Castlegar News June 15, 1986 BUSINESS Banner year for tourism OTTAWA (CP) — Foreigners were flocking to Canada in record numbers even before Expo 86 opened its doors May 2, bringing hopes of a banner year for the pountry's $18-billion-a-year tourism industry. During the fizst four months of the. year 1.9 million American residents and 291,326 residents of other countries made overnight or longer visits to Canada, says Statistics Canada. . And in each case that's the largest number of visitors in at least 10 years, and ibly the highest number ever, Statistics Canada official Paul Paradis said. The number of visits during the period was up by 9.9 per cent from the same time last year, the agency reported, with visits from the United States up by 10.1 per cent and visits from other countries up by 8.6 per cent. There have been recent reports of sharp increases in visitors from Japan, who now account for 10 per cent of all GRADUATES . Forestry c1 crew workers who received | ogre certificates at Selkirk College include: 9 Doug Sueno of Costlegor. Kevin Pasacreta of Nelson, of non-American visitors. There are also indications that Europeans, many of whose currencies have risen against the Canadian dollar, find Canada an “The number of Canadian trips to overseas countries has ed to rea The increase in visitors from the U.S., which is expected to rise further in the summer, is also in part due to the relatively high value of the U.S. dollar, which makes visits here cheaper. Other factors include Expo 86 and the threat of terrorism, which is reducing interest in Europe as a destination. John Lawson, executive director of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, predicted in a recent interview that there could be a 20-per-cent increase in visitors to Canada this year. Meanwhile, Canadians continued to visit countries ot! than the U.S. in reeord numers during April, though the: was a slowing in the growth of those trips. Nelson, Donna Walsh of Trail, Brad Spender of Castlegar, Robert Delich of Rossland, Ken Weiss of Trail, Marion O'Sullivan of Robson, Al Ve in of nd Gary Grant Gunn of Rossland, Wanda Kavaloff, Ed Hoggan. Cindy Hornseth of Castlegar, Scott Crowther of Weekly Stocks VANCOUVER (CP) — ped .15 to $1 on 82,280. Prices were mixed in active Sutton Resources was down trading Friday on the Van- 16 at $2.30 and Edgemont couver Stock Exchange. Vol- Resources was up .06 to .56. ume at close was 14,083,773 song Canyon Mines led shores. development equities, up .15 to $1.05 on 451,249 shares, Ambie Resources lost .02 to $1.10 on 386,999, Nu-Start Resources gained .15 to .80 on 269,000 and Ranald Re sources was up .21 to .74 on 262,200. Iron Horse rose .03 to .28 and Rothchild Gold gained .05 to .66. Newjay Resources led war rants, unchanged at .13 on 73,000, while Torrent Re sources rose .15 to .65 on 47,500. Cam Net Communica. tions led development war. rants, unchanged at .03 on 72,500, and Red Hill Market ing rose .01 to .08 on 68,000. B.C. Resources was up .04 to $1.40 on 1,625. lest .03 to $1.05 on 108,700 and Dasher Resources drop- Larch tree the answer a hae! Chocney of Rossland. Not pic- tured is James Connolly of Trail levels since ber 1984 with the rate of growth only subsiding in recent months,” Statisties Canada said. During the first four months of the year 4.1 million Canadians made overnight or longer trips outside the country, double the number of foreigners who travelled here. Paradis said that during the January-to-April period Canadians traditionally travel to warmer climates. Recently there appears to have been a shift to destinations other than Jorida, a traditional choice for the winter exodus. Several factors may account for that shift, including the Jow value of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar and the unreliability of Florida weather in recent years. “They've found cheaper places,” Paradis said, referring to the Caribbean and Venezuela. Fairmont to get airport The Columbia Valley Air- port Society will receive a $750,000 low-interest loan, under the Canada-British Columbia Tourist Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement, towards the cost of constructing an airport facility at Fairmont Hot Springs to serve the Colum. bia rib l . capable of ieatiag Boeing 737 aircraft, will provide a direct air link to the resort areas of Fair- mont Hot Springs, Panor- ama and Radium, and will enable them to attract char- r packages from the east- ern Canadian and eastern to mid-western U.S. markets. The $2.1 million airport facility, located in the Col- umbia- Windermere Valley, is expected to be completed by October of this year. Columbia River MLA James Chabot said, “I am pleased that the internation- ally-recognized Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Panorama Resort and the Invermere Radium area, which are emerging as year-round des. tination areas, are now going to have direct access by air travellers, and that the Col umbia Valley will benefit through our agreement with the federal government.” In addition to the direct employment generated by the construction and opera- tion of the airport facility, the Fairmont and Panorama re- sorts estimate an additional 40 indirect jobs will result from the increased tourist activity created by this proj ect. ‘CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — registered with the B.C. Ministry of Education Examination Branch. _ g all requi toa mpl into further ed Now TAKING REGISTRATIONS for students from for the 1986 Fall nll 365-7818 The Acodemy takes into consideration the whole child: ocodemic, spiritual, emotional and physica! 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KIJHL teams to pay bigger fines By oer = Teams in the Kootenay League which shes lenges setinags before the end of the season will have to pay bigger fines this season. The league decided to change the fine structure at its annual meeting last weekend in Creston. According to Neil Murdoch of Rossland, newly-elected West Division vice-president, teams which miss the first meeting will be fined $25 as im the past. But the fines will double with each meeting missed after that. ‘The former fine of $25 per meeting was assessed in order to encourage participation from all teams. But Murdoch says that it was cheaper for teams like Grand Forks or Spokane to pay the $25 fine rather than show up at the meeting. Teams pulling out before the season ends will also be paying larger fines. In the past two years two teams have failed to complete the year — Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs last season and Elk Valley Blazers the year before. But Murdoch says this season each team will have to put up a $1,300 performance bond instead of $300 and if the team doesn't complete the season they will lose their bond. In addition they will be fined $1,000 as well as $500 for every regular season game they miss up to a maximum of $5,000. In other news, the Jr. Leafs were granted a one-year leave of absence from the league on the condition they put Labatts sweeps 3 games By RON NORMAN Editor Labatts swept all three of its games this week to move into second place in the Castlegar Commercial Fastball League. The victories gave the brew crew nine wins in 13 games for a total of 18 points. They are six points back of league leader Checkers Pub, which boasts 12 wins and only a single loss. Hi Arrow Arms is third with nine wins and five losses. Though tied with Labatts with 18 points, Labatts gets the nod for second place by virtue of its better record. The Valley Juniors hold down fourth spot with six points, while Salmo is still in the cellar with only two points on just one victory this year. Salmo's Guiseppe Muto and Checkers’ Clay Liber are tied for the league batting lead with .500 averages. Muto has 17 hits in 34 plate appearances, while Liber has 13 hits in 26 at bats. Hi Arrow’s Lee Belanger remains in third spot with a 447 average — 21 hits in 47 at bats. Checkers Rob Gritchen continues to hold an unblemished record among league pitchers. Gritchen has six wins in as many decisions. Teammate Eli Soukeroff is second with five wins and one loss, while Hi Arrow's Lawrence Halisheff, who suffered his first loss of the year this week, saw his win-loss record fall to 4-1 For complete statistics see Weekend Wrap-up, page B2. In action this week, three different Labatts pitchers were credited with victories. Pete Evdokimoff fired an eight-hitter to lead Labatts to a 7-5 win over Salmo Monday in Salmo. Muto, Clark and Al Waterstreet each had two hits for Salmo, while Evdokimoff and Bob Essaunce each pounded out a pair of hits for Labatts. Al Potapoff suffered the loss, giving up 10 hits. Labatts took a 6-1 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, when Salmo staged a courageous comeback, scoring four times to close to within a single run. But Labatts pushed across an insurance run in the top of the sixth and then held Salmo scoreless for the last two innings. In a make-up of a rainout game that same night, Labatts crushed Salmo 9-3 behind a 13-hit assault led by Essaunce. Essaunce went three-for-! four, including three-run homer in the third inning off losing sir sllaragseerg appear negrar rere Wayne Kuzyk each had-a pair of.hits for. R. eaten the ante ts tox orton bing scattering five hits. In the 6-5 win over Valley Juniors Tuesday, Labatts scored the winning run in the seventh inning on just one hit and a walk. Tom Moran, who scored the winning run, Pete Evdokimoff and Phil Koochin each had two hits for Labatts. Essaunce cracked his second homer of the week in the first inning — an inning in which Labatts jumped to a 4-1 lead. Tony Kabatoff took the loss on the mound for the surrendering eight hits. Mike Byrne was credited with the win, though Evdokimoff came on in the third inning to mop up. Together they allowed only six Juniros, hits. Ray Boisvert had two hits for the Juniors, while Mike Nelson led off the game with a solo home run. Elsewhere, the Juniors picked up their third win of the year and handed Lawrence Halisheff his first loss Monday in a 7-8 decision in nine innings at Kinnaird Park. Halisheff limited the Juniors to just eight hits, but four of them came in the ninth inning when the Juniors blew the game open and scored four runs. Kabatoff picked up the win, holding the hard-hitting Hi Arrow bunch to only six hits. Kabatoff also led the hitting parade with a single and a double in five trips to the plate. Hi Arrow dropped its second game of the week Thursday to Checkers by a 3-2 margin in another close contest. Rob Gritchen grabbed Plotnikoff was tagged with the loss. Checkers made all five of its hits count, as it scored single runs in the first, second and third innings. Hi Arrow scored single runs in the second and fourth innings and managed five hits off Gritchen. Terry Taranoff had two Checkers’ “Tuesday game against cancelled. piteher Potapoff. the win, while George hits for Checkers. Salmo, was Z Trail * Fruitvale « Castlegar * Salmo * South Slogan » Nakusp * New Denver *#Waneta Plaza * Kaslo oo x = Jays win 6-5 over Tigers TORONTO (CP) — Cliff Johnson and pinch-hitter Buck Martinez hit consecu- tive homers off reliever Wilie Hernandez in the bottom of the ninth Saturday to give Toronto Blue Jays a 65 American League baseball vietory over Detroit Tigers. Hernandez, 2-3, relieved Detroit starter Jack Morris after Jesse Barfield led off the ninth with an infield single. On Hernandez’s sec ond pitch, Johnson hit his ninth homer of the year off the left-field foul pole to tie the game. It was Johnson's second homer in two nights off Hernandez. Three pitches later, Mar tinez, batting for catcher Ernie Whitt, homered to left, his first homer since June 6, 1985. Tom Henke, 5-3, pitched 1 1-3 perfect innings to gain the win, relieving Mark Eichhord after Eichhorn was spiked in the eighth inning. Detroit starter Jack Mor ris took a four-hitter into the seventh when Rick Leach hit a two-run pinch-hit homer to narrow the Tigers lead to 5-3. YANKEES 4 ORIOLES 2 BALTIMORE (AP) — key Henderson hit a solo home run off the field foul pole with two outs in the seventh inning, giving New York Yankees, a 4-2 victory over Baltimore Orioles in an Yanks have won five of six, including three straight in Memorial Stadium; ‘while the Orioles have gone 1-5. BREWERS 2 BOSOX 0 BOSTON (AP) — Tim Leary and Dan Plesac com- bined for an eight-hitter in pitching Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-0 victory over Boston Red Sox in an American a baseball game Satur- “. victory was the second in a week for Leary, 55, against the first-place Red Sox METS 5 PIRATES 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Sid Fernandez pitched a three- hitter, retiring 26 of the final 28 batters, as New York Mets defeated Pirates 5-1 Saturday for their fourth straight National League victory and seventh in the last eight games. REDS 2 BRAVES | ATLANTA (AP) — Cin cinnati's Eric Davis led off the ninth inning with a single and eventually scored on an error by Atlanta third base man Rafael Ramirez, giving the Reds a 2-1 victory over the Braves in a National League baseball game Satur day. Davis's hit came off Paul Assenmacher, 2-2, the Braves’ fourth pitcher. After going to second on Buddy Bell's sacrifice, Davis stole his 17th base of the season and scored when catcher Oz zie Virgil's throw bounced off Ramirez's glove. 15 feet behind third base. in good with the league and the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association. This means they must pay outstanding debts owed to the two bodies by the Aug. 27 KIJHL meeting. Meanwhile, Creston Clippers will be allowed back in the league's East Division. The team took a one-year leave of absence to clear up a $15,000 debt, which has been paid off. The Clippers are ready to start the season with a substantial WORLD CUP ‘amount of money and are to elect a new executive, Murdoch said. Spokane Braves have moved into the West Division this year. Last year they played for a playoff spot in the Esst Division and played a with both But now that they are back in the West Division, it will mean some financial hardship for teams in the division, says Murdock. It will also mean that with an extra team in the division, another West Division team will not make the Rossland Warriors were particularly concerned about Spokane being back in the division because of the Rossland team's finances. “They (Rossland) are not in debt and don’t intend to go into debt,” Murdoch explained, “but they are very skeptical that they ean ice a competitive team with the additional cost. The Warriors will be meeting Monday night to discuss that issue. In other news, KIJHL teams are all permitted to use partial facial it until the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association rule change which is expected next spring. The KIJHL's annual team assessments have increased to $300 from $225. ‘The league also elected a new executive. John Hall of Cranbrook was elected president, Gary Hanson of Cranbrook was returned to the position of East Division vice-president while Murdoch will serve as West Division vee preteen’: bers of the d by the ceied fis Shirey Levene of Fiala was ted secret Dave 8! tary, Jerry Ogilvie of Kimberly, eer ne Bill Savinkoff of Castlegar, assistant Knockout play begins MEXICO CITY (REUTER) — After 14 days spent eliminating eight teams from the World Cup soccer finals, » further eight sides will be sent packing in the next four days. Uruguay became the 16th and last team to reach the second round, which starts today and marks the beginning of knockout play. By Wednesday evening, the eight quarter- finalists will be known. Canada was ousted after losing all first-round games. three of its Uruguay's goalless draw with Scotland on Friday was an unsavory match in which the ill-feeling that spilled over into the post-game news conference was as bitter as the soccer that preceded it. Uruguay coach Omar Borras accused French referee Joel Quiniou of “murder” after he sent off Jose Batista in the first minute. Alex Ferguson, Scotland’s manager, retaliated by saying Borras was guilty of “lying and cheating” and said he was giad he was going home. A number of reasons contributed to the match turning dirty, among them the format for the opening phase, and it is precisely because of this that from now on round-robin group matches have been abandoned in favor of four rounds of knockout play. Uruguay went into the game against Scotland knowing a draw would be enough to see it into the second round eventhough it had drawn one of their previous games and lost the other 6-1 to Denmark. LITTLE INCENTIVE So there was little incentive for Uruguay to win and once Batista became the second Uruguayan sent off in success five games, the South Americans were even jess inclined to open up play With the emphasis now switched to winning. the hope is that the matches will provide the entertainment that has been only fleeting so far. Argentine star midfielder Diego Maradona, however, has already expressed concern about playing Uruguay on Monday at Puebla. He said games against Uruguay were always hard and added he would have preferred to play Scotland so Argentina could “have reached the next round without injuries.” Argentina would meet England or Paraguay, who meet here on Wednesday, if it beats Uruguay. The other four teams in the top half of the draw are Denmark and Spain, who also play Wednesday in Queretaro, and Belgium and the Soviet Union, whose second-round match is in Leon today and is to be shown live at 6 p.m. EDT by TSN The toughest quarter of the draw is the third, bringing together Brazil and Poland on Monday in Guadalajara and B.C. seniors here By CasNews Staff Castlegar and Birchbank golf courses will play host to the B.C. senior men's golf coming from through B.C., Alberta and the midwestern states. Golfers will tee off at 8 a.m. France and Italy in Mexico City the following day. Only one member of this formidable quartet can reach the semifinals. GOOD CHANCE West Germany should make it through the bottom quarter of the draw where they are paired with surprise second-round qualifier Morocco, a game which takes place Tuesday in Monterrey. The winner will remain in Monterrey to play either Mexico or Bulgaria, who meet today in Aztec Stadium. Jose Faria, Morocco’s Brazilian-born coach, said he was giad his team was playing West Germany. Faria watched Denmark's 2-0 win over the Germans on Friday on television and said, “I think the advantage of playing the Germans is that they did not look as physically prepared as the Danes who are running like madmen.” Denmark's progress into the second round was somewhat sullied by Frank Arnesen's sending off after halftime for a second yellow card. Generally though, the unbeaten Danes have been the outstanding team of the tournament with their unihibited running and ability to score goals. It seems inconceivable that they came to Mexico as bottom seeds in their group. They won Group E, undoubtedly the toughest section of all, without dropping a point, a feat matched only by Brazil. WIHL teams approve expansion NELSON (CP) — Rep resentatives of the Western ing at a game in Nelson. The Smokies’ future is still in championships which begin Wednesday. About 236 golfers aged 55 and over are expected to compete im the threeday event. In addition to about 15 each day. The event is being organized by the British Col umbia Golf Association The top players from this event advance to the B.C. golfers from the C: and Trail area, golfers will be senior ip" ships. International Hockey League teams approved in principle a scheme to expand the league to include teams from Spo kane and Vernon, league officials said last Saturday. The team reps, who met for seven hours, said the ex pansion would only go ahead if there are six teams in the league this season. That qualification was raised at the insistence of Al Rollings, coach-general man ager of the Spokane fran chise. Rollings told the meet ing he was concerned that with only Spokane and Nel son Maple Leafs in the league's western half and Elk Valley Blazers, Cranbrook Royals and Kimberley Dyna miters in the east half, the west teams would end up travelling disportionately during the season. Last year, the league had five teams: Trail, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Elk Valley and Nelson. Trail was suspended on the last day of the regular 1985-86 season for not show doubt this coming season. Rollings also said that a six-team league would be more competitively balanced and would bring larger crowds out in Spokane. Doctor fails to halt rain BENIN CITY, NIGERIA (AFP) — A local witehdoctor failed to prevent a torrential downpour Saturday that halted a doubles match in a Davis Cup tennis tie between Nigeria and the Netherlands. Each country had won one of Friday's opening singles matehes in the European Zone Group B second-round tie. A rain doctor sacrificed a turtle, two cocks and a goat in an unsuccessful attempt to halt the rain. The match was postponed until today.