' sie as _ Castlégar News febrory 2, 1906 On The Street... . QUESTION: Do you think the inos? Should P' Darlene Harshenin T'd say no. The money could be put to better use. Frank Spencer No. I think we're getting ripped off enough with lotteries now. Morris Sure. Why not? The government could tax them and maybe ease off taxes on gas. Sure. Lotteries are No. I don’t know why, I just don’t think they should though. just gambling so why not a casino (in Castlegar)? There should be an age limit of 21 though. — Esopenko I don't see why not. Maybe it'll keep people in B.C. I don't know about Castlegar. I guess they could. Chamber seeks input By CasNews Staff The Castlegar Chamber of Commerce is looking for your ideas on legalized gambling casinos in British Columbia. It's all part of a — survey being ment, year-round resort areas, on the Expo site after Expo or other locations. The B.C. Chamber notes that there would be a number of prerequisites to its rec- i for the British Columbia pend ber of Commerce. Castlegar chamber spokes- man Ann Stasila says the chamber doesn’t have the manpower to conduct its own survey. However, the cham ber is still interested in hear ing from people in the com. munity. Anyone interested in res. ponding on the issue can con. taet the Castlegar chamber. The comments will be for. warded to the B.C. Chamber. The survey is in response to a recent presentation to the B.C. cabinet where the chamber recommended legal izing gambling casinos in The survey asks the res- pondents about legalized full time permanent casino op erations in B.C., as opposed to those licensed for chari table organizations which are presently in operation. Other questions in the sur. vey ask if the gambling. An official gambling lic ensing commission would have to be established. Strict regulations would be established to determine for ber is recommending that the government operate the cas inos. Licenses would not be transferrable without the original terms and condi tions being met to the satis. faction of the commission. To satisfy the needs of the wealthy and the less wealthy, a two-tier system of oper ation may be established. The B.C. Chamber notes that the U.S. has a with. holding tax on winnings over $1,500, while Canada has none. “This would be an incen tive to visitors as well as the fact that currently the U.S. dollar has a 30 per cent ad- vantage over the Canadian dollar,” it says. issuing licenses. Additi regulations pertaining to the operation of the casino itself would also be established and would be enforced by casino security staff as well as a law enforcement agency. A fair license fee/tax struc ture would be determined to benefit the government fi nancially, as well as the ap- proved private sector license holder/operator. 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SPONSORED BY Local 480 USWA and Dept. of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. * Bring your Teddy Bear to the Mall Administration Office, March ie helps Leafs to victory The Canadian Press Head coach Ted Sator of New York Rangers is the newest member of the Wendel Clark Fan Club. “He's a complete hockey player and he's only going to get better,” said Sator after Clark scored three goals to help Toronto Maple Leafs mow down his Rangers 7-3 Tuesday night. “Among rookies, he's certainly among the cream of the crop.” Sator is not the first visiting coach to offer up the 19-year-old left winger as a prime candidate for the National Hockey League's rookie-of-the-year award. The last Leaf to win the Calder Memorial Trophy was defenceman Brit Selby in 1965-66. “I just go out there and work hard and give 100 per cent,” said Clark. “Nobody can say much against you when you do that.” In other games, it was: Boston Bruins 7, Quebec Nordiques 4; Calgary Flames 4, ota a Walden tagits 4, Deiech hel Winer eae Russ Courtnall, who assisted on all three of Clark's goals, Walt Poddubny, Borje Salming and Rick Vaive added a goal each for the Leafs, who put a 13-point stranglehold on fourth place, the final playoff spot, in the Norris Division ahead of Detroit. Kelly Miller, James Patrick and Reijo Ruotsalainen seored for the Rangers, who had won their six previous games. “You can't say enough about Wendel,” said Leaf coach Dan Maloney. “He gives the team a great lift. “There is no one (rookie) around like him.” Clark now has 26 goals — two shy of the club rookie record. Detroit, loser of eight.in a row, Joey Kocur, Warren Young and Gerard BRUINS 7 NORDIQUES 4 Dave Pasin scored twice in the third period to tie and lead Boston to a third consecutive win on the ‘Stastny his 33rd for Quebec, whi: Quebec lost defenceman Robert Picard for at least three “We've lost our three best defencemen,” said coach Michel Bergeron. “It's a tough time of the season to play with three or four rookies on defence.” FLAMES 4 BLUES 1 In St. Louis, Gary Suter's disputed goal late in the second period broke a 1-1 tie and Jamie Macoun and Joey Mullen added unanswered third-period goals for the Flames. Steve Bozek and Calgary's other goal. Dave Barr scored for St. Louis. “There's no way it was a goal,” St. Louis goaltender Rick Wamsley said after Suter’s goal, scored as Suter fell to the ice and pushed Wamsley into the net. “It wasn't close at WINNING TEAM .. . Members of the combined SHSS/KJSS team ‘Which won the provincial high school championships are: (from left) back row, Colin Hamilton, Claire Andrews, Mac Lamb, Chris Bullock, Dan O'Connell. Middle row: Kari Hartman, Cross-country ski racers from Kinnaird Junior and Stanley Humphries Secondary schools combined to capture the B.C. High School championship held at Whistler on the weekend. What might be classified as an upset victory over Vv Skiers capture title Rob Ehman, Kari-Lynn Brown, Wendy Guymer, Pauline Orr, Erin Finney, Mark Dascher. Front row: Jenniter Small, Suzanne Orr, Alex Hartman, Peter Bullock, Jennifer Gibson, Darren Tamelin. Costews Photo five-kilometre race, Darren Tamelin (21:44), Kari Hartman (22:23) and Robert Ehman (22:33) managed to round out the top 10 by placing eighth, ninth and 10th respectively. Even tougher competition in the Senior Girls fi re division did not deter Pauline Orr from strong teams from the Lower } Island and Cariboo Zones was the result of outstanding performances by a large number of local racers. Castlegar skiers placed in the top five in all but one of the six-age categories. The race was run adjacent to the Town Square of Whistler on a well-groomed, easy, but slow track. But, the conditions did not deter Kinnaird Junior racers Jennifer Gibson (27:47) and Jennifer Small (28:45) from getting the locals off on the right foot by taking fourth and fifth spots in the 13-13 year old ski category. Kinnaird Junior boys continued where the giris left off with Alex Hartman (22:59) winning a gold medal and Peter Bullock (25:56) skiing close behind to earn the bronze in the boys 12-13 five-kilometre race. In the girls 14-15 group, Suzanne Orr raced hard to take the silver medal in 25:42 with teammates Carrie-Lynn Brown (28:09) and Claire Andrews (30:18) holding down fourth and sixth spots. While 100 Mile House and Vancouver dominated the top placings in the boys skiers 14-15 earning a silver medal, with a time of 22:59 for five-kilometre and Wendy Guymer took fifth spot in 24:42. The Senior Boys 7.5 km. race was hotly contested by 31 racers but once again the Castlegar racers were equal to the challenge. Mark Dascher led the way with his silver medal time of 24:42, followed by Colin Hamilton in third spot (25:19) and teammate Chris Bullock came from well back in the pack to finish fourth (26:27). Mac Lamb (29:49) and Dan O'Connell (30:42) also finished in the top half taking 13th and 14th places. The success of local cross-country racers this season both locally and on the provincial level can be largely attributed to the excellent trails and training areas available at the Golf Course, said coach Doug Carter. One final test remains this season, as this weekend many of the same racers will be travelling to Terrace to try and their — this time as members of the Kootenay Zone Team at the B.C. Winter Games. row. Brent Ashton also scored for Knight By CasNews Staff Don Deschene scored two goals Monday night to spark Castlegar Knights to a 74 win over Sandman Inn in a Playboys edged Hi Arrow 8-7 Sunday night, while the Knights beat Mallard Sports 4-1 in an afternoon game. The Knights lead the league with 21 wins, four losses and four ties for 46 points. Inn is sec- ghar Wrap-Up, page ve scecawhils, tn the Raights vietory on Monday, the even- tual winners led 3-0 after the first period on goals by Mar- tin Sander, Deschene and Chuck Bucknell. ond with 15 wins, 10 losses and three ties for 33 points. last with 19 points. In individual scoring, Des- Inn got its first goal when Vince Antignani scored at 7:39 of the second period. Wayne Kinakin re- plied for the Knights at 9:44 added ano- Sandman Inn at 10:26 before Rockers end regular season Stanley Humphries Rock- ers basketball team conclud- ed its regular season play on a winning note last weekend. The team travelled to the East Kootenay for its final two league games and re- corded wins over Kimberley and Cranbrook. ‘The Friday evening match against Selkirk Highlanders was a sluggish affair, according to coach Kevin Morris. Stanley Humphries trailed 32-29 at the half but came up with a big third quarter to take a 56-45 lead. The final score favored the Rockers 72-57. Greg Larson and Rob Trickey shared the scoring honors with 20 points each Glen Lefurgey played an inspired game, scoring 13 points. Gord Babaeff and Clinton Johnson i On Saturday afternoon the Mt. Baker Trojans provided the opposition. Trailing 35-31 at halftime the Rockers played some very determined basketball for a come-from-behind 59-51 win, said Morris. Greg Larson capped off a successful weekend with a 17-point performance. Trickey added 14 points, followed by Babaeff with 10, and Uchida and Lefurgey with six each. Coach Morris pointed to two key ingredients in Stan- ley Humphries’ weekend wins. “First, the players never let themselves get upset with the fact that they were behind in the early part of each game. They continued to work hard and play dis. ciplined basketball. “Second, the defensive eight and seven points res pectively. Kerry Uchida turned in a solid defensive performance while Larson and Trickey dominated in the rebounding department with 10 points each. play, i defensive re- bounding, was consistently good.” Stanley Humphries placed third in the five-team Koot- enay Zone leauge. The Rock- ers now advance to the play- offs which will be held in Trail this weekend. Citizen's marathon all but (the officials) saw is differently.” win 7-4 Chief Mercer responded at 14:36 with a goal. Markin added another goal for the Inn team with 3:36 left in the period to make it 6-3 for the Knights. Clay Liber got a goal for Sandman Inn at 14:13 and Deschene scored the three, Bob Evans, Wayne Kinakin, Wayne Zinio and Dick Braun with two apiece and Chief Mercer and John Horcoff with singles. Vinee Antignani and Bill Cheveldave had two assists each for Sandman Inn, while Bob Larsh and Dan Walker also helped out with singles. iy boys’ Perry Samoyloff scored unassisted for the Playboys at 6:43 of the second stanza. Brad Makortoff responded with a goal for Hi Arrow at 8:15. Tony Nazaroff added a goal for the Playboys at 16:07 before Rick Shukin scored for Hi Arrow with less than four minutes inii im the period to give the Hotel club a 63 lead. The Playboys stormed back in the last frame when they scored four straight goals to take a 7-6 lead. Hi Arrow got its last goal with Thursday sees the Playboys against Mallards at 10 p.m. in the Community Complex. On Friday, the Knights and Sandman Inn play at 7:15 p-m. in the Community Com- plex. Tribute paid to Bauer TORONTO (CP) — Father David Bauer's contributions to Canada’s Olympic hockey program are recognized with the ling of a sport and.not for the better, I think. “The role of hockey coach- es at the minor level is not to turn out for the orative $20 sterling silver coin as part of the 10-coin 1988 Calgary Winter Olym pics mint series. Hockey and biathlon coins were made available Tues- day. They are the thirg and fourth Olympic coins now on the market. Proceeds from the sale of the coins go to- pr National Hockey League. Such an approach would take the joy and spontaneity out of hockey and turn young. sters away from the game. “The w' amateur sport is to build in options for boys and girls. We don’t want one-dimen- sional people coming out of Moore rink not panicking wards construction costs for 6 & 7 for Display. Deadline 5 p.m. March 7. at Paulsen Country hockey. That would diminish Service to * Cranbrook * Penticton * Kelowno 365-7701 eee (nin RRSP DEADLINE IS MARCH Ist. @ CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE ° Borges ol judging Sat., March 8, 3:00 p.m. ° Categ t - Biggest — Most Antique Most Worn Out - Most Loveable. © New Teddy Bear awarded to the winner of each of the 5 categories. © Free Movies for the Kiddies. © Free Children's Orange Julius drink for each entry. Coupon valid on Saturday only. pLu $\ ANYONE CAN ENTER TO WIN A “SPECIAL LARGE TEDDY BEAR" Enter your name at ony Mall Merchant ¢ No Purchase Required c Chahko- Mika Mall 1150 Lakeside Drive, Nelson Open Thursday and Friday Nights Until 9 p.m. By GERRY SUTTON LONDON, ONT. (CP) — Newfoundland skip Sue Anne Bartlett says it often takes several rounds for her to get into high gear at the Can adian women’s curling cham. pionship. Before this year, the La brador City insurance agent had appeared in nine wom- en's tournaments and came close on only three occasions. But Bartlett, 43, made her move Tuesday and had Linda Moore of North Vancouver and Marilyn Darte of St. Catharines, Ont. ghaciog draw of the Scott Tourna ment of Hearts tied at 5-2 with another streaking skip, Leri McGeary of Saskatoon, as the 12-rink round-robin competition entered its sixth day this morning. Moore, whose rink is offi- cially called Team Canada as the returning champions, and Darte's energetic and noisy Ontario squad are not pan icking. Moore leads the way witha 17-1 record after two victories and Darte is 61, despite being defeated 8-7 by Bart. lett in the ninth round Tues day afternoon. “We always seem to lose games early,” said Bartlett, who has only been beaten by Quebec's Helene Bussieres of meri and Moore so far in the reek-long event. “Probably “te just that we don't get with it soon enough. “Whatever it is, it seems to be the trend. We just can't seem to put it all together at the start.” JONES 4-4 After the top four in the standings, Alberta's Lil Wer enka of Beaumont and Col leen Jones of Halifax were next at 4-4. Darcy Kirkness of Winnipeg, Grace Donald of Fredericton and Quebec were at 34, followed by the Territories’ Shelley Acouin of Whitehorse at 3-5. British Columbia's Heather Kerr of Richmond, her prov. ince's official entry — Moore received a bye and was in eligible for playoffs leading to the tournament — was well down the list with a 14. record. At 07 was Barb Currie of Summerside, P-E.1. In 10th-round play Tues- day night, it was: Canada 8, Moncton 6; Ontario 7, New Brunswick 4; Newfoundland 9, PEI 2; Saskatchewan 8, the Territories 3; and Quebec 7, B.C. 6. While diand was The Nordic Ski Touring Club of Castlegar is holding its annual Troll Loppet this weekend at Paulson Country ski trails. The Troll Loppet is a citi zen's based on dis beating Ontario in the ninth draw, Saskatchewan was shading Nova Scotia 6-5. Elsewhere on the ice, Mani. toba won 7-5 over B.C. Al berta won 8-5 over PEI and New Brunswick won 11-4 over Quebec. In the morning draw, Moore struck quickly with four in the first, three in the second and one in the fourth for an 8-0 win over Alberta. Werenka gave up at that int tance rather than time. The loppet will take place on Saturday from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at Nancy Greene Lake. Registration will take place from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the lake. No one may start a new section after 1:30 p.m. Skiers may attempt any distance category and all ski. ers completing any category will receive a certificate. All participants will receive a Trot Loppet badge. kilometre route (twice around the lake); Super Troll (8-12), 11 kilometres; wom- en's 15, 23 and 30 kilometre categories, and men’s 23, 30 and 40 kilometre categories. Children under 12 must be accompanied. There is also a racing sec tion for skiers 19 years and older. This section is limited to the first 25 skiers who register in advance. The course is a 20-kilometre route with a total vertical climb of more than 400 metres. The race will begin at 8:15 a.m. There is a registration fee for all categories. A banquet and awards ceremony will follow at 5:15 p.m. at the Sandman Inn. the 1988 Games. In issuing the hockey coin, tribute was paid to Baver, who first developed the con cept of a national team com prised of university students. He coached Canada to a fourth-place finish at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Inns. bruck, Austria. At a news conference coin ciding the release of the com memorative coins, Bauer said he disagreed with a recent move by the International that person's contribution to society and to himself.” Hoodikoff breaks record By CasNews Staff Ken Hoodikeff of the Castlegar Rebels has broken a Kootenay International Ju- Olympic C to open the Games to professionals. “It could be a disturbing feature for the development of our Olympic program,” said Bauer, 60. “If profes sionals are allowed to parti cipate at every level, there would be changes in every ond im scoring in both the East and West Divisions, broke a record with an even 100 assists in 40 games. The previous record of 94 assists was set by Wayne Quiring of Grand Forks in the 1979-80 season.