CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, October _19, 1972

‘CASTLEGAR NEWS

Here Let the People's Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influence or Gain

KIDA's Meeting Tonight of Great Importance

a A meeting very important to the future
sqrowih and devel of the Castl

is now in production near Trail. KIDA held

sKinnaird area will be held this evening at

ithe Hi Arrow Arms in Kinnaird,

iy Sp d by the k y Industrial

‘Development Association, the meeting will

thear proposals for a couple of possible new
. ,manufacturing industries for KIDA Country,

tincluding one that is giving specific con-
‘sideration to locating its plant at Blueberry.

oa KIDA is a non-profit, non-partisan’ or-
Pp ing industry, t
and icipal

public i at which those promoting
the chain saw company presented their pro-
posals to the public, When interest on be-
half of the local investing public lagged,
then some of those active In KIDA (ihe
Tape Garg te Associ:

tlon) formed—along with other interested
persons—a second group, KIL (Kootenay In-
centives Ltd.) :

Kootenay Incentives then became the

* vehicle through which area residents (some

220 in total) were able to invest in Quadra

‘areas, Originally formed by a few interest-
ted individuals to promote industrial growth
ith the area, the association's idea soon
gained momentum and, widespread interest
if the area,
st: This newspaper, for one, has been
‘greatly impressed by the obvious dedica-
‘tion, enthusiasm and interest of KIDA’s dir-
‘ectors. They are men who are giving great-
tly of their: valuable time and derabl
‘abilities to try and attract secondary indus-
Into this part of the West Kootenay area.
. KIDA will not be soliciting funds to-
‘night or endorsing Carefree Design’s $800,-
00

Manuf: ing and thus help the industry to
become a reality.

We urge as many district residents as
possible to attend tonight’s meeting. You
don’t have to be a local businessman or
have large amounts of money available for
investment. All you have to have is inter-
est: interest in your community and dis-
irlct; Interest in seeing secondary manufac-
turing established here; interest in seeing
good jobs created that will provide employ-
ment for present residents, our young peo-
ple, and persoris who will be altracted to
this area for employment. —

KIDA will be doing its part tonight by
providing the opportunity for interested lo-

Of onal trailer facturing plant
"proposal for Blueberry Creek. What it will
‘be doing will be affording the company’s
fepresentatives the opportunity to explain
their propose! to those persons who might
be din in the pri

= This fs what was done with the chain
saw plant, Quadra Manufacturing, which

cal i to meet and discuss a possible
new plant_for this area with the people in-
terested’ in building it here. tn doing this,
KIDA is doing its job. If something is to
come of the proposal, however, strong local
interest must be demonstrated. KIDA can
interest firms in this area, but it is the local
people who must make them welcome,

local Horsemen's Association
Hold 40 Mile Endurance Race

=: Sleepy Sam was named At

the best conditioned horse’ mount was
following a:40 mile endur- hour rest brea
ance race held Sept. :20 by
the Castlegar Horsemen's turning
Association. .

= His rider; Wayne Don-
ald, became the winner of
the junior group. having
“made the ride. in a little ov-
ér-three hours. * -

, The race started from
the D-Bar-D stables at ‘10
aim. prior to which each «

Times of

155 p.m.

of Cresun, The 1
yorses then raced to Ross 3.15 p.m.
Spur where they received a

ven _a_ half

downed hot chocolate before
their horses around
to speed back to the D-Bar-

race end were:

Seniors, Kathy White
horse’ checked by Dr. K. 1.56 p.m., Brian McCarthy
Marlin 55 p:m. and Jim Lapinski

Private Family
Service Held
For Mrs. Martin

Spur each Private

ave
while riders day ‘for Mrs. y
. Martin, 90, of Robson who
died on Tuesday of last
-week in Nelson. .

arrival at

mci deainnAeiirens Juniors; : Wayne: Donald fet
1.34 p.m. and

Rob Nutter
aa health four years ago made
it necessary for her to en-
ter Willowhaven Private
Hospital at Nelson. .

“Mrs, Martin was pre-
deceased by her husban

side service was held Thurs- «
ily Dais;

farther checkup by Dr. Pet-
ip by ail

Following the: race the
Castlegar Horenen a As-

6r. Morgénthaler of Tr:

sociation eir ap-
preciation to those that sup-

Frederick in |1967.

Cut-Rate.

ported the event. These
were Trowlex, Castle Tire,
-P & G, Interior i two
Marcellus Service,
land. Esso, Texaco Service,

She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. . William
(Hebe) Hackman of Robson;

three

Wood- great-grandchildren and one
sister, Mrs. Lillie Bale of

Toronto.

Burial was in Robson
. Cemetery with Rev. Ted
Bristow officiating. -

L, A. TONY GERONAZZO

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Castlegar Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.

Resident of Brilliant
since 1930, Mrs. Tina Trub-
etskoff, 63, died Thursda)
in Trail Regional Hospital.

Funeral services were
held Friday through to Sat-
tin urday from the. Brilliant

born at Canora, Sask., Ap-

fall. ;
Mrs, Trubetskoff was -

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KIDA'S First Industry Established Near Trail
As Quadra Manufacturing Officially Opens

The first industry at-
tracted to this area, Quadra
Manufacturing, located near
Trail, has now been official-
ly opened,

This is now the home
of a tough little chain saw
called the Frontier.

How does such a plant
become reality?

The estabilshing of such
an industry has taken about
three years, however, the
first year and a half is
summarized this way:

A group of Vancouver
men had been working for a
chain saw manufacturer,
They knew how to design
saws, how to manufacture
them, and how to sell them
and wanted to branch out
on their own.

So they starled out as
a private group, .to.design
and test their ideas with
their own limited financial
resources. 2

in 1971 they were
ready. They had. their de-
sign, their studies and the

backing of a consultant's re- ©

port. What they needed was
financial support. °

Atlhough all members
of the proup lived in the
Vancouver area and had no
wish to move, money was
quite tight in that period. If
financing was obtained at
the Coast, many strings
would be attached, and that
would have defeated the
purpose of their enterprise.

One way or another,
KIDA's search for new in-
dustry and the availability
of Federal incentive grants
for new industry came to
their attention, Jim Hutchin-
son, head of the group, and
his close associates decided
to investigate. That was in
March of 1971,

After looking over the
area, the Vancouverites felt
that the plant could
blished in KIDA territo:
if area people woul

~ For their part, KIDA
directors studied their pro-
posal and had several meet-
ings. The proposal seemed
sound, and the visitors
seemed genuine.

“No matter what ques-
tion we asked, or. how we
double-checked their answ-
ers, we never found them
without their homework
done,” said. one KIDA dir-

is" a= public” body
and cannot invest public
funds, But KIDA could or-
ganize meetings so that any-
one who might be interest-
ed could hear about the
plan. Many meetings were
called, and chain saws were
explained dver and over a-
gain.'A few. people were in-
terested in investing, but
not enough,

The Vancouver men
were patient, but it began
to wear thin. It appeared
they might go somewhere
else, but one Trail business-
man who had faith paid ov-
er a few thousand dollars
as a “loan of good faith”.

“We'll look after this,”
he said. :

During one noon hour
some Trail men, who were
interested, had lunch and
brainstormed an idea.

“Let's find some meth-

Funeral Services Held Thursday
For Mrs. Trubetskoff of Brilliant

rit 15, 1909, and came west
to B.C. to settle in Grand
Forks in 1917.

e married her hus-
band, Paul in 1930 when
they moved to Brilliant.

She a member of

nc Was
the Union Spiritual Com-
cele of Christ.

sides her husband .

she is survived by two sons
William and Walter, of Bril-
liant; two daughters, Mrs.
Ted (Florence) Chernoff of
Burnaby and Mrs. Fred
(Mary) Pozdnekoff of Kin-
naird, her mother, Mrs. Fan-
nie Ostofooroff of Grand
Forks; one ‘sister, Mrs. Ma-
bel Markin of Ootischenia
and nine grandchildren.
Burial was in’ Brilliant
Cemetery with Castlegar
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.

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od whereby a person does-
n't have to Jay out thous-
ands of dollars to help In
this and other proposals,
Let's find some machiner
so that a person can particl-
ate for a few hundred dol-

And they did. Kootenay
Incentives was born, and the
Investment unit became
$501, One of the first to
turn, over a cheque was a
Trall_housewife.

By the end of May the
Incentives group were able
to give Mr, Hutchinson and
his assoclates an OK. They
had the money. A formal
application for a grant was
then_sent to Ottawa.

Then came four months
of waiting, of phone -calls,
of further work and worry.
By the end of September
nearly $20,000 thad been

spent.

In October the news
came from Ottawa, and it
was good, and bad. Yes, a
grant of $176,000 was avail-
able. But the terms were

rf, additional $125,-
to be raised. Al-

had to be proved. The dead-
line was Dec. 31.

If a considerable sum
had not already been spent,
or if the people involve
hadn't had fanatical deter-
mination, there would have
been temptation. to thr-
ow in the sponge.

The months of Novem-
ber and December became
a frenzy of activity. Money
and markets. Early in Dec-
ember the mone;
closed to $30,000,
number of Trail men signed
notes — if there was no fur-
ther investment, they would
pay the balance. te in
December the marketing
problem was solved.

Only hours before the
deadline the chain saw com-
pany became a reality and

the senior men.involved ph- .

oned Ottawa.
“We've met your terms

and we're in business,” they

said.

They called the com-
pany Quadra Mfg. Ltd., and
it was owned by two groups;
the Vancouver experts, and
the KIDA area investors.

Now it is ene. group,
KIDA, area people,:.because

» race,

this is where the Vancou-
ver men now make their

jomes.
Business started on Jan.

een ‘heavy
before, it then became a
Production had to
start as soon as possible,
There wasn't enough mone:
to finance a slow pace. Al-
so, long term mortgage mon.
ey had to be arranged. Nei-
er problem proved to be
simple.

What kind of a bulld-
ing? How soon? How much?
Then the all-important work
of tooling, the ordering of
costly dies, the making of
dies, jigs and tools, the
making of prototype saws
for early marketing and test
work and proving. z

Most of this:was carried
out in Burnaby in a rented
building. It could not have

been done in KIDA country. ..

On the financial side,

term financing was av-

le, but either at a stiff
price, or with. too “many
strings attached. Finally the
problem was solved — right
at home in KIDA country.
The Kootenay Savings Cre-
dit Union, in’ conjunction
with a Federal Government
loan jarantee, came up
with the best answer.

July and August became a
period of adjustments and
frustrations, but finally, on
the Tuesday after bor
Day, the assembly line start-
ed to turn out product.
Chain saws in KIDA country
were for

Only one name. has
been mentioned — Jim Hu-
son, After Jim maybe
300 more could be named
— associates, investors, em-
ployees, and People it £0,
many agencies who helped.
All cannot be listed, but if
were, one would rank
e top — Tom McLach-
lan, who at thé darkest mo-
ments, never gave up. He
woul anyone... else,

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This is a workshop situation in which we will
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SHELL PRODUCTS .

GORPORATIONS

Fact: More than 40% of corporations pay
no taxes at all on their income (according to
latest government statistics).

Fact: Eighty-five per cent of the capital
used by Americans to take over Canadian en-
terprises is raised in Canada.

Answer: @ A government that will direct
investment so that raw material is processed
and used in Canadian plants before export. |
@ A government which will mobilize Canad-
jan savings to finance Canadian industry and

so reduce the “need”. for foreign capital and

foreign control.

UNEMPLOYMENT

Fact: Governments have
handed out unforgivable loans
to corporations without creat-
ing more jobs. Unemployment
in Canada is now 7.1% (Sta-
tistics Canada).

Answer: @ Pollution can-
trol spending would create
jobs. @. Large scale tax cuts
for low and middle income
families would increase their
buying power and boost the
demand for goods needed to
increase employment.

KOOTENAY ECONOMY

Fact: Kootenay West has
been declared a “slow growth”
area by the Federal Government,

Fact: Kootenay West includes
the only two regional districts in
B.C. that had declining popula-
tions inthe last census,

: Fact: Ran Harding and the
new Provincial MLA’s in Kooten-
ay West have jointly advocated
the establishment of. secondary
Industry to ensure the. future
growth of the area.

Ran Harding NDP_|

CAMPAIGN STRATEGY wos di

on y
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Kootenay West Liberal
candidate Paul Moroso. The meeting wes held in the Capri

’ Hotel in Kelowna, and the prime minister expressed great

interest in the prog of the

to unseat R

Harding, and also in the strategies Mr. Morosi was using.

* He told Mr. Moroso that “more young men were needed

in Ottawa" and he wished the candidate success In the Oct-

ober 30 election.

Career Explorations Workshop

What.are you going to
be when you grow up?
answer to question is
the alm of a Career Explor-
ations Workshop which be-

ns on Oct. 26 at Selkirk
nege,

tng Gloss, counsel.

lor at Selkirk College and

coordinator of the program,

claims that’ a ‘basic change

ours, practic all young
people had career
choices made for them —

ean choose’ —
out “limit —-~and -that’s-the -
that. will be deal

_ To Begin October 26 af Selkirk

ig in the workshop,” says

rr. 5

“Few students know
how to choose, what quest-
jons what commit-
ments to make — and which
ones not to make, They are
confused and bewildered by
an abundance of opportun-
itles. As a rule, no matter
how great their education,
they still don’t know what
they want to do or be. In
fact, a recent survey of
high school students in the
West Kootenays indicates

career objective by the time
they luate,” added Mr.

lose.

“The reason for this is
simple. They don’t . know
exongh about themselves

The workshop’ is open
to- any «person”-concerned
about, his fi in... the.

26, at 7 pa
lege and costs

WEDNESDAY,

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OCTOBER 25

Stanley Humphries Sports
Two Wins Sought by Rockers
Team Battles for Second Place

Sr. Boys’ Soccer

On Tuesday of last
week the Rockers hosted
Rossland and came away
with a 4-0 wctory.

It was the hest effort
of the year for the team
and only numerous desper-
atlon saves, and goal posts
hits, kept the score from
reaching double - figures.

Scorin,
were Tony DeRosa, Tom

ig for Castlegar’

and the following Mon.. to
Grand Forks,
Field Hockey Report
The Rockettes finished
Jeague play in second
place, two ‘points behind
lelson with the West Koo-
tenay tournament to be

held at L. V. Rogers this °

vee Rockett i
e Rockettes ES
Grand Forks in the First
game at 10 a.m, It is a sin-
i draw. The

Conkin, in goal,
and Don Makaroff at full-
back, played excellent de
fensive ball.

On Wednesday of last
week we travelled to Sal-
mo and on Mon. to Graud
Forks to complete league
play. Two wins should
clinch second place. J. L.
Crowe from Trail is present-
ly in first place.

Sr. Boys’ Volleyball

Friday and Saturday, the
boys went to Grand Forks
to compete in an invitation-
al volleyball

le
winner advances. to_ the
provincial in Grand Forks
on Oct, -27 and 28,

The girls travelled. to
Kelowna for a series of ex-
hibition games. They were
overpowered in both games
losing to Dr. Knox Second-
ary School 3-0 and Kelowna
Secondary School 5-0.

The Birls enjoyed the
trip and all admitted learn-
ing a great deal about field

ockey.
Junior Rockettes Grass-

ey
* Stanley Humphries Ju-
nior Lettes ” continue

Teams competing were
from ‘Trail, Nelson, Grand
Forks, Mile louse,
Dawson Creek, Revelstoke,

and Williams Lake.
Castlegar started off on
foot — playin,

two separate games
took the very strong Revel-
stoke then Grand
Forks teams to the wire
before losing out,
_ All the teams were
fairly strong. and the ex-
perience gained by our
team should help them in
their quest for the West

Kootenay Title played for ~

at Trail Nov. 10.

Top players for Cas- .

tlegar were Ed Zebroff,
Lawrence Gordon and Alex
Josafatow.

Next competition for
the team was Wed. to Trail

bit of winning gam:

with goalie,
koff getting her very first
shut-out of the season.

ie jacks, Jane
and Pat West, would pass
to the halfbacks, Kathy Ma-
son, Darlene Jackson and

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On Nov. 4, we will be
travelling to Grand. Forks

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