CastlagarNews \overnber is. 1907 i EME SEH Ie me BUSINESS STEWART'S FUTURE NEVER LOOKED BETTER STEWART, B.°. (CP) — Pegged four years ago as British Columbia's newest ghost town, Stewart is poised for a powerhouse comeback. “I don't think the town has ever looked better,” says Mayor Garry Hubbard, a pharmacy owner and town resident for more than a dozen years. “Our population has doubled over the last year to about 1,500.” The mayor confidently predicts his northwestern British Columbia community will become “the hot spot of B.C. by this time next year.” But Hubbard's enthusiasm blogs on whether the “Something that’s almost a thing of the past is good anthracite,” says Hubbard. “This is an open-pit mine with five-metre seams of the high-quality coal, which is almost unheard of.” Westmin has a study and done preliminary site work for a gold and silver mine just north of the town. The company hopes a decision to proceed can be made by the end of the year. In a less orthodox venture, Ice Age Ice Inc., a Van- couver-based company, has established an ice-harvesting and crushing operation which will employ up to 50 péople. It plans to start exporting crystal-clear glacier ice by the tray to trendy U.S. and Japanese markets before the end of the year. Located on the remote northern coast of B.C., Stewart is d by rivers, forests and glaciers. Butted up against the state of Alaska, the town is more than three hours by road from the nearest major community of Terrace. At the mouth of the Portland Canal in the Alaska PP of a 160-kilometre, $30-million Hydro ee line from the Nisga’a village of New Aiyansh in the rugged Nass Valley. “Kamloops, Prince George, Terrace — all those communities grew once power got there,” Hubbard says. He hopes the government will decide on the power line by the end of the year. Power now is supplied by B.C. Hydro with diesel generators, which Hubbard says costs about $2-million a year in provincial subsidies. The mayor predicts Stewart could realize its potential as a strategic trans-shipment point and processing centre on the Pacific Rim, given adequate power and transportation services. Working in the town's favor are rich anthracite coal Stewart has the added benefit of being Canada’s most northern ice-free port. The Alaska state ferry service carries tourists into the area in the summer, but Hubbard says the port could be expanded to ship coal, lumber, asbestos, gold and other commodities to world markets year-round. COULD BE MILLS With the abundance of virgin timber in the area, Hubbard hopes lumber or pulp mills can eventually be built. B.C. Hydro estimates it will cost $35.5-million to extend the power grid from New Aiyansh to Stewart. In a report to the B.C. cabinet committee on economic development, Hubbard argued that extension of the Hydro electrical grid will be a “cost-effective investment for the province, substantially contributing to deposits, several gold mining properties with p g test results and lots of timber. DEPOSITS FOUND Hubbard said two deposits of anthracite coal found near Stewart could prodyce five million tonnes a year for at least 20 years each. regional ec ic growth, di and stability.” But he admits the remoteness of the area sometimes creates frustrating misunderstandings. “We take our concepts down to Victoria and they have no idea,” he complains. “They've never been north of Victoria, Vancouver or Hope.” Pulp industry concerned MONTREAL (CP) — The mercially important species atmospheric pollution has to slowdown in growth rates of Canadian pulp and paper in- dustry, Canada's largest em- ployer, is concerned by evi- dence of declining forest growth rates, says Howard Hart, president of the Can- adian Puip and Paper As- sociation. “There is no question that there has been evidence of dieback and deterioration in some forest areas,” Hart said in an interview. Although the death of sugar maple stands in On- tario and Quebec is well. is beginning to emerge. A federal study soon to be released shows growth rates for white spruce have de- clined “signi ly” in the be a concern for anyone who thinks about it,” said Hart. “For Canadians, where our way of life is so dependent on past 20 years, says Peter Rennie, a scientist with the Canadian Forestry Service. White spruce is used in making pulp. Hart cautions against jumping to the conclusion that acid rain is the cause of forest deterioration, saying more research is needed, but he concedes air pollution is a . partic- ularly the forest, atmospher- ie deterioration must be a special concern.” SETS FOCUS Rennie said the three-year study, by Dendron Resource Surveys Ltd., focused on three species — white spruce, red spruce and sugar maple. Red spruce did not show declining growth, but some species of trees oc- curred during the 1900-1910 period. That might have been caused by anything from ex treme cold to insect in- festation, he said. Similarly, the current growth slowdown could be due to natural factors. David Barron, a forest protection officer with the pulp and paper association, said the industry is “con- cerned but not alarmed” by known, evidence of declining possible factor. growth rates of other com- “It seems to me that the other two species did. evidence of slowing forest He added that a similar growth. Weekly Stocks NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a month after tne worst stock market decline in mod- ern times, many Wall Street- ers are putting on remark- ably upbeat faces. There is much talk these days an economic recession can be avoided, despite the severity of the market drop. And though memories of Oct. 19, Black Monday, re- main fresh, rhore and. more forecasters aré talking up the chances for a significant re- bound in stock prices. Others, however, warn the optimists are deluding them- selves into a “suckers’ rally” which will evaporate in time. Cameron Associates, a New York investor relations firm that surveyed 453 an- alysts, brokers and money managers in late October and early November, said more than 75 per cent of the respondents expect the Dow Jones industrial average to be back up in the 2,400-3,000 range by next June, assum- ing progress on the federal budget deficit. Pre-Christmas sales predicted TORONTO (CP) — Signs announcing pre-Christmas sales will start appearing in shop windows a lot earlier this year because of the stock market tumble, analysts say. “Even though’ there's money to be spent, I think the stores will be discounting more than they did last year,” said John Winter, vice-president at Clayton Re- search Associates, which re- searches retail markets. “People will be saving that little bit more, becayse of the uncertainty,” Winter said in an interview. “But it doesn’t mean it's going to be bleak over-all.” Winter expects that retail sales for this year’s fourth quarter will still be six per cent higher than the year-ago level, although that's down from the nine per cent growth he had forecast be- fore Black Monday on the stock market. “I don’t think Christmas is going to be all that bad,” agreed Mary Jane Polubiec, vice-president and retail an- alyst at Merrill Lynch Can- ada Inc. “Consumers still have their paycheques coming in and only 10 per cent to 15 per cent of Canadians invest in the (stock) market,” Polubiec said. At the start of the last recession in late 1981, some nervous retailers broke with tradition and started dis- counting before — instead of after — Christmas. A cat. and-mouse game has occur. red every year since, with shoppers waiting for sales and shopkeepers hoping to delay price cuts as long as possible. Inland Natural Gas Co, Ltd. Charles F. Armstrong Mr. Ronald L. Clif, Chairman of the Board, inland Natural Gas Co. Lid. is pleased to announce the election of Mr. Charles F Armsttong to the Board of Direc- tors on October 23, 1967 A native of Nelson, British Colum- bia and @ graduate of the Univer- sity of British Columbia, Mr Armstrong is a former President of CN Holdings and Chairman of the Board of its subsidiary companies. Mr. Armstrong is currently Chair- man of the Penticton Economic Development Commission and serves aS a management consul- tant of domestic and international projects Inland Natural Gas Co. 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League game at the Community Complex. Rebels handed Rossland a 9-4 loss. Last night the Rebels ci hoto by Phil Calderbank Rebels beat Rossland The Castlegar Rebels had little trouble defeating the Rossland Warriors in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at the Community Complex Friday night. Lerne Kanigan--led the Rebel ~ attack with a hattrick. He opened the scoring for the Rebels at the 4:27 mark of the first period after taking a pass from Taylor Harding. Rossland’s Greg Holm tied the game at one at 6:08 after he was set up by Mike Krause and Arron Fitz- gerald. Kanigan put the Rebels back in the lead at the 7:44 mark after Harding and Keith Semenoff set up the play. Captain Dave Terhune put the Rebels in front 3-1 at 17:43 after. being set up by Walter Sheloff and Dave Zarikoff. With 4:15 left in the first period, Zarikoff notched his first of two goals after taking pass from Terhune to make it 4-1 for the Rebels. The second period scoring be- longed to the Warriors as they got two goals to cut the Rebels’ lead to one. Ron Stadem scored Rossland’s second goal at the 12:14 mark after Dallas Massie and Brad Vigon set up the play. Jay Nielson scored at 13:42 for Rossland after taking a pass from Vigon and Nino Verde. Vigon opened the third period scoring for the Warriors at the 4:11 mark after being set up by Krause. That goal tied the game at four but would be Rossland’s last of the night. Dean Mowery scored the winner for the Rebels at 4.59 after taking a pass from Kevin Emsley. Kanigan's hattrick made it 6-4 for the Rebels at 5:26. Kevin Koor- batoff and Semenoff assisted on the play. The Rebels’ seventh goal and Zarikoff's second came at 9:23 after Koorbatoff and goalie Nick Colvin set up the play. Terhune bagged his second goal of the game and doubled the score to 8-4 at the 16:00 mark. Koorbatoff and Semenoff picked up assists on the play. Semenoff rounded out the scoring just 21 seconds later to give the Rebels a final 9-4 win. Leafs, Wregge blank Flyers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ken Wregget stopped 38 shots for his first NHL shutout and Ed Olezyk scored two power play oals as the Toreato Maple Laas snapped blanking the slumping Pubdiphle Foes coe Philadelphia, which has won only two of its last 13 games, was shut out for the third time this season and the second time at home. The Flyers had been shut out only five times in the last three seasons. Wregget made 13 stops in the first period and 15 in the second, when the Flyers twice had goals disallowed, Olezyk opened the scoring when he rebounded Gary Leeman's shot over a fallen Ron Hextall in the Pied net at 6:01 of the first period. DETROIT 6 DEVILS 4 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Bob Probert had two goals, including the tie-breaker in the third period, and set up four others as the Detroit Red Wings ended New Jersey's nine-game home streak by rallying to beat the Devils 6-4. The line of Probert, Steve Yzerman and Gerard Gallant accounted for five goals and nine assists as the Red Wings rallied from a 4-1 deficit midway through the second . Yzerman had two goals and two assists, while Gallant scored once and set up three others. Probert scored the game-winner on a power play 6:08 into the final peribd when he lifted the rebound of Gallant's shot over Devils’ goalie Bob Sauve for his seventh goal of the ‘season. ISLANDERS 7 JETS 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Alan Kerr broke a second-period tie with a power-play goal Mikko Makela scored two goals in the third period to lead the surging New York Islanders to a 7-3 NHL victory over the Winnipeg Jets Saturday night. Bryan Trottier had four assists and moved past Jean Beliveau into 12th place on the all-time scoring list with 1,222 points as the slanders won their fourth straight game and seventh in the last eight outings. ‘Trailing 2-1 in the second period, the Islanders took charge byh scoring six straight goals. Tomas Johnsson's goal at 5:30 tiked the score and Kerr put New York ahead when he deflected a slapshot by Steve Konroyd past Jets soakgotes | Daniel Berthiaume at 13:08. Makela helped New York break the game open when he scored on his own rebound at 8:20 of the third ae ee eens josli aactoga poorer Bee bes 82 lead. BRUINS 4 WHALERS 1 BOSTON (AP) — Rick Middleton broke a tie late in the first period with his fifth goal in six games and the Boston Bruins went on to their third consecutive NHL victory Seterey Inight, beating the Hartford Whalers, 4-1. Whalers outshot Boston 23-19, but Bruins qcaiveniicc Hiejeon Lictotta ance soyeral outbinatiing anvee after the Whalers had taken an early 1-0 lead. Hartford had a 13-3 advantage in shots on goal in the first period, but would not break through Lemelin after Kevin Dineen intercepted a clearing pass by Boston's Ray Bourque and scored his ninth goal from close-in. Bob Sweeney tied the score at 7:54 of the opening period as he cut behind the Hartford defence and beat goalie Mike Liut from in close for his ninth goal. Rebels made mistake It seems like the executive of the Castlegar Rebels and U.S. Presi- dent Ronald Reagan have some- thing in common. While Reagan has been having a hard time trying to find a judge to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, the Rebels have been having a hard time trying to find a coach. If Reagan's judicial nominees are not being vetoed by the U.S. Senate, then ‘they're withdrawing their names for having smoked mariguana. If the Rebels’ coaches aren't quitting for better job offers, then they're being fired by the executive. The latter happened this week as the Rebels’ executive handed vol- unteer coach Jerry Hurd his walk- ing papers and signed Gary Mc- Quaid from Nelson to take up the position behind the bench. As with any story, there are two sides. While both Hurd and Rebels’ president Jim Rysen admit to the firing, each has his own reasons for it. Hurd maintains that he was let go because he wanted to hire his own assistant coach, but that the execu- tive had their own man in mind. Rysen, on the other hand, argues that Hurd was dumped because he hadn’t been progressing enough as a coach. You decide which is the real reason behind the firing, but if I were a betting man my money would be on Hurd’s story, First of all, Hurd never even applied for the coaching job. He was asked to take it by the Rebels’ executive after Brian Burley quit before the regular season even began to take a job elsewhere. Secondly, Hurd, who holds a level four coaching certificate, has been out of coaching for six years and as I understand it the executive knew that. As for the issue of the assistant coach, it only makes sense that Hurd should have been able to hire for the position because, as he points out, it's he, not the executive who has:to work with the guy. It's editor has to work with? No. Hurd wanted to hire Dave Me- Kinnon as his assistant coach. Rysen But Hurd said he was going to bring McKinnon to a practice last Tuesday but that as he was about to leave for the practice Rysen phoned Hurd and told him he had been fired. So what point was there in McKinnon showing up when the guy going to bat for him had been fired? Rysen points out that the execu- tive wanted. McQuid as Hurd's assistant but that Hurd said he couldn't work with McQuaid. So they fire the coach? If that's the case then the executive, which obviously favors McQuaid over Hurd, sheuld have hired McQuaid as coach to begin with. Furthermore, the Rebels have been on somewhat of a winning streak lately and as of Saturday they were sitting on top of the Kootenay International Junior Hoc- key League’s west division. Does it make sense to change coaches when you're winning? As the old saying goes: “If it isn't broken then don’t fix it.” Hurd also maintains the executive him to discuss it before phoning him just before a practice to tell him he had been fired. It’s little wonder why Hurd is feeling bitter about the Hurd says there are a lot of problems with the Rebels’ executive and the way it handled his firing only proves it. The Rebels season isn't even half over yet and McQuaid is the third coach. If the executive continues on its present course, I wouldn't get too comfortable behind the bench if I were aaa tac games. ‘The Rangers, noe 0-8-1 in their last nine games, haven't won since Oct. 24. 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