82 " Casta: News March3, 1985 Williams, Sandman lead Rec series By CasNews Staff Williams Moving defeated Valley Contractors 10-6 Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Castlegar Recre- ational Hockey League semi- final series. Sandman Inn also has a 2-0 lead over Carling O'Keefe in the other semi-final series. Sandman Inn defeated O'Keefe 10-2 Tuesday night in game two. Williams Moving and Val- ley Contractors square off at noon today in the third SPORTS playoff game at the Castlegar Community Complex. The Carling O'Keefe-Sandman Inn series continues at 10 -p-m. Tuesday night at the complex. In Williams Moving’s win Thursday night, the movers team led 4-3 after 20 minutes of play on two goals by Don Savinkoff and one each by Dave McKinnon and Terry Sander. Valley Contractors got goals from James Verigin. Yuri Jmaeff and Nick Voy- kin. FIRST TOURNEY ual Assists for the contractors went to Dean Keller, Voykin, Jmaeff and Kelly Keraiff. Peter Moroso assisted twice for Williams Moving. Mike Schmitt, Ken Ross, Steve Sander and Terry Sander got singles. In the second period, Val- ley Contractors scored one goal and Williams Moving added two to make it 6-4 in the moving team’s favor. Savinkoff got his third goal for Williams Moving in the middle frame. The other goal was scored by Mike Me- cormack. Assists went to Schmitt and Ross. Verigin scored for Valley Contractors, isted by and Dean McKinnon scored 31 seconds apart in the last two minutes of the game to take a ding 11-5 lead. Brian Sagriff and Keller. McCormack opened the scoring in the final period at 9:18. At 18:33, Keraiff not- ched a goal for the.Contrac- tors. The score remained 7-5 for Williams Moving until, with 4:23 left in the period, Sander came up with Wil- liams Moving’s eighth goal. At this point, there seemed to be no turning back for Williams Moving. Schmitt Jr. Rockettes win Stanley Humphries Junior Rockettes basketball team captured their first tourna- ment title last weekend by winning both of their ganies at the Rocky in Clas- Leigh Halisheff was the top point producer with 18 points while teammate Karen Popoff added nine. In the championship game the faced Rossland sic in Rossland. In their first game at the four-team affair, the girls jumped in front of Trafalgar Totems 9-2 at the end of the first quarter. Second quarter hoops by. Lisa Uchida, Tina Baker and Pam Braun open- ed up a 24-12 halftime edge. Rookie Lori Kinakin can- ned five points in the second half as the crew from SHSS rolled to a 46-24 victory. who had previously disposed of Beaver Valley. Once again the locals got off to a fast start, this time as a result of their full-court press which they utilized periodically through the me. The Rockettes led 11-4 at the quarter and 26-14 at half- time. In the second half the Rockettes’ man-to-man de- Did your watch for this Spa--t? Join us for a Free & Informative Evening on Spa Care Wed., March 6 — 7:30 p.m. AT THE SANDMAN INN Dennis Bublin of Bio-Gard Canoda i be there. BRING US A PHOTO OF YOUR SPA AND YOU COULD WIN A FREE GIFT! vee VAEK YR: AQUATICS “se” Hockey, 12 Play: Hockey, 12 C $1. All seniors welcome. jou' MARCH & — Adult Skating, 12 4:30. MARCH 6 — Public Skating 10:30 - 12 noon. Lunch Hour 1. Seventh game if necessary in Junior Rebels vs. Trail. Complex 8 p.m MARCH 7 — Adult skate, 12 - |. Public Skating, 2:30 MARCH 8 — Public Skating 10:30 ’ Senior Citizens St. Patrick's Day Dance, March 14, 1 x Holl. Music by the Music Machine. Refreshments. REGIONAL RECREATION COMMISSION #1 MARCH 3 — Public Skating 1:45 - 3: — Adults $1.25. Students $1.00. Children 75¢. Junior Rebel: 30. Complex. Ad 1.°$1. Public Skating 2:30 4:30. noon. Lunch Hour MARCH 9 — Aquonaut Bingo, 6 p.m. Complex Hall 3pm 2101 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 fence tightened and held Rossland to only six points. Halisheff put the finishing touches on a 22-point perfor- mance while Popoff added 12, Braun five, Shelly Pakula two, Carrie Brown two; and Uchida one point. Final score was 44-18, for the Rockettes’ 20th win of the season. Rookie guard Pakula re- ceived an honorable mention award. Karen Popoff was an All-Star selection and the re- doubtable Halisheff was vot- ed most valuable player of the tournament, LEIGH HALISHEFF . . most valuable player Road race set for March 24 By CasNews Staff The Stanley Humphries track and field team is hold- ing a race to raise funds for the track and field program. The race, labelled the Castlegar Rat Race, will take place March 24. A five-kilometre race wit begin at.10 a.m. apd.a 10-km race commences :45 a.m. The rates start and finish at Mallard’s Ski and Sport Store at 1406 Columbia Ave. The event is hosted by the SHSS track team, and spon- sored by Mallard’s Ski and Sport Ltd. and Nike. Age categories in the race for five and 10-km runs (men's and women's) are: 18 and under, 19-29, 30 and over, and 40 and over. There are also two classes in the team categories — 18 and under, and 19 and over. Teams must consist of four people and at least one woman. Awards and prizes will be given out for first, second and third-place winners in WOODLAND PARK ESSO Gas & Groceries 5:30 o.m. - m., Mon. - Set. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ALMOST ANYONE CAN SELL YOU A CHAIN SAW... ...But not just anyone can sell you a STJHL each category. A commemor- ative plaque will be given to team winners. Spot time awards will also be ‘given away. There is an entry fee for the race. Entries are due March 14. Collins seventh in jump LAHTI, FINLAND (CP) — Steve Collins of Thunder Bay, Ont., recorded his best result in four years with a seventh-place finish Satur. day at a 70-metre World Cup ski jumping event won by Matti Nykaenen of Finland. Collins was 20th after his first jump of 78.5 metres, but soared 13 places with a leap of 83 metres in the second round. Nykaenen won the event with jumps of 85.5 and 84 metres. Pavel Ploc of Czech oslovakia had identical dis tances, but had to settle for second on style points. Mike Holland of the United States jumped 84 and 84.5 metres to place third. Nykaenen leads the overall World Cup standings with 169 points, 25 ahead of Aus: traian Andreas Felder, who finished ninth Saturday, and ahead of Austrian Ernst V&tori. other action Saturday off the second day of com. m at the three-day Laht# Nordic Ski Games, Pi. erte Harvey of Stoneham, Que./ placed 17th in a World Cup. 50-kilometre cross-coun. Sagriff came up with a goal for Valley Contractors with just 19 seconds left to play. Aésists in the third period for Williams Moving went to Moroso, Terry Sander, Steve Sander, McCormack and Ross. Voykin got the lone assist for Valley Contractors. In Sandman Inn's Tuesday night victory, the hotel team stole the show in the first period, scoring four goals, while holding Carling O'Keefe off the scoresheet. Scoring the goals were Perry Klit, Aaron Stoush- now, Mike Nevakshonoff and left in the period to give Sandman Inn a 60 lead. Carling O'Keefe spoiled Sandman Inn's hopes for & shutout when Don Mair scored the brewery boys isted with Dan Walker. Vince Anti; scoreless until 17:42 when Klit put a goal past O'Keefe goaltender Phil Markin. He was helped out by Antignani and Sookachoff. Kevin Kirby scored unassisted with 2:48 first goal, 1:16 left in the period. Sandman Inn once again opened the scoring in the final frame, as Walker, as- sisted by Nevakshonoff and Tony DaRosa, scored at 5:44. No more goals were scored until the final six min- utes of the game when Dan f Friedel and Walker sand- wiched goals in between one by Kirby to bring the Sand- mann Inn total to 10 goals. Alex Riebin scored for Carling O'Keefe with 1:30 left in the period to give his team its second goal of the game. Mal Stelck and Chief Mercer assisted. Getting the assists for Sandman Inn's final three Is were Walker, Nevak- shonoff and Friedel with two apiece. pi 2 te" a FUN RACE . . . Family of skiers rounds a bend in the course Saturday at the First Annual Troll Loppet citizen's marathon. About 35 skiers took part in the Rebels drop 8-1 decision By GARY HYSON Home ice and a huge crowd were of.no value to the Castlegar Rebels hockey club Wednesday night as the visiting Trail Jr. Smokies embarrassed the locals with a well-deserved 8-1 and a 2-1 lead in the best of seven West Division final. An unusual twist before the game started, saw Trail goaltender Gardiner and Rebels’ goaltender Dave Kinakin, both get hurt in separate warm-up instances. Kinakin started in goal for the Rebels while the Smokies went with Pat Lacroix. Steve Voykin took over in the Reb- els net with the score 3-0 in Trail’s favor. Both teams traded penal ties in the first period and bodychecking was minimal but hard. In the second period with both teams skating three-on three, Trail's superior skat ing and puck-handling al lowed them to score four goals by ‘mid-period. The Smokies were literally marathon, which started Greene Lake and covered try ski trail system. and concluded at Nancy trails in the Paulson Coun- Contews Photo by Rob Popott Weekend Wrap-up eo-----8 SERINE Is 70-cent dollar bad? * By MADELAINE DROHAN OTTAWA (CP) — Is a dollar worth 70 cents U.S. necessarily bad? It depends on who you, ask. s Exporters say a low dollar helps sell to the United States. Importers say it increases costs. Economists disagree on whether benefits outweigh: advantages. Add ‘the impact of higher interest rates which , the recent depreciation, and the apprecia- tion of the dollar against some foreign currencies, and you have a picture as clear as mud. ; Certainly Canadians holidaying in the U.S. and those with a taste for fresh fruit or vegetables in winter will be paying more. But anyone in the market for Italian shoes, Dutch cheese or French clothing could be pleasantly surprised. Exporters and the tourist industry are two big beneficiaries. Canada exported $112.5 billion worth of goods and services last year and a record 76.3 per cent went to the United States. With many of those goods priced in U.S. dollars, exporters see profits rise as the dollar falls. Even products valued in Canadian dollars become more attractive because of the lower price. year, up 1.5 per cent over 1983, While Canadians still spent more in the U.S. than Americans spent here, Americans travelling here spent $3.1 billion, 15 per cent more than in 1963. On the other side are imports, which totalled $91.7 billion last year. The U.S. supplied 72-per-cent of that total and with every drop in the dollar, the price of those and other goods priced in U.S. dollars, increased. Keith Dixon, head of the Canadian Importers Association, says the food business is hardest hit because “we get most of our food that is not grown in Canada from the United States.” Frank Petrie, head of the Canadian Export Association, said there is a dark side for exporters in the dollar's slide. While business with the United States will improve, business with the rest of the world is suffering because the Canadian dollar has tagged along with the U.S. dollar against other currencies. In the last 14 months the dollar has appreciated about 20 per cent against the British pound, 18 per cent against the French frane, 16 per cent against the German mark, 18 per cent against the Swiss franc and held about even with the Japanese yen. the United States could fuel protectionist sentiments south of the border, something Canadian businesses would like to avoid. Tom McCormack, an economist with Data Re- sources, says a sustained increase in the price of imports would eventually cause inflation to rise. The government has certainly felt the pinch of a lower dollar vis-a-vis the U.S. currency. In the last six days, the federal government's yearly bill for oil imports has jumped about $540 million because crude oil is priced on international markets in U.S. funds. In addition, federal, provincial and municipal governments and many corporations, have loans in U.S. dollars, the cost of which is rising as the dollar drops. Figures for 1983, the most recent available, show total debt ding for all g and corporations was about $302.6 billion. Of this, 23 per cent or $70.2 billion was payable in U.S. dollars or Euro-dollars Thirty-three million Americans visited Canada last Petrie adds that an increase in Canadian exports to (U.S. dollars lent outside the United States). HOCKEY SKATES Bauer to sell to China CALGARY (CP) — A Cal gary import-export company says it has arranged a deal to sell Bauer skates in China to a potential market of 250 million people. Bauer: Athletic Footwear Ltd. of Toronto has agreed to let America-Canada Invest- ment Consultants Interna tional Ltd., headed by China born John Chan, be its representative in China in return for a royalty on sales. Until now most of the Cal- gary firm's business has come from importing pro- ducts from Asia, such as T-shirts, wallets and picture frames, into Canada. No sales have been made yet but Chan estimated Bau er could sell 100,00 pairs of skates in the first year. That would be enough to keep the company's plant in Kitchener, Ont., open year. round, Barry Tait, Bauer vice-president of product de- velopment, said in a tele- phone interview from Tor- onto. The plant now closes for about two months a year, be- ginning in mid-November when skate sales slow down. Bauer produces 500,000 pairs of skates a year in Can- ada and another 50,000 an- nually at an Italian plant for the European market. With gross sales last year of $30 million it was the largest skate maker in North Amer- ica. The company is cautiously optimistic about the Chinese venture, Tait said. B.C. too_laid VANCOUVER (CP) — Em. phasis on lifestyle rather than business may be holding back British Columbia's small-business sector, says John Ewens, of Sci-Com Dial Services Ltd. “In British Columbia peo- ple are lifestyle-oriented,” Ewens said in an interview. “To generate a profit in business, to ensure maximum productivity, should be the first concern of a business. But here it's, ‘What am I going to do next weekend?” “What am I going to do next summer.’ ‘Where should we go cross-country skiing next.’ And just doing as little as possible to generate enough economic capability to enjoy the lifestyle that's been sele- cted.” Ewens was one of 11 B.C. residents who, at the govern Stock report signs of growth in the United States sparked a surge on stock markets in North America Friday. The TSE 300 composite in- dex jumped 30.23 to close at a weekly record high of 2625.21 as a heavy 12.3 million shares changed hands. Advancing issues outnumbered declines 421 to 238 with 305 un changed. Friday's jump brought the index’s increase for the week to 34 points or 1.31 per cent In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 indus trials climbed 15.35 to 1299.36. Before the market opened, the Commerce Department reported that the index of leading indicators rose 1.7 per cent last month, the largest increase since June 1983. Of the 14 stock groups that make up the Toronto com posite, 13 rose and one de clined Friday. Communications and me- dia notehed up the biggest increase, climbing 91.98 to 4201.14, followed by trans portation, which rose 81.81 to 4197.69, and golds, up 51.57 to 3142.43. Pipelines declined 4.82 to 2554.37, Over the~week, transpor tation notched up the biggest gain, climbing 3.3 per cent while communications and media improved 2.65 per cent and golds 2.62 per cent Economic reform has given many Chinese more dispos- able income. But Bauer isn't ready to gear up its plant for an extra 100,000 pairs of skates until it understands the market better. PLANS CHINA TRIP Chan said Bauer's main market would be in northern China, where about 250 mil- lion people have access to skating facilities, almost ex- clusively outdoor rinks. Chan and some colleagues will go to China in March to meet members of the All China Sports Federation and other government officials. China has little foreign ex- change to spend on consumer goods, which has led to a proposal for a counter trade agreement with Bauer. The back ment't request, made pres- entations at a recent public meeting with the federal Minister for Small Business Andre Bissonnette. The minister began, in Vancouver, a three-week, cross-Canada series of meet- ings on small business. Ewens has been in busi- ness for 27 years, the first 15 years in Alberta, the last 12 years in B.C. He is also a chartered accountant. “When I was in public practice as a CA in Alberta, I could typically phone a CA at 6:30 at night and he would be in his office working and we would have a chat.” But when he came to British Columbia, he found he could rarely contact a char. tered accountant at his or her office after 4:30 p.m. “And on Fridays I could forget about it from 12 o'clock on.” In an earlier presentation to the minister, Ewens said companies had quit the prov. ince because of labor-rela tions difficulties. He said he knew of three companies — a furniture wholesaler, a ready-mix con crete company and a printer — which closed when they faced the possibility of a strike. He could not recall their names. “I can't really unions,” he said. blame skate maker would take goods instead of cash, but Tait is leery of the idea. “T'm not so sure at this point in time we'd be inter- ested in doing that,” he said. “We're not interested in making two sales to make the profit of one.” If sales warrant a plant would eventually be built in China in a joint venture with the government. Chan said such a project is at least two to three years away, “if we've done our marketing right.” Tait’s other concern is that the product itself may be too good China’s national hockey teams have used Bauer skates for several years but Tait estimated 98 per cent of the Chinese market will be among recreational skaters, now served only by a small domestic plant. Bauer's skate line sells for between $49 and "$219" in Canada. Bauer could find itself undercut in the Chinese mar- ket by foreign-made skates which might be of lower quality but good enough for recreational use, he said. Oversupply shuts B.C. pulp mills VANCOUVER (CP) — The Wester Pulp Ltd. Partner- ship has announced that the Squamish pulp mill north of Vancouver will be shut down for three weeks, effective Feb. 24, because of increas- ing inventories. It is the latest in a series of pulp mill shutdowns an- nounced in British Columbia. Westar Timber announced last week that its Skeena B pulp mill near Prince Rupert on the north coast will close indefinitely. “The oversupply is raising absolute chaos worldwide,” rise, Papushka said. The rapidly climbing U.S. dollar has, in terms of other currencies, dragged the Can- adian dollar along with it, making the marketing of Canadian forest products difficult. “That's what is really causing the chaos right now,” Papushka siad. “The shocks of high inven- tories hit us only once a month when the figures come in. The shocks of currency fluctuations hit us three times a day.” said Peter Bentley, pi of Canfor Corp. Canfor an- nounced in January that its three B.C. pulp mills will be shut down this spring for at least three weeks. “You can’t produce forever what the world can't accept,” said Harry Papushka, Wes- tar’s vice-president in charge of pulp marketing. Papushka said that even the Scandin- avian countries have an- nounced some mill closures because of climbing inven- tories. Worldwide pulp inventor- ies now stand at 1.8 million tonnes and are expected to DR. HACHMI HAMMAMI M.D.-C.S. (P.Q.) - F.R.C.S. (C.) 0.S.U.L. (C.H.)- A.B.D. (U.S.A.) - S.C. (B.C.) 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