Sheila McDermott For ‘sure, it will give | everyone an opportunity to change things. Carlos Ponte Yes, I like the NDP — they are more for the workers. ‘Klaus Merten Of course,’ 1 think this province is ready for a change ‘for the better. Kathy ; , Yes, welll think it's time for the © parties to ‘be changed. I'd like to see the NDP in: power for a . change. “QUESTION: ‘Are: you happy to see that a, provincial . ‘lection has been called for May’ St think’ with: an election it will give some of the‘ busi- # nesses more income; bus-. ‘nesses like Rewpapers ‘and Printshops. Joe Babij Yes, to get things clear- ed up and out and to see what the people think. ‘short term bank b a. Th, Power has sai 1982 as a year of. major, “accomplish: ments with the establish-' ment of @ more solid financial and operational foundation.’ In. the company’s ‘annual report, J.A. Drennan, pres-, ident and chief executive of- ficer, told shareholders that, the year. saw’ a satisfactory’ resolution of many of the: year, removing many uncer: tainties in financial planning.. “The: purchase °'of ‘three hydroelectric’ generating plants on the Kootenay River : from ' its: ‘parent company, Ltd. : Power. The utility’s owned generation increased. to 70. per cent ‘of its. total | require: | ments, and the method’ of. payment, through the: iss ance of $20 million in common: shares to Cominco, + he company a more solid base which ‘to play its "financial | future. 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The company reported net earnings of $3.0; million in 1982 on ‘sales of $51.6 million, and was able ‘to:reinstitute dividends on common shares, ; the first such distribution. since 1978, ‘' Towards the end of 1982, West: Kootenay: ‘Power a] plied for a rate increase of 9.8 per cent, later aménded to. 7.8 per cent, from Jan, 1, 1983. The Utilities. Commis- sion granted a 4.6. per. cent. Bi increase to take effect March * 1, 1983, and the company is awaiting details of: that de, cinon. EQUAL | "100,tabs «. $2 9 -$3. 21 loo eke. an bbs . OPEN THIS SUNDAY, CARL'S DRUG CLOSED . in the Heart of ‘boca wn Castlegar” AS “A. Fairview Sub. Hobby Farm-2'98 acres * ~ Will trade down nice *: Ootischania "$49,900 10th Ave. South” ‘Lorge {ict lot, Blueberry * 479,500 9007 Hers to $54, Naw Listing Pass Creek Form = Kinberry Hel, : 295.900". $69,900 peat a - lead,” 1031 Moutitain St. i $49,000 7th Ave., North Castlegar ‘$54,900 Lovely ‘omily home, 4-bdrm. Y bswizaming pool. . 1973,600 Dove Daniels (365-6892 ‘Mory Wade Anderson 368-9780 Welloce Reid 4 + Ray Bystrom 365-7081 EDMONTON (CP) — gary Flames’. chances ys Up setting Edmonton Oilers are * “glim and none,” says Van-, .couver - Canuck coach Roger Netlson. “. ” ‘New - York Islanders are Neilson’s pick as “the only National : Hockey League: : team able ‘to beat the Oilers during the league's Stanley Cup playoffs. .° ay The Flames" open «their. best-of-seven Smythe | Divi> sion ‘final’ ‘Thursday’ in’ Ed: monton the regular schedule with points’ to Calgary's 78. ‘An informal poll of coach -and general managers hai dleapped Calgary asa Beavy ‘underdog. * “86 beat th Olters: ‘you have ‘to. stop Wayne. Gret- 7” Neilson to stop their power play; you have to stop their second line- and* ‘their’ \ defencemen. There's too much. there to stop.” Neilson figures the Oilers e Ollers' finished |. “You have* sooo the ‘gies in five.” gam Don Perry, the Loa “An geles coach who mastermind: ‘ed: the Kings’ shocking first- round upset’ of. the Oilers a _ Year. ago, isn't, any more ‘op- - -timistic, about Calgary’ 8 chances Td aay Edinonton in five,” Perry. said, “Calgary, simply joean't match’ againat them: They don't: have the depth. . .. / You have-to haye strong - forechecking to beat, the. Oil- ers and Calgary’s, forechock: “They still ‘ost’ their’ com- ” posure this year,” he .aaid. “The only differerice between them last year and this year’ is, they're’ consclous: of what’. happened last year. They're still the same team.” “y rateeatneare 3.8 good chance,” Ferguson Tm’ sorry, _ healthy,” Johnson would say is; “It'll: be exactly the opposite of the ~ Vancouver series.” Calgary’s success or failure against Edmonton could de- pend on “how soon :66-goal scorer Lanny McDonald can return to the lineup. The ankle injury that kept ‘the right-winger out of Sun- . WAYNE GRETZKY ‘unstoppable me into a goalpost Saturday yy Canucks'’ Dave (Tiger) Willams, has spent much of this week in the Flames’ training. room, taking ultra- sound treatments, lying in the whirlpool and taking ice. massage. ie | should be ready- to go day's’ seri hing ‘game’ Winnipeg Jets” “| ‘general John, Fi whose club, Tost three i against Vancouver may keep him sidelined Thursday. McDonald, who. was alii day,”, McDonald “said. “At least I hope I am. It's 4 day-to-day: thing. It's better -today than i was yesterday." NHL. schedule changes. glad Chicago Black Haoks $ lol sulted, in scheduling changes for three of the four National’ final’ ~ Hockey League. quarter-! “game: in ea game to By MIKE RUTSEY. TORONTO (CP): — Don Sutton ‘kept to his formula against the - Blue Jays. on Tuesday. afternoon and Mil- waukee went, on to defeat. Toronto 6-6.in-an- American’ League’ baseball game.» The Brewers supplied Sit- ton with a 5-0 cushion by the third inning, a-lead the pesky . Jays chipped away until they tied it 5-5 on.a two-run home - run’ by Hosken Powell in the sixth, : Paul Molitor, who collected three hits on the day.as did Jim Gantner, doubled home Gantrier* in the ‘eighth to supply Sutton with ‘the vc ay tory and even “his record: at 1-1. “If you get the leadot man Z dub, : * Sutton maintained he was never worried as the Jays whittled away at the lead.. “It helped getting a. big _ said the 89-year-old right-hander. “Then you can trade runs for outa. '." “On this club my role is: to give the offence a chance to win the game.’ On this club you don’t have to bear down all the time, worry, about giving up just one or two runs (as he did the previous two years with Houston As- " tros). If you give this club a chance to get untracked and * not get behind by too much, there's a pretty good chance you'll always have a shot at winning. This club can score some rans.” TS LEAL Five of the six tthvaiiked ! gam jeans” the ‘second ‘series’ will be ‘played Fri ry afternoon. Le aoe drop” Brewers That was enough for Tor- onto manager Bobby Cox to ig in’ Mike Morgan, oi, who held the Brewers to one hit ‘through four innings be.” fore! Gantner and Molitor | hit: “consecutive, doubles leading off the eighth. 3 It was the second shell acking for Leal in as: many. - outings. Against Boston Red Sox. last Thursday, he gave up six runs and nine hits.in three innings. ‘The Jays picked up two . runs in the third.on a throw- ing error by Molitor .and a sacrifice fly by Damaso Gar-. cia. In the sixth Garcia struck again with a run-scoring sac- rifice' fly, driving in Alfredo Griffin who had tripled: Powell's homer fame.after ito Erni " Sutton’ 's took himsatt out of the game. after the eighth inning, and. was replaced by Jamie. Easterly who: gave up on hit in the final inning en route: to his first. save. The teams continued their three-game’ ‘series ‘today with’ Toronto's Jim Clancy making his firat start’ ara Mike Caldwell (0-1). "Pitcher dies. TULSA , OKA. (AP) 7 Pitcher. Carl. Morton, ‘the 1970 National League rookie of.the year and an original member of Montreal Expos, : collapsed after jogging Tues- ‘day and died of a heart at- runs came at the expense of tack. starter Luis Leal—a two-run homer by Robin Yount (No. 3) in the first inning anda two-run double by Cecil Cooper and run- scoring sin- gle by Ted Simmons in the third. ‘Morton, 89, compiled an 81-92. record in eight major league baseball seasons, pri- marily with the Expos and Atlanta Braves, including an 18-11 mark for the Expos in _ 1970. The CBC was 01 hing about it “A DAILY INTEREST ‘ACCOUNT THAT HAS IT ALL” Kootenay Savings Credit Union ' 1016- 4th Street, across from the Post Office.. GOLD DANCES «+ « Holly’ Harris completed her Gold Dances at a test day held tecently in Castlegar. The skater is a member of the Nelson Figure’ Skating Club, but while attending Selkirk College this year, she has been skating part- time with the Castlegar : Figure Skating Club. Running workshop here "Dr, Jack Taunton of UBC's Sports Medicine Clinic, Thel- ma Wright, current, 1,500 metre record holder, and Nelson ‘nutritionist Judy \, Toews, will be: at’ Selkirk College May 13 to 14 for the For People on the Run work. shop. ‘The workshop, scheduled » for Friday and Saturday is televising: the. Serine oe ‘ision +matehup between ‘the - Eastern time — not to men- tion Atlantic viewers. The network announced Tuesday an agreement had -been reached, whereby: all weeknight games in the ser-, ies will start at 9: p.m. EST, with weekend, games getting tinder: way at 8 p.m. EST. SINDENANGRY _ Boston general manager Harry Sinden, attempted to advanee the start of the ser- ies by one day to avoid the Wednesday conflict. How- ever, Scotty’ Bowman, the Sabres’ ‘general manager- coach, rejected the proposal and Sinden didn’t attempt to. hide his anger.- “J: was shocked,” Sinden said of Bowman's action. “He MONTREAL (CP) — fore his. start against Mon- treal Expos ‘on Tuesday, Steve Trout, the Chicago Cubs’ pitcher,;caught up on some reading. “I read an article in the paper that ‘trout season was, just around the corner,” said the Cubs’ lefthander. “Maybe they're right.” : It was definitely a’ great: day for Trout, who scattered * nine hits in 8 1-3 innings for a 6-0 baseball victory, ‘his first . as a member. of the National League. His performance de- prived the Expos of claiming. their fifth consecutive home- opening victory in front of 40,088 chilled fans at Olympic ~ Stadium. . . Trout, 1-1, sequictd from Chicago White Sox. of: the American League in a trade last. winter, failed to survive the third inning in his debut last Friday. “I think the ‘team needed, _ this win more’'than I did,” . said Trout. The Cubs were without a victory in, their firat six games, only dne less defeat than the team record for losses at the start of a season set in 1962, “We've had some tough breaks, but the important of fifth interrupting” his Practice “It's a bigger. headache for the fans than the’ team.’ It a Thi ¥” wight game, ollowed by‘an- other . Friday afternoon, won't help Buffalo. “It's the same, for both ‘teams,. he said. : However, Sinden “main: tains Bowman is well aware . the Bruins defensive corps is depleted ‘and “two games. within a 24-hour spanis going © to be trying on his club. In Chicago, publicity direc- tor Don Murphy said the Hawks ‘had given thought to * beginning their series Wed- nesday night.:as’ well, “but neither, coach was too keen on the idea; particularly Min- nesota.” . The scene shifts in all four’ series for Games 3 and 4 Sunday and Monday nights. Expos deprived victory Be- ‘thing is that we didn't get down,” said Trout. : Down is'what most of the fans at Olympic Stadium were feeling after using their loudest ..cheers to welcome the Expos in pre-game in- aucti ded [smoke Eaters defeated! ‘diate league. to join the Mo- il hawks, got two power: play, ‘iface, The Mohawks, of the Cen- tral: Amateur Senior Hockey. League, scored three goals in the first six'minutes and 16 seconds of the gamé.. They lield 8-0 and 4-3 leads at the period breaks. Ray Meilleur, who ‘was called up from an interme- ed-out the St. Boniface scor: ing. The Smoke Eaters, of the Western International Hoc- “key: League, had ‘goals by. Roy’ Huestis,’ Ron’ Areshen- koff and-Dave Elliott. All , three Trail -goals were on - second-period power plays.” ‘ Trail goalie.Mike Zanier Canadian rink wade 388. saves. For St. Bon- goalie Frank © Hunt "Mloeked 21 shots in the fiat two periods and: Jim, 5 paside-11-drives.in the : “The. Mohawks took soven of 13 minor penalties in. the game, played before 1,599 * “The Mohawks meet Cam- bridge, Ont. Hornets in the best-of-seven national final, beginning Friday night in Cambridge. being co-organized by Selkirk . College's department of Con- tinuing Education, Castlegar Regional Recreation Commis- sion, and the provincial gov- ernment’s -Recreation and Sport Branch. - “Our-'1982 running work-- shop was a big success, with 105 registrants,” said Craig Andrews, coordinator of Con- tinuing . Education. “And “since we have based our pro- gram on the.results of the survey. we conducted last year, we certainly ‘expect as many or more participants © this time.” , The workshop: will start “out on Friday evening with a banquet and fashion show to be held in the Castlegar Rec- reation- Complex. “Bill Me- Intosh, a representative from Nike, will give a presentation “on sports equipment, Saturday, Dr. Taunton, a ‘researcher. and runner . will give ‘a two-hour seminar‘ on * running injuries; Wright, one - of Canada's outstanding ath- letes, a teacher and coach of the Vancouver Olympic Club, - will do a two-hour seminar on training’ principles; and Toews,, director of Body- sense, Life Skills for Weight Management, and a. highly seapecied:. nuteitign . consuls tant will run a two-hour sem- inar on nutrition for runners, ~ A 4km and 10ktn fun run is also planned for’. Saturday afternoon. Runners who are unable to participate in the workshop may take part in, the run. Pre-registration deadline for the workshop is May 2. Cost is $25. Shock treatment helpful REGINA (CP) — It took Neil Harrison's snake bite to get the sting back into Can- ada’s gato. ‘After the Ed Werenick rink was stunned 10-3 by Don Cooper of the United States in the afternoon draw of the men’s world curling cham- pionship Tuesday, Harrison leshis teammates know in no uncertain terms the conse- quences if they didn’t get their heads together. The immediate result was an 82 romp..over Bruno Binggeli's Swiss champions in the evening draw that saw West Germany, skippéd by ey the longest ovation to new ‘manager Bill Virdon, but a temperature of eight degrees andthe even cooler Expos’ bats numbed them into si- lence for most of the game.’ OVATION FEELS GOOD “The ovation gave me a great feeling,” said Virdon. “I hope the reception is still the same in a few months’ time.” The Cubs were not as kind in welcoming Bill Gullickson, the Montreal starter. They fashioned: a 4-0 lead in the’ first inning, with three of the runs coming on Keith More- land’s first home run of the season. Two-out singles by Leon Durham and Ron Cey _ preceded. the homer. _;But .the key. play in the inning was a bloop triple to centre field by leadoff batter Ryne Sandberg. Perched at third, Sandberg scored on a groundout by Scott Thomp- son, the next batter. to-nati dan emerge the only. un- defeated rink in the round- robin tournament after four © games. Keith Wen-- ‘The West Germans, a vet- . eran rink together for three straight world Harrison said. “We've been so lackadaisicat out there tournaments, shelled hapless . Arthur Fabi of Austria, 16-2. “Neil, we call him The’. Snake, threw a couple of shots at usin the car and I think they worked,” Weren- ich said. “He just bought out a couple of points to get us fired up somehow, even if we have to start yelling at each other.” Harrison, the-lezd on the Toronto ‘Avonlea rink, said he thought some shock treat- ment was needed to get the: team back in the form it en- joyed when it won the Can- adian championship at Sud- bury, Ont.,a month ago. “T thought we had to go out there and play a lot better,” that we had to get up for the game. “It. was embarrassing out there this afternoon. I thought I'd better kick them ‘around a little bit.” ‘LOSES FIRST GAME With Scotland losing its first game, 7-6 victory to the Stefan Hasselborg team, West Germany was alone on 4-0 followed by four teams at 8-1 — Canada, Norway, Scot- land and Sweden. The U.S, was alone at 2-2 followed on 1-3 by Swit- zerland and Austria and win- less Denmark and Italy. Canada has a key show- down today against Sweden while West Germany and Scotland met in another fifth-round match. In the evening draw, Canada goes against Norway and West Germany meets the U.S. Wendorf, wh had a lot of support in the crowd with many of his former friends at the Canadian Forces Base in Lahr, West Germany, on hand, said his 4-0 start was a dream. “The last’ four years we haven't had a start like this,” he said of his standing. “It's really nice to be 4-0 after two days. . “We know the remaining . five (games) are against top- class teams,” he said. “Once you get the lead, you can back off and not have to con- centrate so much.” Playfair track opens April 22 + Spokane’s Playfair Race Course, one of the West's oldest thoroughbred tracks, is preparing for its longest season of horse racing. The 98-day meeting opens Friday, April 22, and winds up nearly six months later, on Monday, Oct. 10. The 1983 meeting will offer 16 more racing days than 1982, the previous longest season since Playfair opened its initial 16-day run at the site of tho former Inland Em- ae Fairgrounds Aug. 30, cee opening two weekends ‘of the 1983 meet will feature racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday; with Wednesday- evening cards beginning May 4. Post times for first races will be 6:15 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. on Sundays, holidays and Triple Crown days. The: track is located less than two miles east of the downtown center of Spokane, northeast of Sprague and Altamont. Playfair fans will be treated to 980 live races this year, plus at least two legs of the Triple Crown for three- year-olds — The Preakness Saturday May 21 and The Belmont Saturday June 11. In addition’ Playfair direc- tors are atill hopeful of tele- casting the Kentucky Derby : Saturday, May 7. As in the past two years, pari-mutuel wagering would be allowed on the Triple Crown races at tracks: in Washington state. . Playfair Racing Secretary Norm Amundson Jr. has scheduled 29 stakes events with base purses of more than $200,000. Once again the richest race at Playfair wil! be the Spokane Futurity for Washington-bred two-year- olds Sept. 25. Gross purse for the 1983 Futurity is estimated at $58,000, up from the current record purse of $46,510 for the 1982 Spokane Futurity. The Futurity has been len- gthened from 6’, furlongs to one mile-and 70 yards. Another highlight of the Playfair meet will be the 76th running of the $16,000-added Spokane Derby for three- year-olds racing one and 1/8 miles Sept. 18. The Derby was run for several decades at the Interstate Fair before Playfair opened. Other top events include the $15,000 Playfair mile for three-year-olds and older horses Oct. 2, the $10,000 Juvenile Mile and two-year- olds Sept. 11 and the popular two-mile $10,000 Inland Em- pire for three-year-olds and up Oct. 9.