as_Castlégar News COMMUNITY NEWS Learning disabilities week begins March 11 The Castlegar Chapter of the Lear- hing Disabilities A ion of British ser Columbia (L. DABC) plans to make the Invisible Handicap’’ hroughout Castlegar during Learning form of learning disability and that about $0,000 school age children and The LDABC is a voluntary, non- 30,000 young adults in British Colum- profit organization -providing infor- bia are affected, Disabilities Week March 11-18, It is estimated that 10 to 15 percent + 7 4 visible of the population suffer from some ™ation,"’ Beckstead said, ‘Wri parents, teachers, doctors and social W4Y in which people of average and above average intelligence receive, store, organize, retrieve and use infor- eB backwards or mixing up words like “pasghetti,’ ‘hotspitals’ and ‘aminals’ could be clues that achild has LD,"* said Bernice Other signs and symptoms include a lation, support and resources to Beckstead, president of the LDABC’s Child whois constantly moving, cannot reople with learning disabilities and'to~ Castlegar Chapter cople associated with them, including “A learning disability influences the Pay attention and acts impulsively, she said. Or they may experience great dif- ficulty in mastering the concepts big ~ and'small, up and down and left and 50 AND COUNTING ety rken iiaabir ear ptoms are present might there be an in- dication of a learning disability, she said. Only a professionat evaluation can determine the presence of a lear- ning disability. Many children miss being diagnosed and have often been labelled ‘‘failures’’ and considered **slow,”” “lazy”? or ‘stupid.’ Un- diagnosed, it can lead to frustration and a serious lack of self-esteem and eventually to emotional problems which further help to disguise their learning difficulties, she said. Accom- panying dw self-esteem has been linked in young people to suicide, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency and a range of other anti-social behaviors, Beckstead said The LDABC has chosen ‘‘The In- visible Handicap"’ as its theme to em- phasize the need to look closely at recognizing LD. To address the needs of the learning disabled, the problem first has to be recognized. If parents suspect their child may have a learning disability, they should share their concern with the child's teacher, Beckstead advises, “Don’t wait to see if he or she will ‘outgrow’ the problem,” she said. “Today, more professionals are George and Laura Markin of Castlegar recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with relatives and friends from Winnipeg, Vancouver, Creston and the West Kootenay. Business talks slated becoming alert to the unique problems of the student with LD.”” Parents are also good observers of their children and can offer insights and information to the school that should be taken into consideration, Beckstead said A qualified professional can assess the child's learning style and present a set of alter; native teaching approaches designed to help the child overcome their dif- ficulties, she said. “One: of the most important benefits of early recognition is that parents as well as teachers can better understand and help the child before they fail," she said. ‘*Learning disabilities can’t be cured but children can learn to compensate for their dif- ficulties and go on to be successful."* Children with LD need special nuturing and parents need infor- mation and support in order to provide it, she added During March, the Castlegar Chap- ter will provide information to the public in a display at the Castlegar library. There will also be a public awareness meeting held at the Kinnaird Junior secondary school library on March 13 at 3:15 p,m Mayor Audrey Moore is proclaiming March 11-18 LD week in Castlegar The Premium Savings Account High Yield With Flexibility! T-BILL ACCOUNT “CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION ‘Your Community Financial Centr SLOCAN PARK Hwy. 6, Slocan Park 226-7212 CASTLEGAR 601- 10th St., 365-7232 G ! SPRING SALE Ist Annual Post-Inventory Sale_ Prices Slashed On Canada’s #1 Pellet Stove & complete fireplace installations 254 ore fireplace ‘ accessories supplies & ma) sporting goods GORDIE'S FIREPLACE & “SPORT CONNECTION” 63 E. Nanaimo Ave. East, Penticton 493-3357 Easter E SAVINGS THROUGHOUT emenc... THE STORE !c Save by the basketfull at Pharmasave’s Pre-Easter Sale! © Easter Eggs © Easter Baskets © Easter Grass © Chocolate Easter Bunnies Garfields CHOCOLATE ROSES Assorted. March 8, 1989 BI NOW AVAILABLE PROFESSIONAL TAX PREPARATION SERVICE ONWARD TO EDMONTON Number one in B.C. and hoping to extend the honor to a national level, The Selkirk Saints men's volleyball team displays their BCCAA trophy. Front row, left to right: Mike Rogers, Jim Cathcart, Andrei Evdokimoff, Bud Brown. Back Row: Wes Wishlow, Steve Podmorow, Wayne Kennedy, Mike Perra, Jason Wishlaw, and coach Paul Thiessen. —cosnews photos by Niels Petersen Saints set sights on national title [/#2m By NIELS PETERSEN Staff Writer The Selkirk College Saints men's his.team for an assault on the national college volleyball title: in Edmonton next week Thiessen singled out several players that made the difference in last week's tournament, adding they are likely to Hi Arrow ties Sandman tops league standings By CasNews Staff Hi Arrow took a two-goal lead by the ehd of the first period bul couldn't hold Sandman down as the team scored five third-period goals to end the final game-of the Castlegar Recreational Hockey League's regular season in a 7-7 tie at the Complex Kevin Kirt got Hi Arrow on the scoreboard Mith a pair of goals in the last eight minutes of the first, assisted by Steve Simmonen and John Obetkoff Kirby also opened second-period scoring with a goal assisted by Clay Martini which was answered by a goal from Sandman’s Bobby Larsh Simonen and Rick Shukin popped in two more for Hi Arrow before Peter Tischler sneaked -one in with five seconds left in the second to end the period 5-2 Sandman poured it on in the third starting with a marker from Tischler, who scored a hat thick Kirby then notched his fourth goal of the night to put Hi Arrow up-6-3, followed by a goal by Tony DaRosa for Sandman, and Martini for Hi Arrow Frank. Costa, Duane, Weir and Tischler scored for Sandman in the last eight minutes to tie the game. Hi Arrow finished the season at the top of league standings with 43 points Shell was second with 35 and Sandman third with 32 Hi Arrow also boasts the top three scorers in the CRHL, led by John Obetkoff's 63 goals and 59 assists, Kirby and Vince Antignani take the number two and three spots with 119 and 86 points respectively The league's six-game round-robin finals begin tonight as Shell faces off "against Sandman at 9:30 in the Com plex Red Mtn. Racers do well By CasNews Staff The Red Mountain Racers women’s ski team put the West Kootenay on the skiing map last weekend weekend Victoria Jéalouse took first place in the combined B.C. Cup giant slalom race at Red Mountain on Saturday and Sunday. Alyson Todd, also of the Red Mountain Racers, took second place in the combined GS standings. Mike Day and Trevor Haaheim, both from Kelowna, took first. and second. place in the men's combined races Jealouse and Todd also took first and second place respectively in Satur day’s overall standings, while Anna Knudsgaard got a sixth-place finish for the Red Mountain team. Todd took the top spot in the women’s Junior B race on Sunday, and Gordon Wur linger took third place in Saturday's men’s Junior B races for the Red Mountain Racers. The Red Mountain men's squad did well on Sunday, as Rob Bufone, John Cormack and Darrel Fry took first, second and third place respectively in Sunday's overall giant slalom races. Bulfone also finished first in the men's Junior A races, and Cormack backed him up with a second-place finish overail Red Mountain Racers’ Fergus Tweedale finished 11th, Wurflinger 13th and Greg Spence 16th in Sunday’s overall races The March 21 Business Ownership r Women Conference in Castlegar is he final one inva series of six conferen- held throughout the province. hundreds of women have 1 the sessions held in Kelowna, suver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, sria. Whether launching a s venture, planning your expanding your existing on, the conference will provide cipants with tools to realize itive and financial independence, cording to a news release from the Federal Business Development Bank The sponsors for the series are the FBDB and the Ministry of Advanced cation and Job Training Women's Secretariat. 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Not to be combined with any offer. Expires: March 31, 1989 ‘@ther promotionat volleyball team is the new provincial champion after winning the B.C College Athletics Association trophy in Langley last weekend It’s the first ever title for Selkirk’s in thetop three.” volleyball squad, who overcame their host’s home-court advantage to beat In practice yesterday, Thiessen Trinity Western University three discussed strategy for the tourney. He plans to Videotape the Quebec team’s first game so the Saints can find the eastern team’s weakness and capitalize on it. The Saints will play two games a day during the three-day tournament straight games in a best-of-five match. The Saints took the BCCAA trophy from the Vancouver Community College team — which had the same 11-1 league récord as the Saints — beating VCC three games to two “It’s not an endurance tournament bur itisa high-powered tournament, the coach told his team. “Every game team to victory next week. The But the Saints havenotimetoreston their laurels. Coach Paul Thiessen is fine-tuning counts FLAMES DUMP JETS knowing that B.C “We're shooting for a gold,’’ be the foundation on which the Saints Thiessen said, sizing up his team’s can build victory in Edmonton chances against the top-seeded Quebec team. ‘‘I think our chances are good, _ce teams always place “All the other coaches are envious “IT have the best setter in the provin * said Thiessen of Wes Wishlow UBC tried to get him.” Wishlow, who plays on the team with his twin brother Jason, sets up the offense, “deceptively distributing passes to the spikers in front, who try to avoid the opposing team’s blockers Wishlow won MVP honors at the BC CAA championship Thiessen said middle blocker Mike Perra and spiker Bud Brown are two key Saints who-could-help carry their teave for Edmonton Tuesday Lanny tops a thousand By The Canadian Press The wait is over for Lanny McDonald The veteran right winger ended a drought that had lasted almost three weeks to. break through the 1,000-point level with two goals in helping the Calgary Flames dump the Winnipeg Jets 9-5 in NHL action Tuesday night “I’ve had a lot of chances in the last while-and L just couldn't put it in the net,’” said McDonald, who now has 1,001 points in his 16-year career. He had been stuck at 999 points since Feb-t5 ““] just hope the next 1,000 doesn't take this tong, joked McDonald, 36. His fifth goal of the season opened the scoring 2:46 in to the game and his 495 career goal at 3:17 of the third period was the winner, giving the Flames a6-3 lead The win moved Calgary back atop the overall stan dings, one point — 98-97 — in front of idle Montreal. Bach team has 12 games remaining. In other games, it was Toronto 6 Quebec 4, Edmonton 4 Philadelphia 4, Boston 2 N.Y. Islanders 1, St. Louis 6 New Jersey 2, Minnesota § Detroit 3, and Los Angeles 3 Pit tsburgh 2 in overtime. CLUB RECORD The triumph gave Calgary a team record victory The crowd of 19,375 gave McDonald a standing ovation on his first goal and went wild on his second Teammate Mark Hunter scored three goals and Joe Nieuwendyk broke out of a six-game scoreless streak with two goals. Jamie Macoun and Colin Patterson got the other Calgary goals, while Joey Muller had three.assists for 301 27th home career points, Coincidentally; McDonald collected his 500th career assist Dec. 4 against Winnipeg and his 999th point’ in Win nipeg last month “‘He was bound to get it somewhere down the line,” said Winnipeg iooki¢e goalie Bob Essensa, who. gave-up McDonald's first goal. “Unfortunately it was me.”” McDonald’s second goal was against Eldon (Pokey) Reddick, who replaced Essensa to start the third period The defeat left the Jets 10 points behind fourth-placed Vancouver in the Smythe Division. Vancouver has 12 games left and Winnipeg 14 Dave Ellett, Dale Hawerchuk, Andrew McBain, Brad Jones and Brent Ashton replied for Winnipeg, who are winless in four games. “We know the position we're in and it’s not very nice;""-said- McBain, who scored his 30th goal-for the second consecutive season. ‘We still believe we can make the playoffs.”” OILERS 4 FLYERS 4 At Philadelphia, Jimmy Carson and Jari Kurri scored late in the second period to rally Edmonton, which had its six-game winning streak stopped-but is unbeaten-in-seven: games. The Oilers trailed 4-2 before Carson beat Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall for his 43rd goal of the: season Kurri tied the game on a short-handed goal. Philadelphia's Tim Kerr scored his 40th of the season KINGS 3 PENGUINS 2 At Inglewood, Calif., Dave Taylor scored a power play goal 2:37 into overtime to give Los Angeles a victory over Pittsburgh. Taylor picked up a rebound, faked a shot, skated to his right and fired a 20-foot wrist shot that beat goalie Tom Barrasso high on his stick side. Mario Lemieux scored on a penalty shot and added an assist for Pittsburgh. Wayne Gretzky had. two assists for the Kings. MAPLE LEAFS6 NORDIQUES4 At Quebec, rookie Daniel marois scored three goals and goaltender Alan Bester stopped a penalty shot by An ton stastny in the third period, leading Toronto past Quebec. Wendel Clark got his first goal of the season as Toronto won for the first time in five starts BRUINS 2 ISLANDERS 1 At Uniondale, N.Y., goals by Garry Galley and Greg Johnston and a 24-save effort by Reggie Lemelin lifted Boston over the New York Islanders, extending the Bruins’ unbeaten streak to nine games, 8-0-1 NORTH STARS S RED WINGS 3 At Bloomington, Minn., Don Barber and defenceman Bob Brooke scored in ihe first 1:32 of the game and Min- nesota added three more goals in the third period to defeat Detroit At St. Louis, Gino Cavallini’s goal triggered a four goal first period as St. Louis routed New Jersy. Rick Meagher, Steve Tuttle and Ronning also scored in the first 10:12 to make it 4-0. Canucks double their Adams, get VANCOUVER (CP) — The Vancouver Canucks finally did it. They couldn't resist having two players with identical names — both from British Columbia The Canucks now have centre-Greg Adams of Nelson and left winger Greg C. Adams of Duncan on their National Hockey League roster But that’s where the confusion almost ends. One of the Adams (Nelson) is a smoothie while the other Adams (Duncan) is a grinding cornerman The-injury-riddied-Canucks wanted some much: needed muscle for their anticipated return to post season play and got that Tuesday when Greg (Duncan) Adams and centre Doug Smith were obtained from the Edmonton Oilersat the NHL trading deadline The price was relatively cheap — minor-league winger Jean Leblanc and fifth-round draft pick ‘Greg Adams is not going to score a lot of goals, said Canucks coach-Bob-MeCammon. “Bute generates a lot of offence with his corner play.” “If we get into the playoffs and play Calgary in the first round, you better have some size and strength Adams helps in that department." TRADED OFTEN Adams, 28, native of Duncan; B.C. is with his fif th NHL team. The six-foot-two, 200-pound winger had four goals and nine points in 49 games with Edmonton this season. Adams also has played for the Philadelphia Flyers, the Hartford Whalers and the Washington Capitals The other. Greg Adams .is.a25-year-old centre from Nelson, B.C. , currently sidelined by a knee injury The Canucks are in fourth place in the Smythe Division standings and canmake their first playoff ap pearance in three years if they finish ahead of the last place Winnipeg Jets. Vancouver plays at home tonight against the Jets. McCammon. wasn’t certain if either of the newcomers would dress against Winnipeg, although cornerman Vancouver has injury problems with centremen Adams and Barry Pederson sidelined Smith, 25, was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings, the second choice overall, in 1981, but has never had more than 41 points in an NHL season The Oilers obtained the five-foot-11, 185-pound Smith from the Buffalo Sabres inthe waiver draft in Oc tober. He was playing for Cape Breton in the American Hockey League, where he had 11 goals and 22 points in 24 games, when traded to Vancouver COACH OPTIMISTIC “Smith is a good skater and he was a great offen- sive player in junior,” said MeCammon. “‘T think he can help us offensively.’” *‘Doug Smith has'not lived up to his billing, but you have to takea chance in this sport.”” The Canucks are down to three centremen: with rookie Trevor Linden, Steve Bozek and Brian Bradley at the pivot position “We're one of the lewest scoring teams in the league,"’ added McCammon. ‘‘Our lack of offence has really hurt Leblanc was the Canadian university player of the yearin 1985 at the University of New Brunswick. He had 39 goals and 70 points so far this season with the Milwaukee Admirals of ‘the International Hockey League. The €anticks also exchanged minor leaguers with the New Jersey Devils in a lafe deal. Vancouver sent right winger Claude Vilgrain to the Devils forcentre Tim Lenardon. Both will stay in the minors, Vilgrain with the AHL Utica Devils and Lenardon at Milwaukee. Vilgrain, a member of the Canadian Olympic team last year, was on loan to Utica and has 18 goals and 23 assists in 44 games. Lenardon, voted the top Canadian university player in 1986 at Brandon University, had 28 goals and 27 assists in 63 games with Utica well in th SAFARI SKATERS . . . Members of the Castlegar Figure Skating Club take a break atter doing Rocky Mountain Free Skate Compeition. Chelsea Van Viiet, Selena Fodor, and Kerri Redekop won first, second and third place in Group A preliminary freeskate compeitions. The club is now preparing to perform in “African Safari” an i¢e show upcoming March 18.