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(MONTREAL (CP) —
Andy. van “Hellemond ‘is
one. of =the © younger
_ referees employed by the

-National . Hockey League

and there are t

will t‘l you that he is one

of the best. '

- Now In his seventh year
under contract to the

. NEL, van Heilemond has
worked in the Stanley
Cup on three occasions,
including an- appearance
in the finals last spring, a

. prime assignment for the
feague officials.

““The first, year :I
worked in the league
(1972-73) I did 19 games,”’
said van Hellemond.
“The following year,

ose who’

Bruce Hood hurt his knee
and I did 61.”.

The exposure did not
hurt van Hellemond, who

“came to the NHL ‘after
-working..in the Western

Canada Hockey League.

With the. retirements of .

veterans Art Skov and
Lioyd Gilmour, van
Hellemond and the other
young officials got more
major league work.

Van Hellemond now
works close to 75 games a
season and during a one-
month period, he worked
18 games, making stops
in most of the 18 NHL
cities.

The slender 29-year-old
native of Winnipeg, who

‘now makes his home in

Briefly in Sports

RETIRE FROM
SWIMMING

EAET BERLIN
(Reuter) Ulrike
Richter, 18,. triple gold

medal winner at the
Montreal OL pics and
world record holder for
the 100-metre backstroke,
announced her retire-
ment from competitive
swimming Tuesday. So
did Karla Linke, 17, a
secondtop member of the
East German team.
Linke was European 200-
breasts trok
champion in 1974.
BROWNS. COACH :
LEAVING

CLEVELAND (AP) —
Art Modell, owner of the
National Football League
Cleveland Browns, said
Tuesday coach’ Forrest
Gregg has submitted his
resignation, effective at
the end of this season.
Gregg will coach the
Browns in the season
finale Sunday at Seattle.
No replacement has been
named.

CALIFORNIA BOUND

TORONTO (CP)
Jockey Sandy Hawley of
Mississauga, Ont., says
he will return to Cali-
fornia for the winter and
spri Facing seasons

.des Indehi ng Ae Cae
“46 spersathe eine:
cone "tax ws" Yo
resident in the United
States. He said Monday
he would start riding on

Boxing Day at Santa
Anita and will not return
to the Ontario thorough-
bred circuit until August.

NOTTS SIGNS
NEEDHAM

NOTTINGHAM,
England (Reuter) —
Nottingham Forest, to
of the English Fontball
League First Division,
signed centre-half David
Needham from Queen’s
Park Rangers for
&149 ,000 ($25 2, 01
Tuesday. Needham, 28,
joined Rangers only six
months ago from the
other Nottingham club,
Notts County. The fee
then was &90,000.
CANCEL DOWNHILL
RACES

LAAX, Switzerland
(Reuters) — Melting
snow caused by warm
Alpine winds has caused
the cancellation of
European Cup men’s
downhill ski races
scheduled to take place
Friday and Saturday,
organizers said Tuesday.

DRIVES FOR
HASKETH

LONDON (Reuter) —
Divina Galica, a former
British Olympic skier,
will drive in Formula 1
Grand. Prix events in 1978.
with the Hesketh team; it}.
Wastatinouneed: Tuesday,
Galica, 31,. replaces
Rupert Keegan, who is
joining Surtees, her
former team.

Guelph, Ont., " said: that
wor ng in the WCHL was
a great experience. for
him. He: turned _to
refereeing after playing

_inthe same junior league

as Bobby - Clarke = of

Philadelphia Flyers.and pen

Butch Goring of Los
Angeles Kings among
others. .

“They did ‘not have
travelling officials in the
league at that: time,
although I was able to
work games in Flin Flon,
Man., and Estevan,
Sask.,'’ he explained
“Visiting teams were
ha py to see a neutral

eree in those towns.
HAD TO FEND

“I had to fend for

_ Myself there. We had no

supervision. In the NHL,
you have excellent
supervision and they help
break you of any bad
habits.

Van rellemond has a .

good rapport. with
players, although he
admits ofticials have to
be careful not to get too
friendly with the ayers.

“I think ave to
have that ‘stance,” he
said. “You. can. permit
yourself to discuss the

rules but -you. can't have

nattering going on.”. -
The ae ee oe “of ‘the

unsportsmanlike conduct

Briefs

MAN SENTENCED
VANCOUVER (CP) —
Gordon John Smith, 25,
was sentenced to an 18
month jail term Monday
after admitting in court
that he stabbed Verna
Milne, 36, in a domestic
quarrel. Smith, who was
originally charged with
attempted murder, was
also. placed on two
months probation by
provineial court Judge Al
Cliffe following the -ex-
piration of his jail term,

TENDERS CALLED

KELOWNA
Len Marchand, |

(CP)
federal

minister of state vfor 4 fe .

‘Monday tbat a
‘onday, that. tenders:
be Cal _ for. e
be acement : of
Kelowna Yacht .
breakwater.

{ub

Good friends _
are never outot Styh e.

rule last season |
dowa on Oe Jee By
pla ers ab hag.

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ty bow. a

CAN BE USED.
“The ¢
condtet): ru no
use,” .van. "ell ernon
said. “If wedon't enforce
it, we are hurtin

selves, It has

the game."
Another rule:

provement, van ee
éllemond said, ) asta

which allows.

use their | ralon’ ig ;

determining e third

man in at | ternation...
‘“Phere”

not proc
the Peer

‘have .-

been third man,

1and has
» WT “he us. By:

(CP) — Jan Todd, ‘a

year-old On teacher
vaimed a ‘world~ Tecord

Monday for:
weightlifting hy.
woman.

The 181-pound: teicher,
who with her.’ husband

near this

Nova Scotia: Seonmuaity 5,

deadlifted : aM

om Brenking”

minor when a player dost “i *Yillemond, who

a some fame a {ow gp
Pare ears back when @ ne .
i Up the "best.

been . ‘the
times when a player eet ey

‘Sead

best

-abbing. a vise and
tnlngs a

Before
r arfereg. he was thrown

a Pitas -

meauce nie i his mea
atead of salad, is'on-his

y to becoming one. pf -
‘de NH em-

ployed by.

Y - His majinerisms: are
‘ Tt flamboyant like. those —
. of Bilt Friday who left the
in” wher the World
ation was

Hoke
food, any players

Jemonii’s cool” and

edmpetent (approach to
the. game. oo eon .

Weightlift Record.

NEW ‘cena, N. $, ;

hafore thré e referces.
She
pounds -and recorded. 4 a
176%-pound bench press
bec the — first
rman to'lift:more than

. : tits Pounds ‘in the. three

‘Mrs, Todd's
deadlift.

States
ine wrote ~
i for ap

ipreciate yan .

previous §

also ©
claimed. as a. world.
j ‘tecord, was 441 pounds.

THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 14, 1977, PAGES

Preston Resigns

-REGINA (CP) — Ken
‘Preston has resigned as

eneral manager of

skatchewan
Roughriders, the

Canadian Football
League team announced
Monday.

Club Y president. Bruce
Cowie said Henry Dor-

” sch, a member of the
management committee,
will tal over the general
manager’s position.

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. pay thé. fab. for drinking drivers;..
. That's an estimate. of the. costs: of
1976-77 claims in which alcohal .
‘was a significant factor. It includes
collision, propérty damage, bodily

_ injury, accident. benefi taninsured
motorist'and, kit-and+ran claims:

. Whapit ‘doesn't includé are the
-costs that can’t be measured in’
money. The suffering of accident ..-
victirhs and their families. The 7

2

A

Yer

"dais lost in court. The nights lost

in jail. And above all, the wasted
lives. Because last year alone,

more than 300 British Columbians |
~ died pointlessly in alcohol-related
accidents.

__. Its another first for our province.
.- “The worst drinking-driving toll in
- Canada. Perhaps in the world.

What can you do about it? You
‘can accept responsibility not only

for your own drinking and driving
. hehaviour-but also for that of

The lower the accident rate, the lower the insurance rate.

Last year, drinking
rivers cost each B. C

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