oii June 18, 1989 Number of poor doubled 4 VANCOUVER (CP) A_ report showing that the number of families living below the poverty line in British Columbia doubled in 13 years comes as no surprise to Mary Burke For Burke, the report released Wed nesday by the Canadian Council for Social Development confirms a suspicion that it gets harder every year just to make ends meet The report said the proportion of families living below the poverty line rose to 13.3 per cent in 1986 from 8.9 percent in 1973 There were 105,000 families below the poverty line in 1986, compared with $1,000 in 1973. At the same time, the B.C from 2.3 million Burke said she spends mofe than an hour and five bus transfers to complete her trangit route every morning because she can’t afford a car population rose to 2.9 million Her daughters, ages four and seven, attend day cares at different locations and Burke works across the city from Even with a new job and Burke does not ever expect to own a yehicle I'll never be able to afford a car, Burke said. “If I get a raise, my rent goes up. And her home subsidized accommodation, day-care subsidies Unrest, decline with higher wages. The effect is that you work really hard and you don’t see the results. *” Families living below the poverty line are frequently headed by single parents and most of these are womer said Sheena MacDonald-Lowson, co- ordinator of the single mothers’ ser vices for the YWC MacDonald-Lowson said, she’s not surprised that the percentage of people living below the poverty line in British Columbia has risen “Our resources are definitely being stretched more now than they were she said. ‘I’m seeing more and more women who are desperate.”” B.C. Social: Sefvices Minister Claude Richmond defended his gover nment’s record in dealing with pover ty. Noting the report does not contain data after 1986, he said B.C. is on the, higher end of the scale when it comes to minimum wage and welfare payments The economy has improved con: siderably since ('86),"" Richmond said without providing figures. “There are still pockets in the province where the recession. seems to have stayed, but over all, things have improved.”’ He said about 250,000 people are dependent on social assistnace and the before,” famine predicted for Soviet Union MOSCOW (Reuter) — The Soviet Union will face social and political unrest without fast radical reform and a quitk boost to living standards, top Soviet economists have predicted. One economist even warned of famine The economists, who included the newly nominated deputy prime minister, reformist Leonid Abalkin, described Kremlin policies as inadequate in the face of crisis. “Our studies Show clearly that if the economy is not stabilized over the next 1/2 to two years and the start of an im: provement is not achieved, a rightward discontent recognized by the Kremtinr itself Ryzhkov himself told the Congress the country faced mounting financial problems, with the government com- pelled to take more foreign loans to maintain ‘instalments and_ interest payments on those loans already taken out editor of the mon- thly Problems of Economics, told the Gavriil Popov, news conference recent events in China provided a lesson for the Soviet Union in its perestroika reforms promoted by President Mikhail Gor own figure hasn't changed much since he became social Services minister in 1986. But, he said, the province's population has steadily increased over the past few years. ‘i Richmond said British Columbia takes better care of the elderly and the disabled than most provinces, but is “sat about the middle’’ when it comes to single people. Belinda Halpin, 36, is a single parent of. three children who has been on social assistance for four years. She receives no financial support from the father of her children, and says her in- come is around $12,000 a year. Statistics Canada has set the poverty level for a family of four in Vancouver this year at $26,619. “You avoid luxuries, you get the kids hair cut once a year, or you do it yourself, even if they complain,’’ Halpin said. “You're constantly worrying about whether you're doing enough. It gnaws at Your sense of self-worth,” available to tenant. ice / Retail Space Street-level air-conditioned office or small retail space for rent in Castlegar News building. Includes general office, private of. fice, storage area. 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But Travis Green didn’t have to wait too long into the second round of the National Hockey League entry draft With its second pick of the day, the New York Islanders chose the six foot, 196 pound Castlegar native, making him the 23rd player chosen and ending anerve-racking day for the Greens. “After the first round, 1 was sweating a little bit,” Green told the Castlegar News in a telephone inter view from his hotel room in Min- neapolis. “But there had been a lot of surprise picks so it wasn’t as big a surprise not going in the first round.” But as the second round began, Green almost missed hearing his name called “Once Quebec picked, I started thinking, ‘Who am I going to? Mom eo SERVING IT UP . . Despite the light drizzle, tennis sends aserve towards ‘an awaiting Bill Pickney on the courts near the Community Complex. and Dad didn’t hear my name called” but [heard it.”” Green went down to the Islanders table and met with general manager Bill Torrey and head coach Al Arbour He was, welcomed to,a club that finished with the second-worst record in the NHL and is definitely in the rebuilding stages m really happy with New York, they have a young defence, and a great organization,”’ Green said. But for Green, the opportunity lies in the Islanders’ plans for reloading its once potent offence depleted by the retirements of sniper Mike Bossy and high-scoring defenceman Denis Pot- vin. The Islanders also held the second pick overall in the draft and selected one of Green's opponents in’ the Western Hockey League, Dave Chyzowski of the Kamloops Blazers, who was ranked as the top North American prospect in the draft His 56 goals last year with the Blazers combined with Green's $1 goals with the Spokane Chiefs, gives the Isles a foundation to rebuild its of- — Tence around. Green was happy to hear he might be teaming up with Chyzowski in New York ““He’s my roommate here at the draft, so it was kinda funny that New York picked both of us.” Green said he was happy going to a club with a great organization in the second round rather than going in-the first round toa lesser club “There were a couple of surprises (in the draft). Washington, who 1 had talked to, took a goalie, Minnesota with its pick, Montreal, Hartford. I'm just really happy to be going to New York.”” Green. admitted the chances of staying on with the big club this year are slim, but he plans on working hard this summer and hopefully make an impact Green’s family was also in Bloomington for the draft “My parents are as happy as I am right now,” he said The Greens return to Castlegar today following a stop in Spokane. —tmmediate plans for Green Satur- “Dave (Chyzowski) and I are going out for a couple of pops,”” he said with alittle bit of relief in his voice. Jays sink Mariners in ninth News Photo by Guy Bertro Expos dump Cubs take over first Montreal, on April 23, the former Texas Ranger retired the first batter he bachev While the wide-ranging Chinese economic reforms of the past decade had given new independence to a large sector of the population, the Beijing leadership had failed to adapt the political system to give them voice, he later this month as planning reform _ said “deputy to Prime Minister Nikolai © At another meeting Friday of Ryzhkov Moscow intellectuals, Academy of The warnings Sciences researcher Viktor Belkin said “The economic situation is worse than we can have ever imagined. Sometimés swing by society is inevitable,"’ Abalkin, director of the: respected In stitute of the Economy, conference. The economist is expected to be named by the new Soviet parliament TORONTO (CP) — Tony Fernandez hit a game-tying single with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning and Kelly Gruber hit the next pitch for a game-winning single to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 victory Saturday over the Seattle Mariners. With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Seattle pit- cher Mike Jackson, 2-1, issued two walks. Mike Schooler replaced him. Junior Felix struck out, but Fernandez plunked his single into left field. Gruber then hit a fastball into the gap in right-centre field, scoring Nelson Liriano with the winning run Schooler entered the weekend series with 14 saves in 15 With one out, Harold Reynolds struck out but ran to first base safely as Duane Ward’s pitch sailed past catcher Ernie Whitt to the backstop. The Blue Jays protested that the pitch had been foul-tipped. Reynolds stole second and scored when Alvin Davis dribbled a two-out single bet- ween third and short. 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VOG 260 at this stage of the National League baseball season, Hubie Brooks was still recovering from the shock of being traded here for catcher Gary Carter a few months earlier That dates back to 1985 — June 28 to be precise — but the Expos took over top spot Friday, defeating the Cubs 8-5 and moving a half-game ahead of Chicago in the East Division “It feels good, but by no means is this division going to be decided in June or by this time in July,” said Brooks, who nad hits in his first three at-bats, including a two-run double in the first inning “But it feels good to know that we're one of the top two right now.”” Besides the 26,264 fans, the Expos had another welcome visitor Friday to Olympic Stadium — Cubs starter Paul Kilgus. In his only other career start against Banjos By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer Taking a page out of the Leonard Hearns 14-round Monday night, the Castlegar Commercial Fast ball League dealt up its own full-length slugfest Thursday night Banjos Pub taking the role of Leonard were hit hard early but classic regrouped to score a_ninth-inning 8-7 victory over Hi Arrow. A win by Hi Arrow would have put the team in a second-place tie with Banjos. But with the loss, Hi Arrow remains tied with Tu-Dor Sports in the CCFL basement Labatts continues to lead the race, leading Banjos by four points with a game in hand The standings could — shift dramatically today with three post poned games slated for Playmor Field beginning at 9:30 a.m. BANJOS8 HIARROW 7 Hi Arrow's George Plotnikoff and Banjos’ Eli Soukeroff pitched over. time Thursday night as they battled for nine innings before Banjos prevailed 8 7 Banjos’ Tim Smoch opened the scoring in the third inning and Soukeroff helped his own cause by puiting his team ahead 2-0. However, the lead was short lived as Hi Arrow struck for four runs in the fourth to takea4-2 advantage faced but the next six all reached base and scored. This time, the Expos chalked up five runs against him in the 3 1-3 innings he worked. Mike Fitzgerald’s RBI single scored Brooks in the first to make it 3-0 and Damaso Garcia and Andres Galarraga drove in fourth-inning runs with a fielder’s choice and single respectively hitting against reliever Jeff Pico. The runs, however, were charged to Kilgus, who was removed with one out and the bases loaded “They seem to dive right over the plate,”’ Kilgus, 5-6, said of the Expos batters. fone out in the ninth Tim Burke replaced him and Jerome Walton’s one-out sacrifice fly and an RBI double by Dwight Smith made it a trifle unsettling. But Burke caught Sandberg looking ata third strike to record his 14th save. “Sometime, 20 years from now, someone’s going to get them 1-2-3 in the ninth, but not while I’m here,” said Montreal manager Buck Rodgers with alaugh Rodgers was happy to see his team move into first place, but cautioned “we've got to play good, consistent a “Pm going to have toestablish baseball to stay there.”” myself inside when I face them a Smith, whose seven victories are the Bryn Smith, 7-2, carried a 7-2 into the eighth when he yielded a solo home run to Ryne Sandberg. Galarraga’s second RBI single restored the five-run margin in the Ex- pos’ half of the inning. But Smith, who Greg Cain of Hi Arrow got things started for his team by advancing to second on a sacrifice after reaching fir st when he was hit by a pitch. Cain scored on Kelly Keraiff’s single, then Keraiff scored followed by Tim Hor- coff and Rob McGregor Banjos evened things up in the top half of the sixth picking up two runs as Plotnikoff walked the first three bat- ters he faced. But Plotnikoff quickly redeemed himself by crunching a solo home run to give Hi Arrow a 5-4 lead going into the seventh But those last three outs were the hardest to get for both teams, Banjos rallied in the top of the seventh with a double by Clay Liber and a walk to Soukeroff, bringing Lyle Stoushnow to the plate. Stoushnow, who leads the CCFL in hitting with a .452 average, connected for a home run to clear the bases and make the score 7-5 Again three outs proved elusive as Hi Arrow put together a spirited rally of its own. A two-out double by Keraiff drove in Hi Arrow’s sixth and seventh runs to tie the game and force extra innings. With both teams playing it close to the vest in the eighth inning, Banjos took a chance in the ninth sending Soukeroff home from first on a Terry Taranoff single. The run stood as the most on the staff, said ‘*1’ll just steal this one and keep my mouth shut. I’m sure those guys are kicking themselves over in the other clubhouse, saying we should have had this guy out of there in the third inning.”” outlast Hi Arrow difference as Soukeroff came out and retired the Hi Arrow hitters in order to end the marathon. Keraiff led Hi Arrow going 2-for-3, scoring a run and driving in a crucial pair in the bottom of the seventh. Soukeroff carried the load for Banjos, going 2-for-3 at the plate, scoring three runs including the game winner and picking up the victory along the way. HIARROW7 LABATTS2 Tuesday night featured one team trying to pull ahead while the other wanted to remain in the chase. When the dust settled Hi Arrow had gained two points on front-running Labatts by downing them 7-2 at Kinnaird Park. Cain did the damage for Hi Arrow by going 2-for-3 at the plate and scoring two runs. Cain scored the third run of a six-rum third inning and that run stood to be the game winner. Plot nikoff gathered the win for Hi Arrow, allowing eight hits during the game Labatts couldn't get on track during the game, committing five errors and managing only tworuns Pitcher Joe Tarasoff did his best to help Labatts. Tarasoff went 2-for-2 scoring one run and allowed 10 hits as he was charged withthe loss. In Tu-dor’s victory over Banjos at Playmor Field, also on Tuesday, Cam Sookro picked up the win'and not Ed Strelaeff as was originally printed. opportunities. He was also victimized Friday night when Toronto also rallied in the ninth to win. Seattle went ahead 2-1 in the top of the ninth on a disputed play gave up arunon five hits A crowd of 48,336 watched under a closed roof. The temperature outside at game time was |19 C, with 25- kilometre winds. It rained midway through the game. BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (CP) — Mats Sundin of Sweden made NHL history in a couple of ways when the Quebec Nordiques made him the first pick overall in the annualentry draft It marked the first time-the No. | pick in the NHL draft had gone outside Canada two years in a row American Mike Modano was taken first overall last year by the Minnesota North Stars. Sundin’s selection also was the highest a Swede and European had gone in the draft Sweden's Ulf Dahlen was picked seventh overall by the New York Rangers in 1985 while Montreal Canadiens defenceman Peter Svoboda of Czechoslovakia went fifth overallin 1984 Before the draft, Nordiques officials had said there was more pressure not to miss the NHL playoffs hext season for a second consecutive year and Quebec isn’t counting on Sundin to help the club escape the Adams Division basement | Sundin, 18, won't be available for at least a couple of years. He has two years remaining on a contract with a club team in Sweden and still has to serve a mandatory seven- to 11-month military commitment **1t will be at least two years before I can play in the NHL,” Sundin confirmed following his selection Sundin was considered the top prospect available in the draft. Many people felt the battle for first overall was between the six-foot-three centre-right winger and Dave Chyzowski of the Kamloops Blazers, who was the top-rated North American in the draft Sundin had 10 goals andJ8 points in junior last season New York Islanders, who have falJen on hard times in recent years and picked sec ent for tough left winger Dave Chyzowski of Kamloops of the Western Hockey League. The six-one 190-pounder lias a hard shot and is touted to take up some of the offence lacking with the retirement of Mike Bossy The Toronto Maple Leafs, with three picks in the first round as a result of a deal that sent goaltender Ken Wregget to Philadelphia Flyers, selected Belleville Bulls centre Scott Thornton third The Leafs, who have done little to improve their situation despite drafting high over the last four years, were followed by Winnipeg, who went with diminutive (five-10, 175-pound) centre Stu Barnes with Tri-City of the WHL, New Jersey chose another centre, Bill Guerin, the top-ranked American prospect in the 1989 draft from Springhill, Mass., and Chicago chose defen- cerhan Adam Bennett of the OHL Sudbury Wolves. Sweden's Sundin makes history as top pick Minnesota North Stars were expected to drop a bombshell, but fired a dud. instead that was almost as much of a shock to the assembled gathering of hockey hierarchy with their first-round pick Rumors abounded that Robert Holik, considered one of the outstanding players in the world, had fled his Czechoslovak homeland and was hiding out in the Min- neapolis area, to surface just in time for the North Stars to make their choice known Instead, the Stars delved onto the backburners for Doug Zmolek, a high defenceman from Rochester, Minn., whose name head coach Pierre Page admitted was unfamiliar to him as recently as Friday night After Vancouver selected University of North Dakota defen¢eman Jason Herter and St. Louis chose defender Jason Marshall of Vernon of the British Columbia Junior circuit, Hartford general manager Eddie Johnson touted Holik school Asked if he knew something no one élse did, John- son said he was simply speculating that the player he considered the best in the draft could become available Detroit then went for Mile Sillinger of Regina (WHL). Toronto, with its second selection of the first round, went after Thornton’s Belleville teammate, Rob Pearson, a 17-year-old who is looked at as a long-range development Montreal Canadiens, who traded first-round draft picks with the New York Rangers, picked Lindsay Vallis, a right winger with Seattle of the WHL, while Buffalo is looking to Kevin Haller of Regina to help bolster their defence. Niagara Falls defenceman Jason Soules was Ed- monton Oilers’ first-round pick while Pittsburgh Penguins picked Jamie Heward, a right winger from Regina and Boston chose another right winger, Shane Stevenson of Kitchener. An IIth-hour deal gave New Jersey Edmonton’s second first-round pick — ‘Future considerations, let's just leave it at that,"’ said the Devils’ general manager Lou Lamarillo. — and the Devils chose Medicine Hat centre Jason Miller 18th overall Rounding out the first round, Washington took the first goaltender in the draft — Tri-City’s Olaf Kolzig; New York Rangers, with their swap of first-round trade with the Canadiens, picked Kitchener right winger Steven Rice, and Toronto opted for a Belleville player for the third time — injury prone defenceman Steve Bancroft.