BUSINESS Inland purchases Hydro division ai as Castlégar News July 24, 1988 July 24,1968 COMMUNITY FUTURES PROGRAM AND TRAINING Flexible, easy installments. % ) Ask about our Autoplan Kootenay Savings DEAL SIGNED . . . Wayne Farenholtz (seated left) and Wayne Hanna of the FMC Corporation congratulate each other on the deal which will expand Kootenay Tractor. (Back row, from left) John Toher, Bob Brisco, Gerry St. Germaine, Gerald Rotering, Nagaoka and Taro Maroga Kootenay Tractor expands again After nearly two years of nego- tiations, Kootenay Tractor and Sup ply Ltd. of Nelson has inked a deal with the FMC Corporation of Chicago to take over the distribution rights United States for the company's logging equipment The newly-named company Kootenay Manufacturing Co. (KMC) now has the rights tc parts for the existing fleet of FMC skidders on a worldwide basis and to also manufacture the machines with North America as an exclusive mar ket, taking over for FMC's Wood land's Equipment Division of Lexing ton, Kentucky. In addition, Kootenay Tractor is negotiating with C. Itoh Co. of market KMC machines worldwide and with Iwa Fuji Co. = also of Japan — to market their North America distribute Japan to manufactured equipment in The many as 26 direct jobs ip the agreement could create as first o almost 60 The company $15 million in revenue in its fifth year of operation year of operation rising in the fifth expects to generate year The federal government has also waived an eight percent duty on items imported by the company for its first five years of opeation. Koot enay West MP Bob Brisco said the move by the Machinery and Equip ment Board will benefit the company KMC's recent acquisition of the city public works yard has given the company a handle the worth of parts in Nelson July place of operations to several million dollars hich begin arriving The yard will also serve as an essembly area where the KMC machines will be built in the new year Kootenay Tractor began in 1954 when H. “Fritz” Ferenholtz and Alex McDonald opened Mac’s Welding and Equipment Co. Ltd. In 1963 Wayne Ferenholtz joined the company be fore the changed to Kootenay Tractor and Supply Ltd. in 1971 In. the developed name was early 1980s, the company specialized pieces of equipment for re-foresting purposes and in 1983 Wayne Faren numerous holtz, purchased complete ownership of Kootenay Tractor Futures program eyes businesses The Community Futures progran group is embarking on a survey of businesses in the Central Kootenay to find out how ment opportunities in the area Richard Maddocks the Castlegar-based to improve employ chairman of group, said there will be questionnaires provided to area businesses to find out how to improve employment opportunities We are now undertaking a survey and report to determine the aware ness of training and «mployment tare of benefit Maddocks told News. “We will be conducting 1.800 business surveys ir the Central subsidy programs to local businesses the Castlegar Kootenay and those questionnaires will be out next week.” The surveys will cost the $10,000 and there wil group also be inter businesses to Maddocks from views with selected gather more information said adding that co-operation the area isa key to the success of the survey Maddocks hopes the input fr area will be Canada Employment with the m the gathered in time tc supply information it needs to start training programs in 1989. The Community Futures program under the federal and Immi is administered Ministry gration with the intent to assist des areas within Canada which of Employment ignated have The group has served as area advisor for the suffered economic hardship ministry in its implementa ion of two federal programs which announced in February the which received $1.8 million for starting new were Business Development Centre businesses and developing’ Sxisting businesses and the Self Employment which funding earlier Incentive Program received $561,000 in his year federal 2k he 60 allotted contracts tor Self Employment Incentive Program have been issued said Maddocks. Five of the contracts went to Castlegar residents. He also said the $1.8 million business devel opment grant has been taken down to about $1 million since February The Community Futures Program located at the and District Development group is currently Cast Board office and the members Maddecks, Henry John, Ald and Harry Stan include Terry Koge SENSATIONAL SUMMER CELEBRATION!!! LOUVERDRAPE 40 THIRD PRIZES-+100 ea VISIT US ASK ABOUT OUR SIZZLING SUMMER SPECIALS! Oy ins wuscovennes Inland Natural Gas Co, Ltd. of Vancouver announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Province of British Columbia to pur chase the Mainland Gas Utility Division of B.C. Hydro and Power Authority for $741 million. ‘The purcha: scheduled to close Sept. 30, 1988. The purchase price of $741 million includes a base price of $716 million and $25 million of esti. mated closing adjustments. 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(Front row from left) Sun- ny Baker, Lisa Baker, Wendy Sookachoff, Darlene Connatty and Shelly Fotonoft Delgado should take Tour SANTENAY, FRANCE (CP) — Ricardo Martinez-Oliver raised his head just briefly as he swung around the last curving bridge and glimpsed the finish line for Saturday's leg of the Tour de France only 200 metres ahead. Then the unheralded Spanish cy clist bent again over the handlebars of his racing machine, his face con. torted into a painful grimace, and forced his tired legs into. one last sprint for home. A wave of applause swept the rows of spectators basking in the blazing 33-degree early afternoon sun as his winning time for the 42-kilometre leg of the Tour was announced over the public address system at one hour two minutes 37 seconds The unexpected win didn't do Martinez-Oliver a great deal of good in the overall standings of the gruelling three-week Tour With only the 180-kilometre final leg today from Nemours to Paris, there's little chance he'll improve on where he stands now — No. 133 out of 150 competitors — when the final results of this 3,300-metre race are announced today on the Champs Elysees. But his final effort Saturday won him more than a round of applause from a handful of colleagues who had earlier completed the circular route around this tiny village and through the Burgundian countryside. WINS CAR For a start, he won a Peugeot 205 Junior car (or its equivalent in cash, about $10,000 Cdn). Then, he grabbed a diamond studded trophy worth about $4,500. A pretty good reward for little more than an hour's work But then, the Tour de France has come a long way since it began 75 summers ago with total prize money of less than $500. This year, there's almost $2 million Cdn in cash and prizes available to contestants who started the tour July 4 in Pontchateau on the Atlantic coast Whoever finished with the best time for the entire three weeks when the Tour hits the Avenue des Champs Elysee today wins: A cheque for more than $100,000 odn - A diamond-studded worth more than $100,000. An apartment in Paris more than $40,000. A Peugeot 405 MI 16 car worth more than $20,000. This year, that’s most likely to be Pedro Delgado, the Spaniard who's been wearing the yellow jersey signifying the overall leader for more than a week. 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Ever since then Pete had been pestering me to go up the lake sometime and try my luck at catching the “Monster” kokanee. I finally relented and we planned a fishing expedition along with Walter Kabatoff in their 12-foot car-topper. I figured it was time to introduce myself to the fish that had been the butt of a lot of bad jokes hurled in my direction. The plan was to go out last Monday and putt around the lake in the ear-topper while hanging a rod in the water—I have fished before believe it sor « not. L used to fish for Monster coho salmon on the coasi— or was it chinook Anyway, Walter and Peter showed up bright and early Monday morning but the car-topper was not on the back of the truck. My first thought was that Walter had waterproofed his pick up and we were going to drive right onto the lake and fish out of the bed. No luck. Instead, they had persuaded Terry “Rol to take us out on his recently-finished houseboat ealled the Miss (B) Haven. My first thought was Fat City disappointed. We got to the Syringa Park Marina where Rollie was happily stationed on his new toy. We were given the royal tour of the Miss (B) Haven , Sporting Views By Brendan Nagle water — loading the and to my kokanee to and were more than happy to switch the car topper for the well-appointed vessel Rollie cranked her up and pointed her up the lake where we would finally get a crack at the “Monster” kokanee. We dropped our lines in the I used Walter's rod and reel and Peter supplied the willow leaf and wedding ring hooks anticipation was killing me. I was finally going to get a crack at this legendary finned “Monster.” Walter landed the first two kokanee of the day surprise proportions — I think they were both about eight after with fresh maggots. The the fish were of modest I knew it would be my turn soon and I sat ona holder. Bang lawn chair, beer in hand, keeping my eyes glued to the end of the rod as it sat comfortably in the rod astrike. I started reeling in fast before I could hear Walter telling me to slow down or lose the fish. There was no way I was going to lose that “Monster” so I took his advice and slowed down. I brought it up to the side of the boat and landed the sucker. My first “Monster” kokanee seven, maybe eight inches. Peter was first with the inevitable cry “It's a Monster” while laughing along with Walter and Rollie. I didn’t care, I caught my first kokanee and must've been was damned happy for it. I was so pleased I was Rollie’ e” Jack ready to resign myself to drinking copious amounts of beer and sun tanning while watching the others fish. But I decided to try it again By the end of the day we had caught more than 20 of the “Monsters while lounging in Fat City on yacht. Rollie’s five-year-old son Ryan got into the act and caught four or five himself. It was a great day on the lake and along with the kokanee, I caught a sun burn and a hangover as well and I was not I'm more ready to go again, only this time we're goint to rough it in the car-topper. Small price to pay for such a good time . . for “Monster” kokanee, - See you up the lake fishing will be exchanging that yellow jersey this afternoon for the rainbow one awarded to the overall champion of this jersey-obsessed race. The rider finishing second overall collects about $80,000 Cdn. Third overall is worth about $40,000, fourth about $27,500 and fifth about $18,000. GREEN JERSEY One can also pick up a large chunk of cash by capturing the almost $10,000 Cdn and the green jersey awarded to the rider who finishes first overall in a complicated points system based on daily finishes. This favors sprinters who do consistently well on the reasonably level legs but lose huge amounts of time on the mountain climbs. But, as Martinez-Oliver discovered Saturday, there are literally dozens of ways for riders to capture prizes both big and small throughout the three weeks of the Tour. Bantam girls take silver Petro Can Bantam Girls played softball in a Provincial B Tourna ment last weekend in taking the silver medal. Eleven teams competed tncluding Abbotsford, Campbell River, Coquit lam, Burnaby, Nanaimo, North Van. couver, Port Alberni, Sooke, White Rock, Williams Lake and Castlegar. It was an extremely tough competi tion as all teams were of very high calibre. On Friday Castlegar cruised to an 8-3 victory against Williams Lake. The second game against North Van was a defensive struggle which ended in Castlegar's first loss of 4-2. On Saturday Castlegar was faced against Burnaby which were to be the eventual winners. Behind strong hitting Castlegar handed Burnaby its only loss of the entire tournament 5-1. In the final game of the qualify. ing round against Sooke, Castlegar fell behind in the early going. A seventh inning rally that seored seven runs won them the game 9-7. This strong finish put Castlegar in third place going into the medal rounds. Castlegar then entered the semi-finals on Saturday along with Port Alberni, Burnaby, Nanaimo, North Vancouver and Abbotsford. Castlegar defeated Port Alberni handily 14-4. The semi-finals ended Saturday with Castlegar playing its Nanaimo fourth game defeating Abbotsford 4-1, On Sunday Castlegar was placed in the finals along with Burnaby, Port Alberni and Abbotsford. Castlegar was faced with Burnaby to be de- feated 6-0. Next game Castlegar de- feated Port Alberni again quite han- dily 10-0 after five innings. In a double knock-out tourney, Castlegar now was fighting again with Bur- naby, this time for first place. In a very tight defensive match Castlegar was defeated by Burnaby 3-2 to come in second, This was considered the best game of the tournament because of the evenly matched teams where a win could have gone either way. Players to be commended for their excellent work are: Jen Sallis (back catcher), Sherry Makortoff (pitcher), Deanna Bankert (pitcher and field- er), Kim Southwell (first base), Wendy Sookachoff (second base), Sunny Baker (short stop), Shelly Fofonoff (third base), Leanne Bent- ley, Michelle Bos, Darlene Connatty, Lisa Baker (fielders). Recognition goes out to Deanna Bankert for dis- playing sportsmanship and leader- ship throughout the tourney. Many fans and other coaches com- mended Castlegar girls for their ex- ceptional playing and good sports- manship. Ballard’s health fuels stock rise TORONTO (CP) — Harold Ballard, majority owner of Maple Leaf Gar. dens, was in seroius but stable con dition after undergoing surgery Friday, a hospital spokesman said. However, no details about the nature of his surgery were released because of a request from Ballard’s family, said Alison LeBrocq, public relations co-ordinator for Toronto General Hospital LeBrocq, would confirm only that Ballard, 84, was in intensive care. Ballard, president and majority owner of the arena, the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats football team, diabetes, previous reports said. He became ill after a football game in Hamilton last week and a Gardens spokesman said Ballard may have eaten too much ice cream or swéets. Ballard, noted for hiding chocolate bars in his arena apartment, has been in and out of hospital over the years for treatment of diabetes. “He had been treated in a Toronto hospital in May and spent more than a week in the Miami Heart Institute while on vacation in Florida last January. His latest stay again boosted Gar- dens’ shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Stock speculators believe that when Ballard dies, a change in The simplest is to win any of 21 one-day stages or legs. has been in hospital since last Sunday with a heart ailment complicated by management will increase the com- pany’s profitability. Expos blank Reds CINCINNATI (AP) — Bryn Smith allowed two hits in seven innings, and Tim Wallach snapped a scoreless tie with a seventh inning single off Jose Rijo to give the Montreal Expos a 1-0 victory Saturday over the Cincinnati Reds. Rijo, 11-5, and Smith, 7-6, matched one-hitters through the first six innings before Hubie Brooks's speed and Wallach’s clutch hitting forged the only run. Brooks hit a one-out ground-rule double to right in the seventh, ending a streak of nine consecutive batters retired by Rijo. Brooks then stole third with Wallach at bat, his sixth steal of the season Wallach fouled off four two-strike pitches before hitting a hard single up the middle to scor, ks. Rijo struck out a season-high 12 and aljSwed theec hits in his eight innings The only hit allowed in the first six! innings by Smith was a soft single to centre in the second by Jeff Reed. The right-hander retired the next 16 batters in order before Nick Esasky singled to centre with two out in the seventh. Smith left for a pinch hitter in the seventh. Joe Hesketh worked the eighth, and Tim Burke pitched the final inning for his eighth save, but only his second since May 18. CUBS 3 PADRES 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Ryne Sandberg, batting just 205 against San Diego this year, hit a home run leading off the eighth inning, boosting the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Padres on Saturday. Sandberg’s homer, his 11th of the year and first since June 19, sailed down the left field line into the bleachers, breaking a 2-2 tie. Cubs right-hander Calvin Schiraldi, 5-8, gave up five hits, struck out fiye and walked none in eight innings. Pat Perry started the ninth for Chicago, and Rich (Goose) Gossage got the final out for his 10th save. Reliever Mark Grant, 2-7, took the loss. The Cubs’ scoring drought continued. They have scored only 44 runs in their last 20 games and have hit just three home runs since July 10. BRAVES 6 METS 1 NEW YORK (AP) — John Smoltz, a 21-year-old right-hander making his major league debut, held New York to four hits over eight innings, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Mets 6-1 Saturday Dale Murphy had three hits, including a triple scored twice and drove in a run for the Braves, while Jim Morrison had two RBIs. Smoltz, who had a 10-5 record with the Richmond Braves of the Interantional League, had two strikeouts, both in the seventh inning, and walked one before he was lifted for a pinch hitter Bob Ojeda, 7-8, who had beaten the Braves last week, allowed three runs on six hits through eight innings, and Atlanta scored three more times in the ninth off Edwin Nunez. Ron Gant and Andres Thomas had consecutive singles in the first inning, and after Ojeda threw a wild pitch, Gerald Perry's groundout scored Grant. Thomas went to third on the play and scored on an infield hit by Murphy. GIANTS 6 CARDS 5 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Candy Maldonado's third single of the game drove in the tie-breaking run with two out in the ninth inning, leading the Sand Francisco Giants to 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday. Scott Garrelts, 2-4, pitched 2 2-3 shutout innings for the vietory. Todd Worrell, 4-8, who was hurt by an error in the ninth, was the loser. With one out in the ninth, Brett Butler went all the way to second when third baseman Jose Oquendo let his grounder go into left field for an error. Worrell struck out Robby Thompson and walked Will ‘Clark intention. ally to set up Maldonado's game-winning single to centre. Ozzie Smith hit a two-run homer in the seventh off Joe Price to tie the score 5-5. The homer, Smikth's third, cleared the left-field wall and came after Tony Pena had singled. AMERICAN LEAGUE KED SOX 11 WHITE SOX 5 ROSTON (AP) — The Boson Red Sox charged to their 10th consecutive vietory, getting 6 2-3 innings of one-hit relief from Mike Smithson to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-5 Saturday. The Red Sox, unbeaten under new manager Joe Morgan, withstood Chicago's five-run third inning and stormed back with a 20-hit attack, including 15 singles. Ellis Burks had four hits three singles and a double and reached base six times, also walking twice. Jody Reed and Marty Barrett had three hits each for Boston, while Rick Cerone drove in four runs with a single and a double. Reed and Todd Benzinger had two RBI each Smithson, 6-3, who pitched 6 1-3 hitless innings as a starter against Minnesota last Tuesday, bailed out rookie Steve Curry in the third as the White Sox took a 5-1 lead. The veteran right-hander gave up a sacrifice fly to Greg Walker and an RBI single to Dan Pasqua before ending the uprising