Talent show invites amateurs

Cheerleaders from Stanley Hum- phries secondary school are planning to sponsor a talent contest for amateur performers from the Castlegar area.

The contest Will be held May 24 at 7 p.m. at Kinnaird Junior secondary school. Amateur acts can pick up en- try forms May ! at SHSS, KJSS or the Castlegar .Public Library. Deadline for entry forms is May 10. Auditions for the contest will be held May 12, at Kinnaird Junior secon- dary school from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

“The cheerleaders are Working in conjunction with other community groups, in particular with the Castlegar Arts Council, which spon- sored the Pacific National Exhibition Youth Talent Search locally last year. This year, the community talent show is a combination of community and PNE talent search. The show will ‘be a great chance for the people of Castlegar to come to see the many talented people in the community.

All entries will be eligible for prizes in the community talent show. Entrants, ages 13 to 21, who meet PNE requirements, will be eligible to compete for a trip to Vancouver. The winner will represent Castlegar at the Youth Talent Show at the PNE in August. A panel of judges will decide the winners from the categories of music — both vocal and instrumental — drama, dance and monologue.

Stanley Humphries graduates had @ successful talent show last year and the cheerleaders expect this one will also be well received by the com- munity. There is much to be done between now and ‘‘show time,”’ so ff. you have a talent and you would like to “show it off’’ the cheerleaders at SHSS would like to hear from you.

Library honors writers

The Castlegar Library honors West Kootenay writers April 24 by hosting readings by members of the Castlegar Writers Guild, Selkirk College and students from Stanley Humphries secondary school. The readings get underway at 7 p.m.

Featured writer will be Ross Klatte of Balfour, 1991 winner of CBC’s Essay Contest, who will read from his award-winning work.

Refreshments will be provided by the Castlegar Library and the writers guild.

The event, part of National Book Festival 1991, is open to the public and is free of charge.

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Pinball wizards weave magic

Selkirk in a walk to soccer title

By ED MILLS Staff Writer

If, as its players say, indoor soccer is a lot like pinball, then the Selkirk Soccer Club players are pinball wizards.

One thing for sure, the team was unbeatable, 12-0, during the Trail Indoor Soccer regular season.

And that string continued into the all-Castleg: championship game Thursday night at the Trail Field House.

scoring slag Amaral scored three goals and goaltender Gary Dee was perfect in the nets as Selkirk bounced and bopped its way to a 10-0 champion- ship victory.

“We just went out there and star- ted flying around,”’ said Kevin Hearne, who added a. goal for Selkirk. ‘‘We got a couple quick goals in and everything just went from there."

Luigi Pollio and Vahid Pour- mokhtari had two each while Bryan

Settle_and James Waddell scored the other goals.

In the consolation final, played just prior to the championship, Gary Pavan scored twice to lead Fruitvale to a 5-4 win over Trail.

Dale Fitchett, Drew Padgett and Eric Bourdon also scored for Fruit- vale.

Trail got goals from Matt Hopkins, Leif Devantier, Shane Furlong and John Abenante.

It was an impressive end to an im- pressive year for a team made up primarily of Selkirk College students.

That Selkirk was tops in its class can be seen in the regular-season scoring race which has Selkirk players holding half of the top eight spots.

In order, Amaral, Pourmokhtari, Hearne and Pollio held the top four spots in scoring during the regular season. and Poukmokatari tied for top spot with 24 goals each.

Selkirk’s perfect record looks even better when you consider it was the only team in the four-team league that won more games than it lost.

Castlegar came second with a record of 5-6-1, Fruitvale was 3-9 and Trail was 3-8-1.

Hearne said Selkirk has relied on a few elements to ride the wave to suc- cess.

“We're just young, fast and aggressive. I think we have pretty balanced scoring and we have one of the better goaltenders in the league _ with Gary Dee.’

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Jr. Awill be good for KIJHL

By ED MILLS Staff Writer

A new Kootenay junior A division in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League won't be the death knell for the Castlegar Rebels.

On the contrary, said Rebels president Russ Rilcof.

“If a new junior league goes into effect, it’s not going to hurt the Castlegar Rebels, it’s going to help the Castlegar Rebels,’ said Rilcof.

“It’s going to draw better players into thé area and it's going to assist in recruiting better players to meet the (Kootenay International Junior Hockey) League's need.’’

But Rilcof isn’t counting chickens yet because the proposed four-team Kootenay division of the PCJHL still has some bugs to work out before it goes ahead.

For starters, hockey organizations, in Kimberley and Fernie will be deciding this week if they want to join the new division. If they decide not to, that would probably be the end for any plans to make the division work this year.

The other two teams, the Trail Smoke Eaters and Cranbrook Colts, KIJHL teams last. season, have

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in principle to joining the league.

Rilcof said the new division needs the KIJHL and was set up under the i that the KIJHL will

is playing in Vernon this weekend.

The SHSS golf team plays an 18-hole tournament Mon- day at the Castlegar and District Golf Course. steerer

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The 10th annual Silver City 5K/10K walk and run event is set for May 12, coinciding with Trail’s annual fiesta. En- try forms are available at local sporting goods stores.

The Australian Sports Medicine Foundation released a new infectious disease policy which all contact sports will be encouraged to adopt.

operate successfully.

“If it meant the death knell of junior B then they wouldn't be going ahead with it,’ he said. ‘The junior A operations are really cognizant of the fact that they need junior B to survive. They need us as a feeder system and that’s something we've acted as all along.’

Eddie Mountain, the man who was instrumental in setting up the new division and has since become its spokesman, couldn't agree more with Rilcof.

“I think there'll be more hockey players available. Nelson is staying junior B, Trail players have to play somewhere, there’ll be lots of junior B players,’ said Mountain, who left his job as general manager of the KUHL's Columbia Valley Rockies to take the same position with the

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Prejudice could bring deaf player to Lions

VANCOUVER -(CP) — Kenny Walker, an All-American defensive tackle from the University of Nebraska, might be a first-round choice in tomorrow’s NFL draft ex- cept for the fact that he is deaf.

By placing Walker on their list, the B.C, Lions are

Under the policy, a bleedi: player must leave the field for treatment and contaminated clothing and equipment must be replaced before the player returns. If the bleeding can’t be stopped the player isn’t allowed to resume play.

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Mountain said being a feeder system doesn’t automatically mean the best players from the KIJHL teams will be scooped by the new junior A division.

“The better players will be playing junior A, sure, but that’s where they’d be playing anyway regardiess, whether it be in the Okanagan or in the province."*

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The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League cham- pion Trail Smoke Eaters placed fourth in the Western Canadian Championships which wrapped up April 14 in Stony Plain, Alta. The Smokies

Rilcof said he’s heard that there

to see them, more power to it, he said.

“ET think junior A in the Kootenays

gambling that NFL teams will be reluctant to select him.

If Walker doesn’t get a chance in the NFL, the door may be opened for the CFL club.

Stacking the odds against Walker's

Sport wraps itself

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OTTAWA (CP) — Running shoes and swim suits could play a bigger role in building national unity, a group of Olympic athletes said Thur-

“Sports is one of those avenues that helps us identify with one another,”’ high jumper Greg Joy told Keith Spicer, chairman of the Citizens’ Forum on Canada’s Future.

Joy, who won a silver medal at the

NFL chances are the fact that teams traditionally pursue only players that fit-the certain mold, a combination of perfect height, speed and weight. As well, there may be deep-seated natural prejudice among some NFL scouts and general managers. Arranging for an interpreter, get- ting a coach that can deal with sign language and nagging doubts about getting the message across to a rookie may be too much of a hassle. Bob O'Billovich, the Lions direc- tor of football operations, said Thur-

to unity

be a binding path to unity,"’ said Joy, who recently moved to Ottawa.

Hugh Fraser, who also competed for Canada at the Montreal Olym- pics and now is an Ottawa lawyer, told Spicer that ‘Canadians share a collective pride in our athletes’ ac- complishments.

“You just have to leave the coun- try to see what being Canadian means."*

Meanwhile, the head of the Canadian Figure Skating Association said Thursday the Mulroney oe:

sday that Walker would have a tougher time in the NFL than the CFL because of the way the game is played in the United States.

“They have a lot of audibles and changing defences,’’ he said. “Players are constantly coming in and out.’”

There are nickel defences, guys who specialize in the rush and passing specialists, he said.

“Walker’s handicap wouldn’t be as much of a factor up here,’ said O'Billovich.

Computer is an NHL goof

EDMONTON (CP) — A com- puter which goofed when it picked the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League as the winner in Wednesday night’s Battle of Alberta has a five-for-eight record.

The computer network at the Alberta Research Council office in Calgary didn’t do its credibility much good when it predicted the Flames would eliminate the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs.

It also predicted that the Chicago Blackhawks, eliminated by the Min- nesota North Stars, would win the Stanley Cup and that the New York Rangers would defeat the Washington Capitals.

But it was bang on when it selec- ted the Boston Bruins to beat the Hartford Whalers, the Montreal Canadiens to beat Buffalo Sabres, the Pittsburg Penguins to beat the New Jersey Devils, the St. Louis Blues to beat the Detroit Red Wings and the Los Angeles Kings to beat the Vancouver Canucks.

“Five out of eight isn’t too bad,”” said Brian Schack, a computer programmer with the research coun- cil.

The research council has a con- tract with CBC Television Sports to predict playoff results. The predic- tions were aired April 12 on a program previewing the playoffs.

The computer bases its predictions on data supplied by the NHL, such as teams’ past playoff performances, goaltending records, power play and penalty-killing récords, goals for and against, home and away winning percentages and wins, ‘losses and ties between the various teams.

But its biggest handicap is its inability to make human judgmen- ts, said Schack.

“Hockey is unpredictable.

“The computer takes much less in- to account compared to a human hockey fan. The computer just knows the results we give it. That fan has watched the games, knows how the players played and where talent or luck might be responsible.”

The computer is now picking Wayne Greizky’s Kings to beat the Oilers and to win the StanJey Cup.

“I don’t believe it either,” said Schack

It is also picking the Bruins to beat the Canadiens, the Penguins to beat the Capitals and the Blues to beat the North Stars.

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as real heroes,"” David Dore, the associations’ director-general, told Keith Spicer.

The government just gives them the cold shoulder, Dore said

The success of Kurt Browning and other Canadian skaters at the recent world championships produced an influx of mail to the association lauding the athletes, he said.

But there was no praise from the government.

“It just keeps threatening to cut its support for athletes and it is i the morale of our

athietes.”" He said that ever since sprinter Ben Johnston was stripped of his

gold medal after the 1988 Olympics for using illegal steroids, the gover- nment has been preoccupied with doping control.

“The issue is resolved; we've got- ten the message. But they just seem to want to keep using current athletes as_scapegoats and criticizing

ional sports government

Since the 1988 Games, the gover- nment has not been congratulating medal-winning athletes.