ae Castlegar News May 24, 1987 NEW CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN CRAWFORD BAY One-quarter of Canadian women wear clothes size 14 or over. Yet variety of style, fashion and flair seem to stop around size 12. BUSINESS Student buil: Using salvaged computer parts, a good deal of creativity, and a whole lot of time, a Selkirk College student has built a CAD/CAM system for $200 that performs most functions of the college's own $28,000 ‘system. : Nelson resident Steve Letkeman, 21, is nearing completion of Selkirk College’s two-year Electronics Technology program, and built the Computer Assisted ment of the cutter which very neatly duplicates on | UNDAYS ET cE CEI ee re ny Open a convenient U.S. Dollar Account. Design/C Assisted system as his term project. copper-covered circuit board the designs produced on the A Crawford Bay company is trying to solve that eshte SORRY NO DELIVERIES problem. Crawford Bay Clothing Co. located in the tiny Koot Lake has di da line of clothing in larger sizes. “Our aim is to produce stylish, affordable clothing for informal and professional wear,” says Robert Agnew, one of the company’s three-member design team. “We are not designing for frail, delicate women. We want people to look good and fee great in clothes that make a strong statement for the people who wear them.” Agnew and fellow designers Lynn Hazelton and Bethea Conrad are showing their first line of coordinated separates based on suggestions of features women said they wanted to see in larger sizes. “ “We care about people,” says Conrad. “We listen to our customers and they influence us when we are working “My interests always were as much mechanical as electrical,” said Letkeman. “A project of this nature was a real -challenge—in—that-_I--had-—to--combine—-computer programming, electrical engineering and mechanical engin- eering.” Letkeman’s home-built CAD/CAM system runs off any IBM. personal “For the visual design element I used a professional CAD package which permits design information to be stored on the disc,” Letk said. He p his own software: to format the stored data into a language understood by the digital electronics employed in his system. The heart of his system, the electronic and electrical interface, Letkeman salvaged from an obsolete mainframe system hased at an auction several years ago. with designs. Comfortable sleeves, freedom of and adjustable waists are all details that show up because of customer influence.” “Tve always tinkered with one thing or another,” Letkeman said. “When my brother and I acquired an obsolete we salvaged all kinds of components and ‘The rural cottage industry opened at the of the year thanks to the support of the local population who bought shares in the company and offered loans when government financial aid was slow to materialize and the personal funds of the founders were not sufficient. “Crawford Bay is a special place,” Hazelton explains, “not just for the beauty and recreational opportunities, but also for the people.” The styles, which range in price from $35 to $140, can be seen in their mail order catalogue available soon or at local seminars. “The seminars are part of our process,” says Agnew. “They include everything from learning how to take your measurements for our unique proportional sizing system (which provides a better fit) to actually trying on clothing from our sample line. Who knows better what is needed than the women themselves? That's why our seminars have been so successful. They get a chance to tell us what they think we should be doing. And for the sake of good design — we listen and the seminars end up being a lot of fun for the women who attend.” Two free seminars are scheduled in Castlegar Thursday at the Monte Carlo Motor Inn. Canadians spend $2.4 Bon travel OTTAWA (CP) — Cana- dians travelling outside the dians spent $2.4 billion trav- country. elling outside the country “Traditionally, the largest during the first three months deficit on the travel account of the year, leaving Canada occurs in the first quarter with a record high travel when Canadians vacation in deficit for the quarter of warmer climates and tourism $1.71 billion, says Statistics in Canada drops to its lowest scrap metal out of it. “I think we recovered our initial costs by selling parts of it for scrap.” The rest he kept, using bits and pieces for different projects until he conceived the idea of duplicating the college's CAD/CAM system as his term project. “I started on the design last September,” Letkeman said. By the time it was handed in, he had logged more than 500 hours on the project. His submission was the third version of the project. Making much-needed di i each time. Letk figures that 90 per cent of the time invested on his term determined Electronics student can Susut, head of the college's Electronics _ Stock report VANCOUVER (CP) — up .05 to .20. Prices were down in active trading Friday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange. Vol- ume at close was 21,352,135 shares. Of the issues traded, 359 advanced, 486 declined and 480 were unchanged for a VSE index of 1958.77, down 9.58 from Thursday's close. Golden Shield was the most active trader among equities, steady at $3.55 on 176,800 shares, Aims Biotech rose .01 to $7 on 135,159, Kamad Silver remained at .35 on 117,400 and Izome International fell .02 to .70 on 114,000. Night Hawk Re- Leading development equities trading was Random Resources, up .09 to .34 on 620,000 shares, Wisco of Canada climbed .02 to $2.95 on 589,915, Lionheart Re- sources gained 3-8 to $6 on 231,782 and Zuni Energy ad vanced .17 to .82 on 198,600. Alotta Resources gained .17 to $1.94 and Quartz Creek de- clined .02 to .43. Digital Computers A led warrants trading, steady at -15 on 28,700 shares and International Phoenix A fell 05 to .35 on 20,000, Alotta Resources led development warrants trading, up .05 to Y “I had hoped my project could have constructed it's own. circuit boards, but I simply ran out of time,” said Letkeman. His project was ambitious énough to merit the attention of his instructors in the Electronics program. “Steve's project is an excellent example of what a .” said Bill Engineering Technology department. “He has successfully combined skills, and electr¢ into a funetional machine which has commercial potential when finished. We in the department are very proud of his efforts.” Letkeman says he would prefer to spend “a few more years” refining his project to the state of readiness required to market it. “I am looking to develop a low-cost CAD/CAM system in a more compact format,” Letkeman said, but in the meantime he admits a need to put it away for awhile, to move on to other projects or simply search for a job. “I've been too close to this project for too many months,” he said. Next year the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Selkirk College will adopt a Co-operative Education format that will allow students to combine periods of paid employment with their regular classroom studies, giving them an advantage in the job market by providing students opportunities to form contacts in the industry while they are working on job placement during three, four-month work terms. ON SUNDAY BIRD ors ARI NG SUPPLIES LTD. 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The increase in the deficit during the first quarter re flects the fact a record num. ber of Canadians took trips outside the country during that period, said Statistics Canada analyst Paul Paradis. While visitors to Canada spent $707 million during the first quarter of the year, nine per cent more than during the same period a year ear. lier, that was more than off. set by the 13-per-cent in crease in spending by Cana level,” Statistics Canada noted. But the fact the deficit in the first quarter was at its highest level ever, and that the country can’t count on an attraction such as last year's Expo 86 to offset the in crease, suggests the travel deficit this year will be higher than last year's $1.2 billion and will be an even greater drag than usual on the country’s balance of pay. ments position. 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Box Calgary, Aor g 61-1260 al ‘Toll-free: t 1860 eir hats on- ry Exhibition je rta T2P 2M7 (On tart Canad Obynpes Attest 1879 | from a near-burial to get a sports team looking at life with renewed enthusiasm: Take the Philadelphia Flyers, for example. Left for dead in the third game of the Stanley Cup finals Friday night, the Flyers erased a 3-0 second-period deficit, scored five. unanswered goals and won 5-8. Now, instead of trailing the best-of-seven National Hockey League championship series 3-0 heading into tonight's fourth game, Philadelphia can knot things up and continue the march to become only the fourth team to win the Cup after losing the first two games. Game time is 4 p.m. Castlegar time. For many of the Flyers, the most important achievemnet in the remarkable rally Friday night is that it has implanted an element of concern in the minds of the Oilers. ‘THREE NOT ENOUGH “I'm not going to take anything away from Edmonton, but they know now that even when they get up by three goals, it isn't going to be enough,” said Flyers centre Ron Sutter. “Most of all, we know we can score against this team...” Except for a few reserve players who worked out at the Spectrum, the Flyers conserved their energies Saturday, holding a brief team meeting before the players quickly dispersed. Before leaving the building, Rick Rocchet, the Flyers’ rugged winger, paused to reflect on the unexpected twist in the series. “When they got up 3-0, I think they must have thought, ‘Let's just play it out for the Stanley Cup,” he said. “They've got to know now that we'll work even harder in the next game. “That's what we want them to think.” Tocchet admitted that a lot of heads were shaking in the Philadelphia dressing room at the end of the first period, which saw the Flyers trailing 2-0. “The. guys were saying ‘What do we have to do to win? because we felt we hadn't played that badly after a shaky start. But when you have 21 guys going full tilt as we did, things are bound to start going your way sooner or later.” Flyers coach Mike Keenan acknowledged that such a comeback builds character. When asked whether it might have a demoralizing effect on the Oilers, he replied, “It just depends what adversities they've faced in the past.” When pressed, Keenan added: “I would say those players have played in championship series before, so something like that isn't going to set them back.” The Flyers enter Game 4 with a couple of nagging injuries. Defenceman Doug Crossman was taking treatment for the pulled groin muscle he suffered Friday night, and Keenan said “It looks reasonable that he'll play.” He was uncertain whether right winger Ilkka Sinisalo will dress. Bothered by a twisted knee, Sinisalo missed the third game. And forward Tim Kerr, who hasn't played since April , conti to take str i ises for his injured shoulder, with his return, if it occurs, not likely until later in the series, Meanwhile, the Flyers public realtions department, said it will not use the videotape of the late Kate Smith singing God Bless America prior to the fourth game, as it did Friday night. Instead of Smith, long a good-luck charm for the team with her rendition of the hymn, Renee Veneziale, who regularly performs the song prior to the home games, will return. HAMILTON TIGER-CATS Are players too old? ST. CATHARINES, ONT. (CP) — Al Bruno had thought he'd silenced the critics when his greybeards won the Grey Cup last year. Yet, training camp for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats is just a week old and already it's being compared with a seniors’ field day. Eight of the Tiger-Cats have seen their 30th birthday come and go. Another eight are closing in on their 30th. “They may have lost a step,” says Bruno, the Tiger-Cats’ head coach. “But they know where they're stepping.” : ‘ Training camp increases today with the arrival of 44 veterans who join 42 rookies and three juniors for the two-a-day workouts. “The Grey Cup is history,” was Bruno's opening message. “You'll all be fighting for your jobs.” It's unlikely, though, the Canadian Football League club will make wholesale changes with veterans returning at every position. Centre Marve Allemang was lost to the Ottawa Rough Riders in an off-season equalization pool, but veterans Dale Sanderson and Pat Brady are available to plug the hole. Running back Walter Bender went to Saskatchewan in the same pool, but his spot could be filled by veteran Johnny Shepherd or second-year man Kah Zachary. Receiver Tony Champion skipped to the National Football League but a slew of receivers have been auditioning, including Ron Ingram who played in the Grey Cup victory over Edmonton. “I guess the jobs belong to a veteran until a rookie takes it away,” says Bruno. “But we've got a few guys here who could be capable of doing just that.” Including rookies, the Tiger-Cats are three deep in most positions and five or six in a couple of spots. There had been six hopefuls at running back, but newcomer Marlon McIntyre was the first to get the axe. The offensive line includes nine veterans, with Lou Godry of Burlington, Ont., leading a trio of young ehallengers. => There are several battles brewing. The kicking game will feature Bernie Ruoff against Paul Osbaldiston, who filled Ruoffs shoes after the 12-year CFL veteran was sidelined by a knee injury. Junior Derek Noble has joined the fray, but Ruoffs punting abilty makes him a favorite. However, he’s coming into the final year of his contract and may not offer the club long-term security. The quarterback spot will be a dogfight with Mike Kerrigan the front-runner followed by Ken Hobart, Tom Porras and Alan Risher who arrived with USFL and NFL experience. If Risher proves good enough to handle the backup spot, the TiCats could dangle Hobart as trade bait along with one of the kickers. Bruno who hasn't missed a trip to the Grey Cup in his three full years as head coach, says of the TiCats training camp “It's the best group of athletes we've had to a camp in my time. EAF Surj ARE j apth dd, LISP Pi 94 tae, PIII, ee - + « Bronco baseball league batter watches pit. cross plate in action Friday night. Next league action is Monday night at Kinsmen Park. — CosNews Photo by Ron Mormon Indy life is Editor's note: This is a column written for The Associated Press by Bobby Rahal, the 1986 winner of the Indianapolis 500. By BOBBY RAHAL For Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Getting ready for the Indianapolis 500 is more a case of Pgching yourself down, not up. Throughgut the month of May we've been practising and qualifying before crowds that would be sellouts anywhere else in the country — up to 250,000 on the first day of qualifications. But it seems like they're almost devoured by the cayernous grandstands and the huge infield. It seems like there's a zillion people on race morning, as if they're sending you to the moon or something. In so many ways, it’s so much more than the atmosphere of an auto race. It would be too easy to get carried away by it all.That’s why I try to stay as low-key as possible. Not antisocial, by any means, but the time will come when I "will go off, probably to the back of our bus, just to be by myself and alone with my thoughts. Of course, no matter how hard you try, your anticipation continues to build. And then the adrenaline really begins to flow when you walk out of Gasoline Alley. By then, aes so much electricity in the air you'd have to be a rébot not to be aware of it. HORDES OF FANS Only in our sport do so many people have access to the playing field — in our case pit lane and the starting grid — before an event. It seems like everybody in the world is coming up to wish you well. That's nice and very Rahal tells readers what really like much appreciated, but if by this time I'm somewhat standoffish, I just hope those people understand what T'm about to do. Now, I'm essentially marking time until they order the drivers into their cars. Oh, to my close friends I may well try to make light of some of the things going on around us — everyone is so serious by now. But that's only an attempt to ease my tension as well as I'm always glad when they tell us to get in the cars because now, after three weeks of waiting, the race is finally upon us. In your mind, you sort of have a mental checklist of what you need to do. You just make sure you're comfortable there in the-eéckpit and think about what you're going to do. On the parade and pace laps, you continue to work-at remaining calm. Adrenalin rushes are not uncommon in motor racing, but there are times, like this, when you've got to cool them down. FIRST TURN KEY At the start of the race, your primary concern is getting through the first turn without incident, and I feel very comfortable having Mario Andretti to my left and Rick Mears on my right. In fact, the front two rows for this year's 500 are filled with people who are known to get in on at the drop of the hat. But that doesn't mean they're irresponsible. They know it's a long race and the critical factor is getting through the first turn. Once you do that, you actually settle into your own little niche out there — and the race is on. If you're going to be among the more than 350,000 pepole here, or will be among the millions watching the live broadcast on ABC TV (CTV, noon EDT) or listening on the radio, I hope to see you again in Victory Lane. FASTBALL LEAGUE Another one bites the dust; another hockey organization that is. First it was the Trail Smoke Eaters of the Western International Hockey League who folded due to a lack of cash, then the Kimberley Dynamiters failed to complete their season and now the Nelson Maple Leafs have pulled the plug on their organization. The Maple Leafs decided Wed. nesday to suspend their operations for the 1987-88 season. The reason is a common one for most teams in senior hockey . . . there's no money to keep the club going. Although club president Howie Ridge maintains the Nelson squad has not folded, because five of its seven directors have agreed to raise money to pay off a $16,951 debt, it’s pretty well a certainty that the Nelson Maple Leafs have played their last game. The team wants to take a year off from WIHL action, but it’s very doubtful that they'll be able to raise enough cash to ice a team for the 1988-89 season — or any other season. The reason is because it seems that small communities, not just in B.C. but all across Canada, are not willing to support senior hockey. Trail proved that when the city Rattan allowed the famous Smoke Eaters’ organization to die. Hockey com- mentator Don Cherry hit the nail on the head when he criticized Trail for wanting to spend money on getting some dumb hockey stick from Expo but was not willing to spend money to keep the Smoke Eaters in busi ness. It seems the people of Nelson are just not interested in watching local hockey. The Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs went the way of the dinosaur in January, 1986 and now that com- munity by the lake is sending the Sr. Maple Leafs up the river. Financially, the Maple Leafs suf. fered a net loss of $58,074. The team lost money at the turnstiles in the 1985-86 season, as revenue from the gate fell $2,267 to $5,150. Last season the Maple Leafs brought in a net $42,210 in gate revenue while this season the team only managed $11,081. One person who is positive local hockey is history in Nelson is Trev- or Stocks, treasurer and a board member of the hockey club. “I think the fans of Nelson have spoken. I think the message is they don't give a damn about senior hockey. To me it's obvious, Nelson cannot support senior hockey any more,” Stocks said at the team's annual general meeting Wednesday night. With the folding of Trail, and Kimberley and now the almost cer- tain elimination of Nelson from the WIHL, it’s pretty doubtful the league can continue to survive. The Cranbrook Royals are al ready on financial hard times, and according to Stocks, so are several other clubs. And so what about junior hockey? It's already dead in Nelson, but what about other areas like Castle- gar, Trail and Rossland? For awhile there it looked like the tlegar Rebels might have had to call it quits due to a lack of fan support, but the Community Com- plex arena was filled up pretty good during the impressive playoff rounds of the Kootenay Junior Hoc- key League. Just how well or how poorly the Rebels did during this past hockey season won't be known until the team’s annual general meeting set for 7:30 this evening. But one thing for certain. If other West and East Kootenay communities decide to support local hockey as much as Nelson — then keep watching the Stanley Cup playoffs because that's the only hockey you're going to see. Checkers leading By CasNews Staff Checkers Pub sits atop the Castlegar Men's Fastball League standings with 11 points on five wins, one loss and a tie. That's three points better than second-place Labatts which has four wins and two losses. However, Labatts has a game in hand. Hi Arrow Arms Hotel is in third spot with five points on two wins, a tie and a loss. But Hi Arrow has three games in hand on Checkers and two on Labatts. Salmo — which withdrew from the league this week — had two points on a win and two losses. K and A Tire holds down last spot in the four-team league, winless in six games. Hi Arrow's Kelly Keraiff leads the batting race with a .600 average. He has five hits in 10 plate appearances. Checkers’ Phil Angrignon is second at .455 on five hits in 11 at bats. Labatts’ Joe Tarasoff and Bill Tarasoff also have five hits, but in 12 at bats for a .417 average. Checkers’ Eli Soukeroff sports the best pitching record with five wins, a loss and a tie. Hi Arrow's George Plotnikoff has two wins and a tie. For complete statistics see weekend wrap-up, page B2. Only two games were played this week because of the Victoria Day long weekend. Checkers blanked K and A Tire 4-0 behind the two-hit pitching of Soukeroff. G. Tomlin managed only the two hits for K and A. Gary Fleming and Bob Larsh led Checkers with two hits apiece. Check- ers pounded out seven hits against losing hurler Wayne Abietkoff. In the only other contest, Labatts shelled Hi Arrowll-4. Joe Tarasoff picked up the win, tossing an eight- hitter. Lawrence Halisheff took the loss, giving up seven runs in four inn- ings before giving way to George Plotnikoff. Sandusky Lions, not NFL Jets VANCOUVER (CP) — Jim Sand. usky has signed a new contract with the British Columbia Lions after the free agent wide receiver threatened to jump to the National Football League. Sandusky, a three-year pro from San Diego State, played out his option in the Canadian Football League in 1986 when he caught 60 passes for 858 yards and one touchdown with the Lions. After visiting New York earlier this week to negotiate with the NFL Jets, Sandusky returned to his Seattle home Thursday and quickly agreed to terms with general manager Joe Galat of the Lions. B.C. had already lost all-star wide receiver Mervyn Fernandez to the NFL Los Angeles Raiders, making the return of Sandusky even more signifi cant to head coach Don Matthew: Sandusky, 25, has caught 145 passes James Percival, Ed Plotnikoff and Rod Gritchen sparked the Labatts attackwith two hits apiece, while Bill Tarasoff touched the Hi Arrow pit chers for three hits. Terry Halisheff and B. Spender led the Hi Arrow hitters with two hits each. signs with for 2,337 yards and 10 touchdowns in the CFL. he also may return punts in 1987 if cornerback Darnell Clash is unable to fully recover from knee surgery. The five-foot-nine, 170-pound San dusky is a native of Othello, Wash., and played at Walla Walla Junior College in Washington before enrolling at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He finished his college career at San Diego State in 1983. The Lions open training camp practice sessions Tuesday at Kelowna in the southern B.C. interior. The Lions also announced the official signing of veteran wide receiver Wad dell Smith, formerly with the Edmon. ton Eskimos, and Canadian place-kick er Don Fielding of the Richmond Raid. ers of the B.C. Junior Football League.