December 11, 1988. BUSINESS Americans hungry for fish By TOM McDOUGALL HALIFAX (CP) — A $2-million, state-of-the-art processing line sits on the floor at the National Sea Products Ltd. plant in Lunenburg, N.S., @ powerful symbol of free trade. The machine, a vacuum packer de- signed to suck air from packages of the Highliner line of frozen entrees, hasn't been installed but that’s soon ident Gordon Cummings, who rules his fishing empire from Na: tional Sea's main office in Halifax,, made one thing clear during the recent federal election campaign — of free trade triumphs, the line gets installed. If not, it goes to the manufacturer. With the Progressive Conserva. tive victory, the plant's engineers can start installing the vacuum pack- er, which will mean up to 50 new processing jobs. That's just the beginning. By the time tariffs on processed fish are phased out over the next 10 years Cummings figures his Canadian workforce will grow by 400. Such firms, particularly the big ones — National Sea, Fishery Prod- ucts International Ltd. of Newfound- land and Clearwater Foods Ltd. of Halifax — will be among free trade's big winners. Americans have had an insatiable appetite for extensively processed products like fish sticks or battered fish, and a substantial portion of what they eat comes from Atlantic Canada. The labor-intensive jobs of cutting, cooking and packaging it is done in the U.S. “The seafood industry will do more Saskatchewan privatizing government printing REGIONA (CP) The Saskat. chewan Government has put its printing company on the selling block, the latest move in the prov. ince's privatization plan. Public Participation Minister Gra. ham lor announced that cabinet is negotiating the sale of the Saskat chewan Government Printing Com pany with the firm's 22 employees. “The employees have expressed an interest in purchasing the company and are actively pursuing the oppor tunity,” he said “As owners, the employees will have greater control over service delivery and an opportunity to expand their earnings as private contractors.” The 43-year-old printing company, its inventory, equipment; facilities and property will be sold at the cur. rent market value of its assets, which were listed at $2.2 million in 1987. While financial details still must be worked out, the employees will buy the operation with the help of a government-funded loans, from fi- To ensure the fledgling company's survival, the government is guar. anteeing a percentage of the existing volume of business during the first five years of operation. Officials with Saskatchewan Prop- erty Management Corporation said the newly formed company would be guaranteed about 90 per cent of the $1.8 million in printing contracts the first year. secondary processing in Canada,” Cummings says. “Instead of taking a fillet of fish and just putting it in a 16%-pound frozen block and sending it to the United States and then slicing it up and turning it into fish sticks or wha- tever, we'll be able to do that here.” The end of the tariffs won't mean the end of NatSea's American plants, Cummins says, but any expansion will tend to be in Canada rather than the U.S. The fishing giants’ enthusiasm for free trade ins't shared by inshore fishermen who fear the big guys with all-weather offshore trawlers will ul- timately put the little guys with their smaller boats out of business. They're also concerned that freer ownership regulations will result in the Americans taking over. Michel Belliveau, executive-direc- tor of the Maritime Fishermen's Union, says full-page newspaper ads taken out by National Sea and Clear- water during the election campaign left a false impression that the entire fishing industry supports free trade. He said the picturesque fishing villages that dot the Atlantic sea- shore could become ghost towns under free trade. nancial institutions, and al share purchases, Taylor said. Bank of Canada sells sheets of dollar bills OTTAWA (CP) — Has the Bank of Canada got a deal for you! Starting Monday, the central bank will be selling 40 one-dollar bills for $50 plus tax. And if you ever run short of cash, the bank promises to buy the bills back — but will only pay you the $40 face value. If that sounds like a sucker’s deal, then read on. These dollar bills will be different from the ones in your billfold. 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But once the first big dump has hit the hills you find yourself scrambling to find your equipment, longjohns and, unfortunately, legs. Sporting Views By Brendan Nagle I refer to the first day loosely because the first day usually lasts only three to four hours. . . most of which are spent suffering through an exquisite pain as muscles you thought had disappeared reappear with noticeable urgency. Mind you, I find it much easier trying tp coax my summer-softened bones through the snow in this area than through the white quicksand they call snow down on the coast. Speaking of snow, Whitewater and Red are both well covered with that all important base coat and are now working on the cream. Skiers in this area are blessed with copious amounts of the white stuff, great terrain ‘and no lift lineups. While local ski hill operators may frown upon me for not extolling the virtues of the skiing around here to people from outside the area, I have my reasons. I mean why let every Tom, Dick and Harry in on one of the best kept ski secrets in the province. We've got it in spades and I'm not about to spoil it for the folks who share this view. The last thing I need in a day's skiing is thousands of powdersuit-clad tourists leaving sitzmarks the size of Buicks in glades I like to ski. But it’s getting harder to keep it a secret. Whitewater managed to get some great play in a Warren Miller ski film shown several weeks ago and Red was the subject of an in-depth ski magazine article this month. That's just dandy, if you want bus loads of skiers from out of town. And I guess from a ski operator's point of view, that's exactly what you want. Sorry, I'm not a ski hill operator and the only priority on my list is an empty mountain laden with fresh Kootenay champagne. And we've got two ski operations that fit that priority list like a glove Whitewater, about 30 minutes from Nelson, is a powder hound’s delight. The snow always seems to fall on Whitewater in massive quantities, in severe cases making skiing more like swimming. “We're looking pretty good,” says Whitewater ski area manager Mike Adams. “We've got quite a ow for this time of year. We're ahead by a The operation caters to skiers of all skill levels. It's snowtime! A T-bar and chairlift service intermediate and beginner runs like Hummingbird and Yankee Girl. The Summit chair takes hard core ski buffs into steep and deep country. Showoffs can run down Blast — the run directly beneath the Summit chair — while Diamond Drill winds its way down to the bottom out of the view of spectators Die hard ski mountaineers can be seen hiking out to Ymir Bowl — off limits and not recommended — where the skiing approathes what some call its purest form. Then there's Red. That benchmark of alpine skiing in Western Canada. Who figured a bunch of miners would construct what was the first downhill run serviced by a chairlift in western Canada more than 40 years ago. Now Red has blossomed into a huge three-facé ski area with more terrain than I can ski in a single season. Red Mountain itself still sits there, its steep, menacing face invoking icy chills in the minds of some who have been conquered by the fang-like hill. Granite chair takes skiers of all skill levels to the top of Granite Mountain where they can easily find the terrain suited to their own particular needs. . . from aggro to mellow. local tourney By CasNews Staff The KLO Cougars proved to be unbeatable this weekend as the senior girls from Kelowna won all three games, including the final against Stanley Humphries, to take the title at the annual Stanley Humphries Blue and Gold basketball tournament last night. The Cougars out-played the Rockettes 44-18 in the final game. But KLO coach Don MelIntyre said his team didn't play as well as he had hoped. “Neither one of us played very well and we'll probably have better games later,” he told the Castlegar News following the tourney. “But we'll take any win.” The Cougars, led’ by 6-foot, 2-inch centre Charlene Klasema, controlled the game from the outset. The Rockettes didn't get a two-point basket until the 1:23 mark of the third quarter. The Rockettes did manage to hold KLO to only eight points in the first quarter but weren't able to contain the’ KLO shooters for the entire game Rockette coach Jack Closkey said his team performed well, but has done better. “We played great defence but we didn't score early,” Closkey said after the game. “I thought we out-played them in the second half but the first half we played so poorly offensively, the score wasn’t there. Belczyk finishes VAL GARDENA, ITALY (CP) — Austrian skier Helmut Hoeflehner spearheaded an unprecedented on slaught by later seeds on his way to capturing the second World Cup downhill race of the season yes terday. High winds at the top of the 3,445-metre course plagued the early seeds but Hoeflehner, starting 23rd, took advantage of improving con. ditions as he raced to victory in a time of two minutes 2.67 seconds. Finishing second in a time of 2:02.75, just eight one-hundredths of a second back of Hoeflehner, was his teammate Patrick Ortlieb, who was 30th out of the starting gate. Peter Mueller of Switzerland, win event raced over the same course, was third in a time of 2:03.02. Canadians, who had looked on Val Gardena as their second home after winning here the last two years, produced one of their most lacklustre efforts in recent years. No Canadian was able to crack the top 10. Felix Belezyk of Castlegar, produced the best result, a 13th-place finish in a time of 2:04.05. Brian Stemmle of Aurora, Ont., third here last year, was 17th in 2:04.26 while Rob Boyd of Whistler, a winner at Val Gardena in 1986 and 1987 and third Friday in the opener, was third out of the starging gate and finished a distant 31st in 2:04.87 Boyd's fate, however, was not an isolated one. The first 15 skiers out of The Rockettes and the Cougars made it to the finals after winning their first two games. KLO beat Carson Graham of North Vancouver 50-35 and defeated J.L. Crowe 69-34 The Rockettes beat Prince Charles of Creston 58-33 and bounced Summer. land 45-39 to get into the final Carson Graham placed third, Summerland fourth, Prince Charles fifth, J.L. Crowe sixth, Grand Forks seventh and David Thompson eighth Delia Enevoldson of KLO was tournament's most valuable player. All stars included Jenny Rezansoff of Stanley Humphries, Klasema of KLO, Leila Hopkin and Brandy Howard of Carson Graham and Corina Kruger of KLO. in 13th the gate were buried under an aval anche of late seeds. Only three of the first 15 racers were able to crack the top 10 “In the five years I've been head coach I've never seen one like this,” said Canadian coach Glen Wurtele. “I know the Austrians have some very strong guys in the back, but today the later runners had a bit of an ad vantage. The wind dropped and the course got a little quicker. named the “But still, I thought our guys skied well,” Wurtele added. “After the first 17 guys in the world came down the hill we had four in the top 10.” Despite the poor showing on a course that Canadians had claimed as their own, morale remained high “We got an extremely good start,” says Bob Steckle of Red Mountain. “The snow conditions are really good already.” But be warned. This season is shaping up to be a real winner. However, we're not the only ones who know about it anymore. Snow-hungry Albertans are already planning their assault on the area as the Rockies are experiencing unusually low snow levels for this time of year. The Christmas crush will be on. Whitewater will be open weekends until Dec. 17 when the hill opens seven days a week. Red is running the T-bar, Granite and Paradise chairs seven days a week already and will open Red chair for full operation starting Dec. 18. Red is currently running the entire operation on weekends. Now if I could only find my touque and goggles. ner of Friday's season opening alpine Wings bomb TORONTO (CP) — Miroslav Frycer and Gerard Gallant scored two goals each as the Detroit Red Wings defeated Toronto 8-2 Saturday night, sending the Maple Leafs to their sixth consecutive NHL defeat. Paul MacLean, Bob Probert, Dave Barr and Steve Yzerman added a goal each. Yzerman also had three assists. Four of Detroit's goals came off power plays, and Barr scored while his team was shorthanded Ed Olezyk and Daniel Marios scored for the Leafs, who have lost 14 of their last 17 games. Probert was given a five-minute match penalty midway through the third period for knocking down goalie Al Bester behind the play. Bester was not injured. LUES 3 STARS 1 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Rookie goaltender Vincent Riendeau made 30 saves as St. Louis Blues downed the Minnesota North Stars 3-1 Saturday night Riendeau, acquired from Montreal in the off. season, was beaten only on Brian Bellows slapshot to the lower right-hand corner at 12:53 of the second period as St. Louis improved its NHL record against Minnesota this season to 3-0-1 Riendeau missed 23 seconds in the first period due toa nosebleed, but Gret Millen didn't face a shot before Reindeau re-entered the game. St. Louis scored the only goal of the first period at 17:46, when Rich Meagher swept a rebound past Minnesota goalie Jon Casey after Craig Coxe had dumped the puck into the corner. FLYERS 6 HAWKS 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Derrick Smith led Philadelphia with his first three-goal performance in the NHL as the Flyers extended Chicago's losing streak to nine games with a 6-4 victory over the Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers scored five times in the second period to spoil the return of former coach Mike Keenan, who was fired by the Flyers after last season and hired by the Blackhawks. Following a scoreless first period, Brian Propp gave Philadelphia a 1-0 lead at 3:32 of the second period Smith made it 2-0 just 30 seconds later, stealing the puck from Chicago's Everett Sanipass deep in the Blackhawks’ zone and beat goalie Jim Waite to the stick side at 4:02 for a 2-0 lead BRUINS 1 RANGERS 1 BOSTON (AP) New York goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 32 shots and Tony Granato's ort-handed goal in the first period lifted the Rangers into a 1-1 tie with the Boston Bruins on Saturday The Bruins were on the power play when Brian Mullen sent Granato out of his own zone and he beat goalie Andy Moog for his fourth short-handed goal of the season at 12:15. Greg Johnston had given the Bruins a 1-0 lead at 7:02, putting a backhand pass from Craig Janney past Vanbiesbrouck's lunge. Janney, the Bruins’ leading scorer with 29 points, left the game in the second period with a right groin injury. Boston also lost Norris Trophy-winning de fenceman Ray Bourque in overtime with an undeter. mined injury. Leafs KINGS 4 ISLES 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — John Tonelli scored two first-period goals as the Los Angeles Kings beat New York 4-3 in an NHL game Saturday night, handing the Islanders their 10th straight loss. The Islanders, with Al Arbour coaching his first game at home since replacing the fired Terry Simpson on Wednesday, continued their tailspin, matching their longest losing streak since 1973-74. They also lost 10 straight under Arbour from Feb. 28 to March 24, 1974. The club record for consecutive losses is 12, set in the expansion season of 1972 Arbour, who coached the Islanders to four straight Stanley Cup titles from 1980-83, now is 0-2 in his return. The Islanders lost 6-5 at New Jerseyk on Friday night in his debut JETS 7 OIL EDMONTON (CP) Defenceman Dave Ellett's second goal of the game, 16:42 into the third period gave the hard-working Winnipeg Jets a 7-6 NHL win over the Edmonton Oilers. Winnipeg needed some sparkling defensive play in the final minute, with Edmonton on a power play, to preserve their third straight win over the Oilers The Jets had nearly blown the game with a defensive strategy in the third period but they woke up in timé. Ellett stepped into a loose puck near the left hash marks and beat goaltender Grant Fuhr to the glove side That came after Jimmy Carson and Jari Kurri scored their second goals of the game in the first half of the period to create the tie. CAPS 0 HABS 0 MONTREAL (CP) Washington's Pete Peeters blocked 30 shots and Patrick Roy handled 19 for the Canadiens to grab much of the attention in the scoreless tie that the Capitals and Montreal produced It was the first shutout of the season for Peeters and the second for Roy. The two netminders made the Forum the site of a 0-0 outcome for the first time since Dec. 21, 1968. Montreal had last battled to a scoreless duel early last season against the Hartford Whalers. The result extended Montreal's current unbeaten string to eight — five victories and three ties — and left them unbeaten at the Forum in their last 10 games — eight victories and two ties PENS 4 DEVILS 4 « PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mario Lemieux scored twice within 39 seconds midway through the third period to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-4 tie with the New Jersey Devils. Lemieux fired a 50-foot shot past Devils goaltender Sean Burke on a power play, then took a pass from Rob Brown and beat Burke on a breakaway for his 28th goal of the season at 10:51 John MacLean, who came into the game with three-goal performances in his last two games, pumped a shot through Tom Barrasso’'s pads at 6:17 of the third period for his 17th goal to give New Jersey a 4-2 lead. The Penguins, who trailed 3-0 late in the second period and 3-1 entering the third, had gotten to within a goal 33 seconds into the final period when Phil Bourque scored his ninth of the season.