The Castlegar Sun Tuesday, December 31, 1991 SAUSAGE “99 NOODLES Genaric. APPLE SUICE z “DINNER ROLLS White or Wholewheat. PARTY FAVOURITES ¢ good friends, good food and Car da Safeway.:F je've =) mouth watering Party Trays of all sizes and types for’a growing number: af people sand businesses. You can rely on us for first-class service and selection. So Season, don't forget Canada Safeway. 0 4 49) FRESH TOMATOES you @ lining up yout guest fist:for.the eee : Has city council fin nally, recelved + OF tax increases Gv with» * Dear Editor: I wonder if city council got the’ message, recent refergndum. ec) mies is thot taxpayers ‘ore fed with, ee mismani jageThent, . For years Castlegar city:council has squandered the. taxpayer's has done nothing to show ifor: it, The next stepis¢ems to: be:this Council’ says this will not costthe taxpayers mohey.’ because the business people are going to pick up a portion'of the cost'and:"the city”. will pay the rest. Just who is “the city" if it is not the taxpayer? The people'of: the, regultg,op the | r “Tittle Yo ‘show for it.” Ch the message? they ‘are-terminated from ‘their. “poner and paid huge severence Aid eran, nether the” People: on Conlogte i ers voting dgainst. the: referen- dum or something else, It docs not take a genius.to :figuro, that: “out! They were voting against money on surveys ‘and studies‘and ~- uspending.of;,taxpayer's moncy. t-and- their Now, once,again the city. is.plan- ning, to spend: millions, of dollars - on new; construction; Where .will all this money come ‘from,.. 5.1: LAS well if-seems. that city- hall is highly overstaffed. People are hired-and,they turn out :to be unsuitable or; unqualified for the ition, they were hired for. Then Once, again syhere. docs add tional money from? erhaps itis tim for the 1g. of the Bastille"; however such drastic steps should not have to be taken. The onus_of those on council should be to do, the. proper ' thing and call an election and.then ' “gesign. Perhaps ‘then’ the taxpayers of Castlegar can elect! people that will be ‘responsible to'the, people and the job for which they are élected instead of just putting in time to collect their stipend, Rene Archambault ‘ Castlegar On swedassday. December:25, “1991, Helen Postnikoff of Bluc- berry Creek, BC passed away>at 2 the Trail Regional Hospitat’ft the age of 72 years. Funeral service will be dat f the Castlegar Funeral Chapel 295: ig Sunday, “1991 at 7:00’ p.m: and will con Monday, Decetnber 30 af 10:00 am. with burial at 12:noon.at the Mrs. Postnikoff was ‘born . February 7, 1919 at.Grand Forks »-and came with her parents to . Champion Creek as an infant. She grew up and married Fred Post- -) nikoff at Champion Creek in 1939. . She lived there until moving to -~ Blueberry Creek in 1975, She was :an active member of the Ladies ; Cooking Group ‘and enjoyed: gar- Season’s Cheer ‘Thank you for bagntening our season and ‘our year win your frendship and support, Chang’s Nursery ‘memory of .. dening, cooking and baking: « She is survived by three sons; Fred and Mike of Blueberry and «Peter. of ‘Thrums. ‘Three daughters; Elsie Zeboroff and Olga Postnikoff of Blueberry Creek and Linda ‘Overnay of Ootischenia. Fifteen Helen. Postnikoff grand children and four great-grand children. She was predeceased by her parents, husband, one brother and one sister and a nephew... Funeral arrangements are, under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. John Pacheco Paiavo On Monday, December 23, 1991, John Pacheco Paiavo of © Castlegar passed away at the age of , 67 years. Wake service was held Thurs- "day, | December 26, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. at’St! Rita’s Catholic Church and Mass of Christian Burial was * celebrated Friday, December 27 at / 10:00 a.m. with burial at Park Memorial Cemetery. Fr. Herman Engbéerink was the officiant. Mr, Paiavo was bom May 31, 1924 at San Miguel, Azores, Portu- ‘ gal. He''grew up and married Almorinda Ferreira there on Febru- ary 4, 1950. They came to Canada in 1957 and settled in Montreal. In 1965 he moved to Castlegar and began working for Westar Timber retiring in 1988. He was a member of St. Rita’s Catholic Church and the Portugesse Social Centre. He is survived by his wife Almorinda, two'sons, and daugh- ters-in law, John and Teresa Pacheco and Joe and - Anna Pacheco of Castlegar. Seven grand children, on sister, Gilhermina Chaviel of Portugal. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. - Polly Poznekoff On Sunday, December 22, 1991, Polly Poznekoff of Shore- acres, BC passed away at the age of 87-years. ~. Funeral service was held at the Shoreacres Hall beginning on Fri- day, December 27, 1991 and con- tinued Saturday with burial at 12 noon at the Shoreacres.Cemetery. «Mg, Paznekoff:was born Ofto- er 10, 1904 at -Nerigin Saskatchewan. She came to oO ia with her parents in 1908. She married Pete Poznekoff in 1925 at Glade. They lived in Ootischenia, Krestova, and South Slocan. In 1981 she moved to Shoyeacres to live with her son. She was a member of the Chris- tian Community of Universal Brotherhood which later became - know as the Union of Spiritual ' Gammunities.of Christ. She ‘ ‘enjoyed gardening, cracheting and cooking. Mrs. Poznekoff is survived by _ Season’s Greetings to all our customers from the staff at Chicken Time We will be cl beginning Dec. 25th Re-open again Jan. 3rd. her Peter, son, Peter J. of Shoreacres, two daughter, Polly Malekow of Crescent Valley and Lillian Poznekoff of Kelowna. Six grand children, five great-grand children. She was predeceased by her parents, one grandson, Phillip d for the holld. 2816 Columbla Ave. one sister, Lucy Plan- den and brother, Jim Kazakoff. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- ‘all "HO HO HOed” out . AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE Storewige Savings on Selectod items SS eS aes Pst Sees Pasenessee pence sen aes Coming up KIWHL The Castlegar Rebels come back from thelr holidays to a palr of league games this weekend. On‘Friday the struggling Rebels pack their bags for Nel- ‘son and yet another rematch van oe arch-rivals the Maple JIM ZEEBEN Sun staff Big things seem ‘to happen to Castlegar’s Darcy Martini. The most obvious'is Martini’s physical presence. ‘At six foot four and 235 pounds, he ‘was the largest player in the U.S. College hockey league where he played while attending Michigan Tech- logical Universi and Spokane for ‘first-over all. Castlegar remains last in the west with litte hope of overtaking any one In the division before play-offs. The last time the Rebels were se/ after the game Into an angry melee that cleared both bench- * paturday, Castlegar’ ratums to the Community Complex to try der Bruins. ‘i The Bruins own the Rebels this year‘as Castlegar's coach ‘evin Cheveldave tries to save some face In front of ex-junior eam mate, and present Grand Forks assistant coach, . Game time Is at 8 p.m., but Jas the team falters in the stand- Ings so it seems they have at the =| box office. At last count Castie- The Rebels also have an exhibition game scheduled for +) Sunday at 7 p.m.. “| Castlegar takes on a team of °{ RCMP, Fire Department, and *-|Ambulance personel at the Complex in a charity fund-ralser. CRHL The Castlegar Recreational :-| Hockey League is back with afull £./ slate of games this week. On Thursday Kootenay Corh- puters plays Banjo’s Pub at 7 p.m. followed by Castlegar Pres- ‘| sure Wash versus Castlegar Sports Centre at 8:45 p.m. - is Friday, Woodland Park Shell -, {plays Computers before Banjo’s takes the ice against Pressure “) Wash, fs The two remaining games ;| feature Computers versus Pres- <1 sure Wash at 9:30 p.m. on Mon- | day and Banjo's against Shell, = 1 9:45 p.m., Tuesday. High School Basketball “<| Both senior teams are back <{on home court January 7, "| against Grand Forks. ‘| TheRockettes start things off at 5 p.m. as they try to make it two in a row against Grand Forks. On December 10, the local girls won the two teams’ first match-up of the year 88-27. The. boys get underway at 7). p.m. and this time it will be Castlegar looking for revenge. <1 The Rockers fell to Grand Forks 75-65 in the first meeting between the teams ths eeason. KWMBL The Kootenay West Men's Basketball League retums to the court January 7. Castlegar Realty takes on Selkirk College in a game which will decide first place. The other scheduled game has RHC Realty battling for a win against Cowan Office Sup- ies. Winlaw was the odd team out, with the bye this week. The 22 year-old played minor hockey in Castlegar before jump- ing to a Junior A team in, Vemon. From there he went to Michigan and in 1989 he was drafted by the eighth round, 162 overall, to a club regarded as the NHL team of the eighties. This year, an early season back ning on retuming to school next Martini keeps leading injury has kept Martini out of the Alolayer personnel Kevin Prender- line-up until February. the:aréa in question, his injury |; could '‘have had serious conse- quences on Martini’s career. But he's already had enough success at:school, on and off the ice, to sshgpe a hockey future, 'y /The Oilers contacted Martini when they found out he was plan- “Because I was hurt after only a playing seven games I’m still eli- gible to go back to school next.’ year,” Martini said from his par- ;’ : ent’s home in Castlegar. “The °: Edmonton Oilers. He went in'the | Oilers found out I was looking at |; coming back to college hockey . me to see if it was truc.” } The call from Oiler director of Because of "), \gast surprised, Martini, He had thought his early exit from the. college team wouldn't give him a chance to impress the scouts in Edmonton, Prendergast said he couldn't talk money with Martini because of college regulations, But he could advise Martini what route \, the Oilers thought would be in his professional interest... “I told him that would help me (Make up my mind a little easier,” said. “He got back to me and said I was fairly high on their. list of defenseman and they thought it would be best if. I fin- ished what I could this year and Rext-year and got in touch with /' leave next year.” Where Martini went would depend, presumably, on how big JIM ZEEBEN . \Cheveldave calls it quits as coach for’: Sun staff Cheveldave, It’s Mieely Kevin Kevin Cheveldave has resigned as coach of the Castle- gar Rebels. Cheveldave cited financial poor performance as the main down from the bench, A formal resignation was given to Rebels ment on December 26 but the club chose to keep quiet « on the matter. Ch d he was troubles rather than the team’s © reason he has chosen to step. the assis- |; tant coach, will take up the . Teigns until a replacement is ; found. One of the potential candi- dates for the position is former ~ National Hockey League player Gord Walker. Walker lives in Castlegar and currently coaches the bantam rep team. Walker was with his team at a tournament in Kelowna on Mon- ° day and was unavailable for quitting in an interview yester- day. “T couldn't afford to lose any more money,” he said. “I'm quit- ting because I can't make my f itments down However he did confirm that . Rebels management had approached him about the posi- © tion. Cast has not had a win- here.” Ch ve plans to ning record since the 1987-88 “ no hockey fans came forward + with job offers as is common in Kevin Cheveldave other cities. ‘*To be honest, it was not as welcoming as other towns leave for Salmon Arm on Friday, where he has his old job waiting for him in-his father’s sporting’ ‘goods store, © eu According to Rebels gen- Kevin Cheveldave’s record as Castlegar Rebels coach ‘ points . 16 | average line of work.was selling .363 °°: sporting -goods:In'Salmon but it’s not Castlegar’s fault I don't have a trade and I’m not in a union.” Cheveldave's preferred Amn, he ran his father’s eral manager Don Joice the decision has been imminent fora while. “I knew it was coming,” Joice said. “His financial problems have forced him back home. I’m just pleased he didn’t quit and Under Cheveldave the Rebels have totaled two less victories-in half a season than they had all of last year. store where he says he doubled business in five years. “Local sports stores are set up to only need one guy working at a time and it’s usually the owner,” Cheveldave said. “I look at cross-bor- walk away. He came to us [exec- utive] and asked if. he could resign.” Under Chevel- dave the Rebels had eight wins ‘I'm quitting because | can’t make my financial commitments down here.’ | — KEVIN CHEVELDAVE Now exRebels coach der the G.S.T., and the econ- omy as part of the problem.” “He says he searched the area high and and _ fourteen losses. At one point in early December, the team was on a five game winning streak. But since December 7, Castlegar has lost six straight games. No names have been officially Cheveldave doesn’t know why he had trouble finding work. *« ends off. but blames part of it on the recession. “Castlegar [employers] can’t be blamed for the state ‘of their economy,” he said, adding that i hoa about quitting his post was ‘very highly of them and wish I executive or players for his deci- JIM ZEEBEN Rebels problems ‘surface with resignation A city the size of Castlegar should cherish the]: Sports Editor actually run it. It might be something we don’t’ want to admit but the people of Castlegar are’ as responsible for the sorry shape of their hockey team as the people who The resignation of Castlegar Rebels head coach Kevin C! is just a sy problems. Although financial reasons and the inabil- . fity to secure employment are the. reasons given,-a lack of interest by the community has Played a a part, Not to say that-we should haye thrown money inte of deeper. The ‘enibarrassing part selves as'a sports town. But with Junior A hockey : fact they still have a team. People naturally want al winning team: But how can anyone be expected to} build a winner if the support isn't there? A booster club of some sort would help. The| Rebels need to work on building up their place in}: » the community. They need to work with ex-Rebels : as well as area business. | ‘ . That way both players and coaches will feel more} - ‘comfortable when the arrive in Castlegar to work] A stable job lets ae concentrate on hock- ‘ A's ‘for the people of this community, we have to ie ther Junior, B hockey i isa tradition worth] \.Cheveldave decided to cut his : mounting losses. He talked with his dad on Christmas day and on Boxing Day. them”: re LAS for any idea of the club low for any employment that was strictly days with week- With nothing on the horizon decided to submit a resignation Cheveldave said the hardest g the news to his players. “The worse part is leaving the ; players,” he said, pausing to { choose the right words. “I think Seould have done a better job for Cheveldave doesn’t blame the ion. ‘He referred to management as ard working -vol and @ presence he can create at train- ing camp in Edmonton next year, St would be'up to me,” He said. “If I wasn't good enough to play in Edmonton they'd send me to the farm team in Cape Breton.” He already follows that team through its American Hockey schedule, But, if he catches on with the Oilers, a preliminary trip to Nova Scotia isn’t a given. “When I was first drafted I thought ‘Holy cow,’ they're win- ning the Stanley Cup every sec- ond year,” he said. “I thought it would be hard to move up in an organization like that but things are opening up. Now they say they’re rebuilding and they need defenseman. So it’s actually the best opportunity I would have had in the last 10 years to crack life in a big way Darcy Martini that line-up.” : The injury which made th career decision come sooner than See BIG Rockette ay Polonikoff (14) displays some of the physical defense which resulted in Stanley Humphries picking up excessive fouls in Northport. The girls had trouble adjusting to different rules sux starr PHOTO sim Zeaben ‘Rockettes hot off tourney win Despite running into different Tules and a lot of foul trouble, the senior Rockettes dominated a basketball tournament in North- enter ’92: 1 + + ’ H 4 3 1 H > : usually do and we weren’ t: dirty.We just had tremendous foul trouble.” a The team is still workin, on port, on De 27-28. Stanley Humphries Senior Secondary beat Curlew from Washington 59-29 in the final game on Saturday. Rory Perrier led Rockette scor- ers with 19 points while fellow forward Rhonda Dawes had 12. To earn the right to play in the . championship, SHSS beat the host school from Northport, 55- 47, on Friday. Despite the wide point gap, the games were closer than they might have been as Castlegar had trouble adjusting to American rules. In Canada, teams follow inter- national tules which have subtle ‘says he knew the limits of the eam all a long. ‘I knew. what I was getting to when i started.” x is we like to think of our- r ig C $300. per month salary, both hiItd be very surprised if Castlegar did it because nobody i,said. “I'd be very surprised if, fmonth is the most any Junior B }goach is going to make any- ? Where. *s present ‘sides agree it’s impossible. Junior B hockey does it,” he oice added that $300 per “It's not an easy situation,” [eames or into their organization. Se a i aan poorle! to either their ik strong in Nelson, Castlegar pales in flourishing in Trail and the Meple: Leafs going] comparison. joice said. “You can't just give ‘Somebody a job.” : a over the N.C:A.A. tules played by in the U.S.. “The other aspect that is differ- ent is the way they interpret the rules,” Rockette coach Jack Closkey says. “International rules , allow a lot more bumping so we got into more foul trouble down there than we usually do.” Referees called a tight game forcing the Castlegar girls to back off a step from their usual coverage. Though it might have hurt the girls at the time, Closkey thinks it will help in the long run. He says it forced them to play disciplined defence and concen- trate a little harder on not com- “> mitting fouls. “I think it improved our man- to-man coverage a lot against Curlew,” he says. “We didn't play any more physical than we Al zone it hasn't done too well all year. | “We're going to use it against: Grand Forks,” he says, refersing to an upcoming January 7 hdme game. “We'll have a chaneg to work on it there.” The jury is still out on wheiber this is the year Closkey has achance to win his first provincial title in24- years of coaching. Last year ‘the team finished third. Currently ‘the team is ranked seventh in B.C...‘ “We could be there but we'll have to wait and see,” he said. “We have a practise on January 2 and we Te going to talk about a team goal. A good indication of how ‘the team will do provincially will come on January 10 ata souena: ment in Kelowna. The Rockettes play aunuber three ranked Duchess Park of Prince George. “The schedule looks preity good from now on,” Closkey says. “There’s a couple of other good teams in Kelowna and before that - we play Mt. Baker from Cran- brook. They're a triple A school t and they're very, very good.” } The team also has an exhibi- tion game scheduled for January 16 against a travelling club ‘om ' from Australia. “We played a lot of game’ in the first-half and didn’t: have much time to practise," Closkey says. “But maybe it was.benefi- cial because the kids are:playing || with a lot of confidence." "