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The Castlegar Rebels enag hi Liar| their Kootenay Inter- national Junior Hockey League playoff series against Beaver Valley last night in winning fashion, thumping the Nite Terhune and Jackson set up the play. Hawks 15-2. Viens replied less than one minute later efter taking « Rick Viens led the attack with seven points om four pass from Sheloff and Terhune. goals and three assists. Jackson made it a 12-0 game at the 2:43 mark after deing set up by Markin. Rod Horeoff put the Rebels on the board 3:04 into the Ruff Beaver Valley spoiled Rebel's ‘goatie Tim Horcoff's sgentnc parted ser ‘he took pes. re) eet pen) shutout at the 3:48 mark after Reid connected on a pass from Dorr Martini replied at the ft park sOien OSS 0 bend er in sass Nite Hoivks ion soeuiited eagle ok UR ROD pr meet manger wd Riayat suited. Sie Aan mark when Moon scored Beaver Valley's only other goal. night at 15:48 of the first period assisted by Ruf. 14 and Bertuzzi picked up assists. Viens picked up his fist of four goals atthe 16:58 mark "it fon, Korkess Uist a the Rebel at the 8:40 when he took a pass from Dave Terhune. cy when be thet’ 'phad tele elite

from Sheloff. Sandy Renwick rounded out the second period

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Arts festival underway

The Kootenay Festival of When the festival ends

the Arts got underway Thursday in Trail with piano contestants.

‘Art Winstanley, chairman of the event, said the festival, held every second year in

March 6, a concert will be held at the junior high school at 7 p.m. featuring the best talent. Monetary awards will be given at that time. Results of the first day's

Viens made it a 5-0 game for the Rebels at 19:22 after

being set up by Walter Sheloff.

Adrian Markin opened the scoring in the second period

when he connected on a pass from Andrew Zibin and Sheloff.

Sheloff added to the Rebels’ lead at 11:56 after being set up

by Zibin and Kevin Korbatoff.

Viens netted his goal of the “night at 17:26. Terhune and Renwick assisted. Lorne Kanigan rounded out the scoring at 19:21. Viens recorded the assist. The two teams continue their best of seven game series tonight in Beaver Valley and return to the Community

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Flight messages an issue

By CasNews Staff

Castlegar council thinks the recorded messages about airline flights at Castlegar Airport aren't up to snuff and plans to do something about it.

Ald. Terry Rogers com- plained to council recently that the recorded messages aren't up to date.

Rogers said Castlegar Air- port needs updated flight in- formation that passengers in Nelson and Trail, as well as in Castlegar, can rely on.

Mayor Audrey Moore of- fered that passengers can al- ways call the airport weather office for the latest flight information.

However, Dale Nielsen of Adastra Aviation said later that calling the weather office wouldn't be a good idea.

Nielsen said the weather. men have enough to do without fielding calls about flight information.

Nielsen said each airline has its own recorded mes: sage.

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By LAURIE STEPHENS ‘The Canadian Press Diane Jones-Konihowski's memories of her first significance.

As 3 16-year-old volleyball player representing at the 1. 1967. Winter Games in

anucks sign Levie

By GRANT KERR

VANCOUVER (CP) — Globe-hopping defenceman Craig Levie returned to North America and joined the Vancouver Canucks after apparently being the first National Hockey League player to be officially traded to a team in Switzerland.

Levie signed with the Canucks this week for the balance of the NHL schedule — 17 games — after starting the season with a club team in Davos, Switzerland.

The 27-year-old Calgary native went to Davos after his contract was assigned to the Swiss team last March by the Minnesota North Stars in return for the playing rights to defenceman Ron Wilson.

“] made sure that I would be a free agent if I came back,” Levie said Tuesday in discussing his international trade venture. “It was a great experience for my family.

“It was good hockey, they treated me well and the doors are still open for me over there next year.”

Levie returned to Canada because of an injury, which PI pted the Davos wanted to put another import player into the lineup. European teams are allowed two out-of-country players each.

RUSHED INJURY

“It was just a groin injury, but in Switzerland they don’t

really like to wait for injured imports to get better,” he said. “I rushed back into the lineup, got hurt again and they got another foreigner.”

Many former NHL and minor pro players now play in Europe. Former North American pros Dale McCourt, Mike Rogers and J.F. Sauve are playing well in Switzerland, said Levie, along with Finnish defenceman Reijo Routsalainen,

theformer New York Ranger who is expected to join the Edmonton Oilers this month after the Swiss season ends.

“About the only drawback is that there’s mostly German spoken in the area where I was,” Levie said. “We all had to learn a new language, but on the other hand it's better than having your kids sit around all day watching Bugs Bunny.”

Levie skated for several weeks in Calgary upon his return earlier this year to gain conditioning, both with the Olympic team and the Calgary Flames, before he was contacted by the Canucks last week and offered a contract.

“T really didn’t think anyone in the NHL would want me this late in the season,” Levie said. “But when someone shows an interest like Vancouver, you take that opportunity when it comes along.”

Levie has played before for Canucks coach Tom Watt, 62 games in all over two seasons while with the Winnipeg Jets.

Watt said the Canucks needed depth at the defence position because of injuries, although Glen Cochrane returned last week after back surgery and Michel Petit may play later this week following a knee problem.

“Craig’s a player who has NHL experience in Winnipeg, St. Louis and Minnesota,” said Watt, “and we were down to the bare bones on defence last week.

“We didn’t have to give up any draft choices to get him and we plan to give him some action in the next few weeks.”

The Canucks, who trail the fourth-place Los Angeles Kings by nine points in the Smythe Division standings, play

‘Quebec City, she admits she “had a hell of 9 good time,” with teammates, making new friends and taking in Quebec Winter Carnival festivities.

She admits her team didn’t do as well as it should have, given the talent on the squad.

But years after those Games, Jones-Konihowski recognizes the event for what it was intended to be — a most “important stepping stone” for a bidding athletic talent.

“We've got a fairly strong junior program in Canada now,” she says. “And we've started, in the last couple of years, to really look at that part of the program and say ‘Hey, that's really important. t's the feeder system to the Debbie Brills, the Ben Johnsons, the Milt Otteys.’ ”

The fourth-place finish of Jones-Konihowski'’s team at the 1967 Games was a valuable learning experience. Two years later at the Summer Games in Halifax, she won the gold medal in the women's pentathlon, foreshadowing her illustrious career in international track and field.

20 YEARS LATER

Her return to the 1987 Canada Games in Sydney, N.S., as a member of the Alberta mission — 20 years after her debut — affirms her belief in the importance of the Games. Z

Canada Games are touched with a sense of historical

Jones-Konihowski remembers games

“But you've got to learn from those experiences. You've got to work with your coach and say ‘OK, why did I blow it?””

Qne reason may be the distractions at the competitions. Many athletes are unprepared for the

side of events Wen the Games = where Ride sleep 20 to a room and live off

Lee ret an anion voor ile W bat you suddenly have to eat between certain hours and you're bussed to your venues for training and competitions,” she says.

LEARN EARLY

“These. are the things that are good to experience early. When you get into that international level, when you get into village situations, it's not so much of a culture shock.”

The Canada Games also act as a sort of scouting

rvice.

Officials from different sports watch how the athletes perform in practice and how they cope with pressure.

The system works, as evidenced by the careers of such athletes as Jones-Konihowski and Greg Joy in track, figure skaters Brian Orser and Toller Cranston, and skiers Felix Belezyk and Diana Haight.

When the Games are awarded to a city, preparation begins as early as four years before the actual event.

Competition sites are built or upgraded, festivals planned, and volunteers recruited, leaving a legacy — especially in a small community such as Sydney — that should last for years.

“I hope, the volunteers will say ‘Hey, let's take

High-profile creates for the young aheier says Jones-Konihowski, who is an body set up to prepare ‘Alberta athletes for next year's Winter Olympics in Calgary.

The Canada Games help coaches to teach their prodigies how to cope with the pressure and pride of competing.

“Sudeenly, you're not just there for yourself. You've got other people to think about. You're in a situation where all the eyes of Canada are on you.”

Jones- Konihowski says she blew more international

at home tonight against the Oilers. Vv has played three more games than the Kings.

petiti than she cares to remember.

ge of the facilities that we have, let's develop some clubs, let’s get-some coaches for the clubs and let’ be competitive the next time out at the Canada Games,’ ” says Jones-Konihowski.

Jones-Konihowski knows that many of the athletes at these Games will never advance. Others will excel at the junior level only to burn out in international senior competition.

But a few will make a mark in their sport.

And in a country thirsting for Olympic excellence, says Jones-Konihowski, those few that showed promise at the Canada Games are all the justification the Games need. '

MEETING FRIENDS . . . Nelson native Darren Shields is welcomed home at Castlegar Airport by friends after returning from Nova Scotia where he com-

peted in Canada Winter Games, picking vp three

medals. CasttewsPhoto by “YT

CANADA WINTER GAMES

Shields Bae

By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer

Five people gathered on a small patch of grass just off to the side of the tarmac at Castlegar Airport on Sunday.

Two of them held signs and a third carried a trumpet.

They were waiting for the 2:15 p.m. AirBC flight which was carrying their friend and classmate Darren Shields.

The 16-year-old Nelson youth was only one of eight skiers to represent B.C. in the Canada Winter Games in Nova Scotia.

Shields, who attends L.V. Rogers high school in Nelson, was the only B.C. tale athlete to win medals for the province in alpine skiing, after capturing a gold in the super giant slalom, a silver in the giant slalom and a silver in the slalom.

After he had stepped off the plane, his friends, who had been braving the wind and rain for 10 minutes, held

k with gold

up their signs of contratulations and Sarah Lidstone began playing a song on her trumpet which she had composed in her band class. She called it Shields of Honor.

Shields, who is a member of the Nelson Ski Team and has been skiing since he was 10 said he “felt really good” winning the three medals and added that he was hoping to place in the top three when he went to the Canada Winter Games.

“There was a lot of good racérs from Ontario and Quebec that I had to compete against. I felt really pleased and glad when I was asked to go to the games,” Shields told the Castlegar News.

He added that he is working towards making the Canadian men's national alpine ski team.

L.V. Rogers school is in the process of planning a ceremony to honor Shields and all of the other athletes from the school who took part in the Canada Winter Games.