The Castlegar Figure Skate Club hosted a test day Jan. 31. A total of 68 tests were taken by West Koot- enay skaters. The local skaters success- ful results are as follows: Preliminary Figure — Mina Briggeman; Prelimin- ary Freeskate — Karen Skib- inski, Averil Sheppard, Lisa Datehkoff. ‘ Preliminary Dances: Dutch Waltz — Heather Sheppard, Kerri Reddekop, Lisa Datchkoff and Amber Kenneway; Canasta — Mina Briggeman, Jennifer Fayant and Karen Skibinski; Swing — Laura Kosowan and Averil Sheppard. back row): T CHAMPS ON ICE . . . Castlegar Figure Skating Club is ready for the West Kootenay 23 in Beaver Valley. Pictured chore are ercie ion Championships Feb. 20- wra K Datchkotf; (middie Jon Chesea Van Vieit, Amber iinia Bi Karen Skibinski; Junior Bronze Dance: Ten Sh Fox — Chelsea Van Vliet. eppar dw oy Averil Fayant, Dorisllc Crockett and Lisa (front row) Bt oft and Selena Fodor (kneeling). ray incVan Vliet and TO FIGHT OR NOT Instigator rule works By JOHN KOROBANIK ‘The Canadian Press Here's a scene that’s become popular in the National Hockey League this season: two players collide in the corner; they push and shove each other, then stand back and glare. But at the moment of decision, to fight or not to fight, they back off. It’s another victory for the NHL's new instigator rule. “The players feel, well, if I start this, I'm going to get an instigator penalty,” Bryan Lewis, supervisor of officials, said this week. “That is a deterrent. In days gone by there would have been two fighting majors.” At the beginning of this season when the NHL introduced the instigator penalty — two minutes for the player starting a fight — there were a few snickers and some complaints. No more. Through the the first 420 games of the 840-game schedule, there have been 394 fights in which major ies were pared with 478 through the same period last season. That's a significant decrease in a league where fighting and intimidation has at times played as big a role as talent and desire. But is the reduction due to the instigator rule? ISSUES PENALTY id Statistically, it would appear s6. In 156 of the fights — or 39 per cent of the situations — an instigator penalty was issued. “It’s reasonable to assume that in 35 to 40 per cent of the cases there is an instigator,” says Emile Francis, general manager of the Hartford Whalers. “T’'ve seen where the instigator has been called a lot of times, and I can’t say I've seen one call where Idisagreed with it. The judgment has been very good.” The new rule was introduced to curb fighting among the small percentage of players responsible for most of the fights. It was also designed to prevent resident “goons” from fighting the other team's top player just to get him off the ice.” “It also has the tendency to stop someone from taking the bully role in tight situations,” says Winnipeg DISCOVER SALMO SKI-AREA THE BEST IN THE WEST! MONDAY MID-WEEK SKIING CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT GIRLS SOFTBALL Community Complex Wed., Feb. 18 — 7:30 p.m- AGENDA: 1. Election of 20n the Executive 2. Discussion on rule changes 3. Admission of outside teams general manager John F* Through the first half of the season it appeared to work. There are still a few bench-clearing brawls and some bitter fights. But the instigator rule has reduced a lot of spontaneous fights arising after the whistle. from pushing and shoving One of the toughest things for a hockey player to do is back away from a fight. But, as Francis says, “the rule has discouraged a lot of guys.” TOUGH GUYS It has also influenced the thinking of coaches and general managers. In Edmonton, for instance, the Oilers have rid themselves of tough guys Don Jackson and Dave Semenko; Marty McSorley seldom plays and Kevin McClelland, one of the league's top fighters, has been under wraps most of the season. Ferguson says it was the reason he decided not to re-sign Jim Mann this season. “The rule changes have changed things a lot,” admits Edmonton general manager-coach Glen Sather. “But it depends on what happens in the playoffs. We could be back to exactly what it was like before.” The league is monitoring statistics, watching for an increase in the number of fights. Referees have been well versed in the calling of the Pefalt} and have been told, as'they wi be agai before next season, to attempt to find-an instigator in every fight. The players, coaches and general managers have accepted the rule as beneficial and appear willing ta abide by it. Pee Wee Reps win over Trail On Jan. 22 the Castlegar Pee Wee Reps travelled to Trail to play Team 3 and re- turned home with an 8-4 win. Scoring for Castlegar were Ryan Jolly with four goals, Aarow Voykin with two goals, and Jerred Beck and lay Bouthillier with singles. Assists went to Beck with three, Jolly and Voykin with two each and Jeff Evdok- imoff with one. During Minor Hockey week end, Castlegar played two games against the visiting Spokane team. The first game on Jan. 23 was a 15-4 win with Jolly skating away with eight goals and three assists, while Beck netted four goals and three assists. Bouthillier scored two goals and Voykin had one goal and five assists. Other assists in that game went to Adam Pruss and Jody Carew with two each, while Evdokimoff, Wyllie Jones, Tom Phipps and Chris Babakaiff each had one. On Jan. 24 the Pee Wee Reps defeated Spokane 7-1. Goals went to Voykin with three, Jolly with two, and Bouthillier and Johnny Stri- laeff with one each. Assists went to Pruss and Phipps with two each and Kelly Richards, Randy Pop- off, Griffin Augustin, Carew and Babakaiff with one each. On Jan. 26 Castlegar play- ed host to Team 2 of Trail skating away with an 11-8 vietory. The first period ended in a 5-5 tie but Castlegar took the lead in the second. Neither teams scored in the third period. ring for Castlegar were with three goals, and in, Beck and Phipps two each, while Jon Davpren and Evdokimoff each scored one. Assists went to Voykin and Jolly with three, Beck with four, and Strilaeff and Rich- ards with one, Castlegar suffered an 11-6 loss to Creston on Feb. 1. CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMENT FEB. 15 — Public skating 2:15-4:00 p.m. Admission: Children 756, students $1, adult $1.25, FEB. 16 — Lunch Hour Hockey 12-1 p.m.. $1. Parent ond Tot 1-2 p.m. $1.25. Register your child in the Red Cross Babysitting course which starts Feb. 18. . 17 — Parent and Tot skating 11-12 noon. Public skating 2:30-4:30 p.m . 18 — Lunch Hour Hockey 12-1 p.m. Drop in fitness classes: Friday 5-6 Kinnaird Elementary, Soturdoy Morning 9:30-10:30 complex 19 — Parent and Tot Skating 11-12 noon. Public skating 2:30-4:30 p.m 20 — Lunch Hour Hockey 12-1 p.m. Public Skating 2:00. 3:45 p.m. Friday Fitness 5-6 p.m. $2 drop in 21 — Saturday Morning Fitness 9:30-9:30 $2 drop in. Coffee Party at Legion Hall, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., $1. proceeds go to Man In Motion. Old Time Dance at the Seniors Hall, 8-11 p.m., $2 each. 2101-6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 Day Wed., Feb. @4 10-DAY PASSES = Good for any 10 days of skiing between now and the end of the season saving discqunts at Boston Pizza Adults $190, Students $150, Children $120 Member & Guest Also good for bonus 18 De Wit knocked out REGINA (CP) — (Smokin’) Bert Cooper battered Willie de Wit into submission Sat- urday, leaving the Canadian heavyweight champion lying dazed on the canvas with blood pumping out of. his nose. Cooper, the 21-year-old slugger from Philadelphia, knocked de Wit down four times before the fight was stopped with two seconds re- maining in the second round of the scheduled 10-round non-title fight. The sudden and vicious conclusion to de Wit's bid to become a legitimate heavy- weight contender stunned a standing-room-only crowd of 7,187, which included Sas- katchewan Premier Grant Devine and his wife Chantal, at the Regina Agridome. A North American tele- vision audience estimated in’ excess of 10 million saw the fight live as de Wit was flat- tened in his U.S. network de- but as a professional. The fourth knockdown ended the fight at 2:58 of the second round. ... Rebel player * Jackson said he was “thrill- ed” to be selected to the team. “It is a great opportunity looking ADRIAN MARKIN . on Team B.C. He -added that he was hoping to make the team but ‘was not expecting to. Team B.C. leaves for Cape Breton, Nova Scotia later this month to compete in the winter games. Tournament gets Japanese team The Grand Forks Credit confirmed that his year's In- dustrial League Champions will participate in the Grand Forks Tournament, sched- ‘uled for Sept. 2-7. Japan's Industrial League will their amateur baseball talent from throughout the entire Pacific Northwest, also offers a purse of $19,000. The 25 game treasure hunt will identify a roster of 12 teams, each primed to set their sights on capturing the participate include the Van- couver based National Base- ball Institute, as well as Richmond Bella Casa and Surrey Sports from the lower land's Pacific Metro champion on Aug. 5. The Grand Forks event, which attracts the finest League. Invitations will also be extended to. the KISBL’s Trail Orioles and the Kam- loops Sandpipers, Provincial Senior Baseball Champions the last three years. The tournament will also be heavily flavored by U.S. college talent including the Washington State Cougars and Gonzaga Bulldogs. The tournament will be further punctuated by U.S. talent with teams from, Lew- iston, Idaho, Eugene, Oregon as well as the defending tournament champions, the Seattle Swannies. The Grand Forks tourna- mewnt employs a three divi- sion, modified round robin competition. Fishing Report Fishing activity in the Castlegar area contfaues to increase as the days slowly begin to warm up. Scotty's Marina reports that the week of Feb. 2-9 was quite active. Rossland's Tim Thatcher managed to reel in an eight- pound dolly, while Bill Th of set- By CasNews Staff Dan Walker’s four goals sparked Sandman Inn to a 93 win over Castlegar Playboys and helped the Inn team clinch the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League playoff title Thursday night at the Community Complex. Sandman Inn posted three-win, no-loss round robin record. Both the Playboys and Mallards posted records of one tie and one loss. Two more games scheduled for the round robin were cancelled because Sandman Inn had clinched the championship. d Inn led 2-0 after the first period on a pair of goals by John Sandman takestitle Obetkoff. The teams traded three goals in the second frame before Sandman Inn put the game away with four goals in the final period. Obetkoff counted a hattrick on the night while Jeff Townsend added a goal and four assists. Vince Antignani chipped in the other marker. Dan Markin, Bill Cheveldave and Pat Farkas each recorded a pair of assists. a perfect Playboys. Tony Nazaroff, Lawrence Halisheff and George Roberts scored for the Mitch Quaedvlieg, Halisheff, Bill Nazaroff, Randy Martin and Randy Renze added assists. Terry Weekend Wrap-Up tled for a six-pound dolly. Castlegar’s Francis Mac- Donald reeled in five-pound, dani thi > P ue while Robson’s ‘Louie Holuboff bagged 10- and seven-pound dollys. Ernie and Shirley Geron- azzo of Genelle picked up a nine-pound and three-pound dolly while Bill and Ann Hubert of Robson managed to pull out seven ling cods and two two-pound dollys. Castlegar’s Mike Harker reeled in three ling cods while Scotty and Dallas Tait of Castlegar netted six ling cods. Trail's Ron Cox settled for a four-pound dolly. Lady Golfers meet Joan Martini hosted a suc- cessful coffee party Feb. 9 for the Castlegar Lady Golfers, Bowess ee Beses *fovave:fauneausus, 255 345 32 Pocitic Division yaa) LA Lakers 113 Indiano 108 SOCCER ENGUSH LEAGUE Division | Everton 6 Arsenot é ry 8 ; scormsm ucacue eine ~ TRANSACTIONS — BASEBALL mericen eogue nolee srgn third boseman Roy Knight to one-year contract Boston Red Sox reach agreement with Colgory 5 Swilt Current? Medicine Hot 2Regire 2(01 Komioops 12 Seo BASKETBALL NBA with 27 ladies Strategy for the coming season was discussed. It is hoped any junior girls inter- ested in participating in the junior program will get in touch with Heather Pottle or Laverne Makortoff. The ladies are hoping to commerce golfing Tuesday, April 14 and every following Tuesday for the golfing sea son. ‘Athentic Division Pot Pacitlo. iY 1on Eskimos nome Gory Durchik offensive line coach Hamilton Tiger Cots sign detensive back Robert Goins WoCKEY wee Toronto Maple Leols ossign detencemon vmericon Hockey BOWLING Single. Lorry, Webster Mens High Tiree: Lorry Webster 696. Teom High Si ‘hckers 1252: Teom High Threw Websters 3512. Othe, 600%: Leo Hetu 687 ny fe 637; Matt Rohn 635, Way: Donat Single: Cloves Cree a 2 aie mee Peter Chernot 628, Noncy Donald 619. JAN. 29 cr Lodes High Sangteiune Reuter on (629. Rob MacDonald 622 1 Re Earl Rourke 606; Rober! Tamelin 606; Jok: JAN. 28 Lodies High Single Molly White 216; Lodves High Three Glody Manchon 528. Mens High Single Frank Lidstone 269, Man's High Three: John Stetsko 629. Other 600s: Fronk Lidstone 627 Nigh Tite: Ooty Gneson enter tag 1:36-7:00 p.m. (ined Lodies High Single ‘Dona! Lodies High Th \dsheod Kerekes 02 ‘CHING AND CG from Woodland Park. semen wat ‘two students Nels Green at FY a the Picture Place develop film. —CosttewsProto Births &- Fuserals BIRTHS AVIS — To Pat and Darlene Avis of Nelson, a girl, born Feb. 4. BARR — To Donna and John Borr of Montrose, « girl, born Feb. 3. CONC! — To: Sharon and Mike Conci, @ boy, born Feb. 7. HAYNES — To Carol and Chris Haynes of Rossland, o boy, born Feb. 4. HOWARD —~ To Leigh (nee ) ond aad Howard of Tobler viet Ridge, @ boy, born Jon. 23. LALEY — To Jennifer and Arnie Laley of Trail, a girl, born Feb: 2. LAWRENCE — To Laureen and Ken Lawrence of Nelson, a boy, born Feb. 6. LOCHBAUM — To Janice and Robin Lochboum, a boy, born ‘os MASON — sections and Brent Mason of Nelson, a boy, born Jon. 30. McLEAN — To Cathy Ken Mclean of Trail, a boy, bor#i Jan. 3. perevErzOre™ _ and G Pereverzott ot Trai, son borhan: 23 ROBLIN — To ‘Bonnie ond Ed Roblin of Nelson, a boy, born Jan. 30. SCOTT — To Nancy and Al Scott of Rossland, a girl, born Jan. 26. SHARP — To Sandi and Roy Shorp of Nelson, a girl, born Feb. 5. TEBULTE — To Connie and John Tebulte of Fruitvale, a boy, born Jan, 24. WRIGHT — To Sandra and James Wright of Nelson, @ boy, born Feb.7. DEATHS FIELD — Doris Field of Warfield died Feb. 4 after a brief iliness at age 53. Mrs, Field is survived by her husband Dick: two sons, Larry and Rick, both of T daughter grandsons; Makasoft of nile Davidson of Victoria; and un. cle and aunt: ~and many nephews, nieces and cousins. HALL — Lloyd Edward Hall of Michael of Edmonton, Frank o} Vancouver, John of Castlegar, Dennis of Montreal and Bryan of . Germany; three doughters, Carolyn and Sheila of Castlegar and Louise Webb of Wildwood, Alta.; father Jomes Hall of Hamilton, Ont.; Marilyn of Windsor, Ont. Ruth of Toronto, Ont.; brother Herb of Scarborough, Ont.; and ‘one grandchild STRELAEFF — Andrew Streloett % 10 2 Worninge : Wolter of” Mission; Marcella (Gary) Maple Ridge Heritage group holds meeting The Castlegar Heritage Advisory Committee met in an. emergency session last Saturday following two sud- ; den new developments. On the previous day, word was Fred received that CP Rail gave m to open the local railway station for two to three days during Heritage Week, Feb. 15-21. “The action which could greatly broaden the scope of Heritage Week,” committee chairman John Charters said. As well, there was a re- quest from the city planning and development committee for possible site to relocate the station. By using a specially de- signed map and scale model station, prepared by planning technician Bill Hadikin, the "Cothuilttediwekble to study pogitions.for the building, as well as their advantages and Streleatt of and Linda Strelaetf of Mission: grandchildren Cora Lona and Bradley Topoves: brother Tim of Cranbrook; sisters and brothers. in-law Dorris and Jim Shukin of Blueberry Creek; Pauley and Fred Sooke of Port Cales, Mable and Pete Cheveldave of Sicamous, Agnus and Alex Hadikin of Surrey; and many nieces and newphews. Castlegar man passes away at 58 Lloyd Edward Hall of Castlegar passed away sud- dently Feb. 9 at the age of 58. Mr. Hall was born Aug. 21, 1928 in Burlington, Ont., where he grew up and re- ceived his schooling. He worked in the accounting field prior to joining the navy in 1944. He retired from the navy in 1969 and came to Castlegar where he worked for the post office. In 1979 he became the con- tract agent for Loomis Cour- ier Service. Mr. Hall was a member of the Castlegar Le- gion, Elks Lodge, chamber of commerce and the Tuesday Night Bowling League. He is survived by his wife Catherine; five sons, Michael of Edmonton, Frank of Van couver, John of Castlegar, Dennis of Montreal and Bry- an of Lahr,.Germany; three daughters, Carolyn and Sheila of Castlegar and Lou ise Webb of Wildwood, Alt: father James Hall of Hamil- ton, Ont.; sisters Marilyn of Windsor and Ruth of Toron to; brother Herb of Scar- borough, Ont.; and one grandchild. Funeral service was held Saturday at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel with Rev. Ted Bristow officiating. Cre- mation followed. In lieu of flowers, con- tributions may be made to the United Church or the Kootenay Society for the Handicapped. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. "4 in great de- tail. After a short brisk discus- sion, a location was unani- mously decided, checked on the ground, and forwarded to the planning and develop- ment committee. Debate on the station open house was more extensive. It was decided to have the station open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. with only the ground or public part of the building open. Early photographs, maps and other items of interest will be placed on display. Books on the area by Harold Webber, Gerry Dickson and Jamie Forbes will be put on sale. Silk screened pennants fea: turing the station and the chapel house have been com missioned from a local de- signer and will also be placed on sale as a souvenir item. To underline the heritage aspect of the occasion, carver Pete Oglow, basket weaver Kathy Armstrong, Kootenay No. 9 Old Time Fiddlers and HOMEGOODS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE Tues.-Sat., 9:30-5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” bus repair. New Program COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT MECHANIC Selkirk College will be beginning a pre-employment program leading to an Apprenticeship in Commercial Transport Mechanics. This is a six, month program which begins the first and third Monday of each month and specializes in trick and Commencing — March 2, 1987 More information and applications are available from: kirk 6 —— lege NELSON CAMPUS 2001 Silver King Road, Nelson, B.C. VIC 1C8 Phone 352-6601 Local 204 the Selkirk Weavers have agreed to demonstrate their skills at the station for the benefit of visitors. Coffee will be served. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday of Heritage Week, visitors are invited to visit the Chapel House from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. to inspect the work in progress. A specially designed street banner, also designed by a local expert, has been com- missioned and will hang above Columbia Avenue, courtesy of the West Koot- enay Power and Light. Funds hove been mode available t0 groups of sor Job Development Projects in the Trail District, tne ployment Centre in Trail, Genera! nurses to. work: ‘on a casual basis ore Urgently required in Trail, (2334) A part-time tood server is needed at the Waneta Mall, Wage is $4.00, The ormed forces recruitment otticer will be in Trail on Feb, 18, ALCON: otra & DECORATING FOURTH AVENUE ec A Trail tirm has an open o major appliance (a92T) the Nelson ane pe CASTLEGAR ionged VIN 2st ges A sowmill. in district requires an lumber greder ond (0A 9M) A.Castlegar auto needs © certified auto » Part: time work only to stort, (237) To make on oppoiniment, please Soph aa a Gary Fleming Dianna Kootnikof# ADVERTISING SALES ed dental assistant is in the Trail area. Wage 71 $80/doy. (62) | An experienced trevel con- Conodo Employment Centre. sultant is required for o “rail Peod ova applicotions is Travel agency, This is a tem- very ‘Gina full ti f am 345-8210 ‘7 ng pacaioben required in Trail 53) and Castlegar. (10 io'+ WE'VE MOVED In order to better serve you, we are now downtown: 1245 - 3rd Street Castlegar 365-5244 TAX PREPARERS Laurie McCarthy Jean Wickett Bev Doskoch Hé&R BLOCK At Kootenay Savings Credit Union, you can receive free advice-on Your RRSP contribution program Our RRSP Planner service analyses your financial situation; pointing out personal tax.planning oppor- tunities. And ifdoesn’t cost a cent A full range of Kootenay Savings RRSP options | includes Variable Rate RRSP, Term Deposits and Equity programs. Contact the Kootenay § Credit Union branch near you Give your retirement savings a head start: Monthly contribution starting Jan. | of tax year. = A conservative calculation based on $2,500 contribution per year for 25 years at 844% a $12,952 additional earnings Chart demonstrates how RRSP contributions made monthly beginning in January add up to far A Lempsum contribution J, greater retirement savings. an. 1 of following year. LEARN ALL ABOUT RRSP’S & RETIREMENT PLANNING AT OUR RRSP SEMINARS * Wednesday, Feb. 18 — Riverbe * Thursday, Feb. 19 — Fireside Place, Castlegar — 1810 - 8th Ave. — 7 p.m. Limited Seating — Register in Advance $5.00 Single; $7.00 Couple. Trail + Fruitvale * Castlegar * Salmo South Slocan * Nakusp * New Denver * Waneta Plaza* Kaslo Trail — 1350 Esplanade — 7:00 p.m. Call Trail 368-8291 Attn. Gay Call Castlegar 365-3375 Attn. Connie