March 10, 1985 as’ Castlégar News West Arm re-opens for fishing This spring, for the first time in six years, anglers can anticipate a productive fishing season on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, according to a news release from the regional Fisheries Branch. The world-renowned stretch of water from Balfour to Nelson has been rejuvenated with thousands of kokanee, the first stock produced from the Redfish Creek spawning chgnnel, 25 kilometres east of Nelson, says the release. These fish have not reached maturity. “On April 1 the rush to nab them starts,” says the release. The release also says Ministry of Environment officials believe that the spawning channel has produced enough stock to re-open the fishery, closed four of five years since 1979, when it was the victim of its earlier success. News of plentiful catches of the three- to five-pound kokanee, largest in the world, spread as quickly as fish stories will, attracting fishermen lured by the discovery that the tales were true. But the West Arm could not support the fishing pressure. Overfishing, coupled with poor stream production, prompted the closure to sports fishing while the spawning channel was constructed. Now, based almost entirely on production from the Redfish Creek spawning channel, the sports fishery can begin again. Construction of the Redfish Creek spawning channel was made possible by the Habitat Conservation Fund, administered by the Ministry of Environment. After the Nature Trust of British Columbia, recognizing the productive capabilities of Redfish Creek, purchased four acres of land at the site and leased it to the province, efforts to build the spawning channel began. A further piece of property was purchased by the Habitat Conservation Fund. Design and engineering were undertaken and the channel was completed in 1982. The Habitat Conservation Fund spent a total of $172,000 for the channel, the money derived from the funds principal source of revenue — a $3 surcharge on licences purchased by fishermen, hunters, and guides. Thus, the people who are the primary users of this resource, the anglers themselves, paid for construction of the channel. They will now receive direct benefits from their investment. The Kootenay's regional fisheries biologist, Harvey Andrusak, who has managed the lake's fishery for 16 years, estimates the 25,000 kokanee are now reaching maturity and are “schooling” in the West Arm. An employee of the Ministry of Environment, he bases his projection on stream surveys. Ennumeration of kokanee fry in May 1982, revealed that the 5,000 adult kokanee which had spawned in the channel the previous autumn produced 750,000 surviving The spring census indicated a survival rate of 40 per MLA makes By CasNews Staff Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy has called for B.C. Hydro’s proposed 13 per cent rate hike to be disallowed. Citing severe negative im- pact on industrial recovery, investor confidence and con- sumer spending, D'Arcy, the New Democrat Party's en. ergy pricing spokesman made his intervention to the secretary of the B.C. Utilities Commission. D'Arcy stated that “Hy. dro’s interim rate increase and their intention of a fur- ther raise effective April 1 will generate about $150 mil. lion annually in extra rev. enue, assuming domestic de- mand remains constant “At the same time, the utility will turn over $160 cent, 10 times the natural rate for Redfish Creek. From those three-quarters of a million fry, 25,000 adults are expected to have survived into their third year. If the projections prove accurate, 21,000 will be harvested by fishermen. Four thousand will return to the channel to continue the propagation of this popular sports fish. “The fishery is financially important” says the release. Studies have shown that resident anglers fish on Kootenay Lake an average of 22 days annually; the value of each fishing day is estimated at $28. ion, the spawning channel is a revenue producer for the Kootenays, creating direct and indirect employment opportunities. Non-B.C. residents contribute an average $26.40 daily to the provincial economy when they fish in the province's fresh waters. “Opportunities for that money to be spent in the Kootenays will increase with the return of the West Arm sports fishery,” says the release. The release says, “Spawning channels are a unique, socially responsible way to increase fish numbers without hatcheries or other artificial means. Carefully-engineered, these channels copy nature's best conditions for spawning: a base of gravel of desirable size — one to three inches; a gentle slope for ideal water velocity; controlled flow.” Fish populations utilize these sites when struck by the biochemical urge to spawn. For the West Arm kokanee, a sockeye salmon that found glaciers blocking its path to the sea in the last ice age, forcing adaptation to a fresh water environment, regeneration involves a three-year cycle. In the spring of their first year, the finger-sized fry are hatched from eggs that were fertilized and buried in creek bottoms the previous autumn. Many are immediately eaten by predators, some die in the hatching process, others are suffocated by sediment and debris that accumulated over the winter, making it impossible for the fry to emerge. In nature, a four per cent survival rate is normal for kokanee fry; one in 25 eggs produce fry that make it from the spawning stream to the lake. Those that survive the perils of the first days face others: the talons of osprey, eagles, and other predatory birds; the claws of black bears; the jaws of hungry dolly varden and Gerrard rainbow trout. Of the hundreds of thousands of fry that were hatched, just four or five thousand must return to the spawning channel as adults for the stock to remain in balance. Spawning channels are also popular with non-fisher- men. In the past three years, more than 10,000 people have visited the Redfish Creek channel to view the kokanee in the fall, when the water seems to turn red from the thousands of crimson spawners. The spawning channel is just one of a series of projects undertaken by the Habitat Conservation Fund in a co-ordin- ated approach to improve the Kootenay Lake fishery, in intervention million annually to the B.C. government in water taxes alone,” D'Arcy said in the in tervention. He said the present gov ernment gave its cabinet and legislature approvals to the borrowing for the Revelstoke and Cheekeye-Dunsmuir projects. “Now that the bills for these developments must be paid, it is appropriate that the same government reduce water rentals to allow Hydro the use of revenue from the existing rate structure,” he said. D’Arcy’s intervention fur- ther stated that “dependable, affordable electricity is a cornerstone of the B.C. econ- omy. A rate increase at this time will be recessive and delay recovery. “I urge the commission to deny the application and dir- ect Hydro to obtain its need- ed debt retirement funding through government redue- tion of the water tax,” D'Arcy added. $1 $< UEK-PA 04 CHRIS D'ARCY . .. disallow increase Demoskoff funeral held Bill P. Demoskoff, husband of Ann Demoskoff of Thrums passed away Tuesday, March 5 at the age of 35. 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CASH WITH AD ONLY. NO TELEPHONE CALLS. Cost for One insertion $ X number of insertions ad is to run Multiply by 2 for 3x TOTAL COST $ FIRST STOCK . . . Redfish Creek spawning channel has resulted in the re-opening of sport fishery in the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. Ministry of Environment of- both the main lake and its West Arm. This approach has stressed natural production of kokanee, rainbow trout and other species. Another project, construction of a small side channel of Kokanee Creek, 15 kilometres east of Nelson, will also improve kokanee egg-to-fry survival rates, creating a projected annual pr ion of 20,000 catch kokanee in the West Arm. Work at Kokanee Creek will be completed this summer. The side channel, built next to the Nature House at Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, will likely draw thousands of visitors to view the spawning adults in the fall. The Meadow Creek spawning channel, constructed in 1967 to partially compensate for the loss of the crucial Dunean River strain of kokanee, has produced tens of millions of kokanee. Studies have revealed that these kokanee “school” in the main lake, providing the principal food source for the world-famous Gerrard rainbow trout. Spawned at Gerrard, where Trout Lake flows into the Lardeau River, these rainbows migrate into Kootenay Lake, growing to 35 pounds. The Habitat Conservation Fund has also enabled the Meadow Creek channel to be modified. In recent years, kokanee runs which had once numbered 1.5 million adults ficials believe the, spawning channel has produced enough stock to re-open the fishery which has been closed since 1979 NOW IN A NEW & BIGGER LOCATION pore € So To Serve You Better! & Zo With the Largest Selection S Y of Bikes in the Kootenays! { SALES & EXPERT SERVICE \ 4 Drop in and see Gerald and Rick \\ / 908 Rossland Ave. \ Trail 364-1540 Take Advantage of Our Specials “Bring a Friend” Special 2 Packages of 10 Tan Sessions $48 ec. ($4.80 per tan) MON. AND SAT. $4.50 PER TAN 368-6822 SUNTAN SALON vane fetes Ave. ommunities at Risk! EDUCATIO} PUBLIC FORUM Sun., March 10 — 2 p.m. at Stanley Humprhies School Come and listen to speakers explain what the restraint program has done to our schools and to our children SPEAKERS: Diane Jolly — Grand Forks parent Jack Finnoborgason — president of the College — Institute Educators Association of B.C. Public Employees Derek Todd — student, Selkirk College Pat Clarke — president, B.C. Teachers Federation Annette Huyter — Arrow Lakes High School student Peter Dodge — Alderman, Nelson Reverend Ted Bristow — Castlegar United Church Minister James Waldie — Castlegar, president of Canadian Union of SPRING SPORT . . . Warm March weather brings out local anglers on the waters of the Columbia River who, after a tew month's hibernation, are once again out looking tor the big ones. SEASON FINAL Graham, 19.50 seconds. 1:20.29. 1:21.45. March 30. of the season.” on h me. the Canadian girls. third in the first of Official results had Michela Figini of Switzerland second in 1:19.89, and teammate Maria’ Walliser third in Karen Stemmle of Aurora, Ont., was fourth in “This is a real storybook ending, just unreal” said an exultant Graham who will celebrate her 25th birthday on “I didn't know I had won at first,” she added. “I was so psyched this morning, knowing it was the last downhill Graham, who nearly retired at the end of the last season but was convinced to come back, had the fastest interval times and when she broke the finish line in first place it brought a tremendous road from the small crowd d. “I think it was my turn, and Canada’s turn, to be lucky. This win repays all of you (Canadians) not just Graham's victory, coupled with Stemmle’s fourth- place finish and a 18th placing by Liisa Savijarvi of Bracebridge, Ont., wrapped up a brilliant weekend for Graham and Savijarvi finished third and fourth Graham wins By JOHN KOROBANIK BANFF, Alta. (CP — Laurie Graham of Ingle wood, Ont., climaxed one of the best weekends ever for Canadian female downhill skiers by winning the final World Cup downhill of the season Saturday. who finished back-to-downhills Friday, roared from back in the pack — she started 20th — to win the race in one minute, Friday behind Walliser and “It's the same top three but in a better order,” yelled Graham. While it was one of Canada's best downhill weekends Gerry Sorerson of Kimberley, and Graham posted back-to-back victories last year in World Cup downhill and giant slalom races. The performance came after a 30-minute delay in the race because of high, gusting winds. The winds gusted throughout much of the 2,025-metre course but the racers agreed it was basically the same for eveyone. Stemmle's fourth-place finish was her best downhill result of the season. She was 23rd Friday and fifth last weekend in Vail, Colo., where Graham was fourth. “I was a little too uptight and tried too hard yeserday,” the 21-year-old sai gate there was a big gust that shook the whole tent. . - but I didn’t get any gusts at the top and that could have made a big difference.” Figini's finish concluded a brilliant downhill season for the 18-year-old. She won three World Cup downhills plus the World championships an and was the runaway winner of the overall downhill championship. With today’s super giant slalom race here today plus the season slalom finales in Heavenly Valley, Calif., next weekend, Figini also had a commanding lead in the overall championship. Only two of the 44-skier field failed to finish and both were Austrians. Elisabeth Kirchler crashed in the upper part of the course, suffering ligament damage to her left knee. Katrin Gutersohn also fell and suffered a sprained back. “When I was in a starting NHL LAST NIGHT Rangers tie Oilers 3-3 EDMONTON (CP) Defenceman Barry Beck scored his seventh goal of the season late in the third period as New York battled to a 3-3 overtime tie with Edmonton Saturday night. The Oilers, who are 0-1-8 in overtime games this year, had gone ahead 3-2 midway through the period when Jari Kurri picked up a long pass from defenceman Paul Coffey and then broke in alone to beat goaltender Glen Hanlon. The tie leaves the defending Stanley Cup champion Oilers winless in their last five home games with a 0-3-2 record. Mark Messier on a power play and Wayne Gretzky rounded out the Edmonton scoring. The Rangers, who are battling with Pittsburgh and New Jersey for the fourth and final playoff berth in the Patrick Division, got goals from Pierre Larouche and Tomas Sandstrom. Both goaltenders were outstanding with Hanlon maing 41 sav es and Edmonton's Mike Zanier blocking 22 shots. NORDIQUES 2 FLAMES 2 CALGARY (CP) — Brent Ashton's goal with 13 seconds left in the third period gave Quebec a 2-2 tie with Calgary. With goaltender Richard Sevigny on the bench for an extra skater, Ashton scored his 27th goal of the season when he put a rebound past Calgary goalie Rejean Lemelin Jim Peplinski had given Calgary what appeared to be a vietory when he put the Flames ahead 2-1 at 18:16 of the third period The two late goals broke up what had been a goaltending duel between Sevingy and Lemelin Sevigny, who had ended Calgary's NHL records string of 264 games without being shutout Jan. 11 at Quebec City, finished with 28 saves. Lemelin, the native of Quebec City, H made 32 stops | Quebec's other goal was scored by Dale Hunter Defenceman Charlie Bourgeois also scored for Calgary The tie left the NOrdiques third in the Adams Division, but Calgary used the point to move into sole possession of second place in the Smythe Division CANADIENS 4 WHALERS 3 MONTREAL (CP) Chris Chelios scored twice in a three-goal third-period outburst as the Canadiens overcame a 2-1 Hartford lead to beat the Whalers 4-3. Pierre Mondou scored the third goal of the period to make it 4-2 on a tip-in from the side of the net at 9:02. But Mondou suffered an injury to his left eye when he was checked into the goal post by Whalers defeceman Ulf Sameulsson on the play. Chris Nilan scored Montreal's other goal and also started a third-period fight with Hartford's Torrie Roberston. Both received five-minute fighting majors and game misconducts Kevin Dineen scored two goals for Hartford, one shorthanded, the other on a power-play. Paul MacDermid, on a third-period power play, reduced Montreal's two-goal lead to 4-3 at 15:38 ISLANDERS 4 MAPLE LEAFS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Roger Kortko and Dale Henry scored their first NHL goals in a three-goal first period as New york skated to a 4-2 triumph over the Leafs The victory was only the Islanders’ second in their last seven starts. Defenceman Tomas Jonsson scored 22 seconds into the game with a 40-foot slapshot over the glove of Toronto goaltender Allan Bester Kortko made it 2-0 at 3:34 when he outfought Toronto defenceman Al Iafrate along the boards behind the Maple L eafs’ net, skated in front and stuffed the puck into the far corner. Toronto removed Bester at that point after allowing two goals on three shots and replaced him with Ken Wregget Stewart Gavin scored for Toronto at 7:30 on a 10-foot } shot. He beat defenceman Denis Potvin along the boards, H circled around the net, came out and beat goalie Billy Smith to the short side. Henry resotred New York's two-goal advantage at 15:46 by firing a 30-footer between Wregget’s legs. NORTH STARS 4BLUES 1 BLOOMINGTON, MINN. (AP) — Dino Ciccarelli scored twice to lead Minnesota to a 4-1 victory against St. Louis Blues, the North Stars’ first victory over the Blues this season. oi Ciccarelli put the North Stars in the lead at 16:08 of the first period wheh he took a pass from Neal Broten and blasted it past St. Louis goalie Greg Millen. Only 1:48 later, Dennis Maruk scored from close range to give Minnestoa a 2-0 lead. Ciccarelli scored again on the power play at 13:18 of the second period when he raced in from Millen's right to grab the rebound of a Brian Bellows shot and put the North Stars ahead 3-0. PENGUINS 6 BRUINS 5 BOSTON (AP) — Wayne Babych scored his second goal of the game at 1:06 of overtime to give Pittsburgh Penguins a 6-5 victory against Boston Bruins. John Chabot stopped an attempted clearing pass from Boston defenceman Ray Bourque and fed Gary Risslin on the left side of the Bruins’ zone. Rissling then passed to Babych, racing up the middle, and Babych beat Boston goalie Pete Peeters for his 16th goal of the season. Pittsburgh, which had rallied from a 4-2 deficit to take a 5-4 lead on two goals by Dave Hannan and another by Mike Bullard, is 3-0-5 in overtime this season. Its victory was only the fourth in its last 20 games. DEVILS 8 RED WINGS 5 DETROIT (AP) — Doug Sulliman scored his 20th goal of season midway through the third period to snap a 4-4 tie and lead New Jersey Devils to a come-from-behind 8-5 victory against Detroit Rd Wings. Sulliman, who scored only six goals in 67 games for Hartford last season, picked up Greg Adams's rebound and beat Detroit netminder Greg Stefan with a wrist shot to put the Devils ahead to stay Mueller wins men’s race ASPEN, COLO. (AP) Swiss veteran Peter Mueller 21st position. Mare Girardelli of Luxem scored his first World Cup ski bourg, a slalom and giant victory in three seasons Sat- slalom specialist, scored his urday, claiming a downhill on first points of the season in Aspen Mountain in course- downhill with an ninth record time Mueller, 27, who posted place result. It enabled him to increase his World Cup consistently fast times in training runs this week, was clocked in one minute, 45.75 seconds. He beat teammate Karl Alpiger by 17 one hundredths of a _ second Sepp Wildgreber of West Germany was third in 1:46.58 and Austrian Helmut Hoef. lehner placed fourth in 1:46.62. Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., hoping to duplicate his victory last’ Saturday in a World Cup downhill in Japan, placed 11th in 1:47.02. Brook er won this race in 1983. Although Hoeflehner added no points to his season leading downhill total, he clinched the 1985 title in the discipline when his closest pursuer, Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, finished in overall standings lead over Zurbriggen “I won the race in the last four turns,” said Mueller, who won two downhills on this course in 1982 and added another downhill victory that season in Canada, but hadn't won since. “It was snowing at the starting gate and I had a little trouble with visibility “I made a couple of mis. takes on the top, but I pushed myself. The last part I skied fantastic.” Doug Lewis of Salisbury, Vt., was the top American, winding up 15th in 1:47.53, and teammate Bill Johnson of Van Nuys, Calif., the Olympic gold medallist who has suf. fered through a dismal sea son, was 20th in 1:48.12. Hackner makes it to final MONCTON, N.B. (CP) — Two misses by Saskatchewan third Bob Miller in the 10th end allowed Al Hackner of Northern Ontario to build up a cluster on the centre line and the 1982 world champion used it to steal two for a 7-4 win Saturday against Gene Hritzuk’s team and gain a berth in the final of the Can- adian men’s curling cham- pionship. Hackner's team now meets Alberta's record-breaking Pat Ryan, who earned a berth in the Labatt Brier championship game today by going undefeated in round robin preliminary play that ended Friday afternoon with four teams forced to go through tiebreaker rounds to decide third place behind Hackner in the final stand- ings. Hackner said it was an ex- cellent game, except. for the 10th end. They had a couple of chances to make real good shots but couldn't quite do it, said Hackner, a 30-year-old railroad worker. “But they had to throw them that way because they were looking at big shots all the time, havin, to hit and roll for doubles.” The victory puts Hackner into his fourth final in as many tries. He won the Brier in 1982 Hackner appeared to get control of the game in the ninth end when he scored a deuce to take a 5-4 lead and then set the pattern of play in the 10th when Saskatchewan skip Hritzuk allowed him to build up stones around the centre line. A sign in one corner of the rink suggested, “Ritzy Hrit zuk fans say, “Today we melt the Iceman.’ ” But it wasn't to be as each time the Thunder Bay skip Williams Moving leads Rec League final 1-0 By CasNews Staff Williams Moving defeated Sandman Inn 5-2 Thursday night to take a 1-0 lead in the Castlegar Recreational Hoc- key League final against the hotel team. Williams Moving advanced to the final by winning its series 3-0 over Valley Con tractors. Sandman Inn also won its series 3-0 against Carling O'Keefe. Sandman Inn wrapped up the series Thursday night with an 11-4 victory over O'Keefe. Game two of the final begins at noon today at the Castlegar Community Com plex Meanwhile on Thursday night, the game was score less until 17:52 when Dan Walker scored for Sandman Inn. He was assisted by Dan Friedel and Kevin Kirby Three minutes later, Wil liams Moving’s Bob Keraiff replied with a goal to tie the game 1-1. Ken Ross and Mitch Quaedvlieg assisted Williams Moving scored twice in the middle frame to make the score 3-1 after 40 minutes. Mike Schmitt and Don Savinkoff scored the goals. Assisting were Keraiff, Mike McCormack, Schmitt and Quaedvlieg. In the third frame, Dean MacKinnon opened the scor ing for Williams Moving at 10:57 with Dave MacKinnon setting up the shot John Obetkoff scored Sandman Inn's second goal at 18:30 with help from Dan Markin. avinkoff notched Wil liams Moving’s fifth goal with 1:22 left in the game. Al Akselson assisted him. In Sandman Inn's victory Tuesday night, the Inn team led 5-1 after the first period and the score was 7-4 after 40 minutes. The Sandman Inn added three more goals in the period to make the final score 11-4 Scoring Sandman Inn's goals were Walker with three, Mike Nevakshonoff, Markin and Kirby with two each, Perry Klit and Al Isackson with singles. Nevakshonoff and Walker collected five assists each, Obetkoff had four, Markin got three and Tony DaRosa, Aaron Stoushnow and Kirby had one apiece. Chief Mercer got a hat trick for O'Keefe while Jerry Antignani scored once. John Horcoff and Mal Stelck got three assists each, while Dick Braun and Don Mair had one each Blazers tie WIHL series By The Canadian Press Greg Anderson scored at 3:47 of the second sudden death overtime period to lift Elk Valley Blazers to a 6-5 win over Nelson Maple Leafs in Western International Hockey League playoff action Friday night The best-of-seven semifinal series is tied 1-1 In the other game, Spo kane Chiefs downed Kim berley Dynamiters 6-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the series. In Fernie, Nelson led 2-1 at the end of the first period, but the teams were tied 44 at the end of the second Nelson pulled ahead 5-4 in the third period before Elk Valley's Blair Peebles tied the score at 13:11 Doyle Wankel scored twice for Elk Valley, while Ted Kozub and Dan Robertson added singles Bruce Harris. Allan Perich, Del Vannone, Keith Abbott and Dave Elliott scored for Nelson. Greg Stewart stopped 36 shots in goal for Elk Valley Tom Muck mede 36 saves for Nelson In Kimberley, the Chiefs broke open a tight game late in the third period to beat the Dynamiters. The teams were tied 1-1 at the end of the first period. and Spokane was ahead 2-1 at the end of the second before Kevin Seott scored for Kim berley at 9:45 of the third The Chiefs then fired four unanswered goals. Bruce Cullen led the Spo kane attack with two goals Singles came from Mike Kouwenhoven, Jeff Fenton, Bill Hobbins and Gordie Mc Kay. Gerry Stoughton scored the other Kimberley goals. got into serious trouble, he or third Rick Lang was able to pull off a key shot that kept the opposition off balance. After Miller missed a dou- ble kill attempt with both his shots, the first going through the house and the second wrecking on a Northern On- tario rock and going harm. lessly through the house. Until that end, the teams had played a conservative gain, waiting for the other to make a mistake and pouncing on the advantages, which were few although Hritzuk scored two in the seventh to take a 4-3 lead. Hritzuk said he believes the turning point in the game was his missed shot in the ninth that allowed Northern Ontario to score a deuce for a 5-4 lead. “I missed my last shot in the ninth, gave him a deuce and we just couldn't get things going in the 10th,” said Hritzuk, who, along with Hackner, was touted as the team to beat at the 12-rink, round-robin championship when the Brier started last Sunday. Hritzuk said he couldn't understand what happened with Miller's weight for his last two shots. “We talked about it before the shots, I said to throw firm hit,” said Hritzuk, reasoning that if the hit was full “at least it will get the roll and if we hit just right we'd get the double.” “But it ran quite straight in that spot. It was right on the edge (of the frosty area of the ice) where it just took off.” Earlier Saturday, it was a tired Saskatchewan rink that defeated Don Aitken of Que. bec 84 to advance to the semifinal. Figure skating carnival Castlegar Figure Skating Club is holding its annual skating carnival on Sunday March 24 The carnival, entitled, Through the Years,” will feature local figure skaters, as well as out of town skat ers. Rob Marshall and Kelly Ingram of Nelson will be the guest skaters. As well, the Rossland precision team will perform. The carnival begins at 7 p.m. at the Castlegar Community Complex —_—-—-—— -