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Workers return to jo

TUMBLER RIDGE, B.C. (CP) — Employees at the Quintette coal mine near this northeastern British Colum- bia community returned to work Monday night after striking for two days” over safety procedures.

Union and management representatives met ‘this morning to discuss the con-

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cerns that led to the wildcat strike which was not sanc tioned by the union.

Eric Spears, local pres. ident of the United Steel. workers of America, said the workers want company ac- tion on 17 safety and attitude problems, include one claim Quintette management has put productivity over safety.

He said the union execu- tives met with the more than 1,000 workers Monday and convinced them to end the strike.

Spearks said the two sides must have substantial pro- gress in dealing with em- ployee concerns if more dis- ruptions by workers are to be avoided.

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Moffat.

3.6 kilograms (eight pounds), and will be named Nicholas Alexander

GRANDSON

And according charts, the latest addition to the Moffat and Vander Zalm clans is born under the water

to astrological

sign, or

Nicholas is Vander Zalm’s middle name and Alexander is Bob Mof. fat’s middle name.

Fran Moffat said the Vander Zalms are looking forward to being called Umpa and Uma, the Dutch names for grandfather and grand. mother. To further the celebration, Lillian Vander Zalm, only hours after Juanita gave birth, announced her intentions to buy the replica of Capt. George Vancouver's home, previously scheduled for demolition, to be moved to the family-owned Fantasy Gardens theme park in Richmond.

The Moffats plan to see their grandson in person within the next few weeks.

Aquarius.

Those born on Jan. 31 are said to possess unusual ideas and often defy convention or become known for the original accomplishments.

Like his mother Juanita, a rock singer, Nicholas will also be drawn to the performing arts, such as theatre and may also have a flair for writing.

Though these same people need self-discipline to make the most of their potential, they also need variety to keep their work from going stalé:

Some famous people born on Jan. 31 are actress Tallulah Bankhead; baseball player Jackie Robinson and novelist Norman Mailer.

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b Slocan drops out

of Balco bidding

VANCOUVER (CP) — Slo- can Forest Products Ltd. has pulled out of the bidding war for control. of Balco Indus- tries Ltd,, leaving the field clear for Timber Investments Ltd. to continue with its latest offer of $14.75 a share.

Slocan’s offer for the Kam. loops-based forestry com- pany expired Tuesday. Pres ident Ike Barber said that since less than 51 per cent of Balco’s shares had been ten- dered to Slocan, the offer would not be extended.

Earlier in the day, Slocan raised the cash portion of its bid to $9.13 a share from

$8.50, after previously in- creasing it from $8.25. It also offered one half of a Slocan share for each share ten- dered. :

The final value of its cash and stock offer was equal to $13.81 per Balco share.

Timber Investments star- ted with-a bid of $12.50 a share. It was raised to $13.25 and then to $14.75. Its offer runs until Feb. 10.

Timber already owns 414,- 000 of Balco's 2,070,000 shar- es.

Balco has three sawmills and a plywood plant in the Kamloops area.

BCFP deal sealed

VANCOUVER (CP) — Fle: tcher Challenge Ltd. of New Zealand has agreed to’ buy controlling interest of Brtish Columbia- Forest Products Ltd. from Gordon Capital Corp. at a total cost of more than $510 million.

Fletcher, which already owns Crown Un Industries, will acquire about 20.4 mil lion common shares of the Vancouver-based forest com: pany from Gordon Capital for about $388 million, B.C. For. est Products said in a release Tuesday.

It will also purchase 6.3 million common shares of B.C. Forest Products’ treas- ury, increasing the com- pany's paid-up capital by about $120 million. The deal is subject to normal regula- tory approvals.

Trading of B.C. Forest Products shares was halted Monday on the Vancouver and Toronto exchanges amid speculation about the take- over. The stock closed Friday at $17% and $17-7/8 on the two exchanges respectively.

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BENCH CLEARING BRAWL

Canucks burn Flames in heated game

By The Canadian Press

The Vancouver Canucks showed last night they can only

take so much. And then they took it to Calgary.

The Canucks, mired at the bottom of the National Hockey League standings, caught fire after a bench-clearing brawl with visiting Calgary. Vancouver rebounded from a

two-goal deficit and bounced the Flames 4-2.

“I'm so proud of this team,” said Vancouver coach Tom

Watt. “We stood up for one another. “To me that shows a lot of try.”

The Canucks trailed 2-0 late in the second period when Calgary’s Tim Hunter became involved in the altercation with Vancouver netminder Frank Caprice. That precipitated a scrap involving all players on the ice except Calgary goalie Mike Vernon.

After Hunter was separated from Caprice, he again went after the Vancouver goalie.

Canucks forward Mare Crawford then leaped over the boards and was followed by all other players on both teams.

Caprice said the melee showed a team spirit that belies Vancouver's lowly standing and the turmoil that has plauged the team this season.

TOUGH YEAR

“It's just been a difficult year for everybody,” said Caprice, who stands five-foot-nine and weighs 160 pounds. “You don’t like to see a brawl. But it’s always the little things like that that help a team come together.”

In other games Tuesday, it was: Quebec Noridques 4,

1 Canadi 1; and Edi

Blues 2.

Caprice, who received a major penalty for slashing, said he hit Hunter, who stands six-foot-two and weighs 202 pounds, with his stick because the Calgary player punched

Oilers 4, St. Louis

The brawl resulted in the ejection of seven players including four Flames.

Crawford said he had little choiée but to go over the boards.

“It's gospel,” Crawford said. “Nobody goes after the goalie and gets away with it.

“We're a last-place team, We're not gonna take that.”

Referee Ron Hoggarth assessed 24 penalties totalling 136 minutes for the incident, which delayed the game by about half an hour.

After order was restored, Hoggarth sent the teams to their dressing rooms and ordered the final 5:28 of the second period played immediately before’the third.

Dave Bruce and Steve Tambellini tied it for Vancouver before Brent Peterson scored his fourth goal of the season midway through the third period to move the Canucks ahead.

Dave Lowry intercepted an errant pass by Calgary defenceman Jamie Macoun and sent Peterson in alone. The veteran centre fired a wrist shot past netminder Mike Vernon for the winning goal.

Tony Tanti added an insurance goal for Vancouver with less than two minutes left.

John Tonelli and Lanny McDonald replied for Calgary.

Oilers 4 Blues 2

Mark Napier and Kevin Lowe scored in the first 13 minutes as the Edmonton Oilers, helped by Grant Fuhr’s strong performance in goal, won in St. Louis for the first time in three seasons. .

Nordiques 4 Canadiens 1

In Quebec, Michel Goulet extended his current scoring spree to four games with a goal and an assist to propel the

diq past the C; Anton Stastny, Risto Siltanen and Basil McRae also scored for Quebec, which has

~ him twice.

CALVARY BAPTIST

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Sunday School 10:00 a.m

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n’s Program Kindergarten to Grade 8 WEDNESDAY NIGHT Study & Prayer 7 p.m Church 365-3430 or 365-5052

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(cr ANGLICAN CHURCH “1401 Columbia Avenue Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m. Rev. Charles Balfour 365-2271 Parish Purpose:

“To know Christ and make Him known”

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PASTOR:

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Below Castleaird Plaza Phone 365-6317 Pastor: Barry Werner Phone 365-2374 SUNDAY SERVICES Sunday School 9:45 a.m Morning Worship 11:00 Evening Fellowship 6:30 Wednesday: Bible Study and Prayer 7:00 p.m Friday Youth Meetings 6:30 p.m HOME OF CASTLEGAR CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 365-7818

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9:45 a.m. Singing

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Rev. Ted Bristow 365-8337 or 365-7814

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FUTURE AS A

CERTIFIED GENERAL

ACCOUNTANT.

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As a result, 1986 marks another major step in the development of the CGA education program. This year CGA has become Canada's first professional accounting body to integrate hands-on

microcomputer technology into its five level program of studies

+ CGA is unique.

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Access to microcomputers will be mandatory for every CGA student enrolled in the revised program of studies It’s

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Professional accountants,

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GIVE ME FIVE . . . Assistant coach of a senior novice hockey team gives player Grand Mosby “five” for a

job well done. Novice hockey tournament begins in Castlegar on Friday. See story on B2.

not lost to the Canadiens at the Colisee in two years.

CasNewsPhots by Ed Chernott

Playboys outscore Mallards

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar Playboys thumped Mal lards 8-3 in Castlegar Recreational Hockey League action on Sunday.

Terry Halisheff picked up a hattrick and one assist, while Tony Nazaroff and Lawrence Halisheff each notched one goal and three assists.

Other goal scorers included George Roberts with two and Perry Samoyloff with one goal and one assist.

Bill Nazaroff picked up three assists while Rod Zavaduk had one.

Pete Stoochnoof netted two goals and one assist for Mallards while Mike McCormack scored one goal.

In other action on Sunday Sandman Inn defeated Castlegar Playboys 8-3.

Dan Markin picked up a hattrick for Sandman and assisted on three other goals. Jeff Townsend and Bobby Larsh managed one goal and two assists.

Bantams hold tournament

Over 200 visitors from across B.C. are expected to watch the Bantam Triple A Provincial Championship Tournament in Castlegar March 15-19.

“The B.C. Amateur Hockey Associa tion has selected the Castlegar Minor Hockey Association as the host for this years Bantam Championship Tourna. ment,” said tournament chairman John Loo. 2

Seven teams representing seven districts of the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association will participate in the tournament

“Because we are the Castlegar Bantam Rep

host, the team will

be in the Tourr nt regardless of the outcome of the West Kootenay District championship com petition,” said Loo.

“We expect the tournament will bring tens of thousands of dollars into our local economy. It will be good for our local merchants and business.”

“We want to give the visitors a good impression of our city and the West Kootenay area. We want to show them how friendly we are and how much we welcome their visit. Hopefully our

“visitors will be impressed with what we have to offer and they and their friends will want to vacation here in the future,” said Loo.

Horning wins title

By CasNews Staff Castlegar’s Dean Horning’s Selkirk Collge rink won the Totem Conference men’s curling championship in Nelson on Sunday

Horning secured the men’s berth by managing a 5-0 record in a four team, double-round robin bonspiel.

Only two mixed rinks took part in the bonspiel, a Selkirk rink skipped by Nelson's Rob Ostrikoff which lost two straight games to Douglas College 9-6 and 9-8 in a best-of-three series.

Since Selkirk Collge was the defen ding champion in the mixed and men's divisions they won the right to host this year's B.C. finals.

Other goal scorers were Dan Walker with two and Bill Cheveldave with one goal and one assist.

Assists went to Lyle Stoushnow with three, and Pat Farkas and Kevin Kibry with two each.

Scoring for the Knights were Don Deschene with two and one assist and Tim Arnett with one goal and two assists.

Other assists went to Dick Braun, Rick Sanders and Kevin Bilin with one each.

In other news, the Castlegar Knights and Woodland Park Shell have folded due to financial problems.

A, six-game round robin playoff will begin tomorrow with Mallards facing off against the Playboys.

SAINTS SPLIT

GAMES

Selkirk College men’s volleyball team assured themselves of a spot in the Totem Conference championship playoffs by going two and one this past weekend in Vancouver. This gives them a 7-2 record in conference play

Selkirk split two games against Caribdo College 12-15 and 8-15 and defeated Royal Roads 15-5 and 15-12. The Saints defeated Malaspina 15-9 and 15-7.

Outstanding players for the Saints were veterans Shan Montgomery and Lorne Swetlikoff plus rookie Don Meadows.

The last regular season Totem tourney takes place Feb. 14 at Selkirk college.

BRANTFORD, Ont. (CP) — The curious come in a steady stream, stopping to stare and take snapshots of the average-looking house in the unassuming neigh- borhood.

A few will grab a tuft of grass and quickly drive off.

Bolder thrill seekers tentatively knock on the door and ask to see the trophy room. Strangers or friends alike are invited in to view the treasures.

The home of Walter and Phyllis Gretzky, parents of The Great One, has become Canada’s latest national landmark, albeit unofficially.

What draws people to the Gretzky home — where famous son Wayne, 26, grew up with sister Kim, 23, and brothers Keith, 20, Glen, 17, and Brent, 14 — is the basement family room, or, as the tourists call it, the trophy room.

There, an incredible array of trophies, plaques, pucks and other memorabilia chronicles the record- breaking exploits of the Edmonton Oilers star and his siblings, rivalling anything in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The Gretzkys don't seem to mind playifg tour guide.

(VITED IN

IN “They're usually with kids and ask if they can see the trophy room,” says Walter Gretzky, 48, during a visit by a London Free Press reporter. “I say, ‘Sure, come on in.”” Don't they tire of the constant interruptions? “No, most people are courteious, eh Phyllis?” says Gretzky, his wife nodding agreement. “They're pretty

When the Gretzkys bought the modest ranch-style house 25 years ago, they had no idea what an attraction it would become.

As their son's fortunes rose, so did the need for space to hold his hockey prizes. The basement was renovated, becoming the hockey shrine.

That was enough until recently, even with only two of the children living at home.

“We ran out of room again,” says Gretzky, who still goes to work every day for Bell Canada. “The boys would

Gretzky's parent's home a -—big-draw-for Brantford fans

bring their friends home and Kim would bring her friends home and Wayne would bring his friends and there just wasn't any room.”

ADDED ROOMS

So a three-bedroom addition was added over the garage and the kitchen was extended toward the famous back-yard rink. The driveway was widened to hold cars either owned by the family or won by Wayne.

And space is still a problem. Wayne has already given about a third of his awards and mementos to the hall of fame, but open a closet and you might find dozens of sticks marking NHL records or hockey sweaters belonging to legends such as Gordie Howe or Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.

A sophisticasted security system has been installed to protect the irreplaceable items and Gretzky says neighbors have also been helpful in discouraging theft.

“We've had people go through the garbage — not the big green bags — if they see a skate box or something,” Gretzky says.

WRITE LETTERS

“But most of the people who come to the door, I'd say about 70 per cent of the time we get a nice thank-you letter saying the kids enjoyed it, and that's nice.”

Not all of Wayne's admirers come knocking at the door. The house is equipped with an over-sized box to deal with all the fan mail that somehow finds its way to Brantford.

“T’'ve had letters come here from Europe and they'll say ‘Wayne Gretzky, best hockey player in the world.’ That's the address and they'll make it here.”

Despite the problems with space and the constant visitors, the Gretzkys haven't seriously thought of moving to more private and roomier quarters. Once they went so far as to buy a Jot to build a new home but found they couldn't leave.

“We'll always be here,” says Gretzky. “I would never, ever move. All the memories are here, too.”

Rebels take it to Colts

After getting thumped by the Trail Jr. Smoke Eaters 10-6 Friday night, the Castlegar Jr. Rebels bounced back to outscore the Cranbrook Colts 83 on home ice Saturday.

Kevin Koorbatoff opened the scoring for the Rebels when he took a pass from Andrew Zibin and Trent Thiebert in the first period.

Dave Terhune made it 2-0 for the Rebels at the 3:11 mark after Rick Viens and Darcy Martini set up the play.

Craig Pentich scored the next two goals for Cranbrook to tie the game at two.

Wajter Sheloff gave the Rebels the lead al being assisted by Gary Ruff and Terhune.

Dean Sjodin gave the Rebels a two goal lead at the 16:34 mark of the

second period when he scored off of a pass from Koorbatoff.

Penitch notched a hattrick when he scored his third goal for the Colts at 17:52 to make the game 4-3.

But the final period was all Rebels as Sandy Renwick opened the scoring for Castlegar at the 1:34 mark when he took a pass from Horcoff.

Horcoff notched a goal at the 13:38 mark after being set up by Sjodin and Terhune.

Terhune and Zibin rounded out the scoring for the Rebels after Viens, Horcoff and Ruff set up the play.

The Rebels have wrapped up first place in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League's western divi- sion. The next game for the Rebeis is Saturday when they host Beaver Valley in the Community Complex.

RICK VIENS . ..Rebel’s leading scorer