Casitlégar News Janvary 13, 1988 Tradition bonds neighbors CALAIS, Me. (AP) — Gunpowder was at a premium during the War of 1812 and there was none available when residents of this small border city sought to add a traditional bang to their Fourth of July celebration. No problem. They simply borrowed some from their neighbors across the river in St. Stephen, N.B. Cana ind its mother country, Britain, may have been at war with the United States at the time, but that was hardly sufficient cause for St. Stephen to refuse a neighborly request. That tradition has continued for nearly: two centuries, reinforcing a bond that could serve as a model of inter. national goodwill. ‘It's always been that way,” says Bill Francis, who lives in his native St. Stephen but operates a gift and wood products shop on the U.S. side. “There's a strong national identity, but people try to make it a community.” “I facetiously comment that we get along better than we would if we were in the same country,” says Calais City Manager Nancy Orr. STRONG TIES Her counterpart on the St. Stephen side, Alberta-born Mayor Billy MacCready, says the strong and enduring relationship is “a mind-boggler,” unequalled in any pair of border-straddling communities along the 4,800-kilometre frontier. The closeness reflects longstanding personal ties among Calais and St. Stephen residents, as well as the way the isolated communities have learned to rely on each other for essential services. Calais, a commercial centre of 4,200, obtains its public water supplies from St. Stephen, a chocolate-making town of roughly 5,000. When a fire breaks out in either community, Snowboarding hits slopes VANCOUVER (CP) Just when you thought you had the confidence to ski a slope full of hot-dogging kids who drop into a racer’s tuck as soon as they're off the lift, a snow surfer blasts by, shooting every mogul he can find Welcome to snowboarding, one of the hottest new winter sports for North American thrill-seekers ready to strap on $300 boards and take off. “There's a lot of fun to be had, and it's quite safe if you take the time to learn properly,” says Len Chisholm, president of the Vancouver-based Canadian Snowboard ing Association “Most snowboards tend to be people who either skateboard, windsurf or water ski in the summer. Although you get skiers converting to snowboarding, it attracts more people who aren't into downhill.” This year, a number of British Columbia ski resorts are allowing the boards — a cross between a surfboard, water ski and skateboard without wheels — on the slopes. Steve Doman, operations manager at Cypress Bowl, the West Vancouver ski area where the Canadian snow boarding championships will be held this season, says more operators are cautious about allowing boarders to mix with skiers. “There's one unknown in this, and that's how well snowboarding will get along with skiers on narrow runs,” Doman says. “We don't want to have accidents.” ,Currently, snowboarders must be certified, either by the individual slopes or by a snowboarding association representative, by showing they can maintain control on the hill and use chairlifts safely Snowboarding really isn't new but it took re finements to the board, a younger generation looking for new sports and ski resorts hoping for more business to bring the sport into vogue, Chisholm says. This is the first full year snowboards are being allowed on many B.C.-area slopes. They include Blackcomb (but not adjacent Whistler) north of Vancouver, Hemlock in the Fraser Valley, Big White near Kelowna, Silver Star near Vernon, both in the Okanagan Valley, and Mount Baker in nearby Washing ton State Chisholm says there are more than 100,000 snow boarders worldwide, most of them in the United States. The idea is simple, he says “The board has two bindings that you strap your feet into. It works on the same principle as surfing or skate boarding. You surf down the slope. It’s quite a thrill.” Unlike skiing, the bindtngs don't release during a fall, no poles are used and special boots aren't needed When the inevitable fall occurs, the trick is to land on your rear end or back and lift the board into the air Snewboarders tend to suffer finger, arm and shoulder injuries, unlike the leg injuries downhill skiers encounter, but Chisholm says snowboarding is no more dangerous than skiing N\ % o (FALCON PAINTING & | DECORATING AVENUE CASTLEGAR 8 © vin 2st 365 3563 $l Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikoff ADVERTISING SALES | 2649 FOURTH AR NEWs CASIEGAR BC. Vin ane ri CASTLEG. 70 vente 20 OFFICE 365-5210 firefighters from both sides of the border routinely co-op erate to put it out “The trucks don't stop at customs when they're responding to a fire,” Orr said. Canadian golfers frequently travel to Calais to tee off, even though St. Stephen recently opened a course of its own. Curling enthusiasts on the U.S. side have no alternative but to cross to St. Stephen to curl, Mainers frequently plan ice hockey at an arena in St. Stephen, whereas swimmers in New Brunswick look forward to a new pool planned in Calais. DUAL CITIZENSHIP During the first week in August, Calais and St. Stephen jointly sponsor an International Festival, high lighted by a beauty pageant, a ball and a weekend parade that begins on one side of the border and ends on the other, reversing direction from year to year. A significant number of area residents work in one country and live in the other. Some hold dual citizenship, while intermarriages are common. Calais Mayor Drew Case, also assistant manager at a hardware store, is married to a St. Stephen woman who had no qualms about exchanging countries and time zones. “I probably dated more girls from St. Stephen than I did from Calais,” Case said. “Why? I don’t know. It just worked out that way.” “Half the people around here have relatives who were born in Canada, or vice-versa,” said Barry Thompson, an GIANT PRICE MARKDOWNS! We're Shaving Off Hundreds of poets — Don’t Miss Out! 9-Piece Solid Oad Dining Ei Provincial-Style Bedroom °1 Large Triple Dresser Suite Honey Pine finish Furniture Warehouse ROTO-MATIC agnor est OVENS * ° AS! myn ead CALORIE $4,195 each ronan fries or ot preblanched food ‘products. ~~~ Se: brie? FAT means no uct ny : wert ip eraper systems. officer at the U.S. Customs checkpoint at the St. Croix River bridge. ‘The Calais-St. Stephen crossing lies along the principal land route to the Canadian Maritime provinces and is one of ice Ll the half-dozen busiest customs stops along the entire U.8,- |Sontagt INTERCHANGE at * EO vuter of roptece Wor titers ¥ maby to clea inger of burns Canada border. Bc. ore. to oie an Ne « tasy, INSTALLATION just MATIC in and Re yh 4 ty produce any- ware, anytime. 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Sofa Sleeper and Matching Swivel Rocker Combinations THEY’RE GOING AT REDUCED PRICES Pure Brass Beds and Economy Brass Beds. A ‘‘sell-off’’ of all-maple bedroom open-stock units! CEDAR CHESTS 39’’ SLEEP SETS $249 54’’ SLEEP SETS $329-*429 ALL LUXURY 54”’ AND QUEEN SETS 95 Students’ Double-Ped Desk only $99 Our Best Card-Table Set 5-Piece \ 4 brat 13, ad 8 You Said It. iler « ciaaiiiene week By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer Al Pavan scored three goals to lead the ‘Trail Junior Smokies to an 8-4 upset victory over the Castlegar Rebels in Trail last night. Pavan got the Smokies on the board early in the game when he scored after Kevin Berdusco and Derek Masaro put him in the clear. It was 1-0 Trail with 59 seconds gone in the first period: The Rebels got the equalizer two minutes later from Walter Sheloff. Dave Zarikoff and Jeff Adams drew the assists. The first period ended in a 1-1 tie. The Rebels took the lead in the second period on a goal by Taylor Harding who was assisted by Keith Semenoff. The lead was short-lived when just 17 seconds later the Smokies’ Darcy Pruden found the net o on a play set up by Pavan and Berdusco. Trail went into the lead for good when Andrew Prentice finished a play from Brett McLaren and Dave Oliver. The Smokies rounded out the second period scoring after Oliver scored from Berdusco. It was 4-2 Trail after the second frame. Berdusco scored what proved to be the game-winner with just over two minutes gone in the final stanza. Darrell Klit and Oliver assisted on the goal. Adams tried in vain to get the Rebels back in the game when he converted a pass from Doug Jay. Following that goal the Smokies went on a tear scoring three unanswered goals. Pavan got his second marker of the night from Kyle Boyson and Klit. Dan Divito scored from Klit and Boyson and then Pavan got his hattrick from Oliver and Prentice. Adams got his second of the night for the Rebels in what turned out to be the final goal of the game. Trail won the match 8-4. Nick Colvin was shelled with 44 shots over the evening while between the pipes for the Rebels. Trail netminder Valana Pasquale faced only 27 shots. The Rebel loss moved Trail to within eight points of the KIJHL western division leaders. The Rebels’ next game is at the complex Friday at 8 p.m. when they take on Rossland. In KIJHL action earlier this week, the Columbia Valley Rockies suffered only their fifth loss of the season as the Castlegar Rebels defeated them 4-8 Saturday night at the complex. The Rockies got off to an early lead on a goal by Vern Williams at the 11 minute mark of the first period. Farrell Goodwin and Bryan Dicken got the assists. They continued to roll as Kevin Cox made it 2-0 for the Rockies on a play set up by Thor Ludvigson and Goodwin. The Rebels got their first goal from Dave Terhune with 11 seconds left in the opening frame. Walter Sheloff got the helper. It was 2-1 Columbia Valley after one. The Rockies extended their lead to 3-1 in the second period on a goal from Williams. Dave Nikirk and Goodwin provided the help. The Rebels cut the Rockies’ lead to one goal when Terhune scored his second goal of the game. Keith Semenoff got the lone assist. The second period ended with Columbia Valley ahead 3-2. Colvin came up with another third period shutout to help the Rebels’ comeback. Zarikoff tied the game at the 15:06 mark in the third. Terhune and Sheloff got the assists. The game winner went to Harding who converted a pass from Sheloffand Doug Jay. The Rebels hung on to beat the league-leading Rockies 4-3. Castlegar is third in the league overall, 12 points behind Columbia Valley and six points behind Cranbrook. Both teams are in the Eastern Division. BIG SAVE . . . Rebels goalie Nick Colvin stands his ground as he stonewalls a Columbia Valley forward in KIJHL play Saturday night at the complex. The Rebels were victorioys over the league-leading Warriors ina closely fought 4-3 game. CosNewsPhoto by Doug Harvey ON SALE! Located halfway Floor Covering Centre Trail & Costlegar Phone 693-2227 Open 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday MASTERCARD, VISA OR TERMS TO SUIT $159 = PEE WEES WIN Red hot reps on roll By BETTY HARSHENIN The Castlegar Pee Wee Reps came up winners as they faced Nelson and Kimberley in three recent hard-fought games. Their first game was a 3-2 win over Nelson at the Community Com- plex last week. Nelson opened the scoring five minutes into the second period but was quickly answered by Castlegar’s Nino DaCosta scoring two goals with help from John Strilaeff, Jeff Evdokimoff and Steven Brown. Castlegar worked hard in the third period to stay in the lead. Tom Phipps fired in a shot from the point to score Castlegar's third goal after Brian Harshenin and Kelly Richards put him in the clear. Nelson managed to slip in their second goal before the game ended. The second game was played in Nelson where Castlegar edged Nelson 6-5. Nelson took an early two-goal advantage in the first three minutes of the game. Halfway through the first period, Arron Voykin popped in a goal on a pass from Strilaeff to put Castlegar on the scoreboard. Minutes later Mike Hunter and Strilaeff broke through Nelson's defence to score one goal each giving Castlegar a 3-2 lead going into the second period. Assists went to Da- Costa and Brown on Strilaeff's goal. Castlegar picked up two more goals in the second period. Hunter Rilcof, firing one in on a pass from DaCosta. Nelson matched the two goals before the period ended. Castlegar’s sixth and final goal came from Harshenin in the third period, after taking a pass from Voykin. Castlegar fought hard to hang on to their two goal lead but Nelson managed to score a goal before the game ended 6-5 for Castlegar. A third game was played on Sunday at the complex where the Castlegar team hosted Kimberley and came away 53 winners. Castlegar allowed Kimberley to gain a 20 advantage early in the second period but then quickly tied up the game going into the third period with a goal from DaCosta on a play set up by Rilcof and Hunter. The other goal came from Hunter. Rilcof got the lone assist. Castlegar continued to roll up the score in the third period with DaCosta scoring two goals and Hunter scoring one. Assists went to Brown, Fred Gienger and Rilcof. Kimberley netted their third before the game ended 5-3. Castlegar Pee Wee Reps travel to Nakusp on Saturday. Nordic team chosen By GORD GIBSON Eight cross-country skiers from the Castlegar Nordic Ski Touring Club will represent the Kootenays at the B.C. Winter Games in Dawson Creek March 11-13. After the Winter Games trials held in Nelson on the weekend, a total of 10 skiers were selected to the team, with two spots going to Rossland Blackjack Club skiers Mark Wilson and Peter Oszadszky. From Castlegar, juvenile girls Jenny Gibson and Jennifer Fullerton placed first and second, and Darren Tamelin finished first in juvenile boys to earn berths. In junior boys, Alex and Kari Hartman skied one-two also earning spots, with Carrie Brown first in junior girls. Claire Andrews and Mark Das- cher finished first in junior women and junior men to complete the Castlegar contingent on the team. Listed as alternates for the B.C. Winter Games team are local skiers Peter Bullock, fourth in juveniles; Andrew Port, third in juniors and Davin Green, fourth in juniors. Other Castlegar skiers in the Kootenay Cup portion of the same race were Heather Sheppard finishing fourth in the Atom division and Diane Talarico placing second in Pee Wees. Rolf Hartman was first, Averil Sheppard second, Melanie Gibson third, and Mike Talarico fourth in the Mini-midgets, followed by Trish Dyer and Heather Sutherland. Greg Ehman was the lone Castlegar skier in the Midget division finishing a close third. Ben Thor-Larsen also competed for Castlegar in the Masters division. The next local competition for skiers is the B.C. 7-Up Cup races at the Castlegar Golf Course on Jan. 23-24. Some of the best cross-country skiers in B.C., including some B.C. Team members, will be in town for this event. Rep team beats Kimberley By HEATHER POTTLE The Atom Rep team met Kimber- ley Saturday at the Community Com- plex where a fast and exciting game was played by both teams and Castle- gar emerged with an 8-1 win. The opening goal was scored by Castlegar’s Randy Ondrik and assisted by Pat Biln. The play stayed tight and fast throughout the rest of the first period with no further goals. The second period saw two more Castlegar goals. Vince Antignani scored, assisted by Mark Carlson and Darren Pottle. The third goal was scored by Mike Byers and assisted by Ryan Coulson. The second period ended 3-0 for Castlegar. Kimberley finally got on the board with a nice goal in the third period. Castlegar, however, was giving noth. ing away. Excellent goaltending by Mike Kooznetsoff prevented any fur- ther goals. Team play continued and Craig Swanson scored twice assisted once by Ricky Fauth, and once by Pat Biln and Mike Byers. Darren Pottle scored after an excellent pass from Mark Perrier. Mike Byers then scored, assisted by Randy Ondrik. The last goal of the game, scored by Mark Perrier, was assisted by Ryan Coulson and Pat Biln. Todd Bondaroff, Derék Read and Teddy Hunter contributed to the ex- cellent team play demonstrated during this game with a final score of 8-1. Including exhibition games, the Atom Reps to date have 19 wins, five losses and two ties. EDMONTON (CP) — The Great One is getting married. Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky was with team- mates and friends in an Edmonton restaurant when he d his to actress-d: Janet Jones. “It's true,” he said Tuesday. “It's definite we're going to get married. She's a great lady. “We haven't officially set a date, but we're looking at probably late June or early July. We're going to get married in Edmonton,” Gretzky said he proposed to Jones over the telephone Monday night and she accepted immediately. “He proposed in a special way,” Jones said in a telephone interview. “I'll never forget it.” She declined to give any de! proposal was wonderfully romantic. mother first. My- family was thrilled. “Seven months ago, when we got together, I knew it was right. He's been a great boyfriend, he’s going to be a great fiance, a great husband and a great father.” Jones has no immediate plans for a family but said she knows Gretzky wants children and a family will definitely be in their future. She said Monday night was hectic. “He kept calling me all night, putting friends and players ‘on the ‘line. It sounded like they were cele. brating.” but said the “He called my Great One to wed The centre for the Edmonton Oilers is currently sidelined with a knee injury, while Jones is in South Carolina filming a video. He said the phone conversation followed marriage talk between the two at Christmas, when Jones came to visit him in Edmonton. Gretzky intends to give his leading lady a ring when she returns to Edmonton next week. SHORT ENGAGEMENT “] just figured it’s time,” he said: “I've know her for seven years. We've been seeing each other for seven months.” He added he thinks long engagements are unlucky. Jones turned 27 on Sunday, while Gretzky's 27th birthday is Jan. 26. The hockey star, with three Stanley Cup rings and a list of personal records to his credit, doesn’t think the marriage will affect his career. “I don't think so. She's a big supporter of my career and I'm a big supporter of her career.” The couple is planning a big wedding. “It's something you only do once. She's a tremendous lady. Both families like the relationship. “Our interests are very similar. Our upbringings are very similar. Our wants and beliefs are very similar. We're very compatible.” CURLING CHAMPS . over the . The Stanley Humphries Secondary School curling . (F School curlers e win High school curlers are now into the most competitive part of the season and are again putting Castlegar on the B.C. map after.a long program of prac tice sessions, league games, and play. offs. Their season began in late October with regular play in both school and adult leagues, after school instructional clinics, and early morning practices. Recently, both boys and girls com peted in Trail in the West Kootenay championships. In total, 13 area teams took part with four teams coming from Castlegar. The girls team of Teresa rom Lamb, Kim Walsh, Kim Abietkoff, team won the K y Zone the left) Mike Gerrard, Brennan Turner, Wade Schatz and Devon Turner. Jackie Chan and coach Marilyn John stone won the ‘A’ side of the competi Hockley rink wins West Kootenay By CasNews Staff Ten days ago, Castlegar's Dale Hockley was lamenting his loss at the AM Ford Super League curling play downs. Today, Hockley is preparing to square off against six other teams in ships. The victory sends the Hockley rink — lead Dean Horning, second Jim Mol itwenick and third Bill Van Yzerloo — to Vernon where they will play in the round-robin B.C. Interior champion tion but lost on the last rock in the final to a Trail team. The senior boys team went through their competition unde. feated with five straight wins in their nine team play-off. This past weekend saw the boys travel to Creston to play in a three game series for the Kootenay zone championship and the right to travel to the B.C. high school curling champ- ionship to be-held in Williams Lake at the end of February. The Castlegar team won the series in two straight victories by scores of 12-4 and 6-4. This is the second straight year that a title the hopes of getting a shot at the provincial championship. The Hockley rink defeated Doug Bagshaw’s side Sunday in Trail at the West Kootenay zone curling champ- ionship. It was 8-2 in the ninth when Bagshaw threw in the towel. “It went excellent,” Hockley said. “We got some breaks on the last day.” “The competition will be tough,” Hockley said. “We hope to be on our game. The B.C. Interior championships begin Jan. 23 and run through to the 29th in Vernon. The four top teams — there are seven competing — will ad vance to the B.C. finals next month representing the Interior. Castlegar boys team has represented both East and West Kootenays in the provincial competition. They will now compete against seven other teams representing the rest of the province. Team members are skip — Bren- nan Turner, Third — Wade Schatz, Second — Mike Gerrand, and Lead —~ Devon Turner.