MEDAL WINNERS . . . Winners at the West Apeepen Figure Skating Champlonships held at Rossland Feb. 19-21 display medallions. Shown from left are: Barb C: ‘Cheveldave, branze, junior ladies’ solo; Helaine Oleski, silver, Junior ladies’ dance solo; Tracy Kaminsky, gold, ladies’ juvenile; Susan Ross, bronze, ladies’ pre- fever: and Tara White, silver, ladies’ pre-preliminary. —CashewsPhoio X-Country Ski Rentals A, Juveniles Congratulations . ind Fan support decreases By CasNews Stalf : Castlegar Rebels fan sup- a by about 25 to from, le! THIRD PLACE . . » » Members of the Castlegar Figure Skating! Club precision team, who placed third in the novice division at the West Kootenay Figure Skating Championships at Rossland Feb. 19-21 are, Christine Fishwick, ‘Amanda Fayant, Shauna Wallace: -Ros! *gaikirk, College Saints ‘women’s: basketball © team won both of its games against Cariboo College Saturday in - Kamlops while. the men’s’ team suffered two losses, Friday night the women beat. Cariboo 73-69,. leading by about 20 points through- out most of the game. Top scorers for Selkirk were Theresa Hanlon with 26 points, Phoebe Kari with 14, Destanne Norris with 12, and Glenda: Jones with 11. + Coach Anka Manders said Hanlon and | Kari | played - the Weekdays $7.50 per day Week nds ends $8.50 per day 30 per cent this season, says LETE OUTFIT a . Good Luck Rebels president Gary Hy- FROM ‘Coach & Mrs. Coach this year. However, in ‘spite of the “decrease, Hyson says that the club came very close to breaking even, A lot of. the decrease in attendance had to do with the fact that the Rebels weren't a winning club early in the season, and the 20 per cent =HOMEGOODS™***" FURNITURE . WAREHOUSE Tues.-Sat. 9:30-5:30 China Creek “Drive a Little to Save a Lot” or think people are just cutting back ‘on spending a bit.” E Hyson also notes that the Rebels wera in a rebuilding year, though he said the team season. : The Rebels are owned by the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association. 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The club also lost money aes unemployment rate, he ‘ has a good nucleus for next °¥™ well’ in game. ; Saturday the women’ de- feated .Kamloops 62-46 jn ‘a more easily won game. Top scorers for the home “team were Hanlon with 18, Evans-Davies with 14, and. Norris with 18. Top reboun- ders for Selkirk. were Evans- Jim Davies with 15, and Norris with -14. “Manders said the: entire team played well in this game, especially on defence. The men lost 90-70 in their first game against Kamloops Friday night. Top scorers for the Saints were Andy Cowan with 18 * points, Chad Coupland with 16, and, ‘David Crintofol with y' game “the men; ‘ost 87-64 to. Garbo. Terry ‘Dortman- had, 18. points for the Saints,’ Cris-; tofoll 14, Paul O'Hara 13 and rick -12.+ wet “The \teams: will ; playing next ‘Baturday, and. Sunday against “New Caledonia « “of: Prince George... ‘The Saturday’ games eign at 7:30. p.m. for the, women and 9:16 p.m. for the men, Sunday "games begin at noon for the women and 1:45 p.m. for the men. NHL players to strike? By The Canadian Press Alan Eagleson can sym- pathize with-the owners, but not enough to squelch strike © talk by the National Hockey. League Players’ Association. | With free agency and com- pensation the main issues,’ Eagleson, executive director of the players’ association, feels the time is right to strike if the players don't et ‘what they want from the The two sides will attempt to work out a new collective agreement in a five-day ‘ses- sion starting May 29 at West.’ Palm: Beach, Fils. :: “Any time you have more than 50 per cent of your team losing money and with two or three in jeopardy with res- pect to survival, you can't be nearly. as tough in. negoti- ations as. you. would like to be,” Eagleson said. “There's no sense having a strike to bankrupt the .busi- ness. On the other hand, we may have to have a strike to establish the correct collec’ tive bargaining agreement.” NHL president John Zieg- ler believes some NHL teams would be forced to be fold if players’ demands were met. ° “We have a lot ‘Of teams now. and the players are aware of that,” Ziegler said. ‘SO, WHY CHANGE? . “Under the present sys- tem, players’ salaries have continued to increase at least, t, if not greater than, the ° ‘Theagreement haa been in - effect since 1975 and was ex: tended in 1977 and jn 1979. It could continue until 1984 but NHLPA has exercised - a , Clause that terminates the | deal Sept. ‘15. rate of inflation: So the own? ——Playefs feel tenn ers” position is: “Why should there by. any. change?’ :” “But ’ Tony ‘Esposito, - Chi- - afraid to sign free agents now because they. are going to lose players or draft choices through se cago Black Hawks goal! and president of the NHLPA, is convinced the compen- sation. and. equalization agreement out of date. “We-are under the com-: Plete authority‘ of the own: --ers,” Esposito says. “It can’t go on like that. And if I have to go on strike I will.” A player now. becomes ‘a free agent by. digning ‘an, option agreement in the last year of ‘his contract. At the « end.of that season, he -be- comes a free agent subject to the equalization formula. He is free to sign with any team he wants, but that team must. compensate his former team with players, dralt choices or cash, If the clubs are unable. 0 agree on : compensation, they go to arbitration where each team submits a final offer and - the arbitrator picks one ,or. * the other. - agency,” igh -¢ Th players ‘think veterais who are free’‘agents should . be able to move when they wish. “Nor do they want to be forced to move because they are named.as compensation i a move -by a free ‘agent. ¥ ““We all want. total free + said » Esposito, “However, we. dén't ° think hockey can survive with total frée agency and there has to be a compromise.” A survey:by the Hamilton Spectator revealed that 12 of 14 other. NHL,team repre- : sentatives share Esposito’s readiness to strike, Two rep- resentatives are uncommit- ted. s “J don’t think’ it will © come. to a strike,” said. Esposiot. “We aren't’ under the gun until the ‘summer: and I've found that nothing: seems to get-done until you are under » the gun.” er ‘mith Signs with Giants SCOTTSDALE, © ARIZ: (AP) — Reggie Smith, the. free-agent outfielder who - has hit 296 home ‘runs in his\major league’ baseball career, agreed to contract terms with San Francisco Giants on Saturday. |. ~ Tom ‘Haller, manager of the National general. . League club, made the an- nouncement, : The Giants are expected: : to try Smith, whose -big league career began in 1966 with Boston Red Sox, at first base and also use * him for outfield and Pinch: hitting duties. Smith, 36, suffered a tt KOKANEE TAX “Your Established Tax Service" - OPEN MON.-FRI., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. SAT. 9 a.m.-noon ‘our office hours are not convenient call for a special appointment) 278 Columbia Ave. 365-6161 365-2416 ~ serious shoulder injury in the 1980 season and played ‘in only 41 games last year, ‘hitting’ 200 for Los “An- geles Dodgers. He became a free agent when the sea- son ended and was'seeking © a $800,000 contract for the 1982 season. Smith hit .822 in''1980; « when he was ‘injured at’ mid-season. He spent 54 seasons with the Dodgers, after playing: 2% years with St. Louis. Cardinals. ~) As a member: of the Red Sox, he. twice’ led_ the American League in-home and Laurens Brown, ‘Sharon Willson, ara White, Allison Zanet, Helaine Oleski; Susan Judy Kinakin; ‘Tania Henning, Chery! Duckworth’and’ Darlene Connatty. Missing are Carrie’ Gorkott, Tami O'Connor, Denise Pottle =CosNew Photo brief. flirtation with downhill ‘skiing - in . Quebec had piqued Ross's interest, but it wasn't until he moved to Vancouver from Montreal in 1972 and that he joined a disabled skiers’ club. ~ oh TOOK LESSONS That ‘club was an. early version of what now is the Disabled Skiers’ Association of B.C., formed in 1972 by two local physiotherapists. Ross. soon found» himself taking lessons on Grouse Mountain — from another amputee, “It was super,” said Ross. “The staff up at Grouse used to have a tractor come down to the base of the ski slope and take us back up to the . top after we came down.” bearing al st all his weight, STOPS FREQUENTLY “It's quite a strain,” Ross said. “I have to stop every 100 yards or so and take a’ breather before I go again.” Ross, said that after three lessons he was travorsing down Grouse and turning a lot of heads in the process. He said there. was “a lot of falling down before that.” He added that with only one ski-meeting the snow, : friction is reduced, and’ he has to contend with a speed- ier descent than the average two-legged skier.. But he said it is the attrac: tion of speed that draws him- self and many amputees to downhill skiing. “Sometimes you go like a bat out ‘of hell,”. he said. “Most of the time I move slower than most people, but here, I can go as fast or faster than the average person.” Since physiotherapists Sue Hamilton and Julie. Lewis Wanted he To Help © MINOR BASEBALL IN ier ear ee ‘COME TO THE Annual Meeting March 18 — 7:30 p.m. Recreation Complex Centre Sentinel Minor Baseball Assoc. ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Colorado Rockies might not.) know... where © they're eaded ‘after the season, but players are confident they'll be‘going to the National Hockey League playoffs this spring. in '\: Colorado has been at the bottom of the NHL standings all year. Lately, however, the Rockies have shown elgns of developing into a respectable team., They've’ played’. well “enough to move withisi strik- ‘ing distance of Los Angeles Controversy continues board of governors for per- mission to move the team to the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.. Gil- bert: * also attitude has been incredible, Everyone. has ‘stayed opti- caree: mistic, and no.one has quit.” Set Rockies haven't exact- Ottawa, “Kitchener, ’,. Ont., Seattle and >San. Diego’ as possible sites for relocating the team, which has strug- gled at the box office as well © as in the points race. All the.rumors about, the Rockiés moving.or folding or being ‘sold ‘would’ figure to take a toll on: the: players, Apprently, however, it has Kings for the fourth and final . not. playoff spot inthe Smythe Division. They've, done 50. despite constant:.office confusion about whether the franchise will exist next season, And, if, it does, where it will be’ located. - Rockies owner - Peter Gil- bert’ has asked. the NHL Van ito rink.“ One point lead for “We've heard it from the first day of training camp,” said centre Steve Tambellini. “You learn to live with.it and put it out of your mind. NEVER GIVE UP “Mr. Gilbert is the owner and he can do what he wants with the-team. But the guys never give up and ‘the Andreashuk Trophy Ladies’ Tuesday ‘afternoon curlers, playing for the Andreashuk Trophy, are at the mid-point of their third round. The standings to date are: \VanYzerloo, 19 points; Horning-Waldie, 18; -Janiki, 14; Lyons, 12; -Wilson, 10; and Lauriente with 5 points. The Tuesday Evening " Ladies, playing for the Bank of Montreal Trophy have completed a double: round robin and will be starting a three “game playoff. The standings are as follows: ~ A BLOCK — Prokopp, 23 points; Roberts, 18; Trickey, 17; Larson, 17. B BLOCK — Berg, 13 points; Gray, 10; Allen, 8; and Reid, u multiple. : 8. sclerosis and mental ies ‘dation. Total points’ winner after ase Bloek will” receive the Bank of Montreal Trophy, with runners up receiving pins. B Block win- ners will receive pins. Thursday Evening Ladies’ results after their double round robin are: A BLOCK -— Prokop, 22 points; VanYzerloo, 17; Allen, 15; Reid, 14. B BLOCK — Chernoff, 13 p= points; Desrochers, a Oglow, 12; and Fletcher, 7. ° The total points winner in A Block will rdceive the Dixie Lee Trophy, with runners up receiving pins. Winners of B Block. will receive pins. Plans are well: underway for the Annual Powder Puff Bonspiel which’ will take place on March 5, 6 and 7 with entries from Castlegar a and surround: Colorado Rockies keep on plugging Hockey of his efght-year and experience,” said. Tam- bellini, who came along with Resch in the trade with the Islanders. onchieo is super, a big asset to any team with his poise ith the Kings 7 a spot in the ‘playoffs — no matter how short-lived — has become a possibility. “I, think we're showing a little: more desire than LA,” said Dwight Foster, himself a centre of. controversy this season. 'Foster::was signed last summer. as a free agent" by the Rockies, As compen- sation, Colorado:sent Boston Bruins, Foster's | former. team, ‘its first-rourid . draft pick this year. If the Rockies finish at the bottom of ‘the overall stand- ings, Boston will get a change ‘to draft’ Brian Bellows, a junior player in: Kitchener who is considered the finest prospect available in the draft since. Bobby Orr. “We have a lot of young guys who-want to make the *'’playoffs and=won't stop at anything to do it. 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