Linda Benedict across the water. Flerence Ursulak I don't think it’s right. should have it open. y Crossfield I think it’s the stupidest thing Not much. It’s used by a lot of I'd like to see them cancel their plans to discontinue the service . it's pretty hard to ride (my) bike Soul I think without the ferry it will be hard for people from that (Robson) I think they should keep the This is an excellent place to practise panning for garnets that have already been partly sorted by the river. Participants will visit the Cora-Lynn Dam and the Queen Victoria Mine near Beasley, look for fossils near Ymir and travel to Balfour, Kaslo and New Denver. This whole area is rich in mining history and just lit- tered with mining dumps and old roads that will all invite exploration. Included in the course are eight evening sessions start- ing March 15 from 7:30 - 10 p.m. at the Castlegar Cam- pus. 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For even more exciting high speed action on your Colecovision G ‘ * BONUS... .Slither cartridge included. par wile devon ing to ng force rae ond PS PHARMASAVE “In the Heart of Downtown Castlegar” CLOSED THIS SUNDAY, CARL'S DRUG OPEN. 365-7813 mensional — 7 CASTLEAIRD PLAZA 676 -18th St., CASTLEGAR y 21 By IAN MaCLAINE TORONTO (CP) — High school football was the pits, but Frank Balkovee found new meaning in the sport two years ago. The 25-year-old linebacker at University of Toronto was the No. 1 pick Tuesday in the 1984 Canadian Football League draft of Canadians in Canadian and U.S. universi: ties. It was a wasted year on & track scholarship at Univer. sity of Tennessee that turned his career around, with en- couragement from high school chum Ron Finlayson and former Toronto quar- terback Dan Feraday. “They just kept on my back until I decided to go out with the team a couple of years ago,” said Balkovec, who specialized in the shot put and hammer throw and is a two-time Ontario Univer- sities Athletic Association shot put champion, Balkovec said he» wasn't aware that British Columbia Lions, with a selection der. ived from a trade with Sas- katechewan Roughriders, had made him the first pick until he arrived at the hotel where annual CFL meetings were in progress. Meetings continued today with the board of governors discussing a successor to commissioner Jake Gaudaur and considering a proposal from the rules committee to disallow a single point from a missed field-goal attempt. »--- SURPRISE CHOICE, | The choice of Balkovec CFL top choice surprises many came as a surprise to many observers, but not to those who attended an evaluation camp in Vancouver by the Liens and Edmonton Eski mos two weeks ago. “He doesn’t have that much experience, but he's one great. athlete,” said Frank Morris, director of player personnel for the Eskimos. B.€. general manager Bob Ackles agreed, saying Bal kovec, a mobile 235 pounder, will fit into the Lions’ rover linebacking system. The rover position — han. dled in the past by home brews Glen Jackson, Kevin Kronar and Bernie Glier and import Andre Jones — allows the linebacker to roam freely and stack up the strong side - of the opposition's offesive line. Many had expected that Ian Sinclair, a 245-pound starting centre with Miami Hurricanes, No. 1-ranked U.S. college football team, would go first despite as. surances he'll be returning to Miami this year. “We needed somebody we could use now,” said Ackles. “We didn't make up our mind until last night after Bill (Quinter) got back from Mi ami.” Quinter, the Lions’ chief talent scout, had been tout. ing Sinclair, a London, Ont., native, as B.C.'s choice. GALAT CAN WAIT Joe Galat, Montreal's dir: ector of football operations, brory 13.) Lae SBS Sy Be made Sinclair his first pick and second overall, figuring the Concordes have a young enough offensive line they can wait for a player of Sin- clair’s talents to enjoy the benefits of U.S. college coach: ing for another year. A total of 518 collegians were available after each of the nine teams submitted one territorial exemption in Jan. uary. Winnipeg Blue Bombers, using a selection acquired from Hamilton Tiger-Cats, made defensive back Trevor Williams of Toronto's York Yeomen the third pick over- all. Another member of Tor _onto Blues, cornerback Mau rice Martin, went fourth — to Ottawa Rough Riders. He was followed by defensive lineman Sean McKeown of Western Mustangs, to Cal gary Stampeders; and three Edmonton choices — line backer Mike Robinson of Utah State (their own pick), running back Chris Skinner of Bishop's (from Winnipeg) and offensive ‘lineman Jhn Mandrich of Kent State (from B.C.). Saskatchewan, which had SOLID DEFENSE . . . Castlegar Midget players keep Trail away from goal in Midget league tourney held at arena complex this weekend. traded their No. 1 pick to B.C. but had Toronto's pick from a deal last year that sent Marcellus Greene and Lyall Woznesensky to the Argonauts, completed the first round by taking running back Robert Reid of Simon Frager. Canadiens post 5-3 OLYMPIC WRAP-UP Women’s race delayed SARAJEVO (CP) — The jinx on the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics continued today when the race was postponed at least another day because of fog on the upper part of the Mount Jahorina course. The race actually was begun, but was halted after two of the first 10 skiers, including Gerry Sorensen of Kim berley, lost skis when they hit a hole in the course. the medal standings but both countries were kept off the victory playform Tuesday. The Soviets picked up a silver and bronze as Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Britain won the ice dancing title, receiving an unprecedented 12 perfect marks from the judges. East Germany's only medal of the day was a bronze for Trail attained most points to win tournament. Fernie was second, Nelson third, Castlegar fourth and Spokane was fifth CosNewsPhoto by Phil Calderbonk Jr. Leafs edge Rebels By CasNews Staff Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs defeated Castlegar Rebels 6-5 in sudden death overtime Tuesday night to .tie the playoff series between the two Kootenay International e VIC to over W h a | ers After the first four competitors in the top seed started Matthias Jacob. who placed third behiid ERik Kvalfoss of ¥°. 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Yugoslavia's Juraj Franko was second and Andreas Wenzel 4-3 Monday night in-the first playoff game at the arena ted Hartford Whalers a the Whalers up 30 in the NETS WINNER But after the hole was fixed the fog worsened and the of Liechtenstein third. It was the first medal of the Games complex. In that game, the three-goal lead then roared back to post a 53 National Hockey League victory Tuesday night. lith minute of the opening period. But Hartford, hoping to overtake the Canadiens for Tremblay added his 13th of the season to win it at 17:17 of the third period and Cha- bot’s 10th of the season race was finally postponed at 5:15 PST. Michela Figini of Switzerland, Holly Beth Flanders of the United States and Caroline Attia of France were the only top-seed racers to complete the course. for all three countries. WON THE JUDGES All nine judges gave Torvill and Dean perfect marks for artistic impression and three awarded them a second 6.0 for Rebels got two goals from John Obetkoff, and one each from Brad Van Goor and Mike Corbett. In the only other NHL the final playoff berth in the added insurance into an em- Organizers will try to run the race Thursday at the technical merit in their smooth-flowing interpretation of contest, New Jersey Devils Adams Division, was unable pty net at 19:22. same time as the men's downhill, which has also been Ravel's Bolero. The three-time world champions also earned Playoff action continues \deol home tor torge formy ond small Investment opportunity. 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Mark Johnson's 29th and Mario Tremblay scored the first of his two goals late in the first period to end Hart- ford's home string of 15 un- answered goals, and Guy Lafleur, with his 27th, and start but it seemed every |ast Saturday but was postponed until Monday because of medallists and a second Soviet pair, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, squeezed past Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert of the United States for the bronze. Canadian champions Tracy Wilson of Port Moody, and Rob McCall of Dartmouth, N.S., were eighth and Kelly Johnson of Toronto and John Thomas of Brampton, Ont., time we made a mistake, the puck ended up in our net,” said Hartford coach Jack Evans. The fourth-place Canad- diens extended their lead heavy snow, high winds and fog. Similar conditions pre- vented a race Monday as well. Meanwhile, speed skater Karen Enke picked up her fourth medal of the Games, finishing second to teammate Andreas Schoene as East Germany swept the medals in the women’s 8,000-metre event. placed 12th. In the Tuesday night game in Nelson, Howie Steele's second goal of the game 42 seconds into overtime, gave the Leafs their first victory in the best-of-five first-round playoff series. over the Whalers to 15 Schoene set an Olympic record with her time of four Brian Orser of Penetanguishene, Ont., upset world setihoed iti hineowen super iorgsion, | Surtersioe Coaster ome ok pacer cee coder home menace! Almost new lov Bench ort im home. (oo To) 'Onam ave, Soom S000 pW “ontet ieee re gore Property weland fantchwncane treme socord \wrmmcbeon ge ict 857.000," large tondrcoped tot Asking $87 900, Leaawesn inne on oan Oot Flac onmfnaocloarag feverger Cet oooh . 7 aa sonal Son points. The difference has itinutes 24.79 seconds. Bjorg Eva Jensen of Norway set the champion Scott Hamilton in the short program of the men's | The Rebels led 30 after the first period on two short been Montreal's ability to previous mark of 4:32.15 at Lake Placid in 1980. singles but the American skater retained the overall lead R oc k ers | OSC TWO vest tartiora, taking 13 of a TWO EARLIER WINS going into Thursday's final free-skating phase. Orser moved possible 14 points in seven Enke earlier had won the 1,5000 and 1,000 events and up to fourth and appeared to have an excellent chance for a handed goals, then went into the final period leading 5-3. New home on 1 acres in Thrume: Beouttul pe Cod design, immacel ‘of Woodland Park close to schools ‘ote. Foo tures fe Irma & finished rec room. Call now. ‘Covered in ‘patio sowmaita. Fuly toned lot with oeed ot Reducedfor quick sale. 1196 sq. 11. of deluxe hving, 2'% baths, soune, intercom, ribs, pus. PLUS. Immaculate hore clove toachools ond self. Bench oreo ‘argo 2 storey Jenty homme tte debe High Meadows Sor bras tepnity room of kitchen pls few of the many features. Call now, you will be glad you didt North Castlegar. Assumable morigoge home on Donut a) 2130 ot with Caetinger locaton Clevo fo schesla per 3 bdrm starter weekend games Stanley Humphries Sr. Rockers basketball team travelled to Cranbrook on the weekend for two league games against Mt. Baker Secondary School. The Troj- ans are in first place in the Kootenay League with a 2-0 win-loss record. Their two wins over the Rockers demonstrated why they are the top rated AA boys team in the Kootenays, said Rockers coach Kevin Morris. The Friday night game was no contest as Mt. Baker built a” 28-12 halftime lead and coasted to a 60-30 vic- tory. Some very poor shooting from the field and an inability to keep the taller Trojans off the boards hampered the Rockers, Morris said. Cam and Andy Lefurgey kept the scoring in the family as they hopped 10 and 12 points respectively. Stanley Humphries points at the half. In the second half, making use of a full court press, the team took several runs at the Trojans. Lincoln Paul's 13 second- half point helped to narrow the margin to six points with four minutes left in the game. Mental errors and fatigue took their toll on Stanley Humphries in the final min- utes and Mt. Baker Capital ized, going on to win 67-52. First-year seniors Jeff Al- len and Andy Lefurgey both played fine games, Morris said. “Both'players rebound ag- gressively and like to go to the basket one on one.” Alan LeRoy continues to play very steady defense,” he added. Lincoln Paul paced the Rocker scoring with 17 points, followed by Dave Dawson with nine, Jeff Allen added seven. The Rockers next games are Friday at 7 p.m. when meetings this season. “We're going to need some help from the other clubs if we're going to catch them,” said Hartford centre Ron Francis. Winning goaltender Rich- ard Sevigny, who stopped 30 shots, has nine wins and a tie in 10 career starts against the Whalers. Greg Millen stopped 30 shots for Hart- ford. In East Rutherford, N. Rick Meagher and Gary MacAdam, with the first of his two goals, scored 28 sec- onds apart in the first period and the Devils went on to snap a six-game home losing streak. Paul Gagne, Don Lever and Tim Higgins also scored for New Jersey. Bernie Nic- holls, with his 31st and-32nd ls, Charlie Simmer, with his\35th, and Jim Fox scored for, Angeles. ’ was into an empty net with 12 seconds left. New Jersey outshot Los took the silver in the 500. It was the third medal for Schoene, Enke earlier had won the 1,500 and 1,000 events and took the silver in the 500. It was the third medal for Schoene, who had finished second to Enke in both the 1,500 and 1,000. West Germany picked up its second gold of the Games when Hans Stangassinger and Franz Wembacher won the men's double luge event. Evgeny Belooussov and Alek- sander, Belyakov of the Soviet Union were second and Joerge Hioffmann and Jochen Pietzsch of East Germany third. Norway captured the gold medal in the women's 4x5-kilometre cross-country relay, with Czechoslovakia taking the silver and Finland the gold. Sorensen and her teammate received a boost to their morale Tuesday when Gaetan Boucher of St-Hubert, Que., gave Canada its first Olympic gold medal in eight years with a victory in the men's 1,000-metre speed skating. Boucher placed second in the event four years ago when Eric Heiden of the United States swept all five speed skating events. Heiden, now a television commentator, was among the first to congratulate Boucher. A bronze medallist in the 500 metres last Friday, Boucher won the 1,000 in one minute 15.80 seconds. Boris Khlebnikov of the Soviet Union took the silver in 1:16.68 and Kai Arne Engelstad of Norway was third in 1:16.76. Jacques Thibault of Quebec City was 19th in 1:18.79. TRY FOR THREE + The last Canadian to win an Olympje event was skier Kathy Kreiner, who took the giant slalom gold at Innsbruck, Austria, in 1976. No Canadian has claimed two medals since Nancy Greene collected a giant slalom gold and a slalom silver at Grenoble, France, in 1968. Boucher, 26, will try, for a third medal Thursday in the medal. Julen won the giant slalom with a combined time of 2:41.18 for his two runs on a treacherous course that took its toll of pre-race favorites. Smoke Eaters, Leafs battle to tie By The Canadian Press Kevin Mitchell scored three times Tuesday night to pace Elk Valley Blazers toa 98 trouncing of Kimberley Dynathiters in Western In. fermtional Hockey League “The Smoke Eaters and Nelson Maple Leafs battled to a 8-8 overtime tie in Trail, in the only other league game. In Fernie, Ron Caldwell had two goals for the Elk Valley, while Craig William son, Len Ircandia, Dan Mor- gan and Ted Harrison added Jeff Donaldson, Dan Elk Valley netminder Mark Earp made 34 saves, while Roy Schultz stopped 30 shots on goal for Kimberley. In Trail, the Smoke Eaters’ Ron Areshenkoff and Mike Marcetta each scored in the third period to send the game against Nelson into overtime but neither team could score in the 10-minute sudden- death Darrell St. Denis scored the other goal for the Smoke Eaters, who trailéd 20 and 3-1 by periods. Gord Pace scored twice for Nelson, while Allan Prich added a single. Dan McFarland made 33 But Nelson came midway through the third period with two powerplay goals 47 sec- onds apart. Scoring goals for Castlegar were Dave Terhune with two, Mike Corbett, Kelly Hurd and Kevin Kirby scor- ing once each. In their'last regular season games, the Rebels defeated the Leafs 11-6 Friday night, while on Saturday, the Reb els defeated Grand Forks Border Bruins 11-7 In other final KIJHL reg: ular season action, Spokane defeated Beaver Valley 8-2 on Sunday. Saturday, Cranbrook blast- ed Trail 14-3, Spokane beat Nelson 10-3, Kimberley de- feated Creston 8-3, Friday night, Spokane defeated Grand Forks 6-4, Rossland dumped Beaver Valley 81 and Columbia Valley hum- bled Kimberley 7-2. On Thursday, Columbia Valley doubled Creston 6-3. Tuesday night Grand Forks edged Trail 7-6, Nelson surprised Beaver Valley with bounced back on Saturday they host Mt. Baker and Sat- Angeles 40-21, with Ron Low 1,500 metres but he and his coach, Jack Walters, both Brown and Ray Creasy re- savesin goals for Trail, while an 84 victory, Cranbrook with an excellent team effort. urday at 2:30 p.m. when they registering the goaltending confident before the 1,000, were making no predictions,this plied for the Dynamiters, Darrell Kuntz stopped 37 beat Kimberley 42 and Cot Still struggling to écore, the host the Mt. Sentinel Wild- victory and Markus Mattsson time: “It's not, his best race,” Walters said. who trailed 3-1 and 6-1 by shots for Nelson, including umbia Valley smashed (Cres- Rockers ‘trailed by eight cats. taking the loss. East Germany and the Soviet Union continued to lead periods. five in the overtime frame. ton 12:3. ee