SS - Castlegar News _Febrory 20, 1985 Naturalists onduc On The Street: QUESTION: Do you agree with the recent proposal to give MLAs a seven per cent increase in their pay allowance? Randy Faerber unemployed. Florence Dow time like this. = No, because I think we should get the money more than them. We're No, I don't. They should actually Reid Definitely not. I think they should be putting that money into some . some help to find more I don’t think it’s a good idea at a restraint. Natalie Chernoff I feel they shouldn't get the increase. They don't deserve it. If they show they're doing more, then they could deserve it. Jan Dillon No. I don’t think they should be doing it. Not in this present state of NEC plans wor The National Exhibition Centre is planning several winter workshops. craftsman and member of the Kootenay Boundary Artisans Alliance, is conducting a two-day workshop for begin: turners on March 2 and 3. Hopkins will provide in struction in setting up a B.C.” and baskets by the ar. This presentation runs 75 minutes with a 15-minute Tom Hopkins a local wood break mid-way. Some bas ketry techniques will also be The first seminar, Willow Basketry, is on March 16. ning and advanced wood- The participants will explore the old country technique of basket making using locally grown willow. Take the chal willow or use material pro- vided by the instructor. This one-day session will provide ample time to complete a basket. On March 17 is cedar bark basketry. Sandy Donohue of Robson, has taught spinning and dyeing for five years. Her handspun yarns have been exhibited throughout the K and the Lower lathe, including: accessories, tools and chucks. Also on March 2, projects with. sea- soned wood, including: spin- dle and miniature turning. On March 3 the workshop will deal with wood tech. niques including: seasoning, green wood turning, hollow turning and working with spalted wood. This session will also include tool making, using a forge and tempering. Kathy Armstrong, a self- taught basket weaver whose teaching experience includes sessions at the Slocan Valley Threads Guild, the Selkirk Weaver's and Spinners Guild and the Fibre Gold Con- ference in Victoria, will be providing two workshops and a slide presentation at the centre On March 12 there will be a slide show featuring a com bination of “Indian Baskets of Bridge results Eight pairs competed at the Feb. 11 meeting of the Joy Keillor Bridge Club. The average was 42, with the following winners: Rita Perrier and George Reshaur with 59, Myrna Baulne and Hugh Auld with 49, and Wayne Weaver and- Bob Kirby with 48 One call To Diet Center Could Change Your Life! Call us today for a free consultation eaaine kshops Mainland and been entered in local and international com petitions. She will conduct a two-day workshop on fibre blending on March 23 and 24 at the centre. Participants will learn to spin yarns suitable for weaving, knitting and crochet through blending different fibres (wool, silk, mohair, camel down, dog hair and cotten). CREDIT UNION CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION bird count In spite of 30 inches of snow on the ground and 8 temperature, 69 me- mbers took part in the West Kootenay Naturalists annual bird count on Dec. 29. From flotillas of Scaub and Coot in bays along the West Arm at Nelson and flocks of Bohemian Waxwings dining on the red berries of the Mountain Ash, down to lone sightings like a Townsend's Solitaire, a total of 63 species were recorded with 4,718 individual birds. As in previous years there were differences noted in both species and number as the birds shift with food supply and weather. One oddity this year was the'sighting and capture of a budgie that had somehow become separated from its owner, said the Naturalists in a prepared release. “One sighting that always amazes the viewers was the 30 Dippers spotted in the various creeks. This little gray bird walks under water around the rocks and ice, clambers up out of the water to bob a couple of times and then back into the water looking for food, and that is a tough way to make a living,” the release said. Meanwhile, on Jan. 25, 92 members and guests gat- Rainbow Brite Collection Reg. $17.95 Doodle Art Posters — % Price $199 Duran Duran Posters — % Price EACH BACKGAMMON GAMES $350 By Copp Clark, reg. $7.00..... NOW pina bd 5 ll ms" 99° tis hered for the annual Natur- alists Banquet with guest 95 Monkey ricyiime Friends $9 WINEGOBLETS 83.75 82% Aloe Vero Lot. 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BILL JOHNSON Call Bill at HomeGoods 693-2227 Bill Johnson comes to HomeGoods with many years of experienc floor covering business and looks forward to serving you. HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE AT CHINA CREEK 24 Hour Cash Card From Kootenay Savings Creit union By CasNews Staff Paul Brown of Spokane Flames led the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League scoring this season with 41 goals and 55 assists for 96 points. Castlegar’s Kelly Hurd and Rod Horcoff were in second place. Hurd had 40 goals and 51 assists for 91 points, while Horcoff had 38 goals and 53 assists. Rob Porcellato of Rossland was third with 41 goals and 46 assists for 87 points. Ken Hoodikoff of the Reb- els had 35 goals and 49 assists for 84 points. In the East division, Cran brook’s Darcy Allison led the scoring with 50 goals and 79 assists for 129 points. Ernie Parent of Columbia Valley had 108 points, Ed Pruss of Columbia Valley was third with 99 points. Fourth was Dave Fisher of Cranbrook with 93 points. Ian Walters of Columbia Valley was fifth with 86 points. Meanwhile, penalty lead. ers in the regular season were Stan Chernoff of Grand Forks in the West division with 187 minutes, followed by Darcy Dickson of Beaver Valley, with 179 minutes. Ken Dergusoff of Trail was third with 168 penalty min. utes. Rockettes win first tourney Stanley Humphries Senior Rockettes won its first tour. nament of the year last weekend, The Lakeside Invitational in Invermere was a four-team double knockout tournament which featured St. Francis Xavier from Edmonton, Cen tral Memorial! of Calgary, the Stanley Humphries Rock ettes, and the host David Thompson Lakettes from In vermere. In its first game, the Rock ettes used Karen Wilson's incredible 42-point perfor mance in a 72-42 win over St Francis Xavier. In the semi-final, a strong team effort produced a 45-42 victory over Central Mem orial. Since this was a double knockout tournament, Cen tral Memorial was able to reach the final by winning the “Backdoor Game” over David Thompson. The final, therefore, was a rematch of Central Memorial and the Rockettes. The game followed the same pattern as the semi-final with the Rock ettes building an early lead and Central Memorial work ing hard to come back The Rockettes, however, were able to retain their composure and come away with a 35-33 victory and the championship trophy The Rockettes played very well in all aspects of their games throughout the tour nament, said coach Jack Closkey Michele Maloff and Laura Simonen were outstanding rebounders and Karen Wil son was the top tournament scorer with 85 points in three games. However, Patty Plot nikoff was the outstanding all-round player and was chosen to the all-star team for her great play-making and leadership The team now appears ready to tackle the West Kootenay playoffs. The sud den death, semi-final game goes tonight at 7 p.m. in the SHSS gym This game will be against a very tough L.V. Rogers squad that nearly upset the Rockettes in their last game. REACH FOR IT . . . Selkirk Highlander (Kimberley) and Stanley Humphries Rocker reach for ball in unison during West Kootenay League game at Stanley Secondary Sunday afternoon. Scores were close throughout the gam: ders came out winners boasting a 68-61 victory. Humphries Saturday in Castlegar. performance. any sustained offense. Perehudoff had singles. after two periods. Peacock. opportunities. Trail won its series against Spokane Flames four games straight. In Tuesday night’s game, John Obetkoff led his Rebel teammates to victory with his four goal Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs, bolstered with four affiliate players from their midget division, were unable to mount Seven Rebels took part in Rebel storing. Obetkoff had four goals, Rod Horcoff had three, Kelly Hurd, Dave Terhune had two each, and Reese Eyre and Dave The Rebels had leads of 4-0 after one period and 10-1 The Leafs’ Doug Jay scored Nelson's first goal ited when his shot deflected up high in front of goalie Mitch Peacock, hit the back of a Rebel defender and bounced into the net. Their second and last goal at 6:58 of the third period was scored after the Leafs pressured the Rebels into a ciearing miscue. Jamie Kanigan and David Elms worked the puck to defenseman Rob Chernenko sitting in the high slot and his shot went right down the pipe past Open nets and missed shots caused some crowd noise as the Rebels just could not take advantage of these easy At one point blueliner Dan Taylor carried the puck in from his own zone, took a great shot for an easy score but saw his shot ring off the right post to make matters worse, the rebound went right to Obetkoff standing three feet to the right of goaltender Price and he saw his shot at a wide open net go off the left post. The best play of the night resulted with the Rebels scoring their first goal 29 seconds after the game started. Perehudoff and Terehune exchanged passes back and forth in tic-tac-toe fashion with Terehune timing his deflection perfectly to grab the 1-0 lead. bels’ defender Jack Kanigan put in a real good effort in this game getting two assists and deserving ore. Penalties, four to the Rebels and three to the Leafs had no significance in the game which was in direct contrast to Saturday night’s game in Nelson. Rebels advance to finalagainst Smokies By GARY HYSON Castlegar Rebels defeated Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs 13-2 Tuesday night at the Community Complex to win its Kootenay International Junior Hockey League West Division semi-final series 4-1. The Rebels will meet Trail Jr. Smoke Eaters in the division final, which is expected to begin Friday or The younger players that Nelson brought up did not have the experience and the third period was pretty well played in the Leaf zone. To give credit, the Jr. Leafs played their heart out and never quit even with a lopsided score. My picks for effort in this game were John Obetkoff, first pick; Rod Horcoff, second pick; Jack pick. In Nelson Saturday night the Rebels defeated. the the Leafs 13-3. The tone for this gmae was set early by the Jr. Leafs. The Leafs grabbed a lead at 6:48 when Rob P: ripped a shot through Steve Voykin's legs. Before the goal could be reported, Podgorenko picked up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for purposely brushing a Rebel player. The game was touch and go for the first period but in the second, delays for fighting was the norm. The continual parade to the penalty boxes was mostly caused by the Jr. Leafs’ total disregard for the game of hockey. At one stoppage in play, Voykin had just stopped a shot and a Leaf forward skated in and took Steve into the end boards. Rebels’ Adrian Markin trying to help out, ended up in a serap to the left of the net. Moments later Leafs’ Elms brushed up the boards with Jack Kanigan. Kanigan tried to stay out of a scrap out after taking about three shots he finally obliged Elms and gave him a fair go. At this point a Nelson fan jumped over the glass, found out the size of Kanigan and quickly departed for the confines of the stands. Although the referee in charge of this contest did a job and was Kanigan, third by the Leafs for his earlier season work, he was thrust into a difficult situation for this game. For reasons unknown, the referee scheduled for this play-off game was from Castlegar, a surprising move as in play-off hockey the officials are usually neutral. It should not matter where the officials are from but neutral people are usually used only to appease the teams. Spitting, biting and abuse of officials resulted in two match penalties and a gross misconduct to three undisciplined Leaf players. Rebels were assessed game for their Once the smoke had cleared the few remaining Jr. Leafs played a good brand of hockey, showed some desire and hustle, and tried to come back; The score was out of reach by then and their flow slowly ebbed. The fan involvement did not even stop in the rink, as the Rebel bus had its tail lights smashed after the game, while driver Butch Bonin was in the bus warming it up. in fights. but High! CasNews Photo by Rob Popolt Edblad 8th in Canadian GS championships Castlegar's finished eighth in the Export A Cup Canadian giant slalom championships held Saturday at Whistler. Edblad, who was third after the first.run, skied off the course in the second run, giving him a total of two minutes, 42.64 seconds. The race was won by national team member Jim Read of Calgary, in 2:39.45. Greg Grossman, a member of the national development team placed second, while Gordon Perry was third Felix Belezyk of Castlegar was 19th in 2:45.16, Donald Stevens of Rossland was 20th in 2:45.25. Ryan McLellan of Trail placed 40th in 2:48.31, Stan Hanson of Rossland was 47th in 2:48.88, Mark Anderson of Warfield was 48th in 2:48.48 and Murray Greenwood of Castlegar was 49th in 2:49.16. Derek Trussler and Darrel Fry of Rossland and Michael Kennedy of Castlegar did not finish the race and Chris McIver of Rossland was disqualified in the second run In the women's races being held at Sunshine Village at Banff, Kerrin Lee of Ross land was second in Sunday's giant slalom. Lee was also second in Saturday's slalom race, while Tracy Haight of Fruitvale finished 21st. In a race on Friday, Haight was 16th. Also on Friday, in a Nor-Am giant slalom at Blackcomb Mountain, the top local racer was Derek Trus sler of Rossland who placed sixth. The race was won by Jim Read. Gordon Perry was HANS EDBLAD eighth place second while Greg Grossman was third. Mark Anderson was 42nd, Ryan MeLellan was 49th, Darrel Fry was 55th and Michael Kennedy was 69th. Hans Edblad and Murray Greenwood did not finish the race. Aussie wins downhill WHISTLER (CP) Ste ven Lee of Australia won the Canadian men's downhill ski championship today, taking advantage of his early start position to win by more than one second. Lee, who was 10th at the world championships in Bor. mio, Italy two weeks ago, was timed in two minutes, 15.87 seconds. Alan Lauba of Bellevue, Wash. also a World Cup skier, finished second in 2:16.88. The top Canadian was World Cup rookie, Don Ste vens of Rossland, who was third in 2:17.21, just seven one-hundredths of a second ahead of development team skier Daniel Moar of Revel stoke. National team veteran Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., was fifth in 2:17.40. Brooker, who was trying to win his national title, apparently had trouble with his turns in the upper portion of the course which turned soft after a snowfall Tuesday. Snow and fog combined Tuesday to wipe out the final training run for today’s Can adian men's downhill ski championship at Whistler mountain. “The main reason for can celling was safety,” said Curt Hammond of Seattle, the international ski federation technical delegate. \ ‘Visibility was poor. The fog kept slipping in and the wet snow was sticking to the skiers’ goggles, making it al most impossible to see at the finish. And at 65 miles an hour that's a little bit of a concern. And as well as the safety factor, we got two good training runs in yesterday And with the soft snow falling we wanted to pre serve the course for tomor. row.” The weather forecast call ed for colder temperatures overnight and partly cloudy conditions today “which would be ideal for a down hill,” said Hammond. Racers wi Members of the local Nor- dic Ski Touring Club were active and successful on a number of fronts during the past week. Five racing team members participated in the 40-kilom etre Blackjack Loppet Race held in Rossland on Satur day. Sixty-five competitors from throughout B.C. chal lenged a difficult course but under ideal conditions. Phil Wallensteen register. ed the best local performance lacing third overall while ning the gold medal in his age group with a time of two hours and 36 minutes. Mark Dascher earned a silver medal in his division with his two hour 36 minute performance. Dascher placed ninth overall and A fourth Castlegar racer, Tauno Syrja raced well to take the bronze medal in the senior men's category. His time of three hours and 25 minutes placed him 15th overall, slightly ahead of another Nordic racer, Ben Thor-Larsen, who had his best race of the season finishing the 40 kms. in three hours 31 minutes. The same day other local racers were making a strong showing at the Canadian Ski Orienteering Championships in Rocky Mountain House, Alta. One hundred and fifty competitors from Canada, the U.S. and Sweden vied for medals in both individual and relay events. National junior orienteer. John Walton came in 27th ing ch Colin Y almost succeeded in cap By The Canadian Press Goaltender Grant Fuhr's shoulder popped, coach Dan Maloney’s jaw dropped and somewhere in between Ed monton Oilers showed Tor onto Maple Leafs what it's like to skate in the fast lane of the National Hockey League. It took the Oilers less than 10 minutes of the second period to impress the Leafs with their offensive might and illustrate just how far Toronto has to climb to be one of the better teams in the NHL as Edmonton overcame a 2-0 deficit to score six un answered goals on its way to a 94 rout Tuesday night. Jari Jurri and Glen An derson led the Oilers with three goals each while Wayne Gretzky added two goals and three assists. Mark Oilers beat Maple Leafs Napier scored the other Ed: monton goal The Oilers victory was tempered, however, with the first-period injury to Fuhr which will sideline him for at least a week. Glen Sather, the Oilers’ general manager-head coach, said he’s in the market for a goaltender in the wake of Fuhr’s injury “I don't know who we'll bring up (from the minors),” he said. “We've got some feelers out already. We may have to make a deal.” In other games Tuesday, it was: Quebec Nordiques 7, Los Angeles Kings 6; NY Islanders 8, Calgary Flames 4; Hartford Whalers 6, Win. nipeg Jets 2; Montreal Can adiens 5, St. Louis Blues 2; Vancouver Canucks 7. New Jersey Devils 5. n medals turing the ski orienteering crown as well. Hamilton nar rowly missed the gold medal in the Elite junior men's 12 km. race. Mac Lamb of Castlegar also faired well in his national-level debut plac ing fourth in the same event In the Open Men's 8 km. event, Ross Burnett of Castlegar came away with a bronze. Anyone interested in learning more about ski orienteering is encouraged to participate in a meet to be held at Mud Lake, Sunday March 3. Registration will be at the car park between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m A week earlier 20 other NSTC members were active on another front whén they journeyed to Nelson for the second leg in the Kootenay Cup Race series. Although many of the younger racers were away attending the high school finals, the very young and the not so old racers represented the club. Numerous members of the Carter, Gibson, Hartman and Osachoff families along with Ben Thor-Larsen, Tauno Syrja, Bert Port and others combined for 73 points to edge out the Kokanee Nordic and Blackjack Clubs. (See full results page B2.) The next major provincial event will be a B.C. Cup Race this coming weekend in Kam loops. Twelve local racers will be involved. Locally, the Nordic Ski Touring Club is sponsoring the first annual Troll Citi zen’s Marathon at Nancy Greene Lake, Saturday, March 2. This event is unique in B.C. because it stresses mass participation and dis tance completed as opposed to the fastest times. It is de. signed for families and skiers of all ages with certificates being awarded for complet ing specific distances. Novices fourth in tournament Castlegar Novice Allstars (seven and eight year olds) competed in an Atom (nine and 10 year olds) tournament in Rossland on the weekend. The Novices, looking for game experience, finished a strong fourth out of eight teams, defeating Rossland 63 and tying Grand Forks 33 Their losses were against Trail in the round robin and Slocan for the bronze. Being the only Novice team in the tournament, the boys turned out to be the crowd favorite because of their spirited play and never say-die attitude The defense of Gary Hun ter, Mark Carlson, Mark Perrier and Todd Bonderoff held up well against the mueh-larger and stronger Atoms. A very gutsy perfor mance was also turned in by seven-year old goalie Mike Kooznetsoff who has im proved steadily over the sea son. Leading the attack for Castlegar was Ricky Fauth with four goals and one as sist; Vince Antignani with three goals; Mike Byers with two assists; Derran Pottle and Derek Read with one goal, one assist; Ryan Coul son, Pat Biln and Robbie Jos ephson with one goal each Gary Hunter and Robert Stepaniuk with an assist each The team will finish off its season with Novice tourna ments in Spokane and Pen — —