Aé CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 7, 1980 Fulfils fantasies for a profit A Seattle genie named Parrish Walters has climbed out of the bottle to fulfil the fantasies of mankind — or at least those who can afford to pay for them. One California executive said he wanted “power, un- adulterated power.” For a mere $38,000, he became a latter-day Captain Bligh, sail- ing off Tahiti for four days, flogging seamen and plun- dering local villages. Another man paid $3,000 for one Arabian night as a sultan with six belly dancers to wait on him. Still another man, who was.“into centuries,” as he put it, paid $146,000 for a restoration of the world of Versailles, complete with a battle, which he was allowed to win, “But bank robbery is the favorite fantasy of * most people,” said Walters, the 33-year-old fantasy merchant who says he thinks he is the only man in the country in business to make dreams come true at what is a tidy profit. Walters made clear that he did not consider himself an advocate of conspicuous con- sumption on the parts of jaded and moneyed Amer- icans. “What we do is create a safe space for people,” he explained. “We make people feel omnipotent — magni- ficent.” Walters, who was born in New England, entered the world of fantasy for fun and profit by way of a limousine service for airline steward- esses that he launched seven years ago. For a small fee, he says, he provided a special shuttle which included a portable red carpet and a rose. a “I didn’t make mucl money off that, but I did get lots of dates,” he said. The stewardess shuttle developed into special ser- vices for corporations and parties, what Walters calls “creative environments.” These included a meal in a tree hut but served by giant monkeys, or dinner in a sul- tan's tent. Walters’ clientele grew special effects — like the lated chatter of machi and his ex: panded. He thought up an- niversary dinners served by scuba divers or midgets with violins, a trip to a hotel with an escort of two-metre-tall frogs and a bathtub filled with champagne which cost the buyer $2,200. “My prices simply had to go up,” he said. “We have only three full-time staff, but we have about 80 people on call now, and a logistics of fantasy take a great deal of time and planning.” So a sail on a moonlit bay, with champagne and a little violin music, is likely to cost about $200, and a bank robbery can set a customer back about $5,000. Bank rob- beries are popular fantasies, according to Walters, who noted that special arrange- ments had to be made with local law enforcement author- ities whose sense of humor might not run to the fan- tastic. Walters said he went to a lot of trouble to arrange HOW TO HANDLE SOAP IN PARKS Toking a shower in some of our parks is a problem, for there aren’! enough places to put everything. Soap is one of the biggest problems. Solve this one by cut- ting the top off a plastic bottle. Add 9 piece of nylon cord so you ¢an hang it on the shower han- dles or even around your neck while you take a shower, Punch holes in bottom so water will drain out, Tot iearns disco early in life Seven-week-old Amanda Decker of Phoenix, Ariz., got an early introduction to dis- co. Police rescued the infant from a back-pouch on her mother's boyfriend, who was disco-skating on Phoenix's main thoroughfare. The child was not in- jured as police wrestled Fronzo West, 33, to the ground and arrested him on charges of criminal nuisance and creating a disturbance. . @ Loafing is oné of the most creative, money produc- ing things you can do. +.,@, Making a million dol- lars is the simplest thing in the world. e Why deny yourself the most expensive item on a restaurant menu? Spend the extra bucks, You deserve it. e Shopping| around for bargains cin be a waste of * your valuable time, e Putting away. money for you old age will guarantee that you'll get old., e Hard work’ won't make you rich or financially secure. Gillies, it’s obvious, is not your ordinary grey pin striped financial adviser perched protectively in front of the bank's vaults, He is the Harbor, ‘North Miami Beach, with a woman: friend and purchase, the kind you ought * to make once in a while to convince yourself you're in the money. It was “ridicu- prop of the “prosp consciousness” philosophy that you can think your way to riches, He details this in his book, appropriately titled Moneylove (Warner paper- back, $2.50 207 pages), and in seminars he gives. = - “Thinking poor will keep you poor; thinking rich will make you rich,” he says. Well on his way to a million bucks,. he (at 39), lives comfortably on a houseboat at Snug lously.exp — $800,” he says, “bit it has given me 10 times the pleasure.” Too many people won't strike it big because they are locked into negative thinking about money, he claims. Often they learned about spending and saving from their parents who experi- enced the Depression and never got over it. “The more you do con- trary to what your parents told you (about money), the LOWER RDCK PLANNING TAX Continued from page Al She pointed out the city will pay $44,287 for the “We definitely will have better off you'll be,” he says, perhaps not entirely serioua- ly. re You're thinking poverty, he says, when: e You deny yourself a- small pleasure such as the top-priced item on a menu “because I can't afford it.” That is “like swallowing poison in terms of what it is doing to your subconscious ++." 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As well, you get a choice of area — even your own neighborhood, COMING SOON TO SELKIRK COLLEGE PROPERTY EXPROPRIATION WORKSHOP (MURPHY CREEK DAM) A workshop of interest to all those who are likely to be offected by the construction of the Murph Creek Dam on the Columbia River near Trail, Resource people: Lawyer Richard Spilker, Assessor Franz Braal, former resettlement planning con- sultant Professor T.W. Wilson, and Jim Cromwell, bled a Le . Time: 9:30.a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Place: Room M-14, Selkirk College, Castlegar Date: Saturday, May 10, 1980 f Fee: $5,00 : Refreshments will be served To register please contact Continuing Education at Castlegar, 365-7292, extension 232 by May 8, 1980. JUVENILES AND JUSTICE: _ THE FUNCTIONING OF THE JUVENILE COURT A talk on recent development in the Young Offen- der’s Act which will rept the le. Delin- RDCK regional planning function this year, up from its 1979 requisition of $27,315. : i Over $60,000 Castlegar's in-house costs, ‘ing to $33,701 situation, that is quite clear,” . increased pressure The RDCK planning chairman agreed the increased ‘planning {cost to rural areas, if not offset by additional in 1979, are expected to increase to over $60,000 this year with the added $28,000 expense of the city’s community plan update and $5,000 for location of a new transit site, Moore said. PUBLIC NOTICE TENDERS REQUIRED TO SUPPLY FIREWOOD The Provincial Parks Branch requires firewood in @ foll and [ on an as required basis. ,, Texas Point Beaver Crepk Park Champion Lokes Park King George Park Kokanee Creek Park Blanket Creek Nancy Greene Boundary Creek Park Johnstone Creek Park Kettle River Park Syringa Creek Park Lockhart Beach 5 cords 15 cords 80 cords 10 cords 120 cords 60 cords 10 cords 25 cords 25 cords 75 cords 80 cords 15 cords ee P if could result in i P for within “We know this government has been trying to force people into some setup of local government taking the ity away from Victoria, and maybe that in itself is The mayor said she had “no way of what the impact of a shift in the regional planning tax load would have on the RDCK planning function, budgeted for about $298,000 in 1 * “But if they've built their department up to about seven people there it’s going to be very costly,” she added. “Unless the provincial government's ready to up the grants and the not a bad idea,” the Area J director said. “But what they're doing by making such blanket islation they are: definitel i i the proper planning of these areas where the population density is not sufficient to allow the formation of municipalities.” revenue shareable for the regional di function.” - for the pl: “Mr. Vander Zalm, if he intends to do this, is Vanderpol said the shifting of the tax burden “certainly ;will be upsetting in a way” but he pointed out it will be impossible to assess its impact until the new formula for his goal," Vanderpol continued. “He is using a gun to kill a fly. What I'm afraid of quite often is that the municipal affairs’ department are staring blind at the situatio they find on the coast and are not aware the rest of the province is quite thinly and . quent's Act. Resource Person: Dr. Ray Corrado. Dr. Corrado is a, native of the Rossland-Trail area. He is a professor in the Department of Criminology at S.F.U. and has been conducting research on the justice system. He will also discuss opportunities for courses in to regional planning is SETS WCB PRECEDENT Continued from page Al Criminology which will be ilable locally th S.F.U, g Time: 7:15 p.m. Place: Room B-15, Selkirk College, Castlegar Date: Thursday, May 8, 1980 : ae ee whe SELKIRK WY COLLEGE requiresa DEAN of PROGRAM PLANNING, CO-ORDINATION and EVALUATION a7 other said, “Virtually every morn- ing, the fine dust particles gave him a nosebleed,” it said. “When he complained ihe found that the company was reluctant to supply_him with a face mask because of the cost of repl ant: fil- the report _ PCB poisoning,” Kinakin said. “It’s not clear in the ‘WCB award but it's a prin- ciple, a precedent that some- where along the line will challenge the PCB connec- tion.” 5 But of all the principles expressed in the award the commitment to compensation for delayed action oecupa- tional: d i ters.” “The dust level at his workplace was at times so high that he could not see fellow workers 15 or 20 feet away,” according to the union. “Much of the dust was from the coking ovens.” . De Paoli also cleaned out fluids from burnt out elec- trical transformers, it noted. Polychlorinated — biphenals, fluids used as coolants and The Dean of Program Planni and Evaluation is the senior educational officer of the College, reporting directly to the Principal (Chief Executive Officer). Responsibilities are diverse but fall within four ts in such equi are. now - associated with bladder cancer and several other types of cancer, the report said. I by the local major categories: ex ment and evaluation; institutional research; college relations; and educational support ser- vices, including learning resources. The Dean works closely with all members of senior administration, particularly Campus Directors, and provides timely and accurate data and analyses designed to chart directions for the College, and a fectively fi its ed i . An school district, CUPE said, de Paoli was exposed to the normal hazards of electrical work. “The fact that the board has accepted the claim con- stitutes a major break- through for all workers in ly disease is “the big one,” he said. “That's the thing about cancer,” the health and safe- - ty committee chairman said. “It's a time bomb.” Kinakin said de Paoli, who he said was 43 or 44 years old, plans “to continue working for the school board as long as possible” although he will receive his pension less of. whether he continues to work.” “The problem with can- cer is that it’s debilitating over time and the worst effect it has on the body is that you cannot put out the level of work you normally would,” the CUPE health and safety chairman said. “It just becomes very tiresome, and from what I understand Elio has days, for instance, when he just can’t work. That's why he has a partial pension — more than di will be the B.C. and r Canada, ie for those ex- and staffing of his department to effectively fulfill its mandate. £ The successful candidate will have three to five years administrative experience in higher education with either direct experience in research - and planning in higher ed ion, or the equivalent . in academic course work or experience. A doc- posed to coal and coke by- products, gases, tar or dust,” the union said. “Hopefully, unions across the country will now use this victory to press for ‘ion for all torate or substantial work toward the di is desirable, with a major in. higher education or educational administration. Selkirk College is a multi-campus institution located in the West Kootenay of British Columbia, The area offers HI hoppii di 1 and recreational facilities. 2 Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae with three letters of reference by May 30, | 1980 to: 2 Personnel Manager, Selkirk College, Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 who have been struck down by this hideous disease.” - . Mickey Kinakin, chair- man of CUPE’s Kootenay district health and safety committee, noted that in ad- ditién to setting a precedent with compensation for blad- der cancer and exposure to coal dust the WCB award recognizes PCB as a cancer- causing agent. “This case can begin to form jurisprudence for peo- ple who are suffering from thing, to cover the days when he is not able.” He pointed out de Paoli, h aided ially by pop d and quite often has great difficulties in forming munieipalities.” Also noting lung cancer, mesotheliona and gastroin- testinal cancer — all res- tricted to workers who have been continuously exposed to asbestos fibres for 20 years — are the only occupation- ally-caused-. cancers — consi-_ dered. compensable. by . the WCB, Kinakin said hte board's list of poisons and carcinogens are far behind the times compared to what's happened to the world.” Background research by Craig Paterson, de Paoli's legal counsel in the case, re- vealed B.C.’s list of com- pensable disease “contains less than half the number of diseases recognized in Great Britain and other European countries,” according to the union. “Between five per cent | and 20 per cent of cancers are thought to be a direct result of exposure to carcinogens at the workplace,” the CUPE report said. “Considering that 3,940 people in B.C. died of cancer in 1976 and another 9,009 new cases were id- agnosed, the number of peo- ple suffering from occupa- tionally-caused cancers is | nothing short of alarming.” Out of 25 cancer-related claims made-to the WCB 17, including de Paoli’s, were ac- cepted, the union said, and all but two claims “were related y the union in the case, will be required to pay one-third of his pension to his legal coun- sel. to P ” But the estimated number of oc- cupationally-caused cancer deaths in B,C. is “at least 400 per year.” dress. CITY OF CASTLEGAR —. NOTICE TO RESIDENTS ADDRESS CHANGEOVER * Residents are reminded NOT. to add ‘the North or South designation to your new ad- This is not required, causes Starts Sun, May 11 at 4 P.M. Only . OF] FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 365-6000 Requi Lengths, 16-18 inches, minimum 60:-per cent bushwood, maximum 40 per cent slabwood. Blocks over six inches in diameter to be'split, blocks over 12 inches to be quartered. Deliveries as requested by the Park Attendant b dune 1 and ber 30. W mix. _ture to be no less than 40 per cent dry, 60 per cent green. Submit tenders.io Provincial Parks Branch, West Kootenay District, R.R. #3, Nelson, 8.C., not later than May'16, 1980, 5 -For additional information contact R.A. Russell, - District Superintendent. Phone 825-4660. Kokanee Creek Park. Province of Ministry of Lands, British Cotumbla Parks and Housing Mother's Day -SMORGASBORD 95 per person Fireside place NOTICE The Board of Management of the Hospital requires directors to replace mem- bers completing their terms of office. Join the Hospital Society today. Membership in the Society is open to all persons in the Hospital District: Castlegar, Robson, Brilliant, Ootischenia, Blueberry, Thrims, etc. DIRECTORS ON BOARD OF MANAGEMENT Two new directors must Candidates must join the 4 appointed 6elected be elected at the Annual Meeting on June 11, 1980. Society before May 11, 1980. ; YOU may join the Society by paying $1.00 at the Hospital between the hours of 8a.m.-9 p.m. Present members may renew their membership any time - before the Annual Meeting in June © CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT HOSPITAL SOCIETY 24-Hour - Answering : Service 7 DAYS A WEEK PIONEER er. ew For details phone 365-7266. Ask for Linda. pace a tae the changeover procedure. Your co-operation is appreciated. R. J. 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