May 18, 1986 PREAKNESS STAKES Snow Chief wins easily BALTIMORE(AP) — Snow Chief, a major dis appointment in the Kentucky Derby, redeemed himself Saturday when he overtook pacesetting Groovy on the final turn and coasted to vietory in the $534.400 Preak- ness Stakes at Pimlico. Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand finished second, four lengths back, ending veteran jockey Bill Shoe- maker's quest for his first Triple Crown triumph. Broad Brush was third in the field of seven three-year- olds. Groovy, who had set the early pace in the Derby before folding and finishing last, again had the lead going into the final turn with Snow Chief stalking him most of the way. Jockey Alex Solis, a 20- year-old riding in his first Preakness, guided the California-bred Snow Chief over the 1 3-16 miles in 1:54 4-5, more than a second off the Preakness record. Following Broad Brush came Badger Land, Miracle Wood, Groovy and Clear Choice. Snow Chief, who folded on the far turn in the May 3 Derby after the blistering early pace and finished 11th in a 16-horse field, had no trouble Saturday in 30- degree weather. Snow Chief returned $7.20, $4.80 and $3.60 Apex in receivership PENTICTON, B.C. (CP) — Apex-Alpine Ski Resort is in receivership and the receiver says the resort is up for sale. Don Manning, of the Vanouver-based chartered accountants firm Ernst and Whinney, said Thursday the firm wants to sell the resort before the 1986-87 ski season. But he said, if the sale is not made, the receiver will run the operation. Ernst and Whinney is the same receiver that ran Big White Mountain near MAY 28 — Participation CASTLEGAR & AREA RECREATION DEPARTMENT MAY 19 — Recreation office closed. All Classes cancelled. MAY 20 — “That's Dancing” presented by Audrey Stanley Humphries school. 7:30 10 ond under Free. at Recreation ice MAY 22 — Aquo Fit, downtown Aerobics, Tone It Up continues. Master Swim 8-9. Bob Brandson pool Maxwell .m. Tickets $2.00. Do 15 min. of continuous activity and register by calling 365-3386. Porent : Tot and Yellow Level Swimming starts June 2. Bron- ze Medollion storts May 23, Bronze Cross storts June 13. REGISTER NOW. 2101 - 6th Ave., Castlegar Phone 365-3386 Sports Entcnde’ SUNDAY BASEBALL — MAJOR LEAGUE: Noon, channel 4; Cleveland In- dions vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 1:30 p.m. channel 13. BASKETBALL — NBA: 12:30 p.m., channel 7 (starting time ten- tative). HOCKEY — STANLEY CUP FINALS: Montreal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames, 5 p.m., channel 13 MONDAY FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Lobotts vs. Checkers, 6 p.m., Kinnaird Park. TUESDAY HOCKEY — STANLEY CUP FINALS: Montreal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames, 4:30 p.m., channel 9 FASTBALL — COMMERCIAL LEAGUE: Hi Arrow vs. Lobatts, 6 p.m., Kinnaird Park GOLF — CASTLEGAR LADIES’ CLUB: Pat Gordon Electric (second round) and Ace of Aces, tee off 9.a.m., Costlegor Golf Club. Y MINOR: Bronco division, Anderson's vs. BASEBALL — SENTINEL Maloney, 6 p.m., inland Pork. Full Line of Al vay, BALL 47 “Si” suppwics~ A public service of Castlegar Sports Centre. Kelowna when it was in receivership in 1984-85. Manning said the receiver- ship action was initiated by one of the major creditors, Roynat Inc., the commercial financing arm of a consortium of banks including the Royal vineial Travel Industry Agreement is also how much is owed to each of the ereditors, Apex received a $1.5-million, low-interest loan under the federal provincial agreement in March i Al Kenyon, a principal partner in Apex, refused to comment. A spokesman for the share- holders, who asked not to be identified, said the share- holders had written off “millions of dollars on this deal.” He said Apex had made attempts to cut costs by handing over the accommo- dations side of the resort to a Kelowna firm, reducing mar- keting costs and streamlining management. The spokesman said the selling price of the resort, because of the receivership will only be about one-third for imp ments at the ski resort. of the ‘spr debt load. Bicycle races set for June By CasNews Staff The Castlegar-Trail- Rossland area will be the site of two bicycle races in June. Organizers are planning a 110-kilometre and a 56-kilo- metre race as well as a criterium race. The 110-kilometre race will begin at 8:30 a.m. in Rossland go over the Nancy Greene summit into Castlegar, south to Trail and end up in Fruitvale. A 56-kilometre raced will start at the same time from the Sandman Inn in Castle- gar, head along Highway 22 into trail and finish in Fruit- vale. On June-15 a criterium race will take place at Waneta Plaza at 8:30 a.m. Race organizer Tawney Meiorin said prizes and trophies will be given to the winners. She said organizers have raised $775 in cash so far but would like to raise as much as $1,000. "86 GRAND AM This specially equipped 4-door sedan is an exceptional valve $15,237 at Maloney Pontiac Buick GMC So far about 20 racers have Calgary rolls over Canadiens in opener CALGARY (CP) — Playing every second day for a month should have made the Flames a tired hockey club Friday night in the first game of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup final. disadvantage...but it had nothing to do wit short-handed early in the third 1 h the final period, Calgary was n Dan Quinn intercepted Chris Chelios and went in to But Calgary players said their tough playoff rather than wear them out, left them prepared to beat Montreal Canadiens 5-2. “We've been going at it every day now for a month,” said forward Jim Peplinski, who deflected Paul Baxter’s shot to score the Flames’ second goal. “We're used to it now. We're just rolling along.” Calgary defenceman Jamie Macoun wondered whether the Canadiens’ week off since beating New York Rangers to advance to the final hadn't hurt the club. “Perhaps the delays and the anxiety got to them,” he said. “They've been sitting for a week watching games and T'm sure they got into a lull,” added Castlegar native Steve Bozek. But I's veteran Larry ' would have no truck with that reasoning. “That's a poor excuse,” he snapped after the game. “Exeuses are for losers and we're not losers.” Given the choice, Calgary coach Bob Johnson said he would have preferred to be in Montreal's well-rested position. “I would've liked to have had six days off,” he said. “They (The Flames) played 17 (playoff) games to get here. Obviously I was worried about them getting tired. But the adrenalin...carried us a long way.” Mats Naslund’s backhand shot on a power play put Montreal up 1-0 early in the first period but John Tonelli and Peplinski countered for the Flames. The Canadiens protested Peplinski’s final minute marker. “It was no goal, it was as simple as that,” said coach Jean Perron. “It was a high stick, no question about it.” Naslund said that goal put the Canadiens “at a big registered for the race but Meiorin said she has had CALGARY (CP) — Six- time most valuable player Wayne Gretzky of Edmonton Oilers heads the list of 21 ' finalists named Saturday for the various individual NHL awards for the 1985-86 season. Gretzky, winner of the 7 . Hart Trophy the last six The race is being spon vears, was named one of the sored with help from local three finalists this season businesses and the Kootenay slong with Philadelphia Flyer Bicycle Club. ex defenceman Mark Howe and Pittsburgh Penguin forward Mario Lemieux: Gretzky is tied with Gordie Howe for most Hart Trophy awards. In a change from past season when only two final- ists were named, the NHL names three for each award this season and all are expected to be in Toronto Orga: for volunteers to help on the race day. Minor Soccer By CasNews Staff Green Machine and Bartle and Gibson played to a 1-1 tie Thursday night in the seven when the presentations are made on June 10. and eight-year old division of the Castlegar and District Minor Soccer Association. In another game, Mountain Sports shut out Red Devils 40. In the 9-10-year-old divi- sion, Castlegar Savings Credit Union beat Cohoe Insurance 3-1 while Tudor Sports defeated West's De- partment Store 7-1 in the 12 and under age group. There were no real sur By CasNews Staff Seven Castlegar residents tooks part in the fifth annual THE PONY SUMMER BONUS OFFER! Silver City Days 5k/10k run held in Trail last weekend as part of Silver City Days celebrations. In the 10-kilometre race, Jason Ferris was third in the 14-16 male category with a time of 39 minutes eight seconds. In the 30-39 male category, Peter Ki icoff prises in the names announc- ed Saturday. In the running for the Norris Trophy as top defenceman is last year's winner Paul Coffey of Edmonton Oilers, Howe of the Flyers (who led the league in plus-minus rank- ings) and former two-time winner Larry Robinson of Montreal Canadiens. The Calder Trophy final. ists, as top rookie, are leftwinger Wendel Clark of Toronto Maple Leafs, last spring's No. 1 draft pick, Montreal rightwinger Kjell Dahlin and Calgary Flames’ injured defenceman Gary Suter. LEADS ROOKIES Clark led all rookies with 34 goals, Dahlin was the top point collector with 71 points and Suter led all a pass by goaltender Patrick Ro; with a low, sharp-angied shot. ~ aaind it bit the shaft of his stick. Chelios away. tremendous boost.” “That was the turning point,” McDonald said. “It was a Chelios got some revenge with Montreal's final goal late in the ne persed but Doug Risebrough countered for Calgary with 25 seconds remaining into the empty net. Mike Vernon, who had another strong night in the Calgary goal, said the Flames’ strong forechecking kept the Canadiens so bottled up in tl heir own zone it gave his club lots of time to come back after giving up the first goal. “We had the intensity,” Vernon said. “They happened to score the first goal...but it didn't bother ‘us at all.” Robinson, a five-time Stanley Cup champion, agreed the Calgary had the edge in that regard. “The intensity wasn't there,” he said. “It was our worst game of the playoffs.” Robinson was less than impressed with the efforts of some of his fellow Canadiens. “If a few of the guys don't pull up their socks and play the way they're capable of playing, then maybe we should make a few changes. We certainly didn't have everybody going tonight. It’s time to take a look in the mirror.” Veteran winger Bob Gainey said the Canadiens played well through the second period but “gave them two easy goals.” “We made it too difficult for ourselves. I think we got caught a little unprep d for their agg on the puck...and we turned it over too often.” second only to Dahlin among rookies. The candidates for the Frank Selke Trophy as the top defensive forward are Montreal's Guy Carbonneau, Philadelphia's Ron Sutter and Chicago Blackhawks’ Troy Murray. Mats Naslund of Montreal is a newcomer among former winners in the running for the Lady Byng Memorial ‘Trophy for blending gentle manly conduct with perform ance_ The other finalists are Mike Bossy of New York Islanders who won the award in 1983 and 1984 and last year’s winner, Jari Kurri of Edmonton. The Vezina Trophy final- ists for the best goaltender, as selected by the league Gretzky in hunt for Hart general managers, are Bob Froese of Philadelphia, Grant Fuhr of Edmonton and John Vanbiesbrouck of New York Rangers. The Jack Adams Trophy for the coach of the year will go to a coach not in the Stanley Cup final. The three candidates are Jacques Demers of St. Louis Blues, Lorne Henning of Minnesota Northu Stars and Glen Sather of Edmontofi Oilers: Balloting for the. awards took.place after the regular = season but before the play. offs began. Members of the Profes sional Hockey Writers Association voted on all the trophies except the Adams, which is voted on by the NHL Broadcasters’ Association, and the Vezina. in scoring with 68 points, Ferris third in Silver City run 10th in 45:18. In the 50-59 male category, Ben Thor Larsen was second in 45:29. In the five-kilometre run, Michelle Ferris was first in the 10 and under female class in 29:57 while Sheila Ferris was third in the 40-49 female class in 28:49. The 185 participants in. cluded runners from ages five to 62 with several school was sixth in 45:37 while Arthur Wriedt was 12th in PICK UPA $500 “TRAVEL CANADA” BONUS’ WITH YOUR 1986 PONY GL 1400! 45:37. In the 40-49 male category, Gerry Coulson was MINOR SPORTS teams parti in the school team event. Several course records were set this year. Overall top finishers in the 5k were Sarah Lidstone of Nelson (19:57) and Ken Simonen of Trail (16.57). The top finish- ers in the 10k were Kristine Tudor of (43.30) and Sure, we're d! Phone the Castlegar News for details on how to get reports of your organization onto the Sports pages. 365-3517 Offer expires May 31, 1986, or while quantities last. Save $500 when you buy a 1400cc Hyundai Pony GL 5 door hatchback and use it to explore Canada this summer! 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Boddicks Hh tele i ©; “USCC Union of Youth Festival CasNews Photos by Rob Popoff and Doug Harvey Coquihalla Highway official Canada’s only toll highway — the was officially opened by Premier Bill ceremonies along the MERRITT (CP) Coquihalla Highway Bennett Friday in 115-kilometre route. The day was marred when Jack Kempf, minister of lands, parks and housing, was struck by a speaker that blew over in the wind at a noon-hour ceremony at Merritt Kempf was taken to Merritt hospital where he received seven stitches in his head. The minister suffered a slight concussion and was kept in hospital for observation He was released a few hours later The highway cuts an hour off the five-hour trip between Vancouver and Kamloops and gives drivers a third route into the B.C. Interior. Highways Ministry officials expect the toll road will earn $40 million a year series of PREMIER BILL BENNETT share in prosperity “It’s going to mean that all parts of British Columbia can share in the prosperity we can generate,” Bennett said ata luncheon in Merritt. “It means that secondary industry and a new economy can be built to supplement the resources we develop. It means communities and people will be closer together.” Bennett also paid tribute to the four workers who were killed during the highway's construction A earavan of more than 30 buses and cars stretched over several kilometres as it wound its way from Hope through the Cascade Mountains to Merritt. The $50,000, day-long celebrations began with a pancake breakfast in Hope. A few kilometres along the route, Bennett rode in an open convertible that was driven through a vinyl barrier to open the Hope portion of the highway. At the summit of the 115-kilometre road, Bennett unveiled a plaque, sealed a time capsule and declared the highway open. From there the official party drove on to Merritt for a luncheon before continuing on to an evening reception in Kamloops. The four-lane highway was open at 1 p.m. to travellers, who will pay $8 for private vehicles and up to $40 for commerical vehicles. The opening of the toll highway comes more than two decades after former premier W.A.C. Bennett declared highway tolls would never be seen again in the province. The last tolls on tunnels and bridges in the Vancouver area were lifted in 1964. The Coquihalla Highway was first announced by the short-lived NDP government in 1972, and again by the current premier in 1977 Construction on the $250-million, 120-kilometre section between Hope and here began in 1979 but by September 1984, only 18 kilometres had been completed It was then Bennett announced the first stage would be finished in time for Expo 86, which opened May 2 The highway is the first step of an eventual link to the Trans-Canada Highway at Kamloops to the north. The second stage has already been announced It is the $125-million link from Merritt to Kamloops due for ¢ompletion next year. NEW ROUTE... Mop shows new highway to the Interior. The 115-kilometre highwoy will cut one hour off o five-hour trip between Vancouver and Kamloops }> To prINCE GEORGE & TO VANCOUVER PRINCETON KELOWNA