Castlégar News March 7, 1990 ae ee ager , Actions called 'evasive' VANCOUVER (CP) — Journalism teacher Charles Giordano said Tuesday he was “‘evasive”’ during 1988 ombudsman’s hearing into the licensing of the Knight Street Pub because he wanted to. protect his family. « “1 was going to be evasive about anything concerning my family,”’ said Giordano, ‘*I felt that what the media was doing was wrong, coming at me and my family. “I wasn’t going to volunteer Giordano has pleaded not guilty to committing perjury on July 12, 1988, by making a false statement at an ombudsman’s hearing. Giordano, 55, is owner of Delta Media Services Ltd., which conducted a poll of neighborhood reaction to the pub. The indictment alleges Giordano lied when asked about the hiring and training of his daughter’s boyfriend, of residents in the immediate area. “Did you want to, unless specifically asked, disclose the fact that Thomson was hired through the auspices of your daughter?’’ asked defence lawyer Thomas Braidwood. “I was reluctant to,” said Gior- dano, who has taught journalism at Kwantlen College in suburban Rich- mond for 16 years. Giordano managed Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s David Thomson, one of 11 who worked on the poll. anything and if I did anything I certainly wouldn’t lie. But I was going to be evasive.” Before d pub licences are granted in British Columbia, they must have the approval of 60 per cent‘ 1986 Thomson said he lied to in- vestigators under oath because Gior- dano asked him to. Thomson said he talked to Gior- Timber cut opposed OTTAWA (CP) — British Colum- bia faces economic decline and en- vironmental degradation due to over- cutting and mismanagement of its forests, environmentalists told a Commons committee Tuesday. The volume of wood cut in British Columbia forests is roughly 90 million cubic metres a year, but the long-term sustainable rate of logging is around 60 million cubic metres, said Vicky Husband, director of the Sierra Club of Western Canada. “These majestic forests are every bit as old as the classical ruins of Greece and Rome, and every bit as in- spiring,”’ said Husband. “Unlike the aging relics from those very great and very dead civilizations, this historical treasure is very much alive. But in the next two decades, the best of what remains of this priceless heritage will be clearcut.”’ She said 90 per cent of British Columbia's logging industry depends HERB HAMMOND . old-growth valued on cutting old-growth forests which have evolved over thousands of years, and these are disappearing at the rate of 50,000 hectares a year. Right now we are headed down a road towards massive environmental collapse, which can only be followed by a major economic collapse,” Husband told the Commons en- vironment committee. Timber from old-growth forests is valued by industry because it has long fibres, said Herb Hammond, a B.C. forestry consultant from the Slocan Valley who also testified before the committee. : Recent research has shown that timber from second-growth forests — those that have been logged and replanted — is of poor quality by comparison, he said. “The reason our forests are in such demand for our timber is that we have high-quality old-growth forests.”” Commission called ploy KAMLOOPS (CP) — A royal commission into health care will help if it recognizes the need to allow licen- sed practical nurses to assume some duties of registered nurses, says the secretary-treasurer of the Hospital Employees Union. Carmela Allevato said the shortage of nursing staff must be dealt with if the commission's report is to have any validity. However, Allevato questioned why Premier Bill Vander Zalm would set up a royal commission into health care with an 18-month time frame. She said her union believes the royal commission is an election strategy. “Vander Zaim will go into the next provincial election saying, ‘We are doing something about health care, we have a royal commission.” They are doing nothing.”’ Allevato, whose union represents practical nurses, said B.C. hospitals joined a national trend in the late 1970s and early 1980s of replacing practical nurses with registered nur- ses. She said since then, arguments that it is more efficient to employ practical nurses for much of the non-medical work have been ignored by the Health Ministry “I’m just pleased that one of the terms of reference is nursing” ser- vices,’’ she.said. F HB FERNIE......... SPARWOOD ... NELSON ..... CASTLEGAR . TRAIL .... CRESTON .. 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But there was nothing new on the main obstacle — the union’s demand that arbitration eligibility be rolled back to two years from three. “If anybody thinks there—is an agreement in sight, that is not right,"’ union chief Donald Fehr said. ‘‘The owners’ position can be stated succin- salary arbitration tligibility shall not change.” Talks are to continue today after a meeting of the owners’ Player Relations Committee. The 30th bargaining session since talks began in November followed a three-hour meeting of the committee, comprising six owners. A meeting of all owners scheduled for Thursday outside Dallas was cancelled because of the talks and Chuck O’Connor, management's chief negotiator, said the committee would remain in New York as long as it takes. “I think some issues narrowed to the point of conclusion,’’ O’Connor said. ‘‘The bad news is we have not ‘bridged the gap_on the salary —ar- bitration issue:* INCREASE OFFER Owners increased their offer on the minimum salary to $90,000 a year from $85,000, but tied it to decreasing the minimum minor-league salary from its traditional one-third of the big-league minimum. The-union has been asking for $112,500. Fehr said owners had offered to in- crease their contribution to the benefit plan from $39 million in the final year of the current contract to about $50 million a year. Both sides agree if there is not a set- tlement this week, the April 2 opening day could be lost. GET THE PERFECT Fit WiTH A. KOOTENAY SAVINGS RRSP. HIGH KARATE . . . Selkirk College student and black belt in karate Michael Campbell, 19, says he to blow off steam after a long day hitting the books by hitting the heavy bag in the weightroom at CasNews photo by Ed Mills the college. Canucks, Nords, bi trade day dealers By The Canadian Press National Hockey League teams have finished pum- ping up their rosters to gain depth and experience for the Stanley Cup drive. With the playoffs less than a month away, only the Adams Division lineup is clear. The Smythe Division is half-decided. The Norris and Patrick divisions are wide open. Chicago, Washington, St. Louis; New Jersey and the New York Rangers made significant moves before the NHL's trading deadline Tuesday to turn themselves into Cup’contenders and not simply pretenders. sii On Tuesday, the Rangers obtained a proven scorer in Mike Gartner from Minnesota, surrendering young winger Ulf Dahlen. Patrick Division rival New Jersey, also looking for offence, got veteran Peter Stastny from Quebec in ex- change for young defenceman Craig Wolanin. Chicago had picked up goaltender Greg Millen from Quebec on Monday and Washington landed goalie Mike Liut from Hartford. The Blackhawks also acquired Michel Goulet, once a prolific goal scorer who topped the 50-goal mark for four consecutive years (1983-86) but with only 16 goals this season. The other trades of merit were Boston adding Brian Propp to its roster, last Friday while St. Louis went for depth, adding veterans Rich Sutter and Harold Snepsts to the lineup for rookie defenceman Adrien Plasvic. Other players switching teams were: — Edmonton minor-league defenctman Jeff Shar- ples to New Jersey for defenceman Reijo Ruotsalainen; minor-league centre Brian Wilkes to Pittsburgh for future RICH SUTTER - packing bags considerations; junior player Cam Brauer to Hartford for defenceman Marc Laforge. — Chicago goaltender Alain Chevrier to Pittsburgh for future considerations. — New Jersey left winger Jim Korn to Calgary for a 1990 fifth-round draft pick — Montreal defenceman Jyrki Lumme to Vancouver for a 1991 draft pick. — Canucks sent centre Jeff Rohlock to the New York Islanders for forward Jack Capuano, the brother of Canucks player Dave Capuano Capuano. —The Hartford Whalers and Boston Bruins swapped minor league defencemen Saturday in the first-ever NHL trade between the two New England-based teams. The Whalers dealt Steve Dykstra, currently with Binghamton of the American Hockey League, to Boston for Jeff Sirkka, who plays for Maine of the same league Bruins looking like cup material It_was-nice of coach Mike Milbury to name Bob Gould captain of the Boston Bruins, so Gould returned the favor. Gould scored the winner with 41 seconds left in regulation to give Boston a 2-1 NHL victory Tuesday night over two Phitadetphia Flyers. He’s a natural leader in the locker room,’’ said Milbury, who named Gould to fill in for the injured Ray Bourque, out with a pulled muscle in his rib cage. “IT knew he would be a good choice as captain tonight. He has shown a lot of character.’” The move took Gould by surprise. “It’s a pat on the back; it’s ap- preciation of a tot of hard work,” he said. ‘‘It’s a game that | will remem- ber for a long time.”” The loss tied the Flyers’ club record of 16 home losses set in the 1968-69 season. Philadelphia, ‘last in the Patrick Division, is 14-16-2 at home. Boston, which holds the league’ best overall record at 42-22-5, proved its league-leading road record to 21-12-3 overall. The Bruins are 8-1- 0 in their last nine games. OILERS 4 PENGUINS 3 Craig MacTavish scored his 20th goal of the season 1:17 into overtime to give Edmonton a victory over Pit- tsburgh. Mark Lamb scored late in the third period for the Oilers to set Juggling a prereq By ED MILLS Staff Writer Even though Theo Friml helped the team get there, he won't be celebrating on the court if the Selkirk College + Saints men’s volleyball team wins the provincial cham- pionship here next weekend He'll be sitting on the sidelines. it’s not that he’s not good enough to play, or he’s in- SPIN JAMMERS FLYING DISC $999 EXERCISE RINGS Hula Hoops by Fischer Price SUN JAMMERS (Sunglenses) $799 365-7813 Department of Finance Ministere des Finances i Sd Canada Canada call toll-free, BUDGET INFORMATION 1-800-267-6620 If you have any questions, want more information about the Federal Budget, or wish to receive the booklet “Where Your Tax Dollars Go”, Monday through Friday, between 9am and 5pm. Telecommunications device for the hearing impaired: 1-800-267-6650. Coach could tip scales in favor of Saints By ED MILLS Staff Writer Paul Thiessen is at once a tac- tician, an army general and a surgeon. He could also turn out to be a huge factor in determining the outcome of the Provincial Men’s Volleyball Championships at Selkirk College this weekend. Everyone involved with the Provincials is expecting it to be a two-horse race. The Selkirk College Saints are defending provincial champions and the team they beat to win it last year will be there again this time round — Vancouver Com- munity College. Nobody is giving Trinity Western University (who the Sain- ts play in the first round) and Douglas College (who VCC plays Saturday) much of a chance ainst the Saints and VCC, who are ranked one-two in the provin- ce respectively. Thiessen says the two teams are close talent-wise and either could win, so predictions are guesswork, at best In the teams’ two meetings this year, they split, with the Saints taking the first match and VCC coming into Selkirk a month ago and handing the Saints their only loss of the season. F Thiessen's plains what you can expect if you play on his team. ‘“‘Whatever you strive to achieve, you can obtain through hard work.”” There’s no question who's in control at practice and there’s no doubt who the players look up to and regard with an amount of respect not often seen these days. Control is something the 28- year-old coach strives for himself. He even likes to control the game as much as he can. As a tactician, Thiessen breaks the game down to its essential elements, going over game films and endlessly picking out plays that can be improved or strategies for coming matches. At the team’s regular Tuesday night practice, Thiessen handed each player a sheet with diagrams of plays he is expected to know and employ in games this weekend — with an emphasis on a possible game with VCC. “What you do is scout your opponents on videotape, discover their tendencies and then try to put your strength to their strength and w to “Some guys (on the team) it is going to rattle because for them it’s too much to think about. But all they have to do is concen- trate on what they are doing and they should be fine,’’ he says. And if anyone wants to argue Thiessen’s making a simple game too complicated, Thiessen can quickly put an end to that argument by pointing to his record of success and his creden- tials. Thiessen played for five years on the Canadian National team with the likes of Don Saxton, John Barrett and Paul Gratton He's played in the Pan Am Games and the world championships and was starting middle blocker on the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds when he was getting his university degree in physical education and education So if it comes down to the crun- ch and a coaching strategy, or mistake, could make the differen- ce, one would have to say the smart money has to be on the Saints’ coach The final games go at 2 Thiessen said. ‘That way I can predict what's going to happen on the court.”” Thiessen even has the game dissected to the point where Saints players will know who on the other team is likely to get the ball in ceftain situations and, if not that ‘player, then the second likeliest candidate. ‘ p.m. in the college’s gym, the con- solation at 6:30 p.m. and the championship at 8 p.m The winner will be the B.C representative to the national college volleyball championships The winner will be the B.C. representative to the National College Volleyball Championships in Oshawa, Ont., March 20-24 up the overtime:—Fhe-Penguins- hac won the two previous meetings bet- ween the clubs this season. Viadimir Ruzicka and Craig Sim- pson also scored for the Oilers; who moved one point ahead of Calgary for first place in the Smythe Division. Kevin Stevens, Rob Brown and Barry Pederson scored for the Penguins. ‘WHALERS 4 ISLANDERS 2 Kevin Dineen scored three goals as Hartford won its fourth straight game by beating the slumping Islanders, who are 0-8-2 in their last 10. Dineen broke a 1-1 tie at 2:26 with a power- play goal and swatted in a rebound CRAIG MacTAVISH . . overtime winner for the winner at 18:15, He added ai empty-net goal in the final minute of the game. DEVILS 2 BLUES 1 ~John_MacLean and Doug Brown scored second-period goals and Chris Ferreri_ stopped 16 shots as New Jer- sey defeated St. Louis. The win was only the Devils’ third in 12 games (3- 7-2), but moved them into a third- Placegie in the Patrick Division with the Islanders at 64 points. SABRES 1 CAPITALS 1 Pierre Turgeon scored a power-play goal at 6:46 of the third period to lift Buffalo into a tie with Washington visite for athletes 1 jured, but because he couldn’t juggle very well. Because when you're a student_athlete you have to perform a tricky balancing act between good performan- ces in the gym on one hand, and good grades on the other. Friml, 18, was fine as middle blocker for the Saints during the first semester, but he dropped the ball in the classroom and it cost him a spot on the team that may win a provincial title and go on to a chance for a national crown. It also cost him a school year — he dropped out and is looking for a full-time job. He plans to return to the college next fall. Teammate Mike Perra knows all about what Friml is going through. It’s called academic ineligibility and he’s been nailed twice. The first time was when he was a first-year student at UBC and it cost him his place on the team and a school year. The second time was at Selkirk where the cost was the first half of the Saint’s current season. Perra, 23,.is proof that it’s not just first-year students like Friml or stereotypical ‘‘dumb jocks’? who run into problems in the classroom. Articulate and intelligent, Perra, 23, is in his final year towards a university degree. He says academic ineligibility is avoidable but some athletes get wrapped up in their sports and forget that grades are just as impor- tant And Perra isn’t totally satisfied that colleges are doing all they can to help athletes, especially first-year students, deal with the pressure of a demanding scholastic schedule mixed with a rigorous athletic program. “| know that it’s a big added pressure you can put on yourself but you can learn to deal with it,’’ Perra said “There are ways to get away from it."” Perra said he would like to see more colleges follow the example set by Simon Fraser University which has in- stituted a program designed to find athletes in scholastic difficulties and help them before the problems become serious. What SFU has done, says Perra, is to take any student gthlete whose average falls below a certain level and srt enroll them in a two-hour-a-day study sessions. \__ “In your first year you have no idea what to do so if you get into trouble you don’t know where to go,"’ he said. ‘‘With the SFU program, you'd be finding those athletes and giving them help rather than them having to go through the embarrassment of trying to find it them- selves."" The two hours a day would make “a huge differen- ce”’ in slotting a time for athletes to sit down and concen: trate-entirely_on-schoot work and teave the gym behind, Perra says. Perra adds that he doesn’t even understand the point of academic ineligibility if a college, like Selkirk, lets the student continue to practice and do everything else with the team except play. The point, says Selkirk athletic director_Rob John- son, is that no matter what an athlete may think, the main reason they're at Selkirk’ is to get an education. Education, not athletes, is the priority of the college. And just to make sure athletes don’t forget that, Selkirk had made its academic standards tougher than those set down by the governing board of college athletes in the province - the B.C. Colleges Athletic Association — eS —_— MIKE PERRA - has been there The BCCAA rules essentially state that a student must pass three courses in a school year to be gligible to play sports ““What -we've decided at Selkirk is that that's not enough," says Johnson At Selkirk, a student is required to pass at least three courses per semester to- be. - “If a kid is having a tough time passing nine semester continued on poge 82