mber 10, 1989 WHAT'S DOWN THERE? on to some cable which is part of an i - Wallace Koopmans punches in som: data while Tim Taylor holds of C 's sewer system. A camera mounted at the end of the cable records any problems in the sewer lines and can also take still photos. The pair, who work for a Langley tirm under contract to the city, will 's explore canal 7,000 metres of the g the system. plans raise Rossland-Tr: B.C. Hydro’s ambitious program to complete its power generation projects on the lower Columbia River has startled nearly everyone. Not that any of it is really news as alt the proposals have been around for some time. It is the immediacy of ¢ apparent flurry of powerhouse and dam construc tion that has-raised eyebrows. Full marks go to Hydro for placing its cards on the table in such a forthrightway at recent meetings held in Salmo, Columbia Gardens Trail and Castlegar But hold on a minute. The sequential timing of each project has been downplayed, in part because all plans are tentative and new dams are less popular than new powerhouses in old dams. Fair enough, but here is their schedule as it is today Keenleyside power — start 1991, in service, 1996 Waneta power addition 1995, 1999; Seven-Mile power addition — 1997, 2000; Brilliant power addition 1998, 2002; Duncan power — 2000, 2003; Border dam and power — 2000, 2006; Murphy dam and power 2004, 2010. Clearly, 1995 is the year that things heat up in major way. Not 1990 or 1991, although the Keenleyside project will be the subject of licensing procedures in the next few months, The Waneta, Brilliant and Duncan power projects U require Hyd, A 7 oe “Hydro's ambitious eyebrows dams and transmission lines. Of course, all proposals are subject to individual approval by government Those people worried about new dams can breathe a sigh of relief for 10 years. Those\ wanting the em ployment and business activity shouldn't hold their breath The public's major anxiety is with Hydro’s stated in tent to contract out and export electricity generated by fossil fuel-burning steam and gas turbine plants Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Precious natural gas used for export power? A collective and universal 0” is heard from everyone, and rightly so. Sure there is a valid argument for using wood waste, low sulphur coal waste, and unrecyclable garbage for power — the fuel is lying around anyway, taking up space and slowly oxidizing. But it must nlot be used for longterm power exports Only an out of touch government could have such a harebrained notion going into the 1990s, knowing the hard environmental choices that we have all had for Some time but are only starting to face up to Two final notes. The province has only now in December paid its property taxes to school boards and municipalities. 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D Kootenay Savings Where You Belong~ @ Trail @ Fruitvale @ Castlegar &@ Salmo @ South Slocan @ Nakusp &@ New Denver M@ Waneta Plaza M@ Kasio Do mber 10,1989 BT Castlégar News PORTS Talk to us today. Kootenay Savings Where You Belong Canucks sinking fast in Smythe overcame a blown three-goal lead to Steve Yzerman’s tip-in goal with 8:41 allowed only 74 goals, a league-leading ST LOUIS (AP) Sergio Momesso scored twice as the St. Louis Blues downed the Vancouver Canucks 6-4 in NHL play Saturday night Brett Hull added his league-leading 23rd goal for St. Louis. Peter Zezel had three assists. Greg Adams had a goal and two assists for the Canucks, who lost their seventh straight road game and are 1-5: 2in their last eightgames.overall. Igor Larionov, Trevor Linden and. Doug Smith scored Vancouver's other goals. Larionov opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 5:05 of the first period, but the Blues rebounded with goals by Paul MacLean, Momesso and SERGIO MOMESSO . pots a pair Gino Cavallini in a 2:40 span for a 3-1 lead. The goals by MacLean and Momesso wert power-play goals on consecutive penalties against the legaue’s worst penalty-killing unit Linden’s goal cut the Blues’ lead to 3-2 after one period, but Momesso and Hull scored early in the second period for a 5-1 lead, Smith beat goalie Greg Millen for Vancouver's third goal at 8:08 of the third period and Adams scored at 13:01 The Blues Dave Lowry got the in: surance goal for St. Louis at 17:40. BLACKHAWKS 6 PENGIUNS4 PITTSBURGH (AP) Doug Wilson broke a 4-4 tie late in the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks NHL will expand PALM BEACH, Fla. (CP) — The National Hockey League announced it will expand to 28 from 21 teams by the year 2000, with a minimum of one and maximum of three added no earlier than the 1992-93 season President John Ziegler said the entry fee for an expansion team will be at least $$0 million US, but gave no timetable for selecting sites. Ziegler said the NHL won't be ready to accept franchise bids until after a February meeting which will determine the applicatjon terms and condtiions. Ziegler wouldn't reveal the vote, but league rules stipulate’ such a move require the approval of 16 of the 21 teams. It will be the first addition of teams since 1979 when the NHL gobbled up Edmonton, Hartford, Quebec and Winnipeg from the World Hockey Association Ziegler said the owners will not discuss specific sites to be fair to poten tial applicants, “The board was very unified in its expression of confidence in the vitality and growth potential of the National Hockey League," Ziegler said. Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington admitted he was surprised the owners were able to agree on the NHL's most significant expansion plan since the league doubled to 12 teams from six in 1967 “It’s 21 different egos and John Ziegler did an excellent job of chan nelling all of the thought process in one direction,”’ Pocklington said The NHL is referring to its plans as A Vision for the 90s. SHSS basketball squads take Rossland for ride By EDMILLS Staff Writer It wasn’t so much that the Stanley Humphries junior basketball teams made Rossland secondary’s teams look bad in games here Thursday It was more that the Rossland junior boys and girls teams were in that con dition before they got here Rossland secondary is in the process of rebuilding the basketball program at the schoo! after a couple of years without one and after Thursday's ac tion it’s clear the school still has a ways togo. The junior boys game gave the clearest indication as Doug Hickey’s Rockers dominated the Royals from basket to basket en route to a 52-14 walk It was a little tougher for the junior girls in their season opener at the SHSS gym, but not much, as they cruised toa 47-25 win The Royals boys team looked con fused and disoriented from the opening jump of a game in which they TMHUST NaVE SET SOME SOFT Of records for most air-balls, fouls and giveaways. Over a stretch in the third quarter the Royals players didn’t get a point or even hit the backboard with the ball — in close to a dozen attempts to advance including at least five attem: pts in a row which ended in violations soon after the ball was past centre court Meanwhile, the Rockers shooters, led by Jody Carew with 22, feasted ona bewildered Royals defence. Marc Jan- sen fired 11 points as Hickey used most of his bench with the Rockers enjoying leads of 25-5 at the half and 44-7 after three quarters Mitch Stoochnoff didn’t get any points for the Rockers but will be remembered for adding comic relief for the small and quiet crowd in the gym by stealing the ball and racing down the court to attempt a layup on his own basket. Apparently, the Royals player who covered him all the way was just as confused and unfor- tunately for Rossland, which could ‘geen’ 4 / LIKE THE WIND .. . Stanley Humphries jr boys forward Jody Carew flies by a Rossland defender on his way to the hoop. Carew led the Rock: here Thursday. osttews photo by bd Mi with 22 points in a win over the Royals ‘have used the two points, Stoochnoff— missed Coming off a season-opening 74-46 loss to L.V. Rogers in Nelson Wed- nesday, Hickey said after the game that his team was more than ready to play this game — and that means the whole game “One of the things I’m trying to reinforce with the boys is to play the entire 32 minutes, and | think we did that tonight.”” Hickey said he knows what Rossland is going through right now because Stanley Humphries has also gone through a rebuilding program in basketball in recent years. Last year SHSS had no junior boys team and this year there is no senior team as the process continues “This team (Rossland) was not top calibre but I don’t expect the same game when we see them again," said Hickey In the girls’ game, Kelly Davidoff led all scorers with 12 points while first year player, Grade 9 student Rhonda Davies, got it done at both ends of the court scoring six and picking off four rebounds on offence and three on defence Despite a 29-13 halftime lead and a 22-point final margin, Rockettes coach Laurie Boskov wasn’t pleased with the overall performance “Don’t get me wrong, we played a good game, but | know what kind of talent we have on this team and they didn’t play up to that,"’ she said. “We didn’t use our heads off there.”* Davidoff said it’s just going to take some time until the players get to know each other before they start playing as aunit “This was our first game of the season so we have to get used to each other and stuff,”’ said Davidoff On the bright side, Boskov said she was pleased with the play of all the Grade 9’s on the team Davies especially “I was really happy with Rhonda, she played well,"” Boskov said. The senior girls team, coached by Jack Closkey, saw its first action of the season in the Mt. Boucheria tour nament in Kelowna on the weekend Results weren’t available at press time Next weekend is a big one for the senior girls as they host the annual Blue and Gold Tournament. Competing teams will come from Trail, Vernon, Grand Forks, Summerland, Creston and two from Kelowna. The tourney Starts at 4 p.m. Friday with Sum. merland taking on Grand Forks. The Rockettes open with a game at 8:30 p.m. against J.L. Crowe from Trail The junior teams will both be in ac tion Tuesday as they host Grand Forks. The girls game is slated for 5 p.m. in the gym with the boys tilt to follow beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 MAPLE LEAFS 7CANADIENS 4 three goals as the Maple Leafs ruined Andre Racicot’s NHL, debut, BOSTON (AP) scoring on the first two shots the scored two goals and Don Beaupre rookie netminder faced while rollingto stopped 33 shots as the Washington a 7-4 triumph “over the Montreal Capitals matched their best offensive Canadiens. ISLANDERS 0 RANGERSO UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The _ sivetearti, 7-3 New York Islanders and New York Rangers, backed\by the sharp goalten remaining broke a tie and lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-1 NHL vic TORONTO (CP) — Ed Olezyk had-~ tory over the Minnesota North Stars CAPITALS 7 BRUINS3 average of 2.61 per game FLYERS 6 NORDIQUES6 QUEBEC (CP) — Joe Sakic scored on a penalty shot at 19:37 of the third period and Lucien DeBlois followed with his third goal of the season 16 seconds later enabling the Quebec Nordiques to earn a 6-6 NHL tie again Dono Ciccarelli showing of the season by routing the st the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, the NHL's best defen Sakic, who had two goals and a pair Washington, which had not scored _ of assists in the.game, delivered in the seven goals in one game since beating clutch after the Nordiques were awar- ding of Mark Fitzpatrick and John the New York Rangers on October 13, ded a penalty shot by referee Paul Vanbiesbrouck, played to the first . did all its scoring against goalie Andy Stewart when Flyers goaltender Ken scoreless tie of the NHL season. RED WINGS 3 NORTHSTARS 1 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — . Boston entered ALL IN THE WRISTS . Moog, who was 8-0-2 games witha 1.7 goals-against average the game having play inhis previous 10 Wregget deliberately lifted the net off its moorings in the final minute of . Stanley Humphries grade 12 student and weightlifting team member Suzanne Powell is just one of the team’s members who qualified for the B.C. Winter Games in a lift at the school Saturday. —cosrews por vy tam, eightlifters go _without fantare By EDMIL ok Staff Writer While the high-profile sports like voleyball and basketball get the glamor at Stanley Humphfes secondary school, there’s another group of athletes, nolesstalented or committed, who toil in relative obscurity While the crowd gathers to take in the latest game in the gym, they can be found, these athletes, sweating and grunting in a small room off in the corner, its doors closed because no one is coming to watch them. Who wants to watch weightlifting? It’s not that they mind, the eight guys and one girl who make up the SHSS weightlifting team this year, because their sport can be a solitary one in which the athlete struggles against himself or herself to achieve success It’s not fast-paced action and there is no team to rely on if you make a mistake. There’s no outward viotence though a violent struggle can be going on inside the athlete — and there's no easy way to tell who's winning at a glance, so you’ re not going to have fans clamoring for a new 16,000 seat arena to accommodate weightlifting competitions But it’s nice to be recognized sometimes. And now is a good time for the SHSS squad who will probably have all its members qualifying for the B.C. Winter Games team after their performances in the first lift of the year at SHSS Saturday Sure it was a small event with only one other school Mount Sentinel—involved, and sure you could fit all the weightlifters in the Kootenays in an extension van. But the point, says coach and SHSS yice-principal Grant Lenar duzzi, is that SHSS is producing some top-flight com petitors in weightlifting and that’s something that deserves alittle more recognition “Last year we had three athletes qualify for the Winter Games. Trevor Seville won the gold, Suzanne Powell won gold, Rick Young got a bronze in the games last year in Nelson,”’ he said “This year we hope to do even better duzzi It’s not that Lenarduzzi is complaining. It’s a new sport at the school, in it’s second year, so it will take a while to get established and then, as its popularity grows, everything else will fall into place adds Lenar Right now though, he says, is the Dest time to-get inte it — because it’s a sport with endless avenues of opportunities for advancement “It’s a young sport here . . . they (the athletes) can do whatever they want because there’s not alot of numbers. So if a person was really keen they could advance pretty far, even to competition nationally and internationally,” said Lenarduzzi For Seville, Young and Powell, the Winter Games ex perience has been a stepping stone for them to move on into higher-calibre competitions. Last year, the three attended several meets together with the B.C. Weightlifting Association footing the bill for accommodations in places as far away as Vancouver, where most of the bigger meets are held. All three have also become fairly serious about the sport,but_they admit it's not easy to get your bearings training ina vacuum “It’s harder for us," says Seville, who is also an out standing swimmer on the SHSS team, ‘‘because there’s no one to look up to here . . . who’s a better weightlifter than you are, someone you can learn from."* Lenarduzzi started the club two years ago “‘to give the students a different area of sport to get involved in,”” not because he’s a professional weightlifter He relies on the three seniors, who have been to the meets and know the sport well, to guide the new members of the team So when the B.C. Winter Games open in Penticton Feb. 15, it will be Powell, Seville and Young who will lead the SHSS squad in terms of experience and Lenarduzzi will be right there as the catalyst who gave them the oppor tunity And if they all do well (the three seniors are expected to win gold), Lenarduzzi and Powell, Seville and Young can bask in the glow of victory, if not the spotlight So, regardless of whether the results of the weekend's lift get announced over the P.A. Monday morning in SHSS, Lenarduzzi has to be happy with the progress that’s been made in just two years At this time last year, he had four team members, this year he has nine. And next year Rebels tough weekend opens with a victory By EDMILLS Staff Writer mark There's nothing like a trip to of hockey off on a positive note Rodger Carlson, Warriors back within one at the 15:49 ced to borrow a stick off the Rossland goalie after breaking both his in the The Rebels put it away inthe second =warmup. Rossland tostartalongtoughweekend with three unanswered goals by “(Rossland) goals were all on Jeff Fletcher and scrambles in front and deflections so The Gastlegar Rebels did just that Vecchio with his second, while keeping none were Rick’s fault. He hadn't Friday beating the hapless Warriors 4 in Kootenay International Hockey League play The game is the first of three on the weekend for the Rebels who took on first period but the KIJHL's West Division leading disciplined style.” Semenoff finished with a four-point who have decided to quit the team Nelson Maple Leafs here Saturday night and then travel to Grand Forks night, two and tonight to meet the Border Bruins. the Warriors off the board ‘We played good defensive hockey jury so it was good to see him come with the lead,"’ Soroke said Saturday “They (Rossland) tried to run us in the the two. Dergousoff’s three assists moved him played for awhile because of a knee in back and play well,"’ said Soroke It’s especially good now, after Stan Makortoff joined the list of Rebels boys played a while Dwayne when he did so on the weekend **He cited school concerns,"’ Soroke In Rossland, the Rebels jumped out one point up on Dale Bonderud, who _ said, “‘and I don’t think he was happy to.a two-goal lead in the first period on had two, in the team scoring race. Rob with the three-goalie system. "* goals by David Vecchio and captain Macleod alsohad two helpers The third goalie in that system, Matt Keith Semenoff, before Castlegar Sproke also had good words for Kolle, now moves into Makortoff's resident David Green pulled the goaltender Rick Edwards who was for spot asa regular starter