upsidedown. October. { planned. MOURNING CLOAK Signs of spring Butterflies are coming out of hibernation. Mourning Cloaks, Tortoise-shells and Angle-wings are most commonly sighted, They come in combinations of dark reds, browns and black. They may be seen basking in the sun in locations sheltered from spring's chilly breezes. While resting on rocks or on the ground they regulate body temperature by opening and closing their wings to the sun’s warming rays. Sap oozing from tree branches broken during the winter provides food. Butterflies are generally not thought of as hibernators. Individuals of many species hibernate in the fall. Adults may choose hollow trees, cracks under bark or tin cans in dumps for their winter sleeping quarters. Here they may be found singly or in groups. With the aid of a natural antifreeze they wait out the winter with antenna tucked between the tightly folded wings. Sometimes they hang The butterlies of early spring lay eggs producing a new batch of adults in June. During August another brood will reach the adult stage and these adults will hibernate in Look for these sun-basking butterflies along the edges of fields.and country roads in the Kootenays and in the Creston Valley or visit the wildlife centre and walk along the trails. The centre is now open seven days a week, Special film showings and naturalist-led walks are / Pulpit & Pew by Ministers in the Weat Kootenay By TED BRISTOW Castlegar United Church Malachi the cat often comes around our church, and through some sort of ESP we have conversations which I sometimes report to the children. After years as a tough out- door cat, Malachi, late last winter, took the big step of moving in with some humans. (It was all that rain that drove him to it, he told me.) We recently talked about one of his observations from living with humans. “You humans are never satisfied,” he told me. “You always want something more. Take, for example, that picture box you're al- ways staring at.” He meant the TV. “It tells you you should have more and more stuff, when you already have so much. And the box gives the kids dreams about being rich and tough and famous. But I think kids are great just the way they are.” T had to agree. Malachie then went on to tell me a story from his Breat-great-great grandmo- ther. Malachi often talks of her. She must have been quite a puss, I once asked Malachi if she was still around, and he said, solem- nly, “She's always around,” and I felt Ishouldn’t ask what, he meant, Anyway, the story as he remembered it, went some- thing like this: When the cats and all creatures were young, we cats knew we could have anything we wanted: power, wealth, fame. We knew we would have to work for it, but with our great talents we could have it. A meeting of all cats was called to consider this pos- sibility of becoming rich and powerful. After some excite- ment, a great lion stepped forth and spoke for us all. ° {At this point Malachi in- formed me that lions were the greatest of the cats, and I told Malachi we called them the King of the Beasts.. Malachi showed no surprise at this, saying only that hu- mans should indeed give great respect to lions, since they could rip a man apart with a single swipe.) The lion said, “I feel it would be foolish to go search- ing for fame and fortune. It would take great effort on our part, so that our whole lives would be spent inthe pursuit. But the Lord of’ Creation has given us only a few years, afid so many gilts to discover and enjoy, that we would have to overlook these gifts to spend. time seeking those other things.”. Malachi said his great- great-great grandmother used to list the gifts of cre- ation in alphabetical order, . but he could only remember the f's: food to hunt, forests to live in, friends to know. The lion concluded, “Why give our lives to a difficult pursuit when we already have so much right around us to please us for a lifetime?” All the cats agreed, that’s why cats are always so. content. Malachi then looked slyly at me and said, “I think humans could learn from us I had to agree. UPHOLSTERY SPECIALS When we re-upholster your sofa we will re-upholster a: MATCHING CHAIR FREE. BONUS OFFER 4 matching kitchen chairs re-upholstered for the price of 3. PICK UP AND DELIVER YOUR OWN SOFA UPHOLSTERY & SALES & SAVE EVEN MORE. 365-3055 650 - 23rd St., Castlegar ‘and, FORT. LEWIS, WASH. (AP) — When Perry Watkins was drafted in 1968 he told the Army he was a homo- sexual. He was taken into the service anyway. Now, 14 years later, the Army is trying to kick the 33-year-old:Tacoma man out of the service — because he is a homosexual. ‘Why? That's a tough ques- tion, I would never try to second guess the Army,” Watkins said. Watkins is now a sergeant working in personnel at the . headquarters of the Ninth Cavalry Brigade at’ Fort Lewis. He lives off the big Tacoma-area Army base. In his off-duty hours he performs as a female imper- -EXAMPLE: Payment Monthly — $771.66 Payment Every 2 Weeks — $385.83 sonator. In the past he has done his female impersona- tion act at Army clubs and Army- sponsored events, he says. However, his female im- personation has nothing to do with his sexual preference, he says. Watkins says he has never tried to deny his homosex- uality to the Army. “I've been stating it for 14 years,” he said. “It’s kind of stupid now.” The reason the Army is taking action against Perry now is because of a change in regulations regarding homo- secuality, said Maj. Larry ‘Collings, Fort Lewis spokes- man. : “On March 10, 1981, new regulations came out that persons being homosexual are incompatible with the military,” Collins said. Procedures were started for an administrative « dis- charge. The ‘American Civil Liber- ties Union has been helping Watkins and filed suit in fed- eral court to block the dis- charge. On ‘April 12, U.S. District, Judge Barbara Rothstein in _ Seattle, issued a preliminary injunction, staying a dis- Mad charge until she makes a final ruling on the case. That could come in one to three weeks. In 1977 in Germany, Wat- kins had his security clear- ance revoked because of his homosexuality. But he got the denial turned around and won ‘clearance to work on NATO. programs. He also survived. a dis- charge hearing in South Kor- ea in 1975 because. of “his homosexuality. “The Army has had to deal with my homosexuality ‘on several occasions,” he said. Worrying Well, Alfred E. 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Non-Castlegar racers collecting awards were Sean Valentine, most im- proved boy racer; Mark Anderson, best perfor- mance, boys category; Glen Dorey, best perfor- mance, senior boys and most sportsmanlike racer; Stan Hanson, best downhill racer, Kerrin Lee, best performance, junior girls, Tami Johnston, best per- formance, juvenile. girls, and Anna Steckle,. most Gy Caroly Pp d juvenile girl. HAPPY WINNERS . . . Local Red Mount formances this and Hans Edbla tain Racers who picked up awards for their per- yer included: (left to right) Christina Edblad, Murray Greenwood —CotNews Photo Canada-Russia aa goes today TAMPERE, FINLAND (CP) — The ‘Soviet Union moved within one victory of its 18th world hockey cham- _ Pionship following a 4-3 de- cision Saturday over a fired- up Canadian team in the final game of the preliminary round-robin competition, The Russians get a chance to clinch the 1982 world crown today when they meet the Canadians in the return match opening the medal competition. The Soviet Union, Czecho- slovakia, Sweden and Canada the eight-country tourna- :ment to advance fo the shamplonship round, The go into the point of the tournament with a 5-5 tie against West Ger- many. ‘The fin- was a pretty even game,” said veteran Bob Gainey of Canadi te ished last and are relegated to the B pool next year, to be played in Japan. A win in any of the final three games, gives the Soviet Union the gold medal since the most points Czechoslo- vakia can finish with is 16. ILLEGAL STICKS The Russians may play with a new set of hockey sticks today, after being hit three times with penalties for playlhg - with ticks curved ~~-took the top-four positions ‘in7: too~muchi* === eta One of those Penalties off- set a Canadian penalty. The others gave Canada two-man late in the second final round with'14 points on a 7-0 won-lost record com- piled during the preliminary — round. Czechoslovakia has nine points after beating ‘Italy 10-0. Sweden also has nine points after tying Finaldn 3-8 Saturday, but is third on goal differential. Canada has eight _ Points. In the other game, the United States gained its first period and early in the third period, but the National Hoc- key League players could not * beat goalie Viadislav Tretiak ‘game them a couple of chances and they got those two breakaway goals. “We could have made some Minnesota North Stars took a penalty at 12:53 and the Rus- sians applied their potent powerplay with Alexander Kozhevnikov scoring five sec- onds after Giles returned to the ice. diffe on our pi ¥) hut at the same time we came back at even stretch and get ourselves back into the game a couple of times, “T thought it was a pretty good game.’ The Canadians appeared to. be a little nervous in the opening minutes of the game’ ‘arid goatie- Greg’ Millen of Hartford; Whalers kept the off the The R took the lead for the first time at 9:38 of the second period when an errant pass at the Soviet Union blueline was picked up by Nikolai Drozdetsky who was trailing the play. Millen stopped Drozdetsky on the breakaway with a poke check, but the Russian for- “ward’got the loose puck and flipped it into the crease over during the early going. BARBER SCORES By the midpoint of the opening period, Canada set- tled down and took a 1-0 at 9:46 on a goal by Bill Barber on either p Meanwhile, Trek Gimayev and veteran Sergei Makarov had scored on clear break- aways in the second period to give the Soviet Union a 3-1 lead going into the third “On ‘the scoring chances, it ‘NATIONAL LEAGUE Expos drop SO MONTREAL (oP) (CP) — John Stearns drove in a run with a seventh-inning double, and Charlie Puleo combined with two relievers on a ‘four-hit shutout while New York Mets beat Montreal Expos 1-0 in National League base- ball action Saturday. Mets | right-hander Neil Allen earned his fifth save by working out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning. Stearns’ drive down the left-field line off loser Ray Burris, 0-3, drove in Gary Rajsich, who had doubled off the right-field wall. The hits were the third and fourth off Burris, who previously had not allowed a baserunner to reach second, Puleo, 2-1, overcame early control problems. — he walked six — and sur rendered only three hits until he was replaced by Falcone in the seventh. But after striking out An- dre Dawson to start the eighth, Falcone issued conse- cutive walks to Al Oliver, Gary Carter, and Warren Cromartie to load the bases. ; Allen came in and got pinch- hitter Jerry White to ground back to the mound, forcing Oliver at the plate, and he retired: pinch-hitter Brad Mills'on a liner to centre. -Puleo pitched out of a jam in the fifth when Tim Wallach singled and Chris Speier doubled with none out. The right-hander. got Burris to ground out, and he fanned Tim Raines. Rodney Scott then walked to load the bases before Dawson grounded to . shortstop. Puleo allowed ‘only : one other baserunner-.to reaching scoring position. In ‘the first inning, Scott walked and stole second. He was thrown out trying to take third on a grounder by Dawson to the mound. CARDS 12 PHILLIES 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Phillie Lonnie Smith drove in three runs with a pair of singles, leading St. Louis Cardinals to their 12th straight National League baseball victory, a 7-4 tri- umph Saturday over Philad- elphia. The Cardinals broke a 4-4 tie in the eighth inning with three runs off reliever Ed Farmer, 0-1. With one out, Dane Iorg, who had four singles for the day, reached on an infield hit. Pinch- runner David Green stole. second and, after Ken Oberk- fell was walked, of P Flyers, his sixth goal of the tournament. Barber took a pass from Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton Oilers just inside the Russian blueline and fired a slapshot through the legs of Tretiak, who turns 80 today. However, Curt Giles of the goalie and Gim- ayev tapped it in. Several minutes later, Craig Hartsburgh of the North Stars was caught inside the Russian blueline when Makarov and Igor Larionov broke in clear on Millen. Makarov beat Millen high to the stick side, though the Canadian goalie got a piece of the puck. Then the Canadians pulled their secret weapon, getting swedish referee Dag Olsson to measure Alexei Kasa- squeaker to Oberkfell and Ozzie Smith. The St. Louis rally spoiled a fine hitting effort by Phil- adelphia catcher Bo Diaz, who knocked in all four Phil- ‘adelphia runs with two hom- ers and two doubles. He had staked Philadelphia to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. He followed a single by Garry Maddox with his third homer of the year, off St. Louis starter Joaquin Andujar. PIRATES 8 CUBS 5 CHICAGO (AP) — Dave Parker's run-scoring double keyed a two-run seventh inn- ing helping Pittsburgh over- come a five-run deficit, and Don Robinson pitched the Pirates to a 8-5 National League baseball victory over Chicago. Cubs on Saturday. The Pirates broke through for three runs in the fifth, added another in the sixth on Dale Berra’s first homer and finally went ahead in the seventh, Robinson worked 6 28 innings in relief of Ross Baumgarten, giving up three hits for his first victory this year. He also went 3-for-4 at “the plate and drove in a pair of runs in the ninth Ozzie Smith singled to load the bases. Orlando Sanchez, pinch- hitting. for reliever Doug Bair, 1-0, drove in one run with a ground out. Lonnie Smith, traded to St, Louis in the offseason, then singled in with a single. Robinson gave up Keith Moreland’s homer’ in the third and did not allow another hit until Larry Bowa doubled with one out in the seventh. Cubs reliever Ran- dy Martz, 0-2, took the loss. Johnny Ray. opened the Pirates seventh with a single and scored on.Parker’s dou- ble. Parker scored the go- ahead run on Jason Thomp- son's single. The Pirates loaded the bases in the fifth on singles by Berra and Robinson and a walk to Omar Moreno. Berra scored as Ray grounded out, Robinson scored on Parker's sacrifice fly and MOreno came home on a single by ‘Thompson. The Cubs broke on top with five runs in the third, Gary Woods and Bowa sin- gled, and Bump Wills drew a base-filling walk. Ryne Sand- berg doubled in two runs, and, aftr another run scored on an error by first baseman ‘Thompson on a pickoff throw, Moreland capped the rally with a two-run homer, his sixth, REDS 3 ASTROS 2 HOUSTON (AP) — Dave Concepcion and Johnny Bench drove home _first- inning runs with a double and single to lead Cincinnati Reds toa 3-2 victory over Houston Astros in a National League baseball game Saturday nigh- night. The Reds jumped on starter Bob Knepper, 1-2, for all three runs while Frank Pastore, 2-1, was shutting out the Astros through the first five innings. Ed Milner led off Cincin- tonov’s stick at 18:28, just 1:03 after Viktor Tyumenev had been handed a minor penalty. Much to the Rus- sian’s chagrin his stick proved illegal and Canada had a two-man advantage for 57 seconds. Then at 4:29 of the third period Gimayev was given a penalty and Canada asked for a measurement of Kozhev- nikov's stick. It, too, proves illegal and Canada had an- other two-man advantage — but again couldn't score, “We had been watching ‘them closely’ the last few games and there was no doubt : that several of the- Russian players had much more than the allowed .15- centimetre curvature,”. said assistant coach Red Beren- son. “Those penalties cer- tainly gave us a lift, but we had to score a goal on it and we didn't.” NARROWS LEAD The Canadians didn’t quit, though, and pulled within 3-2 when Paul Reinhart of Cal- gary Flames took s pass from Darry] Sittler of the Flyers in the slot and ripped a shot Mets nati’s first inning with a strikeout and Ron Oester singled prior to the consecu- tive RBI hits by Concepcion and Bench. Cesar Cedeno then hit into a double play to end the inning, Astros also ended the next two innings with double plays before the Reds pushed across their third run in the fourth on Mike Vail's single after Cedeno had doubled to centre field. Pastore allowed only three hits and did not permit a Houston baserunner past first base until the fifth inning when he lost his shutout. Denny Walling’s double to the warning track in right field, went to third on Terry Puhl’s fly ball and scored on Ray “Knight’s sacrifice fly to Cedeno in centre field. PADRES 6 BRAVES 4 ATLANTA (AP) — A two- run throwing error by pitcher Rich Camp allowed San diego to score the go-ahead runs as the Padres downed Atlanta Braves 6-4 for their 10th, straight National League baseball victory Saturday night. The Padres, trailing 4-2, took the lead with a four-run eight inning rally off Atlan- ta’s two star relievers, Gene Garber and Camp. past Tretiak at 8:14, Larionov festored the Rus- sian’s two-goal lead four min- utes Jater when he tapped in a pass from just outside the crease. But Brian Propp of the Flyers made it 4-3 at 16:13, picking up a loose puck among the boards just inside the Russian blueline and blasting a shot over Tretiak's left shoulder. . Canada caught the Rus- sians a third time on a stick measurement when Vladimir Krutov was sent off at 17:23, offsetting a penalty to Rick Vaive of “Toronto Maple” Leafs. Canada tried to get some- thing going during the final two minutes of play, but any hope for a tying goal van- ished when the referee gave Barber a.penalty for triping with 62 seconds left in the © me. “I think we showed a lot of character, going out there 3-1 and getting back into the game and keeping it right there until the final buzzer,” said Gainey. “I know the last few years we've been going into the third period down two goals and have not been able to challenge them (the Russians) at all. “I think from that point it was a very good game for us.” Berenson said he be- lieves the team is capable of winning the return match today. “There's a lot of emotion here, a lot of pride and who knows?” he said. “This game could have been more of a confidence builder than any- thing for us. “I thought we skated with them, we checked them and for the most part, had our share of the puck. We did exactly what we wanted to except capitalize when we had to.” Sanches: Tiger just a pussycat off the ice VANCOUVER (CP) — Dave (Tiger) Williams of Vancouver Canucks has a dual personality — a tiger on the ice and a pussycat off it. Williams, the most penal- ized player in National Hock- ey League history, has lived up to his reputation in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He's spent the two Smythe § Division series terrorizing the likes of Lanny McDonald of Calgary Flames and Dave ance with his antics and lim- ited their goal-scoring pro- jf duction. “When I walk out these doors, I don’t have that atti tude,” Williams said after practice. “I'm not a barra- cuda on the streets. “A lot of people don't understand that, not even my teammates. I'm probably harder on them than on the eight seasons in the NHL. He had a banner year this season only at the penalty box, where he spent andther 341 minutes to add to the 2,084 minutes in previous infrac- tions, GOALS DOWN His goal production slipped to17 from a career and team- leading high of 85 the pre- vious season. In the playoffs, however, Williams has played the role of the spoiler for coach Roger Neilson. He totally frustrated McDonald and Taylor, along with their teammates, and still found time to chip in with two game-winning goals himself against Calgary. Against Los Angeles, Wil- liams had a goal, three assists and miscellaneous cuts, bru- ises and nervous stomachs, all to the opposition. “My morals quit when I go on the ice,” said the native of Webburn, Sask. “On the ice T'm dealing the cards. TIGER WILLIAMS «+» penalty king “Most of the time I'm deal- ing from the bottom of the deck and I've got an ace stashed up my sleeve. “The things I had to do against Lanny McDonald, one of my best friends... well, I had to stop and ask myself what am I doing this for? He's crying foul and I want to hit-him so hard you'd have to use a crowbar to get him off the boards.” KNOWS HIS ROLE Williams said he has a dirty job to do, but it’s one he has been assigned because ‘it's what you have to do to win.” “Now, everybody's hap- py,” he said. “The fans are happy, the town is happy, the media is happy. “Winning is my business. I don’t get paid for goals and assists. I. get: paid for win- ning. I'm a hockey entre- preneur and the bottom line is who wins.” ‘The Canucks have ad- vanced further along the - playoff trail than at any time during their 12-year tenure in the NHL. Vancouver will play for the Clarence Campbell Confer- ence championship, starting Tuesday on the road, as part of the final four. Williams may march to a different drummer than most" professional hockey players, but he's never been confused by the bottom line. SHSS holds milk run Wednesday Stanley Humphries Sec- ondary School will be par- ticipating in the largest fit- ness/nutrition event of its kind in the country, the B.C. School Sports Milk Run, as secondary schools through- out the province join to- gether on the afternoon of April 28 in recognition of “The Other Half of Edu- cation” and “High School Sports Week in Canada.” Over 280 secondary schools and an estimated 150,000 participants will run together to acknowledge the important role school sports play in the fitness, growth, and overall development of students, and to raise money to benefit The B.C. Lions Society for Crippled Children and The Variety Club of B.C. Each participant will be invited to make a coin con- tribution to help the disabled children of our province. At the end of the 3 km course, milk runners will receive a carton of milk anda Milk Run tag compliments of the B.C. Dairy Foundation. Stanley Humphries will hold its run on Wednesday, April 28 at 2:30 p.m. starting from the school.