Page 4B The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, December 15, 1993 Rebels “still playing one period at a time,” coach says JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Seote Each and every team in the KUHL is looking to pull the pin on the Castlegar Rebels winning streak which as of Tuesday was sitting at 18 games—but the team is taking them just one game at a time When a team is hot it only adds to their opponent's desire to be the one to extinguish the fire driving them on. With their recent perfor mance Coach Gary Sauer knows that all the teams are looking forward to their chance to kill the Rebels winning streak. “The teams are hungry to knock us off, it’s a tough thing to be up against. We are still playing one period at a time,” Sauer said. Auto Body & Hull Painting Complete Boat Repairs and Paint Refinishing Boat Detailing Refurbishing - Gel Coating ICBC Claims Handled Promptly - Complete Auto Body Repairs Custom Painting The Rebels utilized their opportunities this week and added four wins to their growing total. Over the last four games they have outscore their opposition 33-12 “This was a perfect week as far as the wins column goes, We are defending off tough challenges as they com As the team continues winning Sauer admits that the pressure to stay on the performance high is enormous. “It gets tougher as you go along. :.it's tough to stay on that high. Over the weekend the Rebels downed Nelson 6-4 in a home game played at the Castlegar Community Complex on Friday. Other than the first four minutes of the third period the game was close. Castlegar exploded with four quick goals to break the second period 2-2 tie. Nelson started to build momentum but basically shot themselves in the foot with a series of penalties which at one time had five Nelson layers in the penalty box. P “Bach pre ea te Nelson it is a four point game,” Sauer said. The Rebels coaching staff has been stressing winning the series against other teams, To date in the five games Castlegar has played they have won four. Two weekend games against Spokane, one at home. and one away, both netted the Rebels the same result—decisive 8-2 and 11-3 wins. “The wins go along with consistency—both mentally and physically. Castlegar played last night (Tuesday) against Beaver Valley and has one game against Rossland at home on Friday before the League breaks for Christmas. All-star coaches for all-star game coach whose team is in the lead JOHN VAN PUTTEN oa the De her 1$ cut-off date Sun Sports is rded the job, As of Mon- - Factory Paint Matching Keel Capping It only makes sense that the 1364 Forest Road (Labatt's Bldg.) 365-2505 Hwy. to Grand Forks - turn in at 14th Ave. (Emcon) OOTISCHENIA has openings for several people interested in becoming firefighters We offer excellent training in firefignting, safety and first aid Here, Us Help Our ommunity” Become a Volunteer Firefighter Call 365-3932 (after 6) Or come out Monday nights at 7pm to the Ootischenia Fire, Dept. Hall. NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION ALL YOU CAN EAT SEAFOOD BUFFET Rebel Craig Swanson looks up after being triped by Nelson players Del MacEwen and Jordan Ergoff in Fri- days KIJHL game SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten hottest team’s coach in the West Division will be behind the bench for the all-star game. Castlegar Rebels Coach Gary Sauer, along with assistant coaches Wayne Salekin and John Phillips, training staff Janet Harcus and Tom it have been allocated the duties to be behind the bench for the Koote- nay International Hockey League All-star game which will be held in Golden, on Saturday, January 15. “It will be a good experience, from our point of view, to coach the best of the league. It is some- thing I am looking forward to,” said Rebels Coach Gary Sauer. Representing the East Divi- sion will be North Okanagan Kings Coach Robert Boyd along with Kevin Cheveldave taking up the coaching detail. The Kings trainer Bill Greene will be joining the coaches to take care of the best players from the East Division. In order to select the coach for each division team team, the day night Castlegar was 16 points ahead of Nelson, and the Kings were up by six points on Columbia Valley. “At the start of the season we put a lot of hard work an prepa- ration and set a goal to. end up in first place by December 15,” Sauer said. ; At the KUHL meeting on Wednesday night the players to represent each division will be selected by the coaches and team managers. Each of the leagues’ coaches and general managers will vote on the play- er selections, and Sauer is confi- dent there will be a number of Castlegar Rebels in the all-star line-up. “We just have to look at the way things are going. I think we will place at least five players on Last year’s All-star game was held in Castlegar and the West Division dominated play over the East Division skating away with a 10-5 win. Rockers big on defence, but what about offence Sun Sports Some things are going well for the S ley Humphries senior boys basketball team, but some other aspects of their game need work Coach John Ritchie was not disappointed with the perfor- mance of his team in the weck- end tournament in Oliver. Defensively the team is quite strong according to Coach Ritchie but they still need to improve their shooting skills. “It was only the second, third and fourth games of the season for the team. We are not doing to bad for early in the season, our shooting still needs some work,” Ritchie said. In Oliver the team placed third PRE-CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE SALE Crab Legs ¢ Prawns prepared 3 different ways ¢ Orange Roughy in lemon caper butter sauce * Cajun Butter Snapper ¢ Cajun Scallops *Smoked Salmon ¢ Shrimp Loule ¢ Bouillabaisse ¢ Chicken Caesar Salad « Ass't Desserts ENVIRO. WRAP CELEBRATE WITH CHAMPAGNE & PARTY FAVORS WIN! WIN! WIN! 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Robert Machado led the team with 18 points and Bonderoff added 13 in the failed effort “Only letting 72 points in an overtime game is not too bad, but we only scored 64,” Ritchie said. Their third and final game of the weekend was to decide third and fourth places. Grand Forks Secondary School took up their spot on the other side of the court and did not prove to be much of a match for the Castlegar team The Rockers cruised to a 73-34 victory with Ben Koorbatoff net- ling 22 of the teams points. The team is travelling, along with the senior girls team, to Cranbrook today (Wednesday) to play against Mt. Baker. This weekend they will be making their way to Calgary to take part in the Burt Church Secondary School Tournament Ritchie says this tourney will attract the top teams in Alberta to the 16-team tourney. Eight boys teams and eight girls team are scheduled to take part. Selling something? 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Contact Carl Linkletter at Springback Upholstery for more information. New faces new places Now open On holidays! Brad Matthews, from Kamloops is the new parts person at Capitol Tractors in the Industrial Park. Capitol Tractors sells and services John Deere equipment. Welcome Brad! Artistic Aromas is the name of the new spécialty and gourmet coffee shop in downtown Castlegar. Located in the new Hooters building, owners Nancy Trotman and Chris Bell are new in town and very optimistic and excited about business in Castlegar. Welcome! St. Davids Thrift shop in the Oglow building is well stocked with good winter clothes and will be closed from December 18 to January 4 when they will open with a bag sale. 7 Phone 365-5579 with your business brief Build it and they will come It started with an idea. As with any good idea not everyone agreed with it. Some wanted it modified, others agreed in princi- ple but wouldn't adapt their own Practices or change their old ways to accommodate it. Many said it wouldn't work, others said no one would come. Yet through it all, one person doggedly pursued the others, and set about with a plan to make it work. As the idea spread, this one per- son found a few allies and gradu- ally the allies talked to others and the idea grew. Soon it was time to try the idea. Some’ didn't like the fit, they wanted it bigger, others thought it was too big and wanted it smaller; and yet others thought the timing was wrong. Those who were just plain obnoxious and negative tried to do everything to stop it by refusing to participate. They wanted more than anything else for the idea to fail so they could say “I told you so.” But it couldn't fail, because as more people heard about the idea, they were excited and enthusiastic. “It’s about time” said some; “In Castlegar? You're kidding, that's fantastic, what a good idea” said others. “What if the big guys don't like the idea, then what hap- pens?”, said others “Don't worry,” came the reply, “if we all work together and give a little bit the idea will work.” The idea kept growing and more people were hearing about it, reading about it, and talking to ¢C a Midnite Madness is not a new one, Malls have them several times a year, Properly marketed and pro- moted they bring new people into the area ready to spend money. In fact, in many communities, Mid- MARILYN STRONG each other about it. And soon the idea became too big to stop. It was a simple idea. It had been tried in many places and proved highly successful. It wasn't unique, almost every community has at least one. What was unique was that a variety of people with vested interests in their own four walls, had the courage to get together to organize, market and promote an event that would benefit others, not just themselves. And for some, it was a risky step. So what is this mysterious idea, concept and event? It was called Midnite Madness and it happened in downtown Castlegar for the very first time, on December 3, 1993. For people new to the area and from larger centres, the concept of Area residents are in the Christmas spirit KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Zaytsoff said automatic bread makers and VHSC compact Even though Canada’s econo- my is in a-slump, it hasn't affect- ed Christmas sales in Castlegar. Business owners contacted in Castlegar all agree that sales are brisk and are crossing their fin- gers that the trend will continue through the season. Manager of Pete's TV, Peter Zaytsoff said that this year peo- ple started $Moppihg eaflier. “It got busy earlier and has been Steady ever since—not in spurts like last year.” B.C. economic Submitted Finance and Corporate Rela- tions Minister Elizabeth Cull today released the second quarter- ly report which confirms B.C. leads the nation in economic per- formance and is on target in deficit reduction. “Today's report, like last week's release of the Public Accounts, shows our strategy of a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, while protecting essential services such as health and education, is on target and paying off,” Cull said. The second quarterly report shows B.C.'s deficit for the six months ending September 30, 1993, is $353 million — one- third of what the deficit was last year at this time “Overall, we've cut the deficit 35 per cent since this government was elected. The second quarterly report shows for the first six months of this fiscal year we've done well in spending smarter and are on target to meet, or bet- ter, our deficit projection for the rest of the year,” Cull said sales have been hot. Wallace Horning, owner of West's Department store is also optimistic that the bev trend the store is experiencing will contin- ue. “It appears it will be a good year.” Although Dale Donaldson, owner of Mallard’s Source for Sports pointed out that tradition- ally sales increase during the , winter months due to the nature of his business, he does acknowledge that this year sales are better than ever. Last week's release of the Pub- lic Accounts showed the deficit declined by 20 per cent in the first fiscal year of the Harcourt gov- emment, ending March 31, 1993. Spending was actually under bud- get by $20 million in that year. “B.C. is number one in Canada with the lowest deficit as a per cent of gross domestic product. B.C.’s balanced approach to teducing the deficit is paying off in strong economic performance.” B.C. is leading Canada in job creation, with 41,000 new jobs created in the first 11 months of 1993, compared to the same peri- od last year. Cull noted revenues coming to the province totalled $8.7 billion for the year-to-date, up 11.9 per cent from 1992/93. She said that was significantly higher than the past two years, reflecting both economic growth and tax mea- sures needed to break the back of the deficit. Government spending for the first six months of the 1993/94 fiscal year totalled $9.1 billion, up just 3 per cent over the year before. “Spending growth is sig- nificantly lower than the last two B.C. Hydro helps educate students Submitted nomic impacts of energy use and energy The relationship between ener- gy and the environment is the focus of two energy education packages B. C. Hydro has devel- oped for teachers’ use in the classroom. The energy education materi- als fit. within the curriculum for use in science, social studies, geography and technology educa- tion classes. They cover such top- ics as sources of electricity, forms of renewable and non-renewable energy. energy conservation, the environmental, social and eco Each module includes activi- ties teachers can do with their stu- dents - build a water wheel, be an energy waste detective, find the energy hidden in a pizza and ana- lyze the energy resource balance of B.C., for example. Background information and handout material for students are also included. “The suggested activities pro- mote student involvement and sup- port current educational trends in B.C.,“ says Hydro's Kenna Hoskins who manages the utility's Involve- See HYDRO 6B “Sales are up. This has been a good year for ski wear, snow- boards and exercise equipment.” Donaldson speculates that the high exchange rate of the Cana- dian dollar has effectively encouraged shoppers to spend their hard-earned money closer to home. “Tt sure has slowed down that traffic.” Another local business owner, Heather McDonald, of Bonnett's Men's Wear said this year shop- . pers started shopping as early as the beginning of November. “We were already wrapping leader years as we promised it would be in last March's budget,” Cull said. The report also indicates: * consumer spending is strong, with retail sales up 8.8 per cent in the first nine months of 1993; + housing starts are up 10 per Cent to date this year, * growth and spending on capi- tal projects is double the growth expected in the rest of the coun- try; * growth in income assistance caseloads to date is down; and + 13.7 per cent more businesses were formed, while bankruptcies were down by 18 per cent in the first months of 1993. 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They are to be con- gratulated. They have achieved what the naysayers said was not possible. And, perhaps, even rein- forced to themselves that by coop- eration, they can benefit and profit Some bhsinesses remained open until 9 p.m. even though their regular closing hours were 5:30 or 6 p.nr. Some couldn't close because customers kept coming in. And some stayed open until after midnite, catering to those shoppers who still had money left in their pockets. My congratulations to all those who participated - to the entertain- ers, the shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and, of course, the shoppers from Castlegar, Nelson, Trail, Slocan Valley, Grand Forks and every- where in between. It took courage and determina- tion to tum around old attitudes and start thinking that what bene- fits one, benefits all You've proven the naysayers wrong. If you build a downtown, they will come Let’s do it again, soon. 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