82 Castlégar News November 29; 1989

SPORTS

Wishlow twins lead Saints to road wins

ByJIM ZEEBEN Life on the road was sweet for the Selkirk Saints mens volleyball team on the weekend The Saints travelled to Victoria and left with a pair of victories to their credit in matches against Trinity Western University of Langley and Malaspina College of Nanaimo Despite arriving at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria just a half hour before game time, the Saints came out strong against Trinity, building a 9-0 lead in the first game of the best-of-five match. But the team fizzled and Trinity rallied to win 15-11

The Saints, however, rebounded from the loss to take the match three games to.one

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Jason Wishlow — one half of the Wishlow twins who both play for the Saints — was selected as the game's most valuable player

Against Malaspina, the Saints star ted the game shakily but discovered

their game legs before it got serious and went on to win the match three straight

The other half of the Wishlow twins, Wes, was selected along with team- mate Theo Frimi as the game’s MVPs.

Back at home now, Saints coach Paul Thiessen has changed the focus of his practices, deciding to devote more time’ to conditioning for the mens team

On the women’s side, the Saints womens volleyball team had the weekend off and have completed the fall shedule.

Both teams return to action Jan. 27

Peewees take second in Spokane

The Castlegar Bantam Reps won ‘one and lost one in back to back games against Spokane last weekend at the Pioneer Arena

The Saturday morning game proved to be a walk for Spokane with a 9-0 win. Try as Castlegar may, players could not penetrate the opposition’s goalie.

At the Sunday morning match up, it looked like Spokane was out to take charge again when they scored 30 seconds into the first period. However, Castlegar rose to the challenge and Aaron Voykin put them on the scoreboard - two later Spokane jumped ahead two goals by the end of the period

In the second, Castlegar pressed on to score three unanswered goals, two in a row by Nino Dacosta, and one by Steven Brown,

The game was tied by Spokane at 18:22 of the final period and the battle

minutes

was on to win the contest. Castlegar’s goalkeeper, Vaughn Welychko, rob- bed Spokane players of several scoring opportunities and then with 7:42 left in the third, Dacosta bumped Castlegar into a 5-4 lead with a power play goal

Not about to die, Spokane scored with 6:32 remaining, only to have the home team chalk up the final two goals, one by Tom Phipps on a rebound and another by Dacosta — his fourth of the game — for a 7-5 win.

Picking up assists for Castlegar were Mike Hunter with three, John Strilaeff and Dacosta with two each, and Ken Skibinski, John Evdokimoff and Dustin Rilcof with one each

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and oh, but the Castlegar Pee Wee Rep team had to settle for two wins and two losses and second place on the ‘*B’’ side in the Spokane Thanksgiving hockey tournament last weekend.

The Reps finished the round-robin with two wins and a loss as they shut out Penticton 2-0, lost by the same score to Spokane and routed Por- tland 9-2 in game three.

Castlegar goalscorers were Derek Read, Gary Hunter, Craig Swanson, Shawn Mosby, Phillip Laporte and Rick Fauth. Assists were awarded to Hunter, Laporte, Read, Josh Sookero, Mark Perrier and Pat Biln.

Perpetual rivals Beaver Valley were the opponents in the championship game Sunday agd the Castlegar reps found Ponissives boi aad 1-Oafter only 14 seconds of play

Beaver Valley took a 2-0 lead before Hunter put Castlegar on the board at 2:58 of the second period. Beaver Valley regained the two-goal advan- tage but Castlegar fought back to grab a 4-3 lead in the third period on goals by Derek Pottle and Fauth with assists going to Pottle, Mosby, Jeremy Ross and Hunter

Beaver Valley was not to be denied, however, and replied with two goals in less than a minute and held on for a 5-4 victory.in-a game that saw-44 minutes in penalties handed out with Castlegar taking 26 minutes.

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NUMBER ONE . . . The 1989 West wie eee f junior boys and girls champions. (Front left to

right) Barry DePaoli (coach) Darren Esovol

two) Colin Overnay, Ed Furlon, Warren Maloff, Mitch Stoochn:

three) Jason Ozeroff. (Rouw fou

man, Amy

loft, Adam Priss, Jacque DePaoli (coach). (Row , Daron Austin. (Row

off, Jason Chowes, Mark Janzen, Dan Kooznetsoff and Kurt Roberts.

Rae Carter, Melanie Samarodin, Wendy Closkey, Ana-Maria Avila, Christine

Evdokimotf, Jeanette Kitchen. (Top row) Lark Lam; Marie Polonicoff, Tamara

Rezansoff, Suzanne Dingwall, Ryanna Westoff and Leona Powell (coach).

Glory years revived in SHSS's current success

By ED MILLS Staff Writer

The titles continue to mount

The Stanley Humphries junior girls and junior boys volleyball teams added two more last weekend to a.growing list,of high school championship titles for Castlegar.

The latest prizes for the school’s trophy case are two West Kootenay Volleyball Championships, .won by the Rockettes at L.V. Rogers high school in Nelson and by the Rockers at home at SHSS.

It was the third straight year Stanley Humphries has captured the junior girls title while the boys ended a 14-year drought in the winners circle,

The latest wins come on the heels of a strong provincial showing by the swimming ‘and cross-country running teams, and just prior to the senior girls volleyball team's trip to Kelowna for a crack at the provin- cial title

Stanley Humphries principal Jack Closkey says he hasn’t seen a year this successful since the mid-

to late 1970s when. SH dominated every sport in the West Kootenay.

Although the winter and spring teams have yet to begin com- petition, Closkey ranks this year’s athletic accomplishments in the “top three or four,”” he’s seen in his 21 years at the school

“What's happening,” he says, ‘is that you can see a resurgence of a dominance SHSS had. We've had some lean years the last couple of years but it’s coming back and that’s good to see.”

Leona Powell, coach of the junior girls, liked what she saw as the Rockettes rolled over Rossland secondary 15-1 and 15-2 in the championship game that lasted less than 20 minutes

The Rockettes toughtest victory came in the semi-finals against hometown favorite, Nelson’s L.V. Rogers secondary. After crunching LVR 15-2 in game one, the Rocket- tes let up and lost game two 15-6. The girls regrouped for the deciding game to win 15-8 and ad-

vance into the finals against Rossland.

In the junior boys championship at SHSS, the Rockers came from behind twice to sweep the cham- pionship in two games, 15-13 and 15-11 over J.L. Crowe.

On the road to the finals, the Jacque and Barry DePaoli- coached Rockers were taken to the limit before defeating Trafalgar 9-15, 15-10 and 15-10. The boys then’ went on to sweep Mount Sentinel to advance to the championship final.

Stanley Humphries director of student activities, Doug Hickey, said that in two or three years it’s likely the athletic program at the school will be even better as suc- cessful juniors become successful servers. And that’s a sign he says that the program is achieving its goals.

**What it means to the program .

is number one, kids want to play and kids want to be successful, kids also want to have fun and I think we’re providing those oppor- tunities to them,”’ said Hickey.

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Legion plays Santa

By JOHN CHARTERS

Santa’ wears a Legion crest and blazer. He arrived Nov. 24 at the Castlegar Rail Station in the guise of three members of the Castlegar Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion — president Gerry Rust, second vice- president and meat-draw chairman Bob Byrne and bingo chairman Denny Tucker.

In the course of their visit, they were assisted by Legion Auxiliary members, public relations chairman Janice Kelly and Joanne Langois and left two $500 cheques for the Castlegar and District Heritage Society. The $1,000 gift will be used to help install a much-needed intruder alarm system in the station building,

The gift was accepted by past- President John Charters on behalf of president Sherrel Koreen and the society.

The money was raised, Rust said, from two different Legion projects — $500 from the meat draw, carried out within the Branch membership, and $500 from the bingo, which involves community participation.

The Legion Santas had also made two other presentations that same day — $5,000 to the Castlegar Aquatic Centre and $500 to the local Boy Scouts.

Rust then went on to state that the national organization coordinates and looks after the needs and interest of veterans and their dependents at every level, with local branches such as Castlegar Branch 170 deeply commit- ted to local community works and. charities, education and senior citizens.

In the course of this work, the

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wire up a security system at the Castlegar Rail Station.

Castlegar Legion spends an average of about $40,000 annually in the com- munity.

To continue with this most valuable work, therefore, the Legion must have community support — through mem- bers and by volunteers, Rust said.

The next major activity, he said, will be the annual Christmas Hamper drive and distribution — an excellent oppor- tunity for community volunteer in- volvement. The hampers will be packed Dec. 15 and delivered on Dec. 16. Call Janet Kelly at Kel Print for further information.

The New Year’s Eve dinner and dance plans (the party is limited to 100

guests) are already well in hand and preparations are also being made for the ever popular Burns Night celebrations for Jan. 20. Tickets are going on sale immediately.

There are also long range plans un- der consideration. They include a possible senior citizens’ housing project and an upgrading of the present Legion building for greater ac- cessibility and public convenience, particularly seniors.

In the meantime, Bunny ‘Charters, the Heritage Sodiety’s heritage cook- book chairman, has indicated that the heritage cookbooks go on sale at the Rail Station Dec. 4-

Missionary tells of life in Colombia

Robberies, murder and under-the- table deals are the normal way of life in Medellin, a city of three million people in Colombia, South America, a Canadian missionary said.

Medellin is the centre of the cocaine industry’’ said Norman Nielsen, who spoke last weekend in Castlegar’s Calvary Baptist Church which helps to support his work.

In Colombia, the product of the im- ported coca leaves is refined and smuggled around the world, Nielsen said.

Nielsen is one of 35 missionaries and their children of the Canadian Mission Board who wete recently advised by the Canadian government to evacuate their station for their own safety

Nielsen, his wife Dawna and two children, Chantell and Christopher spent las: weekend in Castlegar in con- nection with the Fellowship of Baptist Churches, under whose Foreign Missin Board they serve.

Saturday morning, Dawna Nielsen spoke to a group of interested women bringing out a number of problems that missionaries face in Colombia today.

OUT OF COLOMBIA .. Castlegar last weekend

Norman Nielsen expressed the regret that it is not possible yet to say if it will be advisable for the Mission Society to return them to the field again in the near future. He, as leader of the field staff, in company with other delegates, will shortly be retur

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“We will return if possible,” he said, ‘but will certainly need to adjust our program to changing and dangerous conditions that will confront us.””

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By RECDEPTSTAFF

As we finish our last week of regular fitness classes all our fitness instructors would like to say “thanks” for all your smiling facesjover the past 10 weeks.

We now begin our drop-in schedule. December classes will run Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9.a.m.-10a.m. Morning classes will be held at the Complex Dec. 4 - 8 and 18 and 30. The week of Dec. 11 - 15, mor- ning classes will be held at Kinnaird Hall

Evening aerobic classes will be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. The first two weeks of December they will be held at Stanley Humphries secon-

Local

Castlegar and area music students were among the award winners during Canada Music Week

T. Arthur Barrett Memorial Awards for the highest marks in theoretical

for 1989 were to Heather Bechmyer of Salmo, Tam- my Francis and Glenda Dooley, both of Castlegar and Eva Maciacszek of Rossland.

Agnes Inkster Memorial Awards for the highest marks in piano examinations were won by Francis and David Marken of Castlegar, and Leah Romano and Elaine Chong, both of Trail. Romano was also presented with the Western Board of Music bronze medal for high marks for both Grade 1 in January and Grade 2 in June sessions.

Teresa Gallo was introduced as the

dary school with the last two weeks at the Complex.

The instructors will vary with a schedule of instructors posted on the bulletin board at the Complex. The classes will all be moderate in natirre. If you haven’t attended before, please feel free to drop-in, we’d love to see you. Drop-in $2.50, book of 10 tickets available at the Recreation Office for $20.

There will be drop-in aerobic classes in Tarrys for the first two weeks of December, Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Cost is $2.50 for drop-in or purchase fitness tickets.

Public skating for the rest of the

week is Thursday from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Friday from 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from | p.m. -3p.m. JUNIOR HOCKEY

Junior hockey in Castlegar this week will take place Friday evening when the Cranbrook Colts will be in town. Game time is 8 p.m. at the Complex. Come on down and cheer the Rebels on to victory

‘THINGS’ HAPPENING

Dec. 16 is now only 2 weeks away. There will be plenty of ‘‘things’” hap- pening at the Complex on this day. Do you know what they are? Watch next week for more

music students presented with awards

recent winner of the $250 Rex Potter Memorial Scholarship. She is a student of Margaret Purdy of Trail and is working towards her teacher's associate diploma with the Royal Con- servatory of Music of Toronto.

Canada “Music Week is sponsored nationally by the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations during the last full week in November each year.

Aims of Canada Music Week are to support Canadian composers and per- formers and to bring to the attention of the public the importance of Canadian music through various means and also to emphasize not only Canadian works but the significance of music generally, anewsrelease says.

The Trail Branch of the B.C. Registered Music Teachers’

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Association held a public recital Nov. 22, which also happens to be St Cecilia’s- Day, the patron saint of music, Young district pianists presen- ted works by Canadian composers and the A Cappella Choir under the direc- tion of Helen Dahlstrom sang two numbers

The recital was arranged by Carol Romney, local Canada Music Week chairman.

Dahlstrom, an honorary member of the Trail Branch of the BCRMTA, has been the national chairman of Canada Music Week for the last 20 years and has recently completed the

posers mini-biographies booklet approximately 100 names distribution across Canada.

In the , Hydro continues to operate the Burrard plant and to purchase coal- and gas-fired energy from Alberta to support the levels of the utility’s integrated system reser- voirs.

Government approves funds

NELSON — Planning funds of $300,000 have been approved for $4.5 million worth of renovations and ad- ditions to provide increased hospital services at the Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Health Minister John Jansen and Howard. Dirks, Provincial Secretary and MLA for Nelsoii- Creston, announced

“In addition to upgrading the elec- trical, mechanical, heat and ven- tilation systems, this project will allow essential services—such as . bedside oxygen/gas/suction units to be in- stalled throughout the hospital,” Jan- sen said in a news release.

Dirks said the project will provide upgraded health care to Nelson residents.

“Kootenay Lake District Hospital has provided vital service to area residents since it was built in 1953,’’ he said. “This redevelopment project will provide state-of-the-art health care services for the residents of Nelson and the surrounding area.”

The provincial government will pay 60 per cent of the costs with the remaining 40 per cent covered by the Regional District of Central Kootenay through its Central Kootenay Regional Hospital District.

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Balfour gets final payment

VICTORIA — The Balfour Recreation Commission has received $50,000 as the final payment of a $150,000 GO B.C. commitment to help develop a nine-hole golf course, Provincial Secretary Howard Dirks announced.

“The golf course has been built on 80 acres of land near the ferry landing on the north shore of Kootenay Lake,”’ Dirks said in a news release. “*The course will add recreational op- tions to an area which has traditionally depended on tourist dollars generated by the sport fishing industry.

“In recent years, fishing has not met expectations and it is hoped that the course will provide a needed _ economical boost to the tourist in- dustry," said Dirks, minister respon- sible for GO B.C. ‘‘Local residents have donated labor, materials, sup- plies and equipment — evidence of outstanding community support.”

GO B.C. is a capital-funding program which uses the proceeds from lotteries operated by the B.C. Lottery Corp. to support a wide vareity of community initiatives.

Women’s league schedules bazaar

The November meeting of the Catholic Women’s League took place with 20 members in attendance.

President Doreen Moore thanked members for their assistance at the new citizens’ tea at city hall. It was decided that a mini bazaar would be held Dec. 1 from $ p.m. - 8'p.m. and Dec. 2 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the City Centre Mall.

Longtime member Blondine Perra will sodn be moving tq. Edmonton. A farewell cake was baked in honor of the occasion by Brita Haley, with the CWL's blessings and good wishes ably expressed by Kay McGauley

The meeting concluded with prayers and refteshments were served. The door prize was won by Doreen Scan- tland.