as Castlegar News August 18, 1990 BUSINESS Inflation rate down again OTTAWA (CP) — The annual in- flation rate edged down again in July, falling to 4.2 per cent from 4.3 per cenfin June, Statistics Canada repor- ted. It was the fifth consecutive monthly decline in the rate, now at its lowest level since October 1988. A 1.4 per cent increase in transpor- tation prices and 0.7 per cent rise in the price of food were the main con- tributors to the .0.5 per cent boost in prices between June and July. That increase was slightly higher PWA plans to own all of Time Air CALGARY (CP) — PWA Cor- poration, which holds 46 per cent of the common shares in Time Air, says it wants to buy all outstanding com- mon shares in the regional carrier. PWA said shareholders have agreed to sell a further 17 per cent of shares in the L i Time Air shares closed Tuesday at $8.50. The purchase must still be ap- proved by federal regulatory bodies. Following a series of cost-cutting moves earlier this year PWA Corp., the parent firm of Canadian Airlines Inter: 1, reported improved based airline. Time Air serves 38 destinations in Western Canada — in- cluding Castlegar — and two in the United States. ““PWA’s ownership will not alter Time Air's mandate to operate as an independent, regional. airline,’’ Murray Sigler, PWA's executive vice- president, said in a news release. PWA has offered $11.50 per share payable in common shares of Pacific Western Airlines, or $2 cash plus $9.5@in PWA common shares. Mine profi VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia’s mining industry enjoyed record sales last year, but rising costs, inflation and the strong Canadian dollar cut deeply into profits, the president of the Mining Association of British Columbia said. Gross sales totalled $4 billion, up from $3.9 billion in 1988, but net ear- nings dropped to $196 million in 1989 compared with $449 million the year before. 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It reported net income for the three months ending June 30°was $16 million or $1 cents a share, compared with a loss of $19.5 million or 66 cents a share in the same period last year. The improvement in second quarter earnings left PWA with a net loss of $18.2 million or 58 cents a share in the first six months of 1990, compared with a loss of $38.8 million or $1.50 a share in the first half of 1989. ts tallied decreased rather significantly in 1989 than the 0.4 per cent rise recorded between May and June, On Thursday, the central bank rate posted its largest drop since January, triggering a round of prime lending and mortgage rate cuts. John Crow, governor of the bank, has been using a high bank rate policy in his fight against inflation but has allowed the rate to decline for the past several weeks. It fell more than a quarter of a per- centage point to 13.07 from last week's 13.34. Higher prices for fresh fruit and meat led to the jump in food prices. Grocery shoppers paid more for ap- ples, bananas and citrus fruit, as well as chicken, cured meat and ready cooked meat products. The price of chicken rose as exten- sive promotions featured the month before came to an-end, the federal statistical agency said. A small amount of the overall rise in food prices was offset by drops in the cost of beef, pork and fresh vegetables. 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But the month saw a fall in natural gas rates in some Ontario and Alberta cities. “The impact of a 1.2 per cent rise in the mortgage interest cost index was almost completely nullified by a fall of 1.7 per cent in the prices of new homes most evident in Toronto and adjacent cities as well as Vancouver,” StatsCan said in its monthly report. Clothing prices fell by 0.1 per cent. Declines of 0.6 per cent for men’s wear, 0.3 per cent for boys’ clothing and 0.9 per cent for girls’ clothes were almost offset by an increase of 0.2 per cent in the cost of women’s ap- parel. * Assorted Mirrors © 2-Dr., Cold Stream Cooler * Conveyor Toaster * Nacho Warmer * Taylor Slush Machine * Glasses & Dishes * 2 Basket Deep Fryer * 220 V Pizza Oven * Microwave © 7’ Stainless Hood c/w fan unit © 4-dr. tile cabinet &. Va 365-7241 COLLECT The Savings are everywhere in your Castlegar SAFEWAY Beef Standing Pork Side Rib Spare Roast Ribs $4.37 /kg. 98 — SUPER DELI BUYS — Potato Ib. 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($) SAFEWAY We bning it all together ¥ Sn See ne ‘ August 18, 1990 Castlegar News ay Castlegar News SPORTS Talk to us today. ~~ Where You Belong Little League is big time serious LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS By TOM MALONEY The Canadian Press A little shine may come off the Little League pledge as the best teams in Canada vie this week for a berth in the World Series at Williamsport, Pa., but it’s surely not enough to tarnish the image of the game that remains forever young. “*I will play fair and try hard to win,’’ a portion of the pledge says. ‘‘But win or lose, I will always do my best.” At the Canadian championships in Stoney Creek, Ont., teams aren’t required to line up along the base lines to recite that pledge. It’s a ritual repeated on diamonds across the country during the regular season, but then several rules are suspended for the week-long tournament. For example, the rule requiring minimum playing time for each player need not be observed. “‘There are two parts to the season,"’ says Warren Garbutt, vi i of the C ion Park Little League in Edmonton. ‘‘More than 90 per cent of the kids don’t make it to this level. “In the other level, the culture is quite different. Everybody plays and the whole idea is having fun. At this level, the emphasis is‘on winning.’* Some 2.5 million athletes in 36 countries around the world play Little League baseball. Very few make it to national championships and even fewer reach William- sport. The further you get, the greater the pressure. On Tuesday night, the manager of the Ottawa- Orleans team, with the players within earshot, chewed out a group of parents, saying he was ‘‘sick and tired’’ of hearing who should be playing and who shouldn’t. He drove away in a fury after threatening to quit. Similarly, manager Rob Jamieson of Confederation Park had to withstand parental criticism of his faux pas against Glace Bay, N.S. In the third inning of the game, Jamieson sent in a pinch runner for Jason Lorencz, the i pitcher in the Jamieson forgot he'd already used a pinch runner for Lorencz in the first inning, however. Glace Bay manager Henry Boutilier hadn't forgotten and, since the move is only allowed once, Lorencz was gone for the game. Glace Bay won the game 7-1 Hank Lorencz, Jason's Jamieson from the stands. Those incidents aside, the scene at the Optimists’ field in Stoney Creek is alive with excitement as the 11- and 12-year-olds perform. The young boys — and one girl — are playing in the most intense sporting atmosphere they've yet to encoun- ter and the crowd responds to good plays with a genuine, wild applause rarely heard at the SkyDome. “*Little League baseball lays the groundwork for the rest of your life,’’ former Jays pitcher Mike Flanagan said during his playing days in Toronto. ‘Competition begins there and continues, no matter what field you enter.’” There was the sight of four-foot-eight Steve McNeil of Glace Bay 11 70 pounds of him, leading off against the five-f Lorencz, a hard-th g 158 pounder who tossed consecutive perfect games in the Prairie playdowns. “Il heard all about him,” the freckled McNeil said of Lorencz. ‘‘We knew about the perfect games. “*T was a little scared the first time. But I just said, ‘I’ve got to hit this fellow.’ I said to myself, ‘Now I know father, lashed out at time. nament. how he pitches.’’’ McNeil popped up the first time, but his second at- bat resulted in a shot to the warning track in deep centre. The ball was caught but McNeil had, in a way, triumphed. Trail awaits STONEY CREEK, Ont. (CP) — Quebec’s chance of advancing to the Canadian Little League final was dealt a big blow Thursday with a 7-3 loss to Glace Bay, N.S. Edronton, a 14-4 winner over Ontario earlier Thur- sday, can qualify to meet Trail in todays final (TSN, 6:30) by beating the host team, Stoney Creek, in Friday’s only game. Results of that game weren't a lable at press If Edmonton loses, there will be a four-way tie for second place in the round robin portion of the tour- Earlier, Edmonton pitcher Jason Lorencz doubled home a pair of runs in a five-run first inning and cracked a two-run homer to cap a six-run third as inthe rout over Ontario, represented by Orleans. Ontario, represented by a team the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, fell to 2-3. Edmonton evened its record at 2-2. province battled it out in the p Vancouver and District goaltender goes up to block a shot as the two best teams in the curedan in h h polo inal yin the r at the Community Complex. Fraser South won the gold medal with a 13-9 win over VANCOUVER (CP) - Preparations for Vancouver's first Indy-car race are in jhigh gear_this week, with organizers buzzing from a mix of stress and excitement. Molson Indy officials have said from the start they hope for 100,000 spectators for the entire Labor Day weekend. “That would be really great because that may be the strongest year-one start, above anybody in the series,’ said Johnny Capels, chief executive officer of Championship Auto Racing Team’s, the sanctioning body for Indy-car events All 38,000 reserved grandstand seats have been sold and general manager Jim Heap says the crowd for the Indy-car race itself may exceed the 55,000 forecast If ticket-holders were to attend all three days, the 100,000 mark could easily be eclipsed. But Heap said the majority holding grandstand seats would probably ignore two days of qualifying and preliminary events — hence the hope for good weather to Vancouver. — cosvews photo by Ed Mills By CasNews Staff British Columbia’s water polo powerhouses put on a clinic Wed- nesday and Thursday at the Provincial water polo champion- ships at the Community Complex. Fraser South and Vancouver and District teams made it to the finals in both the 17-and-under age category and the 13-and-under demonstration event. And both regions will have teams with gold medals hanging around their necks on the trip home. But the most prestigious medals go to Fraser South which beat Vancouver 13-9 in the 17-and- under gold medal.game Thursday Two teams take all at championships afternoon at the Complex. Fraser South, which led 6-3 at half-time of the four-quarter game, was sparked by the tour- ney’s male most valuable player Chris Oldring, while Vancouver got-another strong performance from the tourney’s female MVP Heather Jackson. Defending champions Simon Fraser, which lost in an overtime shootout to Fraser South in the semifinal, beat the Okanagan squad 13-7 to win the bronze medal. Simon Fraser’s Chris Stephanie was named the tourney’s most valuable goaltender. The Vancouver Island team was eliminated after the round-robin portion of the five-team event. Vancouver_and_District_got its gold medal in the 13-and-under category — an event being staged for the first time at the provincial level — by beating Fraser South 5- 1 Simon Fraser and_ the Okanagan tied for third place in the four-team event B.C. Summer Swimming Association ditector Dave Mallory said there’s no magic in why Vancouver and District, Fraser South and Simon Fraser perenially have the strongest teams at this level “They've had organizations going there for many years, say 10, 12 years,” he said. ‘The Okanagan has been'going for four years and Vancouver Island has also been going for four years. Also with bigger populations Polo powerhouses dominate (than the other areas) they can have larger clubs operating.” Still, the other teams are cat- ching up to the water polo king pins and it showed at this event, Mallory said “The competition has been much narrower here than in Previous years, very much tighter. In the top eight scorers we had two from the Okanagan and one from Vancouver Island, it’s the first time we've ever had that.”” The Castlegar Aquanauts and Robson River Otters swim clubs are in action today and tomorrow as the provincial aquatic cham pionships continue at the Wright Pool in Trail. The Aquatic Centre isn’t finished for the provincials yet as synchronized swimmers Christine Larsen and Kathy Glen will give a half-hour performance there today beginning at 7 p.m Pros in By CasNews Staff Some bona fide National Hockey League talent will be trying to show youngsters how to get to the pros when the Ernie Gare Hockey School begins Monday at the Community Complex. ““When you're that young (age six to 15) you go to school just to im- prove your skills and you always come out of hockey school with a better knowledge of hockey and better skills," said New Jersey Devils right winger Claude Vilgrain who will be head instructor at the school. Vilgrain will be joined at the week- long camp by Canucks leading scorer city for and Nelson native Greg Adams who will make a cameo appearance Mon- day. Another Nelson native, Simon Wheeldon of the Winnipeg Jets, joins Vilgrain for the entire week. Local talent includes Canucks draft choice Dane Jackson who plays at the University of North Dakota, Edmon- ton Oiler draft Darcy Martini, now playing in Michigan, and Vernon Lakers player Mike Dennis of Beaver Valley. On the coaching end, Ted Hargreaves, coach of the Nelson Maple Leafs of the Kootenay Inter- national Junior Hockey League and of Team B.C. for the 1991 Canada school Games, joins Gare, who coached the Junior A Vernon Lakers from 1985- 1988. Jennifer Stewart will conduct the extensive powerskating drills. Vilgrain and Wheeldon will also run a conditioning camp every night of the week for junior hockey players wanting to get in shape prior to training camps Gare said there are 30 positions in the conditioning camp and local recreational players are welcome to register. As for the school, there are only a couple of spots left, Gare said. Ap- plication forms are available at the Complex. With five successful’ years in Spokane under his belt, Gare said he thought it was time his school, called Hockey West, expand into this area — a camp was held in Nelson last month. “In Nelson we had a full school and it looks like we'll get the same in Castlegar, so we're really happy with the response from both com munities,"’ he said. Gare’s younger brother Danny, a one-time star with the Buffalo Sabres, came out to the Nelson school but had commitments in Buffalo and couldn’t make it to Castlegar, said Ernie Gare. attract at least 10,000 walk-ins on race day In all, the organization will spend somewhere between $2 and $3 million Revving up for Indy on fencing, grandstands, hospitality suites, road preparation, giant television screens and other items. Those costs won’t be recovered in one year. Organizers have a three- year deal with CART to stage a race here and site owner Pacific Place has given assurances the race can con- tinue if both sides decide to renew the contract. The city has also agreed to allow the race to go on for three years before it re-examines the event, said Molson Indy president John Frasco The 2.8-kilometre race circuit is laid out mostly on Pacific Boulevard, which surrounds B.C. Place stadium near Vancouver's False Creek_water- front Holders of top-priced grandstand tickets, who get to watch the race on a 12-metre screen when the leaders are out of sight, paid $129 for a three-day pass. Thirty corporations also eagerly forked out $19,000 each for 40-person “‘hospitality suites’ and organizers quickly built and sold 25 more. Manholes have been welded shut because the vacuum forees created by the cars as they race overhead at up to 300 kilometres an hour can lift the covers off the ground, said Clark. NHL is running a booming NEW YORK (AP) — The National Hockey League says business has never been better. Representatives from 10 North American cities must agree. The NHL got applications from groups in those cities, hoping to become one of the next two expansion franchises. Two Canadian and eight American cities submitted their ap- plications by the deadline of midnight Wednesday night “We're pleased that so many and various regions of North America are represented by these applications,’’ NHL president John Ziegler said. “We're delighted at the confidence they’ve shown in the NHL."’ The NHL, which played to 90 per cent of capacity last season, announ- ced last December it plans to expand to 28 teams by the end of the decade. The league has had 21 teams since 1979, with an expansion team from the San Francisco Bay region to be playing in 1991 Hamilton and Ottawa were the two Canadian applicants. The U.S. ap- plicants were Tampa and St. Peter- sburg, Fla., Miami, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Milwaukee and Seattle All submitted a $100,000 filing fee and will pay $50 million if they're one of the two winners. The final decision is expected to be made at the board of governors meeting in December and the new teams would begin play in the autumn of 1992 Ziegler dismissed speculation that U.S.. cities might be favored, saying “the border is not a factor’’ in the decision Hamilton mayor Robert Morrow, whose city is close to both Buffalo, N.Y., and Toronto, said another business Canadian team in the region won't hurt the Maple Leafs or Sabres. “There are more than five million people within an hour's drive and we've had many ticket inquiries from people farther away than that,” Morrow said The Tampa group, which includes Hall of Famer and former New York Rangers general manager Phil Esposito, also has no doubts that the NHL will be an easy'sell . “The demographics show plenty of support for an NHL team,"’ said Mel Lowell, vice-president of the Tampa Hockey Group. The Tampa and Miami groups are promoting exhibition games next month. Lowell said his group has already sold 20,000 tickets for a Kings-Penguins game at the Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, while Miami representative Godfrey Wood said a Kings-Rangers game at the Miami Arena sold out in 7% hours although the top price was $99. Only three of the cities — Milwaukee, Phoenix and San Diego — currently have minor-league teams. Milwaukee is the only one that is more than two years old and Joseph Tierney, vice-president of Wisconsin Sports, Inc., said 13 years of operating a minor-league franchise should give his group an edge. “We've had an excellent _minor- league organization and now we're ready to step up,’ he said. ‘‘We've got the best hockey building in the United States.