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AGAINST CRESTON'S JENSEN Tambellini nets pair

Trail native Steve Tambellini was a star Friday night as he scored two goals and got one assist to lead Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 victory over Philadelphia Flyers in a National Hockey League game.

Creston’s Darren Jensen was in the net for the Flyers. He faced 38 shots and made several difficult saves.

The Canucks used the Philadelphia philosophy to upset the Flyers at their own game.

“We out-worked the hardest-working team in the league,” said Canuck coach Tom Watt after the victory which ended a nine-game winless famine for Vancouver, including four straight defeats.

“The work habits we established the other night against Montreal carried over into this game. We didn't pack it in when we fell behind. We kept working, pushing and shoving, which you have to do against someone like Philadelphia.”

A shoulder injury to Thomas Gradin may have been a blessing in disguise for the Canucks. Mare Crawford

Gradin, who left the game in the first period, on a line with Stan Smy! and Steve Tambellini, and the unit scored three times in the second.

Smy! fired his 23rd goal of the season to tie the game, assisted by Tambellini. Tambellini scored twice in less than two minutes on passes from Smy! to give the Canucks a lead which they proved capable of defending.

“We beat them at their own game,” said Smyl, the team captain. “We were grinders, we stood our ground and we forechecked.

“Everyone played their position — we weren't all over the place — and we did a good job in our own zone.”

Smyl gave credit to Crawford for making a key play on the go-ahead goal by Tambellini midway through the second.

“Mare did a good job getting us out of our end,” said Smyl. “Then when he saw we had a three-on-two, he headed for the net, which allowed me to find the open man, and Steve buried it.”

Brian Propp scored Philadelphia's only goal in the opening period, his 36th of the season, but the Flyers tired badly, perhaps because they had played a tough game the pervious night in Calgary when they lost 7-4 to the Flames.

“We obviously didn't play well, Vancouver was hungry and came up with a big win,” said disgruntled Flyer coach Mike Keenan, adding that it was one of the toughest losses of the season for Philadelphia.

Flyers netminder Jensen said the Flyers expected to win and may have taken the slumping Canucks lightly.

“I'm surprised they've done so ly because they played so well against us,” said Jensen. “They shot and shot

and shot at the net and eventually some went in.”

Watt praised the work of Tambellini, who has 14 goals *

for the season and recently missed 11 games witha knee

injury.

“He's a handy guy to have around,” Watt said. “Not many people realize that he’s produced more goals than any

of our centres.”

Dewalt a free agent

their options last year ex. pired at midnight Friday night.

Hamilton has six free agents, including defensive backs Less Browne, Howard Fields, Donovan Rose and Mark Streeter.

Other name CFL players now free agents are defen- sive back — Skipper of

“We've made a good offer to Roy Dewalt,” B.C. general manager Bob Ackles said Friday, “but I haven't heard from his agent in two weeks.

“I'm still trying to contact the agent, but I don’t expect anything to change right away.”

Dewalt, who threw three touchdown passes in the CFL

wide receiver sa Greer and linebacker William Mitchell of Toronto Argonauts, and wide receivers Jeff Boyd and James Murphy of Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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game when B.C. defeated Hamilton 37-24 last November, is repres- ented by Vie Morriss of Dal- las, Tex.

Morriss has not been espe- cially kind to the Lions over the years. He has repre- sented clients like Harry

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Effective immediately cougar hunting seasons in the East and West Kootenay Re- gion are closed.

The open season on cougar had been scheduled to end Feb. 28 in some management units and March 10 in others.

“The earlier emergency closure has become neces- sary because hunters have already taken as many cou- gars as can safely be re- moved from the Kootenay cougar population,” says a Ministry of Environment press release.

“Compounding the danger of an overharvest, the har- vest has been heavily biased towards females,” says the release.

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Holt, Leon Bright and Mack Moore, who played out their contracts with the Lions and signed with National Foot- ball League teams.

WANTS SECURITY

Dewalt stated late last year that he would prefer to remain in Canada — the Houston, Tex., native is a year-round resident of Co quitlam — but he will sign with the team that provides the best financial security for his young family.

The Lions finished first in the Western Division of the CFL in 1985 when Dewalt completed 201 of 476 passes for 4,237 yards and 27 touch- downs, with only 12 inter- ceptions.

He threw another three scoring passes in the western final when B.C. eliminated Winnipeg and matched that performance in the Grey

(up. Dewalt was not in- “tercepted in the two playoff

games.

Dewalt, 29, has played six CFL seasons with the Lions since signing in 1980 after playing college ball at Texas- Arlington.

Also on the Hamilton free agent list are defensive tac- kle Mitchell Price and run- ning back Johnny Shepherd.

KIJHL player charged

Criminal charges have been laid against a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League player after an al- leged assault on a league official.

Ian Walters of the Colum- bia Valley Rockies reportedly cross-checked referee Ed Bannatyne during an East Division playoff game in In- vermere Feb. 22 between the Rockies and Cranbrook Colts. Bannatyne of Kimberley was treated for whiplash in hos- pital and released.

Walters was suspended in definitely by KIJHL presi. dent Terry Skarbo, who also suspended Columbia Valley's Ron Servatius for the balance of the best-of-seven playoff series. Servatius allegedly threw a puck at Bannatyne.

Loomis nips Mtn Sports

day night in a Castlegar Gentlemen's Hockey League

wins, 18 losses and four ties for 44 points, Bill's is one point behind with a 20-17-5 record while Gander Creek has 38 points for fourth place, Dairy Queen is fifth with 29 and Mountain Sports is one

TROLLIFIC . — young and old — who took part in Saturday's Troll Loppit citizen's cross-country ski marathon at Nancy Greene Lake

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point behind. For complete statistics, see Weekend Wrap-Up, page B2.

Blazers bomb Kimberley

FERNIE (CP) — Excellent netminding by Elk Valley's Tom Muc carried the Blazers to a 62 win over the Kim- berley Dynamiters in West- ern International Hockey

Kimberley's Leo Cartier

The only other game

Pee Wees capture West Kootenay title

Castlegar Pee Wee reps defeated Nelson Pee Wees 97 Wednesday night on home ice to win the West Kootenay Triplé A minor hockey championship.

‘The Reps played their first playoff game against Cran- brook Saturday. The winner of this series will advance to the B.C. finals.

Castlegar won out over Nelson and Trail teams in double-round robin playoff tournament.

In the first frame of Wed- nesday’s game Stephen Jun ker netted two markers, as- sisted by Derek Kazakoff, David Green and Kevan Ril- cof.

Roger Carlson capped om three-goal first period, sisted on the play by Geoff Barr and Green. Nelson was hot on their heels as they chalked up three goals to even the score going into the second.

Danny Stelk led a five goal outburst in the second frame with two markers. David Vecchio, Kevan Rilcof and David Josephson netted singles. Green, Barr, Carlson and Junker assisted on their efforts to end the period 8-3.

As the game degenerated into a linesman nightmare both teams melted the ice in a path to the penalty box. Nelson played catch-up hoc- key coming up with four goals in the third fame. Jun- ker assisted by Rilcof, added the ninth marker to the scoresheet for the win. Jamie Muller backed the Reps in net.

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Meanwhile, Nelson Pee Wee Reps announced Thurs: day they were officially pro- testing the loss to Castlegar, but the complaint was with- drawn when it became diffi- cult to find a neutral ar- bitrator.

The game was delayed half an hour while Castlegar Minor Hockey Association organizers searched for a referee. When the game did begin there were just two officials to work the game — one referee and a linesman — instead of the three required by West Kootenay Minor Hockey Association rules.

According to the Nelson Reps, confusion arose at the scorekeeper’s table during the game when it appeared Nelson players were not re- leased from the penalty box on time.

Pearce and co-coach Mas

Rockettes winners again

Fujibayashi had ny them- selves to file protest with. wamnayeaie is WKMHA president and Pearce is secretary-treasur- er.

To avoid the obvious con- flict of interest they sought a neutral B.C. Amateur Hoc- key Association representa- tive — West Kootenay dis- triet director Gordon Mal- colm of Nelson — to rule on the protest. But Malcolm was reluctant to become involved unless asked by higher-rank ing BCAHA officials.

It was concluded that no suitable means of mediating the dispute could be found before Saturday's game so the issue was dropped.

d for Friday night between Nelson and Trail was cancelled when Trail was unable to ice a sufficient number of players for the game. Nelson is in first place in the league, while Trail is in last place.

Dan Morgan scored two goals to lead the Blazers at- tack with singles going to John Witzke, Tom Hopkins, Scott Jackson and Marty Bouvier.

The Dynamiters got goals from Kevin Zahara and play- ing coach Ray Creasy.

Blazers led 1-0 and 4-1.

The game was played be- fore 525 fans, one of the lar- gest crowds of the season.

Blazer playing coach Ken Federko added an assist to the game to bring him within two points of tying the all-time WIHL point-scoring record of 119.

Blazers final regular sea- son game is Sunday night against Cranbrook Royals in Cranbrook.

Weekend

Stanley Humphries Junior “Ye.

Rockettes ended their league play with a solid 44-17 win in Grand Forks Feb. 21.

The girls’ league record of 10-0 remained unblemished for the third consecutive year. League placings are

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Solid defence and tough re- bounding led the way to a 22-11 halftime margin. Rookie forward Jenny Re- zansoff was red-hot in the third quarter and totalled 17

points for the game. Rookies (-

Ala Goolieff and Carrie Gor. koff added eight and seven points respectively; Pamela

Braun had a six-point night; Svs

Shelly Pakula with four and Lucy Cardoso with two rounded out the point pro- duction.

The veteran Rockettes now enjoy a well-earned week off while seven rookies are in Terrace to represent the Kootenay zone at the B.C. Winter Games.

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Reflections

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PRINCESS MARY: NOW THERE WAS SERVICE

Editor's note: This is the conclusion of a two-part column on tourism and restaurants in particular. In this part, columnist Charters continues with a description of the Princess Mary floating restaurant that he penned ina column 25 years ago.

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Its reputation for excellent cuisine and service soon spread across Victoria and beyond, and in no time it was “by reservation only.” I still dream of the place.

One entered by way of a gangplank, past gleaming white bullheads and shining brass to the dark wood panelled dining saloon.

The tables are set properly with white table cloths, gleaming flatware, and serviettes decorated with the “Mary” motif. The waitress, smart and alert, in a nautical style uniform, makes pleasant small talk while giving out the large, clean and printed menus, and then moves into the background to let one study it.

The selection both in sea and in other foods is wide and imaginative, and the waitress taking the order also takes an interested and helpful part in our choice.

A huge bow! of genuine clam chowder with crisp french rolls, crunchy bread sticks and a plate of butter lays a suitable foundation for the meal to follow

Curried shrimp, is my favorite, smoking and aromatic on a mountain of fluffy white rice, hot enough to blister the glaze on the platter, and a heap of chutney nestling on the side. There is a selection of dessert, but | never got beyond the strawberries and ice cream

I have never left the “Mary” without a sense of

ion and ing, and the reason I fee! lies in a combination of factors which could be the hall mark of good catering everywhere. It is not just that the surroundings are pleasant, that the food is of excellent quality, excellently prepared and served. It is not just that the staff is cordial and actively interested, nor that the prices are reasonable, it is a number of small things besides.

For example, the coffee, incredible as it may seem, tastes like coffee, real coffee and it is one of the very, very few places that I have met this phenomena. And the cream is served in a cream jug, a boon to people like myself who like a little extra.

Furthermore, the water glasses are kept filled, a small service, but a most satisfactory one in the warm summer weather, and particularly when one is eating curry

Finally, there is never any sense of speeding the departing guest, regardless of the waiting line and this typified by that final question “Would you care for some more coffee, sir?” And it is that last cup of that lovely, lovely coffee that rounds the sense of satisfaction

. oe But that was 25 years ago. Sometime afterward. the Princess Mary was sold, ran into seas of greed and mismanagement and sank. Sorry to raise your expecta tions. In her day that restaurant was something of an exception, the product of imagination that magic

quality which sees not what is but what may be — hard work and good management.

Today, there are many good restaurants and cafes in British Columbia. The days of the frontier meat and potatoes dinner washed down with (if it was available) beer or spirits is over. Wine then was for sissies and no man would even admit to knowing any difference between loganberry and Canadian wine quality.

Today, the wine list and the varied menu are an essential part of all good dining places (and there is now a distinet public awareness of the difference between eating out and dining) which is reflected in turn by the number of good restaurants to choose from. In this respect Castlegar — which had if I recall correctly one coffee shop back then — now need take a back ‘seat to no one.

As a consequence of this new awareness, both government-sponsored and private training schools have sprung up and are doing very well for themselves, thank you.

Nonetheless, in tourism and the service industries — both multi-million dollar operations which are certainly the road to the future in B.C.’s economy we.are still back on the frontier. There is a lot of shouting and shooting from the hip but few facilities for training competent catering personnel.

Good food will bring the customer in; good service will keep him/her coming back. If the government is really serious about encouraging tourism in the province

- or better, in the nation — it is time that serious efforts were being made to train service personnel in suitable schools. Europeans have been doing it for years; we are still talking about it

Strategically located training schools would have several results — all positive. They would provide jobs for skilled people in the service trades; they would greatly increase the skills and efficiency of those already working and provide job training for those looking for work; they would raise the status and public awareness of the importanee of the service in the general economy; and they would enable indifferent establishments to become good and good establishments to achieve a reputation for excellence

And most importangly, our still blurry image as a tourist haven would receive some much needed polish. Onward and upward!

Joy Ramsden Bridge

Seven tables of duplicate bridge players competed Feb. 24 at the Joy Ramsden Bridge Club.

The average score was 84 with the following placings: NORTH-SOUTH

1. Donna Wiwchar and Hubert Hunchak 105.

2. Joy Ramsden and George Reshaur 97

3. Hugh Auld and Myrna Baulne 86.

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1. Rob Troubridge and Sandra Broom 102.

2. Connie Miller and Pearl Palmer 96.

3. Wayne Weaver and Ian Glover 86.

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