AB Castlegar News June 20, 1990 Report angers growers Call for resignation of Ag minister KELOWNA (CP) — Okanagan fruit. growers, angered by radical changes recommended for their in- dustry, have called for the resignation of B.C.’s Agriculture minister and planned to protest here today. Resentment among fruit growers in the fertile Okanagan Valley against Agriculture Minister John Savage and his Social Credit government has been building for almost a year, industry spokesmen said a day after a provin- cial government report on the in- dustry was released. The executive of the 1,600-member B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association demanded on Monday that Savage resign. “IT am not going to resign or com- Feds eye OTTAWA (CP) — Canada should decide by September if it wants to join talks on a free-trade deal with Mexico ment on the report,’’ Savage said in Victoria on Tuesday. He said growers can express their views at government-sponsored review meetings that start Thursday. The growers’ association called for Savage's resignation last year, but withdrew the demand when he an- nounced the inquiry into the finan- cially troubled industry. The inquiry report by Peter Lusz- tig, the University of British Colum- bia dean of commerce, is 175 pages long and contains 50 recom- mendations. Lusztig said orchardists should be allowed to go bankrupt, with only the fittest allowed to survive. His report says that too many sup- JOHN SAVAGE Port programs — costing some $357 million in 13 years — were established by governments in an ad hoc manner. Lusztig recommended that the provincial tree-fruit-farm income in- surance program, which paid out $190 million in 14 years, be phased out by the 1993 crop year. The association's nine-member executive ‘said Tuesday that it com- pletely rejects Lusztig's report. The executive warned that if the "Sr d “should be adopted by governments, the major portion of the B.C. fruit industry will be destroyed."’ They said the report ‘is unbalan- ced, poorly researched, contradictory and factually incorrect in many in- stances.’’ And the executive charged that Lusztig paid little attention to growers’ problems. Savage should resign because he said he is pleased with the report, the jation said. deal with Mexico But Crosbie said the public has to be ‘‘ready for it’’ and that’s why the government has already asked for However, a Gallup poll published Monday already suggests that if i are split on the need to ex- r Crosbie said Canada’s main interest in joining those talks would be to Protect gains under its free-trade deal THE RAINBOW COMMUNITY ACCOUNT “Exclusively for Non-Profit Organizations” CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION ( by “Your Community Financial Centre PARK eov.tore 50 36847232 wy Blocon Pork Don't lug a vacuum Plug ina BEAM Now is the time to install a BEAM central system especially planned for your home Six sizes to choose trom — EXAMPLE — Deluxe Model for Homes to 3500 sq.ft. This model includes ...* Power Unit 30-Ft. Hose Attachments Installation June 20, 1990 Castlegar News B1 Castlegar News SPO ‘ RTS GET THE PERFECT Fit WITH A KOOTENAY SAVINGS RRSP Kootenay Savings Collusion alleged in CFL TORONTO (CP) — The Canadian Football League is being investigated following an allegation that club officials eon- Spired to restrict the movement of free-agent players, says Dave McAllister, an official with the federal government's bureau of competition policy. “‘A matter has come to our at- tention and we're following up on it," said McAllister; ‘We're not making any allegations, and no charges have been laid, but we are conducting a preliminary examination to determine if there is an issue here.’* The bureau did not indicate where the complaint originated. Allis well in NHL, sa VANCOUVER (CP) — John Ziegler emerged from the NHL governors meeting unruffled Monday after rumors the league president faced a threat to his leadership. Ziegler scoffed when asked if any dissident owners questioned the unity of the league under his direction. “They didn’t tell me about it,’’ Ziegler said. ‘I gave them every op- portunity.”’ League governors were not willing to talk about the issue, although there was a heated meeting Friday between Ziegler and several general managers on the eve of the entry draft. There were unconfirmed reports some owners and general managers were upset at Ziegler’s handling of several issues, including the awarding of Pavel Bure to the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver drafted Bure, a Promising Soviet forward, in the sixth round of the 1989 entry draft. Several teams complained then to Ziegler be se they thought Bure was ble. Ziegler ruled in May that Bure was ineligible in 1899, but reversed his decision late last Thursday after receiving further documentation from the Canucks. NHL insiders speculated Bure would be a first-round selection in the 1990 draft had Ziegler stuck to his originial conclusion; Reporters were given a letter from Ziegler to the governors that stated the league had been restored to finan- cial health during the 1980s. NHL revenues last year were reported at over $400 million. NHL teams played to 95 per cent capacity in the playoffs and 90 per cent during the regular season, Ziegler wrote, adding that ‘‘we have achieved a level of competition among teams’ that can now be described as parity.”” Ziegler said governors met with representatives of the NHL inter- ys Ziegler national committee and approved another series against three Soviet Union touring teams this December in the 21 NHL cities. Points from the games will not count in the NHL standings. He indicated expansion into Europe was not likely right now — new franchises will go first to North American locations — but the NHL will: continue to explore exhibition possibilities in Europe. The controversial instant replay issue was deferred to September. Rules changed for 1990-91 — Rule VANCOUVER (CP) M by the — Accidental high-sticking in- es NHL board of governors at their annual congress: must not have ¢ of 26 by Sept. 15 of that season to-be eligible in voting for the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie; cal injury will carry a double-minor penalty (four minutes) instead of a five-minute major penalty and and game misconduct, unless the act is deliberate; — Match penalties for kicking will not carry an automatic game misconduct; — Goaltenders are excluded from ejection from a game when they receive a high-sticking major ig a review, unless there’s deliberate injury; — Linesmen can call a penalty shot when a player deliberately throws his stick in the defensive zone, and the Unit tates, Trade Minister John Crosbie said. “I think there are all kinds ot economic reasons why we should be there,"’ Crosbie told a Commons committee. Last week, U.S. President George Bush and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortiari announced they provincial opinions and is com- missioning studies before deciding if it wants a seat at the negotiating table. “I think we should make a decision by September whether we want to get further involved,’’ Crosbie told the external affairs and international trade committee. U.S. and Mexican trade officials were opening p y on a free-trade deal that could be ex- tended to Canada. are to report by Di on the terms for formal negotiations, which would begin in 1991. ‘Labor law change VANCOUVER (CP) — The provincial government should amend labor legislation and ‘‘establish a dialogue’’ with the trade union movement to end labor’s boycott of the law and the Industrial Relations Council, says the negotiator for a major B.C. employer. The boycott led to unacceptable staffing levels and health care problems during the nurses’ strike last year, says the report by Gordon Austin, president of the Health Labor Relations Association. And the continued boycott creates serious concerns, he says in a two-part report to Labor Minister Norm Jacobsen. Specific provisions in the Industrial Relations Act have been identified as objectionable to unions, notes Austin, whose organization negotiates on behalf of 170 B.C hospitals and facilities. “Perhaps some modification of those provisions would be justified to create an improved labor relations climate and to ensure that the life and health of the province’s citizens are safeguarded.”” The documents, on the boycott and its effect on essential service staffing level designations, recommend: — Essential services should be established 12 months before health contracts expire. — Five days of strike or lockout notice should be given, instead of 72 hours, to enable hospitals to prepare tend Canada’s 1989 free-trade deal with the United States further south. Forty-four per cent oppose the idea and 39 per cent favor it, the Gallup survey published in the Toronto Star indicates. Seventeen per cent of those surveyed had no opinion. The poll, based on interviews with 1,025 adults, was conducted May 2-5. Results, when considered a reflection of countrywide opinion, are accurate within four percentage .points 19 times in 20. . touted for disruptions. — All non-striking unions and em- ployees should be deemed essential and forbidden to honor picket lines. — All extended or long-care facilities and wards should be designated essential with full staff complements. with the United States, which will eliminate tariffs and a range of other barriers between the countries by 1998. But he also said Canada could in- crease its annual two-way trade with Mexico, which is currently $2.3 billion — about one per cent of the Canadian total. There might also be increased op- portunities for investment in Mexico. Opposition MPs pressed Crosbie for assurances that Canadians would get a say before Ottawa makes a decision. 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In Canada, collusion is an in- dictable offence. Fines or fines and jail sentences of up to five years are stipulated. CFL chairman Roy McMurtry said Tuesday that league lawyers have assured the government there is no collusion within the league. Toronto Argos owner Harry Ornest said he was unaware of the investigation Sting stung by Trail By CasNews Staff Trail has some scary soccer teams. Just ask players on the Castlegar Sting rep team. The Sting lost 8-0 to Trail in the final of the Nelson Invitational tour- nament Saturday and that was an im- Provement over the game between the two teams Friday night when Trail shellacked the Sting 11-0. But in a true testament to per- severance, the Sting shrugged off the first game loss to Trail, and a 5-1 loss to Nelson, to come back and beat Beaver Valley 6-1 which put the Sting in the playoff round. In the playoff, the Sting advanced to the final after battling Nelson to a 1-1 tie through’ regulation time and then through two overtime periods before winning it 2-1 in a shootout. And just when the boys (nine- and 10-year-olds) were getting used to winning, along comes the Trail juggernaut in the final. The Castlegar Blue Devils (11- and 12-year-olds) didn’t advance to the playoff round in the tourney despite an opening game 2-1 win Friday over Beaver Valley. Two straight losses to Spokane teams Saturday eliminated the locals. Next up for Castlegar minor soccer is the Slocan Challenge Cup on Sun- day in Slocan. Minor soccer league president Pete Redekop said Castlegar will send five teams to the tourney, which will be the last of the season in minor soccer The league wraps up the year with parent/kids games in all age groups at various locations around the city Monday and Thursday of next week. Castlegar team — wins it all, again in Metaline Falls By CasNews Staff It was an especially sweet win for Rob Moller’s Mohawk Amigos of Castlegar in the Metaline Falls, Wash., mixed slo-pitch tournament last weekend. For starters, it was the second Straight year the Amigos have gone south of the border and come back to Castlegar with the first-place prize in the popular 39-team tourney. It’s also the second straight year the Amigos have been the only un- defeated team in the tourney, they won five consecutive games, including four in a row Sunday. And to top it all off, the Amigos exacted a little revenge on the way to the title by beating another Castlegar team with whom they have something of a rivalry at home. The Amigos beat Bonnett’s Men’s Wear 16-9 in the semi-final Sunday, a payback to Bonnett’s which eliminated the Amigos at the Sunfest tourney here June 1, 2 and 3. The Amigos beat Tony’s Pub of Trail 15-7 for the championship. A trio of Amigos were individually recognized in the tourney. as pitcher Larry Stanbra was named the tour- ney’s best hurler while shortstop Ian Johnson was the men’s MVP and third baseman Wendy Zino won the honor on the women’s side. Another Castlegar player, Marilyn Strong of the Robson fire department team, was also picked to the tourney’s all-star team. . Strong’s team was another of the Amigo’s victims on Sunday as Rob- son lost 17-6. The Amigos had beaten Nads of Fruitvale 18-13 to advance against Robson. The Amigos opened the~ tourney with the team’s closest contest, an 18- 16 win over Slam Dunc’s of Fruitvale, before kicking into gear and cruising the rest of the way. Coach Kris Stanbra said the team has already booked its accom- registered in the tourney for next year registered in the tourney next year when the team will try to make it three inarow. Ladies open goes to sudden death By CasNews Staff Loretta Bulfone parred the first ex- tra hole Sunday in sudden death to win the Castlegar Savings and Credit Union’s Ladies Open golf tournament over Virginia Maida and Linda Brussie at the Castlegar and District Golf Club. Bulfone of Trail, Maida of Castlegar and Penticton’s Brussie were tied after 36 holes forcing a three-way showdown which began, and ended on the first hole. Maida and both bogeyed the hole. Bulfone’s 36-hoie total of 178 gave her the tourney’s low gross award while Maida was the overall low net winner and Brussie the runner-up low gross. (Gross scores do not include the player’s handicap while net scores do.) The two-day event attracted more than 100 golfers from across the Kootenays. Castlegar’s Diony MacArthur, who had won two tournaments in a row heading into the Open, was right in the thick of things in the rain Satur- SURFACING 1 A day but dropped out of on asunny Sunday Other scores from the tourney can be found in The Numbers at the bot- tom of page B2 Sh d, 7, of the C with the bl of her h at the year in Beaver Valley Saturday. For resi Swim Club took some time to horse around Tuesday. The team competed in its first meet of ults see The Numbers on Page Costews photo by Ed Mills Binnie a bridesmaid Newcomer's boost in bodybuilding event | #¢q] Wins bench press category:, By CasNews Staff Brenda Binnie of Castlegar won second place overall Saturday in the women’s category at the second an- nual Penticton bodybuilding cham- Pionships. Binnie, who competes as a light- weight, won the bench press competi- tion with a final lift of 120 pounds but couldn’t outmatch a heavyweight she had to compete against because only three women showed up at the com- petition though eight had registered. “She was huge,”’ said Binnie of the heavyweight. ‘‘It was tough to com- pete against her.”’ Still, Binnie, 29, who trains out of Hooter’s Fitness Parlour in Castlegar, said the trip to Penticton was worth it even if she would have liked more competition. “It was a really good learning ex- Perience,"’ she said. Binnie also brought home a pair of trophies from the event. i= jr 4 ie BRENDA BINNIE Roberto Baggio—was-aching fora taste of World Cup action and the world’s most expensive soccer player did not disappoint when he was given his chance to play Tuesday. Baggio scored a spectacular goal in his debut in Italy’s 2-0 victory over Czechosloval The host country’s third consecutive win clinched first place in Group A, assuring that it will remain in Rome for its second-round game next Monday. “I found it difficult at first,"” said Baggio, who recently was transferred from Fiorentina to Juventus for the equivalent of $15 million in Canadian funds. ‘‘I was nervous, but my team- mates helped me and in the end | played better “A great weight has been lifted from me, having scored.’’ Salvatore Schillaci opened the scoring in the ninth minute after a corner by midfielder Roberto Donadoni. Giuseppe Giannini flicked the ball on to Schillaci who headed the ball firmly past Czechoslovak goalkeeper Jan Stejskal. Baggio—put the outcome—beyond doubt when he scored in the 77th minute. He finished a scintillating run from inside his own half by sidestepping two defenders and sen- ding the goalkeeper the wrong way The goals justified the decision of coach Azeglio Vicini to play Schillaci and Baggio instead of regular strike pair Gianluca Vialli and Andrea Car- nevale “It’s an incredible feeling to score a goal in a game like this, but I’m hap- y over Czechs ‘United Stares tast week and he scored against Austria. Austria- got- second-haif—goals—by Andreas Ogris and Gerhard Rodax to beat the United States 2-0 Tuesday Both are eliminated from Group A It was the first time in 37 years that Italy had beaten Czechoslovakia Their previous eight meetings had en- ded in four wins for the Czechoslovaks and four ties Their last meeting in the World Cup — also in Rome’s Olympic WORLD CuP '90 pier for Baggio because he’s"suffered so much,"’ said Schillaci, referring to the controversy that has engulfed Baggio because of his transfer to Juventus, where Schillaci plays. Vicini would not say if he would Stay with Schillaci and Baggio but af- ter the way they played Tuesday it is difficult. to imagine them being relegated to the bench again. Schillaci had been used as a substitute in Italy’s 10 victories over Austraia and the Stadium, was won by the Italians in the final in 1934 Italy, the only team yet to concede argoal in the tournament, is bidding for a record fourth title In Group D Tuesday, first-place West Germany was held to a 1-1 draw in Milan by Colombia, which got its tying goal from Freddy Rincon ii jury time to grab third place and ad- vance to the second round for the first time.