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for the carbonation process in pop machines
distributed internationally,

El-Farra says a Toronto company will manufacture
the Ken-Air system and lans on having “one plant in
B.C. and one down ei

El-Farra says few changes have been made to his
original invention.

“It wasn't as good looking as this one, but the
principle's the same,” he said.

Since patenting the system in 1985, El-Farra and a
lawyer in Williams Lake have been working on getting
the system to this point.

El-Farra says he ended up going to Denmark to

bout to be

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wanted to make a few at a time and were not permitted to
do so in Canada.

One machine can drive up to 15 different beverages
to the taps and the pressure and temperatures of each
can be separately controlled. And, says El-Ferra, the
compressor is “noiseless.”

“There is no fan belt, no nothing,” says El-Farra.

Because the system eliminates the never-ending
costs of bottle rental and carbon dioxide, it pays for itself
in about a year, according to El-Farra.

“In heavy use, six months,”

Jenny's Cafe in Castlegar has used the Ken-Air
system since February.

“It's definitely more convenient,” says Tom Larsen,
the chef at Jenny's Cafe. Larsen says he's happy not to
have to bother changing the carbon dioxide tanks.

He says the only drawback with the system is that
the pop company won't guarantee the pop, but says he
has never had any flat or moldy pop.

Kootenay Soft Drinks Ltd. says the manufacturer
will not guarantee the pop because it has no control over
it

Doug Deproy, manager of Kootenay Soft Drinks,
says that while he is not familiar with the Ken Air system
his company has seen problems arise from other
homemade air compressor systems,

“In most of the systems after a year of use we get
impurities,” said Deproy.

“Generally it's not purified to the standard the CO2
is. It could encourage some bacteriological growth,
moreso than carbon dioxide.”

But El-Farra says he has that covered with his
invention.

“A unique feature of the Ken-Air is that impurities

and vapor from the air are trapped in the receiving tank
and prevented from entering the beverage.”

In fact, Ken-Air boasts improved beverage taste and
consistency with the purified air.

“The taste of our products are much better... .
There is very little foam when dispensing the pop,” says a
testimonial letter from the Williams Lake Husky House
restaurant.

El-Farra says the problem of the inconsistency of
carbon dioxide as the container is used is eliminated,

“It doesn't matter how much you use the pop, the
carbonation always stays the same,” he said.

Roy Hilker, owner of the 150-Mile Hotel in Williams
Lake, whose difficulties inspired El-Farra to invent the
system, still has it in place.

“It's worked ideally,” said Hilker.

Hilker says his pop and draft beer are all run on
El-Farra’s invention.

“We don't use C02 tanks anymore,” he said. “Said
made quite a few changes here for me. It completely
eliminates any bad taste in the beer.”

El-Farra says it's a versatile machine.

“You can use it for pop, beer,” and it even “has
applications for dentists’ offices.”

jail questioned

VERNON, B.C. (CP) — mittently so they can keep
City council thinks some law- their jobs, and who normally
breakers should not only pay are incarcerated during the
for their crimes, but also for weekend in the local RCMP
their punishment lockup rather than in pro
vincial or federal institutions.

Ald. Patrick Nicol said
Monday that some U.S.
states have either estab
lished fees \or are thinking
about it.

But Vernon RCMP Insp.

Council members in this Bruce Beaudreau wrote a
Okanagan Valley community memo to council pointing out
are concerned about the that prisoners are not char
part-time prisoners — those ged “accommodation fees”
who serve their time inter- anywhere in Canada.

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downtown redevelopment plan and
would consider another proposal “of
this nature” if asked to do so. by a
private developer.

Ald. Len Embree also noted his
support for the mall. But the com
mittee added that council may require
a specific, detailed proposal before the
city could make any further commit
ment.

And the committee said thaf any
commitment would have to abide by
the provincial Municipal Act.

Rogers told the Castlegar News in
an interview following the council
meeting that the Municipal Act does
not allow council to sell options on city
land.

CELGAR—

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be shut down for two weeks to carry
out the work.

He said Celgar will be down for
another two weeks around Labor Day
to make any final adjustments to the
boiler.

“We're very confident that the
upgrading program of the recovery
boiler is going to result in much-im.
proved air quality in Castlegar in terms
of the odor,” he said.

Earlier, Rick Crozier, also of the
ministry's Nelson office, told council
the air quality in Castlegar is worse
than a residential area of Vancouver,
but better than an industrial section on
the Lower Mainland.

But- Crozier-said-that- there’ ap:
pears to have been an improvement in
air quality between 1986 and 1987.

“It may be due to atmospheric
conditions,” Crozier said.

However, he added that the pulp
mill is monitoring emissions more
closely. Information from the ministry
monitor at the hospital now goes
directly to the pulp mill recovery
boilery operators.

“We're just not able, under the
Municipal Act, for one thing, to give
that assurance.”

Bosse first brought his proposal
for a downtown mall to council last
April where he suggested the city
swap its 10 lots for the eliptical site
property owned by First Commercial
Properties on Winnipeg. First Com
mercial has proposed a mall for its site,
located adjacent to Highway 3 near
Castleaird Plaza. However, First Com-
mercial president Ted Charne rejected
the swap and said his company is firm
in its plans to build on the eliptical site.

Bosse said his proposed downtown
mall would include 22,000 square feet
for a food store, 48,800 square feet for a
department store and 8,100 square feet

for retail-commercial outlets.

Castlegar council is also taking
another look at moving the city works
yard out of the downtown core. At the
request of the development group,
council has asked city staff to prepare a
report on possible alternative sites for
the works yard.

We may have two or three sites
we may discuss with council”, said Ald.
Terry Rogers.

Council has looked at moving the
yard in the past, and even planned to
shift it to the property just below the
Community Complex. However, that
plan was deemed too expensive.

It was decided instead to upgrade
the present yard.

Zurek

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And on the first Sunday of every
month you can catch her cooking
breakfast at the Robson Flea Market.

Rush also read a number of
supporting letters from community
leaders and groups, among them one
from Les Godberson.

Anyone coming into Robson and
becoming the least bit involved within
a community will meet Roberta Zur.
ek,” says Godberson, himself a 19-year
resident of Robson.

“Roberta's involvement within the
Community Memorial Church, the
Resker Hall and the Community
Cemetery is without parallel,” says
Godberson.

Vi Popoff, and Fay Belbeck, presi
dent and vice-president, respectively,
of the Robson Evening Group, also
wrote in support of Zurek.

“Roberta is a very good commun
ity-minded person,” they said.

The Robson Recreation Society

also wrote, noting: “Without Mrs.
Zurek's hard work and enthusiasm, the
Robson Recreation Society may have
ceased to exist. During the past years
of economic decline, when the Society
membership was low, her leadership
brought renewed interest into the
community.”

The Resker Hall Committee, St.
David's Thrift Shop and the Castlegar:
Robson District Guides also wrote in
support of Zurek. Zurek was nom
inated by the Robson Women's Ins.
titute.

Mayor Audrey Moore, who could
not attend the banquet because of a
regularty-scheduled~ council meeting,
noted in a written address: “I am really
pleased to see youhonored in this
manner for your volunteer efforts in
our community.”

Moore apologized for not attend
ing the banquet, but noted: “You have
joined a fine and-dedicated group of
people — all of those who have been
named citizen of the year.”

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IN IN NEW WATE WAYS

Editor's note: Faced with enormous costs and pop-
ulation shifts, Canada's churches are trying new ways of
reaching their congregations.

By STEPHEN NICHOLLS
Canadian Press

At 11 a.m. every Sunday, a religious conversion takes
place in Nanaimo, B.C.

The statue of the Virgin Mary is wheeled out of the
sanctuary and Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church becomes
Trinity United Church.

Two or more faiths sharing the same building is just one
way Canadian churches are responding to the need to
expand during times of troubled attendance and titanic
costs.

Many of the country's major religious denominations
are opting for alternatives to the traditional church.

Rev. Paul Blancard, parish priest at Holy Trinity, says
sharing the building with the United Church congregation
was a realistic solution to the expensive project of building a
new church.

“It was a case of two small churches in the area that
couldn't afford on their own to build a church,” says
Blancard.

LINKS COMMUNITY

Not only do the two groups share a building, they also
have the same organist and choirmaster.

“It's not just useful economically,” says choir director
Eleanor Eutin. “It brings the community together.”

It is not exactly a marriage made in heave:
resent having to share the building with another fait
organizational conflicts can crop up.

“Parking was quite a problem in the beginning, when
mass began at 9:30 and the United service was at 11,” Eutin
says. Mass was moved back a half-hour, and parking lot
congestion cleared up.

But, says Eutin, chuckling: “When that problem was
solved, what we were hearing from people's lips was ‘I miss
not seeing so-and-so on the way out.’ That bit of community
and fraternizing was lost.”

CONVERT GARAGE

Some churches have adopted modest development plans
by converting existing buildings.

In the Annapolis Valley town of New Minas, N.S., a
congregation of 100 is fashioning a church from an old
service garage for dump trucks.

Rev. Hans Van Nie, speaking up over the sound of
sawing and hammering, said in a telephone interview that
the church saved a bundle by buying the site for $100,000
and doing most of the renovating with volunteer labor.

“Our development reflects the character and nature of
the community here,” said Van Nie, his voice dropping again
as the workers take a coffee break. “We consciously rejected
a million-dollar new church.”

Another response to having fewer parishioners in a
given neighborhood is the building of regional churches,
drawing from a wider area.

“The United Church has been encouraging small rural
churches to amalgamate,” says Moderator Anne Squire.
“We don’t need all of the rural churches that dotted the
countryside.”

FOUR INTO ONE

Squire cites the example of Twillingate, Nfld., which
had “four lovely little white frame churches, completely
unsuitable for winter use.” They were closed in favor of one
central church.

“It’s always a painful decision, but it's realistic.”

But it’s too painful to consider for some congregations,
like the one in Locust Hill, northeast of Toronto.

“Our grandfathers built this church,” says Carl Raymer,
standing on the steps of the century-old church he has
attended for 70 years.

His petite wife, Mae, clenches her tiny white-gloved fist,
declaring: “We'll fight for it — everyone wants to keep their
own church.”

The regional-church thinking has been applied to ethnic
ties, with individual churches serving specific ethnic groups
rather than neighborhood parishioners. It’s a concept that's
proving popular in major cities.

IN MANY TONGUES

In Montreal, for example, ethnic Roman Catholic
churches flourish with masses celebrated in 30 languages. In
Toronto, the Chinese community has about 50 churches of
various denominations, while Koreans boast more than 60.

Rev. Sang Chul Lee, pastor of Toronto's largest Korean
United Church, says many new immigrants seek the
security of worship in their own language.

“For first-generation people, it is almost a way of life,”
says Lee. “The church is the place they can come to meet
people, take out their frustrations, get encouragement. It is
a help psychologically.”

For second- and third-generation Korean-Canadians
who don’t feel that need, Lee's church offers an
English-language service.

While some other churches have survived by changing
from one ethnic group to another, others have found vitality
by shifting their emphasis.

REACH OUT

Augustine United in central Winnipeg was on the brink
of closing its doors in 1979. Instead, the struggling cdn-
gregation decided to embark on a community outreach
ministry.

The 100-year-old church now opens daily as a drop-in
centre, helping to interven crises and providing referrals
for food, housing and clothing.

It rents out space to groups like the provincial Child and
Family Services, the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration
Council and the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, with
activities ranging from co-op babysitting to exercise
programs for seniors.

“We really needed to turn things around,” says Bruce
Ball, a member of the church's board of directors. “That's
worked. We now have about 200 members and a budget of
$200,000. Compare that with a budget of $60,000, which we
had before.”

Other city churches have found ways to reach out
beyond the Sunday morning service. One such outpost is the
King-Bay chaplaincy, set amid the office towers of Toronto's
financial district.

It blends in well with its surroundings: it's outfitted
with run-of-the-mill office furniture, and on a weekday
morning, a secretary clacks away on a word processor in the
wash of fluorescent lighting.

The give-away is a mini-altar off to one side.

Here, office workers come for prayer sessions, Bible

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