as_CastlégarNews _Morch11,199 BUSINESS AirBC chairman to give seminar Business Trends in the 1990s is the topic of the final seminar in the six- month owner/; development grosrem sponsored wy the West a of Selkirk colags and local Canada Employment centres. The seminar, presented by Mel Cooper, one of British Columbia's most distinguished and successful businessmen, is open to the public. Cooper will appear in Nelson Mar- ch 13 at the Heritage Inn and in Rossland March 14 at the Uplander Hotel. The seminars begin at 7 p.m. both days. Tickets must be obtained in advance by contacting the West Kootenay Enterprise Development Centre. As a successful entrepreneur, Cooper ranks among the top achievers in Western Canada, Selkirk College says in a news release. He is currently chairman of AirBC, was director of the B.C. Pavilion Corp. at Expo 86, serves as president and general manager of several AM and FM radio stations, is a director of B.C. Tel and a winner of the Broad- cast Citizen of the Year Award for 1989. “Understanding where business is headed and being prepared for the future is part of becoming and remaining successful,’’ Doug Glover, director of the enterprise development B.C. Gas sets record VANCOUVER (CP) — B.C. Gas Inc. has announced a record level of revenues and net income for 1989. The company acquired the Riainland Gas Division from B.C. Hydro in September 1988. “Gross revenues were $661 million in 1989 compared with $339.1 million in 1988. Net income was $35.3 million, up from the previous year’s $9.1 million, which included a $10.5- million writedown of Canadian petroleum and natural gas properties. “We are very pleased with our overall achievements and financial results in 1989, with both BC Gas and Trans Mountain having a good year,”’ said R.E. Kadlec, president and chief executive officer. Kadlec said he ex- pects strong customer growth to con- tinue into 1990. Basic earnings per common share were $1.86 and fully diluted earnings per share were $1.70 in 1989. This compares with basic ‘earnings per share before unusual items of $2.02 and fully diluted earnings of $1.71 per share in 1988. After unusual items, basic earnings per share were 86 cents while fully diluted earnings were 84 cents. Fhe 1988 earnings included a non- recurring cumulative reduction in minority interest, of $800,000 which increased basic earnings by nine cents a share and fully diluted earnings by six cents a share. Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) — The stock markets retreated Friday after a week of steady gains on fears triggered by employment statistics that the economy was still strong. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s composite 300 index fell 19.10 to 3,732.90 in light trading volume to close the week with a net gain of 25.48 points In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 12.84 to 2,683.33, cutting its gain for the ‘week to 22.97 points. On other Canadian markets: the Montreal Exchange’s portfolio index slipped 13.27 points Friday to 1,918.34, for a net gain of 22.34; and the Vancouver Stock Exchange’s in- dex rose 9.55 to close Friday at 740.06, a net gain of 3.84 for the week Pre-Spring Special! | Extended by Popular Demand until March 311 LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM AND HALLWAY $38>° We Move Furniture * POOR BOYS CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS 365-2488 367-6234 MEL COOPER . present seminar centre, a. the release. The owner development pro; concludes with this presentation and part of the evening's activities will in- volve the presentation of certificates to the 36 business owners/managers in Nelson, Castlegar, Fruitvale, Rossland and Trail who have been participating in the program since Oc- tober 1989. For them, the program has-provided on-site assessment and consultation that is specific to their particular business enterpirse, the college says. In addition, they have had the benefit of monthly seminars presen- ted by recognized leaders in business on such subjects as motivation, time management, strategy, marketing and stress management. BUT NEED HOMES To SELL JORDAN ‘WATSON 365-2166 © 365-6892 For a Free Market Evaluation Castlegar Realty Ltd. * 1761 Col. Ave. Bouchard supports delay of project EDMONTON (CP) — Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard has endorséd Alberta's decision to put the brakes on a $1.3-billion pulp mill planned for the Athabasca region of Alberta. Bouchard said he has skimmed through the federal-provincial panel report into the Alberta- Pacific Forest Industries proposal. The report last week recommended the project be delayed until further studies are conducted. “On the whole, of course, I support the position of the provincial government to the ef- fect of delaying the approval of construction of the project,’’ Bouchard told the Edmonton Journal in Ottawa last week. “I fully support the whole of the recommendations to the panel to delay the project until more studies are conducted on the cumulative effect of effluents in the river system."" Athabasca member of Parliament Jagk Shields said he hadn’t expected the panel's con- clusion because he thought Alber- ta-Pacific had met all environ- mental regulations. “Actually, I thought they would get a clean bill of health, and they did. really the other mills on the river system and river itself that don’t have the bill of health,”’ Shields said. 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QUOTE NOTE —_—————— “‘We in Canada have gone to great lengths to replace the of Figure Skating Association, David Dore, referring to the demise of compulsory figures championships _ in Halifax was the last time com- pulsory figures would be required from figure skaters in competition. ON TAP EDMONTON (CP) _ Canadian Professional Boxing Federation ratings, effective Feb. 28. Heavyweight: Champion — Tony Morrison, Toronto. Contenders —~— 1. Ken Lakusta, Edmonton; 2. Len- nox Lewis, Kitchener, Ont.; 3 Robby Robinson, Windsor, Ont. Light-heavyweight: Cham- pion — Danny Stonewalker, Fort McMurray, Alta. Con- tenders — 1. Roddy Mc- Donald, Pickering, Ont.; 2. Jimmy Gradson, Toronto; 3. Dave Fiddler, Edmonton. Middleweight: Champion — Darrel Flint, Halifax. Con- tenders — 1. Dave Hilton, Montreal; 2. Jacques Leblanc, Shediac, N.B.; 3. Donny Poole, Ontario. Welterweight: Champion — Donovan Boucher, Toronto. RADIO/TV SUNDAY AM 9:00 (KREM Channel 2) NBA — L.A. Lakers at Atlanta Hawks. 10:00 (CBUT 13) TSWEEKEND SPOR 12:30 (KHQ 6) PGA Honda Classic, final round 2:00 (BCTV 7) NHL — Pittsburgh at Vancouver AUTORACING — NASCAR Goodwrengh 200 2:30 (KREM 2) NCAA — Road to the final four. 4:00 (TSN 15) CHL — Shawinigan Cataracts at Victoriaville Tigers. 6:00 (CBUT 13) FIGURE SKATING — World Championships. 7:00 (TSN 15) SKHNG — U.S. Men's Pro Tour Player is just sick over incident Boates feels as bad as anybody By ED MILLS Staff Writer Other ‘than the Berdusco family, and Kevin Berdusco himself, nobody feels worse about what happened at the Nelson Civic Centre Wednesday night than Brian Boates of the Nelson Maple Leafs. If Boates could talk to Bérdusco, a member of the Trail Smokies who currently lies in Trail Regional Hospital with a spinal cord injury, Boates knows exactly what he would say. “I would just say I’m_sorry,“* Boates told the Castlegar News. ‘‘I never meant this to happen.’’ And he has something to say to some Smokies players and others he said have pointed an accusing finger at him. “I'd just like to tell people I never did it intentionally, | thought it was more or less an accident,’’ Boates said. ‘‘I just feel terrible about all this.’” It was Boates, a 19-year-old all-star defenceman for the Leafs in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, who delivered the hit that sent Berdusco to the ice in the third period of a playoff game bet- ween the Leafs and the Smokies that fateful Wednesday night. At first, said Boates, he didn’t Mink anything of the hit. 5 “lL thought he'd get up right away. I just felt I didn’t hit him that hard."’ But when the fiesty Smokies forward failed to rise from where he lay sprawled’‘on the ice, Boates was as concerned as anybody else in the arena. And when Berdusco, 19, had to be taken out on a stretcher 20 minutes later, and word spread that he might be paralysed, Boates said he just couldn't believe it. “*That’s when I started feeling really bad,’ he said. ‘‘I just, you know, what can you say?” Boates was originally assessed a two-minute penalty for chécking from behind but, like a high sticking penalty that draws blood, that was automatically changed to a five- minute major and game misconduct because Berducso was injured on the play. Ironically, the KIJHL brought in that stiffer penalty prior to the season with the intention of avoiding situations like the one in Nelson. Still, nothing the referees could have given Boates could have been worse than the feeling he’s had in his gut ever since the incident happened. “He's gone thorugh a lot in the past three days,"’ said Maple Leafs coach Ted Hargreaves. “‘It's one of those things that’s difficult for anybody to handle.”” People who know Boates, from his coach to KIJHL president lan Currie, have-been quick to offer him support, saying he’s not the type of player who, would hit someone from behind on purpose. “I don’t think he’s had a major penalty in this league in two years, Hargreaves said. ‘‘He’s a finesse player. I think he has about aA minutes in penalties this year.’ And even some who didn’t now Boates like Berd said. Smokies back up goaltender Brent Bradford, the son of Smokies’ coach father Romeo, told Boates’s father Rudy that Brian deserved no blame for what happened. What happened was a typical play you'll see 20 times a game with nothing eventful occurring, Har- greaves said. “It was just one of those freak ac- cidents that’s nobody’s fault,”’ he Danny di said no one on the team is blaming Boates for what hap- pened, now that there’s been time to realize that fault can’t be pinned on anyone with these kinds of things. “‘Nobody really feels like Boates did it on purpose. If was an accident. And no one on the team (the Smokies) is going to go after him or continued on poge 82 A FRIGHTENING SIGHT. . . Trail Smokies forward Kevin Berdusco lay on the ice unable to move for 20 minutes before he was taken to hospital. He suffered a spinal injury after being hit in a game against the Nelson Maple Leats Wednesday night in Nelson. CosNews photo by Ed Mills Amazing Leafs stick it to Oilers TORONTO (CP) — Vince Dam- phousse scored twice, including Toronto's league-leading 300th goal of the season, as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in the NHL Saturday night. Al tafrate also scored for Toronto while Mark Messier and Glenn An- derson provided Edmonton with its goals. Toronto led 2-0 on first period goals by Damphousse and Iafrate. Messier sliced the lead in half in the second period with his fifth short- handed goal of the season to set up an exciting third. CANADIENS 3 RED WINGS 3 MONTREAL (CP) — Mike Mc- Phee's second goal of the game with 35 seconds remaining in regulation time gave the Montreal Canadiens a 3-3 tie with the Detroit Red Wings. With goaltender Patrick Roy pulled for an extra attacker, McPhee took a pass from Russ Courtnall in the high slot and wristed a shot to the top cor- ner for his 20th goal of the season. CAPITALS 4 FLYERS 3 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dino Ciccarelli scored the game-winner on his second goal of the night to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. DEVILS 9 NORDS 3 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Peter Stastny hadtwo goals-and ROUNDUP one assist and New Jersey tied a club record with six second-period goals as the Devils won their third straight, a 9-3 victory over the Quebec Nor- diques. ISLANDERS 3 BRUINS 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Crossman assisted on New York’s first two goals then scored the game-tying goal midway through the third period to give the Islanders a 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins. HEY! NO HELPING .. . Selkirk College students Bill Pottle and John Marino (front) just don't think school work is tough enough so they spend their Thursday lunch hours heaving barbells in the weightroom at the college. CosNews photo by Ed Mills Browning skates to title even without the quad HALIFAX (CP) — A day after snaring his second straight world figure-skating title, Canada’s Kurt Browning talked about the quad that got away. The only man to land the risky four-revolution toe loop in com- petition, Browning dropped his signature move from Thursday's free program but won anyway. Still, he couldn’t help but wonder. ‘Hindsight is 20-20 but I wish 1 would have tried it at the end,” remarked the high-flying Albertan during a free-wheeling news con- ference Friday. Browning, the only Canadian to win back-to-back men’s singles titles, ‘was to attempt the quad early in his programs but did a triple-double combination instead. Then near the end of his 4'4- minute skate, he glanced briefly at coach Michael Jiranek, who nodded. “‘When I looked at him, I was just confirming that T wasn’t allowed to do triple-triple,"’ said Browning. “He thought I was saying, ‘Should I do the quad?’ and he went, ‘Yes.’ "* NOD MISUNDERSTOOD Misreading the signal, Browning cautiously opted for a triple. “I wish I would have tried it, but the thought never crossed my mind,”” he said. Browning, who won his first world title a year ago in Paris, placed third in two major meets before retaining his Canadian championship despite a shaky performance in Sudbury, Ont. Those results, combined with a few hard falls in practice, left many won- dering if Browning could still cut it. Toller Cranston inflicted the cruellest cut. The CBC commentator and ex-skater called Browning ‘‘a disgrace’ for his performance in Sudbury. NORTH STARS 2 RANGERS 2 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Brian Mullen’s power-play goal with 8:58 left in the third period gave the New York Rangers a 2-2 overtime tie with the Minnesota North Stars. Mike Richter made 33 saves, in- cluding 18 in the first period for the Rangers. KINGS 8 PENGUINS 2 INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Luc Robitalle scored three goals during a five-minute span and John Tonelli added a pair as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 8-2. Robitaille, whose hat trick was his second of the season and the seventh of his career, finished with four poin- ts. He also earned an assist on a goal by Todd Elik that gave the Kings a 7-1 lead after two periods. SABRES 5 WHALERS 0 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Buf- falo goaltender Daren Puppa faced 31 shots and stopped them all for his third career shutout as the Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 5-0. BLUES 2 HAWKS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brett Hull scored his league-leading 66th goal and Denis Savard is one point shy of 1,000 for his career as the St. Louis Biues and Chicago Blackhawks ied 2- 2. The tie-kept the Blues in first place in—the—Norris Division. Saints win By CasNews Staff The Selkirk College Saints men’s volleyball team won its second straight provincial title by beating arch-rival Vancouver Community College ir three straight games at Selkirk last night It's the second year in a row the Saints have faced VCC in the provin- cial final and this year it was no con- test as the Saints rolled to 15-4, 15-10 and 15-12 wins to take the best of five final The Saints will now pack their bags for Oshawa Ont., site of the National Championships March 20-24 SHSS g Mike Perra, who missed the first half of the Saints season due to academic ineligibility, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player Twin brothers Wes and Jason Wishow of the Saints were also honored as they were selected to the tournament all-star team. Both the Saints and VCC advanced to the final by sweeping their semi- final opponets. The Saints beat Trinity Western University, 15-3, 15-6 and 15-4, while VCC had a littel trouble with Douglas College winning by scores of 7, 1S-11 and 15-8 irls get 9th in province By ED MILLS Staff Writer Stanley Humphires secondary school senior girls’ basketball team beat Penticton’s Summerland secon- dary 62-60 to finish with 2-2 record and in ninth spot out of 16 teams in the provincial finals which concluded Saturday afternoon in Surrey. The Rockettes, who were ranked ninth in the province heading into the tourney, beat the eighth-ranked team from Prince George 74-71 in the opening game of the provincials Wednesday But on Thursday, the, local girls faced the top-ranked team in the Province from Victoria — a team that has won the provincial title the last two years — and were beaten 77-43. » the girls lost a seesaw affair with the fifth-ranked team from Fraser Walley, 55-51. A win would have put them in a game for fifth place overall but instead the Rocket- tes were matched with Summerland, a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season. “But we won the game that coun- ted,"’ said coach Jack ‘Closkey, who had predicted the Rockettes would finish with a .500 record. “We just played tremendous,"’ Closkey said Saturday from his hotel room in Clearbrook. “The girls played hard in everygame. The Rockettes’ Denise Pottle may be in for some indivuidal honors, perhaps an all-star team selection as result of her play in the tourney, Closkey said The high school senior led the Rockettes in scoring in every game with 25 against Prince George, 15 in the loss to Victoria, 20 against Fraser Valley and a huge 5 points in the up- set over Summerland.