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NDP complaints ring a familiar tune!

Dear Editor

Ed Conroy thinks that his party has received poor publicity from the media. Come on Ed! Did you
expect an accolade for raising taxes and cutting health care and education
N.D.P. would be clamoring for the Press to reast the Socreds or Liberals ‘

Don't get me wrong. Most intelligent people understand that the Public debt must be addressed The
New Democrats’ course of action may well be the right Prescription, tume, will tell Meanwhile, the
next lime you are tempted to blame your woes On the media remember that was Bill Vander Zalm's

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shed basement offers an

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creation area
ntal board siding gives the

house a low
the multi-hipped roof shelters the entry
porch and leads visitors to the front

the living and dining area, which is set
»ff rom the
angled wall
large corner fireplace and a built-in cor

abinet
round the living and dining areas for

weeps around «
f the house, enhancing the
view and providing outdoor living and
entertaining space Access to the
deck is from
bedroom and the front entry porch

A short hall leads from the living
room past a study and private bath

pleasant se

Community-minded students from Stanle
vided volunteer labor for the Recycling Da
cked over 5,

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Christian
Academy
students
Jump for
heart

Submitted

Students of the Castlegar
Christian Academy took turns
skipping for two hours in a
Jump Off” event to raise money
for the Heart and Stroke Founda-
tion on Friday, April 23

The students collected pledges
from the community for the
number of minutes they jumped
rope. The money raised will fund
heart and stroke research and
education programs while pro-
motin® good cardiovascular fit-
ness as part of the school
curriculum. The children learned
the importance of physical fit-
ness and good heart. health
Above all the students had fun!

Students were eligible to win
Prizes such as t-shirts, gym bags,
ropes, beach towels etc. There
are over 400 Participating
schools in B.C. which receive
instructional material afid ropes
for their P-E. classes, as well as
five per cent of the net’ revenue
generated from the Jump-Off
event

Students taking part were
Mike Bohnet, Samuel Hood,
Christin Hillstead, Jesse Gordon,
Caleb Dyck, Wendy MacDonald,
Janine Sakai, Ashley Bankert,
Wesley Alton, Emmett Nephin
and Shauna Wilson. A luncheon
barbecue was enjoyed by stu-
dents, staff and guests

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Trail Daily Times

The Trail Smoke E aters are a
team without a league

After withdrawing from the
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey
League two weeks ago, the
Smokies expect

BCJHL tonger than just about
anyone else and Merritt has the
longest continually-running
Junior A franchise in B.C
but the club still test $25,000
last year.
“In dollar terms that loss was
better than the year before and
it's been

ed to join the
British
Columbia Tier I
junior loop
when the
BCJHL gover
nors voted of
Trail's applica
tion over the
weekend

It didn't work
out that way

The gover
nors’ vote was
6-4 against
and left Smok
ies’ president Joe Ruggiero
incensed

“The worst-case scenario we
imagined was a split vote, in
which case we though the
league chairman would vote to
admit us,” Ruggicro told The
Times last night

“We were stunned when the
vote went against us, because
right from the beginning we
wee led to believe the BCJHI
wanted Trail as a member. We
thought we were a shoo-in

“As it stands right now, the
team is in limbo. We're still
talking to the governors, hoping
they'll reconsider and take
another vote, but I think it’s
obvious this was the result of
one team that simply didn’t
want us fo join and that influ
enced the vote

While Ruggiero was reluc
Merritt

owner Brian Bar

tant to point a finger
Centennial
bones

rett mad n abour

when he

much a case of
Smok

inthe BCTHI ta

Eaters

a case of

number said Bar
rett

believe Trail

lable member

of our L 1 metime in the

numbers

added

future
really don't justify the
expense

Like ev ‘ else at our
meetny, | ha ut respect for
Frail’s hockey tradition and for
the effort the Smoke Eaters
Tepresentalives made to present
a good case. But this is a busi
ness, and from a business stand.
point there were a lot of
unanswered questions

Barrett said his main con
cerns were the added travel
expenses and the probability
that Trail’s admittancé would
upset the BCJHL’s balanced
schedule

The Smoke Eaters talked
about guaranteeing our expens-
es but, with all due respect,
myself and some of the other
governors have some resérva
tions about the team’s ability to
do that,” he said

“I've been involved in the

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‘We were stunned
when the vote went
against us, because
right from the begin-
ning we were led to

believe the BCJHL

wanted Trailasa  ™ ° ul d

member’
JOE RUGGIERO
Trail Smokies President

declining
steadily over
the past five

asons, but it's
still an expen-
Sive burden to
take on another
club and all the
expenses it

involve

Ruggiero
isn’t buying
that, however.

“We showed
them our
books, we offered to posta
bond, and we offered to pay the
extra expenses incurred by vis-
iting teams, but they turned a
deaf ear,” said the Smokie's
president

“It's all politics. From Mer-

Sports Dept:
John Van Putten
365-5579

The Castlegar Sun

WEDNESDAY, April 28, 1993

a league of their own

nt’s standpoint, I think they ‘re
Worried that witht us in the
league they wouldn't make the
playoffs, I thinks it’s as simple
as that.”

Barrett didn't deny he's con
cerned about his club’s chances
of, making the playoffs — and
adding extra dollars to the cof-
fers if Trail was admitted,
but summed up his main objec-
tion by terming the Smokies bid
“an unknown gamble.”

“Like I said, Trail would no
doubt be a wonderful addition
to our league sometime in the
future, but right now it just
doesn’t make good business

Sense,” said Barrett

“In a nutshell, we as a league
know we can afford the Trail
Smoke Eaters, but some of us

€ doubts abut whether or not
the Trail Smoke Eaters can
afford us.

“The economic situation in
Trail isn't the best right now,
and there's no way to tell
whether that will improve
much. Running a Tier I team in
@ top-notch league is a very
©xpensive proposition on a day-
to-day basis, and on top of that
you've got to think about
recruiting players, selling sea-
son tickets, and all the other

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problems that go along with it

“I'm just not so sure the
Smoke Eaters have looked at
the big picture

Unless another vote is taken
Ruggiero said the Smokie's
options for the 1993-94 season
are “very limited."

“We could try to get back in
the RMJHL but, if that wasn't
possible, we would probably
have to pull the Plug on Junior
A hockey in Trail and go back

to playing Junior. B in the
Kootenay International
League,” he said

“For now we're just keeping
our fingers crossed that we
won't have to do either.”

Sell it quick -
in the Sun classifieds
Call 365-7848

a“

Tes been 25 yeare

Since firet they did wed
And from BEG. to BE.
There's many, friends that
they've met.

Jo tts really quite fitting
Dearest Fed & Sandy

Well toust to. great memories
On, your silver anniversary
Brit 27, 1998

Love"The Gang"

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Reduced

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However

benefit
tax cut.

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For a single income famil
year, the impact of the tax chan
additional’ cost of about $3
per week or $156 per year.

23% of
Columbians in the middle
and lower income tax range -
and 56% of seniors — will
from an overall

4

1993 B.C. Budget Fa

B.C’s budget deficit is down 25% this year

The projected deficit in the new
B.C. budget is $1.5 billion for

1993/94 - down 26% from fast
year and 35% less than the $2.4
billion annual deficit inherited two

years ago.

Government spending for the bud-
get year just ended is forecast to

The net provincial debt in British
Columbia is the lowest in Canada,
as a proportion of the provincial
bisttud economy (GDP).

come in below budget. And in the

new budget spending growth has
been cut to 5.7% — the lowest level
since 1987'and less than half the
12.1% rate of increase two years

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td As

A 5.7% increase is necessary to
meet the demands on the B.C

British

The home owner grant is
increased for 95% of B.C.
homeowners.

And Medicare

The 1993 B.C. Budget includes new measures that benefit
For information on how you can benefit please write. Budge

ly of four earning $45,000 per
ges in the budget is an

Officials.
than last.

Even with these

gBritish

Columbia

budget caused by inflation and the hi
growth in the country.

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Scotia

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Beunserich

Salaries cut for Premier
and Cabinet -

The salaries of the Premier and Cabinet have been cut.
The freeze on MLA’s salaries has been extended to senior
And six Ministries will spend less this year

Health care and education are protected through fair taxes

The new B.C. budget inchades modest tax increases to
Protect essential services like health care and education
and to réduce the provincial deficit
new increases, British Columbians will continue to pay
the second lowest direct Provincial taxes in Canada.

premiums are reduced or eliminated for one in three —
or 565,000 -

B.C. families

Income tax rates frozen

Income tax rates are frozen for 92% of British Colum-
bians - only the top 8% with the highest incomes are
being asked to contribute
increased

more through
income tax rates

And one in three middle and
lower income B.C. house-
600,000 British

holds -

Columbia families
receive a rebate on the one
Percent sales tax increase.

ordinary working people and middle income families
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