er as Castlegar News ene 7. 1999 ; | BUSINESS Nelson company to get $1M in federal funds Kootenay Tractor and Supply Lid ot Nelson will receive a repayable $971,284 to help develop and market the com federal contribution of pany’s unique logging skidder, federal Western Diversification Minister Charles Mayer has announced The company will use the tunds as part of its $2.26-million research and development and marketing effort to re-establish a unique logging skidder with live steel tracks similar to those on military tanks These tracked skidders previously manufactured by the FMC producer of military and in. were Corp., dustrial equipment marketing efforts are Kootenay Tractor will manufacture the High Speed Steel Tracked (HSST) successtul, If technical and skidder in Nelson under the brand KMC, a news release says. The HSSI name federal government shidder is aimed at a market operating in steep, niche forest. companies swampy, or en vVironmentally sensitive areas. Its distributes than and crawler tractors, distinctive "undercarriage the machine's weight better wheeled shidders giving it environmental and cost ad vantages over traditional designs un der certain conditions, the release says An original distributor for the FMC shidder, Kootenay Tractor viced and rebuilt the machines over the has ser past 10 years. The company now plans te spend $862, engineering and marketing 68 on further product $1.4 million on “With Kootenay [ractor’s product engineering and marketing efforts, Nelson will be the site of a new Mayer said. which has worldwide manufacturing industry, This product, market potential, is unique in Canada result’ in) new activity and promises to technology, and jobs.” subcontracting The company expects to generate up to 60 new jobs during the first five years of its KMC operation The federal assistance is provided from the Western Fund. The fund was established to assist in the diversification of the Western Canadain economy by en couraging new products, new markets, new technology, improved produc tivity and import replacements. Diversification Inflation jump expected OTTAWA (CP) sumer prices created by tax increases will push the annual inflation rate over bank and investment firm economists say Among other percentage-point jump in the federal sales tax has caused the investment firm. Burns Fry to raise its inflation projections to between $.5 per cent and Higher con five per cent, increases, a 1 six per cent, said economist Patti Croft Before the tax increases announced in April's federal budget, the firm's economists were pegging inflation at 4.8 per cent this year and 4.9 per cent next year Croft said she expects tax increases in the federal and Ontario budgets to have a greater impact on inflation in coming months than price increases for basic goods such as food and energy The conclusive evidence for the outlook on inflation lies in the impact of the budget on the consumer price index," she said will have the greatest impact’ index, monthly by Statistics Canada Inflation remained stable at 4.6 per cent from February through April but analysts have said the effect of the The tax increases on the a measure of inflation issued higher federal sales tax alone means it cannot stay there John Clinkard, an economist with he Canadian Imperial Bank of Cong merce, said it has boosted its inflatior forecast to 5.2 per cent from five per cent asa direct result of the tax rises. Croft said prices for two of the mo: basic components of the index — fc have become the wild cards in terms of their inflationary ir pact. Prices for food and energy are considered the most volatile elements in the index Expectations that OPEC and energy member countries will raise their oil-production ceilings may head off major price ir reases in that sector and concerns about higher food costs resulting fr another severe drought on the Prair! have abated A spokesman for the Wheat Board said last Thursday that Canadian rainfall over much of the Praires in th last few weeks has reduced fears ol return of last summer's drought She said higher federal excise taxe on tobacco products and alcohol wil show up in the CPI for May, released next week. It will be the firs’ overall indication of price changes sin ce the federal budget The effect of the rise in sales tax to b which applies to a wide range of goods and kicked in on June 1, will be evident in higher.retail prices during the sum mer months Clinkard said the intlationary eftec ls of higher taxes will work-their way through the consumer economy more slowly than changes produced by fluc tuations in the cost of food and housing With oil, changes, the mediate and concentrated. The tax housing or food price effects are more im. changes are more diffuse and will show up over a longer period of time Croft. said that although overall wage setilements in the first quarter inflation, workers, especially in the private sec tor, will demand higher settlements. came in below unionized “Thinking About New Wheels?” CASTLE! 601-18th St GAR 365-7232 CAR LOANS CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION YOUR COMMUNITY FINANCIAL FOR OVER 40 YEARS! 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KS) Kootenay Savings Athletes shine during Sunfest Biathalon provides tough challenge By CasNewsStaft To cap off Canada Fit Week and as part of the Sunfest hoopla the Castlegar Recreation Department held its first Suntest Biathalon The endurance race featured a 10. kilometre run followed by a 35 kilometre bicycle challenge There were nine categories up tor grabs Gerald Klassen was the overall win ner with a time of one hour 27 minutes and 49 seconds. He was the winner of his 20-to-34 age group. In the women’s classes, Tree Anderson arrived with a total time of 1:44:36, good enough for first place overall and tor her 20-to-34 age bracket In the team results, the men’s event was won by Bruce Kenneway and Sam Saprunoft, posting a time of 1:40:49, while the women’s team of Kim Clark and Lorna Neuman crossed the 1:44:20. The team event required one person to complete each leg of the race Other top finishers in the women’s race were Gaie Dudley in the 35-to-39 group at 2:15:34 and Barb Saunders in the 40-plus bracket with a time of 2:05,53 On the men’s side, it’ was Peter Gustafson in the 19-and-under ng a time of 1:34:06, and Don Guglielmin in the 35-to-39 group with a time of 1:31:57. and rounding out the classes was Rob Grey in the 40-plus group who completed the course in 1:34:09. finksh line category runr SAND TRAPPED ... h Lorne Kannigan excapes the clutches of the ninth sandtrap during the Sunflower Open. Golfers from B.C., Alberta in the Ci course. NRS big winners in slopitch tourney By GUY BERTRAND Staff Writer “Play Ball’ rang out through Kinnaird Park early Sunday morning to signal the start of the final day's action at the Suntest slopitch tourney Twenty-nine teams from Penticton, Cranbrook, Fruitvale, Trail and Castlegar locked horns over the three days of sunshine and the hosts proved to be anything but cordial Castlegar squads took first and second honors in all three categories NRS defeated Colourmix for the ‘A crown in the final game Sunday after noon. Castlegar Savings Credit Union got by Amigos for the ‘B’ title. And it was Marlane Hotel over Dexters for the *C Cries of championship There was also some individual hit ting contests and once again the locals prevailed. In the women’s event, Jana Tedesco trom Hi Arrow was the top slugger while the men's award went to Tim Jensen of Castlegar Savings Credit Union In the age 40 and over competition, Jenette Pakula from Williams Moving slugged her way to the trophy and Mac MacAlpine of Colourmix took the men’s bragging rights. As in all the Sunfest events, the weather was great and honorable men Castlegar Figure Skating Club members for their work at the concession and the Kootgnay Columbia Child Care Society for helping dish out the suds at the. beer gardens tions go out to PAUSE THAT REFRESHES . - A cool drink after a hard run awaited him ies his breather. Open goes to Brown By CasNews Staff Over 200 duffers and low- handicappers came out swinging at last weekend’s Sunflower Open at the Castlegar and District Golf Club: And once the divots and dust had settled it was Colville’s Kent Brown who took the title in the championship round Brown's twoday total of 144 gave him a four-stroke cushion over Creston’s pro Randy Panton who brought a 148 to the club-house. Brian DeBiasio of Nelson, who was looking for his third straight Sun: flower Open title, also shot a 148 and Bill Perehudott of Castlegar came home with a 150. In the first flight for those with a 4- to 6-handicap, Ron Perrier ot Castlegar shot 140 over both days to win by three strokes over B. Jackson of Castlegar and A. Dutoe of Trail. Both those men scored a total of 143 In the second flight, it was Van couver golfer Chris Dow with the low gross at 157 and Ron Wildson of Trail had the low net with a 141 CosNews Phot s bicylcle race competion in wake By GUY BERTRAND Everyone everything cooperated last weekend to make the Sunfest’s drag boat racing one of the most enjoyable events of the festivities. Fans lined the banks of the Colum: bia River and the weatherman obliged everybody by providing atmospheric heat while the racers provided the nautical heat Tom Rasmusson of Abbotsford, was the day’s big winner as he literally roared to a blistering 6.71 seconds to take first place in the unlimited class. Rasmusson also had the fastest hydro and fastest run, clocking times of 6.60 in both. Not far behind in Rasmusson's wake was Bob.Larocque of Surrey, posting a 7.07 seconds. And Campbell River's Mark Charleton took third with a time of 7.68 seconds. The top showing by a local racer was Doug Oliver of Castlegar in the 15-plus second bracket. Oliver took second with a time of 16.08 seconds in the ski- class event Rod Hardie of Surrey was a double winner Saturday. Hardie took first place in the nine-second Pro Comp event with a time of 9.16 seconds and also had the fastest flat with a time of 8.69 seconds. time of The 10-second Pro Gas class proved to be one of the closest of the day with three racers bunched together at the top of the pile. Rick Bitz eventually won out over Randy Rokosil of Ed- monton, Alta., and Brent Long of North Vancouver. Bitz of Langley, clocked a time of 10.90 seconds to cap: ture the honors. Bob Jinda from Campbell River won the Super Pro Comp 11-second bracket with a time of 11.06 seconds. Two boys from south of the border battled it out in the 12-second Super Gas bracket. Terry Dixon and Denis Erickson both of Spokane went down to the wire with Dixon edging out Erickson by four-tenths of a second Dixon's time of.12.07 seconds got him the trophy Gregg Eigenhuis of Veradale took the mod Eliminator Class in the 13- second bracket with a time of 13.38 seconds. T.J. Doran, from Nine Mik. Falls, was the lone Super Stock com- petitor in the 14-second bracket and posted a time of 15.04 seconds. And Peter Jensen of Kelowna beat out Oliver in the Ski Class with a time of 15.75 seconds. Individual awards also went to Alex Vanichuk of Aldergrove for the best appearing boat For the complete race results see the Mid-Week Wrap-up on B2 FROM ZERO TO 1801N A BLINK . sig boat racer Tom Rasmusson stood tall in his boat after posting the best time of im course in 6.60 second: CasNews Photo by Guy Bertrand lay. Rasmusson covered the quarter-mile MONTREAL (CP) - victors Whitey Herzog, the St has no doubts that Pascual Montreal Blue Jays O Ss defeated TORONTO (CP) — In the game of managerial chess, Tom Trebelhorn moved his king into a vulnerable gONTo HENNE TRAVEL 1410 BAY AVENUE, TRAIL © 368-5595 WEST'S TRAVEL AGENCY 1217-3rd STREET, CASTLEGAR ° 365-7782 Louis Cardinals manager, Perez is “the best 2-7 pitcher in baseball."* But Herzog isn’t entirely convinced the Montreal Expos right-hander is beyond suspicion in how he deals with opposing batters. And Tuesday night, Herzog, in an effort to distract the impressionable Perez as much as to ease his own mind, set out ona fact-finding mission Perez, who had just opened his sixth and final in- ning of what would become a 3 starter this year— went to.a 2-2 count on lead-off batter Vince Coleman, when Herzog conferred with home plate umprire Ed Montague The umpire then strode to the mound and, in Perez's words, told the pitcher: ‘Don’t get mad, | only want to check the ball Montague also ran his hands across Perez's sleeves and asked him why his unitorm was so wet lo which Perez replied: **| haven't been dancing out here. I've been working hard and I’ ve been sweating. FOUND NOTHING Montague found nothing in his search and Perez resumed pitching, although if it was indeed a ploy on Herzog’s part it reaped some dividends when Coleman prompily drilled a double. He touches his arm; 2 victory — his first as a he touches his armpits ... 1 figure he’s got to have something on the ball,’’ ex plained Herzog. droppeda loot Ihe pitch betore that to Coleman Perez, who entered the inning with a 3-1 lead, had the margin cut to one when Pedré Guerrero scored Coleman witha two-out single He was out of gas, he had to pitch out of a big six th inning and he'd thrown almost 100 pitches in his first €xpos start in three weeks — that's why I got him out of there after the sixth,"’ said Montreal manager Buck Rodgers. But Perez, who had been relegated to the bullpen May 17 alter going 0-6 asa starter, savored his first victory in that role when Andy McGatfigan and Tim Burke, who allowed one hit over the final two innings for his 13th save, preserved the slender lead. Rex Hudler, with his third homer in his last six at- bats, delivered a two-run blast off starter Joe Magrane, 3-5, to give Montreal a 2-O edge in the first A fielding error by Damaso Garcia reduced it to 2-1 in the second, but Perez followed a triple by Mike Fit zgerald with a sacritice fly in the Expos’ half of the in ning. The victory, before a crowd of 16,435, kept the Ex. pos within two games of the Chicago Cubs, the East Division leader Expos notes: Lett-hander Mark Langston makes his Olympic Stadium debut tonight ... The homer by Hudler in the first was the tirst allowed by Magrane in $8 innings position and hoped his opponent, Cito Gaston, wasn’t looking lt worked Trebelhorn’s unusual strategy, which tiptoed on the edge of baseball's rules, helped preserve a 6-4 American League baseball victory for the Milwauk Brewers over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Playing before more than 45,000 fans, Toronto took its second loss in two decisions at the new SkyDome stadium “if Iwas Cito, 'd protest,” said Trebethorn. “*1’m not kidding."* Milwaukee had rallied for two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth totakea6-3 lead Then Chuck Crim came in to pitch the ninth and got intoaheapot trouble Fred McGriff hit a double and pinch hitter Rance Mulliniks singled. After Lloyd Moseby struck out for the third time, pitching coach Chuck Hartenstein went to the mound for a visit. Pinch hitter Ernie Whitt then walked to load the bases Trebelhorn then brought left-hander Tony Fossas in from the bullpen and put Crim on first base, taking Greg Brock out of the game *“When he walked out, he asked me if | could play first base,”’ said Crim. ‘*So | said yes."” Nelson Liriano hit the first pitch from Fossas for a run-scoring single to make the score 6-4. Rob Ducey, 4 left-hander, was pinch hit for by right-handed Tom Lawless. REPLACESCRIM Trebelhorn responded by ordering the handed Crim back to the mound, replacing Fossas. Major-league rules state thal once pitcher receives right % two visits on the mound, he’s finished for the game Fhe unanswered question is whether Trebelhorn’s previous visit — to make Crim a first baseman — was considered a visit or an instruction to the umpires about a player change. There was no question about Harten stein’s visit Gaston talked to the plate umpire but did not of ficially protest. After the game, he said he would look into making a protest but rules indicate it’s likely too late Lawless popped to centre and the slumping Tony Fernandez struck out, stranding three runners to end the game Paul Molitor and Gary Sheffield hit run-scoring singles off Duane Ward, 2-7, in Milwaukee's three-run ninth. Glenn Braggs capped the inning with a sacrifice fly Toronto's Frank Wills, making a spot start for the injured Mike Flanagan, allowed five hits over seven in nings and left with a 3-1 lead. Pat Borders started Toronto's three-run fitth against Teddy Higuera with a leadoff double. Liriano and Junior Felix hit ruf-scoring singles and Liriano scored ona shallow sacritice fly to centre by Fernandez, The inning ended when Felix (ried unsuecesstutly To score trom first base on Kelly Gruber’s single to right