as Castlegar News March 27, 1988 Tourism looks good here By CasNews Staff The group responsible for promoting tourism in the Kootenays is looking forward to a great summer season for the region this year. The Kootenay Country Tourist Association is currently gearing up for what it hopes will be a successful summer for area tourist businesses. The provincial Partners in Tourism program has provided a boost to the region with members exper iencing a 25 per cent to 112 per cent increase in visitations. The KCTA's marketing plan for the 1988/89 season has been submitted to the B.C. Ministry of Tourism and is close to approval. “I am pleased to report we are financially sound,” adds Roy Shields regional manager of the KCTA. “Our cash flow remains positive funds on hand.” with sufficient contingency The new undertaking for the KCTA this season is a heritage theme “lure-piece” or brochure package to entice visitors to the area. Both the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and Regional District of Central Kootenay were presented with information on the package and are encouraged by the presentations. The lure piece is expected to be in print by mid-April for distribution in Washington State and da. “It's going to fill a major void in our marketing plan,” says Shields. “The completion of this lure piece gives us a compact method of giving potential visitors a better understanding of our region.” The association is also preparing a Gold Get-A-Way brochure for distribution in aimed at attracting golfers t mid-April. The brochure is o the Kootenays and offers prizes for some out-of-town golf tournament winners to receive a gold weekend in the Kootenays. Shields says the KCTA’s primary gola will be to continue designing marketing strategies for the private sector and create a larger lure for the potential visitor Banks fooled by cheques CHICAGO (AP) - Cheques that disintegrate into confetti shortly after being deposited have cost banks nearly $50,000 US this year, the Chicago Clearing House Association says. It warned banks this week to be on the lookout for dis. solving cheques, and the FBI has been asked to determine whether the chemical used to destroy the cheques is harm ful to humans Northern Trust Bank has been hit by a number of the cheques, an association memo says. The memo said that in one case a Northern customer deposited a $4,000 cheque in a savings account Feb. 16, then withdrew the same amount a week later from one of the bank's branch offices. It said that by March 2 the cheque had been “re- duced to mere confetti, small bits of paper that appeared to be treated with chemicals that caused the paper to break into pieces to a point where it was impossible to identify any information on the cheque.” Weekly Stocks TORONTO (CP) Stocks plunged in Toronto and New York on Friday amid con tinuing investor nervous. ness. The Toronto Stock Ex change’s composite 300 index dropped 41.44 points to close at 3,280.76, or 41.8 points off from a week ago. In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 indust rials fell 44.92 points to 1,978.95, down 108.42 from last Friday. It was the big gest weekly decline for the Dow since a drop of 143.74 points between Nov. 30 and Dec. 4 The U.S. dollar showed signs of steadying and inter. est rates dropped a bit, but analysts said investors were nervously watching inflation ary pressures. As prices fell sharply for two straight days, the only stocks attracting buying in terest were issues involved in takeover news and spec ulation. In Toronto, the TSE index gained for the first three days in mostly lacklustre trading and then hit a down turn. It lost 37.59 points Thursday. The steep drop was an ex pected market correction, said Don Dillistone of Rich ardson Greenshields of Can. ada “We think it will be over quickly and the market will start moving back up again,” he said, adding it will prob- ably rebound to a new post crash high after testing low ground “It's probably pretty close to running its course now,” he said In Toronto on Friday de cliners outnumbered ad vancers 492 to 318 with 364 issues unchanged on a vob ume of 23,988,525 shares with a value of $30. 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TRAIL BC V1R 4B2 (604) 364.5616 » 37. picture ¢ 0-3 years SuperValu entrance 7-8 years 4-6 years Meet at lower level rear mall entrance Pictures with the Easter Bunny 10 a.m.-12 noon = EASTER EGG HUNT 9:30 A.M. Meet behind SuperValu $50 Auction Bucks Sch picture TA 62°° 7590 50°° 349° 200° 45° 112" 198 49°5 49% 40° 30° 63° 63° 200° 149° 189° 50° 3 miles East of Trail on Highway 3B Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 9:30-5:30 Thursday and Friday 9:30-9:00 AUCTION IS HAPPENING HERE! March 27,1988 ay Make Time For Yourself: Use Our Automated Tellers. Fifth straight title for Junior Rockettes By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer It was a tournament of surprises but it was not surprise to anybody to see the Stanley Humphries Junior Rockettes holding up the West Koot- enay Junior Girls basketball trophy Friday. Stanley Humphries beat the plucky Boundary Central squad 61-24 in the final game for the title. ‘The four-team West Kootenay championship was played at the local high school and the SHSS squad is the first team in 23 years to win its fifth straight title. Stanley Humphries coach Doug Pilatzke attributed his team's success to “depth, depth and more depth.” The team was missing ace shooters Denise Pottle and Lisa Baker but the bench filled the void handily. Stanley Humphries’ Brandy How- ard was named the tournament's most valuable player and scored 20 points in the title game. Boundary coach Hal Stedham was pleased with his team's showing but added it would have been nice to win the title. “I think we peaked at the right time,” Stedham said of his junior charges. “I thought the calibre was excellent.” Stedham said the Boundary team is still building and hopes his squad will be a real contender next season. In the tournament's first game Stedham's squad defeated a far stronger J.L. Crowe team from Trail 39-31 in the tournament's big game. The second game was won easily by Stanley Humphries as they waltzed by the Rossland squad 57-22. Crowe came back from the earlier upset defeat to knock off the Rossland squad 47-26 in the third game. Tournament all-stars were: Chris- tie Metzler of Rossland, Leanne Taylor of Boundary Central, Erin Rhodes of J.L. Crowe, Kim Southwell of Stanley Humphries and Kristy Lees of Stanley Humphries. The tournament marks the end of the junior girls’ season and Pilatzke said he will be losing some of his Grade 10 players to the senior team. As well, Brandy Howard will be moving to North Vancouver with her parents and playing with the Carson Graham secondary school team. Shawn O'Sullivan retires By BRUCE CHEADLE Canadian Press TORONTO — Donovan Boucher retained a title and Shawn O'Sullivan gave up a career. It all happened in three minutes, 46 seconds Friday night at Varsity Arena. Boucher, the reigning Canadian welterweight boxing champion, stunned O'Sullivan with a series of jabs early in the second round of his second title defence and then finished the Toronto boxer with a flurry of punches that dropped O'Sullivan heavily to the canvas. Referee Harry Davis began O'Sullivan regained his feet but never finished as O'Sullivan reeled back into the ropes. “As all of you know, I'm not a champion of my words,” Boucher said following the fight. “I'd like to good food. launched.” the count after thank my coach, Chris Amos, and my mom for all her “It’s special to me that I came out hard and had a positive fight. I knew I had the power. I looked for the opportunity and times it perfectly. It was the rocket that But as has been the story of Boucher's career to date, the Toronto boxer was overshadowed by his former stablemate of the Toronto boxer was overshadowed by his former stablemate of the Cabbagetown Youth Centre in post-fight interviews. “This is going to be quick and to the point,” said a calm O'Sullivan. “Without a doubt it’s time to move on.” “As my dad said when he retired, he had other lives to lead. That applies to me. I'm going to get on with it.” Hi Arrow nets OT win Chief Mercer's goal with 3:49 re- maining in the first overtime period gave the Hi Arrow Arms an 8-7 victory over the Sandman Inn in CRHL playoff hockey action Thursday at the Com- munity Complex. Don Deschene and Rod Zavaduk assisted on the game- winner. Sandman opened the scoring with 42 seconds gone in the opening frame. Jeff Townsend scored from Dan Walker. Hi Arrow replied under a minute later on Robin King’s goal from Deschene and Mercer. The first period ended 1-1. Sandman took the lead in the second stanza with three goals. Steve Simonen scored from Jim Nazaroff and Ian Stewart. $imonen got his next goal from Stewart and John Obetkoff. Walker got Sandman’s final goal of the middle stanza from Don Savinkoff. Hi Arrow's only goal in the middle frame came from Deschene. Mercer and King assisted. The second period ended 4-2 Sandman. Hi Arrow rallied back in the third period scoring five goals. Deschene scored his second of the night with Mercer and King assisting. Mercer scored his first of the night from Deschene and King. Deschene tallied another goal for the hattrick. Wayne Kinakin and Mercer assisted. Deschene's final goal of the game came from Wayne Zino and Mercer. King rounded off the Hi Arrow third-period comeback with a goal from Mercer and Kinakin. Sandman scored three goals in the third period. Nazaroff scored from Walker and Bill Cheveldave. Savinkoff scored an unassisted marker and Obetkoff got Sandman’s final goal of the game. Grant pleases boaters Well it’s about time. The federal government has finally decided to spend some money on charting the waters of the Arrow Lakes and Colum River for pleasure boaters and fishermen. Richard Maddocks and the Cast legar and District Development Board have been badgering Koote- nay West MP Bob Brisco for over a year to get the Columbia and Arrow Lakes district charted — and for good reasons. “It opens up a lot of commercial possibilities,” says Maddocks. “It's surprising that the lake had never been charted before.” The $500,000 project was an nounced on Friday at Brisco's Castlegar office and met with appreciation from Harry Stan, Maddocks and marina operator Scottie Tait, who were all present for the announcement. Brisco said it took some time to convince federal fisheries minister Tom Siddon to front the money for the project, which begins this summer, but he kept the pressure on aided by the development board people. “I am very pleased that the minister responded in such a timely manner to our representations,” says Brisco. The decision represents an almost stunning realization by the federal fisheries minister that this area is worthy of a better look from a By Brendan Nagle recreational standpoint. While I might be happy to keep the mammoth Gerrard rainbow trout in the area a secret, I wouldn't be doing anything for the businesses that depend on outside visitors dropping a line. I can only imagine the look on Brisco's face as he was trying to explain to the minister the import- ance of a charting project for one of the continent's largest navigable freshwater systems. I get the feeling it was like trying to pull teeth The decision comes on the heels of an announcement regarding trout stocks in the area. The provincial government's Re- creational Fisheries Program has said it will release about 35,000 juvenile Gerrard trout into area waterways, up substantially from the 15,000 fish they averaged over the last 10 years. So everything is just rosy in the world of the area's recreational fishermen. By as early as 1990 they will have charts of the Columbia River from the U.S. to Hugh Keen- leyside dam and charts of the Arrow Lakes to Revelsjoke and will be able to boat and fish to their hearts’ content. Right? Maybe not You can chart and study a river system all you want for fishermen and recreational boaters, but that won't do anything for raising the water levels . . . unless you can convince B.C. Hydro to plug up the dam and cancel its water treaty with the U.S. Just head out to Scotties Marina and look at the 56 stairs you have to walk down to get to the water. Last summer they were floating. The dust storms that accompany the low water levels in a stiff wind may be enough to scare any poten tial fisherman away. Who wants to fish in a dust storm, anyway? The lower water levels will also affect the spawning of the fish in the area leading to a lower fish popu lation in future seasons. So right now there are 35,000 Gerrard trout going into the water systems and $500,000 going into charting the Arrow Lakes and the Columbia . and plummetting water levels. Brisco said the group responsible for charting the waters over the next year will “take into account” fluctuating water levels while map ping the area for fishermen and recreational boaters. I say they can “take into account” all they want, they can't increase the water levels until Hydro changes its priorities. So before we bite into this great announcement hook, line and sinker, let's just remember that in the end when B.C. Hydro talks, everybody listens . . . even when they don’t want to. DRAWS CROWD .. . Stanley Humphries’ Jennifer Sallis (right) attracts the attention of Boundary Central defenders. Stanley Humphries won the West Kootenay junior girls’ basketball championship Friday in Castlegar. CasNews photo by Brendan Nogie Ex-Esks takes up baseball By TOM MALONEY Canadian Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Matt Dunigan, trying to make a minior league baseball team in the Montreal Expos’ organization after five years as a pro fessional quarterback, flopped across a bed in his hotel room. “I'm having a blast,” said Dunigan, 27, who quit his job with the Edmonton Eskimos less than a month ago. “It's a lot easier than getting drilled in the back by linebackers.” He is wearing a bandage over a right knee that has twice been gashed sliding into second base. His wife Kathy is six months pregnant and selling off their belongings in Edmonton. He doesn't know where he'll be living this summer. And his salary has sunk to $840 a month from the $11,000 a month he was making playing football. But he couldn't be happier. “I finally found a bat I enjoy swinging,” said Dunigan, an outfielder. “I had two bats I really enjoyed but they broke early on in camp, so I was using these big sticks and having trouble getting comfortable.” Dunigan recites what he's done in each of nine at-bats during the week. He's got one hit, a solid single into the alley, struck out three times and made solid contact the other five. Twice he’s been robbed of hits while playing in the A-level scrimmages CRUNCH BALL “I just want to crunch the ball,” Dunigan said. “I want to do what it takes to be a ballplayer. “I don't want just to make contact.” Dunigan is hoping for a spot on the Class A Rockford (Illinois) Expos of the Midwest League or the Jamestown Expos of the New York-Penn league “When I play football, I feel like I'm 35,” Dunigan said. “When I play baseball, I feel like I'm 21. “T haven't thought about football. I don't have time to and I don’t think I can afford to. I have to concentrate on what I’m doing down here.” However, he admitted there was more to leaving Edmonton than pursuit of a dream playing baseball. Eskimos general manager Hugh Campbell cut his $130,000 salary by 10 per cent last season and was asking for a huge reduction this séason, reportedly 50 per cent “I wasn’t happy getting my butt kicked up there in the CFL with what management wanted to pay me,” said Dunigan, who suffered a concussion in the Grey Cup game. “Lasked to be traded . . . players are taking it on the chin for marketing mistakes made by management in the past. Canucks out of hunt CALGARY (CP) — Brad McCrimmon scored a goal and assisted on two others for the Calgary Flames in a 6-1 vietory over the Vancouver Canucks in National Hockey League action Saturday night. With the win, the Flames captured the Smythe Division title and have four games remaining in the regular season, three of which are at home Al MacInnis added two for the Flames who remain atop the league standings with 101 points. Joel Otto, John Tonelli and Gary Suter each added singles for Calgary Tony Tanti scored the lone goal for the Canucks who, with the loss, are out of the playoff hunt Mike Vernon stopped 27 shots for the Flames while Canucks goalie Steve Weeks faced 33 shots WHALES 8 STARS 1 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ray Ferraro scored a goal and had two assists and Torrie Robertson ended a 56-game drought with a goal Saturday night as the Hartford Whalers routed the Minnesota North Stars 8-1 Hartford, which has won four of its last five games, moved a step closer to clinching the final playoff berth in the Adams Division. The Quebec Nordiques, who lost to the Boston Bruins Saturday afternoon, fell five points behind the Whalers with five games left in the regular season. The North Stars, 3-13-3 since Feb. 13, entered the game tied with Toronto for the final playoff berth in the Norris Division. Carey Wilson, Lindsay Carson, Dave Tippett, Paul MacDermid, Stewart Gavin and Ron Francis also scored for the Whalers, and Kevin Dineen, Dave Babych and Randy Ladouceur each had two assists. ISLES 5 OILERS 4 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Pat LaFontaine's tie. breaking goal at 1:53 of the third period Saturday night lifted the New York Islanders over the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 and back into first place in the NHL's Patrick Division. With the victory, the Islanders moved back into first by one point over the idle Washington Capitals. Each team has four games remaining. The Oilers, who started the night seven points behind Smythe Division leader Calgary, lost for the second time in three nights following a five-game unbeaten streak. LaFontaine snapped a 3-3 tie on a solo dash. After taking a pass from Derek King at centre ice, LaFontaine skated around defenceman Randy Gregg and lifted the puck over goaltender Grant Fuhr for this 45th goal of the season. FLYERS 6 JETS 0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tim Kerr scored three goals and goalie Mark LaForest earned his second career shutout as the Philadelphia Flyers blanked the slumping Winnipeg Jets 60 on Saturday night. It was the eighth straight loss for the Jets, who are winless in their last 10 NHL games and will finish third in the Smythe Division. The victory was only the third in 13 games for the Flyers, who are third in the Patrick Division with 81 points, three behind the first-place New York Islanders. Kerry, the Flyers’ leading scorer last season with 58 goals, was making only his fourth appearance of the season He missed most of the season after undergoing five operations to fix torn ligaments and cartilage damage in his left shoulder suffered in last spring's Stanley Cup playoffs. BOSTON 6 QUEBEC 2 BOSTON (AP) — Cam Neely scored two goals and Lyndon Byers had a goal and two assists Saturday as Boston clinched second place in the Adams Division by routing the Quebee Nordiques 6-2 on Saturday The loss further dimmed Quebec's hopes of catching Hartford for the final playoff berth in the Adams Division. The Nordiques entered the game trailing Hartford by three points. Byers and Jay Miller, who have 536 penalty minutes between them, both scored in the first period as the Bruins took a 3-1 lead Byers set up Miller/s seventh goal of the season at 2:54. Ater Gaetan Duchesne tied the game with a power-play goal at 9:25, Byers set up Glen Wesley's goal at 18:14 and scored his 10th of the season on a setup by Miller 23 seconds later for a two-goal lead RANGERS 4 WINGS 4 DETROIT (AP) — John Ogrodnick scored his 19th goal of the season with 1:02 remaining in regulation time Saturday to cap a three-goal third period and lift the New York Rangers to a 4-4 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. Gerard Gallant scored three goals as the Red Wings took a 4-0 lead less than six minutes into the second period. But New York's Tomas Sandstrom made it 4-1 at 7:18 of the middle period, then scored again at 4:02 of the third period to make it 4-2 Rookie Ulf Dahlen scored his 28th of the season on a long slapshot at 13:30 to narrow the deficit to one goal. With goalie Bob Froese pulled for an extra attacker, Ogrodnick, a former Red Wing, poked a loose puck through a pileup of players and past goaltender Greg Stefan. UES 3 LEAFS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Greg Paslawski lifted the rebound of Tony McKegney’s blocked shot past Ken Wregget at 2:07 of overtime, giving the St. Louis Blues a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maples Leafs Saturday night Paslawski's goal, his second of the season, was his second in three games since returning from a back injury that sidelined him since December. Defenceman Gordie Roberts, who scored on a rebound for the Blues of 9:04 of the third period, set up McKegney's shot from the slot. The victory clinched second place in the Norris Division for the Blues and assured them of the home-ice advantage for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It also snapped a four-game home winless streak.