HOCKEY ACTION in last Friday's game between the 1961 Champion Smoke Eaters and their Swedish Harry is alse president of the Castlegar and District: Minor Hockey final score of 13-8 for the Trail Smoke Eaters. Tossing the puck for the face-off is Mayor John Landis with, left to right, Swedish captain Lasse Bjorn, Jimmy Smith representing Minor Hockey players and his father, Harry Smith, of the 1961 Smoke Eaters. game strictly to support k local Minor Hockey, which will use its share of the proceeds towards the newly ° acquired time clock, was handled by local officials. These were Gary: Hyson, Doug Gray and Arnie Nazaroff.—Castlegar News Smokies Down Swedes | Exhibition hockey last Friday night which saw the 1961 Champion Trail Smoke Eaters down their Swedish counterparts 13 to 8 will go down in the books as a game with a new twist as the final : period ended with a Swedish goalie in both nets. Replacing an injured Reno Zanier of the Smokies, who received a puck to the head, was the Swedish alternate goalie who filled in the remaining playing time when it was realized the Smokies’ other goalie, Seth Martin, who had tended the goal in the first part of the action, had already removed his gear, B.C. Festival of Sports Provinces Fastest Growing. Sport Has 3,000 Participants Quickly now, what is the fastest growing sport in British Columbia? Give that man a cigar if he said badminton. Yes, badminton has grown by racquet and shuttlecock over the past year where today there are 196 registered clubs around the. provines involvi ateiuWelve’® gained new clubs and around 900 players since this time last year,” said president of the British Columbis Badminton Associ- ation, Daryl: Thompson of Vancouver. Mr. Thompson says the impact of the sport in this province will be felt during the third annual British Columbia Festival of Winter Sperts, Jan. 17 through Feb. 4, b ‘We will be staging a major every are: The badminton champion- ship tournament will be held in Port Alberni, Fed. 2 and 3 and to get to those finals a player must win at his or her regional ‘playoff. Regionals will be held in 12 centres. - . “Overall,” said. Mr. Thompson, “the regionals : will involve close the duplication of players, only 100 will lineup for the Port Alberni championships. 3 The’ Festival, meantime, continues countdown towards opening ceremonies day on Jan. 17, When the Festival does open and is running through its three-week course, more than 150 events will be staged in over 68 British Columbia ~communities and ski areas, involving close to 30,000 partici- pants. . a You Save af Bonneti’s 10 Pct. OFF for CASH BONNETT’Siecrecoe Fans, the majority of whom were young players of the Castlegar. and District Minor Hockey Association who got first crack at the available’ ‘ tickets before ticket sales were thrown open to the general public, cheered the Smokies in their red and white uniforms with the distinguished red maple leaf but cheered even louder for any winning action on the part: of the visiting Swedish team. i This was a night of many added attractions. Coach of the ‘81 Champion Smoke Eaters acknowledges Kel McGuire of Kinnaird as the holder of the winning ticket which enables him and his wife to see all the games yet to be played by these teams in Sweden. Jimmy Smith, :represent- ing Minor Hockey - players, presented a gift to the Swedish captain, Lasse. Bjorn. $100 cheque, * gurer, Don Myer. ‘The game Friday night was designed to support local Minor Hockey with a portion of the proceeds going towards the initial purchasing of the time clock and scoreboard which: has added another dimension of appointment when the Swedish team ran afoul. with bad weather and were delayed in their return from a short side © trip to San Francisco where they. were hosted by a Scandinavian club. This re- sulted in their missing a supper planned by the City of Castlegar-Kinnaird. -All ended well when Ald. Jack Chernoff, following Mayor : John Landis’ welcome -at the arena, presented a. gift on behalf of the new city. Prior toa dance. in’ the arena hall, the city was able to have; the hungry Swedish players, who had arrived just in time for the game, sit down toa delayed supper, following the game. Friendly Frank Says... in January PLAY “It's Summer ye VALUAE GAS Is ’NOBLANKS’ =. | Woodland Park Esso ‘ EVERY CARD AVINNER PHONE 365-3355 [ Castlegar and District Minor H Pee Wee Division Dec. 17—Blazers 4, Rangers 1. Goalies were P. Perras for the Blazers and T. Popowich for tho Rangers. , Scoring ~ for . the Blazers were J. Postnikoff (J. Stewart), J. Stewart (J. Postni- koff and B. H Dec. .29—Castlegar Pee Wee Reps 4, Trail Pee Wee Reps 3. Goalies | were Drazdoff and Kirby for Castlegar and Zanler and Harry for Trail. Scoring for Castlegar were Sherstobitoff (Martin), “Martin | (Smitheram h bitoff), Kanigan McGuire (unassisted) and T, Reed (L. Kalesnikoff), Rangers’ only goal was scored by P. ani (Barnes) and Smitheram (Sher- stobiteff),.Trail goals were by McPhee (unassisted), De‘ Biaso Laurino Dec. 18—Stars 3, Hawks 2. '* Goalies were David Rayner for the Stars and Inn Foubister for the Hawks. Scoring for the Stars were Sookachoff (Craig Wilson), . Sookachoff .(Elroy Switlishoff) and Eddie Kinakin (Sookachoff).. Hawks’ goals were scored by Glen’ Miller (Rhys Andrews ‘and Derek Hipwell) and Phillip: Churchill (Danny Perepolkin). Dec. 28—Bruins 8, Nelson Pee Weeks 5 (Tip Top Service). Goalie for the Bruins was R. Cheveldave. Local goals were made by Ron Lauriente (Dan Fillipoff), Dan® Fillipoff (Ron Lauriente), Dan Fillipoff (Ron Lauriente), Ron Lauriente {un- assisted), Dan Fillipoff (un- assisted), Ken Knowler (un- assisted), Ron Lauriente (un- assisted). and Dan Fillipoff (unassisted). ii, _ CASTLEGAR NEWS | Recreation News: . T From the -Direcfor's Desk By Jack Alout There is still room in most of the adult education and number of organizations in the. next little while. a recreation classes. The deadline for registrations is the. first night the classes start. If there is not enough to fill a class‘ by that time it will be dropped. If you cannot get down to pay your registration fee before the course starts you can pay at the first session but be sure to phone the Recreation Office and get your name down for the course of “your. choice. No istrations will be accepted aie Registrations are coming in nicely for the men's keep fit classes and it looks like we are going to have a‘ good turn-out. This program is designed for all ages, so don’t think you're t old. Itis advised that older men do have’ a physical checkup - before starting. If you want to. know more about the program, give us a call at the Recreation - Office for details. -One thing! should mention about the men’s keep fit classes is that they will be held at Stanley Humphries Secondary School instead of Kinnaird Elementary School as pre- viously advertised and it is still on Tuesday evenings. nee ene The winter indoor track and field training program will commence this Saturday after- noon at KISS. Registration fee is $3 per student and the club will go through until the spring. Coach for the club will be Bob Lightle. Through this effort, it is hoped to form a permanent track club that will be affiliated with Trail and Nelson. ier * * The Homeward Bound program is still going well and we are always pleased to hear. from anyone who wants to use the service or anyone who wants to volunteer to help. o£ #8 Response to our Com- munity Calendar of Events has been. slow, but with the holidays now over we look . forward to hearing from a A sensational insight into the lite of the mysterious and. |, powerful timber so! TOMORROW ONLY Castle Theatre 2 Shows - 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 Producl of « Anuricon National Eatrprises, tac. P is only as good as the information that is'fed into it, so let's start feeding the computer and make this Community Calendar work. and Martin (De Biaso), Dec, 29—Castlegar Pee Wee “B" 3, Spokane 2. Castlegar goalie was R. Cheveldave. Scoring for the local team were Foubister (Martin), Reed {Ste- wart) and Fillipoff (Stewart and Hyson). Dec, 30—Castlegar Pee Wee. “B" 6, Spokane 2. Castlegar goalie was N, Chernoff. Local goals were:by Foubister (Mar- tin and P. Horning), P. Horning (Sookachoff), Fillipoff (C. Horn- ing), Stewart (Reed), Roberts (McGuire) and C. Horning (Stewart, Foubister). Bantam Division Dec. 17—Castlegar Credit Un- ion 8, Legion 1. Goalies were R. Plotnikoff for CCU and’ D. McMullen for Legion. Goals for CCU were scored by: G. Pace (unassisted), P. Klit (G. Pace) and B. Van Yzerloo (P. Kit and G. Pace}. Legion's lone goal was * by Stewart (unassisted). Dec. 19—Kootenay.. Savings Credit Union 3, Pee Wee Reps 4. Goalies were Rod McKenzie for Kootenay Savings and Randy Kirby for Pee Wee Reps. Kootenay Savings goal-.- getters were B, Kambic (Greg Moroso), M. Polonicoff (J. » Markin and D. Cooke) and Greg Moroso (D. Cooke and B. Kambic). Scoring. for the Pee Wee Reps were N. Smitheram (unassisted), Bruce Martin (N. Smitheram and K. Shersto- bitoff), Bruce Martin Smitheram and D. Kanigat and K. Sherstobitoff (N. Smith- eram and-B. Martin). Dec. 20—Pulp and Paper Workers 3, Texaco 2. Goalies were Wallace for Pulp and Paper and Ingham for Texaco. Scoring for Pulp and Paper - were Samoyaloff (Calder), ockey Results | Swetlikoff (Khadikin) and Wil- son (unassisted). Texaco, goals were by Gillman {Briggoman} and McDonald (Conroy). Dec. 24—Kootenay Savings Credit Union 3, Pulp and Paper Workers. 1, Goalies were MacKenzie for Kootenay Sav- ings and Wallace for Pulp and Papor. Scoring for Kootenay Savings were Kooznetsoff (un- assisted), Kooznetsoff (Keraiff) and Sookerookoff (Keraiff). D. Kubos (B. Kubos) scored ‘the lone goal for Pulp and Paper. Dec. 28—Legion 6, Pee Wee Reps 0. Goalies were ‘Danny McMullen for the Legion and Danny. Drazdoff for the Pee Wee Reps. Scoring ‘for. the Legion’ were W. Jenkins (Ian Stewart and Mitch Quaedvileg), Tan Stewart (Kevin Basran), Tan Stewart (Walter Jenkins), Tan Stewart) (Pat Rilkoff} and Kevin Basran (Ian Stewart); Castlegar Bantam Reps 14, . Grand Forks 2;; Goalies .were McMullen and Plotnikoff for Castlegar and Rudolph Arish- enkoff for Grand Forks. Scoring for Castlegar were Townsend 2, Sorenson 2, Tasone 2, Yule 2, Bozak 2, MacKinnon 1, Koochin 1) and Pryce 1. Grand Forks goals were by Doubasoff and Staven- ford. Assists for. Castlegar were Bermel 4, Sorenson 2, Keochin 2, Townsend 1, Yule 8, Tasone 1, Obetkoff 1 and MacKinnon 1. Dee. 29—Castlegar Credit Un- ion 2, Texaco 0, Goalies were R. Plotnikeff for CCU: and L. Ingham for Texaco. Castlegar goals were by C, Furlan (Ww. Koochin) and G. Pace. (un- assisted). (continued on’ page?) er Sherstobitoff 2, | FROM, YOUR, FRIENDS, OF ‘THE HANDICAPPED Elaine, Batty & Nora Ma- karoff, ‘Castlegar; Gwen Eld- s ridge; T. Planden,Box | 10, Edgewater; Fred & Polly Bart- soff;. 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No chatge or obligation, 365-57 si tender Allan Akselson receiving the best goal Grunerad, Allan Akselson, Ken Gorkoff and assistant captain Danny Walker. Back row, left to right, coach Lorne Klimehuk, Brace Allingham, Jack Swetlishoff, Frank ‘Kevin Wilson, Bi manager Ji Misaing for the picture ‘are Neil Archambault ‘and Barry DePaoli. 4 g hese, are front row, left to right, Pat Geddes, John -Wishloff, Greg Nixon, Calvin ‘Victorious from Medicine Hat Results | of: the, second Annual Midget “A”: Tourna- ment recently held in Medicine Hat were as follows: Dec. 28—Calgary.19, Medi- cine’ Hat8: and Brandon 5, Regina 3.-.- hen ‘Dee, 29—Weyburn 5, Leth- bridge 8; Edmonton 10, Castle- gar 4; Regina 7, Medicine Hat 6 and Castlegar 5, Lethbridge 3. Dec. 80—Brandon 8, Cal- gary 2; Edmonton 9, Weyburn 8; Castlegar 6, Regina 4 ("‘B" (Champs) and Edmonton 14, Brandon 1 ("A” Champs). Edmonton, Calgary and Brandon are classed as “AA” Midget teams and are con- sidered junior farm teams to teams such as the Toronto Marlboros. During tournament: play one loss puts the losing team in the “B" division. A second loss puts them out of the. tourna- Ment. This method of elimination allows each team’ time: to. rest between games ant wn of three’ games,” final championship The following a account of the: three “games played by the local Midget Rep team: Stet - Edmonton 10 - Castlegar 4° In their firat game the local team was unsure of this type of hockey. It was rough, hard- hitting, quick-passing and sharp-shooting all the.way. Edmonton opened the scor- ing at the 12-second mark of the first period ‘and. went on to score three. more goals by the end of the: period, _ {The Edmonton team, on the whole, was much bigger in individual: size and*more ‘bal- anced as a team and used both of these to keep Castlegar contained in ‘their own end. Despite this, at the six- “minute. mark of, the second period, Bruce Allingham, ona pass from Eddy Plotnikoff, got a. breakaway’ and: scored ‘the first goal for. Castlegar.: Castlegar. did: not’ score again until 17:09 of the:second VALE YARN SHOPPE Studio Knitting Machines Lessons: for all Machines Yarns & Knit Garments Z Ph. GH 462 - 2nd ‘Ave., Rivervale ‘soxEd Plotnikoff, $.5. No.1, Trail, B.C. period when' Bruce ‘Allingham, ted by.:Frank Tasone, ig the third ‘period Edmonton kept Castlegar off the scoreboard until the 14:62 mark when. Bruce Allingham, assisted by Barry De Paoli, scored again.! — < , ‘Bruce and Barry teamed. up again at the 18:56 mark for. the fourth and‘ final Castlegar "There were 19. penalties during the gamie—10 to Edmon- ton and nine to Castl id in attendance, Castlegar Mid- gets put this city on the map for many: Prairie: hockey ‘enthu- siasts ‘and. became “the “B” ‘event champs. © The - boys, were very - psyched up about this game as they had watched them play against’ Medicine Hat’ end felt they probably ‘could not beat them. : The feeling in the dressing room was very different than for previous games, A telegram from the . Castlegar. Minor A received one ‘fight which the Castlegar player appeared to win. Edmonton ‘took advantage of each of Castlegar’s penalties and: scored ‘every’ time ‘Castle- gar was short-handed. a Allan Akselson © stopped close to 45 shots during the game. Lethbridge 3 - Castlegar 5 ‘Taking to. the ice for their on Saturday, the Se Leth: in the first: period ‘ excellent goal-tending by bo es... i "At the 1:48 ‘mark of the second period Tony Moscovitch passed to Bruce ‘Allingham who ‘was ‘already on:his way to the- Lethbridge end and scored the first. goal. - “At the- 16-minute mark, Bruce scored the second goal. imassjsted| and at 19:88 he teamed up with Kevin Wilson and Jack Swetlishoff to. score the third Castlegar goal. assisted by Bruce: Allingham, “put the fourth Castlegar goal in the net at the 19-second: mark of the third period. Lethbridge then opened up and scored three goals in three minutes before Bruce. Alling- cham scored the final goal of the “ ‘garne unassisted at 4:16 of the third period, ‘The shots;on goal- during this game were about even, This.win put: Castlegar’ in the running for the “B” ‘event trophy. of the, tournament. Castlegar 6 - Regina 4 In a game that ended with both teams getting two stand- ‘ing ovations from the 1,600 fans - Ammounclng ED'S AUTO WRECKING NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Ed and Rhonda Sorenson ‘former owners i ° Wish to Introduce se Boe: © ART AND ELAINE HALL NEW OWNER OPERATORS “We wish them. every success in their ; new venture. FOR GOOD USED. AUTO PARTS, REPAIRS & 24 HOUR TOWING PHONE 365-5567 | To Our Friends and Customers. our Sincere Thanks for. Your. Past Patronage Ed and Rhonda te) Hockey just before the game gave the. boys the final boost of confi- dence they needed to play an excellent game. Both teams spent the first few minutes of the first period feeling each othér. out, after. which they both started to 8:10 mark of the second period, He was © assis! by Bruce Allingham. Danny. Walker, a first-year ‘Midget, broke out at 16:24 of the second period to score Castlegar's second goal un- assisted. + “At the 18:20 mark Tim Paul passed ‘the, puck ‘to Ed Plotnikoff who took it out of his own end and carried it the full length of the ice, passed it to Bruce Allingham waiting in the : glot, who'fired it into the net. This was excellent teamwork play. on the part of the’ three bo: Be : ‘At the opening: of the third period Castlegar let down their defences and seemed a little over-confident. ‘At the 9:26 and 9:58 marks of the third period, Regina took the wind out of their sails by scoring two quick goals to tie the game at 3-3. Castlegar, jolted back to reality, settled down, tightened their defences and held Regina off for the rest of the third period. This put the teams into 10 minutes of overtime with Castlegar scoring the first goal at the 4:10 mark—Bruce Alling- ham’ from Neil Archambault and Tim Paul. Regina tied it..up again ‘with ‘one minute and 36 seconds “Jeft in the overtime period. With only 37 seconds left, ’ Barry De Paoli, who had played very hard throughout the game, scored the winning goal. Regina then pulled their goalie to give six attackers to press for a goal. Bruce Allingham took a HATA EATON’S TRAIL Canada-Wide $1.49 DAY * TUESDAY JAN. 15, 1974 Personal Shopping Only Many Items At One Low Price Linc very. good pass from Kevin i Wilson, skated over the red line and shot the puck into the open Regina net, putting Castlegar. ahead 6-4 with four seconds left in the period. ‘ The game. was very fast, but comparatively. clean: with only 10 penalties being handed out—six to Regina and four to Castlegar. 917! ,1;* if (continued:on page 11) Bowling No. 1 Sport With Sr. Citizens Bowling has become number one entertainment with members of the Castlegar and District Senior Citizens who put ina day's bowling just prior to Christmas to complete their 1973 games. This included two handicap gaines. Winning first prize was Mrs. A, Lampard, second was R. Cormier and third K. Keating. Consolation prize was awarded to F, Jonkman, Members extended their thanks to Mrs. Fred Bonnett who donated the prizes and provided the coffee. Bowlers who provided cookies were also thanked, Following the games the bowlers went to the Senior Citizens Centre where Mrs. A. McNeil, said Grace as approximately 41 members sat down to a chicken dinner. Among the bowlers is 89-year-old W. E.’ McCreight who looks forward to his weekly bowling. Those making over 200 in their scores are Mr. Cormier 203, W. Simmons | 208, L. Newhouser. 202 and. 225, Mr. Jonkman 217, Mr. Keating 200, Mrs. M. Olsen 222 and Mr. H. _Humphrey 293. + Running a close second to bowling as. the number one - sport is carpet bowling which is played in the lounge of the Centre. ‘When further floor space is ° acquired members hope more persons will participate in this sport. s Cards and bingo are also held regularly in the afternoons which give members: a wide variety of activities. CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, January 10, 1074 Why Settle Fora One Manual Instrument? The Yamaha BK7 Organ features all the autom- atic goodies the one manual hes to offer. PLUS For the more advanced player, we've added a second manual plus 13 bass pedals. Come In For A Demonstration Now, It's Free, “So Is Our Second Manual and Bass Pedals.” KELD'S PIANO & ORGAN (0. Fairview Sub.-Div, — Blueberry Creek — Ph. 36! YAMAHA SINCE 1887 Castlegar Custom Upholstery wishes to announce that we are back We are now cleaning up the back-log and will be ‘ready to serve you cheerfully. Upholster your old chesterfield and chair now! er Free on Carpeting and Customized Draperies Phone John at 365-5306 Castlegar Custom Upholstery Across from the Castle Theatre: winter Winter JANUARY 17 to FEBRUARY 4, 1974. Start planning now fora vi i ion. C ity Wi : Festivals and more than 150 exciting sports events in 68 host communities and ski areas promise winter holiday @ fun. Choose a place where you, your family and friends can enjoy your favourite Festival events, then take a side ‘trip for, and on the:slopes. The spotlight is on sports, physical fitness and you. Sponsored by the i erect GOVERNMENT OF BFTISH COLUMBIA Department of Travel Industry Hon. Ernest Hall, Minister»: and the 8.C, Sports Federation: Pe pop ere et