i: as CastlégarNews Avcus: 24. 1988 BUSINESS Mohawk denies EM claim SASKATOON (CP) Mohawk Oil Co. denies it dropped its EM Un- hawk’s Burnaby, B.C. office. leaded brand of gasoline because it However, he said the fuel en caused problems in car engines —» countered resistance from automobile manufacturers. “Certainly, one of the things that did play a role was that ethanol by itself was accepted by all automobile manufacturers, and ethanol in con junction with methanol was not."’ O'Connor said the change was also influenced by a trend to higher octane fuels in the United States and the success of test marketing of the new product in Canada. Bob Hansen, another Mohawk dealer, said the EM blend caused and manufacturing fuels in Mo: despite claims to the contrary by Mo hawk dealers in Saskatoon, It caused we got “It was just no good pinging, it had no power lots of complaints. It was no good on new or old cars."’ said Scott Wil liams, on¢ Mohawk dealer. EM Unlcaded was a mixture of gasoline (90 per cent), methyl alcohol (five per cent), also called methanol, and ethyl alcohol (five per cent), also known as ethanol It was replaced in May by a new product called Premium Plus, rough- ly 93 per cent gasoline and six per cent ethyl alcohol “ -Eth | ge ancy annus ts ylene Unleaded was dropped because it caused engine problems. There's no truth to that,"’ said Don O'Connor, manager of supply LONDON, Ont. (CP) — A world wide shortage of ethylene, the raw material used to make many types of Licences delayed The British Columbia Forest Ser vice has postponed the awarding of plastic products, is increasing prices for hundteds ‘of consumer products from antifreeze to garbage bags Since late 1987, the price for ethy- lene has risen 131 per cent, from 29 cents a kilogram to 67 cents a kilo: gram, and manufacturers who use ethylene are feeling the pinch “Our costs have essentially doubled and will more than double by the end of the year,"’ said Gord Robertson, vice-president of market ing for the automotive products div ision of First Brands (Canada) Corp. Parker said in a prepared release Among other products, the comp- The bids are for use of all or part any produces Glad garbage bags and of the allowable annual cut of 180,000 - Prestone antifreeze cubic metres within the area Robertson said Prestone, which One or more 15-year forest licences could be picked up on special for will be issued. They will require the $6.99 for a 4.5-litre jug last winter, harvesting of at least 25 per cent of will retail no lower than $9.99 this the volume from steep slopes were season. At small outlets, like service harvesting is more costly, the min- stations, the price could exceed $12, he said. Prices are also increasing for the company’s Glad garbage bags Canadian manufacturers of thou sands of products are facing higher one or more forest licences for har- the’ Revelstoke timber supply area to Aug. 31, Forests Min- vesting in ister Dave Parker has announced “So many proposals were submit ted that we now require more time to evaluate each of them thoroughly,”’ ister said The licence or licences will be re- placeable after each consecutive five years for a 15-year period WELCOME TO THE “extreme vapor lock’’ in hot wea ther “That's when the gasoline boils in the fuel lines and in the tank, causing the vehicle to stal.’* Brent Pitzel, a third dealer, said the blend tended to clog fuel filters because it cleaned sediment out of gas tanks Mohawk purchased its methanol from Alberta Gas and Chemicals in Medicine Hat, Alta Company official Dave Walker said he understood why the company dropped the methanol from the blend “One of the issues is they were shortage pushes up prices costs because of the increasing price of plastic In the United States, dairies are al- ready using glass and cardboard con. tainers in place of plastic jugs to cut costs and because the jugs are in short supply After the 1981-82, sagging demand and low ethylene recession of prices caused some producers to trim back production and others to shut down completely. But a booming world economy has fuelled the de mand for plastic to the point where demand is outpacing supply, sending prices soaring The supply-demand pinch was made worse by the explosion at the Shell Oil plant in Norco, La fire at Texaco’s plant in Port Arthur, Tex. The plants, both major pro ducers of ethylene, were severely further curtailing and a damaged, world supplies But ethylene producers are re- sponding to the need Polysar Ltd., based in Ont., recently announced plans to Sarnia, spend up to $250 million to increase production of the chemical concerned Chrysler wag a holdout on . the bottom line is they (Mohawk) were losing money methanol blends . ANMIOUNE 4 Provincial Conference on COMPIUMITY MH TIATIVES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPHENT Wt negpen” OL 14 RIVER tm, RICRNOND, 0.6. 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To get specific, of the $10.80* Canadians pay for 12 bottles of domestic beer, $5.62 goes to Federal and Provincial taxes, $2.31 is spent on production, $1.08 on labour, 86¢ on sales and distribution and 76¢ goes to packaging and recycling. The brewer makes 17¢ profit on the case, or 1.4¢ per bottle We think beer taxes are already too high and should be kept from climbing higher. And we wanted you to know the facts, so that next time anyone suggests raising taxes on beer, you can ask yourself what’s fair. *Prices may vary by brand and region. IF YOU THINK THE TAX ON BEER IS UNFAIR, LET US KNOW. We'd like to hear your opinion. If you believe 52% tax on beer is already too high, and you'd like to see something done about keep- ing it from climbing higher please fill in this form and send it to us. jame __ —_— OD Yes, I think the tax on beer is too high. Address City Yes, I'd like information _PostalCode__ J_beeF arid tax Prov. Mail this form to: The Brewers of Canada PO. Box 82518, Burnaby British Columbia V5C 9Z9 TS . Kootenay Savings Carson has large shoes to fill EDMONTON (CP) — When Jimmy Carson dons his Edmonton Oilers’ jersey this season, he knows he only with No. 99. will be under a microscope The Los Angeles Kings’ centre was traded to the Edmonton Oilers earlier this month as part of the pack- age that sent superstar Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in the biggest hockey trade ever Oilers’ fans will be watching his every move, wondering why the 20-year-old can’t perform like the man known as the Great One “I don’t think it's a very fair question to ask somebody traded for the greatest hockey player we’ll probably ever see,’’ Glen Sather, the Oilers’ coach and general manager, told a news conference Tuesday. “But I know Jimmy is the kind of guy who will rise up and challenge this."’ Carson, who scored SS goals last season, isn't entirely without similarities to Gretzky. He scored 50 Oilers’ No, 15 Wayne. I'd try it.” just a toddler. goals while he was still a teenager — a feat he shares “I'm proud of that,’’ said Carson, who will wear ‘It’s nice to do something similar to IDOLIZED GRETZKY “P’ve idolized him for as long as I can remember I'd watch him do something and the next day in practice Also like Gretzky, the Southfield, Mich., native has been around hockey since he was barely out of the crib “*My grandfather used to own a restaurant across from the (Detroit Olympia). Every time I see Gordie Howe he tells me that before he scored his first (NHL) “‘L started to idolize Marcel Dionne, got to know some people in the office and met most of the wives,’ he said. ‘I used to sit on Carol Dionne's knee and watch games.” Carson, who will move to Edmonton next week in preparation for the start of training camp Sept. 8, doesn't play down the fact that has big shoes to fill “There's a lot of pressure and I'd like to get off to a good start L usually do. But if I don’t I'm not going to get gepressed and worry.”’ THIRD IN GOALS Carson has demonstrated in his first two season that he handles the heat very well. He was third in goals — only Mario Lemieux and Oilers’ Craig Simpson had said Lemieux, and Gretzky didn't skate well either. All they do is get there quickly "’ Now that Carson is the trivia answer to the biggest hockey question in history — who did the Oilers get for Wayne Gretzky? — he’s excited to be coming to the four-time Stanley Cup champions after two years of misery in hockey hinterland ‘In Los Angeles you sort of lose that sense of what a hockey town is. You walk around and nobody knows you,”’ he said. *‘There’s no pressure to perform from the fans and I think that hurts hockey there In Edmonton, instead of facing off against Mark Messier, Carson will take the centre-ice spot behind him. He'll get a taste of what Messier’s life has been goal, he went into grandpa's restaurant.”’ Carson saw the Red Wings at work when he was more — and eighth in points “He's deceptive and smart He's not a blazing skater but he does score points * said Sather. ‘They LEARNING THE GAME. . . John Eggleton gives youngsters some -pointers at the Stanley Humphries secondary school girls By CasNews Staff P la ers Some 45 girls ages eight to 15 y. sharpening their basketball h skills this week at the Stanley Humphries secondary school girls basketball camp. = basketball camp Tuesday. Camp runs all this week at the high school gym with 45 girls enrolled from ages eight to 15. CosNews Photo by Ron Normar Hickey says the camp is to try to introduce the junior players to the game, and refine and de plaining why she returns each velop the skills of the senior year. ‘I love playing it and I like girls. the exercise."’ For 10-year-old Tamara Terry this is her first year at the camp “I like the sport,’’ said the 16 year-old Castlegar girl, in ex The camp is in its 11 year and like as backup to Gretzky for the past nine years if Messier’s No. ‘There won't be as much pressure on me to score Carson said Passaglia will with sign Leos VANCOUVER (CP) — Barring a last-minute complication, kicker Lui Passaglia will sign with the B.C Lions of the Canadian Football League today and may dress for Thursday's game against '4e Edmon ton Eskimos. Passaglia, cut Sunday by the Na tional Football League's Cleveland Browns, said Tuesday night he had settled the major contract points with the Lions and his agent was tidying up minor details. ‘Things were looking pretty good,"’ the veteran of 12 seasons with the Lions said. ‘‘It’s just a matter of clearing (NFL) waivers first and then, hopefully, signing the con tract sometime (today.) The one-year contract. with an op tion, will be for less money than Pas saglia made with the Lions last year But it’s apparently better than the offer which precipitated the 34-year old Canadian’s departure from the club last spring to try his luck in the NFL as a punter. ‘Put it this way.’” he said ‘We're After the Browns dropped him last weekend — he made only one exhibi- tion appearance with Cleveland, in the team's game last week in Mon treal against the New York Jets — Passaglia returned to his suburban Coquitlam home The Lions, meanwhile, are strug gling with their kicking game. Rookie Tony Martino was injured early in the season and his inconsistency prompted the Lions to sign veteran kicker Bernie Ruoff Coach Larry Donovan told Pas saglia thet if he clears waivers today he could be in the lineup when the Eskimos play here Thursday “He's told me that I've got a good opportunity if I can sign in time and get in a good workout tomorrow. I could at least do the punting on Thursday Passaglia worked out at the Lions practice facility in Surrey on Tues- day, working with a holder for the first time in months Donovan said earlier the team will keep Ruoff to handle place kicking ‘I hit the ball pretty good but I skills “It's @ great turnout,’’ says coordinator Doug Hickey, who together with John Eggleton and three senior squad players are directing the five-day camp Hickey says some of the girls have been coming for five or six years It is Deanna Bankert’s third year at the camp “‘T enjoy it,”’ she says simply “*My family loves sports and they helped me into it."" The camp is afl day, running from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m bigger reduction NOT TRAINING HERE Thunderbirds pull out By CasNews Staff The Community Complex ice arena fs-unusually quite this week. For the first time in six years the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League will not be holding their training camp in Castlegar. The major junior A club had planned to stage its annual training camp here, starting on Monday and running through Aug. 31. However, the club managed to obtain ice time at a facility in Seattle and pulled out of its agreement with the Community Complex. “It was really unfortunate to lose them,” said recreation director Pat Metge. ‘This would have been our sixth year."’ Metge said he believes the club is trying to cut costs by holding its camp in Seattle. He said the Thun derbirds are able to billet the players in Seattle. When the team trained in Castlegar, the players stayed in hotels. ‘We were lucky to have them for the number of years we did," Metge adds, pointing out that Seattle was the last WHI club to hold its training camp outside its home city Metge said the Thunderbirds’ de- parture leaves @ hole in the ice sche- dule. The ice was installed Aug. 15 in time for the Kootenay Hockey Col lege's annual school, but now won't be used for a week or two until the Castlegar Rebels begin their training camp. Metge said losing the Thunder birds will cost the complex about $1,500 - $1,800 However, he said the complex is hoping to attract another team to the city for next year We're trying to entice Spokane to come up here,” he said, noting that the WHI Chiefs are slated to play an exhibition game in Castlegar on Sept 3 As well, he says he hasn't given up on the Thunderbirds for next year. ‘There’s always that possibility We're certainly going to invite them again."" NHL to play games in Soviet Union TORONTO (CP) — Two National Hockey League teams will play four pre-season games each in the Soviet Union next year, Alan Eagleson said Tuesday Eagleson, the NHL Players As sociation executive director, told the Toronto Star that arrangements for the two-week tours — the first by NHL clubs to an East Bloc country — were worked out during his recent visit to Moscow with NHI president John Ziegler The two teams have not been named. The Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks have expressed interest in such a tour, the Star says “We came away with a signed document. so it's a go.” Eagleson said. ‘‘The teams that will make the trip will be selected by the NHL but they won't be dogs 4 “We've the Russi One team will go first to Stockholm for two games in five days against the Swedish national side, then play two matches in Leningrad and two in Moscow against as yet undetermined Soviet teams. The second NHL team will play two matches in Finland before mak ing the reverse trip to the Soviet Union, playing twice in Moscow and then twice in Leningrad. Eagleson also said it was only a “remote possibility’’ that star Soviet defenceman Viacheslav Fetisov would play for the New Jersey Devils this season. He said Soviet national coach Vic tor Tikhonov and Fetisov’s club, Red Army, had agreed to let the de fenceman go but the army was holding up the transaction. Fetisov is an army officer and would lose his that much ity if he leaves the service to play in the NHL. both happy with the contract Passaglia the CFL's No. 2 all time scorer with 1,938 points, offered to take a pay cut last season to conform with the league's salary cap but B.C. the general manager Joe Galat wanted a need a few more days to get the timing down for that."’ said Passa glia. ‘*At the moment, I'm just doing punting. supposedly but. then again. next week could be a different story BEAMON MARK ONLY RECORD LEFT TO BEAT By The Associated Press And then there was one On Aug. 17, Butch Reynolds reminded everyone there are few constants in the universe of track and field by breaking Lee Evans's 20-year-old record in the 400-metre run That left standing only one record from the Mexico City Olympics — Bob Beamon’s 8.90-metre skywalk. Evans and Beamon set their records on the same day, Oct. 18, 1968, and although both were considered astounding at the time, Beamon is con vinced his mark will also fall “Somewhere, sometime the record will be broken,"’ Beamon said. ‘‘Thefe are two or three athletes around now with the form and talent to eventually erase 29 feet, 2'4 inches."’ Cari Lewis, who won four gold medals in the 1984 Olympics and will compete again in Seoul, has leaped 8.79; Larry Myricks has made it to 8.74. A Soviet jumper, Robert Emmiyan, made it to 8.86 at altitude last year. Reynolds had looked like he was ready to break through Evans's 43.86 for a year and finally did it in Zurich, lowering the mark by more than one-half a second to 43.29. HELPS JUMP Although the 2,240-metre altitude in Mexico City helped, Beamon's record was not an illusion Experts in physical motion have analyzed Beamon's approach and liftoff and called it the technically perfect jump. Even jf the record is roken at the Olympics in Seoul, however, the circumstances are not likely to be as dramatic and the mental pressures are not likely to be the same Beamon and Evans performed only 24 hours after sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos wer disqualified by the U.S. Olympic Committee because of the black-gloved, clench:fisted salute they gave while accepting the gold and bronze medals in the 200-metre dash The world stage of the Olympics making it more effective than anyone had magnified th gesture imagined “It was taken as an insult. maybe « could have been done better."" Beamon says now It was saying in a nonviolent way that we were not being treated fairly. We were all seriously involved in civil rights Evans had been a leader of the black athletes protesting racial discrimination in the United States He did not raise his fist during the national anthem but wore black socks as a gesture of solidanty ‘Nowadays, holding up your fist is being used by everybody; it’s not anything to get alarmed about,’’ Beamon said recently HOLDS RECORD The situation helped push Beamon. and so did the competition — Ralph Boston and Soviet jumper Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, who jointly held the former record, 8.35, and East German Klaus Beer “My adrenaline was going to work Beamon said that can only make you jump better I felt positive that | was going to win and never, ever would doubt myself."’ Beamon also feels the 1968 track and field team was the best U.S. Olympic squad until this year, and that helped him break the record on his first try ‘Part of it is being part of the team."’ he said “That 1968 team, we were very close with each other. Every chance I get I like to see those guys. Beaman believes the preparation of the team is likely to be better this year than it was in 1968 because of such things as corpératé sponsorship which has allowed fulltime training in track and field It's much better for the athictes."’ he said recalling the way some team members had to struggle to make a living as they tred to lift themselves to a world standard of excellence Evans has spent the last several years coaching in Africa, most recently as a Fulbright professor of sports in Cameroon