— After a year of strong sales and rising employment, the U.S. timber industry has” fallen into a slump that is hitting especially hard in the industry's heartland. Timber companies gorged themselves on lumber last year and the first quarter of 1984, reopening mills as housing construction picked up after the lean years of 1981-82. In the last six weeks, how- ever, lumber and plywood prices have fallen and mill inventories have swelled. More than 2,500 people have been or will be laid off this month in Oregon mills owned rh Ge AXIMIZERY RLY KNOWN AS PLAN 24 — ; Tt ‘ s \. Victory party gets out of hand EDMONTON (CP) — Sixty police battled beer-bottle throwing fans Tuesday night when a celebration of Edmon- ton Oilers’ Stanley Cup victory turned into a near riot. Police spokesman lan MacKechnie said 60 people were arrested, adding some were to be charged today while others would be released The officers received minor injuries, MacKechnie said. There was no estimate of how many onlookers were hurt, gerent celebrants to the ground, pommelling them with their clubs, then dragging them to paddywagons. “What we were trying to do as we went along is identify the inciters,” said Braiden. “Then we go in and remove them.” The crowd continually taunted the police, shouting ob- scenities. Some blamed the officers for starting the trouble, saying everything was fine until police provoked the by Weyerhaeuser Co., Rose- although some sported cuts and swollen lips. ; violence. burg Lumber Co. and Pub- - Police said there was little or no damage to public lishers Paper Co. _w | property. Industry representatives % ee blame rising mortgage rates | s7euseres, more than anything else. [SS Et@eme Time~Zero They also cite poor weather, Supercolor Irene Masson I think he’s sincere, but I don't know if I'd vote for him. Wayne Greep Mulroney seems to be running like a little dictator, like Trudeau. He was good. I was going to vote for John Turner. He swung my vote. “THEY WENT NUTS’ One young woman bent sobbing over a male friend who More than 100,000 people jammed a 12-block parade bled from the side of the head. The officer who hit him was route and cheered the team that won the National Hockey putting handcuffs on the man. League championship here Saturday night, ending the “I was just standing here,” said the woman, who suf- Islanders’ four-year grip on the Cup. fered a bruised wrist after being struck by a nightstick. i But after a rally at city hall, some of the crowd which “These guys are going nuts.” Sioplbeed cust in isriaiglie had been drinking during the festivities moved into a down MacKechnie denied police had provoked the crowd. forecasts. 2 town park and ignored requests by police to leave. Braiden said firefighters had sprayed water from a “Everybody was predict- Bottles and rocks began flying and police called in rein- high-pressure hose over top of a crowd in the park. ing that this would be a forcements to handle a crowd estimated at close to 5,000. “We used it to sprinkle them so that they would get wet pretty good year,” said Wey- ‘NOT A RIOT’ and get cold and leave.” erhaeuser chairman Robert " - “It's not a riot,” said Staff Sgt. Chris Braiden of the The crowd was finally broken up around midnight. B. Wilson. “It's an election . Edmonton city police, as beer bottles crashed around him. The parade and rally were peaceful. Mayor Laurence year, and typically that kind TOYLAND “What you have here is 90 per cent of the people being Decore congratulated the Oilers for their four victories of thing has an effect on the ‘= } —Spret ft s onlookers, looking for a bit of excitement. And then youhave against one loss in the best-of-seven series. markets, BMYiaNia A pps the inciters, generally at the back, lobbying the bottles.” “We want to acknowledge the great tribute the Oilers “And then, all of a sudden, e nN & A three-block area along Jasper Avenue, the city’s main have paid to the City of Edmonton,” Decore said. “We want the faucet got turned off.” street, was choked with people and police cars, virtually to thank each and every Oiler for giving us the time of our Lumber production for the blocking any traffic movement. lives.” ; week ending May 12 totalled ) é ‘ : Police, some wearing riot helmets and most earrying A gala dinner, attended by Decore, Premier Peter 335 million board feet in 12 , . & yea: nightsticks, were showered with bottles. The officers re- Lougheed and other dignitaries, was held Tuesday night. western states, said the fatedly charged into the crowd lining the sidewalks to drag "The guests posed with players for photographs in front : - pe: Western Wood Products As- WILDCAT VICTORY . . . Wildcats catcher puts out Slowpitch league game played Tuesday night. Wild- off offenders. of the Cup. Most were unaware of the mayhem occurring a “In the Heart of Downtown Castlegar.” ND BOX F y Debra Cote of Media All-Stars during Castlegar cats recorded 21-12 victory over All-Stars. CosNewsPhoto There were several incidents of officers wrestling belli few blocks away. sociation, a trade group. That was down five per cent from the same week in 1983. SHOWS A DROP Shipments of lumber from mills totalled 313 million board feet, down 10 per cent from a year ago. Inventories swelled to 2.67 billion board EXPOS 3 PADRES 2 Ashley Popoff He seems to be alright. Peter Schaprickyn Mary Hopkins I hope he makes good. 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All officers were re-elec- Jim Corbett was re-elected president, Wally Peacock re- elected vice-president, Ruth Townsend will remain as secretary, Sharon Waldie as treasurer, Elaine Bevans, registrar and Gary Hyson, past-president. Directors are: Orlando Vecchio, Mel McMullen, Jer- ry Hurd, Bill Junker, Marty Carew, Elena Carew and Jim Rysen. The executive is hoping coaches Ralph and Bruno Tassone will return for ano ther season. “Their work was so ex- cellent we are going to do everything in our power to gather them back,” Peacock said. But the Rebels don't ex pect general manager Ron Rebelato to be back and are presently looking for a re- placement. “It's a big job, Peacock noted. “It has to be somebody that hag a bit of experience and & community-minded in- dividual.” The Rebels’ 1983 financial report was excellent, accord- ing to Peacock, which indi- cates that the club broke even. “We're not rich, but we didn't. go into the hole,” Peacock said, adding that was the club's biggest fear. The Rebels’ total expendi tures amounted to $28,625 while revenue totalled $27,705 for a deficit of $920. “We didn't lose any money on operations,” treasure Sharon Waldie commented. “We broke pretty well even but we have to generate more income from the gates.” During the regular season the gate receipts were down $2,000 from last year but were up by $5,000 in the playoffs from last year, al though the team wasn't in the playoffs as long last year as this season. “The point is to have a good team and get into the playoffs,” Waldie said. “Dur- ing the season we have to get a good team that will enter- tain the fans and generate more (money).” The Rebels also got rev- enue through advertising, raffles and miscellaneous sales. “There's little ways of making bits of revenue,” she said. Local athlete wins medal By CasNews Staff Castlegar Judo Club mem- ber Warren Maloff won a gold medal at a Kootenay open judo competition held in Cranbrook on the weekend. Over 300 competitors from B.C., Alta., Mont., Idaho and Wash. took part in the competition. Maloff, the sole represen- tative from the Castlegar Judo Club, under the super- vision of coaches John Gibson and Lew Hamilton, came away with a gold in the nine years and under category in the 84 kg class. It was Mal- off's second gold medal. He won a gold at a competition in Grand Forks last year. In the Cranbrook compe- tition Maloff beat out Brian Knight of Cranbrook and Brian Wong and Terry Me- Hugh of Winfield in the quest for the gold medal. The competition wrapped up this year’s judo season, which will resume in Sep- tember. Lea earns seventh victory MONTREAL (CP) — Char- lie Lea, the Montreal Expos right-hander, made. quick work of San Diego Padres on Tuesday night, which must have come as somewhat of a shock to home-plate umpire Paul Runge. “Before the game, Paul said to me that it looks like a long game tonight,” said Ex- pos catcher Gary Carter. “I guess it’s because he knew Charlie was on the mound.” Lea, however, finished the game in a tidy two hours, 18 minutes, and of prime im- portance to him, earned his seventh victory with a four- hit, 3-2 National League baseball triumph. “Really, I wasn't aware until after the game tonight how fast I had completed the game,” said Lea, who insists his average time is “around two and a half hours.” “I didn't pitch fast on pur- pose, it just happened that way,” said Lea, who has been involved in more than his share of near-threé-hour con- tests. NETTLES REBOUNDS Lea, 7-2, found himself behind 1-0 with two out in the first inning when the slump- ing Graig Nettles, benched Sunday with a .177 batting average, belted his fourth homer. The Expos tied the score in the fourth after Terry Fran- cona, the league's leading hitter with a .383 average, followed Tim Wallach’s dou- ble with a triple that was lined past the lunging Steve Garvey at first base and on into the right-field corner. It was one of only three hits allowed by Padres start- er Eric Show, 5-3, until the fateful sixth inning, It was an inning Tim Raines started with a walk, and one out later, Carter sent an 0-1 pitch into the left-field bleachers for his seventh home run, and third in his last four games. “It was a nothing pitch, right down the heart of the plate,” said a dejected Show. “If he calls it that, that’s his prerogative,” said Carter when told of Show's com ment. “But Eric Show doesn't throw a nothing pitch. He's one of the fine pitchers in this league. It was a fastball on the outer part of the plate.” MAKE IT CLOSE Lea, who walked three and struck out four in completing his first game and only the third by a Montreal starter, allowed only one hit after the second inning. Wayne Gretzky to undergo surgery EDMONTON (CP) — Wayne Gretzky of the Stan- oped because he was tying ley Cup Oilers says he will probably undergo minor surgery June 17 in Edmonton to correct a circulation problem in his left ankle. Gretzky has fluid on the ankle, a problem that devel- his skate too tight, cutting off The problem, though not serious, bothered Gretzky for the last two months of the Natidnal Hockey League -sea- son — since a trip to Detroit in early January. one ee | Rebels club supports Junior A status Immaculate 2 bedroom home with 100 frontage on Arrow Lake Dri ner Assumable mortgage 10% mowing ond property mus! be sold c Immaculate starter horn ‘all now Costlegor. Newly renovated. 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The oe on oxi to sell ‘quickly of $79,500. Call today! You owe # t0 yoursell to inves! 018 this tine home A wade to lower priced home possible By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar Rebels hockey club's executive has given full support to a move by the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League to apply for Junior A Tier Two status. ‘The league currently holds a Junior B status. Rb vice-president Wally Peacock said in an interview that at a recent KIJHL meeting in Spokane. Wash. both he and Rebels president Jim Corbett sup- ported the motion, put forth by Eddie Mountain of Columbia Valley Rockies of Invermere. “Mountain suggested to the KIJHL executive that for several years he has pursued the motion and wanted to bring it up again because he felt the KIJHL is at a point where it must upgrade the standards of the KIJHL in name only, because he felt the talent was certainly competitive,” Peacock said. KIJHL president Terry Skarbo said in an interview: “We feel we have reached the accomplishments of a Junior B league.” He said the league is losing players to the Major Junior and Junior A teams and that in some cases this is hurting the system because teams are bringing up midget players and even bantam players so the teams can remain competitive. Skarbo said it is felt that by moving to Junior A status, players would remain in the KIJHL. “We can provide a pretty good nucleus for Junior A,” he said. He said if the change is approved, the KIJHL may have to increase its schedule td 50 games from the present 40. games. “We don’t anticipate any more major changes than that,” he said. “The officiating is comparable.” Skarbo said it is felt most of the KIJHL teams will be “far more competitive next year.” Questioned on the league's chances of getting the application approved, Skarbo said: “I think if we cover all the questions and possibilities and show them we feel a need for it in the area, it’s not a difficult decision.” If the application is approved, the KIJHL will help not kill the Western International Hockey League — a senior league, Skarbo pointed out. “In the last couple of years the WIHL has had diffi culty bringing in players because of lack of jobs and shortage of funds.” With the exception of Spokane Chiefs, all the teams are publicly owned. He said the KIJHL, would provide better calibre loeal hockey players for the WIHL. “We don't feel we will seriously cut into the fan situ ation,” he said. “We expect as credibility grows, so will the interest. “Everybody feels that every team in the league did see a real turnaround in junior support.” In the Cranbrook area, for instance, the final games involved teams from other leagues on the way to the provinei ips, yet fan di was at 1,000 and 1,500 in the final three games. Most teams had a fairly stable attendance with the exception of Trail and Creston, which experienced a slight drop. ‘The decision for upgrading the league will be made at the annual BCAHA meeting to be held in September in ‘Trail. a Peacock added that if the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association approves the KIJHL's application to upgrade the league, the Rebels ean get back the fan support they once had in 1976 and 1977 when they won the league title. The league is also hoping the move will encourage more players to stay at home and play in the KIJHL rather than go to other leagues to play hockey, such as the B.C. Junior Hockey League. “As far as the league is concerned, a considerable amount of players, because of recognition, have no move over to the Junior A Tier Two teams (like the BCJHL) because they don’t have much choice,” Peacock said. “The fellow who wants to pursue hockey as a career, if he wants to be scouted persistently, has to play during A Tier Two or follow Junior A. He said the only difference for the Rebels if Junior A status is approved, is that many of the players who go to play in the Okanagan will tend to stay in Castlegar and play with the Rebels. He explained that the difference between Tier One and Tier Two is that in Tier One it is next to impossible to pursue an education because of the tight schedule, whereas in Tier Two it is possible. Another reason for the move to Tier Two Junior A status is that many playeres in the KIJHL want oppor tunities to go into college hockey. In Tier Two hockey, a player is still eligible to play college hockey, but a Tier One player is ineligible. “We want to remain in Tier Two because it enables kids to gp onto college hockey if they so wish and it gives younger players an opportunity to play at home. He (the player) can play the best calibre available to him,” Pea cock said. .. The calibre of the team remains a primary concern for the Rebels. “The primary complaint from the fans in the area is that we've got to ice a team that plays .500 hockey or better,” Peacock said. “If that’s which we have to do, that’s which we intend to do,” he said. The move to Tier Two was also discussed at the Rebels’ recent annual meeting. Peacock said the issue was heavily discussed and the general feeling of the membership was “that was the way to go.” He said the principal reason it was never done in the past was because of a ruling of the KIJHL that says there are not to be more than two Junior A Tier Two leagues in B.C. “Nobody seems to be able to explain why not,” Peacock said. In other KLJHL business, president Terry Skarbo was re-elected as’ KLJHL president. Gary Hansen was elected vice-president of the East Division and Wayne Edwards is the West Division's vice-president. In other news, a bid to suspend Spokane Flames coach Gail Holden was waived at the meeting. The charge rose out of a controversy over whether Holden's conduct during the Spokane-Cranbrook cham- pionship series was befitting a coach. After some debate the executive realized that “things were pretty heated in the hockey series, the charge was waived,” Peacock said. It was also reported that Cranbrook set a league record by winning the Cyclone Taylor Cup for the fourth consecutive year. Cranbrook beat North Shore Winter Club forthe trophy. ¥