as Casthégae News sorwory 29,1085 HURTING DOLLAR Ottawa has no control OTTAWA (CP) Inter And he denied that com ments by Justice Minister John Crosbie will add to But as he was speaking, the dollar was falling to « record trading low of 70.37 cents U.S., down from Mon day night's record low close international forces that are hurting the dollar, but is doing what it can domest ically to bolster the currency, Wilson said on his way into » meeting of the inner cabinet He denied that comments by Crosbie, appearing Tues day in the Montreal daily La Presse, suggest the govern ment is backing away from consider re-election more im- portant than slashing the deficit Granby to explore project Granby Resources Lid. has entered into a 50-50 joint venture with a private B.C company to explore a gold project south of Albquerque, Litigation over the prop erty started 80 years ago was only recently resolved and the property has never been assembled under one ownership, the release adds Granby will carry out the first exploration stage which is expected to cost $50,000 U.S. Upon completion, Gran by will have the option to participate on a 50-50 joint venture basis. There are eight former gold producing mines within the land package, the release says. Most of the gold was selectively mined from veins and shear zones in several breccia pipes within a cal dera Drilling of some key min eralized zones and* sampling of the old mine dumps is expected to start by the end of this month, the release says. Agency to finance Autoplan By CasNews Staff Castlegar Savings Insur ance Agencies Ltd announe ed this week that it will begin financing Autoplan insurance over a six-month period Starting Feb. 1, customers will be able to obtain their Avtoplan car insurance by paying 25 per cent or $100 of the total insurance The remainder of the bal ance can be paid off at any time up to a maximum of s:x months from the date of purchase According to Greg Nich valodoff, a line of credit has been arranged with Castle gar Savings Credit Union PUBLIC MEETING A public meeting will be held in the Robson Community Hall, Jon. 30 ot 7.30 p.m. regarding the application for a licence to operote o take-out restaurant and neighbourhood pub “What would it give us to offer a government perfect in inmates programs and quickly reduces the deficit if Can adians take power away from us in three years because they find it unacceptable? Crosbie said in an interview with La Presse. “It wouldn't be healthy for the Conservative Party and Canada if we lost power in the next election,” he said ‘That would mean that the Liberals, who are responsible for the $34-billion deficit. would be given the opport unity to waste more money, Crosbie said. Wilson maintained the comments show that Crosbie still feels the deficit is an Crosbie is saying is while the deficit is important, we've got to ap proach things in a very balanced wi which is what we've been doing,” Wilson BUSINESS Wilson denied that Cros bie's comments undermine assurances the finance min. ister has made to inter. national money markets that the government is still firmly committed to reducing the deficit “We are firmly committed . to the deficit-control program that is under way. The deficit will be down this year. It will be down again next year.” New Democrat leader Ed Broadbent said Crosbie's comments not only show that his priority is winning elect tons, but also undermine confidence in the dollar and could add to a further run on the currency. Broadbent called it “a typieal Crosbie statement that contains a lot of truth in terms of what his priorities are, which are namely win ning elections. “If there's been a weakness at all in this government it's been the lack of a consistent and persistent policy.” Oil output down in USSR MOSCOW (AP) Soviet oil output fell sharply in 1985 for the second straight year and industrial targets also were missed for steel, min eral fertilizers and plastics, according to economic stat isties. But overall industria! out put achieved the planned 39per-cent increase over 1964 and production of con sumer goods rose by six per cent, said the partial stat isties released by the official 3.1-per-cent increase, to 567 billion rubles or about $745 billion U.S. at the official exchange rate, in a figure called “national income used fur condumption and accum ulation” The Soviet Union does not publish an equivalent of the western concept of a gross national product Figures for oil production showed output plunged to 3.77 billion barrels from the 3 89 billion achieved in 1984. That year saw the first overall drop in Soviet oil production since the Second World War, down from 3.91 billion barrels in 1983. The Soviet Union is the world’s largest oil producer and has traditionally earned hard currency to pay for grain and other imports with sales of oil and, gas abroad. 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This new revised seminar reflects changes brought down in the recent federal budget Henry John a chartered accountant from the firm of Soligo, Koide and John will be the guest speaker at this seminar, also on Feb. 17. For those persons inter- ested in watning to be able to determine the prospects of their business and make plans for its future growth, there is the “Financial Ana- lysis” session in Trail. Those attending will learn how to calculate a number of ratios which are important tors of the direction a s is travelling. In addition they will learn how to analyze these ratios and discover how to identify problems before they turn into a crisis. This six-hour session is scheduled for March 4 KSCU directors declare dividend Kootenay Savings Credit Union declared a 1985 div. idend of five per cent at a directors’ meeting held last week. According to the treasurer and general manager Doug Stanley, “the 1985 business operation achieved the goals and objectives of the formal business plan for the year, in spite of the stagnant econ omic climate.” Having declared a five percent dividend on the minimum quarterly balance of members’ shares accounts, Kootenay Savings directors also approved an aggressive business plan for the new year, including the establish ment of a Financial Manage. ment Centre to be operated out of the Waneta Plaza branch in Trail. The Centre, under the direction of a professional planner, will offer the ad vantages and conveniences of >roundhog Day SPECIALS “personal financial planning” — the first service of it sl through financial banking establishments in south- eastern B.C. In responding to the needs of Kootenay Savings mem- bers, the board of directors has also authorized manage- ment to proceed with the development and implement- ation of new services during 1986 such as d $300 ON AN ADULT save ore SKI TICKET WITH EVERY $7.00 PURCHASE CASH CARD TODAY! FOR 24 nour TELLER SERVICE at Castlegar and Trail prs Over 200 ATM's soon in Canada! By JERRY HURD Rebels defeated fourth-place Rossland Warriors Saturday evening while dropping two points to the Beaver Valley Nighthawks Sunday afternoon. The Rebels won 10-9 over Rossland and lost 6-4 to Beaver Valley. The high-scoring Rossland game had the Rebels leading 5-2 after the first period, 8-5 after the second, and a final score of 10-9. The third period had the Warriors score three consecutive goals to put them within a one-goal margin with eight minutes remaining in the game. It wasn't until 3:36 left in the game before the Rebels Warriors replied to this goal with a minute left in the me. The Warriors tried on several occasions to get & faceoff in the Rebel zone so they could pull their goalie for the extra-man attacker. The Rebels held on for final seore of 10-9. Referee Neil Jackman whistled down 14 penalties to the Rebels while the Warriors received nine. Goals of the game were credited to Kelly Hurd with five, while Ken Hoodicoff, Shawn Hokanson, Dean Sjodin, Dane Jackson and John Obetkoff netted the others. Assists went to Hoodicoff with four, Rod Horkoff with three, Dan Taylor with a pair while singles went to Hurd, Sjodin, Hokanson, Thor Ludvegsen, Darcy Martini and Dave Terhune. bright for them as they wer downed by the Beaver Valley Nighhawks 6-4. After the first period the Rebels were leading 1-0 with a goal from Dean Sjodin. With a few chances to seore, Nighthawk goalie, Jim Bailey, kept them from reaching the scoreboard. The first period ended 1-0 in favor of the Rebels. ‘The second period had the Rebels net a powerplay goal by Dave Terhune to put the Rebels ahead 2-0. It was at this time the Rebels took a number of penalties, iting in three P play goals by the Nighthawks. This ended the second period 3-2 in favor of the Nighthawks. Rebels split weekend games replied with « goal from Shawn Hokanson. The Nighthawks remained with a one goal lead until the three-miftute mark when Kelly Hurd tied the game 44. With one minute left in the game, the Nighthawks came déwn the ice with a two-on-one situation, Rebels goalie Steve Voykin got a piece of it only to have it land in the net. Once the opportunity allowed, Rebel coach Joe Hanik pulled the goalie for the man advantage. The Rebels once again took a penalty resulting in the Nighthawks scoring an empty net goal. This ended the game with a score of 64 for the Nighthawks. 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FEBRUARY ME ABERSHIP $109. nn 59D 1 smn BURNS GYM & FITNESS CENTRE Locoted below the Fireside Dining Room Call today for more information 365-3434 notched another goal to give them a two-goal lead. The The Rebels’ third consecutive game did not look as The fired up Beaver Valley juniors came back in the third period and notched one more goal before the Rebels with a pair while singles went to Hurd, Sjodin, Hokanson, Dane Jackson and Dan Taylor. Skaters win at Rossland Nearly 70 skaters from local clubs took part in the Rossland Mini Skating com- petition held Jan. 19. Win- ners from the Castlegar Club were Karen Skibinski, first in the age eight and under pre-preliminary event; Hea- ther Sheppard, second in the same event and Leah Ken- nedy, third in the 11 and 12 preliminary event. Other members of the Castlegar Figure Skating Club who competed in the Rossland competition were Jennifer Bondaroff, Danielle Crockett, Laura Kosawan, Andraya Hughes, Averil Sheppard, and Chelsea Van Viiet. Rockers 1-2 in Tourney Stanley Humphries Rock. ers played their final ex hibition tournament of the season last weekend in Trail. The basketball squad ‘won only one of three games, their poorest performance in a tournament this season. In their first game the Rockers fell victim to the Queen Elizabeth Royals of Surrey, 48-43. The combina. tion of a scoring slump and an excessive numbers of fouls and turnovers did in the Stanley Humphries team, ac cording to coach Kevin Mor. ris In the second round of the Cagebowl, the opposition was provided by the Revelstoke Mountaineers. The Rockers turned in another lacklustre performance losing 66-60, said Morris. Three players scored in double figures, Clinton John son with 14, Duane Donald with 13, and Greg Larson added 11 The Rockers finished the tournament with a 55-52 win over Mt. Boucherie Secon. dary of Kelowna. Johnson was the leading scorer with 17, followed by Glen Le furgey with 12. Clinton Johnson received an Honorable Mqption to the All-Star Team. Stanley Humphries now turn their attention to league play. They host the J.L. Crowe Hawks this Friday at 7 p.m. and take on the Sel kirk Highlanders from Kim- berley at 11 a.m. Saturday The Rockers are counting on some strong fan support to help them kick off their league play on a successful note “We have really appreci ated the enthusiasm of our fans at the home games so for this season” said Morris. “There seems to be re- newed interest in high school basketball.” Morris contin ued “The crowd gets the players pumped up and that leads to even better enter. SKATING ... Three bers of C 9 Figure Skating Club were winners at Rossland mini skating competition held recently. Shown (from left) are Leah Kennedy and Karen Skibinski Ruling upsets players TORONTO (CP) — The Major Indoor Soccer League Players’ Association maintains striker Branko Segota, goalkeeper Tino Lettieri and midfielder Gerry Gray should be free to join the Canadian World Cup soccer team any time they chose. John Kerr, director of the Washington-based players’ association, said Tuesday a 1984 agreement which allowed San Diego Sockers, Minnesota Strikers and Chicago Sting to enter the MISL from the defunct outdoor North American Soccer League contained a stipulation all players must be released at their request to play outdoors. Last November, independent arbitrator Matthew Kelly of Cornell University ruled in favor of the players’ association on that point. The league subsequently for warded other documents and Kelly is expected to make a decision on their relevance in the next few days. But Kerr, a former Canadian international player, said he doesn't expect those documents to change the arbitrator's decision. If the arbitrator's decision stands, Segota of the Sockers, Lettieri, who plays for the Strikers, and Gra; member of the Sting, would be free to join the Canadian national team any time they chose — despite a ruling Monday by league commissioner Frank Dale negating such releases. The three Canadians were upset by Dale's ruling. CALLS IT SELFISH Segota said from Kansas City where San Diego played Tuesday night he was disappointed by the “rash decision” and said if the financial details could be worked out — if the Canadian Soccer Aséociation picked up about $15,000 to $20,000 of his contract — he is prepared to quit the Sockers at the end of March, just before the league playoffs. Lettieri called the league's move “very selfish. The hell with them.” Kerr, a native of Scotland and later a resident of Toronto, said the league decision was “absolutely outrageous.” “It's quite frightening.” Kerr said. “Here we are on the verge of a major breakthrough on the part of the game in North America and they're playing silly games.” Canada plays Paraguay in an exhibition match tonight in Vancouver. There will be three MISL players in the Canadian lineup. Tacoma Stars released defender Bob Lenarduzzi, dfielder David Norman and striker Dale Mitchell for the for the ” game because Tacoma Wednesday. There are 13 Canadian national players under contract in the MISL. The MISL regular season ends in early April and playoffs continue until mid-May for at least two teams. The World Cup begins May 31 in Mexico. Canadian coach Tony Waiters said Tuesday in Vancouver the league's stubbornness over releasing the national players could precent several of the top Canadians from making the final World Cup roster because they would not haye enough time to train with the national team. “We have tried to negotiate with the MISL through individual clubs aiters said. “Now we may have to get the Canadian Soccer Association involved in these discussions and hope we can get some of these players released “We can’t get our players fit under outdoor conditions in just two or three weeks in late May.” Waiters noted it would have been a “very different” situation had the United States qualified for the World Cup. was not scheduled to play Ready wins at Regina By CasNews Staff kilograms in the clean and Castlegar weightlifter Travis Ready won the 67.5 kilogram class at the West ern Canadian Weightlifting championships in Regina on Saturday. Ready won the title by 27.5 kilograms. “[m happy with that,” Ready said in an interview. “I didn’t lift as good as I would have like to but my total’s still going up.” Ready lifted 107.5 kilo grams in the snatch and 135 jerk. He was also named Best Junior Lifter at the meet. Ready heads to Montreal Feb. 15 for three-month Olympic training camp along with another B.C. weightlift- er who are amongst the top four lifters in B.C. Ready says his chances of making the Olympic team are “pretty good” if he can keep from getting injured. Ready will be training twice a day for six hours while in Mon treal. 271st GOAL mate Potvin breaks Orr's goal-scoring record UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Denis Potvin says he has “tried to be as unpredictable as possible on the ice.” But his record-breaking 2Tist goal came on a thor- oughly predictable shot — something Potvin called his “old reliable.” “It was wonderful to do it at home and nice to do it with a good wrist shot, the kind of shot I've had some success with,” the New York Islander captain said Tuesday night after he broke Bobby Orr's career goal-scoring record for a National Hockey League defenceman. The record-breaker came on a 40-footer from the left faceoff circle at 3:21 of the second period, and triggered the Islanders to a 9-2 victory ever the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was Potvin’s 13th goal of the season. RED WINGS 7 CAPITALS 0 In Detroit, the cellar. dwelling Red Wings moved to within two points of Toronto in the Norris Divi. sion as rookie goaltender Mark LaForest recorded De- troit’s first shutout in 150 games and Chris Cichocki scored a pair of goals. The vietory marked Detroit coach Brad Park's last appearance behind the bench before be- ginning a six-game suspen- sion Friday night. Park was suspended for ordering his players to leave the bench first, sparking a bench-clear- ing brawl during a 7-4 defeat at Toronto Jan. 13. LaForest, who entered the game with a 2-18 record, stopped 26 shots for his first career shutout and Detroit's first since Feb. 18, 1984. Steve Yzerman, Ron Duguay, John Ogrod- nick, Greg Smith and Reed Larson completed the De- troit scoring. FLYERS 2 PENGUINS 2 At Pittsburgh, Dave Pou- lin scored early in the third period to give the Flyers the tie. Philadelphia continued its dominance of Pittsburgh even though their seven- game winning streak against the Penguins ended. Pitts- burgh’s last victory over the Flyers was Dec. 21, 1984. The Flyers had gone 77 conse- cutive games without playing to a tie. Terry Ruskowski scored the other Flyers goal, while Rich Sutter and Moe Mantha replied for Pitts- burgh. Reports of Brooker’s bad knee annoy doctor TORONTO (CP) — Dr. Peter Fowler, the orthopedic surgeon charged with the responsibility of getting downhiller Todd Brooker and his ailing left knee back on the World Cup circuit, is tired of hearing about all the operations the Paris, Ont., skier has undergone “It annoys me, the things I read,” Fowler said in an interview Tuesday from his office at University Hospital in London, Ont. “The only major ligament operation Todd has had on his left knee was done by Dr. (Jack) Kennedy in 1979 before any body had even heard of Todd Brooker “That's because he was racing second tier, on the Europa Cup circuit, at the time.~ Trail rink defeated KELOWNA (CP) Sandy MacDonald of Prince George became the first Interior rink to qualify for the British Columbia men's curling championship by defeating Jim Hill of Trail 7-3 Tuesday MacDonald finished the seven-rink round-robin with a &1 record. Hill and Erie Wiltzen of Kamloops finished with 42 records. The six losing rinks have a second chance to qualify for the provincial championship when the Interior consolation round starts here Thursday They will be joined in the triple-knockout bonspiel by 10 rinks from the 52-rink B.C. Interior Curling Association bonspiel which concluded here today. The provincial champion ship will be in Esquimalt Feb. 19. Fowler said the only other thing done to either of the 26 year-old’s knees has been ar. throscopic surgery — strictly a diagnostic procedure. Fowler said an arthroscope is used to inspect the injured area — in this case the knee — to determine the extent of damage and allow for the removal of any floating par ticles with tiny surgical in struments Brooker was brought home two weeks ago after injuring his left knee in a fall during training for two World Cup downhill races at Kitzbuehel. Austria REJECTED SURGERY “Even when we brought him home two years ago, just before the Olympics when he injured his right knee at Kitzbuehel, we didn't do any surgery,” Foler said. College curling teams undefeated Athletic he first Selkirk College Department hosted Totem Conference Bonspiel at the Castlegar Curling Club over the weekend and both its men's and mixed teams emerged from the round robin competitions undefeat The men's rink skipped by John Harper of Trail was clearly the class of the bon spiel easily handling all op ponents. The team, which is comprised of Harper, third Roger May of Nelson, second Steve Greenwood from Trail and lead Mike Miller system. atically defeated B.C. In stitute of Technology from Burnaby 12-3, Cariboo Col lege of Kamloops 10-1, Fraser Valley College of Chilliwack 11-5, and Royal Roads Mili tary College of Victoria 9-1 They defeated Sel kirk’s second men’s also team composed of skip Scott Cole from Calgary, third Jeff Wil ey from Merritt. second Mike Daigle of Castlegar and lead Scott Patten from Calgary Colleges are only allowed one eligible team per event so Selkirk's team could not qualify for provin cial awards The Selkirk equally second mixed team well. They double round robin against teams from Burnaby, Kamloops and New Westminster with a 6-win O-loss record. The team con sists of lead Tracy Posnikoff, second Daryl Hurley of Nel son, third Christine Lockhart of Grand Forks and Nelson skip Riek Houseworth For complete results, see Mid-Week Wrap-Up, page Be. Both teams now have a commanding lead going into the final bonspiel at Kam loops Feb. 13-15, and a good chance of earning the provin cial college championship honors and the privilege of representing B.C. in the Canadian College Champion ships in March Coach Bob Melvor was justifiably proud of the per formance of his teams and optimistic that Selkirk will win the B.C. Men's College Championships for the third Mclvor skipped two years ago when they won the national college men's title consecutive year. Selkirk's team Both May and Miller were on last year's team, which represented the college and the province at the nationals. This is the first successful mixed entry that Selkirk has had for a number of vears