ae ' Casthéi: News () march 24, 1985 BUSINESS B.C. recovery imminent By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Recovery is starting to occur in B.C., says the recently-appointed vice-president of services and com munications for B.C. Central Credit Union. Richard McAlary, formerly chief economist for B.C. Central, told the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce Thursday that although B.C. has been resisting the economic recovery evident elsewhere, the province won't be resisting the trend much longer. “Interest rates are near the peak for the year, the cost of borrowing money will be going down in the coming months and coming year,” McAlary predicted. He told 45 chamber members that in three to four years, the gap between the inflation rate and interest rates will be narrower than the present gap. McAlary said there will be more new jobs in the next 12 to 18 months than since 1980-81. It's been a very rough period of time for B.C. and the Kootenays,” he said. “I think we have turned the corner.” McAlary noted that the Bank of Canada rate fell half a percentage point Thursday morning. “This is very, very positive news,” he said. He also noted that the Canadian dollar — which has gained between one and 1'/ cents against the the U.S. dollar since last Friday — was 73 cents Thursday morning. “My view is that it will certainly move towards the mid-to-high 70s rather than the other way,” McAlary said. We have seen the low point for the year.” But the vice-president cautioned that things could take a sudden downturn because of a major flareup in the already serious war in the Middle East or problems in the U.S. In addition McAlary said other areas such as retail sales are strengthening, which usually indicates that the has more in the Speaking about credit unions, McAlary noted that financial institutions in general have come through a rough period. However, he said Castlegar Savings Credit Union Computer VANCOUVER (CP) — A_ work hard for peanuts.” Vancouver firm has devel- Already several restaur- oped a restaurant manage- ants in the Vancouver area ment computer system that are using the Squirrel sys- is ing the of tem, i it three P.J. and credit unions in the Kootenays did well. Credit unions in B.C. paid more than $6 million in dividends last year, he added. During the question period, McAlary was asked in what areas recovery can be expected, “Recovery is coming in all sectors,” he replied. “There will be no one area. The difference is in where job creation is and isn't coming.” However he added that there will be no significant employment gains in the mining and forestry sector. McAlary said B.C. has to create 20,000 new jobs in the knows the problems of reforestation. Provincially, MeAlary said he has met with government officials, been interviewed by various trade magazines and has been asked to do a television spot for the government. Yet, he said he doesn't know why the government is not reforesting. “I don't know who is holding it up,” he said. “There is nobody that I've spoken with that’s had any other view than that reforestation is essential.” Dr. Roy Ward asked MecAlary what he sees in the future of the Kootenays. province each year to its current level. He explained that there are more young people entering the work force than there are workers retiring. “Last year we didn't meet the challenge and unemployment went up,” he said, One chamber member asked McAlary if he didn't see silviculture as an area where jobs could be created. MeAlary said that it will, adding that when he said no significant employment gains would be seen in the mining and forestry sector, he was referring to cutting down trees and production. Different types of jobs could be created in the forestry sector, such as producing different types of paper and furniture manufacturing plants, he said. “That is where the job creation will come.” McAlary had some criticism about silviculture work. He said when travelling throughout B.C. he is “seared to look down from the plane.” ye have not been very good in planting our trees,” he said. “I am not an expert in reforestation, but I don’t think you need to be to realize we have some work to do. “It's (reforestation) finally getting the attention it deserves, at least in the public sense,” he said. Bill Kelley asked McAlary if he thinks the government realizes “which is the way to go” in reforestation. McAlary — who said he knows the federal forestry minister personally — said the minister is committed and squirrelly The computer automati- cally prints the appropriate details of the order at both the kitchen and the bar. When the meal is over, a touch of two of the screen Formby says Postech is one of only eight computer specially invited to attend a restaurant convention in Las restauranteurs not only for that serve gourmet hamburgers. There are three main com- ponents to the system — an IBM compatible computer, touch screen terminals and one or more printers. In use, waiters and wait- resses enter the details of a customer's order by touching a screen on which a series of menus are presen’ its unusual name of Squirrel Tony Formby, a vice-pres- ident of postech Corp., the developer of the system, says Squirrel was a logical choice as the name because the system is small, friendly and nice to touch. “As well, squirrels are known as good managers of food and, of course, they Burgers restaurants will obtain a full bill for the customer. All details are recorded on floppy diskette for subse- quent use in accounting or management analysis. As well, the system does an inventory and can be linked into a general ledger system to help with account. ing. Vegas next week. He says the system can inerease sales by improving the quality, speed and ef ficiency of service, eliminate errors and provide complete control. “And in these days of tough competition, that's what the industry needs” ~The K 's are d and yet in close proximity to areas that can be explored,” McAlary explained. “The Kootenays have a future and quite a strong future,” he said. “If the Bfewery in Creston can dominate the Lower Mainland market in beer, anything is possible.” TOKYO (CP) — Japanese steel mills have signed a new five year contract with Brit- ish Columbia's Westar Min- ing to import coking coal from the Balmer Mine. The contract, which is to replace a similar’ one to expire March 31, sets the 1985 price at $70.20 per long ton FOB, the same as in 1984, and calls for shipment in the neighborhood of 4.3 million tons a year. dollars can do. Support Easter Seals Compliments of Castlégar News Weekly stocks TORONTO (CP) — Re- source stocks continued to soar on the Toronto Stock Exchange Friday. The TSE 300 composite index managed to hold a 4.33- point advance to 2,605.56 with advances outpacing: de- clines 330 to 321 while 320 were unchanged. Volume was a heavy 11.6 million shares. However, over the week the composite rose 20.88 points. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was off 0.77 points to 1,267.45. The Dow still maintained an advance over the week of 20.10 points. Analysts described Fri- day's trading in both markets as listless in the wake of a healthy rally earlier this week. Gold stocks were the big winners this week because of the fall of the U.S. dollar. They rose 34.26 to 3,453.44 in Toronto, bringing their rise for the week to 11.07 per cent, best performance am- ong the sub-indexes. 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DALE HOCKLEY - second title Hockley said at the time: “I like to think that this was a preview of the final.” And as it turned out, it was. Hockley and his team of Jim Molitwenick of Castlegar, Nat Lloyd of Trail and Gerry Webb of Creston, were tied with Northern Ontario all week long, until the final round robin game. “There's no way I thought we'd have a 10-1 record at the end of the round robin,” Hockley said. “I was just hoping to make the top three. We were fortunate to evade the bullet in the Northern Ontario game.” Hockley hit for three points in the sixth end of that game to gain a 4-2 advantage and never lost control of the match. The Ontario entry skipped by Don Shane of Guelph and three-time champion Norm Gilbertson of Saskatoon finished the 12-rink round robin tied for third with 83 marks. In the resulting tiebreaker, Ontario trounced Saskatchewan 10-4 in eight ends and before losing to Northern Ontario in the semifinal Saturday morning. 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Perry Turnbull, Jim Nill, Dave Babych and Wade Campbell also scored for Winnipeg, which improved its record to 40-27-7. Mark Kirton, Moe Lemay, Stan Smyl and Tony Tanti replied for the Canucks, who remained in the cellar of the Smythe Division with a 24-41-8 record. Hawerchuk netted the winner at on a power play at 4:27 of the final period when he took a pass across the goal mouth from Laurie Boschman and fired the puck into the top corner over Vancouver goalie Richard Brodeur, who made 22 saves, Hawerchuk added a short-handed effort six minutes later. The lead changed hands several times during the see-saw contest and Winnipeg was kept in the game during the earlier going by goalie Brian Hayward, who blocked 27 shots. FLYERS 5 DEVILS 3 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rookie Ron Sutter scored a tie-breaking goal with 2:20 remaining and Dave Poulin added two goals in the third period to lift Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-3 win over New Jersey The win extended the Flyers’ streak to 10, tying a team record set in the 1982-83 season. The winning streak is the longest of any NHL team this season. The Devils, 20-44-9, stretched their losing streak to seven. The celebratory mood in the Philadelphia dressing room was dampened by the news that rookie Peter Zezel has sustained an apparent shoulder separation during the first period First-place Philadelphia, 47-13-7, is eight points ahead of Washington Capitals in the Patrick Division with seven games remaining. The Flyers are 4-2-1 against New Jersey this season with one game remaining Sutter broke a 3-3 tie with his 16th goal of the season. Poulin, who made it 3-3 earlier in the third period with his 28thg goal, added an empty-net goal with 47 seconds remaining to make it 5-3 The score was tied 2-2 going into the third. Rookie John Maclean temporarily put the Devils ahead 3-2 at 6:34 with a backhander from just outside the crease. HARFORD 5 BOSTON 2 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Rookie Ray Ferraro scored three power-play goals to power Hartford to a 5-2 triumph over Boston Bruins as the Whalers kept their fading playoff hopes alive. Kevin Dineen of Hartford added a short-handed goal and assisted on Greg Malone's 21st goal as the Whalers tied a club record with their fourth consecutive win and hed their current streak to six games. The loss extended the Bruins’ winless slide to four games and prevented Boston from clinching at least a tie for the final playoff birth in the Adams Division. Boston and Hartford each have eight games remaining. The Bruins need three points to claim a spot in the playoff if the Whalers win their remaining contests. Hartford goaltender Mike Liut stopped 29 shots, including 22 of 24 over the final two periods. Veteran Butch Goring, playing in his 1,100th career game, scored his 14th goal at 13:40 of the second period, and assisted Rick Middleton's 25th goal at 2:44 of the third. Ferraro, who scored a league-leading 108 goals in the Western Hockey League last season, scored his first of the night at 10:43 of the second period as the Whalers took a 3-0 lead. He added power-play goals 3:16 apart in the third period to complete the hat trick. BLUES 4 NORTH STARS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doug Gilmour's short-handed goal in the second period proved to be the game-winner as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Minnesota North Stars 4-2. The victory broke a five-game winless streak (0-4-1) for the Blues and widened St. Louis’ Norris Division lead to five points over the Chicago Black Hawks, who were idle Saturday. Gilmour scored his goal despite being closely checked by Curt Giles. Gilmour rifled a shot into the open net past Minnesota goalie Gilles Meloche, who had come out to cut down the angle. The short-handed goal — the first for the Blues since Jan. 16 — gave St. Louis a 3-1 lead in the game. St. Louis took the early lead when Mark Johnson scored his 22nd goal of the year at 2:08 of the first period. Jorgen Pettersson scored a power-play goal four minutes later to make it 2-0. Mulliniks getting job done DUNEDIN, Fla. (CP) — Rance Mulliniks, coming off a season in which he hit a club-leading .324 and was Toronto Blue Jays’ most reliable batter with runners in scoring position, is taking nothing for granted in 1985. “I'm doing the same things down here as I'd be doi if 1 was trying to make the team,”’ says Mulliniks, 29, a native of El Paso, Tex. ‘‘You've still got to go out and get the job done." Platooned at third base with Garth lorg in 1984, Mulliniks enjoyed a banner American League baseball season both at the plate and on the field. Besides his .324 average, a whopping 49 points higher than his previous season-high best, and a .349 average with men in scoring position, Mulliniks also set personal highs for his eight-year major league career with 111 hits, five triples and 10 sacrifice bunts. Defensively, he was second in the league among third basemen with 100 or more games with a .968 fielding percentage, trailing only Greg Pryor (.970) of Kansas City Royal: “It's a question of getting playing time and exper- ience,"’ says Mulliniks, orginally signed by California after his selection in the 1974 free agent draft. ‘‘I had a better year average-wise last season, but my production and extra-base hit totals were better in 1983." Mulliniks hit for his then-best .275 average that year and added 10 home runs and 49 runs batted in. He also had 34 doubles, one short of the East Division club's record, and three triples. Last year, his homer total dipped to three and he had seven fewer RBIs and 13 fewer doubles. “*I just don't feel | was as productive last year as I was in '83,"’ says Mulliniks, who was traded to the Royals in 1979, along with current teammate Willie Aikens, for outfielder Al Cowens, shortstop Todd Cruz and a player to be named later (pitcher Craig Eaton). ‘Hopefully this year I'll be able to combine the two together."’ Use primarily as a utility infielder with California and Kansas City, it wasn’t until Mulliniks joined the Blue Jays in a 1982 trade for pitcher Phil Huffman that he was able to show his skills on a semi-regular basis. His 26th at-bat this season will mark the 1,600th of his career and his 23 game will be No. 600 at the major-league level. He is also only 84 hits shy of the 500 plateau. Mulliniks, like many of his teammates, sees 1985 as the | year when everything falls into place both in terms of personal achievement and team success. “I think we can honestly say we have a chance to win the division this year,’ Mulliniks says. “‘We had to have » stopper in the bullpen to legitimately contend and we've got two now in Bill Caudill and Gary Lavelle. “I don’t set personal goals, though, no way. My only goal is to win the di . win the playoffs and win the World Series. I think it’s safe to say that if we do that everybody on the team will have had a good year." JUST PUSHIN’ A «+» The Castl if Mixed Bonspiel began Friday and goes through Sun- day, with the final at 6 p.m. Pictured are (from left) Lyle Roberts, Judi Roberts, and Lorne Trickey, cap- tured in fast-paced action Saturday night. — Costews Photo by Doug Harvey Moore wins world title JONKOPING, Sweden (CP) — Linda Moore and her rink from North Vancouver gave Canada the women’s world curling championship for the second year in a row Saturday, downing Isobel Torrance from Scotland 5-2. It’s the first time in the seven year history of the event a country has won back-to-back titles. Last year’s champion-in Perth, Scotland, was Connie Laliberte of Winnipeg. “J don’t think any team could be prouder,” stated third Lindsay Sparkes, who finished third at the inaugural world championship in 1970. “We won for Canada and I don’t know of a better feeling. “We had to keep ourselves in check out there and play for ourselves but I'll tell you, wei g this Ted and white sweater is a special, special feeling. Ering Muller of Switzerland, who won the world championship in 1983, captured the bronze medal Saturday by defeating Inga Arewisson's Swedish rink 6-4. CAUTIOUS GAME As expected, the final was played cautiously by both rinks, but Moore's team made fewer mistakes than Torrance’s — the youngest rink here — and that proved to be the difference. “My team played very well,” Moore said calmly. “We've FOR FARM TEAM Canucks plan new league VANCOUVER (CP) Van- couver Canucks are planning to create a new minor pro- fessional hockey league star- ting next season, with their own farm team housed at the PNE Agrodome in Vancouver or Sun God Arena in sur- burban Delta. The proposed new league also will embrace sponsor- ship of teams by at least three other National Hockey League clubs anxious to trim farm-team costs by relocating their affiliates to the West Coast, says Arthur Griffiths, to the of like what Griffiths has in mind. I’m not interested in spending a lot of money to keep players in a competitive league like the AHL (Ameri- can Hockey League)."” John Ferguson, general general manager of the Win- nipeg Jets, said he and Jake Milford, the late general manager of the Canucks, tried to pioneer a farm sys- tem league in British Colum- bia several years ago because it’s ‘‘financial suicide’’ oper- ating a franchise in the east. The new league would be the board of the Canucks. Langley and Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley and Nan- aimo on Vancouver Island also are being considered locations for other teams, Griffiths said in an interview. But he added that he was “not at liberty at this time” to say which other NHL teams want to a teams in the new Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have shown previous interest in relocating their minor lea- gue players on farm teams in the west. Calgary Flames — general manager Cliff Fletcher said: “Pm all for an apprentice- type league geographically situated in close to Calgary, to the quality of the AHL, which is the main farm system of almost all NHL clubs. Griffiths, whose Canucks share partial operation of Fredericton’s AHL Express with Quebec Nordiques, est- imates that a four-team lea- gue on the West Coast would provide an influx of “‘almost $1.5 million to the B.C. ec- onomy annually. “We realize we will get some static from certain jun- ior hockey operators but . we would expect fairly posi- tive receptions from the com- munities,” he said. operated on a cost- and rev- enue-sharing basis by the parent NHL clubs. been playing with consistency all week but today we got the extra few shots we “It really feels wonderful.” The Canadians went ahead to stay in the sixth end, stealing one to take a 8-1 lead when Torrance — facing two — rolled out of the house attem to hit and stay. The teams traded singles before Moore stole another in the ninth to go up by three, after Torrance was light trying to draw the four-foot circle. Moore was looking at two and needed to make a takeout with her last stone in the 10th to take away Scotland's attempt to force the extra end. Moore sat calmly in the hack and let her sweepers carry the rock to its target, ending the match. “It was a tricky spot (outside the 12-foot) because it would really fall off if it were at all full,” Moore said. “I made sure I wasn't full and sure used the sweepers (lead Laurie Carney and second Debbie Jones) to the full extent on that one.” The win was a special treat for Jones who celebrated her 32nd birthday Saturday. “The team had a cake for me and a bit of party this morning but this is absolutely the greatest,” Jones bubbled. “It's just fantastic. AGREAT WEEK “I've had such a great week, we joked about winning the world’s as a present for me when we saw the final was scheduled for March 23 but I never even dreamed it possible.” The loss did not dampen the spirit of Torrance, 22, who had just one win in her first five games of the competition. “It's a bit disappointing right now,” she said. “But all we wanted to do was be in the final and Canada is so good.” “They deserve to win. I got what I wanted in a way, I did better than my mother did.” Her mother, Isobel — Scotland's fifth player this year finished third at the women's championship in 1982 Canada earned its berth in the final by going 7-2 in the round robin before defeating Sweden 6-4 in the semifinal Friday. Torrance, who shocked Moore 8-3 in the last game of the round robin, beat Andrea Schopp of West Germany 10-4 in a tiebreaker before upsetting Muller 4-3 in the semifinals. Muller's was the top team in the round robin, finishing 81, but made fatal mistakes in the semifinal to lose the opportunity for a second world championship. Maple Leafs stop Spokane NELSON, B.C. (CP) — Nelson Maple Leafs finally snapped their jinx against Spokane, beating the Chiefs 4-1 Friday night to tie their best-of-seven Western Inter- national Hockey League ser- jes 1-1 Barry Zanier scored the game-winner at 2:32, then Bob Scarfield scored Spok- ane’s lone goal at 2:52. Ken Sherstobitoff put Nelson ahead 3-1 at 3:11 Playing-coach Brian De- Biasio scored Nelson's final Next game is Tuesday in 808! on a power play with Nelson. Spokane had beaten Nel- son im nine previous meet- ings, eight of them during the regular season. The teams played through a scoreless first period before Don Deschene gave Nelson « 1-0 lead in the second period. The tight game suddenly broke open with three goals in 39 seconds early in the thitd period slightly more than two min- utes left in the game “It's probably our best effort of the year."’ DeBiasio said. ‘The intensity we had throughout the game was just a great effort ““We knew we had it in us. It shows what happens when we do it.” Darryl Kuntz made 38 saves in goal for Nelson while Randy Kirby stopped 31 shots for Spokane