News February 20, 1991 LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS Hunting dates proposed By CasNews Staff B.C. Environment Ministry's wildlife branch has announced proposed opening dates for 1991-92 big game hunting seasons in phe province... ; The opening dates apply mainly to hunting of male big game animals and do not cover open seasons for antlerless animals or small game, the wildlife branch says in a news release. The wildlife branch cautions that the dates listed are preliminary but firm enough to allow hunters and guides to plan their next season. The government will publish complete hunting regulations in July. Opening dates for 1991-92 differ little from last year, the wildlife branch says. However, there are some changes and some openings are still pending. In the Kootenay region, the opening date for bull moose season is under review pending results of the winter survey, the wildlife branch says. Also in the Kootenay region, three-point and six-point elk seasons are being examined in light of the decrease in mature bull elk that has been noted in several areas. A public forum is being held to discuss possible solutions to the problem, the wildlife branch says. Proposed opening dates for the 1991-92 hunting season in the Kootenay region are as follows: Mule (black-tailed) deer Sept. 10 — management units 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4-40. Sept. 1 (bow and arrow season) — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4-40. White-tailed deer Sept. 10 — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4- Sept. 1 (bow and arrow season) — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4-40. Moose To be announced — 4-01 to 4-05, 4-20 to 2-26, 4-34 to 4-40. Ek To be announced — 4-01 to 4-07, 4-18 to 4-30, 4-34 to 4-37, 4-40, Sept. | (bow and arrow season) — 4-01 to 4-05, 4-20 to 4-26, 4-34 to 4- 37, 4-40. Mountain sheep (bighorn) Sept. 10 — 4-01, 4-02, 4-21 to 4- 25, 4-35. Caribou Sept. 10 — 4-37 to 4-40. 09, 4-14 to 4-40, Sept. | (bow and arrow season) — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4-40. Cougar Dec. 1 — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4 37, 4-40, Wolf Sept. 10 — 4-01 to 4-09, 4-14 to 4- Meanwhile, B.C, Environment is urging hunters who have received a 1990 hunting harvest questionnaire from the wildlife branch to complete and feturn the postpaid survey card as soon as possible. Thé annual survey of resident hun- to place and from year to year, and hunters’ success relative to their time and effort. Hunters who bought a licence for @ particular species but did not hunt Or were unsuccessful should still complete and return the question- naire. Their answers are needed as much as those of successful hunters to provide a complete picture of last year’s hunting activity by B.C. residents, the wildlife branch says. ' Weekly Special DOUBLE PATTY DELUXE = $995 ALL OUR PRICES INCLUDE THE G.5.7. 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We are also delighted to both congratulate ‘one of your most diligent volunteers on his well-earned recognition and to accept these symbols of your widely known Castlegar hospitality.’’ Don Tarasoff, administration officer, and Bryan Melnyk, research and development officer for the heritage and conservation branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture, and the new representative for the Heritage Trust in the West Kootenay flew in last week for some meetings in Nelson While they were here they took the opportunity to inspect the ex- tensive restoration work being carried out at the Castlegar Rail Station by the Job Opportunities team and to witness the presen- tation of a specially engraved spoon by society director Pete Oglow to James Flesh, a volun- teer restorer working with the team. To their considerable delight, the visitors each received a spoon from Oglow on behalf of the society, together with a miniature for their wives. 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And if you still don't believe it, take @ look for yourself tonight as team members join the rest of the Castlegar contingent of athletes: and coaches gathering at the bus station at 9 p.m. for the trip to the Games which begin tomorrow. Among the other local represen- tatives making the trip is Don Poole, who will represent the Kootenay Zone in badminton, alpine skier Neil Jones, cross-country skiers Averil Sheppard, Melanie Gibson, Dana Manhard, Peter Bullock, Darren Tamelin and Wayne Stupnikoff, the Castlegar Midget Reps hockey team, Chelsea Van Vliet and Ernie Kruet- zky in figure skating, and the high school weightlifting team. Closkey ‘says not only has Castlegar had a women’s basketball team for the’ past two decades, the city’s virtually been the life blood of the women’s game in the Kootenays. The last two years are an example of that claim as Castlegar has main- tained a team while other cities in the area’ haven’t been able to find players. Closkey says that’s a tribute to the attitudes of the women around here. “It’s a group of women who love the game, and don’t want to sit around and get fat and physically old,’” she said. Though they don’t have a real game edge because they haven’t had a league to play in, the Castlegar women ha stayed sharp with regular exhibition games over the winter against makeup teams of players from Nelson, Trail and Rossland, Closkey said. How that bodes for the team in Duncan, where the only entry stipulation is that players are 30- years of age or over, really depends on the calibre of the competition, said Closkey. Though she’s not expecting gold Rochelle Morandini (NO. 11) takes an outside move on teammate Brendo Balahura as the et Ki rp ontiese ii team got in some for the Duncan and the B.C. Winter Games. Ma the first time in 10 years. — couews photo by 64 Mills going up against strong teams from the Okanagan and Lower Mainland, she’s not ruling Castlegar out of the medals either. “I think this team could get a bronze medal, | think. we're capable enough to do that because everyone on the teams has years of experien- ce.” Closkey, who is the only player on the current team that has Winter Games experience — she played in 1981 and '82 — says a lot of her teammates have been waiting for this chance for a long time and that could make a difference in what happens when they get to Duncan. “There are a lot of women who’ve Junior dary sc! sters basketball was added to the waited a lot of years to qualify for the Winter Games, so they’re pum- ped,’ she said. The team plays its first game Friday against Vancouver Island then meets a team from the Okanagan on Saturday. The team’s roster includes Corry Angrignon, Brenda Zoobkoff, Deb- ir women's night. Wee soot, ionene tonight ist of sports at the games this year for bie Cawte, Barb Kinakin, Wendy Barker, Brenda Balahura, Chris Dat- chkoff, Joy Anderson, Sunny Baker and Rochelle Mi ini, The annual Winter Games are for athletes 13 years of age and over and annually attract about 3,000 com- petitors from across the province. Competition concludes Sunday. Our five-year, $1.4 billion Forest Renewal Program, pee part of the government 's Wy AXPAYE new Taxpayer Protection protection p ‘an Plan, opens a new era in fi forest management in British Columbia. The program adds $500 million in new money to the amount the government had previously committed for reforestation over the five- year period, 1991-1995. This includes $100 forest agreement. INTENSIVE SILVICULTURE Managing new forests to produce quality trees and a more diverse forest environment - intensive silviculture — is the new focus of the government's Forest Renewal Program. 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ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY Our Forest Renewal Program will tl balance b Our program ensures that the remaining “not satisfactorily restocked" or NSR lands in B.C. will be reforested by the end of this decade. This will enable B.C. to redirect its energy and resources into spacing, fertilizing and pruning our second-growth forests. it Government of British Columbia Ministry of Forests ‘Honourable Claude Richmond, Minister Victoria, B.C. V8V1X our environment and our economy. This new era of forestry practices and continuing research will create new rmanent jobs in the forest and maintain our forests as the number one generator of By ED MILLS Staff Writer Ed Cooper’s future as coach of the Castlegar Rebels Junior B hockey club has been decided — he doesn’t have one. “Ed Cooper has indicated to us that he’s going to take a year ED COOPER ++. will walt and see off and we're going to honor his wishes,” Rebels’ president Russ Rilcof said Tuesday. Rilcof said since it was essen- tially Cooper’s decision to leave, Cooper, not management, should be asked his reason’s for leaving. Cooper said every Rebels coach has to consider himself ter- minated after every season because it’s part of the team’s constitution. He says he’s taking a wait-and- see attitude about his future role with the team. “*As long as I’m in town I'd like to work with the team News today. ‘We'll just let time go by here a little bit, take a little time off, and see what happens.”’ Cooper said the team’s management still has several meetings to hold in which his role with the team will be considered. For the third straight year, the Rebels missed the In- ternational Junior League playoffs. The finished the season in last place in the KUJHL's West Division with 9-29-2 record. Hockey Rebels Rebels seek new coach The club wound ‘up the season last weekend losing three straight, including an 11-7 loss Friday night to the Spokane Braves at the Community Complex. Nelson Maple Leafs beat the Rebels 9-3 Saturday in Nelson and then the Grand Forks Border Bruins beat them 9-1 Sunday in Grand Forks. Corey Ross, a second year left winger with the Rebels, said he’s disappointed to see Cooper go, but understands that sometimes management has to make moves. “Nowadays, if the team’s not winning they look at the coaches instead of the players. But the coaches can only do so much, the players have to do their job on the ice. “He was a good coach, I think he should still be here,’’ Ross ad- ded. Rilcof said the Rebels will be searching the country for a coach with an advertisement placed in the nationally distributed Hockey News. The ad should be ap- Pearing next issue, he said. Rilcof also said that the new coach will be paid by the club. Cooper wasn’t paid by the Rebels. “It won't be that much, around $300 or so a month, just expenses,"’ said Rilcof, who, like Cooper, was in his first year alone at the helm of the Rebels, Cooper, who coached the to return. Cooper’s tenure got off to a horrendous 3 go to Canada Games By CasNews Staff A pair of Castlegar residents and a Robson athlete have proved they’re the best in B.C. and now they’re get- ting set to try their luck against the rest of the country. Weightlifters Rick Young and Trevor Seville, and biathlon coach Gord Gibson are local members of Team B.C., which is competing in the Canada Winter Games in Charlottetown, P.E.I. The games CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) — Final medal standings after Tuesday events at the Canada Winter Games: Quebec Ontario B.C ea « s aaa COCOwMAUANOTS New Brunswick Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Nova Scotia Newfoundland CO---aue —-OCb-N VN ° ° ° Yukon Territories COO _NoOaAnUALN ooo ooo began Feb. 17 and continue to Mar- ch 2. Seville, of Robson, and Young, whd are training partners and friends who work out in Seville’s basement, will leave this weekend for Charlot- tetown. Gibson left last weekend. Though Seville and Young, both By The Canadian Press Forget about the Toronto Maple Leafs venturing into a brave new world. The Leafs went against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night with 19, said the Canada Games is the biggest meet of their young careers, they are looking to gain different things from i Billed as a developmental stepping stone to a national team, the Games may be exactly that for Séville, who qualified in Winnipeg last year with a third place in the Western Canada Games. “If I can lift as much weight as Fve lifted in practice — 120 kilograms in the snatch and 90 kilos in the clean and jerk — then I can make it to the Canadians in May,” said Seville, who lost 15 pounds to compete in a lower weight category for the event. Young isn’t looking to crack the Canadians yet. For now, he’s just happy to be considered among the country’s best lifters. “It’s important to me, and it’s a great honor,’’ said Young who qualified for the Games with a seven- th at the Western Canadians and the same placing at the Junior Canada Cup last year. Grant Lenarduzzi, who coached Seville and Young last year on the weightlifting team at Stanley Hum- Phries secondary school, said it's great to see a couple of local athletes achieve the level Seville and Young have. “It’s kind of nice to see them go on and continue to do well, and be able to compete i . Maybe it will give other local athletes the in- centive to carry on in their sports. We'll see,”” he said. Gibson, an instructor at Selkirk College, has been involved in local sports in the area, especially biathlon and cross-country skiing, for many years. Some 234 athletes from $4 com- munities represent Team B.C. at the Games, which feature 21 sports from badminton to table tennis. Nelson’s Ted Hargreaves, who will coach Team B.C. in hockey, racquetball players Kelly McLeod of Trail and Jay Anderson of Nelson, and cross-country skiers Mark Wilson and Peter Oszadszky of Rossland, are the other Kootenay- area representatives on Team B.C. Training partners and friends Rick Young (left) and Trevor Seville leave this weekend for the Canada Winter will compete against the best young talent the PEL. country has to ‘= — CosNews photo in Charlottetown, Leafs ‘streak’ @ point of Boston, which leads the NHL with 80 points and is the only other team with a mathematically assured playoff place. halted at 2 Brett Hull extended his goal- scoring streak to eight games with his league-leading 64th. Adam Oates had a goal and an assist for St. Louis, ex- tending his scoring streak to 13 who have the league’s worst road record with six of their 17 victories away from home — outshot the Blues 42-30. “I think we deserved a better fate,’ said coach Tom Watt. “I liked our jump, I liked our drive and I liked our hustle."” Hustle is what the Leafs need to catch Minnesota for the fourth playoff spot in the Norris. The Nor- th Stars have a 10-point cushion. PENGUINS 6 SABRES 3 Mario Lemieux assisted on four goals as Pittsburgh extended its home winning streak to eight games, one short of the club regord from 1974-75. The Penguins moved back into second place in the Patrick, one point ahead of Philadelphia and six behind the New York Rangers. The Sabres, 0-2-3 in their last five games, dropped to fourth in the Adams. The Penguins led 1-0 before put- ting the game away by scoring four times in less than nine minutes during the second period. RED WINGS 4 FLAMES 4 Steve Yzerman and Dave Barr scored less than half a minute apart late in the game to rally Detroit. Calgary’s unbeaten streak at the Olympic Saddledome stretched to nine games, including eight victories, Yzerman banked a shot into the Barr tied Rick Wamsley with a shot from the stot that went just inside the post.