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The painless way to build your RSP
For thousands of Canadians the old saying, "Don't
put off today what you can
do tomorrow," has a familiar ring as the annual RSP
deadline approaches.
Whilff many people
genuinely intend to contribute each year to their
Retirement Savings Plan, a
shortage of cash - esf)ecial!y
after the holiday season often means they put it off
for another year.
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ONE
painless way to build your
RSP. Many financial institutions offer automatic
monthly RSP contribution
plans.
The benefits are numerous. Here's how the plans
work:
+ With an RSP contribution plan, you can make
your annual RSP contribution in regular, easy-tomanage monthly instalments throughout the year.
+ A pre-authorized
amount of money is automatically transferred each
month,from your savings or
chequing account to your
RSP.
+ Your monthly contribution can be directly
invested in a variety of
deposit and mutual fund
options.
+ The programs also
make it easier for you to
contribute earlier in the
year. This means your savings start earning taxsheltered income much sooner than if you had waited
to make a lump-sum contribution at RSP deadline.
+ When you make
regular contributions to
mutual funds through an
RSP contribution plan, you
take advantage of dollarcost averaging. By investing
an equal dollar amount each
month, you buy more units
for the same amount of
money when the market is
What's New in RSP Rules
Registered Retirement
Savings Plans were introduced by the Federal Government in 1957. They continue to be one of the best
methods available to help
ensure financial independence in your retirement
years.
Simply put, RSPs are
so appealing because they
let you reduce the amount
of income tax you now pay
during your peak earning
years and defer that tax
until a time when your earnings are lower and your
marginal tax rate is usually
less. At the same time, the
income or capital gains
earned inside an RSP is tax
deferred. Because earnings
are not taxed while in the
plan, coupled with the compounding effect, you'll end
up with a much larger nest
egg in your golden years.
But RSP rules and
regulations are everchanging. Here are some of
the recent changes that will
affect your RSP in the
future:
+ Although the contribution level for the 1995 tax
year is $14,500, the Feb. 27,
1995,
federal budget
reduced the dollar limit on
maximum deductible RSP
contributions to $13,500 for
1996 and 1997 and then
increased them by $1,000 a
year to reach $15,500 in
CUSTOMER
AND HER
ABILITY
build a
BETTER RSP
P E R S O N'A 1. 1 Z 1- D - R S 1^ A 1^ Y 1 C E
She's been contributing to her RSP for years but looks at her RSP differently now. She wants to
balance growth with security. She needed to make decisions. But wanted the best advice first. So
she looked for people with the most experience and knowledge of RSPs. And chose Royal Bank,
where an RSP Specialist gave her the professional advice she was seekirtg. Like how Retirement Term
Deposits give her the combination of safety and guaranteed returns. Or ways to borrow to take advantage of her allowable deduaion limit. If you'd like to build a better RSP, speak to an
RSP Specialist at Royal Bank. They can help make it happen.
Speak to an RSP Specialist by visiting your Royal Bank branch, or by calling
1-800 769-2599
Quesnel Branch
201 St Laurent
Teh 992-2127
down and fewer when it's means you can possibly
up. This smooths out the take home more money in
fluctuations of stock and yoin pay cheque.
bond markets and can
+ RSP contribution
improve your returns.
+ By making your RSP plans give you total flexibility. If you want to change
contribution in regular
the amount you contribute
monthly instalments, you're
each
month or alter your
more likely to contribute the
investment options, it's usumaximum amount each
ally
just one phone call
year. It's easier to reach
away. Or if you find that
your goal if you budget for
finances
are tight, you can
it in smaller increments than
even stop contribution for a
if you rely on having
while. Your minimum conenough at the end in one
tribution can be as affordlump sum.
able
as $25 a month.
+ With RSP contribution plans, you may be eli+ Last, but certainly not
gible for a reduction in the
least, it doesn't cost anyamount of income tax that's
Uiing to set up an RSP condeducted from each of your
tribution plan.
pay cheques at source. That
ROYAL BANK
RSP CONTRIBUTION DEADLINE. FEBRUARY 29,1996.
1999. Originally, maximum you can contribute to you
1996 contributions had been RSP.
set at $15,500 and beyond
+ Another budget rulthat date, they were to have ing affects retirement allowbeen indexed to rise with ances. Currently, you can
the average industrial wage transfer up to $2,00 per year
that was reported by Statis- of service to an RSP from a
tics Canada.
retiring allowance, plus
+ For several years, $1,500 for each year of serCanadians could over- vice before 1989 in which
contribute to an RSP up to a you earned no company
cumulative $8,000 total. If pension or Deferred Profit
that limit was exceeded, a Sharing Plan benefits. But
one per cent penalty per Ottawa is eliminating this
month was charged. But the transfer for years of service
February budget nixed that after 1995.
regulation. Beginning in the
+ Although Canada
1996 taxation year, the Savings Bonds qualify as
over-contribution allowance RSP investments, they had
will be reduced to $2,000. • to be held in a self-directed
However, individuals who RSP. Under a new arrangehad
made
over- ment announced last Sepcontributions up to the tember, CSBs are available
existing $8,000 limit prior directly as a single-purpose
to the Feb. 27, 1995 budget Retirement Savings Plan
can leave the entire amount with no need for a selfin an RSP and use it to fund directed plan. There are no
their available RSP Deduc- purchase or administration
tion Limit in 1995 and fees, and CSB-RSPs are
beyond. But you must use available each fall wherever
up any over-contribution Canada Savings Bonds are
room above $2,000 before sold.
RRSP
Here's how to make things happen!
With the February
29 deadline for 1995
RRSP
contributions
fast approaching, the
big question on many
taxpayer's minds is:
"Where can I find the
money for my RSP?"
If you're like many
people, you know that you
should be contributing to an
RSP every year, but other
priorities - like a vacation,
new car or unexpected
household expense - have
depleted your savings.
If you don't have cash
on hand, most financial
experts agree that it can
make sense to borrow.
Let's assume you borrow $10,00a for an RSP at
an annull interest rate of
come out ahead with a total
benefit of $14,800 that year.
Don't forget that your
$10,000 RSP contribution
will be working for you
every year. At an eight per
cent average annual compound return, that money
will grow to more than
$68,000 over 25 years.
Many financial instituSuppose the $10,000 tions offer their clients a
you borrowed is invested in special preferred rate for
a tax-sheltered RSP that RSP loans. For example, at
earns an annual interest rate Royal Bank this^ year the
of eight per cent. Your RSP rate for a one-year RSP loan
investment would grow to is at prime..
$10,800 by year-end. But
You may also benefit
that's not all. Assuming from a 90-day grace period
you're in a 40 per cent tax before your first payment is
bracket, your tax savings due. Although interest will
from contributing to that accumulate during the 90
RSP would be $4,000. You days, this option provides
8.75 per cent, and that you
repay the loan in one year.
Actual interest charges
would only be $480.27
because the interest paid is
calculated on the daily balance, and the balance declines with each repayment.
The total cost of the loan
would be $10,480.27.
you with some extra time
until you receive your tax
refund. You can use the
refund to repay all or part of
your loan, therefore reducing overall interest costs.
other options:
Since 1991, interest
paid on a loan used for an
RSP contribution is not tax
deductible.
However,
through prudent financial
planning, you can arrange
your investments so that
interest can be deducted
from taxable income.
For example, if you
have other investments outside RSPs such as stocks,
bonds, CSBs or mutual
funds, you can cash them in
and use the proceeds to contribute to an RSP. Immedia-
It's all in the mix, says mutai fund experts
If you're among those
who have just started
including mutual funds in
your retirement savings
plan (RSP), you're probably
looking for increased
growth.
Studies show that
stock-based mutual funds
(also called equity mutual
funds) really do outperform
other investments over the
long term.
IN fact, you may have
seen a particular fund with a
very high return over the
last six months to a year and
are wondering whether
that's the "right" fund for
you.
When thoosing mutual
funds for your RSP, it's not
so much a question of being
right, but being diversified," says the Royal Bank
. Funds with sizzling returns
tend to be very volatile.
They can be very good in
some periods and very poor
during others.
An extremely strong
performance is almost
impossible to sustain.
Rather, it's wiser to focus
on the long term and diversify your RSP investments
to smootb out the ups and
downs that are abound to
happen."
Think about it this way.
When you invest in guaranteed investment certificates
(GICs), you may stagger
your maturity dates to eliminate the risk of having all
your money mature in the
same year. Similariy, with
mutual funds, you would
not pin all your hopes on a
so-called "hot" fund.
The best strategy is to
invest across different types
of mutual funds. These
include Canadian equity
funds, foreign equity funds,
and fixed income funds like
bond and mortgage funds.
Doing so will reduce your
exposure to investments
that may temporarily perform poorly.
The proportions in each
fund will vary over time
with your own comfort
level and needs. A mutual
fund advisor at a bank or
other financial institution
can help you adjust your
strategy over the years.
Most important, give
your investments time to
ride out any rough periods.
If you redeem a mutual
fund because it's declined
in value temporarily, you
take the loss.
"Often, it's not the timing - when you get into the
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But if you consider that
you may live well into your
80s, you'll continue to need
growth investments to outpace the effects of inflation.
In some cases, your
investments will carry over
to the next generation.
Equities are especially useful if you're thinking of
passing most of your estate
to your children.
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tions you can claim-when
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expenses and financial
costs, so
ensure you
liavenH exx?eeded—your
unused interest limit before
taking this i^roach.
There are restrictions
on the various tax deduc-
market or out - but time
itself," says the Royal
Bank. "In the long run, you
will benefit from more consistent performance."
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tely after,^ you can borrow
the money to repurchase or
buy different non-RSP
investments. The interest
paid on the investment loan
is considered totally tax
deductible.
Of course, before cashing in any existing investments, discuss this option
with your financial or tax
advisor to ensure you come
out ahead.
Similarly, if you have
extra cash that you plan to
use to purchase a car, and
you're able to claim your
vehicle as a business
expense, you can take the
available cash, contribute it
to your RSP and borrow to
finance the vehicle. The
interest, too, is tax deductible within limits.
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Page A12 Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Sunday February 4, 1996
Technology
Computer funding diet called
road to technological anorexia
Cariboo Country
has new owners
Computer technology training in School
District 28 is facing a
slow death from under
funding,
says Job
Training coordinator
Ed Colemaru
Martin & Anna Buechler &
Family would like to thank all
our customers for their support
over the last
10 years.
In a presentation to district trustees recently, Coleman said that although virtually all the schools in the
district have computers and
are hooked up to computer
networks, many of these
machines are six years old
or older and are unable to
run much of the software
being written today, or to
access on-line resources.
Of the four computer
labs at Q.S.S., he said, one
has machines between
seven and 10 years old,
while a second has computers ranging from three to
seven years old and a third
has machines ranging
between three and nine
years old.
Not only is this situation causing frustration for
the students
using the
machines, but also for those
charged with keeping them
in running order. "I would
say that 30 per cent of our
technician's time in Q.S.S.
is spent keeping the older
equipment running," he
said.
We would also like to
welcomeJians
Quesnel
and
^ Beatrice
wish
to
them
all the best
while a second computer
lab has machines between
five and seven years old.
The main computer lab, he
noted, is in good shape,
however, with machines
ranging from new to two
years old.
Although Coleman said
Maple Drive has had some
good contributions through
the Parent Advisory Council, some machines there
also run between seven and
10 years old and up to 40
per cent of the technical
support is utilisEd to keep
these older machines running.
In order to rectify the
situation, Coleman said, the
board is going to have to
spend $300,000 in 1996/97
to replace obsolete and failing work stations, while an
additional $100,000 is needed to purchase additional
work stations to meet the
minimum requirements for
a modem education.
fladitions
the Ministry of Education.
In order to address this
shortfall, Coleman suggested that either the replacement budget be restored,
or that money be allocated
from the district's reserve
fund.
Although trustees were
sympathetic and deeply
concerned, they indicated to
Coleman at the last board
meeting on Wednesday that
As well, Coleman said the reserve funds cannot be
$50,000 is needed to deve- made available.
lop the on-line network to
Instead, the board is
link all the schools and continuing to explore a var$20,000 will be needed for iety of options to raise
training teachers in the new money for computers,
information technology cur- including going to referenriculum.
dum.
All told, that's a whopping $470,000 bottom line,
compared to the current
$200,000 made available by
Quesnel Little
Theatre
•.A
Fnistration: Woildng with outdated machinery can prove to be an annoying
experience, as Correlieu student Candice Lust can attest.
The situation is no better at Correlieu, where
Coleman said the computers
in the library are between
seven and 10 years old,
Homings oi Sm
by Paul Osborn
5 women: age 30-65
4 men: age 30-65
Thursday, Feb. 1,1996
7:00 pm
Correlieu School Rm. 602
All those Interested In
acting and being stage
hands.
For Info contact: Maureen
at 249-5802
BRENTWOOD
COLLEGE
SCHOOL
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
400 students
Founded: 1923
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ART GALLERY
"Unique Gifts for Special People"
AN EVENING WITH AN ARTIST
This month 'WOOD PICTURES" by Tony Bllley
Meet Tony and see a work in progress.
Friday Feb. 9th - 7-9 p.m.
Refreshments
provided
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beauty ot our forests'- ToayBWey
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REGIONAL NEWS
This cold is nothing like the old days'
a 100 MUe House - The
cold snap might have taken
local residents by surprise,
particularly for newcomers
not accustomed to temperatures dipping down near the
minus 40s.
But for long-time resident and weather statistician
Jim Moore, this year's winter is mild compared to that
of three decades ago.
"It's hot the way it used
to be. At one time, in the
60s and 70s, we'd have 200
inches of snow over the
winter," he said.
However, while it
doesn't compare to former
winters, this year's month
of January is proving colder
and snowier than last.
So far, Moore has
recorded 63.4 cm of snow
since Jan.l, compared to
29.4 cm during the same
time period last year.
Temperatures have also
been colder this year. In
1995, cold spells were form
Jan 1 to 8, with temperatures going down to -31.5
The rest of the month,
the Cariboo experienced a
balmy weather with above
zero temperatures on some
days. Jan. 31 recorded daytime highs of 7 and overnight lows of 2.5
On Jan. 24th, 19^5,
temperatures went up to -10
and down to -24.5
This year, the weather
turned cold in mid-January
and temperatures steadily
dropped to lows of -40.
Man nf bbed for
hunting moose
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COMMUNITY
"One of die things that
lead to this was that we had
to knock $100,000 out of
the replacement budget,"
Coleman said. "As a result,
instead of the two computer
labs with machines between
one and three years old that
we need to meet high
school requirements, at
Q.S.S. we are down to one
lab within that range."
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O 100 MUe House • Bullwinkle the Moose would be
pleased.
A Campbell River man,
nabbed for hunting moose
illegally east of the 100
Mile House area, was fined
earlier this month.
Russell L. Jordan, 39,
came away $1,550 lighter
after appearing before
Judge C.C. Barnett in provincial court
He was also ordered to
forfeit a Browningrifleand
Leupold scope, valued at
$1,600.
Another Campbell
River man, Robert Gordon,
had been fined $1,550 in
November by Judge T.C.
Siriitli.
The two men were
gnostic and Treatment
Centre, Waite was Iname^
diately transferred to the
Prince George Regional
Hospital.
Once there, he under
went surgery to rebuild.the
shattered heel. Further surgeries are planned.
His wife said Bruce
won't be able to stand for a
long time, but is expecJsdlo
be home soon.
Greenpeace
co-founder
draws crowd of
65
Q Houston - When someone says clearcutting can be
good for a forest and that
the way to better resource
management is to reverse
deforestation, plant more
trees and use more wood
every day, people arotmd
here are bound to situp and
take notice.
Doctor Patrick N^bre,
Greenpeace co-foundef and
nailed last fall, following a
joint investigation by the
conservation offices in 100
Mile, Clearwater and
Campbell River.
100 Mile House C O .
Colin Nivison said the ball
started rolling form a tip on
Vancouver Island.
Last September, Jordan
legally killed a moose at
Crooked Lake, then took it
back to Campbell River.
He retuned to Crooked Lake
a month later, and shot
another moose, thus exceeding his Limited Entry Hunting Authorisation of one
kill, but attempted to cover
it up by using Gordon's
licence.
Jordan pleaded guilty
to three counts - hunting
without an LEHA; using
another person's moose
species licence; and exceeding bag^imit for moose; under the Wildlite Act.
GbrdoiL also pleaded
guilty, to three counts 1inila\v^i )p0$sessiOn of dead
wildlife; dIfoWinig another
person to use his moos species licence and false information on a moose sp>ecies
licence.
Jordan and Gordon face
having their hunting
licences revoked, a decision
that will be made by the
B.C. director of wildlife.
Fibreboard plans
in Prince George
on baclcburner
Prince George Northwood Pulp and Timber's plans for building a
medium density fibreboard
plant in Prince George are
on the backburner for the
moment.
"For the longest time.
I'd say for the past year,
MDF was our preferred
option. But now we've
begun looking at some other
ideas on what t o do with
our fibre," says Rand
Stromgren, Northwood's
manager of special projects.
Market trends, rather
than the current environmental review delays facing
Canfor (who are proposing
an MDF plant), prompted
the decision to look at other
options.
For instance, the mark
for composite products such as MDF - is growing
tougher and tougher as
more companies, internationally and domestically,
sign on.
"The Pacific Rim market, B.C's primary market
for composite products, is
facing stiff competition
from Oceanic companies
producing composite wood
products, for example,"
says Stromgren.
MDF has been touted
as the be-all and end-all
solution for dealing with
waste wood, but it can only
use what's called "white
hog fuel" - everything
except the bark.
"So baric remains the
burning issue, so to speak.
Even with MDF capacity,
we'd still have to decide
more recently a director of
the B.C. Forest Alliance,
drew a crowd of about 65
Houston people
who
showed up to hear him talk
about his new book Pacific
Spirit, the Forest Reborn .
"Second growth forests
can have as much diversity
what to do with the "brown as the ones before it," he
hog fuel".
said during a slide presenta"As far as I know, tion, adding that forests
we're considering two alter- have a remarkable capacity
native options. One is in the for natural regeneration.
feasibility stage while the
He defined a forest as
other is just a warm, fuzzy an ecosystem capable of
idea, now," says Dan Alex- recovery regeneration.
ander, general tnanager of
"If a forest were not
capable of recovery from
Rustad Brothers Limited.
total destruction, it wouldn'l
be a forest."
And clearcutting is
only one way of forest
O Fraser Lake - Brian destruction, he added, namWaite of Fraser Lake faces ing fires and beetle infestaa long convalescence fol- tion as other causes ol
lowing his Monday, January deforestation.
15th fall off the arena roof.
What is often forgotten
Waite, one of three
men hired temporarily by is that deforestation is a
the village to shovel the two-stage process, he
^ndw off the arena roof, fell .explains.
off the iskating rink's roof
and was severely injured.
When it comes to this
In an interview with his second stage, he said, it is
wife, Donna Waite, it was unfair to pointfingersat the
learned that Bruce suffered forest industry, which has
a broken heel and a shat- responded to the environtered heel. He also broke a mental movement by active
bone in bis back..
reforestation and sustainFirst seen at the Dia- ability programs.
IMan falls off
arena roof
Sunday, Februarys, 1996
Page A14 QoesneK3ariboo Observer
QijesnerCarit>6o bbserver
Sunday: January 28, 19961^866 A l 5
COMMUNITY
The time
is right
to buy
home? Especially your appraisal, sometimes it may
first home? Here are include legal costs. Buyers
five or six good rea- should be checking!
sons to begin shopping.
Also, first time buyers
Mortgage rates have
dropped again, to 7.8 per
cent for afive-yearterm!
Some banks offer sf)ecial packages for first time
Could there be a buyers. Sometimes this
better time to buy yourincludes the cost of the
should remember that in
most cases they will be
spared from paying the one
per cent property purchase
tax.
And if they have RRSP
money to use for a down
payment, they can take part
in a special plan which will
allow them to use the RRSP
money tax-free.
And don't forget, usually first-time buyers will
qualify for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's opportunity to buy
with only a five per cent
down payment. Ask your
bank about it.
Some banks are able to
offer a five per cent down
payment mortgage on a
mobile in a park, provided
the mobile is in good condition and passes CMHC's
housing standards.
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When three-month-old
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a nice ball of wool.
No such luck this time,
however.
Obituary
School
speeders Harvey Aspin succumbs to illness
charged
Harvey Aspin pasHe married Barbara
sed away at G.R. Baker Read in 1946 and lived 13
Memorial Hospital on years in Langley, B.c.
January 23rd, 1996
The family moved to
Speeding
in a after a long illness.
Quesnel in 1961, where
school zone is never a
Harvey was born in Harvey worked for 26 years
good idea, but it was Saskatchewan in 1922 and for West Fraser Mills.
particularly unfortu- moved to B.C. in 1940. He
nate for two Quesnel subsequently joined the
He is survived by his
drivers this week.
army and served overseas wife, Barbara; son Gary
Constable Judy Runge for three years.
reported Wednesday that
police attended a twovehicle accident on Maple
Drive at Kube Street on the
afternoon of January 29th.
Runge said a 1987 Nissan driven by Victoria Armstrong of Quesnel failed to
negotiate a stop at the corner of Mountain Ash and
Maple Drive.
How
The car proceeded
through the intersection and
was struck by a 1980 Mustang driven by William
Advertise
White, also of Quesnel.
Qiarges of failing to
stop at a stop sign, and
speeding in a school zone
have been laid against both
drivers.
Runge noted that there
were no injurieis sustained
in the accident.
(Linda);
daughter
Gail
YOUR HEAD?
Baker comes home to show
watercolour worl(s of wonder
Franck
Teetzen tute of Art and Design,
usually works in Van- achieving a diploma in Gracouver as a baker, fol- phic Design in 1992.
lowing in his Quesnel
Working solely ih
father's footsteps.
watercolours at this point in
This month, however,
he is taking an entirely different tack as he features a
variety of his brilliant
watercolour works at the
Quesriei Art Gallery.
Teetzen was ^bgrn in
Greudenstadt, Germany, but
grew up in Quesnel, becoming a Canadian citizen in
1979.
Inspired by gifted artist
and instructor Steve Mills,
he continued his art education at the Emily Carr Insti-
his artistic career, Teetzen
says he prefers their transparency to the heavier
medium of oil paints.
"Watercolours are a
wonderful,
magical
medium," he said in an
interview
Thursday.
"Because of their transparency, it's like working with
different colours of stained
glass. The light reflects
through them in a truly
wonderful way."
Teetzen describes his
watercolour style as
"romantic realism."
'The things I paint are
very personal and I really
need to have some sort of
connection to the subject,"
he said. "I try to weave a
romantic theme into my
paintings. I enjoy realism,
but not photographic realism. I call it romantic realism, where you can tell
what the subject is, but it's
softer, more mysterious."
Teetzen's evocative
works can be viewed at the
Quesnel Art Gallery in the
Recreation Centre for the
month of February.
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Swim of hope: The Canadian Cancer Society is hoping swimmers and skaters will
take part In their ongoing Swimathon to raise money for cancer victims.
Unfortunately, says
Canadian Cancer Society
spokesperson, Bonnie Hunter, the response to her
group's latest Swimathon
initiative at the Quesnel and
District Arts and Recreation
Centre has been less than
inspiring.
In fact, nobody at all
has taken part.
Interviewed Thursday,
Hunter said the Quesnel
branch of the Cancer Society is sponsoring the Swimathon in conjunction with
the Recreation Centre in
order to raise funds for
research and to help local
cancer sufferers with transportation and equipment
costs.
"We started the pro-
Bonnie Hunten Come on
Quesnel!
gram on January fifth,"
Hunter said. "We've had
quite a few people enquire
about it, but so far, nobody
has taken part."
The idea behiiid' the
Swimathon, she sai(^ is for
the people who regularly
swim laps at the Recreation
Centre pool to pick up a
sponsor sheet and collect
pledges for the number of
laps they swim.
"It's a new year, and
people have to get in
shape," she said. "So why
not make those laps work
for a good cause at the same
time?"
As well, Hunter said
the Cancer Society has set
up a similar program at the
Quesnel Twin Arenas for
people who regularly skate
laps.
"There are a lot of cancer patients who have to travel to Vancouver on a regular basis," she said. "We do
our best to help them out as
much as we can."
Speed Watch
Almost half tiie drivers had feet of lead
Almost half the
vehicles checked by the
Speed Watch program
in January were found
to be speeding, says
Constable Bill Hansen
of the RCMP.
"Despite the cold temperatures in January, 46 per
cent of all vehicles that passed the Speed Watch radar
speed display board were
travelling in excess of the
legal limit," Hansen said.
"Of particular concern to
our community was that
operations in the Helen
Dixon and Baker Elementary zones shoed 65 per cent
and 50 per cent respectively
were speeding."
In
all, volunteers
clocked 2,884 vehicles in
January, of which 1,313
were travelling at speeds
over the posted limit.
Along with the Helen
Dixon and Baker Elementary campaigns, volunteers
held three operations on
Front Street, with 26, 14
and 57 per cent of the vehicles clocked driving over
the speed limit. As well,
two operations on Anderson
Drive showed 43 per cent
and 47 per cent of vehicles
speeding.
The 46 per cent speeding ratio shows a marked
increase from the previous
month, when 1,355 vehicles
were checked and 421 were
found to be speeding, for a
total of only 31 per cent.
Hansen said the campaign has proven useful in
identifying areas requiring
more police presence in the
community.
"People can expect
increased police enforcement of the speed limit in
areas identified to be a
problem," he said.
Sunday, February 4,1996 Page A17
Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Sunday, February 4,1996
Page A16i;:)uesnel Caiiboo Observer
Obituary
PEOPLE
Ex- Quesnel student honored in Engineering
High honour UBC Engineering student Rozlyn Bubela is congratulated at Rideau
Hall by Governor Genera! Romeo Leblanc.
Bubela graduated from
Correiieu Secondary school
in 1994 and completed her
first year at the University
of British Columbia in the
Faculty of Science in April
of 1995. From there she
transferred into the Faculty
of Applied Science and is
currently enrolled in first
and second year engineering courses in general areas
of study.
"I applied for the scholarship in August of 1995,
after receiving a great deal
of encouragement from the
Dean's Office of Applied
Science at UBC," Bubela
said. "The application stressed the importance of aca-
demic excellence in the studies of math and sciences,
but more importantly,
demonstrated leadership,
community involvement,
and extracurricular activities."
In September, Bubela
was notified that she had
been selected from all the
applicants currently attending UBC as their nominee
for thefirst-yearcategory.
"I was contacted in
early October by a representative from the Canadian
Engineering Memorial
Foundation to schedule an
interview for thefinalselection, as I was one of the two
applicants across Canada
that they wished to interview for the first-year
award," Bubela said. "I
spent two days in Toronto
in mid-October, during
which time I was interviewed for the scholarship
award."
The interview went
well, and within a week
Bubela received confirmation that she had been selected as thefirst-yearscholarship winner.
In November she travelled to Ottawa to attend
an awards presentation ceremony at Rideau Hall,
where the Honourable
Romeo LeBlanc, Governor
Ready, aim,
Heinz Fiege -1937 -1996
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A student hailing from
Quesnel has been honoured
with an engineering scholarship award in memory of
the 14 women murdered in
L'Ecole Poly technique in
Quebec.
Rozlyn Bubela was
presented with the Canadian
Engineering Memorial
Foundation First-Year
Scholarship Award at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in
Ottawa in November.
The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation was set •up in 1989 in
commemoration of the
young women studying
Engineering who lost their
lives in the tragedy of
December 6th, 1989. The
goal of the Foundation is to
open doors for young
people in Engineering, who
in turn open doors for the
next generation.
Nationally, the Canadian Engineering Memorial
Foundation offers scholarships and awards to encourage young people, mostly
women, to pursue careers in
engineering, and in a
broader sense, to help educate all young people about
the profession.
The Foundation awards
these scholarships to young
women "who have brought
p>assion, talent, and inspiradon to their engineering studies and extracurricular
activities."
PEOPLE
General of Canada, and
Claudette
MacKayLassonde, P.Eng., Foundation President, presented the
award.
The awards ceremony
will not be the end of Bubela's recognition, either.
"At the end of this
semester, ih late April, I
will have the opportunity to
travel throughout Canada
with the two other scholarship winners to speak to
high school students," she
said. "I'll also take part in
programs that encourage
young people to pursue an
education in math and science, and consider a career
in engineering."
Bubela stressed that
students should not hesitate
to find out as much as they
can about future job markets.
"It is so important to
educate students about all
potential career options at a
young age, so they have
some idea of what will be
out there for them when
they grow up and have a
career of their own," she
said. "I find that not enough
students,
particularly
females, continue to take
math and science courses
throughout high school, for
a number of reasons, and
also that not enough young
people have an idea of what
engineering is all about. I
hope to help change that."
Lectures
continue
Anyone looking for
more stimulating lunchtime entertainment than
leafing through the local
rag or staring into their
sushi need look no farther than the local campus of the College of
New Caledonia.
Tht second in a series of brown-bag lectures at the Quesnel
campus of the College
of New Caledonia will
feature Dr. David Holm
from Prince George.
The lunch-hour lecture, slated for February
14th from noon to 1
p.m., will focus on
Nation Building With
Railways in Thailand
and Canada.
This lecture will
compare the historical
significance and differences between railway
construction in Thailand
and Canada, from the
perspective of an expert
in the field.
Dr. Holm is a History instructor at CNC's
Prince George campus,
and has a Ph.D from
Yale University. Dr.
Holm specializes in
South East Asian history.
There is no admission fee for the browh
bag lecture series. Maximum seating is 40
people.
Heinz Fiege passed
away at G.R. Baker
Memorial Hospital on
January 22nd, 1996.
He was 58.
Heinz was born in
Berlin, Germany on April
6th, 1937. He immigrated to
Canada in June of 1953, and
arrived in Quesnel in 1958.
There, he met and married Joan Priscilla McCall
on April 23rd, 1960.
In September of 1963
Heinz and Joan bought
Quesnel Service, a Chevron
gas station at the corner of
Reid and Carson. They
operated this station until
1978, at which time it was
sold.
In 1978 Heinz and partner purchased a parcel of
land near Dragon Lake,
which was subdivided into
lots and sold. It is now
known as South Hills Subdivision, an elegant subdivision in South Quesnel.
From 1978 to 1983,
Heinz built several spec
homes in South Hills, which
were later sold, and again
build and sold more spec
homes between 1985 and
1989.
In 1983, Heinz and
Joan purchased Central
Uniform Rentals and Drycleaners. His ambition and
hard work turned this
money losing business into
a profit maker, enough to
attract a buy-out from a
large linen supply company
Heinz Hege: Passes
in Prince George in 1985.
In April of 1989, Heinz
and Joan bought Novae
Logging, which Heinz
operated until his illness. In
August of 1993, Heinz
bought a logging truck
which he drove himself
until his illness stopped him
in February of 1995.
Heinz joined the Quesnel BPO Elks in 1964, and
was made Exalted Ruler in
1967. Heinz remained a
member of the Elks until his
passing.
Heinz was an active
member of the Regional
District for the past many
years and was a member of
the Fire Commission until
his f)assing.
Heinz was committed
to his work and held a special commitment toward his
family. He enjoyed time
spent with his grandchildren, fishing, camping and
travelling. He will be sadly
missed by all.
A memorial service at
the Elks Hall in Quesnel on
January 26th, 1996 at 1 p.m.
He is survived by wife
Joan Fiege, from Quesnel;
brother Gary Fiege, from
Angeles; children Carolin and Bob Fiege from
Vancouver; sister Gisela
Fiege In Kaleden, B.C.;
mother Frieda Fiege in
Kaleden, B.C., and two
grandchildren, Haley Fiege
and Kate Fiege, from Vancouver.
The Fiege family
would like to express a
heartfelt thank you to the
doctors, nurses, aides and
physiotherapists at G.R.
Baker Memorial Hospital
for the genuine care and
support given to Heinz
Fiege and family during his
extended hospital stay and
passing.
Les Fallowfield takes aim at the archery range in Quesnel's Maple
Park Shopping Centre. Archery enthusiasts will be able to take aim inside
at the mall until the end of April. Organisers say the new location has brought
them lots of new members. Call Sandy Watson at 747-2638 for information
about the indoor shooting match on March 30th and 31st.
Mall a r c h e r
Thank you to the Palliative Care Association and
the home care nurses for
their support over the past
year as well.
A sjjecial thank you to
Wally Compeau and the
Quesnel BPO Elks Lodge
for providing a lovely memorial service for Heinz. An
additional thank you to
Peter Couldwell for reading
the eulogy, and to Ted Armstrong for his kind words.
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close to home.
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Now, I'm not saying confiding in me that your
that aliens control the entire credit rating is less than
She left the room with
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She
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tightly.
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She slipped up.
The woman across the desk
Unconsciously, for a
ftom me seemed pleasant be right back."
I had just assumed they
were messing with my head
as part of some western
Canadian racist thing
because I was originallyfrom Quebec: ANOTHER
HUMILIATION!
This time I knew better.
I kept my cool, smiling
few brief minutes, she blankly and nodding whenreverted back into her ever "she" came to a brief
pause to catch her "breath."
"home" tongue.
Instead of English
I knew that if I let on
words and sentences, what that I knew, I could pretty
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She caught herself just
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Back in Fort SL James and her mandibles pursed
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"I'll do what I can,"
she vocalized in English
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I grasped the thing and
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door.
Sure enough, just like
last time, the phone rang
later this afternoon and a
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SPORTS WRITER
PEOPLE
Doyle Potenteau
Does God make bad things happen?
CHRSTUNPERSPEdES
People
sometimes ask, "If God is so
good, why does he let
these things happen?"
Sometimes, after some
unpleasant or tragic personal experience, some
will choose to no longer
believe in God, because
"A good God wouldn't let
this happen to me."
I could be angry
at God because I have no
memory of my father, but
would that make God
guilty? Hardly. The situation arose out of human
selfishness and negligence.
Some are angry
at God because they've
lost loved ones through
accidents, but does that
make God guilty? Almost
every "accident" is a
result of human error or
negligence.
Some are angry
because a loved one has
been murdered, but is
God the murderer?
Hector
MacleanAngus
What would life be
lilte if nothing bad could
happen to us? God would
have to prevent people
from doing anything
unkind to one another.
He wouldnt' let us make
mistakes or do anything
selfish. He would make us
do only what is good and
right. We would have no
free will. Our lives would
be meaningless.
Sometimes
we
have to endure unpleasantness or even tragedy
partly because God wants
to teach us something. "...
despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor
faint when thou art
rebuked of him: For
whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he
receiveth. If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth
with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the
father chasteneth not?"
(Hebrews 12:5-7)
Sometimes
we
endure evil because We
want to live our lives for
Christ. "Yea, and all that
will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution." (2 Timothy 3:12)
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Another Super Bowl
has come and gone. This
means only one thing:
baseball/softball season
isn't too far off.
Sore arms, cramped
shoulders, twisted backs
(from throwing balls 125
km/h without warming
up), kicking oneself for
missing an easy pitch to
hit and hot summer days
are quick in the nearby
future.
But back to reality,
cold weather, and the
Super Bowl. On a scale
of one to 10, I'd give it
an 7.5. If you voted for
the Steelers on Sunday, I
rate the game a 10. How
"bout them Cowboys[
But the one good
thing about the Super
Bowl were the commercials. I'd like to know
who didn't laugh when
they saw those three
frogs with their tongues
frozen to the beer can?
Changing gears
from football to local
items, the Quesnel-Wells
Winter Festival was a
great idea.
But there were a few
things that could have
been improved. So
here's my list of what the
committee should do for
next year:
1. Pray to God for better
weather.
2. Open a hot-wine gardens on the Legion
Parking Lot
3. Hold a specialized
version of king of the hill
( a traditional winter
sport if there ever was
one). Instead of a hill,
organizers could hold it
on a slight incline, or flat
field, so itcoulc^l)e
accessible to everyone.
4. Organized snowball
wars.
5. Waiver forms for the
previous two suggestions.
6. Make a large donation
at'aloc^.church and
ptky a se^nd time for
bet^r Weather.
He shoots, he misses: This Cariboo Pulp and Paper skater had his shot knocked away by Premium Enterprises goaltender Doug Love Saturday afternoon in the men's fun hockey tournament final shoot-out.
Fun tourney final a thriller
12 teams, split into three
divisions of four, that
played three games over
two days.
scored in. Karry Gray had a
Playing in Division
chance to score the winner. One were CPP, K & K ConGray for Premium. The tracting, Nellie's Pub and
winger fired a hard wrist Parr Installation.
shot from the blue line that
CPP was the top team
fooled the CPP goalie, but in that division,as they won
unfortunately for Premium twice, 9-4 over Nellie's
Enterprises, Gray's shot hit Pub and 9-3 against Parr
the shaft of the goalies' Installations, and tied once,
stick instead of going in.
3-3toK&K.
It took a shoot-out buzzer sounded, CPP tied
to decide this year's the score at six all.
This forced an overtime
Fun Hockey Tournaperiod, which neither team
ment winner.
And after three gruelling days, and several
games. Cariboo Pulp and
Paper were declared tourney champions.
It wasn't a clear cut
victory though. Cariboo
Pulp and Paper needed a
major come from behind
victory to defeat Premium
Enterprises in the final.
Down 5-1 halfway
through the final period,
CPP scored four straight
times to tie it. Then with a
few minutes remaining, Premium went ahead again.
But just before the final
In the shoot-out, where
each team placed five shooters on the ice, CPP players
scored three times out of
five while Premium Enterprises' athletes only lit the
lamp twice.
The tourney featured
In Division Two, Premium Enterprises, 3-0, were
the top dogs. They beat
Nortec Forestry 3-2, Van
Truckers 2-1 and Northstar
Glacier 5-0.
And in Division Three,
the Quesnel Oldtimers
proved they weren't that
old at all, as they racked up
a 2-0-1 record. The Oldtimers beat Hair Plus 5-4 and
Star Equipment 4-1. Four
Star, however, tied the Oldtimers 1-1 for their only
point of the tourney.
In the playoffs, the top
Division One team, CPP,
took on the best Division
Three squad, the Oldtimers
while Premium Enterprises,
Division Two's representative, took on the fourth best
team in the tournament,
which was Hair Plus.
In the semi-finals. Premium Enterprises cut Hair
Plus t o T i b b o n s , winning 5-4
while CPP, who needed
overtime, downed the Oldtimers 3-2.
Local skier primed and ready
Quesnel's top alpine ski racer is going to be
who sped down the course in 1:38:76.
Out of the top 15 standings, 11 called Whistler their
Fifteen-year-old Brian Bennett, of the Lightning Creek home.
The Nabob Coffee Cup is B.C's premier alpine ski
Ski Club, will be going up against western Canada's top
skiers at the Nabob Coffee Cup races in Smithers this racing series and is sanctioned by the international governing body for alpine skiing, known as F.I.S.
weekend.
Bennett won't be making his debut alone, though.
The Quesnel resident will be competing against top
skiers from the north, provincial teams from B.C. and Man- Prince George sklets Dominica Lesniewicz, Brent Brander
itob^ as well as a teamfromNew Zealand.
and Adam Wells, all 15, are also competing in their first
Bennett is in goodformgoing into the Nabob
He;^. FXS. race,
The series
recently had solid performances at a recent northent-2jD)9j^|i
' is open to carded^athletes from the ages of
15
to
21
(the
ag^ category known as Jl).
race, at Smithers, where he placed second and third in tw6t
The NalK>b Coffoe Cup Series coiis|sts pf six slalom,
giant Slaloms.
six
giant
sllfob, one super-G andl tvrd dpV^nhills. Point
"Brian is ready to race," said Lightning Creek Ski Club
Head Coach John Ball. "He is a dedidated and comniitted totals'^reac<:umulfledthroughouf't^^^^^
.
ski racer who is working hard to achieve his maximum placing and results.
Athletes with the highest points will capture the overall
potential.
tested this weekend.
In his first day of competition, ThuRiday,, Benn.eitt, title and $2,0^
four-
Five Years Ago
Febniary 3,1991
Premium Enterprises lost in the Men's
Fun Hockey Tournament
final.
Premium Enterprises lost to a Williams
Lake team, 9-6, that featured an ex-WHL star,
Stacey Yakabayashi,
who scored twice and
added an assist.
Scoring for Premium Enterprises in the
final were Lorne' Lilley,
Mike Ransome, Doug
Clark and Darcy Adelman.
Ten Years Ago
February 5,1986
The Quesnel Millionaires lost three^^
straight road games awef
six days
•^v.
The Mills lost 6-2 to
Dawson Creek, 8-4 to
Prince George and 5-4 to
Williams Lake.
After that week,
where their two top scoring forwards, Derek
Webb and Hugh Mitchell, quit, the Mills
posted a horrific record
of five wins and 36
losses. ; •
Fifteen Y e ^ Ago
February 3f 1981
The Kamloops Cowboys hog-tied the Quesnel Kangaroos.
The visiting Cowboys beat the *Roos 7-6
before a sold-out arena.
The game was tied
6-6 when Kamloops,
after picking off an
errant pass, scored on
goaltender Rick Szabo
with 20 seconds remaining on the clock, v
TwerifyYeaif^o
AC^lieiile^dary
curhng: .yfea^
advanced to diei:])^yjuicial champioiKliips,;,:
and
l ^ & S ^ n
team. two. „
Quesnel' Catlbco ^Observer
Sunday, February 4, 1996
Page A20 Quesnel Cariboo Observer
SPORTS
Raiders
win
tourney
The Maple Drive
Junior girls basketball team continued
its winning ways last
weekend.
The Raiders toolc first
place at the QSS Invitational
Junior Girls Baslcetball Tournament last weekend.
The Raiders racked up a
perfect 4-0 record to capture
yet another tournament.
Correlieu and QSS also
managed to fare quite well.
Correlieu's Clan placed second, after winning three
games, while the QSS Spartans, after winning twice,
placed third.
Up next for the junior
girls is a tournament in
Prince George this weekend.
Sport Shorts
CASH CALENDAR
WINNERS
Daily minor hockey
cash calendar winners are
as follows:
Jan. 28: E. Zanik $25
Jan. 29: Mike Bradley - $25
Jan. 30: W. Iwanciwski - $25
Jan.31:Joe WielKj$25
Feb. 1: Kim Neadow - $25
Feb. 2: Joan Singleton - $25
Feb. 3: Larry Harrison - $25
Pool Stats
Here are
this week's top 20 Big
Brothers and Sisters
Hockey Pool Standings.
For a list of full standings, see the one posted at
Sports Traders.
1. The Joker
2. Willy Win
3. Westpark Toyota
4. Troy Walters
5. Norman Blais
6. Daryl Brackett
7. Ron Campbell
8. Debbie Reed
9. Ste\JB Mufford
10. S:£B. Melnyk
11. Rory Parr
12. Rick Dundas
13. JackMacauley
14. Murray Gumey
15. Saiidy Watson
16. Pungent Fu^
17. The Profiteers
18. Robin Bagri
19. McBiUingham
20. Jordan Mitchell
1035
1015
1008
1005
997
996
992
990
989
985
984
983
982
981
981
978
970
970
969
967
Sunday February 4, id9ePA!^p^i
Green hammered by Gold
No sympathy for pros
The very best part
about Kirk Muller finally
winding up in Toronto is
, that now we don't have to
listen to him whining
about which teams he
doesn't want to play for.
Alexei Yashin's
another on whose bitching
about Ottawa has reached
ridiculous proportions.
These guys just don't
get it: the average fan simply doesn't have a shred
of sympathy for milliondollar athletes complaining about their sorry lot in
life.
When you're up at six
a.m. shovelling your driveway so
you can get to
work by 7:30, do you
think they care about you?
There are two points
to be made here. First,
there's far too much of the
above, and second, there's
far too little humour left in
hockey.
It's truly a breath of
fresh air when a guy like
Terry Crisp comes to
town. The talkative Tampa
Bay coach is one of the
last really funny guys left
in the NHL.
Following a 10-0
thrashing at the hands of
the Calgary Flames, Crisp
was asked fbr his analysis
of the rout. "The only difference between this and
Custer's last stand is that
Custer didn't have to
look at the tapes the next
day," the coach deadpnnned.
Another reporter
began his quesdoning with
you used two goalies
tonight..." to which Crisp
NHL NOTES
Norm
Jewison
quickly interjected "well,
they were the only two 1
had..."
The late Babe Pratt
had some beauties, too. At
the Stanley Cup finals in
1982, Pratt was discussing
hockey in the 20s and 30s,
and how it had changed so
dramatically. Someone
asked Pratt: "if he were
playing today, how many
goals do you think the
legendary Cyclone Taylor
would score?"
"Maybe three or four,"
replied Pratt. "How come
so few," the puzzled person asked? "Well, ya gotta
remember he's now 93
years old," Pratt cracked.
This calls to mind
some of the great sayings
of Harry Neale-when he
coached the Canucks in the
bad old days. One day in
June, when your correspondent was the PR Director of the team, Neale
came into my office and
asked me what I was
doing.
"I'm sifting through
this file full of requests for
player appearances," I
replied.
"Any interesting
ones," he asked.? "How
about this one," said I?
"The Princeton Chamber
of Commerce is requesting
four players to participate
in a celebrity raft race
down the Similkameen
River."
"Oh geez... Let ME
pick the players," said
Neale.
Of course, in those
days, wins were as often as
far apart as sunny winter
days, and a keen sense of
humour was a necessity.
After a brutal road
trip, the Canucks were
looking forward to a
lengthy homestand, the
first three games of which
they lost.
Commenting on the
team's woes, Neale told
reporters: "We can't win
on the road and we're now
losing at home. My failing
as a coach of this team is
that 1 can't figure out any
other place to play."
Finally, Neale always
marvelled at a phenomenon that many hockey
observers have noted. You
know the one: a defenceman comes up form the
minors, hit and fights
everyone, then scores a
few goals and assists and
figures he's a playmaker,
and abandons all the things
that got him there.
Neale's perfect
description of this situatior
was: "they arrive as crushers, think they are rushers
and end up as ushers.\"
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KAMLOOPS SALE TUESDAY FEB. 6th
C O M P l f l E DISPERSAL FOR J . L HALLMARK
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20 Hereford Cows, 10 Hereford Calves
1 Polled Hereford BullfromKarl & Margaret Freding.
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Bull turned out May IsL All early cahring cows.
OK Falls sale Monday Feb. 12th.
110 steers Neil and Ian Smith.
This is an outstanding group of powerful Umo Cross
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Good bodied, good tiaired quality steers.
KAMLOOPS SALE TUESDAY FEB. 13th.
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600-699 66.7S70.20
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60.00 65.20
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KAMLOOPS SALE TUESDAY, JAN. 30TH
in the Kamloops sale on Tuesday, January 30th
Norm Jewison is the
Director ofPublishing for just under 100 head of both cattie and calves
Orca Bay Sports and
were traded through the ring. For butcher cows,
Entertainment, owner of Ken McDougal's 1265 lb. hereford cows sold to
the Vancouver Canucks
42.75. A light supply of good quality green calves
and Grizzlies.
were on offer. Twin Diamond Ranch's 525 lb.
exotic X h/c brought 66.10, while their group of
635 lb. char x h/c topped 67.50. Pat Robillard was
n with her 610 lb. hereford s/c selling to 70.20,
her 655 lb s/c reached 68.60.
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SPORTS
Qy Steve Dodge
Observer Contributor
Teams Green and
Red were subjected to
defeats in recent Forestry Hockey League
action.
With Green missing
their two highest scorers,
the Gold guys peppered
the Green tender until the
dam broke, creating a
flood of Gold players
looking to pad their stats.
A 12-2 thrashing was
the end result with Rick
"Blizzard" Izzard scoring
a trick and an assists with
Lavigne and Bodman
both tallying four points
each. Dale Bubela, 1 goal,
four assists, netted five
points.
Dave Walgren and
" R C A " Victor Hegan
both potted a pair with
George "Lungs" Paul
notching a goal and an
assist.
For the second consecutive game, Green's
Kevin "Water World"
Arnell scored a goal on an
end to end rush that had
Molson Ice written all
over it.
Renowned sports psychologist Howie "Shoot
the puck" Meeker has
been contacted to see if he
can jump start the Green
group, whose egos need
lubrication in the worst
way.
Black managed to
hang on for a 3-2 win
over Red, that saw the
Red side pull their goalie
twice in a futile attempt
to notch the equalizer as
regulation time expired
twice.
Using a guilt trip, the
Red side talked the Black
boys into playing five
more
minutes, even
though the clock had ran
out with Black ahead.
Being the good sports
that they are, the brain
dead Black squad agreed
and then relied on Peter
"The Wolf" Andrews to
run aside all shots in the
extra frame.
Rob "Cagey" Bowden led Black to victory
with two gals while Bill
"Bullseye" Walker added
a goal and an assist.
The Red comeback
from a 2-0 deficit was
ignited
when
Doug
"Gino" Nelson scored
from the blueline on a
screen shot for his first
point of the season. Kevin
"Squirrley" Turley continued his strong play, adding a goal and an assist in
a losing cause.
The "Dogs jumpjed out
to an early 3-0 lead Saturday against the Ducks and
coasted to an easy victory,
despite having three late
goals scored against them,
including a shot form a
Ducks defenceman that
was so hard it almost went
through the net in the last
minute of the match.
Scoring for West Central Pipe were Rene Gagnon, Mickey Keen and Don
Doucette. Pat "The Bruiser" Gibbs, who has more
hockey sticks than points,
was kept off the scoresheet
again.
In Sunday's matchup,
the Sharks and SportsTraders tied.
In league standings,
Murphy's Pub, 10 wins and
three losses, are first with
20 points. In second is the
Red Bluff Inn, 9-4, with 18
points while SportsTraders,
8-4-2, are in third with 18
points. Taking fourth are
the Don Musselman/Paddy
Scheck Ducks, 8-5-1, with
16 points. The Sharks, 6-52, are fifth with 14 while
the West Central Pipe Bulldogs, 5-9-1, are sixth with
11. Nash and the Cruisers,
2-11, are seventh.
This week's league
play have the Ducks hosting Nash and the Cruisers
at 11:00 p.m. Saturday. On
Sunday, the Red Bluff Inn
and Murphy's Pub, two
very good teams, take each
other on at 4:00 p.m. On
Tuesday, the Bulldogs and
Sharks tangle at 9:30 p.m.
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Division A:
(280 km)
1. W. Kleedehn - 34:56:00
2. Rusty Rise - 38:28:00
3. F. Ortloff - DNF
3. J. Dinsdale - DNF
3. K. Schroeder - DNF
3. J. Douglas - DNF
3. T. Kushman - DNF
Division B:
(170 km)
1. Peter Vogler - 11:42:58
2. BobBorget- 13:04:57
3. K. Ramstead - 15:15:52
4. Ron Whyte - 17:26:25
5. Dave Ford- DNF
5. D. Torgeson - DNF
Division CV
(615 km)
1. E. Hamilton- 4:03:15
2. M. Erzinger - 4:10:19
3. R. Gifford - 4:20:37
4. D. Thansbrgr- 4:23:31
5. M. Geeresma -4:51:18
6. A. Mackenzie - 4:58:41
7. D. Umbaugh - 4:59:44
8. B. Bridges - 5:50:50
9. L. Wheatley - 6:08:06
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N o r t h
In league standings.
Gold tops the FHL with 25
fXDints, as they have earned
11 wins, five losses and
three ties. Three points
behind, at 22, are Black, 107-2 while Red, 9-9-1, are
three points behind Black
with 19. Green, 4-13-2, are
last with 10.
In the scoring race.
Rick Izzard leads all pointgetters with 21 goals and 10
assists. Dale Bubela, 15g,
15a, has 30 points while
George Ryan and Brian
Nielsen are tied for third
with 29 points each. Ryan
has 14 goals and 15 assists
while Nielsen has 13g and
16a. In fifth is Scott Davis,
with 14g and 14a, for 28
points.
Bulldogs win twice
Parity has reached
the Quesnel Recreation Hockey League.
Only six points separate first from fifth in the
seven team league, which
features
many
exMillionaire, Kangaroo and
university hockey players.
On any given night,
any team can beat any
other team.
In recent action, the
West Central Pipe Bulldogs, who played a pair of
games, walked away from
the weekend four points
richer.
The Bulldogs, who
have finally gotten their act
together, beat the Don
Musselman/ Paddy Scheck
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SportsTraders 3-1 Tuesday.
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