Page 8A The Castlegar Sun Letters to the Editor-continued Variety Club Fundraising lottery Win a waterfront condominium Dear Editor Variety Club has joined the Vancouver Art Gallery in a fundraising lottery. Proceeds from the lottery will be divid ed between the Art Gallery and Canuck place, the hos Pice for the terminally ill children of British Columbia This lottery is part of Vari ety’s commitment to raise $1 million toward the develop ment of Canuck Place The Vancouver Art Gallery will use its proceeds from the lottery in support of its many Programs ranging from inter national exhibitions to work shops for families children Only 9,999 tickets will be sold. First prize is a furnished waterfront condominium at 888 Beach Avenue in Vancou ver, valued at $420,000 CASTLEGAR JEWELLERY REPAIRS Restoring & Designing 2721 Columbia Ave (next to IGA) 365-6450 Second prize is a BMW 3181s Sports Coupe valued at $38,000, and third prize our Early Bird Draw ~ is a luxury Caribbean Cruise for two, valued at $5,000 The Early Bird Draw will be held October 24th at the Variety Club Auction at the Plaza of Nations. The draw for first and second prize will be held on December 9th Lottery tickets are $100 each and are available by calling 681-KBYS : VARIETY CLUB OF B.C. Chris Byrnes LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR NEWCOMERS TO CANADA J If you are a new immigrant to Canada and not yet a Canadian Citizén, you may qualify for basic English classes being offered. Classes may begin at Selkirk College campuses before the end of September’ To ensure | a place, please contact the centre nearest you as soon as | possible | Nelson Campus, contact Richard Cima at 352-6601 Trai) Campus, contact Deirdre Hendrie at 368-5236 Grand Forks Centre, contact Annie Holtby at 442-2704 Nakusp Centre, contact Richard Allin at 265-4077 ki RY) Castlegar Campus Box 1200 olle ie Castlegar, B.C VIN (604) 365-7292 351 | emninnsiisianesimininnl PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE FINAL DESIGN BRILLIANT INTERSECTION JUNCTION HIGHWAY 3A AND ROBSON ACCESS ROAD The Ministry of Transportation.and Highways invites the public to attend an open house to view final engineering designs for proposed improvements to the Brilliant Intersection - BRILLIANT CULTURAL CENTRE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1993 4PM - 8PM Ministry staff and representatives of the consulting firm Stanley Associates will be available to explain plans and answer questions an the project WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION Province of British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways Dear Editor: places of the continent Arid and semi-arid areas increasingly overpopulated Dear Editor: With the election in full The new Movado perfect shape and function. —WE DELIVER— Gemologist/ Goldsmith ‘ Delich Jewellery & Gift Store 2118 Columbia Ave. + 362-5044 “Talk about great prices” SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 3 Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion 400 mL Hand & Nail 190 mL or Dermatological 260 mL “With 50¢ In Flyer Coupon Dramatic Results Cap with Nutrients 7 mL “With 40¢ In Flyer Coupon Ponds Moisturizing Cream or Wight Cream 50-70 mL or Eye Gel 14 mL “With 40¢ In Flyer Coupon FS PHARMASAVE 1128 - 3rd St. (Downtown) Castlegar 365-7813 The precious fresh water resources of northern North America are in jeopardy. This is because large water transfer schemes have been planned and advanced Simply stated, it is quite possible that there could be huge volumes of water pumped southward over the high places to the dry An increasing demand for water in dry Creates pressure for supplying mas- sive quantities of water to these destina- tions; diverting natural runoff by means of dams, reservoirs, canals, large diameter pipelines and large pumps, for the purpose c. of watering moisture deficient regions. demand for more and more water. Even Dear Editor; in order to meet their mortgage payments. ip or invest in reph water lines and transportation links? vast diffe b viding addi mpléy oP saving in U.LC. and welfare expense, Ottawa on October 25th. a National debt and home mortgages are the same Daring a period of difficult times a family with a home mortgage cuts back on discretionary spending Should they reward themselves for these efforts and fly to Hawaii on a holiday or replace their leaky roof and rusty plumbing? In practical terms the choice is obvious. Repairs to their home will increase the value of their property by the same amount and prevent further damage to their investment Our National Debt is the same as our mortgage. Should we spend our discretionary funds on fancy fly- heli ing our badly deteriating infra-structure such as sewer treatment plants, Again, the choice is obvious, By improving our fixed assets we are investing in our country, There is a di i ing, as most home owners know. The added benefits of pro- , and not at the end of this century, is another significant Let us give the Liberals a chance to get our country out of its present mess, by sending more Liberals to sincerely, N.T. Ogiow tlegar, B.C. development in southern humid areas caused an increased demand for water sup Ply, partly due to relocation of industries from the north. There is an impending diversion plan for the North Thompson Valley of British Columbia. A definite proposal has been made to divert rivers waters from there to the Columbia River drainage basin for movement to the “sun belt” According to a procedural plan, the pro: ject could be completed in six or seven years. This could be the beginning of a series of large scale diversions which would ¢ a colossal disruption and derange ment of extensive northern areas-an assault on the goodness and integrity of nature People who are knowledgeable regarding the Canada/US Trade Agreement have indi are being » Causing Fresh water resources are in jeopardy cated that large volume water export from Canada to the south is provided for in the agreement, and that once the export begins it could not be stopped. (The present gov emment disagrees.) In order to end any doubt as to whethes Or not water export is provided for (and to. eliminate other provisions of the agreement which are unfavourable to Canada) there is a need for complete abrogation of the agreement. It is obvious that it is necessary to forestall water transfer before it happens Under the Trade agreement it is almost certain that once export begins it could not be stopped. The choice of where to place one's vote in the upcoming federal election is extremely important for the future R. Tennant It’s actions, not words which count Sports Dept. John Van Putten 365-5579 irk cleans up a JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports Sand, hills, gravel and sweat are not most peoples’ idea of a com bination for a fun-filled Saturday To the 92 runners who took part in the Selkirk College Blahadot- nia Trail Run, those ingredients made for a challenging, yet enjoy- able run through the woods “It was a good cross country trail The variable terrain of soft sand, x 19:40, over two minutes faster than her closest competitor, Marne Bourbonnais from Caribou College. Leanne Sale}, an Okanagan Col- lege runner covered the course in 22:36, fast enough for third place Selkirk’s other women runners placed a solid showing in sixth, seventh and eight places Jason Shultz, running for the Selkirk College was the highest finishing male runner finishing in second ple just five seconds behind Okanagan College's and race winner, Mike Pass- more hills, gravel and great weather made for a great success,” said Selkirk College Cross Country Running Team Coach, Derek Peregrym. The event combined two separate events into one fun-filled day, a col lege run for men and women, and an open community race. The run was ‘It was an encouraging race for Selkirk College, we have good depth and a strong team this year’ Selkirk College Cross Country Coach Caribou College had their highest men's runner, George Jennings in third place. Fourth was snagged by Selkirk’s Mike McQueen. Three other Selkirk runners covered the sixth to eighth place positio! For Peregrym the new season brings with it an almost com- — DEREK PEREGRYM held in Ootischenia this past Satur day. It started at D Bar D riding Stables and it featured three differ- ent lengths of runs, 4.7 km, 10 km and 13.1 km This was Selkirk College's British Columbia College Athletics Association sanctioned race fot the school running season. The overall team winner was the host team, Selkirk College. Teams earned points according to the place in which their runners finished; the higher the place the lower points, with the goal for each team to accumulate the least number possible Both Selkirk’s men’s and women's teams placed first in their respective team results. The men, running the 10-km course accu- mulated 12 points, while their nearest rival, Fraser Valley College, tallied up 35. Columbia Bible College rounded out the top three Five college teams were represented at the event * “It was an encouraging race for Selkirk College, we have good depth and a strong team this year.” In women’s team competition, the points race was considerably closer, with Selkirk collecting 14 points, just edging out Caribou College at 16. Columbia Bible College was the third place school in the women’s team standings as well, with 35 points. Selkirk’s Kendall Morrison covered the women’s 4.7 km course in Rocking Rebels in JOHN VAN PUTTEN into the next of their weekends two heme ice matches, against the Sun Sports Columbia-Valley Rockies. Swing, every party is attempting to convince us that they have the most honesty and credibility to run the country. after this election campaign My vote goes to the party that has not simply talked about hon esty and credibility during an election campaign, but who has always shown that these are traits that can be attributed to them in all facets of life There are two key issues that all parties are addressing, jobs and the national debt Job creation in my mind is the #1 issue. Both the Conservatives and Reform party have said that slashing the debt is more impor- tant and that social programs will have to cut. I don’t think the 1.6 million unemployed can wait that long. The Liberals and NDP have placed jobs first, both putting forth comprehensive packages The difference is that the NDP put their platform out 8 months before the election allowing each of us the opportunity to review cnticize or accept their job strate gy. It was reviewed by economists and determined to be a sound viable document The Liberals on the other hand only talked about jobs when Kim Campbell blundered the first day and said that unemployment won't change for the next 10 years, The national debt is also a key issue. The Conservatives and Reforms says we, meaning you and I have to bite the bullet so we can eliminate this debt. Thty want us to believe that we are some how responsible for the debt. The reality is that two key policies of the Conservative are responsible for the debt The first is the high interest rate policy. The money that was added to the debt in interest when rates were in the 20 per cent plus range caused the debt to skyrock- et. The second policy is allowing the portion of taxes paid by large corporations to be steadily decreased and in many cases eliminated, while wage earner between $20,000 and $100,000 taxes nearly doubled party, the NDP, ha consistently come out and said Only one they would restore the tax system in a way that would make it fair s« every body including large corpo: rations would pay their fair share They would keep interests rates down so the debt become manageable, they would created jobs which includes eliminating NAFTA so that more people arc working and helping to pay down the debt. These are not new poli cies being put forward during an election. They have been in place and argued on behalf of all of us for many years I believe the NDP has been honest and are a credible alterna tive. My vote goes NDP. Janice C. Broadhurst ATTENTION HocKEY PLAYERS ¢ SKATE SHARPENING « SKATES (new & used) ¢ SPORTING WEAR e HOCKEY EQUIPMENT From fly tying to hockey gear you'll find the knowledgeable staff at CASTLEGAR SPORTS CENTRE is ready to help you. Our service is second to none. OcTOBER ONLY WITH EVERY $50 PURCHASE RECEIVE A $§ COUPON Special Coupon Days every Tuesday in October. You receive DOUBLE YOUR COUPON! Choose from: ccm, Bauer, Louisville, Easton, Cooper, AND MORE *coupons redeamable on your next purchase CASTLEGAR SPORTS CENTRE 2177 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. 365-8288 The Castlegar Rebels found an interesting way to open their first weekend of regular season action in the 1993/94 Kootenay Interna tional Junior Hockey League sea son—an easy win one night and a major come-from-behind victory the next. The two weekend games are now history, and the team has two wins under their belts. Their sea. son opener against the Rossland Warriors Friday, had the team skating with class on their way to a7-1 win. “Rossland is not a strong team, they are better than last year. They may get stronger as the year goes on,” said Rebels Coach, Gary Sauer. Sauer was impressed with the front line of his team and how they forced their way towards the Rossland net and put the puck past Warrior goalie, Tyler Hurd. Castl- gar'’s net was guarded by winning goalie, Vaughan Welychko. “Our forwards played well, they capitalized on their chances.” That sharp-shooting perfor- mance did not follow the players A different Rebels squad hit the ice for the first period and half of the second of the Columbia Valley game, Saturday. This other side of the players, according to coach Sauer, did not take many Shots on the Rockies goal-keeper, and the ones they did were missing any sign of shooting power. We had lots of chances in close and the guys could not finish them off. All their shots were not hard, all they succeeded in doing was build the confidence of their goalie.” Finding themselves down by a 6-1 score midway through the sec- ond period seemed to wake up the Rebels. At 5-1 Sauer made the decision to pull goalie John Ray and put in Vaughan Welychko with the hopes of sparking the team's defence and offence to pull things together. “I wasn't pleased to pull the I feel confident in both they are both number one Sauer said. Mike Hunter and Craig Swan- son started the come-back each goalie pletely new group of runners. “All but three of the runners are new,” he said In total Selkirk entered 11 women runners and 7 men. There were 35 college runners in total, and 57 community participants. Community runners had two different distances to choose from, 13.1 km or 4.7 km. The Men's Masters race was won by Barry Mar- tin who covered the 13,1 km in 51:10. Dave Mc Vicker and Leigh Harrison rounded out the top three The Men’s open class was won by Lester Perrault. Only three minutes separated the top three runners in this group. Boys runners in Grades 9-12 were lead in their crew by Graham Mc Vicker. Philippe Johnstone took top spot in the Women’s Open, covering the 13.1 km route in 1:12:43. The Masters Women race was cleaned up by P’Nina Shames, Covering the 4.7 km distance in Men's Masters was John O'Brien in first. In the Open Men's category, Steve Ferguson crossed the line first. Boy's grade 9-12 was won by Wayne Martin and Greg Harri- son stole the Grade eight and under title. Women 4.7 km runners were led by Penny Lidstone in the open class and Suzanne Mc Vicker in the Masters class. Carey Living- stone lead the way in the under grade eight group full swing netting one in the last half of the second period to bring the score to 6-3. The break between periods gave Sauer an opportunity to give his players a pep-talk, which seemed to be what the players needed Pertod number three was all Rebels. The busiest people at the rink was the goal judge behind the Rockies net and the games score- keeper. “They seemed to come out of their slump. In the third period we out scored them 5-0." Corey Flodell started the scor- ing run for Castlegar 1:50 into the period on a power-play advantage Castlegar native and first year Rebels Gary Hunter continued the Brenda Mitchell from Fraser Valley College whizzes her ‘way through the 4.7 km course at the race hosted by Selkirk College, Saturday. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten teams comeback netting his goal 6:41 into the period Down by one and 3:55 remain- ing in the game, things were not looking to good for the Rebels. Jesse Oldham changed the teams outlook by tieing the game at 6-6 to cap off the long uphill chal- lenge which faced the team when they were down earlier in the game. As things turned out, it was down, but not out. Time was running out but the Castlegar netminder Vaughan Welychko kicks away another Columbia Valley Rockies shot during Saturday nights KIJHL match in Castlegar. players were successful in achiev- ing their comeback bid. Swanson put the club over the top with only 2:32 to play, it was his sec- ond of the game. Oldham, also netting his second goal of the game added some weight to the insurance margin putting the Rebels up by two. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten days off. “They have skated every day for the last 12 days.” Next action for the Rebels is “Tt was an exciting win.” Now that the 1993/1994 season is in full swing the Rebels are in a two-way tie for first place with the Nelson Maple Leafs. A long training camp and exhibition schedule has left the players tired. According to Sauer this Friday when last years’ KUHL Champs, the Grand Forks Border Bruins, who have lost their first two games of the season, come to Castlegar to play the they have earned their couple of Rebels. ‘212 287 Vancouver 289 Edmonton Seattle Victoria 314 Prince George AirBC Supertares: Calgary 490 4 412 le ace Winmipeg 177 Toronto Regina $ Saskatoon 4 (AirBc Our Best Fall Fares Upto 60% Of! With AirBC and Air Canada SuperFares you can save up to 60% off our regular round trip air fares this fall. Just book 14 days in advance and stay a Saturday night If you don't see your favorite destination listed here don’t despair. Great prices are available to just about everywhere in AirBC and Air Canada’s world. Seats are limited, some restrictions apply and fares are subject to change without notice. So we suggest you book now to get your preferred choice of departures. Call your travel agent or Air Canada 1-800-663-3721 Wy roplan AirCanada