as, cs Castlegar News _2vly 23.1999 Canada rom tront Bishop, Billy Barker, were continu bag of 757 aircraft, four — Raymond Collishaw and Donald MacLaren Canadians. They claimed 247 kills At the outbreak of war, Canadians rushed to the colors. The Ist Canadian Division was organized, equipped and shipped to Britain within three months The men were in France by February 1915 and two mon: ths later found themselves in Belgium, 30 kilometres trom the North Sea, in the second battle of Ypres. That. fight, in April 1915, marked the first use of poison gas, Fighting in green clouds of strangling chlorine, the Canadians clung desperately to their lines, staving off the German offensive. counter, the Princess Patricia’s.Canadian Light Infan try started the day with 550 officers and men and finished with 150, Ypres, the baptism of fire, cost Canada more than 6,000 casualties. Far worse was In one vicious en ahead On Jily 1, 1916, in northeastern France, the Battle of the Somme opened. The Newfoundland Regiment at the time Newfoundland was still a separate colony charged straight into German barbed wire and machine guns and was wiped out in minutes. That autumn, in the sugar.beet fields of the Somme, Canadians fought a back-and-forth war of attrition in the trenches. The cost; 24,713 Canadian and Newfoundland casualties. LEARN TOFIGHT The soldiers learned their lessons. They learned not to advance in long, straight lines. They learned to sneak rushes, in small groups hurling forward in short grenades. The gunners learned to pin-point German ar tillery and smash it before the attack In April 1917, Lt.-Gen. Arthur Currie, the tall, pear-shaped Vancouver real estate speculator who.rose from command of a battalion to command of the Canadian Corps, demonstrated his tactical skills in the assault on Vimy Ridge The ridge — in northeastern France, not far from the Belgian border — was a near-impregnable fortress festooned with barbed wire, studded with concrete machine-gun posts and covered by masses of artillery in the woods behind. Twice the French army failed to take it Currie and his artillery specialist Lt.-Col. Andrew McNaughton — Currie called him the best gunner in the world — laid their plans carefully. Every man was briefed on his role troops close to their objectives. And McNaughton laid down a savage barrage of artillery that wrecked German guns, shattered strongpoints and killed front-line Tunnels were dug forward to bring soldiers The Canadians rushed the ridge Easter Monday, April 9. By April 12, they held all the high ground, at a cost of 10,000 dead, wounded and missing Canada’s “Easter gift to France,’’ a Paris newspaper crowed If Vimy was the triumph, Passchendaele was: the It was tragedy MUD AND BLOOD Passchendaele was the Battle of the Mud. Thick, gluey, heavy, clinging, stinking mud. It clutched at the legs, it swallowed guns and wagons and mules. It dragged down the wounded to drown or infected them with deadly gangrene The flat lowlands of Flanders, originally a swamp reclaimed by, painstaking drainage work, had been churned by countless artillery shells. They smashed the ditches and drainage systems and left a cratered bog Rain turned the ground into a quagmire and that autumnit rained. And rained. And rained The water lay on the land, a dark, agly fluid, poisoned by bloated corpses, by pockets of gas, by overflowing latrines The Germans looked down from the only high ground in the region, low ridges, hammocks really, but on that level plain the height let them watch the British and Canadians floundering in the mud and direct ar tillery fire where they pleased Before the Canadians were ordered to Flanders, Currie protested to the British commander-in-chief, Gen‘ Douglas Haig, that the capture of Passchendaele, just east of Ypres, would cost him 16,000 casualties. In the end, he was only shy by.a couple of hundred, Me Naughton flayed the Germans with’ shells and the Canadians clawed their way through the mud, across the waterlogged land and up the ridges The Canadians took Passchendaele. Six months later, in the German spring offensive of 1918, the ground was outflanked and surrendered without a fight MARCH TO RHINE in the dying months of the war, the Canadians ‘and the Australians — were likely the best soldiers on the Western Front. The French army was exhausted by years of blood-letting — in 1917 it mutinied — the British were beaten down by the terrible losses of the Somme and the early days of Passchendaele. The Americans were fresh but untried. The Germans were drained by years of fighting on two fronts and by the last, desperate efforts of their 1918 offensive In the final hundred days, the Canadian Corps helped spearhead the last drives that cracked the Ger man lines and led the march to the Rhine. The final cost? More than 60,000 Canadians dead The prize?-A place at the peace conference as a sovereign country and a realization of nationhood. Those tired, plodding, mud-stained, lice-ridden soldiers of the Canadian-Corps helped forge a nation from acolony In the words of historian Desmond Morton: “By 1918, Canada was not only committed to speaking with its own voice in the world; it had won the right to be heard.” Major events of First World War By The Canadian Press Here is a chronology of some major-events of Canadian interest in the First World War Aug. 4, 1914: Britain declares war Aug. 6, 1914: The Canadian government calls for volunteers. Oct. 15 Britain Feb. 16, 1915 France April 1915 Canadians face a gas attack July 1, 1916: Battle of the Somme begins and the Newfoundland Regiment is annihilated in the opening minutes. By the time the battle petered out in Novem: ber, 24,000 Canadians were casualties April 9-12, 1917: The Canadian Corps captures Vimy Ridge June 2, 1917: Billy Bishop of Owen Sound, Ont., stages a solo dawn attack on a German airfield, a daring episode that won him the Victoria Cross. Oct. 26-Nov. 14, 1917: € anadians fight in the Bat Ue of Passchendaele June 19, 1918: Bishop shoots down five German planes in a single day, bringing his total claimed kills to 1914; The Ist Canadian Division lands in The Ist Canadian Division lands in 22-27, Second Battle of Ypres. Aug. 8, 1918: “The black day of the German ar my,”’ as Allied troops break through German lines during the Battle of Amiens Oct. 27, 1918: Billy Barker of Dauphin, Man., takes on 60 German fighter planes single-handedly and survives in an epic fight that won him the VictoriaCross Nov. 11, 1918: Armistice Day Fix roads says report Kamloops on the Highway, and east of Golden toward the Alberta border KELOWNA (CP) At least $1 Okanlagan billion should be spent toimprove traf-- ce through the Thompson The task Okanagan region of British Columbia, Monday, says 25 a transportation task force says We not only kilometres (of needing upgrading) in our area but also the roads in our region are by far the most expensive to construct,’’ said Mitchell, chairman of the Thompson- are in the fic flow have the most roads provincewide. 2000. 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A lete the final-day 76 to drove his way into the record Ch h b h CosNews Photo by Guy 6 with on P 286 over the four days. shota Expos’ ninth-inning rally tops Cincinnati MONTREAL (CP) — Rex Hudler hit a three-run pinch-hit homer and Damaso Garcia added a twommn shot as the Montreal Expos scored five nin th-inning runs to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-5 in National League baseball action Saturday Montreal, facing the Reds relief ace John Franco, 2-3, got things started when Tim Wallach’ and Nelson San: tovenia opened the ninth with con secutive singles. Hudler then crushed a 2-0 pitch over the left-field fence to make it 5-4, Mike Tu-Dor slugs it out with By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer Two Castlegar Commercial Fastball League teams played some long ball Tuesday night at Playmor Field and once all the balls had landed Tu-Dor Sports out-homered Hi Arrow four home runs to one and took the game 7 3 Hi Arrow drew first blood in the top of the first inning when Gerry An tignani scored on John Obetkoff's double to spot their team a 1-0 lead However, Tu-Dor came back with a bang in the bottom of the second as a triple by Bob Marsh, a homerun by Ely Chernenkov and a double by Tony Kabatoff sparked a three-run rally to put the home team on top 3-1 Hi Arrow got one back in the third as Antignani hit a solo home run to narrow the gap to 3-2. But Tu-Dor ex Hi Arrow ploded again in the fourth as Lane Romano scored himself and Cher nenkov with a four-bagger. S. Pod- morow followed Romano's cue with a home run shot of his own in the next at bat to up the score to 6-2 Tu-Dor added another run in the six th as Walt Shelof hit Tu-Dor's fourth round-tripper to make the score 7-2 Hi Arrow scored once in the top of the seventh as Brad Spender crossed the plate but it wasn’t enough as the final tally was 7-3 Kabatoff picked up the win while Chernenkov went 2 for 3, scored two runs and hit a home run. Obetkoff was tagged for the Hi Arrow loss Next weekend the CCFL will deter mine the 1989 champs with its windup tournament at Kinnaird Park begin. ning Saturday at 6:15 p.m. and going all day Sunday starting at 9a.m Fitzgerald then drew a walk, was sacrificed to second and scored on Garcia’s second homer of the year Andy McGaffigan, 2-4, was the inner The Reds took the lead after Jeff Reed led off the third with adouble. One out later, Pascual Perez walked pitcher Ron Robinson, before allowing a two-out RBI-double to Mariano Duncan. Robinson went to third on Duncan’ shit and both runners scored when Expos shortstop Jeff Huson booted Eric Davis's chopper for atwo-base error Robinson, meanwhile, making only his second start since returning from arthroscopic surgery this spring, worked six strong innings, Santovenia led off the seventh with his fourth homer When Jeff Huson followed with a single, Robinson was Franco, who had 23.saves The Reds added two more runs off Joe Hesketh on a bloop double by Reed Expos notes: Catcher Mike Fit zgerald has been struggling at the plate lately, getting only four hits in his last 27 at-bats . . . Otis Nixon is four-for nine with 10 RBIs when the bases are loaded Nixon has also gone 152 consecutive games without an error The NL record is 226 held by Curt Flood . . . Tim Raines is 25-for-57 with men in scoring position, for an average of .439. That leads the team removed for By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer Doug Roxburgh captured his record tenth B.C. Amateur golf title yesterday at the Castlegar Golf Course. The 37-year-old from Vancouver was the pre-tourney favorite and he didn’t disappoint the gallery as he car ded a finalround 76 for a four-day total of 286 Roxburgh was tied with Harvey Coombe for the most titles with nine Coombe’ s record dates back to 1909. Brian DeBiasio of Nelson posted the top local score.as he finished ina tie for second, with third-round leader Stephen Watson. The L.V. Rogers secondary school vice-principal shot a two-over-par 74 for his best-ever finish in the Amateur y*I'm tickled pink,’’ he said following the tourney. “I hit the ball well from tee to green.” DeBiasio struggled on the first few holes on Saturday but regrouped to make a late charge. “I thought I was well out of it but the leaders faltered a little and I had a good last five holes.” Serene DeBiasio said the Castlegar course and the final-day pressure made things tough on the golfers. But perhaps his pairing in the second-to-last group helped ease the tension “Being in the second to last group takes some of the pressure off but at into the final round. But he struggled to the clubhouse with a 78 to complete the four-day event with a 287 total The top Castlegar golfer was Danny Walker who finished in a log-jam in 10th with a final round of 77 and a total of 295. Rossland-Trail golfers also faired well. Derrick Simister shot a 76 to earn a tie for 10th and Dan Dupuis also carded a 76 to close out at 298. Laurie Willis, who began the day two strokes back of Watson, skyrocketed to an 80 to finish with a 291, five strokes off the pace Roxburgh stayed within distance of the lead all week He ended the second round of play in a tie with Willis while Watson sat four strokes back. Thursday's 35 C temperatures began to take its toll on some of the players. But Willis, who saw a three-stroke lead crumble in last year’s B.C. Junior Championships, admitted favoring the hot conditions “The ball flies a little farther and that suits my game.”’ He said earlier the faster greens may atso—have argh—But- Willis thought the return to the Birch: bank course Friday would benefit him because of his preference for the long, flat course. However, Willis couldn’t match the opening-round 67 he carded at Birch: bank on Wednesday and ballooned to striking B.C. Amateur BRIAN DeBIASIO . . top local score Castlegar. Meanwhile, the steady Roxburgh also had his problems with the Trail course. After an opening- round 69 and following it with a 68, at the Castlegar course, he fired a 73 bringing the pack closer together before the final cut on Friday All the Castlegar golfers made the first, cut on Thursday. But when the axe Yell Friday only Walker was left with DeBiasio, Simister and Dupuis Walker's three round total of 218 left him nine strokes off the pace Simister was one stroke back of Watker-with-a219-and yedterday’s round at 222 While unable to make the 225-shot cut, other area golfers did produce good results. lan Lorimer and Bill Perehudoff of Castlegar along with Alan DeFoe of the Rossland-Trail club missed the final cut by only one stroke GETTING WOOD ON THE BALL Bronco (ages 11-12) playdow Rutland, Peachland, Ne 27-31 in North Delta. jowns in son and the hosts will Cashews Photo by Guy Bertrand . Costiogae is hosting the ir C. Minor Baseball Zone 3 rk today. Teams from Kelowna, Penticton, e vying for a shot at the provincials July times we had a big gallery watching when we (the final two groups) got close together.”” Watson, who was in the last threesome, carried a one-stroke lead a 74, dropping him two strokes behind the charging Watson. Watson’s 68 was the best round of the day and put him in the driver's seat heading into the last round back~in Ron Perrier, another Castlegar golfer, fell two strokes above the cut and Gordie Walker rounded out the Castlegar entries as he finished on Friday four strokes above the 22S cut. Americanswant Open TROON, Scotland (AP) — Tom Watson, in eager pursuit of an historic sixth British Open golf champion- ship, led the way Saturday as the Americanization of Troon hit full stride Australian journeyman Wayne Grady stubbornly refused to fold and retained the lead — a one-stroke margin but it was a massive movement of Americans that set the tone on the calm, warm, sunny day. Grady, tied by Watson on three separate occasions during the round, set up the go-ahead birdie with a brilliant chip shot to within tap-in distance on the 16th, and preser- ved his round of 69 with a six-foot par putt on the final hole. Grady, 31, winner of four titles in a 12-year career, completed three trips over the sun-baked fairways of Royal Troon in 204, 12 shots under par. But Americans — for five years denied the title they once won with metronome mononoty — held eight of the next 10 places going into today’s final round of the chase for the most ancient of all golf’s myriad titles “Nobody else has a chance at it, not even if they shoot 66,"’ said Fred Couples, one of those very much in the hunt for the 118th presentation of the old claret jug that goes ot the winner. Watson, 39, was the closest, one stroke behind in the quest for a sixth British Open crown to match the record set by Harry Vardon in 1914. Watson, wearing the tweed cap he always sports in Scotland, compiled a bogey-free round of 68 in muggy heat and completed 54 holes at 205 “I'm playing well,”” said Watson, who has won only once in the last five years. ‘I don’t know why the hell it’s happening, but it’s happening Playing at the national level in any sport requires skill, dedication, discipline and a lot of self-confidence. So it is no wonder that Castlegar’s Tim Pretty will be backstopping the Nelson Silver Kings this week as they compete in the Special Olympics Canadian Floor Hockey Championships in Edmonton The 27-year-old goaltender is quick to point out that he feels this could be their year to bring home the title **1 feel it in my heart,”’ said Pretty kick some butt.”* Fhe Silver Kings earned the right to represent B.C. after capturing the gold medal at the B.C. Winter Games. Pretty was between the pipes then and he'll be back in the spot he has played for the past five years when the tournament begins on Tuesday “We just have to play our game,” he said, adding, “*But we need more offence."” It’s that kind of intensity and emotion that is the big reward for the coaching staff. Ray Brock, coach of the team, gushes with pride when he speaks about the team. Brock, a special education instructor at the Selkirk College campus in Nelson, became involved in the creation of the team in 1984 when he received a letter from the government inviting any local floor hockey teams to become involved with the provincial program. “It’s a great experience,” says Brock. ‘‘It gets the guys off their asses and involved in the community It gets them in shape and proves to them that they’re not made of porcelain and they can do these activities.”” One of his fondest memories was during the recent Winter Games in Nelson. “There was a packed house and the audience was cheering, there wasn’t a thought of learning problems or anything, they were cheering the athletes.”” This is the first trip to the Canadian finals for the team, but the players travel every year to various tour- naments in B.C. and attended an international tourney in Toronto in 1987 Pretty, who names goaltender Grant Fuhr as his idot, has more medats from his numerous tournaments than Fuhr has Stanley Cup rings. But with all the emotion that goes into such major competitions, Pretty “We're gonna Goaltender leads team TIM PRETTY . . headed to finals says he and his teammates aren’t nervous about the up- coming trip. Brock said the team practises ‘‘a fair amount” leading up to a tourney and even though the competitive aspect is there, he tries to make it fun “We just try to go out and do our best every time.” One of the main attractions of reaching the finals is a chance for the players to meet some of their favorite National Hockey League stars. Brock is very ap- preciative of the stars’ involvement “The very best is Lanny MacDonald (of the Calgary Flames). He is there every year. Ex-NHL star Tiger Williams is still one of the perenial favorites who also helps out."” Pretty plans on taking his autograph book along when he meets the big-league stars. But whether the Silver Kings win or lose in Edmon- ton, they'll all come home star’ in the hearts of their fans.