" SPORTS Ski team strikes gold at Red tremendous parental and volunteer support and the demanding terrain. Rossland, home of national team members Don Stevens, the men’s downhill winner here Friday, Chris Melver, Derek , winner of Monday's super giant slalom, and Hans Edblad, is a quaint, alpine city of 3,400 that is just a couple of minutes from the lifts. “We can start our kids very young,” said Red Mountain Tom “They Racers start at the age of six in the Nancy Greene program. They're on snow probably tires tmee 0 Wael it Sil, a8 Cirongh the dh} sxnoen.” The most current Felix Belezyk of nearby Castlegar. “It's a really strong racer-oriented mountain, plus it is a mountain that has more advanced runs than your average mountain in Canada,” said Belezyk, a top-25 finisher in the lact Sour WSeid Comiiimmanate. “Se 1 think the general For people who want their money now! BenTax gives you your tax refund money now. At new, lower rates. And our experts often find ways to reduce your taxes. So you get bigger refunds, faster. @Benlax 1694 - 2nd Ave., Trail (Across trom Sateway & Liquor Store) 368-3333 or your Beneficial Canada Office skis better here than anywhere in Canada.” “One of the things that makes a big difference here is the type of terrain,” said Johnston. “We have very difficult “It's s0 easy to work out of the program,” said Boutry, slopes and skiors have to be better than the averege..Kids who runs a Rossland ski shop. “You're not working out of big coming up see good skiers and they learn by watching good skiers.” Glen Wurtele, the Canadian men's head coach, handled many of the Red Mountain national team members while coaching the B.C. ski team. He said the and creug taast WONG EEE catia “I think if there's anything different we see in Red city. You're in a small community where everything seems to run a lot Wake Nik Os einen We tows and the. pirents aad 0 people in the area are so involved.” ‘The racing club operates on a yearly budget of $100,000, nearly all of it raised locally through such things as beer ee ee ee It's a remarkable figure when one Mountain kids, it's the exposure, the constant exp to skiing, to ski racing.” Belezyk said Nancy Greene's —an the area is. Pour boca ago, the racing elub went outside Canada for Olympic gold medal and overall World Cup championships in 1967 and 1968 — made the people proud “and they've wanted to keep that strong racer image.” Greene no longer lives here, but others like former national team member Grant Rutherglen and Butch Boutry, who coached the national team in the mid-1970s after coaching locally, still live in town. hing help, hiring Austrian Helmut Spiegi, now coach of the B.C. ski team. Today, the Red Mountain racers are coached by Bernt Muller of Norway. “In Canada, we've been producing downhillers, but we're not really producing technical skiers,” said Johnson. “So we thought if we brought in technica! coaches they could concentrate in those areas and help produce better technical skiers. And I think that's happening.” CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMENT Public. Skote 1:45.3:30 p.m. Admission ea Batt) sind 8h 0, hid 7 eaten Tot Skate 1-2 p.m. Lunch Hour Hoc- vot Public Skate 2:30-4:30 p.m. Robson Aerobics 7- {patron Decorating Workshop 7-9: Stanley Humphries School $5. Colour — 2, elas den or rs. 27 — pe dag bn tigre legl ppenggy hme 2:30-4:30 p.m. Robson Aerobics Robson Fes. 38 — Lunch Hour Mockey 12-1 p.m. Public Skete 2- we Eee ake: wks nener Aree Arena ond Areno Live (nny hockey gomes. etc Coll the Recreation tor bnteretotton. Bronze Cross, Bronze Medollion ond Red Cross instructors courses ore starting of the Nelson Aquatic Centre & Beover Valley Pool. For Off 2101 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 36: PAINTING & DECORATING 2649 FOURTH AVENUE casTieGaR 8.C¢ vin 2st 3653563 Carol Magaw Dianna Kootnikoft ADVERTISING SALES \R NEWS CASTLEGA’ 70 cane 3007 Casi OFFICE 365-5210 Jack Morrison it, F'll find it!” Good Stock of Li Bath Accessories & Wering . Upstoirs in Trail’s Towne Phone 368.5392 CASTLEGAR REC LEAGUE Hi Arrow notches two By CasNews Staff Brander McDonald scored three goals Thursday night to power Hi Arrow to an 83 vietory over Mallard Sports im a Castlegar Recreational Hockey League game. On Monday night, Hi Ar- row won its second game of the week 7-6 over Castlegar Knights. McDonald opened the scor- ing in Thursday's: game with a goal at 5:47. Minutes later, Dave McKinnon replied for scored before the end of the period, giving the hotel team a 3-1 lead going into the sec frame. Hi Arrow goaltender Dan Wallace shut out Mallards in the second period as his team scored two more goals to go ahead 5-1. Scoring were Rick Shukin and McDonald. In the final period, Hi Ar- row scored three straight goals for an 81 lead before Mallards twice in the last 10 minutes of the game to make the final 8-3. Hi Arrow'’s goal-getters were Kelly Keraiff, Corey Kennedy and Wes McPher- son. Frank Costa scored Mal- lards’ goals. Assists for Hi Arrow went to Bruno Tassone, Rick Shu- kin, McDonald, and Corey Kennedy with two each, Mc- Pherson, Grant Sookro, Nick Voykin and Kelly Keraiff with singles. Al Akselson, Sean Arm- strong and Terry Sander had two assists each for Mallards. In Hi Arrow’s 746 win, for Hi Arrow at 11:18. The Knights got two more goals to go ahead 31 before Hi Pee Wee As grab Game 1 Castlegar Pee Wee As took the first game of their round robin playoff series with Nel- son and Trail as they edged Trail 5-4 Wednesday night at the Community Complex. Kevan Rilcof put the Reps on the scoreboard early in the first frame on a goal mouth pass from Stephen Junker. Trail tied it up with one goal to end the first frame 1-1. The Reps jumped out for a lead when Roger Carlson scooped one in, assisted by Frank Stobel and Danny Stelk. David Vecchio chalked up number three on a rebound with assists going to Chris Stock and David Green. Ril- cof backhanded the puck into the net, assisted by Carlson and Derek Kazakoff. Trail managed a single in the second frame as Castle- gar dominated the play. Going into the third period the Reps held a two-goal ad- vantage when Roger Carlson broke away on a pass from Junker at 4:05. Trail narrowed the margin with two goals in the third to end the game. Barry Grunerud backed the team in net. Kalesnikoff edges Gander Kalesnikoff defeated Gan- der Creek 6-5 in a Castlegar Gentlemen's Hockey League game Thursday night. In other games, Dairy Queen beat Bill's Heavy Duty scored Mountain Sports 7-3 Tuesday. Loomis/AM Ford leads the league with 29 wins, nine LION'S HEAD SPORTS losses and two ties for 60 points. Bill's Heavy Duty and Kal- esnikoff are tied for second with 41 points each, but Bill's has a game in hand. Gander Creek is fourth with 38 points, while Dairy Queen has 29 points and Mountain Sports is at the bottom with 27 points. BASKETBALL 9 a.m. channel 7. SUNDAY — NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philodelphio 76ers, Knights, noon, Castlegar Pi Community C Bill's Heavy Duty vs. Mountain 10 p.m a PLAYERS CH : Men's tinal from Florida, 12:30 p.m., channel 4 — RECREATIONAL LEAGUE: Mollords vs. Costlegor complex Dairy Queen, 7:45 p.m. ~ Comment Complex HOCKEY — RECREATIONAL MEASUE : Sondmon inn ve Castlegar Knights, 8:30 p.m. Community Complex HOCKEY — RECREATIONAL tsnouss Hi Arrow vs. Sandman inn vs. Hi Arrow, 9:30 p.m., LEAGUE: Kolesnkoll va GENTLEMEN'S LEAGUE: ts, 9:30 p.m., Pioneer Arena. Y HOCKEY — GENTLEMEN'S Duty, 9:30 p.m., Pioneer Areno. Loomis / ion Foneve Gonder Creek. 9:30 p.m., Pioneer Arena. WEDNESDA LEAGUE: Kolesnikott vs. Bill's Heavy ‘S LEAGUE: Arrow replied with two goals of its own to tie the score 3-3. Wayne Zinio and Don Des- chene scored for the Knights goal of the second period for Hi Arrow at 11:09. In the final period, Chuck Bucknell added a goal for the Knights at 6:57. Nick Voykin responded with an unassisted marker for Hi Arrow at 9:27. McPherson scored his second goal for Hi Arrow at 14:80 to give his team a 6-4 lead. With just over three min- utes left in the game Jerry Antignani put the puck past Hi Arrow goaltender Rick Hlookoff for his team's fifth goal. But a minute later Mar- kin replied for Hi Arrow. Jerry Anti i ae See oe en ee chene had three pre ee Mig tin Sander had two while Castlegar Knights at noon at the Community Complex while Castlegar Playboys take on Hi Arrow at 9:30 p.m. On Monday night, Sandman Inn plays the Knights at 8:30 p.m. and Tuesday's action sees Hi Arrow against Sand- man Inn at 10 p.m. Women advance VANCOUVER (CP) — The Canadian women's badmin- ton team and the Korean men's team have advanced to the scoring for the Knights with a goal 35 seconds later and Yuri Jmaeff got two as- sists apiece for Hi Arrow while Bruno Tassone had a single. Leafs douse Blazers By The Canadian Press Two-goal performances by Glen Sorenson and Dan Lon- don led Nelson Maple Leafs to a 6-1 vietory over Elk Val- ley Blazers in the Western International Hockey League Friday night. Elk Valley's Dan Robert- son ruined Darryl Kuntz's shutout with a shorthanded goal in the final period. Kuntz turned away 27 shots, while Tom Muc made 42 saves for Blazers. “Oh, I wanted it so bad,” Kuntz said of the elusive shutout. “When it went in, I was re sprmmpactaag ribs ond —but the main thing is we were going to win the game.’ In Friday's other WIHL match, Cranbrook’s Dale Mc- Mullin scored at 6:55 of over- time to life the Royals toa 7-6 vietory over Trail Smoke Eaters. Trail had tied the game with 3:48 left in the third period on a goal by Randy Smith, who earlier had as- sisted twice. Bill Hobbins and Troy Far- nam each scored twice for the fourth-place Royals, who had taken a 5-3 edge into the third period after a 1-1 first- period tie. Wayne Florko scored three in the losing cause for the last-place Smoke Eaters. the world in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 22. The Canadian women won their zone with a 3-2 win over Chinese-Tapei (Taiwan) in the final match. The two singles’ losses were the first time the Canadians had been beaten in the three-day tour- nament that ended Saturday. Orienteers compete Four members of the Koot- enay Orienteering Club com- peted in a Class A event near Seattle, Wash. last weekend. ‘The event was held on the Fort Lewis Military Reserve south of Seattle. Competing im the event were club ju- niors Sandra Sharp and Colin Hamilton, of Castlegar and seniors Scott and Shirley Donald of Rossland. About 120 competitors — including 30 from B.C. — ran in wet snow and light drizzle. On course six for elite competitors Canadian national team member Ross Burnett finished 13 minutes ahead of New York's Peter Gagarin on day one. However Burnett was disqualified on day two so the event went to Gagarin. Burnett assisted in the training of junior mem. bers of the Kootenay Orient eering club during the past two years. Colin Hamilton competed on course five in the men's 19-20 age group — one higher than his normal category. A weak performance placed him third at the end of day one, but a smooth fast day two gave him first place with a total time of 154:02 min- utes. Also on course five, stroll- ing along in the men's 45 and over category, Scott Donald got a firm grip on fourth place on day one. His slower performance on day two made his position unassail- able and he finished, trailing the leader by 90 minutes. The category was won by Peter Smith of the Cowichan Valley Orienteers with a total time of 146:53. Smith had two consistent 70-minute races. Shirley Donald on course four, women's 45 and over, and Sandra Sharp, course three, women's 15-18-year- old category, were each dis- qualified for being out over the time limit. Donald had a good day one, but got onto a wrong trail on day two without realizing it. Sharp was disqualified day one, but came back on day two to post a one-day time 20 minutes better than her competition. Weekend Wrap-Up il if W BUEES~ 88 fi i essueel. B88 any EL fig Ef i ieee G5 szyesesa~ Iter z¥3et~ me RBBTESRs BeBErUrES SESRrRss SeBae to» SERINE. geeuue, i itt | wa vSuafuvees~ BUSSE SURES. S8Gtst ettss~ handli sport Association DATE Feb. 26/86 Feb. 26/86 Nelson. For further DANGEROUS GOODS Federal and Provincial regulations tovering the . offering for transport and transpor- is goods came into effect on ish Columbia Motor Tran- offering the following training courses tor shippers and carriers: COURSE Shipper Driver All courses will be held at the Heritage Inn, . contact either Shoreline Transport 352-6336 or B.C.M.T.A. 299-7407 (Burnaby, B.C.) Registration also accepted at the door. REGISTRATION 9:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. information and/or BEEBE SBETE bres Besse i Fe t 2 saxvessasss233888~ BESHSOLSESSSLESESELS=> sz suseeet BSEBEE SESESE~ BBBsIErgsesss~ Psi tere) j j i seeeses it i ; ff Bspvusyes poe bestes eeeas Qceese BEER SBRER serss 310 afurusess sBBreesee Serersice 3 oessrs~ S38ER ESBSESESE> usuued reese woooe tres 8 OF MEETING CASTLEGAR MINOR SOCCER GENERAL MEETING will be held in Community Complex Arts & Crafts Room Thurs., Feb. 27 7:30 p.m. (All parents ore strongly urged to attend) £2SB~ Soaees~ 2» ry 2 2 ost BNere seers geess & 3 = FT FE r=) vloce Rene on peed int Tornados aes fen corre OOTRALL ca St. Lovie Cordinals nome Tom Bresnahon Menara bine JUST LOOKING AT TOURISM 30 YEARS AGO Thirty years ago while visiting Vancouver I wit Shae Sen ne nee Thank You at Tourism. While considering the eisantion at Gutstnee on tee tad Uni aad in Gen tourist rippling out from Expo to this area shortly and the general hopes of tourism on the other, I thought that it might be worth a reprint and up-to-date comment about now. JUST LOOKING AT TOURISM, THANK YOU By EGO Castlegar News, Aug. 4, 1955 So, under the goad of the chamber of commerce Castlegar is becoming “tourist conscious.” In the hope that tourists will become “Castlegar conscious” or even “Canada conscious,” we would like to offer a few personal observations to those in a fairly recent survey made by MacLeans magazine on the tourist situation. The tourism picture in Canada is not what we would like it to be, or imagine it to be, according to the article, and it left no doubt in anyone's mind as to why the great bulk of tourists are heading south rather than north. Good jon was the rather than the rule, the investigators found. Good hotels and autocourts that were available were usually too close to the large cities. Elsewhere, not even in the most attractive locations where there was any accommodation at all, it was frequently a choice between “bad” and— “worse.” And not only was the customer not right, but he was a benighted idiot for failing to be happy about skid-row rooms, glue-factory food and grudging service at first class prices. In short, Canadians were driving both Canadian and other tourist dollars out of the country and sowing a field of ill-feeling and future diminishing returns as well. A Personal View Viewing the situation from a more restricted and personal angle this summer, we were not impressed either, particularly with the catering facilities offered the ordinary traveller. To begin with, we like good food, well served, in a pleasant and leisurely atmosphere. It is, we feel, one of the criteria of a gracious and civilized society. In most dining places, however, the combination is as rare as good accommodation. In fact, the frequently indifferent atmosphere and mad rush designed solely to meet a basic need reminds one unpleasantly of a sort of huge gastronomic house of ill-fame To be more explicit, let us visit a typical “good average restaurant.” From the outside it looks reasonably clean and attractive with a coffee bar and booths, and some tables in the background. It also offers. “home-cooked foods.” Taking the most optimistic inter- pretation of this statement, we go in, find an empty booth and sit down. It has been cleared, but there are still several vagrant crumbs and a coffee spot or two, mute momentos of previous diners. With — Shortly the waitress bustles up, plunks glasses of water in front of us so that some of it splashes out, clatters knives, forks and spoons into place on the bare table, hands us each a menu and says “Yes?” — like that — not rude, nor yet polite, just indifferent. Though it is the summer season and on the coast, the menu, though attractively designed, looks a little shopworn and soiled and offers only the tired selection of tomato soup or clam chowder at 10 cents extra (this is 30 years ago, remember) cold plates, salmon steak, roast beef, etc., with peas, potatoes and carrots. While we are making our choice from this bounty, the waitress stands balanced on one hip with a far-away look in her eye while her jaws keep slow time to some soundless rhythm. Her hair, off-tidy, escapes from her cap, and her uniform, possibly doing duty for a second (or third?) day looks somewhat less than crisp, an effect heightened by two or three stains in the front. A pin does service for a button and her fingernails glare blood-red against the order pad. Our order taken, the “homemade tomato soup” arrives promptly. It must have come from a poverty stricken home, for the most charitable thing that can be said about it is that it is hot. The crackers are good, however. It is followed, in turn, by the main course — old shoe tongue, green buckshot, some red tiddlywinks, a mound of white air covered in musilage. “Dessert” — rattled off by the waitress in one long breathless freight-car string, to which we just grabbed the caboose — consists of wads of blotting-paper, mixed library paste, between sheets of brown cardboard, cup of steaming dishwater, all masquarading as isin pie and coffee.” “Was there anything else,” asks our animated assembly line, completing our cheque at the same time and laying it on the table with a flourish, and leaving almost at once. John Charters . Re _ & recoll SMILING SERVICE, «Wai at ‘Anthony’ s Peso mo onds There wasn't, of course. The hurried atmosphere, the steamy smell of cooking, and somewhat exuberant modern decor were not conducive to lingering, even if the ‘coffee” was drinkable. We were filled without being tisfied, and that within 25 minutes of entering the door. And Duly Processed The whole process reminded me time and again of a king plant in which I worked one summer. The cattle were driven up the ramp into the killing box, knocked on the head, slung in the air, had their throats cut, were flayed, dressed, washed, wrapped, processed and distributed in about the same- time, 25 minutes. However, most clouds have a silver lining. In this case, 30 years ago, it was the Princess Mary Floating Restaurant. In earlier days the Princess Mary had been one of CPR fleet of Princess vessels. When she was sent to the ship-breakers a man of intelligence and imagination rescued the dining saloon and coffee bar of the old ship complete with all her nautical fittings and set them up on the dock for the Esquimalt shipyard workers. NEXT WEEK: More on the ‘silver lining’ Council approves Castlegar council has granted the Portuguese So- cial Centre Society a permit to operate a beer garden in conjunction with the society's annual soccer tournament May 17, 18 and 19. WIZARD'S PALACE “Fun for the Whole Family!" MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 9a.m. to 4 p.m 6 to 10:30 p.m. SUNDAY 10. a.m. to 5 p.m 1005 - 2nd Street Phone 365-3237 H&R BLOCK TAX REFUND BUYING SERVICE expertly prepared tax return free-of-charge plus 85% of the first $300 and 95% of the rest, usually within one day. 1444 Columbie Ave. 365-6151 9 to 6 Mon.-Fri. 9 to 5 Sat. ereverzott with Wayne House in Castlegar. CorNews Photo by Chery! Cokderbonk Hospital to get monitors the Hospital to purchase four bedside intensive care unit monitors. The monitors will cost nearly $89,000. However, the province will pay one-third of that, or some $29,600. 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