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The Castlegar Sun

West Kootenay Power cu

“Two West Kootenay Power
customers will be n hot water and
Plenty of it for the next two years.
Don and Sandy Colclough of
Grand Forks, and Sandra and
Greig Thomas, of Osoyoos, were
selected from hundreds of
entrants in the “Catch Some
Rays” contest. Their residences
will be fitted with $2500 solar
water heating systems from the
Canadian Solar Industries Associ-
ation (CANSIA),

The pilot projects in seven BC
communities, will determine the
potential of solar water heating as
a PowerSmart energy conserva-
Hon program. The test program is
jointly sponsored by WKP, BC
Hydro, Energy Mines and
Resources Canada and CANSIA

have a much better idea at the end
of this test,” said Gerry McRobb,
WKP’s Energy Management
Supervisor, “and these two cus-
tomers offer ideal test settings.”
The Colcough’s, Don and
Sandy and children, Erin, 9, and
Alison, 7, consumed 33,030 kW.h

The four cies are collab
ing on the $70,000 project for a
two-year period

“If solar is going to make it as
an alternate energy source, we'll

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of electricity in 1991. Don, who
operates Redi Electric in Grand
Forks, says “like most growing
families we go through a lot of
hot water.”

Sandra and Greig Thomas are
of the same opinion. With Patri-
cia, 8, and Jared, 6, the Greigs
consumed 27,379 kW.H in 1991
at their ranch near Osoyoos.
“We're perfectly situated for this
program, out in the open, lots of
sunshine,” said Sanda. “I hope it
works ... there needs to be more
of t his so people can choose to
cut down on their electricity if
they can.”

Over the next two years,
Chuck Price, president of CAN-
SIA, will act as operating manag-
er for the projects. CANSIA is an
association of solar fi
ers and distributors and will pro-
vide the product and installation
warranties for the solar system.
Energy Mines and Resources,
Canada, will install remote moni-
toring equipment in each house-
hold to measure the performance
of the solar water heating sys-
tems.

In simple terms, solar water
heating uses a process similar to

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stomers in hot water

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Grand Forks Mayor, Yasushi Su
a solar water heating system
Supervisor, Gerry McRobb. Do
customers from the East Boun

this Spring.
a magnifying glass to capture the

sun's heat. If you have gotten into’

a car on a sunny day you will
have experienced this process in
action. The sunlight heats up an
all-weather solution which moves
from the roof top collectors to
coils in a second water tank in the

rk college student back

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For the second consecutive
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He was there to continue his
second work term for the direct
marketing firm of morris Inter-

‘I've always wanted
to go to Australia and
New Zealand. Since
I'm single, this
posting worked out
perfect for me.'

— KEITH MCGREGOR
Selkirk College Student

national, a company employing
80 - 100 people, whose main
office is located on Queensland,
Australia’s Gold Coast, Morris
International is also affiliated
with a marketing company in
Canada, J.R. Direct of Delta,
BC where McGregor spent the
first few weeks of his second
work term.

“I’ve always wanted to go to
Australia and New Zealand,”
said McGregor, “and since I’m
single, this posting worked out
perfect for me.”

He was met at the airport by

home. The second water tank
ensures that when there is solar
heat available, it is captured for
Personal use. When there is no
solar energy available the home’s
regular electric water heat oper-
ates normally.

It is estimated that solar water

igimoto, (right) drew the name of the lucky recipient of
with the assistance of WKP's Energy Management
nN and Sandy Colclough of Grand Forks are the WKP
dary Country who will receive the $2,500 solar system

heating could provide as much as
two-thirds of residential needs if
good solar exposure exists and an
average amount of hot water is
used. Upon completion of the
two-year project, the solar heat-
ing system becomes the property
of each homeowner.

up from down under

Co-operative education student Keith McGregor

one of the firm's employees
who not only toured him around
the company, but provided room
and board until McGregor could
get acclimatized and find an
apartment of his own. After a
tour of his new work office
building, McGregor was taken
to lunch by the company presi-
dent and made welcome as the
firm's newest employee.
Having gained experience in
accounting and finance func-
tions at his first work placement

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with Albion Fisheries in Van-
couver, McGregor was assigned
to work on forecast and profor-
ma projects in a highly comput-
erized office environment. He
also worked on costing various
Projects contemplated by the
company and performed clerical
duties as well. This represented
quite a career change for a man
who spent the preceding 10
years working in the logging
and mining industry. In Septem-
ber, 1989, McGregor elected to
Pursue a new career and enroled
as a mature student in Selkirk
College’s Business Administra-
tion. program as an Account-
ing/Finance major.

“Morris is equiped with
state-of-the-art computers and
application software,” McGre-
gor observed. “Of course, they
have to be current in the tech-
nology to remain competitive in
a highly competitive market.
My personal computer was
linked by a server to a PC net-
work. The company was utiliz-
ing the new 486 technology in
many of the office operations.”

Quickly becoming immersed
in his work, McGregor was
appreciative of the efforts made
my his co-workers to include
him in the company social life.
A roof-top company social club
was the scene of weekly
“Sausage Sizzles” and McGre-
gor participated in bowling
nights and company golf tour-
naments.

Weekends and holidays were
spent visiting scenic parks,
nightclubs, surfers paradise and
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Golf course opens
“|The Castlegar Rebels fin-
ished their season just in
time as the Rossland/Trail
Country Club announced
that they are opening their
Brichbank course.

The driving range will be
open on February 29 while
the country club plans to
begin operation by March 2.

Badminton

fun tournament

On March 7, at the Mt. Sen-
tine] gym in South Slocan,
the Slocan Valley Recreation
Commission presents the
first annual Slocan Valley
Badminton round-robin fun-
tournament. It's open to all
residents within the SVRC.

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Inevitable takes

JIM ZEEBEN =

Sports editor __

Even the players seemed to
Sense it was best this way.

There was no great display of
agony after the Castlegar Rebels
season ending defeat. Rather the

“The problem, as it has been
for most of the year, was we
couldn't bury our chances,” said
Rebels winger Kevin Nisse. “But
you can't take anything away
from [Nelson]. They're a very
‘strong team.”

The Rebels took some pride in
having at least made the final
game of the Nelson Maple
Leafs's sweep a bit of a chal-
le

nge.

Castlegar played desperate
hockey, outshooting the Leafs 20
to 8 in the first period of game
four. Still, Nelson led 1-0.

Derek Kazakoff found the net
behind Leafs all-star goalie, Brian
Jones to tie the game. Then,
Castlegar scored again and the
crowd of more than 300 had their
loudest roar of the game. Kevin
Nisse picked up the puck at mid-
ice and skated into the Leaf zone.
The puck bounced away before
Nisse could shoot but Chris San-
nutti picked it up and fired a wrist
shot past Jones.

Sannutti’s go-ahead goal
marked the first time in the series
Castlegar held a lead on Nelson.
It was short lived however as
Nelson came back to tie it up.

Castlegar goalie Vaughn Wely-

chko robbed Nelson's Dale Bon-
derud on a break away but Mark
Reznik picked up the loose puck
and fired it in.

The Rebels didn't quit and
went ahead again on a goal by
Mike Hunter, But a Leaf player
noticed that Hunter was playing
without a mouthgaurd. The ref
penalized Hunter and on the
resulting power-play Nelson tied
it up heading into the third.

The Leafs opened the final
period quickly, scoring twice
within minutes to jump ahead 5-
3.

Castlegar, with their backs to
the walls to begin with,
just to hang on. Nelson scored
ONCe More on an empty net to end
the game 6-3.

It was not meant to be for the
Castlegar Rebels. Just as the
opposite is true for the Maple

afs.

The Leafs strode through the
opening round series already

inking ahead—not to the semi-
finals, not even to the champi-
onships. Nelson was already
looking beyond even the provin-
cials. Nelson players talked about
getting to the Western Canadian
tournament and seemed more
worried about the future than any
thing the Rebels were doing.

“It would have been really nice
if we could have won one for the
home fans,” said Rebels coach
Gord Walker, who wasn't to sur-
prised by the sweep. “Our guys
put forth a 100 per cent effort but
were missing some pretty key

layers. And [the Maple Leafs)
See REBELS 10A

| Rockers lose regional

final to Grand Forks

JIM ZEEBEN —
Sports editor

The senior boys basketball
team from Stanley Humphries
Secondary School is out of the
running. The Rockers were
bounced from a chance at attend-
ing the provincial championships
by a 76-54 Saturday night loss to
the Grand Forks Wolves.

“They're an offense oriented
team. I thought if we could keep
them under 80 points we had a
chance to win,” said Rocker
coach John Ritchie. “But not by
Playing the way we played.”

Stanley Humphries shooters
suddenly developed hands of
stone sinking only 19 of their 74
shots. That converts to only one-
quarter of all Rocker chances
being converted-into points.

“We're not going to beat a
team doing that,” Ritchie said.
“It’s not like we weren't getting
the shots.”

Ryan Vatkin led what little
Rocker scoring there was with 21
points. The snakey Vatkin is an

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intelligent point guard in Grade
11 and will be back next year. He
d

only four

already looks like a
player capable of controlling a
game with excellent ball han-
dling.

He was the only successful
shooter as none of his teammates
managed to break double digits.
The closest was Jeff Moffat with
8 points.

To earn the right to play Grand
Forks, the Rockers beat the J.L.
Crowe Hawks of Trail, 66-54, on
Friday.

Castlegar dominated the
Hawks, playing a fast paced
game in the Stanley Humphries

“We played well against
Crowe,” Ritchie said. “I think
Trail is more intense than Grand
Forks, they have a tougher
defense, so I was kind of encour-
aged by that win.”

Bob Baulne led Rocker scorers
with 19 points.

Marcel] Dusseault, the Rockers
sugar handed shooter, had a little
more success against Trail than

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opened.

FORE!! Castlegar’s Dave Dyball will be doing the rest of his swinging with a golf
club. The Rebels were eliminated from the play-offs just as local golf courses

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeeben

The Castlegar Rebels couldn't escape the Nelson M:
in the opening round of the play-offs. Rebel ca
check by the Leafs all night.

he did against Grand Forks. He
scored 14 points, tying Ryan
Vatkin as the second-highest
scorer against Crowe.

Dusseault was among the top
Rocker scorers all season. He
wasn't quick but seemed to move
at a differemt speed than players
defending him, allowing him to
elude coverage and take the extra
moment to sink his shots. Like
Vatkin, he is in Grade 11 and will
be back to help form an experi-
enced nucleus for next year.
Another student who will play a
key role next season is Dan
Kooznetsoff. Also in Grade 11,
Kooznetsoff was the most
aggressive Rocker on the court
all season. With his physical play

the school did not field a team in
1987-88.

“We're extremely young. I
thought it would take five years
but we're ahead of schedule,” he
said. “It's looking pretty encour-
aging for next year.”

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japle Leafs, losing in four straig| .
ptain Corey Ross [centre] was kept ir

SUN STAFF PHOTO / Jim Zeeben*;

Court dates a

Ritchie has tentativley sched-
uled a Kootenays all-star game fof
April 11. He hopes to have a team
from the East Kooteany take on a
squad from the west and plans to
invite coaches from various col-
leges to take in the game.

nior girls

gear for play-offs

The senior Rockettes finished off their regular season by more than
doubling Salmo. But the 63-29 win was tougher than the score indicated.

Salmo actually led at one point,
Rock , On the h of Kell

and red hair almost hing his
shoulders, Kooznetsoff stood out
among the brush cuts of team
mates and opponents.

“T'm not severely disappointed
with losing to Grand Forks. Over
all we had a good season,” said
Ritchie, adding the senior boys
Program is only in its second
year of rebuilding. Before
Ritchie took over in 1989 the
Program had struggled. In fact

14-12 after the first quarter. But the |
ly Davidoff's 21 points, came back. :

slowly, taking a 27-19 lead at the half. The continued to pull away, going
up by 18 points after three quarters before finally winning by 34.
Rory Perrier notched 8 points while Rhonda Dawes and Wendy :

Closkey scored 6 each.

Rockettes coach Jack Closkey said he thinks Salmo, a single A team, '
has the potential to win the provincials once their young squad matures

Next season.

The Rockettes are still chasing the best chance they've had in years of -

winning it all at the double A pro

vincials. Their next stop is a home

game against Trail's J.L. Crowe for the West Kootenay Championships
this weekend. The B.C tournament goes March 11-14 in Prince George.

Junior Rockettes upset J.L. Crowe
to advance to provincial tournament

Sun sports staff

The Stanley Humphries junior
Rockettes pulled off an upset last
weekend as they won the West
Kootenay regional play-offs,
earning the right to compete in
the provincial championships

After downing Grand Forks
57-19 the junior Rockettes
scraped by the J.L. Crowe junior
Hawkettes 49-46,

Trail had beaten Castlegar in
four previous meetings this year

“The closest we had come to
them was 10 points, id SHSS
coach Collette Pilloud. “Overall

we were just really ready to
play.” a

A:strong start gave the Castle-
gar girls the jump they needed
Leading 23-18 at the half, the
junior Rockettes were able to
take advantage of opportunities
early in the game

In the second half, Trail played
like the favorites they were,
pulling ahead 36-31 entering the
final quarter. But the role of
underdog was too appealing and
the Rockettes biattled back to tic
the game with five minutes to go
Then with a little help trom
Crowe, who ran into foul troublc.
Stanley Humphries scored seven
Points in 44 seconds to move

ahead 45-38.

Trail attempted one final come
back as they pulled to within one
point, 47-46, with only 33 sec-
onds left on the clock. But a
Castlegar steal and resulting bas-
ket iced the upset.

Treena Goolieff led Rockette
scorers with 15 points

Ironically, it was the perfect
revenge for Stanley Humphries
as last year, with the roles
reversed. Crowe surprised
Castlegar.

Barring any complications
with transportation or finances,
the junior girls will compete at:
the provincials in Abbotsford,
March 5-7