rr A8 CASTLEGAR NEWS, December 28, 1980

Jo ig Ann Landers “4

Dear Ann Landers: This Is a matter of life and death. | often ride buses between cities for the sake of convenience and economy. By timing mileage markers with my wristwatch, | have noticed that many buses travel over 65 mph. A bus traveling at that rate of speed Is dangerous because it lacks maneuverability and cannot stop quickly. ae

On two occasions | have asked drivers to slow

down. The first driver was going 75 mph in a rainstorm, steering with one hand and eating an apple with the other. He refused to slow down, but did stop eating the qQ ie. . e The second driver was going 70 mph at night in a storm. We were 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The driver did slow down after my repeated protests, However, when we reached the next town, he put me off the bus and tried to have me arrested.

Ihave spoken with various company officials about this problem, but they st i very little What can be done before a tragic accident occurs? Obviously the company big shots aren't going to pay any attention to me, but maybe you can get through to somebody im- portant who will listen. ¢

—Afrald To Leave The Driving To Some Of Them

Dear Afraid: Although you did not name the bus company, | decided to go to the top of the biggest — Gerald H. Trautman, chairman of the board of Greyhound. I sent him your cry for help and asked what could be done about such bus drivers.

Mr. Trautman promptly sent me a copy of your four-page, single-spaced, typewritten letter to him. It began, "This should be personally read by Mr. Gerald Trautman, as | write and talk only to the chairman: president.’ It was unsigned. y

I knew at once you were the person who had writ- ten to both me and Mr. Trautman. Although you did not present the same facts to us both, your style of writing - was unmistakable. 5

In his letter to me, Mr. Trautman sald: “The writer has not been totally f

He makes to two separate incidents in his letter to you — the first about a driver operating at 75 mph in a rainstorm while eating an apple. That incident was never reported to enyone at Greyhound. :

he driver, an employee with 23 years of 4 reported that he was In fact driving within the s;

limit, but the passenger came to the front of the bus -

and started to harass and intimidate him about ‘speeding,’ He was asked to go back to his seat, which he did, but returned a second time, interfering with the

concentration of the driver.

A dozen statements from

other passengers verified this.

“The complainant was and was Invited to a h

asked to identify himself at but

he refused on both counts.

“Let me assure you that Greyhound's policy is to

take prompt and eff.

iP y. action regi g any matter erly reported and supported by iden- tiflable individuals. Our safety record Is outstanding.

We put undercover riders

board buses to check the

driver's habits. We go to great effort and expense in recruiting, hiring, training and monitoring our drivers and do not tolerate unsafe driving practices.”

So Mr, Trautman makes a far bett

do, Mr. Afrald. What's more, he signs his name to his

letters.

{Your Stars /

By Stella Wilder

There is more crammed into the next six or seven days than is usually found in six or seven weeks. Those who are determined to avoid the confusion of a plethora of activities will set their

keep their wits about them even in the midst of confu- sion will positively revel in the almost unending possi- bilities ot involvement —and succeed eir purposes as well, both materlally and in terms of self-satisfaction.

Though it may be difficult to find time for the cultiva- tion of personal relation- ships, it will be necessary to do so in order to gain the support essential to new beginnings. For that is precisely what the coming week is all about: new begin- nings!

CAPRICORN:(Dec. 22- Jan, 6) - The concern this week is-with new ways and means to gain additional dis- tinction al jong career lines. (Jan. 7-Jan. 19) -- Count your valuable assets, set them aside, and then determine how best to upgrade or dis- card everything else.

AGUASIUSSan, 20-Feb.

e decisions:

you

based on ihe needs of oes, you wi jow great jo’ week's end, (Feb. 4-Fel ie). - Creative urges run high this week and you would do well to take advantage of them. A new idea may be worth a fortune.

PISCES:(Feb. 19-March 5) — Make an effort to speed your reaction time. Other- wise, you will miss out on several opportunities this week (March €6-March 20) -- Money matters take time and talent this week if you are not to end financially worse off than before. Take advice!

ARIES:(March 21-April 4) - Patience and

BAI 5-Ap! may prove more profitable than your initial choices this week. into several prospects.

TAURUS:(April 20-May 5) - Promising beginnings may run afoul of rules and regu- lations at mid-week. Resolu- tions Bey off. (May 6-May 20) -- Another’s devotion and dedication may not be yours.

Don’t try to fit another's mold; establish your own priorities. z

GEMINI:(May 21-June 6) = Pro. made to yourself are as important as those made to others,

appropriate talents. Don’t be surprised when friends

mur. + CANCER:(June 241-July - Business matters take time and bring rewards this week. Confused activities at mid-week may. slow the pace. (July 8-July 22) —- Chil- dren bring a new under- standing to an old project on the home front. Be ready to change your plans now. LEO:(July 23-Aug. 7) — Highly active days and entertaining evenings all come together at week's end to leave xou fatigued — but happy. (Aug. 8-Aug. 22) -- Your own artistic tempera- ment may get in the way of your artistic development this week. Curb your

femper. e VIRGO:(Aug. 23-Sept. 7)

- Accept as many invita- tions as you can fit comfort- ably into jour schedule. Any more and you lose much. (Sept. 8-Sept. 22) — Your respect for authority serves

you well this week. Without .

it, you could find yourself in considerable trouble. LIBRA:(Sept. 23-Oct. 7) ~ A deepening friendship makes the difference between success and failure this week. Soothe feelings. (Oct. 8-Oct. 22) -- There is a good chance for real materi- al gain this week — if you are both patient and persevering! SCORPIO:(Oct. 23-Nov.. 7) ~ Indulge in fanciful ima- ginings and you will come up with good ideas for accomplishment. A good week! (Nov. 8-Nov. 21) -- Prospects for the future look great. Don’t, however, become over-confident; con- tinue to prepare well for tomorrow. SAGITTARIUS:(Nov. 22- Dec. 7} -- Consult with adult family members before making decisions which .could in any way affect them. (Dec. 8-Dec. 21) -- This is an excellent week for pushing your own affairs. et your goals, explain them, and then go after them!

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NHL Last Night ,

OILERS 4 WINGS 4°" . EDMONTON (CP) — Errol ‘Thompson's 200th National Hockey League goal with eight minutes remaining

lifted Detroit Red Wings toa -4-4 tie with Edmonton Oilers

Saturday night. y

Thompson took a pass from Mark Kirton at the edge of the Edmonton crease and beat Oiler goalie Ed Mio to the glove side with a quick wrist shot.

Willie Huber, Mike Foligno and Dale McCourt also scor- ed forthe wings, who led 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 after 40 minutes.

Risto Siltanen scored two goals in the opening 50 seconds of the third period to give Edmonton a brief. 3-2 lead. Brett Callighen and Lee Fogolin also scored for the Oilers. ‘

PITTS 6 QUE 4

.PITTSBURGH (AP) —_ Mark Johnson and ° Ross Lonsberry scored in a span of one minute and two seconds late in the second period to lift Pittsburgh Penguins to a 6-4 National Hockey League win over Quebec Nordiques on Saturday night.

Johnson snapped a 4-4 tie. at 17:87 of the period with his ninth goal of the season. Lonsberry followed with his second goal of the game with 1:21 left in the period. :

The win ended the Peng- uins’ six-game losing streak.

The Penguins led 3-1 after one period on goals by Greg Malone, Randy Carlyle and Peter Lee. Peter Stastny scored a short-handed goal for Quebec.

The Nordiques tied the score in the second period on goals by Jacques Richard and Dale Hunter. Lons! then

ahead again, but Statstny got his second goal of the night to make it 4-4, FLAMES 2 FLYERS 1 CALGARY (CP) —: Brad Smith scored on a two-man breakaway with 3:35. left in’:

before Lambert appeared to put the game out of redch at

8:89 of the third period. But '

Mike Gartner's 20th goal of the season brought Washing. ton to within a goal four minutes later. rf : Steve Shutt then collected

the game to give Calgary “his 19th and 20th goals of the

Plames a- 2-1 victory over Philadelphia “Flyers in’ a National Hockey . Léague . game Saturday night.

The goal came after'almost, 46 minutes. of scoreless hockey, when Flyers’ centre Rich MacLeish lost the puck in his, skates behind his own blueline. Smith and left wing winger Alex McKendry, who were behind the play, picked up the puck and skated in alone on Philadelphia goalie Rick St. Croix. McKendry's pass on the crease to Smith produced the goal.

The two teams had been tied 1-1 since 13:35 of the first ‘period when flyers Bill Barber replied to an early Calgary, goal by Kent Nil- sson.

BRUINS 6 LEAFS 3 TORONTO (CP) — Brad Park scored two goals, his first to start Boston on a string of five consecutive goals during the-first two periods, and the Bruins coasted to a 6-3 National Hockey League victory over

- Toronto Maple Leafs on

Saturday night. .

After Dan Maloney’s first of two goals gave Toronto a 10 lead early in the first period, Park .started the Bruins on their five-goal spurt during a stretch of eight i and 85

- year in the final four minutes to seal the verdict. . Pierre Mondou, Larry Rob- ‘inson with his 100th career goal, and Pierre Larouche also ‘scored’ for Montreal before a crowd of 16,798. Dennis Maruk with his 26th goal of the season, Bengt Gustafsson, and Jim McTaggert with his first goal of his NHL career had the other goals for Washington.

WHALERS 5 ISLANDERS 5

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Anders Kallur slapped his 22nd goal of the season by Hartford ‘goaltender John Garrett with one minute and

27 séconds remaining to earn °

New York Islanders a 6-5 National Hockey League tie with the Whalers on Satur- day night.

- The Islanders led 8-0 at one point on goals by Mike Bossy, ‘on a power play, Bryan Trottier and John Tonelli,

The Whalers stormed back with five straight goals to

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make a 6-9 lead into the final _ seven minutes of the game on‘

two goals my Mike Rogers, one on a power “play, and single goals by Tom Rowe, Jordy. Douglas and Blaine Stoughton. * Ree

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Peter McNab, Steve Kasper, Keith Crowder and Don Mercotte also scored for.

scored: to’. put: Pittsburgh... the_.Bruins--in -that.. span,.-

Canada ties Czechs in first junior game. LANDSBERG, WEST GERMANY (AP) — Czecho- slovakia and Canada skated to a 3-3 tie Saturday, while

Finland trounced the United States 8-1 and the Soviet

in the opening games of the world junior hockey cham- pionship.

The victory put the Rus- sians at the top of the stand: ings in Group A ahead of Czechoslovakia and Canada. The Austrians were last.

- The Finns took first’: place ‘in Growp -B, leading Sweden, West Germany and the U.S, Sweden beat West Germany 7-3 in their game. + ,Canada, represented by Cornwall (Ont.) Royals of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, came from behind in its match against Czechoslo- vakia but neither team ap- pears to have much of a

chance against the Russians

in the tournament.

The Russians never paused for breath in their massacre of the Austrians. They scored seven goals in the first period, eight in the second and four in the third when Austria managed to avoid a shutout.

Smokies take Maple Leafs

TRAIL (CP) — Trail Smoke Eaters got two-goal performances from Bobby Whitlock and Don Deschene en route to an 8-4 win over Nelson Maple Leafs in West- ern International Hockey League play Friday.

The Smoke Eaters, who led 8-0 and 5-2 by periods, got single goals from Brad Hard- ing, Gary Baines, Russ La- Frenier“and Derek Haas,

Brian DeBiasio, Dave Brockhill, Ken Larsen and Rob Wright replied for the Leafs, who were’ outshot. 58-29. :

Elk Valley Blazers visit the Smokies today in the next scheduled game.

before Darryl Sittler replied for Toronto,

HABS 7 CAPITALS 3

MONTREAL (CP) — Mario Tremblay snapped a 3-8 tie with a goal late in the second period and added an assist on Yvon. Lambert’s eventual winning score in the third period to spark Mont- real Canadiens to a 7-4 triumph over “Washington Capitals in a National Hockey League game. Saturday

Union crushed Austria 19-1 ° night:

The defeat was the “19th straight for the Capitals at the Forum, where they are winless’ in their

Garrett‘at 18:33 to produce a tie.” :

“ MINN6COLO4 BLOOMINGTON,..Minn. (AP) — Defenceman Curt Giles scored two goals for the first. time in his National Hockey League ‘career Sat- urday night to lead Minnesota North Stars to a 6-4 victory over Colorado Rockies. ae

Giles scored both of his goals on 25-foot slap shots in the second and third periods. His second goal — the third of the year — put the Nortli Stars ahead 53 _ before Coloroado’s Yvon Vautour cut Minnesota's lead to one again on a goal a minute later.

Steve Payne scored an ii for Mi

history. They have managed only one victory and four ties in 38 over-all meetings with Mohtreal.' ~

Tremblay had provided -Montreal with a 4-3 margin at 17:89. of the middle period

Tillis, Weaver have date

CHICAGO (AP) — Feb, 28 has been set for the fight between heavyweight James (Quick) Tillis and defending World Boxing Association champion Mike Weaver, says Neal Pilson, ‘vice-presidenQof CBS-TV's sports ‘division.

The fight is set for Las Vegas. Weaver is expected to. earn a minimum of $750,000 for the fight, while Tillis, who earned the title shot with a Nov. 18 knockout of fourth- ranked Domingo D'Blia of Argentina, will be taking home $250,000.

Pilson also said the net- work will televise a WBA light-heavyweight rematch between Luke Capuano of *

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Grand Forks team 12-0. Below, the Grand Forks boys

It's no fun to follow in brother's steps

BRANTFORD, ONT.” (CP) — Outstanding minor- league hockey players across the. country are invariably being dubbed “the next Gret-

zky.’

But a 18-year-old centre with Etatech Hawks of the Brantford Minor Hockey As- sociation can honestly lay claim ‘to the title. .

He is Keith Gretzky, second son of Walter and Phylis, older brother to Glenn, 11, and Brent, 8,-and . younger brother to Wayne, the 19-year-old superstar with Edmonton Ojlers.

Keith, like most hockey «players his age, wants to play in the National Hockey League. Quiet and soft- spoken, Keith remains obli- vious to the inevitable com-

turn on the steam but weren't able to get the puck parisons that already have

past Castlegar goalie David Popoff, Play continues day's CasN

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He's a little heavier and a touch taller than Wayne = was at that age, say those {who have seen the two brothers develop, He’s just as good a stick-handler, but he doesn't score as many goals, There are advantages in - being the younger brother of Wayne, selected recently as

—CasNewatoto by Jorge Alvores

Canada’s male athlete of the year in-a national poll of sportswriters and sportacast- : ers conducted by The Can- - adian Press. ! WENT TO SWEDEN Keith went with Wayne - toa hockey school in Sweden in the summer and he'll soon be seen with his brother oa soft drink TV commercial. But there are disadvan-

- Ferragamo looks

By THE CANADIAN ‘PRESS

. Can Vince Ferragamo do it to Dallas a third time?

The poster-boy quarter- ”

back, a key to Los Angeles . Rams’ hopes in the National Football League's National Conference wild-card playoff * game today, has been looking good lately against the Cow- boys. + He-threw three touch- ‘down passes against them.in each of their last two games, The more memorable of the two, perhaps, was the Dec. 30, 1979, NFC divisional playoff meeting in Dallas. It turned out. to “be Roger Staubach’s farewell perfor-

d for the

North Stars. The other

Colorado goals were by Walt .

McKechnie, Joel Quenneville and Mike McEwen. -

Result of the St. Louis-at

.Los Angeles game was not

available at press time. ns,

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mance as Dallas’s quarter- back. fe

The Cowboys, of course, figured they'd have Staubach calling the signals for him for another game or two— in the conference championship and Super Bowl. And despite

” Ferragamo’s TD passes of 32

yards to Wendell Tyler and 48.yards to Ron Smith, the

. Big Apple - ° Sports fans

are the worst

BOSTON (AP) — When it comes to unruliness and abuse, New York sports fan are No. 1, says a poll pub-

". lished in The Globe.

Bart Starr is Gréen Bay's new coach

GREEN BAY, WIS. (AP) — Green Bay Packers’

Chicago and ninth Mike Rossman on Feb, 22 in Chicago. When ‘Capuano (19-3) and Rossman (88-6-3) met on the same Nov. 13 card, Rossman captured a close but unanimous 10- round decision.

. The winner of the match between Weaver and Tillis, a Chicago product who is un- beaten in 19 pro fights and ranked third by the WBA, is expected to meet No. 1 gon-" ‘tender Gery Cooney if Cooney beats Ken Norton in a bout Feb. 21.

board of di voted Sat- urday to retain Bart Starr as coach through the 1981 sea- son, but also decided to hire a new general manager. Starr, who quarter- backed the Packers ‘to five National Football League

championships during ‘the .

1960s, has been the club's’ general manager and head coach singe Dec. 24, 1974.

No general manager was named, but club president Dominic Olejniczak said a search , will begin immedi- ately. E

Ina survey of 97 sports- writers from the United States and Canada, New York fans were overwhelm: ingly chosen as the worst behaved. Philadelphia, Bos- ton-New England, Chicago and San Antonio rounded out the top five. .

The best behaved fans, the sportswriterg said, were Toronto and V@Rcouver for “hockey; Kansas City’ and Los Angeles for baseball; Los Angeles and: Portland for

- basketball, and San Diego, Seattle, Kansas City and Dallas for’ football.

New Yorkers also were judged to be the most critical

and most knowledgeable fans-

when it comes to baseball, basketball, football and hoc- key. Philadelphia and Boston- New England placed second and third, respectively, in those categories, too.

Cowboys (thanks to Stau- bach's two-yard scoring toss to Jay Saldi) owned a 19-14 lead. °

And with the Rams in their own territory in the closing minutes, the lead

seemed secure. Then Ferrag- .

amo struck again. The Rams quarterback, who had re- placed injured Pat Haden in

- midseason, unloaded a 50-

yard shocker to Billy Waddy

Coyotes thriving

in New York

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Coyotes, those critters that howl at full moons in grade B western movies, are alive, well and expanding their numbers and territory in New York State.

Some experts believe “the coyote’ population may have almost doubled during the last 20 years and ex- panded beyond the Adiron- dacks into much of north- eastern New York.

“I think there has always.

been an enclave of coyotes in the Adirondacks,” said Ben- jamin Tullar, a small-matn- mal expert ‘with the state environmental conservation department,

“It is with the aband-

onment of farms and the re- .

sulting overgrown areas that the coyote is making an ex- pansion.”

Precisely now many coy- -

oyes there are in New York is difficult to determine. Wild- life management experts know 1,500 coyotes were taken last year, the majority by trappers.

. Stuart Free, chief of the wildlife bureau of the en- vironmental conservation de- partment, said the only way to make a really accurate count “is to take a police siren into the woods, blow it, and count how many answer- ing howls there are.”

But whether those an- swering “ah-ooos” are coy- otes, wolves or coydogs (a coyote-wild dog cross) can't be determined. The current accepted method of telling the difference involves tak- ing 16 measurements of an animal's skull, Tullar said.

two minutes and six seconds from the final-gun. It shot down Dallas, vaulted the Rams to the conference title game -(a 9-0- victory over Tampa Bay) and finally to the Super Bowl,’ where they finally fell to Pittsburgh 31-19. 208; STRIKES AGAIN - More recently was the

*<3 gorthey want torun’at him. "~~~

guided the Raiders to nine victories in 11 games and back into the playoffs for the first time in three years. They'll take on the visiting Houston Oilers in the AFC wild-card game Sunday. “Fortunately, we had a quarterback in the wings who was ready and had pre- pared himself, and he did an

Dec. 15 game in Los Angeles, when Fer-

Yagamo's scoring bombs of 40 .

yards to Waddy, and: 34 yards to Preston Dennard and a one-yard flip to Drew Hill propelled the Rams to a 38-14 victory over the Cow- boys and into Sunday's re- match in Dallas.

Danny White, Stau- bach’s . successor, promised after that debacle that things would not be the same in the playoffs.

.“When we meet them in two weeks, it'll be a different story," he said. And Cowboys defensive end Harvey Martin noted> “Ferragamo had a great night — but we con- tributed to it.”

Like Ferragamo a year ago — and again early this year — Jim Plunkett of Oak- land’ was ready when the Raiders’ No. 1 quarterback went down with an injury. Since Dan Pastorini suffered a broken leg in the fifth game this season, Plunkett has

speed skating

mark is set

ALMA-ATA, SOVIET UNION (AP) — Tatiana Tarasova of the Soviet Union bettered the world record in the women’s 500-metre speed skating event at a compe- . tition Saturday in nearby central Asian community of Medeo.

Tatiana, competing dur- ing the second day of selec- tions for the Russian speed skating team, clocked 40.40 seconds to lower the previous best of 40.68 set by Sheila Young of the United States four years ago.

However, her: time can- not be registered as a world record because the compe- tition was not an internation- al event, said ‘Tass, the Soviet Union news agency.

job,” said Raider coach Tom Flores.

The game aiso will bring. together Earl Campbell and the man who sat in his shadow a year ago. Campbell, the Oilers’ super runner, gained 1,934 yards this year

Canadian

» too, . “A lot of teams run at him,” says his coach, Bill’ Gratton, “Everywhere wa

“In Burlington last month, they ran at him from the beginning of the game to the end and broke two of his teeth. We played ‘one ‘game and the other team came out of their dressing-room screaming ‘Let’s kill Gret- zky.’ : “He scored on the first shift and they stabbed him in the back of the leg. They. don't even know the kid.

“But he handles the pressure well. I wish some of the big kids had his heart.”

. SKIPPED BANTAM

When Wayne was 13, he skipper minor bantam and played major bantam with 14-year-olds,

men skiers

could aid Soviets

By IAN MacLAINE

TORONTO (CP) — The Soviets are hoping the adage that success breeds success will rub off on them if Can- ada’s men downhill skiers ac- cept an invitation to train in the Ural mountains during the off-season. :

East European skiers, particularly the Russians, have made inroads on the World Cup ski circuit in the last couple of seasons and Canadian team veteran Dave Murray foresees skiers from Communist countries having

an even greater impact on

the sport.

“It’s frightening the way they've improved since the ‘16 Olympics, especially the Soviet skiers, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two downhill medals at the

‘'84 Olympics, maybe even at

the world championships next year,” said Murray, 27. The senior member of Canada’s downhill squad said the Soviets appear so im- pressed by the techniques employed by Canada's na- tional squad they've invited the men's downhill team to train at their summer facil- ities. “There were talks about us training with the Russians t oyear,” said Murray. “John (Ritchie, Canadian men's downhill coach) was supposed to go Over and in- spect their facilities. But they backed out at the last min- ute.”

“It certainly sounds great,” said Ritchie. “But . we'd have td check the facil- ities to make sure they are adequate. We'd have to make sure the environment was conducive to good skiing. Then we'd have to check back with our own association to decide if it makes any sense training in Russia. Then we'd go from there.” E

The Canadians are find- ing it increasingly difficult to find adequate off-season training grounds. They've held several summer camps in. Chile amid political up- heavals and in New Zealand. The problem of summer training in the Alps is be- coming acute:

‘TAKE THE GLACIERS

~ “More people are taking their skiing holidays in the summer and they're taking up most of the glaciers in the Alps,” said Ritchie. “In down- hill training we have to stake out a whole mountain and those mountains aren't al- ways available.

“What we have to do is look for alternate training grounds, unless, of course, someone wants to donate a helicopter to the team. Then we could probably do most of our summer training in Can- ada.”

Ritchie said the Soviet program is on a par with Canada, with about one mil- lion Alpine skiers of which 2,000 are in a- competitive program. ~