a6 Castlegar News September 22, 1990 FE: NEW MANAGEMENT SPECIAL Our formule cleans carpets without getting them soaking wet Short drying time (approx. ! hour) y ; colors and potterns up worn. wolked down areas Call 365-8431 ° Ask for Monty PROVINCIAL WITH BARRY BROWN BUY OR RENT? “$180 800. The bottom line? It has cost you $173,600 more to rent Sased strictly on a dollar-outlay you will be better off in the long run to buy. Another important toctor to consider The easiest thing to do is compere is that for the homeowner. alter 25 years. the mortgage is paid off Whot cont be meosured in dollars cheice is between purchasing @ and cents is the pride $120.000 home or renting a two involved when apartment at $600.00 per For many The rental scenario also tractive advantages to buying Ownership is the best option whether based on finencial focts or creases in rent and housing prices in comung straight from the heart ch It there 1s anything | con do to help ycu i the heid of real estote please Call or drop in ot NATIONAL REAL As G tenant. the $343.60 in rental ESTATE SERVICE by your in “Agencies Ltd. $162,800 1695 Columbia Ave leaving you with a net expenditure of Phone 365-2111 or 365-2757 valued at $406 400 fora net cost of $7 200 LL DRIVE hed to the ad: fs d at the with his mom. during a day of play in the sunshine last week. CosMews photo by Ed Mills September 22, 1990 ! Overwaitea’s Autumn Recession may be underway now [oust OTTAWA (CP) — The odds are that a recession is already under way, Statistics Canada said. People are feeling tough times, several analysts added, pointing to growing lines at food banks, more than 150,000 laid-off manufacturing workers looking for new jobs and shoppers going to the United States to take advantage of a strong currency bolstered by high interest rates. Finance Minister Michael Wilson would only say earlier this week that the country is on the borderline of its Woodworkers warn of hard times VANCOUVER (CP) — John Ver- non has a message for British Colum- bians. “Tighten your belts and be ready for a recession,”’ says the president of an IWA-Canada local in suburban New Westminster. “*T have-lost close to 1,000 members im recent months caused by mill closures and they are all going through tough times. “I don’t see any light at the end of StatsCan close to declaration first serious economic trouble since the last recession in 1981-82. But Statistics Canada, the gover- mment’s chief scorekeeper on the pens when the economy shrinks during a six-month period. “Recent developments increase the the tunnel unless the government brings down the Canadian dollar and forces forest companies to be commit- ted to communities where they operate.”* IWA-Canada president Munro was blunt &s usual. Jack likelihood that during the second quarter the Canadian economy en- tered into its first recession since the third quarter of 1981,"" Statistics Canada said in its flagship publication, the Canadian Economic Observer. ‘Wilson said Monday that Canada He said the market has sidelined 5,000 workers this year, some per- manently and some temporarily. “*This amounts to $4 million a week in lost wages,"’ he said. And the figures do not imclude the recent closure of Weldwood’s mill in “We are going to have a recession as deep or deeper than 1982 because Canadian products are just too expensive on the international north of the proposed sale of Fletcher Challenge’s Delta plywood plant and closure of its Fraser Mills operations. Dick Bryan, an economist with the aircady living on a tightrope so any negative trend in the economy hits SALE Coming next week Sept. 23-29 That's a surprise to people Struggling to-keep a small business ®0ticed @ sharp deterioration in the economy, starting about April, said Catherine Swift, chief economist at the Canadian Federation of Indepen- dent Business. » executive director at National Anti-Poverty Organization. “Poor people in Canada are Michael’s Nuggets lot ts now. while prices are still Give me « call and | will send you « pockage containing current listings. Council of Forest Industries, said the economy in general, is slowing. The forest industry is hard hit because of the high Canadian dollar A one-cent increase in the dollar, compared to the U.S. dollar, tran- slates into a $100 million annual loss for B.C. lumber exporters. “I don’t see any likelihood of things getting better this year or next,”’ said Bryan. __ Castlegar _ REALTY _up._' IS THERE A NEW CAR IN YOUR FUTURE? Castlegar Savings Credit Union has the car loan package for you. We offer competitive rates anda payment plan to suit your budget. CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDIT UNION “Your Community Financial Centre” oS SLOCAN PARK Highway 6 226-7212 Gov't seeks return of funds VICTORIA (CP) — NDP justice critic Moe Sihota says a decision by the provincial government to sue for the return of lottery funds that went to a company owned by friends of former cabinet minister Bill Reid is an admission the grant was received im- Properly. The writ, filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria in May, names Eco- Clean Waste Systems Ltd., Jarie Holdings - Ltd., George Doonan, Norma Doonan and William Sullivan as defendants. “The plaintiff says that the ARROW LAKE ELEVATION 1443.89 on Sept. 22 Forecast of Elevation 1444.88" by Sept. 29 On Behalf of our entire staff, THANKS TO ALL OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS WHO ATTENDED OUR Ist ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY, SEPT. 15. THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING!!! THE FOLLOWING WERE WINNERS OF THE HOURLY-PRIZE DRAWS: * JOHN POPOFF * DOLLY MAKAROFF (Castlegar, B.C.) © CLINT TAYLOR (Castlegar. B.C ) ° JUDY CAMPBELL (Costlegor. B.C) © HARRY HOLOBOFF ° EVELYN HUSSEY © PETER KASTRUKOFF (South Slocon, B.C ) (Castlegar, B.C) (Nelson, B.C.) KALAWSKY safe PONTIAC BUICK GMC (1989)-LTD. mM ——THE KING OF CARS—— 1700 Columbie Ave.. Castlegor 365-2155 Collect TRAIL, FRUITVALE, ROSSLAND CUSTOMERS CALL 364-0213 payment of $138,532 to Eco-Clean Waste Systems Lid. is payment of public monies by which the defen- dants have been unjustly enriched,”’ the writ says. The suit asks that the money be returned with interest and that damages be awarded. Sihota said he has been pushing the provincial government since last Mar- ch to recover the lottery grant. The government's lawsuit is not only an admission the lottery grant was received inproperly, but also shows someone has been dragging his heels in Victoria, said Sihota. Sihota, who launched a private Prosecution of Reid, said lawyers at the Vancouver law firm of Seaton Promislow told him $138,532 was put in trust more than a year ago. SUNSHINE SPECIAL 10 TANS ony 29 Offer available until Sun., Sept. 30/90 1810-8th Ave... Castlegar weuide Motor Inn Located in the Fireside As of this summer most of the $138,532 plus interest was still sitting in the trust account, he said. A few thousand dollars had been used for a small down payment on recycling equipment and legal fees, he said. Sihota said he wrote several times to Reid’s successor, Howard Dirks, who on June 7 said the matter had been turned over to the Attorney General's Ministry. : “It should be retrieved. It’s public, money,”’ Sihota said The defendants filed a statement of defence in June indicating their inten- tion to fight the suit. Eco-Clean is operated by the Doonans, who are married, and Sullivan. Jarie Holdings Ltd. is Eco- Clean’s former corporate name Doonan and Sullivan are friends of Reid, who as provincial secretary had responsibility for the lottery grants. Doonan also was Reid’s campaign manager in the 1986 provincial general election. Reid resigned in September 1989 af- ter it was revealed half the $277,000 provincial grant went to buy equip- ment from Eco-Clean. The other half of the grant was never paid out Reid, meanwhile, has said he won't be seeking re-election, but maintains he did nothing wrong. A comptroller general's in- vestigation found that Reid had an unusual amount of personal in- volvement in the grant The non-profit Semiahmoo Houses Society for the mentally handicapped had been awarded the $277,000 grant even though it hadn't formally ap- plied. The grant was to be used for a recycling project in White Rock. The society agreed to buy equip- ment from Eco-Clean, but cancelled its contract and asked for a refund of its deposit when a newspaper story outlined Reid’s involvement with Doonan and Sullivan According to the comptroller general’s report, Eco-Clean paid the balance of the deposit into a lawyer's trust account after Semiahmoo requested the refund. The RCMP recommended charges of breach of trust and fraud against Reid, but then-attorney general Bud Smithysaid his ministry had decided against it. That touched off a series of events that led to Smith's resignation and an investigation of him for obstruction of justice. Smith—has since been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing Union says cost of health care constant VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C government is misleading the public by saying health-care costs are soaring, the Hospital Employees’ Union said. Health spending as a proportion of gross domestic product has remained relatively constant over the years, the union told the B.C. Royal Com- NOTICE Court of Revision TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Court of Revision for the LIST OF ELEC- TORS will sit in the Council Chambers at City Hall located at 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. on Monday, October 1, 1990 at 4:00 p.m The Court of Revision shall hear all complaints and correct and revise the List of Electors. The Court (a) May correct the names of electors incorrectly stated; (b) May add names of electors omitted from the list (c) May strike from the list names of Persons not entitled to vote or disqualified from voting (d) may correct any other manifest error in the list; or (e) Shall add to the list the name of a person qualified on August 31 to have his name entered on the list arid for this purpose the court may occepfon application as completed under section 42 if delivered to the court at first sitting THE LIST OF ELECTORS is posted for inspection at City Hall until October 1, 1990. * Complaints may be made at City Hall prior to October 1 or presented to the Court of Revision Dated September 14, 1990 GARY WILLIAMS, Administrator /Clerk 1990, mission’on Health Care and Costs. “While there has been a great deal of rhetoric about health costs spiralling out of control, the facts do not beas this out,”’ the union said in a Paper presented by secretary-business manager Carmela Allevato. In June, Health Minister John Jan- sen told the commission that provin- cial héalth spending will rise to about $9 billion in 1995 from about $s billion this year. The overall provin- cial budget this Year is $15.2 billion But the union, which represents 30,000 hospital workers in British Columbia, noted that the’, federal government .has reduced the rate of increases in federal contributions to health care for two years. This means British Columbia will lose an expected $102.6 million in federal funding this fiscal year CASE LOT SALE Coming next week Sept. 23-29 SUPPORT THE RED CROSS SERVICES WITH A DONATION TO THE UNITED WAY! all... ae Bea Blood — Donor! 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