Castlégar News May 29, 1988

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EDMONTON (CP) — When the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth Stanley Cup in five years Thursday night, they proved again that the team is bigger than any individual star, . Edmonton's success has alwasy revolved around a talented core centred on Wayne Gretzky.

But the Oilers’ dominance this spring, after a year of transition, indicated that even the world’s greatest player is only one component of the machine.

The names of the Edmonton Oilers on last year's Stanley Cup included Paul Coffey, Andy Moog, Kent Nilsson, Dave Hunter, Moe Lemay, Jaroslav Pouzar and Reijo Ruotsalainen.

They are gone, replaced by Craig Simpson, Bill Ranford, Dave Hanan, Geoff Courtnall, Normand Lacombe, Jim Weimer, Keith Acton and Steve Dykstra.

“What happened this year will pay off in the future,” head coach Glen Sather said of the changes. Some were forced on him; others were calculated,

“It's a big compliment to Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe and Grant Fuhr, because they stayed here and they've been here for everyone,” Sather said.

“TRADITION’

“They're passing on the tradition, Look in their eyes and the younger players were as @xcited as the older ones. They're seeing what it's like to win. And winning is the only way to play this game.”

Gretzky, the third player to. win the Conn Smythe Trophy twice as the most valuable player in the playoffs, said an important part of the veterans’ role is to pass on the skills that keep the team strong.

Thursday's 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins, which completed a four-game sweep of the final, ended a difficult year. Sather traded Coffey, Moog, Hunter and Lemay and lost Nilsson, Ruotsalainen and Pouzer to Europe.

But he replaced them with talented young players who not only lowered the team's average age by almost a year

BIG MONEY . . .The Castlegar and District Projects Society starts off its fund for a new aquatic centre with a $5000 cheque from the Castlegar Aquanauts Speed Swim club. The club raised the money for the centre

mainly through bingos. (From lett) Alexia Turner, treasurer of the projects society; Pat Metge recreation director; David Jones, treasurer of the swim club; and Gus young fundraiser for the swim club.

CosNews photo by Brendan Nogle

LARRY BOWA

Padres manager fired

NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Bowa, contending he was not given enough time to rebuild a young team beset by in. juries, was fired Saturday as manager of the San Diego Padres and replaced by Jack McKeon, the club's vice-pres.

ident of baseball operations.

“I don’t think I was given a fair opportunity to turn around a team in a year and 40 games,” said Bowa, who made his major league man. agerial debut with the Na tional League team last sea

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son. “I know I can manage a major league team.”

“It was a tough decision, but a change was necessary,” said Padres president Chub Feeney.

Bowa said he was called in his hotel room by Feeney on Saturday and told of the change — about one hour after learning of his dismissal from a sports writer.

In 1987, the Padres were 65-97, finishing in last place in the NL West, 25 games behind division champion San Francisco. This season, they were 16-30 under Bowa, in fifth place, only a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Braves.

McKeon said he agreed to take the job only for the re mainder of this season.

“They enlisted me. I didn't ask them,” McKeon said. “I never solicited the job.”

Bowa, a former major league infielder, was the sec ond NL manager fired in the pas week and the third major league manager re leased this season. Atlanta's Chuck Tanner was dismissed last Sunday, after the Braves

defeated the Pittsburgh Pir ates 6-4.

Like Tanner, Bowa was fired after a victory. The Padres defeated the New York Mets 2-0 Friday night in the opener of a weekend series.

Bowa blamed the Padres poor showing on their lack of experience and injuries this season to outfielder Tony Gwynn, the 1984 and 1987 NL batting champion; third baseman Chris Brown, and first baseman John Kruk

“Someone has to be a scapegoat, and in this case, it was the manager,” Bowa said. “You have to learn to deal with it.”

Bowa’'s job security was the subject of speculation since opening day. Feeney was offended by Bowa’s tan- trums with players and um- pires last year, and though the fiery manager tempered his style this season, man- agement thought his tactics were, contributing to the Padres’ poor performance.

Trickey wins golf tourney

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar’s Ruth Trickey won the Nelson Tournament of Roses golf competition earlier this week with an overall low gross score of 78. Other Castlegar golfers pla- ced well in the tourney.

Louise Ferworn posted the low gross score in the fourth flight with Linda Moorey scoring the low net in the fourth flight.

Second flight runner-up was Genevieve Jackson with the low gross, while Alice Papp was the runner-up in the fourth flight with the low gross.

Lesley Johanson posted the best front nine in the first flight. Jean Young was the best on the front nine in the third flight and Mary Martin was best on the back nine in the third flight.

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but allowed the coaching staff — Sather, John Muckler and ‘Ted Green — to change the team's style of play smoothly. “Last year's team had a lot of raw talent and

bigger than any One star

home ice. The Calgary Flames finished the regular season first overall, but swept them in four games and are

it was hard to get them toplay the way we wanted them to,” Sather said,

“This club has a lot of ability, but a lot of discipline, too. We played as a team; last year's club played with individual talent.”

MOOD CHANGED

That was evident in the playoffs as the designated tough guys, Kevin McClelland and Marty McSorley, turned aside from high sticks or other challenges they had responded to through the season.

Meanwhile, Gretzky cleared loose pucks away from the Edmonton net, And Lowe played with three broken ribs suffered in the first playoff round against Winnipeg.

* The commitment to “defence first” enabled the Oilers to dominate every playoff series. They lost only two games, twice had four-game sweeps and wona record 1} games on

up only 11 goals in what Lowe said was a “special” se:

“I think we gave them a good lesson in what it takes red be a team.”

In the final, Edmonton held Boston to an average of 18 shots a game.

The Oilers played better defence without Coffey, as everyone expected they would, but did so without losing much offensive punch because of Simpson. The third-year NHLer, obtained in the trade with Pittsburgh, led the team with 56 regular-season goals, ahd his 13 playoff goals was second only to Kurri's 14.

“This team is going to be very hard to beat for the next two or three years,” said Gretzky. “The style of game is now perfect for us.

“We've got a great goalie, a great personality, great youth and experience.”

Bruins hungry after taste of Cup final

EDMONTON (CP) — The Boston Bruins didn't get to sip champagne this spring. But they got a taste of the Stanley Cup final and hope to turn that into an unquenchable thirst for success.

The Bruins’ best year in a decade ended Thursday night as they lost to the four-time-champion Edmonton Oilers. While the Bruins were disappointed in being swept in the best-of-seven final, they went home with heads high.

“We had a great year, but it is disappointing to lose in four straight,” said veteran defenceman Ray Bourque. Like most of the Bruins, he was playing in his first Cup final. “Or is it five straight? But after the initial pain wears off I think the guys can look back and be very proud of what they did.”

“We've accomplished a lot,” added winger Keith Crowder. “A lot of critics picked us for fourth in our division, or to not even make the playoffs.”

Not many of the Bruins were overly confident when they finished the season with a 44-30-6 record. They were in fourth overall but, once again, second in the Adams Division to the Montreal Canadiens.

HANDLED HABS

However, this edition of the Bruins, with nine new regulars on the roster — including goaltenders Rejean Lemelin and Andy Moog — beat Montreal for the first time in 45 years.

That was an emotional triumph. Although the Bruins went on to defeat ‘the New Jersey Devils, they never regained the intensity they showed against Montreal.

“We probably hit a peak against Montreal,” said a sombre Ken Linseman. "We played four games as well as you can play in shutting down a team.”

Playing in the final for the first time since 1978 — only forward Rick Middleton remained from, that team — the, Bruins were never really a threat.

“I don't think you could cajil it enjoyable,” Terry O'Reilly said of his first time coaching in the final. “I'd say it was exciting and a great learning experience. —

“But the tension and the pressure, the ups and the downs, the sort of things that happened with the officials in New Jersey and the game being blacked out in Boston and us getting those five-on-threes called against us, well, it was frustraping.”

UTILITY TROUBLE

Boston twice had the lights go out: once in Montreal in Game 1 of the division final and then in Boston in Game 4 of the final. The Ed Boston game was and the series moved back to Edmonton. Boston had to play three of the four final games on the road.

Boston was also involved in the one-game walkout by league officials to protest New Jersey -getting a court injunction allowing Jim Schoenfeld to coach despite an NHL suspension for harrassing referee Don Koharski after Game

Boston ended up needing seven games to beat the Devils and 18 to reach the final. They were a tired team that went into the final against the rested and more talented Oilers.

Their best game in the final came in Game 4, and that didn’t count.

Despite the fates that always seemed against them, the Bruins feel they have taken a necessary first step towards Stanley Cup success. Several of them noted that the Oilers lost the final four straight to the New York Islanders the year before winning their first championship.

“We have a very, very bright future ahead of us,” predicted rookie defenceman Glen Wesley.

“We accomplished, a lot this, season that we neva thought we would.”

Umps ban organist

OMAHA, NEB. (AP) — The organist for the Omaha Royals hit a sour note with an umpire and was ejected for playing derogatory music.

Lambert Bartak, who has played for the Royals for 15 years, was thrown out of Rosenblatt Stadium by umpire Tony Maners for playing the theme song from Mickey Mouse Club during the fifth inning Thursday night.

“He was playing music derogatory to the profession of umpiring,” Maners said after the American Association baseball game.

Bartak disagrees.

“All I was doing was playing to fill during a break in the action,” Bartak said after Terry Wendlendt, Amaha's assistant general manager, told him he had played his last note of the evening.

The incident occurred after Omaha catcher Larry

Owen questioned a call by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez. Out came Omaha manager Glenn Ezell to join in the discussion.

While Owen, Hernandez, Ezell and Maners debated, Bartak played M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-0-U-S-E!

It proved less than a hit with Maners, chief of the three-man umpiring crew.

“He had been warned about it during one of our earlier trips here,” Maners said. ;

Maners motioned toward the lower press box, where the stadium organ is located, and gave Bartak the heave-ho. However, no one told Bartak he'd been ejected.

During a break in the action in the bottom of the fifth, Bartak began playing.

Maners stopped play and told Omaha officials the

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The 13.1-metre sloop Kap itan Paneav collided with the Omega, a Vancouver yacht which was also knocked out pe of the race.

The Paneav is from the Anatares Yacht Club near “ Vladivostok, on the Sea of fey Japan. It is crewed by seven Soviets and three American sailors from Bellingham, Wash.

The Soviet vessel suffered some structural damage to her bow and was forced out of the race.

Race organizers said the Soviet captain was protest. ing the accident, which hap- pened in Victoria harbor.

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Librarian'says start reading in garden

By JULY WEARMOUTH Librarian

“I feel guilty, reading & when I should be garden- © ing” is a frequent com- plaint heard in the library these days. Why not take the guilt off your shoulders by reading about garden- ing and then graduate by reading in the garden? Overlook Press has just re-issued John Covrer Powys’ mammoth, panor- amic novel A Glastonbury . The story begins with the reading of the will of the late Canon of Glas- tonbury, John Crowe. Ig- noring his heirs, he has bequeathed his wealth to his former valet and secre- tary, John Geard, JUDY WEARMOUTH It is Geard’s ambition to restore Glastonbury as one of the great Christian shrines of the world. This vision is opposed by one of the disappointed heirs, Philip Crowe, a shrewd industrialist who wants to build factories, mine for tin and make the town a prosperous industrial centre. The residents of Glastonbury, stepped in the legend of the Holy Grail, find themselves influenced by its mystical power and witness a cruci: a murder, a di 4 flood and an exorcism.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, South America’s legendary literary giant, has added another masterpiece to the impressive list of his works. Love in the Time of Cholera is a tale of unrequited love, set in the late 19th and early

20th century, tracing the lives of three people and their’

entwining fates. Florentino Ariza has waited for 40 years to declare his undying love to Fermina Daza. However, he had the bad grace to make his declaration at the funeral of Fermina’s husband, and Fermina once again banishes him from her house. Marques takes us back to their early days of courtship and shows how they went different ways, Florentino to his poetry and pursuit of women and Fermina to be wooed and won by the most sought-after bachelor of their time, Dr. Juvenal Urbino de la Calle.

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PUBLIC SPEAKING FINALISTS . . . Robson

@ public speaking contest for students in Grades 3 to 5. The finalists pictured here are (from leff) Janice Hawley, Nicole Harasemow, Brandy Stanwood, Misty Him, Sorah Parsons, Justin Zimmerman, Jarrod Whitehead, Josh Slavin, Tyler Clement and Tara Yaseniuk.

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Reflections

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Bureaucracy in schools is red tape tangle

“In a bureaucracy thy shoot the bull pass the buck and make seven copies of everything.”

I was recently shown a copy of an administrative report to the school superintendent on a teacher. It started me thinking that I was well out of the over-growing whirlwind of educational bureaucracy.

We have always had reports on teachers. Originally when superintendents’ were called inspectors and represented the provincial government's Education Ministry, they spent most of their time on the road inspecting schools and teachers. We kids thought, of

had a lot of schools and a lot of teachers to report on, the reports were usually terse, factual, one-page affairs. They were intended to give the recipient an indication as to how well he or she was doing the job and to offer brief

gardening urge! Robert Littell’s The vivid blend of fact and fiction, the story of an idealist caught up in the sweep of history. Alexander Til, grandson of a Socialist martyr, returns from America to Petrograd on the eve of the October revolution, determined to offer his life to transform Russia into a free and just society. These ideals bring him into gontrontation with Stalin. More than a historical novel, The is also an i ive work of

which offers intriguing answers to some still unsolved mysteries of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Thriller writer, Thomas Perry is known for his ironic sénd-ups of contemporary political and social follies. In Island, a husband and wife con team on the run, a soldier of fortune between wars, a sultry CIA operative with divided loyalties, are only a few of the 20th century buccaneers who wash up on a tiny Caribbean Island and turn it into a multinational cash machine. And that's when the shooting starts!

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Donato and Daughter by Jack Early is a cop novel with a difference. A serial killer is stalking the streets of New York. Lieut. Dina Donato leads a group of officers investigating the case. For her own partner, she chooses the best cop for the job, her estranged father. He's currently exiled to one of the city's worst precincts because of an unsolved case regarding his son.

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A new Doris Lessing family novel is always good news. Fifth Child is all about a loving family striving to stay traditional in the unconstrained England of the late "60s. Harriet and David Lovatt defy the greedy and selfish spirit of their times. They have a large family, a rich and responsible home life and an obstinate conten- tedness which they feel will protect them from the world outside. Then their fifth child is born and everything changes. He's almost grotesque, insatiably hungry, abnormally strong and violent. Harriet and David find they cannot love him, their four older children are afraid of him and their friends shun them.

For a clearer view of all the turbulence on the West Bank, The Yellow Wind, by David Grossman is a revelation of the whole Israeli-Arab tragedy, written not from the politician's point of view but from that of the ordinary people living through it. Grossman, a young Israeli novelist, was commissioned by a local news magazine to write an article on what’ he saw there. His impassioned account of his journey to Palestinian camps and Jewish settlements caused a sensation in Israel. This book's power lies in its intimacy and in Grossman's own anguished awareness of the moral dilemmas inherent in the Palestinian plight.

* 2 8 Easy by Gebell Subak-Sharpe, is a handbook for asthmatics which shows sufferers how to make life a bit easier. The author details the latest treatments used at America’s leading respiratory medicine research centre, and gives information on diet, exercise and environmental factors.

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What is the world like for a new-born baby? How does it taste, smell, feel? Do infants see and hear the same way adults do? In The World of the Newborn, Daphne and Chatles Maurer take us into the laboratories where are g infant . Their exciting discoveries prove that the infant's world is startlingly different from our own. Although babies appear to sleep most of the time, they are in fact conscious 24 hours a day. They may see stationary objects as moving and vice versa. Noises that we hear as single sounds are d by them as a of echoes. Knowing about these mysteries can help parents

on how, if necessary, he or she might improve on that job.

Gradually, over the years, the superintendent became a part of the school district administration and the main responsibility for making reports on teachers was shifted to the principal. Theoretically, this was a

decentralizing process for administrative simplification. In fact, since the superintendent became more and more involved in the spagh of s, meetings creating and issuing newer and more complex forms, together with political manoeuverings at various levels, he had less and less time to spend on the educational front lines.

In the meantime, the principal, saddled with this new responsibility, had to spend more time writing up reports and less time teaching. At first the reports were as before, terse and factual. However, the principal, lacking the i ion of the ible superintendent and faced with greater demands from his staff, began writing reports that were couched in ever-more elaborate and "in order to avoid being sued | by some irate recipient of the report. He also had to have more office staff to type them, collate them, run off seven duplicates (seven being a cryptic number) and send them out in all Seoctions:

By this time the super di 10 was to read these elaborations (God forbid), gies demanding and getting an assistant (sometimes two) to visit the schools, to create new forms, issue district directives and more inter-office memos.

By this time both he and the office staff were requiring more staff to handle the new pay sheets, order forms for new paper and telephones, and as well, operate all the new electronic equipment which, in theory, would simplify and speed up this increased administrative activity.

All of this beehive fly about brought back to mind the witty and discerning book by Dr. C. Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson's Law and Other Studies of Administration, and I took out a copy for a refresher look.

Parkinson prefaces his work with the observation: “To the very young, to school teachers, and also to those who compile textbooks about institutional history, politics and current affairs, the world is a more or less rational place.” (The book was written in 1957 so he might not be so sanguine today, at least as far as teachers are concerned.) These people, he says “visualize the election of representatives, freely chosen, of whom the wisest become ministers (of the Crown) and captains |jof industry chosen for their managerial responsibility. Moreover, “he says “there are many books written which support this impression.”

However, these assumptions for anyone experienced in public affairs, “are merely ludicrous... . figments of the teacher's mind. Though, Heaven forbid, that students should cease to read books on the science of public or business administration . . . provided that these works are classified as fiction.”

course, that they were inspecting us. Since the inspector -

Professor Parkinson did his early, studies on the development of the bureaueracy of the British Navy in which he observed that between the years 1914-1928 the number of capital ships decreased by 67.74 per cent while the number of dockyard officials increased by 40.28 per cent and the Admiralty officials by 78.45 per cent. From these and other investigations he developed Parkinson's Law which states that: “In organization — educational, public service business or municipal — work expands to fill the time available for its completion.” Thus, in any organization the number of subordinates multiplies at a determinable rate regardless of the work turned out.

Moreover, this increase grows steadily at between 5.17 per cent and 6.56 per cent per year, even if the actual output decreases.

However, this does not mean that there is less activity since it turns upon two axioms: “(a) Any official wants to multiply the number of subordinates, not rivals;” and “(b) officials must make work for each other.”

Now, in applying the law to that report, we find that like most bureaucratic offerings ope word is never used where two or more will do (time expands, etc.). Thus, the report states that: Miss X “uses assertive, discipline of name and checks on the board to ensure positive, fair and consistent method of dealing with misbehavior while minimizing class interruption. The pupils appear to respond to this approach and discipline in the classroom is maintained at an acceptable level.”

To test the statement I rewrote it as follows: The names of misbehaving students are written on the board —a simple, workable solution which both preserves good discipline and saves class time. (24 words)

‘One word is never used where two or more will do’

I repeated the process with the rest of the report whie saying the same thing and redyced the whole from 940 words to 450, thus saving two pages of writing, typing and reading — all an added expense to the taxpayer. Had I rewritten the report to cover only the pertinent information that it contained I could have pared it down to less than 115 words or half a page.

This is not to deny that the report could have been a constructive, compact and helpful document of 940 words. It was simply not so in this case, nor is it, I suspect in most others or in most other organizations. I recall the late Bob Cail, a man who loved and respected the language, and who while taking his doctoral degree in a large university in the States said in disgust: “Most of what I am required to do is piffle and the proliferation of piffle.”

Puffery and piffle and the use of language to distort truth and responsibility, is a way of life today. That one report is one tiny, visible tumor and represents a cancer which is invading every aspect of a public life, and I suspect, that if Professor Northcott Parkinson were here now, his ironic humor might grow a little strained. We are also probably close that we would come to admit to some kind of totalitarian society in which process is all and peoples values and human progress caught for little, drowned in a Saragossa sea of red tape and printers’ ink. p-s.

The report on Mr. X concludes with the note that “he has become more ‘proactive’ in his dealings (!) with parents and pupils.”

If you have never heard of this expression, you are not alone, neither had Mr. X or the dictionaries. I am indebted to editor Ron Norman who informs me that it is the latest buzzword in the bureaucratic bafflegab lexicon and is intended to say that the person acts spontaneously rather than reacts to — the Lord only knows what.

To this irate observer, it is just one more phantom

finger-post on the evermore cluttered and twisted bureaucratic road to the Orwellian world.of 1984.

Kinnaird WI hears of England

The highlight of the May meeting of the Kinnaird Women's Institute was hear- ing about a branch of the organization that is active in a suburb of London, England.

The president of that group, Edith Ison, sister of local resident Margaret Reith, told many interesting stories of her WI.

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better support and enjoy their baby’s

a a college for ‘women that offers courses to

members, including such things as sewing, nutrition, flower arranging, writing arts and business. A small gift and a book outlining the history of WI in Canada was presented to Edith.

Roll call was answered with each member contribut- ing a flower or two from her own garden to make up a bouquet. A draw was made and Sopie Janicki won and took home an armload of flowers.

The garage sale held in April was a great success, despite the day being very cold.

Cultural convener Kay Bate showed the recent edi tion of stamps displaying ex. plorers of Canada and read a brief history of each of the four depicted on the stamps.

Consumer affairs convenor Sophie Janicki told of a recent independent survey which took place recently on toasters. In a price range of

$18 to $80 the cheaper model of the Procter-Silex toaster proved the most satisfactory.

Members from Kinnaird will be attending the Hands- Across-The-Border Pienic at the museum in Colville on June 15.

The group corresponding to the Canadian WI which will be hosting the picnic is known as Homemakers in the U.S. The next WI meeting will be June 16 at Helen Kriel's.

Local grads win awards

By CasNews Staff

Seventeen of the more than 4,000 academic degrees given to graduating students at the University of British Columbia went this week to Castlegar students.

This year's UBC graduates from Castlegar are: Gerald Robert Dooley, Bachelor of Science, major in Computer Science; Barbara Jean Jan kola, Bachelor of Science, major in Zoology; Janice Anne King, Bachelor of Arts, major in Sociology; Linda Francine King, Bachelor of Arts, honors in English; Ste- phen Jack Kranz, Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering; Cyril William Nevakshonoff, Bachelor of Arts, major in Sociology; Christopher Luke Parfeniuk, Bachelor of Applied Science in Metallurgical and Mater- ials Engineering; David Ker- ry Picton, Bachelor of Com merce; Trevin Brian Macph- erson Rogers, Bachelor of Laws; R.O. Danial Sahl- strom, Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering: Steven Mark Sather, Bache- lor of Applied Science in Ge- ological Engineering; Kevin John Semenoff, Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil En- gineering; Brian David Willi- amson, Bachelor of Arts, major in Political Science; Brenda Jean Young, Bache- lor of Social Work.

In addition, six West Koot enay students were honored

with awards, two of them graduating at the head of their classes.

West Kootenay students honored with awgards are: Janna Lynne—Sylvest ~ of Castlegar, the Ferguson Gif. ford — C. Georgé Robson QC and Bruce D. Robson Mem: orial Prize in Labor Law, $400, for outstanding achievement in a course in Labor. Law;

David Stuart Mathieson of Castlegar, the Mary Macaree Prize in Agricultural Sci ences, $125 for excellence in writing and bibliographical research for the best term paper in Agricultural Sci ences 410;

Rose-Marie Ooschizza of Nelson, the Professor C.F.A. Culling — Bachelor of Med- ical Laboratory Science Prize, $250 for the greatest overall academic excellence in the graduating class of the Bachelor of Medical Lab- oratory Science degree;

Mary-Ann McCallum of Trail, the Helen L. Balfour Prize, $850 as the head of the graduating class in Nursing BSN degree;

Fabiane Monique Hirsch of Trail, the German Govern. ment Book of Prizes for pro- ficiency in Germanic Studies;

Mary-ann McCallum of Trail the Sarah A. Service Prize, $150, as the graduat- ing student with the highest standing who entered Uni. versity as an RN.

Slocan youth makes choir

Jacqueline Cole of Slocan Park has been selected on a basis of audition and recom- mendation for membership in the 1988 Canadian Youth on Tour honors’ band and choir program which will make a “good-will” concert tour of seven European countries this July

This select organization, consisting of players and sin- gers from Newfoundland through British Columbia, will travel for three weeks in England, France, West Ger- many, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands.

In addition to performing concerts in many of Europe's great cities this ensemble will visit musical shrines, museums, and places of mu- sical shrines, museums, and places of musical interest, as well as attend select concerts and performances in various British and European concert halls and opera houses.

Canadian Youth on Tour provides Canada’s outstand ing student performers with an opportunity to perform» the best of concert band and choir literature in an organ. ization of musical excellence

Births &

BIRTHS BLOOMQUIST — To Rosanna and Wayne Bloomquist of Trail, a girl, born May 10.

BROWN — To Kathy and Lonce Brown, a girl, born May 10.

CLIFTON — To Sharleen (nee Martini) and Clint Clifton of Prin- ceton, a boy, born May 21

D'LERMA To Debra and William D'Lerma of Nelson, o boy, born May 18

LABELLE — To Judy and Bruce Labelle of Montrose, a boy, born May |

SOKOLOSKI To Susan and Herb Sokoloski of Balfour, a boy born May

DEATHS BERTOIA — Wallace (Wally) Ber toia of Rossland died suddenly May 21 ot home, He was 57. Mr Bertoic is survived by his wite Connie; son John of Genelle;

Funerals

of Trail; daughters Cesare D’An. drea of Trail and Fernando Crema of Italy; four gran dchildren; and three great grandchildren

JONKMAN — Menno F

man of Victoria

Grand Thring ‘of Mrs. Gorrit (Fenny) Fikkert of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Garrit (Fenny) Fikkert of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Chuck (Ali) Thring of Princeton and Mrs. Ron. (Jenny) Park of Vic toria, 21 grandchildrea and 29 great-grandchildren SOOKEROFF — Mabel Sookerott of Castlegar died May 20. She was 68. Mrs. Sookerolt is sur vived by hee | husband Witlom of Castlegar, thers, Ale: Bilt w eeresett . and Henry of

Bev of Popine Beach, Calif., Pat Holford ‘and Nancy Shelley is very special friend Inger; brothers Lido of ind, and Albert of Victoria; 8 Sec Martin and Lola Beilli, both of Rossland and three gran. children CREMA Tony and Maria Creme died in Trail, May

survived

Troll; ter Doris Colbalchini

disson, Sask.; one

eased by one

brother, TREWHELLA — Gwendoline Phillio Trewhello of Troil died May 36 alter © brie iliness. She Mrs. Trewheilo is sur wed by mony nieces and