February 12, 1989

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Pets & Livestock

JET black registered yearling, Morgon
gelding. Well handled and friendly “J.J
has a willing mind and a good body
$1,2500.b.0. 355-2352 an

Dog Chunks sow bos
Dog Pellets 55. 60,
Cat Food >
ARROW BUILDING

Castlegar 365-2175 * Treit, 368-5311

GREEN 4-year-old % thoroughbred ‘4
quarterhorse gelding. 365-5849. 3/13

Fancy Fur & Feathers

THE KOOTENAYS LARGEST
CChohio-Mike Mall 354-3813 PET CENTRE

2 BORDER cotre springer spamret-_pup
pies, 6-weeks old, $15 each. 359-7501
[3/13
SCOUT 4x4 frame and differentials set
vp, ter Chevy V-8 driveline, $40. 365.
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Savnew ae 359-7815 a1
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charge. Up to two items may be adver
tised, but the articles must not total over
$4@ and each item must have a price
stated..We will run your ad for three
Phone our action
12.

Our Action Ad Phone
Number is 365-2212

Ads For Seniors

ONE WISHING well
night table, $50. 365
eel Sa and coq! stove. a
0.b.0. 399. ais
ELECTRIC Bros harmony chord or
$190. 365+
‘ALMOST new. brown 4-cushion. asin
tield and armchair, $100. Slightly used
single boxspring and mattress, $1
56.

brand new, $130,
6459,

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Please call 365-2212 also have your
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will run your ad tor 3 i
only. limit $200 tor 3. items, The cs ot
each item must be stated tin/94

_Swap Shop

YOU musi state what you are willing te
swap for. Value of the item must bs
stoted, end unt vet onssed S160
Phone our Action Ad number 365-2212 or
write Swap Shop, Box 3007. Castlegar,
B.C. VIN 3H4, We'll run your ad Jor s
pavua et ee charge.

FEB. 18-19, 613. 201st. Ave., 10 0.m. An
taues, quality furniture, cor, unfinished
sailboat, household goods 3

COTTAGE FOR SALE: Renovated 2 bdrm.
cottage on large lot neor lake and ali
ame) in New Denver. Must sell
$22,500 ¢.b.0. 325-4819 enings. 7/9

FEBRUARY SPECIALS!

DISC BRAKE

SCOPE rae UP

DALE
WATSON

Free Satety inspectio

FREE HOME
EVALUATION *

| will be pleased to

with no obligation or
cost to you
CALL RAY BYSTROM

ity Ltd.
OFFICE 365-2166 RES. 365-3520

Ve rh i | =

86 HYUNDAI Stellar, Sapa loaded
38,000 kms. $7,800 o. 0.b.0. 365.3083. 3/13

1973 TOYOTA Fg some rust, runs
good.

3/13

1985 BUICK Caisse Collector's Edition
four door sedan. Two-tone blue. Fully
loaded with air, cruise,

dows, locks, trunk

AM/FM stereo cassette and

extras | season radials. One
owner. Luxury car only $7995. Phone
365-3967. Out of town call collect. ‘3/13

1986 CELEBRITY Eurosport, outomoile
loaded, bive. 365.3083 vis
1980 CHEV, pickup 4x4, 4 speed, $4,500
9.b.0. 365-3083. 3413

SOUTH END

AUTO SALES
‘86 CHEV
Seetars.,.. ae
'5 FoRD TewPo $7595
‘$1 CHEVETTE $9995
‘31 DATSUN 310 $28.40)
"78 FORD PINTO $9975

79005 $1. 860
"74.66 %T. P.US5BOO
DON'T SEE ONE?

WE'LL FIND YOU ONE!
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS!

+ 4450 Col. Ave, Castlegar DI. 8614

CALL 365-3315

TO RENT: 3 bdrm. house with fridge and
stove, washer/dryer hook-up, Crescent
Valley, South Slocan area. 365-2111 /365:
2757. NRS Mountainview Agencies. 3/13
NEWER 14'x70" mobile homes located
West Kootenays. Call Barry Brown 365.
211/965-2787 NRS Mountainview Agen
cies 13
10” miter

TO BUY: 10 redial ‘ormsow

saw, 365-669) FO

WANTED
CLEAN
COTTON RAGS

Castlegar News

197 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar

sy

EXPERIENCED nanny will babysit infants
to 5 years in her Blueberry home. Call
anytime 365-5650. ait
PORTRAIT ariist now accepting com
missions January to March, 365-2627

PRUNING &
DORMANT SPRAYING

Reasonable Rates * Sree Estimates
BOOK NO!
GRASSROOTS GAR! ENING 365-8434

MATURE WOMAN willing to babysit in
her home. Reasonable ra ates, re
available. Phone 365.664

TUTOR sveileble, i Renee teacher
for Grades in lan vere

DANCE BANDS and mobile disco.
Available for any type of engagement
1362-779: tin, 6S

There are HEL Sa to |
help you at the
CRISIS PREGNANCY
CENTRE

354-1199
24 Hour Hotline
7 Bok: ws * aannsanga

FREE PREGNANCY TESTING

i
rts and pitileg Call Mrs. Neutel

THE PLUMBING
HEATING DOCTOR

* GAS CONTRACTING

* REPAIRS & RENOVATIONS

* COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL
PLUMBING
24 Hour Emergency Service

Ph, 399-4762

MUST SELL — 1979 Camaro, 305 3-speed
p.b., ps. Extras, 65-2440 oF 365-9193.

1986 coletniry Station wagon, company
22,

Castlegar MaZDa

Call Collect 365-7241
Dit No 7956

In the Castlegar Auto Mall

ABSOLUTELY immaculate 2 bdrm
mobile home, $350/month. Available
immediately. Contact Peter 365
3507 /365-2166. to/1)
ONE BDRM. basement suite. North Cas
tlegar, $235/month. Utilities included.
495-6206 collect 7/8
COZY 2-bdrm. house, Robson. Gas heat
352-6944 or 365-3243 7/7
1 BDRM. house, Robson.
$200/month. 365-2254
CLEAN 2 bdrm. house.
pets. Centrally located. 365-5344

wood heat
a

fridge. stove. No
an

Varanatha
Court

Fomily: like atmosphere
with

Handicapped Units available
Close to 3 Schools
Private Entrance, Sundeck or Patio

FURNISHED bachelor suite, laundry
facilities, $200, utilities included. 365:
6831 7/9
2 BDRM. duplex, Robson, $175/untur
nished; $200/furnished. 367-7873
evenings 26/9
2 BORM, furnished suite. No pets or kids
Phone 365-3012 7
DUPLEX 2 bdrm. $225; 3.bdrm. $275
Available Feb. 1. Jordan 365-6892/365.
2111 7/7

For kent

1 BORM. furn. apartment
Castlegar, $175/month. 365-6642. 3/11
BOTH units of 2-bdrm. duplex, corner of
8th and 8th. Very private ,large yard
One available now at $340 and one
available March 1, at $350. 365-5608.
an
SPACIOUS 2:bdrm. apartment in Oglow
Subdivision. 365-3969 Hn
2 BDRM. house, reliable working couple
North Castlegar. $325. 365-8342, 7/11

ONE ‘bdrm. furnished
tment, near Mohawk, $250/month
utilities included. Inquire Mother
Nature's Pantry. 365-7750 or 365-6096.
tin/01

North

riverbank apar

* Ideal Retirement
1 & 2 bedroom units
Fridge and Range
Very clean and Homey
Would Furnish on Request
Ask for more information on
Senior Citizens retiring plan

PH. 365-6213

basement suite, fridge, stove.
Available immediately 365.
tin/13

large addition
washer, dryer

2 BORM
Utilities.
5257
3 BDRM. mobile home
furnished/unturnished
fridge clean. Located
behind School. Children
welcome. $350/monthly. 365-2444 3
BLUEBERRY 2 bdrm. units in
$275/month. 365-5312 Mae.
2 BDRM. 1° baths, electric heat, Rob.
son, $250/month. 365-8387 evenings
3/13

tri-plex
tin/13

WOODLAND PARK
HOUSING CO-OP

Large 2 and 3 bedroom units with lots
of yard. Possible subsidy available
Small pets welcome on approval. Ot

LARGE 3 bdrm.
stove, washer

mobile home, fridge
dryer, gas heat, Robson.
$295. 365-7188. Hn/13
2 BDRM. partially furnished mobile
home, Robson, gas heat $185. 365-7188.

to/13

hee open 24 teaver
message.

Ph. 365-2677

DRM. house, §. Castlegar, | fridge,
stove. 365-6790 to

2 BDRM. basement home in Robson.
pay cenovated upstairs, asking price
$25,000 firm. 365-5472. 10

FOR SALE
Nice small 3 bedroom. Sunporcti
Franklin Fireplace, Large Fenced
Yard. Robson. Offers to $30,000.

Call 352-6944

WOODLAND PARK 4 bdrm. house, large
landscaped rivertront lot, swimmin
pool, close to schools and shopping: Colt
collect. 837-5648.

Buying or
Selling a Home?
Need Info on Other
Cities? Call DAVID
DANIEL for First

Class Service!
Free Home and
Business Evaluations

, DAVID DANIEL

Age
“345-2111 or 365-6892.

3 BDRM. and bath upstairs; | bdrm. suite
downstairs; large, deck, carport
garage, North Castlegar. 365-6901

LOOKING TO
PURCHASE A
HOME?

FOR INFORMATION
AND SERVICE CALL
ANDREW GROOM

Castlegar Realty Ltd.

pays EVENINGS

365-2166 365-8150

RETAIL SPACES FOR LEASE in Downtown
Castlegar. Excellent rates, 365-7141 or
365-559) _

OFFICE Space
6700 days, 365-6363 evenings.

HOUSE FOR RENT

2-3 bedroom house with full basement
s Range & fridge in

1444 Columbia Ave. 365.
tin/100

in S. Castlegar
Available Wed.. Feb .

“PHONE 365-5793
FURNISHED bachelor suites, close in

utilities included. $225/month. 365-6251
tin/66

CASTLEGAR
ROTA VILLA

Senior units for rent

Very low rental
‘Ph, 365-3899 (or) 365-5159

BETWEEN Castlegar and Trail, 3. bdrm.
finished basement 2 baths, carport,
large covered deck, quiet location, low
toxes. 365-3739. 3/13

semen HOTiNE”

‘Gouble" goroge "a

3 bdrm. garage, fenced yard (307 5th

‘or info on any of the above or others. col

JORDAN WATSON

365-6892 — 365-2111 _;
NRS MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES LTD.
1S28,Gelumbia

BACHELOR unit, $225. One-bdrm. unit
$275. Available immediately. 365-3333
evenings 3
3-BORM. 14x70 trailer in Robson
Available immediately "365-2673" teria
1998 COLUMBIA Ave., 2 bdrm., bsmt
available March 1. 365-6635 after 5 p.m.
3/12
NICE 2 bdrm. house, 306-5th Ave., North
Castlegar. Fridge, stove, utilities in

——_

cluded y
$400/month. 399-4168 tin/12

2 BDRM. home, fridge, stove, washer

the
Ads must be paid for at time of
placement.

OCCASIONAL babysitter needed
home, Crescent Valley. 359-7655

1978 KIT Comper, 9% totally
contained; immaculate condition,
2482 after 5 p.m

1971 METEOR, running condition, or for
parts, $150. 365-6960. 3/
1981 PONTIAC Phoenix 2-dr., 4-Spd., 4
cyl., $1150. 365-2120 ayn
1980 FORD van £100. Good condition
$2400. 359-7617 313
SINGLE snowmobile trailer, $175. Sate
$700. Airtight heater, $300. 359-7072

PING-PONG table $150, 2
Electrohome, $95. Sears $75. 365: sas, ;

3

AUTOMOTIVE
DIRECTORY

dryer. Close to Plaza area. Available
March 1. 365-2111, 365-6892. Dave.
ttn/12

2 BDRM. house. downtown, Fridge.
stove, gas heat, $300, 365-8285. 3/12

Fi, mrsiary Weyl afr

K&A GS
TIRES LTD.

COMPUTERIZED ALIGNMENTS
2 Wheel gad 4 Wheel

From Castlegors Only Lacally Owned Tire Store

1507 Columb CAL
365-2955

tere
UNIROYAL
cone

Av
nwces: TONE

2 BDRM. home with basement, 209
Lokeview, $325/month. Gas heat,
gorage, very tidy unit. Reference may be
required. Hipwell Realty. Phone
evenings 365-7514 3/12

PADS for rent, Fraser Valley, 3 months
tree pad rent. 581-7554 tn /94

APPLICATIONS are being received for 2
and 3 bedroom tamily- rental_accom.
modation located in Castlegar
Features, are children’s playground ond
tenant garden areas. Rent supplement
available to qualified applicants. For fur
please contact Mr

write to B.C

jo. 9 Arrow

Lakes Drive, Castlegor BC vIN 189.

ttn/22

SPECIAL

CASTLEGAR REALTY LTD.

* Less than 10 years old

* Riverview, Garage
Large Kitchen

* Almost 1200 sq.ft. on main floor

Fireplace

MUST SELL IMMEDIATELY
$52,900 (Reduced
from $64,500!)

PHONE: PETER
365-3507 home, 365-2166 office

Mobile Homes

1983 14'x70 DARTMOUTH, 2-bdrm. im
maculate condition. 355-2316. 3/12

WANTED: Mobile homes. 581-7554 leave
@ message. Halo

A/C, P/S, P/B.
int, wipers. AMEN stereo, new brakes.
tires 2.8 L., V-6, available February 6
$7,695. Pho!
1983 FIREBIRD SE, T-roof, cruise, V-6
5-spd. Excellent condition. 365-6762
3/12

1986 NISSAN um.

$12,500. 365-6199.

1978 BLAZER trailer special;
‘es, 70,000 miles.

“many options,
3/12

new fen:
$4200
3/1

"88 HONDA

Civic DX, 4:0
uno AMEN. 35,000 ker

aprile Gt - se00

Air, Radio

‘$3 DODGE 150 sq7QF
15 camaro $7295
‘BECUTUSS $19 995

365-7555

1761 Columbia
Castlegar

1977 CHRYSLER Cordoba 2-dr
conditioning, cruise control
$1600. 365-6240.»

1985 NISSAN diesel truck King cab with
canopy. 365-5:

1900 DATSUN 310GX. 4-speed. sunroct.
$2.00 0.b.0. 399-4127 3
1975 XLT Ford Ranger, excellent shops
heavy half, 365-3965/359-7945

auto., air
Asking

____Equipment_

1970 CASE 580 loader 2-lever extend-o.
hoe, rebuilt diesel engine, new tires and
pump. Asking $7800. 365-5699. 1fn/99
30 POUND rail mining car, parts and
air-tugger, misc, steel and air

Pitman boom truck, P&H

excavator. 365-3315 3/2

Snowmobiles

1975 ARCTIC CAT 440 Panther, good
condition, first $1,000 tokes it. 359. 7670
atter 6 3.
1982 YAMAHA. SRV, 540 cc with os
pipe, $2000. 365-2877

Motorcycles

1979 HONDA Xt 1855 on. nt road. Good
running condition, $500. 0.b.0, 265-7268,

BUILDING supplies, 100
meter base, scrap steel. 359 7815.
USED double barrel shotgun,
small guage, weekdays, 9 a.m.
965-2183. mM

panel
3M
prefer
m

HOSTESS/WAITRESS: Full-time days.
Apply at Macy's. 651-18th Street. 2/13
PART-TIME and full-time help wanted
Non-smokers onty: Apply Dixie” tog
2816 Columbia Ave. "
NATIONAL Transport Company has part.

available in West

perience, will be neat, dependable and

clean abstract. Salary commen:
serate with experience. Reply in con:
fidence to Box 3007B, Castlegar, B.C
VIN 3H4 7 10
RIVERSIDE VIDEO is looking for respon.
sible individuals for full and

old. Bring resumes to Michelle or Ivan.

7/10
CERTIFIED dental assistant for full time
oF part-time

con contact with Sole of the job Pree
arrange an intervie

MATURE reliable Babyeiner to —"
loving care in our home. Own transpor
tation. 365-7551. _ 3/12
ELECTROLUX needs salespeople
Castlegor-Trail area, call 365-8431

INFANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
ion available in the
fective April 1, 1989
Temporary: one year. Part time: three
days a week. Applicants must have
protessional degree in a field related bs
early childhood development (e
therapy, education, nursing) and should
have demonstrated practical experience
in working with developmentally
delayed infants, their families and other
professionals. Must have own vehicle.
Send full resume to Box 3144, Castlegar
B.C. VIN 3H4 by February 17
3/12
WAITRESS — will train. Reply to Box
3007D, Castlegar News, Castlegar, B.C
VIN 3H4 7/12

JOB VACANCIES exist with the Kootenay
Society for the Handicapped Castlegar
Branch for casval relief residential and

more independent
Ticence required
om

Class No. 4 driver's
it you are a caring

in equal opportunities for all people
please submit resume to: Administrator
Kootenay Society for the Handicapped.
Box 3204, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H:

an
APPLICATIONS will be received for
Home Support Worker No. II or Long
Term Care Aide’ to provide care to the
frail and elderly. Apply at Castlegar
Home Support, 629 Columbia, 365.2148

7/9

WILt do babysitting in my home 268,
6411 Diane. i]

PROFESSIONAL PRUNING and aus
365-5627. an)
LiceNCED mechanic, tune-ups, brake

etc. All work gvarantead, -$20
per hour. 365-3842

Stude t PI = nt

RESPONSIBLE 13-year-old student will
babysit in your home. 365-6442, Irene.
3

ODD-JOB-LAD — 13-year-old looking to
do yardwork, etc. Call 365-2375 ask for
Dave. ttn/01
14-YEAR-OLD STUDENT willing to do odd
jobs, babysitting, yardwork, etc. Call
365-2375 aek for Kirk tin/01
NEED @ job? High school and college
students may offer their services under

run your ad for 3 issues at no charge.
110/76

2 MALE CATS — a grey tabby anda Black
with white, 365-5945 12
BEAUTIFUL ‘Male cat, 1-year old.
ed, excellent pet. 365-6454. 3
IF YOU how tem you'd like to give
away, please drop us @ line or phone
365-2212. We'll run your ad 3 issues free
of charge. , tin/73

=

RED BARON COINS: Buying — Selling
Trading. Located in Lavener Bros
Jewellers, Trail. Best jo phone for an
appointment, 368-5828 52

FOUND items ore not charged for. If
you've found something phone the Ac
tion Ad number 365-2212 anytime during
business hours. We'll run the ad 3 issues
free of charge 110/85

Notices

WEST KOOTENAY KENNEL CLUB annual
sanction match Sunday, February 26
Kinnaird Hall, Costlegar infor
mation call evenings 365-8150. 357 9590,
359-7154

CASTLEGAR JUNIOR REBELS Annual
General Meeting, Tuesday, February 28.
7 p.m. Complex 6

WANTED
POKER PLAYERS

Pastime Club — Upstairs City Centre
Square. $10 Buy-in. Table stake
‘Open7 p.m. Closed Mon. & Wed.
hone 365-2216

CHAPEL_HOUSE Zuckerberg
Heritage Park — open Tuesday to Thur
CASTLEGAR = RAIL

STATION — Monday through Friday
tt

ALCOHOLICS anonymous and “Al-Anon,
Phone 365-3663. 104/71
CANADIAN a ORIENTAL LADIES (all
ages) would. like “housek

call 1547-2020 anytime, 7 days/week
4

Card of Thanks

THE FAMILY Of Mike Poznikoll would
like to thank all their neighbors, friends
and relatives for the sympathy shown
during our re

you to the pallbearers
Castlegar Home. His
children and grandchildren.

Share-a-Ride

WORK, school trips
Cut expenses and save money

together with your neighbour in our
FREE Share-A-Ride column. _We'll_run
your ad 3 issues free of charge. Phone
our Action Line 365-2212 10/76

Business Oppor

RETAIL SPACES FOR LEASE in Downtown
Castlegar. Excellent rates 365-7141 or
365-5591 19

weekly shopping.

BE INDEPENDENT with financial success
Opening wholesale retail outlets
dealing with name brand products
Please phone 693-2261. 7A

in Memoriam

THE B.C. HEART FOUNDATION accepts
with gratitude "In Memoriam” donations
which help promote Heart Research
Cards sent to next-of-kin, Box 3023
Castlegar, B.C 104/81
CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. In
Memoriam donations. Information Box
3292, Castlegar. 365-5167 104715

Legals

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
Notice is hereby given that Creditors
and others having claims against the
Estate of Mike Nick Kabatoff also known
as Mike N. Kabatott, deceased, who
died on Jon. 5, 1987, are hereby
required to send them duly verified to
undersigned Executor at 2904-5th Ave.
Castlegar, British Columbia. VIN 278 on
or before March 9, 1989 after which the
dote the Estate will be distributed
among the parties entitled

having regard only to claims that have
been received. By the Executor, Peter F
Kozak an

__to_express_their_feelings

Our Action Ad
Number is 365-2212

PLANNING A

CONCRETE PROJECT
IN 19897
Then Please Consider Us!

SPECIALIZING IN:
* FLOORS * FOUNDATIONS.
* RETAINING WALLS

< AZELWOOD
Pe Hézbines

CALL RALPH BIRD x 3043
5063

80:
365 Castlegar, VIN 3H4

BRANCHING OUT TREE SERVICE, 362
5076. ttn 8

WILL babysit in my home, Robson. 365.
2284 76

Electoral District: Nelson/Creston
Highway District:
Project or Job Nu:

Tender documents with envelope.
are available free of chorge ONL
Avenue, Nelson, B.C. VIL 2N9- betw
1:00-4}00 p.

Date/Time: Feburary 15, 1989

Nelso:

E.€ HICK:
District Highways Monager

Ministry of Transportation and Highways
Province of British Columbia

HIGHWAYS — TENDER

mbe:
Project or Job Description: Corner widening on Highway No. 6 between New
Denver and Silverton by drilling, blasting, rem:
place and compact select granual material
Tender Opening Date/Time: February 21, 1989 (Tuesday) 1:00 p.m
Surety Bid Bond or Certified Déposit Cheque is not required
Jans, specifications and conditions of tender

trom District Highways Office 820 Nelson
in the hours Gf 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and

Phone number of originating office: 354-6521

Pre-Tender meeting will be held at c project Site
Tenders will be opened at District Highways Office,
nm, B.C

The towest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Minister of Transportotion and Highwoys

oval of materials and load, hau!

820 Nelson Avenve.

February 12,1989 € astlegar News cs
an ey

class

from work

by small gaps in income and by
discouraged flaunting wealth

home-ownership.
PRICES SOAR

tenth of
Economic Planning Agency report

About
men say they've given up

15 per cent in 1987.

Monthly rents average $600-£

Japanese middle

TOKYO (AP) — It’s a time of grumbling for many in
the braod Japanese middle class who have been ex
cluded from the boom of the late 1980s

Squeezed by high prices and unlucky in notowning
land, these people are voicing a dissatisfaction that,
government worries, may fuel a sense of injustice and
upset the social unity of postwar Japan

About 90 per cent of all Japanese are considered
part of the middle class, Janitors, factory workders and
office clerks alike dress the part as they travel to and

Middle-class conformity was reinforced for decades

But sky-rocketing land prices due to
speculation and strong demand for office and re:
tial space have made those who own real estate enor
mously wealitty, while others have abandoned hopes of

Residential land prices in Tokyo,
pain’s 122 million people, rose 68.8 per cent in
1987 after climbing 40.5 per cent in 1986.
price of an 81-square-metre condominium now is nearly
the equivalent of $600,000 Cdn, according to an

First-time home purchases are almost impossible in

large cities like Tokyo. While the countrywide home.
$F ownership rateis62 per cent, in Tokyo it is 44 percent

70 per cent of Japanese in surveys say they

want to own their homes, even if it’s inconveniently far

from work, but more than half of the 20- to 40-year-old

The proportion of Tokyo households expecting
to eventually buy a home fell from 33 per cent in 1977 to

MONEY TIGHTER

dissatisfied

Tokyo homeowners held real-estate averaging
nearly $840,000 in value in 1987, said a government
study, concluding that the gap between haves and have.
notsis inciting a growing sense of injustice
the Of Japan's 100 top income-earners last year,.77
were involved in real-estate deals, tax officials say, Tim
ber firm president Jahime Kitami, 53, topped the list
with $64 million in income, much of it from land sales

Rising education costs and the need to save for
retirement squeeze most Japanese harder. Families paid
an average $127 a month on education in 1987 — a
figure that escalates as children approach college age

““Once average people like us pay our rent and
taxes, there's hardly enough left to eat. Lots of people
financial _ really have to watch their pennies and scrimp to get
iden- by,” says60-year-old Furniteru Shimizu

“Only in Japan can people work hard for 30 years
and not be able to afford to buy even a small house,”
Shimizu says

social values that

TREND ALARMING

The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper commented.
“One factor which has made Japan relatively stable
socially and economically has been the sense of equality
among the people; Income, assets and the standard-of
Iving are no longer perceivedas level.’

The trends alarm the government which, despite its
strengths has failed to’manage well one of Japan's scar~/
est resources, land

“The gap i

home to one:

The average

net worth between those who own land
and those who do not is widening, creating a feéling of
social inadequacy," said a recent- government iand
report

Labor unions and business circles are pressing for
improvements in living standards

While Japan’s per capita national incame is about
the equivalent of $19,200,

Japanese people can scarcely be said to enjoy a quality

the world’s, highest, **the

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randards o
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75 years and

Teachers

wrestling banned

MONTREAL (CP)
an elementary school in the suburban
Town of Mount Royal want
wrestling banned from Saturday after
noon TV because it makes kids too
wild when they go back to classes.

“"We see if every Monday
Tuesday, the kids are all geared up for
fighting,”’ said Irene Waller, principal
of Ecole Algonquin

“They are spitting, shouting insults,
making obscene geStures
brawling. When we ask them where
they learned this behavior,
they watched wrestling on TV

Teachers at

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roots in folklore, says the
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To get word to his loved ones that he

The custom of
Valentine's Day
has its

was still alive, the imprisoned Roman
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dove
Today people use all types of flowers
to-retatives,
friends and sweethearts.
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Waller said all 28 teachers at the
French-language school, which is run
by the Protestand School Board of

Greater Montreal, have signed a

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petition started by Grade | teacher
Nicole Tremblay

The petition calls for the removal of
wrestling from and early
evening televison

““It affects kids of all ages, even the
little ones in my Grade
there's already far too much violence
in the schools,”’ Tremblay said

Bill Merrill, vice-president of
programming at CFCF-12, an English
language TV which airs a
wrestling program at noon on-Satur
days,

afternoon

1 class, and

station

was skeptical of the teachers’
claim

“I'm not a psychologist but I don't
think wrestling leads
among kids.

position.
to_violence

he said

Vatentine
hotline
setup

MONTREAL (CP) A group of
Quebec psychologists is setting up a
telephone hotline to cheer up
depressed people on St. Valentine’s
Day

Fifty psychologists on Feb.
listen,

previous education. And

The Society of ree oe
Accountants ($.M.A.) of B.C

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Tel. (604) 687- Sit

Toll Free 1-800-663-9646
14 will Fax (604) 687-668!
charge, and dispense
professional advice to troubled callers

‘St--Valentine’s Day can be hard on

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We're looking for someone with a degree or diploma in
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program development with instruction commencing in October

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