-Page4B j.aion of Mohawk Oll until three »,-years ago when Mohawk sold its Propane division. «s; At that time the. employees of isthe Propane ‘division bought the ‘We pride ourselves on: being an employee owned company and give our Personal best to . serve our customers,” says: Mike Mandryk. ‘We've been a propane division and company for over 10 Mike is the branch manager of ‘the Castlegar branch of Premier Propane. He brings eight years of company experience with him cand is ready, to serve the. West ” Mike ated from the ground floor with the company in Kam- joops and worked his way up to +, assistant manager in Kelowna. . Even at that time Mike was han- « dling the West Kootenay area from the Kelowna Branch. . “We'll be covering all the “West Kootenays, west to Midway *z-and east to Creston,” says Mike. Be Mike has hired locally and ly has three full-time staff sicmbers, including himself. “My assistant, Glen Johnson, ‘has plenty); ‘of: experi- + :prop' dled propane, paper work and he's also, handled conver- i P y Although they will not ‘offer conversions at.the branch; they. will have specific authorized con-,, Dow: Town , ence. as a; aiid thro: Co-op. ' Bd Cooper is Mike's. bulk. driver‘and hag extensivo enh aah ars. Mike he’ ds hoping;to ire, additional: stafé within the next’ year of. so, depending of: course, on how the branch grows. Premicr has 28 branch loca- “ing a'network.” ° STEEL SALES + MACHINING © SHAPE CUTTING - + PIPE SALES * MOBILE SERVICE + REPAIRS | Ready to Roll - Manager Mike Mandryk, tion? and assistant Glen Johnson, stand before the new Castlegar branch office of Premier Propane. The ‘company now has 28:branch locations across British | j if Columbia and Alberta. GLASS & win, ND: ow «365-7666 "Stag, ) © 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE® filling and also carry our own ‘brand name oils, methanol, coolant ‘and windshield washer,” says “To sum it all up we? Tea propane service station.” Located at 2181-6th Ave., . the Premier bulk propane out- let is open to the public from ')8 am. to’5 p.m., Monday to ‘ ‘Wednesday, October 9, 1991 The Castlegar Sun "I started from the ground floor,” said Premier Propane manager, Mike Mandryk. The company also wants to build up a business on retail service, selling among other items, their own brand of motor oils. iP CAS EQUIPTUENTT SUPPLIES “Congratulations Premier Propane on the opening of your new store” Gas Equipment Supplies 1467 Spitfire Place Port Coquitlam. B.C. O,Lo—s “Welcome to Castlegar Grosset ae more than they receive. The 1990s will be the Decade of Disasters unless urgent action is taken to tackle the causes of poverty, Oxfam says in a report released Thursday to herald its 50th anniversary year appeal. While 523 disasters were reported in the sixties, and 767 in the seventies, in the cighties there were 1,387, ., “Increasing poverty is a major reason why the number of disas- ters has been increasing,” Oxfam's Overscas Director, Mr David Bryer, told a news confer- ence to Inunch the charity's Mil- lion Days Appeal on Wednesday. The appeal calls for donations of a million days - of fundraising or funding a day's development work abroad - during the year leading to Oxfam's 50th anniver- sary on October 5, 1992, Days will be clocked up on a giant time machine which was inaugu- rated on the River Thames in London Wednesday. “One in six familes is poorer than a decade ago. One in five people live on less than 175 pounds a year...” Mr Bryer said, “One in four children goes to bed hungry each night. The sheer scale of poverty in developing countries is not only immoral but unncessary and avoidable.” Despite the obstacles, the cooperation of the world’s Selling something? Phone 365-5266 Who assisted the Pythian Sisters (Castlegar Branch) - with a Grant for their 1989 nations in defending Kuwait against Saddam Hussein ‘ahd the resources available, showed ‘that given the will, major jchantes were possible, Oxfam says it is in ests of rich countries to:comBat poverty elsewhere. Problems such as terrorism, the ‘drugs trade, environmental destruction dnd migration which affect inhabi- tants of fealty Retionis: are‘all rooted in poverty." bad * Rich countries receive! more than twice as much moncy from the developing ¢ countries as they give in aid. Developing countries’ hia 34.3 billion pounds in interest7on their debts last year, against 28.3 billion pounds they receivediin aid. The Report ‘also calls "foran end to protectionism in eee oped countries goods which it says cost’ evel: ing countries around 34"billion pounds in lost income Last pide GLASS & TRIM LTD. - ia 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Se 1050 COLUMBIA AVE. 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