CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982 No deals for wage increases _ VICTORIA (CP) — Public sector employers will not be able to’ make - sweetheart deals with their employees to termination of the program ,the parties alfected by the for services rendered while program ‘before passing la the program is in’effect.” making it legal. It notes that It also suggests that while the cabinet will set the wage- are limited, 8 imposed wage restrictions, says a statement: released this week by the British Columbia g salary other forms of benefits have rules. which | will not been reatricted. ’ preted and enforced by Ed “These guidelines will set Peck,.a former labor: arbi- the limits of in- trator, who will be paid $325 ‘The i the wage stabilization pro- gram announced last week by Premier Bill Bennett, also makes it clear the guidelines are maximums which may not be exceeded. Under the new rules, all public sector employers will have to file reports on what they plan to pay their em- ployees during the two-year, + creases in that plus ling and living ex- should be paid, but do not penses for. each day he works otherwise abridge the Tights as commissioner of the Com- of *Pro- says the statement, dated gram, Feb. 19 but made public. His rulings will be binding Monday. and final. and The ram is to’ apply to will be free to negotiate new all public ‘sector employee collective agreements and groups for a'two-year-period employers to {nereare pay ‘though Vancouver appears to scales for ionized em- be ‘ because it “is wage-restriction program, the statement says. And, “employers will not be allowed to agree to com- after the ployees, but these upper lim- governed by.its own charter. its must'not be excecded.” The government plans call CABINET RULES for the ‘restriction of wage The statement says the increases to between eight g will consult with and 14 per cent in the first increase limits.and make the . ‘inter-\4 stronges Public favors tougher, restraints KELOWNA (CP) — mnjer Bill Bennett says pulls reaction to his wage and spending restraint program inthe public sector is running two to Gne in favor of even tougher measures. The program was an- nounced by the premier last week. It restricts wage increases Legion L.A, for public sector employees to 10 per cent. This ceiling could. vary two per cent either way after such factors, year and “a ‘basic inflation protection factor no higher than the increase in the cost of living in 1982” for the sec- ond year of the program. SOME FROZEN It also imposes an imme- diate freeze on any increase in salaries to deputy minis- ters, who earn between. $55,000 ‘and. $65,000, . and deputy as past and skill shortages are considered. Bennett said an additional two per cent would be avail- able to reward productivity. The program , affects 200,000 workers. $250 e Telethon The Ladies’ Auxiliary to The Craft Fair and Flea public bodies. the Royal Canadian’ Legion Branch No. 170 held their regular meeting in ‘the: Le- gion Hall on Monday evening with 24 present. Market was discussed and it -was noted that all the tables have been rented for this event. The L.A. will have re-- who get bates $50,000 and $66,000. Both groups also get an additional 10 per cent in banked time. Also frozen were the sal- ari ios of top executives on the « public payroll such as B.C. Hydro’s Bob Bonner who gets more than $80,000 2 year, and’ senior munieipal officials, The government also has limited to 12° per ‘cent any increase in spending by, most Exempt, however, are those provincial government corporations ‘such as’ B.C. Hydro which are the biggest Two members of the exe- cutive, Mrs. J. Mykyte and Mrs. P. Mott, who had been unable to attend the regular installing ceremonies,‘ were installed by Mrs. H. Bate and - welcomed to the executive. It was noted that a-Leader- ship Seminar will be held:in Nelson on March 21, 7 It was decided. to donate $800 to the Pacific Command Bursary Fund, which :pro- vides a bursary for members of a veteran's family. A letter of thanks was re- ceived from.the Variety Club for the L.A.’s. donation of $250 to their Telethon. In her report,. the treas- urer stated that many: do- nations had been made, ar- ticles purchased for the kit- chen, flowers and cards for sick and shut-ins, hampers, entertainment ete. The Bingo committee reported of their successful games and of the many donations they have made to charity. The Card and Flowers committee re- ported 14 cards and flowers sent out last year and two so far this year. The hospital visiting for January and February reported there were 130 visits during the two months; Mrs. M. Peach- ey offered to do the March visit f 1B Sunday the members of the West Kootenay Zone L.A.’s enjoyed their annual Fun Day in Castlegar, which included alley bowling and curling. the fair at a reasonable cost. The L.A. Spring Tea will be held in the hall on April 8, Committees were arranged - for the several tables, The L.A. will be catering to a .Bowling Banquet on April 21 in the-hall: :\))-::- ‘The evening booster prize was won by Peafl Mott. Re- freshments were served at the close of the meeting, Bankruptcies up 50-per cent in January VANCOUVER | (CP) °;—. Bankruptcies filed in B.C. during January. were. up al- most 50 per cent fromthe same month in 1980, figures released by the: federal Su-' perintendent of Bankruptey revi Statistics for BC. show 148 bankruptcies filed in the first month of 1982, an increase of 49.6 per cent from 99 in the. same month of 1981. Nationally, 2,601 bankrupt: cies were filed, up-only 5.7 per cent from: the same month last year. In all of 1981, bankrupteies,| in Canada increased by -22 per cent to 31,091... \ * The B.C. figures for Jan: uary included 102 personal bankruptcies and 46 business bankruptcies. Provincial government spending currently is.17 per cent higher than the previous fiscal year but Bennett wants the restraints to cool and help’ the economy: by easing g "WARSAW. (REUTER) oe : fficial ‘ ‘on * Solidarity. union; fales Lech Walesa, has ac: . ere are rumors that balay was piesa . ‘the church is considering the bloody, tak the ry of di him,” als ald. aa fete Rakowald said.) Meanwhile, ‘Poland's dep-';. He; said Walesa is’an‘un- uty premier says Walesa will happy’ fan” who was mani- cused ‘him’ of betraying the country’s workers. ~ Itsaid Walesa deceived thi workers’ by - “lending > his , same to the,anti-Communist ’ * ‘crusade.’ “Objectively, he thereby ‘ betrayed the interests of the derimining °: Poland’ ais: d'etat,” the agency said Mon- day night. Another attack’ was: un leashed on the interned union leader by Zoinierz’ Wolnosci, organ of. the Polish armed -forees,' which accused ‘him of agreeing with Proposals to - Hquidate Communists. y “The future of iecH WALESA to be liquidated,” it said. Solidarity activists who have not been detained deny union leaders were: planning armed insurrection or a for- cible. takeover. . One Soli- ‘copyrighted slat Ovi not be put on trial ‘and is in. ‘pulated ‘by’ his ‘advisers “all ““very fine" condition, ‘the, the time while: he ‘belloved Times of London’ ‘reported Tuosday. t y : Deputy. Premier Mioczys- Jaw Rakowski made the com- ments in the socond part'of a h. living in’ a’ three-room outside Warsaw and: is. under’ arreat, © "/ The... minister '. suggested that! some’ members ‘of ‘th ‘(himaeln tobea real leader,” but he “failed to live up to the <. events. The man started be- leving in his greatness.” When Fallaci,asked:: “Yet _ you are not saying that he is “finished?” Rakowski replied, “No, ‘Iam not.” “ HOMEGOODS _ FURNITURE darity analysis, published i’ Polish Roman Catholic’ hier-, archy are ‘“kind of tired” of an underground - bulletin, the’ self-governing republic determined with military staff-like who was called g argu- ‘ments a gigantic provocation. “Lists of names and -in- were fi don Filipino faces deportation VANCOUVER (CP) — There is little’hope that a Filipino woman who says she worked as a slave for a staff member. of the Philippines consolate can stay in Canada, federal officials said this weer George Varnai, ‘iioksaman for the Department of Em- ployment ‘and “Immigration, said 46-year-old Catalina Boc- acao has no status in Canada because she came to‘ Canada on diplomatic service docu- ments and not as a domestic worker. woman is growing smong members of the Filipino com- munity who plan to ask Em- ployment and Immigration - Minister Lloyd Axworthy. to step in on Bocacao’s’ behalf when he speaks at an em- ployment conference Friday. Bocacao.came to Vancou- z ver 18 months ago on a dip- lomatic’ passport to baby- ; Walesa’ because: he does not’ recognize the reality: of Pol.” and’s situation. and follow, their advice. : clined comment. Bocacao, ‘who has nine. children back home, is ‘now staying witha Filipino family in Surrey. She wants to stay in Canada and work 50 she. can send money home to h PN support her. children! : mybic sitting work for. Fe Fuen-.- tebella, ad: Philippines trator for the nsulate, She left her job last month TALE aneri ae iil % 55 Point Inspection * Foran oppoin ment,-call Dick, at 365- 2155— hyallmechat ‘NUALONEY PONTIAC BUICK GMC Ltd. Castieg and claims she received only.‘ $100 during her employment “I feel ‘hy for all human beings,” ‘said Varnai, “but she is not a human being ‘who has any connection to this country, except that ate iis here.” A hearing will, be held’ March 4’ to decide if Bocacao requirements. ehould be However, at F home. Boe: acao also claimed she lived under very. poor conditions, having to sleep on the’ floor. and live on left-over, food. - Bhe has. filed ‘a suit ‘county court, claiming’ almos' $7,000.in back pa; which she. 1 ‘Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Authorized Representative: Anderson A\ les Ltd., 1129 Fourth St., - OS olen : 385-8908 (Sy Drapes & Wallhangings (offer.good during March only) PLAZA CLEANERS . 365-3145 , Castleaird Plaza On Our executive style suits. _In:the Office, . Ke) b Price in. effect for 1o days' ‘onty, white. divans last. ‘Our corporate image. Histinclive design that “enter for a ‘chee fo ata Dinner. > for, 2 at the Terra Nova Hotel's Famous. Peppercorn Dining Lounge. (Value t0 $50.00) Details | In, Men‘s Fashion Dept Second Noor : © Frubsons Bay Company’ Mon. - Sat. 9:30 a.m. - - 5:30 p.m.- Thurs. & Fri. 9:30'a.m. - = 9:00 p.m. | Dspace en: F By CHARLES LA'VER’ VicToRIA (cP) —It used tobe, vnly fie the federal Tories who, devoured their leaders in Public. (on But now, the New Democratic’ Party ‘of, ‘British Columbia appears to be preparing a menu of its own, from the B.C, legislature 'in 1976 to. create a byelection chance for then defeated Premicr Dave Barrett, wants to regain his old: seat a Vancouver East.: | _ To do that, he. will, ty to wrest the nomination ‘from 1 Alex M: tld, 68, his onetime years, However, in one Tespect, Williams is also challenging . Opposition Leader Barrett —a move which Social Credit party officials describe: asthe ' Present the hard-pressed government could ‘get. Barrett, 51,,said itis a two-way. chllensrs because he comment, \ TRIP, CUTSHORT i "Macdonald, who etit short a European trip; to fend off nominatidn and,; my’ objective is’ to elect: an NDP government in’B.C.:and'l intend to contribute ‘to it,” The challenge is believed to stem from a. decision by former education minister Eileen Dailly not to relinquish her. Burnaby. ‘North Beat to make way for Williams's political rebirth, And by the time the decision was made, March 7 had been set for the Vancouver East nomination meeting, leading Williams supporters to believe he was snookered by'Dailly and Barrett because he will not be able to sign up new party members to help his cause. iS The party constitution says only people who have been members for 60 days-are allowed to vote at nomination meetings. Dailly did not announce her intention to seek + renomination until after the Vancouver East date was set. Meanwhile, the return by Williams to active political life has instilled fear in party moderates who have been swinging the NDP away from the left toward the centre in their efforts to return to power. They are afraid his return will jeopadize the party's strengthening ties with. the business Sormmnicty, especially in the forest industry. )UGHT COMPANIES Former resources minister Bob Williams, who resigned ‘. pees mate ‘and. a member, of the iepalatare for 21. ‘the’ two-member, riding of | + and Macdonald are running asa team. He refuses further the Williams challenge, will only say he is “running for * § DAVE BARRETT... “isa two-way challenge”: : wrongly became known as‘a hard-line left-winger- because he was instrumental.in the:NDP buying several forest companies which later formed the huelous of the Social Credit By Chris Morris Fe TRACADIE, N.B, (CP) If Lazarus, the leper raised from the dead by Christ, had come to Canada 40 years ago, he would have been wel- comed in only two places, One would have been Bent- wick Island, near Victoria; the other Tracadie, a amall predominantly Acadian fish- ing village on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the northeas- tern tip of New Brunswick. In these two places, Can- ada hid its leper and the- tragedy of their lost lives. ““When they were living, no one here wanted anything to do with them, but now they are dead, people are finally ' But photographs remain, —' grim reminders of the phys- ical ravages of leprosy — pictures of people who had lost noses, fingers, toes and had gone blind. :/ “Their suffering was more . moral than physical,” said Frigault, trying to explain the emotional anguish ‘of the lepers, “To know they must be isloated for the rest of . their lives, that no one would approach or touch them — I think that was the pain.” Frigault, who has worked in Tracadie since.1941, was -not involved in treatment of the lepers. But “she knew them, visited them and, rea- lized the effect of the com- showing some interest,”.said munity’s determination to Sister Dorina Frigault as she keep them locked away from stood by the rows of black .iron crosses that mark the graves of lepers who died at ‘Tracadie’s lazaretto. The 59 men, women and children buried in the lepers’ cemetery endured a ad 8 errible and fr disease that Investment Corp. x‘ However, as one former NDP cabinet minister pointed out, Williams was only carrying out orders from the cabinet which was responding to the economic problems of the day. The image, he said, came from having such a high-profile portfolio. ‘The 49-year-old Williams said he decided to seek the nomination because he lives in the riding and has a strong community and neighborhood base there. He is president of the riding association and part-owner, of a pub. ‘Vancouver East is not the only NDP nomination battleground. : Earlier, Chris D'Arcy, member of the legislature for Rossland-Trail for the last'10 yeara, also V Described ‘are one political observer as “the Darth: Vader of the Socialist movement in B.C.,” wi , fought for his political life, winning renomination only by two votes — and that result has been challenged. aad Bed and breakfast It's catching on By ROBERT COLLING — . EDMONTON (CP) -— When Martin and © Janet want to make new friends expensive hotels and motels. and they hope to make visi: = “Bed and breakfasts have tors welcome ‘in their city.” only. been in the’ country. *. PERSONAL TOUCH: (rural. (areas) since 1971,. ov “Ite--the~ personal .touch-~-when they: started“in’ Cape of their homeland’s favorite customs is selling: like hot- cakes in jolly old Alberta. Its known as_bed-and- an‘ alternative to staying in drab and costly. hotels. About a dozen homeown- ers have joined the Alberta Bed and Breakfast Associ- that is really nice. Such at- Breton Island and they’ve tractions as not having to been incities even less time,” wait in line at a restaurant Brown explains, | and talking with your hosts But as motel and hotel:. about. what tourist attrac- room rents continue to go up, tions to see.” she is convinced the concept However, she adds the will flourish. concept has only recently be- She finds Edmontonians come accepted in Canada as tend to be. more reserved an to ly thanres of other cities, ation, set up by former Mon- ; trealer June Brown. Homeonwers such as Lu-* eile Wilson, with whom the Lanshes and their .six-year- old daughter Alice stayed, put visitors. up for the night in their homes and provide breakfast the next morning for a fee ranging from $20 to about $35. “We really like it; it's a great way to meet people,” . says. Lynch, who-sadds the: concept is in En- Aquaculture study of giant prawns - By AUSTIN RAND stead the _ heat ‘would be Production of giant fresh- transferred. to fresh water water prawns on the shore of which in turn would transfer Lake Huron is the eventual the heat to another. fresh* goal of a pilot project at the water source. University of Guelph. . “The process would ensure Ifresearch by John Hilton, that there was no possibility giana. “It's the best way to get to know a Canadian fam- . ity'— you still have lots of . freedom and it's personal.” Brown has patterned her operation after the one in Montreal where accommo- dation must be’ reserved in advance. She says the motivation for the homeowner is. not just the money they can make. “Most of those coming 'for- ward with accommodation are doing it because they like people,” she says. “They Goose down still _ best insulation tinues to be the most effec- tive insulating material avail- able for cold-weather cloth- ing, indicates a study pub- lished in the journal Science, Researchers at the depar!- ment of human biology, Uni- versity ‘of Wisconsin, Green - Bay, compared. down. with - wool fibre batting, various Kinds of ‘polyester and sam- ples of polyolefin, a new syn- thetic reputed to have super- ‘ior ability to provide warmth in clothing. The scientists made up each filler just as it would be used in actual clothing, with each sample encased in a of nutri- of any kind: of radioactive ‘tion at the university, and contamination,” ssid Hilton. Stanley Silsger. professor In fact, shrimp’ raised un- it- der would be could lead aa aquaculture better protected from’ pol: industry that would take ad- ‘lutants, pesticides and other vantage of waste hot water:-contaminants than those from the Bruce nuclear pow- raised under natural condi- er station at Kincardine, Ont, tions, he said. Hilton said in an interview’ The major unsolved prob- ‘there was. no danger of the lem, Hilton said, is to stop the waste water fromthe nuclear cannabalistit tendencies ‘of plant contaminating the the giant Malayasian prawn. shrimp, fish or other marine “Once its neighbor gets on food that would be grown. to a molt cycle, it will attack The waste water would not and eat it.” be used directly, he said. In- | The solution, Hilton and oy ke ‘ * Slirtger believe, is to provide ‘ the shrimp with an excellent diet — a combination of fish- meal, soyameal, shrimp, crab and extra nutrients — which will satisfy-its appetite and dull its agressiveness. With optimum diet, and nylon shell quilted 1 intosmall water temperature held squares. steady in'.the 26C. to 28C To measure insulating abil-. range,-a_shrimp pool: could ity, a swatch of material was provide three or four crops placed over a heat source set yearly, Hilton estimated. ata steady temperature and © The Prawns, which are 50 then'a thin copper plate was’ per cent, ‘meat, could be placed on top of the material. raised to'225 grams (half a The Heat picked up by the pound) or} more. og Hilton copper was then Weight for weight, down. cal size would be ina to 100 provided far more insulation grams, ‘i than did"any of the other, It should take about two fibres. '- years to"| get answers to all For example, to equal the the practical questions, said amount of insulation pro- Hilton. The next step would vided by’ 100 grams (3% be to move the project to an ounces) of down, 141 grams aquaculture dem- of polyester, 145 grams of onstration’centre planned for wool and 166 grams of poly- a site near the Bruce gen- olefin had to be used. erating station. who are: ining up'to open their homes to “B and B.” But she still expects to, es- tablish a good list of acc y*- modations ~ In: time~for;’ the World Student Games being held in Edmonton in 1983. The 1988 Winter Olympic Games in-Calgary have. pre- sented no problem so far, For one thing, Calgarians are used to opening their homes to the annual influx of visitors’ for the ‘Calgary Stampede, Brown says. The Calgary. operation is run by her son, Robert. She is also looking at the possibilities in Drumheller, where a major paleontology museum will be built by the Alberta government. In the ‘meantime, Brown carefully screens potential hosts before visitors are re- ferred to them: by. Travel Alberta, a division within the provincial Tourism and Small Business Department. “This is an excellent thing for widows,” she says. “They have all those rooms in their homes, they're lonely and they want to meet néw peo- ple.” isloated them from the world. Even in death, their remains were buried in a place removed from other cemet- eries.and the community. Many of them were immi- grants — people who came to this country with great hopes of a new life. Instead, when their illness became appar- ent, they were shipped to Tracadie where they either recovered or died. In 1938, a railway boxcar used to transport a quaran- tined leper patient was bur- ned immediately after deliv- ering its pathetic cargo— the modern world was slow to let go ancient superstitions. Sister Frigault is a mem- ber‘ of the sisters of St. Joseph, a religious order that came to Tracadie in 1868 to run the lazaretto — or leper hospital. .-— derived from Lazarus. The sisters look back - proudly on a 100-year ‘of care and concern ‘for people no one else aaa Local folklore holds that leprosy first came to Tra- éadie in the early 1800s when * two infected Norwegian sail- ors were given refuge by a local. family. subsequently, spread through the area, affecting about 30 people. At first, the victims were herded into crude shelters without sufficient food on an island in the Miramichi Riv- An epidemic normal life. But Tracadie suffered as well. Although it now is a + prosperous town, many people’ can remember the stigma that forced local fish processors and merchants to label: products for sale out- side the area with the names of other towns and villages. No one. wanted to buy products from a place that harbored lepers. ° « Sister Victoria Branch, 85, _Row retired at a convent in nearby Bathurst, N.B., remembers what it was like icragsese ro rersr CASTLEGAR NEWS, February 24, 1982 Sisters look proudly on 100-year history when she worked in the Tracadie Lazaretto in the 1920s and the problems that followed the nuns when they travelled to other parts of Canada. 3 “I remember some of the older sisters telling us that when they went to Montreal and said they were from Tracadie, even the doctors would back up, they were so afraid to be near them... but the sisters were never afraid.” NOT INFECTIOUS None of the nursing sisters caught the disease which is transmitted only by direct contact with the open sores of leprosy. The nuns who cared for the lepers wore protective clothing to avoid direct contact with their patients. Some of those locked away in Tracadie and who died there in the early days were children —.10, 12 and 14 years old. Once the disease was confirmed and the suff- erers isolated, that was the end of direct human touch. Branch said the disease was especially hard on young’ people, particularly young women, “In the first years:I was there, in the 1920s, we had several patients who were disfigured and molllated.”, she said. “We had one girl, from Quebec, who had been there for 16 or 20 years when I came. She was very friendly with the sisters, She had been quite pretty, but she became badly disfigured. She lost the use’ of her- fingers, her nose deteriorated and just caved inside and she went blind. “The doctors tried every- thing, all the new treat- ments, but to no avail. She died when she was 49.” Branch said some !opers resented their confinement, partly because they refused to. believe they actually had the dreadful disease, even when parts of their bodies rotted away. “Each‘one thought that he didn't have. leprosy, his neighbor had leprosy, but not him. Or. his wasn't as bad as his neighbor's. So they were . afraid of each other, afraid to touch each other's things — if a fellow got a box of candy - and he would pass it around © to the others, they wouldn't touch:.it because he had opened the box.” The'‘only successful treat-* ment for leprosy came in the 1940s with the discovery of _sulpha drugs. Salesmen — dying breed By BRENDA DALGLISH VANCOUVER (CP) — The days when travelling sales- men thought of their cars as flashy fringe benefits instead of utilitarian transportation are going the way of the a year ago it was about 25 cents and now it is nearly 40 cents. The federal govern- ment has said the price will double in five years. From . big multinational companies which have: a fleet Edsel and The increasing cost of gas- oline is hitting particularly hard at salesmen who travel widely in their jobs. _ “It's the last. big car Til drive,” sadly Ft * Bulk Riviera. : Lunden operates ‘his own brokerage and acts as an in- dependent sales representa- tive for several lines of drug sundries and giftware. Ken Melech, director of sales marketing with an importing firm, would say Lunden’s Buick is bucking the trend. . “Over the years I've been in sales I've seen cars come down from a full-size chery with air of expr to small one-man operations ‘like Lunden’s. which: can write off transportation ex- penses on income taxes, gas prices are changing the way | salesmen do business, Cachan eats aE sh everyone’ js’ making fewer Tonga tance trips- to cus- rs and the telephone is being used more and more, Lunden predicts that, ‘in his field at least, sales by mail and trade shows will become an increasingly important aspect of the business. “Everyone recognized the problem but it's a matter of training the trade,” he said. “Trade shows look awfully rood to me. And I think ‘it dually sink in for the er. But in 1849 a: li - as much’a jail as a hospital — was built in Tracadie. Still” conditions did not improve for the patients until the sisters arrived in 1868. Frigault is the curator of a small museum not. far from where the original standard feature to an inter mediate-size Omega with’ powerful V-4, engines,” said Melech, who admits that salesmen are not happy about the change. ae type of car a salesman flected his eal ie too when they find 'they’re not seeing as many salesmen as they used to.” - ORDER BY PHONE If store owners came to trade shows where a number of f: di * stood on the bleak, treeless shore of the Tracadie River. Most of the ‘belongings of lepers, who lived at the hospital from 1849 -until its closure in, 1985, were des- troyed. drovi Sitns in the company, but today’s economy is: moving some: travellers.down in the pecking order whether they like it or not... Five. years ago a litre of gasoline cost about 16 cents; their wares, orders could be collectedby phone most of the time, he said, Independent salesmen like : Lunden are already suffering the effects of inflation. “In the 12 years I've been pally cas ‘are sinalller, on my own there hasn't been an increase in the amount of commission we Treceive. Of course, the simple answer is that inflation raises the price of the product on which we get commission but. in fact that isn’t true. The price of my merchandise hasn't gone up as much as inflation” He said independent sales- men will not be readily able to pass along their increased. costs tothe manufacturers, éither; and might have to in- - crease the number of product lines they represent even though this will reduce the quality of their service. Blake Murray, co-owner of | Sea Star Sales, a small Vancouver-based brokerage, agrees, i Murray's brokerage, which like Lunden's carries such products as vitamins, soaps, dental floss and dish detergents, has picked up new product lines because some of the six companies he represents cannot afford their own sales staff. Also, because larger com- panies are reducing their sales calls, especially in smal- ler towns, Sea Star sees an opportunity to get its foot in the door for more sales. But Sea Star is affected too. CARS ARE SMALLER - Cars for its four B.C. sales- mén are smaller now and there are plans to reduce the number of sales visits. Mur- ray it ‘costs $65 in EXCEPTIONAL RECORD . . . BC Timber electricians, lumber division, have ie Thi ie 20 years without a Receive the awards saree standin: steft to right, Doug Furey, Dove Mcintosh, Gary Kon! single lost-time his is aq to 360,000 accident free man: hou the Seated lowering of the voltage ' “inside the consoles and in- troduction of the lock-out system have all been credited with aiding the reduction of accidents. ‘in, lan Roe, John Leo Quata, Randy McNee, Steve Paszty and are electrical foreman Ken Alex Carr: igs ate safety supervisor Bob Pakula, —CasNewsPhota by Leis Hughes, expenses for every stop his salesmen make in the prov- ince. He figures that 20 per cent of Sea Star's business costs * are directly related to trans- portation, including the ve- hicles themselves. In an es- tablished business not in- volved (as his is) in a growth company, those costs should run between eight and 10 per cent, Murray said. . “The immediate thing we'l do about the increasing pis costs is to cut back the num- ber of trips we make. “For example, we used to go to Vancouver Island every six weeks, Right now, we're looking at a policy for 1982 of making one trip in person and one call by phone — we'd be virtually cutting our trav- el in half.” “We're finding the big . companies just aren't ser- vicing the small towns any- mmorg so we're fighting, as costs go up, to keep reaching those points to get the sales while keeping our costs down.” Murray, like Lunden, drives a big car — a turbo- charged TransAm — an extravagance he admits he will not be able to afford much longer.