Page 8B The. Castlegar Sun Wednesday, December 4, 1991. ‘Castlegar Chamber of Commerce takes same position as provincial body Castelgar’s Chamber of Com- merce is taking the same position as its provincial counterpart stat- ing the NDP's minimum wage increase comes at a bad time for small business. “Depending on who you talk to, we're cither still in a recession or just coming out of onc. 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Chamber of Commerce, which states small businesses in the province will be unable to meet the new increase., Labour and Consumer services Minister Moe Sihota announced that the increase to the province’s minimum wage by 10 per cent to $5.50 an hour will take effect February 1, 1992. As well, the minimum rate for workers under affect approximately 75,000‘ peo- ple, close to two-thirds ' of whom are women,’ z Rossland-Trail MLA Ba Con- roy disagrees with the Chamber and'says the government has taken a fair and balanced approach by increasing minimum wage. “When you look around at ‘the cost of things today and then think that people are actually being asked to exist on $5 and hour— that’s cruel'and inhuman punish- ment,” Conroy said. The MLA went on-to say that the wage could have been raised Wage hike creates . fairer deal’ for working women ‘The NDP government's com- the age of 18 will be it to $5 an hour. af According to a news release by the NDP, the wage increase will 619 Columbia Ave., Castlegar 365-6011 ft ome ied gF = Santa's Not The Only One Working Overtime This Christmas: : Greyhound Courier Express Customer Locations: +} Pick-up & Drop-off At Our Special Christmas Location Sundays 4507 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. “Hours For Shipping” Mon. - Sat. 7:30 am - 6:30 pm 7:30 am - 10:30 am 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm For More Information Phone Your Local Agent 365-7744 Greyhound Cour bound to be a rush, teva Ghnstmas radon, So ship packages as carly as you can. if GREYHOUND COURIER EXPRESS We're Moving All The Time and Mnprowry 5 fo mane’ how hare Santa's helpers at ss work this year, there's toa teview of minimum wage rates will help create a fair,deal for working women says Patricia Lakes, Administrator for Castlegar Community Services and vice- chairperson for a recently estab- lished Women’s Association. “For many reasons, especially when it comes to adults with children trying to make a living, the government needs to realize that the minimum wage has not kept up with the cost of living,” she said. The provinces minimum wage will be increased by 10 per cent to $5.50 an hour beginning February 1, 1992. As well, the minimum rate for workers under the age of 18 will be increases to $5 an hour. , According to a news release from the Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services, the wage increase will affect approximate- ly 75,000 people, iclose: to: two- thirds of whom are women and half of whom are under the age of 25. While stating she is pleased to hear the announcement, Lakes also realizes that small business- es in the community will have concems over the increase. “I realize the economy right now is tight for everyone, espe- cially small business. They will need some time to adjust.” From her experiences in com- munity services, Lakes realizes the impact poverty can have on a family. 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We're already secing that reaction because of a 50 cent . ; Conroy recently returned from a B.C, Federation of Labour con- vention at which concern was taised by employees that the NDP are not coming through fast enough, “At this point in time, what we RESeSR ea SE See ESuestaas hoes ee are doing Is sending a clear mes- sage out—people do deserve, a “meaningful wage for the labour "| they perform.” Armbmuster, who is the opera- 4 * tions.and sales manager for Time ‘Air. in Castlegar, says the increase will have a greater affect on small ~~ business than it will anyone else, |} “T do believe that the minimum wage has to be increased. But the timing on this one docs leave sommes to be desired.” SOEs Wednesday; December 4, 1991 “The Gaskobar Sun News of. the weird News: of the weird News of the weird ° The Pentagon ran into teal: A tance this summer in convincing # scveral impoverished African things.’ house two feet to the west: The ” themost peculiar thi people do, edited by Chuck Shepherd. Proof that true stories are ' weirder than made-up stories. In May in Jacksonville, Fla., qd man tried to rob Charlie’s i Supermarket wearing a paper © bag over his head to disguise his iHentity. However, the bag shift- éd, moving the eye holes, and in is nervousness he told the lerk, “Give me the register.” [.:: clerk sought clarification of he instructioris, but the robber’s ‘oice was muffled because the mouth hole had also moved. The robber attempted to create . Another mouth hole, but the bag roke. The robber was revealed fo be a regular customer whom the clerk knew as “Bob.” Bob fled and has not been captured. The clerk could not be sure whether Bob had a gun or not because Bob had a paper bag ver his hand, too. GOVERNMENT IN ACTION «In April the boat of Rolf Backer was found by Key West, Fla., officials, ransacked and bloody, on a sand bar three miles from shore, with Backer and d.mur. nations to, accept’ the surplus food ‘from ‘Operation Desert Storm, Soldiers’ referred) to the field rations +5 —- Meals Ready to Eat) as “Meals Reject- ed by Ethiopians,” but Ethiopia was one of the few nations.that agreed to take the food. - « In order. to.add-a Second. “story to their home,:Sven and: Diane Nystrom of Palos Verdes’ oom where, his own hearing would soon be called. While another proceeding was going on, they sat two rows behind his attorney, and he':pulled out anes whereupon Heh ‘arrested ‘ie - Frankfort: Il} attorney Alan Schroeder, 57, ‘charged with selling cocaine to a 16-year-old, has had his case postponed six times since 1989 because of his | claim that he. is not _ Antonio, Texas; a.fire started | in ithe grassy area housing the out- {door grills, then spread and uld- mately damaged more than 100 jears before it was contained. [. * Tony Zappia, 33, of Santa jMonica, Calif., was seriously :injured in April in an incident (that began when a bird sitting \ona lamppost relieved itself on }Zappia's head. Angered, Zappia — began shaking the lamppost but nl ded inl nea to stand trial because he is. unable’ to ‘comprehend. the charges’ ‘against him or ‘assist in his d In the i Estates, Calif., were required to; i. spend:$20,000 to move: their! town permits one-story homes within five feet of their eastern: _property line, but’ two-story, homes must be at least seven; feet away. * Officials and residents. of the tqwn of. English, Ind., are: preparing to pack and move — offices, library, newspaper.and homes —.to a site about a’ mile away. The town had been plagued by floods because three creeks con- verge at the town’s current Joca- tion. The town will move to a hilltop. « The govemment of China, concemed about secrecy, had its entire telephone system rewired so that military officials cannot reach foreigners and vice versa. A New York Times reporter try- ing to confirm the story with the Bureau of Secrecy, found the bureau’s phone number was classified. Researchers have reported being told, among other things, that the number of sheep in China and the number of potatoes grown every year "Hered. His distraught wife failed . to pay to have the boat removed quickly, and within three weeks, officials had levied her $260,000 in various fines and fees because the boat was an environmental hazard. j Inthe spring, Califomia vet- prinarians waged a vigorous campaign (which critics say luded bribery) top di the state Assembly not to . change a law that makes’ it ille- gal for anyone other than vets to ~ brush a dog’s teeth. The bill: would allow owners and dog groomers to perform the brush- ings. The Assembly postponed consideration of the bill while it investigated the bribery allega- ions. | « Mayor Ame Nilsen of ‘Sund, Norway, proposed a reso- ‘lution in March to the town council that would ban cranki- ‘ness among the 5, 000 residents ‘and require them always to be {happy and think positively. (The ‘resolution would exempt those ipeople who have a good reason ” of keys to the city’ and telling people they would just have to wait until he retumed from his vacation to find anything. Mayor James Beavers said Hicks has always been very possessive of his files. CHUTZPAH + Seattle undercover drug agent Kathleen Horgan, ina courthouse hallway i in May, was solicited for drugs and prostitu- tion by a man-who was in the building awaiting his own trial. She decided to play along, and he suggested they’ go some- where safer than the hallway: to deal. He led her into the court- during the’ two years, he:has continued his law: practice of. defending drunk drivers. In March, a judge finally told him to stop’ practicing. " Two years ago, the Writer's House publishing company in New York. City was:robbed of, among other things, an Oriental mug and an antique mirror, and a man was convicted of the crime and imprisoned, yet the items were not recovered. This spring, Writer’s House president Al Zuckerman received a phone call — collect — from the con- victed robber offering to retum the stolen goods if the company” would consider publishing his: manuscript. “. In June, Jim Black, 51, whose van was hit dside by large bulb, which crashed onto ‘ his head, fracturing his skull.’ , Send your News of the Weird to Chuck Sheperd, P.O. Box 57141, Washington, D.C. 20037. : Copyright 1991 Universal Press Syndicate - 4900 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. 64112; (816) 932-6600. oon a speeding car in Chicago and rolled’ over, survived the crash Scope of the Problem but found himself h upside down, suspended by his seat belt. As he reported later to police, that’s when he saw an arm:reach in through the win- dow and take his wallet. 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