February 8, 1987 Sex education needed This letter is in response to the issues of sexual health education and disease p for in the Concern : is real as “well - t In response to John Chaps wie Prt Scmylbam yr jwes vocating ig: poliey ‘Position for public health and public school system, and Premier Vander Zalm's statements to the media to the effect that specific information on sexual health education should be suppressed. The province of Alberta struggled with the same issue of using public schools for preventative education with regard to sexually transmitted di seases. That struggle was resolved 30 years later in 1967, but initially the problem was a policy of “speak no evil” on the part of Premier William Aber- hart and the government of the day (1935-43). On matters relating to social policy the premier would use his political position to impose the moral and religious convictions of the ruling party. Similarly, as is now the case in British Columbia, the premier was ad- In 1967, the Calgary school board initiated a program of hygiene and sexual health education classes, man- datory for all.Grades 7-12. Today, students in that system have input to give the program direction for policy- makers, Let the “consumers” set policy on this issue. We all benefit in terms of reduced social costs through public education, but more importantly, stu- dents are the group that will suffer most through ignorance, if we don't respond as parents and educators won't eliminate the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but we most cer- tainly have the ability to offer edu- cation and information. Sexually active school children are a reality, and the tragedy of ruined lives through Ne ont ‘our should Adults control the resource called “education” and as such, we determine the content and quantity of a student's education or lack of it. We are in effect regulating igndranice, on a variety of subjects. Ultimately our responsibility is to provide publi¢ sehodl education that will allow the youth in our society knowledge sufficient to deal with the dangers and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Without this knowledge we deprive our young people and make them vietims of an education system in which they are already vulnerable! Students need sexual health education in our schools now! Policies of ignorance are unacceptable and better left with William Aberhart (who died in 1943). John Erb Wislaw Referendum fundamental right A public meeting spon- sored by the Kootenay- Okanagan Electric Con- sumers Association was held Jan. 28 at the Castlegar We believe it is the fund- amental right of the resi- dents of the WKPL service area to have their wishes known and officially record- ed. per cent were opposed to the WKPL sale to UtiliCorp. Since this survey provides the only statistical infor- mation to date on the ques- which if opposed by 80 per cent of the constituents. Unless our governments — regional, or provincial, or federal — are prepared to the Crown's decision ord ai ag say a Charles Dickens. “fic, tion?”) is unrealistic.- Let's look at the real world. Mr. Charters’s concern about the mental anquish to the teacher is real and understandable. ly concern, which is also real, is about the child. As neither guilt nor innocence has been proved, I must assume the child also suffer- ed great mental anguish and her honor and good name has also been shadowed. I really can't question chi Id” - MOWFEATURING Matérnity Clothing Nice Contemporary Styles Tops * Pants « Dresses 1206 CoderAvé., 2562014 68 > safety or morale of the stu- dents was ever considered. ” In closing, this is a real life story most of the adults and students will soon forget. But will one .young girl who thought she was doing the right thing ever forget, or will she be scarred for life? Candis Jerome Castlegar Weekly Stocks TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto stock market ended a week of almost-unprece- dented gains the way it Community Complex. At this meeting attended by 280 persons a motion was unanimously passed asking the Regional District of Cen- tral Kootenay directors for areas I ard J, John Voykin and Martin Vanderpol, re- spectively, along with chair- man George: Cady (all of whom were present) to carry a motion to the Jan. 31 RDCK board meeting in Kaslo. This motion requested the RDCK conduct a public ref- erendum on the question: “Are you in favor of the West Kootenay Power and Light Co. being sold to a Can- adian-controlled company rather than a foreign-con- trolled company?” The above-mentioned lied with the tion we must either accept it as representative of the en- request, took the motion to the Kaslo meeting and de- fended it valiantly when it came up for consideration by the board. However, the motion was defeated by a vote of 10-7 for reasons which we accept, though with con- siderable disappointment. This means we are back to “square one” again — how can we find out officially the will of the people on this matter? For the time being we must resort to the survey done by Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco indicating that of the 2,470 residents of his riding who responded, 79.5 tire of Kootenay West or undertake a more scientific and more complete survey. Surely, it is the respon- sibility of our governments — at all three levels, federal, provincial and regional — to sound out, to know, to understand, and to act upon, the will of the majority of the citizens over which they pre- side. If they choose not to accomplish these duties, they do so only at their own peril with respect to the next election. No government which ser- iously intends to retain its seat or regain a séat would proceed with a measure carry out a complete survey started: up. by referendum or some other Despite some profit-tak appropriate measure to jing, Toronto composite index prove or disprove the accur- gained 9.99 points in heavy racy of Brisco’s survey, We, trading to close at yet the residents of Kootenay another new record of 3,525. West, have no choice but to ; insist that our governments: _ Since last Friday, the Tor- 1. Accept the MP's findings onto exchange has added as representative of the will 176-31 points — or 5.26 per of the people of Kootenay ett — to its composite 300 West; 2. Act according to the will of the majority as revealed ‘by these findings; 3. Take concrete steps to ensure that WKPL be sold to a Canadian controlled corp- oration. Harry F. Killough, Director, Castlegar Chapter Kootenay- Electric Area |. Departments). Okanagan Consumers Association Tools for Peace ship heading to Nicaragua VANCOUVER (CP) — A ship loaded with more than $1 million worth of rubber boots, pencils, blankets and medical supplies will leave here in a few weeks for war-torn Nicaragua. Shipped across Canada from -as far away as Goose Bay, Nfld., the goods are destined for school children learning to write, farmers struggling to produce food despite harsh conditions, and Nicaraguans uprooted from their homes by years of vio- lence. The donations have been collected by Tools for Peace, a British Columbia campaign that has expanded across Canada. Six other countries have used it as a model. Phil Westman, national co- ordinator for the project, said a $750,000 donation of san- itary napkins by a manufae- turer who asked to remain anonymous, was also shipped several weeks ago from East- ern Canada as part of the campaign. “It's one of the few cam- paigns of its type that is truly national,” said Westman. “And themoney is still com- ing in.” Peter Prongos, B.C. co- There are many ways to say “Tlove you” on Valentine’s Day. pre 2 1125. ath Street Coot c ordinator for the project, said organizers were surprised this year to receive so many donations because of restric- tions on the type of goods ac. cepted. Tools for Peace began in 1981, when trade unionists who visited Nicaragua sent $25,000 worth of fishing gear to the village of San Juan del Sur. 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Tailor it all to fit the way you live. Then start shopping! HALF PRICE OFFER! SAVE $10! Join for only $10, and put the money you save toward a new dress! THAT’S NEW . QUICK START PLUS! p.m. — Nordic Hall 7 Visa and MasterCard accepted at locations for prepayment 1al inc. 1987 owner of the Weight Watchers and Quick Start trade ah Columbia Ltd registered user All rights reserved pf Nad WATCHING ACTION . . . Kelowna players look on from their bench as fellow team mates engage in hockey action against Lumbey. The game was a part of three day novice hockey tournament being played in Castlegar. —CasNews Photo by Sur Ratton Well I see “Mr. Class” ‘is at it again. I'm talking about that pride and joy of Hogtown: Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard. So what's Ballard up to this time? The same thing he’s always up to — picking a fight with people. This time Ballard is squaring off against the Toronto sports media, something he has done on more than one occasion. Here's the situation. For some time now Ballard has banned reporters from the Maple Leafs’ dressing room. H.B. didn’t ban them because he thinks they would suck back all the post game beers in the dressing room, but rather because of an order by a human rights board and the Na- tional Hockey League brass. A while ago both outfits ordered Ballard to allow female sports reporters into the Maple Leafs’ dressing room at the end of games to interview the players, something male sports reporters have always been allowed to do. That order came after the female contingent of the Toronto sports media had complained that Ballard wouldn't allow them into the dress- ing room. Ballard, who figures women should be like children — seen but not heard — refused to let female reporters into the dressing room because he didn't want them — that’s the women — to see his play- ers half-naked or stark-naked. In other words — as far as women reporters were concerned — old Harold put a buffer on the buff zone. Then came the orders from the human rights people and the NHL brass: Either let female reporters into the dressing room or suffer our wrath. Well, the one thing Ballard hates more than women reporters in his dressing room — or at least in hi8 hockey team’s dressing room — is orders. This man hates orders like Ferdinand Marcos hates fair elec tions, So in order to get around the order Ballard banned all reporters — male and female — from the Maple Leafs’ dressing room. This man knows how to make friends. These days, after a Maple Leafs’ home game is over, the reporters are shown into a room and any play- ers they want to interview are brought out to them, after they’ve showered and put some clothes on. Well, after last Wednesday's game in Toronto, some of the local reporters decided enough was enough and stormed into the Leafs’ dressing room and began conduct: ing interviews. Once old Harold got wind of what had happened, which was About five minutes later, he waded into the dressing room and tossed all the reporters out. In retaliation for going into the dressing room Ballard has now kicked the reporters out of their original waiting room and has “forced” them to wait for the play ers in a weight roont: This man obviously loves report ers. In fact I think it was Harold who gave Pierre Trudeau tips on press relations. I can just see these two -having a beer together and talking abouot the press: “And then Pierre, after my Maple Leafs won a game, do you know what those pesky, pushy, reporters tried to do? They actually had the gall to try and interview some of my players! Imagine that!” “They're punks Harry; but a bunch of punks!” It is not know if any female reporters went into the Leafs’ dressing room Wednesday night but Ballard did hold a media scrum after the incident and in his usual diplomatic way made a few com ments. “They're bastards,” he said. And as far as the issue which prompted the dressing room ban in the first place — about female reporters not being allowed in — this is what Ballard had to say: “Broads shouldn't be allowed into the dressing room. If those broads want to go into the dressing room and see naked men then they should be willing to get naked before they go in there.” The only thing the Toronto sports reporters can do to fight big bad Ballard is to write about his bizarre little antics, because after all the pen is mightier than the sword. But I wonder -if the pen is mightier than a hockey stick upside the head? nothing NHL. ACTION Neely helps Bruins | bounce Maple Leafs BOSTON (CP) — Cam Neely scored three gdals and defenceman Michael Thelven added two, powering the Boston Bruins to an 6-5 NHL victory Saturday over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Greg Johnston, Thomas Gradin and Keith Crowder scored one goal each as the Bruins posted their ninth victory in the last 11 games. Neely scored his 23rd and 24th goal of the season in the second period, the second at 19:53 pulling Boston into a 5-5 tie. He completed the scoring at 17:38 of the third period, 20 seconds after Gradin had scored ashort-handed ‘goal on a breakaway. Thelven, who'underwent shoulder surgery last fall and had only one goal in 18 previous games this season, scored in the first and second periods. NORDIQUES 5 SABRES 2 QUEBEC (CP) — Michel Goulet and Peter Stastny each scored two goals as the Quebec Nodiques skated to an easy 5-2 triumph over the Buffalo Sabres in NHL play Saturday. A streaking Anton Stastny had a goal and two assists for Quebec, while Phil Housley and John Tucker tallied for the Sabres. Peter Stastny gave Quebec its two-goal winning margin when he beat goaltender Tom Barrasso with a shot through the legs at 2:48 of the third period. He added his second marker into an empty net at 19:37. The score was 4-2 when Tucker beat Quebec netminder Mario Gosselin with a 15-foot backhander along the ice at 9:49 of the third period. Gosselin faced only 16 shots and was never really tested during the game. DEVILS 3 FLYERS 2 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kirk Muller and Andy Brickley scored short-handed goals and Aaron Broten added the clincher as the New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia 3-2 in NHL action Saturday, handing the Flyers their fourth straight loss. Philadelphia, which leads the Patrick Division, opened the scoring in the first period with Tim Kerr's 42nd goal of the season. Kerr scored on a power play at 8:04, putting Brian Propp's rebound past goaltender Alain Chevrier, who finished the game with 41 saves, Propp was playing his first game after missing 27 games wiht a knee injury. But Muller scored on a breakaway 1:20 later to tie the score at 1-1, beating Ron Hextall with a shot that glanced off the goaltender’s arm’ on the stick side. RED WINGS 5 NORTH STARS 3 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP)-— Goals by Darren Veitch, Gerard Gallant and Tim Higgins in the first 6:27 of the third period rallied the Red Wings to a 5-3 NHL victory over the North Stars on Saturday night. place by one point in the Norris Division heading into the week-long all-star break. It marked the first time since 1966 that Detroit was held a division lead at this stage of a season. This season, the Red Wings, who won 6-4 Friday Onight, are 5-0-1 against Minnesota. Detroit goaltender Greg Stefan, who made 25 saves Saturday night, is 5-0 against the North Stars. Dennis Maruk's goal midway through the second period, his first score since Dec. 15, put Minnesota up 3-2 after two periods. HARTFORD 3 MONTREAL 1 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sylvain Turgeon and Dean Evason scored second-period goals and Mike Liut made 23 saves to give Hartford a 3-1 win over Monteal, keeping the Whalers atop the Adams Division. The victory, the eighth in the last-11 games for Hartford, bobsted the Whalers, 29-21-6, into a three-point lead over the Canadiens, 27-24,7, and Boston, 28-21-5, who are tied for second place with 61 points apiece. After a scoreless battle for better than half the game, the Whalers and Canadiens combined for three goals in a 2:22 span with Hartford scoring the decisive goals to take a 2-1 lead late in the second period. Kevin Dineen added an empty-net goal with 27 seconds to play. RANGERS 5 CAPITALS 4 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Tomas Sandstom's second goal of the game, at 4:20 of overtime, gave the New York Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Washigton Capitals. The loss, Washington's third straight, om the Capital's 35-game regul: overtime — two short of the league record established by the Petey Bruins in the mid-1930s. It was Washington's first loss in a regular season ovetime contest since Feb. 19, 1964. The Rangers have now won four straight to move into sole possession of third place in the Patrick Division, two points ahead of the Capitals. Bob Carpenter had one assist in his first game at the Capital Centre since he was traded to the Rangers on New Year’s Day. Kelly Miller and Mike Ridley, two of the three players the Capitals acquired in the deal, scored goals for Washington. PITTSBURGH 4 CHICAGO 1 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Crate Rieypaoe seatet sexe ould to help the Pittsburgh Penguins end 4 thrée-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Simpson scored his 21st goal of the season at 5:19 of the first period, taking centre Mario Lemieux's pass at the Chicago blue line, skating by defenceman Gary Nylund and beating goalie Bob Sauve on the short side from 25 feet. Lemieux set up another Simpson goal at 8:28 of the second period, leaving a pass in the slot. Simpson sent a wrist shot over Sauve's glove. Penguins defenceman Jim Johnson scored during a Sandman wins league title By CasNews Staff Sandinan Inn defeated the Castlegar Playboys by only one gpal 6-5 Tuesday night to capture the Castlegar Recre- ational Hockey League championship. Lyle Stoushnow led the way with two goals and two assists for Sandman, while Robin King netted one goal and two assists. Other goalscorers included Dan Walker with one goal and one assist and Kevin Kirby alid John Obetkoff with single goals. Bill Cheveldave picked up two assists while Tom Larsh had a single. Bill Nazaroff scored two goals and assisted on another for the Playboys, while Stacey Molnar, George Roberts and Randy Martin each netted single markers. Mitch Quaedvlieg and Bob Essaunce picked up two assists apiece, while singles went to_Rod Zavaduk, Tény Nazaoff, Terry Halisheff and Lawrence Halisheff. Although the league championship has been decided, the teams are now playing a six-game round robin. On Thursday night the Playboys and Mallards played to a 3-3 draw Tony Nazaroff scored two goals for the Playboys while George Roberts added one. Essaunce, Bill Nazaroff, Terry Hali sheff and Zavaduk recorded single as sists. Scoring for the Mallards were Pete Stoochnoff, Al Conroy and Dean MacKinnon with singles while Dave MacKinnon, Don Savinkoff and Mike Mccormak added single assists In today’s round robin action Sand- man faces off against the Playboys. Detroit's second triumph in two nights over Minnesota enabled the Wings to move past the North Stars into first delayed penalty against Chicago rookie Everett Sanipass at 14:21 of the second period. TWO GAMES LEFT Rebels manage to slip by Smoke Eaters in league play By CasNews Staff Trent Thiebert, Rod Horcoff and Rick Viens each scored two goals to help lead the Castlegar Rebels to a 7-5 victory over the Trail Jr. Smoke Eaters in Trail Friday night. The Smokies opened the scoring 1:30 into the first period when they scored a shorthanded goal: While still playing a man short Trail scoréd their second goal at the 2:38 mark to take a 2-0 lead. Thiebert responded with a goal at 4:33 after he took 'a pass from Horcoff and Andrew Zibin. Dave Terhune tied the game at 2-2 when he scored a shorthanded goal at 17:20. Gary Raff and Sandy Renwick assisted on the play. The Rebels took the lead with less than one minute left to play in the opening period when Thiebert notched his second of the night after being set up by Ruff. The Smokies managed to keep the Rebels off the scoreboard in the second period. Trail tied the game’ at three goals apiece when they scored at the 7:38 mark of the second period — again while being shorthanded.” The Smoke Eaters regained the lead when they made it a 4-3 game at 15:24 and the second period ended with Trail in front by a single goal. Horcoff tied the game at 4-4 when he scored at 9:02 of the third period after being set up by Viens. Viens gave the Rebels the lead when he took a pass from Ruff and Walter Sheloff at the 17:02 mark. The last minute of the third period saw three goals scored as Trail managed to come back at 19: 04 to tie the game at five. Viens netted his second goal of the night when he scored at only 17 seconds later, from Horcoff and Darcy Martini to give the Rebels a 6-5 lead. With only one second remaining in the game Horcoff added an insurance goal after being set up by Terhune to give the Rebels a final 7-5 win. ROD HORCOFF . two goal game The Rebels fired 49 shots on goal while the Smokies mariaged only 24. The next game for the Rebels is Tuesday when they play host to the Rossland Warriors. Curling team ready for games By MARILYN JOHNSTONE They grew up only three houses apart. They were both in Prince Rupert in 1977 when the Stanley Humphries secondary school curling team came second in the provincial high school curling championships. The skip that year was William (Bill Jr.) van Yzerloo and his neighbor, Patrick Johnstone, was only seven. Both were unaware that 10 years later Johnstone would also skip the Castle- gar team at the provincials. This years team consists of lead, Mike Rae; second, Wade Schatz; third, Brennen Turner; and skip, Johnstone. They will travel to Langley to take part in a round-robin tournament against the seven other regional winners. They will play three games on Feb. 12 and 13, and one game on Feb. 14. The team was undefeated in the West Kootenay playdowns held in Castlegar in mid December. On Jan. 17 they met the East Kootenay winers in a best-of-three competition. The Anderson rink from Kimberley lost the first game in nine ends. They rallied in the second game to win in an extra end. The SHSS team scored three points in the seventh end of the third game to seal the victory. Johnstone said, “We played together in the men’s twonighter and that really helped us.” He credits the team's success to the coaching of Doug Matthews and Gor- don Shead, the help of members of the Castlegar Curling Club, and the com. radery of the team members. “We'll be trying our best in Langley. Maybe we can come first. That's our goal,” added Johnstone.