SLOCAN CURLING Pnipenis ot Corner Variety trophy. From left are Alex Bojey, Annette Boley and Pete Stoopnikoff. Missing from photo is Vera Hemi ton.: Former Rebel does well Castlegar’s Steve Bozek, now attending Northern Michigan University, has fin- ished the hockey season with a number of athletic honors. Following NMU's advance to the semi-finals in NCAA championship playoffs, the former Castlegar Rebel was named to the All-Tourna- ment team. Bozek, an All-American centre, was also picked for the CCHA All-Academic team and the CCHA All- League team. It is the second consecutive year he has been chosen for both teams. He ended the season as the NMU Wildcats’ high scorer, with $0 points (35 goals and 65 assists), one point better than last year’s total. His point total compiled during play with the Wild- cats is 203, which ranks him second among the all-time NMU scoring leaders. te In the two semi-final games NMU played against the University of Wisconsin and Michigan Tech, Bozek and Bruce Martin, another former Rebel team member, ‘were the only Wildcate to score more than one point. Bozek scored the lone goal in NMU’s 5-1 defeat at the Slocan curling jf holds annual dinner meeting: Slocan Curling ‘Club: held. ita annual dinner meeting ff and ‘trophy presentation + ony Bill Anderson was elected - president while Bud Merry was named vice-president. The position of secretary- treasurer.went to Viola Lis- ter. Other executive members sre Alex. Bojey, Randy Michiels,- Heather Bekle, Dave Love, Hiroshi Kondo and Merle Clough. . the club has pledged $1,000 towards the skating rink. Plans for the summer include painting and making nee- essary improvements on the eurling rink. Official records put player in good standing NEW YORK (AP) — ketball's official records com- mittes reaffirmed Ty. Cobb's 1910 battling. .championship Saturday following ‘public- ation of a copyrighted story in the Sporting News which had claimed Nap Lajoie was the legitimate winner. Cobb is credited with bat- ting .985 that season, one point more than Lajoie. The Sporting News claimed that its research had uncovered keeping di i hands of Wi in, the even- tual champions, and Be" drew an assist on against Tech. Tech also beat NMU, in the’ consolation game, by a score of 5-2. B.C. Wildlife Federation to start preservation fund KAMLOOPS (CP) — B.C. Wildlife Fed ” Santano told. the group's an- nual f cided "Thursday to ere its own ‘fund to preerve critical : be: made up of donations from total fund will be spent, he said. Santano said there is no plan for its use vate sources, ht it could go to preserve ping which cast some doubt on the actual number of at-bats and hits for the two players that season, The newspaper had * reported that a statistician’s error had credited Cobb with two extra hits, ‘resulting’ in. . his one-point, edge over La- jole. But the a itt Y "RECIPIENTS of the Stocan inn Ve a From left are curling members ror Florena Merry, Josie St. * Mercy’ * Department will be hoatinga 5” * the solide Siege g al Education’ and Bees ; mixed volleyball tournament } on April 25 from 10 am to4 ' P The “Koutonay ‘Kountry ! Klasaic” is open to players of any ‘level of ‘skill ranging ‘ from high school. to, adult | recreational. Competition will be held at Selkirk Col- : lege gymnasium and the only / : stipulation is that‘ at least - two females must be present ; ‘Thomas and.Bud Merry.: Shukin, the 's, and also Tim Stewart won the * Slocan Forest Products trophy. * on the court during play. Participants in the tour- Y nament will receive a free ; pass to. watch the evening feature match betwebn the ; of West Germany. For futher informati > Kootenay AllStars’and’ the » Duren Men's Volleyball Club - ; please contact Selkirk Saints’ : coach Tim rick at 365-7292, ext. 264, Genuine Risk wins © ; OTTAWA (CP) — Minister Gerald Regan an- nounced plans Thursday to hold a Terry Fox Marathon of HOpe Day Setp. 18 in which millions of Cana- dians will be urged to run, jog or walk 10 kilometres to raise money for cancer research, With the approval of the Fox family, runs are being organized in communities across Canada so that which governs statistics and records for. the major leagues, said it had not ap- proved any changes in Cobb's _career statistics and that any alteration of record books would be made without authorization. “Because ‘of inconclusive WINNERS of the A Event of the fun bon- spiel held at the Slocan Curling Rink April 3 to 5 received the Nick Verigin trophy. From left are Nick Verigin {presenting trophy), Brian Hicks and Doug Hicks. Missing from the photo is Raymond Gregoire and Randy Willioms. Shooker play sees’ Toronto: wa man in the lead. ; LONDON (AFP) — Kirk | Stevens, 22, of Toronto who became the youngest-ever semifinalist last: year, led Denis Taylor, the Irish cham- pion, 5-3 at the close of play «batt recopuine his major league records of ‘most batting ‘championships (12) and most consecutive batting cham- <<; pionships (9) as well as his all-time major league record for hits with a total of 4,191,” - the committee said. The committee pointed out that American League Presi- dent Ban Johnson, who re- 2, vieved the batting race at the end of the season after Lajoie | had eight hits, seven of them B Event winners were Brian Hamilton, Donald Hird, Carole Butler and Oerrik ‘Boisvert. C Event winners were Dave Betts, Rose Pectin, Rick Sterling and Dean Palmason. The fun bonspiel was sponsored by _ Mountain High bunts, on the final day, had certified Cobb as the cham- pion. It also cited the passage of 70 yeara which, it said, itutes a certain statute of limitation as to recognizing any changes in the. records withidence of the accuracy of such changes.” In 1910, Cobb played with Detroit Tigers and Lajoie was with Cleveland Indians. The 18member Records Committee is composed of media representatives, stat- isticians and ball offi- t ee itd e ate SS . ,.INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS XT-3 HOSE APPOINTMENT runners, the disabled, children, joggers cipate,. Regan said. It is hoped. that those h t 0 will Sport” and walkers can parti-- Terry Fox day scheduled for fall Regan said that since Fox's aborted run, there have been many sugges- tions.to undertake events in his name. “We felt he would focus on one event, with the approval of Terry and his family.” - GIVE PATIENTS HOPE | Dr. Robert Macbeth, ex- ecutive vice-president of the cancer society, said Fox is a remarkable person who. has given hope to cancer patients and the disabled — a contribution to society that is equal to his impact on fund raising. ‘make generous pledges to those: who do and, where possible, make separate donations to the Canadian attempt: coast to cancer research, He covered more than 5,600 kilometres from April 12° when he left St. John’s, Nfid., to Sept. 1, when his run ended near Thunder Bay, Ont., with the discovery of cancer in his lungs. Fox had lost his right leg to the disease in 1977. . March 20, the Macbeth said that as of NEW. YORK (AP), .— Genuine Risk,.who last ‘year captured the hearts: of the American public by becoming the second filly to’ win, the. Kentucky Derby, returned. to, the races Saturday, scoring’ an easy victory in a seven- furlong allowance race at Aqueduct. In the day's feature race, the $107,800 Excelsior Handi- cap, Malcolm Winfield’s Irish - Tower surprised heavily fa- vored Relaxing in winning the 78rd" running of this: 1%-mile event in stakes re cord time of 2:00 4-5. But the story this day was the return of Genuine Risk. And the four-year-old Exclu- sive. Native filly, who also’ won the Ruffian Handicap and had seconds in both the Belmont’ and Preakness en route to the three-year-old had collected $23.5 million from Fox's run, About $21.6 million is to sienna id by sh eee i The ciate eu peta & hs addiitonal $20 million this ‘year on cancer research, The runs are being spon- - sored by the Canadian Track’ and Field Associ- ation, the cancer society and the. Four Seasons Hotel chain, Regan said. It may become. an annual event. Eldridge, presi- dent of the track feder- ation, said he hopes that as many as three million peo- ple will participate. filly was ready for her seasonal debut. Mrs, Bertram Firestone’s ~~ flys apho. alee Ag ound ee initiee Ta AA > 3 a the finish, covering seven. fatlonge in 1:22 4-5. Ridden by Jactino Vanquez, Genuine ? Risk. paid $2.20, beri ‘and: $2.10. He Relaxing, who eavtied ‘425: pounds in opposing five male foes, was never in contention | as Irish Tower controlled the ! ’ Excelsior from start to finish. Ridden by Hamilton ‘native : weight of 127 pounds, Irish Tower reeled off fractions of; 28, 9-6, 472-5, 1:11, and 1:35 $-5. The four-year-old son'of ; Irish Castle was five lengths * in front entering. the stretch -} and held a 4%-length margin * over Ring of Light.at the fin. ‘The old stakes mark’of: 2:01 2-5 was set by Ring of Light > race, - in last year’s edition of this : Relaxing, who had won six | vstraight races including four; stakes in a-row, finished / third, bake. ' another half! -length i Irish Tower, who earned a : purse . of . $64, ‘i ae ‘Ang sri fal dero in was $2.10 to show. Castlegar Minor Hockey Annual ivieeting .. April 26 7:30 p.m. {n the Curling Arena ad Election of new execu: tobeheld * EVERYONE WELCOME before. ANNOUNCING BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT. WAGES, OVERTIME, - WORKING HOURS. THESE ARE YOUR RIGHTS: British Columbia’ ‘snew Employment Standards Act (1981) protects your rights as an employee better than ever Under the Act, employers are required to pay overtime - forany hours worked - beyond the regular eight- if returned ; se of ; “NEW BRIEFS . "17 190'STe IN CRASH... KARACHI (AP) —. More than 100 persons ‘were believed killed when a passenger bus ran off a road: and - into a canal, .a Pakistani news agency reported. There : were alx survivors, police said. The accident occurred Friday about 900 kilometres northwest of heré: néar Larkana Town, the news agency said, PORTS AMBUSHES . BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam ‘accused .China on Saturday of killing a number of civilians and militiamen in ambushes and shellings along the Sino. Vietnamese . border, Vietnam's official news agency said. The report, monitored in Bangkok, sald dozens of Chinese soldiers entered the Xoay Nguon area of Quang Ninh province on April 5, ambushed local market-goers and laid mines on the road, EARTHQUAKE STRIKES: KUMAMOTO, JAPAN (REUTER) — —A fairly strong quake shook this city with an intensity of four in the Japanese pare of seven. However, police said there wore Be reports of casualties or damage. Seismologists said t! epi was 20 Kilometres under the city. . EXCEUTION REPORTED KUWAIT (AP{ — Former North Yemeni foreign minister Abdullah al-Asnag has been executed after being convicted of treason and spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agehcy, the independent Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan reported Saturday. The newspaper + quoted Yement sources as saying the minister also was d of having a with an Arab country." Al-Watan did not name the country. FIRE cuand LIF! CARTWRIGHT, “(CP) — ROME, in this fire which claimed ms life of a ain jeanold we aes Police say Roy Jacob Hofer of the Willow Creck Pater Colongy died in.a house fire. .. No further details were available, * Cartwright, is about 145 kilometres southwest. .of ‘Winnipeg. COVER DESIGN AWARD A staff artist with the Edmonton Journal has won the Educational Press Association of North America award for cover design in 1980., Rick Pape's winning entry was the design, of the January, 1980, cover of A.T.A., The Alberta Teachers’ ‘Association publication, which dealt with energy issues. It was the fourth award Pape has won, including the 1979 cover design award. CUTTING HIS TIES ‘One of the hottest moviemakers in Hollywood history is cutting his ties with the film establishement. George Lukas, maker of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, has resigned from the Directors Guild of America and Writers Guild of America. Last year, the 37-yehr-old Lucas resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. "A Lucas films executive said personal reasons were behind the latest resignations. “ Lueas is currently writing Revenge of the Jedi, the ‘third film in the Star Wars series, SUFFERING FATIGUE ” Cynthia Dwyer, the housewife from Buffalo, N.’ Yu who ‘eee nine months in an Iranian‘ prison on spy charges, thas been admitted to hospital suffering from what ae husband describes as fatigue and delayed stress, “ D Jatt for, isan Jast spring to- gathe material fora Ke a free-lan Tranians arres [her May bed on apy charges; An‘Iranian court d her of in February, but “sentenced her to time already served yand ordered her out of the country. Bie was released Feb. 10. ‘OTTAWA Rese Two men and a women were ‘appointed ‘judges in British Columbia courts by the federal government Friday. : Alan A.W. Macdonol! wes prometed to a new position ‘on the Supreme Court of British Columbia from the ‘county. court of Vancouver and Wallace T. Oppal of :Vancouver.was named,to a new position on the county court of Westminster. , Beverley M. McLachlin, an associate lasw professor at. ‘the Univesity of British Columbia, was named to replace Macdonell as a judge of the county court of Vancouver. Al three PPC are - - GETS RAISE OTTAWA (CP) — Kenneth Dye, Canada's new auditor- general, got a $5, 800-2. -year raise Friday as MPs whizzed through three bills, giving one final approval and advancing two others along the legislative path. Dye's annual salary was boosted to $86,600 from $61,300 by a bill, passed in all stages in half an hour, that pegged his pay to that of a Supreme Court of Canada judge, instead of the chief justice of the Federal Court of : Canada. @ 12-HOUR NOTICE BURNABY (CP) — The B.C; Government Employees Union: has issued 72-hour strike notice on the Legal . Services Society after the 85 workers voted 85 percent in favor of strike action. Union spokesman. Jack Adams: said a meeting has been led with Ken Albertini for Monday.in an attempt to avert strike action. Negotiations broke down March ‘4 over the i issue of: wages. é PROVINCIAL PARK ep PRINCE GEORGE (CP) — The National and Provineial Parks‘ Association is urging the’ B.C. government: to reserve the Mount Sir Alexander-Kakwa River area as a provincial park. - 4 ” ‘The area covers roughtly 1,600 square ‘kilometres and is located’ 155 kilometres east of Prince George. : The. association, in a letter’ to’ Parks Minister Jim Chabot, says the area has Signifi icant park- recreation potential. PETER ROLSTON and family will be one of the highlights at the April .24-25 West Kootenay. Trade: Fair Rolston, who i is B.C.'s own ventriloquist, is well | Nacen for his children’ ‘Ss ‘show, Pete's Place, that ea for CASTLEGAR NEWS, April 12,198) 100 volunteers “tramped among muddy, cree! urday looking for two’ miss ing children ‘connected with the: unsolved killings of 28.‘ dic young blacks. Searchers organized by the United. Youth Adult’ ‘Con- ference split into three. par- ties. Onc, headed: out. to 8: were looking: for. the body: oe ‘10-year-old’: Darron: Glass, ¥ raisin, , Douglas County to search the * banks of creeks flowing into - the Chattahoochee’. River * awhile’ a: ‘helicopter hh VICTORIA (CP) - Columbia’ residents a9. at- d éges * tend universities many years on TV, There-are to’ be a total, of eight Shows, four for children and four for adults. ; ter. | ‘St. Helens: still very much alive. VANCOUVIR, "WASH. - (AP) — Rumblings beneath Mount St. Helens diminished Saturday, a day after the volcano's first steam and ash eruption of 1981, but scient- ists warned the mountain could blow again at any time. “There's been a decline in activity,” said Susan Russell- Robinson, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist here. “But _ we still have an eruption alert, We're still cautioning that more eruptive activity may occur.” © ‘The eruption Friday, in which a plume of. steam and ash blasted more than 4,700 metres into the air, was the.” sixth ash eruption since the volcano blew its top last May 18, leaving 61 people dead or the Galeate’ compared with about eight quakes an hour for much of Friday. And the National Weather Service cancelled a flood watch, say- ing there was “little. in eation of any increased vol- canie activity, CRATER 2 OBSCURED Heavy clouds prevented scientists from getting a look at the. pe They believe the ceapiion may have sig- nalled. that a lava dome is once. again building in the crater. “At this. point, it’s critical . to see the, crater area s0 we ean assess what is happen- ing,” Russell-Robinscn said. LNICHQLAS WASILENKOFF a 77, of Glade is still listed © as missing with almost ive ; months pi ing since, disappearance Feb.. became. missing after’ hi vahiclo, which appeared to have been in an accident, was.found on Highway 3A on that date at the Rock Bluffs just on the Castlegar side of Thrums. “Due to ‘the lack of ‘field observations . . . seismolo- gists are unable to charac- terize what may have: been occurring :in the crater.” Geologists. most recently, landed: a helicopter in the crater March 28. : said sel- “pproclnatis! ‘flows, super- heated: waves. of volcanic debris,:she ‘said. Pyroclastic ‘flows could melt snow'on the’ mountain and flood the |val- leys. 2 Light: ash’ from ° Friday's’ eruption fell‘on Randle,.a entists: do not expect an not meet their demands for a fee increase ‘of'41.2 per cent March 9 with p of sa $6. 6-billion ‘balanced bud- get. doctors’ from surcharging: ‘their patients for’ théir. ser- | vices was.also a key part. of this session. That debate was ‘ adjourned pending a resump- tion of negotiations over a fee schedule. Health Minister Jim Niel- ~ sen presented the legislation : March 31 after the doctors insisted they would: begin surcharging : their patients ~ Debate on a bill prohibiting i and a’ they coul extra bill in the future. The government's final of- fer‘was ‘an, increase ‘of. 15.2 per cent in one-year agree; ment. ‘The bili ‘also ‘permits the provin cabinet to end the fee dispute thorugh binding - arbitration and extends the: current fee | new one is negotiated. “The negotiating \ commit- principals by April 17 to say if they can rej Segoe April 1 if the government did ;.. blacks were involved. Saturday's - riot. erupted S ‘after youths started hurling is pricks at a ‘facing line. of = police armed: with shields, autho: id. A d.of special. riot police was overturned and ° the men were forced to jump clear to:avoid being crushed, ‘witnesses said. While the fighting was ‘That: truck and ‘one other was set afire - goer on, police said, a gang ‘- tees are, to report to their rashebout50 youths raided and ape pL eee lacks dutnusaber whites’ lacerations. :; to. have: sustained * with -the | jeep hour day. There are also regulations concerning time off, and shift hours. (Certain types of employ- ment are exempt from « the hours-of-work ‘ $5,000 damage. Kreg Sky, a Vancouver trustee of. the association, said a : ‘ the region does. not ; now have’ enough. parks and | recreation, opportunities. s e -:: WEILL MISS OUT “WINNIPEG (CP) = The Canola Council of Canada said Friday Prairie farmers could miss out on excelient income prospects if they reduce rapeseed acreage this year as Saturday in their 25-frame second-round match in the world professional snooker championship. - After losing the first two frames, Taylor, who reached the final in 1979, compiled a Among the many areas covered by the law, there isa new higher minimum wage, and regulations governing hours of work and overtime. ~ break of 92 to pull up to 1-2. Stevens went on to lead 4-2 and maintained his two- frame advantage by making breaks of 61 and 32 in the eighth frame. STORM WARNING Weather, particularly those viscious storms tl plague us in winter, can ose a serious safety zard, Many employers recognize the hazards in such extreme weather and suspend operations ‘until conditions become safe. \\ og Facing : “e announces the appointment of © ‘, STROWELEX EALAPHENT 5 SALES AND a CASTLEGAR 365-3315 6 as dealer for i CATERPILLAR XT-3 HOSE AND COUPLINGS SP: est Mh ane feos on the AND SYNFLEX HYDRAULIC HOSE for all your ca hose es The minimum wage as of December 1, 1980 is $3.65 for persons 18 and over, and $3.00 for those under 18. There is a mini- “mum daily rate for farmand © domestic workers, and a monthly rate for resident caretakers. 4 emplo: The Act also states when wages must be paid by and which deductions are allowable. provisions.) If you believe your employer has contravened any section, of the Act, youmay filea — “ complaint with the Employ- ment Standards Branch, Ministry of Labour. Office. TPMAKESBCABETTER Further information, and leaflets, are available at any provincial micas of Labour forecast by Statistics Canada. “The federal agency says farmers will seed ‘only 3.99 million acres to rapeseed this year but council president _ Jack Smythe of Lloydminster, Sask., said they should be -seeding six million to satisfy prospective’ ‘demand during’ the 1981-82 erp 3a year... RGEST BROUGHT. - NANAIMO (CP) — Pollution charges have been sbrought by‘ the federal fisheries department against "MacMillan Bloedel Ltd; and Doman Forest Products Ltd.‘ “for allegedly allowing toxic chemicals to be dumped into” ‘Northumberland: Channel near this Vancouver’ Island city. The charges say toxic materials escaped down storm sewers into the channel, Both firms have entered pleas of not guilty. G MARKS ANNIVERSARY U + MOSCOW (AP) — As the U.S.:space shuttle launch was scrubbed Friday, two Soviet cosmonauts were in In ‘pr . day Sandy, Lapointe pleaded va guilty to a charge of being a;y “ minor in possession if Haver, 3 » She was. fined: $175, John Poohachott was fined, $250. after he pleaded guilty © to driving without i inguranee.; 3 ‘* Robert Walko: was: 5: fined t ee < $800 or in default: 20 days ing > jail after pleading guilty. to a. a charge of theft, over $200: - Michael ivarabiott ‘was? The result is that these storms disrupt trans- portation and the flow of mail. TROWELEX EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTALS LTD. CASTLEGAR 365-3315 Ministry of Bintan Golumbla Labour EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS BRANCH ‘Hon Jack Hench, Minister fined $400 or in: default: 20 days in jail after he pleaded ? guilty to a charge of driving 4 with a blood alcohol’ count ? over .08, ue Seo Ga) se earth orbit, and Moscow’ lavishly ‘marked the 20th . anniversary of history's first manned space shot — by the late’ cosmonaut: Yuri.Gagarin. Soviet officials, ‘opened a museum of space exploration, | LAS:VEGAS came to the C as ihe Sunfest ‘81 Committee sponsored a Las Vegas night in’ conjun- ction with local Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary and Legion organizations: The’ ‘ 77-hour casino started 1 Friday ight and ended Saturday midnight. All io Sunfest ‘81 which takes place July 18 to 26. e i —Cesttenntote ry Chery! Wiahtow y