ny , Castlegar News March 18, 1990 Inflation rate drop smaller than expected OTTAWA (CP) — The annual in: flation rate fell slightly last month to 5.4 per cent after jumping-sharply in January to a six-year high of 5.5 per cent, Statistics Canada said The government agency said price increases were widespread in February, led by higher costs for fresh fruit and vegetables; clothing, gasoline and more expensive holiday prices as Canadians rushed south to escape winter. Some economists had expected a much larger drop in February's in- flation rate as the cost of food retur- ned to more normal levels following a Florida freeze that caused fresh fruit and vegetable prices to soar. But Statistics Canada said lingering effects from the cold snap kept pushing food prices up last month. “Prices of fresh vegetables con tinued to be high following frost in Florida in December as additional price increases were observed for tomatoes and cucumbers,"’ the.agen- cy said. Fresh vegetable prices jumped 13.4 per cent during February after clim- bing 34.5 per cent the month before. On a monthly basis, inflation rose 0.6 per cent between January and February, down slightly from the 0.8 per cent rise from December to January. Unless otherwide stated, inflation figures have not been adjusted to ac- count for seasonal variations. Inflation over the last three mon- ths, which Some economists say gives a better picture of the latest trend in prices, also eased slightly to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.8 per cent from the 6.2 per cent rate reported for the three month period ending in January Statistics Canada said_all seven of the major components ifs consumer price index tose last month, with clothing prices showing the sharpest increase as several sales and promotions ended in February Gasoline prices also jumped mainly due to incréases in the Toronto area and the cancellation of a gasoline tax rebate plan in Saskatchewan. But a 0.3 per cent drop in the price of cars during the month of February as auto makers offered special rebates helped dampen the overall 0.5 per cent monthly increase in transpor- tation costs Public transportation costs rose 2.8 per cent last month as the price for a southern vacation rose. ‘‘Much of the rise in public tran. sportation charges came from an in- crease in domestic air fares in addition to seasonally higher fares to: domestic’ air fares in addition to seasonally higher fares to southern holiday destinations,’ Statistics Canada said: The recent round of interest rate in- creases and booming real estate markets in Western Canada helped drive up housing costs last month Housing prices rose 0.2 per cent in February, largely because of a 0.5 per cent increase in the cost of owning your own home. ouT Thor: WITH THE OLD... 8. C. 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BONUS: How long was that streak? HINT? He didn’t win the rookie-of-the-year award See answer at bottom of Weekend wrap-up on page B2. QUOTE NOTE “We're not seeking a ’ said Miami Dolphins Marino. Shula said that he and Marino had discussed the Possibility of a trade but ad- ded that no talks are in Progress with other teams MINOR HOCKEY WEEKEND ACTION The Peewee Rep team is in Port Hardy for the provincial championships ON TAP NEW YORK Average baseball compiled by the Major League Baseball Players Association the minimum salary. 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So when the Saints arrive in Oshawa, Ont., Tuesday for the Canadian Colleges Athletic A i volley chi ships, they won't be awed by what they see. Among starters Wes and Jason Wishlow, Brad (Bud) Brown and Mike Perra, there is over 20 years of national experience at various levels of competition. And, of course, this is essentially the same team that won the provin- cials and went to Edmonton, Alta., for the nationals last year. But while a lot of things will be old hat for many of the players, there is one thing that none of them has known, and that is winning a national championship. That's one thing the Saints are bent on changing this week in the home town of Ed Broadbent. Last year in Edmonton, after win- ning their first two games, the Saints lost three in a row to finish in sixth place out of eight teams. The only Saint who has been to a national championship and come home a winner i$ coach Paul Thiessen who played for the Univer- sity of Victoria in his school days and then with Canada’s national team. With those teams, he’s played volleyball in eight national tour- naments and has won three, came second twice and third once But even though college volleyball is a few steps below where Thiessen comes from, winning is just as im- CRHL championship goes to the wire By CasNews Staff Hi Arrow did what it had to do — win — and now it can only sit and wait, champagne in hand, for the out- come of the championship of the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League. Powered by five first-period goals, Hi_Arrow_beat-Sandmaninn-7-4—at the Community Complex Thursday night to complete the round-robin playoffs with a record of three wins and a loss. John Obetkoff scored three times and assisted on two others to lead Hi Arrow which capitalized on— some shaky netminding from Sandman’s Tim Swanson in the first period The loss eliminates any chance Sandman had of winning the playoffs as it has lost three straight. The final game of the season last night between Sandman and the other team in three team league — Woodland Park Shell — will decide the playoffs. Results were not available before the Castlegar News went to press. If Sheel can beat Sandman, it will have tied Hi Arrow at three wins and a loss in the playoffs. Playoff rules state that in the event of tie after the round robin, goals for and against will be taken into con- sideration to decide a winner. Hi Arrow currently sits at 24 goals for-and 17 against for a net of plus seven while Shell is six behind with a net of one Sandman can expect Shell to leave the defence in the dressing room and come out gunning for glory to make up the goal difference. On Thursday, Sandman opened the scoring in the first period when defen- ceman Adrian Markin took the puck from goalie Swanson and skated the length of the ice and scored Darrel Bojechko responded for Hi Arrow three minutes later and Niki Hyson made it 2-1. Obetkoff assisted on both goals Obetkoff and Sandman’s” Ross Saunders exchanged goals just four seconds apart with Obetkoff scoring at the 13:42 mark and Saunders replying right after the centre ice faceoff. Obetkoff got his second of the night and his fourth point of the period converting passes from Dave MacKinnon and Bill Nazaroff to make it 4-2 for Hi Arrow Frank Costa made it $-2 before the period ended, from’ Bob Larsh and Nazaroff. Neither team scored in the second, though not for lack of chances as both had some golden opportunities in end-to-end action. Swanson, who seemed to have recovered from first-period jitters for Sandman, and Tim Horkoff for Hi Arrow were both sharp in second. In the third, Sandman closed within one on a pair of goals by Duane Weir. But Hi Arrow’s Nazaroff was equal to task as-he set up Dean MacKinnon and Obetkoff, and Hi Arrow clinched at least a tie for first place in the playoffs The championship trophies and in- dividual playoff honors were presen- ted in ceremonies following Satur- day’s games. The CRHL announced the regular- season award winners Thursday night with Sandman and Hi Arrow splitting six of the seven awards. Shell, which finished last during the regular season, did cop one of the biggest awards as veteran defenceman Bruno Tassone was selected as the CRHL’s most valuable player. Besides the award for winning the regular-season championship, Hi Arrow’s Tim Horcoff was picked as best goalie and Darrell Bojechko the most improved player Sandman, which led theleague for most of the season before Hi Arrow emerged after January, had the league's scoring leader in Clay Mar- tini-with 124 points, most spor- tsmanlike player, Dan Stewart, and Adrian Markin won the equivalent of the NHL's Norris trophy as the CRHL’s best defenceman. ees WATCH OUT MICHAEL JORDAN . Meredith isn't slam dunking yet, but with the yea: yord Panthers lunch hours at Castiegor the big teagues: on the school he just might meke . Well, ma eybe ht-year-old Cory inayoars he hes te prective rimary School, TCoitiews photo by Fd Mills portant for him as it is for anybody on the team, “I'd be lying to you if 1 said it didn’t mean a lot to me,”’ he said. “I know what it tastes like to be at the top and I want these guys to experien- ce that. I know they have the ability to do it too,”" Thiessen is expecting a top-three finish from his club. At the very least, he said, the team will improve on last year's performance. “*I've got the same group of players so I expect to improve. I'd feel that I failed as a coach if we didn’t im- prove."’ But of all the players on the team, perhpas none wants a top thre finish more than third-year veteran Brown, Brown’s been to a national cham- pionship, on various teams throughout his career, eight times. After he completes his studies at Selkirk in April, Brown wants to at- tend the University of British Colum- bia and will probably leave Castlegar, and volleyball, behind forever. “When I get to university I think it’s time to concentrate soley on my studies so this is probably going to be my last year playing volleyball.” And he wants his swan song to in- clude a medal at nationals — preferrably gold, ‘but a silver or bron- ze would do. “*My goal for a long time has beeii to win a medal at a national cham- pionship,’’ said Brown. ‘I’ve been there so many times but I’ve never gold WES WISHLOW ++. experienced gotten a medal out of it. If I don’t play competitively again | want to go out a winner.’* es sa ae Belczyk cracks top 3 ARE, Sweden (CP) — Felix Bele- zyk of Castlegar, B.C., stepped on the downhill medals podium for the first time in his World Cup career Satur- day following a third-place finish in NET RESULT? . . . It was a win for Nelson over Castlegar in a game during a recreational volleyball tournament at Selkirk College Saturday. Six teams entered the tourney, one from as far away os Idaho. CosNews photo by Ed Mills the season’s final race On the verge of quitting the sport after a dismal season last year, Belc- zyk scored points in the last five races before capping his remarkable comeback with his best downhill finish since a fourth place in the 1987-88 campaign in Leukerbad. On surprisingly hard slick snow in mild temperatures, Belczyk covered the sprint course in one minute 16.49 seconds and had the fastest first inter- val time. The results placed Belczyk in eighth place in the World Cup standings with 49 points and Boyd moved out of the wilderness into 14th — up from 22nd spot — in the standings with 24 points for the season Even winning cant help Canucks now LANDOVER, Md-{AP)— Trevor Linden’s fluke goal at 7:20 of the third period keyed the Vancouver Canucks’ 3-1 NHL victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night. Linden’s goal off a bounce from the glass behind the Washington goal proved to be the winner for the Canucks; The puck bounced off a support brace for the glass behind the goal and away from Washington goaltender Mike Liut, who had gone behind the net to retrieve it. It went to Linden’s stick and he put it in before Liut could get back to the open goal. Coupled with the New York Islan- ders’ 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers earlier in the day, the Capitals dropped into a fourth-place tie with the Islanders in the Patrick Division race. Both teams have 67 points NORDIQUES 6 FLYERS 3 QUEBEC (CP) — liro Jarvi ended a tie at 6:00 of the third period and Joe Sakic scored two goals in the last 71 seconds as the Quebec Nordiques snapped an eight-game winless string with a 6-3 win over Philadelphia and dealing another blow to the Flyers fading playoff chances Nordiques defenceman Michel Petit, who had allowed the Flyers to tie it 3-3 by inadvertently deflecting the puck into his own net, did the bulk of the work on the Jarvi goal. He worked the puck past Flyers: defen- ceman Kjell and got it to Peter-Stastny and John Mactearr had the other goals for the Devils, who made the most of their oppor tunities after falling behind 1-0 early in the second period. CANADIENS 3 HAWKS 2 MONTREAL C(p —_ Stephane Richer scored 1:32 into overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 vic- tory over the Chicago Blackhaws, Chicago defenceman Bruce Cassidy's power play goal-with two minutes remaining in regulation time had forced overtime Jocelyn Lemieux, Chicago on Jan. 5 by Montreal, scored earlier in the period FLAMES 5 WHALERS 4 CALGARY (CP) — Paul Ranheim, the quiet Flame who carries a big shot. scored on a blistering slap- shot midway through the third period to give Calgary a 5-4 victory over the Hartford Whalers. Ranheim took a pass from defen- ceman Jamie Macoun, skated across the slot and blasted a low shot through traffic that beat Hartford goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz on the glove side. Doug Gilmour, Joe Mullen, Joel Otto, on the -power play, and Al MacInnis also scored for the Fames, who extended their unbeaten streak to eight games. RED WINGS 4 BLL s ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joe Kocur scored on a breakaway with 1:13 traded to had Jarvi, whosé close-range tip-in beat goaltender Pete Peeters just inside the £0al post Sakic scored with 1:11 to play and added his 32nd goal into an empty net only 41 seconds later to seal the vic- tory. It elated the announced crowd of 14,754, many of who tossed the cushions they had received in a pre- game promotion on to the ice following Sakic’s goals. DEVILS 4 OILERS 1 EDMONTON (CP) — Brendan Shanahan had two goals and assist as the New Jersey Devils beat the Ed- monton Oilers 4-1 in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues Kocur took a pass at centre ice from Dave Barr and skated in. un. touched, beating Vincent Riendeau with a shot from the right faceoff cit cle to hand the Norris Division leading Blues their second straight overtime loss. St. Louis blew a 3-0 second-period lead against the Red Wings, and also squandered a 5-3 lead against Vancouver on Thursday, losing 6-5.~ ARS 6 PENGUINS 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) RookieMike Modano had the first Tthreé-goal game Of his career to lead the Minnesota North Stars to a 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh ending the Penguins seven-game winning streak at the Civic Arena. Basil McRae, Brian Bellows and Dave Gagner also hit for the North Stars, Barry Pederson and John Cullen replied for the Penguins who fell behind 5-0. KINGS 5 BRUINS 4 BOSTON (AP) — Wayne Gretzky set up the, tying goal and scored the game-winner with 1:40 left as the Los TONY GRANATO - paces Kings Angeles Kings rallied to heat the Boston Bruins 5-4 and clinch the final Smythe Division playoff berth The Bruins led 3-0 in: the second period and 4-1 after Ray Bourque’s second goal of the game 4:46 into the third, but the Kings rallied on two goals by Tony Granato and one each by Luc Robitaille and Gretzky ISLANDERS 6 RANGE! 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders ended a 14-game winless streak as Brent Sutter scored three goals and Pat LaFontaine hada goal and two assists in a 6-3 win over the New York Rangers. The Islanders were 0-11-3 since their last victory — Feb. 10 at Boston, a slump that dropped them from first to fifth in the Patrick Division. The winless strak was one short of the team record, set twice during 1972-73, their first NHL season,