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BONUS CARD Valley Video Center Open 11 a.m. -9 p.m. 7 Days a Week 1695 Columbia Castlegar (Century 21 = Building) = 365-3777 Ski team faces poor conditions © TORONTO (CP) — The Canadian men’s ski team left for Austria on a training mission Saturday, hoping Todd Brooker can bounce back from a knee injury and add stability to a young, inexperienced squad. At the very least, the group hopes to find some snow. The chances of finding the snow are dismal, but perhaps brighter than finding men's medals. “Conditions aren't all that great in Europe,” said Glenn Wurtele, head coach of the men's team. “There is very little snow. “It's been dry for a few weeks. We're prepared to do other types of training, but we'd like to get a little downhill skiing in.” A lack of snow affected the team's training in Europe two years ago, when Wurtele became head coach. The strong women's team, led by Laurie Graham of Inglewood, Ont., winner of two World Cup downhill races last season, and Liisa Savijarvi of Bracebridge, Ont., will also train in Austria. The women's team lost four members to injury last season. Three of them required surgery, head coach Currie Chapman said. “We lost one-third of our team last year to injuries,” he said. “Hopefully, we will get to the Olympics with none.” While Graham just missed a world downhill title and Savijarvi was fifth overall in World Cup downhill events, no Canadian male skier finished better than fourth last season. Brooker, 26, of Paris, Ont., the only veteran on the men’s team, had a dismal season. He had two serious falls and underwent surgery, for the seventh time, to correct ligament problems in his left knee. He wore a leg brace for months. In June, Brooker was dropped from the top 15 placings to 34th place on the men’s Whi Cup circuit because he missed much of last season. Ahead of him is B team member Robert Boyd, 20, of Whistler, B.C., in 29th place. Boyd has limited World Cup competition, finishing 10th at Va) Gardena, Italy, and sixth in Are, Sweden. Brooker has been training on snow for only three weeks but maintains his knee is better than ever. Still, he said he finds himself slowing down when he approaches a rough spot on a slope. “I think it’s going to take him a little time to get back,” Wurtele said. “At the very high level of skiing in World Cup, the mental state is very important,” Overall, Wurtele’s outlook is brighter than when he became head coach. “If you had asked me two years ago about the state of the men’s team, I might have burst into tears,” he said. “Now we have had some good finishes in the top 10 or 15 and they're all by different guys.” He pointed out improving skiers like Boyd, Brian Stemmle, 19, of Aurora, Ont., The four women skiers who missed last season but will join this year's team are: Kellie Casey, 20, of Collingwood, Ont., who endured six months of physiotherapy to aid a degenerative disc in her back; Andrea Bedard, 23, of Sutton, Que., who injured her right knee in a training run and underwent surgery last year; Kerrin Lee, 20, of Rossland, who had surgery to repair a knee ligament and, on Wednesday, had a staple removed, delaying training for another two weeks; and Lucie Laroche, 17, of Lac Beauport, Que., who had surgery. Major work at Whitewater Major improvements at Whitewater Ski Area this season will be buried under the snow in a few weeks but skiers will still get the full benefit. Bush and small trees, stumps and large boulders have been slashed, chain-sawed and blasted from the area's major ski runs during a two-month summer grooming pro- gram. The work should make possible better skiing on a thinner snow base than ever before at Whitewater, says area manager Mike Adams. “Most skiers won't realize just what we've accomplished this year,” Adams said in a prepared release. “All the work will be under the snow. “But given a normal snow year, we'll be skiing earlier and better because we won't need as much snow,” he said. The grooming program is the biggest single improvement to the area since the lodge was renovated. The work also includes a major re-contouring of the Hummingbird beginner run to widen it and make it easier for in-experienced skiers. And a new intermediate run has been cut on the Silverking T-bar side of the area north of the lodge. The new run and re-contouring was done by a logging contractor and the grooming program was accomplished under a federal MILAP grant. On the Summit chairlift side of the area, Bonanza and Motherlode runs have undergone major bush and stump clearing. New drainage systems have also been developed to reduce spring erosion. Large rocks on Bonanza under the chairlift and near the top of the run have been blasted away. The rocks were a big obstacle to early-season snow packing on the upper parts of the run. The T-bar side of the area has ex perienced major improvements. The growth of brush and trees and the old tall stumps left from the initial clearing of the runs had become a hindrance to early season skiing. “We were used to big dumps of snow early in the winter and that quickly covered the bush and stumps,” Adams said, “But that hasn't happened in recent years so we needed to improve the clearing of the runs.” Nugget, Kootenay Belle, Silver Ledge and Yankee Girl have all be gone over TIE GAME . . . Stanley Humphries Rockette attempts to keep ball away from Midway player during game Thursday. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie. Costiews Photo Jays game rained out AMERICAN LEAGUE TORONTO (CP) — The Milwaukee Brewers and the Toronto Blue Jays will try to play a season-ending double- header today after their scheduled game Saturday was rained out. The Blue Jays waited two hours before calling the American League baseball game. Staring pitchers today will be Mike Birkbeck, 1-1, and Tim Leary, 11-12, for Milwaukee and Joe Johnson, 7-2, and Dave Stieb, 7-12, for Toronto. During the rainout, the Blue Jays announced that manager Jimy Wil liams and his entire coaching staff had been rehired for the 1987 season. YANKEES 5 RED SOX 3 BOSTON (AP) — Dave Righetti tied a record with his 45th save and Don Mattingly went 3-for-5 in his chase for baseball's American League batting title, leading the New York Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the first game of a doubleheader Righetti pitched 1 23 shutout Chernoff wins third cross-country event By CasNews Staff Kinnaird Junior secondary school student Aimie Chernoff won her third junior girls cross-country running title of the season Thursday at a meet held in Rossland Chernoff finished the 2.6 kilometre course in 10 minutes, 28 seconds. John Greaves of Grand Forks again won the junior boys title, finishing the 4.8 kilo metre course in 19:17. Jason Schultz of J.L. Crowe was the senior boys winner again, completing the 7.3 kilometre course in 21:12. L.V. Rogers student Sarah Lidstone won the senior girls title for the third time. She ran the 4.8 kilometre course in 21:58. In team results, KJSS took the junior girls event, J.L. Crowe toppéd the senior boys category and Trafalgar won in the junior boys event. There was no team winner in the senior girls category In other local results, Geoff Ball of Stanley Humphries secondary school was fourth in the senior boys category. Gavin Mealing of KJSS was 13th in the junior boys race. Stephanie Harmston of SHSS was third in senior girls, Joanna Harmston of KJSS was second in the junior girls division while Alena Terry of KJSS was fourth, Lori Picco was fifth, SHSS students Brandy Howard and Jennifer Small were sixth and seventh, respectively while Amy Rodgers of KJSS was eighth The next cross-country meet will be held Thursday starting from the Castlegar Community Complex. Race times are 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. innings for the save, equalling the major league mark by Dan Quisen berry in 1983 and tied by Bruce Sutter in 1984. Righetti gave up one hit and one walk in getting his second save in two days. New York starter Bob Tewksbury, 9-5, gave up three runs on four hits in 7 1-3 innings. INDIANS 6 MARINERS 5 CLEVELAND (AP) — Julio Franco homered, doubled and singled and Joe Carter drove in his American League leading 120th run Saturday as the Cleveland Indians sent the Seattle Mariners to their eighth consecutive American League loss, 6-5. Losing pitcher Mark Langston, 12-14, struck out nine and raised his season total to 245, taking over the AL lead from Roger Clemens of Boston. Clemens, who has struck out 238, is scheduled to make his next start Tuesday night in Game | of the playoffs against California Langston, who led the league in strikeouts as a rookie in 1984 with 204 struck out 59 batters in 43 innings during his last five starts. Langston gave up 13 Cleveland hits in his ninth complete game Dodger LOS ANGELES (AP) Fernando Valenzuela ended his winningest sea son in the major leagues with a five ter, and Steve Sax and Ralph Bryant hit run-scoring singles to tead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2.1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Valenzuela, 21-11, walked one and struck out seven to set a career high for strikeouts in a season. The left-hander’s 242 strikeouts left him second in the National League to Houston's Mike Scott with 306 The victory, which ended the Dod gers’ four-game losing streak against San Franciso, was Valenzuela’s major league leading 20 complete games, also a career high. He lost his shutout bid in the seventh inning when Candy Mal donado led off with a double and Dodger centre fielder Franklin Stubbs dropped Bob Melvin's two-out fly to centre CUBS 8 CARDINALS 7 CHICAGO (AP) — Brian Dayett and Rafael Palmeiro drove in two runs each to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 87 vietory over St. Louis and give the Cardinals their third straight loss in the first game of a National League baseball doubleheaderw The second game was postponed be. cause of darkness before it got underway. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader today The Cubs tagged Cardinals starter Bob Forsch, 14-10, for seven runs while Ed Lynch, 7-5, earned the victory REDS 10 PADRES 7 CINCINNATI (AP) — Barry Larkin drove in four runs, and Eric Davis hit a two-run homer to pace the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-7 victory over the San Diego Padres. ASTROS 3 BRAVES 2 HOUSTON (AP) — Left-hander Jim Deshaies became the first rookie in the Astros’ 25-year history to win 12 games in a season, leading Houston to a 3-2 National League baseball victory over the Atlanta Braves. ore goals needed by Canucks By GRANT KERR VANCOUVER (CP) — Tom Watt spent the off-season working on his physical fitness and dreaming about the 37 possible victories which escaped the Vancouver Canucks last season in the National Hockey League. The Canucks finished fourth in the Smythe Division with 59 points from 80 games. In many of those games, the Canucks were close but didn’t have the offense to win. “We need to score more goals than we have,” Watt said in noting that Vancouver lost 20 games last year by one goal, had four empty-net goals seored against them in other close games and led the NHL in ties with 13. Watt's first season as head coach of the Canucks may have seemed like a disaster to the disappearing Vancouver fans, but Watt believes progress was made and more in on the way. “We cut down our goals against and our specialties were much better in penalty killing and the power play,” Watt said. “But, we scored less goals than the year before, which was a major disappointment.” The Canucks have brought in centre Barry Pederson from the Boston Bruins, winger Rich Sutter and de. fenceman Dave Richter from the Phil adelphia Flyers, and this week added defenceman Brad Maxwell from the Toronto Maple Leafs ADDS CHARACTER “We had to make changes if we hoped to get better,” said centre Brent Peterson, acting Canuck captain late last season when Stan Smyl was in jured. “It's good to see management realizes the problems and brought in some real character players. Pederson, 25, a proven points pro- ducer in Boston, should give the Canucks some much-needed leader ship. He came at a high cost, however, with Vancouver shipping right winger Cam Neely and a first-round draft pick in 1987 to the Bruins. Boston also signed free-agent centre Thomas Gradin, Vancouver's all-time scoring leader “More goal scoring from the centre position is a priority because 'ast year we didn't have a centre who scored 20 goals,” said Watt. “But, even though we allowed 80 fewer goals last year, we have to reduce that total again. We must be better in our own end.” The Canucks had a 23-44-13 record last season and finished five points ahead of the last-place Los Angeles Kings in the Smythe Division. Van- couver scored only 282 goals, 19th among 21 teams, but allowed 333. “We had one of the poorest records in the teague last season in coming from behind in the third period,” said Watt. “We came back for ties a few times, but not often for a win. “Another priority is a better road record. Only Toronto and Detroit were worse away from home.” SEEMS SOLID Vancouver appears solid in goal with veteran Richard Brodeur and im proving Wendell Young. Right wing is deep with Smyl, Tony Tanti, Sutter, Jim Sandlak (No. 1 draft pick in 1985) and fast-improving Stu Kulak, a training camp surprise Pederson, Peterson, Patrik Sund- strom and Steve Tambellini appear set at centre, but left wing is a problem area with Petri Skriko the only proven scorer. Tanti likely will move to left wing on a line with Sundstrom and Smyl. Defence has always been a concern in Vancouver despite several No. 1 draft picks — Rick Lanz, Garth Butcher, Michel Petit and J.J.Daig neault — in recent years who didn't develop. Daigneault was traded to Phil adelphia in the off-season, while Lanz, Butcher and Petit remain with the Canucks. Lanz runs the Canuck power play on the point, although the newly-acquired Maxwell may provide seasoned relief Doug Lidster, who played in the 1984 Olympic Games for Canada, is Van couver's best defender, when not over worked “Goal scoring is confidence,” Watt added. “Confidence is something this team needs to develop if we are to improve.” By CasNews Staff The Nordic Ski Touring Club received a $16,037 grant from the Lottery Fund the total amount grant pays one-third of the total of what the club spends, including donated materials and volunteer labor. Hartman said although the club will not have raised approximately $48,000 Ski club gets grant The City of Castlegar has agreed to donate some of Castlegar has surplus street light mounting brackets. British Columbia progress payments.” The club will use the grant to install night lighting on money first or receive volunteer labor and donated the cross-country ski trails at the Castlegar Golf Club According to club president Jaakko Hartman, the He said a number of local organizations and politicians were instrumental in helping the club obtain the grant Hartman said the provincial grant is based on He said the club has to spend materials before it gets any grant money In announcing the grant, Provincial Secretary Hugh by Curtis said: “Cross-country skiing is a rapidly growing Christmas it hopes to have at least some night skiing sport in British Columbia and its extension into the before the season ends. He said the club doesn’t want to borrow or canvass for funds. Instead it may use volunteer labor and donations of materials to make up the $32,000 balance required to install night lights. Hartman said the club is looking for poles, wire, cable fittings and any other materials, as well as donations of equipment and labor. evening is a natural and welcome development which will ensure families can ski together.” He noted that the Nordic Ski Touring Club has done ‘an outstanding job” of promoting the sport throughout the Kootenays The club has more than 1.000 members and its trails in the Nancy Greene Lake have more than 15,000 user-days per season