as Castlegar News June 1, 1991 BRIEFLY. By CasNews Staff a PHONE 365-5210 ond New insertions, copy changes cancellations for the Castlegar News Business Directory will be accepted upto 6 p.m. Thursday, June 27 tor the month of uly. PHONE 365-5210 Ministry calls tenders The Ministry of Highways has called for tenders for repaving of almost 23 kilometres of Highway 3 and Highway 22 near Castlegar. The project involves three sections: * -beginning at the Castlegar interchange and continuing west on Highway 3 for 13.7 kilometres; ° 15.8 k west of the continuing for 5,8 kilometres; and © beginning at the interchange and continuing south for 3.2 kilometres on Highway 22 (Columbia Avenue). The project calls for heating and lifting of the existing asphalt which is then ‘‘rejuvenated”’ and relaid. **The resulting sufface has most of the same qualities as new asphalt but costs a fraction of the price,’’ the ministry said in a news release. Work should be completed by mid-July, the ministry said. hange and Town considers resort OSOYOOS — Plans for an expensive lakefront redevelopment involving a hotel and convention centre have received a generally favorable public reaction, Mayor Tom Shields said Monday. The south Okanagan Valley community held a two-day open house recently to examine a design for a multi-million-dollar resort hotel with conference centre, boutique-style shopping area and condominium development. Urban Systems, a company that developed the concept for a mixed private and public sector project, estimated the cost at between $30 million and $50 million, said Shields. The firm will now answer questions received at the open house and report to town council. “The next stage, if council chooses to go forward, will be to refine and develop the initial work on a number of fronts such as design and a closer look at market feasibility, said Greg Lindros of. CCOUNT Brian L. Brown CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Columbia Avenue Castlegar * 365-2151 Gordon A. Read & Co. Certified General Accountant Office 368-6471 Residence 365-2339 1250 Bay Ave., Trail AIR CONDITIONING ARROW LAKES CONCRETE ete by tame reanres trates TLEGAR STORAGE CENTER MINI-WAREHOUSE UNITS YOU STORE YOU LOCK YOU KEEP THE KEY! PHONE; 365-6734 815 Hwy. 22 Castlegor (Next to Ernies Towing) “What happened to the TV?” ELECTRICAL Williams Moving & Storage 2337-6th Avenue, ill in the-moving busine Ph. 365-3328 Collect OPTOMETRIST AIR CONDITIONING & Installation == 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 365-2485 CONCRETE * FOUNDATIONS * RETAINING WALLS: 365-5063 AZELWOOD OLDINGS 10%. OFF REPAIR PARTS FOR SENIORS Urban Systems, which is also preparing plans for Castlegar Shields estimated some 300 people attended the open house and about half like the idea. About 25 per cent were supportive but with reservations while the remaining 25 per cent were opposed. Private sector investment is needed from developers to ensure the Project proceeds Development would take place at the edge of Osoyoos Lake and include a resort hotel with as many as 150 rooms and convention facilities. Shields said Osoyoos has been trying to modernize the waterfront area. **We've been told we have one of the best ‘waterfront areas in the province for possible development,” he said Union offers support VICTORIA — B.C. teachers will be lobbied during the next year to strengthen their union ties by becoming the first teachers in the country to join the Canadian Labor Congress Delegates at the B.C. Teachers’ Federation annual generat meeting next spring will vote on joining the CLC, with a referendum to follow if the vote is favorable. If the federation joins the congress, this would qualify teachers for membership in the 200,000-member B.C. Federation of Labor The federation joined the Trade and Labor Congress in 1944, but voted against reaffiliation when that congress and the Canadian Congress of Labor merged to form the CLC in 1956. Im spite of the lack of formal affiliation, the teachers federation has worked closely with the B.C. Federation of Labor for years and could benefit significantly from membership in the congress, said Dan Blake, chairman of the teachers’ committee. One of the biggest benefits would be access to the 2.2 million members of the congress, he said “We would have a greater forum for support on public-education issues,”’ he said. ‘‘We could make members of other organizations aware of what the issues are.”’ After joining the CLC, teachers would then vote again on joining the B.C. Federation of Labor. With its 35,000 members, the teachers Federation would be the third-largest union in the labor federation B.C. Liberals confident PRINCE GEORGE — The B.C. Liberal party already has 30 candidates and intends to have one in each of the provincial ridings before an election is called, party leader Gordon Wilson said Thursday The election, which must be held this year, will probably be called just after Labor Day, he said : The election, which must be held this year, will probably be called just after Labor Day, he said The party has a good chance to elect enough members to hold the balance of power in the event of a minority government, he said. TIONS BUY or SELL by AUCTION * Bonkrupicies * Estotes * Consign © Quieight Purchose SSELL ont M.-SAT. 9-6 UCTION WEST K CONCRETE LTD. 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In 1986, the last provincial election, the party doubled its share of the popular vote to sevent per cent ““We see it as a very real possibility for us to be able to come up the middle in a number of ridings, and outright win a number of ridings that we've been working for a long time,”’ Wilsdn said “*My expectation is that the election is going to be a good deal closer than many people suspect, and we'll end up with a minority government and the Liberals holding the balance.”’ Wilson is in Prince George through Saturday afternoon to consult with the executives of the three local provincial Liberal riding associations and meet prospective candidates. He also plans to talk to representatives of the forest industry, native groups, and teachers and administrators from the Prince George school district, the College of New Caledonia and the recently established University of Northern British Columbia New sawmills shut out VANCOUVER — Small sawmill operators in British Columbia will have immediate access to more timber under the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, Forests Minister Claude Richmond said Thursday But new sawmills will be prohibited from entering the program to ensure that as the timber supply is increased, a proliferation of new mills does not occur. “*B.C. already has sufficient sawmill capacity,”” Richmond said. The decision to give existing small operators more timber is in keeping with the forest service’s intention to implement most of the 32 recommendations made in two recent reports on small forest emterprises. 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Last weekend he shot a two-day total of 166 (84 and 82) at the B.C. Amateur qualifier at Birch- bank and Christina Lake courses to qualify for the 9-18 handicap event in the Amateur. The weekend before, the Kinnaird Junior secondary school student sunk a hole-in-one on the par- 3 third hole at the Castlegar and District Golf Club. LOCAL The following is a list of Sunfest sports-related events taking place Sunday including times and location. The Sunfest Biathlon — which consists of two runs of 5.8 kilometres and a bike ride of 35 kilometres — begins at the Community Complex at 10 a.m. The mixed slo-pitch tour- nament continues at various fields in Castlegar on Sunday morning with the finals set for Kinnaird park around noon. Free sale boat rides on the Arrow Lakes will be offered by the West Kootenay Sailing Club at Scotties Marina star- ting at 1 p.m. The 19th Annual Canadian Frog Jumping championship is set for Kinnaird Park at 2 p.m. while the canine frisbee catching contest begins at 3 mm. SCHOOL SPORTS The event the Stanley Humphries secondary school tennis team has been waiting for all year, the Interior Schools Provincial Tennis championships, began. Thur- sday in Kamloops. NHL Three key Players on the Stanley Cup champion Pit- tburgh Penguins, Kevin Stevens, Mark Recchi and Ron Francis, will be available to the highest bidder July 1 in the NHL’s free agency market. They are among 214 players under contract to NHL clubs who will be available. Other top players on the list include former Penguin John Cullen, rookie goalie Ed Belfour, Esa Tikkanen, Guy Carbonneau, Thomas Sandstrom, Sean Burke, Wendel Clark and Mike Richter. HOCKEY The North American Hockey League will hold its first draft Monday in Cleveland. Each of the six franchises Atlanta, Cin- cinnati, Cleveland, In- dianapolis, iami Hamilton — players to stock rosters for the 70-game schedule which ins Nov. 7. BOXING an Profession: Boxing Federation named Edmonton flyweight: Scotty Olson boxer of the year last week. Olson, 15-0, won the award over heavy: t Len- Lewis, welterweight Donavon Boucher, feather- weight Barrington Francis and middleweight Otis Grant. Rebels close to choosing coaches Pair of prime prospects team president says By ED MILLS Staff Writer The search for a coach for the Castlegar Rebels junior B hockey club has been narrowed down to two men. And they’re a pair of ' prime Prospects if you judge by the way the SHSS Kootenay International Hockey League team’s president Russ Rilcof, is talking about them. “If they come on board, I’ll go out on a limb and say we'll have the best team we've had here in seven years. And we could win a KIJHL giant picked for B.C. team One of 12 in province By CasNews Staff A Stanley Humphries secondary school senior has been selected to play for the provincial under-18 volleyball team. Richard Malinek, a six-foot-seven grade 12 student, was one of 12 players in the province selected to the team and one of only three players selected from the entire Inteior region * RICHARD MALINEK - .. Vancouver bound Malinek, 17, will spend the sum- mer in Vancouver training with the team at the University of B.C. Later in the summer, the team Plays other provincial teams in a tournament in Saskatchewan and then travels to Montreal for the national championships. Malinek, who was an all-star cen- tre blocker for the SHSS senior boys team last season, was one of 24 Players singled out as provincial Prospects at a volleyball camp in December. He was chosen for the team after a second camp in Vancouver two weeks ago. “I was a bit skeptical (of being chosen for the team) because there was a lot of good people there,”’ said Malinek, who hopes to play for the UBC Thunderbirds next season. Don Lust, who coached the senior boys team, said Malinek has all the skills and a tremendous amount of raw talent. “*He has excellent hand skills and his hitting ability and blocking ability aren’t too bad, but he’s got in- credible potential with his height. That's why they selected him,’ Lust said. Jamie Laktin of Mount Sentinel high school in South Slocan was the other player selected to the team from the Kootenays, while the third player from the Interior came from Kelowna. championship,”’ Rilcof said Thur- sday. The Rebels finished last in the KIJHL’s West Division last season and missed the playoffs for the third Straight year. But Rilcof isn't ready to leap out on to the limb yet because the Prospects, a midget and senior hockey coach from Salmon Arm, and a former NHL goaltender who just graduated from the University of B.C., have yet to sign on the dotted line. “I'm still waiting to see what's happening,” said Rilcof, who got more than 40 applications from across Canada for the job. ‘*We have two really good coaches lined up but everything's contingent on those individuals getting jobs in the community,"* One of the applicants, Kevin Cheveldave of Salmon Arm, is closer to coming here than the other, whom Rilcof wouldn't name. Cheveldave couldn’: for comment Thursday. The two, if they come, would co- coach the team, said Rilcof who is going into his second year as president of the Rebels. The Rebels coaching job became vacant when Ed Cooper, who had coached the team for the last two years, decided he wouldn't return to the job this season for Personal reasons. be reached CosNews photo by Ed Mills LEANING ON MOM Dyana Deskoch, 9, ets some hel donning h ipment f between innings Thursday night in a junior girls baseball peda ot We d Park elen = at Woodh y school. McNall brings Gretz and Kurri... EDMONTON (CP) — For folks down Los Angeles way, the deal which Thursday reunited hockey great Wayne Gretzky with his erst- while Oilers sidekick Jari Kurri was a Hollywood happy ending. But in Edmonton, it was as though Ingrid Bergman had ditched Hum- Phrey Bogart at the Casablanca air- port all over again — inevitable, but irritating. The Edmonton Oilers announced a six-player NHL deal with the Philadelphia Flyers which gave the Flyers the rights to the star right- winger. Philadelphia turned around and dealt Kurri to the Los Angeles Kings for defenceman Steve Duchesne and centre Steve Kasper. The Flyers also sent defenceman Jeff Chychrun to Los Angeles. It was not the plot twist Oilers general manager Glen Sather wanted. ‘I would have preferred trading him elsewhere,”” admitted Sather, adding that Los Angeles was the goal of Kurri’s Winnipeg-based agent Don Baizley from the beginning “I knew that was coming — that he wanted to play with Wayne. “Vm glad it’s over. I’m sick and tired of guys whining and moaning around here. There's been too much of & ‘my-way’ attitude around here.”” Kurri, 31, has agreed to a three- year deal with an option year. The Edmonton Journal reported the salary figures are $800,000, $950,000, $1 million and $1 million for the op- ... together again August 1988, figured’ his latest in- vestment could bring: the Stanley Cup to southern California. “It’s thrilling to get Jari Kurri,”’ said the portly entrepreneur, his eyes lighting up at the prospect of Gret- zky centering Kurri and Tomas San- dstrom: ‘That kind of sends chills up your spine. It helps us a lot. With their speed, we ‘ought to make it happen now.” Gretzky could not be reached for hours before the deal was officially announced, was pleased. “ham looking forward to playing with’ Wayne again, that is for sure,” Kurri said. **If this is happening . . . well, I would have. to say thanks to the Edmonton Oilers for allowing it to happen. The No. | thing I wanted to do was finish my career playing with Wayne. I think we all know that.” The Kings, first-place finishers in the Smythe Division this season, were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Oilers in six games in the division final. Kurri — who won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers — played for the Milan Devils in the Italian League last season after playing out his option with Edmonton. The flashy Finn is the No. 2 leading scorer in NHL playoff history behind Gretzky. He and Gretzky played together for eight seasons in Edmonton. His most productive season came in 1984-85 when he scored 71 goals and added 64 assists. The Oilers protected him in Thur- sday’s expansion draft after failing to trade him Sunday. Philadelphia got right-winger Dave Brown and minor-league defenceman Corey Foster from Edmotnon. The Oilers acquired tight-winger Scott Mellanby, tough guy Craig Berube and minor-league centre Craig Fisher. Mellanby, 25 was a second-round draft pick of the Flyers in 1984, and has scored 83 goals and 114 assists in 355 games. Last season, in 74 games he scored 20 goals and added 21 assists, and had 155 penalty minutes. Brown — known more for his fisticuffs than his scoring punch — appeared in 140 regular-season games for the Oilers over the past 2% seasons. F Brown, is a return to the team he broke into the league with. Berube, 25, a native of Calahoo, Alta., played in 74 games for the Flyers last season and led the team with 293 penalty minutes.