The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-01-28, Page 2Page 2—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 28, 1987
Youth travels to Australia for lacrosse tourney
Editor's note': The following story was sub-
mitted to the Sentinel by Kinlough cor-
respondent May Boyle. This item about
Alistair Barr should prove interesting to
many Kinlough area readers as he is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Barr of
Calgary. Percy was born and raised in
Kinlough.
"It was really exciting in Australia,"
11 -year-old Alistair Barr of Oakridge, who
plays attack t forward) for the Calgary
Apaches field lacrosse team.
His team of 17 boys from throughout the
city, representing Canada, left on August
19, 1986 for southern Australia, for the
World PeeWee Field Lacrosse Champion-
ships at Melbourne and Adelaide. They
played several teams and were silver
medal winners.
The team was billeted, and they carried
Canadian gifts to their hosts, and to the
schools which they attended for a day in
each city. Next they flew to Alice Springs
and on to Ayres Rock where Alistair
studied the geology, aboriginal paintings
and the culture of this hot central Outback
region.
After flying to Townsville on the nor-
theast coast, they spent several days sail-
ing and on yacht trips around the coast and
the Whitsunday Islands, swimming and
camping out at night. A hired bus took
them up the coast to Ellis Beach where
their chartered launch carried them to the
Outer Barrier Reef. Here, one boys"next to
Alistair was swept off the deck and under
the launch. He was rescued by hi.; coach
and only had a terrible fright and a bruised
head, but the coach lost his new sports
shoes when he had to kick them off in the
sea. From Cairns, the historic Kuranda
train took them past the sugar cane fielric
and up into the Rain Forests.
"I liked the tournament, but it was real-
ly thrilling flying low over all that country
- especially the Outback, seeing all the
animals, being able to climb Ayres Rock,
snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef, sail and
golf," Alistair says.
The group say lots of koalas, kangaroos,
and other animals on their journeys. They
had excellent service from Quantas
Airlines while crossing the Pacific, with
stops in Fiji and Honolulu. The Apaches
arrived in Calgary the night of September
13, and they slept for 14 hours.
Life at home is more routine but still en-
joyable. In late July, Alistair won the
silver medal for 11 and 12 -year-old boys in
the Calgary Kids of Steel Triathlon. Back
from Australia, he won the Grade 7 boys
event at the annual Louis Riel School Run
road race, and then placed seventh in a
cross-country run for Calgary Junior
Turn to page 6 •
Whyne sparks amazing turn -around of company
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scratch to meet the near -impossible
challenge of making the company, a
money losing Missy shirtmaker fashion
house, profitable again with .a new "hot"
contemporary designer image for its sole
label, Salina.
Established in 1973, M. (for Moonwah)
Baig International was originally an In-
dian import company known for the kind of
madras shirts and cotton gauza dresses
that were "happening" in the all -natural
'70s.
The hiring of an in-house stylist in '77
turned Salina into a faceless "item line" of
some rather uninspired classics - the style -
by -number shirtwaist dress, in corduroy,
wool blends and rayon challis - but
established a reputation for quality that
stuck.
For two seasons, in addition to the Salina
line, there was a licensing agreement with
Montreal-based designer Louis Guy
Giroux. When it fell through, Carol 'Whyne
concentrated on finding a more exciting
"direction" for their staid standby -
Salina.
"We needed a real shake-up," she
recalls. "New color stories, a consistant
look each season, a designer image."
...All "the majors" ( trade talk for the
big gun retailers, like Eaton's, Simpson's,
Holt Renfrew, Liptonss, Harry h.osen,
Brettons and Your Choice) carry the
Salina line and some private label goods
designed exclusively for each retailer.
Most sell within weeks..
"Buyers tell me it's for real women,"
says Michael Green, Salina sales director
for the Camden Fashion Group. "As if real
design is something other designers don't
do."
Adds Camden Fashion Group president
and M. Baig International owner Leonard
Whyne proudly, "These are strong, power-
ful women - all of them. I don't interfere.
They've made Salina a labor of love."
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