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Wednesday, March 18, 1992 @

Nine toOF IVE
JOBS

DERAILED

On the heels of a
record loss in
1991, Canadian
Pacific Ltd. is
cutting 500 more
jobs in the
administrative
and executive
offices of its CP
Rail System
division. CP Rail
announced
Monday that it
had no choice
because if the
“uncertain
economic and
business
environment.” It
is also imposing
a salary freeze
on the 3,500
people remaining
in administration
and -
management.

BUYERS

MARKET

The housing
market is heating
up across the
country but it
hasn't started to’
push up prices,
the Canadian
Real Estate
Association said
Monday. Sales
across 25 cities
surveyed surged

were up 17 per
cent from a year
earlier. The
number of
houses that
traded hands in
February was
19,127.

FISH

FIGHT

Canada must
grab custodial
control of the
northern cod
fishery beyond
the 200-mile
international

Work

PLA

Belly Up To Tf

Lion’s Head
Pub
celebrates
fifth birthday

Jonathan Green
NEWS REPORTER

Although some people might
consider television a total waste
of time, Elmer Pellerine says
one aspect of it has helped his
business.

“I think Cheers has done a lot
for us,” he said.

As of last Thursday, Pellerine
and wife Veronica had run the
Lion’s Head Pub in Robson for
five years.

The idea for the Lion’s Head
came to Pellerine while touring
in his British-born wife’s
homeland.

Through visiting numerous
English pubs, the thought of
adding a little bit of Europe to
the Crossroads of the Kootenays
was something Pellerine liked.

“I think that sort of fostered
something in my mind,” he said.
“I wanted to copy something
from Europe.”

But any dream of opening his
own pub would stay just that as
Pellerine continued to earn a
living as a school teacher.

That idea didn’t disappear,
though, as Pellerine took a one-
year leave of absence from the
school system in 1986 to pursue
his pub dream.

“I thought it was a good
idea,” he said. “An English style
neighborhood pub in Canada.”

Although he did return to
school, Pellerine’s stay was
short-lived; and the rest is
history.

“I just pulled the plug and
that was it,” he said. “I haven't
regretted it.”

To some, the idea of a
watering hole away from the
city might seem a little odd,
though Pellerine says the whole
idea behind a pub is to attract
the local customer. ,

“The concept of any
neighborhood pub is you
establish” it in the
neighborhood,” he said.

“A neighborhood pub _ is
supposed to be within walking
distance,” added Veronica.

With the emphasis on
neighborhood, the Pellerines
searched high and low for just
the right spot, and Elmer
believes they have found it.

“We looked at several

locations,” he said. “This is
where the traffic flow is.

“I think we did our homework
relatively well.”

The pub had been in business
for about a year when the
Robson ferry sailed for the last

time.

Although the boat docked a
stone’s throw from the pub’s
front door, Pellerine says its
demise was more:of a personal
pain than a financial one.

“From a business point of
view, I don’t think it affected us
that much,” he said.

Veronica said that the people
who would take the ferry to
come for lunch would wait until
later and make an evening out
of it.

- “In a way it hurt business,
and in a way it didn’t,” she said.
“What we lost in the lunch
crowd we gained in the
nighttime crowd.”

A man who would give
anyone the time of. day,
Pellerine said running the pub
allows him to wear two hats at

once.

“I enjoy being around people,”
he said. “I felt I could be with
people and still run a business.”

Named because of its location
at the base of Lion’s Head Rock,
the Pellerines are especially
proud of how much of a say they
had in building their pub.

“Veronica. and I = are
responsible for what you see,”
Pellerine said. “Here was
nothing and we created it.”

With a clientele that ranges
in-age from the college student
to the senior, Pellerine says the
pub is one place where you can
agree to disagree and not walk
away angry.

“This is a very friendly
place,” he said. :

“Everyone knows one
another.”

And the friendliness extends
to the point of watching out for
the person who's thinking about
driving home.

“If they feel someone should
not be driving they'll offer them
a ride home,” Pellerine said.

“We try to be as responsible as
we can.”

Two weeks ago the pub was
involved with Selkirk College’s
Alcohol Awareness Week, a
program Pellerine feels. is
invaluable.

“I think a lot more people are
aware of drinking and driving,”
he said, adding that educating
the public is all important. “I
would like to see that further
promoted.” :

Since October, patrons of the
Lion’s Head have had the choice
of either traditional fare in the
pub or fine dining next door at
the Lion’s Head Dining Room,
which Pellerine calls an early
success.

“It’s been really well received
so far,” he said.

Success aside, Pellerine says
he and Veronica have been able
to enjoy the pub’s first five
years without it running their
lives.

“It hasn’t been the be all and
end all in our lives,” he said.
“We've been able to enjoy it.”

happy man. The owner of Robson's

photo by
With a job that allows him to be a businessman and be around people at the same time, Elmer Pellerine is a
Lion’s Head Pub has a clientele from college students to seniors.

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