14 — THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Thursday. February 9, 1978 GOOD SPORT AND BEER -■ * * ' ' * ^ -jffrt.lv.,A. Surrey rugby club has unity solution VANCOUVER (CP) — The Randy Noonan, 27. a re­ unity. It isn’t. I need a job.” Surrey Beavers Rugby Club cently laid-off Burnaby truck Pepin replied later that stole the show at a public driver, said he was one of “one people who raise the problems million unemployed Cana­ And I was doing so well. forum of the Task Force on of unemployment, inflation I was, that is. until I moved the Kick Shymanski curling Canadian Unity Wednesday dians who is wondering if rink from Mackenzie to Prince George. with a challenge to any Quebec Canadian unity can give me a and recession forget that The headline on the curling story in Wednesday's sports rugby football team to a con­ job.” “political disunity has a lot to section said Three city rinks have shot at title. test on the Plains of Abraham “Don’t insult me by telling do with the state of the (Actually the headline said three city rinks have shot a to be followed by a beer- me my problem is Canadian economy.” title, hut we’ll overlook the missing letter to correct the drinking championship. injustice done to Shymanski and his foursome). Club spokesman Gordon It's had enough that small communities have trouble cop­ Stewart admitted to a laughing ing with Prince George domination of sports events in this forum audience of 450 that Officials blamed area. ‘‘whether we win, lose or draw, There was no intention to slight Shymanski or Mackenzie. wd really haven't been able to Honest. If I'm lying, may I he struck by a curling rock, or figure out how we will trans­ subjected to 40 wacks with a (soft) curling broom. for Bulls7 defeat late victory, loss or equality I haven't had so many complaints since the good old days into constitutional changes.” The Canadian Press three times—twice on power of the four-team Cariboo Hockey League. “ So, we’ll forget about Gilles Leger, fill-in coach of plays and once while killing a In those days I was banned in Vanderhoof because them! Birmingham Bulls, managed penalty—to give him 41 goals everyone there thought I hated the Hears. “ We’ll carry on with our to come up with a couple of ex­ this season. Willy Lindstrom Now the folk of Mackenzie are up in arms. party in that watering hole in cuses for his team’s humiliat­ had two goals and brothers Ulf So I promise there will be no more mistakesabout the Hick Quebec City, sing some songs ing 9-0 World Hockey Associa­ and Kent Nilsson, Bobby Hull Mackenzie of Shymanski. B.C. and share some laughs and tion defeat Wednesday night to with his 35th, and Thommie * * * show by example to other Winnipeg Jets but it did little to Bergman got one each. Goal- This has been quite a week for the Keith Johnston curling Canadians that whether we are soften the blow. tender Gary Bromley kicked family. French or English, Russian or “I’m ashamed we came in out 19 shots for the shutout. Whiledad did his usual visiting in the curling club, his wife Japanese, Italian or Greek here and put on a display like At Edmonton, Cincinnati and son were busy on the ice. Canadians, we as human be­ that,” said Leger, the Bulls scored three goals within 1:34 Leila Johnston and her rink finished second in the B.C. ings are able to share mean­ general manager who re­ while enjoying a man advan­ .Women’s championship in Fort St. John. ingful experiences, have a placed suspended coach Glen tage during the third period to And son Dave, the 1975 B.C. high school champion, skipped good time, meet and part as Sonmor behind the bench in rally for the tie with the Oilers his rink into the B.C. Curling Association Interior playdown friends.” Winnipeg. “How entertaining in a game marred by a 15- here. Stewart, who insisted his could that have been for the minute brawl in the middle ♦ * * aim was not to mock the task people?” period. If you think it's tough keeping track of Shymanski and 83 force but to “introduce some The Bulls, who have brawled Richie Leduc collected a other rinks in a four-day honspiel. you should try following perspective into the national their way intosixth place while goal and an assist during the Norm Weseen around. unity debate.” said rugby’s picking up sundry suspensions comeback, which occurred Weseen is a veteran of covering the BCCA bonspiel and ability “to transcend borders, and fines along the way, were during a five-minute major to playdown and there probably isn't anyone more knowledge­ race and language may con­ assessed nine minor penalties Edmonton’s Dave Semenko, able about curling in B.C. than the former Prince George tain the solution the Canadian and two majors which resulted who flattened Leduc during a and current Smithers broadcaster. dilemma of duality.” in six Winnipeg power-play brief scuffle in front of the Oil­ Weseen's newest trick is covering the event without any Stewart sat down to stormy goals. ers net. sleep. Leger blamed the officiat­ That incident, however, was fcr-.* s r * ,v«£ applause and was thanked by He arrived here Friday to take in the annual BCCA meet- former rugger buff John Ellis, ing. and the resulting penal­ minor compared with the , ing Saturday, at which Pete Sherba of Prince George was Ed Figueroa of the New York Yankees does side leg president of the Canadian De­ ties, for the setback. second-period uproar, started . elected president. raises Wednesday during a workout in training camp. velopment Corp. who was “They (the officials) are by a fight between Edmonton’s Until the bonspiel started Sunday morning, things were The pitcher underwent an operation shortly after the chairman of the meeting. under a tremendous amount of Jim Troy and Bruce Greig of » relatively normal for Weseen. including his cornball humor, Back to work World Series, but says he is fully recovered now. The Beavers’ presentation pressure," he said. “They’re the Stingers. which hasn't improved much. Figueroa is part of the best pitching staff in the major was one of the most emotional being fined $250 for every pen­ Coaches Jacques Demers of , But you will gladly suffer through a few bad jokes to take leagues. of an evening that Jean-Luc alty they miss against us. Cincinnati and Edmonton's " advantage of his curling knowledge willingness to help to Pepin, task force co-chairman, “So every time one of our Glen Sather bad matched lines anyone. characterized as kind and gen­ guys lifted his stick, he wasoff. so that hard-headed Willie Weseen went from Sunday to Tuesday without sleep. tle. If the official missed a penalty, Trognitz and Greig were lined , . The first day’s curling didn't end until after 3 a m. Mon­ British Columbians had cal­ there’s a guy up there (in the up opposite Troy and Semen­ day. led the task force a circus, a stands) saying that’s $250.” ko. Jays, players far apart Leger, however, failed to By the time Weseen had finishing filing reports by phone sham, a cover-up and a farce, When the dust cleared, the mention that his Bulls battled . • the radio stations around the province, curlers were begin­ seeking multi-year contracts he said, but not a petit teams split 82 minutes in ning to arrive for the 8 a.m. Monday draw. TORONTO (CP) — Toronto seasons spread over three their way through back-to- penalties and Trognitz and Blue Jays might be one of the calling for $100,000 a year. years) to be able to request bourgeois fraud and junket. At 2 a.m. Tuesday. Norm finally decided it was time for a ‘‘That was a big improve­ back meetings with In­ Stewart of Cincinnati and Ron richest teams in major league “We’re far apart.” general binding arbitration. He has dianapolis Racers during the .. good long winter's nap. manager Pat C*i 1 lick said ment on Montreal.” Busniuk of the Oilers drew Two hours. baseball, but so far two of its until Feb. 10 to make his re­ weekend, resulting in the game misconducts. most respected chattels have Monday. Jays president Peter quest. Although some of the 40 If he looks a little red-eyed it’s not surprising— it's incred­ speakers welcomed the task eagle-eye from the officials. In all, Edmonton had five been unable to crack the vault. Bavasi says the club payroll, Other unsigned Jays who Saturday's fracas earned both ible he can still function so efficiently. smallest in the league last sea­ force hearings, others ques­ minors, four majors and a * * * Neither Dave Lemanczyk, can seek arbitration are teams a number of fines and game misconduct while Cin­ son. would be up 35 to 40 per catcher Alan Ashby, outfielder tioned the value of the unity Many people have trouble figuring how a curling their outstanding pitcher, nor debate. suspensions while Sunday’s cinnati drew four minors, infielder-outfielder and cent for 1978. Otto Velez and pitchers Jesse hasn’t been dealt with yet. scoreboard works. “We intend to reward the three majors and two game If you think curling is confusing, consider this report from rookieof-the-year Bob Bailor Jefferson, Tom Murphy and In the only other WHA game misconducts as well as a mis­ have come to terms after pro­ players who did a good job for Jerry Johnson.