a ara reenter ns Crate Mere 100128, 100 COMMUNITY NEWS April 25,1990 BI Local briefs The April meeting of the Kinnaird Women’s Institute was held at the Meeting ‘worthwhile’ By CasNews Staff A delegation from Castlegar had a ‘‘definitely worthwhile’ meeting with the deputy ministers of environment and regional and economic development to discuss the delay in government approval for the proposed Celgar Pulp Co- mill expansion, Castlegar and District Development Board executive director Richard Maddocks said. Mayor Audrey Moore, Castlegar and District Chamber of Com- merce president Jim Craig, Regional District of Central Kootenay direc- tor of Area I John Voykin, Celgar industrial relations manager Ron Belton and expansion general manager Wilf Sweeney, as wellas-other Celgar representatives, Maddocks and other members, spoke with Richard Dalon of the Ministry of Environment and Bob Plecas of the Ministry-of-Regionat and ment, Maddocks said. The delegation told the deputy ministers there should be no more WI in Canada delays in the review process leading to approval in principle of the ex- pansion, Maddocks said. home of Kay Bate with 14 people Present. Members answered roll call by completing the following sentence: “*You know you are getting old when . » »”* which seemed to prove all mem- bers suffer from forgetfulnes, a news release from the organization said. said. Most of the meeting was taken up with finalizing plans for the district conference tobe held_at the Legion Hall May 2. t Four members |who recently atten- ded a county council meetitig of the board sof America in Economic Develop- Washington state told of the work carried out by that group. The group’s activities parallel those of the However, the Homemakers have a government-paid director for each region who travels around and helps guide the exectitive members in their work, Kinnaird. WI Program proceeding said, Ae consortium of Kootenay school districts has not yet received final approval for a teacher-training program to be run out of Selkirk College in Castlegar but they have been told by Victoria to ‘‘proceed as if you do”’ have approval, Castlegar trustee Mickey Kinakin said. Friday. They also do some teaching of homeskills when needed in the area of shopping and cooking for best nutrition from their grocery dollars. Kinnaird WI members said they spent Last week“ the board gave the program approval to use the an enjoyable day viewing the Qotischenia elementary school for some-of its classes, a move that wilt cut-about $40,000 from the program's budget, said Kinakin, who is chairman of the school board's education committee: The request for use of the building, which houses the Open Roads program and a district resource ceritre but is not used for school district classes, was made in an attempt to trim the program’s budget after the provincial government said it would only be willing to fund about $550,000 of the program's original $860,000 budget, Kinkain said. The equivalent of four to six full-time instructors, as well as someone to head up the faculty, will be hired to run the program, he ad- ded. Immersion teacher hired Danielle Labonte, a new resident to the Castlegar area, has been hired as the teacher for the new late French immersion program that will begin at Kinnaird Junior secondary school in the fall, the Castlegar school board decided last week. Labonte will begin her job May 1. Concern had _been_raised_by_board-members-and-school- district staff that a teacher from the class, which provides 90 per cent of instruc- tion in French in the first year, might be difficult to find because there is a shortage of qualified immersion teachers. Homemakers’ crafts, hearing of their ‘work and exchanging ideas. in-June;-the-Provincial Women's Institute will hold a conference in * Vancouver at the University of British Columbia. Helen Leduc will represent Kinnaird at the conference. Edith Ison of London, England, was a guest for the afternoon and told of some of the ways the Women’s In- stitute she belongs to raise money. One way is the ploughman’s lunch held each year in the garden at Ison’s home. The food served is much like what used to be served to farmers in the field or in the pub — bread, cheese, pickles and a sweet, Kinnaird W1 says in the news release, However, the ale that used to be served is replaced with tea. Ison was presented Kinnaird WI plans for district conference The May meeting will be held on Zuckerbera Island. Phyllis Phipps won the hostess Spring & Summer Specials BUT NEED HOMES TO SELL Coll JORDAN WATSON 365-2166 © 365-6892 For a Free Market Evaluation Castlegar Realty Lid. * 1761 Col. Ave. prize. The annual plant sale took Place at the close of the business meeting. 7" MICKEY & MINNIE PLUSH TOY Assortment Machine Washable & Dryable $Q99 HOT STUFF. 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Barry Brown still showed his community spirit by injured leg a ows i a ing out with other people by pitching in to spruce up the Community Complex ball field on Sunday afternoon. —conews Photo by Ed Mills First step taken Despite being hobbled + a ip! Boys softball in trouble ' Lack of players may scuttle plans By ED MILLS Staff Writer It doesn’t look like 17-year-old Mike Kalesnikoff will be playing ball like he wanted to this season and there could be 10 to 20 Castlegar-boysin-the same position. Kalesnikoff is out of luck because plans to start a new midget boys sof- tball team in Castlegar were scuttled because there weren’t enough players — he was the only one who registered. Planned peewee and bantam teams ‘are also in jeopardy becausé of lack of registration, Castlegar and District Minor Softball Association president Gordon Bos said. “ve got half a team of bantams and-half a team of peewees and that’s about it,’’ he said. But Bos said that with a week left to register, he thinks he might get-a full Peewee (under 1¢) team, and a ban- tam (under 16) team isn’t out of the question yet. “I think there are enough players out there and once the kids start talking to each other,-I’m-sure that they’ ll start coming out of the wood- work,’’ he said. Bos said he needs another eight to 10 boys in both bantam and peewee to get started but time is running out. “I think I'll give it another week or so and if I don’t get something in Winning isn't ultimate prize By ED MILLS Staff Writer In this case it really wasn’t whether you won or lost, but how you played the game. Because in the B.C. Cup hockey tournament in Osoyoos last weekend, a team could lose every game—but players still had a chance at the ultimate prize — being selected as one affairs Irene with a souvenir of B.C. depicting the dogwood blossom by international NDP Club to hold benefit An unusual array of performers promises a delightful evening April 28 at the Slocan Valley NDP Club benefit. The fundraiser, to be held at the Vallican Whole Community Centre, features everything from The Western ‘Swingers, a well-known old-fashioned country group, to the one-time-only performance by the IMAGES Ad Hoc Grannies, a club news release says. Poet Tom Wayman and author Caroline Woodward, fresh from her northern book tour, will present high- energy readings and there are strong and persistent rumors that the new trio of Clover, Wilson and Moir will sing socially unredeeming love songs; the club says. 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Thank You *& ELAINE HIGGINS & % LAURIE McCARTHY Happy Secretaries Week! From all of us at... Castlegar REALTY tp. 1761 Columbia Ave., Castlegar BRIAN L. BROWN CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT Thank You © Debra Freeman e Glenna Ehman Phone 365-2151 270 Columbia Av Castlegar, on parks upgrading By ED MILLS Staff Writer Major work needed for-parks and ball fields in Castlegar hasn't started yet but for the first time it’s on the drawing board. Ald. Patti-Rictrards;chairman—of- city council’s parks and recreation along with representati from softball, soccer and other user groups in the city, toured recreational facilities in early April on a fact- finding mission to discover what im- provements are—needed—to city facilities. The result is a five-page wish list of improvements and initiatives that, when completed, will see upgrading to every park and sports field in the city. “Out of the user groups, getting (ball diamond) infields upgraded was the biggest concern,’’ said Richards, who along with aldermen Lawrence Chernoff and Marilyn Mathieson make up the parks and rec committee. Richards said she hopes the recommendations of the report will become part of a three- to five-year plan for ing of all guidelines for what the user groups would like to see done (at the parks). Now we have a good general consen- sus of what needs to be done,’’ Richards said. She said she has sent a copy of the Teport-te-aldermen but doesn’t expect concrete results untit-her_committee has had a chance to discuss costs and. feasibility. All the items in the report will be discussed at a committee meeting next Tuesday—with an—aim to setting Priorities and time frames for im- plementation, Richards said. Richards didn’t hesitate when asked if she thinks there will be enough money in the budget to im- plement the r ions in the of the top 46 under 17-year-old players in the province. And that’s good “news for Castlegar’s Nino Da Costa who passed_the first hurdle last month by being selected as this city’s only representative on the Kootenay team at the six-team B.C. Cup. The Kootenay team won just once in five games but according to evaluator Ted Hargreaves of Nelson the team still has about “half a dozen Players ithe running’’ for one of the 46 spots. = Da Costa, 15,-who picked up one point (an assist), said he stands as good a chance as anybody of getting one of those 46 spots. “I feel I did good . . . my stickhan- dling was really strong, I was aggressive in front of the net and my report this year. “Not everything on our wish list, no, not this year. But we would like to establish goals for next year and the year after,’’ she said. Richards said the tour of the facilities — the first of its kind done in the city as far as she knows — took in-every park in the city and was both the users and commit- the parks in the city. But the list is only a basis for and the on-it-are “not written in stone,” ste said. tee felt was a needed step. “The user groups really —ap- preciated it and we (committee mem- bers) did too. We've said we would like to meet with them every year, was alright,’’ he said. Of the 140 who played in the tour- namet, 46 are selected to attend a summer camp and from that group 20 players will be chosen for a team that will_represent B.C. at the-Canada Winter Games in Halifax next February. The process is part of the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association's Best Ever program which identifies and recruits the province's best players for provincial, national and international competition. When asked if he felt Da Costa was one of the six Kootenay players in the the B.C. team at the Games, said, “‘1 wouldn’t even want to guess at the names but I know some are in the running.’’ Hargi said that, the _population_base- the Kootenay team had to draw its players from, compared to the two teams from the Lower Mainland, one from Van- couver Island and another from the Okanagan, it’s _not—surprising—the team isn’t a powerhouse-at the B.C; Cup. Still, he said the Kootenay team’s 1-4 record was.a bit deceiving. “They actually did quite well. Three of the four tosses were by one goal. They were very competitive but lacked a little depth that the other places had, that’s all,’’ Hargreaves said. The Kootenay team’s only win was a 12-4 pasting of the Northern B.C. squad_— which didn’t win a game at the tourney. = One of the team’s from the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan squad shared the B.C. Cup championship with records of 4-1. Da Costa, who was scouted last season by the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, said the competition was excellent. “There was a lot of really good players there . . they are great potential hockey players,” said Da Costa Da Costa and the rest of the players had atot of eyes-on them at the tour- ney, including eight evaluators who watched all 30 games, and coaches who also submitted evaluations of playerss Hargreaves said-it-witt take-about two weeks to compile on computer all the information about the players place then that’s it,”” he said. If the teams don’t get enough players, Bos said the Castlegar boys who registered will-have to catch on with a team in Trail or just not play this year. That’s. the position. Katesnikoff's in. Although he was expecting to play, Kalesnikoff said he really isn’t dispapointed it didn’t work out “it-would have been nice t& play but iif it doesn’t happen I have always headed out with my friends or my dad to play,"’ he said. ‘ Bos said it's an—unfortunate situation, especially for the bantam- age boys who likely would have been the Kootenay representative at the Summer Games in Prince George in July. If Castlegar could have raised a team, it would be a shoe-in for a trip to the games, Bos said. “As far as I know it would-_be-the only bantam team in the Kootenays, so they would have got in by default,’’ he said. The reason registrations for the three new teams have been so slow is not because the numbers of boys aren’t there, but because the teams ‘were just-introduced this year and it takes time for word to get around, Bos said. Kalesnikoff agrees with that it: “From what I heard there wasn’t enough advertising . . . nobody knew about it,” he said. It’s the opposite situation in girls ‘softball-which—has—three full com- petitive teams playing in each age group, and has had a strong program in Castlegar for four years. SAFE BY A Second baseman Tony Parece of TNT Autobody stretches for a late throw In a competitive slo-pitch game against the Colourmix Cruisers at Kinnaird Park Sunday afternoon. —cosnews photo by £4 mills 5 4 To all our Secretaries Keg Thank You! ~ We appreciate all you do throughout the year! SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 9 CASTLEGAR SD Tommy Thompson f fe) Geronazzo, Thompson & LeRose BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS My thanks to. . . JOYCE MALOFF A Special Salute to the following for their “Jobs Well Done!” RAE PENMAN LOUISE WISHLOW ANNE ZIBIN CORRALINE CHEVELDAVE NAIOMI POPOFF ANDERSON INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD. 605 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-3392 OUR KATHY What would we do without you? 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Aside from a game-ending brawl in the opener of the New York Islanders-New York Rangers series, there has been little fighting. * Some fist-throwing, stick-swinging and shoving, but not much fighting. NHL vice-president Brian O'Neill, the man in charge of discipline, said the drop in fighting is due to closer supervision by officials and an effort to cut down on pileups in front of the net that often lead to brawis. ‘*We've instructed our officials to move in a little quicker to break up the scrums in front of the net,’’ he said. ‘‘We're trying to have the officials get in quickly to break up the scrums. We know we can prevent a lot of fights by getting in to stop them.”* The contrast has been startling. Two years ago, there were 105 fighting majors in the first round alone. Last year, that number dropped to 61 and this year, it Fighting taking back seat to hockey in NHL playoffs The National Hockey League is taking a lot of the fight out of this year’s playoffs. In contrast to previous years, when some teams tried to brawl their way to the Stanley Cup, this year’s playoffs have been remarkably tame. was 24 — six of which took place in the Islanders. Rangers fight after_Game 1. The NHL suspended Islanders winger Mick Vukota-for 10 games and defen. ceman Ken Baumgartner for one for their rotes inthe brawl. There were no other fights in that series. Two other first-round series — Buffalo Sabres-Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings-Calgary Flames — were also played without a fight. Through three games in each of the four second round series, there were 15 fighting majors, one less than last year. Bight of the 15 came in Monday night's Washington Capitals-Rangers game. There have been none in the Boston Bruins-Montreal series and only two each in the St. Louis Blues-Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles-Edmonton Oilers series Another reason for the drop is that officials have been more liberal in handing out misconduct Penalities. Misconducts in the first round were up from 56 to 86 — nearly mirroring the drop in fights, and are up to LI from eight in the second round. In Game 5 of the Toronto Maple Leafs-St. Louis series, referee An dy vanHellemond handed out 10 misconducts after one second-period incident, banishing every skater on the ice. first round of last season’s playoffs, now await the winner of the Chicago Blackhawks-St. Louis Blues’ series in the Norris Division, The Blackhawks tied the Norris finat at two games each with a 3-2 victory in St. Louis. The fifth game is scheduled Thursday in Chicago Tonight, the Boston Bruins will try to‘complete a four-game sweep of the Montreal Canadiens (5:30 p.m PST, CBC-TV) in the Adams Division, while the New York Rangers will be in Landover, Md., to get back on even terms with the Washington Capitals, who lead the Patrick final 2-1 Oilers owner Peter Pocklington was all smiles after his club’s triumph, “I've been a pretty bad guy in Edmonton’s eyes since a year ago August,”’ said Pocklington, who traded super. star Wayne Gretzky to the Kings in August 1988. “This certainly makes me feel happy to see the young guys come together."’ Gretzky was forced to watch the Kings’ demise from the sidelines Tuesday night, unable to play because of a bad back reinjured in Game 3 “They could be pretty much unstoppable right now,"’ Gretzky said of the Oilers. ‘They are playing as good as I've seen them play.”" Murphy banged in the rebound of Reijo Ruot- salainen's shot to give the Oilers their seventh straight win The Kings got solid goaltending from Kelly Hrudey, who faced 37 shots. Hrudey had missed Game 3 with sore ribs. But, after rallying from a 4-1} deficit to take a 5-4 lead, the Kings failed on a clearing attempt late in the third period. Esa Tikkanen’s shot from the left boards deflected off a skate through Hrudey’s legs with 2:55 left in regulation to send the game into overtime. “They (the Kings) were in full control of the hockey game, then we get a lucky break,’’ said Oilers coach John Muckler. ‘‘Without that break, we don't go into over time. Maybe the game is over."” Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Mark Lamb and Craig Simpson gave Edmonton a 4-1 lead. Charlie Hud dy, Luc Robitaille and John Tonnelli scored in a 4:59 span late in the second period to tie the game. The Kings went ahead 1:15 into the third period on a shorthanded goal by Mike Allison. Keith Crowder also scored for the Kings BLACKHAWKS 3 BLUES 2 Joclyn Lemieux was such a pest that Brett Hull finally lost his cool, high-sticked the Blackhawk checker, drew blood and was lost to Blues for the all-important third period “‘It was good for us that it happened,’’ said Lemieux, who needed five stitches above his right eye. ‘‘Bad for me, good for the team."" With Hull's game misconduct at 17:43 of the second Period, the Blues lost the playoffs’ leading scorer. “We might have needed him down the stret Blues coach Brian Sutter. ‘*It was unfortunate."* Trent Yawney scored for Chicago 26 seconds into the major to go up 3-1 Then rookie goalie Ed Belfour came up with a big third period to regain Chicago the home-ice advantage it lost in Game | Wayne Presley, with his seventh playoff goal, and Michel Goulet scored the other Chicago goals, scoring in a 36-second span of the second period Rookie Rod Brind’Amour and Ron Wilson replied for the Blues.