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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, June 14, 1995

Hospital auxiliary works to make up health care shortfall

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On May 15, the Castlegar and District Hospital auxilians were guests of the hospital board. At the -head table were Marion Bur- ton, auxiliary president; Ken

Talarico brought the members up to date on the hospital situa- tion in the Kootenays, remark- ing on the shortage in Castlegar of long-term care beds and the need for re-allocation through- out the district

He thanked the auxiliary for its which allows

Talarico, Pp : Denise Read, head of nursing; and Linda Morlag, of Mountain View Lodge.

After a delicious meal,

g for the purchase of a much-need- ed defibrilator (used for heart- attack patients), and also a gastroscope, a diagnostic tool for

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Denise Read informed the aux- iliary that through a grant, 365 bed days had been purchased at Castleview which will help to relieve the problem of shortage of acute care beds at the Castlegar Hospital.

Linda Morlag thanked the aux ilians for their help and support throughout the year, and remarked upon the very long wait list at this facility and pointed out that a committee is looking into the various options open to them.

She touched upon the difficul- ty of selling what sounds to be a very worthwhile program called aduh day care, This is a program

whereby @ person living ar home, and having been assessed by the

teered a total of 13,136 hours working in the gift shop, on the

long-term care pi s, is able to take advantage of one or two days visits a week from 9:30 a.m.

4:30 p.m. at Mountain View Lodge

If transportation is a problem, the handi-dart is available. The patient is able to bathe, lunch, have a hair-do, take part in the outings and activities, and social- ize with other seniors,

Marion Burton thanked the head table for their presentations, and then gave the following report

The auxiliary membership stands at 68 members who volun-

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fort cart, at N View Lodge, and in the treasure shop. As a result, the sum of $31,369 was raised. The auxiliary has also been busy in such areas as Remembrance Day services, Red Cross blood donor clinic, well baby clinic, flu shots and the trade fair. -

In May, a graduate from Stan- ley Humphries, who is going into a medical-related field, will receive a $500 bursary, and in June, a nursing graduate from Selkirk College will receive a $300 scholarship.

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OBITUARIES

Nick Nichvalodoft On Wednesday, June 7, 1995, Nick Nichvalodotf of Pass Creek, B.C. passed away at the age of 63 years. Funeral service was held at the Brilliant Cultural Center on Fri- day, June 9, 1995 and Satur- day, June 10, 1995 with burial at the Pass Creek Cemetery. Mr. Nichvalodoff was born April 22, 1932 in Pass Creek, B.C. where he grew up and met and married Patsy Soobotin on September 15; 1951. During his lite he worked as_a faller, truck driver and for the past 30 years as a saw filer retiring from West- ar Timber on July 1, 1990. He was a member of the USCC, IWA, a volunteer. fireman at Pass Creek, and a member of the Pass Creek Recreation Committee,. member of the L.C.T.C, for Pass Creek water system. He enjoyed camping, fishing, baligames, and hockey. He is survived by his wife, Pats) of Pass Creek; mother, Mary of Mt. View Lodge; three sons and daughter-in-law, Gordon of Pass Creek, Lawrence of Pass Creek, and Ken and Verna of Kelowna; one brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Lola of Castlegar; two sisters and brother-in-law, Mary jodott of Castlegar, and \d Walter Kinakin of

He was predece:

father, Jack in 1971 and sister Polly Diekott in 1990.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Helen Poohachoft

On Tuesday, June 6, 1995, Helen Poohachoff of Slocan Park, B.C. passed away at the age.of 88 years.

Fun service was held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Thursday, June 8, 1995 and Fri- day, June 9, 1995 with burial at Slocan Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Poohachoff was born Octo- ber 3, 1906 at- Verigin, Saskatchewan and came to Ootischenia with her parents in 1908. She married Peter Pooha- choff in 1925 and made her home in Slocan Park until her passing. She was a member of the USCC, enjoyed gardening, cooking, singing. handicrafts of all kinds and was an accom- | plished seamstress.

She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Florence and George Swetlikoff of Brilliant, B.C.: one daughter-in-law, Verna Poohachoff of Slocan Park, B.C.; six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren. One sister, Vera Zaytsoff of Castle- gar; and many cousins.

She was predeceased by her hus- band in 1984; three sons, Peter, Mike and Bill; and four brothers, Peter, Bill, Sam and Mike. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar.Funeral Chapel

Marte Popoft

On Monday, June 5, 1995, Marie Popoft of Castlegar, B.C.

away at the age of 67 years. Funeral service was held June 12, 1995 at the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel with Rev. Stan Block officiating. Burial was at Park Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Popoff was born April 22, 1928 at Nelson, B.C. Her family moved to a farm south of Revelstoke where she lived until the building of the Hugh Keenteyside Dam flooded their property. It was at this time she and her hus- band moved to the Castle- gar-Robson area.

She was an avid gardener and a member of the Stro- kers Club

She is survived by hi

band Bill of Castle

son, Raymond of Kamloops; two brothers, Olympe and Sergi Astra of Revelstoke. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel

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SPORTS

Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579

The Castlegar Sun

WEDNESD

June 1

Stick ‘em up

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Nikki Archambault was all over the field for the Kootenay team this weekend during the B.C. Womens Provincial

Field Hockey Tournament. Unfortunately, so was Fraser Valley goalie Samantha Hull.

SUN SPORTS PHOTOS / Jeff Gabert

Womens field hockey struck Castlegar a winning blow

JEFF GABERT

Sun Sports

It takes a tough individual to play hockey. It takes an even tougher person to play it without protective equipment. And you might as well be crazy to play it on grass in a skin _ But that’s exactly what hap- pened last weekend in Castlegar as 10 teams from all over the province took part in the B.C. Womens Provincial Field Hockey Championships.

The tournament began Satur- day and yas played at, two loca> tions, Kinnaird Park and Kinnaird Middle Field. All teams were split into two divisions and played four round robin games before being slated into playoff games on Sunday.

The team representing the Kootenays was made up of most- ly Castlegar women, coached by Anne Clow. The biggest stum- bling block for the team going in to the tournament was their inex- perience playing together since the club was formed less than two months ago.

That inexperience showed right off the bat as they lost 1-0 to South Okanagan in their first game. They repeated the same score in their second game versus a strong Victoria team, but it was clear they were improving.

“Basically, my team had no game experience going in,” said Clow. “As they got the games they got a lot better.”

The third game of the round- robin for the Kootenay team was against Vancouver, which always fields a strong club. But the

Kootenay team once again showed their ability to improve and fought Vancouver to a 0-0 tie thanks to strong defence and the goaltending of Maireille Evans.

They followed up their Van- couver tie with another close 2-1 loss to North Fraser which left them last in their five team pool. That set up the playoff match on Sunday for ninth place against Fraser Valley.

And that’s when everything came together.

The Kootenay team was aggressive from the start and

1 up.:Most of the game was played in the Fraser Valley end with Fraser goalie Samantha Hull being the only reason the game didn’t get out of reach early on.

But Hull couldn't stop every- thing, especially the accuracy of Kootenay forward Nikki Archambault who scored both Kootenay goals and was close several times to recording a hat trick. The game ended 2-0 and the Kootenay team finished ninth.

“I'm proud of them,” said Clow. “I don’t think ninth place is really indicative of how they played. It was tough.”

The eventual winner of the tournament and the provincial title was Central Okanagan who managed to nip the Mid Island team 3-2 after a sudden death shootout. Mid Island actually led the gamé-into the final minute of regulation play before Central Okanagan scored in the final 1.5 seconds to tie the score at two.

Field hockey has no regula- tions for overtime play so both teams went into a five-person

Hull’s miraculous saves eventually earned her a selec- tion to the B.C. team try-outs much to the dismay of Kootenay forward Catherine Crni in the bac'qround.

shootout. However that ended tied as well so they went to a sud- den death shootout. Central Okanagan finally won the game on the fourth try of the sudden death shootout as they scored and Mid Island missed.

Third place also went to an Okanagan team as South Okana- gan defeated Victoria 2-0 in the bronze medal game

4” The first purpose u- the tour- nament was to have a competi- tive environment for field hockey and give young women a chance to have some fun. How- ever, there was also another pur- pose - to select the top 29 players for the three-under-18 B.C. field hockey teams.

See HOCKEY 12A

Bucci's “just waiting for signatures”

JEFF GABERT Sun Sports

Like a plant growing out of control, rumors of the BC Junior Hockey League coming to

Castlegar have threatened to overtake the com-__

munity. But it now seems that the vines of innu- endo have sprouted flowers and the answers to all the questions are close at hand.

Bryan Bucci has been feeding the plant with loving care over the last few weeks and he was the one who actually planted the seed about eight months ago. That's when Bucci says he began enquiries into bringing a BCJHL fran- chise to Castlegar.

He was alerted to the possible sale of the Kelowna Spartans two months ago and since then he has been in constant contact with Brent Parker, the owner of the team.

In a phone conversation Wednesday night, Bucci said the deal was in its final stages.

“I'm involved in some very serious negotia- tions with the Kelowna Spartans,” said Bucci on Wednesday. “A price has been agreed upon and if all things come to pass there will be a BCJHL hockey team in Castlegar.”

Bucci sent away documentation Thursday morning to Parker dealing with specifics of the deal and, as of Monday night, had not received anything back. However, he has been in contact with Parker and Bucci reports that the deal is progressing well

“T'm just waiting for signatures,” said Bucci

on Monday night.

did concede there were serious negotiations with a private businessman in Castlegar. “I don’t know why Brent said that,” said

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Bucci. “To be quite honest with you, the price was never a factor. It was agreed upon a long time ago.”

One of the other interesting occurrences of Thursday's press conference in Kelowna was that the Spartans officially announced they would suspend operations for this season. That means even if Bucci buys the team, there is no way he could have it operating for this season, which is something he has conceded

“If the franchise comes to Castlegar we're not going to play Junior *A’ hockey this sea son,” said Bucci

But there will be junior hockey of another brand in Castlegar.

“I can tell you right now that the Castlegar

Rebels will be playing this year as a Junior “B’ KIJHL team this year,” said Rebel President Robin Tomlin in a small press conference on ‘Wednesday.

“This is our 20th anniversary in the KUHL. Junior ‘B’ has ‘been great in this town. But this town is growing and Junior ‘A’ is going to be here sooner or iater.”

Like Bucci, Tomlin is dedicated to hockey and he said he will do whatever he can to bring a better brand of hockey to the community. He has also been very impressed with how Bucci has handled things.

“He's been very good,” said Tomlin. “He's been straight with us from the beginning. He's told us what he can and he’s been with us 100 percent. He knows it's our 20th year and he doesn’t want to step on any toes but he wants to bring Junior ‘A’ hockey to Castlegar.”

Bucci’s next step to elite level hockey to Castlegar may be the purchase of the Castle- gar Rebels. He has been meeting with the Rebel executive over the last few weeks and discussion is continuing. Tomlin has also commented that the possibility of selling the team to Bucci exists

Bucci believes the Rebels would be a good investment for him and would make the transi- tion to Junior ‘A’ for next season easier since all the machinery would then be in place. He would not say how serious he is but did say

See SEWING THE SEEDS 10A

Sidelines

Invitation Accepted

The Castlegar Senior Men's golf club held their annual Invitation- al Golf Tournament last Thursday. There were approximately 138 golfers on hand from the surrounding area including a few who made the short trip from Colville, Washington, The low gross score for the one round tournament at the Castlegar and District Golf Course was George Crossley’s 79. Other golfers winning in the low net category were Don Leitch with a 66, Jack Dunn with 67 and Mike Bermel shot a 69. The next big event for the seniors will be the annual Dinosaur Open June 22-23 at the Castlegar course, Unfortunately registration is closed because there are no more spots available but you can still go out and cheer them on.

Whitewater Wonderment

The common bond of all communities in the Kootenays is water and the direction in which it flows. Coincidentally enough, the rivers of this area also provide the playing field for one of the fastest growing sports in B.C.. Kayaking and canoeing enthusiasts have been enjoying the built-in pleasures of the Kootenays for years now and they want to fill everyone in on their little secret. Classes will be held all summer for all skill levels of persons inter- ested in canoeing and kayaking. The next session is the Beginner/Intermediate River Kayak course June 24-25 which offers a chance to learn about reading water and river dynamics. There is also a Beginner Canoe Course scheduled for the same time frame which will teach the basics of canoe handling in flat and moving water. Future instruction on July 11-15 includes a Teen Kayak Camp and an Adult Kayak Course. For more informa- tion or registration call Bob Dupee at 1-800-443-6561 or John Duncan at 1-800-365-7749.

Lotsa Lefties in Late June

The National Lefthanders Golf Tournament is an annual event that attracts 240 golfers from all over North America and this year they will be coming here June 27-30. The Chamber of Commerce in Kelowna estimated that approximately two million dollars was spent there during the tournament in 1990 and that number should be higher this year. The tournament will start with practice rounds on June 25-26 and then the tournament will start with different divisions alternating between the Castlegar Golf Course and Birchbank. It is a 72-hole tournament that features a large cross- section of golfers from scratch to 36-handicaps. There will also be a ladies division and play will consist of a 18-hole scramble on June 17 and 29 at the Christina Lake Golf Course. For more infor- mation on entering or sponsoring call Tom Milne at 368-3402.

Tee-off with Tambellini

The second annual Steve Tambellini Charity Golf Classic is preparing to brighten up the West Kootenay summer with a few stars playing golf on July 21 at the Rossland Trail Country Club's Picton course. Last year’s event ran in conjunction with the

[’ Wduction dinner of the World Champion 1939 and 1961

mokeaters into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame and raised over $12,000 for charity. The main attraction this year is a roast cele- brating the accomplishments of NHL great Caesar Maniago. For more inf call Wayne Gamborski at 693-2255.

Eighth Year and Still Young The Jim Young Celebrity Golf Tournament is getting ready to rack the West Kootenay once again with it’s own special-brand of fun and excitement. This year’s tourney at the Castlegar Golf Club will be on Thursday, July 13 and as usual will include a delicious lunch, fantastic golfing, fabulous banquet, exciting prizes, a celebrity on every team and all proceeds the the Red Cross. BCTV personality John McKeachie will once again be on hand as the ster-of- and he is inly an not to be missed. For more information call the Red Cross at 365-3911.

Super Summer Soccer at Silver Star

Once again soccer school is in for the summer at Silver Star Mountain Resort. The Metro Gerela Soccer School for boys and girls aged 13-17 is set to expose players to soccer and fitness immersion from July 30 - August 25, 1994 was the first year of the school and it was certainly one of tremendous success with 99 per- cent of the class indicating a willingness to return. Gerela and his staff have igned an exciting i geared to address the vast change young athletes go through at this stage of develop- ment, ly and physically. For more i ion on tuition fees and program specifics, feel free to call the Metro Gerela School at (604) 929-9162 or fax at (604) 929-7271.

Saving the Goalies from Summer Boredom

Goaltenders from all comers of B.C., Western Canada and around the world will be converging on Nelson this summer at Ian Clark's Goaltending Schools. Schools in the Shuswap and Cowichan Val- ley have proved highly successful in the past and now Clark has expanded right here in the Kootenays. Programs will be held dur- ing the week of July 24-28 at the Nelson Civic Centre for all age groupings and more than 250 goalies will likely take part. Ian Clark and his staff hope to achieve their ultimate objective of pro- viding participants with the finest level of goaltender instruction available while at the same time providing an environment for per- sonal growth and P For more i ion give Ian a call at (604) 743-3660 or call toll free at 1-800-667-9044. You can’t spend the whole summer on roller-blades.

If you have a sultry sports sideline, feel free to call Jeff at 365- 5579.