as Castlegar News August 29, 1990

New cars may be cheaper

TORONTO (CP) — There's a
$782 price cut in st jor consumers
who wait until afi the Jan. 1 in
troduction of the goods and services
tax to buy a sporty four-door Pontiac
Grand Prix.

The current manufacturer's
stiggested retail price for the base 1991
Grand Prix is $20,146, says Amin
Datoo, sales manager at Rumble Pon-
tiac Buick, a General Motors dealer-
ship in Toronto.

But after Jan. 1, when the 13.5 per
cent federal sales tax is to be replaced
by the seven per cent GST, the price
for the same Grand Prix falls 3.9 per
cent to $19,364, Datoo says.

While consumers will pay more for
a wide range of goods and services

under the GST, new cars are expected
to be cheaper

In hearings before the Commons
consumer and corporate affairs
committee last spring, General
Motors, Ford and Chrysler said
replacing the current federal tax with
the GST would trim suggested retail
prices by an average four per cent, or
$800 excluding any price increases that
could crop up.

But Datoo and other industry of-
ficials say that in the final months of
1990, consumers should be able to
find incentives such as cash rebates
that equal the expected GST savings.

The industry is afraid c

off car
arrives.

slowdown,"’ Datoo said. “As
ter of fact,

purchases until the GST
“I'm very concerned about a
mat
1 can already see it hap-
pening. The showroom has been very
quiet recently..’’

Still, he says he’s confident General
Motors will soon announce incentives
aimed at getting customers to buy
now.

“*We anticipate there’s going to be
all kinds of ingenious marketing cam-
paigns to persyade people not to defer
car purchases,’’ says Ken Graydon,
executive vice-president of the

will drive the industry into a worse
slump than it’s already in by putting _

of A Dealer
Associations of Canada.
Once 1991 arrives, the Big Three

Two days left to avoid GST

OTTAWA (CP) — Time is running
out for Consumers to beat the goods
and services tax.

‘The federal government plans to
start charging its seven per cent tax on
Saturday when consumers pay for
items or services that will be delivered
next year, even though the tax doesn’t
take effect until Jan. | and still isn’t
law.

That means if they pay for a car,
stereo, refrigerator, snowblower or
virtually any item after Sept. 1 and
won't actually receive it until 1991,
the federal government will add seven
per cent to the bill.

Conversely, buyers who put down
their money before Saturday for ser.
vices and goods they'll use in the
future, even after the start of the
GST, escape the new tax. That can
apply to anything from funerals to
tennis memberships to global cruises.

The government isn’t forcing those
who buy after Sept. 1 to pay the tax or
ordering businesses to collect it right
away, since GST legi: isn’t law

little cheaper under the GST, since the
seven per cent tax is to replace the
existing 11 per cent federal telecom:
ications tax.

yet. But Revenue Minister Otto
Jelinek reminded businesses earlier
this month that once the tax is law,
they'll owe GST for sales made after
Sept. 1 and delivered in 1991 *
The Senate is holding its final
public hearings on the tax this week in
Ottawa. Already passed by the elected
House of C the. GST

But while the GST is still before the
Senate, Revenue Canada has decided
cable companies should keep charging
the 11 per cent tax on bills sent out af-
ter Sept. 1 for 1991 service.

If the tax becomes law, cable com-
panies can then revise their bills for
1991 service and provide a credit to

legislation must be approved by the
Senate and receive royal assent before
becoming law

Charging the GST after Sept. | also
applies to services such as tickets for

Some electricityand natural gas

say they will encourage their dealers
to give consumers the full benefit of
GST savings.

With new car and truck sales off
8.5 per cent January through June,
dealers aren't likely to pass up a chan-
ce to lure customers with the promise
of lower prices.

“The market is so tough — and will
be until well into next year — that any
discounting a dealer can do, he'll
do,"’ said Graydon, a spokesman for
3,100 domestic and import car dealers

While new cars should be cheaper
because of the GST, the price of some
used cars will head in the opposite
direction. Starting in 1991, dealers
must apply the GST to used cars, now
unaffected by the current federal tax.

equal bills during the yea. The
will only be charged on util
tually consumed in 1991, which may

ALVA. TURE.

Fully Automatic Sprinkler Systems

Residential And Commercial FREE ESTIMATES

Serving Castlegar for 15 Years
Guaranteed Parts and

Labour for 1-Year ;
Fall installation Savings. .

Now Open For Business
BRIAN’S REPAIR SERVICE

613-13 St., Castlegar Phone 365-7233
. (BY N.A.P.A. AUTO PARTS)
Open 8 to 5 Daily. Closed on Sunday & Monday

Phone 442-3417
Box 787
Grand Forks

SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS: Tractors,

Generators, Pumps etc.
AUTOMOTIVE: Engine Work, Brakes, Tune-ups etc.

GENERAL MECHANICAL: Maintenance and repairs to
most machines. v

Mowers,

Bring Your Broken Equipment to us
For Repairs at Sensible Cost.

SENIOR CITIZENS DISCOUNT

August 29, 1990 Castlegar News 6

c ‘g: a

SPORTS

Ings
Where You Belong

Capriati making history in U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) —
is for Jennifer Cap
Swede it was for the le;

Scandinanvian country.

the’ 14-year-old American

m, made her first trip to

Stadium Court at the U.S. Open. She

beame the youngest winner ever at the
National Tennis Centre.

hink that's great that I could do

she said after her hard-fought

7-5, 7-5 victory over West Germany’s

Anke Huber.

Before Capriati made her tour-
nament debut, Stefan Edberg made a
quick exit.

How sweet it

Four years ago, five players from
Sweden were seeded at the U.S.
Open, the top 16 players in the world.
This year, Mats Wilander was the
defending champion and Edberg was
the No. | seed, coming off his second
Wimbledon title in three years.

Today, only four Swedes are left in
the men’s draw. Wilander and: Ed-
berg are not among them.

Ivan Lendl, seeking a record ninth
consecutive trip to the final and his
fourth title, played his second match
in two days today when he faced West
German's Michael Stich.

Th other key matches today, fifth-
seeded Gabriela Sabatini played
Isabelle Demongeot and Martina
Navratilova, the No. 2 seed going for
her second consecutive Grand Slam
title, faced Britian’s Clare Wood.

In night matches, Monica Seles, the
French Open women’s champion,
plays Ros Fairbank-Nideffer and Jim
Courier, seeded 14th in the men's
singles, takes on South African Gary
Muller.

Edberg on Tuesday became the first
top seed to lose in the opening round
of the U.S. Open in 19 years, falling

to Alexander Volkov of the Soviet
Union 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

“*He was very relaxed out there and
had nothing ot lose,"’ Edberg said of
Volkov.

Edberg, on the other hand, had a
lot to Ipse, but not the world’s No. 1
ranking. Despite the first-round
defeat, the right-hander will continue
in the No. 1 spot even if No. 2 Boris
Becker or Lendl, the No.3 player,
wins the U.S. Open.

“This is something | need to sit
down and think about," said Edberg,
who was the only seeded player to lose
thus far in the tournament. “I just

have to think it over and try to not let
it happen again.””

Wilander, who rose to No. 1 in the
world after winning the U.S. Open in
1988, has fallen to $9th. Unseeded
this year, he was ousted by eighth-
seeded Brad Gilbert Monday.

Tuesday's winners included Lendl,
No. 4 Andre Agassi, No. 7 Emilio
Sanchez, No. 10 Andre Chesnokov,
No. 11 Michael Chang and No. 13.Jay
Berger.

Andrew Sznajder of Toronto was
eliminted by No. .9 seed Aaron
Krickstein, 6-1, 4-6, 6-7, (2-7), 6-1, 6
1

Open

John McEnroe, a four-time U.S.
Open champion who is unseeded this
year, won his first-round match,
edging Spain's Javier Sanchez 7-6 (10-
8), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4

Besides the 13th’ seeded Capriati,
other victorious women’s seeds were
Navratilova, No. 4 Zina Garrison,
Sabatini, No. 6 Arantxa Sanchez
Vicario, No. 9 Manuela Maleeva-
Fragnier, No. 12 Jana Novotna, No.
14 Natalia Zvereva and No. 15 Judith
Wiesner.

Patrician Hy of Richmond Hill,
Ont., advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 sweep
of Italian Laura Golarsa.

lead to billing for some
customers after the tax takes effect.

People buying newspaper and
magazine subscriptions won't have to
pay the tax until next year, even if
they pay now for delivery in 1991 and
1992.

Drivers leasing cars also get a break
— as long as they sign their lease
before the end of this year, the gover-
nment won’t charge GST on lease

Pay equal i or

1101-2nd St., Castlegar

ANTHONY’S PIZZA & STEAK HOUSE

until 1994.

365-2188

baseball, hockey, the symphony, golf
or fitness club memberships or lawn
care contracts.

Cable television bills should get a

Big corporations
dodge taxes

TORONTO (CP) — Giant corpor-
tions are among the least likely to pay
their full share of Canadian taxes,
says a newly released report from
Revenue Canada.

Canada, the report says.

“There are a few types of taxpayers
that are unlikely to change from non.
compliers to compliers simply because
of enforcement action . . . .

— PIZZA SPECIAL —

For Pick-Up & Delivery Orders Only.

ORDER ANY SMALL
PIZZA AND RECEIVE

ORDER ANY MEDIUM
PIZZA AND RECEIVE

ORDER ANY LARGE
PIZZA AND RECEIVE

REMEMBER: This special for pickup and delivery orders only.
FREE DELIVERY Starting of 11 a.m 1.300 m. weeknights.
11 a.m. -3a.m. weekends, 12-12 Sundays.

**Very large cor tend to be
chronic non-compliers (of tax laws),"”
says the report, released under the Ac-
cess to Information Act.

“*It is to the corporation's advan-
tage to always take the most favorable
interpretation of tax laws and
regulations, and force the department
to find and resolve contentious issues,
often via the courts.’”

The 52-page report, a major review
of how effectively Revenue Canada
catches tax cheats, was completed in
April 1989 after a year of study by top
department officials. A heavily cen
sored version was released to The
Canadian Press this month.

Big corporations are also unlikely

to mend their ways even after suc
cessfully challenged by Revenue

coupled with rising rents, the time
revenue producing property is now!

— EXAMPLES —
per month. Asking $35,
A small 1 bdrm. in Castlegor
24,900.

fenced, fruii treed yard in Robson

HAVE! WE NEED LISTINGS. CALL ME
FREE MARKET EVALUATION.

Michael’s Nuggets

With practically 0% vacancy rate in the orea

2 bdrm. home, downtown, rented for $400
900

A three bdrm. doublewide on a gorgeous
rent potential of $475 per month. $31,500

WE ARE SELLING ALMOST EVERYTHING WE

to buy

Asking

with o

MICHAEL KEREIFF
365-7825

FOR A

365-2166
1761 Columbia
Castlegar,

BACK TO -SCHOD

SPECIALS

1” BINDERS

Assorted Colors

99°

299°

VENUS PENS

Package of 12

DUO TANG

4.97°

2” BINDERS

Assorted Colors

one

Key-Tab

EXERCISE BOOKS

4-Pak Ruled. Reg. $3.99

REFILL PAPER

99°

$477

Special

Buffalo

WATER COLOR

GEOMETRY SETS

197

HB PENCILS

“In the Heart of Downtown Castlegar”
CLOSED THIS SUNDAY & MONDAY.

971 .

iO

CHAHK

SALE PRICES EFFI

i er. ie
Did you know? .

Did you know that proof of identity
is required for most Autoplan
transactions? We ¢an serve your
insurance needs most effectively if
you bring !.D. when you come to see us!

Renew With Us!

CASTLEGAR SAVINGS
INSURANCE

%

Hwy. 6,
Slocan Park
226-7216

601-18th St.,
Castlegar
365-3368

=| Quiteplan —

varwesine

-MIKA MALL ¢ NELSON

-CTIVE FROM AUGUST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 1990

( ~Y
ASSORTED

POP

Western Family.

6/355 mL. tins Extr

Plus Deposit

48

MOTTS |
CLAMATO

Regular and

Limit 3: Over Limit 1.98

(OLD DUTCH

CHIPS

200 gram box.
900 gram box

(ASSORTED)
COOKIES

Value Priced.
‘a Spicy. 48 oz

3
{ CRESTON
CORN on

the COB

Fresh. wi

"95. 5).

1%

BULK

DINNER
BUNS

10/

2.98

BULK | FRYING

DRINK CHICKEN
CRYSTALS ‘arate Ase

Utility. 3 per bag
8 varieties.

2.38/kq,
00
grams

lhite & Brown.

TOP ~
SIRLOIN
STEAK

foLD FASHION]

HAM

4*

1 \.9 8
a mom
FIESTA

CANTA-
ICE

9.90/kg 4 litre.
40/kg

18

BACK AT YA'

Clint Dolgopol, 17, might not be ready for the U.S. O;
in a game while the weather still permit:

pen just yet but he’s working on it. Dolgopol and his brother Trent got
it Tuesday at the Community Complex.

Blue Jays self- -destructing

TORONTO (CP) — Dave Parker
feels he understands the character of
the Toronto Blue Jays.

Oakland's designated hitter last
year, he formed a two-man intimid-
tion team with Rickey Henderson in
the American League playoffs, usiry
his bat and mouth to help reduce the
Jays to bitter also-rans.

“If you analyze their personnel,
they're a better club than this,””
Parker said Tuesday, after belting
two homers in a 6-2 win by the
Milwaukee Brewers.

“They have to have pride in what
they do. When I was with Oakland,
we respected each team we faced, but
didn’t fear them. Toronto has to
move up to that level to win. They
have to want to do everything to
win.”

Looking like they’d rather be on a
golf course than in the playoffs come
October, the Jays took their eighth
loss in nine games and fell six games
behind the Red Sox.

The SkyDome crowd, exhibiting
unusual surliness, jeered outfielder
Junior Felix in the ninth inning: na
the implied object of George
comments about the team’s disrespec.
tful youth, had struck out in his three
previous times to the plate.

“It’s a team effort,"’ protested Kelly
Gruber, who has two hits in his last 32
at-bats. ‘‘You can’t blame one person.
You can't blame just the offence."”

Felix said the booing didn’t bother
him, and couldn't understand why he
was identified by several reporters as
the player who doesn’t listen to the
coaches or seek advice from veterans.

“If George needs respect, then he
has to have respect for other players
too,” Felix said. ‘‘But if you don’t
respect nobody, you don’t get
respect.

“LT have always respected him. If he
says something about baseball, 1

listen.
that.””

While Toronto’s pitching has
solidified, the offence bumped its
string of plate appearances without a
homer to 426. With the power on
stall, Dave Stieb (16-5) had little

I don’t know why he said

chance for a win after giving up four
runs on seven hits in seven innings
Jamie Navarro (5-5) held Toronto
to eight hits and reduced his ERA to
4.99. Navarro was dispatched twice to
Class AAA Denver this season, and is
3-3 in 16 appearances since his return

Expos creeping up but
remain long way from top

By TERRY SCOTT

MONTREAL (Cp) — Roger Craig
has watched Montreal Expos right-
hander Mark Gardner have three
superb outings against his San Fran-
cisco Giants this season, and hes
convinced of at least one thing.

“If I had Gardner and (Houston
Astros pitcher) Mark Portugal pit-
ching for me, we'd win the pennant,”
said the Giants manager. ‘‘Both of
them have pitched outstanding
baseball agaihst us."

Gardner was only around for six
innings Tuesday night, but it was long
enough to pitch a three-hitter and
match his career-strikeout high of 11
in helping the Expos to a $-2 National
League victory, which moved them
within seven games of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, the East Division leader.

Perhaps the Giants were the pick-
me-up that Gardner required. Until
he faced them last week, allowing
only one run in a 6 3-2 inning no-
decision, Gardner had been pum-

melled for 15 earned runs in his
previous 19 innings.

But including his start Tuesday
night, Gardner has now worked 21 2-3
innings against the Giants in 1990 and
allowed only two earned runs.

“There was a period after July
when my arm was a little sore and I
wasn't up to snuff,’’ said Gardner of
his month-long, pre-Giants slump.
“Sometimes your mind wanders
thinking about your arm, and I guess
I worried too much about it.”

He had no such worries Tuesday
night, dazzling the Giants with his
curve ball and mixing in the oc-
casional fastball.

“You have to show them you'll
throw the fastball and hit either side
of the plate with it,’ said Gardner.
“*But I think getting ahead early with
the breaking ball was the key."”

Being staked to an early 5-0 wasn't
detrimental, either

The Expos scored twice in the
second and added three more in the

- ch

MIKE GARDNER
. ». likes Giants

fourth against Scott Garrelts, the
Giants starter, who said following the
game he felt a pinching sensation in
his shoulder while warming up. He
will visit the Expos’ medical personnel
today to determine the extent of the
injury.

Trail tops
in slo-pitch

By CasNews Staff

You know it’s ugly when the losing
team doesn’t want the score in the
newspaper.

“Just say there was a 13-run dif-
ferenc said Castlegar Slo-pitch
Association secretary Mary-Ann Ady,
referring to the championship game
of the annual year-end tourney held
last weekend at Kinnaird Park

On the top end of those 13 runs in
Sunday's final was Target ‘Auto Body
of Trawhich took home the $500 in
first-place money, a trophy and
sweatshirts.

On the bottom end was The
Unknowns, a Castlegar team whose
players would prefer to remain
anonymous after getting bombed in
the final

Still, The Unknowns did get $300
for second place, their own trophy
and more sweatshirts.

Ady’s team, Williams Moving and
Storage of Castlegar, came in third
and took home $150.

The 13-team tourney had three
teams from Spokane, two from Trail,
one from Nelson and the rest from
Castlegar.

Splash and Dash of Coeur d’Alene
won the consolation round.

Despite rain that forced the can-
cellation of the volleyball games and
running competition on ~ Saturday,
Ady said all the teams remained in
high spirits — especially those from
south of the border.

“The people from Spokane were
wonderful. They say they come back
every year for this tournament
because they love the rain on Satur.
day and Sunday,’’ Ady said.

The tournament was the last of the
season in Castlegar slo-pitch.

Oliver team lives
up to reputation

By CasNews Staff

Both teams had reputations coming
into Castlegar, but only one lived up’
to the advance billing.

That one was Oliver FC which beat
Selkirk College 6-2 Sunday at Kiwanis
field to go undefeated on the way to
the $1,200 first prize in the Castlegar
Westars first annual invitational soc-
cer tournament

The Oliver squad was led by half.
back Zeke Pascada who led the tour.
ney in scoring with 15 goals in four
games.

“Zeke was a one man slaughter
house for Oliver,’’ said Ivo Amaral

Amaral, who usually plays for the
Westars, joined the Penticton Rippers
who ran into injuries and didn’t have
enough players for the tournament

Billed as a semi-pro team and con-
sidered a favorite in the six-team
tournament, the Rippers lost four
straight to finish tied for last with a
team of tree planters who formed an
ad-hoc squad for the tourney.

The host Westars beat the tree plan-
ters and Rossland but lost to Nelson
Heritage Inn and Oliver to finish
fourth in the $2,100 tourney which
began with games on Saturday

Heritage Inn, the Westars’ rival in
the West Kootenay Soccer League,
finished third.

Dale Fitch of the Westars was
named the tourney’s best defenceman
while most sportsmanlike player went
to a person Castlegar hockey fans
might remember — Rick Edwards, an
Oliver native who played goal for the
Junior B Castlegar Rebels last year

Lions can blame

it on the

OTTAWA (CP) — Expect the Ot-
tawa Rough Riders to pray for a
storm of biblical proportions the next
time they play a CFL game

After three quarters of driving rain,
lightning and thunder, the Riders led
the British Columbia Lions 41-13
Tuesday

When things cleared up, Ottawa
barely eked out a 41-34 win, as the
Lions fell one pass short of tying the
game

“It put a little scare in me because
we've figured out how to lose
before," Riders wide receiver Stephen
Jones said after watching the Lions’
late efforts to rob Ottawa of its
second win of the season

“Today we put together three quar-
ters, but we're still waiting for a game
when we can put together four quar-
ters.""

The Riders built their lead on three
touchdown passes by quarterback
Damon Allien — two to Jones and one
to Stacey Dawsey.

Allen completed 19 out of 33 at
tempted passes for 288 yards.

Ottawa defensive end Gregg
Stumon got the first touchdown of his
CFL career after intercepting a pass
by Lions quarterback Doug Flutie

And Riders kicker Dean Dorsey hit
field goals of $1, 44, 36 and 27 yards

rain
and added a 75-yard single on a
kickoff.

Players and officials raced for
cover as rain flooded the field and
lightning lit up the sky around Lan-
sdowne Park

Head referee George Black said
play could continue in rain, but ‘‘the
big concern was the lightning flashing
around the stadium.””

The game resumed after 20 minutes
when the weather cleared

What was left of the crowd of
22,450 watched the Riders barely hold
off a Lions rally after quarterback Joe
Paopao replaced Flutie, who com-
pleted just 12 of 26 attempted passes
for 182 yards and was intercepted
twice.

Paopao threw three straight touch-
downs — 46 yards to wide receiver
Larry Willlis, 31 yards to running
back Lorenzo Graham and 11 yards
to slotback Emanuel Tolbert.

Paopoa, who completed 20 of 33
attempted passes for 313 yards, was
44 yards away from scoring on the last
play of the game, but threw a wild
pass incomplete into the Riders’ end
zone.

Both teams remain at the bottom of
their divisions, the Riders at 2-6 are
last in the Bast and the Lions, at 2-5-4
are last in the West,