as CasthéQiat News ~ rebrory22. 967 MORE LETTERS The B.C. Forest Service, the Ministry of Environment and Parks, and the Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance have Discussions concluded 4 road and been involved in discussions toward a process for the Slocan Valley. These discussions are now concluded. Many issues have been addressed as a result and I would now like to take this opportunity to bring you up-to-date and clarify the following items that may have been misunderstood. These items are incorporated in the resent Creek Ii d hed Mi Plan draft that is under review. 1. Plan goals “. . . to provide direction for integrated resource use in the plan area with priority given to the protection of water quality, quantity and timing of flow, ...” 2. Liability is addressed as a responsibility of the resource users. 3. Contingency procedures are well defined and address the responsibilities of all parties involved in the watershed. ‘The primary objective is to maintain water values and repair any damage within 24 hours. D Very stringent conditions will be imposed on highly sensitive areas or the area will be removed from consideration for timber harvest due to the risk that would be placed on the water values, 1. The data gathered and resulting decisions will lead to site specific logging techniques which meet the objective of maintaining a high quality water resource. 8. As there is a commitment to water protection from all parties involved in developing the IWMP, there will be a greater emphasis on supervision of logging and related works than would normally be found in less contentious areas of the Arrow Forest District. The Technical Committee will strengthen this activity by involving all parties. : 9. Water users will be consulted at every phase of is secondary to rectifying an unacceptable situation in the least possible time. 4A i : ittee is established for each plan area and will include the various government agencies and resource users. The purpose of these committees is to provide input relative to resource use,.conduct annual and periodic reviews of the WMP, fh iviti hed plan Every attempt will be made to seek consensus among affected parties before decisions are made during the planning process. The Springer Creek [WMP is the first such plan for the Arrow Forest District which provides for integrated resource use with defined it to the of water values. We look forward to cooperative and and to investigate solutions to water related problems. The Technical Committee continues to provide input to the total planning process on a more local and specific basis. 5. Through IWMP each } par to further develop plans that truly allow for integrated resource use in the area. We feel it is imperative that future plans involve local representation to ensure information shared among the watershed is planned and data needs are identified relative to the site specific nature of the local planning unit. Road building (locations and methods) and harvesting techniques are determined based on the watershed management objectives for each specific plan. 6. In the IWMP process, risk analysis is d various partici is and rep ive of the facts. This is an open invitation to individual resource users or local groups to visit the district office in Castlegar to review the Springer ‘Creek IWMP and any information (data) we have on hand that may be relative to a particular area. We which identifies sensitive areas based on hydrological, soil and landform evaluations. With various planning levels involved, there will be varying intensities of analysis as well. Evaluation of the information will lead to the protection of water values by defining: timing of harvest and type of harvesting methods to use; acceptable levels of harvest; are also le to visit i or groups to discuss integrated resource use. Please make any arrangements in this regard by contacting the undersigned or Ted Evans at 365-2131 or by mail. Dusting off death penalty I know I'm not alone in bate to go forward. He knows having predicted a month or that the presence or absence so ago, when the scandals of the death penalty makes starting hitting the news no difference to the murder thick and fast and the Con- rate, that there is no logical, servatives slipped below the rational or factual basis for NDP in some parts of the reinstatement. He also country, that it was time for knows that Canada’s inter- the death penalty debate to national identity as a moral be hauled out of the closet and compassionate nation is and dusted off. at stake. What a great way to get I challenge Kootenay West people to forget the issues MP Bob Brisco’s use of some that directly and seriously poll taken in 1976 to further affect their lives — not to his advocacy of capital pun- mention the life of the gov- ishment. I simply do not be- ernment — issues like unem- lieve that 90 per cent of ployment, Canadian sover- Kootenay West people really eignty, falling standards of believe that it is OK to “kill living and competent and people who kill people in honest MPs. order to stop people killing Prime Minister Brian Mul- people.” roney should be ashamed of When I think of all those I himself in allowing this de- know in the constituency of every political stripe and re- affirming as a nation. In- ligious or spiritual persuasion stead, doesn't our direction who are “pro-life” in the lie in further understanding deepest sense of that word, I and changing the underlying can't believe his numbers are causes of violence and des- even close to accurate and truction in our society that that his “yes” vote, if he per- give birth to murderers in sists in his support of capital the first place? punishment, will reflect the T also hope very much that wishes of the majority of his we Canadians won't allow constituents. ourselves to be distracted We are going to have to from all the other concerns endure months of dialogue, that directly affect us and for argument and discussion on which the government is res- capital punishment. I just ponsible and must be held hope that people will try to accountable. go beyond their initial re- Ann Gedderis action of anger and disgust Castlegar towards individual murder. Study on dirt consumption ANHERST, MASS. (AP) . 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Klotz, who wears a brace due to a back injury she suffered in a race in January, said she was not planning to compete in Thursday's slalom event. “J had a lot of problems during the training runs.” But she decided to continue after she posted the fastest time in the first run, completing the course in 417.53 seconds. “I'm out with a bad back problem and I didn’t think I was going to race today. I wasn't supposed to race today, this morning I had a lot of problems with the training runs so I was going to call it quits,” said Klotz. “But then after my first run I decided to come back.” Klotz added that in the second race she had a lot of problems with the first 10 gates and after the 10th gate she decided to ski fast and hard in an attempt to make up lost time. % “I really wanted to do well so I just let them (skiis) go at the first 10 gates and I saw that a lot of people were having problems with the course but I really wanted to go. I guess I should have held back a bit because it (course) was really ‘turny’ at the top.” Other skiers agreed that the course was tough. In the first race 14 skiers failed to finish while two ~+-Canadi ional alpine ski team member Julie Klotz managed to win the women’s slalom event at Red Mountain Thursday. — CosNews Photo by Surj Rotten Klotz captures slalom others were disqualified. In the second race 11 skiers did not finish. Rossland native Kerrin Lee, who failed to finish in her first race, called the course “very hard.” Ann Taciuk of Calgary agreed. “It's tough on top. It’s really hard to catch your rhythm. In the first race the gates were further apart but in this (second) race they were closer together. Out of 55 skiers, only 27 finished the slalom event. The only two American team members to complete the course were Ann Williams, who placed 21, and Victoria Patten, whesmanaged to grab the 26th spot. Nelson native Tracey Billet picked up a 19th place showing them a time of 1:46.14. The 19-year-old Lee, who was born in Trail but grew up in Rossland, said she felt “really at home,” racing at Red Mountain. “Everyone makes me feel really comfortable and I really like to ski at Red Mountain,” said Lee. On Wednesday, the opening day of the Export Cup, Lee came up with a fourth place showing in the super giant slalom event. Despite not finishing the race Thursday, Lee is still hoping to make an impressive showing in the upcoming races. “| think starting yesterday (Wednesday) in the super GS (giant slalom) and coming fourth, I think that helps to build my confidence and hopefully in the super G and the downhill I can come in the top three,” said Lee. Tomorrow is the Nor Am downhill race. NEW YORK WINS 6-5. islanders beat Habs Defenceman Randy Boyd scored a short-handed goal to break a tie and start a four-goal second period for New York. and the Islanders snapped a six-game NHL winless streak with 65 victory Saturday night over the Montreal Canadiens, who got three goals from Bobby Smith. Boyd, just recalled from Springfield of the AHL, scored his second goal of the season when he beat Canadiens goaltender Brian Hayward while driving towards the net at 6:38 of the second period after taking a pass from Bryan Trottier on a 2-on-1 break. The Islanders made it 3-1 when Duane Sutter scored his ninth goal, at 12:05. Brian Skrudiand’s ninth goal drew the Canadiens to within 3-2 at 16:21, but Gerald Diduck’s second goal, at 17:22, and Pat LaFontaine’s 26th, at 18:39, made it “6-2 after two periods. BLACK HAWKS 6 WHALERS $ HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ed Olezyk got his second game-winner of the season to start a three-goal third period’ Saturday night, and goalie Bob Suave stopped 36 shots to help the Chicago Blackhawks to a 6-3 NHL victory over the Whalers. Olezyk's goal broke a 3-3 tie at 7:40 of the third period. Denis Savard added his 28th goal at 11:45 and Curt Fraser scored his 22nd at 15:18. Sauve improved his career record to 15-5-1 against the Whalers. Rich Preston added a goal and two assists while Mike Stapleton added a goal for Chicago. Ray Ferraro, John Anderson and Sylvain Turgeon scored for Hartford. DEVILS 6 PENGUINS 5 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andy Brickley scored twice in the first period, and the New Jersey Devils held on to end a three-game NHL losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night. The Penguins, winless in five games, scored three times in final 3:47 to pull to within a goal after falling behind 6-2. Brickley gave the Devils the lead 4:33 into the game when he tied a team record with his third short-handed goal of. the season. An errant Pittsburgh pass bounced to Brickley, who skated in alone and lifted a shot past goaltender Gilles Meloche. ‘ Rich Chernomaz was credited with his first goal off a scramble in front during a power play at 18:31, and Brickley scored his 11th at 14:43 for a 3-0 lead. BRUINS 1 NORTH STARS 0 BLOOMINGTON, Minn, (AP) — Rookie goaltender Bill Ranford stopped 45 shots, including 20 in the second period when Cam Neely scored the game’s only goal, and the Boston Bruins ended a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 NHL vietory Saturday night over the North Stars. Ranford, coming off three straight -one-goal losses, registered his third shutout of the season to help the Bruins pull within three points of the second-place Montreal Canadiens in the Adams Division. The 20-year-old der was iT ina second period during which he was hit in the head twice by Minnesota shots. BLUES 4 NORDIQUES 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Greg Paslawski scored his 19th goal of the season at 1:23 of overtime, giving the St. Louis Blues, who got three third-period goals from Mark Hunter, a 43 NHL victory Saturday night over the Nordiques. ke Paslawski’s goal, on a wrist shot from the left of the Quebec net, spoiled a stirring comeback by the Nordiques from a 3-0 deficit. ‘Trailing 3-1 after Jason Lafreniere beat St. Louis goalie Rick Wamsley at 12:49 of the third period, the Nordiques pulled goalie Mario Gosselin for an extra attacker and scored twice in the last 55 seconds. . Tracy Haight picks up B.C.'s fourth gold at Canada games SYDNEY, N.S. (CP) — Dramatic style and poise overcame a tiny slip on the ice Thursday as a young dance duo from Quebec stole the hearts of the crowd and figure ing judges at the Canada Winter Games. The smooth performance by Marie-France Dubreuil, 12, and Bruno Yvars, 14, gave the pair the gold medal in the pre-novice dance, despite a rough spot in the final part of their program at Centre 200. “There was a little problem on the ice, but it didn’t affect us,” said Dubreuil, of Montreal. Her partner is. from St-Constant, Que. “I think there was a hole on the ice,” she said. The mistake — one of Dubreuil's skates slid out from under her — was covered up quickly as the two continued their spirited routine with smiles intact. The silver went to the Burnaby pair of Julie Rogers and Douglas Avigdor, while Hilary Kinnear and her brother, Stephen, of Nepean, Ont.,. picked up the bronze. The only other medals in figure skating were awarded in the pre-novice women's event. Lori Ingram, 12, of North Vancouver fell twice at the start of her program but still managed to pull off a winning performance. DON'T BET The silver was awarded to Kiran Bolaria of Saskatoon and Jennifer Harper of Cobourg, Ont., took the bronze. At the Cape Cmokey ski hill in Ingonish, Tracy Haight, 18, of Fruitvale, won British Columbia's fourth skiing gold with an easy victory in the women's slalom. ‘ : Haight’s time of one minute 18.21 seconds was more than a second faster than silver medallist Isabelle Leger of Quebec City. “[ thought that the first run was far enough ahead that I wouldn't get caught, but the second run was a lot straighter and I wasn’t skiing as well,” said Haight. “But I had enough that I could do well enough.” Haight is the sister of former World Cup racer Diana Haight, who retired a few weeks ago. Caroline Fortin of Boisbriand, Que., won the bronze medal with a time of 1:19.60. Earlier in the week, Rya Kirkwood of Whistler won the women’s giant slalom, Rardi Van Heest of Kelowna, B.C., took the women’s super giant slalom and Darren Shields of Nelson, finished first in the men’s Super-G to account for British Columbia's other gold medals in alpine skiing. Surj Rattan HOUSE Savijarvi begins to build confidence lost in Europe ROSSLAND (CP) — Liisa Savijarvi hasn't fully solved the mystery of a ski season gone wrong, but the confidence she lost this winter in the mountains of Europe is starting to return. Expectations were high when the Bracebridge, Ont., racer entered the 1986-87 World Cup season — probably too high. ‘As she struggled early to overcome a persistent flu, the theft of her best skis and a steady erosion of confidence, last March’s dynamic climax to a season in which she cracked the first seed in downhill and super-giant slalom became a distant memory. It finally came to a head at the world championships in Crans Montana, Switzerland, two weeks ago where Savijarvi, fused and app: intimi skied disastrously. ? “I just didn’t believe in myself,” said the 23-year-old, here for the k-long Canadian pionships. “I had got into a rut, one that was getting harder and harder to get out of. “A little loss of confidence can snowball. And all of a sudden, you go ‘Oh, I've lost it and I don't know what Tm doing.’ You do lost the feel and its gets very, very frustrating.” Exasperated coach Currie Chapman gave Savijarvi the option to return home early or head to a Europa Cup, a leven-B race. She chose the latter, skied. well and is back in Canada with a renewed optimism she can pull something positive out-of a dismal season. She was a runner-up in Wednesday's national giant slalom jonship on Red after a brilliant second run that was nearly a second faster than that of overall winner Josee Lacasse. While Savijarvi has had some good results this season — a fifth in 8 downhill at Val D'Isere and a seventh in a super-giant slalom in Pfronten, West Germany — the poor finishes have got the most notice and tended to obliterate last year’s success. Last March, she closed the season with a super-G win in Japan, a third in Vail, Colo., and three consecutive downhill fourths. It brought instant notoriety, agents and new demands on the time of someone who had suddenly gone from also-ran to a star. “I think that’s probably the catalyst that got things going the wrong way,” says Chapman, suggesting Savijarvi started belieiving what pepole were writing about her. Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action gets underway the week of March 3 and when it’s all over I predict that one of two teams will officially be crowned the top dogs of the KIJHL: either the Castlegar Junior Rebels or the Trail Junior Smoke Eaters. The Cranbrook Colts, a tough team in their own right, also have a fairly good shot for the league championship, but I don’t think they'll have enough power to go all the way; even though they did manage to rack up 65 points this year. But regular season stats go out the window when playoffs begin. ‘After all, it was only a few years ago that the Castlegar News slow pitch team lost all but one game of their regular season. Then came the playoffs and this team just kicked bu--, er rather, this team beat out all the rest to capture the championship. Although at the same time, while adhering to the notion that regular season statistics do not count for anything in the playoffs, I think I would play it on the safe side and not run out to bet the mortgage on the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks. This poor “team” who, correct me if I'm wrong, couldn't score a goal if their lives depended on it, are no doubt the laughing stock of the league with their record of eight points in 42 games. Believe me when I tell you that the theory of regular season statis- tics not counting for anything in the playoffs, but for your own financial well-being, believe me when I say the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks are an exception to that rule. Tve had a lot of criticism from people who ask me why I pick up the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks. My answer is simple: They deserve it. Just look at their record. Any team that can only pick up eight points in 42 games deserves to be picked on. Remember the Toronto Maple Laughs? Or the Vancouver Can- uckleheads? I think a colleague of mine sum- med it up best when he commented about why the Kimberley Dyna- miters coach quit after his team lost a game to the Nite Hawks: “When you lose a game to Beaver Valley, you don't stay coach for very long.” On the other hand, Kimberley isn’t in a position to do too much boasting, after only managing to pick up 12 points in regular season play. Beaver Valley is scheduled to meet Castlegar in the first round of the playoffs. Rebels’ ceach Bill Johnson told me that his team can- not be overly conficent when going in to meet the Nite Hawks. That, of course was a diplomatic, on-the-record statement. But I and everyone else, including Beaver Valley, knows the Rebels will smoke the Nite Hawks in four games straight As to who will win the league championship I still say it’s a toss-up between Castlegar and Trail. The Rebels possess good scorers and good goaltending so it will be pretty easy for them to keep the puck out of their own end while putting it into the other team's net. Trail, on the other hand has a pretty strong and determined team, even though they only managed to come up with 26 points in regular season play. Although Castlegar should really be able to take the championship, on the strength of their Scoring and goaltending, some people I've talked with say the Rebels are not dis- ciplined enough to win. While they agree that the Rebels have the ability to take it all, they argue the Rebels will take unnec- essary penalties and that will even- tually cost them the league title. Whether or not that will happen will only be determined when the playoffs begin. But if the Rebels are ever to attract more people to their home games and if they are ever to win the league championship,this is the year to do it.