Saturday, October 5, 1991 @ Your Castlegar Safeway We're proud to be a part of your Thanksgiving! 20 Ibs. and oy $2.60 kg. TOUPIE HAMS Lit one wil ON 414 ts. *1,88). ROASTING CHICKENS Limit 2 sin tenthy Guichen: * 2.18 kg. .99* PUMPKIN PIES Fresh ¢ 8" size $2.50 ORANGE JUICE Bel-air ¢ 355 mL .98° TOWNHOUSE PUMPKIN AT ROBIN HOOD FLOUR FRESH CELERY B.C. Grown ¢ 51¢ kg. ¢ b. RED GRAPES Seedless * 1.63 kg. 14° CABBAGE B.C. Grown * 64¢ kg. @ Saturday, October £1, 1991 LocalSPORTS time is 8 p.m. FLAG FOOTBALL The Castlegar when they take on the winless Nelson entry in Trail Fiag Football League action in Nelson at 11 a.m. SOCCER The Selkirk Saints soccer team plays both Castlegar entries in the West Kootenay Soccer Business bullish in minor hockey Ed Mills SPORTS EDITOR According to a man who should know his business, minor hockey in Castlegar is headed for its best year in some time. Jim Craig, who’s counted more than a few beans in his time as president of the Castlegar Cham- ber of Commerce and current manager at Kootenay Savings Credit Union, likes minor hockey’s bottom line. The new president of the Castlegar Minor Hockey Associa- tion said registration is up by about 20-30 kids this year and should settle at the 215-220 mark before the season begins next week. And it’s not just the numbers themselves that has Craig think- ing positively, it’s also the warm bodies those numbers represent. “The numbers are highest, higher than they've been in a long time, in junior-novice, which is young kids coming in. That's en- ,” said Craig. Craig attributes the increase to that.” But the key, said Craig, is the minor system itself. “What we've been able to do over the last years is keep a lot of interest in the younger levels. hockey’s top job a week ago when. would-be president Rick Biller took a job transfer to Powell Riv- er. “I was hoping to get a little bit of time to learn the ropes,” said Craig. “It's sort of like being “The way I look at it, if the parents don't get involved with what their kids are doing, I think they’re going to miss out on a lot of things.” Jim Craig several factors, including new par- ents arriving in the area and re- newed interest because of the Canada Cup. “The Canada Cup was this year and when the kids get to see Gret- zky, Lindros, Coffey and the boys, I think they sort of latch on to ped into a barrel of cold wa- ter — you end up having to sink or swim right away.” But Craig said his experience in business and an experienced executive staff already in place, will make his life a lot easier. “T’m sort of lucky in that I do have a reasonably good back- ground in volunteer work and in Now finally it’s 3 starting to show what's h is that we're ableto retain a lot of kids all the way up through the Peewee ranks now and into Bantams.” Craig, who was to be vice-pres- ident of the association this year, unexpectedly assumed minor 1 structures like that. I don’t have to worry about feeling my way through on how a committee works and how to run a meeting and that type of thing. “Tm also pretty lucky, I have a please see HOCKEY page B2 2 Ice-time hockey’s headache Ed Mills SPORTS EDITOR Ice, a hockey player’s most basic requirement, could well turn out to be the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association’s biggest headache this year. “We have a resource here in a sense with two arenas and I think that ensuring that those two arenas remain open for utilization for minor hockey is going to be a big issue down the line that we're going to have to deal with,” said asso- ciation president Jim Craig. Craig said the problem is mostly of an organizational nature. “In larger centres for exam- ple, you have kids that get up at five o'clock in the morning in Vancouver to play hockey. But here, we're in a city of 15,000 with two arenas, so we should be able to handle all the needs.” Still, it could turn into a problem if no arrangements can be made. “Td hate to see the situation News file phot come to the point where we'd Back on the ice: Castlegar’s young hockey players will be hitting the ice next week as another Castlegar Minor have to turn kids away be- Hockey season gets underway. Registration in minor hockey is up this year, but with more kids playing the cause we can't get the ice demand for icetime has also increased and that may pose some problems for organizers. time,” said Craig. in Effect Sun., Oct. 6-Sat., Oct. 12 : és eee Talk to us today. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. ’ ie: - { ; La A SAFEWAY ~: We bring it all together #% We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Kootenay Savin Where You Belong