanauts won 12 awards with first place golds going to Chernoff and Ian Dudley. Silver awards went to Chelsea Van Vliet, Lori Picco, Alex Hartman, Jennifer Small and Steve Junker. Third place bronzes were won by Chris Chernoff, Wendy Gouk, Justin Phillips, Wendy Pilla and Brian Vecchio. Each first place winner also received a trophy. Two further trophies were awarded. The Russell Beattie trophy, awarded to the top male breaststroker, went to Nelson's Donny Walker. The Dick Buckingham award for the best sportsmanship displayed by a team as selected by all meet officials went well-deservedly to Col ville. For complete results, see Mid-week Wrap-up. page B2. The Regional Championships are to be held in less than two weeks at the Games Pool in New i ‘The first three 's in each event are ligit for the ial moved in as an extra in- fielder, but DeCinces lined a single into short centre field. Reliever Ron Davis, 2-6, loaded the bases before Roy Lee Jackson gave up the winning single. Brewers 7 Rangers 2 Glenn Braggs hit two homers for Milwaukee's last two runs and the Brewers scored five times in the second inning, twice on Robin Yount's single. All five runs in the second inning were off Charlie Hough, 9-7. Tim Leary, 9-11, left in the Rangers’ two-run seventh. A’s 3 Mariners 2 Mike Davis, who was al- most taken out of the game after he hurt his ankle in the eighth inning, led off the bottom of the 10th with a homer. The blast made a winner of Jay Howell, 2-4. All-star game Saturday By CasNews Staff A Castlegar all-star hockey team which includes mem- bers of the Castlegar Rebels will take on a team of West Kootenay players who have signed with or are already playing on National Hockey League teams. The game — sponsored by the Rebels — is set for Saturday night at the Com STEVE BOZEK Castlegar team munity Complex. A social time will follow the game where the public can meet the players. As well, a presentation will be made to Steve Bozek by the City of Castlegar and the Rebels. Rebels players on the team are: David Terhune, Randy Sale! Kelly Hurd, Ken Hoodicoff, Wayne Saliken, Darcy Martini, Adrian Mar kin, Brian Wilson, Tim Ar. nett and Nick Colvin. Gord Pace and Doug Knowler of the Western International Hockey League's Nelson Maple Leafs will also play, along with Walter Sheloff and Greg Kilpatrick of Nel son Jr. Maple Leafs, Brian Verigin, a former Rebel who played for Northern Michi- gan Wildacts, and Rick Rogerson who played for the Castlegar Midget Reps last season. The Castlegar team will be headed by the trio who will guide the Rebels this season: coach Bill Johnson, assistant Terry Jacobson and manager Rudy Martini. The NHL team includes Nelson's Greg Adams of New Jersey Devils, Steve Tam bellini of Trail, who plays for Vancouver Canucks, Castle. gar's Gord Walker, playing for a New York Rangers farm team, Nelson's Morey Gare who played for NMU Wild- cats, Castlegar native Jim GORD WALKER NHL team Smith who recently signed with Detroit Red Wings and Trail’s Ray Ferraro of Hart ford Whalers. Others are Simon Wheel don of Victoria Cougars, Tra vis Green, Dane Jackson and John Obetkoff of the Rebels, ex-Rebel Jeff Townsend, Don Soroke and Randy Kirby of Nelson Maple Leafs, Dave Kanigan of NMU, Tim Krug. who plays in Esson, Ger many, and Mike Zanier, who plays in Salisbury, Austria. Two more players are still to be confirmed for the NHL team. Harry Smith, a member of the 1961 world champion Trail Smoke Eaters team, will coach the NHL squad. . —" , a zu Diy if * / DEA Dy | TAKE-OFF . . . Anita Lebidott , Division 54 swimmer for backstroke race during Swim Ch Robson River Otters, waits for starting gun in in Trail on the weekend. Otters clock fast times By KATHY VERIGIN The Regional Swim Championships were held at the Wright Pool in Trail last weekend, with the River Otters clocking their fastest times ever for the season. the seventh time this season. Div. II Silas Bagur and Mike Byers, both swimming strong, tied for silver. Div. IV Ariel McDowell, another Otter to regeive the Ninety per cent of the Otters competing improved their personal best times, to prove the Otters “power of pull” in the water. Coach John Prescott said he feels that this is the strongest team the River Otters have ever presented at the provincials, having oped g skills that should bring home more medals than the previous year, with odds in favor of capturing a few golds. Swimmers to represent the club are Div VII Ken Kinal jeff Schuepfer and Elaine Prescott, Div VI Trevor Seville, Div. V Chris Kinakin and Jason Schuepfer, Div IV gold for the seventh time, set new pool records in 200 TM and 100 breast. Kim Byers, modestly demonstrating her fine swimming skills, received silver. Div. V = Kinakin, always swimming strong, took gold. Jason Schuepfer who broke two pool is in 200 IM 100 fly received gold. Div. V Trevor Sev! best meet of the season to take the gold. Div. VII Elaine Prescott, swam an impressive 200 IM which gave her a new pool record, along with 100 fly and 100 free. She received a gold aggregate. Ken Kinakin and Jeff Schuepfer tied for silver Schuepfer's domineering freestyle gave him two new pool records in 50 free and 100 free. Ariel McDowell, Div. I Kim Verigin Eleven aggregates came home this weekend, and eleven new pool records fixed for the season Aggregate winners were, Div. I, Kim Verigin, setting two new pool records in 50 free and 50 fly, to receive gold for Team point standings were, Castlegar 895, Nelson 626, Robson 545, Trail 508, Kimberley 297, Colville 269, Beaver Valley 173, Creston 74, and Greenwood 13. For complete results, see Mid-Week Wrap-up. page B2 Ryan returns from Astros disabled list By The Associated Press While there were no visions of a no-hitter dancing in Nolan Ryan's head Tues- day night, the celebration of his return from the disabled list had the Los Angeles Dodgers shaking theirs. Ryan, the all-time major league leader with five no hitters, pitched 5 1-3 innings of hitless baseball Tuesday night as the Houston Astros blanked the Dodgers 3-0 in National League action. But Ryan, 39, who left after six innings with a two-hitter, wouldn't have had the oppor tunity to add to his no-hitter list regardless. It was predetermined that Ryan would throw no more than 100 pitches in his first start since July 27 “He was coming out re gardless, I need him in Sep- tember,” said manager Hal Lanier, who permitted Ryan to throw 99 pitches. Elsewhere in the National League, it was Philadelphia 3, New York 1; San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1; San Diego 4, Atlanta 3; Monteal 10, St. Louis 3, and Chicago 3, Pitts. burgh 1 Ryan's feat included six strikeouts to bring his alltime major league leading total to 4,215. Ryan, who gave up singles to Steve Sax and one to Bill Madlock, said his right elbow gave him no trouble “I was as surprised as any one that my control was as good as it was,” said Ryan, 8-7, who walked two batters. A tworun triple by Jose Cruz in the second inning gave Ryan all the support he needed. Charlie Kerfeld pitched the last three innings for his fifth save PHILLIES 3 METS 1 Philadelphia's Kevin Gross got himself into some trouble but found a unique way of escaping retiring New York's clutch-hitting Keith Hernandez three times to end an inning. Hernandez left six runners stranded. Gross, 8-9, allowed six hits, struck out a career-high 10 and walked three in pitehing his sixth complete game. GIANTS 2 REDS 1 Rookie shortstop Kurt Stillwell booted Dan Glad den’s bases-loaded grounder to allow the winning run to score in the sixth inning. Vida Blue, 9-6, got the vic tory. Seott Garrelts pitched the final 2 1-8 innings for his fourth save. PADRES 4 BRAVES 3 Bruce Bochy’s two-run double in the seventh inning broke open what had been a tight pitching duel between San Diego's LaMarr Hoyt. 6-8, and Atlanta’s Zen Smith, TAL. EXPOS 10 CARDINALS 3 Bob Sebra, 2-2, allowed eight hits and got two himself for Montreal, which scored three runs in the first inning against John Tudor, 11-6. Andre Dawson had four RBIs and belted his 16th homer, a three-run shot. CUBS 3 PIRATES 1 Leon Durham hit his 12th homer of the year to lead the Cubs past Pittsburgh, Lee Smith notched his 22nd save with two innings of shutout relief. Scott Sanderson, 6-9, went seven innings to win for the first time since July 18. Larry MeWilliams, 248, lost. Lenardon signs with Devils Trail native Tim Lenardon has signed a multi-year con tract with New Jersey Dev iles of the National Hockey League. Lenardon, a 24-year-old six-foot two-inch 185-pound centre, was named Canadian College Hockey player-of-the year for the past season. Lenardon scored 26 goals with 40 assists for 66 points in 26 games for the Univer sity of Brandon Bobcats. Lenardon played for the Bobeats for the past three seasons and before had two seasons with Trail Junior Smoke Eaters of the Koot enay International Junior Hockey League, where he collected a whopping 310 points. Player agent Brian Burke also negotiating with former Stanley Cump champion Edmonton Oilers for the rights to the local free agent, advised Lenardon to sign with the Devils because of a better playing offer Terms of the contract were not announced. who was