Rules relegate one thmMe@ gezeeeeeee enn Kermode star to sidelines By Jeff Rud Victoria Times Colonist ASSIE OSEI- TUTU takes a couple of power- ful strides, launches his lean body toward the hoop, then sends ~ the ball crashing into the ~ shiny hardwood beiow. - - He makes it look so easy, as “if he was born to play basket- ball, _. And maybe he was, but not in the B.C. ‘AAA?’ high school tournament, * -Qsei-Tutu is a member of the B.C. Under-17 select team, _ making him one of the 15 ’ finest high school hoopsters in the province, But in what should be his splendid swan song from the - prep basketball scene, he has had to settle for only half a " senior Season. . Much less than that, actually, if you consider the fact he will “not be able to suit up for the “80° “Michael’s ~~ University School (SMUS) Blue Deviis Ain-any of the Island playoffs - on the road to the Agrodome - Jin: March, . The 17-year-old is being ~ Himiled to 16 ‘exhibition and tournament games this season ~ because he infringed on trans- fer rules. when he switched ; from Caledonia Sr. Secondary -_-to SMUS this summer. ~The move was made out of ~ “an academic emergency rather - than. any kind of athletic motivation. - However, Osei-Tutu’s trans- fer between his grade 11 and 12 years without an ac- companying parental move contravenes a ruled designed te protect the system from recruiting or players simply . gravitating ic super programs. : “Tt was kind of like a drastic “There is na way he made the move for basket- ball. | know there are people who think SMUS (FECFUILER) JASSIEL” ....isnnnen Comfort Osel-Tutu. move,”” Osci-Tutu says of the circumstances that brought him south for his Grade 12 winter, Indeed, for astudent who has hopes of studying kinesiology and perhaps one day becoming a doctor, it was a drastic situa- tion. Last August, while attending a baskelball camp at UBC, Osei-Tulu got a call from his parents telling him he had done poorly on his provincial biology exam, In order to bring up his grade sufficiently, Osei-Tutu would have to repeat biology. He would also have to pull up his C+ mark in math, He and his parents decided it - simply wouldn’t be workable under the scmester system’ used in Terrace. Scrambling to find a non- semester private _ school altemative, the family sought late admission to SMUS on Sept. 1. Basketball and other sports were of secondary im- portance to him pulling up his grades. “There is no way he made the move for basketball,’’ as- sures his mother, Comfort. .‘‘I know there are people who think SMUS (recruited) Jas- sie." Ironically, she adds,. ‘‘we had to plead with the (SMUS) principal to get him in."” She and Jassie are also care- ful to stress his move is no reflection on the Terrace schoo] system cor his former team - the Kermodes - which is among B.C.’s best in the ‘AAA’ ranks this year. Anitially, the Lower Van- couver Island Athletic Associ- Al eesons Source For Sports Pesenis.. Strike or lockout??? Dear Bob and Gary: Since you guys can’t seem to reach an agreement that will end the NHL strike — or is that a lockout? It's been so long we've forgotten — and you won't even get logether to disagree, not even on Boxing Day, maybe you've got a moment to answer some questions a few foll:s who just kinda like hockey have. First of all, do you really think the league can stand a whole year off? Are you sure the losses won't be greater than anything you gain in this fight? Ever heard the expression ‘out of sight, out of mind’? Now, Bob, we know this whole H salary tax business makes you fe = The Voice of 7 GS qesg The Canucks by Jim Hughson the rules and after a few years of the same strong teams forking over to the same weak teams, they'll do away with this sharing business anyway, won't they? In the real world, Gary, the organizations that hire sharp management are successful and the ones that don't aren't. Money just won't erase bad trades or poor scouting. So what if you lock the players used to be on the third line? How many season tickets will the Hartford Whalers self when the Bruins come to town and Ray Bourque is playing in Houston? — Seriously, guys, we know you've got some problems but we think you've lost touch wilh reality. There's plenty of ice and lots of money for everyone, so just drop the puck because we're growing a bit tired of watching you two face off. Yours truly, A few fans shake but honestly, if you don't out for the season? How much is settle with the owners now, what @ franchise worth if the stars § do you think their offer is going to Move to ancther league and the look like next summer? A tax is best players left next season going to look pretty darn good compared to a hard salary cap, eh? Oh, you can snub the owners and organize your own league for a month or two but what happens in the fall? Who's going to risk all the money to operate your teams then? If the players have to put up the dough themselves, do you think they'll pay the hired help as much as they've been making? © Another thing, Bob. Does it make sense for a fringe player earning a half-million dollars, ar $6,000 a game, or $1,400 each day of the year, to take a season off only to come back and work for half as much when owners use replacement players next season? Bob, have you been playing without a helmet? Now Gary, what’s with these owners you. represent? Thay § spend money fike drunken sallors then want the players to pay for the party. If they readily admit it's their own fault thay lost control so quickly, how did they ever make enough money to buy those teams in the first place? _ And what's the deal with this fax and revenue sharing? The rich guys will find a way around In Season Specials All Hockey — Equipment On Sale! While Quantities Langa FT “ oe a The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 11, 1995 - C3 WNTERIMOURS) to serve you better! MONDAY - THURSDAY 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. ation seemed prepared to al- low Osei-Tutu to play inter- school sports. He even played FEE OP ETT VT CT TT three league soccer games be- FRIDAY fore being informed he was in- 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. eligible for all sporls, even the : ones he didn’t play at Cal, SATURDAY After appeals by the family 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. US coach Tan Hyde- . oo and eM y SUNDAY Lay, he was permitted to play a total of 16 basketball games but only if they were exhibi- lions and none were against Lower Island teams. . The provincial tournament was right out of the question 7'30 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. 0-6-0-6-4-6-4-0-6-6606666666666666666b66664664564666464455555 lla a a i i i Oe 4-6-6-6-4444666666666646646666b64666b466 6b 644 66b5h666664 _A2 ARR RREBRER EE EERE ERR EERE eRe eee eee DD and with that any dreams ¢ Across from Skeena Mall -1 Osei-Tutu had of dunking in $44606046446606666466666004060600669¢¢6¢006¢¢¢¢6 ihe Agrodome were done. “Tt is my final year of high school so I’d have loved to have gone to the provincials,”’ he says. “*There are times sitting on the bench when it really hurts, when I know I spend more time in the gym than some of the guys (out on the court),’’ he adds. “But looking at my long- term goal, I think it’s going to pay off.”’ The refreshing thing about Osei-Tutu is that, despite being a star athicte, he can see past graduation at atime when Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 - Terrace presents ~ many prep players can’t see ): past the most recent scoresheet, .He wants to be able to choose his course of studies in an increasingly competitive university climate, “‘Half a season is fine,’? he says. “‘I’ll give up the provin- cials and get into university and play basketball,’” ~~ NISGA’A TREATY - When did the Nisga’a negotiations start? Negotiations between the Government of Canada and the Nisga’a Tribal Council began in 1976. B.C. participated for the first cwo years but did not formally join the negotiations until October 1990. In March, 1991, the three parties signed a. Framework Agreement to guide negotiations. The Framework Agreement isa _ document which outlines the contenc, process, and proposed time-frame for the « negotiations, [In July 1992, an Interim Protection Measures Agreement was completed and substantive tripartice negotiations began in August 1992... al What kinds of things are being negotiated? ; The Framework Agreement provides for negotiations on many. complex issu including: vo. 7 oa re . BBinterests in land . Ml interests in renewable and ‘no: 1: _ Menvironmental assessment and prot : I economic development. - Mt Nisga’a government Mi cultural artifacts and heritage * _ Micompensation a Wi taxation What kinds-of things are being negotia ed? pthe There are three parties to these negotiations: the Nisga’a ‘Tribal. the. ia.” Each party has Government of Canada, and the government of British Columbia. E appointed its own negotiating team. The Nisga’a are represented by elected members of the Nisga’a Tribal council, band chief councillors, legal counsel, and technical specialists, The negotiating team representing the Province of British Columbia is - comprised of senior officials of several pravincial government departments, and a _- senior non-government negotiator, 7 nn 1 The negotiating team representing the government of Canada consists of a chief’ “ Negotiator, senior government officials and consultants specializing in a range of © 7 areas; ee : The negotiators meet formally once a month to initiate discussions on a copic and to 7 ~ review. the activities of the working groups. ‘The working groups, with representatives |} aE ~ “from, each of the parties, examine individual issues in detail, ‘The working groups” 7 ~ carry out research, identify areas of agreement, and bring more difficult areas to the attention of the chief negotiators. The working groups meet as often as necessary . --between formal negotiating sessions. At present, all of the working groups are well *- |} Bony to discussion of substantive issues. Although the work is complex and difficult, the parties hope that an agreement-in-principle will be cancluded by March 31, 1995," © The federal and provincial governments have jointly established extensive! 2°.” “consultation processes to support negotiations. ‘The consultation process includes es Smonthly meetings with representatives of the fishing, forestry and miningindustries, wildlife organizations and mayors and other elected officials who participate in six . local advisory committees, a Your questions about the Nisga’a treaty negotiations can be addressed to: _ Nisga’a Tribal Council Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs _ Federal Treaty PO. Box 231 — S- Consultation Branch =! * »Négotiation Office. New Aiyansh, B.C, ~ > | °°:908 Pandora Avenue’ ~ -Andian & Northern)... 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