as Castlegar News July 2, 1987 BUSINESS _ PINE POINT N.W.T. (CP) — A local joker put a For Sale sign at the end of town — a lot of Pine Point has already been sold. Residents held a community yard sale in early June and there were buyers from as far away as High Level, Alta., 325 kilometres to the south. Another sale is on this weekend. The layoffs that will gut the town start in July — 255 workers from a total of 450 at the lead-zinc mine that has been Pine Point's heart since 1964. Another 160 layoffs follow later in the year. Pine Point Mines Ltd., a subsidiary of Cominco, shuts down completely in 1990. In the marshy bush along the south shore of Great Slave Lake there's not much left to do but move out. The 1,500 people here aren't crying. Joyce Thompson at the post office is leaving after 13 years. “All my friends were here,” she says, a rueful smile creasing her broad face. Instead of worrying, she organized a collection for __ the Edmonton Food Bank. “We've got a lot of people who | are going to be moving out and they don't want to take a lot of cans with them,” she said. “At least this gives them a choice of where they want it to go. Who knows? Some of | them might be needing it before they're finished.” The army cadets are gathering clothing, small _ furniture and other items for the Salvation Army. John Estes, the long-bearded Lutheran pastor, preached his last sermon last Sunday, then packed his goods and sent them north on the barge to Inuvik. His friend George Bertness, the Baptish pastor, wants to stay but with his flock down to three families he has to line up a part-time job. One family owns at least four businesses around the mall — they moved fn from Kamloops in 1977 and just kept building. “Prospects © looked good here for a long time,” says one son, running a close-out sale at their hardware store. Mining town up for sale Momma, wheeling cases of stock around on a dolly in their convenience store, says they'll see what happens, although the population could drop to not quite 300 this summer. . Mike Lenton, « truck driver at the mine, is leaving and quit the mayor's job recently. He thinks Cominco and its partners can make money here, but want to make even more by switching to the Red Dog mine in Alaska. “They've raped the land, taken the profits and are now off to do the same somewhere else.” Charlie Scarborough lived here as a baby in 1962-53. His father helped during the mineral prospecting and later became first mine manager. Scarborough left home to go to school and came back as Pine Point's secretary-treasurer. He has to figure out what serviees to keep running, what to do with the town's assets, how to attract business to a community built for 3,500. The territorial and federal governments haven't helped, he said. “They're afraid to make a statement ‘Yes, we're going to keep it open’ because that's a commitment and they're afraid to make a statement they're going to shut it down and turn it into a ghost town.” Moustache bristling, he admjts Pine Point has essentially become a town for sale, but said there are limits. Fort Smith has been told it can't buy the Zamboni machine from the Pine Point arena for the $1 it offered. Over at True North Repoductions, the town is for sale in another way. Clerk Opan Affleck said 48 people have bought a nine-photograph set of Pine Point scenes at $69.95 each. More than 100 sentimental veterans of the community where people don’t lock their car doors have paid $8 each for baseball caps bearing the slogan: Where the Hell is Pine Point? Gone! SEMI-RETIRED ‘Business start tough By JUDY CREIGHTON The Canadian Press When Gerry and Gail Nyenhuis decided to start a small business as part of their semi-retirement five years ago, no bank would consider them for a loan. “Even a $10,000 loan was out of the question,” said Gerry Nyenhuis, 54. “It was right smack in the middle of the recession, there were millions of unemployed and we were turned down.” But with sheer audacity and perseverance, the pair juggled his savings, part of his company pension, unemployment insurance benefits and a credit card to start a business making chocolate truffles. They opened The Ultimate Truffle in Thornhill, Ont., and later franchised two other stores, in Montreal and Oakville, Ont. Nyenhuis says he and his 48-year-old wife have never been happier. HAD EXPERIENCE Nyenhuis had been a baker and chocolate maker in the Netherlands. He emigrated to Canada in 1955 and worked in the supermarket business, rising to manager of a Toronto retail store. The long hours and absences from his family took their toll and he decided to take early retirement in 1982. Greenwood mine gets go-ahead By CasNews Staff A Penticton based mining company is going ahead with a gold mining project near Greenwood. Kenar Resources Ltd. re winze in the past has pro- duced assays of 0.28-1.34 ounces of gold per ton. The drift from the winze is about 200 feet long. Excellent mineralization has been en. “However, I live under the assumption that I wouldn't be fully retired . . . that would be like dying,” he said in an interview. “But I never dreamed I would work so hard and enjoy it. Nyenhuis went into his small business thinking he and Gail would work a few hours a day and spend the rest of their time at their cottage on Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto. “But I guess we had something people wanted and the business took off like a typhoon.” Now, the couple gets time off because they've brought Gail's son from her first marriage into the business and hired full- and part-time staff. STUDY MARKET “My advice to others in middle age who dream of getting out of the rat race and starting their own business is Decline is | news VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia lumber tra- ders and manufacturers say a decline in new home sales in the United States means the partment announcement that new home sales dropped al- most 15 per cent between April and May. More than half of B.C.’s lumber is sold to American home builders and renovators. ., “T'm expecting shutdowns, curtailments of production and mills going into receiv- ership,” said Bob Stewart, co-owner of Lakeland Mills Ltd. of Prince George. Since the implementation of a 15-per-cent Canadian ex- port tax, American lumber production has been up about eight per cent year over year. Jack McMillan of Canfor, one of B.C.’s largest forest products companies, said his company intends to continue to operate at normal levels, although “adverse conditions could force some productions curtailments. “Efficiency is going to play a key role,” McMillan said. Dick Bryant of the Council of Forest Industries said there is an “excess capacity” of lumber in the North American market, meaning production exceeds demand. Ministry issues warning KAMLOOPS (CP) — Soar- ing temperatures could in- crease the chance of cars overheating along the Coqui- halla Highway, but the Hgh- Highways Ministry says travellers shouldn't worry. Steve Sviatko, regional highways maintenance man- ager, said Monday he has noticed little-increase in the number of di along to know what they are doing,” Nyenhuis said. “These days you've got to have something unique. In fact, you'd better have something that is different and something people want.” Nyenhuis's advice is echoed by Carol Vipperman, a business consultant based in Seattle, Wash. 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In the first match-up of the women's semifinals scheduled for Centre Court today, two Americans — No. 3 seed Chris Evert and top-seeded Martina Navratilova — were met for the 78rd Regatta this past weekend. See story below. Tard time. Navratilova, with a 38-34 lead in the series, is going for her sixth consecu- tive Wimbledon title and her eighth overall, while Evert is trying to main- tain her record of winning at least one Grand Slam title every year since 1974. Wimbledon, the U.S. French and Australian opens, make up the Grand Slam of tennis. The old rivals were to be followed on court by 18-year-old Stefi Graf of West Germany, who took a 44-match un- beaten run into her meeting with American Pam Shriver, the outsider of the last four. Graf beat the other leading teenager ghter' aims for Lendl of the women’s game, Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, for the eighth consecu- tive time, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Shriver, in the semifinals for the first time since 1981, saved a match point against Helena Sukova before winning 46, 7-6, 10-8. Lendl, serving and volleying like a seasoned grass-courter, overpowered Henri Leconte of France, 7-6, 6-8, 7-6. “That match is maybe the best I have ever played here,” Lendl said. OVERCOMES ACES Most of the spotlight was on Con- nors, without a tournament title for al- most three years, who withstood 25 aces from Slobodan Zivojinovie of Yug- CosNewsPhoto by Ron Norman Fodor captures first place in cruiser class Gary Fodor in his boat M24L captured first place in Cruisers mush- hot dog the cruiser class in the first annual Syringa Creek Regatta held over the weekend off Syringa Creek Park. Skipper Boat — Gary Fodor M24L, Ed Blain, Tanzer 22, Hans Korn, Catalina 22, J. 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A total of 19 vessels took part in the two-day event which attracted boats from as far away as Washington State. Skipper Boat Sunflower. Five races were held and winds were estimated at between 10-15 knots on Saturday and 5-10 knots on Sunday. The following are the full results. D'Andrea, Tanzer 7.5, G. Waller, San Juan 23, G. Proux, U.S. 25, K. McQuiggan, San Juan 21, B. Thamm, X-Class Peter Bullock, Laser, Daniel Fodor, Windsurfer Michael Davies, Bob Walton, Ian Deane, S. Deawe, L. Koftinoff, K. Merritt, K. Deane, B. Sproul. Serba pitches good game but Montreal still looses MONTREAL (CP) — Expos man ager Buck Rodgers got all he could ask for from starter Bob Sebra — except a victory. “That was the best-pitched game I've ever seen anybody lose,” said Rodgers after Montreal dropped a heartbreak ing 1-0 National League baseball de cision to the Chicago Cubs Wednesday night. Sebra allowed only three hits and one walk while striking out a career high 14 batters, but still saw his record drop to 4-9. That was because the Cubs’ Jerry Mumphrey's second hit of the. game was a home run over the right-field fence in the ninth inning ‘The winning blow came on a 3-1 pitch with one out and provided the Cubs with their fifth victory in six games in Montreal this season. “Tt w low fastball and it wasn’t a bad pitch,” said Sebra. “But that doesn’t really make much of a difference because he hit it out HARD TO TAKE “He knew I didn’t want to walk him in that situation, so he was sitting on my fastball. It's hard to take.” Mumphrey said he figured Sebra would have to come in with a fastball. “He was moving me in and out all night, but they know I hit breaking balls pretty well,” said Mumphrey, who hit his sixth homer of the year and his second in as many nights. “That doesn't take anything away from Sebra. “He pitched a great game but our guy pitched better.” The Cubs’ guy was Greg Maddux, who checked the Expos on just four hits and raised his record to 5-7. Maddux struck out two and walked one as he went the distance for the first time this year and pitched his first career shutout. “I was getting ahead of guys all night and I was getting great plays behind me,” Maddux said, adding that catcher Jody Davis “called a great game.” BRUMLEY SINGLES After giving up a single to Mum phrey in the first inning, Sebra retired 22 of the next 23 batters, until Mike Brumley singled in the eighth. He struck out the side twice and fanned five straight in the fifth and sixth innings. Maddux was equally effective, allow. ing just one runner past second base. That was in the fourth inning when Tim Raines hit a one-out double and went to third on centre fielder Dave Martinez’s error. But Maddux escaped by getting Hubie Brooks to line out back to the mound and doubling Raines off third. “Hubie hit the seams off the pall, but the kid (Maddux) just made a great play,” Rodgers said. oslavia before prevailing 7-6, 7-5, 6-8 to reach the semifinals for the 11th time. Only 24 hours earlier, Connors had rallied from the brink of elimination to beat Mikael Perenfors of Sweden in five sets. “The reply from the guys in the locker room has been respect and amazement,” Connors said. “To be respected by your peers like that is something that is important to every player.” Jill Hetherington of Peterborough, Ont., and partner Ricardo Acuna of Chile advanced ot the final 16 of the mixed doubles with a 7-5, 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 victory over Tim Pawsat and Beth Herr, both of the United States, Helen Kelesi of Toronto and Grant Connell of Vancouver had their chances to also advance to the third round, but squandered three sets points in a 7-6 (12-10) 6-4 loss to Kelly Evernden of New Zealand and Jamie Kaplan of the US. And Carling Bassett of Toronto, who'd been knocked out of singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, was forced to bow out of a consolation competition called the All-England Ladies Plate after she aggravated a muscle pull she suffered three days earlier. The only other Canadian still in competition Wednesday, 16-year-old Maureen Drake of Toronto, had her Wimbledon debut come to a swift end when she was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by LS. Kim of Korea in the second round of the junior girls competition. In his semifinal Friday, Connors will play Pat Cash of Australia, aiming ‘for his first Grand Slam title. He beat Mats Wilander 6-3, 7-6, 6-4 and has dropped only one set in the tournament. Lendl takes on Sweden's Stefan Edberg, the No. 4 seed, who was a 46, 6-4, 6-1, 68 winner over compatriot Anders Jarryd. Blue Jays fall to Yankees three times TORONTO (CP) — The New York Yankees accomplished all they wanted to during their three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays. Atoning for the Jays’ three-game sweep two weeks earlier, the Yankees left Exhibition Stadium atop the American League East Division with a three-game cushion between them and the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees delivered the coup de grace on Canada Day — before a record crowd of 47,828 — when they erupted for five runs in the 12th inning to dump the Jays 6-1. After the opening game 15-14 slugfest loss, the Jays ended up scoring only one run in the next two games. The Yankees took the second game 4-0 on Tuesday. On two occasions Wednesday, the Jays failed to punch a run across with the bases loaded, then blew the game in the 10th when they had runners on first and third and none out and couldn't get a ball out of the infield. In the 11th they squandered a leadoff double by not being able to sacrifice bunt and subsequently had the lead runner thrown out at third on a fine play by first baseman Don Mattingly. “It (the series) was important for us,” New York outfielder Rickey Hen- derson said. “We have most of our guys in the lineup now and it will give us more momentum. Now we have to keep the momentum. “They (Toronto) have to regroup. They can't let this hurt them. If they do, then we win this division easily.” The hurt for the Jays is the result of what might have been. “We could have had two of these games,” Toronto manager Jimy Will- iams said. “We had a three-run lead in the first game (a 15-14 loss) and had runners on first and third and none out today. That was a big inning for us, the 10th. That was the key.” Toronto third baseman Kelly Gru- ber, who stranded six of the 13 runners the Jays left on base, couldn't believe the lack of clutch hitting. “How do you not score from third when there are no outs, that’s silly.” Gruber said. FATEFUL INNINGS In the fateful 10th, Jesse Barfield walked and raced to third on George Bell's single. Rance Mulliniks hit a grounder to Mattingly that forced Bell at second and Gruber followed with a grounder to short that Barfield tried unsuccessfully to score on. Willie Up- shaw struck out to end th einning. New York pushed across five runs in the 12th on three singles, three walks and a two-run throwing error by Gruber. Claudell Washington opened the Yankee 12th with a single. Mark Salas's following sacrifice bunt was fielded by Moore but his throw to second was too late to get Washington. Paul Zuvella sacrificed the runners up a base before Wayne Tolleson singled in the winning run. A walk to Henderson loaded the bases and reliever Jose Nunez walked Mike Pagliarulo to make it 3-1. Mat- tingly singled to make it 41 and the final two runs came when Gruber, the third baseman, threw the ball into right field trying to force the final out. Pat Cléments, the third of four Yankee pitchers, got the win to move to 2-0. Jeff Musselman, who started the 12th for Toronto, took the loss to drop to 6-2. The Jays travel to Kansas City for a four-game, three-day series against the Royals. The Yankees are home. Navratilova dumps Evert in Wimbledon action LONDON (AP) — Martina Navratil- ova mixed baseline steadiness with her usually strong serve-and-volley game to beat Chris Evert 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to wina spot in the women’s final at Wimble- dom. Navratilova has won every previous Wimbledon final she has reached. If she wins in Saturday's title match, Nav. ratilova will have a record sixth conse. cutive championship, as well as her first tournament victory of a relatively disappointing year. Navratilova’s opponent in her 23rd Grand Slam tournament final and sixth in a row will be second-seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany, who won to day's other semifinal 6-0, 6-2 over fifth. seeded Pam Shriver of the U.S. Graf, 18, defeated Navratilova at last month's French Open. Navratilova's victory was her 39th in the 73-match rivalry with Evert that " egan in 1973. The last time they met was on the clay courts of Paris, and Navratilova won that semifinal as well, ending Evert’s two-year reign as French Open champion. USES LOBS Today's match was not the usual grass-court battle of exploding serves and charges to the net. Both players stayed back for the early going, with Evert, a three-time Wimbledon win ner, using lobs to keep Navratilova out of volleying range. But Navratilova broke for a 4-2 lead in the first set with passing shots and occasional volley winners. Evert appeared ready to break back in the seventh game but Navratilova held with the help of an acrobatic shot. Evert slammed a forehand volley toward the far corner on Navratilova’s forehand. The shot was perfect, landing just inches inside the line and skidding away. But Navratilova ran it down and, with a flick of her wrist, sent the ball back cross-court for a winner as she drove into a forward roll. Graf beat Gabriela Sabatini of Ar. gentina to reach the semifinals. Sab- atini won a set but wound up losing, 46, 6-1, 61 Shriver, in the semifinals for the first time since 1981, saved a match point against Helena Sukova before winning 4-6, 7-6, 10-8. In men's action on Wednesday, Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors both ad. vanced to the semifinals. In his semifinal on Friday, Connors will play Pat Cash of Australia. Cash beat Mats Wilander 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 Lend! takes on Sweden's Stefan Ed- berg, the No. 4 seed, who was a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 winner over compatriot Anders Jarryd. Lendl defeated Henri Leconte of France, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6. Connors, who hasn't won a tourna. ment in almost three years, withstood 25 aces from Slobodan Ziyojinovic of Yugoslavia before prevailing 7-6, 7-5. 6-3 to reach the semifinals for the 11th time. Canadians had a mixed day on the courts. © Jill Hetherington of Peterborough, Ont., and partner Ricardo Acuna of Chile advanced to the final 16 of the mixed doubles with a 1-5, 6-7, 6-2 victory over Tim Pawsat and Beth Herr, both of the United States. Helen Kelesi of Toronto and Grant Connell of Vancouver squandered three sets points on their way to a 7-6, 6-4 loss to Kelly Evernden of New Zea land and Jamie Kaplan of the U.S. Carling Bassett of Toronto, was forced to bow out of a consolation competition because of a pulled muscle. The only other Canadian still in com. petition Wednesday, 16-year-old Mau. reen Drake of Toronto, was beaten 6-2, 6-4-by I.S. Kim of Korea in the second round of the junior girls competition. Olajide taken off card TORONTO (CP) — Canadian middleweight boxer Michael Olajide’s long-awaited world title shot has been put on hold again, this time because of a dispute over money with promoters. Olajide was to meet American Iran Barkley on Sept. 11 in Las Vegas for the vacant International Boxing Federation 160-pound crown. The bout was to have been on the undercard of the World Boxing Council middleweight title fight between Thomas (Hit Man) Hearns and Argentine veteran Juan Roldan. A spokesman for promoter Bob Arum, however, said Tuesday that Olajide and Barkley had been dropped from the card. “There's no Olajide-Barkley,” said Irving Rudd. “That's gone.” “From what I understand, the Olajide side wanted more money than the promotor was willing to offer,” IBF president Bob Lee said from New Jersey. A source close to the negotiations said Michael Olajide Sr.'s reluctance to allow his son to earn less than Hearns was at the root of the problem. DEAL CLOSE The source said Arum — who represents Barkley — and Olajide’s camp were close to completing the deal to be on the Hearns-Roldan undercard when Olajide Sr. balked at the purse.