October 19, 1988 as Castlégar News CP Rail sued for spraying SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. (CP) Nine people are suing Canadian Pacific Ltd. and two other companies for $22.5 million after their homes were contaminated by a herbicide from nearby railway property The claim filed in the Court of Ontario against CP, Albert Andrews Enterprises and Asplundh Utility Services — says one resident is suffering from skin cancer and another has diabetes as a result of upreme exposure to Spike and other her bicides. The chemical was used for weed control on CP property in 1984-85 and has leached into neighboring yards and basements. Most of the 25 residents from the affected area have been living in a hote! since July 31 while the CP Rail yard and their properties are cleaned up. Here's how residents voted in the aquatic centre reteren dum Saturday AREA! F Pass Creek Tarrys Brilliant Advance TOTAL * F — For. A— Against AREA J Blueberry 127. 44 Ootischenia 221 26 Robson Advance TOTAL 616 109 849 POLL BY POLL CASTLEGAR Alphabetically by last names 432 86 422 118 389 99 9 2 Courtesy Poll 184 14 (Conducted in hospitals and other areas where people could not get out tp vote) TOTAL 1,433 319 81.7 Results are unofficial un til verified by the Regional District\ of Central Kootenay returning officer Each plaintiff is claiming $2 million general damages and $500,000 puni tive damages. Special damages will also be claimed, but no figure has been disclosed. Eight other residents have also started actions in the Supreme Court of Ontario. The claim, which accuses CP and the other companies of negligence, says “the plaintiffs fear for the present and future health of them- selves and their guests The: active ingredient in Spike. tebuthiuron, has been linked to ail ments of the liver and pancreas Meanwhile, two employees At\a city sewage treatment plant — whith has handled runoff from the affected area since Oct. 12 — remain off the job after expressing concern over ef- feets the herbicide might have on their health. Last Thursday, three employees refused to continue working at the plant. After an inspection Friday, the Ministry of Labor said the concen tration of Spike in the water is within acceptable levels. On Tuesday the stalemate contin. ued, despite a meeting with a union official and the plant operations manager Motion rejected By CasNews Staff Castlegar school board rejected a motion Monday to discontinue ren ting chairs to the community. After the board learned that Equipment and Rentals also Trowelex chairs, trustees felt the school district shouldn't be " in compet itor with a private business The board has viously that the district is losing discussed pre was split with three trustees voting in favor and three voting against dropping the district chair rental policy . * . The board will continue to support in principle the Robson Raspberry Ferry Users Ad Hoc Committee fight to retain the Castlegar-Robson ferry It took its discugsion of whether to financially support the group behind closed doors at Monday's meeting, money renting the chairs for 25 cents having received new information re cently from the ad hoe committee. The hoard a chair because of damage and cleaning expenses. The distr: ow decision on funding will rents chairs for 50 rents « Kai g be made public at its next meeting found the cost may be closer to $1 a Fe - * chair c : Kinnaird Junior secondary school, Open Roads and Stanley Humphries secondary school will be forgiven this year's loan payment for mini-buses Stanley Humphries owes $5,100 Kin However, some trustees fel cause the chairs are school te property, they should he used by th community at no charge. The vote naird Junior Secondary school $660 and Open Roads $720. The board will provide $12.50 a day to cover half of the meal expenses for coaches, supervisors and chaperones on school trips. . 8 « The board will send a letter to the Ministry of Health supporting the Central Kootenay Union Board of Health's request for an immediate replacement of the area’s Medical healt h- officer. se . 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A Loomis player tries to break into Kalesnikoff territory during a Gentleman's hockey league game at Pioneer Arena last night. Loomis to beat CosNews Photc took an early Kalesnikoff 5-3 lead and hung on ~ GRETZKY RETURNS Oilers, Kings meet By JOHN KOROBANIK_ adian Pre: EDMONTON Wayne Gretzky was back in the Northlands Coliseum on Tuesday but unlike the hundreds of other times he has entered the home of the Edmonton Oilers, it was not a happy occasion. A frazzled-looking Gretzky returned to Edmonton to face bright television lights, a media horde and, tonight, his former NHL teammates. “I haven't really been looking forward to this,” 27-year-old Brantford, Ont., native said of leading his new team, the Los Angeles Kings, against the team he played with for a decade. “It's another situation where all eyes will be on me It’s only game seven of the season and it's on national television. Everybody will be watching me.” Gretzky, widely regarded as the greatest player ever, was traded, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to Los Angeles in August for Jimmy Carson, rookie Martin Gelinas and a series of first-round draft picks. Gretzky held an hour-long Tuesday for many of the almost 200 reporters and photographers accredited for tonight's game. Accom panied by Kings owner Bruce MeNall, Gretzky appeared nervous, tired and sombre. HERO RETURNS? Tonight will actually be Gretzky's second game against the Oilers in Edmonton. The first was early in the 1978-79 season when he played with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association “I remember it well. I scored my first two professional goals that night.” As a 17-year-old rookie he played eight games in Indianapolis before being sold to Edmonton. Gretzky said he knew a trade away from the Oilers was coming in September 1987, when he signed a new news conference five-year contract, It would leave him a free agent at age 31 and “in a position that everyone wants to be in, to be paid full market value.” He went on: “I was going to play five years and at that time I was going to reassess everything. By means does that say I would have gone to the team that would have paid the most money because there are a lot of other factors involved. But at least I would have had the choice to be able to do that.” Gretzky said he was aware that Oilers owner Peter Pocklington was not pleased with the contract “I knew something was going to happen in the course of those five years .. . I knew I was gone.” The trade — which Gretzky had the option of vetoing — was, as both he and Pocklington put it, a business decision. And, Gretzky said Tuesday: “If I had to do it all over again I wouldn't miss a beat, I'd do it again.” Asked about his feelings for Pocklington, who has accused him of publicly faking tears and having an ego the size of Manhattan, Gretzky replied: “I don't have anything to say to that man after the comments he made. Some of the things he said left a sour taste. But I don't get mad, I get even.” Tonight is the first opportunity to get even, but his feelings are unfocused “Because every other game I've ever gone into I've disliked who I'm playing against because I want to win. It’s tough in this situation because I know the players and like a lot of them.” Edmonton coach Glen Sather wasn't telling anyone how he plans to contain Gretzky — “I'll do the same everyone else does, hope and pray.” Gretzky expects to be shadowed, likely by Esa Tikkanen. Los Angeles goes into the game in first place in the Smythe Division with a 4-2 record. Edmonton is third at 2-2-2. OAKLAND, CALIP. (AP) One big bash and the Oakland Athletics are back in the World Series. Mark McGwire hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning as the A's broke their Series spell Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory that cut the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lead to two games to one. “We're allright. Just because we haven't gotten too many hits, everyone is all worried,” McGwire said. “It was just a matter of time.” McGwire picked the perfect time for his first hit in 10 Series at-bats. He fouled off three 2-2 pitches from Dodgers relief ace Jay Howell, making his first appearance since being suspended for using pine tar on his glove in Game 3 of the National League playoffs 10 days ago, and then sent a fastball over the left-centre field fence The Athletics’ Bash Bunch managed just five hits as McGwire, Jose Canseco and Carney Lansford again slumped. They were a combined one for 30, zero for their last 29, until MceGwire's homer. That came after Howell got Canseco on a popup to start the ninth. “When you're in the playoffs or World Series, everything gets blown out of proportion,” McGwire said. “I was getting some good cuts and I just found a pitch I could hit. I hit the ball hard a couple of times, but right at somebody.” PLAYED PERCENTAGE Howell said he stayed with the fastball because McGwire is a good breaking-ball hitter. “I threw a pitch and he hit it,” Howell said. “I tried to throw a fastball up. No excuses. I just made a bad pitch up. I tried to get it by him, but there was not enough on it. He's a good hitter, give him credit.” Credit Oakland’s pitchers, too They were tough all night, never more so than McGwire smashes winning home run Kirk Gibson, who won Game 1 with a pinch home run in the bottom of the ninth, was ready again when Los Angeles threatened. But Lasorda, with team RBI leader Mike Marshall already on the bench with a stiff back, chose not to employ his injured star and both stood by as the Dodgers’ bottom part of the lineup failed to produce The Dodgers stranded runners in scoring position in five innings. Rick Honeycutt finished with two hitless innings for the victory Oakland got only two hits after the fourth inning. The Athletics had scored only one run in 24 innings until McGwire's homer BAILED OUT A Greg Cadaret and Gene Nelson bailed Oakland out of the sixth and Honeycutt kept the Dodgers from threatening again Game 4 Wednesday night will see Oakland's Dave Stewart against L.A.’s Tim Belcher, a rematch of opening-game starters. The home team now has won 13 straight games in the World Series. The Dodgers blew a chance to break the game open in the sixth when they loaded the bases with no outs but failed to score Danny Heep's double, John Shelby’s single and a walk to Mike Davis finished Bob Welch, who had never lasted beyond 2 2-3 innings in four post-season starts. The Oakland bullpen, the most effective in the majors this year, diod its job. Left-hander Cadaret stopped lefty Mike Scioscia on a foul popup and right hander Nelson got Jeff Hamilton on a force at the plate and Alfredo Griffin on a grounder to first. storybook while supplies last with every purchase of 25 litres or more at participating Shell stations. The Peter Rabbit™ Collection is just twelve more reasons why the move is on to Shell. If you have any questions about the Beatrix Potter” promotion please call the Shell Helps Centre toll-free 1-800-661-1600. ine Move isOn reat your children to a world of wonder. The original Peter Rabbit” storybooks in hardcover from Shell. 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Johnny Johnston, chairman of the freestyle committee of the Inter national Ski Federation, said he is “very confident” the IOC will add mogul skiing a demonstration event at the Calgary Olympics —to the medi orts at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. This would leave aerial and ballet freestyle skiing in limbo. Insiders say the IOC fears aerial mishaps could result in lawsuits and sees ballet as boring. “I think from the spectator point of view freestyle has the potential, to rival a sport like downhill skiing,” Johnston said. “I think we're very much a television sport.” The possibility of Olympic gold has captured the imagination of the 10 women and 19 men on the national freestyle team, known as the Rowdy Canadians for their tendency in dance on tables after events. SPONSOR HELPS “I'm hoping to get to the Olym pics,” said Pat Henry of Red Deer, Alta., 24, who came fourth at the Calgary Games in moguls. “There's nowhere left to go except for the gold medal.” One corporate sponsor, Fiberglas Canada, is betting heavily that free- style skiing will become a block buster. The company plans to spend $350,000 this year sponsoring the national team and a World Cup event in Calgary in January. Few of the athletes superstitious they won't some so change clothes during a winning streak — like to talk about ambitions four years down the road. Instead they dwell on the joys of doing flips off icy moguls, turning somersaults 15 me tres in the air and balancing on ski poles. “It's unbelievable,” said Judge, 30. “There's no way to describe it except that it’s the closest thing to flying.” Freestyle skiers, who now distance themselves from the hotdog image of the early 1970s, are sophisticated athletes, Judge said. “They're on the level of gymnasts,” he said. “The manoeuvres we carry out in the air are impossible in other Olympic sports.” Some of the acrobatics are appar ently within reach even if one can't ski very well. “I'm still working on my skiing,” said John Ross, a 27-year-old tram: polien artist who took up freestyle aerobatics three years ago. “I just showed up at events and kept telling them I wanted to compete. I féel like a bird when I'm in the air doing this.” no-out jam jn the sixth inning. “That was our opportunity we had to win the game, we couldn't hit the ball out of the infield,” Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda said. when they bailed the Athletics out of a bases-loaded, The’ Dodgers’ injury problem worsened as starting pitcher John Tudor and Marshall were forced from the game. Tudor, bothered by hip and elbow problems throughout the season, left in the second inning with more arm trouble. Lemieux piling up points By The Canadian Press Pittsburgh Penguins rookie coach Gene Ubriaco opted for understate. ment to describe the deeds of his superstar, Mario Lemieux. “Our ace came through,” Ubriaco said Tueésday -after Lemieux scored three goals and had an assist as the Penguins downed the. visiting Phil adelphia Flyers 42 It gave Lemieux 12 points in his last two games, following his team: record eight points in a 92 triumph Saturday over the St. Louis Blues. Lemieux also solidified his lead in NHL scoring with 19 points from five games, four more than Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings, who has played six matches. Lemieux, 23, who wrested the scoring championship, with 168 points, and the league's most val uable player award from Gretzky last season, helped the Penguins hand Philadelphia and its rookie coach Paul Holmgren their first loss of the season. The two teams are tied atop the Patrick Division at 41 “We thought we had to check them a little closer and that's the way it happened,” said Lemieux of Pitts. Sandm By CasNews Staff The Sandman Inn suffered a 9-4 drubbing thanks to the Hi Arrow Arms in the season-opening Castle gar Recreational Hockey League game at the Community Complex Monday night Hi Arrow skated to an early three-goal lead in the first period starting with Bill Nazaroff's goal with the assist going to Clay Martini Kevin Kirby got his first of two markers on the night after Dean MacKinnon and Mitch Quaedvlieg set him up. Nazaroff scored his second goal with 59 seconds left in the opening from Vince Antignani and Dean MacKinnon assisted as the first period ended 3-0 Hi Arrow Barry Strelieff got Sandnn on the scoreboard early in the middle period on a play set up by Dave MacKinnon and Bob Larsh. Hi Arrow replied just over a minute later when John Obet koff converted on a play set up by Martini and Kirby. Larsh got Sand. man's second goal from Dave Mac Kinnon and Ian Stewart. With just under two minutes remaining in the second period, Al Conroy scored the eventual game-winner from Byron burgh’s solid defensive effort after giving up 21 goals in the first four games Elsewhere in the NHL on Tuesday, it was: New York Islanders 3, Vancouver Canucks 2; and Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3, in overtime. It was Lemieux’s 14th three-goal game and came in Pittsburgh's 600th victory in their 22 NHL seasons “Lemieux is great hockey player and probably was the differ ence in the game,” said Holmgren after his first defeat as an NHL coach Lemieux scored with Pittsburgh on a two-man advantage in the second period and got another at 12:33 on a breakaway set up by Rob Brown. He added an empty net goal in the final minute. The Montreal native also set up Bob Errey's third period goal Philadelphia centre Tim Kerr spoiled goalie Steve Guenette’s shut out bid with 7:10 to play in the third period and Ron Sutter added another for the Flyers ISLANDERS 3 CANUCKS 2 Veteran Bryan Trottier scored the game winner at 2:12 of the second an ham Smith and Dean MacKinnon. lt was 5-2 Sandman after two periods Hi Arrow ran up the score in the final frame, scoring three goals before the Sandman squad could get on track. Smith scored from Kirby and Obetkoff. Nazaroff scored his third goal on a play set up by Antignani and Rod Zavaduk. Martini then scored from Kirby and Obetkoff. Sandman tried to fight back as period as New York won its third straight game, defeating visiting Vancouver by a 3-2 score for the second fime this season Steve Konroyd and Tomas Jonsson also scored for the Islanders, 3-2-1, while rookie Trevor Linden, with his first NHL goal, and Larry Melnyk, with a short-handed effort, scored for the Canucks, 1-4-1. All four Van couver losses this season have been by one goal. RED WINGS 4 BLACKHAWKS 3 (OT) In Detroit, Steve Yzerman scored just as the buzzer to end overtime sounded to lead the Red Wings over Chicago in a Norris Division match The Blackhawks disputed the goal, to no avail. Yzerman wristed a shot over rookie goalie Ed Belfour from a scramble for the game winner, his sixth goal of the season. Detroit's Lee Norwood and Paul MacLean had forced overtime with goals late in the third period that erased a 3-1 Chicago lead. Shawn Burr had the other goal for Detroit 222 Steve Larmer, Troy Murray and Duane Sutter scored for the Black hawks, 1-5-1 mered Stretlieff netted his second of the night on a play from Dave MacKin non and Frank Costa. Strelieff scored again for Sandman after MacKinnon and Stewart put him in the clear The final goal of his game went to Hi Arrow’s Kirby — his second — on a play set up by Smith. The final score was 94 Hi Arrow as the winning squad had the definite ad vantage playing with 12 players compared to Sandman's nine. Dunigan trade option VANCOUVER (CP) — The British Columbia Lions may be able to rene gotiate the conclusion of a pre-season trade that brought veteran quarter back Matt Dunigan to the Canadian Football League club. The Lions acquired Dunigan from the Edmonton Eskimos on June 14 in exchange for wide receiver Jim San exists dusky, a 1989 first-round draft pick and two players off the Lions’ roster at the end of this season. B.C. would be able to protect two players, with Edmonton. selecting any of the remainder (excluding Dunigan), followed by B.C. protect ing one more player and Edmonton selecting another.