QUESTION: : Do. you think: ns Bar 1 It's difficult to say really, if other companies such as B.C. Hydro can.‘ get in: creases, the teachers should get increases .. . straight across the board. Nina Jankovits No not really, I think... they probably won't get it, things are tight as it is, Alice Waterman I think they are well treated-and I think they deserve a good -raise.. 5 per: ‘cent. licoase’ on ‘salaly and idmin: dto West’ ‘Kootenay tonchers last week but it should be fair. regory No, rf think they shechal * get. more because they : work hard. They won't re- . ceive that anyway. * more, in fact. Teachers are Is Fal John Lipkovitz I think ‘they, should get the mainstay of ‘the ‘coun-. try, whose to teach our young if they don't? a he Albertans drink slowly- By AUSTIN RAND . Patrons of Alberta's tav- two years to design and erns don’t drink as fast as build, now is operating at the’ they used to, despite liber- Alberta Children's Hospital “The ‘system, which took’ alized drinking laws, a study suggests. The study Pp data in Calgary. It was developed by Dr. Richard Wesenberg, head of radiology at the hos- gathered in 1968 with infor- mation from 1978. The re- searchers found that the 1978 patrons drank less on aver- age, were less likely to con- sume large quantities of al- cohol and put away 25 per cent less alcohol’ per hour spent in the tavern. The researchers were Dr. Richard Nutter of the Uni- versity of Alberta's depart- ment of psychiatry. and’ Dr. © David Hewitt of the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission. Using information from a 1963 study by Dr. Robert Sommer, they compared the drinking patterns of men in nine Edmonton Taverns in 1963 and 1978. To focus on changes in drinking laws, rather than the effects: of providing more games, or a dance floor, the researchers chose taverns which had changed little in the interim. They say that the study serves against the simplistic notion that any liberalization of drinking regulations such as mixed-sex drinking, contin- ued opening hours, and a wide variety of available beverages will necessarily lead to increased ~consump- tion.” * «© « A Canadian system that provides precise information on radiation exposure should help patients get lower X-ray doses. While conventional moni- torlag by as much as 100 per cont, the new system should be accurate to within five per cent, its designers say. “as strong caution E pital, and Dr. Rudy Hummel, a radiation physics. specialist at the Saskatchewan Cancer Foundation. the Wesenberg = believes the device will help radiologists be more conservative in-the use of X-rays. ‘The. ‘equipment, costing ‘about. $5,000, will be de-: signed ‘to ‘be, attached. ‘to. «standard “X-ray machines, which © can © cost ‘up to $400,000. The $100,000 cost for de- development as “a world first, not just. a Canadian firat.” The device continuously measires the amount of ° power in an X-ray beam by gathering and - analysing things such as the varying amounts of el | power of the device was underwritten by General Electric Medical Systems, a subsidiary, of General Elec- trie Co: * br oe During: a-: rece! ye Canadians had almost:37 mil lion Bick days that’ could be used and changes in the pat- tern‘of X-ray bam. A‘computer analyses the “measurements and provides a readout on just how much X-ray exposure the patient is receiving, second by second, as well as a cumulative total. “That's the finding of a -study in Chronic Diseases in Canada, a monthly publica- tion of the federal depart- ment of health and welfare.” Disability days were de- fined as days on which, due to _ligess, the Person was un- fyte Department Store able to work, go to ackiool, or do’ the housework: Approximately 21 percent of the days. of men pebsrge | ji bottle. Shampoo or (Conditioner, Ultra-rich lobby. He. asked the oft “s to: help him: get back to" his First 1983. TORONTO (cP) - ~ Agi . was: born: to an immigrant couple from Ecuador-at ‘the stroke of.;midnight .Friday night, leading ‘staff at. Doc- tor’s’ Hospital. to’ claim . she - was. the first. baby of 1988, Sasha Cheryl’ Aguilera weighed - a. healthy’ -nine - pounds,. 4%. ounces / after being delivered by caesareai section, Her mother, Gi na, who went in labor Friday ~ afternoon is doing well. . The baby’s father, Vincent, .- a in Canada ‘13-years: —'s0 you “Sean use less... suey balanced ond: nen-qlcoholle;- SAVE $2.00 on the! ‘Max Factor kin Treatment Line ; Houbigant Musk with purchase of $6.00 or more of any Allysa Ashley «Musk Fragrance. .. : you will receive a 300 mL.’ “Musk Body Shampoo 95. “OFF ALL CHRISTMAS ITEMS ORNAMENTS — WRAP. CERAMICS BOXED CARDS -DECORATIONS ByG KERR ° VANCOUVER (CP)'— Don Matthews ‘éuiloa confident- ly when his name is linked ‘with that: of Hugh ‘Campbell. Matthews has emerged f from. Campbell’ shadow as tke new. head coach of B.C, Lions and will not have tocoach against his peer in the Canadian Football League: in 1983... “ST had a good teacher'in Hugh Campbell,” Matthews said Tuesday at a news conference to annotince his appoint- ment. “I hope I picked up some: ‘of his traits, “Now I'm broadening my Scope. I must rely on other . d in this new Matthews, 48, workedas assistant coach with ‘Campbell for six years in Edmonton'and the Eskimos won the Grey Cup championship the last five years. Campbell has “moved. on to the Los ‘Angeles franchise in the new U.8..Foothall League, but. couldn't take | Matthews with ‘him to the, Express. y OFFERED JOB” nat - “Dhad a very serious offer from. Los Angelsi, the last one. just ‘last night,” said Matthews, “They held open the defensive ‘co-ordinator’ position until-today.”. *" Matthews also applied for. the vacant Edmonton head coaching position, but settled for the Lions, a team which has reached the Grey Cup-just:twice in-29 years... He's the 11th head coach of the Lions and takes over from Vie Rapp, ‘fired two months ago after guiding the | Lions to a 97 record; ‘in 1982. The Lions missed the playoffs, however, and general, manager. Bob ‘Ackles opted for’a change. , The ‘Lions are moving into the n new, 60,000-seat covered stadium at B.C. Place in 1988 and Matthews has accepted the | challenge’ ‘of getting the Lions into the playoffs and perhapsa berth in the 1983 Grey. Cup game which Vancouver will host. “The ‘athlata of today needs a lot of individual at- _tention,” Matthow sald: We: oust keep things on‘an even keel. I hope t tocreate a consistent attitude of the team for all 16 gates, Every game we Play. must be equally. as portant » *The Lions were plauged by inconsistency in six years under Rapp, who left as the only winning coach in tory of the franchise with a record of 69-99-4. B. ¢ ‘tually started fast under Repp and faded in the second half of the, schedule. ~:: \ \Matthews said his philosophy. will be to build on “aome oA DAILY INTEREST ACCOUNT THAT HAS ITALL” 7 Konkinay Savings Credit Union | i 1016; 4th Street, across from the Post. Office. iio J of the good things that havo happened here." He wants the’ a Lions to pass the balltoset up the running game and play an “attacking:type defence.” He was the coach of the defensive line and linebackers x in’ Edmonton andthe Eskimos’ played. s bitzing defence whieh often confused oppouents.. “Pm here to fit a plan, not to make wholesale changes,” Matthews said.°“T guess I'm sore of a. cheerleader’ ‘on. the ’ field, a. guy who likes-to‘accentuate the positive.” Matthews worked on the sidelines in Edmonton along- side the placid Campbell, who never let his emotions get in the way of critical. decisions. A PRESS! HIMSELF iu “The ‘oachan can't doit all, but they can keep the tempo : of the team correct," Matthew said. ree is put on | coach by himself... » “In 19 years of coaching, I can't put any more pressure - on myself than what's already there.” Matthews, a native of Amesbury, Mass, played vege football at the University of. Idaho and later ¥ ‘was an for four years with the “Vandals, He‘also was. high school coach in ‘the states of Nevada, ‘Washin Oregon before joining Campbell. in Edmonton in 1ert, the B year Rapp left the’ Eskimos for the'Lions. » The new head coach called: B,C.’s Roy : Dewait the “quarterback of the future in the CFL” and said the signin; of Dewalt toa long-term contract is a. significant step, for the 1983 season. * ee “There's a good solid base here,” he ‘ad , make Some evaluations to see if they're capable of doing. the. skills we Pwant. O°" “This will not be a wholesale rebuilding program. We' ve got some excellent talent and may move it around some.” 15 ‘ta’ 64: a total: of 17.5: | million days '— ‘were due ‘to smoking,‘ the study: found, ; For wot en in the same age “Trange, only 12 ‘per ‘cent -of disability days — a total of 19.4 million days —- were smoking: related. When all: “age groups s from .15- to. 64 .-were- averaged’ together, men whe hed never. smoked had an average. of 11:3. disability . days,: com-, uate with 14.2 days for for- For women, the respective fi figures were 19.9 days, 22.2 days and’ 22.1 days.” of disability due to smoking’ underestimate the‘total bur- den,” says the author of the reper, Neil Collishaw. JANUARY CLEARANCE. starts Jan. 3 _ Ladies Wear Fabrics & Linens UP TO _ . 1217 3rd Street Castlegar 365-7782 ,_MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES LTD. i tsncn — 265-2111 Highland Drive = ‘sgmoes! 8 2-Storey — Gorge "Union ‘allstar hackey team were reinforced following 4. 6-3. loss -by. his Minnesota -North Stars to the Soviets on Tuesday night... : “My: thoughts. are the same as they have always been,” said Sonmor. “They are probably the best hoc- key team in the world.” The Soviets scored five -times in the second period, including three goals in the final four minutes. Valdi- mir Krutov led the attack with two. : “Our team: could prob- ably: leten something from the” way ; they: move, the puck,” Sonmor said. “We talk about it, but we don't do it all the time... ~ §-2-reeord .on- their ‘North _ American tour against Na- tional. Hockey League ‘teams. ‘They. conclude: the: series at Philadelphia - against. the Flyers ‘on ‘Thursday. The Soviets Have yet to _ scorerin the firat period against. NHL teams. “The players don't know.” the style’ of play-.in- the opening,” said Soviet assis- tant coach’ Vladimir -Yur- zinov. “We were: nervous because of the many styles < of the teams ‘we. play.” After getting over their nervousness; .the Soviets began to play their typical patient team game-in ‘the - second period. ‘Starting with the score : sent sprawling in a colli. sion- with a Soviet. player. ‘ + ‘Krutov's “ second goal gave the Soviets a 5-2 lead at 19:51. He scored from in front, of “the ‘net’ -after » breaking past two defend- ers. - . The North Stars scored the lone goal'of tke first jperiod ‘at 12:18 on & slap- , ‘shot: by Dino ‘Ciccarelli. “The ‘goal ‘ broke ‘,Soviet ‘goalie ‘Vladislav Tretiak’s string ‘of 164 minutes, 10 ‘seconds of shutout hockey in the: series. The. Soviets tied “the ‘score 1-1 at,.6:35 of the second period when Alek- : McCarthy: ‘scored on a and’ beat Mattsson’ in, thé ® upper -right corner’ on a power ‘play. - The -North Stars’ only goal of the second ‘period - was scored by Ron Friest at'16:24.after being set up in front by Willie -Plett. Mattsson, who was call. . minor league team in Bir- mingham, was. replaced by Don! ‘Beaupre: din the third in the third’ period. Tom power-play. at. 9:20 for . Minnesota. and. the Russi- atis got an‘unassisted goal at 17:29 ‘by Igor Larionov. 9 “We had too many indi- = vidual petro: s in the Bulau fights for championship INNSBRUCK, (cP) = Horst Bulauof Ottawa and Matti Nykaenen of Finland are locked in a head-to-head” battle for the ) championship Bulau was third with 241.9 points, though his-jumps of 108 and 1092 metres were better than runner-up, Jens hha 18, of East Ger- of a fe ski-jumping tournament. ” With the final even ‘sched- . uled Thursday at an Austrian - ski. resort in Bischofshofen, Nykaeren leads Bulau by" 6.5 points. Nykaenen, " ‘io; took the - lead -in the ‘tournament's overall standing. from Bylau by winning the fog-shrouded third ‘event Tuesday with 249.6 points on jumps of 105 and 104 metres. jumped 1018 "atid 102 metres, but was awarded 248.9 points on better style. - Fog at the site of the 1976 Olympics virtually | wiped out ¢ visibility for the final jumps of the last 19 competitors, including Bulau, though’ he, downplayed-its role’ in the: final results. “Actually, the fog wasn't much of a factor at all on either of my jumps,” said’ Three-way tie in Castlegar league By CasNews Staff After a short Christmas break, Castlegar Gentle- men’s hockey league play re- sumed Dec. 29 with Kales- nikoff tying Dairy Queen.6-6. In another Monday night, Maloney's edged Gander Creek 5-4. Gander Creek is still in first place in the league with 12 wins, five losses and two ties for 26 points. Goose Creek follows with nine wins, seven losses and three ties for 21 péints. Bulav, “It was my landings that I lost-a few points on. -“Nykaenen has really good form at the moment and that's what it takes to do well on this hill.” ° The Finn has compiled 749,8 points through the first - three events with his victory ‘Tuesday, a fourth place last Saturday at Garmiach, West .Germany, and 2.second place last Thursday at Oberstdorf, West Germany. Bulau has 743.8 points af- ter a victory at Oberstdori, a sixth at Garmisch and his third here Tuesday. CHASING NYKAENEN The bronze-medel: perfer- -mance moved Bulau into sec- ond place from third in tho. < sverail World Cup standing with .50 points. .Nykaenen leads with.92 points, includ- * ing a victory in the scason- opening event last month at which the Canadian team did not participate. Per Bergerud of Norway, game played: Maloney’s, Trans-X, and ° who finished sixth Tuesday, Dairy Queen are fighting for’, is third inthe World Cup third place, boasting 20 ” standing with 48 points’ and points each. Kalesnikoff re- also third in the tournament mains at the bottom with standing with "718.6" points, nine. points. > Ron Richards; -20, of For complete statistics see’ Oshawa, Ont., ‘posted his best Mid-Week Wrap-Up page B2. result ever on the European For up-coming games seo section of the World Cup cir- Sports Calendar, page B2. cuit with a'16th- Tiare, finish, missing a Cup point by alittle more than three points. “ “It is still my second. ‘best finish ever in a World Cup,” said Richards, whose best isa 10th ata Cup event in Thunder Bay, Ont. Steve Collins, 18, of Thunder Bay, .Ont., finished Sth with jumps of 89 and 90 metres. © “T don’t have the bindings adjusted right on one of my skis and it keeps tipping up and hitting me in the shoul- der,” said Collins. “I think I could have gone farther on that. second’ jump if that hadn’t happened.” Roger Zilkowski, 18, also of Thundor Bay, did not make the cut for the final round ‘after. his first effort of 84 metres put him Afrd of the 89 competitors. Winter safety The Canadian Red Cross ‘would like to remind you that if semeone falls‘through the ice, lie flat and reach out with a belt, jacket or branch. Anything which can help pull .that person to safety. Lying flat on the ice means better distribution of your body weight. So you won't fall in yourself. So, be winter wise and stay off thin ice. © good for. program. LENINGRAD (CP) — Bronze is not‘as good as gold, but head coach Dave King was talking in optimistic terms as Team Canada head- ed'home. “ * Canada’s third, -place finish aty the world. junior hockey .championship-must be view- ed as part of the progression toward international consis- tency, King said. “It's good for the program. Skier races down Salmo course Fridgy during -15° weather conditions Red Mountain Racers, take overall} and novice titles. —CosNewaPhata by Chris Grathom Lo cal racers s take te : ‘By CasNews Stalt Local Red. Mountain Ra- cers took to the hills Thurs- day and Friday emerged as top finishers both days in a Kootensy#Zone Downhill held at Salmo." ‘The race ‘was e ‘younger cardholders and in many cases it was the racers’ first opportunity to compete in a- ‘downhill race. - Tami Johnston of Rossland took the: girls’ overall title, while Christina Edblad of Castlegar was the novice winner.on both days. Every year we learn some- - ining and every year we get Ho seid the modal is nice and the knowledge the play- ers, coaches and manage- ment gained will aid future- * representatives. a x “Every. time I come over here, I learn a bit more. It. makes you humble.” Canada: nailed down the bronze Tuesday with a 18-0 “drubbing of Norway. In seven annual junior tournaments, Canada’ has been in the medals four times — silver in 1977 at Prague, hronze in’1978 at’ Montreal, gold last year at Rochester, Minn., and the bronze this. 41. year in the Soviet Union. The 1978 team, the champion last year and the 1983 team all have been all-star -contin- gents, while club teams were entered the other four years, King said’ Team Canada- was not as strong defensively this year as the 1982 cham- pionship team: « . SOVIETS TAKE GOLD The Soviets defeated Swe- den 5-1 Tuesday and won the gold medal on the'strength of seven consecutive victories, including a 7-8 win over Can- ada last Thursday. Czechoslovakia won the silver with a 5-8 win over Finland and a 5-1-1 won-lost- ‘tied record. In the other game Tues- day, the United States de- feated West Germany to fin- ish sixth in the eight-country tournament. - McCammon. Canucks In the boys’ race Murray “Greenwood was the overall winner while Dean Bulfone of Rossland was the novice winner on Thursday and Mark! Anderson of Rossland, took the title on Friday. Johnston's times were two minutes, eight seconds Thursday for first place and © pee Friday for second oe ablad's times were 2:09.64 Thursday for fourth place and 2:01:28 Friday for top place. Also-on Thursday, ‘Tracy humbled by confident Flyers : PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a six-game winning streak on the road, Philad- elphia Flyers’ coach Bob Mc- Cammon was atraid his play- ers would lose their intensity at home. McCammon was wrong. The Flyers extended their string of National Hockey League victories to seven games Tuesday night by downing Vancouver Canucks “I was more worried about this game than any we had played on the road,” said “When you come home you usually have a downer.” Brian Propp’s penalty shot goal got the Flyers going at 5:60 of the first period, dur- ing which Philadelphia out- shot Vancouver 6-6. Propp, breaking free be- hind the Vancouver defence, took a pass from defenceman Behn Wilson and was hooked from behind by Vancouver's Rick Lanz. Propp, afforded a free ‘shot, skated in and blasted a 25-footer past goal- ie Ken Ellacott. “I think Propp's goal gave us the momentum we needed,” said McCammon. * Mark Howe scored early in the second period to extend Philadelphia’s margin to 2-0. Hewe scored his 12th goal of the season as he intercepted a’Vancouver clearning pass at the blue line and slapped a shot that hit Ellacott’s right skate-and dribbled into the net at 3:20, Philadelphia increased the margin to 3-0 at 8:40 of the second peried when Wilson fluttered a shot from the right circle over. Ellacott’s glove while the goalie was on his knees. John Paddock ~ scored the Flyers ‘final goal in the third: peri Flyers’ culls. pelle Lind- bergh extended his personal winning streak to seven games, losing his shutout with only 54 seconds remain- ing to play on a goal by ex-Flyer Kevin McCarthy. Asked if he was thinking about a shutout in the final period, Lindbergh replied: “T'd be lying if I said I wasn't. You don't get too many chances at them. But it wasn’t a goal that I think I could have stopped.” The Flyers are now in ‘first place in the Patrick Division and McCarthy said he thinks he knows why. “They are playing very confidently,” he said. “Lind- bergh is a far different goalie than the one we saw earlier in the season. “He's really challenging the shooters.” Billet of Nelson Ski Team . placed second in 2:09.08 fol- lowed by teammate. Corrie Shields With 2:09:47.” Red Mountain Racer Carc- line Friesan of Castlegar placed ninth in Thursday's. race with a time of 2:18.58 Friday’s race saw Shields place third in 2:09.48 while Friesan was eighth in 2:14.48, In boys’ standings, Murray Greenwood was first Thurs- day in 1:59.23 and Friday in- 1:58.10. Mahre wins slalom PARPAN, SWITZER-. LAND (AP) — Steve Mahre of the United States won the first World Cup slalom ski race of the new year on an icy, difficult slalom course . that claimed-"his twin brother, Phil, the fefending champion, and Swedish ace Ingemar Stenmark with gate fault disqualifications. Mahre posted the fastest= two runs of 49.05 and 49.91 seconds down the Heimberg slope for a total of one min- ute, 38.96 seconds. It was the third World Cup special sla- lom victory for the 25-year- old, who also won the giant slalom in the 1982 world championships. Jacques Luethy of Swit- zerland was runner-up, 1.77 seconds slower. Third was Andreas Wenzel of Liech- tenstein, 1.96 seconds be- hind. Phil Mahre had posted the best unofficial clocking in the first run before he was dis- qualified. Stenmark had trou- ble finding his rhythm in the first, but then turned in an awe-inspiring second run bringing an enthusiastic roar from the crowd of 5,000 lining « the course. Only 42 of the 95 starters completed the race.