Page 8A The C. Sun Wednesday, April 1, 1992 Easy answ NELSON DAILY NEWS. ROBSON month: See you there. 365-6000 or 365-6700 There are no more “easy ” to log, stated Corky over,” said Evans Saturday after- noon. “There is no alternative now. The people who do the work in the mills are a part of our communities, too. "I don’t want to live in a town or try to represent folks who feel like we have to trade the forest industry for people who care about esthetics,” said the MLA for Nelson-Creston. “Logging trucks and seeing logging are a part of our lives, We don't want a dying — a dead — forest industry. We don’t want to become a town that forgets that it works the land. I feel there's people who are interested in dis- placing other people in the com- munity and I want to break that To that end, Evans arranged a public forum to “be held accountable” for his govern- ment’s recent decision to pro- ceed with logging in the Lasca Creek drainage. Over 200 per- sons attended the meeting held at the Capitol Theatre. "We're angry, Corky,” said one spokesperson at the forum. “After this whole year of protest- ing, doing everything we can, our pleas have been ignored completely. You've just swept us off the table and gone ahead.” "The world is like our mother and every time we log an old growth forest, you are hurting our mother. You are bringing her closer and closer to death,” said a young girl who came to the microphone in tears. “I’m not very old, but let me tell you something, Corky. We're doing everything we can to save our mother because she’s almost dead.” PLEASE ATTEND BLUEBERRY CREEK IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING e Reports e Election of Trustees e Time: 7 p.m. Blueberry Creek School Date: April 6, 1992 BOARD OF TRUSTEES We've lowered our prices but not our quality or service. Now you can get a Goodyear tire S 70.95 THESE PRICES INCLUDE OUR NEW TREAD LIFE GUARANTEE ae Bes CTU 50,000 xm \\ 95 IF WE SELL IT... WE GUARANTEE IT! Quality - Selection - Price PLUS Mechanical Services INCLUDING Brakes - Shocks - Alignments 2141 Columbia Ave., Castlegar a director of the Valhalla Society, acoused Evans of betrayal and called for his resignation unless “you can turn it around, unless you can bring it back to the people, unless the people here have a say in what happens in Lasca Creek instead of ramming logging through against the will of the le.” Evans vehe- Evans refused to support a moratorium on logging in water- sheds. "To make that demand means that people are going to have to go home tomorrow,” he said. “These are people's lives. Will I support sending home people tomorrow because we are funda- mentally unable to solve the problem and mently denied the accusation, say- ing, “prior to the election the speaker (Copeland). asked me to tell him we would stop the Lasca road after the election. I told him that was impossible and that was my pub- lic position and my private posi- ‘There Is no alternative now. The people who do the work in the mills are a part of our communities too.‘ — CORKY EVANS Nelson-Creston MLA maintain the community at the same time? No, I can’t sup- port you to ask for a moratori- um on water- sheds. That's what's left. We work together or some of us gotta go home.” Evans also stated that the tion and I do not have a difference between two, therefore I can't see how it fits in the concept of betrayal. The speaker under- stands better than anyone in this room what was said before, dur- ing and after was exactly the same thing.” Another speaker from the floor stated, “the log-around strategy is not much more than a public smokescreen to cover up old growth forest liquidation.” "To except Lasca Creek and the West Arm from the CORE (Commission on Resources and Environment) process is unac- ceptable,” he said. “This deci- sion comes from the timber-biased forest service operating under an industrial agenda. Industry has all but liq- uidated the economically acces- sible timber outside contentious areas and is now in our back- yards. Continuing with present cutting levels is socially, eco- nomically, and ecologically insane. A moratorium on the Lasca Creek road construction and devel is an i annual allow- able cut in the province would fall for the first time since it was created and warned forest workers of hard times to come. "The AAC is going to fall in the Kootenay Lake drainage and the Arrow Lake drainage soon,” said Evans. “It has been reviewed in six drainages in B.C. in the last six months and it has come down between ten and thirty per cent. That's not for park withdrawals. That's not for Parks and Wilderness 90, which has even been announced yet. It’s not for watersheds. It’s for overcutting historically. We are out of the easy places to go. We are also out of money. We have to set the annual allowable cut on the truth in the terms of land base and the inventory. There are woodworkers in this room. Let me tell you, folks. Don’t go into debt. The annual allowable cut is going to fall because of decades of mismanagement and bad deci- sions. The annual allowable cut cannot be defended any longer. Our y and the jobs we first step in initiating proper and fair public process in decision- 4 have here are in trouble. 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Klaus Offerman of the TWA of Canada spoke “on behalf of sev- eral hundred workers in Park Siding, Slocan, and Fruitvale.” "Those people’s livelihoods are rooted as deeply in the forest land around us as the trees,” he said. “This afternoon we've heard the West Arm conservation posi- tion elevated to dizzying pur- chase of high morality. I represent another'viewpoint, When we sup- port some logging on the south shore of the West Arm, we do not feel guilty. We do not feel selfish. We do not consider ourselves greedy. We consider our approach to be honorable, solidly grounded in ethical ecological principals. I've been hearing facts that sup- port a wilderness park. We can provide facts that do not support it. I believe we own this conflict because we have failed to manage the resource properly in the past. We know there are reductions coming in the annual cut. We know that they’ve lied about how many trees are out there, so it’s inevitable. In reality, in this area, there is no place to go. We're faced with planning while the trees fall, or planning while the bread is swept off the table. Diffi- cult decisions have to be made.” In response to another ques- tion, Evans noted that job retraining for forest workers was not an option he would consider. "I have to say that I support government doing everything it can to change the wood industry from a consumptive to a sustain- able industry,” he said. “I do not consider changing logging and sawmilling people into people in other professions, because I believe the society that decides to care about those folks is the society that would change the industry rather than those folks. And if we start saying let’s change the loggers, essentially what we're saying is let’s buy them off.” Matt Scott - Sponsored by Castlegar Bicycla & Sport Shop + Photo Brendan Halper WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL MY REPUTATIC WE REPAIR WHAT OTHERS SELL RIDES WITH YOU! ? Years Licensed Machinist SPORT Shop - wH OPEN: Monday - Saturday 9-6 * Friday9-9 Si tae ie Se. Sports Dept. Jason Keenan 365-5579 WEDNESDAY, April 1, 1992 9A Rebels’ search for prez JIM ZEEBEN plex Conference Room at 7 p.m.. The meeting is open to the public. The most important topics to be discussed are recruiting a new president and a new coach for the Rebels. New Rec Schedule Thinking about shedding a few of those extra winter pounds at aerobics? Do you want to relieve stress manage- ment through Tai Chi? The spring schedule for the Rec Centre is available now at their front desk. SHSS Girls Soccer Tryouts for the Stanley Humphries girls soccer team are under way, and busy. Tammy White, the team’s coach, said there will likely be two teams this year because of the large tumout. “I'd really like to see every- body play.” If they run two teams, White said the A-team would be more competitive, while the B-team would allow all of those enthusiastic players to have a chance at getting out on the field and having some fun. Sunflower Open This year’s Sunflower Open will be held at the Castlegar Golf Club on June 6 and 7. The entry fee is $80 per per- son. Entry forms are available from the pro shop. For further info, contact them at 365-5006. KWHL The Nelson Maple Leafs beat the Parksville Generals 2- O in the best-of-three provin- cial semi final last weekend. They beat the Generals 5-1 in Friday’s game, and 5-3 in Sat- urday’s match. The Maple Leafs beat the Rebels in the opening round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. This is the first time in 24 years that the Maple Leafs have made it to the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial finals. Nelson will play this Friday, Saturday, and, if necessary, Sunday, on the Lower Main- land, against the West Coast Vancouver Junior Hockey League champ. The Richmond Sockeyes are leading the Abbotsford Pilots 2-1 in that best-of-five series. The Cyclone Taylor winner will represent B.C. at the West- em Canadian championships April 9-12 in Kinistino, Sask.. SHSS Golf Here are the results from SHSS’s first two practice matches agains Nelson and Trail. At Birchbank: March 25 Todd Archambault 82 Jody Carew 84 Mike Mhyra 87 Mark Perrier Devon Cheveldaeff At Balfour: March 30 Todd Archambault Mark Perrier Devon Cheveldaeff Vaughn Welychko Mike Mhyra Birchbank Golf The season is set 10 start at the Rossland Trail Birchbank course. Wayne Gamborski, the club pro, said the course is in beautiful shape. Tonight is the first official mens’ night of the year. The Retirees Open will be held on April 9. The union representing the greenskeepers at the course have served a strike notice to the course, said Gamborski. The union will be sitting down for negotiations with course management next Tuesday. Belczyk Felix Belczyk of Castlegar Sun staff Fresh from a Kootenay Interna- tional Junior Hockey League meeting, Castlegar Rebels presi- dent Russ Rilcof had some good news amid all the confusion which currently surrounds the team. Rilcof is one of the key players in the Rebels uncertainty, as he has confirmed he will step down next year. The team currently is searching for someone to replace Rilcof. Things looked dire up to last week, as no one had come for- ward. That sparked speculation that without a president there would be no team for next season. Until the Rebels clear-up their executive situation there is the possibility of folding. “We have some names who want to remain anonymous for now,” he said. “They have a lot of hockey background. We have to see if that can be transferred to an administrative background.” The president's job description includes tasks such as setting ay running meetings. “We would like someone with a hockey mind, a sense of vision, and lots of dedication but we'll settle for basic administrative inclinations and the ability to push paper and make deadlines.” Rilcof’s reason for resigning is a lack of time. Aside from presid- ing over the hockey club, Rilcof works as principal of Tarry’s Ele- mentary School. Though he won't be back as president, Rilcof said he will help the team in a fund-raising capacity. At the KIJHL meeting Rilcof warned the league of his team’s situation. “Basically what I did was let them know about the info which was coming from the media regarding the Rebels taking a year's leave of absence.” The Rebels have question marks at almost every other man- agement position. Both the team's general manag- er and head coach have not com- mitted to next season. “I've been taking to Gordie Walker as far as coaching,” Rilcof said, of what had been the team's hardest to hire for job. That's also become somewhat of a bright spot. “A number of people have come out of the woodwork with an interest in coaching. “The number one thing is find- ing a president,” said Rilcof. “A few more directors for the board would also make things easier for all involved.” The Rebels had five directors compared to 19 when the team Putting a face to the name JASON KEENAN Sun staff Tf you have noticed an unfamil- iar name in the paper last week, that was me. I was supposed to write my salutations column back then but a conspiracy of forces prevented me from finishing article. (Oliver Stone is ider- we should only hold the Cup in Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary or Hamilton. After all, who hosted the best Grey Cup in years? Most people in Vancouver didn’t even know their city was hosting the Grey Cup two years ago. Constantly fickle Toron- to only discovered the Argos after iate C; ians came back to ing buying the movies rights— “JAK”). Here goes. Is it really fair though? Jim gets to draw on a year’s worth of expe- rience in his farewell column. I have had a week. I'm beginning to dislike profes- sional sports. With a passion. What is the biggest hockey news of the 1991-92 season to date? The Cinderella Canucks? The demise of the once great Flames? ‘How about Messier and the Rangers? Nope, none make it to the top. Two words that sum up the season to date. Suike and Lindros. I thought it was the game, the plays, on ice performance that was important. I thought the CFL's survival lay with making the teams more a part of their communities. Maybe even going back to the good old days where players had a job off the field. That would help the cash Strapped teams survive. Instead, we have Bruce McNall buying the Grey Cup. Now I know why sports and business share a section in the Vancouver Sun. I come from Winnipeg, a city that take football, and the CFL seriously. The Blue Bombers are in for the long run. There are no celebrity owners. The community owns the team. And that’s the way it should be. And when it comes to the finals, tell them it was trendy. JASON KEENAN The '91 Cup in Winnipeg was mind-boggling. The entire city, 600,000 people, were thinking one thing. Football. We didn’t care that the Bombers were out of picture. And the Grey Cup wasn’t about fancy parties, big time Hollywood celebrities, and glitzy half-time shows. It was about one thing, FOOTBALL. How about the question of crime in sports. Breaking the big rules. To steal from the 1988 American vice-presidential debate “Mike Tyson, you're no Mohammed Ali.” And then there are the rape alle- gations about members of the New York Mets. Is this sports or is ‘t the crime beat. Skill and God-given talent are not the only reasons why all these guys get paid millions upon mil- lions. They are heroes. And heroes are supposed to be larger than life. There not supposed to fail like us mere mortals. (Journalists are especially mortal) So in a meandering and ranting sort of way, this brings me to what I really want to say. Where are the heroes? Where does the hope lie in sports? In the community. Communities like Castlegar. While Jim was showing me the ropes of sports reporting last week, something came into my head. “Jim,” I said, “It’s incredible how much time these people are giving to sports.” Jim told me it’s one of the best things about sports. The selfless devotion of people to sport. Though the participants give a lot to sport, I’m not talking about the players. I’m talking about the organizers, the coaches, those people ordinarily out of the limelight. The powers behind the throne All the teachers who coach school teams are one example. The people who coach league teams for their kids are another. Then you have the executives for all those leagues. Slo-pitch. Soccer. Little league. Fastball. The list goes on. I'm expecting to meet a lot of heroes in this job. I’ve already met a few. After all, the Sun is a COM- MUNITY paper. I’m here to cover COMMUNITY sports. And COMMUNITY heroes. You can insert ‘real’ in place of community if you want. Feel free to call me at 365-5579 and let me know about any sport- ing event you know about in town. Kinnaird Park site of coaching clinic Sun Staff The Castlegar Baseball Associ- ation (CBA) will be holding a level one coaching clinic this Sat- urday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Kinnaird Park. Doug Hickey, a director of the CBA coaching executive, said “the clinic is held so coaches can better develop their own skills.” The clinic will be a level one National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP). It is NCCP’s introduction to coaching skills. “At the end of the one day pro- gram you write a test and, hope- fully, you get your coaching certificate,” Hickey said. NCCP also offers level two and level three certificates. At level two, more emphasis is Placed on skills development and sports psychology. Hickey said the level three program prepares coaches to training elite athletes. Those coaches would be dealing with athletes preparing for the junior national program and Olympic training. Ron Mace, a Toronto Blue Jays scout for Southern B.C. and Southern Alberta, will be running with the National Baseball Youth staff in 1988. In 1989 he was a coach with the Canadian Olympic team. He currently coaches a high school baseball team, and has coached numerous provincial all- star teams. Anyone interested in register- ing for the coaching clinic can contact Doug Hickey at Stanley Humphries at 365-7735, or at home at 365-6848. joined the league in the mid-sev- enties. “Five pedple is just enough to get the paper pushed. It's just the minimum to do the bookwork.” The Rebels hold their annual general meeting next Thursday. The meeting is open to the public. The KIJHL’s annual general meeting is May 29. If the Rebels take a year’s leave of absence they have to present it in writing by then. Off-season rumours Despite talk of the team’s fold- ing, the KUHL brass is actually looking at bringing a new team in next year. The location of the new club was not released but it's rumoured to be an easier team. Another team in the east divi- sion would help cut down travel costs of some that area’s out of the way clubs. SHSS peddles bikes for re‘cycling’ project JASON KEENAN Sun staff Some were looking to buy a bike. Some were looking to sell a bike. Last Saturday, they were re- “cycling” at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. The athletics department at Stanley Humphries held its first annual spring bike sale this past Saturday. Doug Hickey, the school’s athletic director, said it was a good fundraiser for his mt. “We can help people get rid of their bikes,” Hickey said. Selling a used bike is a lot like selling a used car, Hickey said. “You would probably get more selling your bike for cash than you would trading it in.” The bikes were priced by the sellers when they brought them to the school on Friday night. He said some of the bikes were priced a lit- tle high, but “overall, the prices were very good.” The athletic department received 15 per cent of the price on each bike sold. And like the gems at a garage sale, the best bikes were snapped up fast by the early birds. But sometimes, you don’t have to be an early bird to get a worm. Just ask Carole Wood. She was afraid she had missed the best deals by the time she arrived at the sale. When I ran into her with just over an hour left at the swap, she had gotten a deal. “The prices are great! I bought two bikes, one for $10, and a $55 bike for $45.” Wood recently moved here from Ottawa, and both she and her husband needed bikes. “Our son already has a bike, and my hus- band and I wanted to go riding with him,” Wood said. Between 15 and 20 bikes changed hands at the bike swap, and the money the athletic depart- ment raised goes to the teams that helped run the sale. “If we made 100 bucks this year, I'd be happy,” said Hickey. The event was really just a dry run this year, he explained. “This year we had 40 bikes, but next year we'd like to have 100.” As a lead off into spring, Hick- ey said, the weather caught them by surprise. People start thinking about bikes when the weather turns nice, and we have had such a beautiful March, that point was probably two weeks ago, said Hickey. ‘SUN STAFF PHOTO/ Jason Keenan Visiting the bike swap paid off for Carole Wood. Here she is with the bikes she bought for $10 and $45. EJ mars Bars, EA trrres oF CoKE, 9 MepIuM 2-TOPPING PIZZA ZZAS +162 Ga aaron An exceptional value! Clear that runway. Sweet Pana’ dreams are made of this! ‘i PECEEE be Get ready for takeoff with 2 Baked Lasagna, 2 Tossed Salads, 2 Garlic Toast . . . and the sky's the limit! Lt Escape from Cooking Hey Eecaes 137°. (13.73 dativered) 1 Medium Cook's Special Pizza 1 Medium House Special Pizza Wing it tonight .. with 2 Pana’ favourites for one low price. THE the clinic. Mace started. coaching baseball in Niagara Falls when he was 16. 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