pj The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, February 10, 1993 Page BA @ No deals Continued from 7A arate ethnic groups in Canada Please honour their decision." This letter 18 submitted with the realization that there are dif ferent viewpoints on this matier But surely it is better to have Sincere discussions now - by all British Columbians - than a dozen Oka situations” down the road. Let's quit the double talk and stop pretending? We want a viable and comprehensive-future for our province, where every on aw; | CASTLEGAR REBELS BINGO Sunday, February 14 $500 BONANZA ‘Door Prizes’ legar Arena Compl 60% Payout Early Bird 6 p.m. CASTLEGAR REBELS License #764833 Public eeting & Workshop * the impact of a growing tax base; * an overview of proposed projects; Feb 17th 7-9p.m. Community Complex Call City Hall working together ...ona Strategic Financial Plan for Castlegar This is your opportunity to get information on the broad financial picture including And to contribute your ideas to the planning process. Watch for our information flyer. For further information 365-7227 MONEY citizen is considered equal - no more and no less. Our govern ments have no mandate to do otherwise Harry F. Killough Castlegar, B,C Support from Castlegar appreciated Dear Editor: The British Columbia Lung Association's annual Christmas Seal Campaign was very success- ful, thanks to the generosity of contributors all over the province We are grateful to you and your readers for helping to raise $1.44 million during the campaign that ended January 31, 1993, This rep resents a 1.4 per cent increase over the last year's total. Christmas Seal donations fund cer, asthma, and emphysema, as well as provide health education and community programs throughout B.C.. On behalf of the B.C. Lung Association and the people who count on us, thank you again for your support * John Borthwick Volunteer President Vallican School to have first reunion! Dear Editor: How long has it been since you reminisced with your Grade school classmates? For some of the students that attended Vattican Elementary School in the Slocan Valley it could be as long as 50 years, So if you ever attended this school ‘or taught there you are invited to come and recapture a moment of your youth. A reunion will be held at Vallican School on Satur- day, July 31, 1993 The doors will open at 9 a.m. for early risers to come share any school history, anecdotes and photos. Coffee and muffins will be available to help stimulate the memories. Weather permitting, we have planned a day of whole- some outdoor fun and games, lively conversation and much reuniting with old friends. When we have worked up an appetite from all the festivities, we will fire up the barbecues for a pot luck picnic, After we have had a chance to sit back and digest our past with more remi- niscent conversation, we'll turn on the tunes for those inclined to dancing or just toe tapping. We are trying to keep costs minimal at $5 per adult, and chil- dren free. The biggest problem is getting the message to everyone. So if you have-kept in touch with school buddies that have moved away and might not see this arti- cle, please let them know or send me their address and any com- ments you have on the reunion. I will be sending out invitations to as many people as I can find addresses for, Everyone's help in locating past students and teach- ers will be greatly appreciated. I have contacts for people in Maui, Kamloops, 100 Mile House, Cranbrook, Saskatchewan, Van- couver, Elkford, Alberta, Van- couver Island and of course, there are many of us still in the valley. I am looking forward to hear- ing from one and all! Noni Tedesco RR #2 S-24 C-23 Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3L4 (604) 399-4114 Local learning disabilities association to hold info-night Submitted Communication problems come in a wide variety of types and severity. Some children have difficulty in processing, storing and organizing information in omer to express themselves prop- erly, Others may have a poor understanding of the meaning of a word or word combinations such as: “There's a fork in the road” might be interpreted as “There's an eating utensil in the road”. These children who have diffi- culty learning early 3€ skills nized and untreated until adult- hood, poor and commu- nication skills could result in an inability to follow directions, using the phone properly or even order- ing from a menu in a restaurant. In the past, emphasis have been placed on the child's ability to speak orally. Fortunately, it is now recognized that the child’s ability to express their ideas is equally important. The Castlegar Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association information evening to explore the relationship between early lan- guage disorders and learning disor- ders as well as the language used ..for communication versus the lan- guage used for academic skills. Val Jacques, speech and lan- guage pathologist, will be the guest speaker and will provide Strategies used to facilitate the skills of children who are lan- guage-learning disabled. Everyone is welcome to attend on Thursday, February 11, 7 p.m. at Stanley of B.C. will be sp ‘ing an may be at risk for future academic learning problems. If left unrecog- Letters Policy Letters to the Editor are welcome on any topic of local or general interest. Letters should be double-spaced, typewrit- ten, or legibly handwritten, and no more than two pages if possible. Locus will be edited in the interests of brevity or taste if necessary. All letters must be signed, with add } ry School. Obituaries——— ~ Mary Krall On Sunday, February 7, 1993, Mary Krall of Castlegar passed away at the age of 89 years. Wake service and Mass ‘of Christian Burial were held at St. with Fr. Her- L! MATTERS RRSP Series...:... pmerers Building futures Group since 1940. Are You Happy With The Rate Now that we're into 1993, there are new rules to observe when it comes to withdrawing money you have invested in a Registered Retirement Income Pund. The changes, which were first announced in the federal budget of last spring, are generally rated as good ones by professional financial planners.What they do in essence is extend the payout period for a RRIF, which under the old tules would terminate when « plan holder reached age 90. Of course, if you're still reasonably young — say, under 50 - you may find it difficult to imagine youl live past 90. But the fact is a growing number of Canadians are doing just that. On average, Canadian women are now living to 83 and men to 76. That average creeps upward as the years go by and the health care industry makes wondrous new discoveries that extends the lives of all good-living men and women. Anyway, the RRIF was introduced in 1978 as a-way for Canadians to productively invest the funds that they had accumulated in Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs). Up until then just about the only option you had when your RRSPs matured was to put the money into an annuity There are two big disadvantages to investing in the generally available annuities. Firstly, you lose control of your funds. That control rests with the life insurance compaily which issued you an annuity. When you die, nothing that's left in the annuity goes to your estate Secondly, many annuities do not have intemal! growth, so inflation takes its toll on your set- amount annuity payments. The RRIF, on the other hand, remains under your control throughout your lifetime, and any furids left in your plan go to your beneficiary of estate when you do die Up until this year the funds in your Michelle Gorosh Your RRSP Is Getting Now? RRIF had to be completely used up by the end of the year in which you reached age 90. However, under the new rules you can draw income from your RRIF (or: RRIFs, as you may own more than one) throughout-your lifetime. In order to achieve this state of affairs, Ottawa has issued a schedule of minimum annual Payment percentages. This schedule of minimum withdrawal amounts has been etermined so that the level of withdrawals can increase from year to year up to age 4. What this is likely to do is offset the effects of inflation on your pool of retirement-income capital. For age 94 and subsequent years of ydur life, the minimum withdrawal payments will be 20 per cent of the value of the RRIF funds you own at the begifining of each year. What this does is ensure you'll receive at least some RRIF income for the remainder of your life For most RRIFs that were in existence before the end of 1992, the old schedule of minimum payment percentages will continue to apply for ages up to 77. But the lower minimum payment percentages for ages above age 78 will apply to all RRIFs, regardless of the date of purchase. Revenue Canada says this provision will ensure a smooth transition from the old to the new rules You still have a ~vide range of choices when it comes to purchase of a RRIF. Generally speaking, the best results will be obtained from having your RRSP money invested in a RRIF that provides some reasonable promise of long-term growth. You can achieve this through investing in a good mix of well-managed mutual funds. In other words, strive to get some diversification that conforms to your Personal "comfort zone" when it comes to investments Earn a better rate of return. Call us today before you renew. your RRSP. Jim Laktin Investors ack some performance Group into your RRSP 1444-Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-RRSP (7777) and telephone number, although names may be witheld from publication for valid reason by the approval of the Editor. Send letters. to:- The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C., VIN 1G8, or drop them off at the office. Poetry will not be published. gn, 50 The Royal Canadian Legion - 4 Branch 170 Would like to extend our warmest THANK-YOU to all the people and companies whose donations of food, toys and time made our Christmas Hamper Drive a BIG SUCCESS. CASTLEGAR MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION RAFFLE WINNERS January 16, 1993 $500 - Shirley Lefurgey - South Castlegar Dinner Specials Sunday, February 14 * 5 pm - 9 pm Entreé All of the above entrees served with: Soup and Salad Bar « Choice ot Appetizer Seafood Kabobs or Escargot or Bite Sized Cordon Bleu & Dessert Buftet The Fireside Restaurant For reservations call 365-2128 1810 - 8th Avenue astlegar ing. Burial in 1970. She was a member of St Rita’s Catholic Church, Catholic Womens League, Fraternal Order of Eagles, National Slovak Soci- ety and the Castlegar Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed baking, king, and i was at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Krall was born Septem- ber 19, 1903 at Cierne Pole, Czech akia and ig) to the United: States to the New York and New Jersey area before coming to Canada and settling in Michel, B.C.. She grew up in Michel and married Albert Krall there on November 10, 1919. She came to Castlegar She is survived by one son, Albert of Sparwood, B.C., four dchild: seven great-grand children, and one sister, Ann Panko of New Jersey. She was predeceased by her husband in 1962, one daughter, Mame DeAnna and three brothers Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel. . Si OR g Ss Sports Dept. John Van Putten 365-5579 WEDNESDA’ February 10, 1993 9A Rebels JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports Glance California run Seikirk College's cross-coun- try team has returned from a trip to California to compete in the Long Beach Marathon and everyone is back in one piece, Everyone who ran in the race completed the 42.2 km run, “Everyone achieved their goal, to complete the race,” said The Castlegar Rebels still have their eye on the Nelon Maple Leafs, but-they just have to look a little further to focus on the third Place team. Hoping to catch up to the Leafs in the prepare Jesse Oldham and Mike Hunter each scored for the Rebels in the third. “We had a couple of early chances, but we could not capital- ize. If we could have scored a few (goals) early in the game than it may have been different,” Sauer said. Castlegar Coach Derek Peregrym. standings, Castle- Of the six college runners only gar played two two had ever run a full * games last week. marathon. On Tuesday Peregrym and Karl Schneider against first place both cut time off their personal Grand Forks, the best time in previous Rebels turned up marathons. the gas late in the There were 12,073 runners game with four who completed the race third period Schneider finished the race in goals, to bring the 3:44:04, 497 overall, 21st in score to 7-5, but his age group ran out of time to Peregrym crossed the finish catch up on the line in 82nd place out of the scoreboard. ‘It will be a brand new season (once the playoffs start)...We will be the underdog either way’ — GARY SAUER Rebels Coach commenting on which team the Rebels would rather play in the first round goalies Vaughn Welychko and John Ray shared the duties in net and faced 40 shots from Grand Forks sticks. One of the things the team needs to improve. on, Sauer says is productivity on of the play-offs 12,073 runners with his time “We went into of 3:04:11. He was 151 division of 113 alealicang “ the game moctally prepared, a The first time marathon run- couple of their goals eArly ners’ times were knocked the wind out of our Barbora Brych, 3:56:03 86th en Gary Saver out of the 311 women in the : race and 8th in her age group. ., Saturday in Nelson the Rebels Candace Harper 5:33:35, 22nd skated to a losing 2-1 loss in what in her age group. turned out to be a goalkeepers Chris Owens, 3:55:45, 29th in game. his age group. 684 overall. “The Nelson game was a fast Kevin Stoll crossed the finish moving, high momentum game. line 3:21:14 after he started. 9th It was surprising to see it such a low scoring game.” in the age group, 217 overall. Aimie Chemoff suffered a foot Plans to close the gap on Nel- injury and did not run the race. son with a win against Grand Now that the race is over Pere- Forks did not materialize for the grym said his team has earned Rebels. Grand Forks opened the this week off as a break from scoring with two first period their training, goals, one on the power-play. The second period started with Next week they will start preparing for the spring races the Border Bruins extending by working on speed training. The main thing Peregrym said is that everyone from Selkirk who ran finished the race. “Everyone accomplished their goals. Schneider and myself beat our old times and everyone else finished the race.” Phone 365-5579 with your sport brief their lead to 4-0 with another power-play goal early in the peri- od by Ryan Osachoff and a goal later from the stick of Tom Mar- ishak. Mark Graff put the Rebels on the scoreboard late in the period. Scoring four goals in the third, three goals in the last three min- ules was a case of too little too late for the Rebels. the power-play. “The game could have changed if we could have scored some goals on the power-play,” If the players had started their third period scoring run earlier in the game the clock would not have played such a big part in the outcome. “I was pl d with the way the guys finished off the game. There was not a full 60 minute effort, but it was a good entertain- ing game.” Looking toward the play-offs Sauer says the Rebels have done better than most of the other teams against-the Border Bruins “All our games against Grand Forks have been close, except one. This was a good clean, close game.” Travelling to Nelson for Satur- day's game, held the possibility of being a-four point game for the Rebels. If they had won the game they would have gained four Points on the Maple Leafs in the standings. The game was scoreless until 5:33 into the second period when Shandy Mowery of Nelson opened the scoring with a short handed goal, assisted by Rene Trozzo. Castlegar tied up the game with under four minutes to play in the second period. Nino DaCosta’s power-play goal assisted by Mark Graff and Mike Hunter made. it anybody's game. Three minutes to go in the third Nelson jumped ahead by one. Fighting to even the score Castlegar pulled their goalie to get the extra player on the offence. “We tried to get the tying goal, but it just wouldn't go in,” Sauer Said. The most surprising thing, Sauer says is the low score of the game. Seven games remaining in the season and 11 days to play will end up with a tired group of play- ers before the start of the play- offs. for busy season’s end Castlegar will be playing three games against Rossland, two ~verses Beaver Valley, and one against both Spokane and Grand ‘orks. “We have to concentrate on each game as we go into the play- offs, no matter who we play,” Sauer said Once the regular season is over it, means those games were just a warm-up for the play-offs. “It will be a brand new season (once the play-offs start). We are guaranteed a spot, it is just who we will be playing that is unde- cided. We will be the underdog either way.” This weekend the Rebels play in Rossland Friday night, at home hosting Beaver Valley Saturday and rounding out the weekend with a trip to Spokane Sunday Next Tuesday Castlegar will be, on the road to play Beaver Valley. Two road games the following weekend will bring the regular season to an end. George Cameron Bruce On Saturday, February 6, 1993, George Cameron Bruce of Parksville, B.C. passed away peacefully after a lengthy illness at the age of 56. He is survived by his loving wife Edna, his son, Raymond of Blueberry Creek and his two young grandsons, Mitchell Owen and Kyle George Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, February 10, 1993 in Parksville. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Society would be greatly appreciated. Gladys Geraldine Nelson On February 5, 1993, Gladys Geraldine Nelson of Castlegar passed away after a lengthly illness at the age of 67 years. Mrs. Nelson is survived by three sisters, Inga Palsson of Castlegar, Edith Henderson of Vancouver, and Norma Hammond of Oliver, one brother, Lorne Nelson of Prince George. She is also survived by sever- al nieces and nephews. There will be no service by request and cremation has taken place. Cremation arrangements were under the direction-of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel Peter Zaitsoff On Friday, January 22, 1993, Peter K. Zaitsoff of Castlegar, B.C. passed away at the age of 83 years. Private family services were held at the Castlegar Funeral Chapel January 26, 1993 with Rev. Stan Block officiating. Burial was at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Zaitsoff was born June 18, 1909 at Verigin, Saskatchewan He is survived by two sons, Joe of Castlegar, Phil of Whitehorse, Y.T. one daughter, Diana Paluck of McKenzie, B.C., eight grandchil- dren, three great-grandchildren, one brother, Charlie of Winnipeg. He was predeceased by his wife, one sister and one brother. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be make to the Heart and Stroke Foundation Box 3023, Castlegar, BC. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castlegar Funeral Chapel. Connie Sellecca Jeff Conaway Deborah Tucker \ bather A Daughter: A Career, \ Decision. A World Wide Pictures Presentation New Life Assembly 602 - 7th St., Castlegar FEB 14 at 6:30 info: 365-5300 + 365-5212 Corey Flodell, Todd Doyle, The Grand Forks Border last Tuesday's KIJHL game.Rebels Kevin L and any rebounds. Bruins successfully kept the front of the net clear from any Rebels players during eiman (left) and Mark Graff are both kept away from from the net _ * SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten CASTLEGAR REBELS’ HOCKEY GAME RESULTS TUES, FEB. 2 GRAND FORKS 7 @ CASTLEGAR 5 FIRST PERIOD 1. Grand Fork: 2. Grand For Colbourne (Marishak) 8:15, s, Watts (Sherk, Bennett) 11:29 (pp) SECOND PERIOD 3. Grand Forks, Osachott (Bird) 2:45 4. Grand Forks, Marishak 5:42 5. Castlegar, Graff 24 (Leiman, Gropp) 13:24 THIRD PERIOD 6. Castlegar, Oldham 15 (Doyle, Gratt) 5:11 7. Grand Forks, Tisdale 8. Grand Forks, Graham (Watts, Loeffier) 9. Grand Forks, Osachotf (Tisdale) 10. Castlegar, Flodell 15 (Leiman, Hunter) 17:30 11. Castlegar, Doyle 18 (Schuler) 18:53 12 Castlegar, Hunter 19 (Doyle, Oldham) 19:50 @oal (shots-saves) ~ Castlegar: Welycheko, Ray, (40-33); Grand Forks. Sherk (36-31) SATURDAY, FEB. 6 CASTLEGAR 1 @ NELSON2 FIRST PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. Nelson, Mowery (Trozzo) 5:33 (sh) 2. Castlegar, DaCosta 13 (Graff, Hunter) 16:05 THIRD PERIOD 3. Nelson, Gendron (Evans, Duorek) 16:57 @oal (shots-saves) - Castlegar: Welycheko, (38-36); Nelson: Kelly (24 23) CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE The Sun Standings File ....... TEAM @p Shell 28 Sports Centre 26 Pressure Wash26 Koot. Comp. 25 Banjo's 25 KOOTENAY INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAM Grand Forks 37 Spokane Braves Nelson Maple Leafs CASTLEGAR RESELS Beaver Valley N.Hawks Rossland Warriors TEAM Pp Columbia Vatiey 39 Golden Rockets 39 Elk Valley Raiders 39 WEST DIVISION STANDINGS a L 7 27 EAST DIVISION STANDINGS al w tL- tT @F 19 20 ie) 223 12 27 oO 184 9 30 fe) 192 LEAGUE GAME RESULTS TUESDAY, FEB. 2 Grand Forks 7 @ Castlegar 5 FRIDAY, FEB. 5 Golden 8 @ Elk Valley 6 Grand Forks 4 @ Columbia Valley 8 SATURDAY FEB. 6 Elk Valley 5 @ Columbia Valley 10 Grand Forks 10 @ Golden 0 Castlegar 1 @ Nelson 2 Rossland 5 @ Beaver Valley 10 SUNDAY FEB. 7 Grand Fort ks 8 @ Golden 3 Nelson 7 @ Spokane 6 QOALIE Jim Bousfeild Pat Gris James Scherck John Ray Grand Forks Nelson Grand Forks Castlegar GOALIE STATS TEAM ap @A PIM 38 2.1 40 oO 25 61 4 29 52 fe) 3.7 CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE LEAGUE TOP SCORERS PLAYER a D. Knowler K. Keraiff C. Martin Hyson M. Flegel lean MacKinnon 3. Sauer Terhune >, Mercer 3. Walker A PEN 40 21 S1 48 42 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE ATLANTIC DIVISION STANDINGS TEAM @pPp St. John's 51 Fredericton 5S Cape Breton 52 Moncton 54 Halifax 50 ar 3 10 231 1 228 238 191 171 NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS TEAM ep ew Capitol District Ss2 24 Providence 52 27 Adirondack 52 23 Springfield 53 18 New Haven 54 15 L T «GF 18 10 187 242 200 187 172 SOUTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS TEAM @p Binghamton 48 Rochester 52 Utica 52 Baltimore $3 Hershey 53 Hamilton 49 QF SUNDAY Fredericton 6 @ Halifax Moncton 5 @ Cape Breton 3 Baltimore 9 @ Rochester 3 Capital District 7 @ Springfield 2 SATURDAY Hamilton 4 @ Binghamton 3 (OT) St. John's 3 @ Moncton 3 Fredericton 6 @ Cape Breton 4 Adirondack 3 @ Capitol District 1 Rochester 5 @ Hershey 4 New Haven 3 @ Springffield 0 Baltimore 5 @ Utica 5 PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS (GIRLS) AA DIVISION Duchess Park, Prince George Lambrick Park, Victoria Westsyde, Kamloops Pitt Meadows, Fraser Valley Little Flower Academy, Lower Mainland Kelly Road, Prince George St Michael's University School, Victoria DW. Poppy, Fraser Valley Garibaldi, Fraser Valley 0. nH