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In Gretzky: An Autobiography, the captain of the Los Angeles Kings paints the Edmonton businessman as a cheapskate and says ‘sometimes he could be a complete jerk.” Pocklington sold Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in August 1988 for a reported $18 million, just months after Gretzky led the Oilers to their fourth Stanley Cup in five years. In the book, co-written by Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated, Gretzky says Pocklington was miserable when it came to gifts to the superstar and other members of the Oilers. Gretzky says the first Oilers won the National Hockey League championship, Pocklington gave diamond rings to everyone on the team. But the size of the diamond varied on how Pocklington viewed their contribution to the club. “That meant the trainers and the equipment guys got these tiny diamonds and the guys who sat on the bench got a little bigger diamond, but not much, and so on until you-know- who got a huge one,”’ Gretzky says in the book. “Here we'd spent the last five years trying to bang through everybody's skull that we were a team. . . and Peter goes and ranks us all by carat.’” Gretzky says he didn’t know anything about the rings until then- assistant coach John Muckler told him that the hand on the diamond metre went the wrong way when he got his ring. appraised. Muckler, assistant coach Ted Green and all the training staff were given fake diamonds. Gretzky says then-coach Glen Sather made Pockington get the coaches genuine diamonds. ‘‘I was So embarrassed I took all the trainers’ time the baseball franchise with the Pacific Coast League, for up to $6 million cklington refused to comment on the sale, which will see the team move to Memphis, Tenn Gretzky says salary concerns star- ted any problems he had with Sather and Pocklington He says Sather couldn't accept that players wanted higher salaries, while Pocklington used the cash flow provided by the Oilers to support his other business ventures. ‘He knew what he needed and it wasn’t more Stanley Cups. He didn’t need to sell more tickets. His arena was already sold out. He needed cash."" Gretzky says the Ferrari that Pocklington ‘‘gave’’ him when he t Marcel Dionne for the scoring race first year in the NHL was actually a three-year lease. “Thad to pay the licensifyg-and in- surance on it and I had the option to buy it out at the end of the term. I en- ded up selling it and I think I. lost $3,000 on the deal. Any more gifts from Peter and I was going to go broke.”” Gretzky says he was inititally thrilled when Pocklington gave him a $50,000 bond for his first-born child after he broke Gordie Howe's all-time assist record in 1987 “Then I found out the thing matured at $50,000 — in 25 years. What that bond cost Peter was about $3,500."" The book does give the rabid hockey fan some insight into Gret- Los Angeles Kings captain Wayne Gretzky winds up and takes afew zky’s personal habits — bizarre as shots at his former boss, Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington, in Gretzky: An Autobiography rings and had them done properly,’’ he added. The comments in Gretzky’s book are not the first time Pocklington has come under fire for his financial dealings. Once highly ‘accessible, Pocklington -has become almost a recluse since the Gretzky trade, ad- ding a new security system to his home and generally refusing to speak with reporters. Recently, Pocklington sold the Edmonton Trappers, a Triple A they may be. For example, one weird trivia tidbit is that the Great One wears a size 10 street shoe, but a size 8% skate “Most people’s feet would go numb after about 15 minutes, but my toes are doublejointed, so I can curl them up and not have it bother me. (Is this maybe more than you wanted to know about my feet?)"’ Elvis alive and well on tape By CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON ‘The Canadian Press Let's stop the debate now. Elvis IS alive — and here are two new hi-' tech videos to prove it. Thanks to the: magic of Disney, Elvis: The Great Performances — a two-volume set featuring 27 hit songs — has just arrived in video stores. And with digitally mastered ster¢o surround sound, the King has: never squnded better. This is the first music-video release by Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video label, and it’s impressive. Not only is the price right — $19.99 for each cassette — but the packaging is in- novative. Each cassette comes with a booklet with 10 pages of background information and pictures of Elvis in FIRESIDE e-c-e 1810-8th Ave., Costlegor “SUNDAY — BRUNCH 10 A.M.-2 P.M. OPEN DAILY From 7;00 a.m.-9:00 p.m Reservations Recommended 365-6699 = DEWDNEY | TOURS 1355 Bay Avenue, Trail Call: 1-800-332-0282 West's Travel 365-7782 RENO TOURS September 29 8 Day Tour Sands Hotel October 6 8-Day Tour Sands Hotel October 20 8 Day Tour Sands Hotel October 28 Take in the sights of this fabulous mail and entertainment centre with all-the dazzie of Christmas on display. Enjoy an evening dinner theatre in Calgary. A spectacular CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Christmas In Victoria December 23-27 Christnas in the quaint city of ‘Victoria with new friends and ‘Santa. City lights evening tour. Fabulous old fashioned Christmas dinner and ail the trimmings. Christmas in Reno r 22-29 For those who would like a faster The videos offer concert and screen footage of Elvis and‘ some recently ‘discovered Presley family home movies. Among the songs is Elvis’s first recording, My Happiness. The singer, then 18, ‘paid $4 at the Memphis Recording Service in August 1953 to cut the disc as a gift for his mother. My Happiness is also the lead track on an’RCA companion’ album to this video set. Elvis is at his devastating best on these videos, showing the qualities that made him King: a great blues voice, a sparkling stage presence, enormous energy and yet an almost detached ability to manipulate and tease his fans. Lord of the Flies (Nelson Enter- tainment) — This welcome remake of Peter Brook’s classic film, based on the William Golding novel, will shock a new generation of viewers in much the same way as the original’ 1963 movie, The story of a group of boys lost on a tropical island who degenerate into savages is convincingly portrayed by a strong cast of young unknowns and a director, Harry Cook, whose clear vision shines through. The kids this time are a group of American military cadets aged seven to 12 whose plane crashes into the sea near a remote tropical island. Ralph (Balthazar Getty) and Piggy (Danuel Pipoly).try to organize survivors into an efficient, rule-abiding team, but soon.their authority is threatened by a lawless splinter group, which relishes Coming Soon United Way CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF Sat., Sept. 29 INeNUORS: * Fico Morker Pancake Breakfast And Much More! the lack of adult control Although there ‘are somé nasty moments of violence, the film’s power to disturb comes directly from the souls of the lost boys. Bad Influence (RCA-Columbia) — It was a video of the wrong sort that landed Hollywood bad boy Rob Lowe in hot water, but here’s a video he can be justly proud of. This dark, yet compelling thriller is well written and smartly directed, and the strong presence of Lowe coupled with the quiet magnetism of James Spaded (Sex, Lies and Videotape) give it the required punch Lowe plays a hardnosed black- mailer who makes life a nightmare for an up-and-coming yuppie marketing analyst played by Spader Coupe de Ville (MCA-Universal) - Early ‘60s tunes ‘and three of Hollywood’s most promising young actors cannot make this journey from Detroit te Miami sparkle. Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross and Daniel Stern play three warring brothers who, in true movieland fashion, *become bosom buddies by the time they finally manage to deliver a vintage car to their dying dad. The deplorable shortage of laughs makes this comedy an endurance test. If you do rent it, turn up the volume, The tunes are great. New on video: Teen musical comedy House Party (RCA- Columbia, Sept. 5); police action- drama Impulse (Warner, Sept. 12); sci-fi thriller Crash and Burn (Paramount, Sept. 13); zany ad agen- cy satire Crazy People (paramount, Sept. 13). As well, °‘CBS-Fox has reissued The Rogers and Hammer- stein Collection of six musicals at Prices under $30. Titles are The Sound of Music, The King and I, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, State Fair and Carousel Dirty Harry hangs up Magnum MINNEAPOLIS Harry is hanging up his Magnum. (AP) — Dirty Clint Eastwood said Wednesday he plans no more sequels to the shoot- *em-up movies featuring a San Fran- cisco detective known for his .44 and his taunting line to bad guys, ‘Make my day.”’ “I don't know where you'd take him,"’ said Eastwood, who has starred in five Dirty Harry films “The very uangerous thing about doing sequels is you can fall into a pat- tern of self-imitation. You’d have to have an awfully good script to take you away from that.”” Eastwood's latest venture as actor and director, White Hunter, Black Heart, explores the obsession of a movie director bent on bagging-an elephant in Africa. Eastwood plays the director, modelled on the late John Huston. COMMUNITY Bulletin Board BASIC BOATING CLASS By Castlegar Power Squadron. Registration 7 p.m., $.H.S.S., Room 103 Sep 72 tember 6 & 13. Information 364-0271 AND GUIDES Register for Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders for girls ages 5-15. Monday, September 10 ber 11 Wednesday, September 12 North End must register girls South End. Kinnaird Hall 7 p.m. Tuesday. Septem Thrums, Tarrys School 7:30 p.m. and Robso: Boy Scout Hall 7 esker Hall, 7 p.m. Fee: $25. Parent CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN woe September 13. 7:30 p.m. Sandman Inn. J stration. Reservations: 365-8025 or 365 7a08. jolstering. practical demon 27 Coming events of Castlegar and District non. profit organizations may be listed here. The first 15 words are $5 and additional words are 25¢ each. Bold taced words (which must be used for headings) count os two words. There is no ex tra charge tora second insertion while the thid consecutive insertion 1s halt price and the fourth and fitth consecutive insertions are only halt price tor the two of them times Minimum charge 1s $5 Deadlines are 5 pm whtther ad 1s tor one two or three Thursdays tor Sundays paper and 5 pm Mon September 6,1900 CastlegarNews 8s LOCAL/ PROVINCIAL NEWS ~ Game arouse opposition By PETE McMARTIN Vancouver Sun VICTORIA (CP) — The following anecdote about the Commonwealth Games is entitled Only In Victoria. In March 1988, B. legislature member Gordon Hanson and Victoria alderman Fred Severson travelled to Cc spending tax dollars on the Games. But Raeside had not only bruised the sensitivities of the brass driving the Games’ bandwagon, he had City of Edinburgh suing the Games organizers to obtain a $1-million fee owed for rent on its facilities. Worries such as those concern Vic- what. they i an unfortunate act of racial stereotyping. “I was later told from a couple of Sources that there was an African Africa to countries to support Victoria's bid to host the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Severson was something of a catalyst in bringing the Games to Vic- toria, having i the original staying at the Empress Hotel. And I understand that mem- bers of the board went down to the Empress and bought up all the copies of the Times-Colonist so the African wouldn't see the cartoon motion to the Victoria city council in 1986. Severson, a friendly sort, is a fix- ture of Victoria society whom everybody knows as Whitey. It's a c that di the name his mother gave him. Imagine the consternation of the board of the Commonwealth Games society, however, when faced with his moniker. They quailed at the idea of sending a Whitey to Africa. Clearly, a compromise had to be found. “It certainly was a concern to our board,’ Whitey acknowledges. “They suggested that two iden- tification nameplates be made up. You know, the nameplates you wear on your jacket lapel? One was Fred Severson and one was Whitey Sever- son.”” So when Whitey was wining and dining delegates in Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, he was Fred. Wheri he landed back home, he reverted to the nameplate his friends could recognize. Now that, as anecdotes go, isn’t bad. But it doesn’t stop there. While Whitey and Hanson were in Africa perpetrating this exercise in racial delicacy, a cartoon ran on the editorial pages of the Victoria Times- Colonist depicting two men happily sitting in a cannibals’ pot. The two and take offence.”’ Commonwealth Games boosters see the Games as Victoria’s coming- out party. “They talk about the Common- wealth Games putting Victoria on the map,"’ Raeside said. ‘But the last time I looked, Victoria was sitting very icely on the National Geographic Atlas of the world.”” “*I think they're screwing up in the worst possible fashion,’ said Times- Colonist columnist Gorde Hunter. ‘‘I think they still haven’t given a detailed accounting. “They lied, first of all, about the opening ceremonies (to be held in a lavish ceremony on a huge floi barge in the middle of Victoria Hi bor) but they cancelled that once they got the Games. The Games are going to be a costly son-of-a-bitch not just for the people of Victoria but for all the people of Canada.”’ But amid the consternation some people voice about the Games’ cost, they proceed. Ron Longstaffe, the Games society president, announced in August that the Games’ budget would be set at $168.5 million. The breakdown goes like this: $50 million from the federal government, $36 million from the provincial government, $10 million from ticket sales, $10 million from in- terest and recoveries, $6.5 men, to their sat there, penning a postcard to the folks back home. The message was something to the effect of ‘‘Dear David (David Black, then head of the Commonwealth Games group), Having a wonderful time, Just taking a bath and have been invited for dinner.”” Indignant enthusiasts of the Games condemned Adrian Raeside, the Times-Colonist cartoonist, who had drawn the cartoon. “And really,”’ Raeside said, ‘‘they were reasonable-looking cannibals. The kind of people you wouldn’t mind having for dinner! No bones through the nose or anything. “It was just poking fun at all the twits running around all over the place trying to drum up support,” said Raeside, who dislikes the idea of from Vict a whopping $62 million from cor- porate sponsorship. John Stothart, the Games society’s general manager, says the economic impact of the Games for the Victoria area will be $400 million, according to a Coopers-Lybrand study, with 2,500 visiting journalists, 15 major sponsors and — an impressive-sounding statistic — 800 million viewer hours ~on television around the world. But numbers like that have been heard before when it comes to big sporting events. Auckland put on this year’s Commonwealth Games in January and ended up with a $14- million deficit that the national and local governments will have to absorb. The Edinburgh Games ran a deficit of $6 million and were so badly organized that they ended with the toria » many of whom are on fixed incomes. Victoria native Ron Butlin, founder of the B.C. Summer and Winter Games and former chair- man of the B,C. Games for 10 years, believes they could all be stuck with a deficit after the Games are over. “I think they will be very lucky not to have a deficit,’’ he said. ‘‘Andahe thing is, the hotels and restaurants are packed here in the summer when the Games are going to be held anyway, so a lot of the hotel people are not that excited about Butlin also questioned the Games society’s projected $62 million cor- porate sponsorship in the budget. “I don’t think they can raise $62 million in corporate sponsors! and I think that figure is an elastic figure to balance the budget. The Commonwealth Games are not like the Olympics, they do not have the same draw for the corporate spon- sors. “But I'm not a believer the Games should go away. The thing is, you can’t be a little bit pregnant and we've got to get the community involved. I think it’s been like a private club operating this society, with very little input from the public. That has caused a couple of Victorian to municipalities have refused outright to contribute tax dollars to the Games. North Saanich and Sidney, both small population centres, see no benefits from the Games and have refused to participate. And the Games society is still neg ing with one community to see if it will accept a couple of the Games’ venues. Negotiations are still under way to see if the lawn-bowling greens and velodrome will be installed at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre in the Colwood area. Residents do not want to get stuck with any future maintenance costs. But Stothart, the Games’ general manager, discounts all the talk of tax revolt and deficit. Polls show a 77 per cent support for the Games in the Greater Victoria area, he said. And the criticism of the Games here, he criticism in other cities before the Commonwealth Games. “*What has happened in Victoria is mild compared to the rest. “IL think this is a perfect match of these Games to Victoria. The com- munity is the right size, it has a very strong amateur sports focus, it has a strong sense of the Commonwealth. The Games are going to leave a real legacy here, and help turn Victoria in- to one of the premier sports training areas in the country."" G-1-A-N-T WICKER SALE withhold the portion of their business tax slated to go to the Games. Former Victoria. mayor Peter Pollen and hotel owner Paul Arsens both refused to pay the special levy on municipal taxes and then hired lawyer Doug Christie to file a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking to stop the city from collecting taxes. “They are alleging,’’ Christie said, “that the city has exceeded its jurisdiction under the Municipal Act to tax for events not in this tax year, It’s our view that they (the city) can’t accumulate surpluses for future even- ts, and to do so, they have to go to a referendum."’ Christie says he believes the case will go to court in late October. Victoria city council recently rejec- ted the idea of a.referendum or poll, but that has not stopped Oak Bay from polling its 17,000 residents in this coming November election if they support the idea of municipal taxes going to the Games. Ald. Peter Bunn, who moved the motion for the question, said he was not against the Games, but he was getting both pro and con views from his constituents about holding the Games there and he wanted to get a reading from them. Two other Victoria area Historians meet Monday Nina Woolff will the guest speaker at the Sept. 10 meeting of the West Kootenay Family Historians. Woolff will discuss how to plan a trip to Salt Lake City to do research there in the Mormon Church Library. The West Kootenay Family Historians meet at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of every month in the Castlegar Library except when the fir- st Monday falls on a holiday in which case the meeting is held on the following Monday. During the past months, different members of the group have given talks on their various areas of resear- ch including England, Scotland, the United Empire Loyalists, native In- dians, German-Russians and many areas of Canada and the United States. The present executive of the club By JUDY WEARMOUTH Head Librarian Pre-school story hours at the Castlegar Library resume the third week in September — Sept. 18 from | p.m. to 2 p.m. and Sept. 20 from 19 a.m. to 11 a.m. Because Mary Beth Small has left the area, the Tuesday story will be taken by Kathryn Robbie, a newcomer to the ranks of volun- Story hours resume at library teers. She’s very enthusiastic and looking forward to working with the children. The Thursday story will be taken by Julie Kalesnikoff for the first three weeks. Pre-schoolers age 3% to five years have to be library members and should be pre-registered. Call the library to register in either but not both of the sessions. —_ Cail Brochures hove Been mailed out and Education Cour have not re: and one will be petty to you. Some cou! Sept. 19, 30.0 90 pm $12 Room B, CPR Level C ication: Sept. 12. ‘lope $15. Room B. 1% 1: Know what to do when an emergency occurs. Wed 16 Must have proof of a CPR C ticket. Wednesday is y for Ce @ Calendar please call the college have limited space so please register course to learn the common fun- Create your own beautiful e take place at Tu ctions of the operating system and try o voriety of programs. Tues., & Thurs Sept. 18-25, 7-9 p.m. (3 sessions) $35 includes Introduction to Flower Arranging: Four ba arrangements and centrepieces. Course will ips Floral Design. Thurs., Sept. 20, Wed.. Sept. 26, Oct. 3. 9pm (4 seesions), $79. (All materials inch TO REGISTER OR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: terials. Room B/21. lessons using silk and 10, 7 are Muriel Walton, president; April Wilmot, secretary; Helen Dunlop, treasurer; Marie Brown and Katherine Trusz, programs; Josephine Smales, librarian; and Diane Kniss, public relations. Fees are $10 per year for an in- vididual and $5 for an CHRISTINA SANDS RESORTS LTD. We have expanded and now have 30 10 more campsites ovail- is summer: * Hot Showers * Swimming * Boat Moorage * Store * Lorge Sondy Beach * Playground * Safe Secure Storage Sox 48, Christina Leke, B.C. 10 Phone (604) 447-61 % BOY SCOUTS REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION MEETING DISPLAYS AND UNIFORM SWAP Sept. 12 — 7:00 p.m. out Hall, North Castlegar * REGISTRATION FEES: Ventures & Scouts Cubs istration includes ALL boys from ALL SECTIONS, Kinnaird. . North C y. Fairview, lie and The- Leaders are required in all sections. If unable to attend or for more information phone Dist. Pres. Gerry Kling — 365- 6978 or Dist. Sec. Tolman — 365-6344. 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Noshville's Oldest Riverboat Cruise. Anik Good Time Dinner. inndionap polis S00. Sears Tower Chicago and much ™ere' 17 Days of Musical Festival much 14 ESCORTED FLY/COACH DAYS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS CALL Your local travel agent 8-Day Tour days for Wednesdays pope: Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News scenic drive through the i] Sands Hote! Rockies. §299* vovblestwin * With eorly bird and senior discounts *All prices based on double occupancy rooms. ALL TOURS, NON-SMOKING ON BOARD COACH. pace. New friends and Santa. Delicious Christmas dinner and all the trimmings. The added glitter of casinos and show TABLES STILL AVAILABLE — Call 365-7331 Community Complex at 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board Castlegar Campus 365-7292, local 208 or 273 Jason Fraser (left) drummer with San Jose West. presents cheque to Jackie Smith, Area Director of the West Kootenay Toy Run Association. 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