as Castlagar News — »:i«.199 ‘Emphasis on the environment creates new role in boardrooms TORONTO (CP) — Increasing emphasis on the environment has created a new role in Canadian boar- drooms, as companies rush to staff iti with titles like positions carry some clout. In the large forestry companies in British Columbia, the trend is to put the environmental job at thie vice level, said John Tanton vice-president of environment. “At one time, companies didn’t always have human resource of Vancouver-based Tanton Mitchell Group Ltd., an executive search firm. “That VP is part of the executive or says Lawrence Foerster, a partner with the executive search firm MclIn- tyre Rowan of Toronto. **Now (they) are essential and this is becoming the case with the en- vironmentalist,’’ he said. And, in many cases, these new Tax wars rage on Hill OTTAWA (CP) — Tax wars raged on Parliament Hill Tuesday. NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin said just 25 Tory MPs need to change their minds to defeat the unpopular goods and services tax proposal. And New Democrat MPs also threatened to emasculate the impor tant Commons finance committee unless Tory chairman Don Blenkarn gets booted off for terminating a meeting last month after 31 hours of around the clock debate on the tax bill. But all of that had little to do with hustling the sales tax legislation, Bill C-62, through Parliament. Finance Minister Michael Wilson took care of that, serving notice that the Conservative majority gover- nment will flex its legislative muscles and restrict report stage and third reading debate on the bill. Report stage occurs when a bill is returned to the House after it has been examined by a committee. Fhird reading follows. Several opposition MPs said they believe the fireworks could be over in the Commons before Easter and the bill on its way to the Liberal- dominated Senate. Commons Speaker John Fraser allowed just under two hours for every MP to speak on the tax and said it will take 11 debates and 26 votes to- take care of about 90 proposed amen- dments. Many amendments from op- position MPs would have the effect of deleting the bill. But the federal government could easily cut that schedule short with its majority. If 25 Tories did vote to defeat the seven per cent tax, scheduled to take effect next Jan. 1, the tally would be 151 to 141 against it — not counting the Speaker. Two seats are vacant. But so far, only two Tories — Ed- monton MP David Kilgour and Calgary MP Alex Kindy — have said they will vote against the bill, a survey by the Canadian Federation of In- dependent Business indicates. “We've already seen cracks in the Conservative backbench armor,” said NDP House leader Nelson Riis. ‘*All we neediis 25 backbenchers and that’s doable.”” Meanwhile, New Democrat MPs threatened to block the finance com: mittee from considering any more legislation unless Blenkarn is removed for his controversial move that broke the NDP-led filibuster But Blenkarn said in an interview he made a private offer to resign as committee chairman last week if the NDP would withdraw its motion ejec- ting him from the committee. The offer was rebuffed, Blenkarn said. “My back has gone up and that’s all there is to it,’” he added team, at an equal level with alf'the other policy-making VPs, and reports directly to the president,”” said Tanton, whose company has resource companies now that can get away without an environment specialist because every province, the territories and the federal government all have ministries of the environment and you can’t get a licence to open a mine, build a pulp mill or cut trees unless* you comply with their en- ‘ vironmental standards."’ But it’s not just resource companies that are adding environment positions to the corporate structure. been ing for for , too, are hiring specialists as key senior envi ti “I don’t think there are many members of the management team,” said Foerster. James Parr, partner in charge of executive search at Peat Marwick Stevenson and Kellogg, sees similar moves among the major food retailers. 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Now, Belczyk finds himself the veteran skier on the team and at 28, the Castlegar native is taking his job, and his life, a lot more seriously these days. “I’ve sort of adapted over the last three, four years. I’ve changed from just a skier on the national team to someone who wants to make a career of the sport, and that’s changed my perception of skiing,’” said Belczyk, who was in Castlegar last week to visit parents and friends. Coming off his best year ever in downhill on the World Cup circuit, Beiczyk credits-the success to his new attitude about his sport and his life. One thing that he sees now that he perhaps didn’t fully realize when he was 21 or 22 is the fixed timetable his career ‘has, he said. Belczyk said he has realized in the last couple of years that his life on the slopes isn’t going to last forever, and that he should get what he can out of the sport that he’s put so much into. Belczyk first put on a pair of skies when he was two years old and has been racing competitively since he was 12 — first with the Red Mountain Racers and then with the provincial team. He joined the national team in 1981-82. “*I worked a long time to get where T am and I realize there’s only so much time left so I really want to make the most of it, as a skier and money-wise too."’ He still loves skiing, there’s no doubt-about that-now — though last year he wasn’t so sure and came close to packing it in—but he said it’s a job for him now, and like any job it has its drawbacks. The main drawback, Belczyk said, is that skiing all over the world 10 months a year gives him no centre, no place to call home. That’s why, when he has an extra few days on his schedule like he did last week, he loves to come back to the peaceful place where he grew up, to spend time with his family and just rest and relax. **You can get very tired living out of a suitcase 10 months a year. I want to have some sort of permanancy. A place to hang my hat.’” This summer, that place will be Vancouver as Belczyk, for the first time in his career, is going to spend a summer away from his other family — the national team — and take some time with his girlfriend just relaxing and maybe indulging in his second love — windsurfing. Make no mistake, Belczyk isn’t complaining about his life. Skiing has been very good to him. And, as he gets older and things like financial security become more important considerations, the job isn’t bad at all for Belczyk’s bank ac- count. Though theoretically an amateur, a designation that allows him to par- ticipate in the Olympics, there is money to be made from endorsements once you're a national team member. “*Where I am now, it’s pretty easy to make $100,000 a year but you never know how much money you're going to make because it depends on the endorsements you can get,’’ he said. And the more successfuly you are the more endorsements you're likely to get, so when the corporate marketing agents start adding up Belczyk’s numbers on the World Cup circuit this year, his smiling face should become a prime candidate for their products. When the World Cup season ended last month, Belczyk’s credits included five top-10 finishes and his world ranking climbed to eighth. His third in a downhill at Are, Sweden March 18 was the second time he’s made it to the medals podium in his career. The first time, a gold medal two years ago, is something he still looks back on as the highlight of his career. There’s been a tot written and said about his low point, when he was con- sidering leaving skiing after falling in his last race of the season last year, but what hasn’t been said about the crash is.thai it was almost as good as it - ON THE FLY . « Belczyk is coming off his best season ever in World Cup downhill and he attributes much of his success to the new he has about his sport and his life. was bad for Belczyk. “In a sense it was one of the things that kept me going,’’ he said. *‘At fir- st, lying there in the snow, I said ‘This is it, I can’t do it anymore.’ Then I found out I had a good race going and could have been in the top three. . . I wanted to get out there again.’’ Belczyk proved he’s the number one downhiller on the Canadian team winning the Canadian Champion- ships at Lake Louise in January. But the big victories, his ultimate goals, have eluded him to this point and he’s feeling no pressure to move on and let younger skiers have a chan- ce. “It used'to be in your late 20s when you'd reached your prime in skiing, but they guy who won the downhill this year was 32, so... "" He’s anticipating next year will be his best year to date but he doesn’t put too much pressure on himself anymore like he used to. “That’s been my problem the last couple of years. I'd have some really good training runs so | would show that I could ski with the best, but then I wouldn’t come through on race day."’ On his status as the senior member of the team, Belczyk said he’s settling into that role now. “Yeah, I've accepted the role. I used to dread it at one time. It’s sort of like a sign that your old — decrepit. 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Moog and Lemelin provide first class goaltending and Glen Wesley is a solid young defenceman. ‘The Whalers area stingy, hard-working defensive club with just enough scoring, mainly from Ron Fran- cis and Pat Verbeek. Hartford traded Mike Liut, an inconsistent playoff goaltender, and will rely on the relatively un- tried Peter Sidorkiewicz and Kay Whitmore. The Whalers otherwise have a mix of attributes — veterans Dave Babych and Ulf Samuelsson on defence, Scott Young’s cannon shot on the power play and the tenacious play of grinders like Mike Tomlak and Dave Tippett. BUFFALO vs. MONTREAL The Sabres have a balanced club, led by star cen- tre Pierre Turgeon and defensive ace Phil Housley. Dave Andreychuk and Rick Vaive are the only other Sabres to score more than 20 goals. A solid defence includes Doug Bodger, Mike Ramsey and Uwe Krupp, but goaltending is a question mark-despite- fine seasons from Daren Puppa and Clint Malarchuk. Both goalies have goals-against averages Over 4.00-in timited playoff experience. The Sabres were 4-3-1 against Montreal this season, but most of the games were early in the season and the teams haven’t played since Feb. 16, when Buf- falo won 5-3 at home. The loss of Norris Trophy winner Chris Chelios is a blow to Montreal, who this season have given a crash course on NHL defence to rookies Mathieu Schneider, Eric Desjardins and Sylvain Lefebvre, who remain shaky. Patrick Roy proved he deserved the Vezina Trophy last season by playing 54 games and posting a 2.53 goals-against average. PATRICK DIVISION Pity the poor New York Rangers. Having broken one jinx by winning their first divisional title in almost 50 years, the Rangers now face another curse — the playoff hex that has recently bedeviled first-place teams in the Patrick Division. Last season, the Philadelphia Flyers finished the season in fourth place and then went all the way to the NHL’s final four. The year before that, the New Jersey Devils did the same thing after barely qualifying for post-season * play. Ditto for the fourth-place Rangers of 1985-86. RANGERS vs. ISLANDERS With apologies to the folks in Calgary and Ed- monton, nothing with the Rang: wars. Where else do fans cheer when a player on a rival team gets injured? “There’s nothing like this because of the closeness,’’ says Rangers coach Roger Neilson, who's talking about geographic proximity and not any affec- tion the teams or fans feel for one another. “The Islanders having such success in the early '80s, that really ticked all the Rangers fans off. So I think the rivalry is even keener for this series.”” Q FAK@ © NEW JERSEY vs. WASHINGTON This year, the Devils imported a pair of Soviet defencemen (Olympic stars Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov) and seem to have put it all together over the last month, especially after acquiring Peter Stastny from Quebec. The Capitals’ Soviet experience wasn't as pleasant — those players spent part of their preseason in the U.S.S.R., a tiring trip which may explain a lethargic showing for most of the year New Jersey owns the best intradivision record at 18-12-5, but Lamoriello says nothing is predictable when it comes to the Patrick. SMYTHE DIVISION Wayne Gretzky has a cranky back, but it seems Mark Messier hardly strained his as he carried the Ed- monton Oilers on his huge shoulders for the entire NHL season. That adds up to bad news for the Los Angeles Kings and the Winnipeg Jets as the Smythe Division semifinals begin tonight, with the Kings in Calgary to play the Flames and the Jets in Edmonton against Messier’s Oilers. CALGARY ys. LOS ANGELES The Flames won the eight-game seasonal series with a record of 4-3-1. They fashioned a record of 10- 8-2 in their last 30 games, improving for the final stret- ch while the Kings sputtered. But most important in this series is thé'fact that Los Angeles may not have Gretzky in the lineup to Start the best-of-seven affair. The Flames are riding high. They have the NHL's be: balanced, potent offence, a successful power play, a Solid defence and goaltender Mike Vernon back in the fold, despite some back problems. The Kings have a capable offence, even without No. 99. But their suspect, aging defence and questionable goaltending counter their scoring ability EDMONTON vs. WINNIPEG The Jets and the Oilers could make for the best Smythe battle. Edmonton beat Winnipeg 4-2 Sunday for the club’s first win in the Manitoba capital this season. The Oilers took the seasonal series 5-3 and beat the Jets in all four games at Northlands Coliseum. Edmonton struggled in the second half of the season and will miss injured goaltender Grant Fuhr, out for the year. But Bill Ranford is a capable replacement The Jets, meanwhile, boast the best rookie goaltender in the league in Bob Essensa. They also have a talented defence and a corps of mostly grinding, speedy forwards. NORRIS DIVISION Unpredictable. That's an apt description of the Norris Division playoffs, which begin tonight when first-place Chicago plays host to fourth-place Min- nesota and St. Louis entertains third-place Toronto. MINNESOTA vs. CHICAGO Chicago, 41-33-6, was the most improved team in the NHL this season, up 22 points, and coach Mike Keenan feels that should bode well for the playoffs. “The Blackhawks qualified for the playoffs last season in their 80th game and then eliminated first- place Detroit before being derailed by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Calgary Flames. The Blackhawks are deep at centre with denis Savard (27 goals), outstanding rookie Jeremy Roenick (26 goals), Troy Murray and Adam Creighton. The wings and deferice are both solid. Minnesota, 36-40-4, got great seasons out—of Brian Bellows (55 goals), Dave Gagner (40 goals) and rookie Mike Modano (29 goals). TORONTO vs. ST. LOUIS If the regular season means anything, Toronto will dispose of St. Louis in quick order. The Leafs dominated the Blues 7-1-0. The Maple Leafs, 38-38-4, like to run-and-gun and coach Doug Carpenter makes no secret that his best defence is a good offence. Gary leeman (51 goals), Ed Olezyk (32 goals), Dan Marois (39 goals) and Vince Damphousse (33 goals) are the top guns. Eight Leafs had a 20-plus goal season. Allan Bester, who was sent to the minors in mid- season to boost his, confidence, will start in net for Toronto. The defence in front of him is adequate, slow and sloppy at getting the puck out of its end. That's whefé the loss of Al Iafrate, gone for the season with a knée injury, will hurt. Another major factor is spiritual leader Wendel Clark Brett Hull led the NHL in goals, with 72, and Adam Oates contributed 102 points.