Saturday, October 26 1991 m

A brave, brave move. There’s noth- ing else you can call it.

Knowing that it was going to face some harsh criticism from bus drivers, some parents and other teachers, the Castlegar and District Teachers’ As- sociation voted Tuesday night to allow its teachers to drive buses for ex- tracurricular activities.

What it means is the sports teams, the drama club, social studies class, etcetera can go on all the trips they planned for this year.

It means the extracurricular pro- gram at Stanley Humphries sec- ondary -school won't be decimated (as has happened at a Nelson high school this year) because of transporta- tion/money problems.

And the teachers weren't mamby- pamby about it either. Although I heard the meeting in which the vote was held was a heated one with emo- tional discussion on both sides of the issue, the vote was more than double in favor of letting teachers drive the buses.

It’s a brave move because now the teachers have to deal with the ire of their brothers and sisters in the bus drivers union. In what is supposedly a a union town (though you'd never know it sometimes), that’s nothing to sneeze at. And the Canadian Union of Public Employees, with its vocal mem- bership in this area, is not to be trifled with.

Facing that the teachers made the decision to put the kids first anyway. It wasn't only brave it was unselfish.

Like I said before, teachers, by def- inition, are intelligent and honest peo- ple. They have the best interest of their students at heart, and they proved that Tuesday night.

Now let’s pray to our Gods the teachers and students have safe trips on the roads of B.C. Just as we would no matter who was driving them.

Some people say it’s 8 barbaric, oth-

Brave people and tough dudes

Free Agent

ers call it

I say chill out —the B.C. Tough Man Challenge, which makes its local stop on a cross-province tour in Trail’s Cominco Gym tonight, might not be everyone’s cup of java, but it’s still a free country isn't it?

Until somebody either bans boxing, (which I would be against) or the world discovers that violence is truly for the heathens, then men and wom- en will always see some attraction in this base form of competition.(Hunt- ing is another that fits into this cate- gory).

Whereas some fighters are ruth- lessly used by promoters and agents, the guys in the tough man challenge have a potential to come out of nowhere and actually get a shot at a

professional career.

Nobody’s saying there'll be any Rockys born out of the fight night in

Trail and I’m not inclined to believe it, but the guys running this show have a goal in mind.

Promoter Trevor Wallden says he and partner Don Arnott are using the challenge series as a springboard to reviving professional boxing in B.C.

Wallden said he plans to take a hand-full of the winners of the series and turn them pro, then stage some bouts in Vancouver.

I'm inclined to believe Wallden (as

opposed to someone like Don King) be- cause I know, forone, he and Arnott probably won't make a dime out of this

gything se They may still get rich out of it in the long run but right now they’re searching for a few diamonds in the rough to help them out. And hey, nobody’s twisting the arms of these would-be fighters to get

lot a ke geyser member what happened to the last guy everybody loved?

Dad

On a quasi-related matter, the tough man challenge afforded me the unexpected opportunity to meet a lo- cal author of world-wide esteem and unmeasurable charm and grace.

Castlegar poet and novelist Lucy Ellen Eaton won the name this col- umn contest and I got a chance to meet her Thursday when delivering tickets to the Tough Man Challenge which were offered as prizes.

While Lucy is a women of far to re- fined tastes to attend the event her- self, she has assured me she has many friends who she can give the tickets’

too. But while I was there we chatted about her books, her poetry, her ‘ac- plishments (

A thoroughly enjoyable and enter- taining person, she did me the honor of signing two of her books that I took home.

Leaving her house I couldn't help thinking what hidden treasures we have this community and that some- how we have to find a way to gain our- selves from their wealth.

STRETCHING IT

coaches eye.

Old-time shootout at the CRHL corral

Jaime Kalesnikoff makes a leaping stretch for the-ball and snags it during tryouts for the girls volleyball team at Kinnaird junior secondary school. No word on whether the move caught the

@ Castlegar Pressure Wash gets temporary rights to first place after goal fest Tuesday night

News Staff

With both barrels blazing Castlegar Pressure Wash blasted its way to the top of the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League Tuesday

Gord Walker scored five goals and assisted on four more as Pressure Wash sur- vived the two period shootout to beat Kootenay Computers 14-9 at the Community Com- plex.

What started as a fairly tight game, it was 3-2 after one period for Computers, evolved into a free-for-all as Pressure Wash outscored Computers 5-4 in the second period and 7-2 in the third.

The win moves Pressure Wash’s record to 3-2 putting

weren't available at press

ie.

Wayne Kinakin was right behind Walker in the points parade scoring once and set- ting up six others.

Tom Trubetskoff had a hat- trick for Pressure Wash while Don Soroke had two goals and two assists and Mike Nevek- shonoff had two and one.

Doug Knowler scored the other Pressure Wash goal while Roger Junker had three assists and Sheldon Sooka- choff had two.

Dave MacKinnon led the attack for Computers, which drops to 1-2, as he scored three goals and collected one assist.

Bill Nazaroff and Gary Sauer both had a goal and three assists while Gerry Gen- shorek scored a pair for Com-

puters, Jeff Townsend and Dave

Castlegar Sports

Complex tonight at 9 p.m. Shell Computers Mon- day and o's plays Sports Centre

— WANTED — CLEAN COTTON RAGS TheNéWs

@ Saturday, October 26 1991

Making history leaves bitter taste

News Staff

Making history has left a bitter taste in the mouths of the Stanley Humphries sec- ondary school’s senior girls field hockey team.

“This is the first time the West. Kootenays have not been

d at the pr

ever. About 35 years now I think. We made history, ” said coach Verna Chernoff.

Chernoff said its a frus- trating situation because the team has to pass up the Provincials not because it wasn't good enough, but be- cause of money and politics.

Chernoff was forced to can- cel the ve pg trip to Comox the teachers, " school bus drivers and the local school board that put transportation for the trip in doubt. °

The issue was resolved by the teachers’ union Tuesday but that was too late to for the senior girls.

“Yes we could have gone but we had to cancel out last week so the other (teams) could get on with their plans and determine who's taking our place.”

The team concluded its sea- son at Kinnaird Park Wednes- - losing 5-2 te 5-2 to Rossland in

Kootenay champi- ohiy & final

Veteran Kelly Davidoff scored both goals for SHSS in the loss.

What makes the situation even harder to take for Cher- noff is that this team was just

Kelly Davidott

as good as the one that came third in the provincials last year, she said.

“I thought we had a far bet- ter season than I had expect- ed at the start and I think the team came through to be equivalent to last year’s team,” she said.

Chernoff pointed to the team veterans as the people largely responsible for the

progress

“We had strong leadership from Denise Grey as the cap- tain and I was very pleased with the progress of our grad- nating athletes — Laurel

Gloskey,-Kelly Davidoff, An- drea Hughes, Cory Markin, Terri Roberts and Aimie Rogers.

For Chernoff, who has been coaching field hockey for over 20 years, there’s always next year.

NOT QUITE FAIR

of this Stanley Humphries sec:

News photo by Ed Mills

If at first you don’t succeed, bring three balls and just keep going for it, is apparently the attitude

ondary school’s senior boys volleyball team player.

Setbacks don’t diminish Olympic hopes of B.C. skiers

Julie Hunter SPORT B.C.

Espoir may be finished, but the hope that started it is still

ive.

And that hope is giving four B.C. skiers a chance to com- pete for a spot in the Olympics.

The four women, Edith Rosa, 18, Denise Fitchett, 20, Tara Williams, 19, and Lind- sey Roberts, 19, are not only the best of friends, but they are also the best technical ski teamin Canada. .

For the past year the wom- en have been part of the Es- poir ski team. Espoir means hopeful in French. It also means they were hopeful of achieving National team sta-

Apa: we cuts have spelled the end of

ms a with the ominous prospect of having to retire from their sport for lack of funding, Olympic hopes

seemed to be fading. That is until the Vancouver Ski Foun- dation, organizers of The Van- couver Ski and Winter Sports Show, kicked in over $100,000 to help the team out, said B.C. Alpine Ski managing director Bruce Goldsmid.

“We're very, very fortunate because they have bent over backwards for us. They have given us a program exactly like we had with the National ski team,” said team member

Tara Williams.

Competing in the technical events of giant slalom and slalom is difficult because most of the best competition is in Europe, said Williams.

The long season also makes it necessary to travel in order to trai

“There are no suitable mountains open in B.C. yet, so we have to go out of. the province to train,” said the B.C. ski team head coach Scott Woolley, who has assumed coaching duties of the former

Espoir members.

Three of the team have sc returned from a training cam in Porteo, Chile, and Rosa and

Fitchett leave at the end ofthe _

month to train in Austria for acouple of weeks.

The travel sounds exotic, until you hear the training

edule.

“They train about four days on, one day off. They really need that time off to rest up,” said Woolley.

The harsh physical de- mands of the sport have left the team at less than full strength.

Since at one time or anoth- er every member of the team has been on the injury list, the friendship the women have built is often: responsible for helping to get them back on their feet.

“We love each other and we're the best of friends, but there is still that competitive edge,” said Roberts.

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