Page 8A Letters to the Editor The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, September 1, 1993 Highway design doesn’t take into account valuable Dear Editor As a Castlegar resident with heritage concerns, I have been impressed in recent years with efforts of the Doukhobor people in their fre quent large scale public events at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. | also have an interest in matters of the sincere good highway design in the Castlegar area I now write on a concern that has come to light near the historic community of Brilliant With the new Castlegar Bride well underway (commendably on-time and on-budget) the Min istry of Transportation and High For these reason Ways ts now faced with the prob dents’ Want the road relocated lem of designing a suitable june- over the toe of Sentine! Mountain tion at Brilliant for.the industrial haul road” to the of the pulpmill, Of the two main — way options being considered, H ways favours a complicated re been held on this issue design of the present problematic the junction - while Brilliant resi (for 50 years) Nelson High new the oryzinal route Castlegar Several public forums have in which Highways people are to be commended for their polite will Your satisfaction is our main concern , MM, WRICHED] FLOUR 10 kg ©. Rs FLOUR ams OF CAMROSE. ALBERTO tnt * whole wheat © unbleached all purpose Sunshine flour 10 kg. B.C. grown ¢ Canada commercial mcintosh apples approx. 12 Ib~box 99 ry Processed * 16, 24, 32 slice 500 g. © Limit 1 with this coupon id a $10 purchase PLU#1001 California grown * no. 1 fresh cantaloupe 73 kg. 33. B.C. grown * Can. no. 1 kiwi fruit 1.08 kg. tb. | California grown imported fresh pineapples 1.52kg Ib. 4 Great variety of great meat savings gov't. inspt. poultry 4.37 kg. 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This village is the key to Doukhohor heritage in British Columbia which - like all other B.C, heritage - should be pre served as much as possible Included in this historic “Bril lant triangle’ the foot of Sen. tine] Mountain are” The spacious and well designed Brilliant Cultural Cen. tre with seating capacity for more than one thousand. carefully kept historic home of the late Anna Markova, mother of Mr. J.J. Verigin of Grand Forks, Honorary Chair man of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, (U.S.C.C.) The impressive flower - bor dered tomb of Peter (the Lordly) Verigin - where the cherished first Canadian Doukhobor leader lies at rest --along with other members of this leading family, The old Kootenay River Bridge, built by the hard working Doukhobors in 1913 - to serve both the numerous villages in Ootishchenia and the first Nelson Trail road (which then crossed the Columbia by a little “reaction ferry” near the goldrush town of Waterloo). This historic community of Brilliant, serving as headquarters for Peter Verigin I (and later Peter Verigin Il) was also the = Hemp Doukhobor heritage centre for those communal vil administrative dozens of unique lages - stretching from Champion Creek and Ootischenia in the south to Raspberry and Pass Creek in the north. As well as the large steam-powered sawmill beside the Kootenay River, there was a substantial frum cannery and a grain elevator - as Clearly seen in carly day photographs Now the. main reason for this Though an outsider to I would like letter Doukhobor culture to suggest that the Doukhobor people consider expanding upon their “good works” at Brilliant by Doukhobor her. in this historic developing”a itage theme park” triangle For this reason and others such as the large scale public events taking place at the cultural I believe it would be press for the more northerly road altemative: It would be a mistake to have a busy haul road passing so near this unique community - when another option is available Besides, the “upper route” would avoid the necessity of carving a new exit lane (coming from Nel son) out of the solid rock directly below Verigin’s tomb - a major tourist attraction It should also be pointed out that if all heavy industrial freight and toxic chemicals had contin- ued to go by rail - as area resi dents strongly urged - this costly Brilliant roadwork would not have been needed - in either loca- tion centre wise to Roads can be moved can be raised money but heritage once lost is gone forever HLF. Killough Continued from 7A and use. 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There were a lot more participants than I was Doug Knowler ducks as he passes under a steel gate on a downhill stretch of Sunday's To Bonk and Beyond race in Castlegar SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten expecting,” said Castlepaf race organizer, Matt Scott The turnout of 78 riders on Sunday—20 of whom local riders, was an improve ment over the races’ first year which attracted 38 riders Hf years’ turnout was so ause word-of-mouth from last years’ race attracted more riders this year. This event is growing every year,” Scott said Scott was surprised by the caliber of riders at the There were two professional rid- ers, Chris Shep- pard, who races for Team Red Line, Pro-Fork, and Onza placed first in the Expert class and sported the over-all best time of 1:25:58 for three laps of the 9 km race cir cuit. The other pro was Ron Haws, who rides for Off Road Toad from Van- couver “It was a surprise they (the Pro riders) showed.” Five riders made up the Expert class. Finishing behind Sheppard were David Claussen; Dana Manhard; Ron Haws and Ian Tanner. The top female riders were Tayna Hawthorne, Jeanie Dwyer and Kim Kirkpatrick who finished in that order The Sportsman class (age 18-35) completed two laps of This was the largest up ol were race the course group which was made 18 riders. Derek Crowe this class with his time of 1:08:07. followed by Sean Jenkins (1:08:29) and Rodger Fabi (1:09:01) According to Scott brings Castlegar and the area to won this race 4 think this event brought exposure to Castlegar as a main mountain bike racing area.’ — MATT SCOTT To Bonk and Beyond race organizer commenting on the many race benefits the foreground of the mountain bike racing circuit and lets peo ple know there trails here ure Lop quality in Castlegar “PE think this event brought exposure to Castlegar as a main mountain bike racing area. An this brings lots of into the Scott event like money said With 58 riders from out of the entire community benefits when an event of this size is held In the area Jown Veteran class, for rid 35 years, nine riders hit the trail. Larry Min dle took first, fol lowed by Diamond ers over Con and aymond VonDiebitsch Another in the rider Veteran class had nothing but praise for the and the ‘I like the technical parts of the like the logs, creek and mud downhills,” said Ken Rae Only in first year of mountain bike racing, To Bonk and Beyond was the third race this summer for Rae. “I'd do it again,” he said while catching his breath following the race According to Scott, this forces the riders to use race course course, crossings his course lots of strategy. “This course is mainly which is more demanding,” Scott said a single track course The ¢ really dike this 1 change Shich are course t t i from tt rere road run on k and ski hill Junior cht lor ages tht rider for top VonDicbitsch while Jesse Lerch ympeted spot Shawn won the event Ryan ind Local ‘iron men’ defeat course Derek Peregrym and Duane Cassidy complete super triathlon in Penticton JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports The term “pushing yourself to the limit” has a new meaning for Castlegar's Derek Peregrym and Duane Cassidy Both were in Penticton for the Iron Man Canada Tniathlon this past weekend. The event consist ed of a 2.4 mile (3.8 km) swim followed by a 112 mile (180.3 km) bike ride. Once the first two sections are complete a full 26.2 mile (42.1 km) marathon was the last stage of the race. The race had over 1,400 com. petitors in total, in which Pere grym placed 246th overall. In his age group, men’s 25-29 there were 260 competitors in which he placed 70th. Cassidy, competing in the 30-35 age group, finished 138th out of 250 competitors in that section. Both competitors were in their third year of taking part in the event Conditions during the race Derek Peregrym only made it a tougher race than it was. The combination of cold water during the swim and a strong head wind added to the intensity of the bicycle section of the race, according to Peregrym In the first section of the race, the swim took Peregrym said A variable in a race like this is the inconsistent weather condi tions from event to event. “You never know what the conditions are going to be,” Peregrym said The final challenge was behind them and both fin- Peregrym 1:04 and Cassidy 1:08 “The water in Okanagan lake was really cold, trillions colder than last year,” Pere- grym said. Once the swim was behind him, Peregrym hopped on his ‘ crossed the line between racing and surviving...a race like that is unforgiving’ — DEREK PEREGRYM Commenting on the Iron Man Triathlon in Penticton ished the event Cassidy's total time was 12:08 hours and Pere grym crossed the finish line 11:10 after he started y time this year was five min- utes slower than last year. This year the wind accounted for more than the five minutes on my 24 pound road racing bicycle for the ride. “There was brutal wind conditions and combined with the very hilly course made for a tough ride.” For Peregrym, the 112 mile cycling section of the race is what he considered to be his strongest event. It took 5:35 hours to ride the -112 miles. “The biking was where I made up some ground on the other participants. It was the best of the three events for me.” It was the opposite for Cassidy, the cycling section is what he considered his weakest section of the event. “The bike section took 6:24 including the transition point after the swim and betore the run Once the hills of the bike sec tion were behind them they had to prepare for the last and final section, the marathon Nine miles (14.5 km) into the marathon I crossed the line between racing and surviving, I had to walk. A that is unforgiving occasionally like race time,” Peregrym said. “The toughest part of the race is trying to keep water in the body. You didn’t noti dehydrating because of weaffier,” Cassidy said. After each race Cassidy says you can tell how tough it was by how much you hurt. “After this years’ I did not hun so much, I was not doing the Iron Man shuf fle.” Of the 1,400 competitors, 460 were Canadian, 560 were from the U.S. and the remaining were world wide competitors. While the event is physically and mentally challenging. Ca you were the sidy considers it to be quite a social event as well) What tinds to be the appealin aspect of competing in variou Tnathlons ts the daily nutnitiona requirements It's the lifestyle I like have to train and eat properly. 1's This is the biggest and the best organized Triathlon most you a challenge in Canada,” Cassidy said The top women finisher was American, Paula Johnson with a total time of 10:01. Out of the men’s competitors, Ken Glah, was the overall winner, he was in the’ same age group as Peregrym and finished the course in 8:38 closely and third Pannell followed behind in second place Ten riders were in the Cadet class for ages 10-14, The top rider was Chris Hill. Ryan Durand just edged Jared 2 pavigna by 20 seconds for third place The novice class was won by Myron Hayter who, barely beat second place finisher Daryl! Handley by seconds David Belanger rounded out the top three riders in this class which consisted of 12 racers Planning for the third annual To Bonk and Beyond is already well under way which ia a sure sign of the races’ success. Scott -said he is hoping to have over 100 riders next year nine The volunteer turnout is a big part of the event, without them it would be impossible,” Scott said Scott is looking ahead 10 the third annual race Ridets can expect an increase in prize money and sponsor ship. The race will also incor porate a Observed Trails ride, which is more of a display of and bike however Cross already the riders ability handling control there will still be the Country race as in the past years. In addition the prize money will also increase as the popularity of this event increases ‘We wil] have a bigger-cash sponsor for next year,” Scott said Kevin McGuire rounds the last corner and sprints for the finish line. He was in the Sportsman class in Sunday's race SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten The Castlegar Aquanauts returned from the Provincial Championship in New West- minster, with 9 medals from 26 participants. The club also received the Tom Loriente Memorial Trophy for the most sportsmanlike team medals sonscang an } Andy Angrignon SO b Jody Y Justun Balahura, Andy Adam Rod Wendy Pilla In total the Kootenays won 33 UN SPORTS PH John Van Putte Angrignor ther Root 50 Fly-Silver wteGold Bronze Bronze Relay team award winners Jusun Kangan. Adam Kristian May SWinimier 4x50-"Re nay swimmers) 4x50 “Regional ~~ Aquanaut individual medal winners \y - Gold Gold 1 Bronze Bronze ronal Bronze