MIKE HARCOURT . . ‘stylish substance’ HARCOURT TO CHANGE NDP IMAGE By DAPHNE BRAMHAM Canadian Press VICTORIA — It may have been deliberate that the first words Mike Harcourt uttered publicly after being acclaimed leader of British Columbia's New Democratic Party were from a television commercial. “Mikey likes it,” Harcourt told cheering delegates, lifting the line from a popular cereal commercial. The three-time mayor of Vancouver promises to transform the NDP’s image — now considered dogmatic and humorless — and sell it to B.C. voters who have chosen Social Credit governments for four consecutive elections. . But Harcourt’s style of oratory spurred one pundit to suggest he needs a speech maker instead of a speech writer. PEOPLE ORIENTED In sharp contrast to the fiery-tongued Dave Barrett, who in 1972 led the NDP to its only election win, Hareourt's delivery is more deliberate. His sensitive people-oriented message also differs from the serious, issue-ridden speeches of Bob Skelly, whom the 44-year-old Harcourt succeeded. The party's new chief salesman says he wants “stylish substance” — new packaging for the old product of democratic socialism, with some humor to soften the familiar NDP policy debates riddled with procedural wrangles. As Moe Sihota, rookie NDP member for Esquimalt- Port Renfrew already found out, the packaging has to be right for the yuppies and business people the New Democrats hope to attract. Constituents and colleagues at the party's recent convention told Sihota, a young lawyer, that his T-shirt was inappropriate. Obligingly, he changed into a suit and tie. FASHION IN Everywhere, the old left-wing uniforms are on their way out. The new breed of trade unionists like Ken Georgetti, president of the 250,000-member B.C. Federation of Labor, dress like models out of Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine stay a grassroots leader.” The boots should also serve as a reminder that the provincial party — with 22 seats in the legislature to the Social Credit's 46 — must maintain its close ties with labor. That relationship was strained in 1983 when the NDP stood aside and let Operation Solidarity — a coalition of labor, community groups, senior citizens and civil rights activists — do the street. fighting against Bill Bennett, premier at the time STICK TO LEFT Harcourt insists, though, that while the packaging is changing, the party is not trying to deny its leftist Policies and move to the centre of the political stage. Harcourt's wit, however, may well enliven the legislature On his first day as leader, Harcourt offered to help Premier Bill Vander Zalm with his golf game in exchange for gardening tips. 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Though this boat may have token up the Ferry’s route Saturday it certainly wasn't hauling cars. Jet boats shook the calm of the Columbia Saturday morning and afternoon, the fir- MILLAR BOAT IN SECOND By RON NORMAN Editor Dave Freeland is in a familiar position heading into the final day of racing today in the first annual Silver Ciuty Days jet boat races. The 1986 high point champion holds down top spot following Saturday's races. Freeland posted a combined time of 43 minutes; 44 seconds on the 32-mile Columbia River course between Trail and Castlegar. Freeland’s boat was clocked at 105 miles an hour. Trail’s Alex Millar is in second place i the B class, but has a three-minute gap to make up on the front runner. The other Trail racer who was expected to compete, Albert Benson, had to pull out at the last minute when his boat was sabotaged. 61 event of its kind for the area. Crowds lined san- dbars in Genelle and rest spots along the highway to Trail to watch the race. 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How much is a_ professional athlete worth? Well apparently in the case of Montreal Expos’ slugger Tim Raines it's $5 million The Expos’ had offered him $4.8 million but that wasn't enough for Raines. It was going to be $5 million or nothing. I guess the brass in the front office of the Expos’ ball club knew what they were doing. Soon after Raines penned the deal with the Expos he stepped up to home plate and began hitting home runs left, right and centre. “You can't explain it,” said Expos’ manager Buck Rodgers. “I've seen him hit line drives all over the ballpark in my three years with Montreal, but never anything like this.” Last Tuesday night in Atlanta, Raines sent the ball into the stands for a home run, his third in four games and all game winners, to give the Expos the win. ‘Raines is good — very good — but is he actually worth $5 million over thpee years? Does it make sense to pay someone millions of dollars a year to run around a field chasing a stupid ball? Surj Rattan Or how about millions of dollars a — the fans. year to chase a dumb rubber puck around an ice rink? No way I accept the argument that if you're extremely talented then you should be allowed to put a price tag on your services, as high as you are the ones — I don't-glame athletes like Raines or Wayne Gretzky who demand to run outrageous sums of money to play a _— Still, it is their fault fans are forced to pay more to watch sports game they love. If I got paid more than some Third Wolrd country’s national budget, I'd love the game too. No, I don’t blame the athletes for being greedy, which is exactly what they are when they sit down and pout and say they won't play the game unless they get what ‘they want increased ticket I blame the team owners for up close. protest. When they do that, the only ones who they are really hurting are The fans will be the ones — and who pay for the high salary settlements in the form of higher ticket prices. The owners certainly will not lose money on their contract deals with want their players. After all, they're business people who have a business If they said no to these million. dollar salaries, then they'd have no reason to jack up the ticket prices. Well, I guess that's one of the consolations of living in a place like Castlegar. Sports fans here don't have the problem of having to pay prices because some athlete is being paid an giving into their ludicrous howts-of astronomical amount of money. The really talented athletes in this area don't ask for million the people whotruly love the games dollar contracts — at least not yet. TAKE THE FALL . . . Competitors hold nothing back ina judo tournament held at Selkirk Coll campus yesterday. Competitors from A’ Roy could e bac tonight MONTREAL (CP) — Every so often in the last few weeks, reporters have wandered over to Patrick Roy's seat in the Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room to talk to the amiable 21-year-old goal- tender. Invariably, the discussion focuses on Roy's inactivity in the Stanley Cup playoffs, which reach the fourth game of the Wales Conference final when the Canadiens face off against the Philad- elphia Flyers.at the Forum at 4:05 p.m. Castlegar. time tonight. “Roy, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player in last year’s playoffs, has not played since being yanked by coach Jean Perron in the eighth minute of the Adams Division final against the Que- bec Nordiques on April 20. Roy was beaten for seven goals and turned the goaltending chores over to Brian Hayward, who played in his ninth consecutive game in Friday night's 4-3 loss to Philadelphia, which boosted the Flyers into a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Perron is reluctant to announce his starting goaltender, until the day of the game, but Roy could be back tonight. Hayward allowed at least two soft goals in the third-game defeat. FEELS EAGER “I want to play as much as Brian does,” said Roy. “Maybe the experience I'm going through will help me. I don't like it, that’s for sure, but it helps to give you character. It hasn’t happened too often in my career that I've had to be No. 2.” Castlegar rta, Idaho Perron said earlier in the series he wouldn't hesitate to use Roy because he believes his goaltenders are equally talented, Rey hasn’t won in three car- eer starts against the Flyers, including two in the 1986-87 regular season in which he had a tie, a defeat and a 4.32 goals-against average. “The Flyers are probably the best- shooting team I've ‘seen, especially on wrist shots,” said Perron. “I. think Patrick would defend very well against those kind ofys rae The Canadi ere on the receiving end of an eye-opening goaltending display Friday night when rookie Ron Hextall almost singlehandedly won it for the Flyers, outshot 39-18. 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