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Castlegar News March 8, 1967

PINE POINT MINES
Cash scene improv

Pine Point Mines Ltd.,
managed to improve its fi-
nancial status in 1986, after
suffering a loss in 1985.

David L. Johnston, the
company’s president and
chief executive officer, said
Pine Point's net earnings
last year amounted to $2
million, or 45 cents a share.

In 1985 the company re-
ported a net loss from opera-
tions of $2.2 million or 49
cents a share.

Revenue from sales total-
led $96.7 million in 1986,
compared with $110.1 million
in 1985.

‘The quantity of zine con-
centrate sold wag 261,700
tons and thequantity of lead
concentrate sold was 156,100
tons. Of these amounts,
25,200 tons of zine con
centrate and 82,700 tons of
lead concentrate were re-
corded at cost, and were de-
livered to stockpiles at Pine
Point.

Final pricing and Settle-
ment will take place after
these concentrates are ship-
ped to customers’ smelters.

Production of 457,800 tons
of zine concentrate and
163,800 tons of lead con

centrates resulted from mill-
ing 3,171,000 tons of, ore
grading 8.7 per cent zine and
4.1 per cent lead.

“The improved 1986 earn-
ings were achieved under the
accelerated production plan
adopted in December 1985,
which called for higher ore
grades, lower strip ratios and
signifieantly higher opera-
ting rates,” the company said
in a prepared release.

“These factors resulted in
unit costs of zine concentrate
production of $111 per ton as
compared to $201 per ton in
1985, and contributed sub-

It’s income

tinve to the end of 1987, and
then the operations will per-
manently shut down.’

The year-end inventory of

tons over the 1985 year-end
inventory. The year-end ore
inventory was approximately
900,000 tons, reflecting
mining rate above the mill
capacity,

Sumac picks up more claims
in mine deal and takeover

By CasNews Staff

Sumac Ventures Ine., is
_now in the possession of 60
mine claims and has secured
a lease on a further six after
taking over 24K Mining Ine.
and finalizing a deal with
Pearl Resources Ltd.

Sumac adds in a prepared
release that it has completed
an underground exploration
program at its property lo
cated 72 kilometres north of
Grand Forks.

Exploration results show

about 70 feet of strike length
and 50 feet of vertical extent
with 4.9 feet of vein width
yielding .27 ounces of gold
and 10.2 ounces of silver per
ton,

The zone is faulted below
and an underground drill
program to explore beneath
the fault is being considered.

Cost estimates Sumac has
undertaken indicate that the
mineralization indieated ‘by
the raises and sublevels, can
be shipped to one of several

mills in the Grand Forks area
for a return in profits.

However, preliminary
work indicates that the
mineralization is not amen.
able to heap leaching.

At the same time 18,000
tons of old dumps that show a
probable grade of .065 ounces
of gold and 1.90 ounces of sil
ver per ton, which have been
exposed to surface weather.
ing for more than 50 years,
gives a better chance for re-
covery

Another oil crisis predicted
for world, thanks to U.S.

OTTAWA (CP) — The
Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries will
probably send the world into
another oil crisis and U.S.
foreign policy is at least
partly to blame, say3 a mem-
ber of a private research
gropu based in Washington.

Weekly
stocks

TORONTO (CP) — Despite
some profit-taking, the mar.
kets in Toronto and New
York closed at record levels
Friday, capping a bullish
week that saw Canadian re-
source stocks soar.

The TSE composite 300 in-
dex jumped 17.99 points to
close at 3,637.08, eclipsing
Thursday's mark. The index
climbed 138.15 points on the
week to add 3.95 per cent to
its value.

The paper and forest prod
ucts subgroup was the big.
gest gainer for the day and
the week, moving up 2.77 per
cent on the day and 9.85 per
cent since last Friday

The golds, which picked up
7.21 per cent on the week, fell
47 per cent Friday on some
profit-taking

In New York, the
Jones industrial average rose
3.80 to 2,280.23, hitting a néw
closing high for the third
straight day and finishing the
week with a gain of 54.24
points. Decliners outnumber
ed advancing issues 844 to
689 with 426 unchanged on a
volume of 181 million shares.

‘The market seems to have
developed a pattern, which is
not unhealthy,” said analyst
Don Dillistone of Richardson
Greenshields Ltd. “It's quiet,
then is spiked up, then is
quict, then is spiked up

After the big gains Wed
nesday and early Thursday,
you could see it start to spin
its wheéls late Thursday.”

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Henry Shuler, of the

eorgetown Centre for
Strategic and International
Studies, says he expects the
crisis to develop within the
next six or seven months,
with world oil prices hitting
about $24 US by the end of
the year.

Oil prices, currently
around $18 US a barrel, have
been fluctuating but are gen
erally recovering from the
crash that saw them dip as
low as $10 early last year.

Schuler made his com
ments before the parliamen.
tary energy committee hold.
ing a series of meetings to
study the state of Canada’s
oil and gas reserves and sec
urity of supply

The 1974 crisis, in which
OPEC cut production and
drove prices up, ended large-
ly because of the influence of
Saudi ‘Arabia, Schuler told
the committee.

The Saudi government
persuaded other cartel mem
bers they had to avoid ali-
enating the United States
because they might require
American support in the face
of unrest in Iran and the
Soviet occupation of Afghan
istan.

But Washington's ap
proach to the Middle East
has changed dramatically
since. The deal to sell arms to
Iran is one example, but only
the latest in a string of
events.

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BEV POSTNIKOFF
s a sil

Sumac is continuing nego-
tiations regarding several
other heap leach projects and
the company is ready for an
increase in net cash flow this
year, subject to completion of
heap-leach financing.

Sumae’s strategy is to be-
come a profitable gold pro-
ducer by capitalizing on the
depth of its management
team in special situations.

instruction

booklet is bigger with an easier,to-follow

format and it includes a list of commonly asked avertiqns
vie the Fisedin seagate answers.

Also, 'the tax tables have been expanded from an

of taxable income to $40,000, which

ly. people from having to calculate their tax

a tr 26 milion

and bad arithmeti
it year. Those errors

partrier in Touche Ross Ltd,

Revenue Canada says that in the 16 omcs
tax returns filed last year, there were at Jeast 4.7 million
mistakes, almost half of them serious enough to cause a
delay in processing,

Error- free returns are'processed in four weeks. One
serious problem can hold up a refund’ for several weeks,
even months, sineé the department may have to contact.
the taxpayer to correct the error,

DATA

MacInnis says the thing you should ee ath beer
sure you have all the documentation you need —
from your employers, tax guide, T-5 slips ‘— ne
investment income, plus receipts for deductions you're
claiming.

Then, read the guide all the way through, with the
form beside you so you can mark the lines on the form
that apply to you, This way, you're less apt to miss
something.

MacInnis suggests you do your dependants’ returns
first. That way you can see which of their unused
deductions you can transfer to lower your Own taxable
income.

Make use of the practice form — and do it in pencil,
Everyone makes mistakes and it’s a lot less frustrating if
you can simply rub them out.

“Most people can get through it,” says MacInnes.
“It's a mistake to run off to H and R Block or the local gas
station or wherever they're doing taxes these days when
most people could do it themselves.”

FORM SIMPLER. -

This year, the federal government says the tax forms

have been simplified to cut’ down on mi The

weren't engugh to delay returns, since eo computers

simply
Clyde i

them, says

Contracting
future discussed

“By CasNews Staff

what contractors can expect

d that all

The future of
in Castlegar was just one of
the topics addressed at a
first-ever general meeting of
Castlegar area contractors
Thursday morning.

More than 50 contractors
met at a break-

Chernoff said contractors
from Nelson, Trail and the
Castlegar area attended the
breakfast which included a
discussion on the latest in

fast to listen to guest speaker
Al Classen of the Workers’
Compensation Board and
“generally. just to, get to
know one another,” said Nick
Chernoff, owner of Trowelex
rentals and sponsor of the
breakfast.

“We talked about the fore-
cast for the future for con-
tractors,” said Chernoff after

Midnight

to

5:00 a.m.

the kfast. “We

«me NIGHT SHI

WCBp and the legal
angles of local contracting.

“We really wanted all the
local contractors to get toge-
ther and to talk,” said Cher-
noff, “mainly so that when
they bid against one another
they will know who they are
up against , . . there will be
less animosity.”

Chernoff said he plans to
make the breakfast meetings
a regular event.

balancing appearances as a stand-up comedian
with his radio duties, Don brings a true talent
to entertain to the Satellite Radio Network.

> Lisa’s radio career has involved many areas of
the broadcast industry, such as news, traffic and
promotion, but it’s her work as an on-air personality
that Lisa finds the most satisfying. She’s dedicated
and has a natural ability to communicate. Lisa is a
welcome addition to the Satellite Radio Network.

“It's Great To Be In The Kootenqys”

SWEEP CITY . . . Team partners sweep rock at
Castlegar Curling Rink yesterday. The action was a

part of three day women’s curling bonspiel which
wraps up today. _CasNewsPhoto by Surj Ratton

HAWKS
CALL IT
QUITS

“Alright, we give up, you guys
win.”

Although they didn’t say it in so
many words, that was the message
the Beaver Valley Nite Hawks gave
to the Castlegar Rebels on Thurs-
day when they asked the Rebels and
the Kootenay International Jenier

play the game, then why subject one
of the few players on the team who
does give an honest effort to take

Surj
Rattan

a pair of skiis, hitching a ride on a
T-bar (I just love those T-bars) and
then shooting down a mountainside.

Thomas, Courtnal
lead Maple Leafs

TORONTO (CP) — Steve Thomas and Russ Courtnall
scored two goals each to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a
1-2 vietory Saturday night over the New York Islanders.

Rick Vaive, Wendel Clark and Peter Ihnacak also scored
for Toronto, 26-346, which entered the ganie five points
back of the St. Louis Blues and the fourth and final playoff
berth in the NHL's Norris Division.

Ken Morrow and Richard Kromm scored for New York,
28-2810 and second in the Patrick Division.

New York outshot Toronto 33-28, but Leaf goaltender
Ken Wregget was superb. Islanders starter Kelly Hrudey
was replaced by Billy Smith when Thomas put the Leafs
ahead 5-1 on their 16th shot at 15:24 of the second period.

OILERS 5 CANADIENS 3
EDMONTON (CP) — Jari Kurri scored his 45th and 46th
goals of the season on perfect setups from Wayne Gretzky to
Jead the Oilers to a 5-3 vietory over the Canadiens in a fast,
spirited NHL game Saturday night.

Mark Messier, with two, and Jaroslav Pouzar got the
other Edmonton goals.

Mike McPhee, Brian Skrudland and Ryan Walter scored
for the Canadiens.

PENGUINS 7 NORTH STARS 3

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Mario Lemieyx and
Troy Loney scored in the opefiing One minute and 33 nds
and the Penguins went on to an easy 7-3 NHL victory over
the North Stars.

The triumph was Pittsburgh's third over Minnesota this
year in as many tries.

Lemieux finished the game with two goals, his 44th and
45th of the year. Dave Hannan also scored twice for
Pittsburgh, while Randy Cunneyworth and Dan Quinn each
added a goal and two assists.

SABRES 5 NORDIQUES 5

QUEBEC (CP) — Christian Ruttu’s goal 37 seconds into
the third period lifted the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-5 tie with the
Nordiques Saturday in the first game of a crucial
home-and-home series between the two NHL teams.

The tie allowed Quebec to hold onto fourth place and the
last playoff spot in the Adams Division. The Nordiques,
whose 57 points are two more than Buffalo, will play on the
road tonight against the Sabres.

Buffalo overcame deficits of 3-0 and 5-3.

WHALERS 5 FLYERS 3

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sylvain Turgeon scored
two goals and goalie Mike Liut stopped 28 shots Saturday as
the Hartford Whalers beat the Flyers 5-3 to extend their

It was the fourth two-goal game for Turgeon since he
returned to the lineup Jan. 9 from an abdominal injury that
kept him out of action the first half of the season. He has 16
goals in 28 games. ‘

The Whalers broke from a 1-1 tie by scoring three times
in a 6:21 span of the second period, including the pair by
Turgeon, to end Philadelphia's three-game winning streak.

BLU

ST. LOUIS (AP) —
goal and set up Greg Paslawski’s game-winner with an
assist, leading the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 NHL triumph over
the Red Wings.

Federko gave St, Louis a 2-1 lead with his 14th goal of
the season at 12:48 of the second period by gathering in a
loose puck to the right of Detroit's goal, skating in front and
beating goaltender Glen Hanlon with a backhander.

Rob Ramage's power-play goal made it 3-1 for the Blues
at 17:23, but the Red Wings closed to 3-2 less than two
minutes later with the benefit of a freak goal before Federko
helped the Blues more away.

BLACKHAWKS 4 DEVILS 3

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Chicago defence-
man Doug Wilson scored two goals, including the winner
with 2:56 to play, as the Blackhawks defeated the New
Jersey Devils 4-8 Saturday to extend their NHL unbeaten
streak to eight games. ,

Wilson's second goal came when lie put his own rebound
past Devils goalie Craig Billington. Denis Savard set up the
goal, breaking into the New Jersey zone and firing a shot at
Billington, who made the save. The rebound bounced out to
Wilson, who slapped it past Billington on his second try.

Chicago began play two points behind second-place St.
Louis and one ahead of fourth-place Minnesota in the Norris
Division.

BRUINS 3 CAPITALS 2

BOSTON (AP) — Steve Kasper converted the rebound
of Ray Bourque's shot from the point for a power-play goal to
give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 NHL overtime victory over the
Washington Capitals on Saturday.

Kapser won a faceoff and got the puck back to Bourque,
who blasted theshot on net at 1:26 of the extra period while
the Capitals’ Kevin Hatcher was in the penalty box for
hooking.

Boston goalie Doug Keans had held the Capitals
scoreless with spectacular saves over the first two periods |
until Lou Franceschetti scored at 8:39 of the third.

Gaetan Duchesne f with.a:20-foot backhand shot

Hockey League to cancel their
best-of-seven-game playoff series.
To no one's surprise the Rebels
won the first two games of the
series by identical 15-2 scores.
I'm glad the Nite Hawks raised
their white flag and surrendered
because now their goalie, Eric Vol-
patti, doesn't need to go through the
torture of taking on the Rebels all
by himself in two more games.
It’s not surprising that Volpatti
has let in 30 goals in two games.
What's he supposed to do when his
defencemen (and correct me if I'm
wrong) who are to be on

the Rebels on all by himself?’ ~

By calling it quits half-way
through their playoff series, I think
Beaver Valley has finally admitted
something I have known all along.
They're a bad hockey team. A real
bad one. Am I beating a dead horse
here?

* © «

Speaking of calling it quits, I see
Todd Brooker has done just that
after the 27-year-old retired from
the Canadian men’s national alpine
ski team last week.

I tend to become violently upset

his side virtually step aside when
they see the Rebel forwards com-
ing?

In the first game of the series, the ~

Rebels could have scored a lot more
goals than the 15 they did, had it not
been for Volpatti's great perfor-
mance between the pipes. He rob-
bed the Rebels of several scoring
chances.

But if the rest of the team is not
going to put out the same effort to

I hear say they
are going to quit skiing.

Tl make an exception in Brook-
er's case because after all his knees
are sending him a pretty important
message.

“Just one more time Brooker. You
take a spill on skiis just one more
time, and the two of us are history
with a capital ‘H’ pal.”

But I think-Skiing is such a fun
sport. Honest, I really do.

There's nothing like strapping on

I can understand Todd Brooker
callilng it quits to skiing. He really
has to, but at least he likes skiing.

But when someone quits skiing
oh, let’s say after just one lesson,
well that’s where I really become
angry.

Those kind of people really burn
me up. They're not even willing to
try to learn the sport, for God
knows what reasons.

Maybe the snow was too: cold.
Maybe the T-bar nearly killed them.
Maybe the sun was in their eyes.
Maybe the wind was too strong.
Maybe the T-bar nearly killed them.
Maybe their boots were too tight.
Maybe the T-bar nearly killed them.

These are some of the feeble ex-
cuses some people give for calling it
quits to skiing after only one lesson.
Well, these people have a very
serious attitude problem as far as
I'm concerned.

I can honestly say that skiing is a
fun, enjoyable sport that I person-
ally cannot get enough of. And I just
love that T-bar. Wink, wink.

Belczyk places in top ten

NHL unbeaten streak to six games.

past Keans to tie the game 2-2 at'15:58 of the third period,

PAT SANDER'S TEAM

B.C. rink takes title

LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. (CP) — A
confident Pat Sanders knew when she
put her rink either this year a Canadian
women’s title was not~ outside the
realm of possibility.

The diminutive 32-year-old office
supervisor from Victoria realized that
goal Saturday when her British Col-
umbia champions defeated Kathie Ell-
wood of Manitoba 9-3 to win the Scott
Tournament of Hearts.

The reason for her optimism from
the outset was the recruitment of two
21-year-olds — third Georgina Hawkes
and lead Deb Masullo.

“They've got that killer instinct be-
cause they've been there before and I
knew they really wanted this one,”
Sanders said of the two former B.C.
junior women's champions who lost a
national final in 1985.

The only holdover from Sanders’s
previous women’s teams, second Louis

Helinveaux, and fifth Elaine Dagg-
Jackson will represent Canada at the
world championship in Chicago, March
22-29. Canada has won the world title
the last three years.

B.C. and Manitoba finished the
12-rink, round-robin competition at the
Sportsplex on Thursday with identical
83 records. The Manitobans, however,
earned a bye to Saturday’s finale with a
victory over B.C. in the preliminary
rounds.

The Sanders rink reached the cham-
pionship game Friday night with a 10-6
win over Helene Tousignant, whose
Trois-Riviers, Que., team was playing
its third game of the day.

After finishing in a tie for third place
at 7-4 with Alberta and Saskatchewan,
Tousignant defeated Karen Gould of
Grand Prairie, Alta., 6-3 in a morning
tiebreaker and then toppled Kathy
Fahlman's Regina foursome 9-3.

Sanders, whose poised and cool de-
meanor throughout the week-long
event has made her appear almost
aloof, said her experience in mixed
nationals prepared her for her first
national women's appearance.

“We knew what to expect out there
with all the TV cameras on us,” she
said following a seemingly routine per-
formance against Manitoba. “We've
had that pressure before.”

The B.C. rink stole one in the
seconds and added two in each of the
fourth and sixth ends, capitalizing on
misses by Ellwood and her Winnipeg
teammates.

However, she said it wasn't until she
cracked another deyce in the eighth
end that Sanders felt she had control of
the game.

“I really didn't feel in control until
the eighth end when we got our two,”
Sanders said.

DON KENNEDY

Don's first radio job was in 1973, and
before long his warm personality, coupled
with a knack for dialects and character
voices, soon led to what has become 4
very successful broadcasting career. Deftly

LISA BULL

in men's downhill race

Castlegar native Felix Belezyk came up with a 10th
place showing in yesterday's America's Downhill on
Colorado's Aspen Mountain with a time of 1:49.17.

Pirmin Zurbriggen, leading a Swiss sweep of the top
three places, won the race and added the World Cup
downhill title to the overall crown he captured a week
earlier.

Zurbriggen, 24, edged teammate Daniel Mahrer by five
one-hundredths of a second. Zurbriggen was timed in one
minute 47.29 seconds down the icy, bumpy course, and
Mahrer had a 1:47.34, Karl Alpiger, was third in 1:48.04.

Zurbriggen, who earned his second World Cup overall
title in Japan last week, clinched the dowhhill discipline as
well with Saturday's victory. It was his fifth downhill
triumpth of the season and gave him the maximum of 125
points.

Swiss veteran Peter Mueller, the only skier with a
chance to catch Zurbriggen in the downhill standings
heading into Saturday's race, missed a gate and was
diqualified. Mueller’s time of 1:47.58 would have been good
enough for third place.

Zurbriggen became the first skier since Karl Schranz in
1970 to win the World Cup overall and downhill titles in the
same season. .

The versatile Zurbriggen flashed a broad smile after
crossing the finish line and seeing his time.

“i'm very happy,” he said. “Winning the downhill title
was an important goal for me.

“You always make a few mistakes on a difficult course
like this, but I had no major problems on my run.”

Mahrer, first out of the start house, posted a quick time
that appeared to hold up until Zurbriggen came down 15th,
start number that could have been a disadvantage on the

‘

rutted course, which deteriorated in bright sunshine and
warm weather. ;
EQUALS BEST

“The bigger the holes are, the stronger Pirmin skis,”
said Mahrer, who equalled his best previous finish in a
downhill

Mahrer, the Swiss national downhill champion, said he
was confident he could win, but added, “You never are sure
of victory until Primin finishes.”

Finishing fourth was Italy's Michael Mair in 1:48.57,
followed by Mare Girardelli ofLuxembourg in 1:48.58, Anton
Steiner of Austria in 1:48.92, Helmut Hoeflehner of Austria
in 1:48.98 ands Switzerland'’d Franz zheinzer in 1:49.01.

Doug Lewis of Salsibury, Vt., placed ninth in 1:49.13
despite hitting a gate.

Mueller, who has triumphed at Aspen four times, was
critical of the setting of gates on the course.

“The course preparation was good,” he said. “They
prepared the snow on the line of last year’s course.

“But they then moved the gates off that line. So many of
the gates were set out of the line of the last five years.”

Mueller said he skied wide of the gate about two-thirds
of the way down the course when he “didn't see a bump and
it threw me three metres off line.”

‘A men's super-giant slalom is scheduled here today.
Zurbriggen is a favorite in that race, too, since super-G
standings leader Marcus Wasmaier of West Germany is
injured. Zurbriggen and Girardelli are tied for second place,
10 points behind Wasmaier.

Zurbriggen also leads the giant slalom standings this
season. If he captures both the super-G and GS titles, he
would become the first skier since Jean-Claude Killy in 1967
to win the overall and three individual discipline titles.

Graham likes the press

CANMORE, ALTA. (CP) — Laurie Graham settled
herself atop the patio table, set aside her skis and poles and
acknowledged that after five days of inactivity it was good to
even talk to the media.

“Usually, when you're training each day, the media is a
distraction,” she said Friday after training for the women's
World Cup downhill was cancelled for the third straight day.

“But this week we haven't really done any skiing . .. it's
good to even sit here and talk to the media.”

Graham, of Inglewood, Ont., and the rest of the
women's World Cup downhillers finally got on Mount Allan's
Olympic downhill course Friday, but only for inspection.

“At least it feels like we're doing something,” she said
after the late-morning inspection of the course that was too
dangerous to ski because of soft snow covered with an icy
crust.

“This has always been a hurry up and wait sport,”
Graham said of downhill skiing. “Downhill takes four days of
good weather and in the winter time that doesn't usually
happen.

“So you're on hold a lot and you just get used to it.”

Even so, the poor ski conditions on Mount Allan, about
80 kilometres east of Calgary, prevented the women from
skiing the course and that was beginning to fray the nerves.

-- LEADS RACE

Maria Walliser, the defending downhill champion who
leads this year's standings with 75 points and also is the
overall World Cup leader, was obviously upset with the
constant waiting.

“I came to North America to race, not to stay here and
do nothing,” she said. “I f I see it (the course) next year like I
see it now, it will be very, very difficult to run it here. It's a
nice downhill . when they can do it.”

Asked if she would be disappointed if unable to race the
downhill here before next year's Olympics, Walliser walked
away and snapped: “Why do you make me crazy with all
these questions?”

Mount Allan, a $25-million provincial government
development, is the site of the Alpine events for the 1988
Winter Games.

The number of women’s downhills this season was
reduced to seven from 10, leaving the hecers with lots oftime
in between.

If they can't race here and get in the two downhills next
week in Vail, Colo., that would still only give them six
downhill races. There were also two donwhills in the world
championships last month.

RISKS TENSION

“Last year at this time we had had seven races already,”
said Graham. “This year we're only had four World Cup
downhills so far. There was so much time in between, so
much dead time, that if you stayed keyed for the whole
winter yhou'd be a basket case by the end.”

Whether the women-will get to race downhill on Mount
Allan this week remains qestionable.

Heinz Krecek, the International Ski Federation
technical delegate, decided Friday they would try once more
today to hold two training runs.

If the runs can be held today the downhill will be raced
Sunday and the super giant slalom moved to Vail. If,
however, the downhill training can't be held today the race
will be cancelled.

That would be a major blow to Mount Allan's image.

This is the first major test of the facility and so far its
multitude of critics, who complained years ago the hill lacked
nataral snow and had too much wind, appear to be correct