wa" Satltday,’November'14, 1992 i” PUCK PEEK points after a 5-1 win. *%, ww ™ g News photo by Jonathan Green With a Spokane defender looking to take it away from him, Rebel Darren Pottle took a quick peek down to find a loose puck in KIJHL action last Saturday. Pottle eventually found the puck and the Rebels found themselves with another two Defending champs fall in CRHL action @ Pressure Wash displaces Computers atop the CRHL NEWS STAFF It wasn’t pretty and it wasn't a complete game, but Banjo’s Pub got their first win of the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League season Mon- ry. Squaring off with Wood- land Park Shell at the Com- plex, Banjo’s was leading 6-5 with 22 seconds left in the sec- ond period when the game was : Shell goalie Rick Rogerson engaged in a fight with Banjo’s Wayne Salekin and was hand- ed a major penalty and a sub- sequent game misconduct. With no one left to play goal, Shell couldn’t continue and the game was awarded to Banjo’s. With the win, the pub squad picked up their fourth point of the season to move to within three points of fourth- place Castlegar Sports Centre. Salekin had two goals while Benton Hadley scored once and added two assists in the Pressure Wash _ replaced Kootenay Computers atop the CRHL with a 9-8 triumph over Sports Centre Tuesday. Jeff Townsend paced the winners with three goals and an assist, Mike Nevakshonoff added two goals and an assist while Mark Buss scored twice. Wayne Kinakin and Dean MacKinnon each had four points in a losing cause for Sports Centre. CASTLEGAR RECREATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (As of Nov.11) Ww Press. Wash Shell Computers Sports Centre Banjo's Pressure Wash held period leads of 4-1 and 7-6 before Rod Zavaduk evened things up 7-7 at 19:28 of the third. Things stayed that way un- til Townsend restored the one goal lead at 13:17, a lead that Nevakshonoff increased to two at 2:10. MacKinnon replied at 1:36, but it was too little, too late. Results of Thursday night’s game between Banjo’s and the Computers was unavailable at press time. World curlers have opportunities Linda Moore CURL BC During the past summer, curling was accepted into the Olympic Winter Games as a full medal sport. It will be added at least by the year 2002; the two earlier Games, 1994 and 1998, have already been awarded to host cities, and thus it is up to the sites in Norway and Japan to decide if they can accommo- date the addition of another sport in their Games. As in other Olympic sports, curling demands that its elite participants be in superior physical and mental condition. As well, the Olympic ideals of fair play and sportsmanship have been a part of the “Curler’s Code” since the in- vention of the sport centuries 0. For athletes, the Olympics can provide great opportuni- ties. 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However, over the past few years, many Olympic sports have come under criticism for promoting medals over indi- vidual bests and elitism over participation — that definite- ly isn’t where we want curling to go. We will have to ensure that the competitive side of curling continues to comple- ment the club component. Elite curlers can be a posi- tive force in Canada in the de- velopment and growth of the sport, especially in increasing the profile of the sport through media exposure. It’s our job in curling to make this happen. There will be some difficult decisions regarding talent identification, training and team selection for the new Olympic program. Last year, the 1992 Olympic teams won the right to partic- ipate in the Games in France by winning the previous (1991) Scott Tournament of hearts (Canadian Womens Championship) and Labatt Brier (Canadian Mens Cham- pionship). Many other sports empha- size a different kind of com- mitment to prepare for the Olympics — a group of ath- letes are chosen and trained for years, and then a team is selected. This would be a radical change for curling; the cre- ation of a “perfect” Olympic curling program will probably take the best of each system, but will take a great deal of work. With the Olympic an- nouncement, curling nations around the world are entering into an exciting time. The Olympics can be the impetus for tremendous inter- est and thus growth in curling at all levels. As well, innova- tive development programs for elite curlers can be created. It’s our big chance — we must be sure to take advan- tage of all the opportunities that may now come our way. WANTED Volunteer Drivers for Meals-On-Wheels Meals are delivered from the hospital Monday, Wednesday and Friday to clients within Castlegar city limits. Volunteers are informed in advance of the days they deliver. 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The course is funded under the Canadian Job Strategy initiative and applicants must meet Canada Employment’s requirements. Contact the Canada Employment Centre, or the campus’ admissions office for more information. BUYERS NOT HOLIDAY HAPPY According to a Creative Research Group Limited survey, consumers are planning to cut back on their holiday spending. The most common reason — given by 76.6 per cent of respondents — was less money to spend. orRPLACE Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER Castlegar has a federal voice. Municipalities. it mean? First, a little background is in to be part of that membership. cost is $632. for Castlegar. meetings.” was $2,300. president and the other two seats for the rest of the UBCM Castlegar’s Canada Connection Mayor Audrey Moore is second vice- president for the Federation of Canadian We hear about her title, but what does The FCM is made up of provincial branches. In B.C. it’s the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. Castlegar pays Using Canada Census figures, palities are charged 9.6 cents per capita. Castlegar is listed as having a population of 6,579. Therefore the city’s membership An additional penny is charged to off- set the travel costs of executive members. That works out to be approximately $63 Moore said she is an elected FCM member, and “in essence our city doesn’t pay for me to travel to executive FCM She does get $50 a day per diem for food and such. And the FCM’s annual convention is not covered either. The cost to the city for Moore to attend the last annual convention was $1,270. There are four meetings every year, including the annual convention, and the total cost to the city this year For Moore to become a director she must be elected. B.C. qualifies for seven directors on the FCM. Even before "| elections take place, three spots are spoken for. One goes to the elected automatically go to Vancouver and Burnaby / Surrey. That’s leaves four order. munici- File photo Mayor Audrey Moore (right) greets a Hull, Quebec delegate during a Federation of Canadian Municipalities exchange. deficit and therefore don’t go bankrupt. There’s also the International Office of the FCM — hence the junkets to Japan and China. Moore, who recently returned from a trip to to Yueyang, China, said, “we’ve helped them become an open city.” China International Trust and Investment Corp., the 50 per cent shareholder of Celgar Pulp Co., chose Yueyang. Moore said the federal government contracts the FCM to conduct the correspondence. “If you're an open city you get help from the provincial government and the federal government,” Moore said. “It opens doors for Canadian businesses. “(The FCM) is an effective organization. It wasn’t always so but they’ve turned themselves around in the last 10 years.” members around the province. “About 170 people from B.C. (UBCM members) elect four directors,” Moore said. The elections are held annually, and Moore has been a director on the FCM board since 1984. “It’s a great organization and it certainly has the ear of the federal government,” Moore said. “For instance, the FCM were instrumental in making sure the GST didn’t impact municipalities severely.” She said the FCM cut back the amount of GST municipalities had to pay to 53 per cent, and thus “saved Castlegar thousands of dollars.” Moore also said the FCM prevented the government from forcing municipalities to pay into a bankruptcy fund. She said the FCM argued that, by law, municipalities cannot operate on a Glade’s water users are in an unfair fight You have to admire the Glade Community Watershed Committee. These residents are doing everything they reasonably and legally can do to prevent logging in their watershed. Talk about underdogs. They’re taking on the Arrow Forest District which is, really, the provincial government. The district held a meeting in Glade Sept. 28 to form a technical committee. That was the meeting’s sole purpose. Sure there was talk about what if this and what if that, but the bottom line was to form the technical committee. That group would in turn address how the logging would proceed throughout the watershed. The question of whether to log or not had long ago been Talk about an easy way of avoiding the public process. I’m not saying Glade’s watershed shouldn’t be logged and I’m not saying it should. What I am saying is the decision to log it should be scrapped. Open things up to new information and public input. I realize even then people will stick to their own agenda. No matter what the government says people will oppose the logging. And no matter what evidence the residents bring forth the province will rationalize and pacify. Solution? Appoint an independent arbitrator. Make all decisions binding with a strict appeal process. task of getting the Ministry of Forests and Atco Lumber Ltd. out of their watershed. I like a good fight — but only when it’s fair. The district’s operations manager has said the decision = to log the area was _ well é over a decade ago. Might even : me have been decided a generation The ago. I don’t have a problem so Bottom much with the decision to log Line being made then, as I do the province telling people it’s still a relevant decision today. Give me a break. The milk in my fridge has an expiry date. My VISA card has an expiry date. Ideas, too, have an expiry date. How long can a shelf-ready plan be left unattended before it spoils? — " NeW RACHYNSKI answered as far as the district was concerned — 80 hectares of the Glade Creek Watershed will be logged. Period. But the Glade Community Watershed Committee doesn’t see it that way. And now they have the David and Goliath