By CasNews Staff Eight local business peo- ple were elected directors at the Castlegar and Dis- trict Chamber of Com- merce's annual general meeting this week. The eight, all elected by ac- clamation, join two other directors already serving their second year of’ a two-year term. ‘ Elected to a one-year term were Gail Schellen- berg of West's Department Store, Nick Chernoff : of Trowelex Rentals, Joe Streloff of The Klothes Kloset, Gordon Bos of Interior Armour Plating and Paul Moroso of Mor- oso, Markin and Blain. Gord Green of Soligo, Koide and John was elec- ted to a two-year. term along with Gary Kalesni: koff of Kootenay Office Outfitters and Larry Bosse of Bosse’s Jewellery Store. They join Charles Cohoe of Cohoe Insurance and Rich- ‘ie Geronazzo of Genonazzo Holdings, who still have one year left as directors, The chamber at its De- cember meeting elected Mike O'Connor of Castle- gar Funeral Chapel as president, Tom Ogiow of Oglow's Paint and Wall- coverings as first vice- president and Lorne Hadi- kin of Helen's Flowers and Gifts as second: vice-prest- dent. At Thursday's meeting, O'Connor, who was also the 1982 president, gave a summary of the chamber’s activities in 1982. © ~ The 1982 activities were highlighted by a nieeting of chamber officials with La- bor Minister Bob- McLel- land, pressing for the in- stallation of a generator at Hugh Keenleyside dam i" Chomb NEW DIRECTORS . eee of C elected for the 1983 yaar are e (from left): Richie Geronazzo, Larry Bosse, Lorne Hadikin, Nick Chernoff, Gordon Bos, Paul Moroso, with the idea of providing employment for local peo- ple. City officials and a from the calls from people request: ing information. e The tourist Business. Centre was Castlegar Economic, De-' velopment Committee also took part in the meeting i in Victoria. The chamber also ‘sent letters’ to’ various minis- tries protesting, the’ in- crease in water Hcensb fees. Also, in 1982 the cham- ir: ° managed to keep its ; office open full-time, run - by manager Linda Green, who was kept busy- an- swering letters and Phone also open’ year-round, sup-_ plying information packets ‘to various convention groups. The chamber held | counselling sessions in con- junction with the Industry. of Small Business. e Assisted the Federal Business “Development Bank in clinics in the area. service. clubs, to. raise money for SunFest activi- ties, ° Sponsored SunFest ‘eo Las Vegas night was: held in’ cooperation’ with: ” Charlie cali Joe Suet and Gord Gi sports, Network” Lai dian Channel, on our op- i the: latest, “TV © Queen Beds: ect Dial’ Phone | are Gail "82, which was a “huge 8 suc: e Provided Gary kK "ed various briefs, in egop- eration with the: Down- -town B 's Asso- for seven summer. stu- dents. ‘@. Two ‘students were. employed to. build a cross- country. ski- trail .between Kinnaird Park and - Cone Hill Park. e ‘Chamber ‘director. Renee Porter was, elected > as director of B.C: Cham- * ber. of Commerce. e Manager, Linda Green a was appointed as. regional representative to the B.C. ‘Chamber's Managers’. Association. - eo The chamber present- - and the DBA al: ciation, to the’ Ministry of Highways in the signing of ; Castlegar. The Chamber ‘dovised a. a plan to be subniitted to the _, Ministry and were assured that signing may. be im- proved in the spring. «The chamber. held a yard: “beautification contest, a Christmas light “decorating contest and a window display contest. " e The chamber was also - responsible for the. erec- - tion of Welcome to Castle- “gar signs in the local area. f oe In Suly ‘and “Aig ‘Castlegar ‘rated- high in” tourist. ‘percentage in- crease/decrease. Castlegar ‘cent decrease and Grand Forks a 9.7 per. cent® de- TA FRUITVALE atrapaae E mre BASICS” 1s” ‘SOUTH SLOGAN 359-7221 & Newt DENVER. 358-2217 LAZA 388-8201 7. _ WANETA PI handy booklet that explains our jegistered Retir nent beaten Plan In simple, everyda: tangua ‘the NFC ‘crown VANCOUVER (CP) — Of- fice workers’. union leader Fred Trotter’ has rejected suggestions his union viol- ated Canadian’ Labor Con- gress policy by accepting a duction in 2 ‘ of $20 a ‘ay for periods whi ‘employees.are off:the job. The move has drawn fire from other labor leaders who regard it as the first ‘example of a major CLC affiliate in B.C.' ing on’ the CLC wage increase. “To describe what we have done as a rollback is grossly inaccurate,” said Trotter, president of the 7,000-mem- ber Local 378 of the Office and Technical Employees Union, which represents the 180 workers at CB Coal's Blamer mine near Sparwocd. Union members agreed to slash their in- policy against wage rollbacks and other contract Sontem sions. JOBS PROTE! “I don't consider this con- trary to CLC policy,” Trotter: declared. .“I consider it’ a trade-off which in‘ itself can be termed a valde’ to our Peeples and we have‘ Protec. 85 jobs.”. By adding in all regular and ¥ . crease at the mine to eight. per cent from 15 per cent and ‘work @ four-day week for the remainder of the year. In return, the company promised not to proceed with. , 85 layoffs and - agreed to provide supplemental unem- ployment insurance benefits ment benefits, Trotter es- timated the net reduction in earnings among members of the bargaining unit‘will aver- age only four per cent over the year. “And they will be getting 89 extra days off,” he said. “It's really an exchange of. benefits, a3 opposed to a roll- : back, ‘The hourly r a of | pay actually goes up.” hag; However,’ B.C. Federation’ isi of Labor secretary-treasurer Mike Kramer said he doesn't buy Trotter's explanation. “A, rollback’ is any wage» reduction in an existing cok slective agreement,” he sai “I don’t see this as a Victory, in any sense. > r “I think the employer. chose to Puta gun to the head of the union and got away, . 210,000-member federation. ‘The United Mine Workers, ° which turned down a com- ‘ ~ “pany demand for ° similar + wage concessions, ,is facing * 876 permanent layoffs among its 1,500 members at’ the mine, currently due to close -HOMEGOODS FU RNITURE | WAREHOUSE "ching Creek: “Drivea Little to Save a Lot" COUNT TO PETE'S 1ST EVER STOREWIDE JANUARY CLEARANCE SATURDAY — Jan. 29 — 9.4.m.-5:30 a m. SUNDAY, sind 30 — 12 noon to 5 p.m. are TV iD. 219°C Columbia Ave., coutleaar 365-6455 for six weeks beginning Feb. “with ‘it. 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It was: the: fe sive victory for the Canadian | soted poy! jut he looked. lik Bear. ki téssing. touch: “yerted the. turnover: into-a' 29-yard field goal, giving. the Redskins 'a 24-17. lead - with “just over seven minutes to play, ‘The. ext, time Hogeboom got the ball, he dropped back to pass,.on first down. The ball was:tipped by Mantle and grabbed by tackle Darryl . Grant: at ‘the: Dallas 10. He tucked {t;under his srm:and _[: rumbled into’ the end zone, ‘looking. very much like’ Rig- gins had all afternoon, for the touchdown.’ /; The two touchdowns in 17; seconds ‘made it 81- and |, Washington was on its ‘As the clock ran down, the tern, * Kaufman picked it-off, giving the Redskins the: ball: vat, the Dallas.A0.-; othe Mark’ Moseley, the: NFL's moet ‘valuable Blige con- TAN Mac AINE THUNDER. BAY, . ONT. “ (CP) Horst ‘Bulau returned ke up where he left Hansson of Norway, third on the World Cup: tour standings to Matti’ Nykanen of Norway, finished second in the 70-metre “epmpetition , With 256.7. points with j jumps of 88.5 metres and 90 metres while third “Place went to with 255 points on jumps; of id. i 5 who. pldced «17th “ Friday.“ always wanted to. win here because'l saw: you (pointing to Reed and Pod- borski)' win as Kings of. the Downhill. 12 ‘16th: : Read's third-place finish tnoved him into third ees in t galled . | number nine stright times, and he plowed into the Dallis’ defence,” churning. up more yards: ‘and killing valuable . time ‘that. the Cowboys needed Gemperataly. i * “Te doesn't seem to matter. whatI'm doing. on the circuit, I always seem ‘to, do: well here,” he said. “Knowing. the’ hill doesn't hurt.” ..- Collins, fifth behind . _Ny- kanen -after the first jump, distance’ of 86.5° metres — two metres shorter than his ip. i : ykanen, the. 19-year-old: Flying Finn with four World- : Cup. victories: to‘, ICTORY . Selkirk Saints show power in close match with or fel ou led night In Kokanee In- The Saints:won the z Speksine Blue Club placed second while Mt. Royal Cougars were third. Spokane Browns won the Con.’ * solation trophy. ° —CastewsPhote by Cheryl Wishlow . ‘MEGEVE, FRANCE (CR) — Elisabeth Kirchler of Aus- -tria beat the ‘world elite of women | skiers “nine- - hundredths of a second Sat- hill: Lat: ‘Lake Placid, gary,: who’ finished -27th’ in‘ 5.67; Felix: Belezyk, Castlegar, 80th in ‘2:06.21 and. Dy ug Kerr, Cranbrook, Commercial: League Bruno Tassone’ ied the” scoring in Williams. Moving and Storage’s 9-5 - victory over. Mountain Sports But fn. Castlegar Commercial. Hoc- key League action this week. In other, action. V&H Con- tractors tied Carling O'Keefe 66. In:the first game. Tassone scored a goal each period for the team’s victory Thursday night at the arena complex. ‘The teams were tied 3-3 going into the second period. Don Savinkoff and Wayne got a goal each for _ Williams Palang with one by., Tassone. Kinakin also picked up two assists, with singles going to Tim Paul, Dave Mc- Kinnon and Jerry Tomlin. - Terry Halisheff, Dick Braun and Joe Kambick, who scored unassisted, got the goals for Sports Hut. . Assists went, to “Aaron” By. cuateas : ” Saturds’s competition was under the - ‘ most’ ideal::weather .condi- ‘tions -with .clear: skies and Steve Golbss, the i9jear- the Thun eee got~ the goal for Rob: Di Joo Antigndni and Jeff Town: send. : “Williams , picked up three more’ “in the second period —.two of them unan-. swered — to take a 6-4 lead over Mountain: ‘Sports; Scoring for: Williams was done by -Kinakin, McKinnon and:Tassone. Assists went to Savinkoff with two, Frank Costa,-Mike, McCormack and Paul with ‘singles. -For Sports Hut, Dunsmore scored the only goal, assisted by Halisheff and Dan Walker. The game ended after Wil- liams. scored three “more goals to Sports Huts’ one for the 9-5 victory. Scoring’ for Williams was -Tassone, Terry Sttelieff and Kinakin with assists going to Paul, Tomlin, McKinnon, Kinakin, Al Akselson. and Savinkoll. in Sports with Wally. sGorkoff and Walker: helpin; ‘out. vane O'KEEFE 6. In the second game played * Tuesday | night,’ the: teams’ were tied! ‘L-Lat the end of the od. anoff scored | e first marker d he's heavily’ jeff Hastings of the’ United was fourth ' Saturday. In the: third-period V&H scored ‘within the first min- ute, followed’ by two more to go: ahead 6-4.’ Then O'Keefe gulckly netted one to tighten the'lead.~ .:With’'a ‘minute’ and two seconds, left. Cheveldave quickly’ scored for O'Keefe “with.the game resulting in a for 'V&H, assisted | by Bill 66 tie.” Nazeroff and Rick’Sanders. -. Carling OKeefe's’ ‘goal ‘came: from John, Horcoff, assisted by Jerry Antignani, 2 O'Keefe scored thitee goals” in the second frame, to.two- by V&H to move ahead. 4-3. Horcoff. scored the’ first goal while Cy McConnell got the other two for O'Keefe. - Assists went’to Dan Hains, Jerry Antignani, Bill Chev- eldave, Horeoff, Vince Antig- nani and Tim Keraiff. i Jim ‘Nazeroff and Yuri Jamaeff scored a.goal each dor, V&H. Steve: Sanders got the fifth goal for O'Keefe before Chev- eldave scored. Assists went -to “McConnell, Phil Perras, Steve Sanders and ‘Viriee Anti tignani. 3 ‘Terry Sanders and Ne eroff scored the fourth and fifth goals. for V&H. Next, C ial League : urday to win a World Cup downhill race that. left. Can- adian coach Currie ‘Chapman wondering when he would get more than half of. his team: skiing aggressively. ‘While Kirchler, 19)" cap-. tured her first downhill of the : season and the second:of her, ‘career, with a’ time -of ono ‘minute, 23,81 seconds, Laurie Graham of Inglewood, Ont., was the top Canadian fin- ishing 12th in 1:24.24. * Doris .de Agostini of Swit- zerland, winner of two World Cup downhills . this ON; was second’in’ 1:29:40 -and ° strengthened her lead in the 1982-88 World Cup downhill standings. Caroline. Attia of France came in third with a time of 1:28.69," ' The race Saturday replac- ed a downhill event cancelled in Schruns, ‘-Austria,’. last _ week because of unfavorable snow conditions. .~ “I skied well, particularly in the lower, less technical part of, the course,” said Kir- chler, whose’ previous win was at Aspen, Colo., in 1981. “For once, I.didn’t make a single mistake.” Chapman wished he could have aid the same about the Canadian skiers. He ‘criti-. cized ‘Gerry Sorenson of Kimberley, who finished 25th at. 1:24.58, for “riding the edges of her skis too much,” and said Liisa Savijarvi of ishing 28th Friday, “went to Sleep today (Saturday}.” ‘“That seemed to be what! happened here. . Half the team Canada at ra mentally’ for courses’ this season that are-sibstantially shorter ‘than the three ‘she | ~ place from 19th in the down-* won last year. ~ “They are about: 30 seconds shorter — more ofa spring,” she said. “And on these short courses, you have to be very. iti d not make : Bracebridge, .Ont., 42nd at ane abet any, . .1:25,41. Saturday ’ after - fin- takes all the way down.” . Other Canadian placings had Shane Leavitt, Calgary, 47th, i:25.85;:.Lynda Rob- bins, Toronto, 62nd, 1:26.85; ° Al Karen ked and was yesterday (Friday) and today the other half was.” . Graham was the lone skier to show. real improvement from. Friday when she fini- ished 21st. TRIES TO BE SUPPLE yesterday,” said Graham, “I just tried to be more supple and let my: skies run more. * - “I saw in the video. last night that I was far too hard on my edges in the turns, soI just let them go more today. It is not'a great result, but considering how’ close the times all were for the top group, I'm fairly pleased with tho way I skied.” Sorensen, who came in seventh Friday, said she was having difficulty preparing urora, Ont., 57th, 1:26.90; Bergie Lund, White Rock, 59th, 1:27.05; Wendy Morrison, Vancouver, Danielle Labrie, Quebec City, 67th, 1:28.28; and Liz Tom- "my, Ottawa 69th, 1:28.82. _ “Tam happier today than: of: the and» Claudine Emonet of France. was fifth in 1:24.00." Kirehler ‘soared to sixth hill standings while de Agos- * tini's second place helped her widen her lead to 22 points - «from 18. Sorensen -now: stands eighth with 32 points. while Graham is ninth at 31. RCMP ‘in curling _playdowns | 20th, (1:27.85;°> “By CasNows Staff Four members of the ‘Castlegar ROMP detachment. are curling in the Kootenay world's top women downhill racers from 14 took of the pi police curling bonspiel ‘ ia this part in the race down the same -2,000-metre course, with a drop of 529 metres, that was used in the downhill Friday. Maria Walliser of Switzer- land, who won the downhill Friday on this course in 1:24.52, finished 10th in 1:24.18. * \ Sieglinde Winkler of Aus- tria came in fourth in 1:23.82 Kalesnikoff improving By CasNows Stait. * Kal Lumber. is action is today at the arena when V&H takes on Williams Moving at 12:30 p.m. at the arena complex. Mountain Sports and Carling O'Keefe then, square off at 9:30 p.m. at the old arena. showing signs. of improve: ment after a 52 win over first-place Gander Creek this week in Castlegar Gentle- men’s Hockey League action. In other games’ Dairy Queen edged Maloney’s 5-4: while : aia defeated Maloney's Gander Creek: boasts 15 wins, seven losses and three ties for 33 points for first . place.-Trans-X follows with 80 points with Goose Creek third with 26 points. Fourth is Dairy Queen with 24 points, followed by Maloney's with 23 and Kalesnikoff with 16. For complete statistics, see Weekend Wrap-Up, page B2. For future games, see Sports Calendar, page B2. the Kootenay playdowns ot the provincial police curling bonspiel, * Wes Guymer, Dale Hock- ley,. Jim Molitwenic and Helen Mahon are part of the action which involves a total of 14 Kootenay police teams. From this tournament, two teams will represent the Kootenays in the provincials Feb. 4-6 in Vernon, Last year, a rink including Hockley, Molitwanic and Guymer placed third in the provincials in Victoria. This year, however, Hoc- kley and Molitwenic are curl- ing on the same team along with two Creston RCMP members, Guymer is curling with two Nelson and one . Crescent Valley member, while Mahon is curling with policewomen from Trail, Creston and Nelson.