Sunday,.December 29, 1991 m JOB FINDER PLUMBER required permanent full time, $16-plus depending on ex- perience. Certified or 3rd year ap- prentice preferred with furnace ser- vice experience, preferred with “B” gas ticket. Apply by resume to Ross- land Mechanical, Box 201, Rossland, B.C. VOG 1Y0. COMPANION required in Fruit- vale to assist a person ina wheelchair two days per week. Some weekend work, must have own vehi- cle. Wage is $30 a day. Phone Mr. Jack Bitz for an appointment at 362- 7344. AUTOBODY REPAIRER re- quired in Castlegar, permanent full- time. Wage is $17 per hour. Prefer fully qualified journeyman or at least five years experience. Apply by phone or send resume to Jason Chernoff, Performance West Enter- prises, 2516-10th Ave., Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3A2. 365-2585. ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICE required in Castlegar. Must be 2nd, 3rd, 4th, year el BUSINESS DIRECTORY Copy Deadline for December — 5 p.m. Friday, December 20° 365-5210 as HOME IMPROVEMENT USSELL reese UCTION "308-47 7s" Brian L. Brown. CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT 270 Ci bia Avenue Must have own hand tools ‘and be fa- miliar in wood frame and commercial building. Apply by calling Bob Kreiger at 860-7511. ACCOUNTING CLERK required in Castlegar full time. Wage is $10- plus depending on experience. Must have Bedford Computer Accounting system training and bookkeeping ex perience. To apply call John Ostofo- rott for an appointment at 365-5454. JANITOR required in Trail, shift work and weekends. Wage up to $10 per hour. Must have experience. Work involves heavy lifting. Must have own transportation, valid driv- er's license and must be bondable. Apply by mailing resume to Bonnie Swinhoe, Site 2, Comp 5, S.S. 1, Trail, B.C. VIR 2Y8. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCA- TOR required in Trail full-time. Wage is $12 to $14 per hour. Must have E.C.E. Certificate in Special Needs, completion of 500 hours of work ex- perience and First Aid Certificate. Ap- ply by resume to Children’s Develop- ment Centre, 311 Kootenay Avenue, Trail, V1R 1R6. Additional information may be ob- tained by contacting the Canada Em: ployment Centre in Trail at 368-5566. Castlegar - 365-2151 CONSTRUCTION NEVINS EQUIPMENT * LAND DEVELOPING * SUBDIVISION SERVICING Hourly Rates & Contract Prices Available! FREE Estimates! R.R. 1, Site 31, Comp. 4 Castlegar, B.C. 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PWA, Canadian Airlines parent company, lost $93 million over the same period SMOKING PAYS ??? A Forbes magazine study showed that food, drink and tobacco companies are out-earning other U.S. businesses The study showed that stockholders get returns on their investment almost twice the median for all industries STUMPED. High stumpage rates are being blamed for the loss of 150 logging jobs at Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. Stumpage rates rose from about month on Oct. 1 WorkRPLACE Mother Nature’s doing things naturally Jonathan Green NEWS REPORTER Mickey Tarasoff has a healthy attitude when it comes to work. That’s probably because he’s the owner of Mother Nature’s Pantry, Castlegar’s only health food store. “It’s a business I’ve enjoyed, ” he said, “I’m offering products that help people.” For over 20 years, Tarasoff has been offering health products to the people of Castlegar, from wheat gérm and granola to books about healthy eating. “Business has been growing steadily, ” he said, “It’s not doubling every year, but it’s growing.” Tarasoff opened the store in July, 1971, shortly after his father opened a similar store in Nelson. “It’s something my family was al- ways interested in,” he said. An interest the family still shares, as wife and co-owner Sharon, younger brother Fred and daughter Shawna work from the store as well. For years, a stereotype has ex- isted with the clientelé a health food store has, one of a hippie. Tarasoff says initially, that was the regular customer that Mother Nature’s had, but times have changed. “The hippie types have grown up and realized it’s just the way to maintain a healthy lifestyle,” he said. “It’s no more the hippie. Now it’s the young to the old.” In recent years, one particular health food has been thought of as the cure-all: oat bran. Fred Tarasoff says that the ‘wonder drug’ didn’t have customers beating down the door. “We've been selling it for 20 years, "he said, “It’s not as popular as it used to be.” ;? BACK TO NATURE News photo by Jonathan Green Mother Nature's co-owner Mickey Tarasoff says that the ‘hippie’ stereotype associated with health food is a thing of the past, as more and more people recognize the benefits of eating health food. The health benefits of eat it bran have helped build mainstream interest. raul “It has become popular in the mainstream.” With the mainstream interest in oat bran, Mickey says.that the big grocery chains have jumped on the health band-wagon. “Look at the supermarkets,” he said, “They've started selling that type of stuff.” Fred added that a trend has started with the average consumer. “Fitness has become big,” he said, “People are looking after themselves.” In a country so rich in natural foods, it only makes sense that health food stores would stock Canadian products, and Mother Nature’s is no exception, In addition to all the domestic goods, Mickey said that the non- Canadian products he sells are im- ported through Canadian whole- salers. “I get everything from within Canada,"he said. “Most of it is from the coast, some of it coming from the east.” Mickey added that one of the big sellers is Armstrong Cheese, a B.C. product. “We sell a lot of cheese,” he said, saying that factors such as good price and quality help sales. With a depressed economy, retail sales in Canada are hurting. Even Mother Nature's has no- ticed a drop in sales, but Mickey isn’t losing any sleep. “I'm optimistic,” he said, “The on- ly thing you have to fear is the world economy.” And with optimism like that, it’s not surprising that Mickey Tarasoff enjoys coming to work every day. “I'd rather be here than any- where élse.”