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: ; inthe Castlegar Figure Skating Club members who skated in Hagikin, pte Schickler, Niki Hackett, Alexis Rideout, Ashley

Theresa Frauley, Laura Kosowan, Michelle.Kooznetsoff and Chelsea Van Vliet.

Rinks do fine without skips

By Bud Lowther NEWS COLUMNIST

At the midway point of the 4th draw the top rinks are. skipped as follows: Tom Wil- son with a 5-1 record and Arne Akselson and Peter Obedkoff with four wins and a loss each.

Wilson and Akselson are not even in town, which just goes to show that some rinks do better when the skips are away.

Frank Holdsworth, who plays third for Wilson, has skipped three games for lis absent leader, and has won

them all. He is backed up by second Mike Bermel and by lead Norm Fishwick. They are presently the top guns. Curling is not only the roar- ing — as in yelling — game, it is also the blaming game as in God help me not blame others for my bad play. eaictines it seems like the most inept people are the biggest blamers — to cover up for their. own lack of ability. I guess it is not easy to face our own faults. Skipping is the toughest part of the game. Not everyone can throw last rocks, under

Program pumps $1.7M into B.C athletics

Sports Minister Robin Blencoe announced Feb. 11 the consolidation of $1.7 mil- lion to provincial government athletic awareness programs.

A wide consultayion process with provincial sport organizations and the educa- tional community is currently under way to determine the shape and direction of the new

Pr *The consolidation brings to-

the ams for- gether all the progr: by the

Consolidating the assis- tance programs will allow the provincial government to bet- ter respond-to the needs of athletes and better support developing athletes who demonstrate commitment to

i formance sport. ae wall ensure that athletes have access to qualified coach- ing and to year-round training and competitive opportunities.

“We intend to provide fair and balanced support for male and female competitors as well as outstanding athletes with disabilities,” he said.

“We want our athletes to stay and achieve their full po- tential at home.”

pressure. Mike Verzuh’s rink of Bob McBain, third, John Strelioff, second and Fred Tomlin, lead got an 8-ender in league play last week. The perfect end is a rarity, much like a hole in one at the golf course, and could only happen in the pensioner’s league. TIP OF THE WEEK: Never cross the ice when rocks are in motion or are be- ing delivered. Do not cross be- tween a rock and the person delivering it. Try not to cross or walk into the hack, when someone is concentrating.

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i ition i . (Back L to R) Dawn icky Mountain Freeskate competition im Cranbrook ( Pree. Danielle Jmieff. (Front L to R) Meghan Van Vliet, Vanessa Kastrukoff,

Skaters save best for last

News Staff Medal wise, the Castlegar

Rocky Mountain Freeskate competition in Cranbrook Feb 22

Leading the way for Castle- gar were Chelsea Van Vliet © with a gold in the Pre-novice Girls event, and Danielle Jmieff and Alexis Rideout who won gold in the Pre-pre- liminary Girls nine-and under category.

Aloo the medals were Ni- ki Hackett, who placed third in Juvenile Girls, and Laura Kosowan with a third in Se- nior Girls Artistic.

Just missing were Ashley Price with a fourth in Pre-pre- liminary Girls 10 and over, Meghan Van Vliet with a fourth in Juvenile Girls and Vanessa Kastrukoff with fourth in Pre-juvenile Girls.

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Everyone would like to be- lieve that their religion is the true religion. However, from what I have studied of the dozen or so of living world reli- gions, there are some very cru- cial differences that can help us determine whether or not our religion is of the true vari- ety or not. My understanding of several of the world reli- gions is that they begin with a human leader, who claims to have found the way to God and peace through his own ef- forts or rituals. Others have looked to the forces of nature, as the source of life and mean- ing. For example, the ancient Egyptians worshiped the sun as the source of all life. Others have the belief that a certain river is holy and the source of their life. However, they fail to take into account that the forces of nature are not God. They are merely objects of God's creation!

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