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Wednesday, December 20, 1995

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Season and throughout the

A very special party of five... pins

JEFF GABERT

When you think about it, bowling isn’t a
hard game. One ball, one lane, and five pins.
But if you think about it, it's one of the hard-
est games on the planet

And if, you add national television, it can
be downright scary.

Castlegar bowler Derek Handley knows all
about bowling and the pressure of the mind.
He's one of the best young bowlers in Canada
and he's master of his own mind.

That's a great combination for someone
who is about to compete against the best Dec.
23 on The Sports Network.

The 18-year-old Handley won the honor of
appearing on. the TSN Youth Challenge after
finishing with a silver at the YBC National
Championship last July, The top four finishers
from that tournament were eligible for the
TSN toumey which will include bowlers from
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Alberta as
well as Handley.

Handley has been bowling since he was
three years old and has wanted to bowl on
television ever since the first time he saw the
Sport on T.V.

“It was something I wanted to do for a long
time,” said Handley. “I always wanted to bowl
on TSN.”

This will be Handley's first time competing
on television of any kind and the pressure
would seem to be immense.

“Yeah, I expect it will when I'm in my
warm-up,” said Handley, “but once the game
starts I should be able to focus.”

The ability to focus under pressure has
always been Handley’s strongest attribute. It
seems the more pressure he faces the better
he plays.

“I like the pressure of saying to myself
“You have to do this’,” said Handley. “I've
always been somebody who likes to bowl
under pressure. I usually concentrate more on
my bowling in situations where I have to
make a shot.””

As for how he finishes, he says it
doesn't matter as long as he's happy with
his own effort

“I would be happy wherever I placed as long
as I threw to my capability,” said Handley.

The best part is that win or lose, Handley
will have another shot in 1996 since he has one
more year left at the Senior YBC level. Unfor-
tunately, Handley thinks getting to the Nation-
als this time around will be even harder.

“It's harder because. you know what you
have to do,” said Handley. “You feel once

You had better believe Derek Handley can handle the pressure. Otherwise
he wouldn't be on TSN this Saturday.

SUN STAFF PHOTO /Jeft Gabert

you've been there you should be able to make
it back. So you put more pressure on yourself
to do it.”

Even if he doesn’t make it again next year,
he still plans to be back on T.V. in the future.

“After I finish YBC then I can try out for
CBC and TSN as an adult,” said Handley.
“That is a goal of mine. I want to bowl at that
level.”

Judging from his ability to focus, that
shouldn't be too difficult at all. But if you
want to judge for yourself, the matches start
Saturday at noon on Channel 15

How's this for a possible script? Small
town kid from Castlegar, B.C. makes the final
on national television bringing pride and joy
to all just two days before Christmas.

Sounds just like T.V., doesn't it

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up assists.
The Warriors came back with
two minutes left in the period
before Castlegar went out in front
to stay after Dan Hopfner gave
Resicini a perfect feed in front of
the net. Then came the penalties.
Both Dale Smith and Radim
Spondr were tossed in the first

five minutes of the third period
leaving the Rebels with two
defencemen for the remainder of
the game,

Luckily the Rebels penalty
killing unit held and Jason White
closed out the scoring with a gift
goal after a well-wrapped pass
from Resicini.

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The 3-1 victory was the kind
of game Price likes to see.

“We came out and played
our game which is to initiate,”
said Price

“I prefer the 3-1 game as
opposed to the 7-6 games or even
the 8-2 games. When the games
are like that you tend to relax
rather than stay focussed which is
what we_want to do in the last
half of the season.”

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always helps to keep winning.”

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Golden Rockets before returning
home Christmas Eve. Price and
the Rebels are asking Santa for
two wins and he expects to see
them in the Christmas stocking
when they return.

“It's nice to take the show on
the road,” said Price. Sometimes
you get a little stagnant at home.
It's good to just get away and
hang out together as a team with-
out any distractions. It's time we
did that.”

Rebel rousings: Last week
saw the Rebelserelease Eric
Zalinski from the roster. The
pie-Christmas clearing house
continued Monday as both Bill
Phillips and Denis Nolette were
released. Nolette will return to
Alberta while Phillips is looking
at other options around the West
Kootenay.

The three cuts mean the Rebels
only have to trim one player from
their roster to meet the Jan. 10
deadline. But before that hap-
pens, there may be a few more
changes to the club. Bucci still
maintains he has one player card
Jeft‘and has also looked at the
Possibility of recruiting local
midget level players.

KIJHL Commissioner Vince
Morelli isn't much of a revision-
ist historian, especially when it
comes to last Friday's Castlegar-
Grand Forks game.

“You can't change the score-
sheet,” said Morelli. “That
game's happened. You can't
change the past, you can only
change the future.”

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A shocking abuse of authority

Some slick detective work! Nelson RCMP investigator Pat Severyn had Peter
Somerville all figured out last Thursday night as a group of West Kootenay police
officers took on the West Kootenay referees. The annual event was held to raise
money for the Salvation Army and to decide who wields the most authority in the
area. Severyn (#26 above) led the way for the police with four goals and an assist
as his team went on to reprimand the referees 12-6. Michael Buday led the refer-
ees with a goal and two assists.The special guest linesmen for the match were
Mike Knezacek and Sheldon Abell of the Castlegar Rebels.

SUN STAFF PHOTO (Jeff Gabert

Mountain

STERLING NEWS SERVICE

Despite heavy snowfalls over
the past week, Red Mountain
still needs more of the white stuff
before it can open.

“We are track packing in
Preparation for opening, but we
Still need another six to 12 inches
for that to happen,” said Red
general manager John Birrell late
last week. “Things are looking
quite good, but we still need a bit
more snow to open.”

Rain fell on the lower third of
the mountain last Tuesday, open-
ing up some water courses.

“That wasn't very positive, but

there is another system on the
way, so hopefully things will
improve,” Birrell said. “We are
evaluating the situation and keep-
ing our fingers crossed at this
point.”
Although the T-bar, Granite and
Paradise lifts will be operational,
the opening of the new Mother-
lode chair has been delayed by a
power supply problem. The final
load test on the lift was performed
Monday. sae

“It wasn't gatting enough power
to the top of the mountain, so the
voltage wasn't high enough,” Bir-
rell said. “West Kootenay Power
had to replace some transformers
and do some other work, which
took about 10 days.”

Another concern for the opera-
tion is labor relations, as the
company is still trying to negoti-
ate a new contract with its 125
unionized employees.

“Bargaining is continuing, but
it is slower than what we would
like to see,” said Jim Saare,
Local 9705 president. “Hopeful-
ly, (the strike vote) will bring
Red in to realize that they

Trail City Council
rekindles Smokies fire

GUY BERTRAND
of The Trail Times

The City of Trail, refusing to
see the legacy of the Trail
Smoke Eaters die, made a move
last night to help the cash-
strapped club.

In making the announcement,
Mayor Sandy Santori said,
“Council has taken the first
steps, fans must follow.”

If fans follow their noses
they're sure to end up in the
Cominco Arena thanks to coun-
eil’s latest decisions.

The local B.C. Junior Hock-
ey league club had approached
the city regarding several
options to help increase their
ability to raise funds through-
out the: season.

Last night, council accepted
the Smokies bid to handle the
concessions at the Cominco
Arena and Haley Park for 1996.

The city also agreed to allow
the Smokies to use the McIntyre
Room for a hospitality lounge
and will be purchasing a mobile
set of staircase that will be used
to gain access to the Smokies
VIP booth

But perhaps the biggest news,
from a fan's standpoint, that the
Smokies received from last
night's meeting was the rebirth
of the ever-popular Chip Stand
at the Cominco Arena. _

The city will provide funds to
purchase equipment with the
understanding that the equip-
ment remains at that. location
regardless of who runs the con-
cession in the future.

Smoke Eater president Rob
LeRose said the return of the
Chip Stand will surely bring
back some fond memories for
longtime Smokie fans.

“There are two things that
fans ask when they buy their
season tickets, ‘Are we ever
going to bring back the Pep
Band and will the Chip Stand
Start up again,’”said LeRose

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Santori said council's basic
mandate was to help the Smok-
ies “get over the hump” of their
first year of operation.

“They've never come to the
city for money,” added Santori.

“They're six individuals
who put in money to keep the
club going. It would have been

easy for them to sell to get

their money.”

The city also agreed to carry
the Smokies ice rental fee for
this season but the club will
have to pay that debt in the
future.

“It’s going to make a big dif-
ference,” said LeRose of coun-
cil’s decisions. “It'll put more
atmosphere back in our games.

However, he added, “That
alone won't be the total savior.”

LeRose explained that with

the club will open up a Pizza
Booth in the unused concession
stand at the Cominco Arena.
That will give fans three choices
of foods at every Smokies game.
LeRose expects the Pizza
Booth to be open for the first
game of the New Year with the
Chip Stand in operation as soon
as the equipment is purchased.
In the concession agreement,
the Smokies will give 20 per
cent of the gross revenue to the
city.
“The Trail City Council has
definitely shown that they're in
full support of the Trail Smoke
Eaters and we greatly appreciate
that,” said LeRose. .
“We want to continue to be
ambassadors for the City of
Trail and provide the citizens of
the Home of Champions with

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Negotiations were adjourned

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“It doesn't mean there is
going to be a strike. But we are
very close to our line and they
feel they are close to theirs and

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members of the aining com-
mittee but the entire membership
up at the hill.”

Saare said both sides have
agreed to a “news blackout” dur-
ing negotiations, so he could not
Provide any more details.

Wages are a major concern for

the union. They ranged from
$7.25 to $16 an hour in-the collec-
tive agreement that expired Oct
31.

In addition to a general wage
increase, the union is seeking to
remove a cap on the number of
workers in the senior classes of a
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recent negotiations, “although
we still have a bit of a way to
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