Put on

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Ryan Davis, 10, carves upa giant snowman Thursday at Kinnaird elementary school during the school's celebration of the annual French festivities known as Carnival.

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Common sense must prevail

I am writing this letter in support of the letters written by Laura Benson and. Deb Kereiff. I also wish to ask Mark Mealing how he will be affected by Celgar’s possible closure.

I’m in a catch 22 situation. If the jnill doesn’t expand, my husband is out a job and our livelihood. That’s

Flight

We wish to publicly thank Adastra Aviation and its employees for their service to our area in provision of emergency and ambulance flights out of Castlegar at night and when in- clement weather stops the provincial air ambulance and other flights.

Nelson-Trail-Castlegar area people are indeed fortunate to have the en- terprise in our city, as it has such ex- cellent aircraft as the twin-engine Cessna 421 on the ground befre the storms arrive

We also appreciate the pilots, such as Dale Nielsen, who are willing and

not a threat, that’s a fact. The mill is here to make money, not employ my husband, so if the only guarantee of my family’s livelihood is to expand, then go for it! If the mill does expand, there is the possibility that the bridge that’s to be built will go through my house. And still I say go for it!

I like Castlegar, with all its per- ceived problems, with its air, water and, yes, even its fanatics. I don’t want to move out, or Over, or around. I want to live in the house. my husband and I renovated for the last 10 years. But more than that, I want to live in Castlegar. Perhaps Dr

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‘ able to risk flights at night and through storms when a few hours means the life or death difference for a loved one.

Such was the case the night of Friday, Feb. 2 when Adastra flew 10- month-old Tyler. Hawkins to Van- couver through a storm. We are pleased to thank God that Children’s Hospital operated at midnight and he is recovering well. Thank you Adastra for helping to save his life!

We encourage our fellow residents of West Kootenay to actively support Adastra Aviation so it may continue

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sparks

I was disgusted and angered by your ridiculous article on the Castlegar Groundhog Bonspiel in the Sunday, Feb. 4 edition.

Anyone reading your article would believe the spiel to have been nothing but a big drunken brawl. That is un- true as it was a very successful bon- spiel with lots of excellent curling and camaragerie. There are often small minorities at events who over indulge However, experienced and mature reporters normally report the event without over-dramatization of irrelevant minor happenings.

In my opinion, your article was ridiculous and bordering on slan- derous. However, it could be that I’ve judged your reporting too harshly Did you really set out to write a slan- ted, untrue report on our bonspiel or are you just naturally a negative irresponsible reporter? Or could it be that your ignorance of the sport of

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curling left you with nothing to report but the cigarette and the glass of beer that your investigative reporting snif- fed out.

Local clubs would benefit greatly by the absence of reports such as yours in our community paper

Dorothy Bagg Castlegar

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vitally necessary

Mealing has an alternative for us. Where would he suggest we live and work if the mill closes?

I ask that the people in this com- munity consider the consequences of the mill’s closure. What would hap- pen to our city, our lifestyle, our children who may have to be raised in a large city with all its pollutants and crime? I was raised in one and { don’t want that for my kids.

I ask that the citizens of this city write letters, to this paper, to Mr. Jim Browne of Celgar, and to the Ministry of Environment to show faith in all the latest technology to be installed and to support the mill and its expan- sion. Someone must be heard over the fanatics. Someone must give common sense a voice.

Bonnie Horswill Castlegar

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DEREK KAZAKOFF A 17-year-old centre for the Castlegar Midget Reps, Kazakoff leads the league in scoring with 40 points, in- cluding 18 goals, in 12 games this season. He also has only eight minutes in penalties. He says his future in the game might include a stint with the

Castlegar Rebels next year

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Global league gearing up

LOS ANGELES (CP) National Hockey League, cessfully weathered the challenge of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, appears to have as new com- petitor in the Global Hockey League.

Michael Gobuty, a former owner of the Winnipeg Jets during their days in both the WHA and NHL, announced the new league at a Friday news con- ference. He will be board chairman and chief executive officer of the new loop, which will feature North American and European divisions.

“*We are going to try to put enter- tainment back in hockey,"’ said Gobuty. ‘We will tryto reduce’ the violence.

“I am not foolish enough to say I can stop fighting, but we can certainly curtail the high-sticking, the hooking, third man in, all the aggravation that

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The Global league also plans other

re taking away the centre

1g the goal net out three

* said Gobuty. ‘*We will try to make the game quicker than it is."’

Dennis Murphy, who helped found

the WHA in 1972 and was its com-

missioner for three years, will be the Global league's executive vice president.

The league expects to begin Play “and Milan.

this falland Gobuty said he expects to

have eight to 10 teams in North

America and six to eight in Europe. European centres involved in

negotiations are Bern, Switzerland; Dusseldorf, West German: Rome; Stockhoim; Helsinki; Geneva

“We will play international rules with an interlocking schedule,’’ Gobuty said. ‘‘The European teams will come here twice and we will go

Hamilton, Saskatoon get teams in the new league

LOS ANGEL! ES, Calif. (CP) —

Winnipeg and executive vice-

and and our United States cities have been awar- ded franchises in the fledgling Global

The news release, signed by chair- man of the board Michael Gobuty of

layer Mike Perra fakes a spike as court during action ina

volleyball game at the college Saturday. The Saints won their first h

match of the tourney in thre

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traight games over Royal Roads.

Dennis Murphy of Los Angeles, said the agreements were reached following two days of meeting.

The owners of the two Canadian teams along with owners of teams alloted to Los Angeles-Orange Coun-

Mario’

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins extended the second-longest con- secutive game scoring streak in NHL history to 45 games Saturday night by assisting on Paul Coffey’s second- period goal as Pittsburgh beat Los Angeles 7-6.

Lemieux must score in six more consecutive games to tie Wayne Gret- zky’s record Sl-game streak, set during the 1983-84 season.

CANADIENS 7 NORDIQUES 2

MONTREAL (CP) — Stephane Richer scored three goals, including two in a 54-second span in the second period which ended a 2-2 tie and sent the Montreal Canadiens on their way to a 7-2 victory over the Nordiques, who lost their 11th straight.

WHALERS 6 LEAFS 2

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Dave Tippet and Dean Evason scored short-handed goals 1:18 apart in the third period as the Hartford Whalers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2

Castlegar is team to beat in basketball playoffs

Heading into the playoffs this Wednesday Castlegar Realty has sent a clear message to the three other teams in the Trail Men’s Basketball League.

That message? ‘‘If you want to win the championship in this league, you're going to have to get through us first.""

And that is no easy proposition considering Castlegar has gone un- defeated in over two months of league play, which works out to 10 straight victories.

Castlegar made it 10 straight with a 73-56 win Wednesday over Kingfisher Bobcat Services in the Cominco Gym in Trail.

Brian Turlock led all scorers with 30 points on the night and Lou Cic- chetti had 13

Castlegar wrappéd up first place in the league a week ago by beating Kingfisher

The game marked the return of Castlegar’s veteran and team-leader, Wayne McCarthy, who was out almost two months with an ankle in- jury. He scored 13 points in the win.

McCarthy said he was only giving

his ankle a tryout but he'll likely be in the lineup this Wednesday.

Steve Plaa responded with 22 poin- ts for Kingfisher

Castlegar finishes the season with an 11-4 record, while Kingfisher en- ded in second with an 8-7 mark.

In the other game Wedrcc7ev Smelter Pub beat Victoria Place 72 £* to improve its record to 5-10. Victoria place drops to the 6-9.

The round robin format playoffs open Thursday at Cominco Gym with Castlegar taking on Smelter Pub and Kingfisher meeting Victoria Place.

ty; Providence, R.I.; Albany, N.Y., and Sacramento, Calif., will have their own individual news conferences within two weeks, the announcement

Murphy said the start-up date for the new league, which also includes a European division, is Nov. 15, 1990.

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BLUES 7 DEVILS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gino Cabillino scored three goals and Vin- cent Riendeau got his first career shutout as the St. Louis Blues defeated the New Jersey Devils 7-0.

RED WINGS 7 FLAMES 5

DETROIT (AP) — Bernie Federko broke a 4-4 tie early in the final period and rookie Sheldon Kennedy added his first NHL goal 40 seconds later as the Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over Calgary.

ISLANDERS 4 BRUINS 3

BOSTON (AP) — Randy Wood scored his second goal of the game at 2:13 of overtime as the surging New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins.

there twice."*

Gobuty said the Global league will in no way merge with the NHL, and his league will shy away from a fran- chise competing with an NHL club for fan support.

“That would be kind of stupid, wouldn't it?’’ said Gobuty. “‘We are not going to do that."”

When told Laval, Que., is a suburb of Montreal and a Global team would go up against the popular Montreal Canadiens, Gobuty said Laval ‘‘is not in Montreal.’"

NHL teams have most of their star players locked into long-term contrac- ts. But one emerging star eyed by the Global league is Brett Hull of the St. Louis Blues. The Golden Brett, as the hard-shooting 50-goal scorer is known, is in the final year of a con- tract which pays him $125,000 US

alive

The Patrick Division-leading Islan- ders extended their latest unbeaten strak to 4-0-1 and ended Boston’s three-game win string after Alan Kerr tied the score during a scramble with 2:13 remaining in regulation time.

STARS 6 HAWKS 4

BLOOMINGTON, Minn, (AP) — Gaetan Duchesne’s goal with 8:33 left in regulation time broke a 4-4 tie as the Minnesota North Stars snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 vic- tory over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Minnesota rookie Don Barber and Mike Gartner each scored two goals.

Duchesne’s game-winner came just 34 seconds after Steve Thomas had tied the game for the Blackhawks.

Minnesota jumped to a 3-1 first period lead

ARTA

Tyson KO'd

TOKYO (AP)

— Mike Tyson lost for the first time when James (Buster)

Douglas knocked him down in the 10th round and captured the heavyweight championship Sunday in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

Douglas knocked out.the seemingly invincible Tyson with a left-right-left to the head that dropped Tyson in a heap in Douglas's corner.

Douglas had narrowly escaped defeat when he struggled up at nine from a one-punch knockdown late in the eighth round.

The time of the knockout w

1:23 of the 10th round.

which

Instead of 9 third straight

had been pretty much predicted, Japanese | fans got one of the great shocks in

boxing history.

Tyson was such a prohibitive favorite that the sports book in Las Vegas refused to put up a betting line. The betting line was whether the fight would go

three or four rounds. In his previons Tokyo bout, Tubbs.

“Tm going to be the best James Douglas I can be,"

anew champion from Columi.:, Thio. Nobody but nobody thouy:.:

“If he takes the punishment, it’s going 12,""

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5:54 to beat Tony

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Douglas had predicted.

can’t, it's going short. I look for it go go short.”” It didn’t go short, but Tyson couldn't take the punishment.

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Staff Writer

Word is, the fishing’s good off the banks of the Columbia River these days.

The coaching staff and the players of the Castlegar Rebels might be interested in that piece of news.

Because the Rebels will probably be reaching’ for fishing poles, not hockey sticks, when the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs begin later this month

The Rebels took a step closer to digging for bait by losing 3-1 to the Grand Forks Border Bruins at the Community Complex Friday night.

The loss, combined with Beaver Valley Nite Hawks’ 10-3 win over the Kimberley Knights, put the Rebels three points behind the Nite Hawks for the final playoff spot in the KIJHL'’s West Division.

A fine example of how the Rebels’ season has gone this year was offered during the first period of Friday's. game when, even though the Rebels outplayed

ow much is a f

standing to the side of the net to cut the lead in half at the midway point of the second.

**Let’s talk work ethic, let's talk

Grand Forks, they were still down

2-0 heading into the second Taylor Harding, on a feed from

Peter Halme, tucked one in while

NO HELP HERE . . . Castlega

situation and he was steady again in a 3-1 loss to

Complex Friday night.

bels’ goalie Rick

discipline," said Rebels’ co-coach Don Soroke’ inthe coaches dressing’room after the game

But it was the other half of the

ards is used tio handling this type of je Grand Forks Border Bruins at the

ishing rod?

coaching tandem, Ed Cooper,

who,— standing in the back of the

room, head down and looking like

he just lost a fight to dejection, said it all

“I'm starting to run out of things to-tell-you.We lost-and that’s all there is to it."*

The Nite Hawks’ three point lead could be trimmed to one again if the Rebels beat the Nite Hawks at the Complex last night (results of the game weren't available at press time)

Of course, there still is a possibility the Rebels can make the post-season. All the team needs to do is beat both the second-place Trail Smoke Eaters on Feb. 16 at the Complex and the first-place Nelson Maple Leafs in Nelson on Feb. 17

So how ‘much do fishing rods cost these days anyway?

NOTES: Mike Korzenowski got the other assists on Hardy's goal Rick Edwards played another solid game in the nets for the Rebels who were outshot 30-21 in the game and had only four shots in each of the first and third periods.