Thursday, August 16, 19684, THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LA®E, 3.6, ' PONY GETS ROYAL CARESS Sea ES. ... wv0l IRENE Some months ago, this column ex: horted the Stampede officials to give some thought to providing adequate and decent restroom facilities down at the grounds. I dont know whether I had anything to do with the ap- Pearance of the three little white “houses” down there or not, but 1 Wish to extend my thanks to the association. Although I spent only a scant hour at the Stampede on opening day, I’m sure the added facilities were greatly appreciated by the thousands who attended and stayed. Now if we could just do something about the Indian dance hall... For some unexplainable reason, I could not work up much enthusiasm for the Stampede this year. Methinks we need some real live wire to thump the publicity drums and get things stirred up around here. Except for posters and the odd item in the pa- per, a person would not know any- thing is going on. According to one report I heard, some people in Kam- loops wrote up to find out if we were staging a show this year. Guess it al depends on whe- ther it is run strictly as a com- munity get-to- gether, or whe- tion wants to ther the Associa- make, money by attracting tour- ists and outside visitor: My scant hour at the grounds on opening day was spent in trying to take notes of Andy Pall’s speech for the paper that day. Rushing down sharp at 1 p.m. I waited and waited. By 2 p.m., when official sanction was still forthcoming and the events had started, I climbed the steps to the chute seats and enquired of Judge Henry Castillou the reason for the delay. It seemed the address system was not working, and the opening would he delayed, said the Judge, but why not talk to Andy Paull myself? Feebly I cast around for some valid excuse why I should not interview Mr. Paull. (I'm nervous of inter- viewing people). But the judge was nway, stomping down the seats, shouting “Make way for the press. make way for the press’., and [ felt hundreds of curious eyes on me. Finally I stumbled into a seat be- side Mr. Paull, resplendent in his Indian raiment, who proved very aff- able and co-operative when I explain- ed my purpose. He rattled on, giving me an outline of what he intended to say. I felt that here was a wonderful opportunity for a “public interest’? story on a well-known personage, but as usual] could not think of a thing ask him. (There is no doubt that there is only one good reporter in this family!) So I rushed back to the office, manag ed to read about half the heiroglyph- ies that I call shorthand, only to find that the editor didn’t have room for half of my stuff. You can’t win... . Don’t know what the connection is between the Stampede and the B.B. Games, but guess it is all sport. in a sense. Like 90% of the female pop ulation, I usually do not read the Sport pages of the daily newspapers, but last week I pored over accounts and pictures of the stirring games in Vancouver and found it utterly fase- inating. specially the pictures and various stories by columnists on the famous Miracle Mile” and Jim Peters’ her- cic attempt to win the marathon. I spent a whole evening reading the papers that night. Can't help but wonder where some of the reporters get their information. One paper reported that John McGhee of Scot- land who won the marathon, had promised his father he would finish. ‘The other reported that un old Seott- |” ish lady had urged the winner on when he faltered by the wayside. And then there was the question of whether Landy's foot was cut or not, and whether Roger Bannister had a bad cold or not. And I can't help being curious as to why Landy could not win, and yet he appeared to be fresh and com- posed at the end of the race ‘while Bannister seemed exhausted. It’s in- triguing. One reporter lambasted CBC-TV wv its terrible presentation of th games, and felt it demanded some explanation, The truth of this was borne out by my brother who visited us last week, and spoke of one time when the camera followed contest- ints in one of the long races jogging uround the track. Every so often, a deafening cheer would be heard from ihe crowd and the announcer woula say “So-and-so has just madé a terr ifie jump", but the camera continued to follow the slow-jogging runners around the track. I believe TV im- proved tremendously for the last couple of days though. There was evidently plenty of room tor it! Round een Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kaun and five children of Lethbridge, Alberta, were weekend visitors at the home of Mrs. Kaun’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Vie Imhoff. SS During the past month, visitors at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. R. Hughes were Mrs. Hughes’ son and daughter-in-law and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Boyle of Prince Rupert. 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