<ov Saturday, April 4, 1992

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Your business Is
our business
Jonathan Green
365-7266

Nine to FIVE

RED INK
BLUES

One year after
announcing an
amazing financial
turnaround,
Woodward's Ltd.
has reported
another large
loss — $19.5
million last year
compared with a
$1.2 million profit
in 1990. Sales
fell by 9.6 per
~cent last year to
$613.3 million
from $678.4
million, although
3.5 per cent of
that decline can
be attributed to
the removal of
the federal sales
tax, which was
done to .
accommodate
the introduction
of the GST.

OFF THE
MARK

Mark’s Work
Wearhouse Ltd.
continues to pile
up losses. The

Vito Esposito
came to Canada
41 years ago from
his native Italy and
hasn't regretted it
one bit

Jonathan Green

NEWS REPORTER

In his thick Italian accent,
Vito Esposito isn’t afraid to
share his thoughts about
Canada.

“I love this part of the world,”
he said. “This is my home.”
Esposito came to Canada 41
years ago with his mother and
nine brothers and sisters from
Cossenza in southern Italy to
Trail, where his father was
living.

After six months of studying
the English language, Esposito
joined an industry that he still
works in today, dry cleaning.

“It was the first job I had in
Canada,” he said. “I liked it
then and I’ve stayed with it.

“The first job always sticks
with you.”

At 15, Esposito joined the
industry at a time when it was
undergoing some important
changes.

During the 1950s, dry
cleaning fluid went from a
petroleum to a synthetic base.

By doing so, Esposito said the
cleaning process time was
reduced in half to about 30
minutes.

In switching to a synthetic
base, he said there wasn’t the
risk of fire present with a
petroleum base.

As well, with the synthetic
base, clothes that went into the
machine went in dry and came
out dry.

Esposito said the dry
cleaning process takes, on
average, about 35 minutes.

In a way, he said dry cleaning
is similar to the household
washer and dryer, except the
process takes place in one

machine.

For the first seven minutes,
fluid is introduced, the clothes
are cleaned and the fluid is
extracted.

For the last 28, the clothes
are spun in a high-speed dryer,
removed and pressed.

Esposito said that since his
livelihood depends on proper
care of customers’ clothes,
mistakes are a definite no-no.

Taken To The Cleaners

he said.

- And to know it, Esposito likes

to keep on top of things by going
to seminars and following up on
recent developments in the
industry.

“We never stop learning,” he
said.

In the last few years, two
trends have had an effect on the
amount of business dry cleaners
are doing.

‘I’m doing OK because I work hard. That’s what the
key is.’

— Vito Esposito

“It’s very touchy work,” he
said. “You’ve got to know you're
fabric, you’ve got to know what
you're doing every minute.”

Although he’s a 40-year
veteran of the business,
Esposito says he doesn't allow
himself to become complacent.

“I’ve been at it for 41 years,
so I should be able to know it,”

Calgary-based
clothing retailer
announced
Monday that it
lost almost $6.5
million from
continuing
operations on
sales revenue of
$132.7 million in
the fiscal year
ended Jan. 25.

PLAYING
DEFENCE

The department
of national
defence has
expanded its
largest contract
ever awarded —
to MPR Teltech
Ltd. in Burnaby
to develop a
secure satellite
communications
system prototype
— by $5 million.
The high
nology. firm.

now has a
research contract
worth $33 million
to develop the
prototype for

military 5
communications.

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Vito Esposito has. gone from working at a dry cle:
1951. He says the job and the people he meets ma

With an emphasis on a more
relaxed look, business people
are moving toward the

casualness of blue jeans and

away from the semi-formal look
of blazers and suits.

Also, the number of clothing
manufacturers that are
incorporating man-made
materials instead of natural
into their products allows more
people to clean dressier
garments at home.

Esposito estimates that
because of this, some 1 million
jobs in the industry have been
lost in the last 20 years.

“It’s less and less every day,”
disappeared.”

But because of a desire to
succeed, Esposito has done his
best to buck that trend.

“I’m doing OK because I work
hard,” he said. “That’s what the
key is.”

And it’s hard work that has
allowed the affable Esposito to
open own four stores, two each,
in Castlegar and Trail.

A certified master dry
cleaner, Esposito said the traffic
for dry cleaning is greatest in

are putting away their
wardrobes for the respective
seasons.

Although his schedule sees
him ‘working six and sometimes

enjoys his job from both sides of
the counter, business and
personal.

he said. “I enjoy my business, I
love dealing with people.”

@ Saturday, ‘April 4, 1992

Business fellowship
hosts singing guests

Special interest to those
who enjoy Black gospel music
will be the April 9 visit of De-
witt and Kim Jones and fami-
ly from Yakima, Wash.

They visit Trail as guest
speakers of Full Gospel Busi-
ness Men’s Fellowship at the
April 9th meeting in Trail’s

Riverbelle Restaurant, featur-
ing its full Italian dinner.

The couple sings together
as Dewitt plays the piano,
bringing new songs of inspira-
tion as well as a testimony of
the faithfulness of the Lord.

For information, contact
367-6147 or 365-5180.

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ke him look forward to going to work each day.

And with that kind of zeal for

Motherland? :

“Since that day, I’ve been a
proud Canadian,” he said. “I’ve
never had the urge to go back.

“I’m quite happy to stay
here.”

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