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BCAHA opposed
to age change

VANCOUVER (CP) The age structure of minor
am ur hockey in British Columbia is fine the way it is,
says the province's top hockey executive

The 1.C, Amateur Hockey Association will vote
against an Ontario proposal to lower the minor hockey
aye groups by one year, association president Bruce
Allison 4d this week

The age groups were raised by one year three years
ago and Allison w little support for serapping the new
fyst

The Ontario Hockey Association put forth a
resolution to change the age groups back and it will be
voted on during our annual meetings in Calgary May

f," Allison said, "We've had full discussion with all
our people around the provines and we're going to vate
againat any change \

Vil be very aurprined if the Ontario resolution
which would take effect the following next — goon
we nit, we pve the majority of the
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the midget category

nd 16 year olds, bantamea 1 and 14 year

olde and ao on down the line, Now, the midgets are in the
16.17 bracket

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where they could

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Allison still likes the net effect of the new standards.

“The idea was a move for small-town Canada, to keep
those kids at home and in sehool,” said Allison, the
54 year-old suburban Richmond resident who has led the
amateur association for three years. “But you know as
well as I do that it hasn't worked,

“If a kid is good enough at 14, he'll leave hfe. All
the ood players will go and lowering the age grdups back
won't make a difference.

“We like things the way they are because it brings us
into line with international hockey and because we think
it suits the physical structure of the kids.”

Allison also doesn't buy the popular ‘theory that
midget hockey has suffered immensely by the change,
with all the top 17-year-olds playing either major junior,
tier two or junior B.

NOT WEAKER

“We have no evidence before us that is why the
midgets are weaker,” said Allison. “It depends on who
you talk to

“I've had people tell us that the bantam and peewee
leagues are also weaker, With the new baby boom, we
rease in 10,000 kids in our lower categories
within the next five years.

“I think you'll find as all these kids move through the
categories, the midget leagues will fill up again.”

The B.C. minor hockey ehi
levels begin Sunday at several provincial communities.

The Midget ‘AAA’ takes place in with the
winner advancing to the Air Canada Cup in Regina next
month for the national title, The bantam ‘AAA’ goes at
Kelowna, with the winning team going to the western
Purolator Cup event at Prince Albert, Sask.

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currently second at 51,
with the Danes at 42 and
Norway at 4-3. On the edge of
elimination are France, Swe.
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United States are both 1.5.
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was six, first scored by Italy
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world championship and
matched by Switzerland and
the United States last year.
‘L didn't think it would
ever happen, but we got all
our rocks in there and seven
there,” said jubilant
Canadian skip Julie Sutton
Until the ninth end, the

was

playing as well as in some of
their previous games and had
gone into the fateful end tied

“We were having a bit of
trouble with our draw weight
again tonight,” Sutton said.

was a little heavier
on the sides so we would
throw it a little heavier and it
would just go through.”

The Kelowna team led 2-1
after five ends. Denmark
took a single in the sixth end
to tie the game 2-2, missing a
second point from a rock
barely outside the rings at
the back of the house.

With the Canadians’ seven
in the ninth end, the Danes

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Canadians had not been conceded the game

Dawson says bean
ball ‘history’

Andre Dawson says he has forgotten the bean ball
thrown by San Diego right-hander Eric Show that started a
memorable brawl last’ season between the Padres and
Chicago Cubs.

After batting against Show for the first time since the
incident on Tuesday, Dawson said the pitch he took in the

y at Wrigley field July 7 is “all in the past

named the National League's Most
Valuable Player last season after hitting .287 with 49 homers
and 187 REL

In other exhibition games Tuesday, it was
Yankees 4, Montreal 3; Toronto 5, Philadelphia 3; New York
Mets 4, Houston 2; Los Angeles 3, Cincinnati 2; Boston 10,
Detroit 4; Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 3 (10 inns0; Minnesota
6, Chicago White Sox 0; Texas 3, St. Louis 1; San Francisco
10, Seattle 6 (10 inns); Cleveland 2, Milwaukee 1; San Diego
5, Chicago Cubs 1; and California 8 Oakland 6.

Yankees 4 Expes 3

Mike Pagliarulo hit a tworun home run and John
Candelaria pitched seven innings to lead the Yankees over
Montreal, Candelaria allowed three runs and 12 hits for (Re

Dawson was

New York

win
Blue Jays 5 Phillies 3
Willie Upshaw, Cecil Fielder and Greg Myers hit solo
homers for Toronto. Blue Jays starter Mike Flanagan
allowed five hits over six innings, Bob Shirley pitched the
last inning for the Blue Jays, extending his scoreless streak
to IL 13 innings, Mike Schmidt knocked in all three
Philadelphia runs.
Braves 6 Orieles 5
Rruce Sutter, sidelined for nearly two years with arm
problems, pitched an inning of scoreless relief in Atlanta's
vielory over Baltimore. It was Sutter's second outing of the
spring
3 Cardinals 1
Bobby Witt pitched six no-hit innings and Curtis
Wilkerson had a two-run triple for the Rangers. Mike Laga
homered for St. Louis.

Races on weekend

By CasNews Stall

The Old Koot shi racers
are on again Uhis year at
Whitewater Ski Area.

The races are geared for
participation and all inter
ested skiers can take part in
the downhill and/or giant
slalom events scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday

AR levels of skiers can
participate and prives can be
won mo matter where you

finish. The top prize is a pair
of skis for each event with
the prises being won by a
draw of entrants

The downhill is Saturday
and helmets are required
The giant slalom event reas
Swaday with two runs There
are entry fees

Castlegar Figure Skat-
ers ended the season Fri-
day with a “pop concert” at
the Community Complex.
Performances were given
by the badge skaters, in-
dividual soloists, pairs, and
the precision team. A good
turn-out of parents and
friends were on hand to
support the young skaters.

Earlier in the month a
test day was held in Ross-
land. The following skaters
passed these tests:

Preliminary figure —
Linda Chang and Jennifer
Stevens; First Figure —
Jennifer Fayant; Dutch
Waltz Lisa Woykin;
Canasta — Jane Chang,
Linda Chang, Nancy
Chang, Jennifer Datchkoff
and Lisa Datehkoff; Swing

Amber Kenneway and
Heather Sheppard; Fox-
trot — Shawna Wallace.

Lori Jose and Fran Es-
posito have worked hard
with the skaters this past
season and were the in-
dividuals responsible for
choosing the most improv-
ed skaters for the 1987-88
season. Kerri Redekop and
Laura Kosowan were the
coaches’ choice.

3ifts were presented to
the coaches on behalf of the
members of the skating
club in appreciation of
their coaching and encour.
agement this year. At the

AWARD WINNERS . . . Kerri Redekop (left) and Laura Kosowan were selected
most improved skaters of the 1987-88 season. The Castlegar Figure Skating
id a pop concert Friday to end the season and present awards to

Club he
skaters.

conclusion of the evening’s
performances, the skaters
were served cake by Fran

and Lori. ing for the month of April,
Several Castlegar as they attend spring
skaters will continue skat- school at Beaver Valley.

COMMUNITY NEWS

March 23, 1988 C astlégar

SOVIET BOUND . . . SHSS will send nine students to the
Soviet Union at the end of the month. The students are
(back row from left) Shawn Lovrenow, Ken Chernoff,
Dean Osachoff, Mark Boolenoff and Rob Chursenott.

(Front row from left) Elita Lovrenow, Maya Kanigan,

Larissa Cheveldave,
Wendy Voykin.

Sherri

Popoff and instructor

Bell better after beefing

By TOM MALONEY

s in a much better

mood after Tuesday's 5-3

Blue Jays exhibition win over
Philadelphia.

He'd aired his beefs with

say George Bell got his way,”
Hendricks said.

Bell joked with reporters
after the game but, under in.
structions from his agent and
by agreement with Blue Jay

management, wouldn't com-
ment on the meeting.
Hendricks said Bell felt
Toronto management flouted
his status as American
League MVP during the con.

troversy. By failing to “con
sult” with Bell about the
switch to DH, the Jays
treated him “like some utility
player,” Hendricks said.
“He's not a robot.”

Toronto rs for 90
minutes and agreed to a
temporary truce with man
ager Jimy Williams. The
terms of the ceasefire call for
Bell to play where Williams
wants him to.

“I would say George is sat
isfied, maybe not happier,
because he got some things
off his chest that he wanted
to talk about
lick, executive vice-president
of baseball for the club.

“So I would say it was a
good meeting from a ther.
apeutic standpoint.”

Bell's agent, Randy Hen
dricks, initiated the meeting
with Gillick, club vice-presi.
dent Paul Beeston and Wil
liams. Hendricks said he and
Bell asked Williams to be
flexible when it came to
putting Bell in the lineup.

Hendricks said he would
get involved again in 30 to 60
days if the situation “looks
hopeless.”

Williams came into camp
saying the experiment with
Rob Ducey or Silvestre Cam
pusano in centre, with Lloyd
Moseby in left and Bell as
designated hitter wasn't
“east in stone.

Ducey and Campusano
have impressed Williams
who appears ready to go into
the season using one of the
rookies.

Hendricks was concerned
that Bell's highly-demonstra.
tive opposition to the des
ignated-hitter role had back.
ed Williams into a corner,
foreing him to go with a
reokie in centre.

If Williams played Bell in
lef. where he wants to be,
then “the whole world would

Pair on
winning
team
By CasNews Stall
Two Castlegar long-dis
tance runners were part of

the winning team which won
the third annual Trail to

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Folk arts discussed

By VERA KANIGAN

Winnipeg was the site for the 1988 National Folk Arts
Conference March 4, 5 and 6 at the city’s convention centre.
David Crombie, Secretary of State for Canada and the
minister responsible for multiculturalism, announced the
conference, which addressed the state of folk arts in Canada
today.

The following objectives were addressed through a
series of workshops:

© review developments in the folk arts in Canada;

e examine the current issues in this gommunity;

e discuss directions for the future;

identify opportunities for the Canadian government
and its national agencies to assist in their further develop-
ment.

Approximately 300 selected participants including
volunteers and professionals from Canada’s cultural
communities assembled to hear well-known national and
international panelists and guest speakers present their
views on subjects related to definition of folk art,
production, administration, training, education, promotion,
access, marketing, touring and exchanges, as well as funding
of the arts.

After a 20-minute presentation from each panel —
mainly professionals in various fields of endeavor in amateur
or professional art — participants were given the
opportunity to question and share their views, expertise as
well as problems which they encounter in their groups.

For additional guidance; various government repre-
sentatives were also present to explain their policy and
framework which gave everyone present a clear picture of
accessible avenues and methods available to us as
participants in the cultural mosaic of our country.

Each person, was selected as an individual who is
involved in various aspects of folk art — whether it is music,
dance, education, visual art or as co-ordinators or adminis
trators of festivals or organizations.

Vera Kanigan of Castlegar was a selected delegate
through her association with choral groups of the Union of
Spiritual Communities of Christ, as well as her position of
youth assistant to the USCC Union of Youth. The sincerity
of the delegates to their belief in the value of “folk art” in
Canadian society was intense, spirited, though at
frustrating as there are many existing restrictions,
especially monetary concerns which must be resolved.

It became evident through the discussions that many
groups were successful through their own initiative and
persistence, but what was encouraging to know is that the
Canadian government gave the people this forum to make
their views known, to allow proponents of their cultural
identity to “Step into the Limelight” — the title of a
prepared paper addressing key issues of concern. Partici-
pants reiterated the need for heritage language as well as
the beneficial factors provided through association with the
country of their origin. Another need which was expressed
was the need for Canada to have a definite Ministry of
Culture — this idea was expressed as a need throughout the
discussions.

The Saturday night supper provided the ethnic flavor of

Winnipeg, when Scottish, Ukrainian,

Japanese, Latin

American, Irish and other ethnic groups shared their folk
art. The Ukrainian dancers presented conference leaders
with their traditional hospitality of bread, salt and water.
The keynote speaker — Saturday night was David Crombie,
who expressed his keen support to the concept of multi-
culturalism, and to the endeavors of those involved in
preserving their heritage and cultural identity.

The conference was chaired by

Mayor Moore of

Vancouver, who has had a distinguished career in theatre,

film, radio, television,

journalism and

education. He

presently contributes a weekly column on cultural affairs to

the Toronto Globe and Mail.

Peace

group

meets Sunday

A meeting to discuss the
federal government White
Paper on national defence
will be held this weekend.

The annual general meet-
ing of the,Castlegar Peace
Group will be held at the
Ootischenia Hall on Sunday
and will provide time for in-
terested people to voice their
opinions on Canada’s latest
proposed defence initiatives.
spending creates
few jobs — in fact it is least
efficient of all sector spend-
ing in a jobs created per
dollar comparison,” says Tim
Rezansoff of the Castlegar
Peace Group. “Yet the fed-
eral government spends even
more money trying to con
vince the general public that
there are good and obvious
reasons for this spending.”

The peace group will also
show a National Film Board
movie title Children Of War.
The film is about the Inter.
national Youth Peace and
Justice Tour in Canada. In
the film, children speak of
personal experiences in war-
torn areas.

“There is also a concurrent
moral dilemma — (about) how
many people have to depend
on the production of instru-

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ments of death to provide
their family with a decent
lifestyle,” Rezansoff says.

A display of handicrafts
made by Guatemalan ref.
ugees will be available for
viewing at the meeting.
Photographs of the artisans
taken by Marilyn Anderson
and Jonathon Garlock will
also be on display.

Students off
to Russia

A group of students from
Stanley Humphries second
ary school is scheduled to
leave for a two-week trip to
the Soviet Union March 29.

Travelling to the United
Kingdom and paris of the
USSR are nine students, a
parent and their instructor,
Wendy Voykin. The group
will return April 1f°

Their itinerary includes
three nights in London and a
tour of London's West End,
including Westminster Ab-
bey and Buckingham Palace.

In the USSR, they will

spepd three nights in Len-
ingrad with visits to the
winter palace, Hermitage
Museum, Peter and Paul
Fortress and admiralty.

The three nights in Mos-
cow will be spent with visits
to the Kremlin, St. Basil's
Cathedral, Lenia’s mauso-
leum, Moscow State Uni.
versity, and the Exhibition of
Economie Achievements,
Students will also have the
opportunity to visit a school
and take in a ballet and a
cireus.

Group seeks more

domestic

WASHINGTON (AP) — A
group of about 300 West
Coast U.S. citizens arrived.on
a train in the capital Tues:
day, hoping to persuade Con
gress to spend more on
domestic programs and less
on the military.

The group, including resi
dents from Washington,
Oregon and California, ar.
rived five hours behind sche.
dule because of mechanical
troubles, but remained en
thusiastic about their mis
sion

“This train is bound for
Congress,” the residents
sang upon their arrival at
Union Station near the Cap
itol.

. this country back on
track, get this deficit off our
back.”

The group, part of the
Citizens’ Train, which began
a cross-country journey Sat
urday, was greeted by sev
eral congressmen from the
Northwest.

Senator Mark Hatfield
(R-Ore.), told the group con.
gressmen had recently been
discussing the emergency
deployment of U.S. troops to
Honduras but “today they
have been discussing you, an
emergency deployment of
citizens to Washington.”

A leaflet from the group
calls on the president and
Congress to establish a citi:
zens’ budget “based on the

spending

ideals of the U.S.-Constitu
tion and the Bill of Rights.
Further, we call upon the
president and the Congress
to address the critical issue of
the unprecedented national
deficit with a keen regard for
the well-being of all Ameri

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