; SON, Castlégar News _ september 27, 1987 NANAIMO SEES ITSELF AS B.C. CAPITAL NANAIMO, B.C.(CP) — Viewed from a few kilo- metres up the road, the provincial capital sits like a dowager at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, hoarding tax money behind the skirts of her staid legis- lative buildings that are lit at night like a Walt Disney castle. From “up-island” where plaid shirts and hiking boots are de rigueur unisex fashion, Victoria also seems a bit silly with all those people dressed up as beefeaters, Capt. Cook and British bobbies to lure tourists into the very English attractions. Some folks, like Nanaimo Mayor Frank Ney, who proudly hands out postcards of himself.in a pirate costume for the annual bathtub race, even insist that Victoria should never have become the capital of British Columbia. Ney admits Victoria is pretty. But he hasn't entirely given up hope that the rest of British Columbia will come to its senses and move the whole kit and caboodle to Nanaimo, a city of 47,000 an hour's drive north along the eastern coast of the island. “Nanaimo has the best mean average temperature of any city in Canada,” Ney points out. “Victoria has more wind than we do. The ocean water here is 10 degrees warmer and we don't dump our raw sewage into the ocean the way Victoria does.” WANTS MORE Other islanders, who picked the opposition NDP over the Socreds in six of the nine island seats in the 1986 election, grumble about what The Government doesn't do for them. “If only Victoria would convince Ottawa to build the Vancouver Island (natural gas) pipeline,” they moan. “If only the ferry service was better-cheaper-faster,” others mumble, while their neighbors chime in: “If only Victoria would improve the Island Highway, we'd get more tourists up here.” But some, like Richard Lewin, don’t want anything so mundane from Premier Bill Vander Zalm. A few years ago in Duncan, 60 kilometres north of Victoria, Lewin founded the Vancouver Island Liberation Organization, a tongue-in-cheek party akin to the Rhinos that wanted to separate from the mainland. They also wanted to tear up the arterial Island Highway to discourage traffic and have one lane open only to emergency vehicles or those using alternate fuels. But Lewin, who own: art gallery and outdoor restaurant, concedes the party’s ideology is slipping. The balding Californian says with a grin: “I just liberate $10 from you and you can decide what you want the organization to be.” BORROWS VIEW It’s not really that those who live in the more rugged territory outside the capital have huge objections to Victoria. Everyone agrees it is charming, although it does have to depend on the United States for the mountain backdrop provided by the Olympic Peninsula. It's just that out here beyond the Rockies and the Georgia Strait, Victoria is a closer and more satisfying target for complaint than Ottawa, which is only half-jok- ingly viewed as somewhere in the East, buried in snow. Many islanders, who make their living from logging the sides of their mountains, taking fish from the sea and being nice to curious tourists, feel the same way about Vander Zalm, the mainlander premier, as they do about Victoria. He's flashy and charismatic. He's not only a provincial media star with his own phone-in radio show, he sometimes draws the attention of the national media. A lot of people here call him “refreshing” after the unapproachable Bill Bennett, whose own adviser said the former premier wasn't the kind of guy you'd go to a Canucks hockey game with. But then there is Gerry Rothstein, a Duncan community worker who calls Vander Zalm downright dangerous. “Bill Bennett was like a mole with a glimmer of an idea,” he says, sipping a cappuccino. “Vander Zalm has a master plan to get rid of the government and all of the support services it has traditionally provided. “You know, there's a point where the right and the left wing meet. I think Vander Zalm’s gone full circle. He's a Marxict.” Well, no one said the view from here was perfect. 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Doug Hickey, athletic co-ordi- nator of Stanley Humphries sec- ondary school, said that while SHSS was expected to win a province- wide volleyball tournament to be held here next weekend, his squad has barely had enough time to prac- tice for the event — a result of the instruction-only campaign. “No doubt I'm relieved that the instruction-only campaign is over. I have a major volleyball tourna- ment coming up next weekend and we've only have two practices. “We were favored to win this tournament but I don’t know how good we'll be now,” Hickey said in an interview. “We're just through the motions right now.” He added that the instruction- only campaign has set high school ON THE MOVE . . . Stanley Humphries secondary school field hockey player attempts to get around _ below. inetruction-only over, teachers, kids glad sports “back a few weeks this year.” “It’s (instruction-only) cost us in terms of time. We did a good job of hanging in together during the ii struction-only campaign. Some of us get pretty frustrated when someone tells us that we can't do what we enjoy doing,” said Hickey. Teachers are glad to be back coaching again, and student athletes are happy to be able to take part in high school sports again. While she says the instruction- only campaign did not hurt her, 17-year-old Stanley Humphries stu- dent Claire Andrews, a field hockey player, adds that a lot of other students were sidelined because of the campaign. “I wasn't affected because I wasn't playing school sports at the time, but I saw a lot of friends affected by it and I know they were upset by it.” Another Stanley Humphries field hockey player, 15-year-old Carrie Gorkoff, said “the people around me were disappointed” by the in- cone in practice session this week. See story —CorNewsPhoto by Suri Ronan struction-only campaign. “It wasn't very good,” said Gorkoff. Both Gorkoff and Andrews agree that Castlegar is a good place to. become involved with high school sports. “I think it’s (sports program) great for a small school. There's really good coaching and partici- pation,” said Andrews. Gorkoff added that playing high school sports “is a lot of fun.” “I enjoy the sports and the travelling. I was involved in basket- ball last season. It's an excellent program, the coaching is great and there is a lot of time and effort by everyone,” said Gorkoff. Hickey added that this year Stapley Humphries will have a senior boys soccer team, cross- country skiing and golf in the spring. He added that the school is still looking for teachers to coach junior boys basketball and junior boys volleyball. CROWD GOES CRA ZY Jays tame Detroit TORONTO (CP) — ‘Juan Beniques hit a three-run triple with none out in the ninth ipning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a wild 10-9 come-from-behind victory Saturday over the Detroit Tigers. Whe win gave the Jays a 3'+-game lead over the Tigers in the!American League East and sent a scarf-waving crowd of 46,429 at Exhibition Stadium — the sécond largest of the season — into delirium. The Jays have won the first three games of the four-game series, all come-from-behind efforts, and close out the series today with Jim Clancy against ‘Tigers’ Doyle Alexander. The game also is sold out. Toronto loaded the bases in the ninth on Jesse Barfield’s fourth extra-base hit of the game, a bloop double, an infield single by Willie Upshaw and a hit-batsman when Rick Leach struck on a leg by a pitch from reliever Mike 9-3. Ti The crowd roared for a curtain call by Beniquez, who finally reappeared from the dugout and tipped his cap. NOLES HITS SLAM Nokes fouled off four pitches with the count fouled off another at 3-2, then sent a Cerutti fast! beyond the right-field fence to break a 3-8 tie. Both teams scored three times in the first Gibson legged out a double and scored on a who his hit streak to 15 Dickie Noles replaced Hennemah and Beniquez, pinch hitter for shortstop Manny Lee, hit a 3-and-2 piteh over Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell and past left fielder Kirk Gibson to the wall in left-centre field. It gave the win to Jose Nunez, 5-1, who had gotten the final two outs in the top of the ninth. then hit a hanging breaking ball from Stieb for homer of the season. Nelson Liriano led off the Jays’, first walked. Rance later scored when Ernie Whitt grounded into a double f REGINA (CP) — Saskatchewan Roughrider de- fensive lineman Lynn Madsen cares about only one thing — quarterback sacks. “If I look in the newspaper Monday and see, in the sacks column, a big fat zero beside Madsen, I won't be very happy,” he said in preparation for Saskatchewan's CFL game against the B.C. Lions today. “It would mean I didn’t play very well.” Madsen is a recent addition to the Roughriders via the NFL's Houston Oilers. He started at defensive end against the Edmonton Eskimos last Saturday and makes his second CFL start today. Head coach John Gregory thinks the newcomer did a opretty good job in his first-game.. Madsen isn’t so sure, but thinks the one-game learning experience is énough to help him play well against B.C. He knows there will be no excuses, “That's gonna get me motivated,” he said. “But it doesn’t leave me much of an out.” Steve Crane will get a chance to stake out the no-man’s land between linebackers and defensive backs. He has been used on the special teams, but today will be his first start. “Special teams are important, but you need to play to achieve your goals,” Crane said. “You have to challenge yourself at the next level. I don't want to stick around for four years and just run up and down the field on special teams.” Madsen wants sacks If it’s challenges Crane wants, his first CFL start couldn't have been timed better. The Lion offence has taken off in recent weeks. “They throw the ball a lot and they've got excellent receivers,” Crane noted. “They're one of the best teams in the CFL. You might as well test yourself against the best.” TOP OF WEST The Lions, with an 8-8 record, share top billing in the West with the Eskimos. Saskatchewan is in the basement at 2-8-1. B.C. beat the Roughriders 44-1 in the league 4, remarkably stable presence despite wide pres Mervyn Fernan- dez, James Parker and centre Al Wilson at the start of the season. Fernandez went to the NFL's Oakland Riders, Parker was injured and Wilson retired. “I don't know why everybody wrote us off this season,” said B.C. head coach Don Matthews. “I've been saying all along we'd be OK, but nobody would believe us.” B.C. continues to have the best defence in the league and quarterback Roy Dewalt leads an offence still capable of scoring a lot of points. None of that surprises Matthews. “We were supposed to be through this season,” he said. “It’s a good thing I don’t listen to the media.” BLAIN MAD AT BOARD Lightning must have struck some- one in the B.C. Lions board office because the three-piece suit crowd has now announced that they will not impose a 10-per-cent pay cut PN towards most of its play- *"Gbvioualy, that comes as good news to the players who were roaring mad this past week, and their anger was not directed to the Saskatchewan Roughriders who they are set to take on this Fernandez resting TORONTO (CP( — As Tony Fer- nandez recuperated from elbow sur- gery, the focus of attention shifted to the health of the Toronto Blue Jays without their all-star shortstop. Fernandez, an effective infielder who wields a dangerous bat, under- went two hours of surgery Thursday night after fracturing the tip of his right elbow. He had collided on the basepath with Detroit designated hitter Bill Madlock in the third inning of Thursday's game. The six-foot-two, 175-pound in fielder will miss the rest of the séason. Observers say the Jays will miss his glove, his bat and his leadership. “No team is going to be as strong as they were when they lose a player of the calibre of Tony Fernandez,” said Texas Rangers general manager Tom Grieve. “But the Jays have'a tot of depth and Manny Lee can fill in at shortstop and do a very good job.” “It's going to hurt,” said veteran broadcaster Tony Kubek, a former shortstop himself. “It's going to cost them a guy who can stop runs (being scored) and score runs. And that’s the bottom line in baseball.” FALLS ON BORDER Madlock, in a bid to break up a double play, barrelled into Fernandez who came down heavily on the wooden border between the dirt at second base and surrounding artificial turf. Fernandez left the field in obvious pain and was taken to hospital. The Jays went on to win 4-3 and move 111 games ahead of the Tigers in the American League East championship race. “He'll be in a cast for three weeks and in a sling for an extended period after that and he should be able to start throwing just before spring training,” Gary Oswiid, assistant director of public relations for the Blue Jays. “= Oswald said Fernandez will rey main in hospital for several days. A hospital spokesman said Fer- nandez, a 26-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, was resting com- fortably after the surgery. Fernandez, plagued by sore knee ligaments the last half of the season, was tied for sixth in the AL with a .322 batting average and ranked fifth in hits with 186. “He's a key player, has been all along,” said Toronto manager Jimy Williams. “It’s tough to replace his offence and his defence.” AT FARM CLUB Lee, who will replace Fernandez, .as spent his season shuffling between he Blue Jays and their minor league tarm club at Syracuse. Lee hit .279 in 46 major league games. “Manny Lee is an outstanding shortstop, so from a defensive stand- point, I believe we're just as solid as before,” Williams said. “But, from the offensive standpoint, we'll just have to wait and see,” Instead, the players’ anger was diretted at the club's board of directors which had forced all players and a few other employees totake a 10-per-cent salary cut. The Teason was a common one: Not enough dollars in the old club eoffers, or 80 the board says. The one guy who was probably the most upset was offensive tackle John Blain who I'm sure would have liked to throw a hefty tackle on team president Chuck Walker. lain, spokesman for a four-play- er committee which reported to general manager Joe Galat re- garding possible pay cuts, said his credibility with the rest of the players had been damaged after he said he received Walker's word that there would not be any immediate pay cuts. “T'm very, Very upset,” said Blain, after the Lions had the 10-per-cent pay cut. “I had a verbal commitment from Chuck Walker. He said we didn’t need to worry about im- mediate cuts until the end of the year. That's what I reported back te the players. Now my credibility with the team has been seriously hurt,” said Blain. Walker denied he gave Blain that verbal commitment. I don’t know if that’s true or not but I do know that after having lived next door to the man referred to as the “Gentle Giant” for a number of years, it’s safe to say that Blain is not someone who can become easily upset. I suppose it could be argued that since most Canadian Football League players make megabucks to 2 10-per-cent cut to keep the team’s financial head above water is not that big of a deal. But the fact is that the Lions are not in deep financial trouble. Last year they made a profit of more than $300,000 — and that was after they gave $360,000 to the CFL's gate equalization pool for the teams with considerably lower attendance. Walker even admits the club is not in a “do-or-die” situation. So it stands to reason that these pay cuts are not warranted. I could certainly see the players’ tightening their belts if the team really was hurting financially — but it’s not. “Teams like the Lions, Edmonton and Winnipeg must show leadership to the rest of the league if we want the little guys to do it,” argues Walker. Sure that sounds nice, but what bys your 5 players? The reason the a $300,000 profit last year was because a lot of people to B.C. Place Stadium to wateh them. ‘The reason a lot of fans came out was phy ered they were happy with ‘on-field product — which are the So why penalire the people who made money for you? “I talked to the entire team last night and the players didn't exactly grab my hand and shake it,” said Walker. Shake your hand? You're lucky they didn’t rip the thing off your arm. * 2 «@ Still with football, only State- The item was on the National Football League's player strike. A disgruntled season ticket holder had approached a picket line manned by striking NFL players in front of a stadium and let them know that as season ticket holder he was not at all happy with their labor dispute. “Who the hell are you?” screamed some beefy jock at the fan. The other striking players also said a few words to the guy — although most of the words were beeped out. These jocks-who it appears have played one too many games without their helmets. will probably be the same ones who will complain about the lack of fan support after the — eee ee ee RN