as Castlegar News November 7, 1990 LOCAL NEWS Special Thank You To all the residents of Area J, (Blueberry, Robson and Ootischenia), for your support and lief in our i t to the ed of your children in $.D. No. 9. We shall continue to work hard: to provide a progressive, quality educational environment for the children of the School District. It is certainly a privilege to work on your behalf. EVELYN VOYKIN BILL HADIKIN School Trustees, Area J chosen as fire chiets for a day during a draw of Fi Prevention Week cctivitios i Small business reminded to register for GST By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer People operating small businesses who are not prepared to collect the goods and services tax from their customers and keep track of how much they are paying when the new tax system kicks in Jan. 1 will lose money, said Finance Minister Michael Wilson's special assistant Businesses will have to pay the seven per cent GST on goods and services they purchase and they will not be compensated for those expen- ditures unless they are registered with the federal government and collect the GST on goods and services they sell, David Bassett told reporters Tuesday following a Castlegar Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Over 700,000 businesses in Canada are already registered and will receive the difference between what they collect and what they pay in the form of a rebate from the government, Bassett said. Bassett said ne understands why some small businesses are not yet registered. A large company has ac- countants who can calculate what the company will likely pay and collect and prepare company officials to handle the new system, he said. But a person running a small business is often responsible for the entire operation and does not have time to deal with a significant change in the tax systeme he said. The combination of the GST and the slowing economy may hurt small businesses in the short term since I> ua? Please recycle The NEWS they will likely cut back on purchases during the recession and therefore will not receive large rebate cheques, Bassett noted. 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All our offices in the Interior have a complete selection of GJ. Faber Fireplaces and Insta-Flame products. Call or visit your local BC Gas office today. Limited offer while stock lasts or until November 15/90. November 7,1990 CastlegarNews 81 SPORTS Talk to us today. A goalie prepares to stop a shot KLO of Kel. defended its ch SIZING UP A SHOT during the 1990 Senior Girls Provincial By CasNews Staff The Stanley Humphries secon- dary school Rockettes were snowed out of a chance to play for sole possession of a bronze medal Saturday at the 1990 Senior Girls Provincial Field Hockey Championships at Kin- naird Park in Castlegar. The Rockettes had to settle for sharing third place and the bron- cancellation of the third-place game b: the He Westbank. The two teams shared the bronze medal. —cosiews photo d1-0 h, Field Hockey Championships at Kinnaird Park. Ss day in the final. Snowy conditions dary school R forced the of Westbank when tournament of- ficials and team coaches decided only the championship game should be played after the first major snowfall of the season laid a wet and slippery blanket over the playing field. Defending champions KLO of Kelowna edged Rossland 1-0 in the final. “‘We really wanted to play,”’ ze with Mount of coach and ck and Rockettes share hockey bronze Organizer Verna Chernoff said Monday. Despite finishing with a share of third place, Chernoff had nothing but praise for her players who finished first in their five- team pool. “I think they played excep- tionally well,"’ she told the Castlegar News. ‘‘They rose to the occasion with the support of the school crowd rather than fold.” Mount Bouch Chernoff estimated the Rocket- tes’ game Friday against St. Michael’s University school drew about 300 spectators. She said the success was a team effort from all the players. “We had exceptionally good play from all of them as a unit.’ For Rossland, which edged the Rockettes 1-0 in the semifinal, the loss in the final earned the team a silver medal after six bronzes in the last 10 years. VANCOUVER (CP) — Bob O'Billovich wasn't exactly a miracle worker with the B.C. Lions, but the positive approach of the new head coach did heal some wounded psyches. The Lions posted a 4-3 record af- ter O'Dillovich assumed control of the floundering CFL team in Sep- tember from the Lary Kuharich-Joe Kapp regime. “I think the players have con- fidence in what I’m trying to do,”’ O'Billovich- said after a season- ending 35-28 victory over the Saskat- chewan Roughriders last Saturday. “‘When we go to training camp, it won’t be an introductory thing. “It’s going to be continuing from where we left off.”” The Lions finished 6-11-1 to miss the western playoffs for the second straight year, but they posted vic- tories over division rivals Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatchewan down the stretch. And they did it with a defence that needs a complete overhaul. The Lions must. develop a pass rush and get better coverage in the secondary if they are to challenge in 1991. “We wanted to give our fans something to be excited about for next year,’’ said O’Billovich, the former Toronto coach. ‘‘I think we got the message across. The signals earlier in the year in- dicated the Lions were an uptight group under Kuharich and Kapp. The team played without con- fidence and was 2-7-1 when head coach Kuharich and general manager Kapp were fired by owner Murray Pezim. Jim Young, now vice- president of business operations, coached one game before O’Billovich became head coach and vice- president of football. “I know what we need for next year,”’ added O’Billovich, noting the Lions have two outstanding quarter- back prospects in Doug Flutie and Major Harris. Flutie, 28, the former Heisman Trophy winner, led the team in rushing and passing yardage; veteran showed in the final game he’s an ex- citing runner — and often productive “It's the Coach’s decision who plays,’” Harris said. *‘I'm not going to question what the coach says, but on the other hand I want to play, too. “*More than likely, I'll be back next year. I’m tinder contract.”” Flutie will winter at his suburban Boston home, but promises to return after throwing 16 touchdown passes and scrambling for another 662 yards in his first CFL season. “*It was really starting to come together,’ Flutie said. ‘There's a lot of and high i for next year. I'm just waiting to take this team to the Grey Cup.”” Another veteran planning to return is kicker Lui Passaglia, 36, who became the all-time CFL scoring leader with 2,312 points before he was injured. “It’s kind of an empty feeling because it was an empty year for us,” Passaglia said. ‘‘There were so many things going on, both on and off the field. Shell shuts down Pub By CasNews Staff Banjo’s Pub jumped out to a 2-0 first. period lead Tuesday night against Woodland Park Shell but that was all she wrote as Shell played solid defence the rest of the way for a 7-2 win in Castlegar Recreational Hockey League action at the Com- munity Complex. In other games, Sandman Inn beat Hi Arrow 7-4 Monday and Banjo’s walloped Sandman 15-5 Friday. John Obetkoff's two goals last night tied the score for Shell with 5:55 left in the second period then Dave MacKinnon scored what Proved to be the winner with 3:06 left in the period. Joe Bell added a goal before the buzzer sounded and Shell took a 4-2 lead into the third. MacKinnon with his second of the game, Kevin Gay and Neil Archam- bault completed the scoring for Shell in the third. Chris Brodman and Chief Mercer scored for Banjo’s in the first. Banjo’s was assessed three minor penalties and Shell was nabbed for five minors. Each team scored once on a power play. In Monday’s game, Lyle Stouchnoff, Wayne Salekin and Cory Day each scored a pair of goals in Sandman’s win. Darrel Bojechko added a single goal. Clay Martini led the way with a hattrick for Hi Arrow in a losing cause. Kelly Keraiff scored once. Sandman trailed 1-0 early in the first period but scored five unan- swered goals and never looked back There were two minor penalties to each team On Friday, it was time for Banjo’s players to add to their offensive stats. Eight different players managed to put pucks behind beleaguered San dman goalie Tim Swanson. Mercer and Brent Petrick led the way with a hattrick each. Al Conroy, Doug Knowler and Lorne Anderson added a pair each and singles went to Brodman, Don Soroke and James Verigin Day and Rod Fayant each scored twice for Sandman and Salekin put one past Banjo’s netminder Dan Wallace. Bandits rob Bulldogs By CasNews Staff The Aiko Bandits lived up to their nickname Sunday when they robbed the Crown Point Bulldogs of a per- fect season and the chance to claim the honor of being the only team in the Trail Flag Football League to ever repeat as champions. The Bandits slogged to a 30-22 win over the defending champion Bulldogs, 9-0 during the regular season, on a snowy field in Trail. pivot Joe Paopao, 35, timely relief; rookie Harris, 22, In it was a 's dog-and-cat fight as the Bulldogs pawed their way past the Castlegar Tom Kats 19-13 on a late touchdown by Don Hooper who was named best offensive lineman at the league’s an- nual awards ceremony Saturday night at the Elks Club. In the other semifinal, the Bandits sneaked past the Dam Inn Mates 36- 32. Darryl Little of the Bulldogs was named the league’s most valuable Player for the second straight year at the awards ceremony. Ed Canzian of the Bulldogs was pegged as the top defensive back while Chris Milne of the Bandits was named most im- proved player and Rob Ferguson got the honors as best defensive lineman. Mike Loren of the Dam Inn Mates was named rookie of the year. lan MacMillan of the Mates, with 135 points — 60 points more than second place — led the league in scoring while Mike Lakes of the Bandits had the most quarterback sacks with 20. Brian Foy of the Rex Hotel Raiders led the league in inter- ceptions with eight. Time out timely for Canucks VANCOUVER (CP) — Now that was a strategical time-out! The Vancouver Canucks startled their fans by calling a time-out with seven minutes and 42 seconds left because the Canucks trailed by one goal and had a two-man advantage for the next 32 seconds. “We couldn’t afford to let the op- portunity slip away,’’ he said later. “We had to reinforce what we were supposed to be doing. ““We wanted to get their attention and make sure the players didn’t The move paid off handsomely for the Canucks when Trevor Linden scored to tie the game 3-3 at 12:40 and Doug Lidster added another power-play goal 41 seconds later in a that a 6-3 victory The Canucks scored four times in the last period to deny Detroit its fir- st win in eight road games this season. Vancouver's power play, ranked 20th among 21 teams before the game, produced three goals with the man advantage against goalie Tim Cheveldae, who blanked Vancouver 6-0 Oct. 23 in Detroit. “You have to be patient on the power play and work hard,”’ said McCammon. ‘‘I think we're starting to have some success because we are working harder.”’ Vancouver has five power-play goals in the last two games, but just 14 overall in 15 games this seasom Brian Bradley scored the other Vancouver goal with the man advan- tage in the first period. “We needed some big goals and the power play finally came TREVOR LINDEN through,"’ he said*“‘We worked it high and got some shots, which to an empty net in the last minute. Bradley and Bozek also had two assists cach for three-point perfor- mances. The win gave the Canucks The Wings, 0-5-3 on the road, got two goals from Soviet rookie Sergei Fedorov on the power play and another from Joe Kocur. Fedorov has cight goals in his first 16 NHL games. “ key for us was trying to take their centres (Steve Yzerman, Jimmy Carson and Fedorov) out of the play carly at the blue line,"” Mc- Cammon added. “‘Who would you rather have carrying the puck? Steve Yzerman or Joey Kocur?”” Oilers’ losing streak hits 7 By KEVIN McGRAN The Canadian Press Question: Which of the following teams has gone the longest without a win — the Edmonton Oilers, the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Quebec Nordiques? No peeking! Time's up. Answer: Edmonton As bad as things are going for Quebec, the NHL's worst team last season, and as miserable as things are for Toronto, the NHL's worst team so far this season, it’s almost pathetic what's happening to Ed- monton, the defending Stanley Cup champion The Oilers lost again Tuesday — 2-1 to St. Louis. It was their seventh loss in a row, an ignoble team record. Edmonton's last win came Oct. 19, 8-1 over Boston and they're winless (0-4-1) on the road. “Obviously, I've never seen anything like this in my life,"’ said coach John Muckler. “‘We're not playing poorly, we just can’t generate any offence at all “I don’t know what else to say."" The Nordiques, who got off to a Promising start (2-2-3 in their first seven games), also now are riding a seven-game losing streak following a 41 defeat at home to Washington. They last won Oct. 20, beating Detroit 5-3 The Maple Leafs can at least remember their last victory: Oct. 30 at home to Minnesota 5-4. But it’s a fading memory. A 43 loss to the New York Islanders ran Toronto's latest skid to four Elsewhere, it was; Philadelphia 4, Winnipeg 2; Pittsburgh 6, Calgary 5; Chicago 1, Hartford 1; and Van- couver 6, Detroit 3 In St. Louis, Brett Hull scored his league-leading 17th goal while Geoff Courtnall also scored. Outshot 40-27, Edmonton (2-9-2) managed only a few good scoring chances and couldn't score at all on Vince Riendeau. Shaken up late in the game, Riendeau was lifted in favor of Curtis Joseph, who allowed Glenn Anderson's first of the season. “St. Louis played very well, probably one of their better games,”’ Muckler said. **But that doesn’t mean anything. We've got to over come these things.”” ISLANDERS 4 MAPLE LEAFS 3 Mick Vukota and Tom Fitzgerald in an 86-second span early im the second period and Randy Wood scored twice as the Islanders (5-10-0) won for the third time in their last 10 games. Ed Olczyk, Kevin Maguire and Gilles Thibaudeau scored for Toronto (2-14-1), worst in the league CAPITALS 4 NORDIQUES 1 Peter Bondra scored twice and John Druce had a goal and two assists as Washington won its fifth straight. Stephen Leach had the other goal for the Capitals. Lucien Deblois scored for Quebec (3-9-3). third worst in the league. « PENGUINS 6 FLAMES S$ Zarley Zalapski scored twice and Paul Coffey’s goal capped a Pit tsburgh comeback. Bob Errey, Joe Mullen and Randy Gilhen also scored for the Penguins, outshot 38. 20. Joel Otto, Theo Fleury, Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk and Paul Ranheim scored for Calgary FLYERS 4 JETS 2 Philadeiphia’s Rick Tocchet scored the winner and set up Ron Sutter's imsurance marker. Derrick Smith and Murray Baron also scored for Philadelphia. Phil Housicy and Pat Elynuik scored for Winnipeg. WHALERS | BLACKHAWES 1 Pat Verbeek scored at 2:31 of the third period to give struggling Har- tford (4-8-3) a point. Whaler goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz stop- ped 29 shots with Steve Thomas scoring the lone Chicago goal Rookie goaltender Dominik Hasek, making his first NHL start, turned aside 28 shots for the Blackhawks (106-1).