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Dynasty in the making

The winner:

straight year.

taxidermist Lino Grifone took on the best in Canada at a competition in Toronto this month and came away § ‘a winner for the third

News Staff Lino Grifone is fast fashion- ing himselfa one-man dynasty

minated the competition at the Canadian Taxidermists Asso- ciation’s annual competition Sept. 7 in Toronto.

Competing in the masters category — the highest calibre of competition in North Amer- ica — Grifone won the best whitetail/mule deer head mount award.

Grifone, who owns a shop and also runs the Western Canada School of Taxidermy in Castlegar, said he wasn't as confident going into the com- petition as he was last year.

“I was very tight for time this year, ” said Grifone, who works June through Septem- ber as a back-country ranger in Kokanee Glacier Park. “So I entered acustomer’s deer that had not been picked up yet.”

But regardless of the time, Grifone said quality is some-

thing he never compromises on.

“I feel that it is significant that all taxidermists strive to improve the quality of each and every mount produced. Each mount must represent the very best that the taxider- mist is capable of,” he said.

Grifone got further recogni- tion when a pair of his former students also came away with top awards at the event.

Ron Bellavance of Powell River won best game head and Ken Zolinski of Nanaimo won first place in the best of class category.

Grifone also travelled to the United States earlier this year and won first place in the mule deer category at an event in Montana. :

“In a state with so many good taxidermists, the Mon- tana state competition has gained the reputation as being one of the toughest in the U.S., 80 I was very pleased to have done so well,” he said.

Team from hapless to happening

News Staff

The Castlegar entry in the Trail Flag Football League is just three years old, but al- ready the team is walking and talking like potential champi- ons.

The transformation from hapless expansion team to a team that believes in itself happened sometime nearing the end of last season.

It continued into the play- offs when Castlegar pulled a first-round upset and only missed winning the whole thing by a last-minute touch- down.

Evidence that the transfor- mation is complete came two weeks ago in the team’s season opening 45-0 win over the Trail Bandits.

And even though Castlegar lost 16-13 to the defending league champion Trail Bull- dogs at Kiwanis field last weekend, the team has defi-

nitely arrived as a contender, according to its players.

They’re players who should know each other well by now as basically the same bunch of guys who have been with the team since it started.

Experience, knowledge of the game and just getting com- fortable with each other, have been the key, said linebacker Randy Renz, who has been with the team since its incep- tion.

“It takes a couple of years to gel as a team. You're only play- ing 10 games a year and most of it’s just practice so it does take a while,” said Renz.

“This year, I think we've got just as good a chance as any- body else.”

Castlegar will play the Hawks on Saturday in Trail then be involved in one of three games in the league's Su- per Sunday which starts at Haley Park at 11 a.m.

Talking like champs: After three years in the Trail Flag Football League, the players on the Castlegar team have come together and are playing like