cement, wood, glass fibre and plastics. Dr. Vietor Riley, a former university teacher. and consultant, says the entire inner shell of an airlinet’s cabin could be moulded from one of his Advanced Composite Technology materials to provide total protection against fire and smoke in case of an accident. Another Riley product, a fireproof, bead-necklace type oil-spill containment boom made out of a Foamglas core covered with one of his materials, is being tested by Environment Canada and has endured temperatures of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. Many of Riley's formulas have been applied boats, utility poles, rust-proofing and seats, “The concept is that you mix cement, glass fibres and special additives and you get something 1,000 times tougher than tale original material,” Riley said in.an interview. and mouled wheel chairs around the world. Water reservoirs lined with one of his materials have been erected in the United States, Germany, Sweden and South Africa. Closer to home, he developed a technique to repair the crumbling concrete pilings of Toronto's elevated Gardiner }thaterials perform better thin the product they aré designed to and often cost much less, he said. Wood costs between 15 and 20 cents a pound, cement is three cents, steel goes for 26 cents and glass fibre or aluminum runs about §1° while composite materials average between two and 12 cents a pound. said. “Maybe we will grow and maybe. we will not.” Montreal and Toronto, Riley went on to postgaduate studies at Cambridge University during the mid-1960s, There he | worked on research projects in space technology, helping develop spoilers made out of composite materials for the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. : Returning from England to a teaching position at the. University of Toronte, he started to explore applications of his techniques. But few people listened to bim and fewer believed in his ideas. “I went to see 36 companies and they all turned me down,” he said. Live VEARS AHEAD” Nutrition Clesses Tem.+ vr 7-8 Mon. 1233 - 3rd Street Castlegar, B.C. VANCOUVER (CP) — Drug use in remote logging camps is threatening workers’ safety and costing companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in says a small independent logging oper ator. Don Edwards of Edwards and Asso- ciates Logging Ltd. of Vancouver says two recent incidents at a company camp at Dinan Bay on the Queen Charlotte Islands caused an estimated $50,000 damage to a log loader and another piece of equipment. “And it could have been a loss of life or serious injury to the individuals,” Edwards said in an interview at the Truck Loggers Associati ion. the Drug use.a problem in logging camps stand it, we're basically dumb. We don't understand the after-effects and it's hard to tell if an individual is high. “Alcohol you can tell. You can smell and 7 it on a guy's breath or his visual appearance will tell you, so you don't allow him to go to work, you fire him or you send him back to the bunkhouse. “But when a person's on drugs, how do you tell? An individual may be walking three feet off the ground and charging around, you suspect that he's been smoking pot or something, but it's hard to prove.” There are 75 workers at the Dinan Bay camp and Edwards estimated that 12 to 18 might be using drugs. He said VSE stock prices VANCOUVER (CP) - Prices were down in heavy trading Friday on the Van. couver Stock Exchange. Vol ume at close was 10,933,748 shares. Of issues traded, 209 ad vanced, 265 declined and 408 were unchanged. The VSE index stood at 1055.64, up 1.56 from Thursday's close. In the industrials, Amer- ican Resources Preferred A lost .10 to $3.45 on 120,900 B.C. Resources was steady at $4.40 on 9,410, Computrex Centres rose .06 to 33 on 6,000 and Datatech Systems dropped .20 to $3.55 on 5,100. lias! met Gaveral tiees Dynatronics Laser was He was commenting following a presentation on drug use by RCMP Cpl. R.W. Badyk, who just completed five years of undercover police work. Edwards, 56, said the situation be- came so bad at the Dinan Bay camp that he spent three hours talking with narcotics officers in Vancouver to get an idea what to look for. “Our problem is that we're all so naive on it,” he said. “We don't under- cost. term.” with the workers to discuss drug prob- lems. It considered bringing in drug squad investigators to speak to the workers and set up a monitoring pro- gram, but backed away because of the “So right now we're just doing it on our own, telling them what can happen to them now in regards to safety mat- ters and what can happen in the long steady at .85 and Datel In- dustries rose .10 to $1.80. ‘One the resource board, Nuspar Resorces droped .17 to $1.03 on 253,500, Triple- Crown Resources warrants last .03 to .26 on 253,000, Global Energy warrants dropped .01 to 06 on 187,500 and Windmill Enterprises A warrants was unchanged at .0T on 186,000. Triple Crown Seti lem hi -asked, Telescan Technologies Resources was down .05 to 63 and Brace Resources lost mm 02 to .90. xo On the development board, 40° Silverside Resources war- rants gained .05 to .18 on 838,500, International Veri- fact Inc. was up .35 to $1.15 on 251,450, Silverside Re- sources Inc. rose .12 to .85 on 250,250 and Pulsar Energy warrants was steady at .07 on 126,000. Canreos Minerals lost .08 to .67 and Inter- national Phasor Telcom drop- ped .09 to $2.30. ~ Meanwhile on the Toronto Stock Exchange prices were generally mixed in light trading on the over-the-coun- ter stocks this week. Among industrials, Cana- dian Gas and Energy class B warrants rose 1 to $31 bid and $33 asked, Arc Inter- national 75 cents to $2.75 bid and $3 asked, Seel Mortgage % to $8% bid and $9% 15 cents to 90 cents bid and $1.10 asked and Carvern five cents to 70 cents bid and 80 cents asked. nn eo 10" oo \oo" oe 32° gn eo introduce Rose MONTREAL (CP) — Say- ing “I'm no savior,” Pete Rose was introduced Friday 4 as the newest Montreal Expo. and. the ingredient the National League baseball club has lacked in pursuit of a championship. Amid hoopla at a news conference befitting a savior, John McHale, the Expos’ president and general manager introduced Rose as “a Hall of Famer who is going to play for us.” Rose, who' will be 43 in April, has been touted as much for leadership in the clubhouse as for his~contri- bution as an everyday player. Rose said simply he is here to play ball. “I'm not here to be a cheerleader,” said Rose. “My girl friend is a cheerleader and one of those in the house is enough.” Rose, who became a free agent’ after finishing his five-year contract with Philadelphia Phillies, signed a one-year deal with Montreal that is reported to be worth $800,000. Rose was introduced by McHale as a “legend walking around in our own time” in a setting right out of Cooper- stown, N.Y., the site of baseball's Hall of Fame. The Expos had erected a locker for the occasion with Rose’s familiar No. 14 OVER THE NET... K A A Rt : OES (8 OE ER ere Savings Credit Union SROP Tw Yar Heyball Club bers detend zone against Spokane sweater ona hanger and an team in Kok Expos cap on a _ hook bracketed by two-long weekend. Eight teams are competing in the tournament. Play continues today. taking place at S rk College this tour —CosewsPhoto by Chery! Calderbonk stemmed roses. ~ Rain predicted for today’s Super Bowl TAMPA, FLA. (AP) — With a rainy weekend in the forecast, the Super Bowl football game today between Washington Redskins and Los Angeles Raiders might turn into a’ bad weather battle. If that happens, Washington coach Joe Gibbs said the Redskins will have an edge and not because of John Riggins’s power running, but because of quarterback Joe Theismann's ability to adjust to the elements, “I think we have an advantage and it’s probably not 9 7” from Plunkett ot Cliff Branch and a 97-yard punt return by Greg Pruitt for another TD. “It was a lucky comeback with some big plays.” The Raiders were without 1,000-yard running back Marcus Allen for that game and lost Branch for@he secord half when he pulled a hamstring on the long TD. They've added six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Mike Haynes since then. The Redskins are d except for their fe Id, where they have been shuffling players what you think it is,” Gibbs said. “Our ad ge is our quarterback. “We have a very unusual quarterback. He's the best bad weather player I've ever been around, handling the ball down after down.” ‘ Gibbs recalled the first time he at Theismann operate in foul weather. “I was at USC and we were playing Notre Dame in a driving rain. He threw for 520 yards, Our quarterback was having trouble handling the ball, but Joe wasn't.” Los Angeles coach Tom Flores doesn't expect the weather to decide this game, slated for a 4:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. PST) start. “What the forecast?” Flores asked. “Thirty-per-cent chance of rain? “It shouldn't affeet the game-at all, unless it’s a monsoon. Jim Plunkett is a good bad weather quarterback. Bad weather doesn’t bother him. Jim's a plodder. He can get the job done.” ‘After a chilly, overcast. work -week and the possibility of precipitation on game day, wouldn't he prefer a better climate? * WOULD PAY IN ALASKA “Listen, if they were playing this game in Alaska, I'd glad to be there,” said Flores. < That's because the two teams will be playing for the National Football League championship, the goal they and 26 other clubs set out for last July when training-camp “The best thing about winning the Super Bow! is being the best, becoming a champion,” Flores said. “It’s hard to describe the feeling in words. “It's the greatest achievement a coach can get.” Both Gibbs and Flores know the feeling. Washington won a year ago against Miami, riding the power runs of Riggins, who rushed for a record 166 yards, to a 27-17 victory. s The Raiders, then representing Oakland, used three “touchdown pusses-by~Plunkett for 2 27-10 decision over Philadelphia three years ago. a So this, game matches two teams accustomed to the demands dfthg Super Bowl. And it also matches the teams with the, Best records this season. The league is grateful. re thrilled the two best teams by the consensus of pe ein it.” said Peter Rozelle. “If it plays back to their regular-season game, we will certainly havea pistol.” “ - - for much of the season. They finished last in the league in pass defence, allowing 3,975 net yards passing. Los Angeles is expected to test that suspect secondary early and often, stretching out the Redskins’ defenders with long passes. Gibbs things-it could come down to a game of inches. Washington is likély to.be without kick returner Mike Nelms, a former member of the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rougti Riders, who missed the’ NFC championship game with a bad knee and has:not worked this week. _ Super bow! fever hits Britain LONDON (AP).— As Super Bowl fever grips the United States, thousands 6f Britons are also eagerly awaiting today’s National ‘Football League championship clash between Redskins and Los Angeles Raigers. When the two. teams meet in the 72,812-seat Tampa Stadium in Florida; football fans up and down this country will be glued’ to their television sets. For the second straight year, the independent Channel 4 station will be showing the match live in its entirety, starting with a preview and then picking up CBS-TV cov: erage of the 18th SueprBowl by satellite. “It will be absolutely authentic,” Andrew Croker, marketing director ‘of Productions, which CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING The following is the second in a series on cross- country skiing in the Castlegar area. By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer You've decided to join the crowd, and take up cross-country skiing. But you're wondering what kind of skis to buy. As you wander through the sports shops, you realize the choice isn't easy. “It used to be nice and simple,” recalls veteran skier Jaako Hartman of Castlegar. “There were wooden skis and they did just about anything except top racing. You had to pine tar and slap wax on them twice a year and that was all your problems. “They were particularly inexpensive. They were all roughly the same. “In the late 60's they came out with fibreglass skis and it hasn't been the same since then. You can buy 15 different types of skis.” Today, skis range from top-of-the-line racing skis to touring, heavy touring and mountaineering skis. Skis also come waxable or waxless. Waxless skis include mohair skis, which have strips of a fur-like material embedded in the ski, “cut” skis, which have a pattern of fish scales and grooves cut into ‘the bottom of the ski, and a new smooth ski with a synthetic material that acts like wax. All types make it easy to glide forward but difficult to slip back. Hartman says selection is rather difficult unless the skier knows what he wants to do. There are different kinds of cross-country skiing: touring, racing, mountaineering and telemarking. “And we've got all four within 30 miles,” says Hart- man, president of the Nordic Ski Touring Club. Mountaineering skiing is available at Kokanee Glacier. There is a regular group that goes up. Telemarking can be done at Whitewater and Red Mountain. As well, the Nordic Club.and others in the area have their own racing teams. “If you try to race with wider skis it’s twice as slow as the rest, so you can forget about it.” _. Waxless_skis, he says, are aimed at a “no-hassle appraseh” to Skiing and under some éonditions, are worth the money. Although he hasn't tried the waxless skis with built-in wax, Hartman says it might be worth trying with snow conditions in this area. One of the problems in this area, especially in the spring Hartman says, is the warm soft snow on the top and cold snow. “As you push the snow down it freezes on your skis and tends to make you six feet tall in no time.” Hartman says this type of ski is quite popular on the coast where the snow is wet and dirty. The first step in buying skis is to find out first what the skier wants and talk to people who know both the equipment and the condition of the person. “It depends so much on where: you are going to be skiing and what condition you are in. “Are you willing to read thermometers and wax or do you want to put them (skis) on and putter around and go waxless skis? “Most people who have bought them (waxless skis) are envious of a seven-year old skiing past them with no effort at all.” ‘ “The majority of people buy waxless skis, which is somewhat unfortunate, he says. “Nine times out of 10, there's no challenge at all.” With nicely.set trails, the challenge is also taken away because a skier doesn’t sink through any layers. Waxable skis have an advantage over waxless on sheer ice. “Put klister on skis in icy conditions and you can fly,” says Hartman. Another advantage of waxable skis is they will hold both ways — uphill and downhill, whereas, with waxless skis, a lot of control is lost going downhill. Manufacturers also offer a wide selection of boots and bindings. A boot is three-holed 75 mm one, that fits into the three-spiked binding. Hartman adds that more variety is now offered on the market. 50 mm racing binding is also popular. As well, Salomon is manufacturing a boot with a hook on the toe of the boot, which fits onto the steel-plated binding. “It’s the thing right now, Hartman says. “Td like to see if we're going to get some ankles torn.” On the other hand he says his concern may be totally false. With boots, Hartman says the tendancy is to build thinner, lighter and lower boots. “It’s fine for those who ate going to race,” he says, “but if you think you're going to make an Olympian over night, what you need is more of a workhorse. I don’t see buying racing gear unless you're going to race.” produces the show, said Friday. “Whatever the Americans get, we will.get too.” y Interest in thé NFL haa: increased dramatically in Britain since Channel’4 began showing weekly highlights of NFL matches in 1962. ‘The station's regular pro football presenters, Miles Aiken, a formér pro basketball player, and Nicky Horne, will be in Tampa to the age of CBS tators John Madden and Pat Summerall. ‘year, ab estimated two million Britons stayed up until the early morning hours to watch the Redskins defeat Miami Dolphins 27-17 in the Super Bowl. Croker said he expected an ever Migger television audience this year. | 5)’, . > IN THE BOOTH z “it was hoped that John Los Angeles Rams, would a : parties all over Britain, with plenty of. beer ind pizsas,” said Croker. Buying skis no easy choice JAAKO HARTMAN He says the tendancy of many skiers is to buy waxless skis and racing boots, a mix-match combination. + After skis and boots come the poles. Poles range from bamboo to fibreglass to carbon fibre racing poles. ‘The baskets also differ, depending on the amount of snow and how hard it is. “Essentially there are three types of baskets, One for really deep snow, where you want a large area, like the size of a grapefruit, a normal touring basket like a large orange and a racing basket, like the wing of a butterfly.” Most ski packages range between $100 and $200, but Hartman says they can go up to $500, and at this price, they are almost tailor-made. with comes appropr clothing. knickers are fing, jeans are no good. Leave the artificial acrylics at home.” As well, one can just as well ski in running-type gear, Hartman says, adding that polypropylene underwear is also recommended. Loose-fitting clothing is appropriate for touring, whereas a racer will wear a skin-tight racing outfit which flows with the movement. Any pair of heavier pants is appropriate and even a jacket, such as an anorak, is suitable for touring, he says. “Dress comfortably,” Hartman stresses, “For what you are going to be doing. “You lose 70 per cent of the heat through the head so you might as well keep something on your head.” He recommends a band over the ears to keep the ears warm and soak up the sweat on the forehead. Hartman says he wears leather gloves most of the time and when it gets to -15 C he brings out the wool mitts. Hartman also recommends carrying extra clothing in a pack. “Most people don't seem to carry enough gear. In the spring, most people are wearing T-shirts and it's plus 5 and the sun is shifing. But when the sun goes behind the mountains it gets to be -10 very quickly.” Carrying an extra sweater, socks and a scarf is what he recommends. “With this you're good from plus 5 to -30.” Downhill clothing is not recommended for cross- country skiing. “You get hot and boil, then run out of energy and then when you ran out of energy you get cold. It goes the full circle, plus it's thick and cumbersome. “With cross-country skiing one uses every muscle in the body,” Hartman says. “You don't build big heavy muscles for it.” Normal req for- up i skiing are the classical stretching exercises. If one keeps active either kayaking, swimming, cycling, running or roller skiing, the arms will be in good shape, he says. As well, he notes that most skiers are former runners and thus are in good shape. “The leg is up in the air, avoiding extension of the muscles. That's sufficient, unlike downhill, where the hill sets the pace.” Hartmans stresses starting out slowly the first few times and gradually ,picking up the pace. Those who want to get into it seriously can join dryland exercises, put on by the Nordic club, which includes running five to 10 km at a time. Poor day for Canadians KITZBUEHEL, AUS- course and was to fly home tria )ep) — Franz today to diagnose the extent Klammer, staging a brilliant of a knee injury. comeback, led an Austrian The ‘Paris, Ont., skier, a sweep Saturday onthe famed ‘two-time World Cup winner, Hahnenkamm downhill track crossed a ski tip, collided ina men's World Cup ski race with a safety net and lost one that may have cost Canada of his skis, He initially ap- an Olympic miedal. peared unhurt, but later Todd Brooker, the 23-year- examination showed a parti- old on in the right this most difficult of Earo- pean courses, crashed: spec- tacularly near the top of the. said Brooker, who has al- ready had major #nd minor knee surgery sever times in the last few years. “As I slipped down here I could feel my knee coming apart a bit. “This is troublesome just before the Olympics. It does- feel too bad now, but I think it will be in a day or so.” ginning with Ken Read's tri- umph in 1980. Former World Cup champion Steve Pod- borski of Toronto won the next two years and Brooker, in 1968. the top 20 Saturday and his time of 2:04.52 put him in 20th place. It was a miserable day for Canadian skiers, who had