Wednesday, October 9, 1991 & If you have kids in the Castlegar Minor Hockey system, you might want to meet the man who will be leading them this year. Jim Craig, who was originally elect- ed vice-president of the iati this season, became the new president of the Castlegar Minor Hockey Asso- ciation last week when Rick Biller took a job transfer to Powell River. In a time when sincerity has reached all-time lows just about ev- erywhere you turn these days, it’s re- freshing to absorb the words of this man. Listening to the way Craig talks people talk about him, you just can’t elp but believe in the guy and you definitely have to like his style. My favorite line of Craig’s was one I ran in a story I did about minor hock- ey last week: “The way I look at it, if the parents don’t get involved with what their kids are doing, I think they’re going to migs out on a lot of things.” But before we hear the rest of that interview, let’s hear what another ex- ecutive member has to say about her new boss. “I think he'll do fine. “He seems to be fair. “He has integrity.” Those were the first three thoughts on Craig from Yvonne Moore who, as minor hockey secretary, will deal with Craig more often than most in the ex- ecutive. about minor hockey and listening to” How does she know these things about her new boss? Well, she doesn’t know for sure but she knows his his- tory community involvement. “1 don't think he’s going to be biased in any sort of respect. He’s going to lis- ten to everybody's side then make a decision, logically.” Still, can he hold his own in the highly charged political atmosphere that is minor hockey? “Hopefully, in his experience with the (Castlegar) Chamber of Com- merce (Craig has been president of the Free Agent chamber for the last two years) and with different committees, I’m sure he’s seen a lot of politics on a lot of 08e. “I think he’s:going to meet it-head on and, you know, brush aside the pol- itics and do what’s best for the system and for the kids.” The kids, that’s the point. “Quite often, we (parents) lose sight that minor hockey’s for the kids. Jim seems the type of guy that is genuine- ly concerned with the kids, not so much what the parents want for.the kids, but what the kids want.“ What about leadership? “I don't think he’s going to be bowled (over) by people’s opinions as has happened in the past. “He’s willing to listen to all sides and come up with what’s best for ev- erybody, not just what's best for one or two people. He won't jump to conclu- sions right away. He wants to see all the facts. We'll sit down as an execu- tive and hopefully make good deci- sions.” Apparently, Jim’s a pretty popular guy. ‘And now to the man himself. Here’s Craig on what he believes are the most important. people in mi- nor hockey, besides the kids them- selves, of course. “To me the real heroes out there are th guys who go out everyday, like the coaches, managers and those guys. Those are the guys who, everyday, or two, three, four times a week, they go out to the practices at some God-for- saken hour. You know those are the guys who really count. Those are the real guys who work their tushes off.” ane on what what his new job en- “You have to learn the ins and outs of the committee structures and the executive nor hockey association with the West and the dealing with our mi- ; jJim Craig gets an A for honesty Kootenay Association. “And not only that, you have to learn the relations of that whole thing to the B.C. Amateur Hockey (Associ- ation) and the relationship of that to Canadian amateur hockey. It’s a huge Craig on body checking in minor hockey. 6 “Right now, hitting is only allowed in Midgets and up. They're allowed to do it in rep hockey but not in house hockey. That was changed just last so house hockey is basically hit- ting free all the way through. “A lot of the rules have changed to help protect the minor hockey player and to make the game a nicer game to watch. “In areas, for example in body checking from behind and the use of sticks, the penalties are a lot more se- vere than they’ve been in the past years and I agree with that.” Craig on why he, and the rest of the executive, do it. “The executive, they do a lot of work, a lot of office work behind the scenes to bring this thing together for the kids. But it’s fun. I don't think any of them would do it if it wasn’t fun.” If his management style is any- thing like his personality, ethics and morals, then Castlegar minor hockey is in for its best year in some time, which is something Craig has already Never mind the Socreds, the NDP or or anybody else, Jim Craig for MLA, a October 9, 1991 <> CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT Castlegar and District United Way would like to thank all who donated to our United Way Campaign. We look forward to your continued support and on behalf of all the agency members of f WESTS United Way we offer our heartfelt thanks for being caring individual and business citizens. MACLEOO'S STORE 1990 BUSINESS CONTRIBUTORS ? PHARMASAVE CASTLE BOWL NU-TECH CONSTRUCTION SPLASHES OOSE MADELEINE’S PICTURE PLACE HAIRLINES HIS PLACE HAIRSTYLING CASTLEGAR HAIR ANNEX CARL'S DRUGS DAIRY QUEEN ZAZOO BEAUTY CASTLEGAR SPORTS CENT. 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In a classic battle between good and evil — namewise at least— the Saints and Hi Ar- row Devils played toa 1-1 tie Thain to make it 2-0 before Pourmokhtari iced the win with his second and third goals of the game. Thain Matjasic got the assists on Pourmokhtari's last breviated this year because the college decided to pull the team out of the B.C. Colleges pahashx Aisi at Ki Robert Matjasic scored the Saints’ goal in the second half to give his team the tie. It was a different story at the college Saturday as Vahid Pourmokhtari scored a hat trick to lead the Saints past Dexter’s Dynamos 4-0. The Saints final record in the West Kootenay Soccer League was 2-0-2. Mark McConnell set up Pourmokhtari’s first goal as the Saints took a 1-0 lead over Dexers into the half. Matjasic scored from Jodi and put it in the community league for budgetary reasons. Despite knowing that they would only play a four-game schedule — and an exhibition game set for Kelowna Oct. 20 — first-year coach Bob Gurney said his team always had the right attitude. “It didn’t seem to bother them, All they wanted to do was play soccer and that’s been the attitude all along. They came out to play the game and have some fun. It was great,” said Gurney. Dream Team seems an appropriate News Staff Apparently, this mini-bas- ketball team doesn't call itself the Dream Team for nothing. That name seemed appro- priate after week four in the Castlegar mini-basketball league as the, Dream Team league to score 20 po: they beat the Junior Jordans 20-10 then “a 10. i beating the Pistons by 12 and made it two in a row when they beat the Bruisers12-10. Thé Bruisers salvaged their day with a 12-8 win over the Pistons, who didn’t break eight points in their three games. Janice Leckie was the Dream Team star of the day while Aaron Kinakin was the coaches choice on the Pistons. Amy Makaroff was named team star for, the Junior Jor- dans while Pashi Papao was the Bruisers best. The league, for players in Grades 4, 5 and 6, plays a round-robin set of games Sun- days at Stanley Humphries. played just a notch higher of than the rest of the teams there. “We played well enough to win. There were times when we really looked good and oth- er times we didn't look good at all. But we're improving,” said Uchida. The girls beat a pair of Kelowna schools in the round- robin as well as a team from Sicamouse and the Winfield team. SHSS beat. Mount Boucherie of Kelowna two i semifinals. 5 eee Rookie coach Ron Behnke had the SHSS junior boys team at home to Creston today in the SHSS gym at 3:30 p.m. Behnke, who came to teach at SHSS last year, said he hasn't come to any conclusions about his squad yet after only one “Things look promising is about all I can say at this point,” he said. 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