CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 8, 1983 .. SALE OF LOTS Few remaining lots in the Tamerlane Subdivision on Forest Road, Castlogar Government incentives:have Increased but. lot prices have not. New deadline — May 31 for $3,000 Federal Government Grant. Coal mines faced _with uncertainty ELKFORD (CP) — The coal’ business in Western ‘Canada'has been in a slump : the’ last year, ever since its primary market, Japan's steol industry, bogan cutting Locals win: awards Two Castlegar men walked away with most of the awards at the East Kootenay Section Bridge ‘endaeea? , 5 “A DAILY INTEREST ACCOUNT THAT HAS IT ALL” year*at peak’ cap-, ° 7 : ne fhe ilo all's Kootenay Savings Credit Union ford, a town built 12 years ago to house workers at the j 1016 - 4th Street, across from the Post Office. then-new mine, Gillespie, 32, ae TROPHY WINNERS . . . Hubert Hunchak (left) and Or. Ron Perrier show trophies ER brought home from East Kaotenay Section Bridge Tournament held in Kimberley. —CarNewsPhoio Tournament held April 29 to May 1 in Kimberley. Dr. Ron Perrier and Hu- bert Hunchak took home three of four trophies available for winning the Masters Pairs, Open Pairs and Swiss Teams events. back on orders. Uncertainty . haunts the coal mines that dot the Rocky Mountains. and companies have been forced to accept new that i ly the president of United Steel- workers of Amerjca Local 7884, questions a federatlly sponsored work-sharing scheme undertaken by the have .been for less coal at lower prices. Layoffs and jh have become com- They d against top bridge competitors from Alberta, Washington as well as B.C. Meanwhile, the Joy Keil- lor Bridge Club saw 10 pairs compete May 2 in “Beat the Champs.” The average score was 54 with the following results: First was Judy Shep- pard and Joy Ramsden - with 68, second was Norm and Les Gallie with 59%, third was Etuka Cameron and: Pearl Palmer with 58 and fourth was Agnes Charlton and Bev Swain with 561. | Robin Hood arrested OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Some people might call Stanley V. Slyngstad a modern-day Robin Hood. Washington state officials call him a crook. As a_ state employee, dia pairs and kids’ clothing; $400 a week went to another wel- fare mother who thought she was on salary for computer training. The 44-year-old, one-armed computer whiz spent his yng: Pp computer to manage millions of dollars for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Using his own system, he stole $17,000 by telling the computer to issue at least 25 false benefit-check authori- zations. Them, he began distribut- ing the fruits of his labors, An unemployed carpenter * got $600 for a truck from Slyngstad; $1,200 went to a welfare mother for car re- gs drinking beer and handing out money to the down-and-out at Charlie's Tavern in Olympia, ‘state troopers said. His monetary good will included $100 tips on the bar. “I. used my own money until it ran out,” Slyngstad said. “Then I used the state’s —an unlimited supply. I was blatant as hell.” ‘PEOPLE HELPED The stolen cash was taken between April, 1982 and last Professor to speak on loss A talk on “Loss in the Lives of Children and Adoles- cents” will be offered to the public. free of charge at the Hi-Arrow Arms Hotel in Castlegar from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 12. It will be followed by an all-day work- shop on Friday, May 13, at Selkirk College. . The speaker will be Dr. Don Knowles, a University of Victoria professor in Psychol- ogical Foundations in Edu- cation, who has also worked as a YMCA youth worker, teacher, school counsellor, and consultant psychologist for emotionally disturbed children. He is co-author of the book But Won’t Granny Need Her Socks? Dealing Effectively With Children’s Concerns About Death and Dying, and is an acclaimed speaker and Broken Connections was broadcast over Knowledge Network. The talk, organized by West Kootenay Counsellor’s Association and Selkirk Col- lege Department of Continu- ing Education, will form a part of an all-day workshop on Friday, May 13, at the Castlegar Campus of Selkirk College. Admission to the work- shop, however, will require pre-registration at a nominal charge. More information about the talk or the work- shop can be obtained from Mr. Craig Andrews, coor- dinator of Continuing Edu- cation, Selkirk College, Castlegar. The talk as well as the workshop should be of great interest to concerned adults, social workers, counsellors, PP on con- cerns of children. Earlier this year, his very well received program series and any other peo- ple who work with children and families in the com- munity. February, and Slyngstad es- timates he helped between 20 and 80 people by giving it all away. : Lacey police were tipped Tate last. year by one sus- picious recipient of the bogus state checks, but Slyngstad had erased the evidence from the computer when they checked. Slyngstad lost his $30,000- a-year job after he was ar- rested March 11. Slyngstad pleaded guilty this week to first-degree theft in Thurston County Superior Court. He faces up to 10 years in prison, and has been ordered to keep away from state computer termin- als pending sentencing. “I'm a thief, but I'm not a criminal,” he said. “I'm just a feller who likes to help peo- ple. There's a ton out there that could still use it. “There were times I wish- ed somebody would give me money when I was down and out." Leslie James, director of hi 's rehabilitati ‘shrink or are mon as delivery contracts For further info — 365-2395 Under the program, the mine shuts down every Wed- nesday except for. mainten- ance and workers receive fl But Jim Gardner and John Gillespie, who sit on opposite sides of the bargaining table at Fording Coal Ltd., have avoided’ drastic méasures seen at some other mines. Besides three shutdowns last payments for that day. Gardner says the mine will probably’ shut down’ again next December, but says he foresees no layoffs this year. The union executive rec- FREE » ESTIMATES year that lasted up to two weeks each, ‘mine employees have been rather fortunate. The mine's work force of 1,400 is down from a peak of 1,530, but there have been no layoffs thanks to attrition, a hiring freeze and a d dumping the pro- gram because it felt it was being: unfairly administered. Some departments - were taking the required day off, while. others bragged about working full ‘out on Wed- nesdays, says Gillespie. The '& DESIGN SERVICE | - Let us bring Wer to fe with a life sponsored work-sharing pro- “gram. “We've got away without doing anything too drastic,” says Gardner, 38, Fording’s vice-president and mine man- ager. Gardner says 1983 will “probably be the worst year of the slump because the com- > pany will have to reduce its inventory. Fording has taken its lumps on the export market with the rest of the industry. It recently announced a new contract with Japanese steel producers to deliver coal at $70.95 (Canadian) a long tonne, down $13 a tonne from last year. . division, said: “Slyngstad's probably one of the best pro- grammers I've ever worked with. -KFP sawmill to - start up Nelson’s‘Kootenay Forest Products sawmill will’ start up Monday and go into full production with two shifts May 16, company officials said recently. Maintenance crews have been working at the mill for the past three weeks getting it in shape for the reopening. The mill's planer operation won't start up until June 1, giving the other parts of the Monday mill time to prepare lumber for the planer mill. When the planer mill is in full swing, 180 employees — including staff — will be back at work at the BC Timber- owned mill. The mill was shut down last summer in the wake of a downturn in the forest in- dustry. The KFP plywood mill remains closed indefin- itely. will drop one million tonnes from projec- tions to 2.3 million tonnes. Fording estimates the reve- nue loss at $30 million. Fording, jointly owned by Canadian Pacific Enterprises - Ltd. and Cominco Ltd., is the second-largest Canadian coal mine in terms of production, capable of mining five million long experience of quality and beauty! : prog was d jto apply across the board, de- manding sacrifices from everyone, he says. Despite the complaints, the local membership voted q ai 2228 - 6th AVE., CASTLEGAR 365-3110 UTILIZING Korlron/EB the lotest molsture non-metal marking cabinet interiors. VISIT OUR SHOWROOM: to retain work sharing. 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Craven 365-3325 COUNT ON THE COMMERCE NAVIGATION . . . Colin Hamilton of Castlegar located marker on 3.5-km orienteering course at competition held last Saturday at Selkirk College. ie 4 ORIENTEERING . Achallenging experience _ By CHERYL WISHLOW . ., Staff Writer, - The message came as a surprise. I had won. I had location of the first flag, I decided to test my compass to sce if it really did work. After setting up my map on compass, I walked in the ti actually won a sporting event. After ding the victories of athletes in the past, I had finally, experienced the feeling of being a winner. As I stood behind the starting line on a cold and windy Saturday, I wondered what I was doing here at * Selkirk College. . Thad come here to find out what orienteering was all about. Orienteering is‘the competitive sport of finding one's way on foot across rough country with maps and compass. ‘ But what does that involve? ¢ As I found out later, a compass is not just for use when lost in the bush. Nor is a map only used for treasure hunts, Thad entered the 0.9 km course of the orienteering event, and though it seemed like forever, I finally made it to the finish line. Three days later, the news had come. I had won the women’s 21 and over division. AsJ recovered from the shock of winning, I began to look back on the event and remembered it as truly a challenging experience. " - . As I stood at the starting line with map and compass in hand, waiting for the whistle to blow, I asked myself, “What am I doing here?” Navigation has never been one of my strong points. As the whistle sounded, I looked at my course jcription; it said “in the driveway.” Not sure of the By CasNews Statt Wanderers — has held four events since it was formed College, a ski orienteering event, a night event and a competition held last Saturday... ~ 4 : Thero: are two types of orienteering “events = points presented on a map — and the score method. The score method, is presented with more controls ' than.a person can get to. They are worth a certain number of points and the winner is the one who has accumulated the most points. Scott Donald and Shirley Donald of Rossland were instrumental in getting the. club off the ground. Scott, who is responsible for drawing up the course maps, notes that setting up a course is no easy task. “First of all, you have to study the map for potential courses,” he says.” “Them, once a tentative course has been decided on, -The Kootenay Orienteering Club '— The Happy ‘ last November. They include.a hallway event atSelkirk’ “ eross-courtry, which ' consists’ of “following ‘the check- * The Happy Wanderers “You have t that you have simply courses for those starting out, to avoid discouragement.” He noted that there are almost always multiple - courses in orienteering events, laid out to cover a wide range of needs, The club has between.10 and 15 members, but there are many nén-members who take part in the activities. "Orienteétitg, althougli fairly new to the Kootenays, has been established in the Lower Mainland for many years and goes back to the late 1800s, when it was brought over by Europeans. There has been one or two attempts to introduce orienteering in the area, Donald says. Those attempts haven't worked because of a lack of mapped out courses. Donald says a standard map doesn't have a lot of fon, needed for ori i } “We take information on a standard map and modify it so it is more suitable for the sport,” he says. The maps used are in black and white. Donald says it is fairly expensive to produce color maps. But the Ori se Accociati we will go and walk thorugh it and see that app are all right where we would like to put a flag — making sure the app! are not too “Then we would go back with a revised course and consider how it looks in relation to other courses. You want to insure that there are not too much problems with congestion,” he says. “When setting up a course you have to take into account the: that the p: ly will \_ have” as well as type of training and age levels. of B.C. has grants that can be - distributed for the creation of maps. A professional map person was scheduled to spend two weeks here this month surveying some lands to see where maps should be located. Donald says by June better maps should-be available. : The club is hoping to hold the B.C. championships in the Ki in 1985. In pi ion for the event, chosing areas for maps and preliminary work is being done this year. . indi d. But there was no flag — not even a marker. . “What direction fiag?” I wondered. “They must be joking. There is no flag.” I then decided to try and find the next flag which the course description said was near the fire hydrant. “Fire hydrant, what fire I said will be the more difficult 3.5-km course. This course - -Involves running through bush and climbing up steep banks, as well as using a map and compass, The winner of the course three event was Castlegar’s Colin Hamilton in the men’s 14 and over. Billy Logan of Warfield won the boys’ 13 and under; Pat West of Castlegar won the women’s 21 and over, and Duane Logan of Warfield won the men’s 21 and over, In course 2, (1.3 km) it was Martha McKay of more frustrated as time went on. Finally, I ran into another competitor, who was looking for the fire hydrant as well. After finally locating the flag near the fire hydrant and finding the attached stapler, I punched holes in square two on my map. After that initial accomplishment, the course became fun and challenging. My slow walk and the blank look on my face developed into a spring and a feeling of confidence as one by one I found the flags while gaining the ability to use a map and compass. " Upon completing the course, I was still questioning the location of the first flag, which I failed to find. After receiving some guidance — and using the compass — I located it. There it was — hanging below the roof of an enclosed driveway, which I never knew existed. The 0.9 km course wasn’t exhausting, but running through a field with 20 pounds of photographic equipment strapped to my body trying to photograph competitors in the 3.5-km course, was strenuous. Nevertheless, the next time I tackle orienteering, it th 1 first in the women’s 21 and up and Billy Logan of Warfield first in the men’s 13 and under. In the wayfayers division, usually a group category intended for beginners or. family groups, Terry, Bryce and Trent Coombs of Fruitvale took first place. Terry Coombs also won the men’s 21 and up division" in course one. : The great thing about orienteering is that you don’t have to know anything about the sport to take part — but it helps. Instructional sessions are given at every orienteer- ing event, similar to the session Renice Coombs gave prior to this event. ' Upcoming orienteering events inciude an orient- eering clinic and event May 14 and 15 sponsored by Trail parks and recreation. . The event will also serve as a playoff for the B.C. Summer Games. For more information contact Renice Coombs at 367-7437. Another upcoming event is the Aspen Grove three-day event, May 21-23. For more information on this event contact Scott Donald at 362-7768. praee COURSE SETTING . . . Scott and Shirley Donald set up flag in preparation for orienteering event. UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) — Michael Bossy skated away from Bruins’ shadow Lue Dufour by scoring four goals to power the Islanders to an 8-4 victory over Boston on Saturday night and into the Stanley Cup finals. The Islanders took the best-of-seven semifinal series over Boston 4-2, first-place finishers in’ the NHL this year, and advance to try for their fourth straight Stanley Cup championship against Edmonton Oilers beginning Tuesday night. » Bryan Trottier scored once and had three assists for the Islanders, who also got goals from Buth Goring, Brent Sutter and Wayne Merrick. Rick Middleton scored twice for’ Boston, while defenceman Raymond Bourque and Craig MacTa- vish added singles. It was Bossy's third game with three or more goals in_ the playoffs, tying an NHL record set by the Oilers’ Mark Messier. His four goals set‘a team record for most in a playoff game. Bossy, held scoreless in Game 5 by Dufour, finished the series against the Bruins with nine goals and four assists also a club record. The Bruins, attempting to become the third team in NHL history to overcome a 3-1 series deficit, outplayed New York in the first period but were swept away by the Islanders’ awesome offence which produced four second-period goals. Billy Smith, alert when necessary in the first period, faced 20 shots in goal for New York, while Pete Peeters suffered through another dismal! night on Long Island, blocking 24 of the 32 shots he faced. ‘ In three games in New York, Peeters surrendered 23 goals. é Tkhe -Islanders escaped from the first period with a 3-2 lead, thanks largely to some excellent work by Smith and Brent Sutter's last-minute goal. Sutter whipped in a backhander at 19:36 to cap some dogged forechecking by left winger Bob Bourne. New York outshot Boston 8-7 in the period but the Bruins forced Smith to make a handful of key saves, including one on Mike Krushelnyski, who drilled a slap shot into the goalten- der’s midsection after 27 seconds. Six seconds later, Goring made it 1-0 New York on a brilliant rush. The veteran eentre turned Bourque around with an inside-out move at the blue line, faked a slap shot and slid a back- hander behind Peeters at 0:33. Smith was also sharp on a deflection by Peter McNab at 1:29, and blocked a shot by Barry Pederson, set up in front by a Middleton back pass at 5:48. At the other end, Peeters, solid in Game 5, was a victim of his own errors. On Bossy’s first goal he got caught behind the net trying to scoop the puck along the boards past Trottier. The Islanders centre fed the puck in front to. Bossy who snapped it into the empty net at 8:09. * But the Islanders became sluggish after that*goal and the Bruins pulled even. Middleton made it 2-1 when he slid in a backhander at 10:42 and MacTavish tied it when he converted a passout from Peter McNab at 16:34, two seconds after New York's Clark Gillies served a high-sticking penalty. Bossy began the Islanders four-goal second-period onslaught 59 seconds into the second period when he picked up an errant pass by Middleton in lhis own zone, sped up the right wing and drilled a slap shot over Peeters’ right shoulder from the outer rim of the faceoff circle, | By DAVE GOLDBERG The A d Press a 14.2 rating the first week, to what the NFL Midway through its first season, the United States Football League faces sag- ging attendance figures and television ratings, but there are pockets of success and the long-term future of the new league is still far from _ Settled. The quality of play has im- proved since the season be- gan, without benefit of pre- season games, and a handful of players have become the league's first stars. In many cases, however, they are for- mer NFL veterans. League figures show at- tendance at USFL games has been declining steadily since the opening weekend March 6-7, when an average of $9,171 fans turned out for six games. By the eighth weekend, April 23-25, average atten- dance had dropped to 17,458, although it was back up to more than 26,000 last week. Average attendance per game is 25,826 — just about what the USFL said it hoped for in its inaugural season. Television ratings have al- so dropped. ABC's USFL Game of the Week, spurred by viewers curious about the first at- tempt at spring football, had does on an average fall weekend. The USFL ratings dropped to 7.4 the next week, 6.8 April 24 and last week to 5.0 — exactly the number ABC has said will be satisfactory as a season-long average this year. So far, the average is 13. CREATES THE PROBLEM Some analysts think the league's good early publicity, capped by New Jersey Gen- erals’ signing of Herschel Walker just before the sea- son began, makes the dropoff | seem worse than it really is. “From my int, the after a slow start. Last week, he broke loose for an 80-yard touchdown run in a nation- ally-televised victory over Denver Gold. ABC is clearly using Wal- ker. Even with the Generals near the bottom of the league, the network televises New Jersey games whenever it can. Walker isn't the league's only featured player. There are other runners like rook- ies Kelvin Bryant of Phil- adelphia and Tim Spencer of Chicago, certain high-round NFL draft picks if they hadn't signed with the USFL. The quarterbacks, how- ever, are an amalgam of kids and NFL washouts. * LEADS THE LEAGUE The top two USFL passers are Chicago's Greg Landry, islanders win series | USFL attendance declining who represent 14 years in the NFL, and Oakland's Fred Besana, who rode a couple of NFL benches for a few games in 1977-78 and drifted into semi-pro ball. ABC and ESPN are paying the USFL an estimated $35 million for two years and will renew only if they get their money's worth. ABC officials have tried to minimize their expectations. Canadian horse wins LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) — Sunny's Halo became the second Canadian-bred colt USFL is performing as well or better than could have been expected,” said Louis Guth, a sports economist. Overall, the biggest at- tendance problems are in major markets — Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Wash- ington, Chicago and Philad- elphia. Guth suggests that the major problem in the big cities is convincing fans who have a variety of sports to choose from that the USFL is worth their dollars. One positive sign for the Generals, and the league overall, is Walker's surge into the league rushing lead ever to win the Kentucky Derby, capturing the 1% mile thoroughbred race Sat- urday by 14/2 lengths. With Eddie Delahoussaye, who also rode 1982 Derby winner Gato del Sol, whip- ping and driving in the stretch, the Arkansas Derby winner charged across the finish line ahead of Desert Wine in the $531,000 first jewel of the United States Triple Crown, Caveat came on to be third. - Owned by Toronto stick- brooker David (Pud) Foster, Sunny'’s Halo, who was re- habilitated over the. winter by swimming at Hollywood Park, shook off the rain as easily as he shook the oppo- sition in a late stretch drive. It was the first time an Ar- kansas Derby winner had won the Kentucky Derby, and it was done in impressive fashion. “He's very versatile,” said trainer David Cross, a native of Victoria, before the race. The colt certainly is that. He had won the Arkansas Derby on the lead, ‘while Saturday, he came from the pace. “He's got two buttons to push,” said Cross. “you can play him like a piano.” The tune Delahoussaye played on the chestnut colt Saturday was a_ victory march. Sunny'’s Halo reached the end of the race on a fast but wet track in 2:02 1-5 to win the first rained-on Derby since Proud Clarion won in 1967. It last rained on Derby Day in 1970 when Dust Com- mander won, but that year it didn't rain during the race. Delahoussaye held Sunny's Halo near the lead for the first three-quarters of a mile, then began to move out front on the final turn, Total Departure, one of three Derby starters saddled by Wayne Lukas, had taken the lead passing the finish line the first time, and he still had it going into the final turn.