B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, Jenvary LA 198) Rogers does wonderful - things with hockey pucks “" ‘By BARRY WILNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Who is Mike Rogers and why is he doing such wonder- ful things with hockey pucks? If Rogers's’ name isn't immediately recognizable, perhaps it’s because he plays for Hartford Whalers, hardly the media hub of the sporting world, And, until last season, the speedy centre toiled in the World Hockey Associ- ation, an organization the media refused to embrace. with open arms. In_ 1979-80, his first —" and the Whalers first — in the Ni ational Hockey League, Roget scored 44 goals and 105 ae ‘finishing fifth in tace.,, Linemate Bike Stoughton tiad for the lengua Bos scoring Tea with To prove itw ‘was NO o fluke, Rogers, a 6-foot-j175-pound- er, has battled for. the storing lead again this year. :He scored at least a point in 18 straight games, an NHL high this season, In that span, Rogers had 19 goals and 20 -assists and was named the league's top player for De- cember. “I averaged about a point a game for the first 40 or 50 games last season,” said Rogers, 26, "Then I really took off in the second half and I've continued from that sec: ond half this year: “A, lot of it is that our line — Blaine, Pat Boutette, and myself — ‘has been * together for longer. We know what to expect and what we ean do. We get.more and more ice time and (coach) Don Blackburn shows confi-- dence in us during any sit- uation,” . ‘The Whalers live dan- gerously, often eschewin the tight-checking style that usually wins hockey games for a wide-open attack. But so much of the team's talent is offensively oriented that the Whalers often’ win those high-scoring affairs. J “When we were playing in the WHA people always said the big difference (with the NHL) was the defence,” said Rogers, who has missed only two games in 6/2 pro- fessional seasons and hasn't * sat out a game since April 5, 1977, “Last year, I could see it was tougher defensively in: the NHL.- “It wasa lof tougher last . year, With all the kids who are geared to offence, with the rushing defencemen, the game is getting ‘more. and more offensive.” . The Whalers have proven to be the best of the* four former WHA teams ab- sorbed by the NHL last season. They are in the mid- dle ‘of the standings this season and looking up. Trudeau cancels Algerian. visit SALZBURG, AUSTRIA (CP) — Prime Minister. Tru- deau's official visit to Al- - geria, the secord stop in his six-nation tour, was cancelled today: : On Thursday, Trudeau will travel directly to Lagos, Ni- geria, for the third stop in his tour, the prime minister's . office in Ottawa said. His trip has been thrown four -days behind schedule -because he’ was snowbound in-a remote . Austiran ski-resort. * A spokesman for the prime nister said, the , Algerian isit was cancelled becadge * the-Algeri was. helicopter to Salzburg earlier ‘ today from Lech, an Austrian skiresort where bad weather - By Bruce Obee ce dy, iw * The angler who thinks big usually dreams of landing thé ‘unker chinook and coho’ salmon off the coast of British. Columbia, yet some of the world’s largest sport fish are taken more than 480 kilometres from the sea at Kootenay Lake. Thirteen-kilogram Dolly . Varden, seven-kilogram rain- * bows, * kokanee, over four ‘with ikarserabie creeks, Front Nelson you can also drive wf past Balfour along the westlfi'side of Kootenay Lake to'Kasto then take Highway ‘- 3PATo'Blocan Lake: By travel- lidgdoWn the Slocan Valtey.on Highway 6 you’ will ‘reach HighWiy 3A and follow the Kooiellay’ River back to Nelligan! NDetrelecle trips are loaded wistirfishing spots, be it on up to and two kilograms are the trophies that lure fishermen from all over North Ameriga’ and Europe to the Kootenay region of southeastern B.C, nm And second’ ‘only to the ex: ‘cellent, angling of the Koote- 5 orcreek, 5 My _-¢NUMEROUS BAYS ‘‘Kotehay Lake, more than 120 kilometres long, ‘is'one'of B.O.!d largest it -draifis into Kootenay: River from: thé: West Acti narrow, 135; kilometres hichiis‘often cons nays is the ing scenery; the steep and. densely-waodled mountains, sloping ‘to’ the water's: edge -- it’s’ even a: Pleasant place to get skunked," ‘FERRY RIDE ft The city of: Nelson,, the largest community tn the a goad j t sideredipart ofthe iriveravteis characterized by ‘numerous. chattne)s ;and) bays‘and, al- though it’s.part of the takesily hasinaticeable currentssi us: ni Atnalso’ chasi:a‘ noticeable. abundesice of fighting. trout, taken by different, methods at differens-ti Kok off: point for fishing adven- tures, Nearby is Balfour, hich caters almost exclusively: to sports fis armen and where. you ¢an.catch: a’ ferry ‘ride” across. Kootenay Lake to,tous, down speciacular Highway 3A. io reer irom Creston you can ¥ bah Nelson via asi atria gis: highways 3 and 6Ul hough, Muntains gurgting kept him from a scheduled - two-day visit with Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky. , The snowstorm has made a shambles of the start of Tru- deau’s six-nation, two-week . trip to promote the North-. South dialogue. He had to “settle for a telephone’ con- ference with Kreisky from ft ; ams inothe (Viet Title: Fishing the Kootenays ” Estimated time: one week minimum, Starting point: Nelson + ne Sud ony ond tad 4» * BgdATET” ouiy* Arm.are ithe largestsin the ‘world. They spawniin.creeks: off the arm and schonliup-at the mouths in late summenwith runs peaking about: the third.. week in Jaye: of Later in the summer, arquni the end of August, big rainbow trout up to 11 or 13 kilograms” move into the arm and feed con i then tapers ae fishérmen'tinie to move'itis torte thain part of. the lake for huge Dolly Varden. * : ‘Fhe lake doesn’t fr anglers fish with heavy trolling gear from Octoberito June, the: best months being November and May. It's during winter; that Kootenay Lake, fi: ishermen- rely on troll tackle ‘similar to that used by salmon fishermen off B.C.'s coast. MANY; SERVICES Rental beats and accom-. modation on Kootenay Lake. are almost as plentiful as the’ fish, Canoes, covered ‘run’ - abouts for Parties of two to si li and big ‘bine outstanding scenery with their: sport, can take @. 40- kilometre drive.along Highway * *,31A between Kaslo-and New , Inkes sit .back-to-back.' The road, one of the most scenic in the Kootenays, follows Kaslo Creek all the way to Fish Lake, and small rainbow. and eastern brook trout can be taken from: the edge: Of the road. - . New.” Detiver overlooks Slocan Lake, another large 2 ‘Kootenay waterway’ with big Dolly Varden and rainbows. Slocan Lake is known for its good fly fishing at the mouths of creeks flowing into the lake after whe middle of June. and in the " are;available wih or without © guides from several lakéside : . communities. RRS When winds on the lake are ‘dangerously Nigh for small’. boats, Kootenay anglers head Hi. for dozens of streams and the sky resort, 250 kilo- Five goo. rons Roar metres west of Salzburg. The chancellor is one of the prime mater of, the Ni forth: | ‘South dlMfBgUE, designed -to ! nations” unable to arrange'a meeting with Trudeau in the short ‘time. he’ would have been there. - It is believed he will travel instead to Nigeria, the next stop on his itinerary. * VISIT DELAYED Diplomatic officials in Al- -geria said the Algerian visit has been put off by common agreement, Trudeau was to have met President Chadli Bendgedid and Prime Mini- ‘ster ‘ Mohamed . Benahmed Abdelghani. . . Trudeau’ was flown by to. share their wealth more equitably with Third World countries, Trudeau and several hun- dred other. skiers had been trapped at Lech by héavy snow and fog since. “sunday. Roads and rail lines were blocked, and there was the danger that a helicopter fly- ing in the mountains might set off an avalanche, According to Trudeau's original itinerary he was to leave ,Algeria T smaller, lakes away from Kootenay Lake. c & 22-kil g stretch © For ‘ opinion nof many anglers, more exciting’ type ,of ‘fishing, Kootenay Flats at the south + end of- Kootenay. Lake near Creston and. Wynndel’ are’ celebrated for large-mouth bass. Bass up‘to three kilo- gtams — frantic fighters — are taken in: April‘and May by and ‘trollers in of Kootenay River between” . Nelson and its confluence with “Stocan River provides excellent fishing in mid-August for .Dolly Varden up to we kilo. DNISSA0U2 £ BA’: Accuséd:to Stay outoF LONDON : (AP) — Peter: Suteliffe, the 35: -year-old truck driver charged murdering Jacqueline _ Hill, who police say was one of 13 victims of the Yorkshire Ripper, will: not appear in. ; ~ court when his case comes up again next week, his lawyer said today. Lawyer Ker Macgill’ of mill morning for Lagos, Nigeria, for a two-day official visit. Freedomites end hunger strike - BURNABY (CP) — Three Sons of Freedom Doukhobor womeri have ended a hunger strike at the Lower Mainland ional Centre They face sentences of up to nine years for setting fire to the home of the late Anna Markova, mother or Orthe- dox Doukhobor leader John ontalle) 7 A jail spokesman said Tuesday the three ~ had broken their fast Monday after 48 days. She described their condition as good, add- ing they didn’t Say why they had ended the hunger strike, which began Nov. 22, The Qakalla _ spokesman also said there had been no. work ona possible transfer of the three women, convicted of arson, to a women's prison at Kingston, Ont. Earlier, Qakalla officials ‘said Tina Jmaeff, Nastia (Nellie) Koodrin and Mary Braun were telling them the fast was a form of prayer. But other Freedomites said the three were prote: une against the being sent to Ontario. _ Appoiniments In fullfilling the condition of his nomination, Area 1 director John Voykin has had the following people selected to serve on the advisory planning commission: Brilliant — Fred Bojey — 365-6790;, Glade — Andy Ozeroff — 399-4293; Pass Creek — Wayne Chernoff — 365-5190; Shoreacres — Harry Wasilenkoff — 359-7733;. Tarrys — Jim Markin — 399-4237. , . J. Verigin. dail officials said the wom- en were ‘force-fed every - second day during the fast. Rocket explodes § WHITEHORSE (CP} — clump . of glowing objects which travelled over this Yukon city early Monday was a Soviet rocket falling out of orbit, a NORAD spokesman said. The rocket is just a shell that was. used to boost a satellite, Cosmos 812, into orbit on April 6, 1976, said Del . Kinche, a NORAD spokesman. He said Cosmos 812 is one ofa series of ecientific sat- . ellites. Unlike the satellite with a nuclear power plant that fell on the Northwest Territories two years ago, there should be no danger from the rocket, Kinche said. The rocket's fuel likely was expended during the launch, he added. He said he could not tell is the rocket burned totally or if a few chunks of it reached the ground. Most observers here said they saw a clump of glowing objects trailing sparks. At least one of the chunks was still burning when the object disappeared froni sight. town pes * suteliffe lives, said his client will-not appear in an effort to avoid a Fecurrence of the frenzied scené outside the courtroom when he was indicted pn Monday... : A crowd estimated by po- lice at more ‘than 1,000 howled curses and obsceni- tiés at the suspect as he was led ‘into Dewsbury -magis- trates’ court with a blanket sever his head. ‘ “The police have a duty to try and prevent the sort of scenes that ‘were witnessed at Monday's hearing,” ‘said ” Macgill. DEBATEHEATED . * Meanwhile, British news- papers engaged in heated debate over the reporting of Sutcliffe's indictment. The ‘Times ran a long edi- ‘torial accusing other papers. ofacting in contempt of court by reporting details which it said ‘might. prejudice Sut- - . 4 mere yar esate piece Rads......06 Copper No. 1 Copper“No, 2 Brass... Aluminum... Oversized Steel.... Scrap Steel size‘4x2 ft. delivered to our yard ..........- Columbia Saag Lt Ltd. ‘eliffe's trial, The Times on Monday headlined “Lorry dziver charged with .murder = of - Leeds student,” and did ‘not. mention the Yorkshire Rip: per. Many papers treated the « Story with kid gloves because “of restrictions under Britain's Criminal Justice Act that can. lead to prosecution for con- tempt if material is published‘; that might Jeopardize a fair trial. * ‘The law does not apply to newt reports published over- : Bat some newspapers ran interviews ‘family. members, neighbors, workmates and prostitutes, “The times said today it was precisely in cases where ser- ious crimes had been com- mitted “that defendants - needed the utmost protection of the law. RESTRAINT REJECTED The Times suggested some editors had rejected restraint even though they knew their reporting was contemptuous, “Newspapers have law- | yers," " it said, implying some papers were not afraid of possible indictment on con- . tempt, charges. The Guardian newspaper, _ added in an editorial: “A man ———EE—— | Need money? Scrap Batteries, delivered to our $5.00 each .aS¢ per th,. 1 T65¢ per ib. . 53¢ per Ib. . 30¢ per Ib. + 20¢ per Ib. -.+. 14¢ per lb. $40.00 per ton «+++. $25.00 per ton with Sutcliffe. is clearly guilty until he is prayen innocent, That, ‘ap- parently, ‘is. the only: con- clusion to be drawn from the | extraordinary | hysteria’ sur-” rounding the arrest in York. shire of Mr. Peter Sutcliffe.” Solicitor-General ‘Sir. Ton’ Percival reminded -British - editors i in’a letter. Tuesday of: “the vital principle embodied in English law that: a man. accused of a crime, however serious, is Presumed to bet Arena fe Complex Castlegar: Duck Lake, Summit and Corn creeks and the marshy sloughs - ofthe Creston Valley. * This is a‘ Tourism British ~ Columbia Travel Feature.‘ uly? ‘nethlide oSubor” court: ‘fiocent” and that the law places'a responsibility on the media, “Suteliffe: was. arrested last Friday night in Sheffield’ by two police officers making a routine licence plate check. After questioning,:* he was Larraigned. ‘Monday. and charged ‘with the’ Nov. 17 murder of Leeds University student Jacqueline Hill. “He was also charged with stealing licence plates, * Rebels Selected to Toronto Maple Leats; his .. second season asi¢ of Gregory is in search. "By BARRY WILNER. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jim Gregory has to be a patient man. usually don’t see the benefits of your work for several years, that virtue, is a nec- essity. Gregory's job is the future. More specifically, the future of the National Hoe- key. League. Gregory, who for a dec- ‘ade ‘was general, mariager of the NHL's Central outing ‘bureau. Amateur players who will populate NHL rost--” _ers for the next dozen years * ” all have been or will be seen by Gregory's group. . “Qur main function is to put together a ratings list for young players who have the potential to play in the NHL,” said Gregory. “We set - SPORTS * BRIEFS DRART NEXT WEEK NEW YORK (AP) — Major leagye baseball will : hold its 16th annual winter amateur free agent draft next Tuesday and Wednes- day. ‘with the 26 teams making their, picks via a conference call originating from the office of commis- sioner Bowie Kuhn. .. There, also is a ‘free agent draft held each June, ENGINES BANNED NEW YORK (AP) — «The powerful Ford:Cos- ° ‘worth engines, turbo- charged power plants that have dominated Indiana- polis-type auto racing in recent years, will be banned by the United- States Auto Club, starting in 1982, PLAYERS SUSPENDED MONTREAL (CP) — Right winger Bobby of When you, ee ORE a qulcipedor dy rate players ‘ali ete for ‘tho draft or to:be signed Inter. on.” Central « Seouting *, ‘was founded in.1974, Ita: primary duty hag been to make ayail. able to all NHL : teams: * comprehensive’ ‘list of. a1 teur players, be’ they. from. colleges in North America or Europe. Each | prospect. is graded by the scouts in: the ° various. areas of: the : game; shooting, ‘skatin and, checking. - “The 21 NHL.clubs con. : plement - their. own” talé: evaluations with- those’ of, the Central Scouting: workerss And, in cases where a:teanr, . hasn't witnessed a! prospexty in person —. or