Page 8A Grizzly bear cubs shot NELSON DAILY NEWS The Nelson District Conser- vation Office reported two griz- zly bear cubs were shot at a Meadow Creek residence on * on grizzly bears in this area,” said conservation officer Brian Petrar. “The matter is still under investigation and charges will be laid if warranted.” “We can not release any fur- ther details at this time,” added Petrar. “The usual practice ( in cases like this ) is to lay charges for shooting big game in a closed season." According to the conservation officer, charges warrant a manda- tory court appearance and a maxi- mum penalty of $10,000. The court can also order a forfeiture of seized items, like an automobile, and suspend hunting privileges. Crystal || Crvstats’> Rocks + Jewellery ” POLLAINE E. EMDE 1480 COLUMBIA AVE. (CASTLEGAR, B.C. VIN 3K3 (604) 365-7616 Res 365-3253 Further details in the ongoing case are expected later this week. Ferry conversion expected by December The $660,000 contract for the Harrop ferry barge conversion, that will increase carrying capac ity from 10 to 28 vehicles, has been awarded to CKS Construc tion of Surrey “The current cable ferry which only has a capacity of 10 cars has been in service since 1962,” said Nelson-Creston MLA Corky Evans in a news release Friday. “In the past 30 years the residential and industri- al traffic on the ferry has grown to an average of 20,000 vehicles pef month. During peak hours the ferry is operating in an over- load situation.” The contract is said to entail dismantling and refitting the barge recently used to backup to the Needles Ferry at Farquier. The barge, that formerly operated as a cable ferry between Nelson and the North Shore, will be dis- assembled and moved to Koote- nay Lake for the conversion to a cable ferry with a wheelhouse. The Ministry of Transporta tion and Highways reports the new ferry is expected to be oper- ating by December. Four-year-old Maureen Randles has finally found a way to have her face painted without getting into mom's make- up, with the help of an official from the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society. Her sister, Nicole, age 6, watches from behind, during the kick-off to the 1992 United Way Campaign held at the Community Complex, last weekend. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Sharlene Imhoff ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH 170 THE LOUNGE presents ‘John Cresswell" OCTOBER 3-8 PM - 12 PM Quests with members welcome Castleaird Plaza 365-2211 HOUR PHOTO THE PICTURE PLACE Castlegar firm awarded contract TRAIL TIMES A Castlegar firm has been awarded a $52,924 contract to remodel the Balfour transfer sta- tion to improve public conve- nience and reduce costs. Sorenson Excavating Limit- ed will relocate a garbage com- Ppactor unit and construct a building which will include a storage area for recyclables. The Regional District of Central Kootendy, which operates the site, chose Sorenson Exeavat- ing from among six bidders. The Castlegar firm was low bidder on the project. Other bids ranged as high as $106,945 Josh Smienk, Area E director who represents Balfour, said he was especially pleased that the Project would give residents easy access to a recycling depot “We had to do something at this site as the number of bins of garbage hauled from Balfour increased 49 per cent between 1990 and 1991,” said Smienk. “The main problem was the compactor which reduces garbage volume two to one was not easily accessible by people with big loads in pickup trucks,” the director added. “The reloca- tion of the compactor will elimi- nate this problem and reduce the number of trips RDCK trucks have to make from the transfer station to the landfill at Canex near Salmo.” Public meetings will be held in Balfour, Procter and Harrop in October to discuss further options to reduce haulage from the trans fer station, including a site atten- dant to control where material is dumped and restricted hours of access to the facility “It doesn’t make sense to dump branches and grass clip pings in a bin and haul them 52 miles down the highway to be buried in the ground,” Smienk said. “To control this we néed to put an attendant on the site during opening hours to inform people eno, ARE | 50% OFF” GREEN FEES & POWER CARTS FOR KOOTENAY RESIDENTS I FOR TEE TIMES CALL 227-9362 I OR 227-9226 ! 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A year ago, even before Com- inco announced it was cutting 500 jobs, the school district was projecting an enrollment decline of 125 students due to demo- graphic changes. , Not only did Cominco's restructuring not add to the decline, enrollment in the Trail district is up a few students to 3,525. “There doesn't appear to be any movement (of laid off work- ers),” said school board chair Jean Cormack, who also heads a labor adjustment committee assisting former . Cominco employees. Trustees were so worried about falling enrollment they appealed to the province last spring for “bridge financing” to help make the transition to a smaller school population. The province agreed to main- tain funding this year. Cormack said she is concemed the newly unemployed will start Ask Us!... More Than 100 Units To Choose From Only.. $9900 Ford's Invoice. GES ovr 4TH ANNUAL T SALE-A- RATION ‘ll Show You FORD [WHITE WAT. D.L. D7253 See the ALL MW 1993 VILLAGER _ With Standard ABS Brakes ER MOTORS LTD. Frank Anderson r1\% Mike Keegan 623 RAILWAY STREET NELSON, B.C. V1L 1H5 TELEPHONE: 352-7202 352-7202 352-7202 352-6486 352-6843 352-7202 354-4772 aimee avers ), leaving Trail when their unem- ployment benefits run out next spring. “It’s going to make planning very difficult for us. Although funding has been stabilized for this year we may not be any fur- ther ahead by the end of the year,” she said. On the brighter side, Cormack noted there have been some new families moving into the area and there are various community ini- Ualives to promote growth. Nelson library reapens NELSON DAILY NE NEWS The David Thompson Library reopened Sept. 15. This has been made possible through the efforts of about 15 volunteers dedicating time to staff the library. Chuck Chappell, Robin Rohrmoser, Shirley Bonney and Michael Carter along with Dennis Zomer- schoe form the core group of experienced volunteers. It has been a busy summer for this group which met for a number of planning and orientation sessions over the summer. The result is that this superb university research collection of about 65,000 books is once again available to the public and the various educational groups in the community; Nelson University Centre, Kootenay Schools of the Ants, etc. The collection has particular strength in the humanities, social sciences and the fine arts as well as a substantial collection of Periodicals. There are over 25 new periodicals selected by NUC Faculty members. There are also plans for KSA to select some periodicals of relevance to their courses. The public is invited to enjoy these publica- tions in the library. The David Thompson Library will be open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3 - 9 p.m., and on Sunday after- noons from 1 to 4 p.m. Those that would like to keep the library open and running can call Dennis at 359-7531 or leave a message at the NUC office at 352-3144 PET PE I tes ee OR % Se Sports Editor Jason Keenam 365-5579 Pub Ae oe eh 9A Rebels take two from the Night Hawks ' ‘ie Chenier (14) takes the face-off for the Rebels. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan Basketball fundraiser ‘Sun Sports. The annual Stanley Humphries basketball bottle drive raised $750 dollars to help finance the teams for the upcoming season. “The money goes towards ref- erees, uniforms, and travel,” said Jack Closkey, coach of the senior girls team. Cost really start to add up when referees cost $40 per game, and uniforms cost $1,000 per set. “Typically on my team, it costs the family of the player $1,000 to $1,500 per year,” he added. “The more we can raise, the easier it is, on.the family. About half the school’s basket- ball 40 or 45 players participated in the bottle drive, knocking on doors in Robson and Kinnaird and a part of downtown to collect bot- _ tles. He said turnout would have \, been higher, but waiting until the second week of school meant that a lot of other activities had started. As well, a lot of the kids shy about their chances of making the team didn’t make it out. The next fundraiser the basket- ball program is planning is a coupon book for local restau- rants. While details are being worked out, Closkey hopes the books will be available in a cou- ple of weeks. “We hope to hit about a $100 value for 20 bucks.” Closkey added that the community has been great supporting the pro- gram. “Everyone was really coopera- tive. We thank the community for , their support.” Bob Bauline (in truck) and Jason Archambault were two of the basketball team members out canvassing Castle- gar last weekend for bottles. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan Field hockey season begins Sun Sports It’s a transition year for the senior girls field hockey team at Stanley Humphries Secondary School. Most of the forwards from last years team have moved on, while the core of remaining players, as well those who moved up from the junior team, play on the defense. “We're not going to score a lot of goals at the beginning,” said team Coach Verna Chernoff Though the team lacks the scor- ing skill at this point, hard work and what's already there should combine as the season progresses to help get a few more balls in the goal. “We're strong on defense and have a very mobile goalkeeper,” added Chernoff. Her personal like as a coach, a fast moving game with a lot of goals, is the Next step for the team. Her crew has something just as important as fast feet. “We don’t have a lot of speed on the team this year, but we have a lot of smart players.” Knowing the right moves and strategies for breaks will give the team the nec- essary offensive punch. {The season gets under way this afternoon at 4 p.m. with an away game against Rossland at Cen- tennial Park. The team then trav- els to Kelowna for a tournament against Kelowna and Vancouver teams starting Friday. Their first match is against K.L.O. Secondary School of Kelowna, the best team in the province. “They have one of the best coaches in Canada,” said Cher- noff. Field hockey is a year round sport for K.L.O., and players make a full time Commitment to the team and the sport. In other words, they 're tough to beat “If we can be respectable when we compete against them, T'll be happy.” JASON KEENAN Sun Sports Editor The Castlegar Rebels Junior B Hockey team may be off to a 2-0 start in exhibition play, but co-head , coach Gordie Walker is still wait- ing for things to fall into place. The schedule may have said Beaver Valley, but that wasn't the team the Rebels played. “Over the last two games, Beayer Valley probably only had four or five of the kids who will play on the team out on the ice.” It’s still pre-season, and all the teams are checking out the play- ers trying out for their teams. “Overall, you can’t take much out of those two games,” added Walker. Beating Beaver Valley Night Hawks by 4-0 Friday, and 6- 1 Saturday did present problems for Walker after Saturday's game. “We have to cut two goalies tonight - they've let in one goal in two games,” said Walker. “How do you make a cut?” One real problem was the penalties both teams racked up both nights. On Saturday night the Rebels racked up 82 minutes in penalties, along with three game misconducts, while Beaver Valley's tally was 56 minutes and two game misconducts. With all the Beaver Valley kids wearing helmet cages, Walker said it was almost a guarantee that sticks, and tempers, were going to rise. In minor hockey, players have the protection of the mask are used to getting the sticks up, and not causing any one much grief. But when your opponents aren't wearing masks, old habits are hard to break. But as tempers rise, so do the number of fights. “It dictates the number of penalties.” The Rebels jumped out to a 4 1 lead at the end of the first on goals by Craig Swanson, Cory Ross, Shane Cutler, and Mark Graff. The lone Night Hawks ‘Overall, you can't take too much out of these two games.’ — GORDIE WALKER Rebels co-coach goal was a tally by Jordan Equoff in the first. Swanson had the lone goal in the second, while Mark Graff put his second of the night away in the third. Kevin Leeman, Jerry Holz, Nino Da Costa, Dustin Rilcof, Jeff Evdokimoff, and Ted Hunter assisted on the Rebel goals. On the scoring side, Walker was impressed Graff, who Rebels’ co- -Coach Gordie Walker gives the boys on the ice some instructions during Saturday's game. showed up for Saturday’s game after driving in from Merritt. Graff and his line mates Mike Shane Cutler takes clean-up duty after one of the fights | that peppered the games. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keonpé, Myhra and Craig Swanson weye responsible for seven of the Rebels’ 15 points. % “That line was very effective tonight.” The Rebels faced Rossland lag. night after press time, and play host to Grand Forks Friday, agid Spokane Saturday, before heal ing down to Spokane on S vy Walker would like to see as a crowd. at the games as the 3. who were out at the Beaver val ley game. “The biggest positive was the crowd. The kids perform a Idt better with people in the stands?” And he’s looking forward to the true barometer of the team - the first game against Nelson on Noy. 20. 7 “TI think a good indicator of the level of the team will be Nelson. Our goal has to be competing with Nelson, and competing with Nelson in the end.” RubberHead a technical success Mountain bike races stresses the essentiats ‘of the sport JASON KEENAN Sun Sports Editor The technicians were out on the trails around Rossland last weekend The seventh annual Rubber- Head mountain Bike Festival went off without a hitch up in the Golden City, and attracted over 130 participants, and 40 ‘We've had nothing but good Kelowna, Port Moody, Nelson, and even Salt Lake City, Utah, for the race. “We've had nothing but good comments.” He said that thé out-of-towner’s all said Rosslan- der’s made them feel welcome, and the race itself was great “They like the single track just a trail through the bush. It’s more like game trails than the usual old mining or logging road.” The skills needed to compete on a trail like that are bike handling ability plus endurance. The path for the RubberHead, a long-cross coun- try route, is up and down through the terrain around Rossland. “It's a really good all-round test,” said Miller. ' Over $8,000 in prizes were handed out af the competition, including four bikes from Ger- ick Cycle and Sport, Norco, and Specialized, a trip for two to Baja from Gabriola Cycle and Kayak, cash from the Rossland Credit Union, and tickets from Red Mountain ski hill. “You have to be a good mountain bike rider to compete. You can’t be a road racer who pushes it on back-country roads.” And Miller should know; he took the overall title in the Veterans category. “It makes me think I should race more,” he laughed. He explained the main differ- ence between a normal moun- tain bike ride, and one done in competition - drawing down from something deep inside. “You can't push yourself in a recreational ride like you can when your racing.” But the , competition comes down to one important thing “Really, it’s just a big laugh.” — TERRY MILLER RubberHead Organizer volunteers. “It went great,” said Terry Miller, one of the race organizers. “The keys were no one was hurt really badly, and all the races went off on time.” Com- petitors came from Calgary, Edmonton, Washington State, RUBBERHEAD RESULTS (Overall Category winners: EXPERTS - Scott Neilson SPORTSMEN - Kari Medig SPORTSWOMEN - Shannon Crossfield NOVICE MEN - Byers INOVICE WOMEN - Sienna Boothman JUNIORS - Dave Lawson ICADETS - Brendan Wooley VETERANS - Terry Miller MASTERS - Raymond Gaudart Terry Miller gives it his all in the hill climb competition at the RubberHead Mountain Bike Festival in Rossland last Saturday. Miller, on of the event's organizers, took the overall title in the Veterans’ category. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan