| 53 As Castlégar News November 10, 1989 BUSINESS Hydro says energy use rising Columbian’ energy during the next 20 British will consume enough, (CP) ears to new hydroelectric require six large projects, a B.C official says Although the accuracy of the growth 2.8-per-cent annual forecast is “open to debate,"” per apita energy consumption is still British ¢ ice president for rising in ‘olumbia, said Chris Boatman corporaic_and environmental af fairs ople are turning off the ure building more Boat “But growing lights and the energy efficient buildings man said in interview sumption is. still ¢ of all the new appliances buying for their Phe problem is groming ase-ot hot tubs, Whirlpools, microwaves and computers, he said r, enough eing con n British Columbia," Boatman said Personal computers only came on the market in 1982, and they are a growing Costl EDMONTON (CP) posed by factor in consumption growth Ignoring e1 onmental issues major including huge pulp mills Alberta, means risking says the Bank of projects, proposed for costly cleanups later Montreal's senior vice-president and chief economist The explosive growth of public debt means Canadians can't depend on government to bail them out if things go wrong, Lloyd Atkinson said in ar interview ‘It’s frequently a lot costlier to do the chore after a lot of damage has been done,” he said. **Then we are going to have to dig into provincial and federal coffers to clean up the mess." Atkinson said he knowing forestry projects will have on the en has no way of what) impact proposed Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 170 Impact assessment would take time FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta, (CP) — tt could take more than two years to determine exactly how a giant pulp mill will affect northern Alberta rivers, an official from Alberta Environment said Thursday The department would have to conduct studies to monitor the effluent pumped out by the $1.3-billion Alber Alta Bryan Kemper, head of the provincial environmental said the mill’s effluent would have to Athabasca and ta-Pacific mill, to be built near Athabasca, monitoring branch be followed to sce where they go in the Peace Rivers and their overall effect on the river system. Kemper told a federal-provingial hearing into the woulid likely be carried out al governments, research proposed mill that the studies by federal, provincial and agencies and consultants The Alberta-Pacific kraft mill project is one of six huge forestry projects the Alberta government has lured to the northern half of the in the country’ third province largest forestry boom. The province hopes the $3.5 billion projects will help diversify Alberta’s oil-based economy. The Japanese-controlled company has been criticized impact on the northern sessment of the mill's rivers, lakes and forests At hearings last week, Bob Lane, a federal environ ment official, said the company’s assessment was inadequate and Ottawa would not approve the project without further study, The Alberta government said the projects would go ahead Kemper comments to those made by Lane, and refused to comment Outside the heari would not compare his on whether the Alberta-Pacific project should be delayed in light of his submission “That's a question that should be put to the review board and it is inappropriate for any government to com ment,"’ Kemper said. But elders from Fort Chipewyan, a largely native and Metis community 600 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, told the panel they still remember a 1982 oil spill into the Athabasca River trom the Suncor oilsands plant Elder Saul Marten said he recalls how fish he caught after the Suncor spill were yellow on the inside, and forsees similar problems from pulp mill development Mary Waquan said bullrushes and grass along the river bank turned yellow after the 1982 spills while fish took on the smell of fuel “If you are going to continue damaging the water, what are the people going to eat,” she said, through a Cree translator More than 100 people attended the hearings in a com munity hall covered with posters reading: ‘*Our lives for Japanese commercialism" and ‘*Who really benefits?” Suncor was fined $35,000 in connection with the spills, said Denny Thomas, a lawyer who represented Suncor at the time and now advises Alberta-Pacific. No direct con nection was ever established between the fish tain d the spill, he said Matthew Lepine, chief of the local Cree band, said the pace of area development must slow down. ‘*More time is needed to assess the cumulative impact of the mills on our environment,” he said cleanups predicted vironment, but sound economic plan ning means dealing with such issues up front “Canada is One proposal by Alberta-Pacitic fora$t.3 n northern Alberta federal official has called a billion pulp mill Federal Environment Bou rd has ps that must unacceptal Minister “there are information be filled to conduct 4 Lucien said xd environ. mental assessment.” Atkinson economy willpick up next yea ‘We're not talking he said, but forecast growth double the predicted the Alberta roaring growth, of 2.2 per cent will be Canadian average Alberta’s forecast growth for 1989 1.3 per cent — will rank second last in Canada, Atkinson said, but the jobless rate in the province will drop to 7.2 per cent from eight per cent in 1988. flirting Castlégar News 4 recession,"’ Atkinson said, but is in lit tle danger of a serious slowdown, like with a therecession of 1981-82 Closed Monday, Nov. 3 Open again Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Remarks by President... 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Cec Pepper This Message Sponsored by the C and Org ty-minded B CITY OF CASTLEGAR Celgar Pulp Company FERRARO'S 2 Western Canedia: Valu in Company ($) SAFEWAY D Kootenay Savings Where You Belong We bning it all together BC.Tel ‘We make it a way of ite November 10, 1989 Talk to us today. ay Savings Where You Belong Sweeney leads Bruins over Oilers Peter Stastny scored three goals but made it clear goaltender Ron Tugnutt was the man- most responsible for en ding the Quebec Nordiques’ club record, eight-game NHL losing streak "He hada few miracle saves and definitely deserves the credit for the win,”’ Stastny said after the Nor ues’ ES victory Thursday night ce gti w York Islanders. "We couldn't have won without him.” New York outshot Quebec 49-30. **Most goalies like a lot of shots,”’ said Tugnutt. “You tend to get in a gHOeve ~ Elsewhere, it Toronto 4, Philadelphia 1; Boston 6, Edmonton 2; Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 3; Minnesota 5, Detroit 1; and Montreal 1, St 1 Louis BOB SWEENEY ++. ademon" N.Y., Paul Gillis, with two goals, Joe Sakic and Guy Lafleur also scored for the Nordiques, won only four games this Tugnutt has tended goal each In Uniondale who've season time. “The losing streak was tough on everybody,” said Lafleur LEAFS 4 FLYERS 1 In Philadelphia, the Flyers’ Mike Bullard scored in the first period and the Leafs’ Daniel Marois, with his team-high 12th goal, tied it in the second. Gary Leeman’s goal at 6:49 of the third period was the winner. Rob Ramage and Tom Kurvers, who scored into an empty net, padded Toronto's lead. Leafs goalie Al Bester made 29 saves. ‘He made a couple of great saves It's been a long time coming for Stampeders CALGARY (CP) — The last time the Calgary Stampeders played host to a CFL playoff game at McMahon Stadium, the prime minister was Joe Clark . Back in 1979 offensive tackle Lloyd Fairbanks was in his fourth season in Calgary. Hé would win all-Canadian honors, opening holes for Willie Bur quarterbacks Johnston and den while John Bruce Threadgill “Does it seem like only yesterday? Fairbanks, 36, asked himself with a grin this week, ‘No. It seems like 10 protecting Hufnagel, Ken years ago." The soft-spoken giant is the only holdover from ‘79 on_ this Calgary team which battles the Saskat chewan Roughriders Sunday in the CFL Western Division semifinal. The winner will Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth Stadium Nov. 19 ‘We're a younger team were in 1979,” said Fairbanks. “I don’t think they had the expec tations of this team they had on the 79 team. With this team it’s been sort of a year’s meet the than we surprise. People didn’t know what to expect from us. We've gelled together pretty well as a team and we're ready to go in tothe playoffs The *79 Stamps finished the season with a 12-4 record, just behind the 12 2-2 Eskimos. After whipping the B.C Lions 37-2, Calgary fell 19-7 to the Eskimos, who went on to win their second of five consecutive Grey Cups. Turmoil, coaching changes and near extinction have hounded the Stam peders in the decade since then. Fair- banks was dispatched in 1983 to the doomed Montreal Alouettes, then on to Hamilton. He retired briefly but returned to Calgary this spring Bombers stumbling WINNIPEG (CP) bling into the CFL playoff Winnipeg After with seven straight Blue Bombers are putting on a brave face as Toronto stum: losses, the they prepare to meet the Argos in the Eastern Division semifinal Sunday “It really doesn’t matter about those said Winnipeg coach Mike their last gam Riley at a practice Thursday before they fly1o Toronto today “Weare in the playoffs and we have an opportunity. I think we're capable and I think our players think we're capable.” Certainly, Sunday’s encounter is no David and Goliath matchup Both teams have floundered in the regular season. The final four last half of the Argos lost games to finish with a 7 three of their 11 record the same ag the Bombers. And it’sidifficult to discount a Win- nipeg team that‘last year entered the playoffs with three straight losses and went on to become the first team with a 500 record to win the Grey Cup. But this year, the Bombers are pin: ning their hopes on a quarterback making only his second starting ap: pearance Lee Saltz, who became the team’s: top quarterback when Sean Salisbury was released last week, had anything but a happy CFL debut in Ottawa last Sunday QUICKLY INTERCEPTED On the second play of the game, he was intercepted by Rough Rider cor nerback Daniel Hunter, who returned it 41 yards to set up a touchdown By ED MILLS Staff Writer be big in Castlegar between, the hockey rink thy had his choice Castlegar is nonexistant His effort, Teague this year — another first from Nelson perience hs “They have association referees nam ago. Carthy, who grew up here be, says McCarthy, 32 when he’s on the court 1970 and 1976,"” really popular in the area couldn't doit “A lot of this is a hockey-crazy town In the meantime, until more people show an i terest in the game, McCarthy is doing what he what's left of basketball's profile in this city Jong with those of Brian Turlock, have fees, and both he and Turlock play for it He’s done the same thing with a team in the Nelson only players from here on the team pretty good basketball,’ Still, they are firsts that are encouraging for Mc nd played ball through his high school years and al Selkirk College But the game doesn’t approach the way it used to The way it was when he was in his prime and the legs did what he told them to do anc not the other way around, as is often the case these day “There was a span there of five, six years between says McCarthy, ‘*when basketball was Then after I got out of college | tried for two or three years to organize a team but | -There were others who tried but they also met the same fate. The trouble then is the same as itis now Il players are also hockey players and ‘he says. * Basketball in the city may be on rise again Like most of the game's players, basketball used to These days though, the slam dunks are few and far and the only rough stuff under the boards is at It’sa situation that would change if Wayne McCar But options are limited when interest ging and the organization to oversee basketball in led to the formation of a Castlegar team and entry into the Trail league this year for the first time McCarthy, owner of Castlegar Realty the team, which means money for sweaters and league sponsors but while the players” jerseys say Castlegar on them, he and Turlock are the All the others are McCARTHY Both leagues have been operating for over 10 year and are set up for players of all ages, ability and ex says McCarthy nd time keepers, all star teams, and we might even get into a couple of tour * He wishesit all could have happened 10 years of guys like that enough guys out consistently hope for the entry into the four team Trail league has two teams and the other is from Rossland There is Castleg 1 area 20," he says After four Realty is 2 So we lose a lot play “A lot of ball players are also hockey players and just be the start of “There's no question there seems to be a little more interest than there has been,"* McCarthy says “That's good news for McCarthy, who says he’s getting to the age when playing basketball won't be high on his agenda much longer. Still nice to see something there for the kids in this city “It’s a bit of a revival, but there’s still a long wayto 2-2. The Nelson league is still in exhibition We've just never been able to get And Trail might 1 modest basketball revival in the game though he says, it would be games in the Trail league, Castlegar and our bench responded," Leafs coach Doug Carpenter said of Bester’s contribution BRUINS 6 OILERS 2 In Boston, the first three-goal game of Bob-Sweeney’s—careertifted-the Bruins past the Oilers, Ken Linseman, in his first game of the season following surgery for a circulatory problem, Cam Neely and Greg Hawgood scored Boston's other goals. Esa Tikkanen and Martin Gelinas scored for Edmonton ““He played like a demon," Mike Milbury said of Sweeney. HAWKS 4PENGUINS3 In Chicago, Pittsburgh led 3-0 after one period on two goals by Dan Quinn and one by Mario Lemieux, but Chicago, which mounted a 47-shot coach barrage, charged back on two goals by Dirk Graham and one from each of Adam Creighton and Steve Larmer The Blackhawks top the overall stan. dings with 25 points. STARSSWINGS1 In Bloomington, Minn., Gagner and Mike Modano scored two goals each and Mike Gartner added one for the North Stars. Mike O'Con nell scored for Detroit, 0-6-3 in its last Dave nine games for its longest winless streak in five years. CANADIENS L BLUES 1 4n—St-—tboiris,—PautMackean's second-period goal extended the Blues’ unbeaten streak to 4-0-3. Russ Courtnall scored for Montreal, 5-1-2 n its last eight games. Gretzky leading all-star voting MONTREAL (CP) — Wayne Gretzky leads the pack in fan voting for the 1989-90 NHL all-star game and looks like he will ‘be joined by at least two Los Angeles Kings teammates for the Jan. 21 mate hn Pitsbureh — Gretzky has picked up 51,654 votes from fans across the league the league announced Wednesday when it released preliminary voting results for the Campbell Conferen ceteam Gretzky's total tops the 48,562 received by Montréal Canadiens' goaltender Patrick Roy in voting for the Wales Conference teanx The Kings’ Luc Robitaille leads Campbell Conference left wingers with 47,341 votes while Steve voting for Duchesne of Los Angeles was second among defencemen to Al MacInnis of the Calgary Flames. MacInnis had 33,194 votes to 27,965 for Duchesne Calgary's Mike Vernon leads the goaltenders with 29,705 with Ed monton’s Grant Fuhr 21,780. Jari Kurri of Edmonton leads the right wingers with 31,245 votes to 24,672 for Brett Hull of the St Louis Blues second at Castlegar, but it's a sport in which you to the top, as she knows. By ED MILLS Staff Writer In most respects, Chelsea Van Vliet isanormat 12-year-old girl She likes to spend time with het friends, talk on the phone for hours and watch TV after school Where she deviates from the norm i in her sport. Because while most sport require some measure of dedication and commitment, you hav« absolute fiend to be a figure skater As Castlegar’s best young figure skater, Chelsea knows all about what } takes that looks so graceful when done skillfully, but-can © win in a sport be brutal in the process of acquiring Tose SRT Quick to smile or laugh, the Grade 7 student at Kinnaird Junior secondary school suddenly frowns when she think Ihave a large t about the pain. uise on my hip and Tkeep fallir on my knee tm bruise on my knee on my knee going to have a bruise there for ¢ on my knee of my life probably Lately at practice, Chelsea has been trying to master the double jumps and work on the double it took her a she continues to axle. Before the doubles, year and countless bruises to master theanle before The practices go everday school and after. During the season’it's competitions two and three times a month. Off it's in the pool to work on her strength and enduran season. Oncea skater has the physical aspec ts of the sport under control, then she faces what can be the most difficult task “for any athlete the psychological factor Though Chelsea challenge, she embraces the docs know how 2 it can be v OUR BEST . . Chelsea Van Vliet is the best young figure skater in mere skating talent won't take A youngster figures out a tough sport hing is when you skate The bes! well and win a competition. The worst is when you fall and kill yourself ir front of a million people, “You have to be determined to win. she say not to fall and not be fearful or net vous With the countless hour and travelling on homework assignme the blond-haired youn, ume to be a 2 but she’s not compla does have its reward She won o ladies bronze division a junior . sempetilion Arn eres Kamloops Oct. 14 The medal-c Vliets Alread she’s been skatir ave Chelsea isn’t exact! sport holds for her in the.tu he does have some goal Again though, figure skating is sport where g and Chelsea is realistic *Tguess Il in B.C. I'd like to be ry to be one of the best an Olympic pet son but | won't get there. I's too hard and Im getting too old ardles stick with the sport for the simple reason that she likes i chatle “I's a hard sport, it’s nging but it’s fun. Sometimes | get tired bu when I winit’sall worth it Her—next_competitionis the Sun shine Valley meet in Grand Forks this She's hopi finish at the weekend ¥ to improve on her second-place com petition last year Ruskies asked to respond TORONTO (CP) authorities have been asked by the In ternational Ice Hockey Federation to respond to allegations by veteran cen tre Tgor Larionov that there-was-drug use on the Soviet national team, says Roman Soviet federation technical director Neumayer Larionov, who helped the Soviet national team win the 1984 and 1988 Olympic titles and the 1986 world championship, says in a book that Soviet team coach Victor Tikhonov ordered players to take injections even though they were unaware of what was in the shots Larionov, who now plays for the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, said he and other top players refused to take the injections. Soviet players fooled drug testers at the "86 world tour nament by taking containers of prepared urine left behind toilet bowls and supplying those as samples for testing Hi Arrow crushed by Sandman By CasNews Staff ow's chance to gair Hi A ground on the | ome gue leading Sandman Inn ended in humiliation in Recreational Hockey League the Community Complex last night Sandman scored Tour goals in borh the first and second periods and top: ped it off with five more in the third to win going away 13-4. Clay Martini led the way for San dman with four goals and an assist Duane Weir and Vince Antignani had two goals and two assists each while Conroy, Dave Rugg, Ron Ashby, Ross Adrian Markin picked up singles in the blowout. Only Mitch Saunders and Quadvilleg, who had three assists, and goalie Tim Swanson, didn’t get a goal for Sandman Niki Hyson what there wa: High scoring forward set the pace of it for Hi ding one assis Arrow, scoring twice and ad John Obetkoff fired one goal and had two helpers while Dean Mackin non rounded out the scoring for Hi Arrow With the win, Sandman increases its lead over Hi Arrow atop the CRHL standings 10 eight_points. Woodland Park Shell are nine points behind San dman On Monday, Shell faces Hi Arrow at the Complex