BCTF d iscoura VANCOUVER (CP) - The B.C. Teachers’ Federation said Tuesday it will not encourage members to disrupt classes to take part in 3 proposed provincewide strike next Wednesday. “We are asking teachers to take ‘part in provincewide sie McMurphy, McMurphy also said the sronsion will not end the dispute with teachers by ramming throu, igh proposed labor legislation. She said British: Columbia's 26,000 instructors could continue their insttugtion-only campaign after the summer vacation. “I think that's one of the possibilities whether it's official or unofficial,” McMurphy told a news conference. “(Premier Bill) Vander Zalm has to realize teachers are not going to forget. what's happening to them over the summe’ The instruction-only campaign, started April 29, affects all extracurricular activities including athletics and social activities. McMurphy said she was pleased with support from the B.C. Federation of Labor and denied her organization was only half-heartedly supporting the federation’s call for a general strike next week. STUDY SESSION “We've already had a one-day study session to protest the legislation and what we are saying to teachers is that any further withdrawal of services has to be considered very carefully. “In the meantime, we are encouraging them (the teachers) to join the demonstrations, but not during working hours.” B.C. labor groups have been steaming since the government introduced two labor bills almost six weeks ago. They say legislation contained in Bills 19 and 20 would weaken the structure of their organizations and threaten jobs. The 250,000-member federation wants trade unionists to leave their jobs May 20 to stage marches and rallies. Some _ Peck rejects teacher contract VANCOUVER (CP) — a‘settlement of 3.6 per cent Compensation _ stabilization for Delta teachers. commissioner Ed Peck has The Delta contract was re ruled on the first of British jected because it also in Columbia teacher contracts, cluded benefit changes which rion woud ted afte the werk day wicca eet tod P the this week to discuss sien’ he the “weliege os regional affiliates, Labor leaders from the province's two pulp, and paper unions have already urged their 16,000 members to join the protest. Art Gruntman, president of the Canadian Paperwork- ers’ Union, and Bob Henderson, head of the Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers’ of Canada, uae: forest the _ Vancouver would walk off the job to attend, i, " : b to attend, “We are. raging pice at 2 p.m.," Fruman said. The International Woodworkers of America. has not decided whether to advise members to walk off the job, union vice-president Bob Blanchard said. Education Minister Tony Brummett suggested earlier that ‘the government’s problems with teachers could end Sy the epthing eee. becomes law. ap the bill introduced .Monday limit industry could be by. the | ATTEND RALLY Colin Snell, secretary of the B.C. Pr Council of Carpenters, said most carpenters finish work at 3:30 p.m. and would attend the rally set for 4 p.m. Sheila Fruman, spokesman fer the B.C. Government Employees Union, predicted a large number of members in Company VANCOUVER (CP) — The United States’ largest utility % company has criticized Wash- The Peace River Site C ington state's Bonneville study Agreement, released Power Administration for last January, said export northern B.C. for power ex- ports. for parsed ad and vice to five years. Other changes make clear that teachers can only be fired for “fast ‘and reasonable cause.” the di but said they did not go far enough. Vander Zalm has said he wants both pieces of législation passed by the summer. criticized Robert Haywood, Pacific terite Access Policy it uses 's vice-president of power this control to reduce com- contracts, testified at the petition severely, said Hay- hearing that Bonneville wood. Power's access policy was The policy has blocked B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) — Members of the Hospital Employees’, Union. have voted 97 per cent to reject the proposed industrial rela- tions reform act and in sup. port of their union's plans to boycott. the legislation. In a prepared statement released Tuesday, union spokesman Jack Gerow said members in some areas of the province voted 100 per cent against the proposed Igisla tion, known as Bill 19, The union's vote was part of a campaign co-ordinated by the B.C. 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Sarkisian said the session in Washington was “a fact finding hearing into the con: flicts between California and rejecting one and approving three. Peck announced Tuesday he had approved three-per cent wage increases for tea- chers in Cowichan and Bulk- ley Valley and a 3.2-per-cent increase for teachers in Rich. mond. Peck, whose job is to en- sure wage increases in the public sector meet provincial restraint guidelines, rejected brought the total increase above permissible limits to 3.9 per cent. Under new legislation which provides for the phas ing out of Peck's office, the commissioner no longer is required to consider the cost of normal increments for tea- chers in lower salary classi fications so those teachers will be permitted the negoti. ated wage increases plus their increments. Bonneville. “The whole state is com- plaining to Congress that BPA's rates are discrimina- tory against Californians.” Pacific Gas was a leading signatory last year to an agreement among B.C. Hydro, Bonneville Power and other California and U.S. Northwest utilities to con. duct a feasibility study into building the $3.2-billion Site C hydroelectric project in GREAT TRAVEL Wer eeiBite ash Robinson comes up bj PHILADELPHIA (CP) — The question for Bobby Smith after the Montreal Canadiens stayed alive in the Wales Conference final Tuesday night concerned the of his i “I thought he was magnificent,” said Smith after Robinson scored one goal and assisted on three others in Montreal's §-2 National Hockey League playoff triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers had their lead in the best-of-seven series trimmed to $2, but have another chance to oust the defending Stanley Cup champions Thursday night when the scene shifts to Montreal. ‘The Campbell Conference final could be over tonight if the Oilers, who hold a 3-1 lead over Detroit, beat the Red Wings in. Edmonton. aimee “Larry's still the key player on.our hockey team,” Smith added. “I know it's unfair to Larry to put pressure on him that way, but it's what we've come to expect from him.” MAKES RECOVERY made a recovery from a nightmarish performance Sunday night, in which he was on the ice for five of the six Philadelphia goals in a 6-8 defeat. And he had a lot of company. The Canadiens followed their game plan to the letter — they blocked the Flyers down the middle, put some pressure on goalie Ron Hextall and got some solid goaltending at their own end from‘ Brian Hayward. The Canadiens scored the first goal Tuesday night at 2:28 into the game when Smith slid a shot into the far corner of the net after a pass by Ryan Walter. ns OE CU The Flyérs tied the game about 10 minutes later on Derrick Smith's goal, but Robinson regained the Canadiens lead at 14:48 and they never relinquished it. The goal came while Scott Mellanby of the Flyers was serving a cross-checking penalty. Robinson drilled a wrist shot from about 30 feet, with Hextall partially screened by teammate Peter Zezel. GETS EARLY GOAL “I don't think it establishes momentum all that much when you get ahead with an early goal,” said Robinson. “But it keeps the fans a little quieter. “More than that, goals have been so hard to come by in this series, it puts the other team at such a disad ge. It's for Canadi to their success in this series and the key to ours, too.” At 13:29 of the second period, Robinson struck again, moving from his point position, and taking a pass from Kjell Dahlin before coaxing Hextall out of position and slipping the puck to Craig Ludwig for a gift-wrapped goal. When Guy Carbonneau's shot 19 seconds later glanced into the net off the skate of Philadelphia's Riek Toechet, who was battling in front of the goal with Chris Nilsim, they could start watering the ice for the sixth game at the. Forum. The Canadiens threw a blanket over the Flyers, yielding Mellanby's goal less than a minute later, but nothing more. Claude Lemieux scored Montreal's fifth goal the same as when the other team ties it up and you come back and score the way we did tonight. That's been the key LOOKING FOR WIN on a br “They have a lot of pride and they know how to win,” said the Flyers’ Mark Howe. b with 34 seconds left in the game. Oilers a maturing team EDMONTON (CP) — The Edmonton Oilers’ theme song this NHL playoff year is We're Still The One, a middle-of-the-road pop tune about having fun because of a renewed love affair. Having fun playing tight-checking defensive style hockey doesn’t fit with the image of the Oilers as a free-spirited bunch who love the wide-open, freewheeling game. But the Oilers of 1987 are a maturing group who are proving themselves capable of putting aside individual goals, changing their style and playing the type of hockey that earned them the Stanley Cup in 1984 and 1985. “People say the Oilers can play the shootout type of games... but when it comes to tight checking, we'll be lost,” stubborn to even try to beat Calgary at its own game. Things, however, have changed. “Ever since Calgary, everyone has tried to play the same style against us,” says Marty McSorley. “They try to tighten everything down and they figure we're always going to make enough mistakes to lose the game.” In the case of the Wings, it's perhaps the only way they have a chance against the Oilers. Certainly they can't hope to match Edmonton's offensive firepower. defenceman Paul’ Coffey, one of the prime reasons for that thinking, said Tuesday. “But we proved when we won two Stanley Cups we can play that way and we've proved it this year in the playoffs as well.” The Oilers have certainly proved it through four difficult games against the Detroit Red Wings. Despite the tightest checking they've faced since their playoff loss last spring to Calgary, the Oilers have won three straight for a 31 lead over Detroit in the best-of-seven Campbell Conference final. NUMBER 99. . . Oilers’ star centre Wayne Gretzky will attempt to help his team make it to the Stanley Cup finals tonight. CHANCE AT FINAL ss ; Fy aie Another victory tonight would move the Oilers back into the Stanley Cup final, a spot they had reached three straight years before last spring. Coffey, the leading offensive defensive in the league, has played well defensively in the last two rounds of the r playoffs and says he actually finds it easier. “They key to beating them,” Edmonton co-coach John “It's a lot harder to play the offensive style because Muckler said, “is that we're playing their game better than you're always up and back, skating the whole game,” he said they are.” in the empty Edmonton dressing room. “Playing defen sively, you just wait... the hardest thing is to have patience.” The Oilers-have shown a surprisingly large amount of patience in the face of stubborn Detroit checking. Last spring, against similar-type checking from Calgary, the Oilers had no patience, little discipline and were too “We're playing the defensive game better than Detroit. They're playing total prevent hockey. 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He was relegated to the bullpen, where he posted a 4-7 mark with a 2.34 ERA and nine saves, the most by a Royals reliever, except for Dan Quisenberry, since Al Hrabo- sky's 11 saves in 1979. “I'd have to say right now that I lik: his chances of staying in the rotation,” Kansas City manager Billy Gardner said of Black, 2-0. In 1984, Black's first full season in the major leagues, he posted a 17-12 record, with Quisenberry preserving a fair number of those wins en route to his 44 saves. “We met in the clubhouse after the game and shook hands,” Black said of Tuesday night's win. “I felt pretty good to do it again.” STRUCK OUT SIX. Black struck out six and walked two while allowing only four singles and one double. Quisenberry earned his third save with a one-hit ninth inning. Toronto southpay John Cerutti made his first start of the year and had his record evened at 1-1. He lasted 2 1-3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out one, walked two and had one wild pitch. “It just seemed like I was ahead of the hitters half the time and behind them the other half,” Cerutti said. “You have to be more consistent than that.” Despite the unsettling performance, Toronto manager Jimy Williams said Cerutti would be given another chance five days down the road. The Jays’ last day off was May 7 and their next isn't until May 21. Kansas City parlayed doubles by Argenis Salazar and Juan Beniquez, a walk to Kevin Seitzer and a sacrifice fly by Danny Tartabull into a 2-0 first-inn ing lead. Pecota’s solo homer, his second of the season, gave the Royals a 3-0 lead in the sécond. George Bell ended Black's no-hit bid with a run-scoring single in the fourth Toronto now embarks on its longest road trip of the season, a 12-game, 13-day swing beginning tonight in Minnesota. Freeland fastest on Columbia By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Dave Freeland of Edmonton was the overall winner in the Silver City Days jet boat races held over the weekend. Freeland, who managed to complete the 206kilometre Columbia River course from Fort Shepherd in Trail to the Hugh Keenleyside Dam and back again in 89 minutes and 22 seconds, picked up $3,000 in prize money for his efforts. Another Alberta racer, Marv Hamm of Sylvan Lake, managed to grab second place with a time of 103:42 and won $2,000, while Hank Gosnell placed third and picked up $1,000 in prize money. Gosnell hails from Lewiston, Idaho, as do Doug Riddle and Steve Carlton, who placed fourth and fifth, respective Freeland competed in the unlimited class, which allows racers to use any kind of an engine. Peace River, Alta. native Kens Thomas placed first in the restricted class with a time of 115:36. He also picked up $2,000 for his efforts. Marty Halburg of Lewiston was second while Trail racer Alex Millar clocked in at 129,01 for third place and $750 in prize money. Another Trail racer, Albert Benson, failed to compete in the two-day race after someone sabotaged his boat Fri day night. Race organizer Doug DeProy said that while Benson's boat was parked outside his house on Friday night someone lifted the valve cover-breath er off the engine, stuck in a garden hose and filled the engine with water The engine is worth $10,000 and De Proy said the RCMP are investigating the incident. “It was done with malice and intent We don't know who did it yet but it'll surface,” DeProy told the Castlegar News Tuesday. Fourteen boats were scheduled to take part in the race and the only can cellation was Benson's. Each team was given a map of the river course and two boats took a wrong turn, racing part-way up the Kootenay River before turning around and heading back up the Columbia. During Saturday's opening round of the race, Hamm's three-man crew was tossed out of the boat at Rock Island. The crew quickly got back into the Heredia boat, named Miss Josie, and continued to race. DeProy said he was pleased with the race and said he hopes to get Castlegar more involved in next year’s race. “We're starting to work on getting corporate sponsors for next year's race and I'm going to try and get Castlegar more involved. We received a lot of support from Castlegar this year and the race really is a Trail-Castlegar event,” said DeProy. learns a major league lesson MONTREAL (CP) — It took Ubaldo Heredia only a couple of innings to learn an important lesson about pitching in the big leagues. “All the hitters here are good,” Her edia said after he and the Montreal Expos lost a 5-2 National League base ball decision to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. “From the first guy to the ninth.” The lesson will likely not be lost on Heredia, 0-1, who was making his major-league debut at the age of 31 Heredia lasted only four innings, giving up four runs on five hits, including a three-run double by Braves pitcher Zane Smith in the second inning. “I thought I could get a fastball by him,” said Heredia, who has spent a 15-year professional career bouncing around the minor and Mexican leagues While Smith, 4-1, came through with a big hit, he was not overwhelming on the mound, giving up six hits and six walks in 61-3 innings. He struck out five. “Smith was struggling,” said Expos manager Buck Rodgers, whose club left 12 men on base. “He threw a lot of pitches, fell behind a lot of batters, but we just couldn't cash in.” EARNS A SAVE Jeff Dedmon finished the game to earn his second save. The Braves opened the scoring in the second ianing when Graig Nettles led off with a single and Rafael Ramirez followed with a double. After Ozzie Virgil popped up, Glenn Hubbard was given an intentional walk to load the bases and then Smith drilled his double into the left centre-field power alley to score three runs. Atlanta added a run in the fourth when Virgil led off with a solo homer, his seventh of the season. The Braves scored again in the fifth when Gerald Perry led off with a single against Jay Tibbs, stole second and scored on a single by Ramirez. The Expos knocked Smith out of the game in the seventh when they scored twice on back-to-back RBI-sin gles by Tim Wall and Andres Gal arraga But Dedmon came on to strand two runners and shut the door on Montreal the rest of the wa y